After Zonghan's death, the Jin Dynasty's power was reshuffled as Zhao Zhen thought. But now it is no longer a struggle between the two factions of Aguda and non-Aguda, but a certain change has taken place. It can be roughly divided into reformists who support the sinicization and conservatives who oppose the sinicization. Not long ago, they were all reorganized factions who supported the reform of Emperor Wanyan Dan.

The conservative leader was Zong Qing, who made great contributions to the eradication of Zong Han's power. The reason why he hated reform was not for no reason. The root cause was the emperor's throne that made thousands of people bow down. He believed that it was because the reformists led by Zong Han forced his father to give up Anbanbojilie's position to a young man on the issue of enthroning Anbanbojilie. Although Wu Qimai voluntarily gave up the throne, the fool could see that if there were no repeated forced efforts from the "reformists", he would be very likely to leave the position of successor to Zong Pan. What made Zong Qing even more angry was that after Wanyan Dan ascended the throne, he abolished the Bojilie system that had existed in the Jin Kingdom for more than 20 years, which made Zong Pan almost zero.

Zong Qing realized that being an emperor had only one way to rebel, but rebellion was a high-risk and low-yield choice. No one had been able to succeed since the founding of the Great Jin Dynasty. However, under the extremely temptation of Jin Shanshan's throne, he decided to embark on this difficult and extremely dangerous path. However, Zong Qing was different from Wanyan Tan. He rarely participated in military operations in the Jin Dynasty but had always assisted his father in handling internal affairs. However, because of impulse, he thought of getting some political capital to become a prisoner. These experiences made him know that he should never be reckless in doing things.

Therefore, after returning to China, Zong Qing was extremely patient and very respectful to the emperor. He worked hard and firmly supported his reform work. In addition to appease the opponents of the clan and took over the arduous task of eliminating Zong Han, he gained the trust of Wanyan Dan. However, Zong Qing knew that if he wanted to succeed, he could not achieve his goal by relying solely on his own strength. In addition to reorganizing the reformists to cut off his wings, he also needed his own team to assist him, so that he would recruit soldiers and win over more powerful figures.

The first thing that came into Zong Qing's sight was Wanyan Saili, the governor of Linhuang Prefecture, guarding Monan. He was a royal family member and grandson of Xi Buxu. He joined the army to destroy Liao and attack Song. He was the Song people and became the "King of Gai Tian". However, he was defeated by Zhao Qi in both battles against Song and was seriously injured. This made him disheartened and thought that it would be impossible to conquer the Central Plains and destroy the Song Dynasty by force. Therefore, he advocated a peace talk with Song. He did not participate in the third war against Song, but was transferred to Monan to guard Linhuang Prefecture.

Wanyan Sai, who suffered heavy blows twice, did not think that Wanyan Pu's family slaves were scared out of their minds. However, he was also stimulated. Wanyan Sai, who had just used good combat, seemed to have become a different person. He suddenly lost his original interest in leading troops to fight. He was very tired of war. Instead, he held high the banner of peace talks and proposed to negotiate with Song Heping repeatedly. The result was just a willingness. He just wanted to get more money to enjoy the peace and happiness, so he could only plunder the Tatar tribes under his control, especially when he encircled and suppressed the Mengwu tribe, plundered property, cattle and sheep, and accumulated a lot of wealth.

But after the Jin Dynasty failed to attack Song for the third time, it lost Nanjing, Yanjing and Dading successively. The southern desert area in the rear became the front line, which made it even more panic. It also held a grudge against the "reformists" who did not listen to their own peace talks and ruined his good things. Since everyone had a common enemy, of course they could form an alliance and quickly joined his conservatives under Zong Qing's enlistment.

Therefore, Zong Pan and Saili finally got on the same boat for their own interests. Their political stance was mainly to retain the old system of the Jin Dynasty and oppose Wanyan Dan's Chinese reform. After Zong Qing won over Saili, he felt that the strength of his group was still far from that of the reformists, so he found another goal and set his mind on Wanyan Zongjun.

Wanyan Zongjun's identity was even more noble. He was the biological son of Aguda, his biological mother, Empress Qinxian, and the brother of Zong Yan Han. He had always been unknown among all his brothers. His only time he participated in a military operation was when he was fourteen years old. But he was more of a bystander and learner. He was responsible for escorting the Song Dynasty's Supreme Emperor and a group of princes. If he had not sent him to Zhending Mansion in advance that day, he would have almost died in Zhaozhou City. After that, he experienced the defeat of Wuma Mountain. He escaped by chance and almost disappeared from the public's sight.

When the older generation passed away one after another and the brothers died one by one, Wanyan Zongjun appeared in everyone's sight again. In fact, he was not a person who was willing to be lonely, and he also wanted to do something to improve his status. The main reason why he was willing to join the conservatives was that the failed learning journey left a shadow on Wanyan Zongjun's young mind, making him afraid of war and become a pacifist, and he has been calling for reconciliation with the Song Dynasty and avoiding war.

Three people with common experience came together for the same goal, greatly increasing the strength and prestige of the conservatives, and their cruel struggle with the reformists began. First, they used the eagerness of Emperor Wanyan Dan to take power and the sense of crisis to prevent the seizure of power by old ministers to get rid of Zong Han, an important figure in the reformist faction who had always been in charge of war. Wanyan Zongjun replaced the murdered Gao Qingyi and became the Left Chief of the Shangshu, which greatly increased their voice in the court and became a force that could influence the government...

Zong Han's death made the power of the reformists very weak, and the Chinese movement also stagnated under Zong Qing's intervention. Things came to this point completely beyond Wanyan Dan's expectations. This was like driving a tiger from the front door and entering a wolf from the back door. Then Wanyan Saili was appointed as the Zuo Du Shushuai at Zong Qing's suggestion. The conservatives occupied a certain dominant position in the court and the army. Their strength was further enhanced and they began to further weaken the power of the reformists.

Now the members of the third division are only Zong Pan and Zong Gan. The power of the two factions has reached a balance, and Zong Qing has also begun to implement his own power-seizing plan. He is very clear that the enemy he faces is still very strong, and it is difficult to kill with one blow with his own strength. The Song Dynasty, who has been eyeing him, will take advantage of the Jin internal chaos to launch an attack, so that even if he becomes the emperor, he will become a king of a country that will be destroyed.

So Zong Qing came up with a "magnificent" idea - to use the power of the Song Dynasty to attack the reformists and rely on their support to fulfill their wishes. Of course, it is not a wonderful plan. It is simply selling the interests of the Jin Kingdom in exchange for personal interests. To a certain extent, this practice is equivalent to selling off one's own country and its own nation, which shows how tempting power is!

However, Zong Qing's plan was not implemented overnight. He also faced a major obstacle, that is, the two countries were still in a state of war, and the former emperor of the Song Dynasty was detained in the Jin Dynasty, so they could not send troops to help him. To achieve this plan, we must first reach peace between the two countries. Therefore, Zong Qing and two peace enthusiasts proposed a bold plan to the emperor, which was to cede Dading and Linhuang Mansion to the Song Dynasty, and send Zhao Huan back to the two sides to achieve a real reconciliation.

Wanyan Tan was a little stupid when facing this proposal. It was understandable that he had not expanded his territory for less than two years after he ascended the throne, but it was impossible to say that he had ceded territory and seek peace. He was helpless in the face of the conservatives' forced palace, and finally paid the price for his lack of political experience and arbitrary actions. He promoted Zong Pan to the Grand Tutor and was responsible for the three-in-one affairs with Zong Han and Zong Gan. His purpose was to disperse Zong Han's power, and the other was to win over Zong Pan for his own use. Wanyan Tan has now become a confused Mr. Dongguo. His kindness did not touch Zong Pan's bad intentions. Zong Pan at this moment had no intention of being grateful to Wanyan Tan. On the contrary, he believed that as the eldest son of the previous emperor, he should naturally hold the position of Grand Tutor.

Of course, this suggestion was strongly opposed by the "reform faction" led by Zong Gan, but after Zong Gan lost the support of Zong Han's power, he could no longer have an equal dialogue with the "conservative" forces in the court. Wanyan Tan was not a fool either. He first urgently appointed his imperial uncle Wushu as the right deputy marshal, King Chen, and jointly held military power with Wanyan Saili. He understood that if the military power was controlled by the conservatives, he would face a very dangerous situation and protect himself was important.

At this time, no one dared to fight. The first one who stood up was Wanyan Zongxian, who strongly opposed the conservative suggestions. The reason for opposition was that the Jin Dynasty had captured Zhao Er's parents and brothers and sisters alive. This irreconcilable hatred could not be resolved. Even if the land was ceased to Song, it would only encourage Zhao Er's momentum and would not help resolve the grudges between the two countries at all. Therefore, this land could not be given to Song.

The other person is Wanyan Xu, the son of Brother Ying. Like Zong Xian, he loved studying since childhood. Therefore, the people of the Jin Dynasty respectfully called him a scholar, claiming to be the second Jurchen literary genius other than Zong Xian. He has always been engaged in civilian work and rarely participated in military wars between the Jin Dynasty and Liao, Song and other countries. However, he served as an assistant in the process of creating the Jurchen characters. If Xiyin was the commander-in-chief of Zaozi, then Wanyan Xu was the project leader of Zaozi. Although he was a literati, he was upright and bold in his nature. He dared to express his opinions when he saw unfair things, rather than acted as a good man, and fiercely denounced Zong Qing and others' treason.
Chapter completed!