Qin Huizhi's involvement in the political struggle at the highest level of the Jin Dynasty was basically a dimensionality reduction attack, because although the Jin Dynasty's top leaders were becoming more and more corrupt and internal conflicts were becoming more and more intense, they were not yet corrupt or intense enough to put the other side to death.
Moreover, most of the Jin Dynasty nobles at that time had come out of the war, and few of them put all their energy into internal political struggles. They still had the determination to unite against the outside world, and still had the simple idea of external expansion and using military aggression to make up for and ease internal problems.
Therefore, Qin Hui's critical hit really had a miraculous effect.
In June, after a series of attempts and discussions, and with the mediation of Wanyan Talan, the Jin Dynasty's top brass indeed carried out a series of simple but significant personnel adjustments in the highest military decision-making body, the Marshal's Office, as someone had imagined.
The King of Jin, Wanyan Wuqimai, voluntarily gave up the post of Grand Marshal, and replaced it with Nianhan, the first meritorious minister of the Jin Dynasty and the de facto number one in the army; Erlido, the third prince of the Jin Dynasty, who was responsible for leading the reserve troops to sit in Yanjing, was changed from the right deputy marshal to the left deputy marshal, which did not mean much; while the Marshal's Left Inspector Wanyan Talan suddenly became the right deputy marshal and became very popular; finally, the fourth prince Jin Wushu was also promoted to the Marshal's Left Inspector and successfully entered the highest level of the army.
In fact, everything was fine before, but the last appointment caused quite a lot of discussion at the beginning, because most of the generals thought that Wanyan Wushu was a bit incompetent. He led the troops out last winter, and although he had military merits, he suffered heavy losses in the end. Not to mention compared with the generals of the Western Army such as Wanyan Loushi, Wanyan Gushen, Wanyan Yinshuke, and Wanyan Balisu, even within the Eastern Army, he was far less competent than General Ali and others.
In a word, based on his military record, he does not seem qualified to serve as the Marshal's Left Inspector, a key position that could actually make him the commander-in-chief of an army.
However, the will of the highest level is there, and the internal affairs of the Wanyan family are not something that others can interfere with.
By late June, after the personnel adjustments in the Marshal's Office were completed, as Nianhan and the three Wanyan brothers failed to meet again in Yanjing under the mediation of Wanyan Talan, both sides stopped insisting, and Wanyan Talan simply fulfilled his promise and wrote directly to Huining Prefecture, requesting the king to make a decision as soon as possible.
However, how could even the Emperor of the Jin Dynasty make a decision for these two families?
If he could make the decision, would he have to worry all day about whether his son could become emperor?
Therefore, Jin Lord Wanyan Wuqimai officially issued an edict, which contained only three sentences:
First, the Emperor of Song is the heart of the people of Song. Because of his existence, Hebei will be in turmoil and the Song people in the Central Plains will be united. We cannot leave him alone. We must chase him down wherever he is.
Second, we should learn lessons from this fight against the Song State. During and after the war, we should support more people like Zhang Bangchang and use them to rule the Central Plains.
Third, although Shaanxi and Longyou are poor areas, they have an important strategic location and cannot be left unattended.
In other words, no matter how he tried to smooth things over, Wanyan Wuqimai still officially ordered an attack on the Song Dynasty as the emperor of the Jin Dynasty, and it was directly aimed at Zhao Jiu himself!
After receiving the imperial edict, the two sides who were confronting each other in Yanjing no longer hesitated, but immediately put aside their prejudices and reached a consensus - immediately mobilize the entire army, and as soon as autumn comes, march from north to south, first sweeping away the rebel army in Hebei, and then dividing the troops into several groups to cross the river together to destroy the Song Dynasty.
Of course, as the commander-in-chief, he especially emphasized that the main force of the Western Army should be responsible for conquering the five routes in Shaanxi, and could only send part of the troops from Xijing Luoyang and Huazhou to fight.
But at this time, Wanyan Wushu was already satisfied, because not to mention that the Western Route Army was willing to send part of its troops to assist, even if the entire Western Route Army did not come, he still had 100,000 troops this time!
A hundred thousand Jin troops are enough to destroy the Song Dynasty and sweep across the Central Plains. Why do they need donkey carts?
"I think we should not let this man go easily!"
"Mr. Xu, I also think that we should not indulge him easily, but what can we do if we don't indulge him now? Should we arrest him and bring him to justice? What should we use to arrest him? What if he really rebels?"
In the early autumn, in the evening, the cicadas were still chirping, but the weather was gradually getting cooler. In the palace in Nanyang City, two prime ministers were arguing fiercely, while Emperor Zhao, who was sitting behind the imperial desk, seemed a little absent-minded.
"Prime Minister Yuwen." Xu Jingheng replied seriously. "I never said to arrest him, but I said to use both kindness and severity... If we can't properly demonstrate the authority of the Central Government and force him to give in, what will the Central Government use to organize the Western Army in the future? Will we let the emperor go to the barracks again and again to subdue these people?"
"In fact, it's not a bad idea." Emperor Zhao interrupted instinctively.
"It's okay once or twice, but how can it be like this every time?" Xu Jingheng was furious. "And how many people are really loyal and brave like Han Shizhong? Zhang Boying and Han Shizhong can be trusted, but what if we meet a real thief next time? Your words are inappropriate!"
Zhao Jiu came back to his senses and nodded slowly again, because what he said was so true... He did it because he knew Han Shizhong was trustworthy and Zhang Boying was likely trustworthy. If it was someone he had never heard of, how could he dare to go?
Of course, no one mentioned the matter of Zhai Chong. It’s not about whether Zhai Chong is trustworthy or not. In fact, everyone knows that Zhai Chong is trustworthy, but some people think it is unnecessary to go, and that going would be a loss of official status. This matter is not the same as what is being discussed now.
However, after Xu Jingheng dominated the whole audience, he was speechless for a moment, because he could only dominate others but could not solve his current predicament.
What dilemma?
We have to start with the fundamental reason why Xingzai came to Nanyang.
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