Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

Wanyan Zonghan did not compete with the emperor Wanyan Wu begging for these flashy issues, but directly proposed to the emperor that in order to unify the military and political affairs of the newly occupied area, he would merge the East and West Privy Councils.

During the court discussion, Wanyan Zongfu, the new right deputy marshal, expressed his support for this.

Emperor Wanyan Wu begged to buy and had nothing to say when he saw this, so he had to agree to Wanyan Zonghan's merger with the Privy Council.

This also means that the court of the Kingdom of Jin acquiesced to Wanyan Zonghan's rule over Yanjing, Xijing, Hebei, Hedong and other places.

After confirming the position of the right deputy marshal of the Jin Army and obtaining the benefits he wanted, Wan Yan Zonghan took people to Yanjing City to appease Hebei first, select officials in Hebei, and govern the local people.

Before leaving, Wanyan Zonghan extended an invitation to Ximen Qing to meet him in Yanjing City when he returned.

Wanyan Zongfu also accompanied Wanyan Zonghan to Yanjing City to take over the post of Deputy Marshal of the Right.

After Wanyan Zonghan left, Ximenqing and Wanyan Wulu stayed in Huining City to accompany their mother, Empress Tang Kuo, for a few days before saying goodbye to Empress Tang Kuo and Wanyan Zongwang's biological mother, Empress He Shilie, and went to Yanjing City accompanied by Wanyan Zongbi.

Wanyan Wulu and Ximen Qing parted reluctantly, and sent Ximen Qing off on horseback one ride after another.

According to Wanyan Wulu's intention, this time he intends to follow Ximen Qing to Bianliang City in Tokyo.

However, Bianliang City in Tokyo was devastated by the Jin army, and Ximen Qing took a princess of the Jin Kingdom back at this time, which really made it difficult for the people in the capital to adapt.

Furthermore, the territory of Posu Road is also one of Ximenqing's "Three Caves of the Rabbit", and Wanyan Wulu, the princess of the Kingdom of Jin, is required to sit in the town.

Therefore, Ximenqing parted with Wanyan Wulu reluctantly, and advised her to return to Posok Road.

Ximenqing promises to Wanyan Wulu that she will be brought to the state of Chu as soon as possible for a reunion.

Wanyan Wulu sent Ximen Qing over and pressed the water out of the tiger, and then returned to Shangjing Huining City.

Ximenqing and his party did not delay on the road, and soon arrived in Yanjing City.

Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongfu were both in the city, they brought Ximenqing, Wanyan Zongbi and others into Nanyaochi Hall, and hosted a banquet to entertain them.

After drinking and eating, Wanyan Zonghan smiled at Ximenqing: "Brother Ximenqing, you can also be regarded as a member of my Wanyan family. According to the rules of my Jurchen, I will give you a gift today."

Upon hearing this, Ximen Qing asked curiously, "I wonder if my brother has any good presents for my brother?"

Wanyan Zongfu said to Ximen Qing: "Brother Ximenqing, our Jurchens have a custom that after a man in the clan dies, his wife and children are accepted by his closest brothers. Do you know this custom?"

Ximen Qing has been in the Kingdom of Jin for a long time, so he is naturally aware of the Jurchens' marriage customs.When a Jurchen woman dies her husband, she must remarry her husband's brother.

After Wanyan Zongjun died, his wife married Wanyan Zongqian.Wanyan Zongjun's underage son was also adopted as a adopted son by Wanyan Zongqian, who raised him carefully.

But what does this have to do with me?

Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

Chapter 988 It's Your Choice

Seeing that Ximen Qing was puzzled, Wanyan Zonghan smiled at him. After Wanyan Zongwang passed away, he left behind more than a dozen wives and concubines and three underage sons Wanyan Qi, Wanyan Jing, and Wanyan Wen.

According to Jurchen tradition, Wanyan Zongfu inherited the property, wife and three sons of his second brother Wanyan Zongwang.

However, Wanyan Zongwang's concubines who were plundered during the war could not be monopolized, and had to be given to Wanyan Zongwang's other brothers and other meritorious officials in the army.

After discussing with Wanyan Zonghan, Wanyan Zongfu decided to assign two concubines of Wanyan Zongwang to Ximenqing.

This move also showed that they completely regarded Ximen Qing, a Han Chinese, as a member of the Wanyan family.

Ximen Qing finally understood that his efforts in the past were not in vain, and now Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongfu really did not regard themselves as outsiders.

Unexpectedly, I, the official Ximen Qing, also have the right to inherit the second prince Wanyan Zongwang!

This time going north, Ximen Qing was going to act in a play, and when he returned to Chu State, he would reveal Mr. Li to the public.He came to Yanjing City to discuss this matter secretly with Wanyan Zonghan.

Ximenqing's original plan was to falsely claim that he saved the former Song Emperor's concubine Li Shishi and his underage son by chance in the Kingdom of Jin after returning home.

This matter requires the cooperation of Yan Zonghan to release related rumors.

At the beginning, Ximenqing sent someone to pretend to be Jin Jun and rescue Li Shishi's mother and son. Outsiders thought Li Shishi fell into Jin Jun's hands.Therefore, Ximen Qing's strategy should not have any major flaws.

Now Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongfu want Ximen Qing to inherit Wanyan Zongwang's concubine in order to show their favor.In this way, Ximen Qing's lie became more rounded.

Just randomly pick two concubines of Wanyan Zongwang and bring them back to Chu State, and then publicize that the Wanyan family gave him three concubines, and mix Li Shishi among them, wouldn't it be perfect?

"Second brothers, I don't know which two beauties you are going to give to my younger brother?"

Speaking of beauties, Ximen Qing's hidden attributes activated again, showing a somewhat excited expression.

Wanyan Zonghan, Wanyan Zongfu, and Wanyan Zongbi all laughed knowingly when they saw it.

"Hahaha~ Such a beautiful thing, of course I have to let Brother Ximenqing choose it himself."

Wanyan Zongfu clapped his hands, and ordered the guards and warriors who ran in: "Take him to the steps outside the hall, and let Ximenqing choose carefully."

The samurai responded and quickly walked out of the hall.

Not long after, the Jurchen guard stepped into the hall again and reported to Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongfu that all the concubines that Prince Zongwang had left in the army had been taken outside the hall to wait for orders.

After hearing this, the two of them pulled Ximen Qing side by side to the gate of Nanyaochi Hall, and looked down the steps together.

I saw a row of young and beautiful women standing under the shade of flower trees in the garden under the stage.

These women seemed to know and accept their own destiny, they stood there quietly without making a sound.

At the beginning of the Jin Dynasty, the Jurchen aristocrats had not yet completely transformed from tribal slave owners to feudal landlords.Therefore, the people captured by them in the war also belonged to the private slaves of the noble slave owners.

Now that the slave owner Wanyan Zongwang is dead, they will of course be divided up as inheritance by other slave owners.

Now, the only thing these more than a dozen young and beautiful women can beg for is to be selected and taken in by a better Jurchen nobleman, so that they will not be reduced to the laundry yard.

Therefore, although they didn't dare to speak out, these women quietly looked at the four nobles who walked out of the hall with their beautiful eyes.

Wanyan Zonghan was imposing, Wanyan Zongfu was tall and resolute, Ximen Qing was handsome and unrestrained, and Wanyan Zongbi was full of vigor. In the eyes of the women, these four made them feel at ease.

It seems that the four nobles on the stage all seem to be good hosts?

Ximen Qing's gaze had already been attracted by these beauties in the garden.

I saw that the dozen or so beauties were vaguely divided into two groups, one group consisted of four women wearing Khitan costumes, and the other group of more than ten people were all dressed in Song and Han costumes.

Needless to say, these women must have been accepted as concubines by Wanyan Zongwang when the Liao and Song dynasties fell.

Ximen Qing pointed to the four Khitan beauties and asked Wanyan Zonghan and others about it.

Wanyan Zonghan told Ximen Qing that the four Khitan women were all daughters of Yelu Yanxi, Emperor Tianzuo of the Liao Kingdom, and they were called Yelu Yuliyan, Yelu Oriyan, Yelu Daaoye, and Yeluciaoye respectively.