[Comprehensive] Survival of the Last Emperor

The custom of shooting willows originated from the ancient "Bamboo Forest" sacrificial activities of the northern nomadic peoples such as the Xiongnu and Xianbei. It was carried forward through the Liao, Jin and Yuan dynasties, and it was still a popular activity in the court until the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Different from archery in the Central Plains, which is more important than etiquette, archery willow is more like a competitive activity.

Every year on the Double Ninth Festival, the emperor of the Kingdom of Jin would change his clothes, pray to heaven and earth, and perform activities such as shooting willows and hitting balls.

According to the records of "Golden History", the willow planting field is divided into two rows. The shooters are in order of superiority and inferiority.First lead with a galloping horse, and then shoot the horse with a featherless horizontal arrow.The one who cuts off the willow and then catches it with his hands and gallops away is the top;Every time he shoots, he must beat the drum to help him breathe.

In the fifth year of Jin Taihe, on the fifth day of May, although Jin Zhangzong still had no son, it did not delay him from holding the Willow Shooting Competition.

On this day, when Jin Zhangzong Wan Yanjing sat on the high throne and opened his field towards the willow field, he saw a team of about 40 young knights in riding clothes appearing from a distance.

These young knights, apart from being all participants in this Willow Shooting Contest, are mostly young clan disciples.

For these clan disciples, achieving good results at the Willow Shooting Conference and attracting everyone's attention, preferably the emperor's, might be a turning point in their lives.

Don't think that you can sit back and relax as a child of the clan. The most important thing in the royal family is the children. The children of the clan have eight thousand if they don't have ten thousand children. If you don't work hard, who will fancy you?

Although Wanyan Chenglin is considered a close-knit and has a higher starting point than ordinary people, he still needs to work hard on his own. Therefore, he changed his low-key attitude of the previous ten years and began to seriously participate in various clan appearance activities.

This willow shooting is an event that Wanyan Chenglin has prepared for a long time.

Holding a bow in one hand and an arrow in the other, Wanyan Chenglin followed the leading warrior holding a triangular embroidered white sun and black flag. After three laps slowly, the willow shooting competition officially began.

Wanyan Chenglin was unlucky in the lottery draw this time, being the last among 40 people.

This position can be regarded as a garbage time. If there are outstanding people in the top dozens of people, he is likely to be reduced to a foil; but if there is no outstanding person in the top dozens of people, his appearance will definitely give people a deep impression.

However, after a round of shooting, it can be seen that the fighting power of the Jinren has degraded, and none of the 39 people can win—that is, they can shoot off willow branches and catch willow branches at the same time.

"Look at me!" Wanyan Chenglin shook the bow and arrow in his hand and cried out in his heart.

When the war drum sounded again, Wanyan Chenglin rode out on horseback. First, the flying horse circled the arena, then aimed at a willow branch tied with a big red silk handkerchief, and shot at it with a bow.

Arrows are like shooting stars, cutting off the white poles of willow branches.

Wanyan Chenglin galloped his horse, caught the falling willow branches with his hands, then slowed down the horse, and waved willows in front of the audience.

Wanyan Chenglin is only 19 years old, young and handsome, and today he has specially dressed up, making him more personable and handsome, which immediately attracted the favor of the audience.

Sure enough, after a while, Wanyan Chenglin received an order from the servant saying that His Majesty would personally give the wine to invite Prince Zhao and his party.

Wanyan Chenglin followed the servant to Jin Zhangzong's imperial tent, and saw a middle-aged man in his forties sitting in the tent, who was his cousin and current emperor Jin Zhangzong Wanyan Jing.

After Jin Zhangzong asked Wanyan Chenglin a few words, he ordered someone to bring a glass of wine, brought the wine to Wanyan Chenglin himself, and said: "In the past, I grew up with King Zhao in the palace of the first emperor, and the relationship is extraordinary. I still vaguely remember Zhao Wang's appearance when he was young, and Cheng Lin has a bit of the demeanor of Zhao Wang when he was young."

Although Wanyan Chenglin kept swearing in his heart that "I look like Bao Xiruo"—otherwise, with his appearance, people would have suspected whether Zhao Wang wanted to be a father, or could have identified whether Wanyan Honglie was his own. He is dead, but he still accepted Jin Zhangzong's gift of wine with a smile on his face.

After giving the wine, Jin Zhangzong didn't know what he thought of, his face suddenly felt a little uncomfortable, but he still smiled and said: "King Zhao has such a good son, how can he hide at home?"

After confirming that Yan Chenglin only had the idle position of serving as a general of the country, and because of his high martial arts skills, he was assigned an errand as an imperial guard.

After chatting a few more words, Yan Chenglin was sent out.

As for the reason why Jin Zhangzong's complexion suddenly turned bad, Wanyan Chenglin probably understood a little bit. Seeing that his youngest son could marry a wife and have grandchildren, but his own son died and gave birth to another, and after giving birth to another, this kind of melancholy It's like going home during the Chinese New Year and being asked by the three aunts and six wives if you have a partner?If there is a partner, the next step is when to get married, when to have children, how old are the children, how are their grades, whether the children have a partner, and so on.

However, Wanyan Chenglin doesn't mind too much. According to history - if Father History really wants him to die in Caizhou, his official career should be very smooth in the next few decades. Even if several emperors don't like him, they won't I hate him, otherwise I would have died in Gongdou long ago, how could I be destined to be the emperor.And being able to be established as the unlucky last emperor when Jin Aizong died also proved that his status in the court and the clan was not low at that time, otherwise so many people with the surname Wanyan, where would it be his turn?

In other words, if Mongolia did not succeed in destroying gold, it should not be difficult for me to become a public official without disaster or disease in this life.

Because of his amazing appearance in the Willow Shooting Contest, Wanyan Chenglin suddenly rose a lot in the marriage market, and the Jurchen nobles no longer dislike him. Try hard to say goodbye to Yan Chenglin.

Naturally, Bao Xiruo didn't want her daughter-in-law to be a Jurchen, but she also knew that if she married a Han, Wanyan Chenglin might end up here in her life, so she neither stopped nor supported the choice of a daughter-in-law, and let Wanyan Honglie go. And Wanyan Chenglin to do it.

Therefore, when the policy of the princess did not work, those who wanted to marry changed to follow the route of Wanyan Honglie and Wanyan Chenglin.

Wanyan Honglie, it doesn't count if a wife accuses a child or accuses a child, he is still a big lover.

What a shrewd person Wanyan Honglie is, this kind of thing that he knows his wife doesn't like, but he might offend his son - what if his son has true love like him?How would you do it?

As for Wanyan Chenglin, although he has many appointments, he has a lot of people in mind, so he is still working as a gymnast for the time being - stepping in several boats at the same time, risking capsizing to make various appointments.

Apart from caring about marriage, Wanyan Chenglin didn't forget to flatter his big brother and sister-in-law.

Of course, the main one is the lobby wife, the concubine Li.

Li Shi'er was born in a poor and humble family, his father Li Xiang, his mother Wang Shi'er, and his elder brother Li Xi'er was a robber and a criminal in the family.Due to the conviction of Li's family, Shi'er was not admitted to the palace prison in the early years, and entered the palace as a prisoner's woman in the last years of Dading.Later, when he met Liang Dao, an eunuch, he praised her for her beauty and talent, and persuaded Jin Zhangzong to accept her as his concubine.

Li Shi'er was born in a Han nationality. Compared with the healthy Jurchen concubine, she looked weak and lovable. In addition, she was not only beautiful, intelligent and talented, but also very good at observing words and expressions, so she was favored by Jin Zhangzong very quickly.

In the fourth year of Mingchang (1193), she was named Zhaorong, and in the second year she was named Concubine Shu.

After Jin Zhangzong's main wife, Empress Qinhuai, passed away, Zhangzong himself wanted to make Concubine Li the queen.However, since the founding of the Kingdom of Jin, they have always intermarried with Tudan, Tang Kuo, Pucha, Nalan, Pusan, Heshilie, Wulinying, Wugulun and other tribes. The queens were mainly married to these tribes, and the princess married Naturally, these are all of them.Li Shi'er came from a humble background and is the daughter of a prisoner, of course the minister could not agree.Jin Zhangzong had no choice but to make her a concubine Yuan, but her status and treatment were actually equal to that of a queen.

Wan Yan Chenglin said that Li Shier's fate was just not at the right time. In fact, the two queens of Jin Xuanzong were Han Chinese, and they were also sisters.

After you ask Yan Chenglin why he even knows this kind of gossip, in fact he is not very clear, but when he checked his own information back then, he happened to see that Jin Aizong, who was dying and inappropriate as the king of subjugation, was born of a Han empress.

Since Li Shi'er is a Han Chinese, and he is usually favored in the palace, he must have been gossipated by those Jurchens.

After Wan Yan Chenglin thought twice, he sent his mother Bao Xiruo into the palace—cough, don't get me wrong, it's not to please Jin Zhangzong, but just to let her talk with Li Shi'er.

One is the daughter of a criminal, the other is a re-dipping woman, and she is also a Han woman who is not valued by the Jurchen nobles. I don't know if I can chat.

In fact, Bao Xiruo is not good at words, it is really impossible to chat, but Li Shier does not hate Bao Xiruo, not only frequently invites her into the palace, but because of Bao Xiruo, he always tells Jin Zhangzong about their father and son Kind words for both.

Wanyan Chenglin thought about it for a while, maybe it is easy to find a sense of superiority in Bao Xiruo?But Bao Xiruo, a soft bun with a white lotus appearance, can she really understand your sense of superiority?

Thinking about it, Wanyan Chenglin also felt crispy.

However, even though Wanyan Chenglin asked Bao Xiruo to get close to Master Li, it was only to prevent Li Dang from causing trouble for him, and it was just a temporary excuse. He himself had absolutely no intention of falling for Li Dang.

I am a Jurchen myself, and Li Shier's father and brother are both Han Chinese. Not to mention the difference in ethnicity between the two—to put it bluntly, even after more than 1000 years, he can still get extra points for the college entrance examination, and he will still be subsidized for having a second child .Li Shi'er's father and brother are all incompetent people, and most of the party members who handed over to them are either useless wood or scum. The Kingdom of Jin is handed over to them, and it can be finished in minutes without the Mongols.

The reason why the Li family is so prosperous now is nothing more than relying on Master Li to be favored, and the honor and favor of the concubine has always been placed on the emperor, the emperor's heart is unpredictable, who knows what will happen tomorrow?

The most important thing is that Li Shi'er is old and not childless.

Women are different from men. Men in their 35s and [-]s can give birth to children. Women over [-] years old are old mothers, and the chances of giving birth to normal and healthy babies are greatly reduced.

I heard that now, in order to give birth to a son, Jin Zhangzong began to favor those palace people who were of childbearing age. Although Li Shi'er was still favored, there were fewer opportunities to accompany the king.

Not having a son and not being a queen means not being a queen mother.

So don't look at the fun now, when you pull out the list in the future, the ending should not be too beautiful.

How many Jurchen concubines who are out of favor in the palace now means how many Jurchen nobles will throw bricks into the Li family's well at that time, and Wanyan Chenglin will naturally not stir into the muddy water.

Because he now has a more serious pool of muddy water to drain.

"Wu Mu's last letter?" Wanyan Chenglin was startled, looked up at Jin Zhangzong sitting on the dragon chair, and asked, "Did your majesty ask the minister to take the "Wu Mu's last letter" under the pretext of being an envoy?" ?”

"That's right, it's "Wu Mu's Last Letter." Jin Zhangzong didn't pay attention to Yan Chenglin's face, but explained to him with a serious face: "In the past, after the death of Yue Fei, my mortal enemy of Da Jin, he wrote down the tactics he used all his life. A book of war, it is said that if you get this book of war, you can fight for hegemony in the Central Plains according to the art of war in the book, I order Cheng Lin to fetch it."

"Yes, Your Majesty. It's just that I don't know where this "Wu Mu's Last Letter" is?" Wanyan Chenglin was already crying in his heart, but he still had to pretend that he didn't understand anything.

"Wu Mu Suicide Note" ah!He knows it, he knows it too well!

In the original book, "Wu Mu's Last Letter" was hidden in the palace of the Song Dynasty under the water curtain stone cave fifteen steps east of the Cuihan Hall in Lin'an. Help the Holy Land.

So when Wanyan Honglie went to pick up the book in the original book, he only took an empty box back, but the real "Wu Mu's Suicide Note" had already made Guo Jing and Huang Rong cheaper.

Wanyan Chenglin naturally knew where "Wu Mu's Suicide Note" was early in the morning, but he even thought about Xishana's martial arts cheats, but he didn't think about "Wu Mu's Suicide Note" at all.

Can you win the world with just one military book?What a nonsense thing is this?There are so many people in the world who have read "Sun Tzu's Art of War", but in fact, in the end, there is only one famous general who can fight for the world for the monarch. How nonsense is this?

There are some things, even if Yue Fei himself is resurrected, there is nothing he can do about it, let alone his art of war.

Don't tell me that Guo Jing used "Wu Mu's Suicide Note" to help Temujin conquer cities and land. How high is the quality of the Mongols' individual soldiers?Without the help of "Wu Mu's Suicide Note", it would be safe to dominate the earth at once. It doesn't make much difference whether there is "Wu Mu's Suicide Note".

If "Wu Mu's Suicide Note" is really useful, then why did Xiangyang City finally fall?Did the Southern Song Dynasty perish?

The factor that decides a war is never one or two famous generals, but the competition of military strength and comprehensive national strength.

It's just that although Wanyan Chenglin was so slanderous in his heart, he had to honestly agree to Jin Zhangzong on the face.

Back home, Wanyan Chenglin told Wanyan Honglie and Bao Xiruo that he would not be envoy to Song State.

Bao Xiruo immediately said, "Kang'er, if you have time to go to the Song Dynasty this time, how about helping your mother to go back to Niujia Village in Lin'an?"

Hearing Bao Xiruo's request, Wanyan Honglie's complexion immediately changed, but he quickly returned to normal, and he said, "Niujia Village, it's a good place, that's the hometown of your mother and concubine, where my father and king lived Met your mother and concubine."

"Really." Wanyan Chenglin pretended not to know the past of the two, and said with a smile on his face: "One is a commoner of the Song Dynasty, and the other is the Prince of Jin. The two people are thousands of miles apart in terms of status and status. To be able to meet, know and love each other, and to give birth to such a handsome and lovely child, this Niujia Village is indeed a blessed place, I must go there."

Must go!

If I remember correctly, in the original book, when Wanyan Honglie went to fetch "Wu Mu's Last Letter", Huang Rong and Guo Jing, who came back from overseas, would spoil the good deed, and then Huang and Guo would hide in the Qu family's old house in Niujia Village to practice "Nine Yinzhenjing" heals injuries, and listens to gossip while healing.

The most important thing is that the self in the original book killed Ouyang Ke there, and Guo, Huang, Qu and the other three saw him after the killing, and when the murder was carried out, Yang and Bao were still in the room. Coffin, think about it... Niujia Village is really a blessed place.

When Wanyan Chenglin thought about it, he recalled a very important character in the original novel——Duan Tiande.

In the original book, Wanyan Honglie colluded with Duan Tiande, which caused Guo and Yang's families to be ruined. Since the time he crossed, he has been only worried about Yang Tiexin appearing to expose the mystery of his life experience, but ignored Duan Tiande's big trouble .

Although Duan Tiande can't expose the mystery of his own life experience, if he is allowed to live, it is very likely that he will reveal the truth about the tragedy to Guo Jing.

I didn't deal with Duan Tiande in the past because Duan Tiande was a military officer of the Song Dynasty, and he was bothered to find him as a member of the Jin Dynasty. Remember correctly, Duan Tiande will be a senior military officer sent by the Song Dynasty to protect him.

After making up his mind, Wanyan Chenglin made up his mind to go to Song Dynasty for sightseeing.

Although in the original book, Wanyan Honglie at least brought Ouyang Ke, Ouyang Feng and other masters with him, while he could only bring along a few weaklings like Master Lingzhi, but his martial arts were not comparable to this deity.

At least I will not fall in Lujiazhuang, Taihu Lake.

A few days later, Wan Yan Chenglin bid farewell to his parents and went out as a "Golden Envoy".

This world is both official history and martial arts. Although the etiquette and customs are not very standard, it is not like Luthor in the original book.

In accordance with the spirit of the Huangtong peace talks, the Jin and Song Dynasties established a set of complicated engagement rules in a friendly and peaceful manner, with outrageously many details.

Jin Zhangzong considered that his little cousin had probably never done such a thing, so he assigned Wanyan Chenglin a deputy envoy to handle these claims.

In addition to the deputy envoy, Jin Zhangzong also selected translators, clerks, guards, doctors, and some labor for the younger cousin according to the regulations. It is estimated that about a hundred people were organized into the upper, middle, and lower sections, and the organizational system was basically completed.

You just mentioned an envoy, why do you want so many people?Because in addition to people, you will also bring many, many gifts.

For example, if it is to celebrate the Spring Festival, it is required to bring six kinds of gold wine vessels (one bowl, one plate and four cups), three hundred pieces of silk and satin, and six horses.If it is to congratulate the other emperor on his birthday, then the items should be replaced with a bag of birth beads, a gold belt, seven pairs of clothes, a suitcase, five hundred pieces of silk and satin, and ten horses.

Of course, you can rest assured that the Kingdom of Jin will never suffer a loss, because according to the spirit of the emperor's peace agreement, the Kingdom of Jin is an uncle, and the Kingdom of Song is a nephew, so when envoys from the Kingdom of Song come to the Kingdom of Jin, they will bring dozens of times or more Hundreds of times of things, it's almost worth the money.

In any dynasty, bribery and bribery are always the same theme, so in addition to the public-to-public gifts to the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, among the gifts Wanyan Chenglin brought were a large number of public-to-public gifts from the Emperor of the Jin Kingdom to the courtiers of the Song Dynasty. Personal gifts, the approximate amount is... about ten to twenty times.

With so many gifts, without the protection of soldiers, they would be robbed every minute, but soldiers from the Kingdom of Jin could not enter the territory of the Kingdom of Song.

So when Wanyan Chenglin arrived at the border, he saw the escort of the Song Dynasty who had been waiting to escort him at the border.

Similar to Jin Guo's configuration, Jin Guo's escort envoys are also one civil and one military, one officer and one deputy.

Wanyan Chenglin didn't remember his appearance and name for the positive one, but for the vice one...his name is Duan Tiande.

Wanyan Chenglin looked at Duan Tiande with a smile, and he really admired this guy in his heart. It is not uncommon for him to be able to get rid of the pursuit of the Jiangnan Seven Monsters all the way, but a great general of the Song Dynasty was able to run back to the Song Dynasty after inexplicably abandoning his official position and absconding for so long. As an official, not only can the official be restored to its original position, but it can also be promoted steadily. It is not easy to think about it.

The job of the escort envoy is 24 hours a day. Except for sleeping, the escort envoy has to accompany the envoy to do anything, so Wanyan Chenglin didn't want to kill Duan Tiande when he saw Duan Tiande, but thought about himself in his heart. When should be the best time to kill him.

Hmm... Taihu Luzhuang?

If I remember correctly, there is a passage in the original book where the deity Jin used to go to Taihu Lake, but was hijacked by the people of Lujiazhuang. It was also in this incident that Duan Tiande was recognized by Guo Jing as his great enemy, thus uncovering the tragedy of Niujia Village 18 years ago. .

But what is the current plot?Did the deity cross Taihu Lake?Or the part of stealing "Wu Mu's Suicide Note"?The time points of the two plots are a bit far apart.

And most importantly, where is Guo Jing and Huang Rong, the big brooms who specialize in bad male leads and good things?

With this uneasy mood, Wanyan Chenglin followed the escort of the Song Dynasty and prepared to cross Taihu Lake with a large amount of treasure and goods.