"Your Majesty, you seem to be worried?" Duke Zhuang asked softly after seeing Your Majesty pondering for a while.

"Shi Kai, during the peace talks in Shaoxing, our dynasty still had Sichuan and Shaanxi. Now the war in Sichuan and Shu had just opened up, and the recovery of Shaanxi has not yet been put on the agenda. I was afraid of all difficulties in asking for Shaanxi from the Mongolian Yuan, so it may turn into a situation after the Xinmao change." Zhao Bing said with a few fingers.

"Your Majesty, my subordinates have also heard people discussing that the reason why our court was defeated in succession and the "destroyment of the country" began with the Xinmao Incident. But my subordinates thought that this was not the case at that time, and Your Majesty did not need to worry too much..." Duke Zhuang talked happily.

Zhao Bing listened to his arguments and also analyzed in his heart. The Xinmao Incident started with the Lianmeng destroying Jin in that year. He knew that the world and future generations thought that the Song court made this decision to avenge the Jingkang shame and ended the century-long war confrontation between the Song and Jin. But in addition to avenging revenge, the Lianmeng destroying Jin was actually a military diplomatic strategy made by the Lin'an court in the late Southern Song Dynasty after careful consideration.

In fact, as early as the early Southern Song Dynasty, some people began to notice the existence of the Mongolian power and tried to use the conflict between Mongolia and Jin to serve the diplomatic service to Jin. However, at this time, the Song court had signed the "Shaoxing Peace Agreement" with the Jin Dynasty and had no intention of regaining its hometown. This matter was put on hold. Later, when Wanyan Liang, the King of Hailing of the Jin Dynasty tore up the "Shaoxing Peace Agreement" and launched the "Zhenglong Southern Expedition", in order to reduce its military pressure, the Song court also tried to issue an edict to Mongolia and Khitan tribes to jointly attack Jin.

However, at this time, the Mongolian tribes had not been unified and were not enough to become a force that could be relied on. In addition, the barriers of the Jin Dynasty and the Western Xia Dynasty made the Southern Song Dynasty unable to obtain direct contact with Mongolia. Later, as the Mongolian tribes began to gradually unify, the threat to the Jin Dynasty became increasingly serious, and it had reached the level of competing with the Jin Dynasty. At this time, some officials of the Southern Song Dynasty also began to worry.

Regarding the Jin Kingdom, the Southern Song Dynasty had three views: protecting Jin to resist Mongolia, destroying Jin, and destroying Jin. Most people in the Southern Song Dynasty held the second view. Destroying Jin is different from destroying Jin. It is not necessary to destroy Jin to unite Mongolia. If Jin wants to destroy it, Mongolia must also defend itself. Because Mongolia’s military operations are not only targeting Jin Kingdom. Mongolia first raided Sichuan and seized the five passes of the Southern Song Dynasty. Later, Mongolia forcibly used the Southern Song Dynasty to defeat the Southern Song Dynasty defenders and raided the Jin Kingdom.

Faced with the situation where Mongolia was ruthlessly moving south and the Jin Dynasty was still the same, the Southern Song court had two opinions. One was to support the Jin Dynasty and use it as a shield against Mongolia; the other was to believe that the Jin Dynasty should be taken advantage of this opportunity to destroy it, and then to boost its spirits and try to resist Mongolia's attempt to move south. Therefore, most people in the Southern Song court opposed forming an alliance with Mongolia. However, the vast majority of people also opposed the Jin Dynasty. This was not only the reason for the Jingkang shame, but the full-scale war with the Jin Dynasty a few years ago is still vivid in my mind.

Therefore, the Southern Song Dynasty could not be sure that after helping the Jin Kingdom block Mongolia, the Jin Kingdom would not continue to attack Song. Although the Southern Song courts disagreed at this time, they all realized that Mongolia was a country of tigers and wolves, and was not enough to be an ally, or even a more vicious enemy than the Jin Dynasty. Therefore, under the influence of the idea of ​​not connecting with the Jin Dynasty, the Southern Song Dynasty launched military operations on the border of Song and Jin, while dealing with the Mongolian alliance vaguely.

The Song court believed that under the rise of the Mongol forces, the Jin Dynasty had changed from an enemy in the past to a buffer country today. As long as the Jin could resist the Mongol attack, it was not a bad idea for the Southern Song Dynasty to continue to receive annual tribute to the Jin Dynasty. The Mongolian power was very strong and had the ability to destroy the Jin Dynasty. After the Mongols destroyed the Jin Dynasty, it would not be a good thing for the Song Dynasty. If they did not break off diplomatic relations with the Jin Dynasty and continued to receive annual quotas, it would be beneficial to the Jin people to resist Mongolia. In this way, the Southern Song Dynasty also had the opportunity to relieve time, organize forces, and fight against the Mongols' southward advance.

However, the Southern Song Dynasty court's view on the issue of Mongolia and Jin Dynasty was still different from other surrounding regimes. As the Jin soldiers went south and captured the two emperors Hui and Qin to return to the north, the court, including the royal family, was looted. The Song people hated the Jin people to the core. Although the Song Dynasty was poor and weak for many years, the call for regaining lost territory to avenge the world has never stopped. In fact, the Southern Song government has been constantly adjusting its strategy against Mongolia and Jin according to changes in the current situation. The issuance of the "Union of the Monarch" resolution was also several times of twists and turns. Finally, with the contributor of many unexpected events and under the joint action of various factors, the Southern Song Dynasty had to embark on the road of union of Mongolia and Jin.

However, the Southern Song Dynasty and Mongolia were brought together, and the north and south attacked the Jin Dynasty to perish. The main reason was that the Jin Dynasty miscalculated the situation and ignored the disputes of the Southern Song court. It was that the Song Dynasty would have any factors that would be conducive to the alliance between the Jin and Song Dynasty, and it did not expect that the Song Dynasty would have a joint force, and even more so that it would fight for the Song people to fight against the Mongolian. After learning that the Southern Song Dynasty wanted to cut off the annual monies, the Jin Kingdom was very dissatisfied and blindly decided to go south to compete for territory, pushing possible allies to the enemy. In order to resolve the crisis in the Jin Dynasty and to punish the Southern Song Dynasty for refusing to pay annual monies, the war against the Southern Song Dynasty was launched in 2011.

The Jin Dynasty's southern invasion broke the illusion of the Song court using Jin as a barrier, and the relevant debates also stopped. The situation of the war was not as optimistic as the Jin people estimated. At this time, for its own survival, the Southern Song Dynasty not only resolutely resisted the invading Jin army, but also constantly looked for opportunities to go deep into Henan to force the Jin army to retreat. In addition, in order to reduce the pressure on national defense, the Southern Song Dynasty also publicly recruited the powerful Shandong Zhongyi Army, and at the same time met with the Xixia to attack Qin and Gong. The Jin people occupied some prefectures and counties in Huainan of the Southern Song Dynasty, but were soon recovered by the Song people. Subsequently, the Song and Jin border fell into a long tug-of-war.

The Jin soldiers did not gain any advantage in the war to attack Song. The plan to seize Huainan as a buffer was failed and lost a lot of vitality. In order to survive, the Song court had to interact with Mongolia again in order to reduce the military pressure it had to bear. For the Southern Song Dynasty, the alliance between Mongolia and the destruction of Jin began to become the mainstream view. Although sending troops to help food had the purpose of "taking hatred and shame", the most fundamental purpose was to "harmony with Mongolia". This was a correct move that was in line with the interests of the Southern Song Dynasty and the only correct choice for the Southern Song Dynasty.

In the first month of the first year of Duanping, the Song and Meng coalition forces broke through Caizhou City, the last stronghold of the Jin Dynasty. The Jin Aizong Wanyan Shouxu hurriedly passed the throne and hanged himself to death. The last emperor of the Jin Dynasty Wanyan Chenglin was also killed in the chaos and the Jin Dynasty was destroyed. The Song army finally obtained most of the spoils, including Wanyan Shouxu's body. They also recovered the four prefectures of Shou, Si, Su, Hao and Lianshui, plus the Haizhou obtained by Li Quan, a total of five prefectures, one army, twenty counties, and the entire territory of the two Huai Rivers. The west of the capital was obtained by Tang, Deng, and Xi, and the eleven prefectures in Jingdong were obtained by Pizhou.

From this point of view, the Southern Song Dynasty could be regarded as a beneficiary in the incident of "Union of Mongolia and Destroying Jin", but this result was not a blessing for the Southern Song Dynasty. After the destruction of Jin, the Mongolian army withdrew to the north of the Yellow River and the Song army withdrew near the Yangtze River. At this time, Henan was extremely ruined due to war and could not provide supplies to the army, so Henan became an unoccupied area sandwiched between Mongolia and the Southern Song Dynasty.

After the destruction of the Jin regime, the Mongols did not stop moving south, but continued to advance south, and regarded the destruction of the Southern Song regime as their next goal. Therefore, the confrontation between Mongolia and the Southern Song Dynasty began for forty years. Looking at the entire process, the Southern Song government did not know the truth that the lips were lost and the teeth were cold. Finally, the path of "unification of Mongolia and the Jin regime" was more of a helplessness of "two harms were compared".

However, the disasters brought to the Southern Song Dynasty by the "Xinmao Incident" are far more than this. The defense of the Southern Song Dynasty in Sichuan can be summarized in one sentence: "Three passes are the gateways, and the five prefectures are the barriers." The three passes are the Qifang Pass, Fengzhou Xianren Pass, and Xingyuan Wuxiu Pass; the five prefectures are the Jiezhou, Fengzhou, Chengzhou (Tongqing Prefecture), and Xihezhou and Tianshui Army. The Mongolian army went south twice, turning "the passes at the Shukou are flat and cannot be repaired", and Sichuan has since opened its doors.

What is even more serious is the destruction of the Mongolian army along the Jialing River. The logistics supply of the Song army at Shukou relies entirely on the Jialing River water transportation. Mianzhou, Da'an Army and Lizhou along the river outside Jianmen Pass are the three most important military areas in Sichuan and Shaanxi. Therefore, Sichuan and Shaanxi can have no Han Zhong Xing Yuan Prefecture, but they must not lose these three states along the Jialing River.

Although the new Shu general Li Zhen collected defeated troops from all over the country after taking office, recruited Zhongyi, quickly recovered the lost territory, and worked with deputy commander Zhao Yanna to restore the defense line at Shukou. However, because these three states were occupied and destroyed by the Mongolian army in the "Xinmao Incident", the water transportation of the Jialing River was unsustainable and could only reopen the land route. Until the autumn of Kuoduan Yuduan, Mongolia launched a large-scale attack on Shukou again in the autumn of the second year of Kuoduan, the vitality of Shukou was far from recovering, causing Sichuan to fall in a short period of time after the full confrontation between Song and Mongolia. This cannot be said to be the evil root planted by the "Xinmao Incident".

In addition, from a longer-term perspective, after the Zhao Song Dynasty moved south, the income of the Sichuan General Consulate accounted for more than a quarter of the total fiscal revenue of the Southern Song Dynasty all year round, and the military rations provided by Sichuan reached more than a third of the military ration supply of the entire Southern Song Dynasty. Therefore, people at that time sighed that "Shu will perish if the Song Dynasty is destroyed." In this sense, the fate of the Southern Song Dynasty's final defeat and destruction also originated from the "Xinmao Change"...

"Your Majesty, my subordinates think that although there is a lesson in the Xinmao Change, there is one time and another!" Duke Zhuang briefly described the process of the Xinmao Change, explained the process of the decision-making and the subsequent path of gains and losses.

"I would like to listen to your judgment!" Zhao Bing poured a cup of tea and pushed it to him and said with a smile.
Chapter completed!