Chapter 729 0724 [I Haven't Asked You for Compensation Yet]

In the first two or three years after he became emperor, Wuqimai still wanted to work hard to govern the country.

Moreover, he studied the Liao and Song systems, intended to take back the military and political power, and tried to win over the powerful people of various ethnic groups.

Therefore, during that period, Wuqimai often issued edicts in the name of the emperor, allocating grain to help the newly attached people of a certain ethnic group, to help the troops of a newly attached surrendered general, to help the hungry people in a certain place, to reward the meritorious soldiers of various ethnic groups, and so on.

Even under the advice of Han and Bohai civil servants, he exempted the usurious interest owed by tenants of various ethnic groups and allocated land to these tenants to make them self-cultivating farmers.

With the loss of power, the shortage of military food, and the disappearance of benevolent policies, the Jin court could no longer issue edicts to help the people.

Historically, in the middle of Wuqimai's reign, due to the continuous wars of the Jin Dynasty, there was even a situation where the newly relocated soldiers who guarded the border could not get enough food and clothing.

In order to survive, the border troops of the Jin Dynasty first sold the slaves they had robbed, and then sold their children for a living.

It was not until they searched the mountains and seas and robbed a lot of people in Song that the Jin Kingdom issued an edict in the name of the emperor, and the court paid money to help the border troops redeem the family members who were sold. For border troops with only two or three people in the household, the government gave slaves to make up for the number of four. The government also provided supplementary cattle for those who were insufficient. And they also gave the border troops additional food.

Overall, whether the Jin Kingdom was willing to provide relief to the people of all ethnic groups and whether to fully pay the second-line troops depended on how much they robbed from the enemy!

If they could not rob money and food, they would not only not provide relief to the hungry people in the country, but would also intensify their exploitation.

Now it is a situation where they cannot rob, and they have not robbed properly for three years.

The Jin Kingdom will not give the people the food compensated by the Ming Dynasty, they will only use it all as military food.

Until the situation was completely out of control and nearly a quarter of the ethnic groups in the north defected, Wanyan Xiyin finally announced the migration policy: at the beginning of the migration, how much food would be given to each male and how much food would be given to each female. How much food would be given when they arrived at the migration site.

The order finally eased the trend of defection.

But it was only an easing. There were still many tribes who did not believe Wanyan Xiyin's promise. They felt that they had received food now, and after migrating to Liaodong, they would definitely default on the remaining food.

Even if they did not default, the autumn taxes would be doubled.

By the date agreed upon by the two countries, the Ming army had completely withdrawn from Haibin County and Lushun, and the Jin Kingdom was still dragging its feet to capture fugitives everywhere.

Ma Kuo, escorted by Wang Yan, came to Yanshan Prefecture City to meet Wanyan Xiyin and asked, "The Ming Dynasty has withdrawn its troops, why is the Jin Kingdom still refusing to leave and only giving up the four cities of Yixian, Rongcheng, Xincheng, and Yongqing?"

Wanyan Xiyin also asked, "Why did the Ming Dynasty take in the rebels and civilians of our Great Jin?"

Ma Kuo sneered, "This is ridiculous. Where the Jin Kingdom's soldiers and civilians go, what does it have to do with our Great Ming? Could it be that the Ming Dynasty tied them up? Those rebels of the Jin Kingdom sneaked into the border of the Great Ming Dynasty, burning, killing and looting countless people along the way, and the Ming Dynasty has not yet asked the Jin Kingdom for compensation!"

Wanyan Xiyin was very angry: "Nonsense! They are going to surrender to the Ming Dynasty How dare they plunder in Ming? "

Ma Kuo was well prepared. He took out the prefecture and county reports and stuffed them to Wanyan Xiyin, saying: "Your Excellency, please take a look. This is the official document reported by officials from Baozhou and Xiongzhou to the Ming court. Since the beginning of spring, 20,000 Jin soldiers and civilians have entered the territory of Hebei in Ming without authorization. These Jin soldiers and civilians are short of food, but they all carry weapons. When they encounter Han towns, they plunder, and even spy on prefectures and counties to seize cities! Not to mention how many Han people died, Ming lost a total of 400,000 shi of grain and 1.8 million guan of money. All these losses must be compensated by Jin!"

Wanyan Xiyin recognized Chinese characters and could even identify the content of the seal.

Although it was purely fabricated, these official documents were forged too realistically. Or even the seal of the Executive Yuan was real.

Wanyan Xiyin said: "Since the Ming Dynasty has suffered losses, the Ming Dynasty should assist the Jin Dynasty and escort those rebels back."

Ma Kuo said: "If they cannot be escorted back, they have all been wiped out, and the heinous ones have been executed on the spot. The Ming and Jin Dynasties are now friendly neighbors. The Ming Dynasty helped the Jin Dynasty to eliminate the rebels, and the Jin Dynasty does not need to pay for this. But the losses suffered by the Ming Dynasty must be compensated by the Jin Dynasty at the price."

Wanyan Xiyin wanted to draw a knife and kill people. The Ming Dynasty was really too much!

Not only did they accept the rebellion of the Jin Dynasty, but they also came to the Jin Dynasty to ask for compensation. Where in the world are there such shameless people?

Ma Kuo stopped talking nonsense and left with a sentence: "If the Jin soldiers do not withdraw from Yanshan Prefecture within half a month, the Ming Dynasty will send troops to enforce the peace treaty by force!"

The two sides parted unhappily, and Wanyan Xiyin was extremely angry.

No matter how angry he was, he had to do something. The Jin soldiers had withdrawn from the border defense line, and the army was in chaos and defected countless times. If he fought at this time, he would be courting death.

Wanyan Xiyin sent someone to catch up with Ma Kuo and put forward a condition: "The Ming Kingdom has paid 80,000 shi of wheat. If another 200,000 shi is delivered, the Jin soldiers will immediately withdraw from Yanshan Prefecture. This grain is used to relocate the military and civilians." Ma Kuo replied: "When the Jin Kingdom sends the remaining 50 stallions, the Ming Dynasty will deliver 200,000 shi of wheat." More than ten days later, the Jin Kingdom handed over the stallions and the Ming Dynasty also gave wheat. The Jin soldiers immediately withdrew from Fanyang and Liangxiang, but the relocation work around Yanshan Prefecture was still a mess. Shi Li'ai's people were nearby. They were die-hard traitors and it was difficult for them to surrender to the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, the Shi family was entrusted with an important task by Wanyan Xiyin to connect with the Han gentry left over from the Liao Kingdom and persuade them to relocate.

These northern Han gentry did not flee when the Liao Dynasty fell, and did not leave when the Jin people attacked them. Now they are also unwilling to leave.

Even if they have children in their clan who are serving as officials in Liaodong, they still cannot be persuaded to move.

In desperation, Wanyan Xiyin could only send out troops and behead those who were unwilling to move.

The northern Han gentry were frightened and surrendered, but many of them looked for opportunities to escape in the dark during the relocation.

Some gentry successfully escaped, but more gentry were killed by the pursuers.

After so many heads were killed, no one dared to escape.

…

Sanhe County was in ruins.

There was no one inside or outside the city, only piles of bones.

On this day, countless soldiers and civilians came to camp outside the city.

While cooking, Liu Ni asked, "Brother, we finally moved back. Do we really have to move to Liaodong again?"

Liu E said, "The Jurchen soldiers and Bohai soldiers have been guarding us all the way. How can we escape and surrender to the Ming Dynasty?"

The Liu family is a veteran traitor and has surrendered to the Jin Dynasty for many years.

Before Song Huizong redeemed Youzhou, the whole family was moved to Liaodong by the Jin Dynasty, along with more than 20,000 people in the county.

The Jin Dynasty did not make good resettlement measures at the time, nor was it willing to provide food relief to the hungry people, resulting in the death of nearly one-third of the more than 20,000 people in the north.

Three years ago, some of the Liu clan members returned with three or four thousand fellow villagers.

The current situation is that the Liu clan and fellow villagers are separated in Youzhou and Liaodong. Once Liu E surrenders to the Ming Dynasty, the Liaodong clan will inevitably be implicated.

Liu E didn't care about the Liaodong clan, but Wanyan Zongwang was dead, and the new Wanyan Xiyin didn't trust him. From the beginning of the migration to the migration route, Jurchen soldiers were sent to watch the whole process!

Liu Ni suddenly came up with a bad idea: "Why not have someone set fire to the camp at midnight and shout that the Ming army is coming. By then, the soldiers and civilians in the camp will be in chaos, and I don't know how many people will escape. We can also escape in the chaos."

Liu E asked back: "How many soldiers and civilians can you take away in the chaos? There are too few people to take to the Ming Dynasty. How can my Liu family be valued in the Ming Dynasty?"

Liu Ni was speechless.

It was obvious that Liu Ni was not the only one who had the same idea.

At four o'clock in the morning, everything was silent.

A camp suddenly caught fire, and then someone shouted: "The Ming army is coming!"

From the accent, it was either Khitan or Xi people, these two tribes were the most resistant to the rule of the Jin Dynasty.

Those guys even rode horses and set fire to a place, making the camps more and more chaotic.

Many small tribes who wanted to escape took the opportunity to cooperate, setting fire and shouting while fleeing south randomly.

Some even fled northwards in a panic.

The Jin soldiers, frightened by the Ming army, thought that the Ming Dynasty had really broken its promise, and sent a large army to attack the Jurchen and Bohai soldiers at night, and they also fled subconsciously.

Wanyan Xiyin led his personal soldiers to suppress and appease the rebels everywhere, and finally stabilized the army at dawn, and then sent cavalry to capture people everywhere.

Liu E, who had always planned to surrender to the Ming Dynasty, did not take the opportunity to escape, but helped Wanyan Xiyin to gather the remaining soldiers, and helped Wanyan Xiyin to capture the escaped people the next day.

Because they wanted to escape not for survival, but to continue the prosperity of the family.

It must be worthwhile to escape!

It must be worthwhile to rebel!

On the next journey, all the people must walk with ropes.

And the various ethnic groups are mixed, with 20 people in a group.

If one person escapes, the whole group will be punished.

In this way, they marched to Banghai Road, and Wanyan Xiyin counted the number of people, and he was so angry that he wanted to vomit blood.

Since the beginning of spring, the total number of soldiers and civilians who have fled is nearly 40,000 (in fact, many were killed by the pursuers)!

Wanyan Xiyin personally led troops to station in Haiyang (Qinhuangdao), blocking the soldiers and civilians from escaping, and sent people to ask the Ming Dynasty to transport the remaining wheat.

Ma Kuo rushed over angrily and cursed as soon as he met: "You still have the nerve to ask me for wheat? A large number of Jin soldiers and civilians have fled to Hebei, burning, killing and looting along the way, causing countless losses to the Ming Dynasty. My Ming Dynasty has to send troops and spend military rations to wipe out these bandits!"

Wanyan Xiyin was completely defeated, drew his sword and roared: "The thief cried thief, the thief cried thief, I will kill you!"

Obviously, the Ming Dynasty wanted to default on the balance of the grain compensation, and had a very sufficient lame excuse.

Ma Kuo stretched out his neck: "Chop it with a knife. If my head falls today, the Ming Dynasty will raise troops tomorrow, sail from the sea to take Fuzhou directly, and 200,000 Ming troops will kill Liaoyang!"

Wanyan Xiyin was so angry that he trembled all over, but he didn't dare to really chop it out. After suppressing his anger for a long time, he sheathed his sword and gritted his teeth, saying, "Please go back, sir. Goodbye!"

Ma Kuo muttered, "What a barbarian! He doesn't even care about the etiquette of diplomatic relations. He can't even entertain the envoys of a country."

Wanyan Xiyin was so angry that his voice was hoarse: "Come on, prepare food and wine for them!"