The Struggle of the Reborn Prince

Baozhou is located on the east bank of the Yalu River. It has a very important strategic position for controlling the traffic between Korea and the lower reaches of the Yalu River. However, this important land did not belong to Korea twenty years ago, which means that at that time, China and North Korea

The border is not demarcated by the Yalu River...

It is said that after the founding of Goryeo, the expansion of the border to the north conflicted with the Khitan who occupied this area at that time. They built the Great Wall between the south of Hamhung and the north of Yongxing on the peninsula, reaching Dulianpu, and built Dingzhou, Xuande, and Yuan Dynasties.

Xingsanguan. This time Goryeo's "expansion of territory" to the north lasted for less than two years. In the end, it lost the battle, and the eastern section of the border between China and North Korea returned to its original boundaries.

After the war, although the Liao Dynasty did not take back the land of the Six Prefectures east of the Yalu River, they took the land of the two prefectures and built a bridge on the Yalu River.

Jiangkou Zhulaiyuan City

, together with Baozhou, controlled the important areas of Goryeo. As a result, the bridge city built across the Yangtze River changed the situation in which the natural danger of the Yalu River was controlled by Goryeo. It became the forward position of the Liao Dynasty's attack on Goryeo and became a thorn in Goryeo's side.

In order to strengthen the defense of the two prefectures, the Liao Dynasty moved the Han and Xi people from the counties in western Liaoning to live here, and set up postal booths on the east bank of the Yalu River. For this reason, Goryeo negotiated with the Liao Dynasty many times and requested

Liao removed Yalu

The Liao Dynasty ignored the castles built in Jiangdong. By the end of the Liao Dynasty, the two states of Bao and Ding had become the forward positions of the eastern border of the Liao Dynasty, guarding the east gate of the Liao Dynasty. They were linked to the northeastern part of Goryeo by this line of the Great Wall.

Three passes are the boundaries.

In the late Liao Dynasty, peaceful and friendly relations between Liao and Song Dynasty had been established, but the rise of Jin destroyed this balance of power. Goryeo had a long history of dealing with the Jurchens. In fact, the Jurchen tribes in the northern part of the Korean Peninsula had long-term relations with Goryeo.

Tribute. In order to unite Goryeo to attack Liao, Jin took the initiative to send envoys to Goryeo soon after the founding of the People's Republic of China. The following year after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Jin army attacked the two cities of Laiyuanzhou and Baozhou of Liao.

These two cities straddle the natural barrier of the Yalu River, which Goryeo has always dreamed of. Seeing that the Jin army could not attack for a long time, Goryeo sent people to recruit the Liao army guard Yeruning to surrender, but Yeruning refused. In order to gain the distance and protect the two cities, Goryeo also

He sent an envoy to the Jin Dynasty and told Aguda that the two cities were the old places of Goryeo. He hoped that the Jin army could return these two cities after defeating the Liao army.

Later, after the Jin army captured the second city, it was indeed handed over to Goryeo, so Goryeo easily owned the two states of Yuan and Bao. At the same time, Jin and Goryeo also agreed to form a brotherly alliance. As Jin's territory expanded, Jin and Goryeo

The relationship between Korea and Korea also began to change. Aguda no longer regarded Korea in his eyes. Before the ink of the brotherly alliance was dry, Korea was gradually regarded as a vassal state by the Jin. For this reason, the two countries continued to be at odds.

After Goryeo captured part of the Holandian area, Olu led the Jurchen army to regain the lost territory through mediation. Due to the Jurchen army's counterattack, the Goryeo army suffered successive defeats, forcing Goryeo to negotiate a peace, "promise to return those who fled and retreat from the nine cities.

Return to the invaded homeland

". Jin and the Northern Song Dynasty jointly destroyed Liao. Goryeo immediately sent envoys to Jin to congratulate them and declare themselves vassal. Jin also sent envoys to return the visit. He also told Goryeo that in the future, Goryeo should follow the practice of serving Liao when it comes to Jin Dynasty. The relationship between the two countries changed from brothers to monarchs and ministers.

relation.

The servant who used to be humble to him has now turned around and not only became his master, but also sat on his neck to shit. This made Gao Li very uncomfortable. He not only missed the days when he lived with Liao and Song. But the two former Liao and Song Dynasties

Big brother, one

One of them was killed by the Jurchens, and the other was beaten so hard that he could only swallow his anger. Now 'Brother Song' not only stood up again, but also turned around and beat the evil slave Jurchens all over the ground. Goryeo will soon

So he returned to Song Dynasty.

Of course, the Kingdom of Jin could not turn a blind eye to Goryeo, which still wanted to return as its master. This triggered the war, and Jin's slogan was "Punish the white-eyed wolf, take back the protection, and go far away from the two states." Goryeo was really under the sudden attack.

He 'returned' the two states back...

Now Goryeo has once again 'abandoned' the two states and thrown this hot potato to the Song Dynasty. Zhao Tao, who has always loved to take advantage of the situation, of course wants to accept it. But at this time, the Song Dynasty wants to regain its former majesty, so be careful

My positive image was so quietly taken over, and my face was not very good-looking, as if I wanted to take advantage of others' danger. I had to think of a foolproof plan to save both face and face.

"Your Majesty, Goryeo has always been a snake and a rat. They are doing this to make Song and Jin countries fight and profit from it!" Zhao Tao gathered all the ministers to discuss the matter, and the topic had just started.

, Li Gang pointed out Goryeo's intention to the point.

"The grand master has said it before. Goryeo has been very respectful to me, the Song Dynasty, in recent years. Now I am sending troops to help them fight against the Jin Dynasty. I should not do such an unkind thing!" said Sima Pu, the Minister of Rites.

"Your Majesty believes that the words of the Grand Master are true!" Yang Shi, a scholar at the Zizheng Palace, said, "Goryeo took advantage of the turmoil in the Central Plains and actively expanded northward at the beginning of its founding. It had contacts with the Later Jin Dynasty and the Song Dynasty, but in the third year of Yongxi's reign, Goryeo

During the Northern Expedition to Khitan, Emperor Taizong asked Goryeo to send troops to assist.

When he learned that it was unfavorable for our country to send troops, he did not dare to send troops to help, and he was worried about offending our country, so he had to verbally agree to send troops. In fact, he used various excuses to delay the dispatch of troops, so that the war ended and the troops of Goryeo still had not been sent. This shows that he was untrustworthy.

people!"

"In the tenth year of the Khitan unification, the Liao Dynasty launched a large-scale attack on Goguryeo in order to recover the land of the original Goguryeo and the Jurchen lands captured by Goryeo. Goryeo also requested assistance from our court, but our court did not send troops to help. This matter should not be pursued further.

Wrong." Huan Guo, who was offering wine at the Imperial Academy, coughed dryly and said, meaning that we should not talk about this matter anymore. Our Song Dynasty is also not interesting enough and we just broke the promise.

"This matter cannot be discussed!" Yang Shi interrupted immediately without showing any face to his 'successor', "After this war, Goryeo declared itself vassal to the Khitan. Not only did the Liao no longer take possession of the original Goguryeo land and the lands captured by Goryeo.

The land of Jurchens, and also

Nüzhi gave Goryeo hundreds of miles of land east of the Yalu River. However, it was not completely loyal to the Liao. Instead, it still wandered between the two countries, professing vassalage to both the Liao and the Song Dynasty, and profited from it. Loyal ministers are not loyal

Serving two masters shows that his heart is sinister!"

"After the Jin people rebelled against the Liao Dynasty, Goryeo moved between the Liao Dynasty, the Jin Dynasty, and the Song Dynasty. When they saw the decline of the Liao Dynasty, they did not fulfill their responsibilities as ministers to save the Liao Dynasty. Instead, they took the initiative to cancel the inheritance of more than 100

In the year of Zhengshuo of Liao Dynasty, he turned to the rising Jin Kingdom. Goryeo took the initiative to contact the Jin Kingdom because it was afraid that the Jin people would capture Baozhou.

In order to obtain the Baozhou area that they had long wanted but failed to obtain through the hands of the Jin people, they did not sincerely want to have good relations with the Jin people. While Goryeo was communicating with the Jin people, it was unwilling to break off diplomatic relations with the Liao people.

After repeatedly rejecting the Liao people's request to unite to fight against the Jin Dynasty, they continued to communicate with the Liao people, and even wanted to form an alliance with the Liao people to protect themselves."

"The same is true for the Song Dynasty. The relationship between Goryeo and our dynasty has always been very good, and they have always been subordinate to the Song Dynasty. However, when the Song Dynasty was in danger, especially when it faced the demise of the Jin people, Goryeo refused to help, and instead cut off ties with our courtiers.

Belonging relationship, visible

He has no intention of being a monarch or a minister!" Yang Shizheng presided over the compilation of history, and he was very familiar with this period of history. He spoke out in detail and detailed what he did. He was worried that the emperor who did not like to read would not know and make wrong judgments. This also shows that he was very familiar with this period of history.

I don’t have much favorable impressions of Goryeo!

Zhao Tong listened quietly. From what they said, it was obvious that the relationship between Goryeo and Liao was just a false claim to be a vassal, in exchange for a large area of ​​land and significant practical benefits. However, Goryeo professed tribulation to the Liao and obtained "

Nuzhi began to realize after they were hundreds of miles east of the Yalu River that in the Song Dynasty

, between the two regimes of the Liao Dynasty, the Liao Dynasty seemed to be the stronger one, so Goryeo did not hesitate to surrender to the Liao Dynasty and turned to the stronger side. Since then, it has continued to adjust its policies towards the Liao and Song Dynasty according to the growth and decline of the Song and Liao power, intending to

The two regimes of Liao and Song sought development from the balance and benefited from it.

"After Goryeo became a vassal, he came to court every year and paid tribute year after year. He also rented islands and ports for my use. This should show his sincerity!" Zhao Tong said. He felt the disgust of the courtiers towards Goryeo, but thought it was not enough.

Huo Hou, Xiaoxiao 'justified' him.

"Your Majesty's words are wrong!" Right Prime Minister Chen Gongfu said, "The kings of Goryeo in the past have regarded 'taking small things as big' as the only way to protect themselves when dealing with other countries. When interacting with Liao and Jin, although

They also value their status, but they pay more attention to their personal interests, and it is also a trick to become a vassal to our court."

"I'm a little confused by what Aiqing said. What does 'small things make big things' mean?" Originally, it was the emperor's effort to accept Goryeo's declaration of tribulation. Chen Gongbo's words pointed out that the matter was not done properly at that time. The ministers thought that

The emperor couldn't help but feel embarrassed, but he didn't seem to understand and blinked his eyes and asked in confusion. Not only did everyone laugh, but they also felt that the emperor was 'frank' and didn't pretend to understand, but asked directly.

"Your Majesty, 'taking small things to be a big thing' comes from "Mencius? King Hui of Liang Chapter 2", which states: Only a benevolent person can think of a big thing as a small thing. This is the story of Tang and King Wen.

The Great King's Matters, Sentences

Practicing Wu. Those who do big things are happy with heaven; those who are big with small things are also those who fear heaven. Those who are happy with heaven protect the world, and those who fear heaven protect their country." Chen Gongfu also felt that his outspokenness was too much, so he quickly bowed and bowed to explain.

road.

"I have observed that the Han Dynasty treated the Xiongnu, and the Tang Dynasty treated the Turks. They either became vassals to them or married princesses. Anyone who could be reconciled would do so. I, the Song Dynasty, also made an alliance with the Khitan. We are all brothers, and we accept them every year.

Coin, can it also be called treating small things as big things and treating them as benevolence?" Zhao Tong asked with a smile.

"This..." Chen Gongbo was stopped by the emperor's question. He was already suspected of using the past to ridicule the present. To put it bluntly, he was slandering the emperor, which would result in dismissal from office and loss of title.

The ministers did not dare to say anything for a while. It can be said that these incidents were regarded as a shame by scholars of all ages, but they are also facts. Especially when Zhao Huan was besieged in Bianjing, he ceded territory to Jin Shangbiao and became a vassal. The incident is still vivid in his mind.

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