Gold is a hundred times stronger than Liao. Why did the Northern Song Dynasty dare to fight for tiger skin and form an alliance with Xu Jin to destroy Liao?

In the last issue of the article, I introduced the story that Liao and Northern Song Dynasty killed each other and loved each other. Since Song Taizong, the second emperor of the Song Dynasty, attacked Liao, there has been a * * * war between Liao and Song for 25 years. The battle of Liao and Song Dynasty lasted until 1004, and the two sides negotiated peace in Chanyuan County, which was called the Alliance of Chanyuan in history. The two sides signed an agreement, which generally includes: the two sides became brothers, Song Zhenzong was the younger brother of Liao Shengzong, and Xiao Taihou was Song Zhenzong's aunt; Every year in the Song Dynasty, Liao was given lucky money. The two sides opened their borders for trade. As the Liao army went deep into the hinterland of the Northern Song Dynasty, the whole army was shot and killed by the defenders in Zhoucheng, and the Liao army was also caught between Scylla and Charybdis. Therefore, the Liao army was also afraid of being surrounded by Song Jun, so the two sides did not have much confidence in the negotiations. The annual currency of 300,000 yuan was far below the acceptable range of Song Zhenzong. In fact, Yu Jiuyuan's alliance stipulated that the annual money paid by the Song Dynasty to Liao was not much for the Song Dynasty, far less than Song Jun's war funds. Although Song Zhenzong ignored Song Jun's advantages at that time, it signed the agreement. However, it has to be said that the alliance of the monastery is beneficial to both sides. It has brought 1 16 years of peace to the two countries and promoted national integration, which is a positive aspect. However, money for peace made the Northern Song Dynasty no longer live in danger. I think how high-spirited Song Taizu was when he unified the Central Plains. Although Song Taizong is not as good as Mao, he is still a wise man in major events. As the third emperor of the Song Dynasty, in the early days of Song Zhenzong's rule, the army of the Northern Song Dynasty was still at war. However, due to the cowardice and incompetence of the ruling clique, the fighting spirit of the army was greatly reduced. After the Love Source Alliance, Song Zhenzong, Song Renzong and Song Yingzong "forgot to fight and joined the army", which led to the cancellation of the military equipment of Hebei Imperial Army and Shi Jingjun, leaving only Shaanxi Army barely available. Moreover, in the imperial court, military commanders were excluded and civilian officials were in power. Song Zhenzong's Northern Song emperors (except Taizu) were usually graceful and had profound literary attainments, but they could not govern the country. The rise of Jurchen was in114 years, that is,1/kloc-0 years away from the Song-Liao Alliance. Mencius once said: "If you enter, you will not be able to go home. If you leave, you will be invincible against foreign invasion, and your country will die." "Because there has been no foreign invasion in 100 years, both Liao and Song countries inevitably fell into the corruption of the upper ruling group. Song Huizong in the south was busy with Taoist alchemy, but also plundered antique calligraphy and painting from the people and built palaces on a large scale. The court affairs all fell into the hands of treacherous court officials such as Cai Jing and Tong Guan, and the people were miserable. Liangshan Uprising and Fang La Uprising broke out one after another. In the north, Zuo Zuo, the emperor of Liao Dynasty, patrolled all day and led a dissolute life. Lu Ye Yan Xi 1 1 12, Tiandudi toured Chunzhou and called local tribal leaders to a banquet. During the dinner, Emperor Tianzuo asked all the leaders to dance for him. Although unwilling, I dare not disobey. But when it was the turn of Hong Yan, the leader of Jurchen, Akuta, he opened his eyes wide and was indifferent. After the banquet against Liao, Akuta knew that Emperor Tianzuo was wary of him, and after returning, he quickly unified the ministries of Jurchen. In 1 1 14, akuta officially rose up against Liao, whose repressive army was no match for the Jurchen army at all. 1 1 15 years, akuta established the Jin dynasty. At the same time, 8 jin j captured Huanglong mansion, and Lu Ye Yan Xi, the emperor of Liao Dynasty, personally led the army to conquer it, and the result was defeated and fled. Jin Taizu akuta Jin Jun won many battles, and rebellion occurred in Liao Dynasty. Although the rebellion was quickly put down, it also split the Liao Dynasty. 1 1 16 years, the Jin army occupied Liaoyang prefecture in Tokyo, Liao country. In the year of 1 120, Liao entered Beijing, and Huang Lin was also occupied by the Jin army. In the same year, Zhao Liangsi, the envoy of the Song Dynasty, reached an agreement with Akuta Wan Yan and decided to attack Liao jointly. The two sides agreed that the two women soldiers would be moved from Pingzhou pine forest to Gubeikou, and the south soldiers would be moved from Xiongzhou to Baigou. In Song Dynasty, Nanjing in Liao Dynasty was the capital of Tianjin, and Beijing in Liao Dynasty was the capital of Jin Dynasty. Sixteen states were originally the Han Dynasty in China, and should belong to the Southern Dynasties. Jin people helped Song recover lost land, and the currency before Song and Liao Dynasties was gold. The two sides exchanged credentials and signed an alliance letter for the "maritime alliance." "In fact, as early as11years ago, Liao once presented a plan to the Northern Song Dynasty: crossing the Bohai Sea, forming an alliance with Jurchen and attacking Liao. 1 1 18, the Song Dynasty sent it to the State of Jin, and verbally expressed the intention of uniting Jin to destroy Liao and recover it. Since then, the envoys of the Song State have frequently crossed the river to the State of Jin in the name of buying horses. Two years later, the two sides formed an alliance. Knowing that Song and Jin had formed an alliance, the officials and ministers of Liao felt the seriousness of the situation, so they sent Xiao Ke and Han Yun as special envoys to Song, expressing their willingness to be ministers to Song, hoping not to form an alliance with Jin to attack Liao. Han Yun said to Tong Guan and Cai Jing, "Women are eating away at other countries. If the Liao Dynasty didn't exist, they would worry about the Southern Dynasty, and their lips were dead and their teeth were cold. We must not worry. "But Tong Guan and Cai Jing came back from training the Liao envoys. (Treacherous court official is wrong! Even the king of South Korea clearly saw this. 1 1 18, Song Huizong sent medical officers to North Korea to treat korean king. The king of Han sent a message specially: the court of Wen wanted to attack Liao, the country of brothers, and it was enough to defend the border; Gold is a country of tigers and wolves, so you can't pay it! After the medical officer returned to Song Huizong, Song Huizong was very dissatisfied. 1 122, according to the previous agreement, the Northern Song Dynasty sent troops to attack Nanjing (also known as Yanjing) in the Liao country, but the Song army was too weak, and Yanjing was guarded by the famous Liao country. Therefore, Song Jun failed to attack Yanjing twice. Later, Xu Jin destroyed Dadingfu in central Liaoning and Yanjing in Liao country. Xu Jin gave Yanjing and his subordinate Kyushu to the Northern Song Dynasty to "fulfill the contract", but the Northern Song Dynasty gave Dona 700,000-year-old coins, totaling one million. 1 125, the Jin army captured Emperor Tianzuo in Yingzhou, and the Liao State perished. How to treat uniting Liao and destroying Jin? Let's analyze the rationality of this strategy. Although Liao and Song were "enemy countries", they had not been at war for 1 16 years since 1004, and they were nominally brother countries. However, Xu Jinguo is different. As a rising star in Ran Ran, Xu Jinguo is very expansive. Moreover, with the trend of destroying everything, it seized a large area of land in Liao country, and the war was in chaos. Indeed, the Song Dynasty should not form an alliance with the Jin State, but should continue to consolidate its alliance with the Liao State, so that the Liao State could resist the Jin State in the north and act as a barrier for the Song Dynasty. And Liao country has reached a very dangerous situation at this time, and will never bargain. The result of uniting Jin and destroying Liao can only be that the strong are stronger. We should choose the lesser of the two evils. The combination of the Northern Song Dynasty and the State of Jin is tantamount to fighting for tiger skin. In addition, since the strategy has been formulated, it should be actively implemented. However, after the Northern Song Dynasty concluded a maritime alliance with the Jin State, it did not actively take advantage of the weakness of Liao State to seize sixteen states. In the end, although Liao was destroyed, the Northern Song Dynasty did not actively fulfill the agreement, which gave Jin an excuse to go south. The Northern Song Dynasty could not use the Great Wall to resist the nomads from sixteen states, and once the nomads from the north went south, it was too late to transfer troops. In fact, Jin discovered that the Northern Song Dynasty was also a piece of fat in the process of destroying Liao, so after eight months of destroying Liao, Jin Bing began to go south to seek the Central Plains, which directly led to the national subjugation of the Northern Song Dynasty. This is the famous "Jingkang Change" in history. The content about the change of Jingkang will be pushed in the next article.