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Why did the powerful Golden Kingdom only experience ten emperors and be finished in 120 years? The eighth generation of Yan Xun taikeng

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Speaking of the Jurchens, it is presumably no stranger, in 1114 the Jurchens rebelled against the Liao State under the leadership of Jin Taizu, began to become independent, and destroyed the Liao State ten years later, becoming the most powerful dynasty in the north, the Jin Dynasty controlled a large area of the Qinling Mountains and the eastern region of the Russian Federation in its heyday, and its territory was very vast.

As a nomadic origin, the Jinguo has a very thick tribal color, at first it was controlled by the tribal nobles, as the Jinguo forces went south, they gradually absorbed the ruling ideology of the Song Dynasty, began to learn the ruling ideology of the Central Plains, economically imitated the Song Dynasty to promote ceramic trade, and established friendly exchanges with the Western Xia.

In the military field, the implementation of the system of the integration of soldiers and civilians, to create a strong offensive force of the iron cavalry, has become the backbone of the south central plains, in addition, in terms of culture, the Jin state from top to bottom have a trend of Sinicization, since the founding of the country, the Jin state formulated a complete offensive plan, initially formed an "alliance on the sea" with the Northern Song Dynasty, relieved the worries of the future, and then used all its strength to attack the Liao state, and finally destroyed the original suzerainty.

Why did the powerful Golden Kingdom only experience ten emperors and be finished in 120 years? The eighth generation of Yan Xun taikeng

Subsequently, the agreement with the Northern Song Dynasty was torn up, the Central Plains were attacked twice, and finally the Northern Song Dynasty was destroyed, occupying a large area of North China, becoming the latest hegemon in East Asia, before Jin Zhangzong, the Jin Kingdom reached its peak period, the culture was highly developed, and the combat effectiveness was extremely strong, but since Xuanzong succeeded to the throne, the political situation of the Jin Dynasty was turbulent, and the relationship between the Jurchens and the Han people had never found a way out.

Especially after the rise of the Mongol Empire in the north, the Jin Dynasty was seriously threatened, and this once incomparably strong regime gradually declined, on the one hand, to cope with the challenges of emerging forces, on the other hand, to reduce internal struggles, under the double blow, the Jin Dynasty had to make changes.

After Jin Xuanzong succeeded to the throne, he also wanted to change this decline, but looking around, there was no one available, so he had no choice but to support Hu Shahu and entrust all the power in the DPRK to him, and it turned out that it was this wrong decision that buried the future of the Jin Dynasty, and the last emperor of the Jin Kingdom died at his hands.

Why did the powerful Golden Kingdom only experience ten emperors and be finished in 120 years? The eighth generation of Yan Xun taikeng

At that time, the Mongol army suppressed the territory, Hu Shahu was appointed as a marshal by the imperial court, but this marshal did not make the slightest move in the face of the strong enemy, but led people around hunting all day, after being exposed by the imperial court, the emperor ordered people to question, who knew that Hu Shahu did not care about the orders of the imperial court, and said: "What I want to do, no one can stop."

Everyone until Hu Shahu would rebel, but the emperor did not take good measures, just when the Jin Dynasty and the Mongols went to war, Hu Shahu thought that the time had come, after a conspiracy, he raised an army to attack the capital, took the defending troops back to the ridge, and then ordered people to burn the city gate, and after attacking the city, he put Yan Yongji under house arrest, ordered him to hand over the jade seal, and finally killed him.

After the death of Yan Yongji, Hu Shahu originally wanted to be the emperor himself, but everyone was quoting, the non-Completed Yan clan could not get involved in the imperial power, if At this time Hu Shahu sat on the throne, it would definitely attract opposition from the people of the world, so Hu Shahu took a step back, chose Jin Xuanzong to govern, and in return forced Jin Xuanzong to make him a taishi and take charge of the power of the dynasty.

Why did the powerful Golden Kingdom only experience ten emperors and be finished in 120 years? The eighth generation of Yan Xun taikeng

And this is also the node of the Jin Dynasty from prosperity to decline, Hu Shahu is an ambitionist who does not know satisfaction, the menacing Mongols have been hit under the eyelids, the Jin Dynasty is facing a critical moment of life and death, at this time infighting broke out in the army, the subordinate Shuhu Gaoqi fought a defeat at the front, afraid of being persecuted by Hu Shahu, so he wanted to go first, touched into Hu Shahu's room and killed Hu Shahu.

After Hu Shahu's death, the troops were divided and reorganized, and Gao Qi, the shuhu, asked Jin Xuanzong for his guilt in the name of apologizing, in fact, Jin Xuanzong had long been unaccustomed to what Hu Shahu had done, but he had no way, so he convicted Hu Shahu and rewarded Gao Qi.

It was only that he did not expect that the shuhu GaoQi was not a loyal subject, on the surface, after the death of Hu Shahu, Jin Xuanzong got a chance to breathe, but not long after the Arrival of the Mongol army, took a lot of territory, Jin Xuanzong did not have any way to deal with it, at this time the imperial court was surprisingly consistent, the civilian official clique requested peace talks, and the military generals one by one said that they were sick and avoided the war.

Why did the powerful Golden Kingdom only experience ten emperors and be finished in 120 years? The eighth generation of Yan Xun taikeng

Looking at the Manchu Dynasty, Wenwu were some incompetent people, Jin Xuanzong had no choice but to issue an edict to find the enemy in the people, saying that as long as there is a way to make officials and knights, hearing that there is such a good thing, no matter who it is, they must try their luck, and a common man named Wang Shouxin, with his excellent ability to fool, actually won the trust of Jin Xuanzong.

In the face of the survival of the country, he actually pinned his hopes on the small people of the city, appointed him as the grand marshal of the front line, in charge of the power of soldiers and horses, after receiving the appointment, he recruited a group of scoundrels, began to train soldiers, and even issued yellow robes and other magic tools to everyone, just when people were looking forward to the arrival of the great war, Wang Shouxin did not confront the Mongols, turned his head and rushed into the nearby villages, killed all the villagers inside to return to receive the reward, this difficult farce, but let Jin Xuanzong be very surprised, thinking that the miracle had arrived. It turned out that the Mongols did not retreat at all, and had no choice but to negotiate peace, sending thousands of horses and gold and silver in the hope that the Mongols would strike.

Why did the powerful Golden Kingdom only experience ten emperors and be finished in 120 years? The eighth generation of Yan Xun taikeng

The Mongols temporarily retreated, but burned and looted on the way to retreat, leaving a lot of troops to guard, in order to evacuate Jin Xuanzong decided to move the capital, but did not give up on the original capital, leaving the prince to garrison, but not long after he left, the capital fell, in the old age of Jin Xuanzong, looking at the devastated Jiangshan, unwilling to swallow.

After the death of Jin Xuanzong, the Jin Dynasty lasted for several years, and then the ancients invaded Beijing, and the last emperor of the Beijing Dynasty, Jin Aizong, hanged himself and completely perished.

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