Dark Sand: My Players Are All Actors
Chapter 425 - 249 "The Best Candidate for Peace Talks

Chapter 425: Chapter 249 "The Best Candidate for Peace Talks

At the same time, Chu Song was also feeling his way through the possible passage into his new identity.

After a series of maneuvers earlier, he had been assigned to a noble military leader of the Jin people, Wanyan Chang.

He was a cousin of the emperor of Jin Country at the time, had participated in the wars of Jin Country’s founding as well as the Jingping Coup, and could be considered a true influential figure within Jin Country at the moment, although slightly lower in rank than the hand behind the Jingping Coup, Wanyan Sheng, but not completely without the ability to compete.

Chu Song had a relatively clear understanding of the internal situation of Jin Country at that time.

The political system of Jin Country at that time, although already established, was completely different from that of the Qi Dynasty. It still retained many of the previous systems, simply put, it was more like a tribal-style military democracy.

The emperor’s power, compared to that of the emperor of Qi Dynasty, was far too limited.

And much more power was actually shared and jointly governed over the entire Jin Country by many military nobles.

For example, it was recorded that the emperor of Jin Country once stole money from the national treasury to buy alcohol, and as a result, was dragged down from his throne by a group of military nobles led by Wanyan Sheng and was beaten with twenty military sticks.

In Qi Dynasty, such an event would seem like a sheer fantasy, yet, it was a very normal phenomenon within the political system of Jin Country at the time.

This political system naturally had its advantages and disadvantages.

In the early days of Jin Country’s founding, these military nobles each possessed strong military talent, combat ability, and pioneering spirit, so in the process of founding Jin Country and attacking the Song Dynasty, they were almost victorious in every battle, often achieving victories while being outnumbered.

And under the leadership of these people, the veteran soldiers who were there at the beginning of Jin Country’s founding, also had a robust fighting spirit, considering it an honor to lead charging into battles when taking cities and territories.

However, as Jin Country continued to develop, the shortcomings of this political system began to emerge.

Firstly, factions were rampant within Jin Country, and the struggles were severe, and as Jin people still retained many barbaric traits, these struggles often ended up being extremely brutal, frequently resulting in large-scale massacres between the groups.

Secondly, as the first generation of military nobles and veteran warriors either died in battle or grew old, the subsequent groups of military nobles effectively became leeches on Jin Country, and their combat capabilities rapidly declined.

Later, with the wrongful execution of General Han Fuyue, the Qi Dynasty, in an act of treason, achieved peace with Jin people.

But soon, with the rise of the Northern Barbarians, the then ruler of Jin, Wanyan Hailing, felt the threat and began to promote internal reforms and actively wage war to annihilate Qi, hoping to restore the combat capabilities of Jin people and rely on the vast strategic depth of Qi Dynasty to prepare for future confrontations with the Northern Barbarians.

However, with the defeat at Niu Zhu Pier, and the death of Wanyan Hailing, his reforms were naturally overturned in their entirety. Jin Country continued to degenerate and was not long after annihilated by the Northern Barbarians.

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After sorting out these matters, Chu Song largely understood his current situation.

At this time, Wanyan Chang was an influential figure among Jin people. And historically, he was one of the leading figures of the peace faction within Jin people.

Wanyan Chang had significant energy and influence, but he was constantly suppressed by Wanyan Sheng, who led the war faction.

Wanyan Sheng wished to continue attacking the Qi Dynasty and expand the territories of Jin Country, representing the opinions of other war factions among the Jin Country.

After all, what these military nobles had in mind was nothing but looting money, people, and grain.

But Wanyan Chang belonged to a relatively uncommon group among Jin people.

He saw that the Qi Dynasty still possessed immense potential for war, he saw that Jin Country was almost unable to breach most of the strong cities of Qi by its own strength, and he saw that Jin Country had not been able to fully assimilate the Northern Land of Qi it had swallowed up, only managing indirect rule by propping up puppet forces.

Wanyan Chang believed that continuing to force an attack on Qi Dynasty under these circumstances was an action with risks outweighing the benefits.

Obviously, being a captive assigned to Wanyan Chang as an aide-de-camp was the best possible path for an official of Qi Dynasty at that time.

Because what use were officials from the Qi Dynasty to the war faction?

Though Jin people had only recently established their country and were largely assimilating the culture of Qi Dynasty, with these officials all being learned scholars who had come up through the imperial examinations, they could play a significant role in this process.

But in the eyes of the war faction, these officials from Qi Dynasty, regardless of their level of culture, were nothing more than some kind of high-level schoolteachers.

Frankly speaking, what was needed were direct interests!

The military leaders from the war faction of Jin people only thought about how to continue attacking Qi Dynasty, to continue looting more things.

What help could officials from Qi Dynasty provide to them? To direct them in marching or in warfare?

Isn’t that laughable?

But if it was the peace faction, then there would be many more options for the operation of Qi Dynasty officials.

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Soon, Chu Song met with Wanyan Chang and had an earnest, heart-to-heart conversation with him.

Wanyan Chang, on the surface, wasn’t any different from other Jurchens in appearance, but after engaging in a deep conversation, he shared with the Imperial Censor Minister Li Hao many of his observations and political ideals.

He was also an influential military leader among Jin people, yet in the years of warring with Jin Country, he fought many tough battles.

Unlike the initial unstoppable invasion into Qi Dynasty led by Wanyan Sheng, as the conflicts between the two sides continued fiercely, the war potential of Qi Dynasty had been mobilized.

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