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The Sung military group was faced as early as in 1131 with furious opposition from the greater gentry, led by Ch'in K'ui, one of the largest landowners of all. His estates were around Nanking, and so in the deployment region and the region from which most of the soldiers had to be drawn for the defensive struggle.
Popular literature, however, to this day represents Ch'in K'ui as a traitor and Yo Fei as a national hero. In 1165 it was agreed between the Sung and the Juchên to regard each other as states with equal rights.
Ch'in K'ui secured the assassination of the leader of the military party, General Yo Fei, in 1141, and was able to conclude peace with the Juchên. The Sung had to accept the status of vassals and to pay annual tribute to the Juchên. This was the situation that best pleased the greater gentry. The tribute amounted only to 500,000 strings of cash.
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