Treaty of Shaoxing

Timeline

1. 1141Lin'an · Zhejiang ProvinceIn the tenth month of Shaoxing 11, Emperor Gaozong of Song, Zhao Gou, after stripping the three great generals of their military commands, sent Wei Liangchen as envoy to Jin to negotiate peace, showing the Southern Song court's sincerity and paving the way for further talks.
2. 1141Lin'an · Zhejiang ProvinceJin sent Xiao Yi and Xing Juzhan as deliberation envoys, who entered Song with Wei Liangchen and proposed harsh conditions: vassalage, border demarcation, and annual tribute. Under the peace faction, the Song court accepted the negotiating framework, and both sides reached written consensus on the main treaty terms.
3. 1141–1142China · ChinaThe parties finally agreed: Song would acknowledge vassalage to Jin, and Jin would invest Zhao Gou as emperor; the border would run along the middle of the Huai River in the east and Dasan Pass in the west; Song would pay 250,000 taels of silver and 250,000 bolts of silk annually, delivered to Sizhou from Shaoxing 12. Jin made Yue Fei's death a precondition for peace, then returned the coffin of Emperor Huizong and Empress Dowager Wei.