Nearly half a million troops faced each other on the border between Song and Liao, and the cloud of war always hung over the two countries.
Yelu Hongji, the Lord of the Liao Dynasty, returned to Nanjing and Yanjing from Tongzhou, Xijing. Even so, the war pressure on the Song Dynasty continued unabated.
The Liao State had a four-season bowl system.
Nabo translates to "walking around". Unlike the emperor of the Song Dynasty who always stayed in Bianjing, the emperor of the Liao Dynasty could travel more easily at any time.
Chun Na Bo is called Spring Water, which means fishing in the water in spring. People in Liao Dynasty would fish on the bottom of the ice and release seaweed to catch swans.
Qiu Nabo is called Qiu Shan, which means hunting in the mountains in autumn, and Liao people can shoot and hunt deer, etc.
But later it became of political significance. For example, the Chunba Bowl Festival was held near the Datong River. The Lord of Liao summoned the Jurchen tribe to hold a fish feast. Anyone who dared not to participate would be destroyed.
Xia Nabo, the Lord of Liao Dynasty, went south and convened the ministers of the northern and southern chambers to discuss matters.
As for the Autumn Nabo, the Winter Nabo is mostly located near Yongzhou of the Liao Kingdom, which is close to Linhuang Mansion of the Liao Kingdom, that is, Shangjing.
The Lord of Liao rarely talked about a southern tour, because the roots of Khitan lay in the north. As for the Song Dynasty in the south and the Xixia that later established the country... For the Emperor of Liao, it was not worth spending too much time thinking about.
When Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty launched his northern expedition to Youyan, a large number of Liao people advocated giving up because this place was of no importance to the Liao Kingdom. If we entangle too much in the south and lose the foundation of the ancient Bohai Kingdom, it will be more than worth the loss.
After the Chanyuan Alliance, the Liao State turned to rely on the Song Dynasty and focused on the management of Nanjing. After Liao Xingzong and the Xia State suffered heavy losses in the two battles of Helan Mountain, they established Tongzhou as Xijing. Only then did we pay attention to the south and west.
Therefore, Nabo in spring, Nabo in summer, and Yelu Hongji, the leader of Liao, all stayed in Xijing and Nanjing, and did not return to the north. Instead, state affairs were handed over to the powerful minister Yelu Yixin and his son-in-law and uncle-in-law Xiao Derang. Last year, Prince Yelu Jun was appointed to lead the Northern and Southern Privy Council affairs.
Yelu Yixin is similar to the Ali bone, coming from a "poor family" in the Liao Dynasty and belonging to the losing side in the political struggle.
When he was young, his family was too poor to support himself, so he was called "poor".
In the end, he was appreciated by Yelu Hongji and had a prosperous official career. Not long ago, he killed the prince's biological mother, who was also Yelu Hongji's queen, in the Ten Incense Ci case.
The struggle between the Khitan royal family (Yelü family) and the descendants (Xiao family) has always been fierce.
Everyone thought that the queen was wronged, but in fact it was Yelu Hongji who killed someone with a borrowed knife.
Now the prince Yelu Jun is in charge of state affairs, and Yelu Hongji has asked Yelu Yixin to assist the prince, which is also meant to monitor.
Now Yelu Yixin and Prince Yelu Jun rushed from Shangjing to Nanjing to meet Yelu Hongji.
Yelu Yixin entered Tanzhou Gate in a carriage. When he looked at the bustling Tanzhou Street, his memory went back to the first time he came to Nanjing when he was young.
This city under the rule of Nanyuan shocked him greatly, although he later learned that the size of Nanjing was just an ordinary state city in the Song Dynasty.
He was ignorant and ignorant when he was young. If he could, would he choose to remain that ignorant boy?
At this moment, he was already involved in the struggle between the emperor's clan and his descendants in the Liao Kingdom.
Before Yelu Abaoji, the Liao Kingdom had a tribal selection system, but Yelu Abaoji changed this system.
The Liao Kingdom experienced several rebellions between brothers. The reason behind this was the system of brotherhood among the grassland tribes.
In order to ensure the eldest son system, the Yelvbei branch of the royal family married the Xiao family, suppressing the rest of the Yelv family. The reason behind this is that the natal family is more reliable than the biological brothers.
Yelu Yixin's father was a loser who participated in the rebellion of his brothers. He belonged to a suppressed branch of the Yelu family, which made his family poor and embarrassing when he was young.
After changing to the eldest son system, the Liao Kingdom has always been a system of emperors and empresses, that is, the two families of the Yelu family (Yelube branch) and the Xiao family rule the world together. For example, the prime minister of Beifu has always been from the Xiao family.
Emperor Taizong of the Liao Dynasty once said fearfully: "The Queen Mother's family is as big as ancient cypress roots and cannot be moved."
This was still the case when Yelu Hongji came to the throne, until the rebellion of Emperor Yelu Chongyuan. Among the participants in the Chongyuan Rebellion were not only the Yelu family, but also many important descendants of the Northern Privy Council such as Xiao Hujian. Members participate.
After this chaos, Yelu Hongji lost confidence in the royal family and descendants, so he chose Yelu Yixin from the fringes of the royal family.
After experiencing the Chongyuan Rebellion, Yelu Hongji seemed to have become a different person. He was very sensitive and suspicious, and was very concerned about any trouble.
As a confidant who was personally promoted by Yelu Hongji, Yelu Yixin had no foundation, but he had always implemented Yelu Hongji's ideas.
The most important thing as a confidant is to be your eyes and ears, to think about your thoughts, and to do what you want and cannot do.
Those who only know how to flatter others all day long are just the actions of the most famous confidants. Are there too few people who flatter the emperor all day long?
The secret of Yelu Yixin's rise to power is that first of all, his origin is just outside the descendants of the royal family (Yelubei branch), and secondly, he is very capable, and at the same time he can turn against the emperor, and he can be ruthless when he wants to eradicate dissidents of the emperor. .
Anyone who the emperor hates, he hates them even more than the emperor, but those who appreciate the emperor can live in peace. This is the way to truly get into the emperor's heart.
Does Yelu Hongji know that the queen was wronged? Not necessarily unknown, but Yelu Yixin knew that he only needed to hand Yelu Hongji a knife.
As for letting the prince take charge of the affairs of the Northern and Southern Privy Councils, is it a matter of trust? This is the principle that if you want to take something, you must first give it to it. Yelu Hongji killed the queen, so he could not immediately deprive the prince of his inheritance rights. Instead, he had to stabilize the Xiao family first, because the descendant family was too powerful.
And he, Yelu Yixin, killed the queen, and the prince's biological mother was watching beside the prince, and Xiao Derang, who was jointly in charge of state affairs, was already in the same boat with him.
Now Yelu Yixin has been looking for faults in the prince. He knows that if he kills the prince, he may be killed as a scapegoat by Yelu Hongji, but if he does not kill the prince, he, Yelu Yixin, will definitely die.
The carriage arrived at the palace city
Yelu Jun got off the carriage with a melancholy look on his face. For him, there was nothing more terrifying than seeing Yelu Hongji. Every time we meet is like parting or parting.
Yelu Yixin got off the carriage and glanced at Yelu Jun. In a blink of an eye, he saw that the attendants beside Yelu Jun, Xiao Hugu and others, showed hostility towards him.
Yelu Yixin sneered in his heart and walked aside as if nothing had happened.
Yelu Hongji met the prince first, and the monarch and his ministers talked for a while. Yelu Jun said in a trembling voice: "As a prince, if there is anything else I ask for, please ask Your Majesty to look into it."
Yelu Hongji smiled when he heard this, patted his shoulder and asked him to go down to rest first, and then summoned Yelu Yixin.
After Yelu Yixin entered, he looked at the pale-faced prince and felt proud in his heart. He knew that the charges against the prince that he had previously accused Yelu Hongji had been effective.
After Yelu Yixin went to the temple, he met Yelu Hongji.
Yelu Hongji said: "I have been in Xijing and Nanjing for too long. The affairs of the North and South Courts have been left to the prince. However, the prince is really not capable. I must resolve the issue of demarcation with the Song Dynasty as soon as possible, otherwise there will be changes in the north. "
Yelu Yixin said: "Goryeo, Jurchen, Shiwei, and the Five Kingdoms have indeed made changes. I heard that Goryeo has re-allied with the Song Dynasty, but the prince cannot suppress the Jurchen at all. The Five Kingdoms and Shiwei's Ugu tribe are also planning to reunite Rebellion.”
Yelu Hongji couldn't help but sigh, showing a little tiredness.
The Liao Kingdom was surrounded by Shiwei, Jurchen, and Goryeo to the west, north, and east. Facing the oppression of the Liao Kingdom, these tribes sometimes rebelled and sometimes surrendered. Only the Song Dynasty in the south was calm and daily obedient. This was thanks to the Chanyuan Alliance. Bringing seventy years of peace to both families.
The Lord of the Liao Dynasty continued to move to Nabo. On the one hand, he personally led heavy troops to inspect the borders, and on the other hand, he summoned the leaders of various ministries to confirm their loyalty and obedience. Sometimes he was very envious of the emperor of the Song Dynasty, who could control the world without leaving home just by sitting in Bianjing City.
This time, in order to demarcate the border with Song Dynasty, he moved Nabo southward and did not return to Beijing for more than half a year. As a result, the border was unstable and various ministries were ready to move.
"After I resolve the issue of demarcating the border with Song Dynasty, I will punish these disrespectful leaders of the various ministries!"
Yelu Hongji still had strong confidence in his words.
But he understood that the power of the Liao Kingdom could suppress the Song Dynasty, but once a war broke out, it would not be able to destroy the Song Dynasty. Once they are really in a hurry, the Han people are not easy to mess with.
Yelu Hongji said: "The Song Dynasty is a big country and can follow rules and principles. Unlike the Jurchens, those barbarians in Shiwei have no loyalty at all."
"I originally asked the Qingtang to send troops to cooperate with Xixia in taking Xihe, but the Qingtang said that they would stop the army because the Song Dynasty ceded Huangzhou. This is an unsightly move. Don't you understand that if a general wants to take something, he must give it to him first. Whether the generals of the Qing and Tang dynasties will rebel or not is really short-sighted. They think they can sit on the mountain and watch tigers fight, and watch Song and Xia fight to the death."
"Without the help of the Xia State, the Qing Tang Dynasty will be destroyed by the Song Dynasty within three years. These people will really ruin my plan."
Yelu Hongji spoke out, feeling very sad and heartbroken.
"Now only Liang Yimi of Wangxia Kingdom can make some progress."
When Yelu Yixin listened to Yelu Hongji's long speech, what he thought about was not the affairs of the Song, Xia and Qing Tang Dynasties, but the words "If you want to take something, you must give it first." Did he urge himself? The prince has been supervising the country for too long, and now Is it time to abolish it?
Yelu Yixin came back to his senses and said: "Your Majesty, I think there are knowledgeable people in the Song Dynasty. The Prime Minister Zhang Yue of the Song Dynasty who is currently arguing with us about the demarcation of the border will be a nuisance to us in the future."
Yelu Yixin also knew Zhang Yue somewhat, and even felt some sympathy for each other. Perhaps it's because they both came from humble backgrounds but were able to reach high positions, but their methods of doing things are completely different.
Yelu Hongji said: "I will not ignore anyone who comes to the ministers in cloth clothes. Does King Wei think what I say is reasonable?"
Yelu Hongji's words were not only talking about Zhang Yue, but also Yelu Yixin.
Anyone who can rise from the bottom is not an easy person.
The emperor was suspicious of the prince, and he was also suspicious of Yelu Yixin.
Yelu Yixin also knew that he had taken this path, and it would probably not end well, but it was enough for a person to live like this in his life, which was much better than someone who died on the bed doing nothing.
The fewer goals you have, the easier it is to achieve what you want. On the contrary, the more you have to bear, the more stable you will be.
It all depends on what you want in this life.
Regarding this point, Yelu Yixin feels that he lives a very clear life.
At this time, an official came in and reported: "Your Majesty, the prince Yelv Chun was captured by the Song people in Daizhou!"
