After entering Bianzhou, Yelu Deguang sent comforting edicts to all the towns in the world. Almost all the Jiedu envoys and observation envoys came to Shu to express their firm support for the Central Committee of the Liao Dynasty and to stand firmly with Comrade Yelu Deguang as the core. under the leadership of the imperial court. Every one of those summoned by Yelu Deguang to go to Beijing for pilgrimage rushed to the pier to report and pay homage to the pier.
Only two vassal towns in the world rejected Yelu Deguang's edict: Shi Kuangwei, the military governor of Zhangyi Army in Jingzhou, and He Xianjian, the military governor of Qinzhou Xiongwu Army. Their deeds will be detailed later.
In short, Yelu Deguang got the situation he wanted, took control of Bianzhou, and became ministers from all directions. Theoretically, all the territory of the Later Jin Dynasty, except for the two remote northwest towns of Jingzhou and Qinzhou, has become the territory of the Khitan people.
Bribes from all parties were continuously sent to Bianzhou, and all kinds of compliments and flattery filled Yelu Deguang's ears, making the already arrogant Yelu Deguang even more arrogant.
As mentioned before, the elimination of the Later Jin Dynasty caused him to lose his mask of courtesy and virtuous corporal, and he no longer obeyed the advice of Han counselors, but became more and more self-willed. He even ignored Zhang Li's bitter advice and "disobeyed".
Yelu Deguang lost patience with governing the Central Plains and disdained to study the cultural traditions, customs and customs of the Central Plains. Instead, he issued orders roughly and took it for granted. So where did his time go? Answer: Then play music and then dance.
Yelu Deguang indulged in drinking and having fun, so that he could often openly express his disdain and contempt for the cultural relics system of the Central Plains. According to records, he often said to civil and military officials: "I know everything about China; you don't know about our country."
No one understands the Central Plains better than him, and no one understands Khitan better than him. He is the king of understanding, but you understand nothing.
【Nation subjugation and genocide】
After completing the political layout, Yelu Deguang ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor in Bianzhou, announcing the Khitan rule over the Central Plains to the world in a way that the Central Plains people could understand.
At the end of the first month of the first month, Yelu Deguang summoned all the civil and military officials of the Later Jin Dynasty to a meeting in the royal courtyard. At the meeting, Yelu Deguang said straight to the point: "Our Khitan has a vast territory, with a vast area of tens of thousands of miles. The chief chief alone has twenty Seven people. And your cultural relics system in the Central Plains is completely different from that of the Khitan. So I plan to choose one of you Han people to be your emperor. What do you think?"
He said this to the people of the Central Plains. The people of the Central Plains have long been used to this kind of show, you know. So, all the civil and military officials said in unison: "There are no two days in the sky, and there are no two masters in the country. Whether they are Khitan people or Han people, they all support Your Majesty as the emperor!"
Yelu Deguang showed his humility as usual and said, "Oh, this is not good. I really want to return power to the Han. Han people rule Han people. Please recommend a talented person to me."
All the civil and military officials said in unison that they still adhere to their previous opinions. It is you who rule the Central Plains.
Therefore, Yelu Deguang had no choice but to follow the crowd's will, "This is what you said! Then I will feel aggrieved and suffer."
In 947 AD (the year name of this year is a bit confusing, so we use the Western calendar and will explain it later), on February 1, Yelu Deguang, wearing the attire of the Han Emperor, ascended to the Golden Palace, and set up a royal orchestra and a royal orchestra in the atrium. The honor guard played the exclusive BGM for the new king's enthronement, and hundreds of civil and military officials entered the court to congratulate him.
On this day, Yelu Deguang announced that he would change the name of the country to "Daliao" and the year to "The First Year of Datong", and he would grant amnesty to the whole country. At the same time, it was announced that from now on, Jiedu envoys, governors, etc. were not allowed to recruit tooth soldiers, nor were they allowed to purchase horses.
In other words, if we must be hypocritical, in 947 AD, the Central Plains was officially ruled by the Khitans.
There was a half-year overlap between the Later Liang and the Later Tang; there was also a short period of overlap between the Later Tang and the Later Jin; however, there was a break between the Later Jin and the Later Han.
In December 946, the Later Jin Dynasty was destroyed, but Yelu Deguang did not immediately support the puppets. Instead, it was not until more than a month later, on February 1, that he announced the change of the country's name to "Da Liao". Legally speaking, the land of the Central Plains was from then on. Officially became an integral part of the Daliao Empire.
Half a month later, on February 15, Liu Zhiyuan proclaimed himself emperor in Taiyuan and established the Later Han Dynasty. After another four months of fighting, he finally entered Bianzhou in June. In other words, the Later Han Dynasty and the Later Jin Dynasty were not seamlessly connected.
So some people took advantage of the topic and came up with a "cold knowledge", saying that the "Five Dynasties" should be the "Six Dynasties" or "Five and a Half Dynasties" because the Khitan people and the Liao Dynasty were caught in it. Some even directly shouted that the Han people in the Central Plains were "subjugated." extermination".
This is alarmist, incomplete and inaccurate.
Although Yelu Deguang took control of Bianzhou, ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, changed the country's title, and granted amnesty to the Yuan Dynasty, the Khitan's control over the Central Plains has always remained in the "nominal" category, except for Bianzhou and Hebei areas which were actually controlled by the Khitan , the vast territory of the Central Plains was "determined by transmission", and it was only a temporary measure for local vassal towns to surrender to the Khitan. The Khitan had no military presence at all in the local area. At most, it sent a "high-ranking city official". Control at the county level was already out of control, and there was no one to stick to the end. This led to the fact that when the people of the Central Plains later broke away from the Khitan, they did not even have a "supervisory army". kill.
In other words, this "Da Liao" in the Central Plains is not a centralized system at all, but a nondescript feudal-like weirdo disguised as a centralized system. Neither being able to centralize power nor wanting to be feudal, I struggled for dozens of days.
And in just a few dozen days, the resistance of the Central Plains people came one after another, which was very exciting.
【Ambush from Flying Daggers】
1. Northwest Xiongfeng
After Yelv Deguang entered Bian, he sent envoys carrying consolation edicts to all provinces and towns in the world. Almost all the Jiedushi envoys of each town and the observer envoys of each Tao accepted the edict and submitted letters to the ministers. When the vast majority of the Han people in the Central Plains knelt down and surrendered, a strong voice came from the northwest of the empire.
Shi Kuangwei, the commander of the Zhangyi Army in Jingzhou, prepared for war and refused to surrender to the Khitan.
Shi Kuangwei, the "Three Generations of Reds", his father was Shi Jiantang, nicknamed "Shi Xianfeng" by people, he was a fierce general from Hedong who was as famous as Zhou Dewei. After Ding Huixian surrendered in Luzhou, Zhu Wen led an army to counterattack Luzhou, and Shi Jiantang attacked at night. Liang camp was so frightened that the two armies did not dare to leave the camp and warned each other that they must avoid Shi Xianfeng.
During the Battle of Baixiang, Shi Jiantang and Zhou Dewei teamed up to defeat Wang Maozhang, the "Wang Tiejian". According to interpretation, Shi Jiantang and Wang Maozhang were singled out and beat Wang Maozhang to the point where he vomited blood. Among the heroes of the Five Dynasties, they ranked second, second only to Li Cunxiao. . Zhang Wenli was killed during the expedition against Zhenzhou.
Speaking of Shi Kuangwei's grandfather, he is even more famous, that is Shi Jingsi, a famous general under Li Keyong. When Li Keyong encountered the "Shangyuanyi Incident", Shi Jingsi was so possessed by Chu that he fought alone and died after the Bian Bridge was broken, which bought Li Keyong time.
