According to the original record of "History of the Liao", the hostage of the Yelv House was temporarily borrowed from the envoys, which is the "Wat Ban" mentioned above. After a disagreement, the hostess "thrown the chips and retreated", and then the old empress "was "Asking for one", Yelu Ruan "also took the opportunity and held on to it".
What does this "chip" look like? Some people think that there are two pieces, and the grandfather and grandson each picked up a part at that time. Some people think that the Yelu house broke the "chip", and some people think that the grandfather and grandson shared one piece. It doesn’t matter what the details are, in short, this is an illustration of great historical significance:
The picture is centered to the right. Yelu Wuzhi has an angry face. His body is turned to the right, but his face is slightly turned behind him (that is, the left side of the picture). He puts his hands behind his back, as if he is showing his sleeves; behind him, that is, in the middle of the picture, An old man and a young man, with tears streaming down their faces, held a wat tablet together and handed it to the host of Yelu House respectfully. A circle of civil servants and generals around them all covered their faces and howled, crying profusely.
The title of the illustration is called "The Covenant of Crossing".
Grandfather and grandson reached an agreement on the nature of the civil war and made it clear that the dispute should be resolved through dialogue.
After all, the Queen Mother Shulu was an old Jianghu, and she could tell at a glance that Yelu Housezhi was a mastermind. The essence of the conflict has never been a question of whether to fight a civil war, but a question of who will be the emperor.
Yelv House seems to have solved a big problem, but in fact it has not solved any substantive problem. Listening to your words is like listening to your words. Regardless of the content of your speech, I completely agree with your point of view.
So Empress Dowager Shulu asked Yelu Wuzhi, "What I agreed with was the way to resolve the conflict, and I did not say that I agreed to let this grandson be the emperor. You, the arbiter, tell me, who should be the emperor?"
Emotions were stirred up, tears were shed, and the problem was back to the starting point.
Yeluwu was willing to sacrifice his life. "If the Queen Mother is granted the title of King Yongkang, and she obeys the will of heaven and people, how can there be any doubt?" She supported Yelu Ruan.
As soon as these words came out, before Empress Dowager Shulu could take action, a person next to her jumped out and shouted loudly: "As long as I'm here, this kid can't do it!"
Everyone looked around and found out it was Yelu Lihu. He had been staying with Queen Mother Shulu, but it was never his turn to speak. He could only listen silently. Now when he heard the verdict, he was very dissatisfied. He expressed his dissatisfaction in court and appealed.
Yelu Wuzhi glanced at him contemptuously and said: "Rituals are passed down to the direct descendants and are not passed on to the younger brothers. Besides, the establishment of the heir sage (Yelü Deguang) paved the way for today's disaster. The same mistake will be made twice more." Time? Besides, you are far worse than the second brother! You are violent and cruel, everyone is afraid and resentful, and they firmly oppose your ascension to the throne with thousands of words. This is what the people want. How is your reputation? I don’t have any idea. Number B?"
She then turned to Queen Mother Shulu and said, "Yelu Lihu and Yelu Ruan are both your biological flesh and blood. No matter who becomes the emperor, the throne will be in the hands of his own descendants. What's wrong with letting Yelu Ruan ascend the throne?" ?I hope the Queen Mother will take a longer-term view and agree to Yelu Ruan’s ascension to the throne.”
Yelu Lihu wanted to argue again, but Queen Mother Shulu waved her hand to signal him to shut up. The Empress Dowager Shulu sighed and said to her beloved son Yelu Lihu, "Did you hear that? It's not that I don't help you, it's really you who don't live up to your expectations!"
Because of Yelu Lihu's cruelty and bloodthirsty, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty and the nobles unanimously opposed his ascension to the throne. However, the blame for the "Queen Mother Party" falling into the dilemma of betrayal and separation cannot be entirely borne by him, and Queen Mother Shulu also contributed a lot. .
During the break in the negotiations, Queen Mother Sulyu exchanged opinions with some key members of the "Sejong Party". To put it simply, she wanted to instigate them to rebel and get them to stand on her side again.
For example, Yelu An Tuan. Different from other backbones of the "Sejong Party", Yelu Antuan was not originally in the team going south. If others were "fearful of crime and surrendered", then Yelu Antuan "thrown himself into a trap" and took the initiative to defect to the capital. In Zhenzhou, he also helped Yelu Ruan spread rumors that Yelu Lihu had died of illness.
Queen Mother Shulu asked him: "What did I do to offend you? Why do you want to go against me?"
Yelu An Tuan's eyes were fierce, with a hint of pride in his anger, "The hatred for killing my father is irreconcilable!"
Yelu Antuan's father was Yelu Dieli. He was frail and sickly since he was a child. Yelu Abaoji took good care of him. Later, he served as a "Tiyin" and followed Yelu Abaoji to kill in various places. He had meritorious service in defeating Zubu and Dangxiang, and was promoted to Yili Jin from Nanyuan followed Yelu Abaoji to conquer the Bohai Kingdom and made numerous achievements.
After the death of Yelu Abaoji, Empress Dowager Shulu came to the throne and took the throne, which aroused widespread opposition from the Khitan nobles, and Yelu Dieli was one of them. He suggested that the eldest son inheritance system should be followed and Taizu's eldest son Yelvbei should take the throne.
Yelu Dieli's words were quite significant. His grandfather was Yelu Abaoji's second uncle. His current identity was Nanyuan Yili Jin, and he had just made great contributions in the war to annex Bohai Kingdom. And he openly opposed the Queen Mother Shulu and Yelv Deguang's ascension to the throne.
The previous article has dramatized the consequences of daring to oppose Queen Mother Shulu.
The Empress Dowager Shulu classified Yelu Dieli as a "member of the Dongdan King's Party", arrested him, imprisoned him, tortured him severely, and even used the most cruel torture of being burned.
Yelu Dieli was a man of iron bones and would rather die than surrender, so he really died and was brutally killed by Queen Mother Shulu. Became one of the victims of the first transfer of supreme power in Daliao Kingdom.
Queen Mother Shulu may have killed too many people, but Yelu Antuan only had one father. The Empress Dowager Shulu forgot about it, but Yelu An will never forget it. At this moment, Yelu Antuan finally let out the anger he had held in his chest for many years.
Queen Mother Shulu asked Xiao Han again, "What's wrong with you? Why did I offend you?"
In fact, Xiao Han's relationship with Queen Mother Shulu is closer than that with Yelu Ruan. Just from his surname, we can tell that he belongs to the "descendant clan".
According to the "Khitan National Chronicles", the Khitan people did not have surnames in the early days, and they were called by the place where they lived. This is actually not much different from the Han people in the Central Plains. Many surnames in the Han civilization are place names, such as Qin, Zhao, Wu, etc. Of course, some are official names, such as Situ and Sima.
After Abaoji came to power, he officially standardized his surname. The place where he lived was named "Shili", so he added "Shili" in front of his name. Later, "Shili" was transliterated as "Yelü".
The Yelv family has been intermarried with the Yi family and the Bali family for generations, and they played a great role in the process of winning the throne, proclaiming themselves emperor and establishing the country. Yelu Abaoji admired Liu Bang, the legendary emperor of the Han Dynasty in the Central Plains, and often compared himself to Liu Bang, so he gave his wife's family the surname "Xiao", hoping that his brothers-in-law would be like Xiao He who assisted Liu Bang. So a magical scene in Chinese history happened. All the queens of the Liao Kingdom were named Xiao, with one exception.
