After leading the troops to Xucheng County, Dongping Prefecture, Su Yonglin ordered a public trial and executed Tu Danjing in front of tens of thousands of people.
Tu Danjing never imagined that he would be caught and killed by the rebels.
He is a person whom the emperor trusts. He has direct access to Heaven. His position is very special and his power is very great.
He never thought he would die at the hands of the rebels.
But that's what happened, he died at the hands of the rebels.
The rebels took him to a high platform and took his life on the guillotine.
Yelu Chenghui was watching from the sidelines at that time, his face pale. When he saw Tu Danjing's big head crashing to the ground, he was very frightened.
Obviously, even if this group of rebels will eventually be destroyed, they still hold the power of life and death.
Not just him, but his family.
The family members around Tu Danjing were all executed together. The whole family was executed, no one survived, and for him, he was not only himself, but also had family members.
So when Su Yonglin was about to recruit him, Yelu Chenghui's mental resistance was still relatively weak, and he was even a little surprised.
However, Tu Danjing was killed, but he was alive. Why?
Then Su Yonglin relieved his doubts.
"I resisted Jin Ting, and I resisted the Jurchens. You are a Khitan, not a Jurchen, so I don't really want to kill you. If you are willing to surrender, I am willing to use you to fight against Jin Ting. Do you want to join us? "
"I...I am indeed a Khitan, but I am also an official of the Jin Kingdom."
Yelu Chenghui swallowed: "I once deployed troops and generals to attack the Liberation Army. Don't you feel resentful about it?"
Su Yonglin smiled.
"Yeluchenghui, let me ask you, do you feel sorry for the demise of Daliao? Have you ever thought that if Daliao had done something right or defeated a certain enemy group, it would not have ended up like that? What’s the end?”
Yelu Chenghui was silent for a while.
"It's not that I haven't thought about it."
"Right, before the Jin people destroyed the Song Dynasty, they destroyed the Liao Dynasty first. The huge Liao Kingdom was destroyed by the Jin Kingdom, and many Liao people became slaves. Your ancestors should have surrendered in time, so they got A certain status, but seriously, do you really think this is good?
Apart from anything else, just saying that many noble ladies from the Liao Kingdom were sent to the laundry house for the Jurchen nobles to enjoy as playthings. Do you really feel indifferent to this and don't feel ashamed at all? How many Khitan people are treated like cattle and horses by the Jurchens? Do you really not care? "
Yelu Chenghui lowered his head and thought for a while.
Of course it doesn't feel good to be unhappy, but if you really care about it, it doesn't matter.
Because his life is still one of splendor and wealth, and he still holds great power. He can have as much money as he wants, and he can have as many women as he wants. How those people are treated and disposed of by the Jurchens is not a big problem for him.
It's just that I feel a little depressed.
The reason for his depression was also because those Jurchens liked to bully others, and as a Khitan, he was not very confident. Faced with the bullying of those high-ranking Jurchen officials, he could only swallow his anger.
More of his dissatisfaction comes from dissatisfaction with his own situation, dissatisfaction with being bullied, and even dissatisfaction with his identity as a Khitan, not that he has much affection for the Liao Kingdom.
If the Jin Kingdom rebelled against this kind of dissatisfaction, it would be far more than that.
But if the Jin Kingdom suffers a disaster and cannot protect himself, for the sake of his own power and status, it is not an impossible choice to give the Jin Kingdom a ride, because when it comes to loyalty, there is really not much, and he cares more about himself.
That's probably it.
However, he did not dare to say this clearly to Su Yonglin.
"I also miss my motherland a lot, and I am also very dissatisfied with the abuse of the Jurchens."
That was all he could say.
"But this dissatisfaction is not enough for you to rise up and restore your motherland, right?"
Su Yonglin looked at him with a smile.
Yelu Chenghui was stunned and did not dare to speak.
"If you don't speak, you are acquiescing. In fact, it's no wonder. I have met a lot of officials like you along the way. When I recruited those Han officials, there were also many of them who yelled at me and would rather die than follow me. .
At first I was surprised why, as Han Chinese, they had to serve the Jurchen emperor. Later I understood that it had nothing to do with whether they were Han or Jurchen. The main reason was that they were officials and I was a rebel. "
Su Yonglin's frankness in speaking out made Yelu Chenghui feel relieved.
"What the general said...makes sense."
Su Yonglin laughed.
"That's natural, and I think that if there were an uprising led by the Khitans at this moment, your first reaction would not be excitement, excitement, or feeling that Daliao has hope of restoration, but worry about the Jurchen Emperor Do you suspect that you are related to the rebellion?
You are even willing to put down this rebellion personally to prove that you have nothing to do with it, to use the blood of the Khitans to prove that you are different from them, and to prove your loyalty to the Jin Kingdom. "
Yelu Chenghui was even more surprised.
How could this person see people's hearts so clearly?
Of course, he would not think that it was a hope for the restoration of Liao Dynasty, but he would be frightened, worried that the emperor would suspect him of being involved in this matter, thus threatening his life.
If necessary, he would of course be willing to put down the rebellion himself to prove that he had nothing to do with this matter and that he was a pure loyal minister of Daikin.
As for whether the opponent is a Khitan or a Han, it doesn't matter at all. It is not worthy of his consideration at all. He just wants to kill more and build greater achievements, so that he can be truly accepted by the emperor and enjoy superior power and status. .
"What the general said...is true."
At this point, there is no point in continuing to pretend. It is better to open the skylight and speak frankly.
"So, I don't think you would rebel because of what happened to the Khitans. Your life is so good, why would you rebel?"
Su Yonglin sat in front of Yelu Chenghui: "Of course I didn't rebel just because the Emperor of Jin was not good to the Han people, but I felt that my rebellion was still necessary, and I thought that the possibility of my rebellion being successful was low. Low."
"How can I see it?"
After talking about it, Yelu Chenghui became interested in Su Yonglin's statement.
"Because I found many weaknesses in the Kingdom of Jin."
Su Yonglin held out a finger: "A small tribe is facing a big country. Although it has tyrannical force, its population is insufficient. It is actually quite powerless and wary of tens of millions of Khitans and Han people. They also want to achieve many things, but they just cannot be completely trusted. Han and Khitan people.”
Yelu Chenghui lowered his head and thought for a moment, then nodded slightly to express his approval.
There were many restrictions on bureaucrats who were not Jurchens, such as Han and Khitan people, in the bureaucracy of the Jin Dynasty. Whether they were holding office or being promoted, they were subject to invisible restrictions and discrimination.
For example, Jurchens can use fewer years to achieve higher official positions or official positions with real power. These official positions are even only open to Jurchens, while Han and Khitan people have to use more years to compete for the very few who can still be considered to have real power. Official position.
They just rolled up.
As for this, no one is a fool, and many Han and Khitan bureaucrats are dissatisfied with this.
But this dissatisfaction was not enough to arouse their resistance to the Jin Kingdom. Even for some involution masters, it can arouse their own dissatisfaction and strong disidentification with the identity of Han people or Khitan people.
If you say they are Han or Khitan, they will be furious and retort - you are the one! Your whole family is!
So these people are actually quite pitiful.
Su Yonglin started from this point.
"Since there is no trust, it is difficult to say that it can be integrated. If it cannot be integrated and there is always a gap, how can there be long-term peace and stability? Relying on tyrannical force to maintain rule, but the force will always weaken. Once the force weakens, it is not To die from internal troubles is to die from external troubles.”
What Su Yonglin said aroused Yelu Chenghui's disapproval.
"But all this has a premise, that is, the military force is weakening. If the military force can still be maintained, the Jin Kingdom can naturally maintain it. Why does the general think that the Jin Kingdom's military force has weakened now? In my opinion, the Jin Kingdom's military force is still tyrannical.
The Shandong army is indeed decayed, but the Jin Kingdom is not without its real elites. Generals must not think that just because they defeated the Shandong army, they will think that the entire Jin army is so decayed. The Jin Kingdom's border cavalry is so powerful that it cannot be defeated easily. . "
