Zhao Yanshou was in action. He found Li Song, the privy envoy, and asked him to advise Yelv Deguang and make him the prince.
Well! The reason why he had such outrageous thoughts was because Zhao Yanshou had already lost hemp.
Before Zhao Dejun and Zhao Yanshou returned to the Khitan, they were already great warlords entrenched in Youzhou. They were surrounded by thousands of soldiers and generals from the Lulong Army, and their strength was not weak.
Later, in a shameless competition with Shi Jingtang, Zhao Dejun missed a move and was defeated.
This is not because Zhao Dejun is not shameless, but because he is bound by reality.
Because according to seniority, Shi Jingtang is indeed Yelu Deguang's nephew, but Zhao Dejun is Yelu Deguang's equal.
Shi Jingtang could shamelessly call Yelu Deguang, who was more than ten years younger than him, his father, but Zhao Dejun really couldn't do it, so he died in depression on the grassland outside the Great Wall.
However, after Zhao Dejun died, there were still thousands of Lu Longjun. In order to find a way to survive in Khitan, they chose to continue to follow Zhao Yanshou.
Yelu Deguang also needed people like Zhao Yanshou to help him stabilize the situation in Youzhou. In addition, Zhao Yanshou was handsome and good at getting things done, so he named Zhao Yanshou King of Yan and became increasingly close to him.
When Shi Chonggui turned against the Khitan, Zhao Yanshou had hopes in his heart. He hoped that like Shi Jingtang, he would be canonized as the Emperor of the Central Plains by Yelu Deguang. The Lulong Army who followed him also had this goal.
Therefore, during the three Khitan expeditions south, especially the first two, Zhao Yanshou's Lulong Army was at the forefront each time and suffered greater losses than the average Khitan people.
Yelu Deguang also promised to make Zhao Yanshou the emperor after entering the Central Plains, but now, the emperor Yelu Deguang has done it himself.
Zhao Yanshou lost his troops and gained nothing, and the people below could no longer suppress him.
Behind the thousands of soldiers of the Lulong Army were thousands of families. Every family wore mourning and mourned, but they received nothing and were very resentful.
If Zhao Yanshou cannot get the position of emperor of the Central Plains, he will not have enough benefits to appease them.
Then you don't need anyone else, just these tooth soldiers and tooth generals, you can deal with Zhao Yanshou.
You must know that the Lulong Army is also a fifth-generation tooth soldier. They also have a tradition of killing Jiedushi, so Zhao Yanshou had no choice but to be shameless to the end.
He didn't really want to be Yelu Deguang's prince, because that was impossible.
He was expressing his position by actively asking to be Yelu Deguang's son. He hoped that Yelu Deguang could entrust him with all the military and state affairs of the Southern Dynasties, and he could become the emperor of the Central Plains.
It makes sense for Zhao Yanshou to seek out Li Song.
Because at that time, tens of thousands of soldiers surrendered by the Later Jin Dynasty followed the Khitans southward, and the Khitans themselves did not have much food. Naturally, they did not have much food for the soldiers surrendered by the Later Jin Dynasty. Most of the surrendered soldiers followed them southward in a state of semi-starvation.
When crossing the Yellow River, Yelu Deguang saw tens of thousands of Hou Jin soldiers, stretching for miles, and there were many complaints.
He was afraid that these generals would rebel, and even wanted to drown all these later Jin generals in the Yellow River.
In the end, it was Zhao Yanshou's persuasion that prevented Yelu Deguang from doing this old thing.
Although Zhao Yanshou's original intention was to regard these surrendered soldiers from the later Jin Dynasty as his soldiers, he wanted to show kindness to them and gain their support.
But objectively, Zhao Yanshou still saved the lives of tens of thousands of people.
Li Song was the privy envoy at that time, and his nephew was in the army, so Li Song owed Zhao Yanshou a favor, so he had no choice but to go and help explain the situation in front of Yelu Deguang.
Zhao Kuangzan looked at his father Zhao Yanshou's magical operation with cold eyes, and couldn't help but speak.
"My lord, the living Han army is tens of thousands, and you have great kindness. But because of this, the emperor is even more wary of you.
Now that his father asked the Privy Council to persuade him, wouldn't it add fuel to the fire and make the emperor even more fearful? "
How could Zhao Yanshou believe it? Woohoo! How could I, Lord Khitan, guard against me, a die-hard leader who is determined to be a traitor?
impossible! Absolutely impossible!
So Zhao Yanshou glared at Zhao Kuangzan, feeling that this son was making him more and more uncomfortable, and scolded him coldly.
"How do you know, Mr. Zhu? Your Majesty is a wise master with great magnanimity. How can you be suspicious of a certain family?"
However, it turned out that what Zhao Kuangzan said was more reasonable. After hearing Li Song's advice, Yelu Deguang immediately showed a smile on his face, and he could only see Li Song sweating on his back.
Seeing that Li Song knew how powerful he was, Yelu Deguang smiled and said, "I will not hesitate to cut my flesh on King Yan, but the crown prince must be the son of the emperor, so how can King Yan do it?"
hehe! When an emperor who claims to be wise says, "I won't hesitate to cut my muscles," it really doesn't mean he takes it seriously.
At least Li Song could hear the strong smell of blood in Yelu Deguang's mouth.
This old man was afraid of implicating himself, and felt that it would be difficult to explain to Zhao Yanshou when he returned to Zhao Yanshou like this. In desperation, he thought of a good way to get out of danger, and said sternly to Yelv Deguang.
"What King Yan wants is not what one person wants. Moreover, today, Hedong has not yet come to court, and there is no news from the various commanders in Guanzhong. I hope the emperor will be careful."
When Yelu Deguang heard this, he immediately put away his smiling expression, because these words of Li Song were not what a lobbyist of Zhao Yanshou would say, but what a privy envoy should say.
Liu Zhiyuan from Hedong has always had an ambiguous attitude. He said he would send someone to meet him, but he never saw the Hedong envoy arrive.
As for the lack of news from the various commanders in Guanzhong, it is even more terrifying, because behind their collective lack of news, it is possible that Yelu Deguang's sworn brother, the Great Liang Heavenly King in Hexi, has made some moves.
Yelu Deguang buried his head in thought for a moment. He realized that all the former commanders of various towns in the Jin Kingdom were under de facto house arrest by him, and they had long complained.
Tens of thousands of Han troops around Kaifeng Mansion were living in poverty and harboring resentments. They had long regarded Zhao Yanshou as their hope, who had saved their lives.
If Yelv Deguang didn't express anything to Zhao Yanshou at this moment and cut off their thoughts, then unless these tens of thousands of Han troops were killed immediately, they would have to beware of mutiny.
Politically speaking, Brother Guang was very qualified, so he immediately summoned Tongping Zhangshi Zhang Li.
Zhang Li was originally the secretary-general of Zhao Yanshou's father, Zhao Dejun, and returned to the Khitan together with Zhao Yanshou. Before Yelv Deguang went south, he had already served as the Hanlin Chengzhi and the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel of the Liao Kingdom.
Yelu Deguang asked Zhang Li to draft a decree to canonize Zhao Yanshou. The prince could not grant it, but he could continue to increase his position to appease him, but Zhang Li said to Yelu Deguang.
"Now the Liao Dynasty has just conquered China. It should be governed by Chinese people. It is not allowed to exclusively use Chinese people and influence recent customs. If the government orders are erroneous, people will not be convinced. Even if they gain something, they will lose it."
Yelu Deguang was silent after hearing this. He didn't know that he shouldn't detain the towns, and he even knew that he shouldn't let Xiao Han and other Khitan people go around ploughing.
But it is because the army has no food and grass, and the Khitan soldiers and generals are not fed, and they cannot convince the people, they have no choice but to indulge. It is not yet time to stop threshing grass and grain.
So after a while, Yelu Deguang said to Zhang Li: "You go and draw up the decree. I will take care of this matter myself."
Zhang Li sighed and had no choice but to retreat and draft the order.
Not long after, Zhang Li drafted a decree and sent it to Yelu Deguang. He planned to appoint Zhao Yanshou as a stay-at-home guard in Zhongjing, prime minister, Lu Shangshu, and commander-in-chief of all Chinese and foreign military affairs.
Good guy, I could only see Yelu Deguang’s eyelids twitching. If Yelu Deguang hadn’t known Zhang Li’s character, he would have suspected him of colluding with Zhao Yanshou.
After thinking and thinking for a long time, Yelu Deguang took up his pen and painted out the words "Commander of Chinese and Foreign Military Affairs".
For Brother Guang, this is a huge concession. In history, he also erased the matter of recording the minister.
The next day, Zhao Yanshou was canonized by Yelu Deguang and was immediately overjoyed.
Although he lacked the title of military governor of China and foreign countries, after receiving this canonization, Zhao Yanshou became the first among the Han people in the Liao Kingdom.
Tokyo is hot and summer is coming. Sooner or later the emperor will have to go north to enjoy the cool weather. Then isn’t he the actual controller of the Southern Dynasties? When the time comes, hehe...
The proud Zhao Yanshou was showing off everywhere, while Zhao Kuangzan frowned and said to Zhao Xian beside him.
"The Lord of Khitan rewarded you generously. I am afraid that he has become suspicious of the second brother. He must send a letter quickly and ask the second brother to lead the army to the east. He cannot wait for the Khitan people to complete the arrangements."
This second brother does not mean second brother in later generations. Brother at this time can mean elder brother or father. Generally speaking, it is a respectful title for older close relatives.
Um. Although they haven't gotten married yet, Zhao Kuangzan has already begun to regard himself as his son-in-law.
On April 10th, Du Chongwei and Li Shouzhen, who had been scolded by the people of Tokyo as "little grandsons" and had sold out their country but received no benefits at all, found Yelu Deguang and begged Brother Guang.
"I have done great service by surrendering one hundred thousand Han troops to the emperor, but now I have to pay tribute to you. I am really unwilling to do so."
Then Yelv Deguang laughed and said to these two shameless people: "You two have made great contributions, so I will spare you the 20 million yuan in congratulatory money to reward you for your contribution."
This is the treatment that lackeys and traitors deserve after they have been drained of their usefulness and become disposable consumables.
His two dozen Yelv Deguang transformed into a donkey cart and the God of War. The fleeing Hundred Battles Division returned and surrendered. As a reward, they were spared 10 million yuan each, that is, 10,000 guan of extortion.
On April 15th, after Xiao Han and others plowed the grass in the valley, they used carts to carry hundreds of women with gold, silver, brocade and silk back to Tokyo. The surrounding area of Tokyo was almost in ruins.
Later, Xiao Han heard that Shi Chonggui's newly built Zide Palace had a fifty-year-old man who was beautiful and good at singing and dancing, so he immediately led his troops to seize it.
Zhang Huan, the eunuch guarding Zide Palace, refused to give it to him, so Xiao Han personally burned Zhang Huan's abdomen with a hot iron. Zhang Huan's intestines pierced his belly and died. Shi Chonggui built Zide Palace with extortionate money, and everything from the maids to the treasures belonged to the Khitans.
Xiao Han even set a fire in Zide Palace. The fire spread to nearby residences, burning more than 200 houses and killing more than 100 people.
At the end of April, Yelu Deguang, using the traitors Geng Chongmei, Gao Tangying, and Cui Tingxun who had gone south with the Liao Kingdom as his envoys, once again led the Khitan people to plow grass and valleys in various states in order to collect enough food for the army for three months.
Because news that Zhang Zhao had entered Guanzhong finally began to spread.
