Chapter 657 The King of Shu is here again (forty-two)
It was late autumn, and the sky was clear and the scenery was pleasant. The blue sky and white clouds were contrasting, the sky was vast and the wilderness was facing each other. The wind was blowing low and the cattle and sheep were seen. Yelu Ruan looked at the great country and thought that she was about to give guidance to a bigger country. She couldn't help but feel in a good mood, so she held a bonfire party with the chiefs, kings and ministers.
Everyone was eating mutton and drinking chrysanthemum wine. They became more and more excited and happier. Before they knew it, they were drunk and unconscious. Some fell asleep directly on the ground, and some were still awake and went back to their tents to sleep. Yelu Ruan was also helped back to the tents by the guards, and they slept in a dark place.
However, there was a man who was not drunk, not only not drunk, but also very sober. This man was Yelu Chacho. He looked at Yelu Ruan and Prince, and the ministers were drunk unconscious and thought that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The right time, place, and people were harmonious. God really helped me.
However, Yelu Chache knew that when he started a war, he would definitely be sentenced to rebellion. At that time, not only would he not receive support from others, but he would also be surrounded and annihilated by various troops. So he thought of Yelu Deguang's son Yelu Jing, who wanted to pull him into the gang, attempting to first legitimately overthrow Yelu Ruan, seize the throne, and then kill Yelu Jing on the charge of treason, and then take the throne himself.
Yelu Jing is the eldest son of Yelu Deguang. Logically speaking, after Yelu Deguang's death, he was the most qualified to be the emperor. Yelu Chache felt that he must have hated Yelu Ruan for robbing his throne. But unexpectedly, Yelu Jing was very comfortable as the prince and had no interest in robbing the throne.
Although Yelu Chache was very angry, time was tight and he had no time to waste time with him. Otherwise, when he convinced Yelu Jing, he might have missed the opportunity. So he immediately found Yelu Pentdu and asked him if he wanted to rebel with him.
Yelu Ban is the son of Yelu Yindishi, another younger brother of Yelu Abaoji, and Yelu Liuge's younger brother. He chose to support Yelu Ruan because he hated Shu Luping. Later, because he was involved in Yelu Liuge's rebellion, he was sent off to govern the country of Gas. Therefore, he held a grudge against Yelu Ruan and always wanted to avenge him.
After learning about Yelu Chache's purpose, he was very happy and immediately agreed to raise an army and rebel with Yelu Chache.
So, when it was late at night, Yelu Chache and Yelu Ben led the troops who had already prepared to attack Yelu Ruan's tent.
At this time, Yelu Ruan was still asleep, awakened by the sound of fighting outside, and woke up all the wine. When he saw Yelu Chache and Yelu Ben appeared in front of him, he suddenly realized, but it was too late.
In this way, Yelu Ruan, who was chased to the throne by everyone, was killed by his supporters after only being emperor for more than four years.
Yelu Jing is a person who is indifferent to the world. As long as he gives him something delicious, drink and fun, he has nothing to ask for. Therefore, although his cousin Yelu Ruan robbed his throne, he also felt that this was nothing. Anyway, they were all from the Yelu family, so who would not sit? Therefore, when Yelu Cha came to him to rebel, he refused without thinking.
Rebellion is not a trivial matter. Yelu Jing knew that it might be involved in his head and did not want to cause trouble, so it was the best way to leave. So Yelu Cha cut off his front foot and left his tent, and Yelu Jing rode a horse to hide in the mountains.
But good fortune is not a disaster, it is a disaster that cannot be avoided. If I don’t cause trouble, I will come to you by myself. Soon, Yelu Wuzhi sent his younger brother Yelu Chong to find him.
At the beginning, Yelu Jing firmly stated that he did not want to participate, and Yelu Chong refused to give in. He explained the righteousness and moved him with true feelings. With his fair share of words, he finally moved Yelu Jing and brought him back to the military camp.
At this time, Yelu Wuzhi had sent people to contact the kings to raise an army to quell the rebellion. When Yelu Jing came back, he was so happy that his face almost bloomed. Yelu Jing was not as happy as him, and said that he was not willing to participate in the quelling rebellion.
Yelu Wuzhi suddenly became depressed. He finally found someone who was in charge of the overall situation and gave you an emperor for free, but he was still unwilling to do so. But time was tight and there was no time to find someone else. So he gritted his teeth, stomped his feet, and "threatened" and said, "You are the eldest son of Emperor Taizong. If you were caught by Yelucha, he would definitely not let you go. If that was true, who would you let the soldiers serve? Who should the country rely on? If the throne falls into the hands of those thieves in Yelucha, the consequences will be unimaginable!"
Yelu Jing is a smart man. Yelu Wuzhi's words made him realize immediately. If Yelu Cha became the emperor, then the Khitan would indeed fall into dire straits from now on, and he might not have a good life. After all, although he believed that he was not interested in becoming the emperor, it did not mean that others would believe it, and it would not be guaranteed that Yelu Cha would believe it.
After figuring this out, Yelu Jing knew that he had no other way to choose, and he could only lead his troops to quell the rebellion.
Seeing Yelu Jing agreeing to lead his troops to quell the rebellion, Yelu Wuzhi finally let go of his unrestful heart, and immediately sent someone to release the news happily, calling on the kings to quell the rebellion.
In the Khitan, the military system was very strict. The emperor led his troops to the expedition. There were strict regulations on how many troops, horses should be brought to the various chiefs, kings, and ministers to follow the expedition. Not only that, when the army stopped to camp and rest, after the emperor's imperial tent was laid, there were clear regulations on where the chiefs, kings, and ministers should be laid and how far away from the emperor's imperial tent, and no one was allowed to camp casually. Therefore, the influence of the rebels cut by Yelu Cha was only around the emperor's imperial tent, and the tents far away from the emperor's imperial tent were basically not affected.
At this time, the princes and generals who were not affected by the rebels were very confused when they heard that Yelu Chacho rebelled and the emperor was killed. They didn't know what to do, whether to surrender to the rebels or raise an army to quell the rebellion. There was no clear answer. Just when everyone was very confused, the news of Yelu Jing and Yelu Wuzhi leading troops to quell the rebellion came. The kings and generals were immediately excited and immediately stopped reorganizing their troops and went to meet with Yelu Jing to suppress the rebellion. In the end, Yelu Jing successfully quelled the rebellion, killed Yelu Chacho, and sat on the dragon throne of the Khitan, becoming Emperor Muzong of Liao.
Yelu Jing was not happy when he sat on the throne of the emperor. On the contrary, he felt uneasy. He had witnessed various disputes and rebellions with his own eyes. This time he took the throne with the wind of rebellion. He was highly vigilant about rebellion. Therefore, a few days after he came to power, he immediately took cruel measures, took the opportunity of dealing with the rebellion of Yelu Cha, and executed a large number of people, arrested a large number of people, and promoted a large number of people, hoping to use this to achieve the effect of using the warning and killing the chicken to warn the monkey, so that he could rest assured from now on. But the facts were completely opposite. Yelu Jing's beautiful dream was not only shattered quickly, but also shattered extremely thoroughly. During his reign, rebellions broke out one after another, and he was busy suppressing the rebellion almost every day:
Just three months after Yelu Jing ascended the throne, the Taiwei Hu Guzhi took the risk and began to rebel, and was soon calmed down.
Five months after the Huguzhi rebellion case, the uncle Xiao Haizhen and the minister of the Ministry of Works Li Huan began to rebel again. In the end, the matter was exposed. The two wanted to wait for the Later Zhou Dynasty in Nantou, and were arrested halfway back. Xiao Haizhen and Li Huan, the Li Huan incident in Nantou just ended. Yelu Bei's second son, Yelu Ruan's younger brother Yelu Louguo, joined forces with Yelu Dilie to rebel. As a result, the matter was exposed, both were arrested, and in the end the two were executed together with Xiao Haizhen.
A year later, Yelu Wan, Yelu Huageli, and Yelu Xijian intended to rebel, and Yelu Jing's younger brother Yelu Jing's brother Yelu Jing's sage was also involved. Although these people were quickly brought to justice, they were just thinking about it and had not taken action, so they refused to admit their crimes. In the end, Yelu Jing had no choice but to release them. Two months later, Yelu Jing gathered together again to discuss how to overthrow Yelu Jing, but Yelu Jing discovered it again. In the end, Yelu Jing killed Yelu Huageli, Yelu Xijian, and beat Yelu Wan and Yelu Jing's scepter and let them go.
A few years later, Chai Rong, the Later Zhou Dynasty, led his troops to the north to recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun. Yelu Jing was in charge of the ministers' strong request. Yelu Dilie wanted to take the opportunity to join forces with Yelu Haisi and others to launch a coup. As a result, before they could start their actions, Chai Rong was forced to withdraw due to serious illness. Yelu Jing returned to Shangjing and quickly strangled the coup in the cradle.
Afterwards, the government ordered Yelu Shouyuan, Taibao Chu Abu and others to rebel, and the two were killed and the rebellion failed.
Not long after, Yelu Lihu and his son Yelu Xiyin started to rebel again. In the end, Yelu Lihu took the blame for his son and was arrested. Later, Yelu Xiyin wanted to rebel again, but failed again and was arrested by Yelu Jing.
In addition, Shi Wei, Wugu and other tribes rebelled.
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However, although rebellions were rising one after another and turbulent, Yelu Jing did not think that this was a big deal. Instead, he learned to drink and have fun in his spare time to quell the rebellion. As an emperor, Yelu Jing had endless fine wine, so he wanted to drink when he was happy and even when he was unhappy. He almost had a lot of fun in his arms. Once he got drunk, he had two hobbies - either sleep or killing people. Yelu Jing got up.
It was very frightening to sleep. He fell asleep after drinking, woke up and then drank, and then went to bed, day and night, endlessly. But this was not the most terrible. The most terrible thing was his murderous hobby. Once he got drunk, Yelu Jing completely lost consciousness and often said to kill whoever he saw. As a result, the eunuchs who served him were frightened and trepidated all day long, fearing that if he got drunk and said casually, his life would be gone.
There were too many people who killed him, and Yelu Jing was embarrassed, so he issued an edict saying that if he issued an order when he was drunk, they could not execute it for the time being. Now everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief, but the effect was obviously very bad. No one carried out the order, and Yelu Jing simply killed people by himself, but the number of people killed by him still increased. Over time, the eunuchs around Yelu Jing developed resentment. After all, no one wanted to live on the edge of the knife all day long.
On that day, Yelu Jing got drunk after returning to the tent. Suddenly, he remembered the big bear he had just brought back, so he sent an order to ask the kitchen to bring the bear meat to serve the food and drinks. But the bear had just been brought back and was packing it up, and it would take some time to prepare it. How could it be served immediately?
Yelu Jing, who had been drunk for a long time, couldn't help but be furious when he heard that the bear meat had not been prepared, and Long Yan was furious and threatened to kill the group of chefs with his own hands, and then fell asleep. The speaker was unintentional, and the listener was determined. Yelu Jing's words scared the kitchen team half to death. They had long seen Yelu Jing's murderous nature, and maybe today was their own end! Thinking of this, look at Yelu Jing who was drunk, and they decided to do it without stopping and give themselves a complete relief today. So, the close servant brother, the washman Brother Hua and the chef Xin Gu, and six others, took advantage of Yelu Jing's drunkenness and unconsciousness to join forces to send him to the underworld.
(Yelu Jing loves drinking, so he loves houses and Wu, and is also very concerned about the brewing work. He often personally inspects the brewing workshops and guides the brewing work. Not only that, Yelu Jing also generously donated money to reward the brewing workshops, strongly supported them to expand their production scale, and encouraged them to make the brewing pot bigger, and the wine jar and wine jars that hold the wine. He also made a very large wine storage device himself, engraved some deer writings on it, named "Lu Ku". With his strong support, the Khitan winemaking industry became more and more developed, and wine taxes gradually became an important tax source for the country.)
A powerful empire must have a wise and wise monarch. On the contrary, when a wise monarch descends on earth, even a corrupt regime can live in spring. However, what surprised the Khitans was that when the Khitan Empire ushered in its most glorious moment, the hero who could be called a god-like existence was not one person, but a mother and son - Xiao Chuo and the Holy Sect Yelu Longxu! They stood on the foundation laid by their ancestors, took advantage of the east wind of history, seized unprecedented opportunities, and opened the most gorgeous chapter for the Khitan Empire - its heyday!
Yelu Jing had no son, so after he was killed by his servant, the family of the throne should fall into another problem. At that time, there were two people who were most qualified to inherit the throne, one was Yelu Jing's younger brother Yelu Jing's father and mother, and the other was Yelu Ruan's son Yelu Jing's adopted son Yelu Xian. When Yelu Ruan was killed, Yelu Xian was less than four years old and was still a child who knew nothing. He only knew how to eat and play, sleep when he was tired of playing, and continued to play when he woke up. When Yelu Cha cut his troops and horses into the imperial tent, searching everywhere, and killing the royal staff frantically, Yelu Xian was frightened and even forgot to cry. Fortunately, a chef discovered him, hurriedly wrapped him with a felt and hid in the firewood. After dawn, Yelu Jing led his troops to quell the rebellion, and people found him from the firewood pile while cleaning the battlefield.
However, although Yelu Xian survived fortunately, he fell ill due to excessive fright, and his health became very poor from time to time. In severe cases, he could not even ride a horse. After Yelu Jing became emperor, he had no children and saw that Yelu Xian lost his parents at a young age. He couldn't bear it, so he took him into the palace and raised him as his son. Later, Yelu Jing took the opportunity of punishment for rebellion and killed a large number of royal members who might be threatening him. Yelu Xian, on the one hand, was still young and could not pose a threat at all. On the other hand, because he did not show enthusiasm for the throne, he always maintained a harmonious father-son relationship with Yelu Jing and a monarch-subject relationship with Yelu Jing, so he escaped by luck.
Just a few days before Yelu Jing was killed, Yelu Jing called Yelu Xian to him and said to him: "Son, you have grown up, I can hand over the government to you." But even though that was the case, Yelu Jing turned around and was unconscious again, and did not immediately make Yelu Xian the crown prince. In other words, what Yelu Xian got was only a "verbal check" and had no legal effect, so if you want to get the throne, you have to rely on his own efforts.
When Yelu Jing was killed, Yelu Yansage and Yelu Xian were not around, only some of their supporters followed in the emperor's palace. At this time, there is no doubt that whoever arrives at the palace first will have the upper hand, and may control the situation and become the next emperor.
So, when the two groups of men heard that Yelu Jing was killed, they immediately acted in a hurry and informed Yelu Yansage and Yelu Xian respectively.
Yelu Yansage was sent to the northwest border by Yelu Jing for the previous rebellion, but Yelu Xian did not relax his vigilance. In order to prevent the mutation from happening, he had already prepared an emergency team. After receiving the report from the Nvli, Yelu Xian immediately led the troops to the Emperor's Palace with Nvli, Gao Xun and others overnight. At this time, Yelu Yansage's messenger was still on the way.
But this does not mean that Yelu Xian is sure to win. The main representatives of Yelu Yansage's camp, such as Xiao Siwen, Jianmuguen, Yelu Yilage and others, were also in the palace at this time. And the tragic thing is that they all have a large number of troops in their hands. As long as they act, Yelu Xian has basically no chance of winning.
However, Xiao Siwen and others were relatively sensible. They knew very well that if Yelu Yisagge was not there, they would be caught by Yelu Xian if they acted without permission, and they might even be punished for treason. So they could only wait patiently and anxiously for Yelu Yisagge to arrive quickly.
This greatly gave Yelu Xian a chance. As soon as he arrived at the palace, he immediately controlled the situation. The supporters of Yelu Yansage were stunned. They either immediately expressed their loyalty to Yelu Xian from now on, or they were detained by Yelu Xian.
After Yelu Xian captured those people, he did not do anything to them. On the contrary, he knew very well that if he wanted to become a legitimate emperor and to avoid the series of rebellions encountered by his father Yelu Ruan and his uncle Yelu Jing, he had to convince them to surrender. Among these people, Xiao Siwen was an important figure, so he took the initiative to find Xiao Siwen and wanted to convince him to support himself as the emperor.
Xiao Siwen is Yelu Deguang's son-in-law, Yelu Jing's brother-in-law, and Yelu Yansage's father-in-law. The reason why he supports Yelu Yansage is simply to make his way to the top with his daughter's east wind.
Chapter completed!