The autumn wind was bleak and the waves surged. The autumn wind blew towards him late at night made the soldiers next to him shudder. But looking at the curved back next to him, he quickly recovered from his previous disobedience. The man in front of him had not spoken for a long time. He wanted to go up and persuade him, but he couldn't find the right words and reasons. Finally, he found a cloak from the inside and draped it on the man.

Xiao Wuna, standing at the bow of the boat, couldn't say anything. Looking at the city where he was with him day and night, he couldn't help but burst into tears. This battle situation that could have been prepared for in advance ended in such a tragic ending because of the emperor's disobedience. His grandson Xiao Yi's enemy Jian, Liao envoy Yelu Xie Shi, Haizhou envoy Gao Xianshou, Defense envoy Da Yaoshi Nu and 8oo Liao soldiers guarding the city ended their lives on the other side of the river. The only one who survived did not even give them a chance to collect the body, and just ran away in shame.

Xiao Wuna, also known as Tabu, had his name, Tedong. His ancestors once served in the southwest Zhala. Speaking of which, he had the same family as the royal family. The Sixth Court and the royal family he was in were all from the original Dila. Xiao Wuna, who was born in a family of officials, was smart since childhood and was taught by his father. He was able to recite poems and essays at the age of 6 and was very popular with his father. As a descendant of the grassland nation, Wuna also practiced riding and archery. Friends of the same age held archery competitions, Xiao Wuna must be the title of "Sharp Shooter". Xiao Wuna was tall, simple, solemn, humble and polite, and was not as arrogant and arrogant as other officials, and everyone he knew praised him.

The wheel of history kept flying. By the time of Emperor Shizong of the Liao Dynasty, he implemented a series of policies during his reign, which enabled the Liao Dynasty to achieve the transformation from tribal alliance to authoritarian centralization. After Muzong ascended the throne, he gave up the plan of Shizong's southern expedition and concentrated his efforts to consolidate the domestic ruling order, and the Liao Dynasty truly stepped towards prosperity. During the period of Emperor Jingzong's success, due to the famous "Chanyuan Alliance" with the Wei Dynasty, the Liao Dynasty entered a long period of peace, with domestic stability, economic prosperity, and reached a prosperous state. But the good times did not last long. When Xingzong was in power, the Liao Dynasty began to decline and enter a troublesome autumn. By the time of the eighth emperor of the Liao Dynasty, the ruling group was extremely extravagant, with sects and sects, fighting for power and profit, and various social contradictions became increasingly sharp. The Liao Dynasty was already "a storm was about to come and the wind filled the building." It was at this time that Xiao Wuna stepped onto the political stage of the Liao Dynasty.

In the early years of Qingning, Xiao Wuna's elder brother Xiao Tutu came to pay homage to Emperor Daozong. Daozong asked him about the people who were appointed among his clans. Xiao Tututu recommended his younger brother Xiao Wuna without hesitation. Daozong summoned Xiao Wu into the court. The emperor asked him how to govern the country. Wuna replied, "Govern the country with Han Confucianism, maintain "ritual governance", advocate "virtue governance", and attach importance to "benevolence governance". This coincided with Daozong's idea, which made him very satisfied and allowed him to be the official of the Marquis of Sutra. From then on, Xiao Wuna began his political career for more than half a century.

When Xiao Wu was included in the court, the court was filled with dark clouds. Since the rebellion of the royal relative Yelu Chongyuan, Emperor Daozong was always worried that someone would seek the throne, and he was full of suspicion of his closest relatives. Even the closest queen and prince were also suspicious. Yelu Yixin, who made contributions in the quelling of the rebellion, won the full trust of Daozong.

Yelu Chongyuan Rebellion: In fact, Yelu Chongyuan was not the first mover. He was completely embraced by his ambitious son Yelu Nelugu and a group of dissatisfied nobles as a nominal leader. His son was appointed as the Privy Council of Zhinanyuan very early, and there was also the grandson of the Holy Sect, Yelu Tie, who was the daughter of Shengzong and Qin Ai, the daughter of Yan Mujin, at that time, her husband, at the time, the Privy Council of Zhinanyuan, Xiao Hujian.

Yelu Nelugu seized the opportunity of the emperor to hunt in the early autumn of the throne (near Chengde) southwest of Zhongjing Road, and led an army of crossbowmen to ambush the emperor and his camp. A spy planted by the empress dowager in Yelu Chongyuan issued a warning in advance, but the emperor did not believe that this happened at all. It was not until the two sides had a fierce encounter around the camp, and the emperor was injured and believed it. His empress dowager commanded some guards to fight back. Perhaps the Daozong's fate at that time should not be defeated.

Lignelugu actually was shot to death by an arrow in his initial attack, and fled in a hurry. Yelu Chongyuan, who was forced to go to Liangshan, might be deeply painful by this. He was actually a very patriotic person. He committed suicide in the wilderness that fled northward. After being injured, Xiao Hu also died of the escape. This farce directly made Emperor Daozong "bited by a snake in one move, afraid of the well rope for ten years", and became extremely suspicious, leading to the incredible unjust case of "Shixiang Ci".

In the ninth year of Qingning, Yelu Yixin was appointed as the Northern Privy Councilor and was awarded the title of King of Wei, and was awarded the title of "Kuangshi Shengdi Zhenduo Zhenping and Heroes"; in the fifth year of Chengyong, he was also given the title of "Shou Taishi". At the same time, Daozong ordered Yelu Yixin to participate in military affairs in all directions at will without restrictions. Daozong favored Yelu Yixin and continued to promote him, which stimulated Yelu Yixin's power ambition. After being rewarded, Yelu Yixin became more bold and arrogant, and his hands were stretched out more and more.

In the first year of Dakang, Daozong ordered the crown prince to take charge of the government. Yelu Yixin showed that the crown prince was extremely intelligent and young and promising, which was an obstacle to his autocracy. He was weak and difficult to get rid of this great trouble, so he planned to use the power of others to get rid of the crown prince. He turned his attention to the Daozong, who had always favored him, and finally, with the hands of Daozong, directed a tragedy of his debut indirectly killing his wife and destroying his son, which greatly damaged the Liao Dynasty.

The queen at that time was a very well-educated and well-educated talented woman. She was falsely accused by a palace slave and a small official in the church, saying that she and Zhao Weiyi, the actor who was attending the side. Yelu Yixin sued the emperor for this slander. Although Zhao Weiyi even firmly denied the accusation under severe punishment, Yelu Yixin and his allies, the learned Han scholar Zhang Xiaojie, fabricated some love poems that were said to have been written by the queen to Zhao Weiyi as evidence. Because of this "Ten Xiang Ci", Zhao and his entire clan were executed, and the queen was also given poisonous wine. Her body was only wrapped in a straw mat and sent back to her parents' home to show humiliation in public. This incident caused a great mental blow to the prince.

The original text of Shixiang Ci is as follows:

The black hair is seven feet long, and it is used for decoration. I don’t know that the green clouds are fragrant on the sleeping pillow.

The red silk is strong, and the white jade light is light. Try to open your chest to find it, which is more trembling and fragrant.

The lotus has lost its new beauty, and the lotus has fallen into its old makeup. The two are always comparable, but they are like the fragrance of pink cheeks.

If you have any feet, you must learn from the phoenix. Last night, you should be fond of the fragrance on your arms.

The sweet soup tastes good, and the words are sent out of the palace and Shang. Dingzhilang's mouth contains a sweet and sweet fragrance.

It is not about alcohol or aroma, but it is not about fragrant fat. But it is suspected that the flowers are whispered, and the wind brings fragrance.

I picked the silkworms on the roof and also loved the mulberry trees in the imperial garden. When I returned, I joined hands and had a delicate spring bamboo shoots.

Wind boots are thrown and frost is removed, and those who warm the white jade will be carved out of soft hook fragrance.

The color of the belt is already fighting, and the heart of the tentacles becomes busier. The soul-dissolving fragrance inside the Luo Luo skirt is unique.

Coughing and spitting on a thousand flowers, skin and body filling. It’s nothing more than a look at the water, and it’s full of fragrance.

At that time, Xiao Wuna had already entered the court. The upright Xiao Wuna did not fear the threat of Yelu Yixin and others, so he tried to show the truth about the murder of Empress Daozong. Although Daozong did not believe it, he had already doubted Yelu Yixin and transferred him out of the capital and sent him to serve as the Zhongjing. However, Yelu Yixin's accomplice Zhang Xiaojie was still left by Daozong. This man was a bird of a feather with Yelu Yixin and was good at flattery and kept telling Daozong that Yelu Yixin missed the emperor very much and did not want to eat and eat all day long. Under Zhang Xiaojie's sweet words, Daozong moved Yelu Yixin back to the court and became the Privy Council envoy. Under the instigation of Yelu Yixin, Daozong had doubts about Xiao Shou Palace, Xiao Wuna and other loyal and straightforward ministers.

After Yelu Yixin returned to the court, he worked closely with Zhang Xiaojie and Yelu Yange to plan how to get rid of the prince's obstacle. This group of people covered the sky and actually framed the prince for trying to join the court. Daozong believed his slander and deposed the prince as a commoner. When he was imprisoned in Beijing, he sent assassins to kill the prince. At this time, Daozong was busy with fishing, hunting and enjoying the fun of him and was kept in the dark. After Yelu Yixin and others' conspiracy succeeded, his arrogance became even more arrogant.

Seeing this, Wu Na was very angry and led the loyal ministers to advise Daozong many times. However, at this time, Daozong was already immersed in the sweet words of the treacherous ministers and was unwilling to listen to the advice of the loyal ministers. Even if he heard it, he would go in and out of the right ear and go out of the right ear, and do whatever he wanted. Xiao Wu Na was heartbroken about this, but he was not discouraged. He always had to come in to advise Daozong every day. He believed that one day the Emperor of Daozong would come to see through the conspiracy of Yelu Yixin and his group.

Emperor Daozong's stupidity and excessive favor made Yelu Yixin's group more and more courageous, and accelerated the pace of seizing power. After framed the prince, Yelu Yixin was considering establishing a heir to the throne who might completely become his own thing in his hands in the future. During the court meeting, Yelu Yixin suggested to Daozong to use Yelu Chunyu, the son of King Wei and Luwu, as the heir. Although the ministers knew the intention of the treacherous ministers, they were afraid of Yixin and dared not speak out. The court was silent, so quiet that even a needle fell on the ground could be heard. Only Xiao Wuna stood up and said righteously: "If you give up your legitimately, you will be the country and others." Xiao Wuna suggested using the emperor's grandson as the heir, but Daozong was still hesitant about this.

Another plan failed. Yelu Yixin presented Xiao Xiama's sister, who was related to him, to Daozong and made him the queen. At that time, the new queen had a sister who had promised Yelu Yixin's son. In order to achieve his goal of manipulating the regime, he even sacrificed his daughter-in-law to offer him to Daozong. He hoped that the Xiao sisters could give birth to "long son" early so that he could control the regime as soon as possible. The foolish Daozong called him a wise minister because of his contribution to the queen. At this time, Yelu Yixin was already fearless. The only thing he was worried about was that the emperor's grandson Yelu Yanxi (the son of the prince who was killed by him not long ago, which was later Emperor Tianzuo) was made the heir of the crown prince, so he racked his brains and tried every means to harm the emperor's grandson.

In the autumn of the fifth year of Dakang, Daozong went to Jiashan (now northwest of Salaqi, Inner Mongolia) to hunt. Yelu Yixin thought that the opportunity had come and suggested that Daozong keep the emperor's grandson. Under Yelu Yixin's sweet words, Daozong was ready to adopt this suggestion. When Xiao Wuna heard the news, it was already dark. He immediately turned pale and had an ominous sign in his heart. He didn't have time to wear court robberies and rushed into the palace overnight. He waited outside the palace gate for several hours before he could see Daozong. Xiao Wuna kowtowed and asked the emperor to bring the emperor's grandson: "I heard that the emperor was hunting and was preparing to keep the emperor's grandson. If there was no good person to protect it, something might happen. If the emperor must keep the emperor's grandson, I beg to stay to protect the emperor's grandson." His sincere words made Daozong awaken and finally took the emperor's grandson to hunt together.

In the sixth year of Dakang, Yelu Yixin, who had been causing trouble in the court for a long time, was transferred out. In March, the emperor's grandson Yelu Yanxi was appointed King of Liang and became the heir to the throne, which made Yelu Yixin's hope shatter. In the ninth year of Dakang, Yelu Yixin attempted to escape to the Northern Song Dynasty and was discovered, and at the same time, it was found that he had privately kept soldiers and armor. Daozong, who had been deceived for a long time, finally woke up and ordered him to be executed.

Xiao Wuna stood up at two most critical moments and spoke out for advice, which eventually failed to succeed in the treacherous ministers' tricks. Xiao Wuna's advice ensured the purity of the bloodline of the Liao Dynasty's rule, and made Daozong see his loyalty. In order to commend his loyalty, Daozong named him the Prince of Lanling and appointed him as the prefect of the palace. The ministers in the court also believed that he was "close to the ancient minister of the country." At the court meeting, Daozong praised many times in front of the ministers: "Xiao Wuna was loyal and upright. Even Di Renjie assisted Tang; Yelu's house assisted Mu Song, was not as good as him." He also repeatedly told the Yan King Yelu Yanxi that Xiao Wuna's loyalty. It was not easy to be praised by the always suspicious Daozong.

In the early years of Da'an, Daozong issued an edict to ask Xiao Wuna to marry the princess of Yue. At that time, Xiao Wuna had already engaged to a friend who was childhood sweetheart and had no doubts about the fact that he had already been engaged to a marriage contract and had violated the engagement and was unfaithful.

From then on, Daozong attached more importance to Xiao Wuna, and asked him for advice on everything in detail and asked him for advice. He also asked him to tutor the King of Yan Yelu Yanxi. Since Xiao Wuna accepted the emperor's edict to tutor the King of Yan, he felt that he had a great responsibility, so he did his best to do his best. He always pointed out the mistakes of the King of Yan in a timely manner, told him frankly, and showed no mercy.

In the second year of Da'an, Xiao Wuna, who was renamed the Privy Council of the Southern Court, saw that the court's promotion of officials was only based on Daozong's whim, and there was no strict system at all, which seemed very chaotic. So he submitted a memorial to request that officials be promoted according to the time of his tenure. Daozong listened to his memorial.

In the first year of Shoulong, Xiao Wuna was promoted to prime minister. After being promoted to prime minister, Xiao Wuna worked tirelessly all day long and worked hard for the court.

After experiencing the pain of losing his wife and children, Daozong was particularly tired of political affairs in his later years. The employment of people was determined by the person seeking official rolling dice.

The winners were granted official positions, and most of the political affairs were handled by Xiao Wuna and other ministers, and he enjoyed hunting all day long. In the seventh year of Shouchang, Daozong died of illness in Nabo Palace in Huntongjiang.

After the death of Emperor Daozong, Yelu Yanxi ascended the throne and was known as "Emperor Tianzuo". However, this Emperor Tianzuo was the same as his grandfather Daozong. He was not clear about right and wrong, he was not distinguished by loyalty and treacherous, and was licentious and extravagant. He was surrounded by a group of villains all day long, and loyal and straightforward people could not get close to him. When Emperor Tianzuo was still in the "Qiandi", he once said bluntly many times that Emperor Tianzuo was very dissatisfied with Emperor Tianzuo and held grudges in his heart. Because Xiao Wuna was an important minister of the previous dynasty and had the merit of supporting him, Emperor Tianzuo asked him to serve as the governor of the Liaoxing Army, and at the same time he was granted the title of "Shou Taifu" to show respect. The ministers in the court could see from some things in their daily life that Emperor Tianzuo was dissatisfied with Xiao Wuna, and the villain took advantage of the opportunity to enter.

Wang Hua, the small-district of the Buddhist temple (official name), took his favor and falsely accused Xiao Wuna of borrowing the rhinoceros horns of the inner palace and requested Emperor Tianzuo to punish him. Xiao Wuna was unwilling to suffer a wrongful injustice and reported: "I was in the previous dynasty and ordered him to withdraw 100,000 yuan a day for private money. I never took a single money and would be willing to borrow rhinoceros horns." At this time, Emperor Tianzuo was obscured by the slander of villains and was unwilling to listen to Xiao Wuna's defense. Instead, he became even more angry. He removed his title of "Taifu" and was demoted to the governor of Ningjiangzhou. Soon he changed to the governor of the Linhai Army and sent him to a remote small city. Emperor Tianzuo drove away some loyal ministers around him and used the shameless villain more heavily.

Xiao Wuna went to the border to serve in an unjustly manner. At that time, the Jurchens led by Aguda gradually became stronger. Faced with the oppression of Liao, the Jurchens were respectful and obedient on the surface, but in fact they accumulated strength in secret and showed signs of preparing to fight against Liao. Xiao Wuna, who was working on the border, was aware of the dangers of the Jurchens and wrote many letters to point out that after Xiao Haili escaped into the Jurchens, the Jurchens were despised by the court and should increase their troops to prevent accidents. At this time, Emperor Tianzuo was immersed in beauties and hunting all day long.

He didn't care much about national affairs. In the first year of Tianqing, Xiao Wuna was informed of Huanglong Mansion, and then changed his position as the Northeast Army Envoy, becoming the military commander of Ningjiang Prefecture. He wrote again: "My ministers govern the Jurchens and follow their actions. His ambition is not small. It is better to raise troops to plan for them before they are not." He also attached a blood letter. Such memorials were submitted several times, and they were like stones sinking to the sea, and there was no news. Xiao Wuna had to lead the generals to work hard to consolidate the city defense fortifications. He dug trenches with soldiers every day, building city walls, and train soldiers himself.

But the final result was in front of him. Xiao Wuna was powerless, exhausted, and wanted to cry without tears. Not everyone had such forward-looking vision. He was unwilling to believe some things, but the facts were there. The court had long been corrupt and could not turn the world around with his own strength. However, the books he had read over the years had poisoned his will. Loyalty to the emperor and patriotism could not save the court, and he could only have ambition. It was this court who let him down and made him a generation of tragic prime minister.
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