Qian Song

Chapter 158 One Second of Happiness is One Second (Ask for a Monthly Ticket!)

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There is only one name, even if he is as wise as Wanyan Aguda, he can't guess what Li Cun did to make Da Song neglect their Da Jin's envoys at the risk of a rupture between the two countries.

However, Wanyan Aguda wrote down the name "Li Cun".

Wanyan Aguda possesses excellent ability to know people, and even has excellent skills in employing people.

In these two respects, Zhao Ji and Yelu Yanxi, who were born in the same era as Wanyan Aguda, really cannot keep up with Wanyan Aguda.

The so-called ability to know people and the art of employing people are the ability to lead and the art of controlling people.

If a country's top decision-maker makes major mistakes in these two aspects, it will definitely affect the country's fortunes.

Take Zhao Ji as an example.

Did the Song Dynasty really have no talents?Is it really necessary to rely on Cai Jing, Tong Guan, Zhong Shidao and other dying old people to help the building and turn the tide?

of course not.

It can be said that the talents possessed by the Great Song Dynasty in this era are not only far from comparable to Jin, Liao, and Xixia, but even far from comparable to other dynasties.

Wen has a large group of capable officials such as Li Gang, Zhao Ding, Chen Kangbo, Li Guang, etc. It is also good to use Qin Hui like Zhao Gou.

Wu has a large group of capable generals such as Han Shizhong, Wu Jie, Liu Qi, Yue Fei, Wang Tian, ​​Zhao Li, and Li Yanxian.

There are also Chen Yu, Zhan Du, Zhe Yanzhi, who are both civil and military.

In addition, the old and firm Zhongshi Dao, Zhongshizhong, Zongze and so on.

In the Song Dynasty, it can be said that the three generations of old, middle and young are all full of talents, and there is no gap at all.

Let’s talk about prestige, among the five major defensive battles during the Song Dynasty, Han Shizhong’s battle of Huang Tiandang, Wu Jie’s defense of Shu, Yue Fei’s Northern Expedition, and Liu Kai’s victory in Shunchang, none of them showed the prestige of the Han people.

Finally, let’s talk about integrity. Among the fourteen people recorded in "Jingkang Xiaoya", which one has no integrity?
But Zhao Ji didn't need any of these talents, he had to make great use of Wang Fu, Liang Shicheng, Gao Qiu, Cai You, Tan Zhen, Li Bangyan, Bai Shizhong and other jesters and mediocrities.

If Zhao Ji doesn't sit in the well and watch the sky, who will sit in the well and watch the sky?
Zhao Ji is like this, so why not Yelu Yanxi?

Yelu Yujian was originally a well-known general in the Liao Kingdom. He had a very high prestige in the Liao army and was loyal to the Liao Kingdom. In addition, Yelu Yujian was also brother-in-law with the Liao Emperor Yelu Yanxi.

——Yelü Yanxi's concubine Xiao Sesel has three sisters, Xiao Sesel is the second child and married Yelu Yanxi, the eldest sister married Yelu Taheli, and the third sister married Yelu Yujian.

Ordinarily, it is impossible for such Yelu Yu to see that he betrayed Liao and invested in gold.

But Yelu Yanxi insisted on pushing Yelu Yujian to this point...

Yelu Yanxi has six sons in total, but he has never decided who to be the crown prince.

This is mainly because Yelu Yanxi's eldest son Zhao Wang Yelu Xinilie is somewhat mentally retarded and it is impossible to become a prince.

And the second son of Yelu Yanxi, Jin Wang Yelu Aoluwo, was both civil and military, loyal, filial, benevolent and righteous. He was extremely talented and had a high reputation in Liao.

In addition, Yelu Aoluwo's ​​mother, bleak, is also virtuous and talented.

——Xiao Sesur saw Yelu Yanxi hunting around all day long, regardless of the country's political affairs. If you have to sleep on your salary and taste your courage, you can inspire a strong man to donate your life, and you can go to the north of Qingmo and sleep on Yanyun at night."

In addition, Xiao Sesu's family has a lot of power.

It seems that Yelu Aolu is the best candidate for the crown prince.

This is worrying for one person—Xiao Fengxian, Yelu Yanxi's number one favorite.

Xiao Fengxian was the privy envoy of the Liao Kingdom, the No. 1 in charge of the Liao army, and his power was equivalent to Tong Guan who had not been robbed of the privy envoy by Zheng Juzhong.

Xiao Fengxian's ability to get this high position has nothing to do with his ability.

This is mainly because the relationship between Xiao Fengxian and Yelu Yanxi is very close - you can refer to Zhao Ji and Cai You for the relationship between the two.

Xiao Fengxian's younger sister is Yelu Yanxi's concubine named Xiao Guige.

Brother Xiao Gui's son is Yeluding, the third son of Yelu Yanxi, king of Qin.

Xiao Fengxian always wanted his nephew Yeluding to be the crown prince, who would succeed Yelu Yanxi in the future, so that his family could continue to be rich and honored.

However, Yelu Aoluwo, both in terms of ability and prestige, is obviously much higher than Yeluding.

If the two competed fairly, Yeluding would definitely not be Yeluao Luwo's ​​opponent.

This made Xiao Fengxian very distressed, and he has been trying to find a way to get rid of Yelu Aoluwo's ​​wings.

Not long ago, someone reported to Xiao Fengxian that Xiao Sesu's elder sister and younger sister met in the army.

Xiao Fengxian resolutely seized this opportunity, and quietly said to Yelu Yanxi: "The elder sister Wenfei and the younger sister had a private meeting in the army, and I saw that Xiao Yu, Taheli and others conspired to support Jin Wang as emperor, and wanted to His Majesty will be abolished."

The idiot Yelu Yanxi believed it was true, and without even investigating, he ordered Xiao Yu, Ta Heli and others to be killed, and Xiao Sesel was bestowed with death.

At that time, Yelu Yujian was leading the army outside.

Hearing this news, Yeluyu was horrified, he knew that Yelu Yanxi would not let him go, so he led his troops to join Wanyan Aguda.

Yelu Yanxi sent Xiao Xiamai, the official of King Zhixi's mansion, Xiao Degong, the prime minister of Beifu, Yeludi Ligu, Taichanggun, Xiao Monk, Shangnu, the observation envoy of Guizhou, and Xiao Qian, the Taishi of the Fourth Army, led the troops to pursue Yelu Yujian.

When these people chased after Lushan, they discussed together: "My lord believes in foretelling, and Fengxian treats us with contempt. Yu Jian is a noble man of the clan, and he often refuses to serve Fengxian. If he is caught I see it, and our party will see it in the future! If you don’t let it go.”

Then these few people went back to deceive Yelu Yanxi, saying: "It's too late to pursue."

Yeluyu, who was desperate and wanted revenge, had no choice but to rebel against the Liao Dynasty and surrender to the Jin Dynasty.

Yeluyu came to vote for him, which was beyond Wanyan Aguda's expectation, he never expected that Yeluyu, a relative of the emperor, would come to vote for him.

Immediately afterwards, Wanyan Aguda was overjoyed, and immediately sent someone to invite Yeluyu to have an audience.

As soon as they met, Wanyan Aguda warmly greeted Yelu Yujian and said, "I have admired your name for a long time, sit with me."

Seeing the sincerity and fear, Yeluyu hurriedly knelt down and bowed down: "My minister, Yeluyu, saw and paid homage to His Majesty the Emperor Dajin. The Lord of Liao indulged in hunting and neglected political affairs. He liked to play with sycophants and stayed away from loyal and upright people. The punishment was heavy and the people were in dire straits. Knowing about military affairs, he used to advance strategies against the Liao Lord, but he didn’t listen or notice. Dajin’s territory is expanding day by day, and Chen Te leads three thousand clan households, five hundred vehicles, and tens of thousands of livestock.”

Wanyan Aguda entertained Yelu Yujian with a banquet and promised to let Yelu Yujian continue to lead the army he led.

Yeluyu was greatly moved by what Wanyan Aguda did, and told Wanyan Aguda all the details of the Liao Kingdom.

This made Wanyan Aguda further understand the absurdity and incompetence of Yelu Yanxi and the reality of the Liao Kingdom.

This also further enhanced Wanyan Aguda's determination and confidence to overthrow the Liao Kingdom.

The fourteenth day of the first month of the fourth year of Xuanhe.

The cold wind was bitter, and the north wind howled in the wilderness, like the howling of wild wolves.

The vengeful Yeluyu saw that he was not afraid of the cold storm and snow. He led the vanguard of the Jin army to brave the wind and snow for more than 300 miles in a day and night.

At dawn, Yelu Yu Jianbu quietly came to a hill outside Zhongjing.

Liao Zhongjing was built in the third year after the Chanyuan Alliance, which was the most prosperous period of the Liao Kingdom.

Liao Zhongjing was modeled on the Bianliang City of Tokyo in the Zhao and Song Dynasties, and it was also composed of the outer city, the inner city and the imperial city.

——The Khitan nobles lived in the imperial city, the Khitan commoners lived in the inner city, and the Han, Hui, Jurchen and other ethnic groups lived in the outer city. The hierarchy is very distinct.

The Jin people began to attack the city at dawn, and Yelu Yujian and the elite of the original Liao Kingdom led by him took the lead in attacking the city as the vanguard.

The Liao army guarding the city learned that it was Yeluyu who led the army to attack the city, and stopped fighting one after another. Later, they stopped resisting altogether and surrendered in Kaesong.

The Kingdom of Jin took another capital city of the Liao Kingdom with little effort.

——There are five capital cities in the Liao Kingdom, that is, the five capitals of the Liao Kingdom. All of them have been taken over by Jin Guozhan. Except for the vast grasslands in the northwest, only the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun are left.

Seeing that Yeluyu had helped Jin Guo take down Liaozhongjing, he had made a great contribution.

But this is not what Yelu Yujian wants. What Yelu Yujian wants is to take revenge on Yelu Yanxi who killed his whole family.

But what made Yelu Yu angry was that Yelu Yanxi had led all his concubines, six sons and six daughters, cronies and personal guards out of the city along the secret road last night...

Looking at Yelu Yanxi's resume, the word "Shou" is the most frequently written word.

Hunting here today, hunting there tomorrow, it seems that his life is either hunting or hunting.

This kind of life allowed Yelu Yanxi to practice an unparalleled riding skill, and also allowed him to save more than 2000 BMWs that can run 350 miles a day after he has controlled the Grassland Dynasty for decades.

Before Shangjing of the Liao Dynasty was captured by the Jin people, Yelu Yanxi ordered his cronies to pack the top treasures of the Liao Kingdom into five hundred bags, and then took all his concubines, six sons and six daughters, cronies and personal guards to ride on his 2000 Many BMWs ran to Liaozhongjing in no time.

While running, Yelu Yanxi triumphantly told the people around him: "If Nuzhen chases after me, I will travel 350 miles a day with a number of BMWs, and I will be brothers with the Song Dynasty, and Xia Guo's uncle and nephew. Wealthy life."

After the Tanyuan alliance, Song and Liao were brothers, and according to this alliance, Zhao Ji was regarded as Yelu Yanxi's elder brother.

The Liao Dynasty and Xixia were the kingdoms of nephews and uncles, so Li Qianshun, the ruler of Xixia, can be regarded as Yelu Yanxi's nephew.

Moreover, Li Qianshun's queen, Yelu Nanxian, was the daughter of Yelu Yanxi's family, and it was Yelu Yanxi who made the decision to marry Yelu Nanxian to Li Qianshun.

It is precisely because of this relationship that a few years ago, when Tong Guan led the Western Army to beat Xixia to the brink of death, Yelu Yanxi came forward to reconcile (in fact, he threatened Zhao and Song to stop the war by sending troops) and saved Xixia.

In Yelu Yanxi's view, I want BMW to have BMW, I want money to have money, and I want to have relationships. However, our Daliao Empire extends to the Sea of ​​Japan in the east, the Altai Mountains in the west, and the Ergun River and Waixing'an Mountains in the north. , south to the Baigou River in the middle of Hebei, the territory is vast, and the Jin people came to beat me, and I ran away. They couldn't catch me, and I could eat delicious food and drink spicy food wherever I went.

This is similar to Zhao Gou in history. If you hit me, if I don’t resist, I will just run. If I can’t run on land, I will run to the sea. I don’t want any parents, concubines, daughters, or clans.

In this respect, Yelu Yanxi seems to be a little stronger than Zhao Gou, at least Yelu Yanxi brought all his concubines and children with him.

In short, Yelu Yanxi Palace is that people are not old at sunset and Xishan, so seize the time and enjoy themselves.The sunset will not be infinitely better, and every second of happiness is a second.

Moreover, Yelu Yanxi often deceived himself and said, I am like this, not because I can't beat the Jinren, but because I am afraid that the people will suffer from war.

Knowing people heard Yelu Yanxi's shameless words, and they all said: "Daliao is dead. Since ancient times, there has been no one who abandoned the army and the people to make his own life. Can he enjoy the country?"

Yelu Yanxi not only did not resist himself, but also ordered the Liao people to resist.

Of course, you have to resist.

If you lose, I won't punish you—Yelu Yanxi thought that if he punished, these Liao people might even lower their gold.

And if you win, I won't reward you either—Yelu Yanxi feels that I didn't ask you to fight anyway, and I didn't want to resist the Jinren's invasion.

In short, after being defeated several times by Wanyan Aguda, Yelu Yanxi, who lost all his courage, has a policy of resistance to the Jinren, that is, it is up to you to fight or not, and it is up to you to win or lose. I don’t care, I will run, and I will Hunt everywhere, play everywhere.

As a result, the Liao Kingdom lost its unified deployment in the war against the invasion of the Jin Kingdom, and the troops fought on their own. Wherever the Liao Army generally encountered the Jin Army, they would fight. If they won, they would win. If they lost, they would vote , anyway, no one cares about their efforts, our emperor doesn't know which mountain to hunt in now.

Under such circumstances, the combat effectiveness of the generals of the Liao army can be imagined. To paraphrase their own words: "In battle, there is death without merit; in retreat, there is life without guilt."

This turned the Khitan people, who were brave and good at fighting back then, into a mob who scattered like birds and beasts when they saw Jinren. As a result, the Jinren were able to be as powerful as a bamboo. It grew into a great empire that swallowed most of the territory and subjects of Liao.

Now, the Jinren captured Liaozhongjing again, Yelu Yanxi repeated his old tricks, packed away all the top treasures of Liaozhongjing, and then took his concubines, six sons and six daughters, cronies and personal guards to ride on his Thousands of BMWs fled to Nanjing, Liaoning overnight.

Yelu Chun, who stayed behind in Nanjing of the Liao Kingdom, persuaded Yelu Yanxi to stay in Nanjing and organize the forces of the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun to fight the Jin army.

But Yelu Yanxi quit, and took away a lot of Yandi's BMWs under the pretense of going to Liaoxijing to recruit soldiers and horses, and then went west to Juyongguan to Yuanyangluo.

Yuanyangluo is a mirror-like lake, the water is very clean, the environment is very peaceful, there are many waterfowl, here live in groups of white swans.

Back then, Yelu Yanxi forced the Jurchens to pay Haidongqing to him and the nobles of the Liao Kingdom in order to hunt these white swans.

As a result, the eagle envoys, like Zhu Man and the others, took chicken feathers as arrows. After arriving at the Jurchen tribe, they ate Naka and slept with Jurchen women, and even let women from Jurchen aristocratic families sleep.

The Jurchens were deeply troubled by it.

In this way, Wanyan Aguda led people to rebel against Liao.

Yuanyangluo is one of Yelu Yanxi's favorite places. He comes here to hunt once a year, and every time he can have a good time.

But this time Yelu Yanxi hadn't been happy in Yuanyangluo for a few days, and someone came to report that Yelu Yujian was leading an army on his way to Yuanyangluo.

Yelu Yanxi was shocked by this news, and Yelu Yanxi immediately wanted to lead people to continue fleeing westward.

Xiao Fengxian stopped Yelu Yanxi and said: "Yu Jian is the clan, and in fact he has no intention of destroying the Liao Dynasty. If he wants to establish the king of Jin, if it is based on the society, why should he spare a son? If he punishes his son, he can retreat without a fight."

Xiao Fengxian is actually really persistent, at this point, he still wants to get rid of Yelu Aolu Han.

This also shows that Xiao Fengxian really doesn't see the big picture, and Yelu Yanxi who put him in charge is really stupid.

Yelu Yanxi felt that what Xiao Fengxian said was very reasonable, so he ordered Yelu to boil Lu Han to death.

After receiving the imperial decree from Yelu Yanxi, Yelu Aoluhan pulled out his saber with tears in his eyes and killed himself.

in fact--

The people of Liao already hated Yelu Yanxi, the foolish king, and they all looked forward to Yelu Yanxi's early death, and then passed the throne to the holy Yelu Ao Luhan.

Who would have thought that good people don't live long, and evil people can live for thousands of years. Not only is Yelu Yanxi strong enough to hunt tigers and bears, but he also killed Yelu Aoluhan, the hope of the Liao Kingdom.

This time, the revival of the Liao Kingdom is completely hopeless.

Everyone in the Liao Kingdom cried bitterly when they heard that Yelu Aolu Han committed suicide in accordance with the order.

Since then, the subjects of the Liao Kingdom and the officers and men of the various armies have been completely disappointed with Yelu Yanxi, and they are even more unwilling to work for Yelu Yanxi.

However, after Yelu Yanxi gave Yelu Aoluhan to death, what Xiao Fengxian said did not happen, so Yeluyu stopped chasing him after seeing him.

On the contrary, Yelu Yujian soon brought Wanyan Zonghan to Yuanyangluo.

If Yelu Yanxi hadn't run fast enough, they would have been wiped out by Yelu Yujian and Wanyan Zonghan.

After luckily escaping, Yelu Yanxi suddenly came to his senses, and he said to Xiao Fengxian with great enthusiasm: "It's all your father and son who misled me!"

Even brother Xiao Gui pointed at Xiao Fengxian and said, "With the country so far, do you still have the face to live?"

Yelu Yanxi did not immediately kill Xiao Fengxian and his son, but drove them away.

But who would have thought that after going around, Xiao Fengxian and his son were brought back by the Liao army who came to vote for Yelu Yanxi.

Seeing this, Yelu Yanxi ordered Xiao Fengxian and his son to be executed.

After that, Yelu Yanxi took all his concubines, five sons and six daughters, cronies and thousands of soldiers into Jiashan.

Jiashan is a boundless virgin forest. It is located in the north of the desert. There are ravines on the mountain and towering peaks and clouds. There are muddy swamps within a radius of [-] miles below the mountain. Outsiders cannot enter without a guide. If you go rashly, you will be trapped Among them, life is not guaranteed.

For a moment, Yelu Yanxi seemed to have evaporated from the world.

As a result, the Liao Kingdom unexpectedly experienced an unimaginable situation without an emperor...

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(End of this chapter)