Traveling through Tianlong: Starting from the Zhenlong chess game

Chapter 275 The slaves of the three surnames surrendered and rebelled again

After hearing a few words from Zhao Mu, Yelu Yanping labeled Shi Jingtang a "pseudo emperor" and quickly retorted: "The emperor of the later Jin Dynasty was the orthodox emperor of the Central Plains. Where did the term "pseudo emperor" come from?

Zhao Mu laughed when he heard this and said: "How can a traitor who colludes with foreign countries not be considered a false emperor? Besides, there are no two days in the sky and no two kings in the country. The father emperor and the son emperor, who is the emperor between them? If Liao State recognizes the Jin Dynasty, If Zuo becomes emperor, will Liao State become a false emperor?"

Zhao Mu's words directly choked Yelu Yanping.

The logical trap Zhao Mu set for Yelu Yanping, no matter what Yelu Yanping said, could cancel the legitimacy of the Liao Kingdom's orthodoxy from the Later Jin Dynasty.

The orthodox legal system of the Liao Kingdom came from Shi Jingtang, the emperor of the Central Plains regime, who paid tribute as a vassal. If Yelu Yanping agrees with Zhao Mu, he believes that the Later Jin Dynasty was a pseudo dynasty and Shi Jingtang was a pseudo emperor. So the legal system recognized by the pseudo-emperor naturally does not count.

But if Yelu Yanping refuted Zhao Mu's view, he believed that the Later Jin Dynasty was the orthodoxy of the Central Plains. But based on the view that "a country has no two monarchs", the Khitan Liao Kingdom was a pseudo-regime that failed to win legal authority from the later Jin Dynasty. Even "father and son are in different places". But if Yelu Yanping refuted that the Later Jin Dynasty was a ministerial regime of the Liao Kingdom, then it would further deny the legitimacy of the Later Jin Dynasty. Zhao Mu can definitely say that the Later Jin Dynasty was a separatist regime.

Right now, Yelu Yanping's mind was a little hard to turn around.

Everyone present praised Zhao Mu's eloquence.

Emperor Zhezong thought to himself: "Before, I only knew that the emperor's uncle was highly skilled in martial arts, but he didn't expect that he could be so eloquent. With just his eloquent tongue, he used the "Ghost Spirit Sutra" that the great scholars in the court had argued for the Khitan dog. 'Overturned."

Yelu Yanping was choked and speechless, so he simply stopped talking.

Yelu Yanping originally wanted to say that Shi Jingtang was from the Shatuo tribe and was not considered a "traitor". But then I thought about it and I definitely couldn’t say this.

After all, if the Khitans want to take over the Central Plains, they must recognize Liu Bang as their ancestor and accept the pre-Tang Dynasty tradition. If you express the view that Shi Jingtang is not a Han, then it is tantamount to self-defeating.

Seeing this, Zhao Mu continued: "Later on, the Liao State broke their faith and attacked the Later Jin Dynasty after Shi Jingtang's death. They came to our Central Plains to burn, kill, rape, and commit all kinds of crimes. After destroying the Later Jin Dynasty, they kidnapped the last pseudo-emperor of the Later Jin Dynasty, Shi Chonggui. But the sky is still unstoppable. How can the artifacts of the Han and Central Plains be stolen by the barbarians? Liu Zhiyuan, the great ancestor of the Later Han Dynasty, formed a vassal and established a righteous army to drive out all the Khitan dog thieves who did all kinds of evil."

Duan Zhengchun, Gao Shengtai and others also saw Zhao Mu's eloquence for the first time, and they all praised him greatly.

Cai Que, who was sitting next to Su Che, said to Su Che: "Ziyou, if your brother is here, you might be able to argue with our King of Zhongshan."

Hearing Zhao Mu's words, Yelu Yanping didn't have much reaction. Although his surname is Yelu, he is essentially Han Chinese. Although the title Khitan Dog Thief is very lethal, it is much less harmful to him.

Su Che couldn't help twisting his beard and smiled bitterly: "Haha, my brother only loves writing and ink all his life. He is either busy with pens and inkstones or in the kitchen. Although he is eloquent, I am afraid he is not as good as our Prince of Zhongshan. But when it comes to being a eloquent speaker, it belongs to my younger sister. However, my younger sister’s temper has softened a lot since she got married. If she still had the temper she had when she was young, she would definitely be able to argue with the King of Zhongshan.” Su Zhe finished. , then turned back to look at his brother-in-law Qin Shaoyou.

Although Yelu Yanping wanted to refute, he didn't know where to refute. Because what Zhao Mu said is true.

At that time, the best opportunity for the Liao Kingdom to take over the Central Plains was the battle in which Emperor Taizong of the Liao Dynasty Yelu Deguang destroyed the Later Jin Dynasty. Yelu Deguang led his army into Bianjing and captured Shi Chonggui. It was also at that time that the Khitan proclaimed himself emperor in the Central Plains and officially founded the country as "Da Liao".

But it is a pity that the degree of Chineseization of the Khitan people at that time was not high, and many Khitan soldiers still had the bad nature of nomadic barbarians. When they entered the Central Plains, they did not care about the people and provide for them. Instead, they burned, killed, raped and looted, and acted recklessly. Like the rangers on the frontier threshing the valley. They just know how to rob food, money, and women. As for men, they would kill them on the spot without any mercy, regardless of age or age.

Although the Mongols were brutal, they did not slaughter surrendered cities. Even if they massacred cities, they did not kill scholars, priests, craftsmen, or children shorter than a wheel. Compared with the Khitan people at that time, the Mongolian army could be called a "civilized army".

Wherever the Khitan barbarians went, chickens and dogs jumped, blood flowed into rivers, and the people suffered terribly. It is precisely because of this that it aroused many people's resistance against the Liao forces.

Liu Zhiyuan also took advantage of the fact that the Liao soldiers were unpopular with their violence, and took advantage of the lack of masters in the Later Jin Dynasty and the power vacuum in the Central Plains to establish the Later Han regime. Afterwards, they united with the rebel forces from various places and drove the Liao people back.

When Yelu Deguang, Taizong of the Liao Dynasty, fled northward in a hurry, he was trapped and killed by all forces in the Central Plains in the "Killing Hu Lin" in Luanyi. In the end, he ended up being made into "bacon" and brought back to the Liao Kingdom.

Queen Yingtian later convened the post-war meeting of the Southern Expedition. Let the civil and military officials of the Liao State discuss the reasons for the failure of the southern expedition and the sudden death of the emperor.

The Khitan ministers all believed that the army was too benevolent and did not kill all the Han people wherever they went. Or maybe the Khitan army never fully advanced southward and lost strategically and tactically.

Faced with these wild and untamable smelly Qiuba, Queen Yingtian was also very helpless.

Only the traitor Zhao Siwen raised the key point of the problem, which was that the Liao soldiers were wild and untamable and violent. Therefore, it aroused strong resistance among the Han people. Once the name of this violence is known, it will be difficult to enter the Central Plains again in the future.

Queen Yingtian was very satisfied with Zhao Siwen's answer and adopted Zhao Siwen's suggestion.

It was also from that time that the Khitan Liao Kingdom officially began the process of dividing the northern and southern houses and the sinicization of the Khitan people. However, this process is a bit slow, and until now, this group of people is still very angry.

Although Yelu Yanping could bear it, it did not mean that other Khitan people could bear it. A member of the Xiao family who came with Yelu Yanping scolded: "You southern barbarian! How dare you call us Khitan people bandits!"

Zhao Mu chuckled lightly when he heard this, then he lowered his face and snorted coldly, and then said: "Hmph! Calling you dog thieves is still flattering you. Dogs even know how to be grateful to their owners, but what you Khitan people have done is in this place In the king’s eyes, he is worse than a pig or a dog!”

"We Han people have been kind to you Khitan people since the time of the former Tang Dynasty. In the past, the Khitan was hampered by the Turks and the imperial family was very cruel. The former Tang Dynasty not only sent troops to rescue them, but even donated materials and gave the Khitan leader the surname of the former Tang Dynasty 'Li'. But you Khitan people How did people repay the Han people? During the Wu Zhou Dynasty, the Khitan leader Li Jinzhong colluded with King Mochu of Tule and led his troops to rebel and invade. Tens of thousands of people in Zhaozhou City were massacred. When Yelu Deguang attacked the Later Jin Dynasty, he also burned, killed and looted along the way. "

"In the fourth year of the Kaiyuan period of the former Tang Dynasty, King Tule died suddenly, and the Khitan leader Li Huhuo surrendered to the former Tang Dynasty. The former Tang Dynasty ignored the past resentment and still replaced it with state gifts. However, during the Anshi Rebellion, you Khitan people took advantage of the chaos to rebel against the former Tang Dynasty. . The Dangxiang tribe is a member of the former Tang Dynasty Guzhong, and was given a surname by the emperor of the former Tang Dynasty. The leader of the Dangxiang tribe was even named the 'Jiedu Envoy of the Tang Dynasty Army'. If the Dangxiang people say that they inherit the Tang Dynasty system, it can barely be justified."

"But you Khitan people have betrayed your trust and rebelled against the former Tang Dynasty many times. Now the Liao state is shameless and falsely claims to inherit the former Tang Dynasty. It is simply a lie! The Han people have lived up to the Khitan people for generations. The Han people regard the Khitan people as their comrades, and you are But they regard the Han people as arbitrarily plundering and slaughtering lambs. With such ungratefulness, aren’t they worse than pigs and dogs?”

"You!" When the Liao envoy heard this, he was so angry that he trembled all over and even vomited a mouthful of blood. But what Zhao Mu said are all historical facts, and there is no way to refute them. After all, the most offensive words in this world are the truth.

(End of this chapter)