Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

"Many years later, under Yelujing's tyranny, heroes were killed, Liao Shizong's younger brother Yelu Louguo was strangled, and Yelv Dilie was sentenced to Lingchi. All the ministers in the court fled south. There are more and more rebellions in the country, but Yelvjing is still hunting around, and he goes out for several days, he doesn't know how to govern the country, he drinks indulgently every night, sleeps deeply at dawn, and the people in the inner palace call him the sleeping king."

"Sleeping King?" Concubine Di smiled, "The family's civil turmoil continues, and he is still like this."

"Yeah, he also launched a southern invasion against Hou Zhou, but he was repeatedly defeated, which made him even more angry and became bloodthirsty. He listened to the witch's words, used men's living gallbladder to refine medicine, and usually killed his cronies when he felt a little unhappy. Attendants and ministers, and the methods are cruel, such as crushing corpses, dismembering, burning, iron combing..."

Hearing this, Wang and Li unconsciously lowered their heads, Concubine Di said, "My lord, don't mention these torture names, the two younger sisters won't listen."

Defang smiled, "Yes, yes, I was negligent. If I don't talk about it, it's a lot of torture anyway. In addition, people who raise deer and falcons are also killed for no reason, so everyone is trembling. Every year... no, it should be Saying that dozens of people are killed for no reason every month."

Concubine Di shook her head and said, "Such a tyrant must be punished by heaven."

"Yes, he was indeed condemned by the heavens. His valet brother and Yanrenhua brother couldn't bear to be killed, so they decided to kill Yelvjing, but they didn't have a knife, so they found six people including Paoren Xingu in the palace to hold kitchen knives Kill Yelvjing."

"All his cronies have killed him, which shows that he has lost all hearts."

"It's not that I was forced to do this, how could I kill my master with a sword?" Defang said, "If you comment on Yelujing, sixteen words are enough: wasteful drinking and sex, hunting and hurting people, ignoring the government, and killing without restraint."

"What about Yeluxian, the emperor who came to the throne after his death?"

"Yeluxian is the second son of Emperor Shizong Yeluruan of the Liao Dynasty. He was elected as the emperor. During his reign, Dengwen Drum Court was restored, so that the people had a place to redress their grievances, and the criminal law was reduced to appease the people. Empress Dowager Xiao suggested to rectify the administration of officials, reuse Han people, and abolish the old Khitan folk customs of sisters and sisters. The army is also being rectified. Therefore, the military strength of the Liao Kingdom is also constantly improving, but the Liao people still have the same temperament. When they invaded the south, they burned and killed Looting, in the end, did not win the hearts of the Han people in the Central Plains."

"Yeluxian is a holy king to Liao, but he is a strong enemy to my Song Dynasty. During his reign, the Liao Kingdom continued to invade the south. There were countless battles between Song and Liao, and tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians were killed or injured. This kind of injury Nothing can make up for the pain."

"Yes, the people who have gone through this will never forget it. Now that the covenant has been made, what we have to do is to endure the pain, for the sake of the people of our country, and for the sake of the Central Plains."

Concubine Di shook Defang's hand and nodded, and Defang patted her and continued, "Then let's talk about Yelu Xiyin. After Yeluxian ascended the throne, Yeluxiyin learned that he would pardon the world, so he removed the torture tools and went to court. He was furious, and angrily reprimanded in the hall: You sinner, why did you leave the forbidden place without authorization! Then he ordered to kill all the soldiers guarding him, and put Yelu Xiyin in prison. Coincidentally, Empress Dowager Xiao's sister He fell in love with Yelu Xiyin, so he married her as a princess. Emperor Liao and Empress Dowager Xiao thought about their family affection, restored Yelu Xiyin's title, and made him king of Song Dynasty. More than a hundred people, they wanted to support Yelu Xiyin in order to survive, but after they escaped, they could not enter because of the fortification of the city, so they supported his son Yelu Liulishou, but he was arrested by Shangjing, who was left behind to remove his room. Yeluxian was furious, he executed Liu Lishou, and ordered Yeluxiyin to die."