Chapter 212, Long live the Empress
Xu Shoujing's words made Yan'er's heart suddenly frightened. She never thought that she hadn't made a move against Suiyu yet, but Yeluxian had already gotten rid of Suiyu one step ahead of her. The key is that Ye Luxian, who is so gentle to her on weekdays, can be so ruthless in dealing with Suiyu. She was faintly worried in her heart, worried that if one day he knew Longxu's true identity, would he kill her and Longxu so ruthlessly? She didn't dare to think further.
Seeing that Yan'er was in a daze, Xu Shoujing coughed lightly to remind Yan'er.
"Niangniang, what should be said and what should not be said, the minions are all suing you, the minions are inconvenient to stay for a long time, farewell!" Xu Shoujing arched his hand to Yan'er and prepared to leave.
Yan'er came back to her senses at this time, and hurriedly reached out to beckon Ming'er over, and asked Ming'er to hand over the sandalwood box in her hand to Xu Shoujing.
Xu Shoujing excused himself again and again: "Niangniang, this can't be helped, this can't be helped!" ”
Yan'er smiled slightly, and then pushed the box in front of Xu Shoujing: "In the future, there are still many places where we need more care from Manager Xu in Qinning Palace, this is just a little bit of the heart of the palace, if Manager Xu doesn't accept it, wouldn't it be too little for the palace?" ”
At this point, Xu Shoujing will definitely not accept it. So Xu Shoujing finally accepted Yan'er's kindness.
In fact, for Xu Shoujing, it is okay to have these rewards, or not to have them. The key is to do things for others, so naturally you have to receive some benefits. If you don't take any benefits, then others will not be at ease. Instead of making Yan'er feel uneasy about him, it is better to take Yan'er's reward!
Yan'er didn't stay with Xu Shoujing much. Soon, Xu Shoujing left Qinning Palace.
It's just that Xu Shoujing left, but he left the nurse and the little prince behind.
Yan'er called the new nurse, and then took the little prince from the nurse's arms. The little prince and his own Jinglin were born only one month apart, but now it can be seen that the temperaments of the two are very different. Jinglin will laugh as soon as she is born, and Suiyu's child will not cry or laugh, either staring at the person in front of her in a daze, or sleeping with her eyes closed. Come to think of it, when this kid grows up in the future, he will also be a person with a lot of thoughts-
A few years have passed. Ye Luxian, who was originally diagnosed by Chen Xuan with a maximum lifespan of three years, miraculously survived for three years in the end.
It's just that in the face of heavy court affairs, Ye Luxian still had psychological politics at the beginning, but later he couldn't bear it because of his body. can only have more than enough heart and not enough strength.
Because he knew earlier that Yan'er was quite capable of politics, Ye Luxian had always been interested in cultivating Yan'er. And after several years of tempering, Yan'er has already become a mature politician.
So Ye Luxian naturally handed over the decision-making power of the court to Yan'er. I am happy to be idle, hunting, and enjoying music and dance. In addition, he himself is very interested in medicine and music. When he was still in good spirits, he would also discuss music and rhythm with musicians and actors, and learn medical skills with his medical colleagues, and he could also enjoy himself. Regarding Yan'er's important decision-making of the imperial court that Yan'er informed him, he generally just nodded his head and gave it away, showing his great trust in Yan'er.
In the eighth year of Baoning, that is, in February 976 AD, Yeluxian issued an edict to the Hanlin Academy, and since then, when recording Yan'er's remarks, he has always called himself "I" and "Yu", and implemented it as a system.
I and Yu are the emperor's exclusive self-titles. Yeluxian's edict institutionally established that Yan'er had a supreme and noble status equal to herself in the imperial court.
At the same time, the status of Yan'er's mother's family also improved, and she became the first family of the descendants of the Liao Kingdom. Ordered by Ye Luxian, Yan'er's father Xiao Siwen was posthumously crowned as the king of Chu, his grandfather Xiao Huli was the king of Han, his uncle Xiao Hululi was appointed as the main order, and his uncle Xiao Hu Nigu was only appointed as the servant.
During Yan'er's reign, the proportion of Han officials in the ethnic composition of the ruling group was increased, which was a change of great significance.
Influenced by the Han people's emphasis on literature and light on military force. Han officials are generally well-educated, have a high level of literacy, are familiar with the rise and fall of history, and have rich experience in governing the country and securing the people. In the early days of the founding of the Liao State. Liao Taizu Yelu Abaoji paid great attention to encompassing Han intellectuals and letting them play a role in the rule. However, after Yelu Deguang, Taizong of Liao, due to the continuous struggle for power within the imperial family, the role of Han officials was greatly weakened, and their status also declined.
And as Yan'er gradually stood on the stage of politics, Han officials began to be reused. There are chambers successively. Guo Xi, Liu Jing, Ma Dechen, Han Derang and others, they entered various institutions of the imperial court to hold important positions.
In the same year, with the consent of Ye Luxian, Yan'er issued an edict to restore the Tribute Academy of the Ministry of Rites in Nanjing, where Han intellectuals were relatively concentrated, to deal with the affairs of selecting Han officials by examination.
Therefore, during the reign of Yan'er, among the civil and military ministers of Daliao, there were outstanding talents from different nationalities and different backgrounds. In particular, the increase in the number of Han officials made it possible for the Liao to absorb the advanced feudal civilization in a big way, and greatly accelerated the pace of development of the Liao society toward prosperity.
Externally, Yan'er has also made corresponding adjustments. The main reason is that both Liao Taizong and Liao Shizong died on the march to attack the Central Plains, and this caused the political turmoil of the Liao State at that time. At this time, Yan'er had just stepped onto the political stage, and she still needed to maintain the ruling order and consolidate her position at the same time. Therefore, we had to take a more cautious attitude.
Therefore, as early as the sixth year of Baoning, Yan'er ordered the state to assassinate Shi Yelu Changshu in his personal name to Sun Quanxing of Zhixiong Prefecture of the Northern Song Dynasty, first sending a signal on the matter of peace between the two parties.
At this time, Zhao Kuangyin was in power to unify the south, and had always regarded the Liao State as a worry, so he was naturally overjoyed when he heard the news, and also ordered Sun Quanxing to reply to the letter and reconcile with the Liao Dynasty. Since then, Song Liao has maintained friendly contacts for a long time.
At the same time, Yan'er also revised books many times to warn the Northern Han emperors not to raid the borders of the Northern Song Dynasty without restraint as before. However, the emperor of the Northern Han Dynasty did not listen to Yan'er's advice at all, and still went his own way, often sending troops to harass the Northern Song Dynasty.
Therefore, although the Northern Song Dynasty was willing to maintain friendly relations with the Liao State, it still did not forget to eliminate the Northern Han Dynasty.
Until the end of the eighth year of Liao Baoning, the Northern Song Dynasty basically completed the unification war against the south, and Zhao Kuangyin once again waved his army north, intending to eliminate the Northern Han in one fell swoop.
The army of the Northern Song Dynasty advanced in five ways, under the command of famous generals such as Dang Jin, seized the pass and cut the generals, and once again attacked the city of Jinyang, and the ****** of the Northern Han Dynasty was suddenly in danger.
Although I haven't been in contact with the Yang Mansion for many years, there are some things and some people who linger as if they are engraved in their bones. Thinking that the people of the Yang Mansion and Yang Ningyu were in danger, Yan'er sent the prime minister of the Southern Mansion Yelu Sha and the Wing King Yelu Enemy Lie Cricket army to reinforce Jinyang City in the name of sending troops to aid the Northern Han Dynasty, forcing the Northern Song Dynasty army to return again in vain. (To be continued.) )