Youzhou, Jicheng, at this time a more accurate statement should be called Nanjing.

As a thousand-year-old city, it has a profound heritage, and no matter what era, it is the political, military, economic and cultural center of the north. Since he was cut to the Khitan by Shi Jingjiao, Yelu Deguang has shown great importance.

In the hands of the Khitans, after ten years of development, they have maintained prosperity, even more than under the rule of Shi Jin. The gap between them, in addition to the reasons for the political stability and military strength of the Khitan during the years of Yelu Deguang's reign, is also inseparable from the Sinicization policy he implemented and the use of a large number of Han people.

The city of Nanjing is very large, with a circumference of 36 miles, two gates in each of the four directions, and two avenues running through the east, west, north and south. There is a city in the north of the city, land and sea department stores, gathered in it, there are twenty-six squares, and the people of Hu and Han live in it.

In terms of the overall layout, the Khitans did not carry out large-scale expansion and transformation of Nanjing City, and basically followed the appearance of Youzhou City since the Tang Dynasty. However, for the defense of the city and the repair and reinforcement of the city wall, great efforts have been made.

After years of development, Nanjing has become the most prosperous and wealthy city under the rule of the Khitan, providing a large amount of taxes for the Khitan every year. Compared with the capital city of Shangjing Linhuang Mansion, there is no comparison at all except for political status and significance.

In fact, if Yelu Deguang could successfully annex the Central Plains, Nanjing would be more suitable as the capital of the Liao State.

At present, Nanjing City has a population of more than 200,000, and in this era of population decline, such a city is definitely a first-tier city. In the meantime, Hu and Han lived together, and in addition to the Han people, most of them were Hu people. At the beginning, Yelu Deguang migrated a large number of Khitan, Xi, Bohai and other foreign populations to the south and lived in the middle.

If it is a rash northern expedition and subduing Youyan, on the side of Youzhou, which side has the upper mass base, it is really not certain.

With the successive "withdrawal" of the army of the southern expedition to Shijin, a large number of soldiers and horses were concentrated in Nanjing, making the city's population close to 300,000 in a short period of time.

However, during this period of time, the situation in Nanjing City has been very bad.

The Jin Kingdom was successfully destroyed, but the final result was not very good, and it can even be described as poor. The emperor died violently on the way home, the army was defeated, the results of the battle were lost, and the news of the internal struggle for the position spread unconsciously.

A large number of negative circumstances have plunged the city into turmoil. The problems between races have never been so harmonious. It has always been normal for the Khitan people to bully the Han people, and before that, with Zhao Yanshou's support and the suppression of the Khitan nobles, they could still get along with each other on the surface.

However, this time, with the bloody encounter in the south, the conflict between Hu and Han, who were already full of contradictions, was directly detonated.

The returned Khitan defeated soldiers put all the responsibility for the defeat of Luancheng on the Yan soldiers, and hyped the Yan soldiers' rebellion, which inadvertently cooperated with Liu Chengyou's propaganda. The spearhead was directly aimed at the Han people, venting all the grievances of the defeat on the Han people, and the Hu people in the city also took the opportunity to attack, beating, smashing, and robbing, venting their anger, of course, taking the opportunity to encroach on the property of the Han people is the most important thing.

Han Min, whose backbone is not broken, is so easy to bully and resist. Moreover, they also have resentment in their hearts, I don't know how many people in the city, the men in the family fought with the Liao Emperor in the south, but they did not come back, but ended up betrayed. The conflict between Hu and Han was fierce, but the Han people, who did not have the support of the army, suffered a lot from where they were the opponents of the Hu people.

And Yelu Ruan, it is estimated that he is also a little resentful of the betrayal of the Yan soldiers, although he does not support the Hu people to rob the Han people, but he does not do anything, a bit of a bit of letting the Khitans vent their grievances with the Han people.

In the end, Zhang Li couldn't see it, and he admonished Yelu Ruan fiercely. even asked face-to-face, if Nanjing is in chaos, can King Yongkang go north to seize the throne with peace of mind?

Although it angered Yelu Ruan, it also calmed him down. Soon, Yelu Ruan began to gather his army and sent troops to suppress it, killing many people, and the chaos stopped. The chaos had subsided, but the tension in the city had not diminished in the slightest.

Just as Liu Chengyou has a headache with food, Yelu Ruan also has a headache. Previously, Yelude went on a southward expedition, and the treasury of the secluded capital was empty, and there were even more people on his side. Fortunately, it was also relieved by the summer harvest.

In the past few days, Yelu Ruan has reorganized the army in Youzhou, concentrated grain and grass, and repaired armaments, and is obviously brewing some big moves.

At dawn, the Khitan army occupied all the main roads in the city and imposed martial law, which made the atmosphere in the city even more tense, especially the Han people.

It was a good day, the weather was obviously good, the sun was rising, and the glow was shining, reflecting in the office of Nanjing Yangong Palace. The security level of the Yan Palace is obviously higher, and the army of the guards is also more elite. The noble generals of all the ministries also came together in plain clothes and bright armor.

Yan Palace is a side hall, majestic atmosphere, the originally empty hall, at this time full of people. Except for a small number of Hanchen, most of them were Khitan nobles, headed by the kings of the north and south courts, and a string of ministers and generals surnamed "Yelu".

Everywhere in the palace, white silk cloth is still hung. In the center, the huge coffin was quietly erected there, and the spirit tablet of Yelu Deguang was also placed in front of the coffin, and the words on the spirit tablet were gilded.

Even if it has been pickled, from his coffin, it still inevitably exudes a strange smell, which fills the air, but the Chinese martial arts of the palace seem to be unconscious.

The protagonist in the hall is obviously Yelu Ruan, who is dressed in filial piety clothes at this time, kneeling quietly on the cushion, expressionlessly immersed in this solemn and solemn atmosphere, intoxicated by the lingering smell.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Yelu Ruan was appointed as the envoy of the Northern Privy Council, Yelu An, took out a brocade silk, spread it out, pulled it hard, and said loudly: "The edict is here, and the civil and military will listen to the announcement!" ”

When these words fell, everyone was in high spirits and knelt down in unison.

Yelu'an's voice was very steady, and he probably had been rehearsed to read this edict of Yelu Deguang. There are a lot of words in the edict, but the general meaning is very clear: King Yongkang, the grandson of Taizu, the eldest son of King Dongdan, the queen mother's love, the group is allowed to return, and the emperor can be placed in Zhongjing.

In fact, the ascension to the throne has been prepared for a long time, and all aspects are also very proper, and Yelu Ruan has already received the support of the civil and military forces in Nanjing. This edict ceremony is really just a ceremony, a formality.

There is no surprise at all, the scene of succession before the coffin, Yelu Ruan directed and acted very smoothly. A cadre of nobles, civil and military, also cooperated in place, and after the edict was read, they immediately called out to Yelu Ruankou in unison.

Yelu Ruan is a person who likes Han culture, and with the support of everyone, Yelu Ruan Yi Ji clothes, wrapped in dragon robes, wearing crowns, went straight to the main hall of Yan Palace, and accepted the worship of civil and military forces. Soon, the sound of singing and blowing continued in the court.

With the support of the ministers and generals, he ascended the throne and became the emperor, which caused an established fact, and Yelu Ruan sent an envoy to report the matter to the Empress Dowager Shulu in Beijing. At the same time, he continued to make preparations for the war, and he had a very clear understanding that the struggle for the throne would definitely shed blood!