Liaoguo, Dading Mansion (Ningcheng).

Today's Liao State is already in turmoil, and the power of the Khitan has been compressed and eroded again, returning to the territory of Abaoji's early years in the past. The territory of the Dongdan Kingdom was stripped out again, and there was no way, the gunboats of the Tang Navy went upriver along the Liao River and the Daling River, directly blocking the traffic.

Liaodong was originally a gathering place for Han people, Bohai people and Goryeo people, and when the Tang army arrived, they actually cooperated with the Tang people to easily expel the Khitan forces here.

Yelu Deguang died of anger in the twenty-first year of the Tang Republic, and Yelu Ruan, the son of Li Zanhua, was elected as the lord of the Khitan state. After Yelu Ruan ascended the throne, he canceled the title of emperor and sent people to the Tang Dynasty to proclaim himself the lord of the country.

Today's Liao State is very different from the era of Abaoji and the early reign of Yelu Deguang, the richest Tokyo Province has been lost, and the Xi tribes, which were the most reliable allies, have also been separated from Germany.

Xi Bu, who lived in the Luanhe area, was in a state of dissociation and accepted the canonization of the Tang Dynasty alone.

Today's Liao State is divided into two major factions in terms of power structure: one part is the "surrender faction" dominated by ministers Yelu Wuzhen, Yelu Anjun and Han Yanhui, who advocate submission to the Tang Dynasty and comprehensive sinicization. The other part is dominated by the Empress Dowager Shu Luping and the former Empress Dowager Yelu Lihu, Yelu Anrui and others, advocating to continue to move the capital north and fight against the Tang Dynasty for a long time.

Ya Zhen and An's father, Yelu Dieri, are both close associates of the original human emperor Yelu Bei, and belong to the supporters of Yelu Bei's lineage. It was also with their support, coupled with Yelu Li Hu's brutal nature, which was hated by most Khitan high-level officials, so after Yelu Deguang's death, Yelu Bei, who fled to the Tang Dynasty, is now the eldest son of Li Zanhua, Yelu Ruan, who was elected as the emperor of Liao.

In the seventeenth year of the Republic (943), Yelu Deguang changed the name of the country to the Great Liao State, and wanted to change his luck, but the general trend of the world had been decided, and it was useless to change the name of the country.

With the support of the Empress Dowager Shulu, Yelu Lihu rebelled in Linhuang Mansion in Shangjing.

However, due to Li Hu's unpopularity, Yelu Ruan led the army to conquer in person, and Yelu Li Hu was defeated in Songshan. Subsequently, Yelu Ruan led a large army to Shangjing Linhuang, and confronted the 20,000 "orthodox" Khitan army led by the Empress Dowager Shulu across the Huangshui.

Seeing that a great civil war was about to break out, Yelu Wuqing, an old minister of Liao, went to the camp of the Empress Dowager Shulu to persuade her.

When the house was seen by the Empress Dowager Shulu, he persuaded: "When Taizu fought everywhere, you stayed in the rear to guard the West Tower, and there is half of your credit in this world, and now Daliao is crumbling, if you kill each other again, then everyone will die and have no place to be buried." ”

In the end, under the persuasion of Yelu Wuzhi, the Empress Dowager Shulu finally agreed to hand over the military power and recognized Yelu Ruan's legitimacy.

As a result of this incident, Yelu Ruan gradually cut off the party of the Empress Dowager Shulu after taking power, and the hardliners within the Liao State dealt a deep blow.

After several years of peace, the Tang Dynasty was finally determined to begin to solve the problem of the Liao State once and for all.

In the twenty-fourth year of the Republic, Li Zanhua, the envoy of Hezhong Jiedu, was ordered to go to Dading Mansion to persuade the Liao State to cancel the national name, and at the same time handed over the more than 70,000 Liao troops that were still retained to the Tang Dynasty for reorganization.

In the palace of the king of Liao, Yelu Bei and Yelu Ruan's father and son were opposite, and Yelu Ruan could not sit on the throne, so he could only go to the bottom of the stairs and first visit his father.

"The child has seen his father!" Yelu Ruan bowed and said.

Yelubei said in front of the ministers of the Liao Kingdom: "I am not a human emperor now, but an envoy of the Heavenly Empire. Let's talk about two things first, first, the imperial court asked to cancel the name of the Great Liao State, and ordered me to be the envoy of Xiliao Town, responsible for the management of Dading Mansion and Linhuang Mansion. second, I want you to be the envoy of Liaodong Festival and go to Liaoyang to serve; Xiao Han was the envoy of Bei'an Prefecture, and managed the various departments of Dongxi; In addition, it turned out that the vassals of the Liao State had their own roles. This is the opinion of the imperial court, and now whoever has questions and doubts can raise them face to face. ”

Yelu'an said: "The human emperor is the eldest son of Taizu, why do you speak for the Tang people?" ”

Yelu Bei said: "The Khitan widow was originally a vassal of the Tang Dynasty, and Taizu took advantage of the situation back then, just like the current Tang family. It's a pity that time has changed, and now the Tang Dynasty is unified again, and the country is prosperous, how can our clan resist alone! ”

Abaoji's youngest son, Yongning King Yelu Anduan, said: "How can this ancestral inheritance be given away? ”

Yelubei said: "I live a prosperous life in the Tang Dynasty, and the Son of Heaven treats me like a brother, this time I learned that the imperial court wants to cancel the national name, I am afraid that the people of the clan will not obey, which will cause disaster, so I ask for my life to come, and I advise you." Since the founding of Taizu, the brothers of our family have been enjoying wealth and wealth for many years, and have accumulated a lot of wealth. Now that Datang has millions of soldiers, how can the benefits of artillery and muskets be resisted by flesh and blood? ”

After hearing this, Yelu Ruan muttered, "This matter should be discussed slowly. ”

He also didn't explicitly refuse, he just wanted to drag it out one day at a time.

Yelubei continued: "I'm afraid that the court will not be able to delay any longer, I came this time, just for the sake of the lives and property of your clansmen, and specially persuaded each other, if you insist on going your own way, then everyone is waiting for the end of the family being ruined in the future." I only waited at the post house for three days, and if there was no reply, I would have to return to my country. ”

Yelu Ruan said: "Why doesn't my father live in the palace?" My mother hadn't seen my father for years. ”

Yelubei said: "I am now a special envoy of the imperial court, and I am in charge of the festival of the Son of Heaven, so how can I be stationed in the palace." If your mother wants to see me, let her come to the inn. ”

After sending Yelubei and a group of Tang envoys to the post house, Yeluruan summoned the ministers to discuss again.

Yelu Wuzhen, Yelu Anjun, Yelu Shilu and Xiao Han all suffered big losses at the hands of the Tang army, and knew the strength of the Tang army, and actively advocated obeying the arrangements of the imperial court and adapting to the situation in order to protect the family. On the contrary, Han Yanhui, Wang Yu, Li Jixun and other Hanchen had a wavering attitude, and in addition, Yelu Anduan and Yelu Liuge and others fiercely opposed the complete surrender to the Tang Dynasty, advocated moving the capital to Huanglong Mansion, and continued to resist stubbornly.

At this time, the Tang army had already begun to mobilize troops in Jinzhou, Liaozhou (now Xinmin) and Saiwaiba, with a total strength of about 200,000 troops, and it was possible to attack Liao on a large scale at any time.

Faced with such a grim situation, Yelu Ruan finally decided to give in.

The next day, Yelu Ruan convened his ministers and announced the cancellation of the title of the Great Liao State, and the People's Emperor Wang Yelu Bei took over as the envoy of the Western Liao Town, and he would obey the arrangement of the imperial court and go to Liaoyang to take up his post. Then he sent someone to inform Yelubei, who was at the post house, that he was going to hold a handover ceremony in a few days.

As a result, in the evening, some guards went to the palace to report that Yelu Anduan, Yelu Tiande, Yelu Liuge and others had kidnapped the Empress Dowager Shulu and Yelu Lihu who were under house arrest and fled to Huanglong Mansion.

Yelu Wansi interrogated Yelu Ruan if he sent troops to pursue, but Ye Lu Ruan waved his hand to stop him: "Everyone has their own ambitions, grandmother and several imperial uncles want to stand on their own and resist stubbornly, just let them go!" ”

Yu Yu fled by the hardliners, and at this time there were no opponents in Dading Mansion and Linhuang Mansion, so Yelu Ruan announced the cancellation of the national title and the surrender of the clan to the Tang Dynasty......

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