Zhou Nan heard Yu Liyan ask, and couldn't help but think of what Yelu Dashi said when he returned to Yanjing: "Don't you know that this is already the princess's house?" Could it be that this princess lost her mother and younger brother, and even left the princess's mansion in Yanjing City, leaving only the palace of Yanqi Island as her home? opened his mouth and said: "Could it be that this Yanqi Island is the princess's home?" But it's not right to think about it again, that Xiao Lao Liu also said "to Danzhou", it seems that this princess also has a mansion in Tanzhou City.

Yinhua heard Zhou Nan say that this is the princess's home, and said with a smile: "This is not a home, it can only be regarded as a palace." ”

Yu Liyan didn't force Zhou Nanchai either, and said while walking along the shore of the lake: "The concubine is just greedy for the scenery here, and she has built a palace residence, and the one in Yanjing City is only a place to stay, and it is not a home." The concubine's net worth is in the princess's mansion in Danzhou City. Nayelu Dashi once said that this is the concubine's home, because this Danzhou is the fiefdom of the concubine. There are two counties of Miyun and Xingtang below Danzhou, both of which are places where concubines are sealed. ”

"Huh?!" Zhou Nan was really taken aback, in the early days of the Liao State, there were many military states under the head of the Liao State, as well as the princes and nobles who did not have titles, but were actually privately owned, but they were all concentrated near Shangjing, and from the middle of the Liao Dynasty, they gradually stopped giving name fiefs, but took back these private territories belonging to their subordinates one by one - the inevitable result of the strengthening of feudal centralization at this time: you courtiers helped me and made meritorious contributions when they fought the world, and in order to give you some sweetness, they divided a state capital and county as a private fief; But now that the world is stable, my heart is not so big as to allow you to build a small hill and an independent kingdom in my territory, so let's do it, and whoever has no son and commits a crime will have all their fiefs taken back and returned to me. Those who have not committed a crime for a while, you will one day be caught by me.

In this way, the original sealed, or the princes and princes found a vacant land by themselves, and finally ceased to be fiefs and private cities one after another.

So now Yu Liyan actually said that Danzhou was her fiefdom, and Zhou Nan didn't react at once.

The three of them walked by the lake, walking in front with a silver bottle carrying a palace lamp, Yu Liyan looked at Zhou Nan's surprised appearance, and said: "Da Lang must also know that in recent dynasties, there has long been no fiefdom under the head, so it is hard to believe. Yu Liyan continued: "It's no wonder that you don't know, back then, the concubine was only one grandson under the knee of the great-grandfather emperor, and the father was also a lot of hardships and hardships, and after twists and turns, he sat on the throne under the protection of the great-grandfather. ”

Zhou Nan nodded, he knew that Yelu Hongji, the great ancestor of Yu Liyan, was a person who was unscrupulous and obsessed with wine, but also did not distinguish between loyalty and treachery, and was obsessed with Buddhism, giving food to 360,000 monks in a year, if Yelu Yanxi directly pushed the Liao State to destruction step by step, then Yelu Hongji was the indirect promoter. However, the biggest advantage of this mediocre emperor is that he is close to the Northern Song Dynasty, loves Chinese culture, and has published a collection of poems at his own expense, and is a die-hard fan of the Northern Song Dynasty. After the death of Song Renzong, the Northern Song Dynasty sent the envoy of the obituary to the Liao State to report the funeral, Yelu Hongji took the hand of the envoy and cried: "The people of the Liao State have not seen Dao Ge in forty-two years." He also built a mound with the clothes given by Emperor Renzong. The Liao emperor, who was obsessed with Chinese culture, also cast a Buddha statue out of silver and engraved his wish on the back of the Buddha statue: May future generations be born in China.

Yu Liyan didn't know what Zhou Nan was thinking, but said: "Before his death, Emperor Zengzu instructed his father: I have been with the Southern Dynasty for a long time, you are strong, and don't make trouble. My father took it to heart. When the concubine was young, his father saw that the concubine loved the poetry and ritual utensils of the Han family, often wore Hanfu, did not practice Liao customs, and did not even know how to ride a horse, nor was he harsh, and said that the concubine's body followed the great-grandfather emperor, and the great-grandfather emperor would like it if he saw it. When the concubine was fifteen years old, his father decreed that the concubine should be canonized as the princess of Shu and give Danzhou in Nanjing Province as a fief for the concubine. ”

Zhou Nan listened quietly, these things are not seen from the history books at all, and it is very novel to listen to the master of the matter. Yu Liyan said a little tired, and said slowly: "At that time, although my father was hunting banquets all day long, he still doted on his mother, and when my mother saw the crisis of the country, she sarcastically persuaded her father, and my father gradually alienated my mother. ”

"What happened later, you must also know, my father listened to the slander, gave his mother and concubine to death, and the concubine sister and brother went to the mountains west of Yanjing to relax, and met you." Yu Liyan thought of the late autumn of last year, when Zhou Nan looked a little stupid, his eyes were rolling around, and he kept looking at her and her younger brother as if he had never seen her. The silver bottle said at the time that he was like a thief.

"My father decreed at that time that all the people and merchants in the concubine's fiefdom would be charged by half, except for the salt tax, and the rest of the imperial court, such as field tax, iron tax, wine tax, etc., would not be collected, and only collected and spent by the concubine herself. A concubine is a woman, where is there any use for flowers? It was only collected at two-third tenths of the imperial court tax, which was used to provide for the expenses of the officials, servants, and black-armored soldiers in the palace. ”

"Then in Yanjing City, those people want to snatch the princess's seal letter, so they covet the princess's fiefdom?" Zhou Nan asked. A state's tax supply, as well as soldiers, people, food, and money, in this troubled world, everyone will be worried. Zhou Nan said again: "Since the princess has this family business, why didn't she come back early?" ”

Yu Liyan looked worried and said: "The concubine and the mother have lived in Danzhou for more than a year, and they dare not go back for fear of seeing things and people. I just want to spend a day out and count a day, and I don't have to think about anything. But this time, they chased him to the restaurant. The concubine thought about it, and didn't dare to cause Yanjing to be occupied by the thieves because of the concubine alone, so she decided to go home. ”

Zhou Nan nodded silently, now that he knows that Danzhou is Miyun, he naturally knows Gubeikou, one of the four major gateways of Yanjing. Therefore, I understand what Yu Liyan meant, because she was afraid that Danzhou would be controlled by the thieves from her hands, and then lead the Jin army from Gubeikou to attack Yanjing, or directly use Danzhou soldiers and horses to attack Yanjing, at that time, this Yanjing was blocked by Yelu Yu. Thinking about the more than 10,000 black-armored troops led by Xiao Laoliu today, it is not impossible to capture Yanjing with this 10,000-strong black-armored cavalry.

No wonder Xiao Lao Liu dared to speak to Yelu Dashi like that, and dared to say that he led troops into Yanjing City to settle accounts with Xiao Puxian's woman, holding such a cavalry army, of course, his tone was hard.

"Why is General Xiao willing to give up the power of the imperial court to become the general of the Black Armor Army?" Zhou Nan asked. In the final analysis, this black armor army is just the princess's army, a private army, of course, it is not as good as the general of the imperial court.

(End of chapter)