Yang Huairen also became more and more aware that if he wanted to create a civil strife in the Liao Kingdom, he not only had to know that the nobles in the Khitan court did not deal with each other, but also found an opportunity, a breakthrough point, and a fuse.

He turned to Cui Qing, "Since you are working in the Prince's Mansion now, you should know more about the affairs between these Khitan nobles, right?" ”

Cui Qing nodded, "Grandpa, I know a little, but it may not be all." ”

"It doesn't matter, if you know how much is much, the hall master can also help you replenish it."

"That's good," Cui Qing pondered for a moment, "Let's talk about the Prince's Mansion first, although the Prince's Mansion is called the Prince's Mansion, there is no prince in the Prince's Mansion, Yelu Hongji has only one son in his life, Yelu Jun, but Yelu Jun passed away more than ten years ago."

Speaking of this story, it is also a history of the Khitan people's internal struggle for imperial power, too long ago not to mention, just to say that in the past twenty or thirty years, there have been several rebellions against Yelu Hongji.

The biggest one was the Chongyuan Rebellion, which was about 30 years ago, Yelu Hongji's imperial uncle Yelu Chongyuan, who was the generalissimo of the Liao State at the time, felt that his emperor's nephew Yelu Hongji was thin, but his lineage was prosperous, so he thought that he should inherit the Khitan throne.

At that time, Yelu Hongji was accustomed to spend the traditional autumn bowl festival of the Khitan people in the area of Taizi Mountain, and the number of soldiers and horses he brought with him was not much, and Yelu Chongyuan felt that he had an opportunity.

So he led the Luanhe army under his command to launch a rebellion and entered Yelu Hongji's palace, intending to seize power.

It's a pity that Yelu Chongyuan has the courage and no strategy, thinking that as long as he kills Yelu Hongji, he can successfully seize the throne, but unexpectedly, the kings of the north and south at that time, Yelu Yeluren and Yelu Yixin led the guards to fight back, and finally smashed Yelu Chongyuan's coup, and his son Yelu Nilugu died in battle, and Yelu Chongyuan had no choice but to commit suicide.

Yelu Hongji thought that Yelu Ren and Yelu Yixin were loyal ministers, but they didn't expect that the two of them actually had ambitions, especially Yelu Yixin, who looked low-key, but secretly didn't know how much preparation he had made, just waiting for the day when he could replace Yelu Hongji and become the emperor of Liao.

In order to isolate Yelu Hongji, he first secretly sent Zhao Weiyi to the queen Xiao Guanyin, and ordered Zhao Weiyi to seduce Xiao Guanyin with male sex.

After that, he found a good opportunity to pretend to be Xiao Guanyin's love letter "Ten Fragrance Words" between the servant Zhao Weiyi, and framed Xiao Guanyin and Zhao Weiyi for adultery in front of Yelu Hongji.

In the anger of Yelu Hongji, he urged Yelu Hongji to order the execution of Empress Xuanyi, which was known at the time as the Shixiang Ci Case.

Later, in order to eradicate another stumbling block that prevented him from becoming the emperor of Liao, the prince Yelujun specially arranged a story to frame Yelujun with the intention of rebellion.

Yelu Hongji was furious and didn't think about it, so he deprived Yelu Jun of his status as the crown prince, demoted him to a concubine, and placed him under house arrest in the city of Linhuang Mansion in Shangjing.

Yelu Yixin was vicious, and even sent someone to Shangjing to assassinate Yelujun, and lied to Yelu Hongji that Yelujun was seriously ill and died.

After that, Yelu Yixin became more and more unscrupulous and powerful, and he wanted to get rid of Yelu Yanxi, who was still a child at the time, so that Yelu Hongji would not have any heir to the throne.

But his conspiracy was finally discovered by Yelu Hongji, who moved his grandson Yelu Yanxi into the palace for protection, and found a reason to send Yelu Yixin to the Southern Courtyard.

Yelu Hongji is still a bit bold and courageous, and after transferring Yelu Yixin out of Zhongjing, he immediately secretly eradicated Yelu Yixin's henchmen in Zhongjing, and then arrested him for the crime of 'forbidden things in foreign countries', which ended Yelu Yixin's 14 years of monopoly on imperial power.

But Yelu Hongji regretted it too late at this time, his only son Yelu Jun was killed by Yelu Yixin and could not be resurrected, Yelu Hongji was grateful for the love of flesh and blood, posthumously named Yelu Jun as the prince of Zhaohuai, and built a new prince's mansion for his grandson Yelu Yanxi to live.

Other nobles, I have been in Zhongjing for a short time, and I don't know much about it. ”

Wang Zhan added, "Yelu Yixin is an out-and-out minister, but for us, he has done a good thing for our Great Song Dynasty. ”

Yang Huairen was thinking the same thing in his heart, "Oh? What good did he do for us? ”

Wang Zhan said, "During the dictatorship of Yelu Yixin, all the ministers of the Liao court who did not submit to him, he excluded them for various reasons, and even framed a crime and killed them directly, and I don't know how many Khitan people died in his hands in more than ten years.

Nowadays, there are many aristocratic forces of various factions in the court of Liao, and there are only a handful of capable ministers, and there are many people who say big things and few people who do practical things, and they are really all thanks to him.

Grandpa, tell me, shouldn't we thank this guy for doing us a great favor? ”

Wang Zhan did want to go with Yang Huairen, which made Yang Huairen appreciate him even more, thinking of the two leaders of the Wind God Guard of the Liao Kingdom, one is affectionate and righteous, and the other is extremely smart, how can he not be happy in his heart?

Wang Zhan continued, "But we can't underestimate the Khitans because of this, although their politics are a little chaotic, but the powerful force and army are still there, if our Great Song Dynasty confronts them head-on, I'm afraid it will be difficult to be their opponent now." ”

"Yes," Yang Huairen had to admit this, "You're right, that's exactly what our Fengshenwei will do next."

In terms of military affairs, our Great Song Dynasty is far from being the opponent of the Khitans at the moment, but we can find a way to let them focus on fighting for power and profit, and if they don't fight, let's create some conditions for them to fight.

If the fight is not strong, and the human brain does not hit the dog's brain, we can also add oil and vinegar to fan the flames, anyway, let them fight without time to take care of our Da Song affairs.

When they are almost done, we will take advantage of the fishermen and pick up ready-made cheap, haha! ”

Yang Huairen said with great interest and laughter, and suddenly saw Wang Zhan stretching out a thumbs up, and began to pat himself again, "Grandpa is smart, his subordinates are impressed, high, really high!" ”

I went, Yang Huairen almost sprayed him to death with a mouthful of chili oil, and hurriedly stopped, "This is not appropriate." ”

Seeing this, Wang Zhan naturally knew how to converge, so he cleverly changed the topic, "Then grandpa, what should the two of your subordinates do next?" ”

Yang Huairen thought about it, and now there really wasn't any special task handed over to them, so he ordered, "You guys continue to investigate the news in Dading City first, if anything unusual happens, you must report it through Fengshenwei immediately." ”

He specifically pointed at Cui Qing, "Especially you, you have to pay more attention to the movements in the prince's mansion, who Yelu Yanxi interacts with, who the nobles who depend on him, and which nobles you don't deal with him, you have to write it down." Let's analyze and analyze, where to start with the next action. ”