Although the Khitan people are brutal, but the sinicization of the past decades has also made these fierce knights from the Saiwai grassland gradually become gentler, coupled with the Khitan Empire's military system of integration of soldiers and people, there is no need to levy high taxes to raise soldiers, and there are not so many redundant officials to support in the Han Dynasty in the Central Plains, and there is no chaotic army invasion, compared with the Central Plains people in the five dynasties, in fact, the Han people in Yanjing live a better life. After the establishment of the Northern Song Dynasty, except for the founding of the country for a short time, after seeing the sword soldiers twice, the people of Yanjing had not seen what it was like to fight for more than a hundred years, and Yanjing became more and more prosperous, as if the peaceful days would continue like this forever.

But the rise of the Jurchens broke all this, if before the three years of Xuanhe, the war was only a rise in prices, all kinds of rumors, and an increase in labor, but by the third year of Xuanhe, the threat of the Jurchens was as direct and realistic as the biting cold wind blowing from the northern foot of Yanshan. Emperor Liao Tianzuo, who represented the supreme imperial power, had fled to Xijing, and there were even rumors that he had fled to the distant Mobei, and the people of Yanjing, who had become accustomed to a peaceful and prosperous life, were like a person who encountered a torrential rain, becoming panicked, looking for every object that could shelter the rain.

According to the official system of the Liao Dynasty, the imperial court was divided into the northern and southern official system, with the northern official managing the tribe and the southern official managing the Han prefecture. In Youzhou, Nanjing, the guards were often set up by the emperor's younger brother or uncle, nominally to prepare for the Song Dynasty, but in fact also had the role of monitoring Hanchen. At this time, Yelu Chun, who stayed in Nanjing, was the imperial uncle of Emperor Liao Tianzuo, with a noble status, and lost the central connection with Emperor Liao Tianzuo, and people's hearts were shaking at this time. There is no doubt that this is the Dinghai Divine Needle of the entire Yanjing City and even the Han Land of Youzhou.

In front of the door of the left-behind mansion, the black pressure is full of human heads, densely kneeling full of people, judging from the costumes, there are Han'er wearing cloth robes and purple heads, and there are also Khitan, Xi people wearing velvet hats and leather robes, and even monks with bare heads. These people with huge differences in identity, wealth, and race all looked at the closed vermilion gate with solemn and expectant eyes at this time, and those guards who were arrogant and domineering in the mansion no longer shouted and drove everyone away, but also looked at the mansion with anxiety, as if something related to their fate was happening inside.

Stay in the back hall of the house. The crown and ribbon are gathered. If you pay a little attention, you will find that the important ministers and celebrities in the entire Yanjing City are gathered here, and everyone's face shows a solemn look, as if they have something to say but dare not say it.

"Brother-in-law!" The first to speak was Xiao Gan, the king of Xi Liubu and the general governor of the East Road. He also has the identity of being the brother of Ye Luchun's wife Xiao Puxian. The relationship with Yeluchun is the closest. It was the first to speak in the hall: "Now that so many people are here, there are more than 10,000 people in Yanjing outside the house, you can give a reply!" "Although he is noble. But he still hasn't departed from the simple nature of Xi Ren, his personality is straightforward, and he is already a little impatient between his words.

"Return to the Protector!" At this time, Ye Luchun's face was pale, and he was much older than a few years ago, and he called each other by Xiao Gan's Khitan name: "You and I are both Great Liao courtiers, and it's a sin to even think about such things, how do you ask me to answer?" ”

Xiao Gan was anxious when he heard this: "The courtiers of Da Liao are good, but they also have to be like the Son of Heaven, so that we courtiers can do it?" Now there must be someone in charge in this Yanjing City, and if it weren't for Yelubais's incident, the position of the Son of Heaven would have been your brother-in-law! ――”

"Shut up!" Ye Luchun interrupted Xiao Gan's words, he has been familiar with poetry and books since he was a child, has received a good Confucian education, and has a modest personality, not to mention that Xiao Gan is a powerful Xi clan magnate like Xiao Gan, even to ordinary Han Chen, he rarely speaks harshly. At this time, his face was full of anger, his eyebrows were high, and a military general like Xiao Gan, who had been on the battlefield, also lowered his head unconsciously, not daring to say more.

"You and I are both courtiers of Da Liao, and we must know the difference between the upper and lower levels. I have received the grace of two generations of emperors, even if I am broken bones, it is difficult to repay in case, if I hear these words again, I will not be able to read the affection of my relatives! Ye Luchun's voice was not loud, but everyone in the hall knew that he was not joking! Xiao Gan was already sweating like pulp, and hurriedly got up to plead guilty.

"King Wei!" Someone on the side said with a smile: "Although Xiao Dutong spoke recklessly, there is a sentence that is not wrong, there must be a person in charge in this Yanjing City!" ”

Ye Luchun looked back, only to see that although the person who spoke was over sixty years old, he had a square mouth and a straight nose, a white face and a beard, but he was a rare beautiful man, it was Hanchen Li Chuwen, this person was born in a big family, and he was the minister of the Southern Courtyard, and he was the head of Hanchen. Yeluchun frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Could it be that this king is in charge now?" ”

"Huh!" Li Chuwen laughed twice and asked: "If the Jin people break through the barrier, they can't be defeated, will they fight or surrender?" Can the King of Wei be the master? ”

"This-" Ye Luchun was suddenly dumbfounded, although he was left behind in Nanjing, he was not the emperor after all, he could decide whether to fight or defend, but whether to surrender or not was not within his scope of power. And he also went to Liaodong to deal with the Jin people, knowing the terrible combat power of the Jin people, with the pitiful strength of Yandi now, to resist the Jin people's hundred battles, it is simply to drive the newborn lamb to resist the tiger. Not to mention the actions of the Southern Dynasty over the past few years, he did not think that a dead letter more than a hundred years ago could stop the army of the Southern Dynasty from moving north. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but sigh dejectedly.

"King Wei, Sage Yun: 'Sister-in-law, the one who helps him, the right also!'. Today, the son is relocated, there is no owner in the country, and the king of Wei temporarily takes his throne and presides over the government, which is a great loyalty! Even a hundred years later, when the King of Wei came to the front of the ancestors and ancestors, there was nothing to fear! ”

"Li Xianggong's words are also reasonable!" Ye Lu Chun smiled bitterly: "It's just that why me Ye Lu Chun?" A certain family is nearly sixty years old, and his energy is declining, if it is just a peaceful day, how can he ascend to the ninety-five honor at such a time? He really didn't pretend to be a gesture at this time, the situation in the Liao State at that time was already terrible, the most important military force had either been wiped out by the Jin people or was still following Emperor Tianzuo, he was able to control only seven or eight states and counties on Youzhou Road, and the north was the tiger and wolf-like Jin people, the south was the Southern Dynasty that had coveted the land of Yanyun for a long time, and the Han people of Yandi were shaken in their hearts. Ye Luchun is already an old man who is nearly sixty years old, where does he still have the heart to sit on the throne of this red-hot iron-like emperor.

"King Wei, on relatives, you are the uncle of today's long-lived relatives, and there is no one in Yanjing City who can match you; On Xian, your father and son have been guarding Yanjing and Han for decades, and they have been benevolent to the people; In terms of ability, the resentful army was founded by you, and who can control this rebellious army if you change someone else? ”

"This!" Listening to Li Chuwen's words, Yeluchun couldn't help but be dumbfounded, indeed as Li Chuwen said, the first two are not enough, at that time, Yandi belonged to the Khitan and Xi military forces were not much, and the resentful army became a pivotal force, anyone who wants to ascend the throne must get their support, and Yeluchun in the fifth year of Tianqing (1115) in Liaodong to form a resentful army to attack the Jin people The military experience has become a very important capital, no matter how the resentful army is rebellious, Anyway, he has considerable connections with the middle and high-level generals of the resentful army, which is not available to any Khitan noble.

Seeing that Ye Luchun did not object, Li Chuwen came out to bow to Yelu Chun and said: "Weichen Li Chuwen dares to love King Wei, that is, the emperor!" ”

Li Chuwen's action was like a signal, whether it was Hanchen, Khitan, or Xi people in the hall, they all got up and danced and bowed down, and said loudly: "Weichen Li Chuwen dares to love King Wei, that is, the emperor!" ”

"This, this!" Seeing the scene in front of him, Yeluchun couldn't help but feel at a loss, let it not, it shouldn't be, Li Chuwen saw this, and gently glanced at his son Li Shuang, who was a young eunuch in the rear, and Li Shuang, who knew about it, jumped up and draped a ochre-colored brocade robe that had been prepared on Yeluchun's body, and the first one knelt down and shouted loudly: "Long live, long live, long live!" ”

Yeluchun's body seemed to be burned by charcoal, twitched, jumped up, and reached out to tear off the brocade robe on his body, but Li Chuwen took two steps on his knees, hugged his legs, and said loudly: "If King Wei refuses to succeed to the throne, what can he do in the world?" What are the people of Nai Yanjing? What is the foundation of Naizu's ancestor? ”

Li Chuwen's question was like a heavy blow hitting the other party's vital point, Yelu Chun sat down on the seat and sighed: "That's it, that's it, a certain is a descendant of the Yelu family, who has enjoyed wealth for decades, and today I will do something for the people of Yanjing!" ”

Staying outside the mansion, the people of Yanjing endured anxiety and anxiety, looking at the vermilion lacquer gate, as if they could use their eyes to penetrate the walls and gates and see what was happening inside the mansion. Suddenly, with a creaking sound, the door opened. The group walked out of the gate and stood in two compartments. The sharp-eyed people had already seen clearly that they were all high-ranking officials of the Khitan, Xi, and Han people, and they all held their breath, waiting for the critical moment to come.

"Today, the king of Wei will stay in Nanjing to temporarily take the emperor's throne by Yeluchun, dispose of the government, and the hundred officials in the court will be promoted to one level, and the people of Yanjing Prefecture will be given another year!" With the high-pitched voice of the attendant. The onlookers of Yanjing let out bursts of long live sounds and fell to their knees, and many people's eyes were already full of tears.

"Return to the Protector!" In the crowd, a burly Khitan nobleman in a robe whispered to Xiao Gan on the side: "Those men are very clever, and they actually have a great deal of merit!" (To be continued......)