The news was shocking, this assassination came so violently that more than a dozen assassins were wiped out, and the Imperial Forest Army and the Huluduo guards who were guarding Emperor Tianzuo were killed and wounded dozens of people, and even Emperor Tianzuo was wounded by arrows, and Long Yan was furious and began to investigate the matter thoroughly.

But the assassins were all killed, and not a single living mouth was left, which is really not easy to check, Xiao Si first proposed to check from the dead assassin's body, clothes, hair, skin, etc., and the results came out quickly! The dead Assassins were all Han Chinese, all but two of them from the Western Regions, and they were Han Chinese from the Northland.

The so-called Han people in the north are the Han people living in the Liao State, since the annexation of the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun and the Bohai State, the Han people in the North have increased significantly, and the population has always far exceeded the 3.75 million households of the Khitan, these people basically live on agriculture, and also rely on fishing, hunting and grazing for the Khitan people to make a living.

The number of Han people in the north is so large, yes, the entire Liao State is inclined to the Han people in a series of policies, such as the Han people do not have to pay animal husbandry taxes, etc., but the status of the Han people is the lowest, and now the Khitans, the Western Regions, the Xi people, and the Jurchens are low, but a large number of Han people are the best source of replenishment of the Liao army.

Among the Han people, all men over the age of fifteen to forty-five were required to serve in the Liao State, and once conscripted, they had to bring their own weapons, horses, etc., and then bring food to fight.

The Han people also followed the habit of working as soldiers, and the policy of reclamation and garrisoning the frontier could not only solve the problem of food supply, but also satisfy the cultivation habits of many Han people.

Xiao Fengxian proposed: "The assassins are all people who have been in the army for many years, which can be seen from the calluses on their hands, and the most such soldiers are the soldiers and horses of the Southern Courtyard."

So Emperor Tianzuo issued an order to strictly investigate the thousands of soldiers and horses around Yelu Chunxian, and all the people who knelt in front of the big tent in the leather room to make trouble were arrested this time, even Xiao Ming's personal guards were implicated, and even the King of Jin was implicated, and the emperor was assassinated in his fiefdom and jurisdiction, and he naturally couldn't get out of it.

Xiao Ming not only admires Xiao Fengxian a lot, such a can also be associated with it, it seems that he is an unscrupulous person who has not achieved his goal, Xiao Ming is a little bored with all this, he wants to hurry back to Liaodong to support the construction of the project, and he really has no intention of staying here to pay attention to the intrigue in the Liao court.

But he can't go now, Yelu Yungu remembers his words vividly, he promised others, he wants to save Yelu Chunxian, this kind of promise is like a rope tied to Xiao Ming's heart, promise to take responsibility, Xiao Ming has not felt that he is so brazen, Xiao Ming has been mixed with these Khitans for nearly a year, and he has a little affection for them.

When it comes to power struggles, Xiao Ming thinks that he can't do it, he can't play with others, and those who intrigue in everything are short-sighted, because he can't see the long-term, and he can't see the future, he only cares about the immediate interests, and they are very satisfied if they can grasp these in their hands, no matter if he will die tomorrow and the country will be wiped out, and the sky will fall! Living well is the greatest achievement.

The ancient emperor had the art of balancing his subordinates, but this Tianzuo Emperor was an idiot, seeing Xiao Fengxian's family become bigger, but he still favored him, although the princes and ministers were dissatisfied with this but there was no way, since ancient times, traitors have their own smooth side, Xiao Fengxian is no exception, this prince is the most sociable, more than half of the civil and military officials and princes and ministers of the Great Liao State have a nostril with him.

Regarding Xiao Ming's birth, Xiao Fengxian originally wanted to win him over, but Xiao Ming's fame rose too quickly in a short period of time, and he became more and more ignorant of him.

But it is not so simple to find Xiao Ming's weakness, first suppressing the sphere of influence of the Southern Courtyard and weakening the influence of the King of Jin is a top priority, of course, Xiao Ming is also a department of the Southern Academy, and attacking the Southern Courtyard is equivalent to hitting Xiao Ming, but he doesn't know that Xiao Ming does not belong to the Southern Courtyard at all, he only belongs to himself.

If you want to say that Xiao Ming has a weakness, Xiao Ming himself knows it, it must be Ami, Xiao Ming once swore that he must protect the people around him, Ami's sister he must protect, before she becomes the target that Xiao Fengxian and others are ready to deal with, Xiao Ming must arrange a good protection plan for Ami.

Since he can't see Emperor Tianzuo now, Xiao Ming began to arrange his own affairs, two days later, Emperor Tianzuo returned to the big tent, closed the door to recuperate, and on the third day, Ami left to return to Wuhuai Province, Xiao Ming arranged thousands of soldiers and horses in the southern courtyard to escort, for which Xiao Fengxian and Emperor Tianzuo both maintained acquiescence.

On the fourth day, Xiao Gan, the privy deputy envoy of Nanjing Liunan Mansion, wrote a letter, asking for pardon for Yelu Chunxian, the king of the Southern Courtyard, and calling Chunxian a royal clansman, the cousin of Emperor Tianzuo, and the elder of the two dynasties! It is really unjust to be implicated in the fault of his subordinates! Please ask His Majesty the Emperor to be considerate of ......, and the king of the North Courtyard, Yelu Yujian, also pleaded for mercy, and the old ministers of the court also interceded for Chunxian.

Emperor Tianzuo convened a court meeting to solicit the opinions of the ministers, Xiao Fengxian resolutely opposed, saying that there is a precedent for Yelu Chunxian's plot to misbehave, and the incident of Yelu Zhangnu has not subsided last time, and this time there is a major suspicion of instigating his subordinates to assassinate the emperor, this crime is very big, and it must be verified to be true and severely punished.

If it is determined that Yeluchun is guilty first, for the sake of the face of the Khitan royal family, he should be given wine, even if he is not guilty, he will have the unfavorable fault of the commander's subordinates, and he is really not worthy of acting as the king of the Southern Courtyard again, and he will be escorted to Shangjing and handed over to the Commander and the Three Law Divisions for thorough investigation!

The Imperial Division is the supervisory body of the Liao State, and it will definitely strip Yelu Chun first out of the entire imperial and political system of the Great Liao State, while the Three Law Divisions are modeled on the institutions of the Great Song Dynasty and are used to hear cases.

This kind of crime seems to have been discussed in advance between Emperor Tianzuo and Xiao Fengxian, Xiao Fengxian mentioned it in front of everyone, and Emperor Tianzuo immediately allowed it to be played, but at this time, someone stood up and objected, this person was the King of Jin, Yelu Aolu, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed, claiming: The Great Liao Kingdom is now withering, and the King of Yelu has many years of experience in commanding the soldiers and horses of the Southern Courtyard, if he is deposed, the Great Liao Kingdom will be even more short of people, who will control the privy affairs of the Southern Mansion, and the elite of the Great Liao Southern Court has no backbone!

Emperor Tianzuo's face turned gloomy, and he reprimanded: "Who said that my Great Liao talent is withering, why is there no one to bring the soldiers and horses in the Southern Courtyard?" He immediately issued an order: "Immediately remove Yeluchun from the post of acting king of the Southern Court, deprive him of all his positions, and escort him to Shangjing on a certain day to hand over to the Imperial Division and the Three Law Divisions, and if he is guilty, he should confiscate his family property and confiscate his family and confiscate his army." ”

He also made a decree: "The privy envoy of the Privy Council of the Southern Court, the general of the march of Liaodong Road, the general Xiao Ming, will immediately take over the position of the king of the Southern Courtyard......!" ”

Xiao Ming was shocked, and immediately stepped forward and knelt down, insisting that he would not accept it, but Emperor Tianzuo ignored it, and after the decree was completed, he retreated from the court with his sleeves and turned away.

Xiao Fengxian stepped forward and said: "Congratulations to King Xiao, now King Xiao is the same as the soldiers and horses of the entire Southern Courtyard, and he has been promoted so quickly, don't forget, there is a credit to the old man here!" ”

Xiao Ming was inexplicably pushed on the back of the tiger, still in a dizzy state, some of the ministers below stepped forward to say hello to Xiao Ming, Xiao Ming reluctantly coped, at this time Xiao Zhonggong stepped forward and grabbed his arm, laughed and congratulated him, and pulled him away, shouting and drinking to celebrate!

Xiao Ming said to Xiao Zhonggong angrily: "Big brother still came to make fun of me, the position of the king of the Southern Courtyard is like a crater, whoever does it is unlucky, and now I really don't know how to do it!" ”

Xiao Zhonggong said: "You and my brother haven't been together for a long time, my brother really wants to get drunk with you, let's not talk about this matter first, drink and drink!" ”

The two went directly to Xiao Zhonggong's camp and moved out the soju that Xiao Zhonggong bought from the Great Song Dynasty, Xiao Zhonggong poured two bowls of wine, raised the bowl and said, "Let's do one for you and my brother first!" After drinking it all, Xiao Ming drank the wine, Xiao Zhonggong poured a second bowl, raised the bowl and said: "This second bowl congratulates the virtuous brother for driving away the Jurchen barbarians and making great contributions!" Dry! ”

Xiao Ming drank the wine and said, "If the third bowl is to congratulate me on my promotion, there is no need to say it."

Xiao Zhonggong laughed and said: "Brother only knows that the position of the king of the southern courtyard is not easy to do, but I don't know who is doing this position, the king of Yelu is a good old man who is loyal to the monarch and keeps his duties, and the entire southern courtyard can only be kept in his hands but cannot be built."

He poured the third bowl of wine full, and then said to Xiao Ming: "I have the system of the North and South Courts of Liao, no one has been able to have military and political power in my hands over the years, the privy envoy of the North Court is Xiao Fengxian's person, and my brother is an exception, you are now the king of the Southern Court, the privy envoy of the Southern Court, the head of the military road of Liaodong Road, and you hold the military and political power in your hands, isn't it easy to make a difference?" ”

"But after all, I still haven't been in the South Courtyard for a long time! The officials under the Southern Courtyard don't necessarily approve of me, huh? Xiao Ming was a little puzzled.

Xiao Zhonggong said: "Brother is confused, have you forgotten the flowers you told me?" The truth comes out of the handle! You have a heavy army in your hands, and you have the power to kill and kill, not to mention the officials below, even the emperor has to look at your face......"

"That's right!" Xiao Ming patted his head, why didn't he think of this, he didn't want to be an official in Liao, the trade network across the Song, Liao, and Jin countries that he painstakingly managed was perfected because he waited for the military power to recover Shangjing, relative to power, Xiao Ming was most interested in making money, and now he has an extraordinary love for gold!

He is now the king of the Southern Courtyard, with 200,000 soldiers and horses in the Southern Courtyard, half of which are still the elite who have been confronting the Great Song Dynasty all the year round, and with this force in his hands, he is fully capable of dividing the Liao Kingdom into two! What is the Jin country, the Liao country, and the Song country, if you want to talk about who can beat yourself who already has a cannon.

Xiao Zhonggong drank wine and looked at where Xiao Ming was pondering, and finally couldn't help but say, "How is it, brother?" What do you think? ”

Xiao Ming said: "Big brother, brother asks you, what do you think of the current Emperor's Majesty?" The second question I want to ask is if the eldest brother is willing to leave the North Courtyard and come to help me? ”

Xiao Zhonggong thought silently, and after half a sound, he said: "The current emperor is mediocre, I dare to say this in front of you, I know that I have pinned my hopes on the King of Jin, if the King of Jin ascends the throne in the future, I will definitely be able to reorganize the majesty of my Great Liao Kingdom!" As for the matter of coming to help you, Brother Wei has also thought about it, not because Brother won't come to help you, but at present, King Yelu Yujian really needs me, Xiao Fengxian will not die for a day, and I can't leave the North Courtyard for a day......"

Xiao Ming smiled and raised the wine bowl and said, "It's okay, I already know, come!" Dry this bowl! ”

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