sjar Chapter 861: Going out hunting and being assassinated
Chapter 861: Going out hunting and being assassinated
When Empress Dowager Xiao heard this, she didn't say anything, but just recalled the past.
"In 969 AD, Emperor Muzong of Liao, Yelü Jing, went hunting in Heishan with his trusted ministers including Xiao Siwen.
As a result, at night, the drunk Yelu Jing was suddenly assassinated.
Xiao Siwen, who was accompanying the emperor at the time, immediately ordered people to block the news and sent someone to secretly notify Yelu Jing's nephew Yelu Xian to rush to Heishan overnight.
In front of Yelü Jing's coffin, they supported Yelü Xian to succeed to the throne as Emperor Jingzong of Liao.
After Yelu Xian returned to the capital, he rewarded the ministers who had contributed to his enthronement, and Xiao Siwen was promoted to the position of Privy Councilor of the Northern Court and Prime Minister of the Northern Palace.
With both military and political power in his hands, Han Kuangsi was also appointed as the governor of Shangjing.
While this great change brought huge political benefits to the Xiao and Han families, it also caused you, Empress Dowager Xiao, and Han Derang to separate.
Empress Dowager Xiao, you were first summoned into the palace by Yelu Xian to be a noble concubine, and soon after became the empress.
After Yelu Xian ascended the throne, the government was in chaos. Although he had the ambition to turn the tide, his health was weak and he suffered from many illnesses.
Yelu Xian, who is bedridden all day long, can only ask Empress Dowager Xiao to go to court on his behalf and handle state affairs.
In 970 AD, Yelu Xian went to Lushan to hunt, and Xiao Siwen followed him.
As a result, Xiao Siwen was assassinated on the way.
Ahem, it’s not Empress Dowager Xiao, what’s going on with your Great Liao?
How come people get assassinated every time they go out hunting? Why do we have to cancel this activity? People die every time we go out, and they are all high-ranking officials. "Li Wu was speechless, but it was true that it was normal to be assassinated when hunting.
After all, if you want to go out, there won’t be so many people to protect you.
"Little Immortal, if you want to assassinate me, it won't work even in the palace," said Empress Dowager Xiao. There are many ways to kill someone.
"That's true, but you still have to bring more people with you when you go out, especially those who have made a lot of enemies, in case you are unlucky one day. I won't go on about this, but ancestors, you should all understand what I mean. You must have encountered many assassinations," Li Wu said. Especially in ancient times, there was no surveillance, and if you killed someone and threw him somewhere, no one would know, so it was difficult to find the murderer.
Many people in the barrage began to share the process of their own assassination, which simply stunned others.
Is it so terrible?
This, this, being an official is too dangerous.
"In 972 AD, Empress Dowager Xiao gave birth to a son named Yelu Longxu.
In 976 AD, Yelu Xian summoned the scholars of the History Museum. In short, your status, Empress Dowager Xiao, was raised to the same level as Yelu Xian.
At the beginning, Empress Dowager Xiao, when you helped to attend court, you were just a messenger.
Later, with the tacit approval of Yelu Xian, all daily affairs of the Liao Kingdom were independently decided by you, Empress Dowager Xiao.
If there are any important military or national affairs, Empress Dowager Xiao, you should summon the ministers of the vassal and Han dynasties to discuss them together, and finally make a decision based on the opinions of all parties.
As for the decision you make, Yelu Xian will at most just listen to the report and will not interfere too much.
Thanks to your continuous efforts, Empress Dowager Xiao, the military is becoming increasingly powerful, and the political economy is gradually getting back on track.
In 982 AD, -year-old Yelu Xian died while hunting.
Before his death, he left a will, asking Empress Dowager Xiao, your son Yelu Longxu to succeed him and to follow your orders on military and national affairs.
At the same time, Yelu Xizhen and Han Derang were appointed as ministers of state, and they were asked to swear in front of the coffin to assist the young emperor.
At this time, Empress Dowager Xiao was only 29 years old, and you began to rule the country and take charge of state affairs as the empress dowager.
Empress Dowager Xiao, you first replaced the ministers according to Han Derang's suggestion, and then ordered the kings to return to their homes and not to hold private banquets.
This caused them to lose their military power, and at the same time, the relatives of the royal family were summoned to the palace as hostages, thus resolving a major hidden danger of internal seizure of the throne.
Afterwards, Empress Dowager Xiao appointed Han Derang as the chief steward of Suweiwei, and conferred him the title of Kaifu Yitong Sansi, and appointed him as the champion general.
At the same time, Empress Dowager Xiao married your own niece to Yelu Xizhen, and ordered Yelu Longxu and Yelu Xizhen to exchange bows and arrows, saddles and horses in person, and made a pact to become friends for life and death.
As a result, the two regent ministers became staunch allies of you and your son, Empress Dowager Xiao.
The succession of imperial power, which should have been fraught with danger, was achieved as a smooth transition under your operation, Empress Dowager Xiao.
I have to say, Empress Dowager Xiao, your political skills are really powerful," Li Wu gave Empress Dowager Xiao a thumbs up.
Not to mention, in the entire Liao Dynasty, the only people she knew the most about were Empress Dowager Xiao and Yelu Abaoji, the founding emperor of Liao.
She was more familiar with these two people. As for the others, Li Wu said she didn't know them very well and didn't even know how many people there were.
After all, the focus is mainly on the Song Dynasty, and I don’t know much about the Liao Dynasty.
Moreover, the Liao Dynasty did not exist for a particularly long time. Although the Song Dynasty was relatively weak, it still existed for quite a long time.
This led to many people being disappointed with the Song Dynasty. They had money and power, but the emperor was not good enough. Isn't this infuriating?
"Little immortal, please stop praising us. Runa, we don't know if we can defeat the Song Dynasty," Empress Dowager Xiao looked at Li Wu with resentment. Since the appearance of the little immortal, the Song Dynasty has undergone earth-shaking changes. They can only sign an alliance temporarily and fight outside first.
Today, the Song Dynasty is developing much faster than their Liao Dynasty, and no one knows how many people from the Song Dynasty have come to the future generations. Many people from the Liao Dynasty feel that the Song Dynasty is favored by God, and people's hearts are floating.
Li Wu touched his nose awkwardly and said, "This, Empress Dowager Xiao, I really can't control it. Ahem, why don't you fight overseas? The land there is much bigger than ours. Why bother to fight for such a small piece of land? Besides, there are many good things overseas.
We will all be one family after hundreds of years, so why should we fight against each other, don’t you think?”
Li Wu looked at Empress Dowager Xiao eagerly.
Empress Dowager Xiao made a speechless expression. What else could she say? They simply could not defeat the Song Dynasty now. There were too many people on the list from the Song Dynasty, and they had traded too many good things with the little immortal.
But they also decided to go overseas.
"You are right, little immortal," Empress Dowager Xiao said this lightly.
The people of the Song Dynasty in front of the sky curtain laughed. Anyway, the Liao Dynasty would not exist for long and would be destroyed. Then the Jin Dynasty would emerge later. Thinking of the humiliation from the Song Dynasty, they would fight to the death.
Even if there is peace negotiation, it is only superficial peace negotiation.
Other dynasties were also speechless. They had already fought overseas. Was the Song Dynasty so slow?
It’s not like there’s no talent. Isn’t there a shortage of talent in the Song Dynasty?
It’s already a lot, what are you waiting for? Are you trying to negotiate peace?
The barrage is noisy.
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"That's what I said, either we fight or we unify first. In short, we can't be as dispersed as other countries." China must be unified. If it is not unified, it will not be complete.
"Little fairy, don't worry," said Empress Dugu. Empress Dowager Xiao and Empress Dowager Xuan looked at each other. After all, they haven't reached a consensus yet.