Chapter 27 Section Six: Shi Jingtang's Dream Comes True

Yelu Beike died in a foreign land, and Li Congke, the last emperor of the Later Tang Dynasty, also set himself on fire. The political power of the Later Tang Dynasty was replaced by Shi Jingtang in this way.Shi Jingtang used the Liao Kingdom to become the emperor, so what is the biggest benefit for the Liao Kingdom? Shi Jingtang recognized Liao Taizong as his father, and the Later Tang Dynasty was destroyed. Liao Taizong sent Han Yanhui to canonize Shi Jingtang as the emperor of Jin Dynasty.Shi Jingtang was extremely respectful to his father, and gave Liao Taizong an honorary title. It is very difficult to read this honorary name in one breath-"Rui Wen Shen Wu Fa Tian Qi Yun Ming De Zhang Xin Zhi Dao Guang Jing Zhao Xiao Xiao Si Sheng Emperor ".The emperor could give him a title when he was alive, so Shi Jingtang gave the emperor a title of more than twenty characters, and he couldn't read it all at once, and he didn't know where to break the sentence.

For Khitan, the most proud thing is to get the sixteen prefectures of Youyun. From then on, the nightmare of the Central Plains Dynasty for more than 300 years began.When the Northern Song Dynasty fought against the Liao Dynasty, as long as they lost the battle, Shi Jingtang would be scolded when they came back. If you hadn’t ceded this land to the Liao Dynasty, would I have lost the battle?Where is Youyun Sixteen States?Why is this place so important? After giving it to Khitan, the Central Plains Dynasty will have a nightmare for hundreds of years? Youyun sixteen prefectures include Youzhou, which is today's Beijing, and the main seat of Youzhou City in Tang Dynasty is today's Xuanwu and Fengtai; Jizhou, today's Jixian County, Tianjin; Yingzhou, today's Hejian, Hebei; Mozhou, today's Renqiu, Hebei Zhuozhou, present-day Zhuozhou City, Hebei; Tanzhou, present-day Beijing Miyun; Shunzhou, present-day Beijing Shunyi; Xinzhou, present-day Hebei Zhuolu; Guizhou, present-day Huailai, Hebei; Ruzhou, present-day Yanqing, Beijing; Wuzhou, present-day Hebei Xuanhua; Weizhou, present-day Lingqiu, Shanxi; Yunzhou, present-day Datong, Shanxi; Yingzhou, present-day Yingxian, Shanxi; Huanzhou, present-day Shuozhou, Shanxi; Shuozhou, also present-day Shuozhou, Shanxi.

Youyun Sixteen States is today's Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, and the northern part of Shanxi. Beijing is actually the northernmost end of the North China Plain. Mountains can be seen to the north and west of the urban area.The Youyun Sixteen States are connected to Shuomo in the north and controlled the Central Plains in the south. The geographical location is very important.At that time, Qin Shihuang drove the Xiongnu to the north and built the Great Wall. Later, the Central Plains dynasties built the Great Wall. One of the main purposes was to block the cavalry of the northern nomads.The Sixteen States of Youyun are located south of the Great Wall, so the Central Plains Dynasty is in danger of being lost.In addition, the developed farming in this place has ensured the economic security of the regime established by the nomads.Khitan used to be economically and culturally backward compared to the Central Plains, but now they identify with the Central Plains’ culture, create their own characters, have farming civilization economically, and have much stronger military power than the Central Plains, especially when we say that the Liao adopts one country, two systems, and the Han system treats the Han people. The national system treats the Khitan, and the courage of the horse-backed people has not been lost. Therefore, in the end of the Song Dynasty, fighting against the northern peoples always suffered losses.So when people from the Central Plains mentioned Shi Jingtang, they would gnash their teeth with hatred. From that time until now, Shi Jingtang has never been able to choose a clean one.

Shi Jingtang became the emperor of the Jin Dynasty, and he was very respectful to Khitan. Liao Taizong also loved his old son very much. The sixteen prefectures got it, and 300,000 cloth was sent every year.The problem is that Shi Jingtang was very kind to Emperor Taizong of Liao, he coaxed the Liao side well, but he didn't coax the domestic side well.why?He is facing internal and external troubles.The reason for internal worries is very simple, is Tianzi Ning a kind?For those who are strong in soldiers and strong in horses!Your surname Shi actually took over the world from the Li family, so we Zhang Wang and Liu Zhao can also take over the world from your Shi family.In particular, you actually ceded the homeland of the Central Plains to Khitan, whether it was you or not, it was your initiative anyway, how can you be the emperor of the Central Plains, a despicable villain like you?So the princes from all walks of life are ready to move, and he is facing internal worries.

So why does he still have foreign troubles?Isn't Khitan on good terms with him?