Chapter 28 Chapter Six Who Owns the Central Plains

In order to take revenge, Zhao Yanshou tried his best to instigate Liao Taizong to send troops to destroy the Later Jin Dynasty.However, Liao Taizong and Shi Jingtang had something to say first, so Liao Taizong ignored Zhao Yanshou's provocation.Just when Zhao Yanshou was having trouble with this, something happened to Shi Jingtang... Shi Jingtang died.Shi Jingtang has been wronged all his life. In the later Tang Dynasty, the emperor disliked him all day long, thinking that he was going to rebel, and finally forced him to rebel.The price of rebellion is very heavy. People in their 40s have to call people in their 30s daddy. Youyun Sixteen Prefectures have also been ceded out. They will bear the reputation of being a traitor for a lifetime, and every time they are scolded, they will cost more than a thousand. Years, thousands of years of infamy.After paying such a high price to become the emperor, he died within a few years due to internal and external troubles.After Shi Jingtang died, his godson Shi Chonggui succeeded him.As soon as Shi Chonggui succeeded to the throne, something happened.

Shi Chonggui thought, my father Shi Jingtang recognized Liao Taizong as his father, this Liao Taizong is my grandfather in terms of seniority, and I am not too old, why should I recognize myself as a grandfather?I am not willing to recognize this grandfather, but my father recognized it for me!Now that my father is dead, this matter doesn't matter, if the wind blows, it will be pulled down!The group of ministers under his hand also gave Shi Chonggui blind ideas. Let’s say that grandson is okay. Your father recognizes your father as your grandfather. , you are the grandson, so we can be called grandsons, but not ministers.Shi Chonggui thought for a moment, this is a good idea, calling him a grandson but not a minister.Being a vassal is a matter between countries.If I become a vassal, my regime is a subject of your regime. We are not equal, and calling grandson is a personal matter, and it doesn't matter.These ministers are actually thinking about themselves. It is your business if you call your grandson, and it is our business if you call yourself a minister. We are ministers of ministers, and we will become slaves to slaves in front of the Khitan people. We will never do this.Shi Chonggui didn't guess what the ministers were thinking, so he agreed foolishly. From now on, he would only call him Sun and not a minister with Khitan.

Back then Shi Jingtang also agreed to two conditions: one is Youyun sixteen prefectures, there is no way to go back on it, and there is no way to get it back if it is cut off; the other is 300,000 pieces of silk per year, what should we do about this?The ministers began to give Shi Chonggui bad ideas again, dragging him down, dragging him down.We didn't say no to him, that would make us reckless.Just say I'm sorry, we have difficulties here, there was a disaster this year, and we can't give it, but we will definitely give it next year.You can make it up again next year, our Central Plains is so big, how can there be no disasters every year?Floods this year, droughts next year, locust plagues the next year, and disasters every year, you won’t give it to him.Can he still send troops to fight you for these 300,000 bolts of silk?Shi Chonggui thought about it, yes, my ministers gave me really high-level ideas, calling grandsons but not ministers, and I will drag him for the annual tribute, and it will be a waste of money.He just forgot that the Khitan Kingdom still has Zhao Yanshou who never forgets himself.Liao Taizong was very upset when he saw that Shi Chonggui's grandson was not good at all, he was far worse than that son, Zhao Yanshou kept instigating, why don't you beat such a disobedient person?At the beginning you wanted to support us father and son, as for that?We must be much more obedient than him. You misjudged him at the beginning, and now you have to send troops to beat that grandson surnamed Shi.

Emperor Taizong wanted to make a name for himself, but also wanted to take back the power from his mother, Empress Shulu. In addition, Shi Chonggui had gone too far, so Khitan sent troops as expected.As soon as Taizong sent troops, Shi Chonggui was frightened. You ministers told me that the Khitan would not beat me for 300,000 pieces of silk. I didn't expect the Khitan army to come. What should I do?Hurry up and send troops to resist, I'm afraid they won't be able to stop the Khitan wolves and tigers.At this moment, for Shi Zhonggui, a very good thing happened.