Chapter 30 Section Three

After Emperor Taizong of Liao settled down with Zhao Yanshou, he went back to the grassland. Zhao Yanshou was full of joy and waited for Emperor Taizong of Liao to be canonized.So what did Zhao Yanshou finally wait for?Will he get his way? After Emperor Taizong took the class, he issued an imperial decree to confer Zhao Yanshou Youzhou Jiedu Envoy, King Yan, Privy Envoy... a bunch of official titles.Zhao Yanshou was dumbfounded, so that's not what he said, so the official title you promised is not so long?Just two words - the emperor.Why is it so long now?Moreover, it turned out that the Khitan minister suggested that the emperor give Zhao Yanshou the official title, and there are two other positions, one is to record the affairs of the minister, which is equivalent to the prime minister, the head of civil officials, and the other is to supervise the Chinese and foreign military forces.But when the imperial decree was issued, Emperor Taizong ticked off these two titles, preventing him from wielding such great power, especially military power.Zhao Yanshou was very depressed, and reluctantly took off his yellow robe.Since he is not the lord of the Central Plains, he cannot wear a yellow robe.

After taking off the yellow robe, Zhao Yanshou never forgot to be the master of the Central Plains.To be the master of the Central Plains, Emperor Taizong must send troops to fight against the Later Jin Dynasty.Emperor Taizong withdrew his troops for the first time, and Zhao Yanshou continued to provoke him. Taizong saw through his plot and remained unmoved.Zhao Yanshou did a life-and-death thing. He told Emperor Taizong that you promised me to be the emperor of the Central Plains. Does your words still count?Emperor Taizong was stunned for a moment, he had never seen a minister dare to talk to him like this.Does everything the emperor tells you count?Back then, I made false promises to you and used you. Do you really think of yourself as a person?However, Emperor Taizong's golden words could not go back on his word. He couldn't say that I was teasing you. I wanted to use you at that time.So I had no choice but to chatter with him, talking a lot.It's not that I don't want to stand up for you, it's just that the later Jin Dynasty has not lost its virtue, and there is a famine in our country, so we can't send troops.Zhao Yanshou became impatient, the emperor was always out of touch, so he told the emperor, you can just make me the crown prince. "I beg you to be the Crown Prince." ("Old History of the Five Dynasties Jin Shu Zhao Yanshou Biography") Shi Jingtang can recognize you as a father, and I can recognize you as a father. Wouldn't it be good for you to have one more son?The more sons the better, you might as well make me the crown prince.After hearing this, Emperor Taizong couldn't laugh or cry.I have never seen such a man, Shi Jingtang recognized me as his father, and did not ask to be the prince!Emperor Taizong said, no, the prince must be a Khitan. You are not a Khitan, so how can you be a prince?

After Zhao Yanshou went back, Emperor Taizong thought, this person is so insane, and he will turn against him sooner or later, so give him some ruthlessness, and don't let him mess around like this all day long.So he was put under house arrest. When Shizong, the third emperor of Khitan, was in power, Zhao Yanshou was put under house arrest and died.