Chapter 34 Chapter VII Grandparents and Grandchildren Struggle for Power

After Liao Taizong died of illness suddenly, the Empress Dowager Shulu who was in Shangjing wanted her youngest son Yelu Lihu to succeed him, but the military ministers who followed Liao Taizong to the south planned to establish a new master.However, the biggest problem is that they must immediately support a suitable new emperor before returning to Shangjing, so who among the thousands of troops who followed Liao Taizong to the south will ascend to the throne? At this time, who among the ten thousand armies is qualified to inherit the great unification?History gave this opportunity to one person—Yelv Ruan, king of Yongkang, son of Yelubei, the eldest son of Emperor Taizu.Yelubei was forced by his mother and younger brother to give up the country, and fled to the Later Tang Dynasty. In the end, the Emperor Later Tang wanted to commit suicide and invited him to self-immolate, but he politely declined, and the Later Tang Emperor sent assassins to assassinate him.When Yelubei defected to the Later Tang Dynasty, he only took his concubine of the Han nationality with him. His Khitan wife and son did not leave, but stayed in Khitan. Yeluruan was born to Yelubei and his Khitan princess.Yelubei was forced to abandon the country and run away, and Taizong Yelu Deguang also felt guilty, so he was very supportive of this nephew left by his brother, and he was named Yongkang King and took him with him.This time when the army went south, King Yongkang also followed.When Emperor Taizong died, the ministers supported King Yongkang as emperor.

King Yongkang was a little stage fright at first, am I qualified?You all embrace me?After all, the first emperor had a son, and my nephew being the emperor is unfair, right?He recruited his confidants to ask, do you think I can do this?The confidant told him, this is the time when you, the king, are at the top of your game, why don’t you think about it, the throne should belong to you in the first place, the emperor Daxing took the throne from your father, if your father became the emperor , don't you take it for granted that you should inherit the Datong?Now is the right time, the time will never come again, what are you still hesitating about?When King Yongkang heard it, he remembered the past and the past, and felt that if he refused again, he would be sorry for the ancestral temple and the people of Li, so he succeeded the throne before the emperor Taizong. This is Liao Shizong, the third emperor of Liao Dynasty.After Sejong ascended the throne, he sent people to escort Taizong's coffin back to Linhuang Mansion in Shangjing first, and then led the brigade to go north slowly.

After Shulu heard the news that Emperor Taizong died of illness, she knew that her second son had died, but she showed no signs of grief.The emperor's coffin should be delivered as soon as possible. This is a national funeral ceremony.But the Empress Shulu said, don't worry, I will hold the funeral for the emperor (Taizong) after the Khitan tribes have calmed down, and now the Khitan tribes have not recovered, so there is no rush to do it.According to the previously established policy, when Emperor Taizong passed away, my favorite youngest son, Yelu Lihu, should have succeeded to the throne. Yelu Ruan Huangkou dared to jump out.She was talking nonsense to her youngest son, Yeluli, go, kid, fight for mom and kill your rebellious nephew.After Shulu, Yelu Lihu was named the Generalissimo of the World's Army and Horses. Generally speaking, the person who sat in this position was the best candidate for the throne. Yelu Lihu led his troops to beat his nephew Yelu Ruan.As far as Yelu Lihu's two moves are concerned, he is definitely a hero for killing those around him who have no ability to resist. It would be great if he could use his gun on the battlefield to save his own life.As a result, Yelu Lihu was defeated and returned home.When my mother saw it, there was no other way. Who told me to spoil such a thing?You can't, let me do it.The old lady went out in person to fight against her grandson.

At that time, Emperor Sejong's soldiers and horses had already arrived at the Linhuang Mansion in Shangjing, and the two sides faced each other across the Huangshui. Seeing that the Liao Kingdom's imperial clan was on fire, a civil war was about to start.