Chapter 36 Section Three

After Yelu Wuzhi persuaded the Empress Dowager Shulu, he took the empress dowager's letter and crossed the Huanghe River to Liao Shizong's army, and presented the empress dowager's agreement letter to Liao Shizong.Originally, Yelu Wuzhi thought that the first step of the peace negotiation between the two sides had finally been taken at this moment, but when Liao Shizong opened the letter, he was furious.Why is this?Can Yelu Yazhi still complete his mission of peace negotiation? According to historical records: "The Empress Dowager sent Yelu's house as a hostage, and Shizong was responsible for self-reliance." ("The History of Liao History Yelu Haisi Biography") The empress dowager scolded Shizong in the letter, why should you be the emperor?Do you have parents in your eyes?At this time, Emperor Sejong didn't pay attention to the queen mother, thinking that he had many soldiers and generals, and his officials supported him, so he wrote a reply letter and sent one of his generals to send it to grandma.It is recorded in the history books that the words of this reply letter were not condescending, and there was nothing good to say, even grandma's hello was omitted, and she just started scolding.

Yelu Wuzhi brought the letter over, and Sejong's people brought it over again, passing the letter on both sides, the more they cursed, the more angry they became.Yelu Wuzhi saw that this was not going to work, they had to fight if they cursed and cursed, both sides needed to calm down.Therefore, Yelu Wuzhi volunteered to meet Sejong.After the meeting, he preemptively said that the king established himself as emperor without the approval of the queen mother, and now he is coming to Beijing again. What is your crime?Do you know that our Great Liao River was created by the Emperor Taizu and the Empress Dowager?Can you gain the support of your subjects by doing this?You are acting rebelliously. You and grandma are at war with each other. Which one do you take among the principles of heaven, human feelings, and national laws?Having said that, Liao Shizong's arrogance was instantly reduced.Yes, which one do you own?No matter how reasonable I am, the queen mother is also my grandmother, and there are no parents in the world who are not wrong, let alone grandma.So Emperor Sejong hurriedly said, I was supported by all the generals, and proclaiming myself emperor was a last resort.That's not what I want to do. If the big guy insists on me being the emperor, it's inappropriate for me to refuse. That's why I became emperor.Now you are accusing me of not obeying the Queen Mother's order. Back then, the Queen Mother abolished my father and my father, and insisted on making my uncle the emperor. Isn't it reasonable for her to do so?Why don't you blame her?Yelu Wuzhi said, let's reason, the queen mother is indeed wrong in this matter, I am not partial to her, I am not here to be a lobbyist for the queen mother.But now, in order to prevent fratricide and the disintegration of the tribe, I hope that the king can meet with the queen mother, so that the past suspicions can be resolved, and everyone can meet and talk.Emperor Sejong laughed out loud when he heard that, now my grandma and my uncle only have private parts in their hands, they are just mobs, if I march now, I can definitely win, what can I talk to her about?

According to historical records, Yelv Wuzhi said: "If you lose the enemy, what about your flesh and blood! What's more, you don't know who will win? By saying that you are lucky to win, there is no such thing as a clan of ministers who stick to Li Hu. Based on this, only peace Good." ("The Biography of Yeluwuzhi in the History of Liao Dynasty") Majesty, you are short-sighted.I don't deny that you can win the battle. You have elite soldiers and fierce generals, and even the Southern Dynasty was wiped out by them.The question is, what do you do after you win?You captured your grandma, your uncle and killed them?Sorry you can't do it.It is even more impossible for you to order to kill your grandma and uncle during the march. You must restrain your subordinates and not hurt my grandma and uncle.And, don't forget, there are hostages in your uncle and grandma's hands.Yeluwuzhi refers to the civil servants and generals around Sejong. Their families are all in Shangjing. You don't take grandma and uncle seriously, don't you take the families of your subordinates seriously?Do you want them to accompany the late emperor?As soon as the words fell, those who heard about Emperor Sejong turned pale, yes, Your Majesty, you must not do this, you will be fine once the battle starts, our whole family will be ruined, our relatives have died enough, blood is shed Enough is enough.Yelu Wuzhi further told Shizong, what dissatisfaction do you have when you meet with the queen mother, grandparents and grandsons, speak out your dissatisfaction, gong and drum face to face, reconciliation is not difficult. , The decisive battle is about to begin. At that time, both jade and stone will be destroyed, and the consequences will be unimaginable.As soon as Shizong heard that Yelu's house was very reasonable, he agreed to negotiate a peace and sent someone to return to Shangjing with Yelu's house.

Yelu Wuzhi went back to the Queen Mother and told him about Shizong's meeting with him, his attitude at the beginning, how he persuaded him, and his attitude later, and the Queen Mother agreed to negotiate a peace.