Chapter 61 Section 2 Lace News

As the saying goes, "There are many gossips in front of widows." At that time, there were many gossips about Empress Dowager Xiao and Han Derang.So, what is the relationship between Empress Dowager Xiao and Han Derang?What records have been left in the history books? According to the unofficial history notes, Han Derang and the queen mother were lovers, and they said it clearly: they were engaged when they were young, and they were originally a couple. (This kind of thing should be very popular in film and television works, but there are really no film and television works that reflect this period of history. Generally, Dorgon and Empress Xiaozhuang, Cixi and ×××.) Unexpectedly, Xiao Yanyan later married the emperor, and once she entered the palace, Han Derang didn't have to worry about it, she was already the queen.After Xiao Yanyan became a queen, she did not let go of her longing for Han Derang. First love is very beautiful.The two of them have made the king have a wife, and Luo Fu has a husband, but they still miss each other in their hearts.When Emperor Jingzong died, Xiao Yanyan was already above ten thousand people. According to unofficial records, she said to Han Derang: "I always promise to marry a son, and I hope to reconcile the old ones. Then the young master will rule the country, and I will also be your son." ("Cheng Shilu" ") I promised to marry you back then, but I didn't get married because I was careless. It's not my fault. My father made the decision. If he married me to the emperor, I can't do anything.Now I am willing to restore the old relationship with you, the emperor is weak, you should treat the emperor as your own son.This kind of plot is very common in literature and film and television works.The former emperor asked you to take care of his son, but not his daughter-in-law. He didn't say that you even took care of the queen by the way.The queen extended the meaning of the emperor, the emperor is embarrassed to say, I will speak out for him, I wish to discuss the old good, my son is your son, you must assist the emperor wholeheartedly.Of course, Han Derang readily agreed, "Of course, Derang enters and exits the curtain, and it is seamless." ("Chengshilu") From then on, Han Derang entered and exited the Queen Mother's tent very calmly, and there was nothing embarrassing about it. Promise to discuss the old with me again, my family, often go home and have a look.

There are other records that are even more outrageous, "Xiao Shi had an affair with Han, and sent someone to hang his wife." ("Song Huiyao Compilation") The queen mother strangled Han Derang's wife because she was jealous of Han Derang's wife. He lived with Han Derang openly, and gave birth to Han Derang's son. It is also true in the official history that the Liao Shengzong regarded Han Derang as his father, and treated Han Derang with respect as his father. Therefore, the border generals of the Song Dynasty reported to the emperor that the Liao state leader had a new funeral, and the heroine was in charge of the country, and it was not completely unfounded.The problem is that Empress Dowager Xiao and Han Derang can be regarded as a pair of golden partners in the history of the Liao Kingdom. It must not be said that the country was wronged because of favoritism.The emperor of the Song Dynasty did not analyze this point.

Generally speaking, there are six signs of a dynasty's decline—female favors, eunuchs, relatives, strong vassals, barbarians, and cronies.Han Derang met the standard of a female pet, of course, the Queen Mother favors a male favorite.We read in the history books that when the Tang Dynasty declined, it was Yang Guifei. "The rule of Kaiyuan was almost enough for the family to satisfy, but one noble concubine Yang was enough to defeat it." ("Twenty-two History Notes on Tang Nu's Misfortune") Without the emperor's licentiousness, how could she be defeated with only Yang Guifei?Female pets rank first among the six signs of a country's subjugation.Then there are eunuchs, eunuchs; needless to say, relatives, the emperor’s grandfather, father-in-law, uncle, and brother-in-law; barbarians are powerful nomads; strong vassals are vassal towns;When the Song Dynasty analyzed the situation of the Liao Dynasty at this time, yo, basically all six signs of national subjugation were present.Female favorites, Emperor Yelu Longxu is still young, twelve years old, no female favorites, but his mother has male favorites; foreign relatives, Khitan nobles are either Yelu family or Xiao family, and all the people in the country are foreign relatives; The non-surrendering ethnic minority, the Kirgiz people, are the ancestors of the Kirgiz people today. There are Uyghurs in the west, Dangxiang in the southwest, Shiwei in the Mongolian plateau in the north, and Jurchen in the northeast. In addition, our Song Dynasty can give him a fatal blow at any time. attack; strong vassals, the more than two hundred clan kings with heavy troops, are more powerful than the separatist regimes of the Tang Dynasty after the Anshi Rebellion; and finally there are cronies.Of the six signs of subjugation, Liao had five, so there were no eunuchs and no eunuchs in power.Is there a reason for the immortality of the Liao Kingdom?If you don't hit him at this time, when will you hit him?Therefore, the Song Dynasty took advantage of this opportunity to send troops again, and made a large-scale northern expedition, preparing to recover the Sixteen Youyun Prefectures.