Chapter 85 Section 5 Mother and son against each other

Empress Dowager Fatian finally got rid of her deadly enemy, but the rift between her and Liao Xingzong deepened day by day.In order to control the power of the government, the Empress Dowager Fatian vigorously supported her cronies and killed dissidents. In the end, Liao Xingzong became a puppet emperor with name but no power.So, how will Liao Xingzong get rid of the control of the Empress Dowager Fatian? The Empress Dowager Fatian is in charge of the government. Her younger brother, slaves, and slaves of the slaves, more than forty people entered the court. The decree can only be issued with the consent of the group of people in the Queen Mother's family.The imperial court was completely controlled by these people.According to the records in "Khitan Kingdom Chronicles", during the reign of Empress Dowager Fatian, Xiao Yujin, "sexual abuse was rampant, punishment and administration were lax, and the official affairs of the Han Dynasty were in the north and south, and his brothers were in charge of them.... The queen mother was in the court for four years, and Xingzong Fang was secluded. Abolish it, and the Khitan will be trapped" (Volume 13 of "Khitan Kingdom Chronicles").During the four years of Empress Dowager Fatian's reign, Khitan's national fortune began to decline from strong to weak.She was in power for four years before Xingzong imprisoned her.

Why did Emperor Xingzong imprison his own mother?The emperor lived like a puppet for the past four years, and the Empress Dowager Fatian did not treat him as well as the Empress Dowager Chengtian treated Shengzong.Although Shengzong is not in power, Empress Dowager Chengtian counsels him wholeheartedly and trains him to be a generation of Mingjun.The Empress Dowager Fatian suppresses Xingzong, she will never let you take power, her every move is controlled, and she has no personal freedom.Once, Xingzong went out to hunt, and then held a banquet, cooked and ate the prey, and when he was happy after eating, he rewarded the attendants with these silver tableware.For such a trivial matter, who the emperor rewards is not the emperor's freedom, who can control it?The Empress Dowager Fatian beat up the attendant who received the reward and sent her to prison after she found out, and then came to ask Xingzong, did you just give away our things to others?Xingzong didn't bother to talk to the Empress Dowager Fatian, so he said nothing about it.The Empress Dowager Fatian said there was no such thing?I've already put them in jail, you confront them.Xingzong became anxious when he heard it. As the emperor, I confronted the prisoners?This incident was the last straw that broke the camel's back, and Xingzong's resentment towards Empress Dowager Fatian reached its peak.

The Empress Dowager Fatian also knew that mother and son were facing a showdown, and knew that her son hated her.How to do it?I abolished you. Although you were born by me, you were not raised by me.Some historical records call it Yelu Zongyuan, regardless of Zongyuan Chongyuan, they are all one person.His mother discussed with him, I am going to abolish your elder brother and make you the emperor.Unexpectedly, Yelu Zhongyuan was timid and told his eldest brother that my mother said that she would abolish you and make me the emperor. I dare not do this.When Xingzong saw it, my mother had already drawn her sword. Fortunately, my younger brother was timid to report to me.In this case, we can only act first to be strong, and to suffer later.So Xingzong ordered five hundred followers, the emperor was so pitiful, he led five hundred people, because the military power was in the hands of his uncle, he couldn't mobilize the army, so he had to bring his followers, maybe even eunuchs , gathered more than 500 people, and raided the camp of the Empress Dowager Fatian.To capture the thief, capture the king first, and immediately put the Queen Mother Fatian under house arrest.Then, Xingzong summoned his uncles to announce the crimes against the Queen Mother Fatian and to imprison the Queen Mother Fatian.As a result, the tree fell and the monkeys scattered, and the uncles couldn't react, and they were all stunned in shock. Before they could mobilize soldiers to counterattack, the Empress Dowager Fatian had already been imprisoned.However, Emperor Xingzong treated his uncles well. None of his uncles were implicated in this incident, and all of them died well in the end, and all of them were given high posthumous titles.

Several years after the Empress Dowager Fatian was imprisoned, Emperor Xingzong had some insights after listening to the "Book of Repaying Grace" and ordered people to release the Empress Dowager Fatian from her captivity and bring her back to take care of her. However, the relationship between mother and child is out of the question. .Every time Emperor Xingzong went out to shoot and hunt, the Empress Dowager Fatian had to go with him, saying that he was going on a spring outing with his mother, but in fact it was monitoring.Don't look back. As soon as I went hunting, you rebelled in the palace, and you made another younger brother, so I must take you with me.Moreover, the camps of the two people are more than ten miles apart, so they cannot be together.What if you do it?It will take a while for your cavalry to rush over more than ten miles away, so I can arrange resistance.From this, it is conceivable that Empress Dowager Fatian felt resentment towards Xingzong.

Emperor Xingzong inherited the Datong at the age of sixteen, reigned for twenty-four years, and was only forty years old when he died.The Empress Dowager Fatian was still alive at this time. Seeing the empress of Xingzong crying bitterly, she actually told the empress why she was crying. You are still young, which means you can remarry again.When her own son died, the Empress Dowager didn't show any worry on her face, and she didn't let her daughter-in-law cry. This mother is really top-notch.After Daozong succeeded to the throne, the Empress Dowager Fatian became the Empress Dowager, and she died well in the end.

After Xingzong imprisoned the Empress Dowager Fatian, that is, four years after he succeeded to the throne, he began to rule in person. So what did Emperor Xingzong do in history, and how should such an emperor be evaluated?