Chapter 117 Chapter 5: The Star Falls

In just over ten years since the founding of the People's Republic of China, Xiliao has become a powerful empire with a vast territory, and Yelu Dashi has contributed a lot.So, as the founder of Xiliao, how did Yelu Dashi spend his last life time?Why is his name still mentioned so often after his death? Conquering Khwarazmo was the culmination of Yelu Dashi's career, and when his career reached its apex, his life also came to an end.In 1143 A.D., the tenth year of Kangguo in Western Liao Dynasty, Yelu Dashi closed his eyes and died in Husi Ordu's palace tent with hatred for his family and country and regret for not being able to recover his homeland.He has officially been the emperor for eleven years, and if you count the time he led the people to leave Emperor Tianzuo to go west, it will be twenty years in total.He rebuilt the Khitan Empire in the Western Regions, and spread the prestige of the Khitan Empire to Central Asia, West Asia and even Europe.After the Yelu Dashi collapsed, the temple was named Dezong.

Although the Xiliao Empire was in distant Central Asia, and its capital was in today's Kyrgyzstan, its customs and language completely imitated those of the Central Plains.In the Western Liao Empire, Chinese and Turkic languages ​​were used, official documents were in Chinese, and the official system was exactly the same as that of the Liao Dynasty. The emperor had year titles and honor titles during his lifetime, and temple titles and posthumous titles after his death. the result of.Yelu Dashi made immortal feats in the Western Regions, but unfortunately died at the age of fifty-six. He extended the Khitan's Guozuo for another eighty-eight years.Many years after the death of Yelu Dashi, Song, Xixia, and even his opponent Jin Dynasty still used Dashi to refer to Xiliao.His name has become a legend, a symbol of a nation, and a symbol of a country.

After the rise of Mongolian Genghis Khan, he was assisted by a famous Khitan counselor named Yelu Chucai, who was also a descendant of the Khitan nobles.Yelu Chucai wrote a special poem to praise Yelu Dashi: "After Liao Xing Dashi, the Western Regions ruled Kucha. The sound of thousands of miles is loud, and the century-old famous religion is down." (Volume 12 of "Zhanran Layman Collection") "Wanliwei "Sound Shock" refers to Dashi's establishment of a large country with a territory of thousands of miles from east to west, and "Hundred Years of Famous Teaching" means that he spread the Chinese civilization of the Central Plains to the far west.Yelu Chucai also wrote a self-note to this poem: "Dashi Linya, the chief minister of the Liao Dynasty, led the crowd to perish. In less than 20 years, he conquered dozens of countries in the Western Regions, with an area of ​​tens of thousands of miles. In the early years, there was a lot of culture and education, and the Western Regions still think of it, and the temple name is Dezong." The era of Yelu Chucai was nearly a hundred years after Dashi, and people of all ethnic groups in the Western Regions still miss Yelu Dashi at that time.

When Yelu Dashi died, his son was too young to govern himself.Therefore, Yelu Dashi left a will, and the empress Xiaota Buyanquan knew the affairs of the army and the state, and she was the regent, with the honorary title of empress dowager.After Xiao Ta Buyan became regency, what was the state of Xiliao? After the death of Yelu Dashi, only more than 60 years later, the Xiliao Empire, which once swept the Western Regions, perished.After the death of Dashi, what storms did the Xiliao Empire experience?How did the Xiliao Empire fall?There is no Khitan among the fifty-six ethnic groups in China, so after the fall of the Western Liao Dynasty, where did the Khitan who once created a brilliant civilization go?

In 1143 AD, the tenth year of Kangguo in Xiliao, Yelu Dashi closed his eyes with endless hatred. He was the first emperor of Xiliao, Dezong.After Dezong's death, because his son was young, he ordered Empress Xiao Ta Buyan to be regent. Ta Buyan was the actual second-generation ruler of Xiliao—the Empress Dowager Gantian. "The History of Liao Concubine Biography" records: "The Liao family is based on pommel horses, and the concubines are often good at archery, and the army is hunting in the fields. Then, he also grew up on horseback.These concubines of Xiliao are even more powerful. When the empress dowager Ta Buyan was in charge, she had the reign name Xianqing, but she was the empress dowager who established her own reign name.In the history of the Central Plains Dynasty, there was no heir who was young and the Queen Mother took the year name herself when she was in charge.Wu Zetian established the reign title after she became the emperor. When she was the empress dowager, she did not have the reign title. The reign title should only be given to the emperor.

When the Empress Dowager Gantian was in charge, the Uighurs sent envoys to present gifts to the Kingdom of Jin, and reported to the Kingdom of Jin that Yelu Dashi, whom you hate and fear, is dead, and now his wife is in power. National suspicion.The emperor of the Kingdom of Jin was very happy when he heard that, my old enemy Yelu Dashi finally died, and Dajin can rest easy from now on.The Kingdom of Jin sent an envoy named Niangua Hannu, named General Wuyi, to recruit Xiliao.Niangao Hannu traveled thousands of miles, passing through the territory of the Uighurs, and finally came to the mainland of Xiliao.When he arrived in Xiliao, Niangua Hannu happened to meet the Empress Dowager Gantian who was hunting in the countryside.In the Liao Kingdom, not only the monarch loves hunting, but also the concubines love hunting.Niangua Hannu was very rude when he met the Empress Dowager Gantian, and could not get off his horse.It is said that the Empress Dowager Gantian is the monarch of Xiliao, you are just an envoy, you should dismount to pay homage, but not only did she not dismount, she even barked one after another.The Empress Dowager Gantian was so furious that she had him pulled off the horse and hacked to pieces.It is conceivable that the country of Xiliao was very powerful at that time, so it dared to kill the Jinshi.

The Empress Dowager Gantian reigned for seven years, and when her son grew up, she handed over the power to her son Yelu Yilie.Yelu Yilie was the second generation emperor of Xiliao, but he was the third generation ruler, with the temple name Renzong.Liao Renzong's year name "Shaoxing" is exactly the same as Song Gaozong's second year name. I don't know if it is a fake Southern Song Dynasty.In the early years of Shaoxing, Emperor Renzong of the Liao Dynasty conducted a census, "there are 84,500 households with residents over the age of 18" ("The History of Liao Dynasty Emperor Tianzuo Benji IV").Xiliao is in the territory directly under it, and the dependent countries are not counted. According to the survey of Dingkou who are over 18 years old and eligible for military service, there are a total of 84,500 households, which shows that Xiliao has sufficient labor and military resources.Renzong Yeluyi died in the thirteenth year of his reign.