Chapter 297 Chapter 296 Tianzuo Emperor Yelu Yanxi Palace

Emperor Tianzuo of the Liao Dynasty, surnamed Yelu, given name Yanxi, styled Yanning, and small style Aguo.He is the eldest grandson of Daozong, his father Yelujun is the eldest son of Daozong, and his mother is Empress Zhenshun Xiao.Born in the first year of Liao Dakang (AD 1075), Jin Tianhui died in the sixth year. Young Yanxi had an unfortunate experience.When Yanxi was less than 3 years old, both parents were framed and killed by the traitor Yelu Yixin.Grandfather Yelu Hongji actually allowed Yelu Yixin to kill his only son. Yanxi and younger sister Yanshou were kicked out of the palace and sent to Xiao Huaizhong's house for foster care.A year later, under the persuasion of ministers Xiao Wuna and Xiao Taokui, Hong Ji took the two brothers and sisters back to the palace to raise them.At this time, Yelu Yixin conspired to harm Yanxi and suggested that Hongji should leave Yanxi in Zhongjing when he went hunting. Thanks to Xiao Wuna's remonstrance, Hongji did not do so.In the fifth year of Dakang (1079 A.D.), it was not until Yelu Yixin was dismissed from office that Hongji slowly regained his favor for Yanxi.In March of the following year, he was made king of Liang, named Taiwei, and also served as the order of Zhongshu, and soon set up six banners and drums to guard him.At this time, Hong Ji gradually understood Yelujun's grievances, regretted him, and named him Prince Zhaohuai. Love for Yanxi Palace.In the ninth year of Dakang, Yanxi was granted the title of King Yan.

Unconsciously, Yanxi learned all the bad habits of his grandfather, but he didn't hear his grandfather's instructions for him to learn.Hong Ji ordered Zhizhi Wang Shiru and Pai Yinlang Jun Yelugu to tutor Yanxi, and he ordered Xiao Wuna to be Yanxi's teacher.Xiao Wuna seriously criticized Yanxi's bad style, and told him the principles of governing the country and diligence, but Yanxi not only refused to listen, but developed a strong aversion to Xiao Wuna.Hong Ji also showed Yanxi the battle armor used by Taizu and Emperor Taizong of Liao Dynasty, and told him to remember the hardships of his ancestors' conquest and entrepreneurship, and tried his best to educate Yanxi into a virtuous monarch, but it was his precious grandson Like a child's play, he ruined the country of his ancestors as easily.

On the third day of the first lunar month in the sixth year of Shouchang (AD 1101), Hongji died of illness. Yanxi, accompanied by Yelu Asi, the Privy Envoy of the North Court, and Yeluyan, the Minister of the Privy Council, sat in front of the coffin and changed the Yuan Dynasty.The honorable title of the ministers was "Emperor Tianzuo". According to the Yanxi Edict, those who were framed by Yelu Yixin in the past will be reinstated as officials, those who have lost their citizenship will be returned to their family properties, and those who have been exiled will be recalled to the mainland, which means to vindicate the persecuted loyal officials.However, this order has not been fully implemented, and he started persecuting loyal ministers again, driving Xiao Wuna, who had once offended him, out of the court to serve as the military governor of Liaoguang Army.Later, he used the rhinoceros horn of the inner government to deprive Xiao Wuna of the title of Grand Tutor, and demoted him to the governor of Ningbian Prefecture, and told him to go to a remote small state in the southwest.

Yanxi avenged Xiao Wuna's kindness, but he repaid his kindness to Yelu Yixin's party members who had killed his parents, and was extremely tolerant.Although he issued an edict to kill all traitor party members and exile his descendants to the frontier, the main party members are still at large.In order to prevaricate Yanxi Palace, Asi and Deridi killed the living and put the dead to death, dug up the graves of Yelu Yixin, Zhang Xiaojie and others, dissected the coffins and slaughtered the corpses, and made their family members slaves.Yanxi felt that the crackdown on the traitor party had been accomplished.

Since Xiao Wuna was demoted, all the officials in the court have grasped Yanxi's temper, knowing that he hates blunt speech and likes flattery, some new treacherous officials have emerged one after another, the leaders are Xiao Fengxian, Xiao Delidi, Li Chuwen and others .This group of people worked hand in hand and won Yanxi's favor. They corrupted the law and formed cliques for personal gain, turning the government into a mess and darkness. Since Yanxi came to power, he has been indifferent to state affairs, and he doesn't even know where his father Yelujun's remains are buried.In order to find some sustenance, he also believed in Buddhism like his grandfather Yelu Hongji.He is madly obsessed with hunting, trying to get a strong stimulation from chasing rabbits and deer, and get rid of the boring wandering.He had just ascended the throne, and when his grandfather was still at the funeral, someone said to him, "Visiting and hunting is a national event. Even during the mourning period for Emperor Daxing, it should not be neglected." There was a big killing spree on the hunting ground.At this point, all major government affairs have been drowned out without a trace amidst the sound of arrows, horses neighing, and animals wailing.

At this time, the Liao Dynasty ruled in perils. The ruling group was fighting for power and fighting each other.Social contradictions have intensified unprecedentedly, and people's uprisings have emerged one after another.In the second year of Qiantong (AD 1102) when Yanxi came to the throne, a rebel army led by Zhao Zhongge broke into the imperial palace in Shangjing, robbed the maids and imperial objects, and even injured the deputy left behind.Afterwards, in order to intimidate the people, Yanxi punished the uprising people with extremely cruel punishments. Jurchen is an ancient tribe among the ethnic minorities in Northeast my country.In the middle of the eleventh century, the Wanyan tribe of the Jurchens gradually became stronger, and by the time of Wanyan Aguda (1068-1123 A.D.), it had developed into a strong army.

At the end of the Liao Dynasty, the increasingly corrupt Khitan rulers intensified their plunder and oppression of the Jurchen, which aroused extreme dissatisfaction with the Jurchen.Yanxi often sent envoys wearing silver medals, called "silver medal angels", to the Jurchens to ask for Haidongqing.Everywhere these envoys went, in addition to extorting property from the Jurchens, they also asked them to offer beautiful women to accompany them.At first, the Jurchen appointed middle-aged and unmarried women to accompany them. Later, there was an endless stream of envoys from the Liao Kingdom. Relying on the power of the big country, they chose beautiful women by themselves. If you like it, you will.The Jurchens were even more resentful, and they united around Aguda one after another, preparing to fight against the Liao Dynasty.

In September of the fourth year of Tianqing (1114 A.D.), the Jurchen war against Liao Dynasty led by Aguda began.During this period, the Liao army was defeated many times.In the fifth year of Tianqing, Aguda accepted the suggestion of Yang Pu, an intellectual of the Han nationality who had surrendered from the Liao Dynasty, and proclaimed himself emperor and founded the country with the name of Dajin.Immediately afterwards, they captured Huanglong Mansion (now Nong'an, Jilin Province), an important town in the northeast of the Liao Dynasty. During this period, Yanxi was still busy hunting.

In November, when Yanxi heard the news of the fall of the Huanglong Mansion, he was terrified and hurriedly issued an edict to conscript himself.As a result, not only failed to defeat the Jin army, but also a fire broke out in the backyard, the deputy governor of the imperial camp Yeluzhangnu coup, and the people in the territory revolted.In the seventh year of Tianqing, Yanxi ordered Yeluchun to recruit troops and buy horses for Marshal Du, and formed the so-called "resentment army" to cut gold. When Yanxi heard the news of Yeluchun's defeat in Zhongjing, he was so frightened day and night that he secretly ordered the three bureaus of the inner treasury to collect pearls, jade, treasures, gold and silver, and packed them into more than 500 bags, and also took 2,000 horses to raise in the Feilongyuan. spare.Just when Yanxi was about to flee for his life, Aguda sent envoys to negotiate a peace, and Yanxi suddenly felt complacently that he could add power.

In August of the eighth year of Tianqing (AD 1118), Jin sent envoys to Liao to negotiate a peace agreement. The conditions were: Liao registered the Jin Kingdom as Dajin, and the owner of the Jin was the Great Sage Daming Emperor; Liao called Jin Brother; ; Cut the land of Changchun and Liaodong and gold.Yan Ximan thought that once the peace agreement was completed, he could sit back and relax, and since then he got angry when someone mentioned the Jurchen matter.In addition to hunting non-stop every day, he and Neiku also checked Liu Yanliang's wife Yun Qi for messing around in the palace.

In April of the tenth year of Tianqing, Aguda personally led the army to attack Liao again.Liao Shangjing was captured in May, and all the ancestral temples of the Liao Dynasty were burned here, and the tombs were dug up to find treasures. Emergency alarms flew into Zhongjing like snowflakes. Privy Secretary Xiao Fengxian knew that Yanxi was unwilling to intervene, so he suppressed all the urgent reports. .Later, when Yanxi learned of this, he asked Xiao Fengxian what happened to the mausoleum in Beijing. Xiao Fengxian coaxed him and said: "Although the Jin soldiers looted property in Shangjing, they still feared the power of the saints and dared not destroy the coffin. I went to protect it." Yanxi didn't bother to investigate further. Yanxi was beaten to death by Jin Bing, and at this time, he planned to abdicate to save his life.Among his six sons, the most sage and the most prestigious among the people of the country is the eldest son, Ao Luwo, the king of Jin who was born in a bleak birth to the concubine Wen.If Yanxi wanted to pass on the throne, it was naturally Ao Luwo.But Xiao Fengxian didn't want this kind of ending to happen, so he made people falsely accuse Yeluyu Jiannayeluta Geli, his son-in-law Xiao Yu and others, and conspired to set up Aoluwo and respect Yanxi as the overlord.Yanxi believed it to be true, and was so angry that he killed Yelv Tageli and Xiao Yu, and Xiao Sesel was bestowed with death.Yeluyu saw that after hearing the news of being framed in the army, he knew it was difficult to speak, so he simply led 1,000 troops to the Kingdom of Jin.Several generals who could have worked for Yanxi were killed by him and forced away by him. After Yeluyujian surrendered Jin, the Kingdom of Jin fully understood the reality of Yanxi Palace, Yeluyujian fought back again and became the vanguard leading Jin soldiers to attack Liao Dynasty.From then on, Jin soldiers marched south and west, driving Yanxi away like a wind and clouds. In the first month of the second year of Baoda (1122 A.D.), the Jin soldiers took Yelv Yujian as the vanguard and captured Dading Mansion in Zhongjing, Liao Dynasty.Yanxi, who had just escaped from Zhongjing to Yanjing, was terrified by the battle report, so he left Prime Ministers Zhang Lin, Li Chuwen and others to guard Yanjing with Yeluchun, and ran to Xijing Datong Mansion (now Shanxi Datong) in a hurry.As soon as Yanxi's foot stepped into Xijing, Xiao Chala opened the door and surrendered to the Jin soldiers.Jin Bing chased after Yanxi's buttocks, leaving behind all the gold and silver treasures that Yanxi carried with him, as well as his young daughter who couldn't run. Thanks to the help of his horse, which traveled three to five hundred miles a day, he was Jin Bing was not caught up. In May of the second year of Baoda, King Li Qianshun of Xixia sent someone to invite Yanxi to go to Xixia. Yanxi agreed. To the north of the Zhungeer Banner of the Kezhao League, the advance envoy named Li Qianshun the emperor of Xia.Later, Yanxi heard that the Jinren had sent a letter to Li Qianshun, ordering him to arrest Yanxi on the condition that he cut off the land to Liao. .In the first month of the fourth year of Baoda, Yanxi went eastward to Yelu Mage's army, and was suddenly attacked by Jin soldiers. He abandoned his camp and fled north, and Yelu Mage was captured.Mogeshi sent people to welcome them, offering some horses, camels, and sheep. Yanxi and others, who hadn't eaten for several days, were considered to have something to eat.A few days passed, and the sheep were eaten up again. I had no choice but to take off my clothes and exchange food with the people along the way.It was not easy to settle down until we reached the Wugu Enemy Department.At this time, Yelu Dashi, a member of the imperial family, also fled back from the Golden Barracks, bringing 7,000 troops with him. The addition of this team seemed to give Yanxi a shot in the arm. At the same time, Mogeshi's tribe was also willing to be dispatched by him. , He thought it was "God helped Zhongxing", and once again he was in a daze and wanted to send troops to recover Yan and Yun. Yan Xiqiang led all the troops to send troops from Jiashan, went south to Wuzhou (Wangzhai, Shanxi), and met the Jin soldiers at Yanhaoxiashui (northwest of Datong, Shanxi), and the Liao army was defeated.Yanxi fled back to Jiashan again, the soldiers lost their clothes, and the generals surrendered to the Jinbing one after another.At this time, Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty sent a monk with an imperial pen and silk script to find Yanxi, saying that he wanted to welcome Yanxi to the Song Dynasty. Yanxi was overjoyed and immediately agreed to go, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that the Song Dynasty could not protect itself. So he gave up the idea of ​​going to Song Dynasty and fled to Shanyin. In Shanyin, there were less than 4,000 households and more than 10,000 infantry and cavalry who followed Yanxi, but he still didn't want to think that he was in exile, on the verge of doom, and he was still dissolute and unrestrained.His concubine had long been a prisoner of the Jin soldiers, and at this time took over the wife of Ye Ge, a member of the Tubulu tribe, and made Ye Ge the governor of the headquarters.All kinds of shameless acts aroused the indignation of the followers. Some people planned to raise troops to rebel, but they were suppressed by the guards Taibao Xiaoshu. In the first month of the fifth year of Baoda (AD 1125), Xiao Hulu, the chief of the Dangxiang tribe, sent someone to invite Yanxi to go. Yanxi went west through the desert, and suddenly encountered Jin Bing on the way.Yanxi escaped on foot, and his attendants took out a beaded hat for him to wear. He was afraid of being recognized by the Jin soldiers, so he dared not wear it, so he escaped on Zhang Rengui's horse. Only Xiao Shuzhe and a dozen other guards followed him up.After passing the German army, I finally saw a family on the side of the road. Yanxi wanted to stay at the top, and didn't want to be recognized by the people. He knelt in front of Yanxi and cried bitterly. Yanxi was very moved when he saw how loyal this family was. Sealed as Jiedushi.After staying in this family for a few days, Yanxi was on the road again.Unexpectedly, the traces they left on the snow just provided clues to the Jin soldiers who were chasing after them.In February, when Yanxi fled to a place 60 miles east of Yingzhou Xincheng, he was captured by Jin general Wanyan Loushi. In August, Jin Taizong Wu Qimai conferred the title of Yanxi King of the Seashore, and escorted him to live in Baibai Mountain.Yanxi died of illness after being imprisoned for a year at the age of 54.Posthumously titled "Emperor Tianzuo of the Great Liao Dynasty", he was buried next to Qianling Mausoleum. So far, the Liao Dynasty, which had been established for 219 years, perished.Except for Yelu Dashi who ascended the throne in the west, the Yelu family no longer has any strongholds in the interior.