Chapter 298 Chapter 297 Xuanzong Yeluchun

Xuanzong Yeluchun, the founder of Northern Liao Dynasty, was born in the noble family of Liao Dynasty society in the second year of Qingning (AD 1063).Fathers Yelu and Luwo are the second sons of Xingzong Emperor Yeluzongzhen and the younger brothers of Daozong Emperor Yelu Hongji. Grand Marshal, Grand Master, and Ti Yin, nicknamed "Yihe Renshou", served as the second stay in Nanjing, and were important ministers in the court at that time.Yeluchun was born with delicate features and gentle temperament, and probably because of this, Heluwo gave him the Han Chinese name "Chun" and his nickname Nie Li.Yeluchun received all kinds of love from his parents and the favor of the emperors and empresses of all ages. Empress Xiao Tali of Xingzong especially liked this emperor's grandson, and took him into the palace to raise him for several years.

In March of the sixth year of Dakang (1080 A.D.), Yeluchun was sent to Zhangshengzhou and other places as a Jiedu envoy because he was only close to Yelubais, a minister whom Daozong disliked.For the next 20 years, Yeluchun was transferred from this state to that state, and has been serving in the local government of the Liao Dynasty.When Emperor Tianzuo came to the throne, Yeluchun was already 39 years old.According to the practice of Emperor Tween Buze, he was given the title of King Zheng, and soon became King of Yue.Emperor Tianzuo was not full of prejudice against this uncle like Daozong because of trivial matters.In the sixth year of Qiantong (AD 1106), Yeluchun was called into the imperial court to pay homage to the prime minister of the South Chu, and presided over the formulation of the most complete set of etiquette and justice in the history of the Liao Dynasty. Emperor Tianzuo was overjoyed and immediately named him King of Wei .After He Luwo's ​​death, he ordered Yeluchun to inherit his father's business and serve as the left-behind in Nanjing.The post of staying behind in Nanjing has always been qualified only for close ministers of the prince. Yeluchun was awarded this title, which fully demonstrated the importance and trust of Emperor Tianzuo to him.

Since the Jurchen anti-Liao war led by Wanyan Aguda began, the Liao army suffered consecutive defeats. The originally sharp class conflicts and ethnic conflicts have intensified, and the disintegration of the ruling group has also intensified. The rule of Emperor Tianzuo is in jeopardy. They began to plan to throw away this foolish king and find another new master. The long-renowned "great sage" Yeluchun became the target of this group of people. In the second year of Baoda (AD 1122), in order to avoid the fierce pursuit of the Jurchens, Tianzuo Emperor Yelu Yanxi fled from Nanjing to Xijing, and then fled into the valleys and mountains of Jiashan.Before leaving, he ordered Yeluchun, Zhang Lin, Li Chuwen and others to stay in Yanjing, so as to block Jurchen's pursuit for him.However, the soldiers and civilians in Yanjing no longer wanted to continue to work for this faint king, and were determined to kick the old master away and change to a new world.Because Li Chuwen, his younger brother Li Chuneng, and Du Tong Xiao Qian tried their best to persuade him to advance, Yeluchun ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, and the Northern Liao Dynasty was born.

The new emperor ascended the throne, and the honorable title of the ministers was "Emperor Tianxi".Yeluchun also responded to the repeated demands of the father and the people of Yanjing, and executed Liu Yanliang, who was accompanied by Emperor Tianzuo as a "meat stick", and his wife Yunqi, who was a prostitute, and then announced an amnesty. When Yeluchun became emperor, he occupied the 6 roads of Yan, Yun, Ping, Zhongjing, Shangjing, and Liaoxi. With the military expansion of the Jurchens, the territory was also shrinking sharply.In April of that year, Jin soldiers captured Xijing, and all the tribes in Xilu prefecture and county surrendered.In order to get rid of the isolated situation, Yeluchun hastily dispatched Xiao Taboye, the minister of Huinan Academy, and Wang Juyuan, deputy secretary of the Privy Council, to the Song Dynasty as an envoy to thank the Song Dynasty. Not allowed.Yeluchun ordered Yelushi to lead 1,500 cavalry troops to station in Zhuozhou Xincheng, and ordered Xiao Qian's commanding army to send 20,000 troops to reinforce them.

The Song Army's pressure was temporarily relieved, but the threat of the Jin Bing was increasing day by day.Yeluchun had no choice but to turn his head to ask Jin for peace because he was still alive. He wrote a letter to Yan Gao, the commander of the Jin army, begging his subordinates to show mercy and save Liao Zongshi, but Wan Yangao sternly refused.He also sent an envoy to seek peace from the gold master Aguda, who wrote back and said, "You have committed a heinous crime. If you don't surrender, you will only be exterminated!" After Yeluchun read it, he was very anxious and fell ill immediately.At this time, Yeluchun heard the news that Emperor Tianzuo had gathered 50,000 elite soldiers and was scheduled to fight back to Yanjing in August. Chala, the envoy sent by Emperor Tianzuo to comfort the people and ask for clothes, fur and tea medicine, also Galloped to Yanjing.Yeluchun broke out in a cold sweat again, feeling extremely depressed.

Yeluchun's condition worsened day by day, and knowing that he was going to die soon, he appointed Li Chuwen as the Marshal of the capital, the president of the military and political power, and planned to entrust him with the funeral affairs.On the night of June 24th, Yeluchun died in a crisis on all sides. He was 60 years old and reigned for 98 days. He was posthumously named Emperor Xiaozhang and temple named Xuanzong. As soon as Yeluchun died, Xiao Qian and the others did not mourn in secret, and used force to enshrine Empress Xiao Puxian as the Empress Dowager, with the power to manage military and state affairs.In the first month of the following year, the Jin soldiers captured Yanjing, the Northern Liao Dynasty collapsed, Xiao Puxian fled westward, and was killed by Emperor Tianzuo.