Chapter 300 Chapter 299 Dezong Yelu Dashi

Yelu Dashi, styled Chongde, is the eighth-generation grandson of Yelu Abaozhi, Taizu of the Liao Dynasty.But in his youth, his status was close to that of a commoner, and it was impossible to seek a high position through the shadow of his ancestors.Through hard work, he became an all-rounder in both civil and military affairs who was good at riding and shooting, and also proficient in Chinese and Khitan. In the fifth year of Tianqing (1115 A.D.), Dashi passed the Jinshi examination.He was first appointed as Hanlin Yingfeng, and soon promoted to Hanlin Chengzhi.Because the Khitan language called Hanlin Lin Ya, "Great Stone Lin Ya" has become the customary name for him since then.Later, Dashi left the imperial court and successively served as the governor of Taizhou and Xiangzhou (in today's Baicheng of Jilin and the northeast of Nong'an in Heilongjiang) and the governor of Liaoxing Army (in Pingzhou, today's Lujie, Hebei).

In March of the second year of Baoda (AD 1122), under the attack of Jin soldiers, Emperor Tianzuo fled into Jiashan in a hurry, and the ruling group of Liao Dynasty fell apart.Li Chuwen, Hui Libao and others took the opportunity to support Yeluchun as emperor in Nanjing (now Beijing), known as the Northern Liao Dynasty in history.Because Dashi served as Jiedushi's Liao Xingjun belonged to Nanjing Road, he naturally became an official under Yeluchun's system. In May of that year, the Song army came to attack.Although Dashi repelled the attack of the Song army, it could not save the fate of the fall of the Northern Liao Dynasty.In November of the second year of Baoda, Jin soldiers occupied Juyongguan. Dashi and Huilibao led the remnant army overnight to expand Yeluchun's empress Xiao Puxian, who fled westward from Gubeikou.

In February of the third year of Baoda, Dashi and Yeluchun's wife Xiao Puxian found Emperor Tianzuo in exile in Tiande Army (east of Hohhot City).Emperor Tianzuo had held grudges against Yeluchun and his wife for a long time, and rebuked Dashi, saying: "I'm not dead yet! How dare you set up another Yeluchun!?" Dashi replied: "Your Majesty, with the power of the whole country, cannot resist the enemy, abandon the country and flee far away. Even if you support 10 Yeluchuns, they are all descendants of the Taizu, isn't it better than begging for someone else's life?" Some righteous words made Emperor Tianzuo speechless and speechless , had no choice but to pardon Dashi's "sins", and politely gave him food and drink.

Then, Emperor Tianzuo sent Dashi to lead an army eastward to capture Fengsheng Prefecture (now Zhuolu, Hebei) to contain the Jin soldiers.In April of that year, Dashi was attacked by Jin Jiang Lou Shi and other troops at his camp 25 miles east of Longmen. Unfortunately, he was defeated and captured because he was outnumbered. Under the shackles of Jinren's slavery, Dashi is always looking for opportunities to escape.And the Jinren have also been making up their minds, trying to win over this Khitan nobleman who is both civil and military.But no matter how soft and hard the Jinren acted, the big stone remained unmoved like a hard stone.One day, Jin Jiang Nianhan invited Dashi to gamble in Shuanglu. Nianhan was domineering and Dashi was neither humble nor overbearing.Nianhan is calm on the surface, but actually has murderous intentions in his heart.After returning to the account, Dashi hurriedly took his son out of the golden camp in the dark.

Yelu Dashi went through all kinds of hardships, followed Emperor Tianzuo, and managed the precarious situation painstakingly, but he could not gain the trust of Emperor Tianzuo, and gradually fell into the danger of being killed.Under the double pressure of the decaying ruling group inside the Liao court and the emerging Jurchen aristocrats outside the court, Dashi's rule of the Liao Dynasty in the formerly ruled area was on the verge of despair. The grim reality forced him to leave Emperor Tianzuo quickly and go his own way. . In July of the fourth year of Baoda (1124 A.D.), Dashi pretended to be ill, killed Xiao Yixue and Po Likuo, the privy envoys of the Northern Court who were monitoring him, and galloped northwestward with 200 cavalry overnight.

Soon, Dashi came to Zhenzhou, trying to restore the Liao Dynasty.The leaders of all ethnic groups responded positively, and they jointly drew more than 10,000 elite soldiers and handed them over to Dashi to command.Oishi immediately proclaimed himself king, reorganized the bureaucracy, established a new military force, and laid a solid foundation for further development in the future. In 1131, after some battles, the 38-year-old Dashi, supported by civil and military officials, ascended to the throne of emperor in Erman (northeast of Bukhara, Uzbekistan today), known as "Gerhan" and the Chinese title Said "God Bless the Emperor", changed Yuan Yanqing, posthumously posthumously his grandfather as Emperor Siyuan, and grandmother as Empress Xuanyi.The concubine Xiao of the Yuan Dynasty was also registered as Queen Zhaode.Because the Xiliao regime was established on the basis of the Kara Khanate, it is also called Kara Khitan or Black Khitan.

Balasagon is located in the west of the Ili River, the south bank of the Chu River (Chu River), and the west bank of Rehai (Issyk-Kul Lake). It is the political, economic and cultural center of Central Asia.In the third year of Yanqing (1133 A.D.), Dashi was officially established as the capital of Balasagon, renamed Husiurduo (meaning "powerful palace account" in Khitan), and changed to Yuankang. After Xiliao announced its establishment, Dashi took a series of measures to consolidate his rule.He suppressed the Kangli rebellion, and dispatched Shahena (dudu) to various places to convey decrees and collect taxes.In order to ease the ethnic conflicts among the subordinate ministries, Dashi implemented a lighter taxation system.Treating the leaders of various tribes who surrendered, allowing them to self-govern, religious beliefs also try their best to allow freedom, as long as a silver medal is tied on the belt to indicate that they are his subjects.This relatively moderate policy of governing the country won the welcome of the Central Asian people, effectively guaranteed the smooth exercise of the rule of the Western Liao Dynasty, and the social order tended to be more peaceful.

A few years later, the fatigue of the founders of Xiliao's long journey disappeared.Their cattle also put on weight.In the process of moving westward, Dashi has always regarded counterattacking the Jin soldiers and rejuvenating the Liao Dynasty as the ultimate goal. With the stability of the rule and the strength of the army, he believes that the time for a strategic counterattack is ripe.In March of the first year of Kangguo (1134 A.D.), Dashi ordered Xiao Wuli, the king of the Sixth Academy, to be the marshal of the military and horse capital, and led 70,000 cavalry to march eastward.

The Western Liaodong Expeditionary Army successively conquered Kashgar, Hotan (now Hotan, Xinjiang), Hezhou (now East Astara, Turpan County, Xinjiang) and other places.However, on the way to the east, they were attacked by severe natural disasters, and a large number of cattle and horses died, causing heavy losses.Dashi sighed: "The emperor is not going well, and the number is too!" He gave up his volunteering to go to the former ruled area of ​​the Liao Dynasty to restore the country. The reality of the setback in the Eastern Expedition prompted Dashi to concentrate on managing his new land.After that, Dashi determined to move westward until he forced Khwarazimosha (king) Atixize to surrender, paid a large amount of gold coins and livestock every year, and became a vassal state of Xiliao.So far, the territory of the Western Liao Dynasty starts from Hami in the east, extends to the Aral Sea in the west, reaches the upper reaches of the Yenisei River in the north, and reaches the Amu Darya River in the south. The vast Central Asian region has ended the situation of separatist disputes. feudal empire.

In the tenth year of Kangguo, Yelu Dashi died of illness in the palace tent of Husiurduo. He established the temple name according to the Han system, and honored him with the posthumous title "Dezong".