Chapter 337: Every family is covered in chicken feathers

Li Liangzuo was young and did not hide the Queen Mother as regent.

The Queen Mother's brother did not hide the fact that Pang was appointed as the Prime Minister of the country and took charge of the government affairs.

The Song Dynasty quickly canonized Li Liangzuo, but the Liao Kingdom was unwilling because Yelv Zong, the Xingzong of Liao, was still gritting his teeth and preparing for revenge.

Previously, Emperor Xingzong of the Liao Dynasty, Yelu Zongzhen, led an army of 100,000 to conquer Xixia. He originally wanted to get a big advantage, but was killed by Li Yuanhao, the strongest military leader at the time, and fled in embarrassment, almost becoming a prisoner.

The vigorous momentum of the Liao Kingdom's rise in national power was defeated by Li Yuanhao in this battle.

Liao Xingzong Yelu Zongzhen was humiliated by Xue's defeat at the south wall, so he took advantage of the new Xixia lord Li Liangzuo's establishment and once again issued an edict to conquer personally.

This time the Xixia was defeated, so Li Liangzuo was not favored and asked to be a minister on behalf of Li Liangzuo, but the Liao Kingdom did not accept it.

When Liang Zuo was first established, there were still three generals in Xixia stationed outside with strong troops, so they were a little worried about not hiding their favors.

But when the three generals died one by one, Wu Zang's blackmail favor expanded, invading the border fortresses of the Song Dynasty for many years, occupying territory, and plundering the people.

The Liao State was difficult to deal with, but the Song State could still crush it.

Then it happened to the woman.

In the fourth year of Fu Sheng's reign and the first year of Jiayou in the Song Dynasty, Li Liangzuo was nine years old and gradually understood the world.

The Bu Zang family was a promiscuous man who loved to travel and have fun. He often lit up the streets and had all the knights and guards out for fun at night.

Dangxiang women were unrestrained and passionate. When she was a nun in Jietan Temple, Wu Zang had an affair with her late husband, Ye Liyu, a beggar and cashier, Li Shougui. Later, she also committed adultery with Baobao, Li Yuanhao's attendant.

So Li Shougui and Baobao had eaten too much and became love rivals.

Once, Wu Zang and her lover Bao Bao were on their way back from a hunting night in Helan Mountain. Suddenly dozens of Tibetan soldiers jumped out and killed Wu Zang and Bao Bao.

Knowing who did it, Pang Sui ordered the extermination of Li Shougui's family.

When the Wu Zang family died, Wu Zang Pang was afraid of losing his political power, so he married his daughter to Li Liangzuo and became his queen, controlling the political power.

In the third year of Xidu and the fourth year of Jiayou in the Song Dynasty, Li Liangzuo was twelve years old and began to participate in state affairs.

Wu Zang blackmailed Pang to kill Li Liangzuo's close confidants Gao Huaichang and Mao Weizheng. Li Liangzuo knew that they were killed for him to see. He was deeply dissatisfied and began to condescend to the political enemy of the blackmail, General Manmei. , become confidants.

Success is a woman, failure is a woman. Success is an affair, failure is an affair.

Unexpectedly, she blackmailed Pang's daughter-in-law, Mrs. Liang, and had an affair with Li Liangzuo. When Pang and his son plotted to kill Li Liangzuo, Ms. Liang went to tell her lover.

Li Liangzuo made a prompt decision, and with the support of General Manmei and others, he executed Yupang and his family, and also killed the empress Meuzang. This ended the situation of Meuzang's monopoly, and appointed his lover Liang as the queen. He appointed Empress Liang's younger brother. Liang Yi was buried as prime minister.

After taking the throne, Liang Zuo began to show his presence to the Liao Kingdom and the Song Dynasty.

Hearing that there was a conflict between Xifan and Liao Dynasty in Hexi, he led his army to attack Xisiluo. He stationed his troops in ancient Weizhou and planned to annex the familiar tribes there.

Zhang Fangping, the magistrate of Qinzhou, issued a proclamation, calling on the officials and the people to be on guard. Li Liangzuo's plan did not come true, so he led his army to the west and fought with the Western Tibetan people in the Qingtang Dynasty. He was defeated and returned. He was also afraid of the coming of Xisiluo. They invaded, so they built a fort next to ancient Weizhou and sent troops to guard it.

Zhang Fangping resigned due to Sima Guang's impeachment.

Last autumn, Xixia sent troops to Qin Feng and Jingyuan again. This time there was no active defense by Zhang Fangping.

So Xixia plundered the residents, killing and plundering tens of thousands of people and animals.

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Xixia was like this, and Liao was also in trouble.

When Xingzong of Liao was in power, the country's power was declining day by day. During the reign of Xingzong of Liao, traitors were in power, politics was corrupt, the people were in poverty, and the army was weak.

Xingzong of the Liao Dynasty fought for years and conquered Xixia many times. He forced the Song Dynasty to pay more annual coins, which in turn made the people in the Liao Kingdom complain and made their lives miserable. He destroyed his father Liao Shengzong's good cards.

When Yelv Zongzhen came to the throne, his mother Xiao Yujin controlled power.

Xiao Yujin was originally just a palace maid. After Yelv Zongzhen was born, Empress Qitian Xiao Bodhisattva had no children, so she personally raised Yelv Zongzhen as her own child.

After the death of Liao Shengzong, Xiao Yujin established herself as the Queen Mother of Fatian. This woman had a great desire for power and quickly dealt with a large number of veteran ministers.

The matter involved Brother Xiao Bodhisattva, Empress of Qitian, and Yelu Zongzhen begged for mercy for Brother Xiao Bodhisattva. Xiao Yujin refused to listen and moved Queen Xiao Bodhisattva, Queen of Qitian, to Shangjing on charges of treason.

When Emperor Xingzong came to spring hunting, Xiao Yujin was worried that he would miss his upbringing, so he quickly sent people to Shangjing to kill Empress Qitian.

These actions made the relationship between mother and son very tense.

What's even more exaggerated is that Xiao Yujin was worried that his power would be deprived of power after Xingzong became the pro-government, so he conspired with Xiao Xiaoxian's brothers in an attempt to abolish Xingzong and install his youngest son Yelv Chongyuan.

Yelu Zhongyuan informed his brother Yelu Zongzhen of his mother's plan.

Xingzong was unwilling to be deposed and plotted secretly.

In May of the third year of the Chongxi reign of the Liao Dynasty, Xiao Kunjin and Xingzong went to the palace to cool off, while Xiao Kunjin's cronies stayed in Zhongjing.

Seeing that the time was ripe, Xingzong first found an excuse to detain Xiao Xiaoxian, forcing him to confess the conspiracy to abolish the establishment, and then surrounded the palace with his own soldiers.

Yelu Xisun led people to break into Xiao Kunjin's sleeping tent, killed dozens of servants around her, and then took her to Qingzhou in a prison car and put her under house arrest.

The next day, Xiao Yujin was deposed as a commoner, and Xiao Yujin's group was eradicated.

After Xiao Yujin was imprisoned, the minister once proposed to take the Queen Mother back in order to obtain the annual gifts given to the Queen Mother by the Song Dynasty, but Xingzong of Liao Dynasty did not adopt it.

In July of the 16th year of Chongxi's reign, Xingzong felt inspired by the sutra of repaying kindness, so he brought Xiao Yujin, who was nearly seventy years old, back to support him, but she had no regrets.

The resentment between mother and son is getting deeper and deeper. They are wary of each other. Even if they occasionally go out together, they are separated by dozens of miles.

In the twenty-fourth year of Chongxi's reign, Xingzong passed away. However, Xiao Yujin did not look sad at all. When he saw his daughter-in-law, Queen Chongsheng Xiao Tali, weeping like a rite, he even said to her: "You are still young, why should you be sad like this!"

This is the love between heaven and family!

Because he ascended the throne, the attitude of his younger brother Yelu Chongyuan played a decisive role, so Liao Xingzong was very grateful to his younger brother Yelu Chongyuan.

One time when he was drunk, he even talked nonsense and promised to pass the throne to Yelu Chongyuan in a hundred years and make him the crown prince.

However, his son Yelu Hongji was not named the crown prince, but was only named the marshal of the world's soldiers and horses.

This gave rise to the evil consequences of Yelu Chongyuan and his son's attempt to seize the throne after Daozong of the Liao Dynasty succeeded to the throne.

In the twenty-fourth year of Chongxi and the second year of Zhihe in the Song Dynasty, Xingzong was critically ill. He summoned Yelu Hongji and told him the outline of governing the country. He also ordered that Yelu Hongji should succeed to the throne.

After Yelu Hongji came to the throne, he was not wary of the emperor's uncle Yelu Chongyuan and continued to re-employ him. The internal battles among the top officials became fierce.

In July last year, Yelu Chongyuan pretended to be ill and wanted to lure Yelu Hongji to visit him while he was out hunting. Then he and his son Yelu Nerugu took the opportunity to assassinate Yelu Hongji and seize the throne.

Palace man Yelu Liang discovered the conspiracy and informed the Empress Dowager, who then informed Yelu Hongji.

Yelu Hongji didn't even believe it.

Yeluliang had no choice but to suggest that Yelu Hongji recruit Yelu Nerugu. If Yelu Nerugu refused to come, it can be inferred that this matter is absolutely true.

As a result, as soon as the messenger arrived in front of Yerunelugu's gate, Yerunerugu detained him under his tent, but did not kill him immediately.

The envoy cut open the tent with a saber and escaped, rushing to the palace to report the actual situation to Yelu Hongji. Only then did Yelu Hongji believe it, so he sent troops to quell the chaos.

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Every family is a mess. In comparison, the dispute between the two palaces of the Song Dynasty royal family is quite mild.

Therefore, under the diplomatic situation last year, the Hexi Fanbu suddenly became important.

Yelu Hongji married his eldest daughter to Dong Fei, the son of Zu Siluo, the barbarian leader of the Zu clan, hoping that he would contain Xixia.

The Song Dynasty also enshrined Si Siluo and his sons, hoping that they would serve as vanguards against the Xia Dynasty.
Chapter completed!