Fu Song

Chapter 669 Argument
Yelu Longxu adjusted a more comfortable posture, looked at Yeluzhen, and said quietly: "There are still two years!"

"What two years?" Yeluzhen didn't react for a while.

"According to the rules of our Khitan, one becomes an adult at the age of 16, and one can become a householder." Yelu Longxu squinted his eyes, but there was a faint glimmer of light in his eyes.

Yeluzhen smiled slightly and said, "But you have to be married to be the head of the family."

"What if you can't get married?" Yelu Longxu sneered.

"How is this possible?" Yeluzhen said, "As far as I know, the Empress Dowager has been actively looking for a suitable marriage for Her Majesty!"

"Yeah, I'm actively looking for it, but I can't find a suitable one for a while! Everyone Xiao is like a quail now, and it's too late to shrink back!"

"Actually, there's no rush for this matter." Yeluzhen said: "It's an eventful time right now, but it's better to wait until everything stabilizes before discussing this matter. Yelu Longxu, after experiencing the Lin Ping incident, we just stopped for two days. In the past year, there should be no more incidents. Think back then, if the first emperor hadn’t died, if Lin Ping hadn’t caused trouble, we would have taken the southern part of the Song Kingdom in one go, and we would have captured the southern part of the Song Kingdom long ago, and there would still be the current problems there.”

Yelujun passed away smiling in the Long Live Palace after Daliao captured Tokyo.

And Lin Ping, who returned to Shangjing ahead of schedule, began to conspire and arrange to deal with Empress Xiao Chuo.

The two forces collided, and the Liao army had to stop its advance, and the main force retreated northward.

After some fighting, the queen won a complete victory in the country, and Lin Ping's family was defeated.

But by that time, the best time to destroy Song Dynasty in one fell swoop has passed.

Song Guo’s Guizhou Road appeasement envoy Xiao Cheng joined forces with Yunnan Road, Guangnan East Road, and Guangnan West Road to support the new emperor in Jiangning. war.

After a moment of silence, Yelu Longxu said, "That was the late emperor's decision."

"That's what you said, I didn't see it, and I didn't hear it!" Yeluzhen sneered.

"It's just that you don't want to believe it!" Yelu Longxu was a little angry, "otherwise, where did your Zhennan King's hat come from?"

Yeluzhen raised her brows immediately, and a cold light flashed in her eyes, as if she was about to attack, but just as she sat upright, she softened again, she shook her head and said, "What's the use of talking about it now?"

"It's useless, so I'm talking about the future!" Yelu Longxu said. "Da Yue has already found a suitable woman for the emperor."

Yeluzhen was startled: "Whose family's girl?"

No wonder Yeluzhen was a little surprised.

The queen of Daliao can only be selected from the Xiao clan, this is the rule.

Like the current empress Xiao Chuo, everyone in the world thinks that he is from the Xiao family, and his father is Xiao Siwen.

There are very few people who really know Xiao Chuo's background, only the top group of people in the two countries.

These people in the Liao Kingdom will not make a sound, because this will mess up their own positions.

And people in the Song Dynasty who knew the inside story would not say it, because that would directly make Xiao Erlang nowhere to stand.

The two sides are now beating wolves with hemp sticks, and they are afraid at both ends.

So no one said anything.

As for the Xiao family, under the mighty power of the Empress Dowager Chengtian, who dares to come out and marry the emperor?
Isn't this adding sand to the Empress Dowager's eyes?

Do you want to die?
So it's not that no one has mentioned this matter this year, but it's true that no one dared to take on this job.

"Xiao Bo's granddaughter is twelve years old, gentle and gentle, she can be a good match for the emperor!" Yelu Longxu laughed.

Yeluzhen immediately understood.

Xiao Bo's family can only be regarded as a remote branch of the Xiao family, and should not be taken seriously at all.Xiao Bo was quite talented among them, that's why he was sent to Zhao country to serve as Qu Zhen's prime minister. In fact, he held the actual power of Zhao country, so as to help Daliao get the most benefits.

But in the battle last year, Xiao Bo died in battle.

With Xiao Bo's death, this house is almost completely ruined. The little family property that has been accumulated with great difficulty over the years is most likely to be swallowed up by others.

At this time, they really dared to accept the move that Yu Yue handed out.

Because they have nothing to lose.

Might as well take a gamble.

If she wins the bet, her daughter will become the queen, and the whole family will be able to turn over immediately and become the most honorable Xiao clan.

Losing the bet is nothing more than a death sentence. Is there any big difference from now?
What's more, the person behind this matter is Da Yue Yelu Hongzhen.

Although he was in his eighties, and although the old man seldom went out, as the emperor's grandpa, the former military commander of Daliao, Prince Yeluhong's prestige still made people dare not look directly at him.

Even the Empress Dowager Chengtian would not be willing to confront such a person head-on.

Empress Dowager Chengtian is not in a hurry, she can afford to wait.

The old man is over 80, and he might not wake up anytime soon.

"When the time comes, Da Yue hopes that the king of Zhennan will show his support." Yelu Longxu said: "Xiao Bo is also considered as your subordinate. If you want to seek some benefits for his family, you will not refuse, will you?"

"Let's talk about it when the time comes!" Yeluzhen didn't agree, but she didn't refuse either.

"My lord, you are a member of the Yelu tribe, you can't avoid these things!" Yelu Longxu said, "Even if it's over 16 years old, there will be such arguments every year from now on."

"Your Majesty is inexperienced. If I follow my opinion, at least after we have won a decisive victory on the battlefield, it will not be too late for the Queen Mother to return to power!" Yeluzhen said: "Before we have an absolute advantage, we will have internal disputes again. It will only give Song people an opportunity to take advantage of. This kind of thing can never happen again! Every time this happens, our losses will be unbearable. And, even if the government is returned, how much can it really change?"

"But this is absolutely different, don't pretend to be confused!" Yelu Longxu said: "The government is returned, even though the power is still in the hands of the queen mother, but the emperor also has the power to handle political affairs, after all, it is a big leap forward. Take a step."

"What did Yeluhuan, Yelusheng, Yelumin, and Yeluhu say?"

"As long as you take the lead in speaking out in support, Yelu Huan, Yelu Sheng, and Yeluhu will definitely follow up. As for Yelumin, is it important?"

"You think it's simple!" Yeluzhen shook her head: "Let's figure this out slowly! I don't want to make a mistake and bring disaster to the Yelu clan's children!"

The words were not speculative, and both of them fell silent.

Yelu Longxu sighed, stood up, grabbed the robe hanging on the wall, put it on his body, and said: "I have said everything that should be said, and the one who will become the pillar of the Daliao Township in the future must be You Zhennan King, but in my opinion, your backbone has been broken by the Queen Mother, so I am leaving today. I will leave for Daming Mansion today. The sooner I arrive, the sooner I will take care of this matter. We The more successful it is, the more powerful the emperor will be!"

Yeluzhen didn't get up, but just waved her hand.

Yelu Longxu opened the door and walked into the wind and snow without looking back.

The door was wide open, the cold wind blew snowflakes into the house, the fire in the firepit was soaked by the wind, time burned wildly, sometimes dying, Yeluzhen held the wine glass and drank slowly.

After all, it is still not calm!

Both cooperation and struggle!
He couldn't help but think of what Empress Dowager Chengtian Xiao Chuo said to him.

The queen mother knows the true meaning of political struggle!

However, this kind of fighting will eventually distract a lot of energy. Fortunately, Song Guo is not the only one, and there is also a group of people standing opposite Xiao Erlang, pulling his hind legs.

Yelu Longxu has always been the out-and-out main force against the Queen Mother, but this person's ability is extraordinary.

Being able to release such a person to hold great power in his hands, Xiao Chuo is still so generous and confident.

This is also one of the biggest reasons why Yeluzhen has always supported Xiao Chuo.

The Liao Kingdom needs a leader like this.

Right now, Yeluzhen does not see anyone who can replace Xiao Chuo.

The emperor has not yet grown up.

The enemy is still watching.

A slight mistake can lead to catastrophe.

It seems that it is difficult to tell the winner in a short period of time in the dispute between countries, but sometimes, it only needs a key move to go wrong, and there will be endless problems in the follow-up.

In the end, these countless small mistakes will lead to big mistakes, which will lead to irreparable disasters.

The lessons learned by the Song Dynasty must be guarded against.

Didn't the emperor of the Song Dynasty just want to deprive Jing Wang Zhao Zhe of his military power, lest this too good son threaten his position?

It was precisely because of this seemingly irrelevant personnel exchange that Daliao seized the opportunity to complete the feat of destroying the Song Dynasty in one fell swoop.

If it wasn't for God not being open-minded, Yelujun became seriously ill at this juncture, and there is a high probability that there will be no Song Kingdom in this world now.

Empress Dowager Chengtian really has an exquisite heart!

This time's move can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone!
Letting Yelu Longxu take charge of this matter means that he is entangled in countless complicated matters, which makes him have no energy to take care of this mess in Zhongjing.

And letting this guy work under him also meant letting him keep an eye on him.

From this point of view, the Empress Dowager Chengtian's trust in him has not changed.

Yelu Hongzhen, who is bigger than Yue, is indeed of the same prestige, but after all, he is too old. This year, his health has become worse and worse. I heard that this winter, he will not be able to get out of bed. How long he can last is a question.

On top of this matter, as long as the queen mother uses a dragging tactic, her opponent will be helpless.

And let Zhao Jing come back to be the king of Song, haha, it's really wonderful.

But is Zhao Jing really embarrassed?

Yeluzhen recalled the Battle of Tokyo that year, the scene where the Privy Councilor of the Song Dynasty bombarded Chen Gui with no bones left, the scene where the Chief Assistant Xia Jie sliced ​​off his own face with a sword and then committed suicide, and remembered the scene in that On the wide avenue, hundreds of Song Dynasty officials committed suicide.

Zhao Jing, he would rather die than agree, right?
Emperor Zhao Suo and Emperor Zhao Jing were both imprisoned in Wuguocheng.

The small Five Kingdoms City is no more than [-] steps long and less than [-] steps wide. It is like a shaft, imprisoning the supreme being of the Song Dynasty in it. All they can do every day is to sit in the well and watch the sky.

On the outskirts of the Five Kingdoms City, there are court ladies, eunuchs, and a large number of officials' children who were captured by the Liao Army from Tokyo.Unlike the persecuted artisans who were taken away along the way, these people were devastated.When they arrived here, there were no more than half of the tens of thousands of people left.

And a few years passed, and some people couldn't bear such suffering, and finally bowed their heads.

However, the Empress Dowager Chengtian did not hesitate to give official positions to those who were willing to surrender, and directly made them a part of the grassroots officials of the Liao Kingdom.

Whether it is for Daliao or Dal Song, people who can read and understand management are far from enough.

As more and more people left, basically only some eunuchs and diehards remained here.

And the maids have long been snatched away by the Liao army guarding them and the Jurchens nearby.

On the pretext of guarding the emperor of the Song Dynasty in the Five Kingdoms City, the Liao army stationed a whole 3000-member Shan army cavalry here.

In name, they were guarding the emperor of the Song Dynasty, but in fact, they were an important force controlling the entire Jurchen between the black mountains and white waters.

Jurchens are never honest.

Don't look at Brother Yan, Wanyan Yinshu, including Wanyan Yujian, are all working for the Liao Kingdom, but the entire Jurchen tribe has always been a worry for the people of the Liao Kingdom. If you give them a little color, they will cause trouble .

That is to say, in the past few years, the Empress Dowager Chengtian began to change her strategy, from the blindly brutal suppression in the past to the combination of suppression and appeasement, vigorously recruiting mature Jurchen, and at the same time began to seduce those who were born Jurchen with economic benefits.

Isn't it because you want to survive and live a good life when you call back and forth?

Under the continuous operation, the order between the black mountains and the white waters has been greatly improved.

And this is also the reason why the Empress Dowager Chengtian is willing to release Wanyan Starling.

Wanyan Agu beat the newborn calf. He didn't fully understand the strength of Daliao, and he had to give him a hard time from time to time, so he asked Wanyan Bage, who was familiar with the inside story, to go back and beat him up.

The current Jurchens are not so much a vassal of the Liao Kingdom, but a vassal of the Empress Dowager Chengtian.

Because of Yelujun's edict, Wanyan Bage is no longer tolerated by the imperial party, and has no choice but to continue to attach himself to the empress dowager and be the empress dowager's forerunner.

A carriage was driving through the snow with some difficulty. In the carriage, a middle-aged man sat cross-legged with a serious expression on his face.

His name is Luo Yi.

The eldest son of Luo Song, the former prime minister of the Song Dynasty.

He is also the eldest brother of Luo Gang, Governor of Yunnan and Guizhou in the New Song Dynasty.

He was ordered by his father to secretly come to the City of Five Kingdoms to meet Zhao Jing, the former emperor of the Great Song Dynasty.

Today, the Luo family and his son are extremely special existences in the Liao Kingdom.

In name, Luo Song can only be regarded as the empress dowager's counselor and aide.

But everyone in Zhongjing City knows that most of the strategies of Daliao's political reform today are from Luo Song.

(End of this chapter)