back to ancient times to be emperor

Chapter 971

"This is Chang'an?"

After more than a month of exhaustion, Yelu Hongji and the Liao royal family were escorted to Chang'an.

Under the escort of one hundred thousand elite soldiers, no one could rob the prisoners.After all, the doctor was not a good man and a faithful woman, so he secretly ordered the three generals of the Yang family to kill Yelu Hongji and Yelu Jun immediately if the situation was urgent.As long as the Liao Kingdom has no real heir, its decline is inevitable.

But there was no danger along the way, even the imperial tent cavalry were no match for the forbidden army, what combat power in the Liao Kingdom could compete with the forbidden army?
Along the way, I ate and slept in the open, and walked non-stop during the day.But in order to take care of the women of the Liao royal family, especially the seriously ill Empress Dowager Xiao, the army moved very slowly, very slowly.In fact, Yelu Hongji paid for it with all his efforts.Yelu Hongji was a bachelor, he was all prisoners, he didn't care about it, he glared at Yang Huai'en, Yang Huairen, and Yang Huaixing, and forced them to die in exchange for this kind of treatment.

Yang Huai'en also admired the royal family of the Liao Kingdom very much. Even if they were prisoners, they did not have the consciousness of being prisoners, and no female family members even shed tears.

More than a month later, the [-] troops finally "escorted" the Liao emperor and other royal families back to Chang'an safely.

The people in Chang'an had already received the exact news, and they rushed to tell each other, weeping with joy.

How many years?Being bullied by the Khitan people, the court did nothing.Today, he was finally proud, and even destroyed the Liao Kingdom, turning the territory of Daliao into the territory of Dashun.This kind of great achievement is probably unprecedented, and there will be no one to come after, right?

Because of this meritorious deed, people with good intentions have even compared Lu Chengqi with Qin Shihuang, Han Gaozu, and Han Wudi, thinking that he is the same emperor through the ages.

Lu Chengqi just laughed off these rumors and didn't take them to heart.

At this moment, he has already arrived in the dragon chariot, waiting for the offering of prisoners in the Taimiao.

Yelu Hongji, on the other hand, had just arrived outside Chang'an City, looking at the five or six zhang high city wall, he couldn't help but feel a little lonely.The imperial city of Linhuang Mansion is already the largest city in the Liao Kingdom, but the city wall is only three feet long.Compared with the majestic Chang'an City, it really pales in comparison.

Yelu Hongji lowered his eyes desolately, and looked at the cheering people under the city wall. He always felt that he was different from the Han people in Liao Kingdom, but he couldn't tell.

Linhuang Mansion is divided into Seoul City and Imperial City. Han people live in Seoul, and Khitan people live in the Imperial City. "Govern Khitan with national system, treat Han people with Han system" is the Khitan ancestral motto, but why are the Han people in Liao Kingdom so different from those in Dashun?

Suddenly, Yelu Hongji saw a half-grown child, his face was full of pride, and Yelu Hongji immediately understood that what the Han people in Liao Kingdom lacked was this kind of self-confidence!This kind of self-confidence is different from the arrogance of the Khitan people, nor is it the kind of arrogance that is superior and arrogant, but the self-confidence that comes from the heart.

What happened in Dashun that made the Han people seem to have undergone an earth-shaking change?

What Yelu Hongji cared about was not the prosperity of Chang'an, but the people of Chang'an. They were what Yelu Hongji really wanted to understand.

A country's most important resource will always be its people.If the people have no self-confidence, no self-improvement, no self-esteem, they are nothing but the lower class whose backbone has been removed and will never be able to hold their heads up.The Han people in the Liao Kingdom exemplified this very well.

Except for a few outstanding Han people, the rest are still slaves, let the Khitan people beat, insult, and ravage them?
Under such circumstances, how could the Han people in the Liao Kingdom hold their heads up!

But the Han people in Chang'an were different. They were used to the imperial court winning battles all the time. The Northern Expedition to destroy the Liao Dynasty made their national self-confidence and national self-esteem soar.The people in the kingdom of heaven are calm and full of self-confidence.Even if the Liao Kingdom was destroyed, they didn't think anything of the Khitan people.If you want to blame, blame the rulers of the Liao Kingdom, they did the evil.

Chang'an people are always the most excited group of people when dealing with prisoners. They cheered happily, as if they were celebrating the New Year.The emperor of the Liao Kingdom actually became a prisoner of Dashun. In the past, this was an incredible thing!But the people in Chang'an have become numb, and the good news from the front line from time to time makes them see the situation clearly. The Khitans are not the opponents of the imperial army.Although this result is unexpected, it is still acceptable.

He escorted Yelu Hongji and other hundreds of people from the royal family of the Liao Kingdom to the Taimiao.

Lu Chengqi had already got off the dragon chariot, with his hands behind his back, waiting quietly.

"Your Majesty, here we come!"

An official from the Ministry of Rituals hurried forward, saluted with a long salute, bowed and said.

"I see." Lu Chengqi nodded, although he already knew the result, he still couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart.Although there was no expression on his face, his heart was already full of blood and excitement.

A group of hundreds of people, wearing plain clothes and gauze hats, appeared in the long aisle in front of the Taimiao.The first person has a haggard face, but walks imposingly, with his head held high and his chest held high, without any sense of embarrassment.

I saw that he was full of beards, and there was a calm color in his eyes, as if he would not be moved by external objects.

Yelu Hongji was also looking at the young man in the black dragon robe of the nine-clawed golden dragon, but in his twenties, although he had grown a beard, he still looked immature.A pair of divine eyes are like lightning, piercing people's hearts.

Officials from the Ministry of Rituals led Yelu Hongji and others to kneel down and shouted "Long live" three times, before Lu Chengqi said slowly: "Pingshen!"

After Yelu Hongji got up slowly, Lu Chengqi said: "Yelu Hongji?"

"Lu Chengqi?"

"Bold!!!" The official of the Ministry of Rites was surprised and angry, "Dare to call His Majesty by his name?"

Lu Chengqi waved his hand and said, "It's okay!"

Then he turned to Yelu Hongji and said, "We have been friends for a long time, and we finally meet."

Yelu Hongji nodded and said, "Yes, I really want to know how you made Dashun into what it is now?"

Lu Chengqi was taken aback, he didn't expect Yelu Hongji's first question to be so direct. "In a word, 'Barbarism is its body, civilization is its spirit'."

"'Barbarism is its physique, civilization is its spirit'?" Yelu Hongji murmured a few words, and then smiled wryly, "I'm not wronged, I don't even know that Dashun has undergone such changes, and I still use my old eyes Go look at it, you should!"

Lu Chengqi didn't want to discuss this issue, he was more concerned about whether Yelu Hongji would accept his house arrest: "There is a Zhuangzi next to Shanglin Garden, it's big enough, how about you live there?"

"A prisoner, can you still bargain?" Yelu Hongji asked seriously, speaking very standard Chinese.

"It seems that there is not, but you can't commit suicide!" Lu Chengqi said lightly.

"I won't, even if the country is subjugated, I will still be the emperor of the Liao Kingdom!" Yelu Hongji insisted in his eyes.

(End of this chapter)