Section 7: For the first time in Khitan history, a woman participated in politics

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Tang Dynasty: Wei Yingwu

It's cold in the county today, and I suddenly miss the guests in the mountains.

Bunch thorn bushes at the bottom of the stream, and boil white stones when they return.

I want to hold a ladle of wine to comfort myself in the stormy evening.

The fallen leaves are all over the empty mountain, where can I find traces of my whereabouts?

After the victory in the conquest of the Bohai Kingdom, Yelu Abaoji's wish was basically fulfilled. On his way back to the court, Yelu Abaoji suddenly fell seriously ill and passed away before he could explain his funeral arrangements.

Although Yelu Abaoji did not name his successor when he was about to die, according to the tradition of the Central Plains countries, the prince will naturally succeed the emperor after his death. However, for the Khitan people who have an imperfect succession system, the merit selection system that exists in their minds

It is still deeply rooted, so for them, the title of Crown Prince is just a title.

At this moment, Yelu Abaoji's wife Shuluping stood up. He first praised Yelu Abaoji's achievements, and then expressed his memory of the late emperor. Finally, he said that the prince was young and not as good as

For the time being, he was appointed as the emperor and assumed the imperial power on his behalf. Everyone was still in shock and could not recover. He had assumed the power of the government without changing his expression.

Shuluping's father is a Uighur, and her mother is the aunt of Yelu Abaoji. According to their tradition, both Abaoji and Shuluping should choose a marriage partner from the other tribe, so Shuluping was 14 years old.

When I was young, I married my cousin.

After Shuluping married Abaoji, he gradually showed his political talents. He was vicious and good at riding and shooting. Moreover, the Khitan people did not have the Central Plains people's tradition of restricting women's participation in politics, so Shuluping followed Abaoji's lead.

In the process, he vividly demonstrated his talents, gained recognition from everyone, and gained the same political reputation as Abaoji.

Shuluping and Abaoji had three sons and one daughter in total. The eldest son was Yelu Bei, and his son was Yelu Deguang, who was appointed as the marshal of the world's military forces. The youngest son was named Li Hu.

Among the three sons, Shuluping's favorite is the second son Yelu Deguang. Not only because Yelu Deguang has the same keen political vision as him, but Yelu Deguang's wife is also his granddaughter and niece. Therefore,

If Yelu Deguang succeeds to the throne, it will be a good thing for Shuluping's family, the Xiao family.

His eldest son Yelvbei was a Khitan who believed in the Confucian culture of the Central Plains. He did not like horseback riding and archery and concentrated on studying the culture of the Central Plains. This made his mother Shuluping very disgusted.

As for the younger son Li Hu, he is only 16 years old now and has a bad temper, so he is excluded from being the heir to the throne.

Shu Luping knew that even if he continued to support his son, he would be opposed by a large number of people who were willing to follow the crown prince. Even if he selected talents according to the tradition of the Khitan people, the two sons had their own merits, and Yelu Deguang was not 100%.

The certainty wins.

So Shuluping began to eliminate those who might hinder him from letting Yelu Deguang succeed to the throne. He summoned all the ministers and asked them a question, asking them if they missed the late emperor Yelu Abaoji. These people all

Having followed Yelu Abaoji for decades, they naturally missed him from the bottom of their hearts. At this time, Shuluping said something unexpected to them. He ordered them all to be buried with him. These ministers were stunned one by one. Although these people were eliminated

, but there may be some people who have second thoughts, so as long as he becomes suspicious of someone, he will immediately kill him in front of Abaoji's tablet.

There was a Han official named Zhao Siwen, who offended Shuluping. Shuluping asked him to be buried with the late emperor as usual. He did not expect that Zhao Siwen asked him a difficult question. He said, you should be the one who misses the late emperor the most. You

Why not go to the funeral? No one expected that Shulu plane did not change his color. He picked up a knife and cut off his right hand. He picked up a knife and cut off his right hand and ordered someone to send this hand to the funeral.

In Abaoji's tomb, he searched for himself and ordered the person to send this hand into Abaoji's tomb to search for and bury him on his behalf.

This incident made all civil and military officials thoroughly understand Shu Luping's ability, and no one dared to speak against him again.

After Shuluping had laid the groundwork for the preliminary work, he began to push Yelu Deguang to the throne. Yelu Bei had known his mother's thoughts for a long time, so he took the initiative to resign and led the civil and military ministers to petition his mother for orders to appoint his younger brother.

Yelu Deguang became emperor.

However, the old Shu Luping still wanted to show off. He asked his two sons to ride on the horse and told the civil and military officials that they are both my sons and I love them both equally. I can choose either one.

It's difficult. So let me just let you choose. Whoever you want to be the emperor, tie up the reins of his horse. All civil and military officials were frightened by Shulu Ping, and they all set off the reins of Yelv Deguang's horse. Just like that,

Yelu Deguang was promoted to the throne by his mother Shuluping. He became the second emperor in the history of Khitan and was known as Taizong of Liao Dynasty. After he succeeded to the throne, he respected Shuluping as the Empress Dowager Yingtian and named his wife Xiao

Wen is the queen.

Insights on life: Throughout the ages, countless sages and wise men have discovered the shadow of confusion after comprehending life. Confucius discovered it and named it "The Doctrine of the Mean"; Laozi discovered it and named it "Wuwei"; Zhuangzi discovered it and named it "Taotong"

: Sakyamuni saw it and named it "forgetfulness": Fuzi saw it and named it "Feigong": Tao Huming, a poet of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, also discovered it when he was picking chrysanthemums on the Eastern bamboo slips, but when he picked up the pen, he forgot something. He also really

He was so confused that he had no choice but to say vaguely, "There is a true meaning in this, but I have forgotten to argue"... It was not until the Qing Dynasty that the famous scholar Zheng Banqiao raised his arms and loudly raised a "confused" flag and declared loudly.

: "It's rare to be confused!"

The rare thing about confusion is that it is too difficult to understand. Confusion is the sublimation of understanding, the self-cultivation of knowing something in one's heart but keeping silent, the demeanor of being detached from things and not burdened by the world, the flow of clouds and flowing water, the leisurely and contented wine, and the overall grasp

, Grasping the big and letting go of the small is a strategy that allows you to be at a disadvantage and be humble to the powerful. It is a strategy that turns perseverance into gold and turns danger into safety. In fact, confused people are not really confused. They are just because they have seen clearly, understood, and sobered up.

To the extreme, it becomes nothing more than confusion in the eyes of ordinary people.

Because I understand too well in my heart, I know that I cannot understand everything, so I just pretend to be confused. From pretending to be confused because I understand, to being too lazy to investigate the true confusion, this is the highest state of confusion. This kind of true confusion is actually a kind of confusion.
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