Section 10 Taizong's attempt to go south and proclaim himself emperor

The thief retreats to warn the officials

Tang Dynasty: Yuan Jie

In the year of Guimao, bandits from Xiyuan entered Daozhou, burned, killed and looted, and then left with few of them.

Next year, the thieves will attack Yong Po Shao again and retreat without invading the frontier of this state.

How can you defeat the enemy?

It's just because of his pity.

Why did the envoys endure hardships and collect taxes, so they pretended to compose a poem to show off to the officials?

In the old days, there was peace, and the mountains and forests lasted for twenty years.

The source of the spring is in the courtyard, and the cave is in front of the door.

The well tax has a permanent period, and you can still sleep on the sun.

The world suddenly changed, and he became a soldier a few years ago.

Now when I come to Diansi County, there are many barbarians in the mountains.

If the little thieves in the city don't slaughter, the people will be poor and hurt.

Therefore, despite being surrounded by neighboring countries, this state is unique.

Isn't an envoy who carries out the king's orders worse than a thief?

Now those who are conscripted are forced to burn like fire.

Who can kill people and become a wise man in the world?

Thoughts and desires are determined by the rules, and the rod is used to stab the boat.

The general's family only had fish and wheat, and returned to the old rivers and lakes.

The Khitan obtained the 16 states of Youyun without any effort, which made Yelu Deguang very happy. Not long after, his old son Shi Jingtang passed away. Yelu Deguang wondered whether the newly succeeded little emperor would listen to him like Shi Jingtang?

The newly succeeded emperor is called Shi Chonggui, who is Shi Jingtang's nephew. He once followed Shi Jingtang in the southern and northern wars and made many contributions.

During Shi Jingtang's reign, he continued to give great rewards to his nephew and valued him very much. He once had the idea of ​​making him emperor, but after thinking about it, it was more appropriate to let his biological son succeed him as emperor.

Until Shi Jingtang's death, he left a will to make his son Shi Chongrui the emperor. But after his death, his entrusted minister Feng Dao and the powerful guards commanded Jing Yanguang to support Shi Chonggui as the emperor.

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After Shi Chonggui became emperor, he was thinking about one thing: how to straighten his relationship with other people. At this time, Jing Yanguang stood up. He relied on his military exploits and did not take the Khitan seriously at all.

Shi Chonggui said that we can only call the Khitan grandsons but not ministers. Shi Chonggui felt the same. He was the emperor of the Jin Dynasty after all, so why should he declare himself a minister to the Khitan?

This incident made Yelv Deguang Longyan furious. For the sake of long-term consideration, he suppressed his anger temporarily.

All this allowed Zhao Yanshou, who lived in Youzhou, to see an opportunity. He kept encouraging Yelu Deguang to lead his troops south to punish Shi Chonggui. At this time, a major disaster occurred within the Later Jin Dynasty, and the country was in chaos. Yelu Deguang wanted to seize this opportunity.

, took the opportunity to teach him a lesson. So he ordered Zhao Yanshou and Zhao Yanzhao to be the vanguard, leading 50,000 surprise cavalry, and divided the troops into several groups to go south to attack Beizhou, pass Yanmen Pass, and drive straight in.

When the news reached Luoyang, Shi Chonggui was shocked. He didn't expect that his wrong decision would lead to a catastrophe. Now, he could only discuss countermeasures with the ministers. The ministers suggested that he be allowed to lead the expedition in person, but Shi Chonggui had no choice but to agree.

However, when Shi Chonggui saw the menacing Khitan army coming, he gave up before the fight started. He immediately sent someone to write a letter asking for peace. How could Yelu Deguang let go of this opportunity so easily and finally lead his troops south, only to end up in vain?

Return is impossible.

Shi Chonggui had no choice but to bite the bullet and start the war. This battle lasted for more than a year, but the Khitan did not take any advantage.

At this time, the Empress Dowager Shuluping, who was not in favor of going south, spoke up. She asked her son Yelu Deguang to quickly discuss peace with the Later Jin Dynasty and withdraw the troops. Yelu Deguang was reluctant to let go of this opportunity, and Shuluping also saw through his son's thoughts. That's right.

He said, if a Han is allowed to be the emperor of Khitan, will you agree? Yelu Deguang shook his head, and Shulu Ping continued, the same is true for the Han people. Now that you want to lead troops to destroy their country, they will definitely defend it to the death. Yelu Deguang said

After listening to his mother's words, Deguang negotiated peace with the Later Jin Dynasty and withdrew his troops.

A year later, Yelu Deguang reorganized his army and prepared for war. He led the Khitan army to the Central Plains in a mighty manner.

Shi Chonggui thought that the luck of the previous two times would befall him again, so he didn't take it seriously. He sent General Du Chongwei to lead his troops to stop him. However, he did not expect that Du Chongwei was retreating steadily and even suffered bloody defeats in other troops.

While fighting, he watched with indifference and did not send troops to support, and constantly asked the court for food and wages.

Later, Du Chongwei simply asked the Khitan Emperor to surrender. This naturally made Yelu Deguang very happy, and he promised Du Chongwei that if he succeeded, he would make him the emperor of the Central Plains Dynasty.

After Du Chongwei rebelled, the main force of the Later Jin Dynasty was gone. The Khitan and Du Chongwei armies merged into one and attacked Kaifeng. Kaifeng City was surrounded. Seeing that the enemy army was about to break the city, Shi Chonggui quickly sent people to attack Yelu Deguang.

He asked for surrender and was willing to go out of the city in person to welcome Yelu Deguang into the city. Yelu Deguang had long hated Shi Chonggui, so he rejected his request.

After the city was broken, Yelu Deguang entered Kaifeng according to the etiquette of the Central Plains emperor, put on the clothes of the Han emperor, accepted the congratulations of the civil and military officials, and had the addiction of a Central Plains emperor.

Life insights: Confucius said: "Only benevolent people can be good and evil." There must be standards in being a human being. Although many people have learned a bunch of values, outlook on life, and world view in textbooks, they are still lost and confused because they do not know benevolence.

Ah. Only with a heart of benevolence can we correctly judge what kind of behavior is truly good to others and what kind of behavior is actually harmful to others.

Those who are kind to others will be treated kindly in return. An important reason why Qiao Zhiyong, a famous Shanxi merchant in the Qing Dynasty, became a successful businessman is that he has a benevolent heart. Qiao Zhiyong benefited from the interests of the world, and his invoice numbers were realized

The goal of Huitong Tianxia is not to make a fortune for oneself, but to facilitate merchants all over the world. The purpose of opening up the Wuyi Mountain Tea Road is not only to make a fortune for oneself, but also to consider how to relieve the life difficulties of the majority of tea farmers. When someone offers a high price to buy his business

When visiting the tea market, he resolutely withdrew, which is difficult for ordinary businessmen to do. In front of Qiao's house, three cows are tied up all year round. If anyone wants to use them, they can take them for a day just by saying hello.

Every year on the eve of the Spring Festival, the door of Qiao's family will be opened, and Qiao Zhiyong will pull out a cart full of rice, noodles, and meat. Anyone who wants it can take it as long as he stands at the door and waves. Qiao Zhiyong relies on a heart

The benevolent heart has gathered a large number of hard-core workers. Although he has experienced many disasters and almost lost his family, these workers have gone all out to rescue him and saved him from danger time and time again. No worker left him in times of crisis.

.This is all due to his benevolent heart. In the year of the disaster, he opened a porridge shed to relieve 100,000 victims. His family drank porridge from the same pot as the victims. In order to support the porridge shed, he almost lost everything.

Those who harm others will be harmed in return. The He family in Qixian County in "The Qiao Family Courtyard" made a lot of money by running the opium den business, but what they did was immoral and harmed the common people.

Therefore, there was no good reward. The young master of the He family also ruined his body due to long-term opium smoking and was plagued by diseases. He could not live a normal life. He spent a lot of money to marry Jiang Xueying, but soon died and passed away. All his wealth fell into the hands of others.
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