Section 7 Liao Shengzong’s personal rule

Two Dreams by Li Bai·Part 2

Tang Du Fu

The floating clouds move all day long, and the wanderer will not arrive for a long time.

I have been dreaming about you for three nights, and I have seen you personally.

Returning home is often awkward, and the journey of hardship is hard to come by.

There are many turmoils in the rivers and lakes, and the boat may be lost.

If you scratch your head when you go out, you will lose your ambition in life.

The capital is covered with crowns, but this person is alone and haggard.

The clouds and the network are restored, which makes the old body tired.

Long live the name, lonely things behind you.

After the Chanyuan Alliance, Yelu Longxu had grown up. Yelu Longxu, who had been living in the shadow of his mother Xiao Chuo, always thought about getting back the power of the military and state.

Xiao Chuo also saw his son's thoughts, so he held a canonization ceremony. In full view of the public, he handed Huangquan back to his son Yelu Longxu, and prepared to take care of himself.

Xiao Chuo had been in power for so many years. Yelu Longxu, who had just regained his power, found that although he had gained power, he lacked the imperial power. Many people still listened to Xiao Chuo's words, and these people were all promoted by Xiao Chuo.

Finally, when Xiao Chuo passed away, Yelu Longxu began to implement the plan he had already thought of. He attacked those people who held great power and threatened him greatly. Such people mainly refer to Han Derang and Yelu Longxu's younger brother Yelu Longqing.

Yelu Longxu was already 18 years old when Xiao Chuo married Han Derang. Although he was very dissatisfied with the marriage, he and his mother had no backing and no soldiers, so they could only rely on the powerful Han Derang.

, so he could only endure the humiliation and bear the burden.

In order to gain Handerang's approval and support, his mother, Xiao Chuo, asked Yelu Longxu to serve Handerang well. Yelu Longxu was very obedient. While being the emperor of the Khitan Kingdom, he was also a good son to Handerang. He greeted Handerang every now and then.

Every time Yelu Longxu went to see Handerang, and there was still a long distance from Handerang's military camp, Yelu Longxu would dismount his horse and walk to show respect. After meeting, Yelu Longxu would first salute Handerang, and then the two would

People communicate according to the etiquette of father and son.

Not only that, his mother Xiao Chuo continued to increase Han Derang's power. Once someone was dissatisfied with Han Derang, Xiao Chuo would kill him. As the supreme ruler of Khitan, Yelu Longxu felt very aggrieved.

Now, his mother has passed away. Yelu Longxu thought that he could finally feel proud and punish Handerang properly. But although Handerang held great power, he was loyal to their mother and son and did not make any big mistakes. How should he be punished?

Woolen cloth?

Yelu Longxu racked his brains and came up with a way. He gave Handerang the name Yelu Longyun. This would equalize the seniority between the two of them and let him know the difference between king and minister.

After dealing with Han Derang, Yelu Longxu pointed the finger at his younger brother Yelu Longqing.

Yelu Longqing had high military talents since he was a child. Even his father Yelu Xian often praised him as a talent.

When he grew up, Yelu Longqing often followed Xiao Chuo in the north and south, and made many military exploits. Xiao Chuo also loved this son very much, so his power became more and more powerful. This made him gradually become proud.

He became complacent and gradually began to want to compete with his brother.

As an emperor, how could Yelu Longxu tolerate someone challenging his authority? When his mother was alive, he was helpless. Now that his mother is gone, he can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Yelu Longxu considered that Yelu Longqing also held military power, and that the people in his jurisdiction were prosperous and lived in peace and contentment. If he were to attack him directly, something might happen. So he decided to promote his other brother Yelu Longyu and let him

He came to compete with Yelu Longqing.

Yelu Longqing watched his brother continue to promote Yelu Longyu, and he began to know that his brother was going to attack him. On the one hand, he refused to go to Beijing for an audience, and on the other hand, he continued to expand his strength, made friends with ministers in the palace, and was always ready to raise troops.

rebel.

Yelu Longxu continued to urge Yelu Longqing to visit the capital. Now Yelu Longqing was still a minister after all, and it was not good to refuse repeatedly. In the end, he couldn't stand it anymore and came to the capital obediently. After the two brothers met, Yelulong

Xu pretended to be a good brother and named Yelu Longqing's two sons as county kings.

After handling these two matters well and ensuring the stability of his imperial power, Yelu Longxu carefully analyzed the current situation. He believed that although his mother left him a peaceful and powerful empire, there were still many places.

Unsatisfactory, the current Liao Kingdom is not the strongest country. Therefore, Yelu Longxu worked hard and worked hard to lead the Khitan Empire towards its peak.

During Yelu Longxu's reign, he revised the law, reduced the privileges of the Khitan nobility, freed slaves, reformed political institutions, built the capital with Han people, and reformed taxes. This series of measures promoted the development of the Khitan economy.

Liao Shengzong reigned for 40 years, and the Khitan Empire entered its full heyday under his leadership. Therefore, Yelu Longxu was also called "Little Yao and Shun" in history.

Insights from life: King Chuzhuang once held a banquet to entertain ministers. Suddenly the candles were burned out and a cowardly minister took advantage of the chaos and pulled the sleeve of the princess who was trying to persuade her to drink. As a result, the princess tore off her hat.

After hearing the princess' complaint, King Chuzhuang had no intention of tracking down the person who pulled Princess Nala's sleeves. In order to get rid of this person, he asked the ministers to take off their hats before the candles were lit and the identity of the perpetrator was unknown.

, thus saving the minister. How could such generosity not make the person involved burst into tears of gratitude?

Later, in the battle of Chu State to attack Zheng State, a general performed very bravely. King Chuzhuang was surprised because he did not like this minister very much. How could he sacrifice his life for him like this? After questioning, he found out

, this person was the one who was torn off his hat. He was very grateful to the King of Chuzhuang for not pursuing the case of the ** Princess. In order to repay his kindness, he risked his own life to kill the enemy and serve the country as a reward.

It seems that generosity is the most able to win people's hearts. The story of King Chuzhuang "repaying evil with kindness" and the general "repaying kindness with kindness" has been passed down as a good story for thousands of years. It also made King Chuzhuang's name passed down through the ages.

praise.

In modern society, "repaying evil with kindness" still plays a huge and irreplaceable role. Lee and Dunham successfully ran McDonald's in the crime-ridden black residential area of ​​Harlem, and the way of doing things "repaying evil with kindness" played a key role

The role of sex.

We can see an unchanging truth: from ancient times to the present, all those who are broad-minded and have the style of everyone can "repay evil with kindness". Doing so, from the perspective of the eyes, seems to be suspected of "suffering". However,
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