A knife in love

Chapter 2009
Hearing what Feng Wei said, Li Qiufeng thought to himself that in the past Tang Gaozu Li Yuan raised troops in Taiyuan, traveled all the way south, and finally invaded Chang'an, ascended the throne and became the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty.Li Yuanli's eldest son, Li Jian, became the prince, and his second son, Li Shimin, was both civil and military. He led the Tang army to conquer and conquered most of the Tang Dynasty.The third son, Li Yuanji, is extremely powerful and skilled in martial arts, but he is rough and often kills people arbitrarily.Later, Li Shimin's contribution was too great, and he was supported by the generals in the army. Li Yuan had no choice but to make him the King of Qin, and also gave him the honorary title of General Tiance, allowing him to build his own government.For a while, Li Shimin was in the limelight. The common people often knew Li Shimin, the king of Qin, but not the prince Li Jiancheng.

Li Jiancheng was worried that Li Shimin would usurp his crown prince, so he wanted to kill Li Shimin.At that time, Li Yuanji was named the king of Qi, and he was also eyeing the throne.He watched the situation quietly, knowing that Prince Li Jiancheng and Qin Wang Li Shimin were incompatible, and there would be a bloody battle between brothers in the end.Although Li Jiancheng has been the crown prince for many years and many ministers support him, his ability to lead troops to fight is inferior to Qin Wang Li Shimin.Most of the generals in the imperial court who are used to fighting are from Li Shimin's Tiance General's Mansion. If Li Shimin rebelled, Li Jiancheng's crown prince would definitely be lost.If Li Yuanji and Li Jiancheng join hands to get rid of Qin Wang Li Shimin first, and then turn their hands to kill Prince Li Jiancheng, the world of Tang Dynasty will eventually fall into Li Yuanji's hands.

Li Yuanji made up his mind, and colluded with Li Jiancheng to try every means to kill Li Shimin.The struggle between the three was somewhat similar to the struggle between Yelubei, Yelu Deguang, and Yelu Lihu that Feng Wei described.Thinking of this, Li Qiufeng sighed inwardly, thinking to himself that being born in the emperor's family, the kinship between father and son is far less important than the emperor's throne.Later, Li Shimin launched the Xuanwumen Incident, shot his elder brother Li Jiancheng to death with his own hands, and ordered his general Yuchi Jingde to kill his younger brother Li Yuanji, and cut off the heads of the two. The throne passed to Li Shimin.This kind of human tragedy is rare in ancient times.Listening to Feng Wei's story about the three brothers Yelubei, Yelu Deguang and Yelu Lihu, I'm afraid it will end up being a bloody tragedy.

When Li Qiufeng was thinking about it, Feng Wei continued: "Later, Shuluping and Yelu Deguang wanted to win Yelu Lihu into the gang in order to entrap Yelubei. Treacherous, he is also eyeing the throne. It's just that Yelubei is in full swing, and Yelu Deguang is so favored by Yelu Abaoji and Shuluping. The crown prince can't fall to his son Yelu Lihu anyway. He secretly weighed Interesting, Yelubei has already been in the East Palace, and there are many civil servants and generals gathered around him. Even if he stood up, he would not be able to get Yelubei's reuse. If he helped Yelu Deguang to overthrow Yelubei, Yelu Deguang would definitely repay him And Yelu Deguang is quite talented, but he is far inferior to Yelubei in both civil and military skills. As long as Yelubei is eliminated, it will be much easier to deal with Yelu Deguang. Therefore, Yelu Lihu made up his mind to help Yelu Deguang eliminate Kill Yelubei, then kill Yelu Deguang, and finally become the emperor of Liao.

"Shuluping asked the kings, nobles and important court officials to elect the emperor. Everyone was afraid of being the first bird. Once things changed, he would offend Yelubei severely. If he wants to retaliate in the future, the means must be extremely cruel. Therefore Everyone was trembling and did not dare to speak first. Seeing this situation, Yelu Lihu immediately stood up. He said to the crowd that although Yelubei was chosen as the prince by Emperor Daxing, his meritorious deeds were not good, and he just took advantage of his age. What's more, during the Southern Expedition, Yelubei openly resisted the decree and put Emperor Daxing in danger, which was a heinous crime. It was only because Emperor Daxing thought of the relationship between father and son that he did not punish Yelubei, but From then on, he hated Yelubei and wanted the second prince to inherit the Datong. Later, Emperor Daxing pacified Bohai Kingdom, changed its name to Dongdan Kingdom, and made Yelubei the king of Dongdan Kingdom, asking him to manage the country well and appease the emperor. The common people, let them be the vassal of Daliao forever. In order to allow Yelube to govern Dongdan with peace of mind, Emperor Daxing also issued an imperial decree that all citizens of Dongliao are not allowed to leave Dongdan without the permission of the Emperor of Daliao. Otherwise, it would be tantamount to rebellion. But before Emperor Daxing’s body was cold, Yelubei killed his subordinates in Dongdan Kingdom, incited the people to make trouble, and led the rebels to leave Dongdan Kingdom all the way to the capital. How is this kind of behavior different from rebellion? In accordance with the last wish of Emperor Daxing, the second prince, Yelu Deguang, should be changed to the crown prince. Not only should Yelubei be deposed from his title and official position, but he should also be sentenced to canonical punishment.

"At that time, most of the kings, nobles, and court officials were accomplices of Shuluping and Yelu Deguang. They originally wanted to elect Yelu Deguang as emperor. However, under Yelu's prestige, everyone was a little scared. This is why no one dared to stand up and speak for Yelu Deguang according to Shuluping and Yelu Deguang's previous instructions. Until Yelu Lihu stepped forward, he not only elected Yelu Deguang as the prince, but also killed Yelube. The aristocrats and important officials of the court became more courageous, and they all agreed to elect Yelu Deguang as the crown prince to inherit the throne.

"Yelubei was lucky at first, but when he saw that Yelu, Lihu, the kings, nobles, and important officials of the court did not speak for him, he knew that the situation was over. But he refused to admit defeat, and left the big tent under the pretext of changing clothes. He wanted to summon the three thousand cavalry he had brought to enter the big tent, and kill Shuluping, Yelu Deguang, Yelu Lihu and others, so that he could succeed Yelu Abaoji's spirit. After entering the tent, he discovered that Yelu Deguang's tens of thousands of soldiers and horses had already surrounded his [-] iron cavalry regiment, and outside the big tent were all soldiers loyal to Shuluping and Yelu Deguang. , Yelu Deguang's soldiers and horses fired wildly with arrows, and they were able to shoot all three thousand cavalry to death immediately. Moreover, he knew that Shuluping and Yelu Lihu had already prepared, if he ordered three thousand cavalry to attack the tent, the kings All the nobles, nobles and court ministers were in the big tent, and they were even more convinced of the crime of treason. After thinking twice, Yelubei had to give up the plan to use force, and returned to the big tent unhappy.

"At that time, the kings, nobles and important ministers had already agreed that Yelu Deguang would inherit the throne. Seeing Yelubei go back to the big tent, Shuluping forced Yelubei to admit that Yelu Deguang was the real dragon emperor. Yelubei saw that Everyone stood on the side of Shuluping and Yelu Deguang. Outside the tent, Yelu Deguang's confidant warriors were densely packed. As long as he said a word 'no', he would be cut to pieces by these warriors. Thinking of this, he had no choice but to Enduring the humiliation, he knelt down in front of the Shulu plane, and said in his mouth that the merits of the generalissimo are unmatched, and people and gods learn from each other. Everyone in the Daliao and other countries is well-known. I would like to elect the Grand Marshal to inherit the great rule and be the lord of the people of Daliao.

"Since Yelubei was named the king of Dongdan Kingdom and guarded Liaodong, Yelu Abaoji named Yelu Deguang the Generalissimo of the Army and Horses of the World, commanding hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers of the Liao Kingdom. Yelubei called Yelu Deguang the Generalissimo, It is to admit defeat to Shuluping and Yelu Deguang, no longer consider himself the crown prince of the Liao Kingdom, let alone compete for the throne of the emperor."

(End of this chapter)