The rise of the prince

Chapter 352

The night is cool and breezy.

Yelu Yali stood at the top of Shangjing City, the bricks and stones were cold, she looked at the densely packed fire lights illuminating the entire night sky on the southern hills in a state of anxiety, the maid beside her trembled, bowed her head and dared not speak.

In mid-July, Emperor Father's army had arrived at the north of Jingguo Pass, and when they were approaching the city, they received the battle report that the Jurchens had captured Liaoyang Mansion.

He was so angry that he hurried back to help, and the army had just arrived in the capital, when they received the news that the rear army was pursued and defeated by Jing Guo. In a rage, his father drew his sword and killed the maid beside him, blood staining the court, and everyone was trembling.

A few days later, the remnants of the rear army withdrew, and heard the report from the scouts from the east, saying that the Jurchens had quickly occupied most of Tokyo Road and established themselves as the Kingdom of Jin.

Emperor Wanyan Wugunai of the Kingdom of Jin, and his younger brother Wanyan Zongbi led two armies, heading west to kill Zhongjing.

After hearing this, the father was furious and scolded the Jurchens for their wolfish ambitions. Then he summoned all the generals and personally led tens of thousands of elites to the south to Zhongjing, and then went east, intending to defeat the Jurchens on the way.

Elder brother Yelu Dun, King Xiao Baoji of the North Court, Yelu Dashi King of the South Court, and Han Derang, the Jiedu envoy of the Zhangde Army, accompanied him.

The name Yelu Yali of Han Derang is taboo, and the father doesn't like to hear his name either.

First of all, although Han Derang is an important minister of the Liao Kingdom, he is also a Han.

Han Derang's grandfather was Han and was taken as a slave in the Liao Kingdom. However, his ancestors had seen people and had strategies in mind. Every time, he was appreciated by the Khan at that time, and he controlled his favorite ministers.

And Han Derang's father was also trusted and favored by Khan because of his outstanding medical skills.

When it comes to Han Derang, he has shown extraordinary talent since he was a child, and his literary and military strategies are unparalleled.Although the Liao people talked about the incompetence of the Han people every day, the Han people in the Liao Kingdom were literate and knowledgeable, and they were often more capable.

Khan of the former dynasty, that is, Emperor Liao Jingzong, Yali’s grandfather, trusted Han Derang even more, regarded him as his right-hand man, and delegated power to him to carry out Sinicization reforms, and gradually replaced the original system of the Liao Kingdom with the Han system in the Central Plains. It also became stronger because of this.

Because of this, Emperor Jingzong was deeply loved by his officials. Unfortunately, his grandfather had been sick since he was a child. Although he had the opportunity to use people wisely, he was unable to defy the destiny and died young.

For a while, only Empress Xiao Yanyan and his young son Yelu Shulie, orphan and widow, were left in the court.

Yelu Shulie, the current Khan, the father of Yelu Yali.

At that time, the father and emperor were young, and the grandma was alone, and the people in the court were fluctuating. Outside the court, Koryo was about to move in the east. Jingguo in the south had accumulated for decades.

It was at this time that Han Derang, who was the Minister of Gu Ming of Emperor Jingzong, stepped forward.

He tried his best to turn the tide, assisted the Empress Dowager Xiaoyanyan as the regent, rejected tens of thousands of troops from Jingguo in the south, tried his best to protect the country, attacked Koryo in the east, and stifled the wolf's ambition.

Although the father always said that it was his credit, Yali actually knew that many ministers and court ladies would mention it in private, and it was actually Han Derang's deeds.

Without him, Nanjing, Xijing, and maybe even Zhongjing and Shangjing would have been destroyed by Yu Bingfeng of Jingguozhong Dao ten years ago.

After Han De asked his class teacher to return to the court, his reputation was greatly shaken. The whole country didn't care whether he was Han or not, and praised him for his merits.

Coupled with the full support of her grandmother, the Empress Dowager Xiao at the time, Handerang began to make more drastic reforms, uniting the Khitan nobles and those with the ability to govern the country among the Han people, implementing the selection of officials and appointing talents, regardless of Han nationality, evaluating officials, establishing the imperial examination system, and clearing up the old sluggish people. prisons, relief of tax and labor for victims of wars and natural disasters, and other measures.

Even today, the Liao Kingdom is so strong and prosperous that even the Jing Kingdom has never dared to go north to compete with Daliao in the past ten years.

Afterwards, Han Derang once again attacked Goryeo eastward, forcing Goryeo to become a subsidiary of the Liao Dynasty, and only withdrew his troops after paying tribute every year.He has such a high position that he bestows a few sticks of iron coupons, does not worship when he enters the court, does not go to the palace, and has a hundred guards on his left and right.

Originally, with Han Derang's achievements and ability, even if he is a Han, it is no fault of the royal family to be so favored, but
But the problem is that Yali's grandfather Jing Zongying died young, and her grandma, Empress Dowager Xiao, was young and beautiful and widowed. The two had an affair.

Queen Mother Xiao even told Han Derang to raise his son Yelv Shulie as his own.

Because of Han Derang's hard work, making the Liao Kingdom unprecedentedly strong, and his ability is obvious to all, the six Khitan tribes are convinced by him, and they acquiesce in his behavior like a regent king and his personal relationship with Queen Mother Xiao, and ignore them.

Yali knew in his heart that everyone didn't care about it, but it didn't mean that the father was in a good mood.

When he was young, he witnessed his father's early death, and saw his mother's affair with Han Derang. Although this person made great contributions to the Liao Kingdom, his father also had a rift in his heart towards the Han people.

Especially after Queen Mother Xiao died of illness, he began to suppress the Han family.

When she was a child, Yelu Yali also thought that Han people were as incompetent as her father taught her. When she grew up and became sensible, she gradually understood that things were not that simple.

Looking at the fires on several hills in the south, there are not only the elite under the banner of the father, but also the troops of the king of the north courtyard and the king of the south courtyard, and more importantly, Han Derang's army is also there.
I hope my father can let go of the past this time and make no mistakes, Yali thought so.

If the Liao army with a total of 10,000+ is defeated, not to mention Zhongjing will not be guaranteed, even Shangjing under her feet will be in jeopardy
Li Xingzhou went to inspect the training of the new army in the afternoon, and even rewarded him. After all, the palace is rich and powerful now, and rewards are not a problem.

At night, she and Qiu'er tilted their heads to think about things, their foreheads were pressed together like this, Qiu'er was thinking about the design of the steam engine, she had tried several times, but all failed.

While Li Xingzhou was thinking about the plans for the new palace, the last two sighed at the same time, expressing that their brains hurt.
Gillian and Yue'er giggled on the side, and then came over to give them a shoulder squeeze.

"My lord, how can I exhaust the gas and let the piston flow back?" Qiu'er asked with a sad face.

Li Xingzhou also said: "I still want to know how to design a complete drainage system."

The two looked at each other with bitterness in their eyes.

But things can't be figured out, the earth will still rotate as usual, and life will still go on.

The next day Li Xingzhou still ran in the morning, greeted Chen Yu next door, and was about to go to court, but was stopped by him.

"If the lord is fine, can you take the same car with the old man, the old man has something to say to the lord." Chen Yu said.

Li Xingzhou was startled, because the old man held a grudge before and wouldn't even let him in his house
Of course he nodded and agreed, Chen Yu's reputation can be said to be known everywhere, although it is low-key, everyone inside and outside the court knows it, and everyone knows it.

He respected this great Confucianist very much, and he was different from Meng Zhiye, a great Confucian who would always take the words of a sage to blame, so he took the same car with him to go to court.

In the car, it can be seen that the old man's hands and feet are thin and gray, and his hands and feet are shaking even when he is sitting. He is indeed old.

The old man first bowed his hands earnestly, and then said: "The prince is invited to speak today, it is the old man who has something to ask for."

(End of this chapter)