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Chapter 238 Mid-Autumn Festival of the Three Kingdoms
Bingzi (fifteenth) of the eighth month of the first year of Da'an in Daliao.

On the grassland outside Linhuang Mansion in Beijing, the Emperor of the Liao Dynasty was in the palace tent to welcome this year's Mid-Autumn Festival.

The entire grassland is full of people singing and dancing.

The Khitan, Xi, Bohai and Han people all joined in the singing and dancing.

In Yelu Hongji's imperial tent, the ministers celebrated their birthdays and drank wine. The ceremonies and procedures were almost completely copied from those of the Tang Dynasty.

Even like the Tang Dynasty, there were envoys from vassals such as Zubu and Heihan, dancing in the emperor's tent to congratulate him.

All he needed was a Turkic Khan to give Yelu Hongji the title of 'Heavenly Khan'.

In such a festive atmosphere, Yelu Hongji couldn't help feeling elated, and also got a little drunk.

So, he could only lean on the throne and look into the tent with half-squinted eyes.

Slightly drunk, Yelu Hongji almost had the illusion that he was in the Tang Palace in Chang'an or Luoyang at this moment.

At this time, Han Xianrang, the most trusted minister around Yelu Hongji, came to Yelu Hongji and whispered a few words.

After hearing this, Yelu Hongji sobered up from the wine.

He sat up straight, looked at Han Xianrang and asked, "Did the new king of the Southern Dynasty give a gift to his grandson?"

"Bring it quickly, I want to enjoy it with all my ministers!"

So Han Xianrang ordered someone to bring the gifts that Yeluju and others had sent back to Beijing to the imperial court in the tent.

But it was a box locked with a jade box.

Yelu Hongji looked at the box and waved to his grandson: "Yanxi, come to my grandfather..."

Yelu Yanxi arrived in front of the king under the leadership of the wet nurse.

Yelu Hongji put his grandson on his knees, and then they opened the jade box together.

Inside is a thin booklet.

Yelu Hongji looked at Han Xianrang, who immediately explained: "Your Majesty, these are the notes of the Sutra Banquet written by the Master of the South..."

"The Lord of the South said: I have heard for a long time that the king of the Liang Dynasty in the Liao Dynasty was Congjun and filial piety. I am willing to follow the story of Xingzong of the Liao Dynasty and Renzong of the Southern Dynasty, and support each other for a long time as brothers... Therefore, I present the banquet notes to the king of Liang to continue the relationship between Xingzong of the Liao Dynasty and Renzong of the Southern Dynasty. The friendship between Renzong in the Southern Dynasties..."

Yelu Hongji was a little unhappy at first, but soon he started laughing.

"I accept the whole heart of the young master of the Southern Dynasty!"

Then he looked at Yelu Yanxi who still didn't know what happened: "Yanxi, you can't let down the kindness of your brother!"

He took out the pamphlet, handed it to Yelu Yanxi solemnly, and warned: "As the saying goes, as the saying goes, there are friendships between gentlemen... Yanxi should also study hard and give back with notes in the future... ..."

The officials of the Liao Kingdom in the emperor's tent, especially the Han officials, all reacted at this time and congratulated collectively: "The great grandson's reputation of being wise, benevolent, and filial has spread far and wide to the Southern Dynasties. Now the Master of the Southern Dynasty has presented the Sutra Banquet Notes... This shows that my grandson’s reputation for being smart, handsome, benevolent and filial has spread far and wide!”

"I would like to congratulate Your Majesty...congratulate the ancestral temple and the country!"

The Emperor of Daliao is now such an only grandson.

Of course, the Han officials in Liao State collectively supported this great grandson.

But the Khitan nobles in the North Courtyard were dissatisfied and uneasy.

It can even be said that it is ready to move!

Now, the young master of the Southern Dynasty sent the notes of the Sutra Banquet to Taisun.

what does this mean?
At least in the eyes of the Han people, this means that the Southern Dynasty has expressed its position that we only recognize the grandson of Daliao as the only legitimate successor of Daliao.

This is called taking advantage of Song's self-respect!
The best thing is that although the young master of the Southern Dynasty was only a little older than his great-grandson, according to legend, he was the wisest and wisest king, and was more intelligent, handsome, benevolent and filial than the Han Ming Dynasty.

Now, the young master of the Southern Dynasty presented the scriptures and banquet notes to the grandson of Daliao.

Isn't it a different kind of recognition that Taisun Daliao is on the same level as him?

Take the deeds of the young master of the Southern Dynasty and package it up, wouldn't it be the story of the great grandson of Daliao?

It's enough to fool the people in Xiazhou and the Ministry.

Yelu Hongji listened to the congratulations from the ministers and reached out to gently touch Yelu Yanxi's head: "Yanxi, you must not let down your grandfather's expectations!"

For Yelu Hongji, there is nothing more important now than allowing Yelu Yanxi to successfully take over and ascend the throne.

In his eyes, this move of the little emperor of the Southern Dynasty was helping Daliao stabilize the government and the opposition.

This even made the Emperor of Daliao happier than his income of 300 million yuan that year!
Yelu Yanxi didn't quite understand what happened?
But he looked at the notes in his hand, listened to his grandfather's words, and felt the eyes of the officials looking at him.

Inexplicably, the young King of Daliao Liang shuddered.

He could only say weakly: "Grandfather, Sun Chen must study hard..."

"Huh?" Yelu Hongji looked at Yelu Yanxi.

Yelu Yanxi had no choice but to muster up the courage and said loudly: "Sun Chen must study hard and not lose to that Southern Emperor!"

Yelu Hongji then smiled with satisfaction: "It's great that King Liang has such an ambition! It's great!"

The ministers then paid their respects and congratulated him again.

But many of the nobles in the North Courtyard lowered their heads at this time, their brows furrowed.

The stability of Yelu Yanxi's position is not good news for them.

It should be noted that when the Grand Master of the Liao Dynasty and the King of Wei came to power, they falsely accused the Queen Xiao Guanyin and poisoned the Prince Yelu Jun.

If King Liang successfully ascends the throne, how can he not avenge his grandmother and father after taking power?

King Wei is dead now.

But all of them had obeyed the orders of King Wei back then and received benefits.

Will King Liang let them go?

No one knows, but no one would bet on it.

Yelu Hongji was naturally keenly aware of the atmosphere among the nobles in the North Courtyard.

He quietly whispered to Han Xianrang.

Han Xianrang nodded, and after going to the emperor's tent, he summoned the concubine of Emperor Daliao, the younger sister of the current empress Xiao Tansi, Xiao Wutelan.

Wote was too lazy to enter the emperor's tent and sat next to Yelu Hongji. Then he waved to Yelu Yanxi: "Prince Liang, come to me..."

Yelu Yanxi obediently walked to Xiao Wotelan and sat down, just like mother and son.

When the nobles of the North Courtyard saw this scene, they breathed a sigh of relief and felt a little relieved.

Because, Xiao Wetelan is not just the Queen's biological sister.She was also the princess of Yelvsui, the eldest son of King Wei.

After the rebellious party of Wei Wang was put to death, he was brought into the harem by Yelu Yanxi, and he also ordered Xiao Tansi and Xiao Wutelan to raise Yelu Yanxi together.

This is the reassurance given to the nobles of the North Courtyard.

However, it didn't take long after Xiao Wete sat down lazily.

There were waves of exclamations coming from outside the tent: "The Tengu is eating the moon!"

Upon hearing this, Yelu Hongji immediately stood up and led his officials to the outside of the tent.

Just looking at the blue sky, the full moon was gradually swallowed by something unknown.

The monarchs and ministers of the Liao Kingdom fell into silence watching all this.

On the night of the full moon of the Mid-Autumn Festival, I encountered the Tengu eclipsing the moon.

A very bad omen!
……

Xingqing House.

Bingchang raised his head and looked at the moon that had been completely swallowed up by the Tengu, with only a crescent left.

A smile appeared on his lips.

"Tengu eclipses the moon...Tengu eclipses the moon...Good! Good!"

This was a bad omen, and it happened that the condition of his mother, the Queen Mother of Daxia, was deteriorating.

This means that God is telling him that he is finally coming through!

This made Bingchang very excited.

He recalled the memory of Empress Dowager Liang scolding him about the little emperor of Nanman a few days ago.

He clenched his fists and said, "You actually said that I can't even compare to a child with a yellow mouth..."

"Damn! Damn!"

As soon as his mother died, Bingchang knew that he would be able to take power.

And as long as he holds power, he will prove to everyone that I am a descendant of Jingzong!
Don't compare a ten-year-old child with a yellow mouth to me!
I will make everyone surrender at my feet!

Beside Bingchang, his wife, Queen Liang, looked at her husband's expression and couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

At this time, a palace maid brought tea.

Empress Liang then personally prepared a bowl of tea soup for Bingchang, and then brought it to Bingchang: "Wuzi, drink tea..."

Bingchang took the tea cup and took a sip.

The taste of green salt, wrapped in the bitterness of tea, dissipated the odor in his mouth and cheered him up.

Seeing Bingchang finish the tea soup, Empress Liang lowered her head.

The guilt in my heart spread rapidly.

……

Mid-Autumn Festival night.

Zhao Xu also saw the full moon in the sky being gradually swallowed up by shadows in the garden behind Baoci Palace.

Both palaces exclaimed: "The Tengu is eclipsing the moon!"

However, they just exclaimed and didn't react much to it.

In the Song Dynasty, what did lunar and solar eclipses count?
The Yellow River, which floods every day, and the Gunju region around Gyeonggi Province, which is prone to earthquakes, have long made people accustomed to and numb to these things.

Zhao Xu'an sat and just looked at the moon.

Then he recited Su Shi's words in a low voice: "I hope we will live forever, and we can share the beauty of the moon thousands of miles apart..."

He thought of the soldiers and civilians on the embankment far away in Hebei.

So, he raised his tea cup and toasted to Hebei from a distance.

"Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and I would like to congratulate you all..."

This morning, Zhao Xu had received the good news that the rain had stopped in Hebei.

At the same time, I also learned that Xiao Zhangkou, who was supposed to break the embankment yesterday, stubbornly persisted.

The dams in Daming Mansion are as stable as Mount Tai.

With the stop of the autumn rain in Hebei, this year's autumn flood has come to an end.

Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians, with the blessing of Zhao Xu's krypton gold magical power, finally survived.

however……

Zhao Xu knew that this was just because this year's flood could only be considered a once-in-ten-year event.

At the same time it didn’t rain much upstream.

That's why Han Jiang from the previous life was able to explode and successfully defend the Daming Mansion.

Only then could Song Yongchen have the miracle of keeping his mouth open.

Because a flood of this level can indeed be resisted as long as manpower is exerted to the extreme.

however……

Zhao Xu knew very well that along with the Xixia people in the upper reaches of the Yellow River, they continued to reclaim wasteland, cut down trees, and destroy vegetation.

The amount of sediment in the Yellow River will only continue to increase.

At the same time, while studying abroad in Modern Times, Zhao Xu already knew that at this time, the global climate is getting colder.

According to historical records, during the Zhao Ji period, the Yangtze River in the south was even frozen in some years.

It was not until Wanyangou crossed south that the climate would usher in a relatively warm period, and then enter the Little Ice Age again in the Ming Dynasty.

Thinking about this, Zhao Xu understood that there was a long way to go.

He still has a lot to do!
　Note: Continuation of the long record of Zizhi Tongjian: Bingzi, the moon has an eclipse.

　　I haven't found out whether it is a total lunar eclipse or a partial lunar eclipse, but I think it is a total lunar eclipse.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)