I studied in modern times

Chapter 483 Yelu Yanxi: I must avenge today’s revenge

As May approaches, the scenery of Nanjing, Liao Kingdom, becomes more and more beautiful.

Rhododendrons bloom all over the hills.

The Khitan knights were hunting in the mountains and forests of Yanshan Mountain.

The dignitaries from various ministries in the North Campus were hunting with eagles, and they were all very satisfied with their ambitions.

Each of the Haidongqing presented by Liaodong Nuzhi is majestic and majestic, satisfying all the fantasies these big shots have about birds of prey.

"Yelü Jiedu!" A young man rode his horse on the hill, looked at Hai Dongqing soaring in the forest, picked up his whip, and looked back at the Fengguo Junjie who followed him, who had just returned from an envoy to the Southern Dynasties. The envoy Yeluju asked with a relaxed expression: "Do the mountains and rivers in the Southern Dynasty also have such magnificent scenery as ours in Daliao?"

Yeluju immediately rode up to the young man and said flatteringly: "The mountains and rivers of the Southern Dynasties are far less beautiful and magnificent than the scenery of Daliao."

The young man hummed softly, with an unwavering expression on his face.

"I heard that Jiedu made a fortune in the Southern Dynasties!" the young man said softly.

"The Kingdom of Yue told me this morning that yesterday during the festival, five hundred boxes of rouge and gouache were sent to the palace, and there were even hundreds of pieces of Sichuan brocade!"

"Not bad!"

Yeluju immediately got off his horse, put his hand on his chest, and said with Khitan etiquette: "This is all a low-ranking official, a little filial piety towards the two empresses!"

"Filial piety?!" The young man laughed. He was riding on the horse, looking down at Yeluju, and nodded: "It is a good thing to have filial piety!"

"But we must also be loyal to our country and serve our king and father."

Yeluju immediately said: "My uncle's teachings are known to me, and I will definitely keep them in mind."

"Yes!" The young man nodded, got off the horse, held the reins, and said to Yeluju: "Jiedu is in the Southern Dynasties, and he can detect the strange movements of the Koreans and the Southern Dynasties. Your Majesty is very satisfied with this."

"In addition, my uncle was able to consider the country and buy tea from the Southern Dynasties for the imperial court. This is also meritorious."

"Xianggong Liang (Liang Ying), Xianggong Wang (Wang Guan), etc. all said that Duke Jiedu was loyal to the country and could be of great use!"

Yeluju trembled and immediately lowered his head and said: "I am only willing to work for my uncle and the two empresses. I will not consider anything else. I ask your uncle to take a closer look!"

Yeluju knew very well that the person who could decide his fate was never in the palace, but the young man in front of him.

The most powerful person in the Liao Dynasty today - the Prince Consort and Prince Xiao of Lanling County.

Xiao Choubo's branch has been prosperous in Liao for several generations.

The ancestor Xiao Aci and the great ancestor Xiao Xiaomu were both relatives of extremely human ministers.

Especially Xiao Aci, who was unjustly killed by the current Emperor of Liao Dynasty.

Therefore, the world sympathizes with him, and some people still miss him.

As a result, countless people were granted titles, buried with the Qianling Mausoleum, and worthy of enjoying the temple of the late emperor.

After that, the Xiao Choubo family became prosperous in the Liao Kingdom.

My brother Xiao Derang married the emperor's eldest daughter, Princess Yelu Sage of Wei.

Although Xiao Derang later died because of his involvement in the case of the deposed queen Xiao Guanyin.

But before he died, he paved the way for his family to take off.

After Queen Xiao Guanyin was sentenced to death and Prince Yelu Jun was killed.

Xiao Derang seized the window of time and worked hard to bring his sister Xiao Tansi into the palace. He was first named Concubine Hui and then Queen. This became the main palace of the dynasty.

Another daughter of the Xiao family, Xiao Outelan, was also brought into the palace by the emperor after the death of Yelu Yixin and was named a noble concubine. She has been favored to this day.

These two sisters now dominate the palace, making the old emperor smile all day long.

Two sisters, a queen, and a beloved concubine.

Naturally, at a young age, Xiao Choubo was promoted to the most distinguished relative of the Liao Kingdom.

Not only was she eighteen years old, she became the emperor's youngest daughter, Princess Yelutri of the Kingdom of Yue, as his wife, and was even named the Prince of Lanling County, a very popular position!

Not only that, because the Xiao Choubo family was still an ally of Yelu Yixin and Zhang Xiaojie.

Today, Yelu Yixin and Zhang Xiaojie are dead, so the Xiao Choubo family has become a bellwether in the eyes of many people.

If the great-grandson of today or in the future wants to take revenge or overturn the verdict.

The first one to attack must be the Xiao Choubo family.

Including the queen and concubines in the palace.

So, for others, how are the queens, concubines, and princes of Lanling County doing? Can they roughly guess their own future?

It was also for this reason that Xiao Choubo became a person whom many people in the Fifth and Sixth Academy Departments deliberately stayed close to.

That is, he is too young.

Otherwise, this would be another powerful minister like Yelu Yixin!

Xiao Cuoru, however, held the riding whip in his hand and led Yeluju forward along the hill.

As he walked, he said: "Do you know, Jiedu, that just before Jiedu returned home, the Ningzhou Observer came to see me?"

Yeluju's brows jumped.

Ningzhou Observer Xiao Jie is his biggest opponent now.

Last year, the old emperor of the Southern Dynasty passed away and the young master ascended the throne.

He, Yeluju, served as the military envoy to celebrate the enthronement of the Southern Dynasties, while Xiao Jie was the envoy to commemorate.

The two have the same mission and have similar status.

But today, more than a year later, the fate of the two has completely changed.

Yeluju, through his several missions, not only won the favor of the palace, but also made a lot of money.

Can Xiao Jie bear it?

Unbearable!

So, Yeluju immediately bowed his head and smiled: "What did Xiao Kuan and Uncle Guo say?"

"Xiao Jieyan..." Xiao Te'o turned around and smiled: "Jiedu is in the Southern Dynasty, the spring breeze is full of joy!"

"It's also said that Jiedu even hid his beauty in the Golden House of the Southern Dynasties!"

"Tsk, tsk, tsk..." Xiao Tewo looked Yeluju up and down: "Now it seems that what Xiao Jie said may be true."

"Jiedu now seems to be quite favored by beauties..."

Yeluju hurriedly lowered his head and said, "It's all because of the protection of my uncle and the love and care of the empress in the palace that I have the opportunity to be a low-ranking official."

He knew that the things he did in the Southern Dynasties could not be hidden from others.

With so many people in the mission, there will always be loudmouths.

Therefore, he immediately started giving gifts as soon as he returned home.

Inside the palace, outside the palace...

Every place that could be checked was checked.

Even the emperor's grandson was given gifts.

The belongings of the Southern Dynasties worth tens of thousands of guan were smashed down, finally blocking others' mouths.

But Yeluju knew that this was not a long-term solution.

You must hug the thigh of the person in front of you!

Xiao Tebo smiled and said: "Since we know that it is the love and protection of my two empresses and me that makes Jieduan what he is today, Jiedu should show his gratitude."

"The Queen of the Palace, I have been paying homage to Buddha recently, and my expenses have been increasing..."

"The princess of the Yue Kingdom often told me that the daily necessities at home cost a lot..."

Yeluju felt his scalp numb as he listened.

He knew that Xiao Tewei was blatantly asking him to share the benefits.

Moreover, what Xiao Teo wants is not small numbers.

"I don't know how much it will cost for the queen in the palace to worship the Buddha?"

"How much expenses does the princess of Yue need?" Yeluju asked after swallowing.

Xiao Te'o laughed loudly: "Jiedu is indeed a man who repays his kindness! It's not in vain that I spoke to Jiedu many times in front of the two empresses."

"Let's do this!" Xiao Tebo stretched out a finger: "Every year from now on, when Jiedu is over at Waqiao Pass, prepare a hundred thousand Guanjiaozi for me."

Yeluju's whole body was numb.

One hundred thousand guan? !

He had been in the Southern Dynasty for so long, worked so hard, and even donated his kidneys and liver, but how much did he get?

Now, Xiao Tebo is here, asking for a hundred thousand yuan of money with just one mouthful?

What does he think?

"What?" Xiao Tewo looked at Yeluju: "Is it difficult?"    "If it is difficult, there is no need to worry about Jiedu."

"Ningzhou Observer said that if it were him, 150,000 yuan a year would be no problem."

Just one hundred thousand guan.

In Xiao Te's eyes, it's just a small sum of money.

It is only one-thirtieth of the total amount of money exchanged between Song and Liao every year, just a drop in the bucket!

Moreover, in the future, the scale of Song-Liao trade will inevitably expand.

According to the current trend, five million yuan every year will not be able to stop it.

Therefore, Xiao Tewo believed that his price was very reasonable.

It also left enough space for Yeluju.

Yeluju showed a smile that was uglier than crying, but he had no choice.

Thinking about the mansions in the Southern Dynasties, and also thinking about the charming Southern Dynasty beauty Li Shishi who was still waiting for him to return to Bianjing.

Yeluju gritted his teeth, patted his chest and said, "How could it be? I am able to honor the two empresses and the princess. This is my blessing that I have earned over several lifetimes!"

What can I do?

We can only continue to think of ways to deal with the Southern Dynasties.

If the price is higher, the rebate will be higher and the weight will be lower.

Find a way to fill this hole!

Xiao Tebo looked at Yeluju's obedient look, nodded and said, "I knew that Jiedu was a man of ideas!"

Yeluju drooped his head: "It all depends on my uncle's promotion."

Xiao Te'o helped Yeluju up and said to him: "Jiedu, get ready."

"In time, the imperial court will send Jiedu as an envoy to the Southern Dynasty to celebrate the Holy Festival of the Southern Dynasty's Empress Dowager."

Since the Chanyuan Alliance between Song and Liao, the monarchs of the two countries not only sent envoys to each other to celebrate New Years, festivals, enthronements, and deaths.

Each other's queens and queen mothers would also send envoys to celebrate each other's affairs.

Nowadays, the relationship between Song and Liao has reached the most intimate peak since the Chanyuan Alliance.

The two countries have experienced unprecedented prosperity in economy, trade and culture.

Naturally, the Liao Kingdom takes this year's Holy Festival of the Southern Dynasties' Empress Dowager and the Little Emperor very seriously.

As Xiao Tewo knows, there are already voices in the court saying that during the Dragon Festival of the young emperor of the Southern Dynasty, a mission will be sent specifically in the name of the emperor's grandson to congratulate the emperor brother of the Southern Dynasty on the holy festival, and at the same time thank the emperor brother of the Southern Dynasty for this. Over the past year, he has been advising the grandson of the Emperor of Daliao on homework and studies.

This was the idea of ​​the Han officials around the Emperor Taisun.

The idea was to continue to bind the young masters of Song and Liao.

The young emperor of the Southern Dynasty, Congjun Rensheng = the great grandson of the Liao Emperor, Congjun Rensheng.

Now, the emperor is very moved by this.

Nine times out of ten, it will eventually be operated according to the ideas of those Han people.

Because the emperor has already tasted enough sweetness from this matter.

He tied up the Southern Dynasty and used the mouths of the Southern Dynasty scholars to praise his grandson.

This is much easier than the emperor himself who racked his brains to exaggerate how pure, filial, and smart the emperor's grandson is!

The whole Liao Kingdom also fell into this trap.

After all - no matter where you are, there are monks from outside who like to chant sutras.

Yeluju didn't know these things, but when he heard Xiao Te'o's promise, his heart suddenly warmed up and he worshiped on the spot: "My uncle's kindness in promoting me will be unforgettable by me forever!"

Bianjing City...

Master Li...

He, Yeluju, is coming back again!

……

Nanjing City, in the Imperial Palace.

Yelu Hongji stood behind his grandson, looking at Yelu Yanxi, and copying the notes prepared for him by Hanlin scholar Wang Shiru.

Emperor Daliao's brows gradually furrowed.

Because he had just finished reading the notes sent by the little emperor of the Southern Dynasties.

Compared with the note sent last time, the little emperor's handwriting of the Southern Dynasty was more beautiful this time.

Vaguely, there is still a bit of everyone's style in it.

What about his precious grandson?

It's been almost a year, and my handwriting is still the same as last year, with no progress.

Knowledge is even more incomparable.

Even the Hanlin scholars in the imperial court read the notes they made and said they were excellent.

Although I don’t know, were those notes written by the other party himself? Like Yelu Yanxi, he wrote it under the guidance of the scholar-bureaucrats around him.

Yes, based on various reports and various situations.

The little emperor of the Southern Dynasties is indeed thriving now.

And the authority is getting stronger!

I heard that people are now starting to look after the government of Kaifeng Mansion and handle general affairs.

Moreover, he did appear in Kaifeng Mansion and was indeed handling some matters independently.

This is a little scary.

Thinking of this, Yelu Hongji couldn't help but sigh.

Yelu Yanxi lowered her head when she heard her grandfather sigh.

The grandson of the Daliao Emperor, who is a little over ten years old, is actually already sensible.

So he knew in his heart that his grandfather was probably comparing him to the so-called 'brother' whom he had never even met.

In the past year, the imperial brother of the Southern Dynasty has left an indelible mark on the heart of the young grandson of the Daliao Emperor.

The main thing is that the other party really seems to regard him as a younger brother.

Every now and then, people would be sent thousands of miles away to deliver notes.

During the festival, the envoy appeared in front of him on time and said: His Majesty the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, to His Royal Highness the Grandson of the Emperor of the Liao Dynasty, may the emperor's brother be well.

This left Yelu Yanxi at a loss.

To that inexplicable emperor of the Southern Dynasties, who suddenly came over and treated himself as his elder brother in front of him.

To be honest, Yelu Yanxi didn't like it very much!

Why?

Who are you?

Why point fingers at Gu Gu?

But what makes Yelu Yanxi uncomfortable is that everyone, including his grandfather and the loyal ministers around him, think this is a matter of course.

Some people even think that this is something to be happy about.

It seemed as if he, the great grandson of the Liao Dynasty, should be someone else's younger brother, and should be pointed out by someone who didn't know what he meant.

Especially his grandfather, who always likes to compare him with others.

It’s always like: Yanxi, look at this person.

Yanxi... If you were half as smart and handsome as the Southern Emperor, I would die in peace.

Not only that, he also had to study the notes of that inexplicable guy under the supervision and supervision of his grandfather and ministers.

He even had to hypocritically copy articles written by ministers, in which he really regarded himself as his younger brother and exchanged lessons in a tone of asking for advice.

Yelu Yanxi was so annoyed.

At this moment, when he felt the sigh from his grandfather again.

Yelu Yanxi couldn't help but swear in her heart: "Emperor of the Southern Dynasties... just wait, I will avenge today!"

　Note: It is impossible for Yeluju to only take kickbacks from the Song Dynasty.

　　Under the excellent matching mechanism of Song and Liao at that time, the Song Dynasty had many stereotypes and bad habits that the Liao Dynasty had.

　　The outstanding talent of bureaucrats for making money does not distinguish between political systems and nationalities.

　　PS: The previous chapter and the previous chapter have been revised. If you don’t see the new content, you can refresh it and read it again.

　　

　

(End of this chapter)