Compete for the Song Dynasty

Seeing Yue Li's anxious look, Wang Bang immediately understood: Yue Li once cooperated with him in arresting Nan Jifeng in Chenzhou; Yue Li and He Libo also knew each other.Thinking of this, Wang Pang raised his brows, cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, brother Yue, for the letter reminder."

Yue Li quickly waved his hands. He has a very good impression of Wang Pang. Since he entered the official career, he has been supported by Prime Minister Bao. Wang Pang is the prime minister's adopted son and he has a close relationship with him. What a shame."

Now Wang Pang was even more sure that the family letter sent to He Libo was written by Yue Li. Thinking of this, he couldn't help asking: "I want to ask how Brother Yue knew about this?"

Yue Li was worried about how Wang Pang would offend the prince, but Wang Pang was not in a hurry, Yue Li sighed and said: "Some time ago, I was traveling here together, and the two of us drank a few more drinks when we were happy. He said one thing. He said that he had intercepted several correspondences between the Liao Kingdom and the Song Kingdom, and he showed me one of them, which was sent to He Libo, and it said that something happened at home, so return quickly!"

Yue Li drank his saliva and continued: "At that time, I was surprised that this was just an ordinary family letter. Who knew that I would say that this is not ordinary. The person who sent the letter is called Wan Yanzhe, and this person is a Jurchen , a general under Yelu Zongyuan. Then he asked me, do you know who this letter is for?" [

Wang Pang must have thought of this question, He Libo had told him at the beginning.He heard Yue Li go on to say: "Of course I don't know who this letter is for, so I asked him. He said it was for Wang Shilang's right-hand man, He Libo. I thought of you at that time, Just ask him, the Wang Shilang he was talking about, but Wang Ruo, the adopted son of Prime Minister Bao?"

As Yue Li said, he looked at Wang Pang, Wang Pang smiled as if this matter had nothing to do with him at all.This Wang Pang was really calm, Yue Li couldn't help admiring him.

"He said: It is the king. If this news is told to the prince, it must be a great achievement. I wonder what a big letter a family letter can be. Besides, Song and Liao are also at war now. I told me at the same time, originally It's not a big deal, but Yelu Zongyuan's actions are getting bigger and bigger now, and the number of recruits has exceeded the normal defense. Then Wanyan impeacher told He Libo that something happened at home, and it must have something to do with Yelu Zongyuan's actions. If This will allow Wang Pang to go to the Liao Kingdom, and there will be a letter from someone close to him. Once there is a civil strife in the Liao Kingdom, Wang Pang will be involved!"

Yue Li frowned as he spoke, he worried the boss's heart for Wang Pang, Wang Pang nodded thoughtfully: "So Brother Yue deliberately sent that letter to remind He Libo and me?"

Yue Li looked at the king and said, "That's right, it's their family business. The matter has been clearly written. If you must go on an envoy, you can have time to prepare and find a reason to resign. As for He Libo, whether he wants to return to Liao Dynasty or not?" Country, brother can let him go."

Wang Pang pondered for a moment after listening, then laughed, Yue Li looked at him: "Ruo, why are you still laughing when things are coming to an end!"

After listening to what Yue Li said, Wang Pang felt a lot more relaxed. He smiled and said, "If brother Yue didn't tell me, I didn't know what would happen. Now after hearing this, my heart is brightened. At least I have I know what the other party wants to do. Brother Yue, rest assured, I will deal with it myself!"

He saw Yue Li nodded, so he asked: "I would like to ask Brother Yue, how did the magistrate Liu of Daizhou know about this? Also, can you tell me who you are, so that if I meet when I am traveling in the future, there may be someone Prepare."

Yue Li hesitated for a moment, after all, he was his comrade, but thinking about Wang Pang's reputation now, what he did was not for the benefit of the country and the people.If someone harmed Wang Pang, it would be impossible to justify it from Yue Li, besides, the husband acted openly, and he looked down on what the Tonghe prince did.

"Prefect Liu of Daizhou is an old friend of mine. He happened to come to me some time ago. Speaking of which, I appreciate your advice on managing the logging on the border. Let's talk about the matter of Prince Yunzhai, and I will offend you. I told him what the prince thinks. As for my brother, don’t worry brother, Yuemou believes in brother’s behavior, and it’s shameless to do this to that person. So I’m telling you now, be careful when you meet this person in the future.”

Wang looked at Yue Li and listened carefully.

Yue Li paused for a moment: "This person's surname is Qin, and his name is Qin Minzhi. I wonder if Brother Wang Pang can recognize this person?"

Wang Pang thought about it carefully, he seemed to have seen this name somewhere, but he couldn't remember it for a while, so he shook his head.

Yue Li seemed to have realized something. His colleague hadn't been in the capital all the year round, so it was no wonder that Wang Pang didn't know about it, so he said: "He is a steward of the North House in the Privy Council. His current official position is Wai Lang, the right secretary, and he often travels to and from the Liao Dynasty. The environment is not in the court, so it is normal if brothers do not know him."

There are so many officials in the court of the Great Song Dynasty, it is impossible for Wang Pang to know all of them. He knows that the north room is one of the twelve rooms under the Privy Council. Room, room in Beijing, review room, Guangxi room, military registration room, militia room, official room, knowledge miscellaneous room, support horse room, and small official room.

This is wrong, now that Yelu Zongyuan of the Liao Kingdom has made such a big move in recruiting troops and buying horses, all the officials of the Song Kingdom know about it, doesn't the Emperor Yelu Hongji of the Liao Kingdom know about it?If this Yelu Zongyuan really rebelled, it would not be a secret.

"Brother Yue, there is one more thing I don't understand. Could it be that Yelu Hongji didn't notice Yelu Zongyuan's big move?"

"Brother Ruo, you don't know as much as I do. Yelu Zongyuan originally held a heavy army, and even if Yelu Hongji realized it, he didn't dare to face him face to face. What's more, he is really the same as his father Yelu Zong now. Day tour hunting, drinking and having fun, with only a few treacherous ministers around, so naturally he doesn't care about so many political affairs. So no one told Yelu Hongji what his uncle Yelu Zongyuan did."

Wang Pang wondered what kind of people Yelu Zongzhen, Yelu Zongyuan and Yelu Hongji were?He looked at Yue Li, and it seemed that Yue Li knew more about the Liao Kingdom, so why not take this opportunity to ask for more advice: "Brother Yue, I also heard that Yelu Zongyuan could have been the emperor of the Liao Kingdom, but he never did. Why do you want more people now?" [

Yue Li smiled, Wang Pang is the right person to ask, ever since he became the prefect of Baozhou, Baozhou is an important border of Song and Liao, and now the prefect is always on high alert when doing business with Song and Liao, so he basically I am almost familiar with the history of the Liao Kingdom.

"Since brother wants to ask, I'll just tell brother..." As he spoke, he was about to tell the relationship between the three of them. When Wang Bang saw Yue Li rolled up his robe sleeves, it seemed that he didn't say a few words It was very clear, so he said: "Brother Yue, later, I'll ask someone to prepare some food and drinks, let's chat while we talk."

After finishing speaking, the king greeted people to set out the wine and dishes, and listened to Yue Li slowly say:

Yelu Zongzhen and Yelu Zongyuan were born of the same mother.Both of their mothers were Xiao Lujin.

Here I have to mention two women, one is Xiao Chuo (Xiao Yanyan), a very heavyweight woman in the Liao Kingdom, that is, the one who was very famous in history. Empress Dowager Xiao who signed the Tanyuan Alliance with the Song Dynasty.

Yelu Zongzhen and Yelu Zongyuan's mother, Xiao Yujin, are descendants of nobles.After being made a concubine, she served as a servant in the palace of Empress Dowager Xiao.

Speaking of the second woman in the Liao Kingdom, she is indeed a gentle and virtuous woman, that is Brother Xiao Bodhisattva, the second queen of Yelu Longxu, the emperor of Liao Dynasty, Brother Xiaozi Bodhisattva, Xiao Chuo (Xiao Yanyan), the younger brother of the Wise Queen Xiao Chuo (Xiao Yanyan) Kui Yin's daughter.

These three women decided the battle for the throne after Yelu Zongzhen succeeded to the throne, which affected the Liao Kingdom.

Empress Dowager Xiao is the daughter of Xiao Siwen, the privy envoy of the Northern Academy of Liao Dynasty and Prime Minister of the Northern Mansion, known as the "Empress Chengtian" in history, a famous female politician and military strategist in the history of the Liao Dynasty.And he was very dissatisfied with this daughter-in-law, Empress Xiao Bodhisattva. Although she was also a close relative, the empress had a weak personality and did not have the courage of Empress Dowager Xiao at all.

When Xiao Lujin served the Empress Dowager Xiao, the Empress Dowager Xiao found that Xiao Lujin was a very thoughtful and courageous woman.There is a legend in the history of the Liao Kingdom, which says that Xiao Yujin was originally very ugly, with a dark complexion and fierce eyes like a wolf.But because of her family background, Yelu Longxu, the emperor of the Liao Dynasty, still married her into the harem.But Longxu never treated her as a concubine, but only put her in the tent of his mother Xiao Chuo as a maid.One day, when she was cleaning the bed for Empress Dowager Xiao, she happened to pick up a golden rooster.Suddenly Empress Dowager Xiao got paid, and in a hurry, she swallowed the golden rooster.Unexpectedly, this golden rooster is a magic medicine in the shape of a chicken.After a few days, Xiao Lujin's skin was completely transformed and became radiant.

The idiot also knows that this is impossible, it can only be said that Xiao Yujin endured the humiliation and finally won the favor of the Empress Dowager Xiao.So Empress Dowager Xiao ordered Longxu to have sex with her.In February of the fifth year of Kaitai (1016), Xiao Yujin really gave birth to a son, named Mu Bugu.

This child, named Mu Bugu, will be Yelu Zongzhen, Emperor Xingzong of Liao Kingdom in the future.

The queen raised Yelu Zongzhen and regarded her as her own, and loved her very much.Later, Xiao Yujin gave birth to another son, Yelu Zongyuan.Although the relationship between the two brothers is very good, Xiao Yujin regards the emperor Xiao Bodhisattva as a thorn in his side.And killed Bodhisattva Xiao to make himself the queen, and even planned to let Yelu Zongyuan replace the crown prince.

Later, Yelu Zongyuan performed military exploits, and his forces and military power became stronger and stronger.But he still has a deep relationship with Yelvzong, who has succeeded to the throne.Yeluzong really believed in religion, but he still didn't forget lust.During a trip, Yeluzong really wanted to indulge in pleasure in the temple, so he ordered his concubine to pretend to be a Taoist nun, but Yeluzongyuan found out, so he questioned the emperor's brother.

Yeluzong really cunningly made a bet with his brothers that there were no concubines in the temple, and if there was one, he would lose a city to his younger brother. As a result, Yeluzongyuan found out several pretending Taoist nuns.Yeluzong really felt embarrassed, but later Yeluzongyuan didn't mention it at all.Liao Xingzong was grateful, and promised to pass the throne to his younger brother Yelu Zongyuan after his death.

But Yelu Zongyuan was cunning. After his death, the throne was passed on to his son Yelu Hongji.Now that Yelu Zongyuan's son Yelu Hongxiao (Nelugu) has grown up, he no longer wants his father to endure, not only for his father Yelu Zongyuan, but also for himself.