In the ninth year of Qingning in the Daozong of Liao (1063 AD), the Great Liao Dynasty was already in crisis at this time. The emperor was greedy for pleasure and the ministers were suspicious of each other, which led to the abandonment of the government. And Liao Dynasty The famous " Huang Taishu Rebellion incident " in history happened in this context.
Yelu Chongyuan is the uncle of Liao Daozong Yelu Hongji . He also has the identity of " Huang Taishu ", which is the successor of the next emperor.
In Liao Kingdom , Yelu Chongyuan can be said to have the power of " below one person, above ten thousand people ", but he was unwilling to be the heir to the throne forever, but spread his ambitions to his nephew's throne.
Therefore, in July of this year, Yelu Chongyuan and Yelu Nelugu father and son and their followers finally carried out a long-planned military coup. Taking advantage of the opportunity of Liao Daozong going out to hunt, they suddenly sent troops to launch a rebellion, attempting to kill Liao Daozong in the wilderness and usurp the throne.
According to the historical record in the book " Liao History ", there were as many as a dozen rebel generals led by Yelu Chongyuan and his son, and the total strength was about two thousand. Although the troops of more than 2,000 people were not very strong, it almost caused a fatal danger to the situation of Emperor Daozong of Liao at that time.
This time he went out to hunt, Liao Daozong only led a team of hundreds of people. Faced with the rebellion launched by his uncle Yelu Chongyuan, he was even more unprepared and his life was hanging on the line.
Liao Daozong Yelu Hongji
The emperor went out to hunt, and Yelu Chongyuan and his son took the opportunity to rebel
In fact, as early as the seventh year of Qingning (1061 AD), Yelu Chongyuan and his son had an attempted rebellion.
At that time, Yelu Chongyuan was already the emperor's grandson and also served as the Grand Marshal of the Liao Kingdom, and his son Yelu Nelugu served as the Privy Councilor of the Southern Court. The father and son are in power in the court, so there will naturally be a large number of followers around them.
Yelu Nelugu felt that the time was ripe, so he carefully planned a conspiracy with his father, that is: " Yelu Chongyuan pretended to be sick. When Liao Daozong came to visit him, he took the opportunity to kill him and seize the throne. "
Fortunately, Liao Daozong did not visit the "ill" Yelu Chongyuan in the end, which led to the failure of the conspiracy between Yelu Chongyuan and his son.
According to common sense, with the person who was suspicious by nature, he should be alert to this matter. However, perhaps because he was unwilling to believe this fact, he still valued Yelu Chongyuan and his son.
Although Liao Daozong was a confused emperor, there were still many sensible people in the court. They had already seen through the wolf ambitions of Yelu Chongyuan and his son, and Yelu Liang was one of them.
Yelu Liang was the envoy of Dunmu Palace at that time, mainly in charge of the affairs of the palace. He was also a poet friend of the Liao Daozong. He would accompany him every time the emperor went out to hunt.
It is precisely because Yelu Liang is in charge of the royal family affairs that he is naturally more informative. When he learned that Yelu Chongyuan and his son were about to launch a rebellion, he fell into deep thought. Should he report to Liao Daozong as soon as possible?
Yelu Liang is a smart person after all. He thought about it and couldn't go to Liao Daozong immediately. Because Yelu Chongyuan and his son were deeply favored by Liao Daozong, and they were also a family with blood thicker than water. Reporting the news obtained by just relying on the news that you have obtained will not only not gain the trust of Liao Daozong, but may also lose your life.
Thinking of this, Yelu Liang decided to find another person first, this person is the mother of Liao Daozong Xiao Tali ( Empress Xiao ).
In addition to serving as the envoy of Dunmu Palace, Yelu Liang also held the position of various affairs in the Empress Dowager Quanzhi, and often had to deal with Empress Dowager Xiao on weekdays. He believed that Empress Dowager Xiao was a politically savvy person and would definitely do better than Liao Daozong when dealing with the rebellion of Yelu Chongyuan and his son.
As expected, Yelu Liang found the right person. When Empress Dowager Xiao heard the news that Yelu Chongyuan and his son were about to launch a rebellion, she instantly felt the seriousness of the situation.
So, Empress Dowager Xiao immediately called her son Liao Daozong to his tent and informed him of the matter. However, Liao Daozong didn't believe it at all and said, " I am so good to them, how could they rebel? "
Seeing this scene, Empress Dowager Xiao sent someone to invite Yelu Liang over. Yelu Liang explained this matter in detail, but Liao Daozong was still unwilling to believe it, but instead scolded: " Do you want to provoke the relationship between our uncle and nephew? "
Liao Kingdom region
Yelu Liang simply took it aside. He replied to Liao Daozong loudly, " If there is a half false statement, I am willing to let Your Majesty chop off my head. If Your Majesty doesn't believe it, you can summon Yelu Nielugu to come. If he doesn't dare to come, it will confirm the fact of premeditated rebellion. "
Seeing Yelu Liang as a guarantee of his life, Liao Daozong began to become half-believing and half-doubted, and even Empress Dowager Xiao was persuading him earnestly. It concerns the emperor's throne and country. If adopts the "preemptive" strategy at this time, it is entirely possible to subdue Yelu Chongyuan and his son, thereby resolving this crisis.
However, Liao Daozong did not do this, which led to the subsequent rebellion of Yelu Chongyuan and his son.
It would be fine if it didn't take action quickly, but Liao Daozong actually alerted the snake and sent an envoy to summon Yelu Nieluku to the palace to meet.
Portrait of Yelu Hongji, Liao Daozong,
With the arrival of the envoy, Yelu Chongyuan and Yelu Nelugu realized that the rebellion might have been exposed. In this case, they decided to advance the time of rebellion to . While seizing the messenger who delivered the letter, he notified his party members to immediately organize troops to surround the palace where the emperor lives and seize the throne.
Taking advantage of the time when Liao Daozong was unprepared, if Yelu Nelugu had brought his men into the palace at this time, the possibility of success was still very high.
As the saying goes, "There must be a miscellaneous secret." Just when Yelu Nelugu was busy organizing his troops, the detained envoy secretly escaped due to panic in the military camp.
The envoy who escaped from the enemy camp did not dare to delay for a moment. He quickly ran back to the palace where Liao Daozong lived, and reported the news that Yelu Chongyuan and his son were preparing to rebel.
It was not until this time that Liao Daozong finally believed that his favorite Huang Taishu would rebel.
Liao Soldiers
Yelu Renxian arranged tactics and insisted on waiting for assistance
In order to deal with this sudden change, Liao Daozong immediately summoned Yelu Renxian, who was the Privy Councilor of the Southern Court, to discuss countermeasures.
Yelu Renxian is not an ordinary person. He is both wise and brave, and has a high status in the court. Even Yelu Chongyuan and his son are afraid of him. In fact, the reason why Yelu Chongyuan was reluctant to implement this long-planned rebellion was precisely because of his existence.
It is said that in the martial arts novel " Tianlong Bazi " written by Mr. Jin Yong , the prototype of the protagonist Qiao Feng is Yelu Renxian.
Liao Daozong simply believed that only by arresting Yelu Chongyuan and his son, he could quell the rebellion, so he ordered Yelu Renxian to lead his troops to arrest him.
With his intuition as a general, Yelu Renxian has different opinions. Yelu Renxian believed that since Yelu Chongyuan and his son dared to launch a rebellion at this time, they must have been carefully deployed, and it may not be so easy to arrest them.
Qiao Feng in the movie and TV series
So, Yelu Renxian persuaded: "His Majesty, it is better to be cautious. We should make complete preparations and gather nearby troops to prepare for battle. "
But Liao Daozong's idea was decided and he did not listen to any suggestions from others. Yelu Renxian had to lead his army to arrest Yelu Chongyuan and his son.
What no one expected was that the rebels led by Yelu Chongyuan acted too quickly and even killed the emperor's palace.Seeing this, Emperor Daozong of Liao hurriedly rode a fast horse and tried to escape to the nearby North and South Office stations, but Yelu Ren first stepped forward to stop him.
Yelu Renxian grabbed the reins of the fast horse riding by Liao Daozong and said, " If Your Majesty abandons the guards and flees to another place, the rebels will definitely chase him from behind. Moreover, it is not clear whether the North Court and the South Court have colluded with Yelu Chongyuan, so they cannot risk going. "
Seeing Yelu Renxian so persistent, the son Yelu Tabu, who was standing aside, also interjected: " Father, Your Majesty's meaning cannot be violated, so just obey Your Majesty's! "
After hearing this from his son, Yelu Renxian couldn't help but feel angry and punched Yelu Tabuye's head. It was precisely because of this critical punch that Liao Daozong woke up and finally gave up the idea of escaping to the North and South Hospitals.
Yelu Renxian’s meaning is very obvious. The current urgent need to organize troops to concentrate on fighting the enemy. His proposal was approved by Emperor Daozong of Liao and was appointed as the general leader of the quelling of the rebellion.
However, the Liao Daozong brought too few troops to hunt this time, and he could not fight against the two thousand rebels of Yelu Chongyuan and his son.
Liao Soldier Portrait
Yelu Renxian is worthy of being a veteran on the battlefield. In order to solve the problem of insufficient troops that can be mobilized, he immediately organized some non-combatants to join the team.
In addition, Yelu Renxian also came up with a solution, ordered soldiers to connect all the carriages together to form a simple circular camp to protect the emperor in the center of the camp . He himself led more than 30 elite soldiers and powerful combat power to guard the periphery of the riveted camp to block the rebels' charge.
After all, the rebels have many troops. If they fight hard, it will be difficult for the soldiers to persist even if they have strong combat power. So Yelu Ren prepared the bows and arrows in advance and distributed them to every soldier, using the bows and arrows to resist the rebels' charges and buy more time for the arrival of reinforcements.
Later facts proved that was saved by the Daliao Jiangshan with his superb military command skills.
The night of the truce, Yelu Chongyuan established himself as emperor
Yelu Chongyuan and his son led the rebels to come over and saw that there was basically no army around Liao Daozong, so they rushed forward with greater confidence. Yelu Nelugu commanded the cavalry to rush in front of the team.
Yelu Nelugu was still too young. He wanted to kill Liao Daozong immediately and let his father as the emperor, so that he could take the position of prince.
Seeing the rebels rushing over, Yelu Renxian gave an order, and the soldiers fired arrows together, and Yelu Nelugu, who was rushing to the front, died on the spot. Seeing this situation, the rest of the rebels became afraid and wanted to turn their horses and retreated back like the low tide of sea water.
Although the rebel cavalry retreated, the crossbow army led by Yelu Chongyuan was still ready to go, and the long-distance bow and arrow battle between the two sides was about to begin.
Although the rebels had a large number of troops, Yelu Ren arranged the ring chariot as a barrier in advance, and with proper command, the two sides barely fought a draw.
The sky gradually darkened, and Yelu Chongyuan still did not take advantage of it, and even took the life of his son. Thinking of this, he ordered the team to stop and rectify it, preparing to fight again tomorrow and seize the throne in one fell swoop.
Yelu Chongyuan's words were just finished, and he was opposed by a subordinate. He said: " Don't stop the attack. We can only be sure to succeed if we continue to fight. Now the other side is not prepared. We have an absolute advantage in military strength. As long as we attack in the dark, big things will definitely be accomplished. If we wait until tomorrow to fight, they will have enough time to wait for reinforcements. Moreover, the longer we delay, our people will develop a second heart, and the more unfavorable it is for us. "
In fact, there is nothing wrong with this statement.
Although Yelu Ren had good command, because he was hasty, there were too few soldiers who could be mobilized, and even the number of bows and arrows was limited. If it continues for a long time, the Liao Daozong will undoubtedly be defeated, the emperor's throne will be difficult to maintain, and the change of power in the Liao Dynasty will become inevitable.
Hearing his subordinates' analysis, Yelu Chongyuan became hesitant and decided to seek the opinions of another leader of the rebel army, Xiao Hujiu .
Xiao Hujian was the deputy envoy of the Privy Councilor at that time, in charge of the military and political affairs of the rebels, and was highly valued by Yelu Chongyuan. When he learned that Yelu Nelugu had been shot to death by arrows, he felt a little scared. Seeing that the sky gradually darkened, he spoke, " is fighting at night, it is difficult to distinguish between enemies and us. If the opponent attacks inside and outside, it will be very unfavorable to us. Besides, we have an absolute advantage, and it is not too late to fight again tomorrow. "
Yelu Chongyuan felt that Xiao Huji's words made sense, and he had no intention of fighting again, so he ordered the troops to surround the palace of Liao Daozong and launch an attack tomorrow at dawn.
Although the war was truce for one night, Yelu Chongyuan was not idle. He was supported by his followers overnight and was busy acquiring officials and re-electing titles to his subordinates. Among them, Xiao Huji, who was most valued by Yelu Chongyuan, was enthroned by the Privy Council of the Northern Court and became the top leader in the military and political circles.
Through this incident, it is not difficult to see that Yelu Chongyuan and his followers are too optimistic about the situation. They thought that they would launch an attack at dawn, kill Liao Daozong and seize the throne.
Just when Yelu Chongyuan was busy establishing himself as emperor and his party members were enjoying their new title, Liao Daozong completed an opportunity to save himself.
Liao soldiers
reversed the situation, the rebels were defeated, Yelu Chongyuan committed suicide
Taking advantage of the opportunity of the truce at night, Yelu Renxian immediately analyzed the enemy situation with Liao Daozong and discussed countermeasures. He also sent people to escape from the encirclement and urged reinforcements from the South and North Courts to come and rescue them quickly.
Just as dawn the next day, Yelu Chongyuan and his gangsters, who had enjoyed the honor of the emperor all night, decided to attack again. However, the situation in front of them was stunned, and the opponent's troops had already exceeded 1,000 more.
It turns out that more than 1,000 reinforcements from the North Court have arrived, but compared with the more than 2,000 rebels, they are still at a disadvantage.
Since things have reached this point, there is no way to turn around, and Yelu Chongyuan has to continue leading the rebels to charge. Because he knew very well that surrendering was only a dead end, and he could still win if he fought.
What Yelu Chongyuan never expected was that his two thousand rebels were dismantled by a minister around Liao Daozong, who was the slave of Xiao Han.
Xiao Han’s family is a member of the Xi tribe. He once served as the king of the Xi tribe who commanded Xi tribe and had a high prestige among the Xi tribe. Like the Khitans, the Xi people, they both come from the grassland people and are brave and good at fighting. The two together form the military force of the Liao Kingdom.
Learning that there were many Xi people in the rebels, Xiao Han's slaves immediately stood up and shouted to them, " You follow Yelu Chongyuan's rebellion to cause self-destruction. If you can repent and put down your weapons, the emperor will not hold you accountable. "
The Xi people in the rebels heard Xiao Han's slave's call and immediately wavered the army's spirit and had no intention of fighting again, stopping the attack.
Seeing this situation, Yelu Renxian immediately led his army to rush over. The rebels were instantly defeated and deserters were scattered everywhere. The leaders of the rebels, Yelu Chongyuan, Xiao Hujian and others knew that there was no hope of victory, so they turned their horses and led only a small number of soldiers to escape from the battlefield.
On the way to escape, Xiao Hu knew that if he was caught, he would definitely not have a good end, so he jumped into the river and committed suicide in despair.
Yelu Chongyuan fled to the desert with some cavalry. At this moment, he remembered his son who encouraged his rebellion and sighed to the sky: " It was Yelu Nerugu that made me come to this point! "
After saying that, he picked up the sword he carried with him and committed suicide. The father and son can meet in another world again!
Until this time, the famous " Huang Taishu Rebellion " in the history of the Liao Kingdom also ended with the successive deaths of Yelu Nelugu and Yelu Chongyuan. After Emperor Daozong of Liao returned to the court, he rewarded the heroes who suppressed the rebellion one by one, arrested all the rebels, waiting to be sent to the death.
Benefited by the emperor, why did Yelu Chongyuan launch a rebellion?
In fact, Liao Xingzong and Liao Daozong father and son were good at Yelu Chongyuan.
As early as when Liao Xingzong was reigned, he named his younger brother Yelu Chongyuan as the crown prince , which means he is qualified to inherit the next emperor. When Emperor Daozong of Liao was reigned, he once again named his uncle Yelu Chongyuan as the emperor's uncle, and also named him the Grand Marshal of the World Military and Horses.
In addition, Liao Daozong also gave Yelu Chongyuan's iron coupons to ensure his wealth, life and eternal wealth. At the same time, he was relieved of the kneeling ceremony he performed when he paid homage to the emperor, and he was allowed to serve as the important position of Privy Council envoy of the North Court.
In addition to Yelu Chongyuan himself, even his son Yelu Nelugu was named king and held an important position in the court.
Since both emperors are so good to Yelu Chongyuan and his son, and he also has the title of Huang Taishu, the heir to the throne, why did take the risk of launching a rebellion?
In fact, no matter how much favor Yelu Chongyuan received from the two emperors, there was a realistic problem that made him very embarrassed.
Yelu Chongyuan has been the heir to the throne of two dynasties in a row. It seems that he is only one step away from the throne, but it is still not his turn. Moreover, the battle for the throne in ancient times was very cruel, and similar events that have occurred in history abounded. Instead of living in fear all day long, it is better to take risks and take the initiative and take the throne that should belong to you.
Since Yelu Chongyuan's biological mother, Empress Dowager Qin Ai, passed away, he has lost his greatest backer behind him, and his hope of taking the throne with his biological mother has been completely shattered. Through this incident, Yelu Chongyuan began to feel depressed and his enthusiasm for the throne decreased. It was enough to be a safe uncle.
However, there is one person who doesn’t want Yelu Chongyuan to live a stable life, that is his eldest son Yelu Nelugu.
Yelu Nelugu was cruel and ruthless. He was successively awarded the titles of King of Chu and King of Wu, but he was still not satisfied, but was extremely keen on the throne of the emperor. Therefore, he has been urging his father Yelu Chongyuan to usurp the throne behind his back, so that he could naturally become the crown prince.
Although Yelu Chongyuan was not as eager as the emperor's position as before, he could not resist his son's instigation all day long, which aroused the desire to be the emperor. So, the father and son began to conspire to seize the throne, secretly making friends with their gangs to develop and expand their own strength.
In the case of Yelu Chongyuan's rebellion, in addition to the continuous instigation of his son Yelu Nelugu, his wife also played a role in fueling the fire.
Once, the son of Liao Daozong was born, and all the relatives and nobles had to go to express their congratulations. Yelu Chongyuan asked his wife to congratulate him. On this grand occasion, Queen Xiao Guanyin saw this aunt wearing heavy makeup and showing off her coquettishness, and said to her: " We are women from noble families, we should love ourselves. We should be more solemn in front of outsiders, so why should you do this? "
Queen Xiao Guanyin has always been a more dignified person. She disliked her aunt's behavior very much, and just used a few relatively peaceful words to persuade her.
However, although Yelu Chongyuan's wife dared not speak out in the palace, she cursed at Yelu Chongyuan as soon as she returned home: " As the emperor's uncle, you are not even as good as ordinary servants. Today, Xiao Guanyin , the junior, scolded me in person. If you really have ambition, turn this momentum over and let me kill this stinky girl. "
Of course, Yelu Chongyuan's wife's speech was not as skilled and measured as Queen Xiao Guanyin. We can imagine that when she was swearing, it might be a scene of a shrew scolding the streets.
After hearing what his wife said, Yelu Chongyuan was immediately furious and finally made up his mind to "snatch the throne."
From our current perspective, it is also unlucky for Yelu Chongyuan to have such a family. He could have lived a life of high-ranking officials and generous salaries, but was disturbed by his son and wife, forcing him to embark on a path of no return.
When later generations evaluated the emperor of Liao Daozong, they were often linked to the term "lucky monarch". The reason why Yelu Chongyuan and Yelu Nelugu's father and son launched a rebellion was of course related to him. He usually likes to go hunting, which leads to the slump of government affairs in the court, which gives Yelu Chongyuan and his son an opportunity to take advantage of it.
The most important thing is that Liao Daozong also has great problems in personnel appointments, such as being close to villains and being far away from wise ministers.
Before this "Huang Tai Shu's rebellion incident", there was a wise and brave man in the court who could suppress Chongyuan and his son and his followers, that is, Liao Daozong's uncle Xiao Ala .
However, because Xiao Ala was in a straight line of advice in the court, and Emperor Daozong of Liao believed in the sow discord by the treacherous minister Xiao Ge, he actually killed his uncle in the court on the spot. After Yelu Chongyuan and his son launched a rebellion, people at that time said, " If Xiao Ala was still alive, the rebellion would not have happened at all. "
Although Liao Daozong queried the "Huang Taishu's Rebellion Incident", he did not learn from this matter. He first eliminated treacherous officials such as Xiao Ge, Xiao Tu, and Gu Ci, and then promoted a more dangerous treacherous minister. This is Yelu Yixin , known as " The first treacherous minister of the Liao Dynasty ".
It was under the concealment of Yelu Yixin that Liao Daozong made a series of stupid behaviors. The fate of the final demise of the Great Liao Dynasty seemed to be destined at this moment.
References
"History of Liao"
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