Most people think that in ancient history, the temple number is called "Taizu, Gaozu", which should be the most powerful and meritorious emperor of this dynasty, such as Liu Bang, Taizu of Han, Cao Cao of Wei, Sima Yi, Gaozu of Jin, Liu Yu, Gaozu of Song, Yang Jian, Gaozu of Tang, Li Yuan, Zhao Kuangyin, Taizu of Song, and Zhu Yuanzhang of Ming. At this time, some people will say that the emperors of "Taizu and Gaozu" are generally the founding emperors, and they are naturally extremely top-notch, so what do Wei Gaozu Yuanhong, Zhou Gaozu Yuwen Yong, Southern Song Taizu Liu Yilong, Jin Taizu Sima Zhao, and Tang Taizu Li Hu say?None of them are the founding kings of the country, and their achievements are high or low, so they can't be generalized!
If you want to judge the merits and overall quality of an emperor by using the temple number as the standard, then it should be said that the gold content of "Holy Ancestor and Holy Ancestor" is the peak, that is, the highest level. Maybe some people will say that "Renzong" should be the highest!Their basis is that there is a cloud in Zengzi's "University": "To be a ruler is to be benevolent", that is to say, to be the ruler of all people, upholding benevolence and righteousness is the highest state. And also listed the 42 years of the reign of "surrender without a fight" of the Song Renzong Zhao Zhen, who made the strong enemy country unaware of the military revolution for nearly a hundred years, and even the enemy chieftain and the son of heaven bowed down and cried for him, which can only show that "Renzong" is only the ceiling of the prosperity of "civil governance", and cannot be regarded as the crown of the top king of "both civil and military".
And the "Holy Ancestor, Holy Ancestor" is different, try to see two thousand years, can get this special person only two emperors, one is the well-known Qing Kangxi Emperor, he reigned for sixty-one years, the length has reached the crown of a hundred kings, during the reign of the meritorious deeds can not be said to be high, but his "Holy Ancestor" reputation has always been criticized, because this temple number is generally not above the Taizu, Gaozu, but the compilation of the Qing court will be the "Holy Ancestor" The reputation is worn on the head of Kangxi, from the perspective of the ancient system of Zhou Li, this is extremely unruly, so today regardless of the name of "Qing Shengzu", but to talk about another unique "saint" emperor in history, that is, Liao Shengzong Yelu Longxu.
Liao Shengzong reigned for nearly 50 years, his early experience and Kangxi are quite similar, after the early enthronement, the "super strong heroine" hindered and assisted him for many years, and then twice subdued the invincible Song Taizong father and son, and successively destroyed Song Taizong's greatest Yongxi Northern Expedition, and then bullied his son Song Zhenzong, signed a humiliating nearly 100-year "Lanyuan Alliance" in Lanzhou, and formed a brother with a different surname with Zhenzong Zhao Heng, and named his son "Zongzhen" to show humiliation. Then there was no major war in the Liao and Song dynasties for a hundred years, and the Liao State received 300,000 taels of annual tribute every year, which was almost an unprecedented "peaceful initiative", no emperor before him could do it, and no emperor after him could so easily make a powerful enemy country so generous to pay tribute and beg for peace.
In addition, during his long reign, Liao Shengzong successively subdued the Jurchen, Goryeo, Dangxiang, Uighur and other Quartet tribes and small states, and even deliberately set up a strong enemy Western Xia for the Northern Song Dynasty, so as to contain and prevent the Northern Song Dynasty from becoming truly strong, so that the Liao State as a whole was pushed to its heyday, forming the famous Liao "Taiping Rule". If he was not the Khitan Emperor, but the Son of Heaven of the Han family, I am afraid that he would have competed with the Qin Emperor Han Wu and Tang Sect in the annals of history with this merit!It's just that too many people are unwilling to accept his grand exploits and superb and wise life just because the name Yelu Longxu is not Liu Longxu, Li Longxu, Zhao Longxu, and Zhu Longxu, nor are they willing to carefully read important historical books such as "History of Liao" to make a fair evaluation of him.
Then today, for those who are interested and have the heart to understand the unique "Holy Sect" emperor in history, I will talk about the glorious life of Yelu Longxu, the Liao Holy Sect. Yelu Longxu, the small character Manjushri, he is the eldest son of Liao Jingzong, and his biological mother is Xiao Xuan, the second most famous Empress Dowager of Chengtian in Liao (the first is the Empress Dowager of the Founding of the Country), also known as the "Wise Queen".
She was not only the most feared enemy chieftain of the Yang family in the Northern Song Dynasty, but also helped her husband Liao Jingzong Yeluxian to break the most ambitious "Battle of the Gaoliang River" of Song Taizong Zhao Guangyi, and later helped her son Liao Shengzong to smash Song Taizong's exquisite "Yongxi Northern Expedition", and then waved the army south, and forced Song Zhenzong Zhao Heng to sign an unprecedented alliance under the city in Lanyuan, and he could also take up to 300,000 taels of the Song Dynasty every year , and Empress Xiao also successfully accepted the title of aunt honored by Song Zhenzong, and her son Liao Shengzong also became a different surname with Song Tianzi Jinlan, such a queen mother is really incomparable to the queen mothers of all dynasties.
In terms of striving for practical interests, Empress Dowager Xiao, the mother of Liao Shengzong, is far superior to Empress Lu of the Han Dynasty and Wu Zetian of the Tang DynastyAnd Liao Shengzong was very fond of reading and writing when he was young, he was able to compose poetry at the age of ten, and when he grew up, he was good at archery, and he was proficient in music and rhythm, and good at painting, in the second year of Liao Jingzong Qianheng, he was named King of Liang. In the autumn and September of the fourth year of Qianheng, Liao Jingzong died, and the twelve-year-old Liao Shengzong ascended the throne in front of his father's coffin. And Empress Dowager Xiao was edicted to take charge of the regent. In the winter of October, the Liao Shengzong began to look at things.
In February of the first year of the Liao Shengzong and the first year, the Jinxi Mansion of Nanjing heard that the Northern Song Dynasty was desperately gathering grain and grass on the border of the Liao and Song Dynasties, and Zhao Guangyi, the Taizong of Liao, also personally climbed Mount Tai and looked north at the Liao realm, which frightened the Liao Shengzong and immediately sent the edict to the general Yelu Hugo to lead the troops to wait for the battle. The ministers thought that the Empress Dowager Chengtian was in charge of the court, so she should forcibly present the honorific title, and Liao Shengzong had no choice but to ask the officials to give a detailed tribute to the Empress Dowager's honorific title. At the same time, he also issued an edict to the Privy Council to send an edict to the envoys and generals along the border, until the day of the Queen Mother's salute, only the children of the Yelu clan were allowed to congratulate them, and other generals were not allowed to come to Beijing, for fear of losing the defense of the Liao-Song border. In the end, Liao Shengzong led the ministers to give the Empress Dowager Xiao the official title of "Queen of Chengtian", and the ministers were also very knowledgeable, and immediately called the emperor "Emperor Tianfu", and at the same time changed the name of the year to "Tonghe".
In November, Liao Shengzong issued an edict ordering the common people to have parents who fled to other places to live in other places, and if any neighbors noticed and complained, the government should immediately arrest them and ask them for their crimes. And those who are filial to their parents and can make the three generations live together, the government will definitely let the lintel of his house shine. Frightened, all the officials came to congratulate, but the Empress Dowager Chengtian was very happy, and actually ran to Yupen Bay to watch the fishing, and then ran to Junyuan to watch the fishing.
In the first month of the spring of the second year of Tonghe, Liao Shengzong and the Empress Dowager Chengtian went to Raolechuan to watch the hunt, and then he competed with the kings and ministers. In the fourth year of unification, Li Jiqian, the leader of Western Xia, rebelled against the Song Dynasty and surrendered to Liao, and Liao Shengzong still named him the difficulty of the difficult army. In March, Yelu Xiuge, the minister of Liao Yuyue, reported that Song Taizong sent famous generals Cao Bin, Cui Yanjin, Mi Xin and other important ministers to lead troops from Xiongzhou to the north to conquer Liao, while the general Tian Chongjin killed Feihu Dao, and Pan Mei and Yang Jiye entered Liao from Yanmen Pass in the west, and for a time Qigou, Zhuozhou, Gu'an, and Xincheng were all captured by the Song army.
Frightened, Liao Shengzong immediately sent an edict to Xuanhui to make Pu Ling lead his troops to the south of Yanshan, and discussed with Yelu Xiuge how to resist the indestructible Song Taizong's soldiers and horses, and soon Liao Shengzong sent envoys in the palace to the Khitan tribes to recruit troops and horses to increase the troops for Yelu Xiuge, in order to fight against Song Taizong. However, Liao Shengzong was very uneasy, and sent Yeluma to stay in the eastern capital to reinforce Brother Hugh with a large army, and gave him Shang Fangjian to kill any soldiers who retreated and surrendered to the enemy, or did not obey orders. In the end, Liao Shengzong still decided to drive the expedition in person in order to inspire the whole army to resist Song Taizong, so he sacrificed to the ancestral tomb temple and the gods of mountains and rivers, and then sent troops.
Soon, the Liao army defeated the Song army in Gu'an, and Yelu Xiuge cut off the Song army's food and salary, captured the Song Dynasty generals, and captured many cattle, horses, and weapons. And Zhao Yanzhang, the assassin of Huanzhou in Liao, surrendered to the Northern Song Dynasty in Jucheng, and the Song soldiers entered Zhuozhou, the hometown of the Zhao emperor, in one go. Soon, Zhao Xizan, the deputy envoy of the Shunyi Army, surrendered to the Song Dynasty with Shuozhou. Liao Shengzong was so frightened that he hurriedly invited the Empress Dowager Xiao to garrison Huoluokou together, and he sent an edict urging the troops and horses of the Eastern Expedition to hurry up to King Qin's escort. He also sent an edict to Lin Yaqinde to lead his troops to defend the coast of Pingzhou, so as to prevent the Song army's sailors from crossing the sea to attack Liaotu like Zhou Shizong, who was invincible in the world.
Liao Shengzong was afraid that in case of an accident, he ordered Pingzhou Jiedu to send Di Ligu to send troops and horses to hurry over, lest the Qinde army not arrive in time, and his dragon chair would be in danger. At this time, the Liao army and the Northern Song Dynasty re-entered the battle at Feihu Pass, and the Liao army was defeated, and the Jizhou defense envoy Dapeng Yi, the Kangzhou Thorn Shi Ma Yun, and the Ma army commander He Wantong were all captured by the Song army, and the Liao Shengzong was frightened and hurriedly ordered the Northern Yuan Privy Envoy Yelu Xian to be the commander of Shanxi soldiers and horses, and the Northern Court Xuanhui made Pu Ling to be the commander of the southern expedition, and went to help Yelu Xiuge resist the Song army.
Zhang** Jiedu made Ai Zheng and the observation judge Song Xiong also surrender to the Northern Song Dynasty with Yingzhou. Frightened, the Liao Shengzong sent the flying dragon envoy Yara and the Wenban official Yadago to quickly select the best imperial battle in the imperial stables to supply the army first, so as to maintain the advantage of the Liao iron cavalry in the Song war, and he also sent the edict to Xiao Jiyuan, the commander of the horse, to personally lead the iron cavalry to the battlefield. The commander of the Wuding army, the commander of the Ma Bu army, the defense envoy of Yingzhou, Lu Xingde, the deputy commander of the commander, Zhang Jicong, and the commander of the Ma army, Liu Zhi, also surrendered to the Song Dynasty at Feihu Pass. Liao Shengzong was a little relieved at this time, and gave Lin Ya to plot four sets of royal flags and a sword from Shang Fang, and sent him to lead the most brave and elite soldiers of the forbidden army to the south to help Yelu Xiuge.
At this time, the infantry army commanded Mu Chao to rebel and surrender to the Song Dynasty in Lingqiu, and the Liao Shengzong was frightened to send an edict to give the privy envoy Yelu to make a secret decree, and he and the Zhang** Jiedu envoy led the troops to quickly resist the Song army. In the summer and April, Liao Shengzong personally arrived in the northern suburbs of Nanjing, and at this time, Han Dewei came to report the victory from the southwest, but Pan Mei, a famous general of the Northern Song Dynasty, captured Yunzhou in one go. At this time, many Liao teachers came over to help Yelu Xiuge, and the Liao Shengzong hurriedly gave them the Son of Heaven and gave them a meritorious general.
Soon Yelu Xiuge came with good news again, Song Taizong's soldiers and horses did not do much, Liao Shengzong jumped up happily and hurriedly sacrificed the heaven and earth with preserved wine, and led the ministers to congratulate the Empress Dowager Xiao, and passed the edict to the Durban Division. Soon after, all the military horses played that the Song army had retreated, and Xi Wang Kuoning, the king of the Northern Courtyard, Pu Nuning, and the commander of the army, Po De, were still leading troops to pursue the Song army, and they all achieved brilliant victories. The Liao Shengzong also sent a special envoy to praise the meritorious soldiers.
He also sent two elite cavalry soldiers to enter Ulzhou to chase and kill the Song soldiers, Heng Lang Jun Lao Jun Nu led Zhu Lang Jun also ran over to help Liao Shengzong sweep the north of Juyong Pass, Liao Shengzong sent the general Hua Ge to lead the Pingzhou soldiers and horses, Heng Tent Lang Jun Nu Ge was the Yellow Skin Room Governor, Lang Jun Li was the Beifu Governor, and they all led the infantry under their command to Ulzhou to help Yelu Xuan. Liao Shengzong also appointed Xian Zhen as the commander of all the soldiers and horses, and the Song Jiao Cao Bin and Mi Xin led the troops to cross the Juma River in the north and confront Yelu Huge, and the Liao and Song sides challenged, and the north and south sides camped for six or seven miles.
At this time, Liao Shengzong also personally rushed to the east of Zhuozhou fifty miles, and then he issued an edict to order the Zhulu army to strictly resist the Song army, and soon Yelu Xiuge defeated the Song army again, Liao Shengzong praised him greatly, and issued an edict to praise, and Ulzhou left and right were detained by the Ya Lord Li Cunzhang, Xu Yanqin and others to kill the local Jiedu envoys to surrender to the Song Dynasty. Liao Shengzong personally recovered Zhuozhou and offered sacrifices to heaven and earth. Soon the army arrived in Gu'an, and carried out a siege, soon the city was breached, Liao Shengzong plundered the army, and ordered the Northern Song Dynasty residents of the captured can take official goods to ransom their lives.
In May, the Liao army fought with Cao Bin and Mi Xin of the Northern Song Dynasty at Qigou Pass, the Song army was defeated, the Liao army pursued to the Juma River, and the Song soldiers drowned countless people. The remnants of the Song army fled to Gaoyang, and were attacked by the Liao army, with tens of thousands of dead and discarded armor piled up. There were also tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians of the Northern Song Dynasty hiding in the empty city of Qigou, surrounded by the Liao army, fortunately Empress Dowager Xiao had a birthday, and Liao Shengzong let all these Song people go. When the Holy Sect was a teacher, he passed by Xincheng, but Brother Hugh and Pu Ling killed all the Song soldiers who fled on the road. When it was south of Gu'an, Liao Shengzong told the heavens and the earth with a green ox and a white horse, and used the captured Song people to "shoot ghost arrows", that is, tied to the pillars, and ordered the soldiers to shoot them into hedgehogs.
Then Liao Shengzong ordered the Fourth Route Army to attack the boundaries of Ying and Shuo, and attacked the Song soldiers who had not retreated in Shanxi. Soon, Liao Shengzong feasted the whole army in the Yuanhe Hall of Yanjing, and named Yelu Xiuge, who had the greatest merit, as the king of Song, and ordered Hugh Ge to prepare weapons and armor, and to wait until the autumn to conquer the Song Dynasty in the south. Liao Shengzong also sent an edict to those Song generals who did not surrender to the city, and the Liao soldiers were killed and beheaded. In the autumn and July, the privy envoy Yelu sent a report, saying that he had captured the famous general Yang Jiye of the Northern Song Dynasty, that is, Yang Ye and Yang Lao Linggong among the generals of the Yang family.
Liao Shengzong happily announced to heaven and earth. It turned out that Yang Jiye was conceited and invincible at first, and the world was called "Yang Invincible". Shuozhou, caused a great threat to the Liao State, and later by the edict of Taizong of the Song Dynasty to the north, led the troops out of Shuozhou thirty miles, to the Langya Village, Yang Jiye was very disgusted with this place name, he refused to continue to advance, but the left and right generals desperately persuaded him to move forward in order to make meritorious contributions, so he entered the Langya Village, met the army of Yelu Xian, so that the Liao State ambushed the soldiers, Yang Jiye was in the middle of the arrow, fell off the horse and was captured, after catching the Liao State, he did not eat, and died in three days, Yelu Xianzhen immediately cut off his head, packed it in a box and sent it to the Empress Dowager Xiao, Liao Shengzong Imperial Front.
Liao Shengzong then issued an edict to send the head of Yang Lao Linggong to the three armies, and the Northern Song Dynasty Yun, Ying and other states heard that Yang Jiye was killed by the Liao army, and they were all so frightened that they all abandoned the city and fled. Liao Shengzong also ordered Yelu Xiuge to prepare to take the six states south of the Juma River. Soon after, Liao Shengzong appointed Han Derang, the empress dowager's "good friend", as the ** Situ. A few days later, the Holy Sect announced the southern expedition, and the Empress Dowager Xiao also reviewed the latest baggage armor. Liao Shengzong appointed Brother Hugh as the vanguard commander, and he ordered the army not to gallop horses to destroy the Song people's farmland without reason, and did not allow the troops to destroy the mulberry trees and fruit trees planted by the Song people. But when the Liao army arrived in Tangju County, the Song army was stationed in the north of the Hutuo River crossing bridge, and the Liao Shengzong immediately sent elite soldiers to shoot indiscriminately at the Song camp, and the Song soldiers could not hold the bridge, so the Liao army killed and burned the bridge.
In December, Yelu Xiuge defeated Song Yujun Wangdu, Liao Shengzong camped in the north of Hutuo Hebei, and immediately ordered Yelu Xiuge to intercept the Song army's retreat with cavalry, not allowing them to return to Xingzhou, and soon after, Liao Shengzong personally fought with the Song generals Liu Tingrang and Li Jingyuan in Mozhou, and defeated them, and captured the Song generals He Lingtu and Yang Chongjin alive. And the corpses of the Song soldiers were piled up into a Jingguan to deter the Song people. Next, Liao Shengzong issued an edict prohibiting the army from plundering the place, and soon camped in Shenyu Village, and soon captured Fengmu Town, and plundered the troops, and captured Shenzhou in a few days, because Shenzhou did not surrender immediately at first, Liao Shengzong was furious, killed all the guards in the city, and plundered the army. At this time, Li Jiqian of Western Xia came with 500 horsemen to help the war, and asked for marriage to Liao, expressing his willingness to be the vassal and auxiliary state of Liao forever, and Liao Shengzong then ordered the prince to make Yeluting, the daughter of Yeluxiang, go to Heqin, and was named Princess Yicheng, and gave 3,000 horses.
In the first month of the spring of the fifth year of Tonghe, the Liao army broke through Shucheng County in the Northern Song Dynasty, and plundered the troops, when Liao Shengzong ran to Wen'an County, he sent people to persuade him to surrender, the guards did not listen, the Liao army broke through the county seat, killed a city of strong men, and captured all the old and young. Then the master of the Liao Shengzong returned to Yanjing and rewarded the meritorious soldiers in the Yuanhe Palace. In March, Liao Shengzong visited Changchun Palace, enjoyed flowers and fishing in the palace, and gave peonies to his close ministers for many days. In the summer and April of the sixth year of the unification of peace, the minister Hu Limu collided with Han Derang and caused him to fall from his horse, and the queen mother was furious and beheaded Hu Limu. In June, Liao Shengzong ordered all the soldiers and horses to prepare the siege equipment for the southern expedition to the Song Dynasty, and he sent the south to recruit Han Dewei to conquer the disobedient people in the Hehuang region, and awarded Han Dewei as the opening of the palace with the three divisions and the door of the Pingzhang.
In September, Empress Dowager Xiao was fortunate to Han Derang's big tent, and ordered the courtiers to divide into two groups to play Shuanglu, and everyone was very happy. Soon after, Liao Shengzong sacrificed the flag to the south, and after arriving in Zhuozhou, he sent a silk letter to the city to persuade Song General to surrender, but Song General did not listen. In the winter of October, the Liao army besieged it on all sides, and finally the city was breached, and the Song army was broken at Shaduiyi. Then he divided the Northern Song Dynasty army into seven commanders and envoys, called the Guisheng Army. Ma Dechen, a staff officer of the marching army and a university scholar, told the Liao lord that these Song people might not be used by the Liao people after all, and asked for all of them to be returned, but the Liao Shengzong did not obey. Soon the Liao army defeated the Song army at Powolf Mountain, and then broke the Song army at Yijin Pass. The Liao army entered the mouth of the Great Wall, and Li Xing, the defender of Song Dingzhou, led troops to resist.
Jeruhhuge defeated him and pursued him for five or six miles. In November, Liao Shengzong will attack the Song army at the mouth of the Great Wall, and send the edict to the army to prepare siege equipment, not long after, the Liao lord personally came to the mouth of the Great Wall to station, urged the army to attack on all sides, the Song army broke through, they fled around the city, Yelu obliquely surrendered to them, but these Song troops did not surrender, Liao Shengzong and Han Derang attacked together, the Song army was killed, and the captured Song soldiers were given to the Yanjing army. Soon, the Liao army attacked the city again, and soon captured it, captured Qizhou, plundered Zongzhen, and captured Xinle. In the first month of the spring of the seventh year of Tonghe, the master of the Liao Sheng Sect. And Li Jiqian of Western Xia and his brother Li Jizhu have a grudge, Jiqian wants to be a minister to the Song Dynasty, and Jiqian wants to eat all of the Liao and Song songs, left and right, and then set himself up as the king, at this time he in order to deal with his brother, sent people to beg to become an ally with the Liao State, and the Liao Shengzong knew that it was not sincere, and he did not allow it.
Soon the Liao army attacked Yizhou again, the Song soldiers came to aid from Suicheng, and the Liao Shengzong ordered the army to march together and break Yizhou, so frightened that the generals of the Northern Song Dynasty no longer dared to fight to meet the Liao Shengzong. The Holy Sect moved the soldiers and civilians of Yizhou to Yanjing, and climbed the Wuhua Tower in Yizhou to appease the three armies. Soon after, the class division Yanjing, the Sixth Army was lifted. Ma Dechen, the counselor, because Liao Shengzong liked to play polo too much, wrote to advise him not to let the Queen Mother be frightened, and Liao Shengzong was very happy to listen to his opinion. Soon Yanjing reported that the Song soldiers came to the border pass, because it was summer, Liao Shengzong did not want to go south to suffer, and became the second Liao Taizong Yelu Deguang, so he did not dare to fight with it, but stationed in Yizhou, and ordered the army, if the Song army moved, they would attack, if they retreated, we would not cause trouble. Soon, the university scholar Ma Dechen died, and the Liao lord gave his prince Shaobao, 100,000 yuan, and 100 stones.
In December, Li Jiqian of Western Xia attacked the Northern Song Dynasty's Lin, Dun and other prefectures, and sent an envoy to report, and the Liao Shengzong immediately sent people to canonize Li Jiqian as the king of Xia. In the ninth year, Li Jiqian, the king of Xia, sent an envoy to send him an edict from the Northern Song Dynasty, that is, to demonstrate to the Liao State and ask for a higher title. Within a few days, the Northern Song Dynasty sealed the difficult military festival so that Li Jisheng came to attach to the Liao State, because although Li Jitou received the name and material support of the Northern Song Dynasty, but in terms of force, he was always crushed by his brother Li Jiqian, so he had to be cheeky and ask for help from the Liao State at the same time, Liao Shengzong wished that the two brothers would bite each other, so he did not hesitate to award Li Jitou the Great Liao Tui Loyal to Shun Qi Shengding Difficult Hero, the Kaifu Yi with the three divisions, the inspection of the school and the minister of the service, and the king of Xiping. And this month, Li Jiqian, the king of Xia, also secretly attached himself to the Northern Song Dynasty, so angry that the Liao Shengzong sent a recruit to Han Dewei to deter him with an edict.
In February of the tenth year of the unification, Han Dewei said that Li Jiqian said that he would not come out to give the edict, so the Liao army plundered everywhere in Lingzhou in Western Xia and returned. In March of the thirteenth year of Tonghe, more than 100 people from Wuqing County entered the Song Dynasty and plundered, and Liao Shengzong ordered people to kill all these people and return all the people, animals and property they had obtained. In December of the sixteenth year of unification, the Song king Yelu Xiu Ge died, and Liao Shengzong dropped out of the dynasty for him for five days, and at the same time entered the emperor's younger brother Hengwang Yelu Longqing as the king of Liang and stayed in Nanjing. In the autumn and July of the seventeenth year of Tonghe, Liao Shengzong issued an edict to attack the Song Dynasty again. In September, troops were dispatched from Yanjing, and the privy envoy of the Northern Yuan, King Yelu Xian, also died, so the Holy Sect had to appoint Han Derang ** The privy envoy of the Northern Yuan.
In the winter of October, the Liao army attacked the city, and the Liao Shengzong sent Xiao Jiyuan to attack the town of Langshan, this time it was defeated, and then passed through Yingzhou, fought with the Song army, captured the Song generals Kang Zhaoyi and Song Shun, and captured countless soldiers and armor. Then the Liao army attacked Leshou County again, and also captured it, and then passed through Suicheng, the Song army lined up in the water, and the cavalry of Liao Shengzong rushed to kill, and the Song army was almost killed. In the first month of the spring of the eighteenth year of Tonghe, Liao Shengzong returned to Nanjing, rewarded meritorious soldiers, punished them without killing cars, and then issued an edict to make all the armies return to their original ways. In the winter of November, Liao Shengzong conferred Li Dezhao, the son of Li Jiqian, the king of Xiping, as the envoy of the Shuofang army.
In the first month of the spring of the nineteenth year of Tonghe, Liao Shengzong canonized Xiao as Empress Qitian. In November of the 22nd year of the unification of peace, Liao Shengzong came to Lanyuan, and the general Xiao Tzu Rin was killed by an arrow, and the Liao army broke through the Tongli army. Song Zhenzong sent Chongyi's deputy envoy Cao Yu to ask for peace, and Liao Shengzong sent Feilong to make Han Qi return with a book. In December, the Song envoy Cao Yu arrived again, and Liao Shengzong clearly told Cao that Liao had no intention of returning the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, and sent Yao Cambodia, the general of the prison guard, to report to Song Zhenzong with a letter. In the end, Song Zhenzong sent Li Jichang to formally ask for peace, with Empress Dowager Xiao as his uncle, the Northern Song Dynasty was willing to send 100,000 taels of ** every year, and the price of 200,000 horses of silk was friendly with the Liao State for generations. Liao Shengzong ordered the army to be relieved, and then the class teacher, Empress Dowager Xiao gave the great prime minister of Qi King Han Dechang the surname Yelu, and was named the king of Jin, that is, Han Derang.
In December of the twenty-seventh year of unification, the Empress Dowager Chengtian Xiao died in the palace. In the summer and April of the twenty-eighth year, Liao Shengzong gave the great prime minister Yelu Dechang the name Longyun. In the twenty-ninth winter and October, Han Derang passed away and gave him a book order, nicknamed "Wenzhong". Empress Chengtian and Han Derang died one after another, marking the complete end of the years of being constrained by his mother, and Liao Shengzong was thirty and nine years old this Chinese New Year's Eve, and the next year he changed the era name to "Kaitai" to express his joy. In May of the seventh year of Kaitai, the crown prince Yelu Zongzhen was crowned as the king of Liang. The era name of Kaitai was used for nine years, and Liao Shengzong didn't want to use it, so it was changed to "Taiping" in the second year. In November, King Liang was canonized as crown prince. In the first month of the spring of the third year of Taiping, the prince Yelu Chongyuan was named the king of Qin.
In March of the 11th year of Taiping, the 61-year-old Liao Shengzong was seriously ill after reigning for 49 years, and in June, the Shengzong died in the Beixing Palace of the Dafu River. "History of Liao" said that Liao Shengzong was a young man on the throne, and his state affairs were all decided by the Empress Dowager Xiao, and later Song Taizong launched two northern expeditions, and the sixteen-year-old Liao Shengzong was so frightened that he put on his robe and went into battle, and recovered Yanyun in one fell swoop, and broke the famous generals Cao Bin and Mi Xin of the Song Dynasty, and captured and killed a generation of famous generals Yang Jiye, and then the Liao army moved south to ravage Heshuo, from the aspect of martial arts, Liao Shengzong is really powerful!Later, in order to alleviate the contradictions between the Liao and Song dynasties, and thought that the name of the country changed to "Great Liao" in the time of Taizong could no longer be applied to the rivers and mountains in the north, he changed it back to the Khitan in the time of Taizu.
He has reigned for nearly 50 years, and he likes to clean up the unjust prison that has been delayed for many years, and he can promote talents, picket ** brutal officials, suppress extravagance, and at the same time become brothers with Song Zhenzong, when Song Zhenzong died, he also cried and said that he was born in the same month as the emperor's brother, but Zhenzong is two years older than him, and his brother has gone, how long can he live?
He also asked the entire Liao State not to offend the name of Song Zhenzong, so all those with the same name as Song Zhenzong had to be changed, in order to commemorate Song Zhenzong, he also named his crown prince Zong Zhen, he very much hoped that the two countries of Liao and Song would be friendly for generations. However, later his son Liao Xingzong Yelu Zongzhen also became an iron fan of Song Zhenzong's son Song Renzong Zhao Zhen, and his grandson Liao Daozong Yelu Hongji was also a fan of Song Renzong
killed his mother and killed his son and took his daughter-in-law, respected him in a poor and weak place, and dared to "tough" the heroes of the two empires for 17 years.