Chapter 867 It’s better to live than to die

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Yang Gun did not dare to agree to the advice of Xiao Siwen. He had asked Xiao Siwen for major issues recently, so how dare he disobey?

After coming out of Yelu Xizhen's mansion, Yang Gun returned to a simple tent. His wife Xiao and his son bent over and came out of the tent with a little anxious expression. He said in Khitan, Husband, you are finally back.

Yang Gun also bent over and got into the tent. His son came over with cheese tea. His wife Xiao said impatiently: Yelu Dilie has come. He didn't see his husband, so he said something to me.Di Lie said that several leaders agreed to restore their husband's office and restore their fiefdom...

I know, I know.When Yang Gun saw his wife's expression, he became anxious, tell me what I don't know.

The wife said: Everyone wrote the memorial and asked the Khan to agree, but the Khan sent it back!Di Lie said that the person who refused everyone's request was Xiao Siwen, and he couldn't help...

What?!Yang Gun was stunned.

The wife thought he didn't understand and repeated: The husband cannot be restored to his post because Mr. Xiao disagreed!

Yang Gun suddenly slapped his forehead and said: I was wrong!A big mistake!

At this time, the past events over the past twenty years surged into Yang Gun's heart one by one, and he now had to sort them out again.

Yang Gun was a Khitan born in the land of Yànyun. Since the Tang Dynasty, many Khitans admired the high clans of the Central Plains, so they had the Han surname (such as modern countries often have English names), especially the Khitans living in Hebei. This kind of atmosphere is even more prosperous, and Yang Gun is one of them.

At first, he followed Yelu Deguang (Daozong of Liao) to fight south and north, and was quite appreciated, so he had the Khitan name Yelu Dilu; he was able to marry the woman of Xiao, who was the queen's sect and the prime ministers of each dynasty all came from the Xiao family.

The problem lies here!

The root of the civil strife in the Liao Dynasty for decades was the struggle between Emperor Taizong of Liao and Emperor Yizong of Liao, both of whom were the sons of the founding Taizu.

The Liao Taizong who Yang Gun followed and the tyrant Yelu Jing who was stabbed to death were from the Liao Taizong lineage; and the current Khan Yelu Xian is from the Yizong lineage, and Xiao Siwen and others also have a deeper relationship with the Yizong lineage.

Yang Gun was a general under Emperor Taizong. After the tyrant Yelu Jing ascended the throne, Yang Gun was also one of Yelu Jing's confidants and was once a popular celebrity in the imperial court.

However, the royal power struggle was impermanent. Yelu Jing was stabbed to death a few years ago. Yelu Jing took the blame. It was all his responsibility to lose Youzhou and decline in the country... Yang Gun was finished now, but the current affairs were a hero. He turned to Xiao Siwen early and was able to protect him.

Yelu Xian ascended the throne, Xiao Siwen and Yelu Xizhen formed a power center, and cleaned up a group of people from the tyrant faction to serve as a warning; but it was obvious that all dissidents could not be eliminated, because Taizong's lineage was in power for many years, and his party members were spread all over the Liao Dynasty, and it was impossible to kill them. If they were too cruel, they would also hurt their bones.

Therefore, Xiao Siwen needs to win over most people from the Taizong lineage, and Yang Gun is one of them.

Yang Gun was cautious at the beginning. When he was defeated in the Battle of Pingxia, Xiao Siwen refused to share the same remarks and saved his life.Yang Gun completely believed in Xiao Siwen's sincerity...

But now it seems that it is obviously not what Yang Gun thought.

Yang Gun sat in front of the shabby wooden table. The milk tea in the ceramic bowl in front of him was almost cold. He stared at the milk tea in a daze, still shaking his head.

Xiao Siwen never trusted him!

Saving Yang Gun's life was for others to show off, just to show his attitude; perhaps, there is some reason why he appreciates his talents?

But... Xiao Siwen doesn't want Yang Gun and others to re-enter the dynasty to gain real power!

At this time, his eyes lit up, and his wife came in from outside the tent again. She packed up the ceramic bowls on the table and asked: Mr. Xiao wants to get along with our house?

Yang Gun came to his senses and shook his head and said: Mr. Xiao took over a mess, and it was not easy for him. I can understand his intentions.No matter what, Mr. Xiao saved my life.

Having said that, Yang Gun's face was still full of loss and helplessness. He sighed, "It's better to live than to die!"

A few days later, Fan Zhongyi returned to Beijing.

Several people first discussed matters at Xiao Siwen's mansion, and Yang Gun was also invited.There was no hope of reinstatement. Yang Gun remembered Yelu Xizhen's words, it would be better to sell his favor to Yelu Xizhen. He was there and persuaded Xiao Siwen.

Of course, it is not very useful. Yang Gun has no real power and can make suggestions, but he cannot decide anything.

...The next day, on the hills in the capital of the Great Liao Dynasty, a group of important officials of the court discussed major events in front of the Khan.

This hall looks very old. Several emperors came here to visit the court. The dirt that could not be washed in the corners would probably have solidified blood stains!

Emperor Yelu Xian is already eighteen years old, but his figure is still thin and his health seems to be not very good.

However, Yelu Xian sat on a big tiger-skin chair, and his posture was naturally much more casual than when he first ascended the throne. He held a scepter in his right hand and placed his left elbow on the armrest of the chair. He supported his head with his palms, and looked at the minister below, with a gentle and tolerant look as if he was humbly accepting advice.

Xiao Siwen, who stood closest to the throne, said: Let Fan Zhongyi, the official of the North Court, report to Xu Guo first.

Fan Zhongyi stood up with an excited expression, but deliberately suppressed it. After all, he was facing the supreme ruler of the Liao Dynasty!He gave up holding his fists and bowed, pressing his hands on his chest, and bowed respectfully to the person on the chair.

After the Fan Mansion was said.Yelu Xian's voice said.

The Khan actually spoke to him!Fan Zhongyi's voice trembled a little: Yes, sweat.

Fan Zhongyi straightened his waist slightly and said in a Khitan dialect with an incorrect accent: Guo Shao, the pseudo-emperor of Xu, was infected with a strange poison, and had no cure for treatment. He did not look at the court for several months. During this time, he fainted in the court and his life was in danger.

Guo Shao had two princes, both of whom were a few years old; the Queen Fu family was in charge of the country.

The empress is the daughter of Fu Yanqing, a great clan in Hebei. Although the Fu family is powerful, it is stopped in Hebei and cannot restrain Tokyo.

The power of the country's weak ministers and strong ministers has been achieved.

After the end of the Tang Dynasty, the Central Plains changed dynasties five times, and all of them were armed with soldiers and generals who usurped the throne while the royal family declined, and the same was true for the pseudo-emperor of Xu Guo Shao.Therefore, Guo Shao was afraid of it and tried to eliminate the generals who were in charge of trouble.

The founding Duke Li Chuyun was poisoned to death, the Duke of the Guardian Luo Yanhuan was forced to commit suicide, and the garrison of Shouzhou Guo Jin was killed by his subordinates to seek credit.Nearly 10,000 people below Prime Minister Fan Zhi were implicated, and countless people died!

After saying the general trend, Fan Zhongyi took a breath and continued to say that the blood swamp of elimination is far from over. Yang Ye from Hedong, Gao Yanqi from Wuzhou, and Liu Renzhan from Pingzhou are all surrendered generals from the southern countries. They hold heavy troops and must be among the purgation.

Yang Ye and Zhe Dejian are in-laws, and these two are the first to deal with after Li Chuyun and Luo Yanhuan.

Zhe Deyan's family was in Tokyo, and most of the old subordinates were disbanded and dispersed. The Pingxia army under his command were all "guards". The families of the generals and soldiers were in China, so it was difficult to cause trouble and the threat was small.

Therefore, Guo Shao wanted to frame and coerce Zhe Dehuai first, and then implicate Yang Ye to get rid of it!

In late July, Guo Shao summoned Yang Ye and Zhe De to Beijing at the same time.Yang Ye’s road is close, so he arrives at Tokyo first; Zhe Dehuan has not arrived yet, but due to lack of factual strength, the Xu court is not afraid of it.

At that time, Zhe De saw the clues and secretly reported to Yang Ye that Tokyo had conspired to a big trap!

Xu governor Shi Zhou Duan will be punished with serious crimes, and then: Luo Yanhuan, the Duke of the Guardian who has admitted to colluding with Zhou Duan, was put to death; he implicated Zhe De's frame-up, causing trouble to Zhe De's in-law Yang Ye.

Yang Ye was suspicious and found that Zhou Duan was suddenly convicted of rebellion.Yang Ye made a quick decision and suddenly abandoned his entourage guard, threw away his detailed work that was monitoring him, and rented a horse from the carriage and horse business.

Because the Xu court did not dare to arrest Yang Ye for no reason, and because the civil and military officials of the Hedong Former Camp Military Office were not prepared properly, Yang Ye could have discovered the conspiracy so early.The incident suddenly caught Xu's court off guard and Yang Ye was able to flee back to Hedong.

Fan Zhongyi paused and said, "According to this point, an accident happened."After Yang Ye returned to Hedong, he immediately summoned officials from the Former Camp Military Office to supervise the military affairs on the grounds that the Liao army was haunted by Hedong; then blocked the Former Camp Military Office.

The vast majority of the soldiers of the Hedong Army were surrendered soldiers and generals in the Eastern Han Dynasty (Northern Han Dynasty), and Yang Ye was a veteran of the Eastern Han Dynasty. He was very famous and prestigious. He had a way to destroy the military power checks and balances of the Xu court and incite the command of the Hedong tribes.

The situation has come to this point very serious.

Of course, the Xu court was unwilling to raise an army to rebel, otherwise it would take even more time to lose national strength.

The pseudo-Emperor Guo Shao was in danger and was in danger. If time delayed, he could not continue to deal with other threats. At the same time, the general who suppressed the rebellion was given the military power to go out, which may also cause hidden dangers when Tokyo's imperial power was replaced.

The Xu court immediately sent Lu Duosun, the Minister of Rites and the Cabinet's auxiliary government, to go to Daizhou, Hedong to negotiate with Yang Ye.

Yang Ye should be very hesitant at this time.On the one hand, the escape and blockade of the former camp military government have violated the law and have broken the face with the court. If it compromises, it is likely to be liquidated by Qiuhou.I was very worried and scared!

On the other hand, if he raises an army, his chances of victory are not great.Although the Hedong Army was slightly inferior to the imperial guards of Xu, it was also the most powerful force among the countries in the past. However, when the Eastern Han Dynasty was destroyed, the morale of the Hedong Army soldiers in the civil war would definitely be unsatisfactory... Once the war to combat the rebellion broke out, Yang Ye was worried that the internal soldiers would be bribed, persuaded to surrender, and had no intention of fighting.Li Yun and Guo Jin's recent rebellion were all killed by his subordinates who were seeking credit.Yang Ye had to be on guard.

Fan Zhongyi breathed out: What we are most worried about now is that Yang Ye has reached a compromise with the court, and Yang Ye will choose to sacrifice his life and save his family.Before, the generals of Li Chuyun and Luo Yanhuan died, and Guo Shao did this to leave room for him.

At this moment, a Khitan nobleman shouted: If the Fan Mansion cannot be over, you can go to Hedong, do you know so clearly?It sounds like you saw those things with your own eyes, but there is evidence?

Fan Zhongyi turned around and said: I didn’t see it with my own eyes, the whole thing is reasonable speculation.But we also have a lot of evidence!Only by speculating in this way can many things make sense; if you disagree with this theory, you will make a new guess to explain the major events that happened in Xu State.