Shuluping made full use of her breaking her arm to maximize the value of this behavior. Soon she built the "Yijie Temple" where she cut her hands. A "Broken Arm Tower" was built in the temple and a stone tablet was erected to record the matter in detail, sing her righteous chastity and pass it on to future generations!

Besides, the prince of the Khitan Kingdom, Yelu Bei, as the ministers of the ministers fell to the ground alone, and as they became closer and closer to the lonely, he became more and more frightened. He was still the prince, but he could not succeed to the throne; he was still the King of Dongdan, but he could not return to Dongdan. First, the uncles went to the West, and then died Yelu Dieli. Now even Kangmoji and Yelu Duozhen were forced to be buried with him! If he was not tactful and did not take the initiative to cater to his mother, the tigress might not have eaten his son when he became poisoned!

So when Abaoji's coffin was buried in Konoha Mountain, Yelu Bei, who was overwhelmed by the situation, also formally surrendered to his mother and younger brother, and took the initiative to reply: "Today, the Grand Marshal of the Army is not only the beloved son of the late emperor, but also the unparalleled in the world, regardless of his merits and virtues. People from China and abroad all place their hopes on the Grand Marshal, and the Grand Marshal should let the Grand Marshal inherit the Grand Marshal!"

Seeing his eldest son surrendering, Shuluping was very satisfied, but it was not enough. It was a real and complete victory to make all the ministers admit defeat and accept his arrangement convincingly! In order to achieve this goal of complete victory, Shuluping decided to pick up the Khitan tradition that had been thrown into the trash can by Abaoji and hold an election with all the ministers participating.

On this day, Shuluping summoned all the ministers, clans, and tribes, and asked the eldest son Yelu Be and the second son Yelu Deguang to ride a horse and stand in front of the big tent. Then, Shuluping said to everyone as if he was embarrassed: "I love these two sons very much. Whoever succeeds to the throne feels that he owes another one, so he is still undecided. Let's decide this. Whoever you support is the emperor, come forward to catch the reins of the horse. Finally, whoever sees the number of people in front of the horse will be the emperor."

Listening to Queen Mother Shulu's extremely sincere tone, everyone present has seen the death and escape of many old colleagues recently. They are no longer fools. They all know that this fierce and bloodthirsty aunt has another sentence that they didn't say directly: If anyone wants to go and be with Yelu Dieli, Yelu Duozhen, and Kang Mo, just stand on Yelu Bei's horse!

Everyone thought about it, Kang Mo remembered that they were in that place now, although they were not painful, no worries, but if they could go later, they would go later. So everyone's choice was amazing, and they rushed to Yelu Deguang's horse, enthusiastically supporting the Grand Marshal as the new master! And there was no one in front of Yelu Be's horse. After this unanimous vote to zero votes, Yelu Deguang officially succeeded to the throne and became the second emperor of the Khitan. The Empress Dowager Shuluping returned to power in the name, but still held considerable power. Basically, the Empress Dowager pointed to the east, and the emperor did not dare to go west.

Yelu Bei was finally released to Dongdan Kingdom and continued to be his human emperor, but Dongdan Kingdom was no longer the Dongdan Kingdom when he came. First, he moved the capital. The capital of Dongdan was moved from Tianfu City, two thousand miles away from the Khitan Emperor Capital to Dongping Mansion, which was more than a thousand miles away, closer to his mother and younger brother. In addition, in order to protect the safety of his elder brother, his caring younger brother Yelu Deguang personally carefully selected a group of warriors to serve as Yelu Bei's guards and squeezed away the original unprofessional guards of the emperor. In this way, is Yelu Bei safer?

It’s easy to say, but Shuluping and Yelu Deguang must feel much safer in their hearts!

Three years after Yelu Deguang succeeded to the throne, under the pressure of Empress Dowager Shuluping, the filial son Yelu Deguang was forced to establish his third brother, his mother's favorite youngest son Yelu Lihu as the crown prince, and at the same time gave his previous position "Magic Marshal of the World War" to this younger brother. In this way, the playboy who was recognized by the government and the public and the poorly capable one was also above his elder brother Yelu Bei! If nothing unexpected happens in the future, he will also take over the supreme position that should have belonged to Yelu Bei!

Yelu Bei, who was under semi-house arrest, felt extremely indignant and despair: It would be fine to give it to the second brother, what is the third brother? He is worthy! So Yelu Bei decided to leave and leave the cage arranged by his mother and brother. He found an excuse to go fishing in the Bohai Sea, and then took the guards around him to cross the sea by boat and rushing to the other side of the sea. Before he left, he left a poem on a wooden sign by the sea to express his indignation: the hills pressed against the mountains, and the mountains were powerless, so ashamed to see the people in his hometown, and from then on he went abroad.

Yelu Bei and his party crossed the Bohai Strait and finally landed in Dengzhou and defected to the Later Tang Dynasty. It was November of the fifth year of Tiancheng. Li Siyuan had become emperor for more than Li Cunxu. The former heir of the enemy's throne came to join him. For the Later Tang Dynasty, this was a trump card that he could play when playing against the Khitan, which was of course a great thing.

Li Siyuan was overjoyed and welcomed Yelu Bei to Luoyang with the Emperor Yiwei, and named him "Dongdan Muhua" and was appointed as the governor of Huaihua. Later, he was given the surname "Li", changed his name to Li Zanhua, and appointed as the governor of Qianzhou. But that's the case, this big card has never been useful.

The power struggle within the Khitan, which lasted for a long time, ended with the complete defeat of Yelu Bei's faction. It is precisely because of this reason that the aggressive expansion speed of the Khitan Kingdom since its rise has slowed down slightly in recent years. However, except for persuading Lu Wenjin, Li Siyuan did not seize the past few years, either in the southern expedition or the northern expedition, quickly expanding the territory of the Later Tang like his predecessors, and making efforts to reunify the world. Even the Khitan army counterattacked Pingzhou, he did not send troops to rescue him.

For Li Siyuan, the Mashang Emperor who has been struggling on the battlefield for most of his life, he is certainly not because of his cowardice to the war. After all, Li Cunxu easily destroyed Qian Shu and then his country was still vivid in his mind. Moreover, Li Siyuan's own legitimacy of imperial power is far weaker than Li Cunxu, and his ability to rule the country in China is much lower than that of Li Cunxu before the chaos began. Li Siyuan was not unwilling to be tough on the outside, but he really couldn't and dared to be tough on the outside. The domestic situation could not give him as many opportunities for mistakes as his ex.

Li Siyuan is the beneficiary of the chaos in the world, but after personally experiencing it, he knows how lucky he is to succeed in the final success. He cannot expect that he will continue to be lucky. If he cannot restore stability to the world as soon as possible, the chaotic situation will also be very likely to destroy his power foundation that is far more fragile than Li Cunxu!

Therefore, compared with Li Siyuan's governance, a major turning point of 180 degrees compared with Li Cunxu before. Li Cunxu's policy was to actively expand, pursue expansion of territory, unify the world, and at the same time allow the imperial power to expand infinitely. Li Siyuan's policy was introverted and contractile, as much as possible

Maintain the original state and rest with the people. At the same time, be wary of your own desire for power, make limited concessions to the forces of the vassal states, ease the conflicts with them, and make stability the most important thing in everything.

However, the world is not as strong as Li Siyuan wishes. There have been various disruptors who have been continuing to challenge the stability he hopes. Meng Zhixiang, the governor of Xichuan, who is dominant in Chengdu, is a potential threat that makes Li Siyuan feel very uneasy.

Meng Zhixiang is Li Keyong's niece son-in-law and Li Cunxu's cousin. He is closely related to the emperor, and has a reputation and is good at responsibilities. There are also rumors that Li Cunxu's missing sons may have fled to Meng Zhixiang. These situations alone are already very uneasy, and what's even more terrible is that in addition to personal abilities, Meng Zhixiang also has very strong strength, money, food and army. When the Kang Yanxiao Rebellion was suppressed, Meng Zhixiang had already owned 3,000 cavalry and 24,000 infantry, and his military strength was not weak.

After learning about Li Cunxu's death, Meng Zhixiang immediately occupied the arsenal of Former Shu, obtained 200,000 sets of weapons and armor, and then let go of his hands and feet to expand his army. He added 30 battalions of infantry, including the left and right Chongshan, and organized 26,000 troops, and added 6,000 battalions of the left and right Feizhao and other naval forces along the Yangtze River, with 6,000 troops. He promoted Li Renhan, Zhao Tingyin, Zhang Zhiye and others as generals and commanded them respectively. At this point, Xichuan had a complete army of infantry, cavalry and water, with a total of 56,000 troops, which was very close to the total force that attacked Shu.

At the beginning, in order to solve the difficulties faced by Li Cunxu in order to solve the disaster in the Central Plains, Li Jiji and Guo Chongtao, in addition to slaughtering the treasury of the Shu Kingdom, also distributed to the people in Shu, forcing them to donate funds and pay, and obtained a large amount of gold, silver, silk, and a total of about 5 million guan. In addition to partial rewards to the army and partially transporting to the Central Plains, there were still two million guan left in Chengdu and became a small guarantor that supported Meng Zhixiang's expansion of the army. Ren Yuan once replaced the killed Guo Chongtao in charge of the affairs in Shu. He knew the inside story and told Li Siyuan about this situation when he returned to Luoyang.

When Li Siyuan thought that if he forced the expanded troops in Xichuan, it would be easy to tear apart. It would be better to get a bottom-up and take Meng Zhixiang's wallet. Meng Zhixiang lost money, so he naturally could not maintain so many troops. So Li Siyuan appointed Zhao Jiliang, the Taipuqing, as the commander of the Sanchuan Capital, to be responsible for transferring the excess money and goods from Shu to the Central Plains. The first important thing was the two million guan in Meng Zhixiang's hands.

Zhao Jiliang, the general secretary of Wei Bo, who asked Li Cunxu back then, "When will your highness pacify Henan?", was engaged in tax work for a long time and was a very knowledgeable and capable financial official. It happened that Zhao Jiliang and Meng Zhixiang also had friendships, and they were old acquaintances. He was responsible for this matter, so the resistance may be smaller.

Unexpectedly, it was related to money and the face of old friends was useless. Zhao Jiliang came to Chengdu with Li Siyuan's edict. Meng Zhixiang was furious when he heard about it and said, "The kufu in the Former Shu was left by the Wang family before and could be transported to the Central Plains. However, the tax paid by the people of Xichuan was to be used to support 100,000 soldiers, and no money could be taken away!"

Of course, the face of an old friend is still very useful in other aspects than taking money. Meng Zhixiang directly advised Zhao Jiliang to stay and help him and not go back. Zhao Jiliang actually agreed immediately, so Meng Zhixiang recommended Zhao Jiliang as the deputy envoy of Xichuan Jiedushi and became his deputy.
Chapter completed!