Xiao Guanyin (1040-1075), the daughter of Xiao Hui, the younger brother of Empress Dowager Liaoqin, was an empress dowager. Shi Zai, she "has a superb posture, works poetry, and is good at talking." Homemade lyrics, especially good pipa".
As a result of giving birth to the crown prince Yelü Jun, Xiao Guanyin was even more favored by the concubines and became the "confidant of the red face" of the Liao Daozong.
As the spire of the Khitan national pyramid, except for a few courtiers who have made great merits and give the surname Yelü, the Yelü clan is definitely a royal family, and the Xiao clan is definitely a descendant. "Jeroboam" is derived from the name of the river. "Shili Wuli", that is, the Upper Reaches of the Xiliao River today, the Xilamulun River. Around this river, there are three closest tribes of the Shiri clan, the Haruka clan, and the Ōga clan, which were the most powerful in the local area at that time, called "Sanyelu". "Shili" and "Yerushalayim" are synonymous and different translations, and the final Chinese translation is fixed as "Yerushalayim".
As for the Xiao clan, before yelü Abaoji, it seems that there was a saying that "the same surname can be friends, and the different surname can be married, thinking that it is the Xiao clan". But the most common saying is, "Taizu (Abaoji) Emperor MuHangao (Liu Bang), so Yelü was also called Liu Shi, and Emperor Yi and Ba Li (two meritorious families) were more than Xiao Xiangguo (Xiao He), so they became Xiao Shi." "Abaoji was the hegemonic side, and his wife and brother Xiao Enemy Lu served as the prime minister of the Northern Province, so until the death of Liao, the Xiao clan had been holding the position of prime minister, which indeed responded to the saying of "Bi Xiao Xiangguo".
After the fall of the Liao, Yelü changed it to "Shifting", and Xiao's surname was changed to "Shi Mo".
The Liao people, who developed from slave tribes, have very interesting names, some are called Shi Shu Dog, some are called Yelü Jiujin, some are called Yelü Jia Nu, and some are even called Yelü Donkey Dung, which is similar to the nicknames such as "Dog Leftovers" and "Dog"Chinese in recent times, and has the meaning of "name and long life". As for Xiao Guanyin, the protagonist of this article, it is the unique name of that specific era and specific country at first glance.
At the age of 4, Xiao Guanyin married Yelü Hongji, who was then the King of Yanzhao, as a concubine, and was really a couple of green plum bamboo horses. After Emperor Daozong of Liao succeeded to the throne, the couple had a deep affection, and even when they went out on a parade to hunt, they often took Xiao Guanyin with them. Once, after Yelü Hongji finished hunting in the Fuhu Forest, he drank a high meeting, and Xiao Guanyin, as the empress, improvised a Han poem: "The mighty wind presses Nanbang, and the east can turn over the Yalu River." The spirit monsters are full of courage, which is called the fierce tiger does not surrender! ”
The golden sentence came out of the jade mouth, and the Liao Emperor Liaochen present were all impressed. This poem is majestic, showing the arrogance of Xiao Guanyin's female Haojie and the northern woman's sultry and spicy.
In the nineteenth year of Emperor Daozong's reign, Emperor Yao's uncle Yelü Chongyuan and his son Nelugu rebelled on their way hunting with Emperor Daozong. At that time, Xiao Guanyin was not in danger, presiding over the inner palace, especially showing the style of Haojie.
Yelü Chongyuan was originally the second son of Emperor Shengzong of Liao, and his eyebrows were sparse, his talent was brave, and he was silent, and he was a beautiful man with a heavy and steady attitude. After the death of Emperor Shengzong of Liao, Empress Dowager Qinai, who loved this young son Yelü Chongyuan, conspired with several courtiers to make him emperor during the reign of the dynasty. At that time, Yelü Chongyuan knew the great righteousness, and quickly reported this conspiracy to his brother Liao Xingzong, who had already taken the throne. Emperor Xingzong was pleased, made him the emperor's brother-in-law, and gave him a golden oath. Emperor Daozong of Liao succeeded to the throne and crowned him as the emperor's uncle, exempted from worship and no name, and was the grand marshal of the terracotta army under the heavens, with great respect.
It seems that after all, the Sinicization of the Liao people has not reached the root, and they have not identified the father and son family as the world, and The Liao Xingzong has named him "Emperor's Brother", which should have the intention of letting him succeed to the throne after his death. Emperor Daozong of Liao also named him "Emperor Tai uncle", which meant that he would wait. If Emperor Daozong of Liao died again, this "Imperial Uncle" might have been given the title of "Imperial Uncle", and he would not have a head until he died.
Yelü Chongyuan was patient, but his fierce and cunning only son Nelugu could not wait, and during the autumn hunt, he and more than four hundred generals lured crossbowmen to line up outside the imperial tent to kill Liao Daozong. At the critical moment, the rebels repented and went their separate ways.
The coerced Yelü Chongyuan was defeated in the governor's affairs and died in the desert in the north, and yang tian sighed: "Nerugu has brought me here!" In destitution, he committed suicide with a knife. I think that when his mother and empress dowager pushed him to be emperor, he insisted on not resigning, and after his brother and his nephew's father and son sat firmly in the world, he had a reaction under the influence of his son, which showed that he was also a bad luck egg who was urged to die.
If there were no great traitors in the middle, Yelü Yixin, Xiao Guanyin and Liao Daozong were happy, the couple had a deep affection, and there was a wise and wise prince Yelü Jun, although Liao Daozong had a hobby of indulging in hunting, but the Liao royal family should not have changed much.
Yelü Yixin was a member of the Five Houses of the Liao Dynasty, and by the time of his father Yelü Dila, the family was so poor that the people in the tribe called Yelü Di La "Poor Di La". The "History of Liao" is very interesting, han historical materials often attach emperor Yingjie with gods and strange things, but the "History of Liao" records many "strange signs" when the first traitor of the Liao Dynasty was born:
First, when Jeroboam's mother was pregnant, she dreamed that she was fighting an antelope and pulling out its horned tail. In the morning, when he asked the wizard to interpret the dream, the wizard said, "This is an auspicious omen." The sheep character goes to the horn and tail for the king character, and you will have a son who will be crowned as the prince in the future. "Second, Jeroboam was born prematurely, and when she came out of her mother's belly, the family was on the way to the pastoral area, taking a bath without water. In the midst of sorrow, under the wheel trail, I suddenly saw a spring. Third, when Jeroboam herded sheep when he was a child, he did not return home very late. His father, Di La, looked for him and saw that Yi Xin was sleeping comfortably in the grass, and kicked the lazy little Yi Xin awake in the past. Yi Xin said angrily, "How can I wake up!" I just saw god and man eat the sun and the moon in a dream, and I have eaten the moon, and I am biting half of the sun's entrance, and you woke me up! It can be seen that this person was very wise when he was a child, and obviously dreamed of eating burnt cakes, and lied to his father that he was eating the sun.
Jeroboam was also superstitious, believing that this son was extraordinary and would never let him shepherd sheep again. When he grew up, Yerushalayim was eight feet long, beautiful, and good-looking, but this man was "cunning on the outside and inside" and was having a great wind of adultery.
During the reign of Emperor Xingzong of Liao, Yelü Yixin was a minor official of the Wenban and was in charge of the Taibao seal. Later, the empress was lifted up at that time, and seeing that her demeanor was complete, like a very cultivated old official, she was slowly promoted. During the Reign of Emperor Xingzong, Yelü Yixin had been promoted to guard taibao (commander-in-chief of the guards).
After Emperor Daozong of Liao ascended the throne, because Yelü Yixin was an old vassal of the former emperor, he was favored and moved to the position of Inspector of Tongzhi Point, and slowly moved to the Privy Councillor (Deputy Prime Minister). After five years in Qingning, he was also a privy councillor of the Southern Yuan, and was made the King of Zhao.
In the ninth year of qingning, Xiao Huyan, a henchman of the emperor's uncle Yelü Chongyuan and a lieutenant of the imperial court, formed a party in the middle of the dynasty, and wanted to push the heavy minister Yelü Ren out of the dynasty first and let him be released as a messenger for the northwest road. Emperor Daozong of Liao did not know it, and he wanted to listen. Beforehand, he consulted Yerushalayim. At that time, Yelü Yixin did not know whether it was out of loyalty or wanted to gamble "bet on treasure", and advised: "For the sake of my new participation in state politics for a short time, Yelü Renxian is an old minister of the former emperor, and he must not leave the imperial court." "This treasure is really right.
After the rebellion of the Emperor's uncle Yelü Chongyuan was put down, Emperor Daozong of Liao, remembering Yelü Yixin's former advice, coupled with his calm performance in the chaos, worshiped him as a privy envoy of the Northern Yuan, and was given the title of "King of Wei" and given the title of "Kuang Shi Yi Sheng's Dedication to Quelling the Chaos".
From then on, Yelü Yixin was officially transported to Hengtong, and later he was added to the ShouTaishi. By this point, he already had the power to move the army and appoint officials at will, and he was full of arrogance and bribery. All those who flattered and defected to the disciples were recommended for promotion, and all those who were loyal and disobedient were expelled from the court by him.
Emperor Daozong of Liao entrusted the state affairs to Yelü Yixin and others, and he went out hunting and recreation all day long. In the first year of Dakang (1075), the crown prince Yelüjun, born to Emperor Daozong of Liao and Xiao Guanyin, began to participate in the imperial government.
This prince was intelligent and beautiful, and for a time he was supported and appreciated by all the courtiers. The long-held Yerushalayim was suddenly very uncomfortable, and the transfer of authority not only made him feel lost and resentful, but also filled his heart with worries about finding himself to settle accounts after the new monarch ascended the throne. Thinking about it, he wanted to find Xiao Guanyin, the empress's son, first, then touch the melon with the vine, and then depose Renming's clever prince.
In the later period of the reign of Emperor Daozong of Liao, he hunted and drank all day for pleasure, and had gradually distanced himself from this beautiful and talented original Xiao Guanyin. In addition to feasting and drinking, Emperor Daozong of Liao sometimes appointed ministers by rolling dice, which was simply a joke on state affairs. Emperor Daozong of Liao was also a great talent, and often used the name of Xiao Guanyin to summon the wife of the chancellor Li Yu (李俨), Xing Shi ( Xing Shi ), to the palace for sexual pleasure.
The deep palace is lonely, the night is quiet, Xiao Guanyin is discouraged, but also tries to evoke the old feelings of her husband, and composes ten songs of "Words of the Courtyard of the Heart", trying to recreate the happy time when the two people's old pulses were warm and the clouds and rain lingered, and wanted her husband to change his mind.
The ten poems of "Huixinyuan Words" are very different from the seven-sentence style of celebrating the success of the Liao Daoist Tiger Hunting. From one side, it can also be seen that Xiao Guanyin's artistic talent has been perfected, which can be both bold and graceful.
The sentence form of "Words of Huixinyuan" was also pioneered by Xiao Guanyin. In addition to mourning, Empress Xiao composed her own songs and taught people to sing in order to express her nostalgia.
(Source| "Song Liao Jinxia: Civilization on the Blade" by | Meiyi, Tiandi Publishing House|)