Since ancient times, it is not uncommon for parents to have a preference for one of their children, and there are very few who can level a bowl of water, such as in ordinary people's homes, and the same is true in the families of emperors and generals.
Such a preference appears in the homes of ordinary people, and it will not have much impact, but once it appears in the emperor's homes, the stability of the country may be dealt a fatal blow.
There are countless such examples in the "Chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty", the most typical is "Zheng Zhuang Gongke Duan Yuyan", and similar things happened in the Liao State.
However, in this incident of plotting to usurp the throne, the younger brother who was instigated did not rebel like Gongshu Duan, but told his brother what happened. So, what will happen to the Queen Mother after her brother tells the truth? What is the reason for this?
The legendary woman Xiao Yunjin
Xiao Yunjin was a concubine during the Liao Dynasty, a descendant of Empress Shu Luping of Liao Taizu, and the fifth granddaughter of Xiao Agu, the prime minister of Beifu.
From entering the palace to becoming the biological mother of Yelu Zong of Liaoxingzong, and then to establishing herself as the empress dowager and exerting her power, her life is full of legends and has left a deep mark on the history of Khitan.
According to historical records, Xiao Yunjin was not good-looking at the beginning, not only with vulgar facial features but also with dark skin. In the period of the feudal dynasty dominated by men, the status of women was not high, and it was rare for Xiao Yunjin to grow into such a good couple, and there was a high probability that his future life would be ill-fated.
Swarthy and ruthless
However, there is one person who has full confidence in Xiao Yunjin and always believes that she will have an extraordinary fate, and this person is her mother.
The reason why she was so sure was because she had dreamed that a golden pillar of optimus fell from the sky, and none of Xiao Yunjin's younger brothers could climb up, but Xiao Yunjin easily climbed to the top.
The ancients believed in everything that happened in the dream, and it was precisely because of this dream that Xiao's mother had the above-mentioned artificiality.
The mother is the best role model for her children, and Xiao's mother's belief in this belief has slowly penetrated into Xiao Yunjin's heart, believing that she will never spend her life doing nothing.
According to the practice of the Liao State, the queens were all selected from the Xiao family, and Xiao Yunjin was naturally sent to the palace to become a palace maid, which was the first step in selecting the queen. However, because of his own poor conditions, the hope of becoming a queen is very slim.
Opportunities are always left to those who are prepared, and soon things took a turn for the better, one morning Liao Shengzong came to the Empress Dowager Xiao's bedroom to ask for peace, casually glanced at the palace maid standing aside, and suddenly found a familiar and unfamiliar figure, this person is Xiao Yunjin.
As mentioned above, Xiao Yunjin doesn't look very good, but at this time, her skin is white and radiant, as if she has been reborn.
This strange thing quickly reached the ears of the Empress Dowager Xiao, and looking at Xiao Yunjin in front of her, the Empress Dowager was also taken aback and hurriedly asked what happened.
Xiao Yunjin's words made everyone present drop their jaws, and she explained that when she was cleaning the palace for the Queen Mother, she found a little golden rooster under the bed, just when she held it in her hand and played with it.
At this time, someone came in, because of a moment of panic and swallowed the golden rooster by mistake, but I didn't expect that a few days later, I would become what I am now.
From any point of view, such a story is nonsense, but at that time, such an experience can shroud people in a mysterious aura, after listening to Xiao Yunjin's narration, Empress Dowager Xiao was surprised, and decided that she was the chosen one and would definitely be able to give birth to the chosen son.
You will definitely be able to give birth to a strange son in the future
In this way, under the arrangement of the Empress Dowager Xiao, Liao Shengzong accepted Xiao Yunjin as a concubine, and Xiao Yunjin changed from a palace maid to a concubine, and later gave birth to two princes, the eldest son was the later Liao Xingzong Yelu Zongzhen.
The desire for power is insatiable
After Xiao Yunjin became the concubine, she had a sweet time with Liao Shengzong, and the arrival of her two sons made her receive more attention and favor from the emperor. However, this happy time did not last long, because Xiao Yunjin developed an infinite yearning for power.
From childhood to adulthood, her mother kept telling Xiao Yunjin about the dreams she had, making her believe that she would gain supreme power in the future, and that just becoming a concubine was not the ultimate goal of life, and she had to continue to climb towards the top of power.
Xiao Yunjin began to actively participate in court politics, expanding her power by promoting her cronies and brothers, and her wisdom and talent also won the support and support of many people in the court, and her influence gradually expanded over time.
All this did not escape the eyes of the Liao Shengzong, who soon sensed Xiao Yunjin's ambitions and schemes, and began to have suspicions and fears that it would threaten the stability of the Liao Dynasty's rule, and took various measures to limit her power.
The relationship between the two gradually became tense and delicate, and Liao Shengzong deliberately kept his distance from Xiao Yunjin, and the time of affection was shrouded in the shadow of a power struggle.
At that time, Empress Xiao Bodhisattva was the most favored person of Liao Shengzong, and the two princes who gave birth died one after another, and Liao Shengzong succeeded Yelu Zong to the queen, which made Xiao Yunjin very angry.
Love is very lucky
Liao Shengzong's estrangement has made it difficult for her to accept, and now her own son is going to be taken away, which is really unbearable, so she regards the queen as an enemy and must put her to death.
Although she gritted her teeth with hatred for the queen in her heart, Xiao Yunjin still behaved extremely deferencing on the surface, because she knew that she did not have enough ability at this time, so she could only wait for the time to come in forbearance.
In 1031 A.D., Liao Shengzong died, and before his death, he already felt that Xiao Yunjin would be unfavorable to the queen, so he made an edict in advance to canonize the queen as the queen mother, and asked Tuoye Luzong to take care of his adoptive mother.
Yeluzong is really Xiao Yunjin's biological son, but the grace of years of nurturing has made him closer to his adoptive mother, Xiao Bodhisattva, and he is better than his biological mother if he is not a biological mother.
Yelu Zong really ascended the throne and became Liao Xingzong, and then honored Xiao Bodhisattva as the queen mother and sent people to protect him, and his biological mother Xiao Yunjin was just an imperial concubine.
Such a situation naturally made Xiao Yunjin, who was full of power, dissatisfied, so he relied on the network of relationships that he had painstakingly managed over the years, as well as the power of his brother, to arbitrarily tamper with the edict and change himself into the real candidate for the empress dowager.
also claimed that Liao Shengzong was bewitched by Brother Xiao Bodhisattva when he was dying, so he let the other party be the queen mother, so this matter is not legal.
Everyone knew that what Xiao Yunjin said was a bunch of nonsense, but due to the situation, she had to acquiesce to this statement, so she successfully sat on the throne of the empress dowager and became the regent of the dynasty, and Liao Xingzong, as the emperor, dared not speak out.
In order to put an end to this trouble, when Xiao Yunjin went out hunting in Liao Xingzong, he called Xiao Bodhisattva to the palace in the name of chatting and forced her to drink poison.
When Liao Xingzong returned from hunting, Brother Xiao Bodhisattva was already a cold corpse, and the promise he made to his father back then became empty talk.
Xiao Yunjin dared to kill the housewife
Mother and son eventually turned against each other because of the regime
This incident deeply stimulated Liao Xingzong, and his adoptive mother was willing to give up the position of the empress dowager, but even then she could not escape the fate of being killed. forced the adoptive mother to death for the sake of rights, and the biological mother's methods were very vicious, how could it be reassuring to have such a person around.
After cutting the grass and eradicating the roots, Xiao Yunjin finally showed a satisfied smile, thinking that even if Liao Xingzong was raised by others, he was his biological mother after all, and now that Brother Xiao Bodhisattva was no longer alive, his son should obey her.
However, after a period of observation, it was found that the situation was not at all what was envisaged, and many of the ideas put forward by Xiao Yunjin were opposed by Liao Xingzong, and the so-called empress dowager was more like an ornament.
A bold idea soon gradually formed in Xiao Yunjin's heart, since the emperor is disobedient, then change an obedient person to be the emperor. She has the support of her henchmen, and it is not impossible to seize power from Liao Xingzong, and the most suitable candidate for the new emperor is the second son Yelu Chongyuan.
Unlike Yelu Zongzhen, Yelu Chongyuan has never left his biological mother Xiao Yunjin, and there will naturally be no situation of Liao Xingzong emotionally, the only difficulty is how to instigate him to dare to challenge the throne and kick Liao Xingzong from the throne through a coup d'état.
At that time, Xiao Yunjin painted a future full of power and glory to his son, and promised that as long as Yelu Chongyuan obeyed his arrangement, he could send him to the throne.
Hearing his mother's plan, Yelu Chongyuan expressed his willingness to obey his mother's arrangement on the spot, and Xiao Yunjin was overjoyed for a while.
She never imagined that things would go so smoothly, and then she devoted all her energy to planning a coup d'état, and at this time an accident happened.
Yelu Chongyuan, who was only 13 years old, took advantage of his mother's lack of time to take care of himself, and took the initiative to run to Liao Xingzong to explain her plan and plan.
Since the mother is unkind, don't blame her son for being unjust, Liao Xingzong took the initiative to attack when Xiao Yunjin was out for the summer, and led the army to put her under house arrest, and then made her mother's behavior public, depriving the queen mother of the title and purging her henchmen.
Return to the government and bow to the Qingling
After this incident, Liao Xingzong asked his younger brother why he reported to him, and Yelu Chongyuan said that he knew very well that his mother's actions would plunge the Liao country into turmoil. Whether it was as a younger brother or as a colony of the Liao Dynasty, he should not let such a rebellious thing happen.
Hearing this answer, Liao Xingzong was greatly moved, and regarded him as the emperor's younger brother, enjoying the same dignity as himself, but this kind of brotherly affection did not last long.
After the death of Liao Xingzong, his son Yelu Hongji succeeded to the throne, as the "imperial uncle" Yelu Chongyuan was unwilling to succumb to his nephew and led the army to rebel, and finally failed to rebel and lost his life.
Looking back on the past, Xiao Yunjin, who worked hard to climb to the pinnacle of power, finally fell, and he fell to the ground, almost losing the entire family, Xiao Yunjin's mother dreamed of the beginning of the story but failed to see the end of the story.
What do you think differently about this?