Donkey once said that if you are willing to understand history, then you will find that what happened in history is far more exciting than in the TV series. Recently, "Yan Yuntai" was popular, as the protagonist Xiao Yanyan's Tang Yan frequently appeared on the hot search, and no matter what the hot search is about, today the little donkey will talk about xiao Yanyan's prototype - Empress Xiao of Liao.
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Xiao Qi was a powerful person in history, looking through her encyclopedia, the introduction to her was that of Daliao's politician, military expert, and reformer, whose merits were not lost to Wu Zetian, and during her reign, Daliao reached its peak period. Xiao Yanyan was a Khitan native, her father was Xiao Siwen, a major minister of the Four Dynasties, and her mother was the Princess of the State of Yan, so Xiao Yanyan was a person who stood on the finish line from birth.
Xiao Yanyan has two sisters, one is Hu Ren, the other is Wu Boneli, the appearance of these two sisters in the play is also quite beautiful, She Shiman has an aura, Lu Shan is a word beautiful, but the ending of the two people is not good in history, yes, not good at all. The eldest sister is called Illeran in history, and the second sister is called Hehan, which is much better than Hu Ren and Wu Bone.
Princess Yan Guochang had a red face and a thin life, and after giving birth to three daughters, she died, Xiao Siwen was a father and a mother, and raised three daughters, but it was gratifying that the three sisters were better than one another, from piano, chess, calligraphy and painting to platooning, all three people were proficient, and the imperial relatives and nobles at that time all came to the door to ask for marriage. But Siwen Xiao had his own plans.
At that time, Liao Taizu had 3 sons, but these 3 sons belonged to 3 factions, and anyone could inherit the throne, so Xiao Siwen thought about marrying his daughters to these 3 princes. The elder Illeran married the King of Song and became the Princess of Song, the second daughter and Han married the King of Qi and became the Princess of Qi, and Xiao Siwen's most favored younger daughter married Yelü Xian, the son of Emperor Shizong of Liao, later Emperor Jingzong of Liao. All three of their brothers could ascend to the throne, so one of his three daughters would eventually become empress.
During the reign of Emperor Muzong of Liao, Xiao Siwen accompanied the hunt, and as a result was assassinated, Xiao Siwen, who was at the scene, did not find the eldest son-in-law and the second son-in-law to deal with, but instead found The son of Liao Shizong, Yelü xian, with the help of Xiao Siwen, Yelüxian ascended to the throne, he knew how to be grateful, so he specially named Xiao Siwen's younger daughter Xiao Wei as a noble concubine, and then added the title of empress. However, Xiao Qi's initial marriage object was not Liao Jingzong, but Dejang's brother. What Xiao Siwen did not expect was that such an arrangement would ruin the lives of the other two daughters.
The eldest sister Ilelan married queen Song and lived a good life, but the song king was many years older, and within a few years of their marriage, the king of Song died, and before the death of the king of Song, he gave his 30,000 soldiers to Ilelan, and Ilelan led the old troops to guard the frontier together, but in the border land, she met a fan slave who made her very happy. The spring-hearted Illeran wanted to marry this slave, but was rejected by Xiao Qi, and later, Illeran was not dead hearted, and Xiao Qi had no choice but to agree to her sister's love affair with this slave.
But unexpectedly, this Fannu actually instigated Illeran to rebel and establish himself as king, And Illeran listened to his rumors and united with the outside to prepare for rebellion, but unexpectedly, Xiao Wei learned that Illeran was eventually given death because of the failure of the rebellion, and the Fannu who instigated The Rebellion of Illeran was also killed.
The second sister and Han are not recorded in detail in history, but similar to the plot of the play, she married queen Qi, but she was involved in political disputes, and finally killed by Xiao Qi. The most ruthless imperial family, so the two sisters were tragically killed by Xiao Qi, Xiao Siwen wanted to make the best plan for his daughter, but did not expect that in ancient times, when the husband was big, the sisters who had been closest to each other would eventually turn against each other.
On the other hand, Xiao Qi, after entering the palace, was very favored, and the two gave birth to three sons and three daughters after marriage, but Liao Jingzong's health was not good, so Xiao Qi followed Wu Zetian's example of the dynasty to listen to the government, and both rewards and punishments were decided by Xiao Qi. The two were revered as "Two Saints" in the DYNASTY, are they very familiar? It is like the story of Wu Zetian and Tang Gaozong.
In 982, Emperor Jingzong of Liao died, Xiao Qi's 11-year-old son took the throne, and the 29-year-old Xiao Qi was also honored as empress dowager, thus beginning his 28-year reign. However, the people in the court were scattered and worried about internal and external troubles, and xiao Qi, an orphan and widow, decided to reuse 3 men in order to stabilize the government, Han Derang, Yelü Xieyun and Yelü Hugo. Yelü Hugo is also the prototype of Qiao Feng in the Eight Parts of the Heavenly Dragon. At that time, the Qiao Gang Lord was still the famous King of the Southern Courtyard, and in the face of the lonely and helpless Xiao Yanyan, the sympathetic Qiao Gang Lord immediately said, "Trust the ministers, etc., why worry about it?" ”
Do you think Xiao Yanyan is really helpless to take the rain to dress up as a poor person? According to the evaluation of Xiao Yanyan in the history books, she is very politically talented, crying and begging for Qiao Gang Lord, etc., but it is just a trick she uses, since the ancient hero is sad to be beautiful Guan, a generation of great heroes Qiao Gang Lord can only let her send.
Han Derang was originally Xiao De's old lover, after the death of Emperor Jingzong of Liao, Xiao Yu reused Han Derang, and even Xiao Qi's son Liao Shengzong took Han Derang as his father, not only did not let Han Derang perform the ceremony, but gave him the surname Yelü and the king of Jin, and overnight Han De gave power to the opposition.
With the help of these 3 people, Xiao Yanyan's mother and son also gradually stabilized the government. During Xiao Qi's visit to the dynasty, the rewards and punishments were clear, and the people's hearts were deeply won, but at this time, the Song Dynasty saw the orphans and widows of the Great Liao and came to invade, launched the Yongxi Northern Expedition, and wanted to recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, at that time, the national strength and financial resources of the Great Song were above the Great Liao, Xiao Yanyan personally led the troops out on the expedition, she was not in danger, relying on the help of Qiao Feng, Han Derang and other famous generals, defeated the famous Song generals Cao Bin, Pan Mei, and captured Yang Invincible, so that the Great Liao turned defeat into victory in this war, and Empress Xiao thus formed an indissoluble relationship with the Yang family, and then the Great Liao and the Song signed the "Alliance of Yuanyuan" ", for the people of both sides to bring a hundred years of peace.
In 1009, Xiao Yu returned to power and was officially pro-government by his 33-year-old son, Emperor Shengzong of Liao. In December of the same year, Xiao Wei died at the age of 57, and the era of a generation of Iron Lady control came to an end.