If Zhao Yiyi could have a face-to-face conversation with Yelu Longxu, the reigning emperor of the Liao Kingdom, he would pat Yelu Longxu on the shoulder sympathetically and say, brother, you have worked hard.

Although Yelu Longxu is not his brother legally, but his uncle.

Yelu Longxu and his father Song Zhenzong are real brothers.

At the time of the Chanyuan Alliance, Song and Liao became brothers and agreed never to invade. With Song as the elder brother and Liao as the younger brother, the leaders of the two countries, Song Zhenzong and Liao Shengzong, naturally became half-brothers. As the mother's brother, Zhao Yiyi also has an additional uncle.

But now that the Liao Kingdom has already torn its face and plans to invade and annex the Song Kingdom, of course Zhao Yiyi doesn't have to recognize this uncle anymore.

Liao Shengzong and Song Renzong lived in almost the same era, and their governing ideas are quite similar, even their early experiences are roughly the same.

They all lost their fathers when they were young, they all ascended the throne early and became emperors, and they all had a queen mother who monopolized the power and listened to politics behind the curtain.

The only difference is that the Liao Kingdom evolved from the Khitan tribe after all. Even though they have tried their best to Sinicize in recent decades and try to get closer to the orthodoxy of the Central Plains, the old Khitan habits in their bones still cannot be changed.

The Khitan is a nomadic people, and their customs are different from those of the Han people in the Central Plains. Therefore, after Yelu Longxu's mother, Empress Dowager Xiao, became a widow, she immediately found a stepfather for Yelu Longxu.

This stepfather was not looking for it secretly, but looking for it openly.

Empress Dowager Xiao not only appointed Yelu Longxu's stepfather, Han Derang, as regent, but also asked Yelu Longxu to treat Han Derang as his own father.

Comparing his heart with his heart, Zhao Yiyi felt that he was not willing to recognize this father.

Even if Han Derang was a strong general of the Liao Kingdom, he played a vital role in stabilizing the situation for the mother and son of the orphaned and widowed Empress Dowager Xiao at that time, and fighting against the covetous Yelu around him, Zhao Yiyi could not accept that a courtier turned into his father.

Put yourself in his shoes and think about it, one day, Liu E took Kou Zhun by the hand and said to him, benefit, Mr. Kou will be your father from now on.

Forced by the situation, Zhao Yiyi would of course swallow a mouthful of old blood and obediently call him daddy, but after his wings became more mature, this daddy would be the first to liquidate.

But Liao Shengzong is different.

He recognized his father willingly. Not only was he very respectful to Han Derang when the Empress Dowager Xiao was alive, but even after the death of the Empress Dowager Xiao, when Liao Shengzong was in charge, his attitude towards Han Derang was still the same as when the Empress Dowager Xiao was alive.

When Han Derang fell ill, Emperor Shengzong of Liao and his queen helped Han Derang to take care of him.Han Derang had no heirs, so Liao Shengzong adopted heirs from the Yelu royal family to continue the incense for Han Derang.

Why give Han Derang an adoptive heir from the royal family, because Han Derang was given the surname Yelu before his death, named Yelu Longyun, and was named King of Jin, legally becoming the uncle of the Liao Shengzong.

After Han Derang's death, Liao Shengzong planned a beautiful funeral for him.

His benevolence and broad-mindedness not only benefited Zhao, but even Song Renzong in history couldn't match it.

After all, Han Derang was only the widow of Empress Dowager Xiao, and the Liao Shengzong could treat her with such courtesy. For the Empress Dowager Xiao herself, Liao Shengzong did her best to be a son of filial piety.

As for Song Renzong in history, the empress dowager Liu's bones were not cold, so she declared to the world that she should no longer avoid the taboo of the empress dowager's father.

It is unreasonable and inconsistent in itself for the whole world to avoid tabooing the name of the queen mother's father, but avoiding the taboo of the queen mother's father was a decree made by Song Renzong at the beginning of his accession to the throne. Song Renzong was only 12 years old at that time. Who is this decree? means, obviously.

When Liu E first came to power, she immediately wanted the whole world to avoid her father's name, which shows how much she attaches importance to this matter.

When Song Renzong first took power, he immediately canceled this decree, which shows that Song Renzong could no longer bear Liu E.

In Song Renzong's 40-year political career, tolerance has always been the first priority, and it is rare to show such dislike or even hatred towards a certain person. Liu Yong is one, and so is Liu E.

As an ordinary person, Zhao Yiyi can better understand Song Renzong's almost ruthless behavior after Liu E's death. After all, it is human nature to fight for power and profit.

However, Liao Shengzong's filial piety from one end to the next is beyond Zhao Yiyi's understanding.

If it's for acting, then the sacrifice is too great.

It can only be explained by different national conditions.

It is not difficult to guess the reason why Shengzong of Liao Dynasty went south in such a large-scale, and the imperial conquest was personally conscripted.

Liao Shengzong is a filial son, he can accept the monopoly of power when the Empress Dowager Xiao is alive, and he can continue to serve the stepfather that the Empress Dowager Xiao found for him. This is the filial piety he should fulfill as a son of man.

But as an emperor, he absolutely could not tolerate the ghost of Empress Dowager Xiao still hovering over the court after more than ten years.

Empress Dowager Xiao is not a woman who knows nothing about politics. On the contrary, she is an excellent politician, military strategist, and reformer.

During her 27 years as a regency, the Liao Kingdom defeated the Song Army several times, flourished day by day, and its national strength was strong, far ahead of its predecessors.

So much so that she has been dead for more than ten years, and the veterans in the court still have awe and nostalgia for her.

And all of this, Liao Shengzong saw it in his eyes and kept it in his heart.

If the Empress Dowager Xiao had been his father, the emperor who had legally ruled Liao before him, he would have proudly boasted of Empress Dowager Xiao's achievements as his own.

However, Empress Dowager Xiao is his mother.

Empress Dowager Xiao is not the legal emperor, the imperial power she exercised was borrowed from Liao Shengzong.

And this borrowing of power was not voluntary by Liao Shengzong.

How could he be willing to lend the imperial power to someone else, even if this other person was his own mother?

However, his father died early, and he hastily ascended to the throne before he reached the age to be in charge.

He is a filial son, and the Han Confucian education he received does not allow him to be unfilial and disrespectful to his mother, even if her mother is dead.

But that doesn't mean he can bear his courtiers extolling the feats his mother has achieved with the help of his power.

He felt that this was a betrayal by his courtiers.

On the one hand, it was the imprisonment of filial piety, and on the other hand, the inner anger. Liao Shengzong struggled between the dilemma for more than ten years, and it became more and more unbearable day by day.

If he doesn't find an outlet for this emotion, he will go crazy.

And at this moment, the opportunity finally came.

In the Song Kingdom in the south, the emperor died, the young master ascended the throne, and the queen mother was regent.

Such a familiar plot made Liao Shengzong vaguely see himself many years ago.

He has personally experienced the dangers when he first ascended the throne, surrounded by wolves, and precarious.

It was his mother and uncle Handerang who preserved his life and throne.

Therefore, he couldn't betray them even more. He wanted to find another way, a way to get the best of both worlds.

He remembered that more than ten years ago, his mother took him to the south for a personal expedition. He originally planned to conquer Song State in one go, but in the end, Song State shot and killed the general and had to negotiate a peace.

Even if the beneficiary of the Chanyuan Alliance is the Liao Kingdom, the unfavorable start and the death of the general can be regarded as a slight stain in the mother's regency career.

And now he has the opportunity to wash away the stain.

The current emperor of the Song Dynasty is no longer the young and powerful emperor of the past, but his young son, a child who is just over ten years old.

The state affairs of the Song Dynasty should be controlled by his mother, a woman from the backyard.

Children and women cannot control a huge empire.

At this time, he obviously forgot that his wise and mighty mother was also a housewife.

But his mother is a Khitan woman, and Khitan women are inherently stronger than Song women, aren't they?

In other words, even if he put aside the prejudices of Khitan and Song, it was difficult for him to connect his mother with the queen mother of Song.

Having lived under his mother's wing for so many years, it was difficult for him to combine the two images of "mother" and "woman".

Deeply influenced by Han Chinese culture, the image of women in his mind is beautiful, delicate and fragile.

And the mother is strong, determined, omnipotent.

Therefore, he couldn't imagine how the Queen Mother of the Song Dynasty, such a woman, could have the same strong heart and ruthless methods as his mother, and be able to control the entire country.

The Song Kingdom he imagined should be in the same mess as when he first succeeded to the throne.

No, it should be worse than the Liao Kingdom at that time.

After all, they don't have a wise and wise mother, nor a heroic uncle.

What they have is a child who can only cry, a weak and incompetent woman, and an old auxiliary minister.

Kou Zhun, the current auxiliary minister of the Song Dynasty, was well known by Liao Shengzong.

During the time of the Chanyuan Alliance, Kou Zhun's name was like a thunderbolt, and until now, many people in the Liao Kingdom still remember him.

Liao Shengzong admitted that Kou Zhun was a very talented courtier, but he didn't think that the women and children of Song State could give full play to his talent.

The emperor of Song State hated his courtiers and was unwilling to let them develop their talents.

This was due to fear, Liao Shengzong knew them, and therefore looked down on them.

A real monarch should control his subjects like a strong horse, and should not let fear swallow him.

The Queen Mother of the Song Dynasty did not have such courage, so she would never be able to control Kou Zhun, and Kou Zhun, a fierce horse, would never be able to gallop on the grassland.

Therefore, the Liao Shengzong is fearless, and this time the Liao Kingdom will never repeat the mistakes of the past.

He will definitely complete the unfinished business of his mother back then, let Khitan's iron hooves step into the capital of Song State, completely conquer the entire Central Plains, and let his achievements overshadow his mother's brilliance.

Only in this way can he live up to his mother's nurturing grace, not hurt his reputation of filial piety, and completely get rid of his mother's ghost.

He walked out of the tent proudly, looking far away at the city of Yingzhou on the horizon.

Many years ago, he and his mother looked at the Song Dynasty city in the distance in the same way, but that time, they did not capture the city as they wished.

This time, he will occupy the entire Song Kingdom.

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