Section 8 Bohai Rebellion

Two Dreams by Li Bai·Part One

[Author] Du Fu [Dynasty] Tang

The farewell in death is swallowed, but the farewell in life is always mournful.

Jiangnan is a miasmatic place, and there is no news from the guests.

Old friends come into my dream, knowing that I will always remember them.

I'm afraid it's not the soul of a lifetime, and the road is far and unpredictable.

When the soul comes, the maple leaves are green, but when the soul returns to the gate, it will be black.

You are trapped in a net, why do you have wings?

The setting moon fills the roof beams, hesitatingly illuminating the colors.

The water is deep and the waves are wide, and no dragon can reach it.

As mentioned earlier, after Yelu Abaoji destroyed the Bohai Kingdom, it existed as a special administrative region in the Khitan Kingdom. It continued to use the past systems and did not have to pay taxes to the central government.

The people of Bohai Country have also become accustomed to this kind of life, and most of the time, they keep to themselves.

But all this changed after Han Shaoxun became the Khitan Household Envoy. As the saying goes, there are three things to do when a new official takes office. At this time, the Khitan Empire, under the leadership of Yelu Longxu, had eliminated many political malpractices in the country.

The reform was over. However, Han Shaoxun felt that he could not do nothing just after taking office, so he set his sights on Bohai Country. In his opinion, Bohai Country, as a country that had been wiped out, still enjoyed so many preferential treatment.

It's really inappropriate.

Han Shaoxun relied on his sharp tongue to finally convince Yelu Longxu to implement the same tax system in Bohai Kingdom as in Youzhou area.

After the news spread, the entire Bohai Kingdom was in a state of excitement. They still couldn't believe that in their hearts, although they were subjects of the defeated country, the Khitan Emperor had always been very good to them. It was impossible to say that the new policy

If implemented, they will be implemented, but this time they were wrong. Not only were these policies true, but they were also implemented very quickly.

Now they quit and immediately protested to the government.

Han Shaoxun was indifferent to these protests and was even proud of his efforts.

The people of Bohai Kingdom saw that the court had done nothing despite the clamoring for a long time. They also knew that they acquiesced to this policy and obediently paid taxes.

Not long after, there was a famine in the Youzhou area. The imperial court ordered the people of the Bohai Sea to build ships and transport their food to Youzhou. The people of the Bohai Sea responded without any complaints. However, the waterway from the Bohai area to Youzhou was very dangerous.

, Bohai people's food ships were capsized by waves.

Han Shaoxun saw that not only the food had not been transported, but so many ships had been lost, and he was likely to be punished by the court. He felt very angry, so he directed his anger at the people of the Bohai Sea. As a result, the Bohai area was filled with mourners and the people complained.

All this was seen by Dayan Lin, a descendant of the original Bohai royal family. For so many years, he had been thinking about the plan to restore the country, but he had no chance to implement it. Now that the opportunity came, he immediately contacted Huanglong Prefecture, Baozhou and other places to join in the rebellion.

Together they killed Han Shaoxun, the deputy envoy of the Ministry of Revenue, and Yelu Longxu's fourth daughter. Dayanlin proclaimed herself king, with the country's name of Xingliao and the reign of Tianqing.

The surrounding tribes heard that Dayanlin was openly revolting against the Khitan, and they all responded one after another. The Jurchens in the north and south, Goryeo and other countries stopped paying tribute to the Khitan. Rebellions broke out in the eastern part of the Khitan.

Yelu Longxu was furious and immediately organized troops to attack Dayanlin.

At this moment, Xia Xingmei, the Bohai Taibao in Baozhou, realized that although Dayanlin had gathered many soldiers and horses, compared with the powerful Khitan Empire, the outcome was obvious. So he led his troops and killed more than 800 Bohai soldiers.

People, cut off Dayanlin's escape route.

Uncle Xiao's troops were closest to the rebels. He immediately rested his troops and led his army to attack the Bohai rebels.

For a time, Dayanlin was attacked on several sides and had to retreat to Tokyo City.

Soon, various Khitan armies arrived and surrounded the Tokyo city. Dayanlin stood on the city tower and looked down, and saw only crows. Now, he could only rely on the Tokyo city wall to hold on.

After the two sides had been in a stalemate for several months, the Khitan army still had no intention of withdrawing. In Tokyo, food and grass gradually became scarce. People began to panic and morale was low.

A few more months later, the city was almost unsustainable. Dayanlin's deputy general Yang Xiangshi saw that there was no hope of victory, so he secretly contacted the Khitan and quietly opened the city gate at night to let the Khitan soldiers enter the city.

.Dayanlin was captured alive, and the Dayanlin rebellion that lasted for a year was completely put down.

Insights from life: A louse lives in the bed of a rich man all year round. Because it sucks blood slowly and gently, the rich man has never noticed it. One day, a flea visits the louse. The temperament of the flea and the purpose of the visit can be harmful to the louse.

, ignored them all, and just expressed welcome one by one. He also took the initiative to introduce to the fleas: "This rich man's blood is sweet, the bed is soft, and you can have a good meal tonight!" The fleas salivated.

DC, I wish it would get dark soon.

When the rich man fell asleep, the impatient flea immediately jumped on him and bit him severely. The rich man was woken up from his dream and angrily ordered his servants to search. The clever flea jumped away, and the lice slowly jumped away.

He became the scapegoat for the uninvited guest. The louse never knew the source of this disaster until his death.

Therefore, when choosing friends, you should try to associate with people who are optimistic, positive, enterprising, noble and talented. This will ensure that you have a good living environment, good spiritual food and sincere help from friends.

..This is exactly what Confucius meant when he said, "He who has no friends is worse than himself."

On the contrary, if you choose your friends carefully and make friends with people who have negative thoughts, low character, and bad behavior, you will fall into such a bad environment and be unable to extricate yourself. You may even be implicated by your "thief friends" and become a "lice" that suffers innocent people.
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