Empress Shu Luping of Yelü Abaoji: Accompanied her husband to fight the world, let her son become emperor, and was imprisoned by her grandson
As the saying goes, "Behind a successful man, there must be a strong woman standing". This phrase is more appropriately applied to the Liao Taizu Yelü Abao's body. The founding emperor of the Liao Dynasty, Yelü Abaoji, created the Great Liao Qifan in the Eastern Expedition and the Southern Expedition in the Northern War, but half of the credit for the establishment of the Liao State should go to Yelü Abaoji's cousin and wife Shu Luping.
Founding Queen
As the wife of Yelü Abaoji, Shu Luping played an irreplaceable role in the establishment of the Liao state, and there are many records of Shu Luping in the history books. There are very few records of Shu Luping in the History of Jin, but the History of Liao records a number of women in the Liao kingdom.
Unlike the Jin Dynasty, the Liao Dynasty had many women who played a key role in the historical development of the Liao Dynasty. And these women, Shu Luping, as the founding emperor, had to say that there was also an Empress Xiao who would elaborate later. Because without Shu Luping, there were no other Liao Dynasty women later.
Shu Luping had the courage and strategy to advise Abaoji to establish the Liao Dynasty, and she even personally went to the forefront to fight, which is rare in history. Shu Luping is known as the "Empress with an Iron Fist", and the reason why he says this is because Shu Luping has done a lot of things that make men afraid.
Broken wrist burial
After the sudden death of Liao Taizu Yelü Abaoji, in order to allow his second son Yelü Deguang to successfully take over the throne, Shu Luping launched a large-scale killing ring, in addition to establishing his own authority and stabilizing the government, but more importantly, purging those who supported the eldest son Yelü Bei. Reading this historical material of the Liao Dynasty, many people do not understand Shu Luping very well. The same is the son, the palms of the hands and the backs of the hands are all meat, why can't we follow the tradition of "standing long"? Of course, there are many reasons for this, and I will not express them here. In fact, the establishment of the second son was already a matter set by Ah Baoji and Shu Luping before they died.
After Apaoji's death, Shu Luping asked Apaoji to stop for a year before being buried, during which time she used the method of funeral to clear the people who supported Yelübe, and called it "those who are close to Liao Taizu should go to the funeral." It is said that many civilian and military generals who accompanied the funeral were killed, and for a time everyone in the Liao state was afraid, and some people were afraid of being martyred, so they took the opportunity to run to the Later Tang. However, there was a surrendered Hanchen named Zhao Siwen, who did not know which tendon he had committed, and it was estimated that he had also put life and death aside, and he said to Shu Luping: "There is no one close to the former emperor than the empress, why didn't the empress dowager be martyred?" I wait for my courtiers to go and serve, how can I do what the emperor intended? "It means: As Taizu's wife and cousin, you are the closest to Taizu, and if you go to the martyrdom, we will all go!"
Zhao Siwen's words carry the meaning of the Radical General Method, and he dares to say that he may die if he says or does not say it anyway, it is better to say it quickly. After Shu Luping listened, he took a knife and cut off one of his wrists and let people take it to the funeral, and for a while the people in the DPRK were dumbfounded, and they were even more afraid of Shu Luping.
Shu Luping's fierceness is not only manifested here. Before the founding of the Apaoji, the Khitan still retained the tradition of electing leaders. Later, in order to emulate the Central Plains as emperor, Abaoji wanted to abolish the election system, which was also Shu Luping's opinion. But those tribes were certainly unwilling, and the first to be dissatisfied with Apaoji was the tribe of his relatives, historically known as the Dielabu. Moreover, Apaoji's four younger brothers also joined the ranks of opponents against him, and after that, there were many rebellions, and Apaoji was put down. At Shu Luping's suggestion, Apaoji killed many of his relatives, but left his brothers alive. If according to Shu Luping's thinking, Apaoji's brother should be killed. In this bloodbath incident, Shu Luping was the leader.
The "Liaoguo version of the Hongmen Feast" also witnessed Shu Luping's fierceness. After Apaoji quelled the rebellion of his own tribe, the other Khitan tribes still disobeyed Apaoji. Although the Apaoji tribe was very powerful at that time, if he ascended the throne as emperor, his fellow tribesmen did not support it, and the name was not justified. Shu Luping suggested that Ah Baoji gather these tribal leaders together for a meal and then kill them all. Ah Baoji did as planned according to the law.
Can't influence the grandchildren
Shu Luping's fierceness gradually relented as he grew older, but that domineering personality remained unchanged.
After the death of Shu Luping's son Emperor Taizong of Liao, the eldest grandson Of Liao Shizong Yelü Ruan succeeded to the throne, originally the Liao state of Jiangshan was still in the Yelü family, but did not achieve Shu Luping's wish to let his younger son Yelü Li Hu succeed to the throne, so he instigated the rebellion of his younger son Li Hu, but Li Hu did not fight at all, and could not fight his nephew Liao Shizong, so the two women went to guard the tomb of Liao Taizu, and Shu Luping lived to the age of seventy-five.
Looking at Shu Luping's transformation from fierceness to convergence, it is not a change in personality, but there are several key factors that play a role in Shu Luping's heart.
Apaoji's personality traits have always influenced Shu Luping. Although Liao Taizu Abaoji killed countless people in order to build a country, it was for self-preservation, and there was also shu Luping's idea. From the three times that Apaoji let go of his brothers, it can be seen that Apaoji also has a benevolent side. After Ah Baoji's death, Shu Luping wanted to establish his power by killing people, but it backfired, and those founding civilian and military generals ran a lot out of the country, and the little family foundation of Liao Taizu was almost tossed. Zhao Siwen's words woke up Shu Luping, and it would not work at all to kill Li Wei.
In the struggle between his son and grandson for the throne, the minister Yelü Wu's words to Shu Luping also awakened Shu Luping. Emperor Taizong of Liao died suddenly, and Emperor Shizong of Liao suddenly succeeded to the throne on the way, which came too suddenly. What made the fierce Shu Luping angry was that her grandson did not greet her when he succeeded to the throne, so she had to fight for face and let her younger son become emperor. But the younger son Li Hu could not defeat Liao Shizong. At this time, the minister Yelü Wu said to her that now that Sun Tzu is the emperor, it is still their Yelü family, the throne has not been sidelined, and if it is resolved by force, Yelü Ping will not be reasonable. This sentence made Shu Luping understand that it was a matter of righteousness for Sun Tzu to succeed to the throne, and if he opposed it again, it would be a rebellion. So we can only face reality.
The younger son, Li Hu, was not angry, which also made Shu Luping very helpless. The history books record that Shu Luping and Li Hu plotted against each other unsuccessfully, and were discovered by Emperor Shizong of Liao, and then asked Shu Luping and Li Hu to guard the tomb of Liao Taizu. Can Shu Luping not nest the fire, but looking at her little son Li Hu, who has been pampered since childhood, is not angry and has lost the hearts of the people, she is helpless. Originally, after Emperor Shizong of Liao was assassinated, Shu Luping thought that the turning point had come, but he did not expect that his successor grandson, Emperor Muzong of Liao, still did not give Shu Luping and Li Hu face and let them continue to guard the tomb. Shu Luping, who had become an old lady, wanted to be fierce again, and there was no capital.