The Tianzuo Emperor Yelü Yanxi, the grandson of Yelü Hongji, was the last emperor of the Liao state. Yelü Yanxi's road to the throne was bumpy, and he was eventually captured by jin soldiers and died of illness at the age of 54, buried in Xianling.
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Yelü Yanxi was born in the first year of The Liao Daozong Taikang, was the grandson of Liao Daozong, and his parents were killed at an early age, leaving his only son, Yelü Yanxi. During Emperor Daozong's hunting trip, Yelü Yixin asked to leave Yelü Yanxi behind, hoping to harm him, but fortunately, xiao Wuna was saved by the Northern Yuan Xuanhui envoy, and he survived and avoided an assassination. In the sixth year of Taikang, Emperor Daozong of Liao made Yelü Yanxi the King of Liang, concurrently served as Zhongshu Ling, and sent people to protect him closely, appointing Xiao Wuna to teach him, and later as the King of Yan, and in 1091, Yelü Yanxi was established as the heir to the throne. In 1101, Emperor Daozong of Liao died and Yelü Yanxi ascended the throne with the honorific title of "Emperor Tianzuo".
There is a reason why the Tianzuo Emperor Yelü Yanxi was the last emperor of the Liao Dynasty. After he ascended the throne, Credit Xiao Fengxian and other traitors ignored the government and lived in luxury and absurdity, resulting in more and more fierce struggles between the nobles between the clans, the people's uprisings one after another, and the rule of the Liao Dynasty was shaky. In 1114 AD, Yan Aku raised an army against the Liao, shangjing and other places fell one after another, at the same time, there was also a rebellion within the Liao state, resulting in the internal division of the Liao dynasty, in 1116 AD, the Jurchens occupied Tokyo and Shenzhou.
Yelü Yanxi was forced to flee to Yunzhong, and then Yunzhong was attacked, and the situation in the Liao Dynasty was in chaos, and by 1124, the Tianzuo Emperor had lost most of the land of the Liao Dynasty, and he himself had retreated to the desert, although he still had the desire to revive, but he knew that there was basically no possibility. In 1125 AD, Yelü Yanxi was captured by the Jin army, later killed by the Jin people, and drove the horses to trample his body into a pool of meat paste, and it is said that Yelü Yanxi died of illness at the age of 53.
Emperor Tianzuo threw away six daughters
Emperor Tianzuo had six daughters, namely Yelü Bone Desire, Yelü Yuliyan, Yelü Huoliyan, Yelü Da'aoye, Yelü Tsitsyoye, and one unknown, these six princesses were finally captured after the Jin Kingdom attacked the Liao State, which is also known as the Six Daughters of the Tianzuo Emperor.
After Emperor Tianzuo ascended the throne, he did not think about the government and government, and blindly indulged, resulting in the abandonment of the government, the intensification of internal contradictions, and the forces of various tribes wanted to move. Emperor Tianzuo's actions led to the loss of the people's hearts, and all ethnic groups had a heart of resistance, which gave the Jurchens an opportunity to take advantage of it, and Yan Akuta led a large army to invade, attack the capital of the Liao state, occupy many cities in the Liao state, and the Tianzuo Emperor left the capital city and began to flee everywhere, leaving the city of the Liao state, leaving the people of the Liao state, and also leaving his own close relatives and flesh.
Emperor Tianzuo only gave the title of one daughter, Princess, and then perished, and this princess was born to Concubine Wen, named Yelü Yuliyan. History does not explain much about the daughter of Emperor Tianzuo, most of them are unknown, Yelü Yuliyan was named "Princess of Shu" by Emperor Tianzuo, she was the last princess of the Liao Dynasty to be crowned, she and the other five sisters were not knighted, the Liao state completely disappeared in the hands of their father, withdrew from the stage of history, and they, as descendants of Emperor Tianzuo, were also captured by the Jin army at the time of the destruction of the country.
Born in the imperial family, he could no longer control his own destiny. What's more, born in the imperial family of the king of the fallen country, as a prisoner, life will probably not be better, not to mention, the Jin people hate the Liao people, presumably they will not treat them kindly. Living the kind of life of "man-made knife tricks for fish meat", most of them died at a young age. This is the allusion that the Tianzuo Emperor threw away the six daughters.
Emperor Tianzuo hunted
Fan Zhongxiong, a Song dynasty man, once said: (Emperor Tianzuo of Liao) refused to advise on the wrongdoers, was poor and extravagant, indulged in wandering, had a good credit, was galloping with jigang, and was angry with people, so the Jin people took advantage of their shortcomings and attacked them. This passage is about the various bad deeds of the Liao Dynasty's Tianzuo Emperor after he ascended the throne, which led to the destruction of the country and his family, and the meaning of Panyu Youluo is that the Tianzuo Emperor is very fond of hunting.
The Tianzuo Emperor of the Liao Dynasty, Yelü Yanxi, was the grandson of Yelü Hongji and the last emperor of the Liao Dynasty, who ascended the throne in 1101 and reigned for a total of 25 years before being captured and killed by the Jin. Emperor Yelü Yanxi's parents died in his early years, but thanks to the protection of Yelü Hongji, he was later established as the heir to the throne. After the death of Emperor Daozong of Liao, Yelü Yanxi ascended the throne. However, this emperor seems to have no interest in politics, spoils the traitors, absurd and extravagant, the Liao people are originally a country on horseback, so they like hunting on horseback, and this Tianzuo Emperor loves it to the extreme. Almost every day of his time was spent in enjoyment, every time the Tianzuo Emperor hunted, it was always Haohao Tangtang who followed a large number of retinues, galloping on horseback on the grassland, hunting at will, and the Tianzuo Emperor liked this feeling.
From Fan Zhongxiong's account, the demise of the Liao state can be summarized as two reasons, one is the corruption of the rulers, and the other is the attack of the Jin people. For the Liao State, the ancestors laid down the iron barrel-like Jiangshan, and the Jurchen tribe, the predecessor of Jin, was much weaker, so the corruption of the rulers accounted for the main reason, the Tianzuo Emperor hunted and exhausted extravagance, resulting in traitors taking the lead, the country will not be the country, and finally ended up with a subjugated emperor.
Emperor Tianzuo's hunting was only one aspect of his covetous enjoyment, to sum up his hedonistic life, just imagine, if he was diligent in government, he would never give the Jin people such a chance.