Xiao Chuo, a native of Xiao Taihou, was born in the latter clan. She is the youngest daughter. Xiao Siwen is not an ordinary person either. He is the nephew of Xiao, the minister and prime minister of Liao Dynasty.
Not only did he marry the princess of the royal family, but all his family members also married the Yeleshi family.
The marriage between Xiao Chuo and Liao Yeluxian has a lot to do with childhood. As a result, Xiao Chuo was recruited into the palace as the imperial concubine after he ascended the throne, and was soon named as the queen. Xiao Siwen was also appointed as the Prime Minister of the Northern Government, but was later assassinated.
Ye is young, but his health is not good, and it is getting worse every day. He is also interested in hunting. So he said to the minister: In the future, all the words of the queen will be recorded, which are also called "I" and "Yu", and the meaning is obvious. Xiao Chuo's power is almost equal to that of the emperor.
Do you seem to know, though not exactly, that Tang Gaozong and Wu Zetian both played this skill at that time, euphemistically called Er Sheng Lin Chao.
Over time, all the daily affairs of Liao were decided independently. As for the emperor, just tell him to leave it alone.
However, Xiao Chuo's purpose is different from that of Wu Zetian. She will not become a female emperor. Thanks to her efforts, Liao's military is thriving and its economy is on the right track.
Emperor Jing of Liao, who only knew hunting all day, finally died at the age of 35. According to his will, 12-year-old Lu ye longxu succeeded to the throne, and the military affairs listened to the queen, and there were two ministers who cared about life.
In this way, Xiao Chuo was promoted to Queen Mother. However, for Liao at that time, the situation was still extremely serious. China imperial clan has more than 200 people, with strong self-esteem and changeable situation. The Northern Song Dynasty was also eyeing abroad, while Song Taizong was bent on the Northern Expedition.
So, on the one hand, Xiao Taihou strengthened the border defense, on the other hand, he arranged his cronies to strictly control the nobles, and also issued an order to the prince of imperial clan that "the kings should return to their places and not have private meetings", which made him lose the relieving power, and at the same time, he called the relatives of various imperial clans into the palace to be hostages, thus solving a big worry of internal power seizure.
But it stabilizes the inside, not the outside. Song Taizong always thought that the Liao Dynasty was dominated by suspicion of few countries, and the mistress would inevitably lead to autocratic power and internal turmoil in the harem.
Therefore, he believes that there is much to be done. So the Northern Expedition, that is, the Yongxi Northern Expedition in the Northern Song Dynasty ended in failure, but the Third Route Army did not complete its task. It was also from this time that Daliao and the Northern Song Dynasty changed their identities. The northern song dynasty never dared to explore the north again. Liao is getting stronger and stronger, bullying more and more people.
In several confrontations with Song Jun, the Northern Song Dynasty was almost always in a state of panic.
1004, Xiao Taihou and Yelu Longxu led the Liao army to attack the Song Dynasty on a large scale, sweeping all the way, scaring Song Zhenzong to almost flee to the south. As a result, at the urging of Kou Zhun, they also signed a personal expedition.
But this time, the Northern Song Dynasty took a little advantage. When Xiao Taihou saw that things were not going well, he had a plan to make peace, which was exactly what the timid Song Zhenzong wanted. The two sides hit it off and signed up to join Ehime League.
1009165438+1On October 20th, Xiao Taihou ended his regency career for more than 40 years and handed over the imperial power to Yelulongxu. He died the same year at the age of 57.