After traveling through time, I became Han Zhang’s grandson?

In 1087 AD, the second year of Yuanyou in the Song Dynasty and the third year of Da'an in the Liao Dynasty, on the fifth day of December, Yelu Cong's Liao army surrendered to the Song Dynasty, and the Song army completely destroyed Yelu Hongji's intention of a strategic decisive battle in Xijin Prefecture (Youzhou).

Upon hearing the news, the high-ranking officials of the Song and Liao armies had different reactions, and the Song army was almost on the verge of setting off fireworks for a universal celebration.

On the Liao army side, Yelu Hongji also staged a bloody scene in the hall at the first opportunity.

It is said that the Liao emperor was so angry at the blow that he vomited blood and fainted on the ground.

The entire Imperial Hospital was mobilized, and it took nearly a month of rescue and treatment to pull Yelu Hongji, who was not supposed to die, back from the brink of death.

However, this time the combined damage of Yelu Jun and Yelu Cong was too high, with a subtle effect of true damage and killing, which hurt Yelu Hongji's foundation and made him completely paralyzed on the bed, unable to move.

After accepting Yelu Cong's surrender, the Song army occupied Shunzhou again, completing the basic recovery of the Yanyun area and completely besieging Xijin Prefecture.

When the news of the Song army's initial recovery of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun reached the country, it caused a great shock. People from all walks of life in the Song Dynasty took spontaneous action and prepared some programs to celebrate the victory.

Although Youzhou, where Xijin Prefecture is located, has not yet been recovered, the Song army is now besieging the city. The Jingsai Army inside is on standby to block the Liao royal family's flagship army, the Tielin Army, and the Shenjiying artillery unit outside is ready to bombard Youzhou City at any time. The defeat of the Liao army is only a matter of time.

As soon as the young Emperor Zhezong heard the news, he ignored the envious looks of his ministers and sent several imperial edicts to the front line to comfort the soldiers.

The key point is that several of the imperial edicts express his longing for his teacher Han Ming, which makes people envious and jealous.

Using an imperial edict as a letter to send to one's own teacher shocked countless people.

After Han Ming learned about this, he submitted a memorial back to the capital, advising the somewhat excited and happy young official not to do such a strange thing with the imperial edict, which eventually made the imperial edict lose its authority.

The young Emperor Zhezong listened to the advice, and when he took power later, he never issued such an edict to any minister except Han Ming.

This made the ministers understand the emperor's intentions. Except for Han, no other ministers had this honor. This was a special favor only for Han Ming.

However, this incident later became a tradition of the Zhao family. Subsequent Zhao Song officials would do this when facing their favorite ministers.

In particular, during the reign of Emperor Gaozong Zhao You, the son of Zhezong, there emerged the "Four Capable Ministers of Governing the Country": Li Gang, Zhao Ding, Li Guang, and Hu Quan, as well as the "Seven Famous Generals Guarding the Country": Yue Fei, Han Shizhong, Wu Jie, Wu Lin, Liu Qi, Wang De, and Yang Yi Zhong.

Among them, the emperor showed great favor to General Yue Fei. During his war with the grassland tribes, Emperor Gaozong Zhao You issued an imperial edict every three days and an imperial decree every five days, all of which were caring and considerate words. Our Grandpa Yue was completely confused and didn't know how to adapt to such a "sticky" official.

It can be seen that the Zhao family's way of expressing emotions through imperial edicts was started by the young Emperor Zhezong.

So much so that many years later, Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty who succeeded the Song Dynasty in ruling the world, was used to shouting for war and killing when he was young, but was eventually confronted by Empress Ma and Crown Prince Zhu Biao.

If you want to accuse someone, can you please learn from the emperors of the previous dynasties and show some concern and care for your subjects instead of always being so cold to them as if they owe you money?!

Zhu Yuanzhang had no choice but to pick up the Zhao family's "caring tradition" and write imperial edicts to "care" about those "empty-nest elderly" ministers.

Not only did it fail to produce any positive results, it also scared many old ministers to death, which made Mr. Zhu very angry.

Finally, he could only say: "I am just like this, I can't change. At worst, I will abdicate tomorrow and let Biao'er go up to 'care' for the old minister!"

It was just a rant, but after Crown Prince Zhu Biao ascended the throne, he took it to heart, and later Ming Dynasty monarchs also inherited this practice.

It’s just that Mr. Han and the rulers and ministers of the Song Dynasty don’t know that their actions will be praised and affirmed by rulers and ministers of future generations.

It was believed that this was a symbol and embodiment of the unity of the monarch and his subjects, sharing honor and disgrace, and living in harmony, and many famous officials and generals longed for this honor.

But when it comes down to it, the young Emperor Zhezong missed his teacher a little.

Compared with the care shown by Emperor Shenzong when he was alive, Han Ming was by Zhao Xu's side most of the time after he ascended the throne, which shows a hint of the affection between Zhuge Liang and Liu Chan.

In Zhao Xu's eyes, Han Ming is a role that is both a teacher and a father. He is a loyal, steadfast supporter and protector of himself, a white jade pillar that supports the sky and a purple gold beam that spans the sea!

Therefore, a trace of true emotion flowed, and the little emperor naturally expressed it in an exaggerated way.

Wang Gui, the chief minister of the time, once said with emotion: "With Han Jingyuan's talent and the emperor's favor, I wouldn't be surprised if something outrageous happened again in the future!"

This also contributed to the Han family's power. However, thanks to the influence of Mr. Han Zhang's family tradition for many years, the Han family members were not too arrogant or presumptuous, and they all quietly did their own things.

This kind of interesting story about the emperor and his ministers may have been very popular among the people. After a brief period of dissemination, it quickly formed a huge wave of adaptation.

People from all walks of life wrote vernacular novels, some of which referred to the relationship between Emperor Zhezong and Han Ming, the monarch and his subject, and were passed down to the world.

People in later generations also like to compare the monarch and minister pair of Liu Chan, Zhuge Liang and Zhao Xu, Han Ming. Which pair is more suitable for Chinese babies to like the monarch and minister CP physique?

In the end, the less serious Mr. Han and the younger Zhao Xu prevailed and became the targets of postmodern children who were familiar with history.

Of course, they don't know that the person Han admires is Zhuge Liang, the "Marquis of Wu" who "died before achieving his goal, leaving heroes in tears."

There are many interesting stories about the young Emperor Zhezong and a certain Han, but most of them have been covered up by humans, and people don't want such stories to be spread too much among the people.

The parties involved will not care about the impact after such things spread. After all, this is the way for the master and apprentice to express their feelings.

The laughter and anecdotes from the Song Dynasty reached the Liao Kingdom, but it only made Emperor Yelu Hongji and his ministers even angrier, and they were of no use at all.

Yelu Hongji sat on the dragon throne in a depressed mood as he listened to the news about the Song army besieging the city reported by Yelu Liang.

After a month of rescue and treatment, the 54-year-old emperor's hair and beard had turned white, and his energy and spirit had reached the limit.

Yelu Hongji, who lived to 1101 in history and died at the age of seventy, now seemed to be at the end of his life, completely lacking his former vigor and rage.

He thought of many possibilities of his defeat, including being defeated by Han Ming and the Song army, but he never thought that he would be defeated miserably by his own son and the general in command.

This pair, a typical example of a strong father and a weak son in history, also became enemies in this time and space.

However, compared to the original historical Yelu Jun who surrendered without a fight, the Yelu Jun in this time and space had a glimmer of hope to fight for it.

Now Yelu Jun has won. He has won against his powerful father, the vast Liao Kingdom, the throne, and a future for himself and his family whom he needs to protect.

"How many men do we have left?"

Yelu Hongji's brain was almost turned into a mess, and he had no idea how many soldiers were under his command.

"Excluding the remaining troops that were scattered in the Yanyun area, there are only 80,000 troops in Xijin Prefecture left." Yelu Liang answered truthfully.

Hearing this, Yelu Hongji came to his senses, his confused head, and stared at the other party with eyes wide open in disbelief.

"Of the 240,000 troops... only 80,000 remain..."

Yelu Hongji slumped dejectedly on the dragon throne, his eyes growing dimmer.

"Did I...do something wrong..."

No one would answer this question, just like his father, Emperor Xingzong of Liao, Yelü Zongzhen, said before his death: "The emperor never makes mistakes!"

Yelu Hongji sat up dejectedly, his face returning to calm.

"A Su, send a message to the Song army. I will hold a banquet in the Hall of Heroes in Xijin Prefecture to discuss the peace talks between Song and Liao."

"Please invite Han... Grand Minister Han to come in person. I also hope that Yeluwo (Yelü Jun) and Ayin and the others can return to Liao together..."

After saying this, Yelu Hongji seemed to have completely lost all his strength and collapsed on the dragon throne, with a sense of relief on his face and beard.

Yelu Liang's heart trembled, and he slowly bowed and saluted: "I will follow your Majesty's order..."