In history, after Empress Dowager Xiao’s emperor husband died, the Empress Dowager found a lover named Han Derang.

To be honest, the customs of the Liao Kingdom were indeed different from those of the Song Dynasty. Almost everyone in the Liao Kingdom knew about this, but no one thought it was a shame.

Even after Empress Dowager Xiao's son became emperor, Empress Dowager Xiao herself died for a long time.

This emperor cared for his unnamed stepfather... This is also a very interesting thing in history.

In history, the Empress Dowager Xiao was named Xiao Chuo, and her nickname was Xiao Yanyan.

Her life seemed like a cheat, like a ridiculous female historical novel.

She entered the palace at the age of sixteen and became the imperial concubine. She became the queen in three months. She helped the emperor with government affairs at the age of seventeen. At the age of twenty-three, the emperor allowed her to call herself "I" and gained the same status as the Emperor of the Great Liao Dynasty.

Then... she became the lord of a country at the age of 29! This girl is wise and dares to be called a wise ruler in history.

During her reign, she brought the Liao Dynasty's military strength to a glorious peak and also made the Song Dynasty miserable at that time.

Before Xiao Yanyan officially took power, even they themselves knew what the war between the Song and Liao countries would be like.

Although the Liao Kingdom had gained certain advantages at that time, it did not have the ambition to destroy the country of Song Dynasty, and it did not have the confidence to win.

But just after Empress Xiao took power, their military strength began to rise rapidly, and the road to expansion was extremely smooth.

Here, the great progress of the Liao Kingdom's strength is obviously directly related to Empress Dowager Xiao's own political and military capabilities.

Even Empress Dowager Xiao herself once went to the battlefield in person. Pay attention, this is not a battlefield where she is responsible for commanding the battlefield, but is directly on the front line of combat.

She once and her unemployed son, who was later the Emperor of the Great Liao Kingdom.

When attacking the city of Dasong, beat drums in the military formations under the city to inspire the soldiers to attack bravely.

I don’t know if the later generations of Liang Hongyu’s drums to help the war are true, but the incident of Empress Dowager Xiao was recorded in official history, so the authenticity is definitely fine.

...It is such a Queen Mother Xiao who is now mentioned by Shen Mo.

This made Emperor Zhao and Rui a little confused.

Shen Mo smiled and said to the emperor: "Empress Xiao did a lot of things after he supervised the country, which greatly increased the strength of the Liao Kingdom.

The army was also extremely powerful in fighting, which finally made our Song Dynasty settle in Jiangnan..." "I'll give the emperor an example." Seeing Shen Mo talking about this, he smiled at Zhao and Rui and said, "Originally, before Empress Xiao was regent, all the Han people and captured soldiers of the Song Dynasty were all slaves and rewarded to the soldiers who had made contributions at that time."

"So when the generals of my Song State were fighting with soldiers, they thought that if they were defeated and captured, they would be slaves for their lives.

They naturally have to fight to the death."

"But this order was changed by Empress Xiao.

She allowed the captured soldiers of the Song Dynasty and the Han people in the occupied areas to possess the identities of the Liao people.

And all the slaves across the country will be released as a result.”

Shen Mo said slowly: "After this, my Song Dynasty's will to resist was greatly weakened, but the strength of the Liao Kingdom gradually increased because it had become so many people and people."

...When Shen Mo said this, Zhao and Rui were still looking at him for no reason.

At this time, Shen Mo continued, "The emperor might as well think about it. When Empress Xiao issued this order.

She wanted to release all the slaves from the Liao generals, high-ranking officials and powerful officials, as well as the families of the rich and powerful nationwide."

"You must know that these slaves were originally precious property to everyone!"

"But under the order of this Empress Dowager Xiao, these property were abandoned and the slaves were free again... If the emperor wanted to do such a thing now, could His Majesty do it?"

...When Shen Mo asked Zhao and Rui this question, the emperor was stunned for a moment, and then shook his head vigorously! To be honest, how could the emperor's power in the court be as good as the Empress Dowager Xiao at that time?

At this time, Zhao and Rui looked at Shen Mo and seemed to understand something.

Sure enough, Shen Mo continued, "So even if the emperor has beautiful things in his heart and has countless good ideas that benefit the country and the people, if His Majesty does not have the influence and authority of Xiao Yanyan, you will never be able to put it into practice."

"Because there are many things in the court, and His Majesty's power is not enough to change..." "I understand!"

When he heard this, the emperor Zhao and Rui frowned and nodded heavily!... The example of Empress Dowager Xiao that Shen Mo gave him just now was clearly telling the emperor.

Only a monarch like Empress Dowager Xiao can implement his or her decrees.

If the emperor was not so strong, he should find a way to make himself stronger! Otherwise, although he was the emperor, no one would listen to what he said, and of course he would not make any achievements.

So when we talk about this, Shen Mo had already understood the attitude he wanted to express... Zhao Yurui knew clearly that this was the power of Shen Mo who deliberately cut off the power of those who held power in the court! Starting from the army they controlled, Shen Mo wanted to make drastic efforts to weaken the power of those court officials! Zhao Yurui was also thinking in his heart: "If the entire Song Dynasty army was re-rected, they could obey the emperor rather than the court officials.

How loud would the voice of the emperor, the emperor, be at that time!"

...When thinking of this, Zhao Yurui finally gritted his teeth and agreed to Shen Mo's suggestion.

Then, according to the normal procedures, Shen Mo reported to the emperor and took the North Korean negotiation route to the plan for military reform.

So on the morning court the next day, Shen Mo came up with his prepared plan to reform the military system - now as the Privy Councilor of the Song Dynasty, this is his duty.

It can be imagined that when Shen Mo's suggestion was thrown out, a huge uproar occurred in the court! Shen Langjun has been silent for so long, and the old men in the court are still secretly glad.

But three years later, when Shen Mo appeared, he did such a big thing with just one move! This also made the sensitive court officials realize that Shen Mo's next big move would be coming! So the ministers in the court were talking a lot, and soon someone jumped out to oppose Shen Mo's proposal.
Chapter completed!