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Yelu Chucai was not only a member of the Yelu family, but also the prime minister.

In the Liao Kingdom, he held a high and powerful position.

The status is very high.

In the game, Yelu Chucai becomes the younger brother of Yelu Abaoji and a well-deserved prince.

Asking Yelu Chucai to come this time is enough to show that Yelu Abaoji attaches great importance to this matter.

Yelu Chucai is also a famous figure in history.

The war between Liao and Yun would not have happened if it were not for Yelu Chucai's strategic guidance and the supply of grain and grass in the rear.

The Liao Kingdom had long been defeated.

Yelu Chucai was responsible for the supply of grain and grass in the rear.

Ensure that all soldiers have sufficient food and grass.

There is a saying that the three armies should move forward before food and grass are used.

Without food and grass, whoever works tirelessly is not just for a bite of food.

Yelu Chucai's history was also very bumpy.

He did not live in the period when the Liao Kingdom was powerful and show off his talents.

Instead, they lived under the governance of the Kingdom of Jin.

Later, Yelu Chucai defected to the Mongols and became a very important person to Temujin.

Contribute your own strength to the Mongolian people's expansion of territory.

Lu Yan looked at Yelu Chucai, the leader in front of him.

Although this person is talented, he doesn't like the other person.

Yelu Chucai was born into a Khitan aristocratic family. He was the ninth grandson of Yelu Abaoji, the Taizu of the Liao Dynasty, the eighth grandson of Yelu Bei, King of Dongdan, and the son of Yelu Lu, the Minister of the Jin Dynasty, Youcheng.

Yelu Chucai was born in his father's sixtieth year. His father once said:"I got this son when I was sixty years old. My family is a thousand-mile horse. One day he will become a great weapon and be used by foreign countries."

Yelu Chucai. When Chu Cai was two years old, he settled in Yizhou Hongzheng with his mother Yang. He received a comprehensive education from his mother. He entered Lushan Xianzhou Academy at the age of twelve and studied poetry and calligraphy at the age of thirteen.

Since Yelu Chucai's grandfather, his family has been an official in the Jin Dynasty for generations and has always lived in Yanjing. At that time, Yanjing had a profound foundation of Han culture, which enabled the Yelv family to be influenced by Han culture for generations, forming a family tradition of reading and knowing etiquette.

Yelu Chucai has been influenced by Confucianism since he was a child. His ideal is to govern the world according to Confucian doctrine.

Yelu Chucai inherited the family tradition, studied Chinese books since he was a child, and became proficient in Chinese. At a young age, he had already"learned a lot about books, learned about astronomy, geography, laws and calendars, arithmetic, and interpreted the opinions of old doctors and divination, and wrote articles. Ruo Su Gou".

In the sixth year of Taihe, according to the system of the Jin Dynasty, the son of the prime minister could be given the post of provincial governor, but Yelu Chucai did not take office.

Wanting to participate in the imperial examination, Jin Zhangzong asked those taking the examination many things about the trial. At that time, seventeen people participated in the examination, but only Yelu Chucai's answer was excellent, so he was recruited and awarded the post of commission, and later served as Tongzhi of Kaizhou.

In the second year of Zhenyou's reign, Jin Xuanzong moved south to Bianjing, and Yelu Chucai's brothers Yelu Bancai and Yelu Shancai accompanied him. However, Yelu Chucai stayed in Zhongdu and was appointed by the Prime Minister Wanyan Chenghui who stayed in Yanjing as the left and right department member Wai Lang.

When the Mongolian army captured Yanjing, Genghis Khan learned that he was talented and knowledgeable, so he sent someone to ask him about the plans for governing the country.

Yelu Chucai accompanied Genghis Khan on his western expedition. He often knew how to conquer, govern the country, and stabilize the people. He repeatedly performed extraordinary achievements and was highly regarded.

In the twenty-first year of Genghis Khan's reign, he followed Genghis Khan in his campaign against Xixia. He warned state and county officials to prohibit the state and county officials from recruiting and killing without authorization, so as to curb the trend of corruption and violence.

After Wokuotai Khan came to the throne, Yelu Chucai advocated the establishment of court rituals and advised Prince Chagatai and others to perform courtesy as a monarch and ministers to respect the power of the Khan. From then on, he became more and more important and was known as the"Minister of the State".

At the beginning, he took charge of taxation matters in the Central Plains. He proposed to enact the"Eighteen Cheap Things" and establish governors of prefectures and counties to separate the military and civilians. He formulated preliminary laws and opposed the conversion of Han lands into pastures. He established a taxation system and set up ten roads in Yanjing and other places. Collection tax office.

In the third year of Wokuotai Khan's reign, he served as Secretary of the Central Committee. After that, he actively restored civil governance and gradually implemented the plan of"ruling the country with Confucianism" and"customized systems, discussed rituals and music, established ancestral temples, built palaces, founded schools, set up imperial examinations, and promoted The political propositions of seclusion, visiting the elderly, promoting virtuous people, seeking integrity, encouraging farmers and mulberry trees, curbing idleness, sparing punishment, reducing taxes and restraint, advocating honor and integrity, rejecting those who are incompetent, removing redundant personnel, deposing cruel officials, advocating filial piety and brotherhood, and providing relief to the poor.

He has worked hard in all aspects of politics, economy, and culture and created many initiatives. Mainly include protecting agriculture and implementing the feudal tax system; reforming the political system and promoting Confucian officials; opposing massacres and protecting people's lives; prohibiting plundering people and implementing a household system; opposing taxation on purchases and forbidding the use of power for personal gain; advocating respecting Confucius and respecting religion , organizing Confucian classics.

Yelu Chucai served in the two dynasties of Genghis Khan and Ogedai Khan for nearly 30 years, and made many achievements in assisting him.

When the queen was in power, she repeatedly impeached the queen's favored Odu Laheman, and was gradually excluded. Yelu Chucai died of grief and anger at the age of fifty-five.

When the news of Yelu Chucai's death spread, the country was filled with sorrow. Many Mongolians cried bitterly, as if they had lost their own relatives.

The Han scholar-bureaucrats even shed tears to pay tribute to this outstanding Khitan politician. There was no music in the great Mongolian kingdom for several days.

After Yelu Chucai died, Empress Naima Zhen followed his last wish and transported his body back to his hometown in Yanjing. He was buried on the shore of Wengshan Mountain at the foot of Yuquan Mountain, which Yelu Chucai was very attached to during his lifetime. He was buried with his wife who died before him.. A temple and statue were built for him, and the ceremony was extremely grand.

Emperor Wenzong of the Yuan Dynasty posthumously presented Yelu Chucai as a meritorious official, Taishi, and Shangzhu of the state.

Yelu Chucai is definitely a wise man in history, but it is a pity that Lu Yan does not like him.