Chapter 229: Yelu Abaoji

Chai Rong succeeded Guo Wei as emperor and rectified the military, politics and economy. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info military, he is strict with military discipline, clear rewards and punishments, and reviews the forbidden army, cuts the old and weak, selects and retains the elite, and recruits the world's strong men, and selects the excellent. Politically, he strictly forbade corruption and punished officials who failed in their duties. Economically, the abolition of monasteries outside the name of the temple given by the imperial court, the prohibition of shaving monks and nuns without permission, the purchase of folk bronze Buddha statues to cast money, and the recruitment of people to reclaim the wasteland of fugitive households.

The "Juntian Map" was issued, the rents of 60 states in Henan and other places were uniformly determined, and the tax-free privileges of the Qufu Kong clan were abolished. In addition, it also expanded the capital city of Kaifeng, restored the Cao Yun, built water conservancy, revised the criminal law and calendar, corrected the Yale, corrected the shortcomings of the imperial examination, searched for suicide notes, carved and printed ancient books, etc.

Conquered Houshu, collected the four states of Qin, Feng, Cheng and Jie, and personally conquered the Southern Tang Dynasty three times, and obtained the fourteen states of Jiangbei and Huainan in the Southern Tang Dynasty. The Northern Expedition to the Liao State recovered the three prefectures of Ying, Mo and Yi and the three passes of Waqiao, Yijin and Sikou.

The Later Han Dynasty was established, Guo Wei was appointed as the deputy privy envoy with the title of Zuo Ming Gong, and Chai Rong was appointed as the general of the left prison guard. Guo Wei was appointed as the commander of the Tianxiong Ya, the leader of the Guizhou Assassin History, and the right servant of the inspection school. Guo Wei's relatives who stayed in Kaifeng, Kyoto were all killed by Emperor Yin, Guo Wei raised troops and killed Xiang Kaifeng in the name of the Qing monarch's side, and Chai Rong was ordered to stay in Yedu and preside over the affairs of Yedu.

After the establishment of the Zhou Dynasty, Chai Rongxuan worshiped the history of the assassin of Lanzhou as the prince, inspected the Taibao, and sealed the Marquis of Taiyuan County. During Chai Rong's tenure in Lanzhou, he cleaned up the government, did not invade the border, and relied on the people. Later, he was crowned the king of Jin and served as Kaifeng Yin, and sentenced internal and external soldiers and horses. Zhou Taizu died, and Chai Rong took the throne of the emperor in front of the coffin according to his will, which was for Zhou Shizong.

Chai Rong, who is in the prime of life, is ambitious and determined to follow his adoptive father's last wish and do a great job. He once asked Wang Pu, the doctor of Zuo, "How many years can I be the emperor?"

Wang Pu, who was a master of mathematics, replied: "Although the minister's knowledge is simple, according to the calculation of what the minister has learned, it will not be known after thirty years. ”

After hearing this, Chai Rong was very happy and said: "If it is as Qing said, the widow should open up the world in ten years, recuperate the people in ten years, and make the world peaceful in ten years." ”

In order to achieve this grand goal, Chai Rong made great efforts to govern the country during his reign of more than five years, was determined to reform, and fought in the south and the north, opening the prelude to ending the division and unifying the world.

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The origin of the Khitan people, according to legend, there are two rivers flowing in the northern steppe, one rushes down from the southern end of the Great Xing'an Mountains, the Khitan people call it the Xilamulun River, also known as the Yellow Water;

The Khitan people have such a legend about their ancestors, a goddess who has lived in the heavenly palace for a long time feels the boredom and loneliness of the heavenly palace, she drove a green ox cart, from the flat pine forest along the yellow water downstream. It just so happened that an immortal was riding a snow-white BMW from Mayu Mountain to the east along the Tu River. The green ox and the white horse met at Mt. Konoha at the confluence of the Yellow Water and the Earth River.

The goddess and the fairy took away the green ox, let go of the reins of the horse, and walked opposite each other. The two fell in love with each other and combined, and gave birth to eight sons, and their descendants became stronger and stronger, divided into eight tribes, including the Siwandan Division, the He Dahe Division, the Fufu Yu Division, the Yuling Division, the Rilian Division, the Pi Xuan Division, the Li Division, and the Tuliu Yu Division, living in the south of the Yellow Water and the north of the Yellow Dragon. Often with the name of Ma Wenpi contributed to the Northern Wei Dynasty, and trade, every march and spring and autumn sacrifice, must use white horses and green oxen, in order to show that do not forget the original. This is undoubtedly the most authoritative and accurate account of the legend of the green ox and white horse, from which it can be seen that the Khitan people originated in the Xilamulun River and Laoha River basins.

The Khitan tribe flourished day by day and developed to the south, and Emperor Gao Yang personally led a large army to attack the Khitan tribe in the south, capturing more than 100,000 people and hundreds of thousands of livestock. The Khitan tribe suffered heavy losses, and later was invaded by the Turks, so the tribes were scattered. At the beginning of the Sui Dynasty, they were attached to the Sui Dynasty and the Turks, and gradually recovered, nomadic herding in the western Liaoning region, and the tribes usually chased each other from the cold and summer, and followed the water and grass to live. When the Khitans went south to Yingzhou, they were attacked by the Turks under the command of the Sui generals, and 40,000 people were captured and suffered heavy losses again.

In the early sixth century, when the Khitan were still in the tribal stage, they formed a tribal alliance in the early Tang Dynasty and were subject to the Turkic Khanate in Mobei. Between the Khitan and the Tang Dynasty, there were not only tribute, entry and trade, but also war and plunder. Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty took the Khitan people as the governor of Songmo, and Dahe Cave Brother as the governor of Songmo, and gave the surname Li. However, during the reign of his grandson Dahe Abgu, he began to harass the Tang border with the Xi and was captured and sent to Luoyang. Tang Gaozong made Ku Moli, the grandson of Brother Gu, the general of the Left Guard and the assassin of Danhan Prefecture, and named the king of Guishun County, and his grandson Li Quanzhong was the general of Wuwei and the governor of Songmo, and continued to rule the eight Khitan tribes.

After the establishment of Wu Zhou, the Khitan could not stand the oppression, so Li Quanzhong and his brother-in-law Sun Wanrong rebelled, captured Yingzhou, and killed Zhao Wenhui, the governor of Yingzhou, Li Quanzhong established himself as the supreme khan, which was the first time that the Khitans called Khan. Wu Zetian was furious, changed Li Quanzhong's name to Li Quanzhong, Sun Wanrong beheaded Sun Wan, and sent troops to encircle and suppress, but was defeated by Li Quanzhong. Later, Li Quanzhong died of illness, Sun Wanrong succeeded to the throne, and continued Li Quanzhong's career, and soon Sun Wanrong was defeated and killed by a house slave.

Li Quanzhong's cousin Li Lost and the leader of the Xi tribe, Li Dayu, went to Chang'an to see Tang Xuanzong, Xuanzong restored the Songmo Mansion, took Li Lost as the governor, named the king of Songmo County, awarded the general Zuo Jin Wuwei, and married the princess Yongle to him.

In the fourth year of Tianbao, after the Turkic extinction, the Khitan Yaoli surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, Tang Xuanzong gave the Han name Li Huaixiu, worshiped the governor of Songmo, named the king of Chongshun, and gave the princess Jingle. Half a year later, Li Huaixiu couldn't bear An Lushan's bullying, killed the princess and fought against the Tang Dynasty with the Xi people, and then fought with An Lushan many times, with mixed results.

The Yelu family of the Diera Department arose, and served as the Yili Jin of the Khitan Department for generations, and its authority became increasingly powerful. After the death of Qinde, Abaoji no longer chose the Khan from the Yaolin family, but took the flag into his own possession, and served as the Khan of the Khitan Department, and since then the election of the Khan has been transferred to the Yelu family of the Diera Department.

A glorious dynasty was born, and there must be some apotheosis stories behind it. After Yelu Abaoji replaced the Yaoran clan on the throne, he was afraid that other people would not be satisfied, so he used many deified stories to show that everything he did was completely in line with the heavens and people, and it was God's arrangement, and Yelu Abaoji finally ascended the throne of the emperor with the great wisdom of his team.

The Khan died of illness, and Yelu Abaoji was elected as the Khan. According to the traditional system, the position of the khan should be re-elected once every three years, and Abaoji's goal is to establish a lifelong system and hereditary system like the emperor of the Central Plains, so he refused to hand over power when he served as Khan for three years, and continued to sit on the throne of the khan with his strength and prestige, which caused the dissatisfaction of other nobles in the family, because according to custom, the khan implemented the family hereditary election system, that is, after the Khan's position was transferred to the Yelu clan, the khan would be held by the adults of the family, so Abaoji did not give way, and others had no chance to be elected.

In order to fight for this right to be elected, the brothers of Abaoji's family first rose up against him, and thus there was a rebellion of the brothers in history, and the brothers' rebellion was three in total. After the opposition of the tribe was eliminated, the opposition of the other seven Khitan tribes still existed, and they forced Abaoji to relinquish the position of Khan under the banner of restoring the old Khan election system.

Abaoji had no choice but to hand over the banner first, promised to abdicate, and then set up a plan to retreat. He said to the people: "I have been in the position of Khan for nine years, and there are many Han people under me, and I want to lead a part to govern Seoul by myself, is it okay?"

Everyone agreed, and when they got there, Abaoji led the Han people to farm, there was salt and iron in the local area, and the economy was also very developed, Abaoji adopted the strategy of his wife's law, and sent someone to tell the leaders of the tribes: "I have a salt pond, and I often supply it to all tribes, but everyone only knows that it is convenient to eat salt, but I don't know that the salt pond also has an owner, you should come to treat me and my subordinates." ”

Everyone felt reasonable, so they came with cattle and wine, but they didn't expect to fall for Abaoji's strategy. Abaoji set up an ambush, and when everyone was drunk, he killed all the leaders of the tribes. Yelu Abaoji's ultimate goal was to establish a lifelong and hereditary feudal dynasty like the emperor of the Central Plains, so Yelu Abaoji's think tank began to plan packaging for him.

First of all, through the story of the green cow and white horse, after proving that Yelu Abaoji is a god, the roots are red and Miaozheng. Through a series of apotheosis stories, it is proved that Yelu Abaoji is the messenger of God, the real Son of Heaven, and ascending to the throne is in accordance with the sky.

Dream day fell into her arms, Long Ting Xianrui, when Liao Taizu's mother, Empress Xuanjian, dreamed that the sun fell into her arms, and she became pregnant later. When Liao Taizu was born, the tent was full of divine light, and the fragrance was fragrant, and Liao Taizu's body was like a three-year-old child when he was born, he would crawl and walk, he could walk in three months, and he would be able to speak in a hundred days, and he would be able to predict the future.

Although he had just changed his teeth, the conversation must have involved social affairs, and his uncle was in charge of state affairs at the time, and he would always be consulted if he had any problems. Liao Taizu's grandmother, Empress Jian Xian, was very surprised by this incident, and raised Liao Taizu as her own son. He often hid him in other tents and smeared his face so that no one could see him.

Smart and heroic, god-man winged guard, Yelu Abaoji is smart and heroic, and has great intelligence. He has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and every time he practices martial arts, there are gods to guide him, and every time he travels, there are always gods to escort him. When he grows up, he is burly and strong, ambitious, and strong in martial arts, he is nine feet long, plump and sharp, his eyes shoot people, and he is three hundred pounds of bows.

These two stories began to circulate after Yelu Abaoji ascended to the throne of Khan, so when Yelu Abaoji was a child and practiced martial arts, who witnessed the gods and men except his family? One explanation came from Yelu Abaojideng's think tank that Empress Xian often blackened his face and hid him in other tents to prevent others from seeing him.

As for the wings of the gods, the gods and men are not visible to the common people and the laity, only those who are loyal to the Son of Heaven and the rich and noble can occasionally see them, and those who can see the gods will definitely be able to become high-ranking officials in the future and enjoy the benefits of high-ranking officials. So the people around Yelu Abaoji, the Khitan dignitaries, and the people who want to climb the high branches all said that they saw the gods and men winged with their own eyes, so that they were widely spread, and the more they spread the gods, the more Yelu Abaoji ascended the throne is a good thing.