Chapter Twenty-Six: Prelude to the Opening of the Seal
The Tang Empire had the crown prince and the Wei prince inside, and the external situation also entered a new period.
In "Yi", it is said that "only easy is not easy", and Su Wang said, "only change does not change".
This is a universal truth, and the same is true of the external situation of the Tang Dynasty, a whale falls and all things are born, and the fall of the Winter Turks has brought about the rise of Xue Yantuo and Tiele.
The decline of the Western Turks brought the war in the Western Regions to an end, and the establishment of the Tang Dynasty and the national policy of inclusiveness and openness made this huge empire have an unprecedented increase in demand for goods.
During the Han Dynasty, the countries of the Western Regions relied on commerce and trade connecting the Han Dynasty with Central Asia and the countries of the extreme west to make a fortune, and the countries along the way made a lot of money.
Hundreds of years of turmoil have brought commerce to a virtual standstill, causing many countries along the way to fall due to financial exhaustion, and the vast Central Empire is the undoubted heart of the world economy.
After Li Ke had everything, he beheaded Xue Yantuo Khan in just two battles and spread it to the tents of the khans.
And Li Ke is doing much like this now, using the war to legally strengthen his strength, transferring the prestige of Tian Khan to himself, hollowing out the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate and replacing it with the Yanwang Mansion.
The Tang Dynasty gave Yan Wangke some help, but did not send soldiers, because when Yan Wangke was divided into Mobei, he had already taken away a lot of political and military resources, and everyone was waiting for Yan Wangke's actions to see what this king of the sect was, and whether he could take on the heavy responsibility of being a national fence.
In the Central Plains, there is a word called "raising self-respect".
In the Central Plains, there is a word called 'the co-lord of the world', what does this mean?
The heir of the emperor is the master of all the subjects of the world, and on the steppe, the heavenly khan is the master of everyone, what do you think? ”
Or rather, you have decided to betray the Heavenly Khan, like the Xue Yanta Ri Khan, and become a traitor.
All the people come to Hara and Rim to meet the king, and if anyone does not listen, the king will cut off his ears, pluck out his eyes, and trample them under his feet! ”
Li Ke played a game of words to fool this group of grassland people.
This is indeed a problem, and it is a big problem, it is a clash of culture and reality, in the grassland, the tribes generally use the young son stove system, every son grows up, the father will give him a part of the property, that is, cattle and sheep and population, let him go out to develop, which leads to the end the young son is the only one who will stay by his side to inherit the family property.
As for how to set it up, of course, we can't use the complicated set of official positions in the Central Plains, and the chaos of the Turks in the early winter had a reason for the official positions in the Central Plains.
Shouldn't the Khan's assembly be dominated by me? ”
After the initial establishment of the majesty, Li Ke immediately began to implement one of his tasks to come to the grassland, that is, to start the reorganization of the grassland tribes to a limited extent.
At the same time, it also expounded a reality, that is, Tian Khan will not come to the grassland, the person you are facing is me, this kind of looming threat, these people can still understand.
Now the strong recovery of Datang has led to the countries along the Silk Road to flourish again.
The youngest son should inherit the throne, but the powerful brother often comes back to snatch the throne, and now the Lieri Khan who is returning to the throne is asking Li Ke, will you be the Heavenly Khan in the future?
If yes, that's no problem.
When everyone heard this, their eyes were shining and they looked at Li Ke.
Yan Wang Ke did encounter some disadvantages in the early stage, after all, he was new to the country and didn't know much about the grassland, but this was not the reason why he didn't deal with Xue Yantuo.
It can only be said that he is really worthy of being the king of the sect that Luo Su values, and he has only been on the grassland for a year, and he has already touched the political rules on the grassland, and he can use them flexibly.
Xue Yantuo is simply the most rebellious jackal on the grassland, a dog without heart and lungs, even if it is a hyena, it is not as black as his heart, and it is not as despised as him.
Only the son of the Heavenly Khan can become the sole ruler of the steppe, and receive the grace of the Emperor and the Immortal Heaven, as well as the blessings of Yin Mountain, Beihai and all the mountains and rivers.
If not, how can you say that you are the only master of the grassland?
The Tang Dynasty eliminated the threat of the Winter Turks, and a new threat appeared in the north of the Tang Dynasty, that is, Xue Yantuo, and the war between Xue Yantuo and Yan Wang Ke had been going on for some time.
Let's do things well, and wait until the time is right.
The Hu cavalry and the guards of the armored palace were also elite, plus Luo Xuanxing participated in this war to pacify Xue Yantuo with hundreds of daring soldiers.
As for the other Tiele and the Winter Turkic tribes, whether it was Mingyue Khan, Fanxing Khan, or ordinary clan leaders, they all paid a sincere visit to Li Ke.
The personal dependence on the grassland is far better than that of the Central Plains, and the slavery system is much more stubborn than that of the Central Plains.
Li Shimin was finally a little happier, and finally had a competitive son, who did something that made him worthy of joy and pride, instead of making him miserable every day.
Li Ke's plan was implemented very smoothly, and I have to say that Li Shimin still loves him quite much, although most of them are exiled sinners, but there are really many talents among them.
He deeply understood that the reason why he was able to control the Khans so smoothly now was mainly because of his father, who was the Son of Heaven and the Khan of Heaven.
At this moment, Li Ke finally felt what power was, and he forcibly controlled the feeling that I have in the world.
He was worried that he was too inflated and went to do something irrational.
Li Ke was faced with a crisis, and he said in a hurry: "Of course the Heavenly Khan is the supreme, but the Heavenly Khan will not come to the grassland, on the edict of the Heavenly Khan, I am the first scorching sun Khan, so on the grassland, I am the highest person, just as high as Yin Mountain, do you still have questions?" ”
In the eleventh year of Zhenguan, Xue Yantuo was not strong enough to completely dominate Mobei.
The 12,000 households brought by Li Ke when he moved north were divided into twelve tribes, each with 1,000 households, and this way of separation, the order was extremely flat, and Li Ke only needed to manage 12,000 households, which could be quickly assembled without delaying grazing.
Hui Liesun Khan stubbornly said: "Great Yan Lieri Khan, please allow us to ask, will the throne of the Heavenly Khan be passed on to you?"
We have heard that in the Central Plains, it is very strange to use a system called primogeniture, and we cannot understand it, so we do not know how the throne of the White Khan will be inherited. ”
This domineering remark is really too much for the appetite of the steppe people, and the tribal leaders from all over the world have come to Hala and Lin, and this time it is completely different from the last time.
Now Li Ke has decided to gradually implement this system on the grassland, 10,000 households, 1,000 households, 100 households, and gradually limit the household registration of all departments, that is, if the canonization of 1,000 households, it cannot exceed 1,000 households, and after exceeding 1,000 households, it is necessary to separate the household registration so that the surplus people can form a new tribe.
Especially, the national teacher.
This is called adapting to local conditions.
War, not only will bring losses, but also people in the war to rise, seize power and wealth, the Han Dynasty, those who guarded the frontier, provoked the border Hu people without authorization, and finally used the war to make profits, on the military funds allocated by the imperial court, under the robbery of the Hu tribe, exploitation of soldiers, this kind of thing is not uncommon.
Especially when Luo Xuanxing was willing to help him, Li Ke was sure to quell Xue Yantuo's sudden rebellion.
He laughed loudly: "The soldiers of the Central Plains do not move, and the border troubles are self-extricating, and the technique of dividing the seal is indeed the only choice to suppress the rebellion." ”
The set of official positions in the Central Plains, even some officials are sometimes confused, not to mention the grassland people who have no culture, how can he understand these words with historical origins?
When Luo Su set up the Three Khans system, he directly chose the sun, moon, and stars, the three objects of grassland worship, which made the grassland people feel very powerful when they heard it.
Most people remained humble even the Hui Liesun Khan, and he had to be humble in the face of the Great Yan Lieri Khan, who had just killed Xue Yantuo Mingyue Khan, for the sake of his clan.
"The Great and Supreme Heavenly Khan is the eternal master of our steppe tribes."
After Li Ke learned about this situation, he had the idea of using the war to weaken the tribes who opposed him, and then supported the twelve tribes around him on the grassland to establish a Mobei group around him, and if the war was not over, he could also collect some military funds from the imperial court, as well as some privileges, and further release the constraints of the Son of Heaven on him.
In the past few thousand years, there has never been a dominant ethnic group in the steppe, and whichever tribe is strong, the name of which tribe will become the name of the ethnic group.
Although the grassland is backward, it is not so bad that it can't even count the numbers, after all, it is not thousands of years ago, and after so many years of contact with the Central Plains, there is still some growth.
What is he trying to do?
Could it be a provocation to the position of the Heavenly Khan?
This is very difficult, and it may have to go through a few wars, but now it has made a good start, because of the victory in the war against Xue Yantuo, Li Ke captured many people, and he suddenly had about 10,000 more herdsmen under his command.
Put away your evil hearts, open your eyes and ears, listen well, look well, this king is the son of the Heavenly Khan, the goshawk of the steppe.
Especially this very beautiful battle report, as well as Li Ke's handling of the grassland tribes, made Li Shimin very happy.
Retracting his mind, Li Ke looked at the khans in front of him, and said loudly: "In order to prevent disputes among the Mobei tribes, the Heavenly Khan set the system of three khans.
Seeing this, Li Ke said: "It is natural that the father's property is inherited by the son, I am the son of the Heavenly Khan, in the grassland, is there anyone more noble than me?"
When Li Ke first came to Mobei, his prestige was insufficient, and the leaders of the tribes, as well as the khans of Mobei, were respectful to him on the surface, but in fact they didn't care, and even despised him, they surrendered to Li Shimin because of Li Shimin's martial arts, Li Ke couldn't suppress them, lived on the grassland, and only recognized the size of his fist.
The Hu people who came to Hara and Lin all chanted to express their loyalty.
The rise and fall of the country is in the midst of this.
Li Ke couldn't help it, he knew the location of Tian Khan, and it would not be possible for it to be passed on to him anyway, it must have been passed to the next Tang Emperor along with the throne of Zhu Xia.
At the beginning, the national teacher put himself on the grassland, and there was a task, and if he went back like this, the national teacher would definitely give himself a head-on blow.
In the original exchange with Li Ke, Luo Su's strategy for the grassland was very clear, "simple and easy to remember, this is the secret of conquering the grassland."
Before he came to the grassland, Luo Su talked to him a lot, most of which were mentions of the general trend, which made Li Ke always think of something at a critical moment.
And from the original source, he understands the strength of the Central Plains and the strength of that group of veteran generals, it is not difficult for Datang to pacify Xue Yantuo, and it is not difficult for Datang to kill himself.
This made his strength swell all of a sudden, and in a short period of time, no one would want to challenge him.
He can only be the King of Yan and the First Sun Khan, whether under the system of the Tang Dynasty or under the system of the Heavenly Khan, he is the one who is the subservant, this cannot be changed, unless he can become the person in Chang'an City.
Now Li Ke is the spokesperson of the Heavenly Khan, which sounds like no problem, but there is only one center of the Khan Conference, and that is the Heavenly Khan.
"This is the end of betraying the Tang Dynasty, this is the end of provoking the king without authorization, Xue Yantuo's Mingyue Khan, accepting the canonization of Tian Khan, but daring to betray.
Li Ke worked hard in Mobei, and the war report crossed the desert all the way, crossed the Yin Mountain, and then ran all the way from the trail in the plateau to Chang'an.
What's the easiest and best thing to remember?
Digit.
You must know that the Luo family who helped him, but behind him, why did he come to help him, Li Ke knew very well, then he might backstab himself at any time.
The reason why it lasted for a year was because Li Ke found that this was a great opportunity for him to control the tribes of Mobei.
This kind of property inheritance system is the reality of the grassland, and then the tradition is formed, and this tradition will cause a problem in the relatively powerful tribal countries.
At this moment, Li Shimin's heart reached the peak.
Li Ke's words made everyone look at each other a little, the Khan Conference was centered on Dadu Hu in the past, that is, the spokesman of Tian Khan.
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The national teacher Luo Su noticed this, and Li Ke, the king of Yan, went to the grassland with the mission of changing this status quo, and his political achievements in Mobei were extremely amazing.
On the basis of Tian Khan, Li Ke reconstructed the political system, and most importantly, injected a culture called the core into the grassland, which had not been achieved in the past thousands of years, and the integration of the grassland began to really set sail from here. ——"The History of the Rise and Fall of the Tang Empire"
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