Chapter 3 The Road to the Iron Pot
Regarding Guo Kang's evaluation, there is no surprise in Dehuan.
"You know the level of everyone on my side." He spread his hands and said, "There are so many people, but none of them are...... Uh, virtuous minister of literature. It took a lot of effort to be able to write this. ”
"There's only so much we can do on our own. Don't worry, it's not all up to you. He added, "I've called for a couple of helpers." ”
Seeing that Tuhuan was already lying flat, Guo Kang could only nod his head to show understanding.
He looked back again, glancing at the only line of words.
Judging from the wording above, Tuhuan and others have really considered it.
The name Ulus of Great Qin and Rome has only begun to be used in recent years. Guo Kang felt that it should be an imitation of the title of the Yuan Dynasty.
The word Ulus belongs to the characteristic noun of the steppe. Roughly speaking, it has the dual meaning of both tribe and territory.
The grasslands are vast and sparsely populated, and people often move, so it doesn't make much sense to just look at the "territory". A Ulus, on the other hand, can be simply understood as a group of tribes and the various pastures they occupy, which constitutes a sub-feudal unit.
When the Mongol regime was first established, its name was "Yeke Mongol Ulus". Translated directly, it's actually very ...... Simplicity means "very large, Mongolian territory".
Later, Kublai Khan proclaimed himself emperor and took "Great Yuan" as the name of the country. In documents addressed to other khanates, the full name of the Yuan dynasty was written as "Great Yuan Great Mongol Ulus". In the official statement of the Yuan Dynasty, the Great Yuan is Mongolia, and Mongolia is the Great Yuan, which means the same thing. In some texts, it is simply written as "the Great Mongolian Ulus known as 'Great Yuan'".
As for why the meaning is the same, we have to put it all in...... Probably something important to repeat.
Of course, the above are all the statements of the Yuan Dynasty itself. It is not easy to say whether the other khanates regarded the Great Yuan regime as Mongolia, and it depends on the specific time and situation.
For the current Purple Horde, this way of writing can be borrowed. "Daqin" is the name given to Rome by the ancient Central Plains, and "Rome" is the local language, but it expresses the same meaning. Together, these two are "the Roman state known as 'Great Qin'", which should be more convenient to understand and much more formal.
It is easier to understand the pendulum Khan. The official title of Emperor of the Purple Horde was a Greek title called "Barcelus". Back when the Purple Tent was still operating in Bulgaria and was still an ordinary force, everyone knew this name. In order to save trouble, it is generally called "pendulum sai khan" directly in colloquial language. After a long time, it became customary, and it became the special khan of the Roman emperor.
And the second half of the sentence is the name of the Ming Dynasty.
In fact, there are many names in the Ming Dynasty, and there are a lot of names in the various khanates of the Mongol system alone. The most popular is to directly use the country name, called "Daming Ulus". Or, with a prefix indicating an ethnic group, it is called "Khitan Daming Kingdom".
In the correspondence between the Ming Dynasty and its vassals and guards, it is often referred to as "Dotoradu-Ulus" or "Dotoradus-Heza". Literally translated, it is "hinterland".
In the foreign documents, the official favorite translation of the Ming Dynasty is this "Dunta Ulus", which means "Central Country". This is an officially designated name, which is considered the most official Mongolian name. Using this name can indeed make the people of the Ming Dynasty happier.
As for the last "Zhu Tianping Hehan", he is the current emperor of the Ming Dynasty.
Guo Kang himself also listened to other people, and was surprised to find that in this world, Zhu Biao, the eldest son of Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, did not die early, but ascended the throne normally, with the era name "Tianping".
Guo Kang realized at that time that the changes in the world may not be as simple as the "internal force" of his father-in-law.
"Hehan" is an honorific title above Khan. If the ordinary Khan is the king, Hehan is the emperor. In the Yuan Dynasty, the word was directly translated as emperor. The title of "Zhu Tianping Hehan" is also a habitual usage.
In short, the good news at present is that in this short sentence, the words that need special attention and are cared about by both parties have basically been taken into account by Tuhuan and others, and they have obviously been carefully verified and scrutinized.
And the bad news is that the Dehuan team has written this sentence until now......
Of course, this is really no way. As Tuhuan himself said, his subordinates are indeed not this piece of material.
In order to maintain balance, and at the same time to win over the nobility from all over the world, he surrounded his retainers and close vassals, almost all of whom were Bulgarian and Serb.
And the reason for this is actually because the Greek women in the court are too strong.
In order to gain more support, marrying locals is a common option. Since the Purple Horde went south, almost all the wives of the Great Khans of the past dynasties were Greeks, with the exception of Tohuan's great-grandfather, Basil Yerigo Boerjinus, the lord of the Purple Horde.
The daughters of the great families of the Eastern Romans controlled the inner court for generations. The Khan's rule was not small, but those princesses and noblewomen from Bulgaria, Serbia and Rus' could not compete with these old Greek ladies with many thieves. Even the Great Khan and the Pillars were often tossed enough.
In the early days of the Khanate, there was still polygamy, and the signs of this were already very obvious. Later, as the Khanate became more and more roman, monogamy became the mainstream, and the dominance of Greek noblewomen was irreversible.
The khanate needed the support of the Greeks, but it could not allow these people to completely control the court, so in response, successive Great Khans had to train the heirs from an early age, so that they could get acquainted with other people as soon as possible, so as not to be manipulated by their mothers and uncles. Among them, it includes marrying Guo Kang and others early, and also including the selection of these Serbian followers.
However, it is okay for these people to fight wars, and it is too difficult for them to toss diplomacy with the Ming Dynasty......
The problem is that the relationship with the Ming Dynasty is very important to the Khan's court. Sooner or later, they will have to take on this job, and they can't hide from it.
Commerce, for the Khanate, was crucial.
The reason why Constantinople is rich is because she is stuck at the mouth of the Black Sea, and materials from all directions have to be transferred and gathered here. Once the trade route is monopolized and diverted by others, it will soon suffer huge losses, and even become a bottomless pit that can only enter and exit, which in turn will swallow up the empire's economy.
The Golden Horde, there were positive examples in those years.
During the reign of the Bekhan, the Khanate was extremely powerful, from the Yuan Dynasty to Bulgaria, it was the territory of the Great Khan. The Khan's court invested heavily in the construction and maintenance of roads, post stations, and heavy troops along the way.
The caravan didn't even need to carry food, forage, or hired guides, as the caravans and settlements along the way would provide everything they needed for money. There is no need to worry about robbery, because all the tribes along the way have been beaten by the Great Khan.
This makes trade extremely smooth. Starting from Yuandadu, plus the time of loading and unloading goods and land and water transshipment along the way, it only takes 270 days to reach Europe.
And these investments have also brought huge returns.
The steppe passage maintained by the Golden Horde was closer and more convenient, and for a time replaced the ancient Silk Road through Central Asia and Persia. Goods from the East flowed into the Khanate's capital, Belgosala, and then to various parts of Europe and Western Asia.
These goods brought wealth to the khanate that was previously unimaginable. Arab travelers have recorded that this steppe city has surpassed the prosperity of Persia and the cities of the two rivers. Even the entire Rus' region entered an era of unprecedented abundance - after which it probably won't be again for a long time.
Among these goods, silk was the first to be famous. But if you look at the trading volume, the largest should be porcelain and ironware. Especially in maritime trade, iron is the largest weight weight.
Regardless of whether it is at sea or on land, the most important type of iron export is a large iron pot. The so-called Maritime Silk Road, in fact, can be called the Iron Pot Road.
It can be said that the iron pot is the lifeblood of the khanate.
This can be seen in many places. For example, Emperor Shun at the end of the Yuan Dynasty was named Tu Timur, which means "iron pot".
The emperor directly called the iron pot, which shows how important this thing is.
Even Tuohuan himself, the name, actually means "pot".