Along the way to the north, Li Ye was inspecting the scale of the Khitan cities, the development of Confucian culture, and the construction of the national system. What he saw and heard gave him a deeper understanding of Yelu Abaoji, and he couldn't help but have some admiration for him in his heart.

Because of the relationship between the unification of the Khitan and the conquest of the steppe for a short time, everything is just a prototype, and with the destruction of this war, many things have changed beyond recognition.

However, building a complete prototype is actually the most difficult, as long as this head is opened, everything that follows is only a matter of time.

And the current situation is exactly what Li Ye needs.

If the Khitan system has been solidified and the Khitan people's national concept has been formed, then it will be much more difficult to turn them into people who are interested in the Tang Dynasty until they are completely assimilated.

Now that the Khitan people have understood and initially adapted to the rule of the country, but they do not have such a deep national consciousness, it is most suitable for Li Ye to transform.

When the time comes, the transformation of the Khitan people is completed, and it is much easier for the grassland people to influence the grassland people than for the Central Plains people to change the grassland people.

"Yelu Abaoji's years of hard work seem to be making wedding clothes for you. ”

Looking at the Khitan people who were repairing the city of Xilou, King Qi let out such a sigh.

The errand of the Tatars and Huangtou to the Khitan captives and slaves had been completed a few days ago, and now most of them were in the Tang army camp, controlled by the Tang army, and only those who performed well among them were eligible to be released from the camp to repair their former national capital.

According to Li Ye's arrangement, these people will also be the first batch of people to obtain the "household registration" of Datang, recognized and protected by Datang, and the first to return to the herding life that they were familiar with and loved.

King Qi has heard a lot of such feelings in the past few days, and they are all issued by his subordinate officials.

Li Ye came to the Khitan, since it was to change this place and rule here, it was naturally impossible not to bring a civilian group. The army was followed by civilian officials, and he immediately took over the place after the end of the war, which was the method he used to use when he conquered the Central Plains.

Some students from the Chang'an Training Academy, who previously held military positions in the army, have now joined the ranks of civilian officials, and have begun to be protected by Tang monks and the army, going deep into the grasslands to investigate, communicate face-to-face with herdsmen, and prepare for the next political affairs.

With steppe shepherds as guides—especially the Khitans—there is no reason why their errands should not go well.

The purpose of the Chang'an Training Academy is to cultivate students for the use of the country after they have completed their studies, so they actually know more about the grassland than ordinary civil officials.

Just like Zhang Chang'an, before he entered the grassland, he learned several mainstream languages on the grassland, although he couldn't speak well, he was barely able to communicate, which was the embodiment.

"The predecessors planted trees and the later people enjoyed the shade, these words were used on Yelu Abao's body, it sounds weird, but the truth is such a truth. Li Ye responded to King Qi with a smile.

In fact, what he wants to say is that on the earth, the reason why Huaxia is the later Huaxia is the result of the continuous efforts of countless heroes and people with lofty ideals.

Some of them are in order to achieve their own imperial hegemony, and some are in order to seek the level of advancement, but from the perspective of the long river, without their efforts, there would be no good situation of Chinese ethnic integration before Li Ye crossed over.

Although the process was more tortuous, there was more blood and fire, and the disaster and pain were more serious.

In this sense, Yelu Abaoji is just one of them.

"Yelu Abaoji's funeral ceremony is coming,

Originally, I thought that you would not need to show up at that time, but after hearing what you just said, I think you should write a memorial to him. King Qi thought for a moment.

Li Ye agrees with this, "I should write a sacrificial text." ”

When Yelu Abaoji was buried, there was a sacrifice to him from the Tang people, which means that he was officially recognized by the Tang Dynasty, and the hidden meaning is that the Khitan became a part of the Tang Dynasty and already belonged to the Tang Dynasty.

This is the conclusion of the coffin.

I don't know if Yelu Abaoji will crawl out of the coffin when he hears the news.

"By the way, what are you going to do with Yue Liduo?" said King Qi with an evil smile.

Li Ye rolled his eyes, "I'm not interested in her, so naturally you can do whatever you want." ”

He is not a loser, he doesn't need to rely on conquering opponents' women to show his strength, he is not a pervert, he doesn't need to rely on insulting other kings' women to satisfy his dark psychology, and he is not Cao Mengde, he has a weird habit of collecting wives.

King Qi saw that Li Ye really didn't take Yue Liduo in his eyes, so he said seriously: "This woman is still good, you can let her play some roles."

"The current Khitan needs a leader on the stage after all to unite people's hearts for the use of the dynasty, and it is better for women to play this role than men. And as Yelu Abaoji's woman, she can also better eliminate the hostility of the Khitan people towards the Tang Dynasty and various uneasy factors of the Khitan. ”

That's a good suggestion.

But Li Ye doesn't agree very much.

Yue Liduo, also known as Shu Luping, is not a simple character, and he is also famous in history. She is still young and immature, and she looks harmless to humans and animals, but her ceiling is very high, and she herself is an unstable factor in the future.

"We'll talk about that later. Li Ye decided to think about this issue seriously, mainly to look at Yue Liduo's mind, if she hated Datang, although this matter would be of great benefit, it was not negotiable.

Li Ye and Li Maozhen returned to the camp, and the guards reported that Salek had asked to see them.

"The affairs of the Tatar Ministry in the West Building have ended, and now that winter is approaching, I also ask His Royal Highness King An's permission to let us return to our territory as soon as possible, and let the cattle and sheep raise some fat before the cold winter comes. Salek said respectfully.

This year, because of the long war, there are too few people grazing on the grassland, and there are fewer cattle and sheep, which has led to the abundance of pasture grass now.

If the warriors hurry up and go back to grazing, they can indeed keep the cattle and sheep in time for the last bit of fattening.

However, Li Ye knew that the reason why Salek was in a hurry to leave was that he didn't want to participate in Yelu Abaoji's funeral ceremony.

This is a cautious act of avoiding suspicion, Salek doesn't want Li Ye to feel that he has some kind of sympathy for Yelu Abaoji, so as not to be suspicious of Li Ye.

Saleko's concerns are not unfounded.

Not to mention anything else, these days, when the Tatar and Huangtou tribes were handed over to the Khitan prisoners, because the chieftain had just died, he was dissatisfied, and under the instigation of some strong people who could not see the situation clearly, some of the warriors in the Yellow Head were unworthy.

As a result, the West Building, where the war had ended, had more corpses and rivers of blood.

The yellow head, which was originally only slightly weaker than the Tatars, is now a little more than half the size of the Tatars.

Of course, Saleko knew that Li Ye didn't want to suppress the yellow head extraordinarily, which would make the grassland situation

Unbalance. After all, the three-legged stand of the Yellow Head, the Tatar Ministry, and the Khitan is much better for the Tang Dynasty than the Tatar Ministry, the Khitan and the Khitan counterbalance.

But the yellow-headed people were looking for death by themselves, and Li Ye was not merciful.

Saleko didn't want to face Li Ye with such a murderous aura again, for fear that one day, Li Ye would feel that the strength of the Tatar Ministry was greater, and then find a reason to kill a group of people from the Tatar Department.

This kind of thing makes some sense, but Sariko has to worry about it becoming a reality.

"The chief wants to leave, and Lone naturally won't stop him. In this war, the Tatar Ministry made great contributions, and Lone will remember it. If the chieftain has leisure in the future, he is welcome to come to Chang'an as a guest, and he must fulfill the friendship of the landlord. Li Ye's smile was very kind.

Sariko couldn't help but shudder. He couldn't see Li Ye smiling now, he always felt that there was a knife in his smile, and the words that came out of Li Ye's mouth, he couldn't help but think deeply.

For example, now, Li Ye said that he was welcome to Chang'an as a guest, which in Saleko's view, was threatening him to be careful, otherwise he would be arrested in Chang'an.

As for the friendship of the landlord, hehe, I don't know if it's a cup of poisonous wine.

Saliko frightened himself and soon became panicked, in order to successfully get out, he gritted his teeth, and tried his best to make himself smile sincerely and flatteringly, "His Royal Highness King An, I don't seem to have many cattle and sheep in the West Building, which is not conducive to King An's plan, and the Tatar Ministry is willing to contribute 300,000 sheep, 50,000 cattle, and 10,000 war horses, just to help His Highness......"

They captured the West Tower and plundered not only the Khitans, but also the wealth of the Khitans.

After Li Ye arrived, he just asked them to release the Khitans, and did not deprive them of their booty, in Li Ye's words, you violated the military order, and Lone also punished you, but Lone was very trustworthy and would not blackmail you.

So although Salek was afraid of Li Ye, he didn't have much dissatisfaction with Li Ye.

Li Ye was very surprised by Sarik's deep understanding of righteousness, but he naturally would not refuse such a good thing, and this was still proposed by the other party, and besides, the West Building is indeed short of cattle and sheep now, "The chief is so generous, and he is very grateful." ”

Seeing that Li Ye was satisfied, Chief Salee breathed a sigh of relief.

After the departure of the Tatars, the new chieftain of the Yellow Head also came to resign. The new chief was quite young, less than forty years old, and was selected as the new chief, and there were still people who were not convinced, and after the Tang army killed many people, his position is now very solid.

Huang Tou also took the initiative to contribute many cattle and sheep.

Coupled with the gifts of the Tatar Ministry, the Tang army's military rations had a short-term guarantee, and the Khitans in Xilou could be regarded as having the capital to rebuild their homes, so Li Ye did not have to find food for them elsewhere.

A few days later, Yelu Abaoji's funeral ceremony went smoothly, and the civil officials of the Tang Dynasty read the memorial in public.

Then, a generation of heroes Yelu Abaoji entered the soil for peace.

There were many Khitans who participated in the ceremony, from the powerful to the ordinary soldiers, and Yelu Abaoji was their hero after all.

When they heard the civil officials of the Tang Dynasty reciting the memorial text, ordinary soldiers could only realize that the heroic Yelu Abaoji had been recognized by the Tang Dynasty, which made them feel proud and proud. They didn't understand that subconsciously, they had identified with Datang's handling of grassland affairs for the first time.

The Khitan magnates had complicated faces, although most of them could only feel weird, but the smart people among them already understood what this sacrifice meant. Over the years, his complexion has changed greatly, and he is full of sadness, knowing that he has completely lost his power and status on the grassland.

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