Chapter 456: The whole army marches westward
Yelu Ruan nodded and said: "It turned out to be the north of Fengzhou City, I remember that when I reviewed the chapter a few days ago, there was something about the boundary of Fengzhou, whether it was war or peace." After all, Fengzhou has no resources, and it is a place of trade, if there is no need for this kind of place, don't destroy it, we also need foreign trade import and export. Today's Toyosu should have stood on its own, and the lord of the city seems to be called...... Feng Hui: That's right. ”
"Your Majesty has a good memory, that's right, the city lord of Fengzhou City is indeed Feng Hui, this person started a black-hearted business after Shi Jingjiao betrayed the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, but then the trade of Fengzhou City was too good, so he started to do the right thing. Now there are 20,000 troops in Fengzhou City, and foreign trade is very developed, many people from the Silk Road will stop in Fengzhou to do business, and they are not willing to enter the Central Plains at all, because the Central Plains at this time is stormy, and they dare not go deep for their own safety. What's more, the merchants of the Central Plains will automatically go to Fengzhou to trade with them, and there is no need to make themselves harder. ”
Yelu Ruan nodded, his decision was indeed correct, a place like Fengzhou City still had a need for his existence. And as a pig, it's better to fatten and then kill. Let Fengzhou City be like this for the time being, and when he is too poor, he will directly attack Fengzhou and loot all the property in the city, but he can also make a small windfall.
Trade is very important for development, and it can absorb the advanced technology of others, and it may not be good if you rob Toyoshu, so let's do it for the time being. Anyway, a small Fengzhou city, it's easy to take it whenever you want.
"In this way, the news of my personal expedition is strictly confidential. Prepare enough food and grass along the way, and enter the desert directly without entering the range of Fengzhou. When we went out, we raised the banner of King Yelu Anduan, and Feng Hui thought that we were going to attack the Turks. Otherwise, if Feng Hui knew that I only brought 5,000 soldiers and horses out, he might force his attack, and he would not be able to kill me if he tried to kill me. ”
"Yes. ”
Yelu Ruan's judgment was very correct, if he knew that the Khitan Emperor was in his own territory, and he only brought 5,000 men and horses, Feng Hui would definitely have an idea. Although he can't provoke the Khitan, if the emperor is in his hands, it will be a different matter.
There are pros and cons to the royal conquest, because this time Yelu Ruan is not for the war, but just hopes that Yelu Zhen and Yelu Anduan will not fight when looking for the fire qilin, otherwise even if he stays in the safe palace, if only one party returns, he will die.
Out of desperation, Yelu Ruan knew that King Ming had already attacked Yelu Zhen. The gap between the martial arts of the two sides is quite large, and if King Ming is not sure of victory, he will never dare to make a move. So Yelu Ruan came this time completely to protect Yelu Zhen, which is also something that no one can think of, even Yelu Anduan can't think of.
Yelu Anduan really didn't expect it, he thought that Yelu Ruan was greedy for the blood of the Fire Qilin, so he would accompany him with 5,000 soldiers and horses. Just because Yelu Ruan was greedy for a while, the whole thing became complicated. There were 5,000 people present, and Yelu Anduan would never dare to blatantly assassinate King Shenwu, if this matter spread, Yelu Anduan would lose everything, and he couldn't bear such a result.
If he only lost his life, Yelu'an still had the title of King Khitan Ming, and people in later generations would occasionally think of his life. Although people don't know anything after they die, Yan has taken pictures, people have left their names, and they have worked hard for a lifetime, and they must not be infamous for eternity before they die. Anyway, horizontal and vertical is death, of course, I hope to leave a good name.
Yelu Anduan was extremely entangled at this time, who knew that Yelu Ruan, a greedy guy, would come and intervene. If it was just this group of people on the road, except for Ye Luzhen at that time, the others were their own people, and they could justify making up a reason when they returned to Shangjing. But in the face of a large army of 5,000 people, it was impossible for Yelu Anduan to kill the Khitan Youshenwu King so blatantly, a true spiritual leader.
Yeluan said: "Your Majesty, there are many dangers here, I think ...... After arriving in Fengzhou, you will temporarily live outside the city, and it will be enough for a few of our martial arts masters to enter the desert, but it is difficult to take care of it if there are too many people. After his subordinates get the unicorn blood, they will definitely give it all away. ”
"That's not good, I have to see this fire unicorn with my own eyes, what if the blood of the fire unicorn has to be drunk while it is hot?
No one can guarantee what the situation will be. If you dare to say it, it is the crime of bullying the king, there are so many generals present staring at these three fathers and sons, no matter how powerful they are, they can't be as big as the emperor, as long as they dare to commit the crime of bullying the king, either kill the head or rebel, Yelu Anduan does not want to go to this step for the time being.
Yelu Ruan is the emperor, his orders cannot be disobeyed, not to mention that there are 5,000 elite soldiers plus a bunch of masters in the court, even Yelu Anduan does not dare to be tough with him, after all, Yelu Anduan and his party at this time are too few, and Yelu Ruan does not let him lead troops, or even bring servants, otherwise Yelu Anduan can mobilize hundreds of thousands of troops to accompany him to find the Fire God Temple.
How can a person not bow his head under the low eaves? Yelu Anduan didn't expect Yelu Ruan to give himself such a trick. Of course, as long as he doesn't attack him, Yelu Ruan will definitely not be able to take the initiative. After all, he supported him to the Khitan Emperor, and the other generals and soldiers also knew their own forces, and as long as they rebelled, they would definitely succeed.
Now Yelu Anduan is only one obstacle to the Taishang Emperor, and this obstacle is not Yelu Ruan. It's just that Yelu Nguyen now plays the role of a stumbling block. Now Yeluan is a little upset, but it's not a big problem.
Of course, Yelu Anduan also understood Yelu Ruan's thoughts, and although he was a little blamed, he did not have hatred. After all, the desire for immortality is the greatest pursuit of human beings, although the blood of the fire unicorn cannot make people immortal, but it can prolong life and restore youth, which is a good baby. Anyone who hears about the blood of the fire unicorn will be as greedy as Yelu Ruan.
Yeluan said, "Your Majesty, the time is almost up, let's leave immediately." ”
"Well~ That's right, the god of Jelu has given orders to go down and the whole army will march westward. ”
"Yes. ”
Jerod immediately left the bowl to send out the order, reorganized the three armies and then marched westward, which was a mighty procession, quite the scale of the bowl during the reign of Yerod.
Almost the entire people in Beijing came to the west of the Khitan city to witness the new emperor Yelu Ruan's restoration of the bowl system, which was a tradition of the Khitan dynasties, and they did not stay in the palace for a long time, but traveled around in the bowl. After going to a place, we will make a policy that is unique to the local area.
This is a very good system, because there are different countries in different countries, if the policy is unified, some places will be good, but some places will be bad, so the use of local policies is the most humane setting. Moreover, according to the passage of time, the policies will continue to change, and some policies can only be used for a certain period of time, so the Khitan emperor must constantly travel around the country to balance the policies in various places.
The reason why the Khitan people respect the bowl so much is because they were originally nomads, and they still hope to return to the vast grassland, watch the sunset on the grassland, herd cattle and sing. Although that kind of life is fascinating, it is very hard, so this is just their spiritual sustenance.
So far, a large part of the Khitan still lives a nomadic life, and the people in the city have gradually begun to look down on these nomadic people. However, this is the most primitive style of their Khitan, and the emperor wants to maintain the last pride of the Khitan people.
Of course, there is one more important reason. The Khitan people still have some bad roots in their bones, and their life in the bowl is definitely not as rich and comfortable as in the palace, and they like to watch the emperor live the life of the most ordinary people, which can make the hearts of the Khitan people get great satisfaction. Let them know that the emperor's life is not mixed, so that the poor people will be very balanced and will not feel how poor they are.
Whether a society is stable or not depends not on the rich, but on the poor. If the poor feel poor, he will make trouble. But if the poor don't feel poor, society will be very harmonious.
Many people say that the development of a society depends on the average level, but in fact, only the poor are really concerned. Because the rich are only in the minority, they cannot support the whole society. It is always the poor who really support society. When the poor are dissatisfied, they rebel, and of course the society is not harmonious. What those in power have to do is make the poor feel satisfied.
Khitan Abaoji had already seen through this, so he established the flirting bowl system, just to make the emperor's life not as rich as the people imagined. Let the emperor live in a tent for a long time, travel around the country to deal with various affairs, and the distance is fixed, so it is not difficult to find.
The Khitan emperor would live with the local nomadic tribes, and the emperor's food was also beef and mutton roasted in the fire, although the style of the tent was different, but the environment was almost the same, which also reassured the people, and the difference between the emperor and himself was that the tent was larger. These poor people will feel very satisfied.
As a common people, their own emperor's food and shelter are not much different from their own, what reason do they have for rebellion? After fighting all over the world, the result is that they still have to live the life they are living like now, and the emperor still has to deal with all kinds of affairs, and he is busy to death every day...... I feel that the emperor's life is not as good as ordinary herdsmen, they only need to drive the cattle and sheep out to graze, and they don't have to watch so many Qin Zhang every day that they are tired to death.
Yelu Abaoji grasped this psychology of the nomads, and the provocative system was very popular in the Khitan. All the people looked forward to the emperor coming to their tribe and entertaining him with the best wine and the fattest cattle and sheep. But in fact, they also eat these things all day long.
Today's Khitan is very different because of the appearance of spring wheat, although most nomadic tribes still remain nomadic, but they like to exchange cattle and sheep for delicious and easy-to-preserve wheat. Beef and mutton have long been tired of eating, and the aroma of wheat makes them irresistible.