The Gao family has been preparing the border in the western part of the Bohai Kingdom. They have been suppressed by the Khitan in the past two years and have suffered a lot from the Wukui tribe. Now that they heard that the powerful opponent in the past had surrendered in the blink of an eye, they couldn't help but be shocked. Seeing
Gao Mingbo's eyes were a little more admiring.
After a while, everyone came to their senses, and Liulang of the Gao family said again: "Oh, isn't the ninth brother the minister of Honglu Temple in Yingzhou?"
Gao Mingbo thought for a while, shook his head and said: "No. The United Front Office manages the affairs of various tribes, states, and vassals within the Tang Dynasty. The so-called 'United Front', according to General Li, means 'to establish a united front to prevent the Great Tang
The Tang Dynasty was divided. The Minister of Honglu Temple should be in charge of external affairs. General Li once said that diplomacy and internal affairs are two different things. Nowadays, even the Tang Dynasty confuses them together. This is wrong. "
Rokuro Gaojia frowned and said, "Foreign affairs?"
Gao Mingbo nodded and said: "For example, in the countries in the far west, General Li said that there are many countries outside the Western Regions, such as Dashi, Daqin, Gaul, England, etc. These should be regarded as external affairs. But any recognition
The country of the Tang Sect Master should be managed by the United Front Office."
Rokuro Gao was suddenly enlightened and said: "I see, for example, Japan should also be managed by the ninth brother, right?"
Gao Mingbo nodded and said: "Yes, but it's a pity that we can't control it now." He remembered that when discussing the powers of the United Front Work Office, he asked Li Chengzhong about the Japanese issue. Li Chengzhong was not sure at the time, but Feng Changshi on the side was categorical.
He affirmed that if the division of powers is based on General Li's statement, Japan's affairs should be managed by the United Front Office. Because Japan's real name is "Japan", it has always paid tribute to the Tang Dynasty. With the Tang Dynasty as its suzerain, even the current "Japan"
The name of the country was officially adopted only after Emperor Wu gave the imperial approval in Chang'an for three years - as a tributary country, they could not change the name of the country without the consent of the suzerain.
This is similar to the Bohai Kingdom. After Da Zuorong founded the country, in order to gain recognition from the Tang Dynasty, he named the country "Zhen Guo" after the "Zhen Guo Gong" granted to his father by the Holy Emperor Zetian.
The envoy went to Chang'an, hoping that the Tang court would recognize him. His efforts and sincerity were finally recognized by the court. Later, in the second year of Xiantian, Ruizhong sent General Cui Xin to Aodong City and granted Da Zuorong the title of "Bohai Commandery Prince".
He was given the title of "Captain of Huhan Prefecture", so Da Zuorong finally calmed down his uneasy mood for many years, changed the country's name to "Bohai Kingdom", and became the king in good faith.
After Gao Mingbo finished telling his story, he asked his father Gao Yaoyi: "Sir, why is our family trapped in the mansion by our uncle and fourth uncle?"
Gao Yaoyi sighed and said: "This matter is a long story. In recent years, the mainland of the Tang Dynasty has become more and more chaotic. Every time the tribute mission comes back, they will tell what they saw and heard on the road. These things make the important officials of the country very worried.
disturbed."
The tribute he mentioned was the practice of the Bohai Kingdom. The Bohai Kingdom was the most loyal vassal of the Tang Dynasty. Like Silla on the peninsula, it sent out missions to pay tribute every year without interruption. Even when Huangchao's rebels ravaged the Central Plains
At that time, the tribute missions from Bohai Kingdom and Silla still persisted. They bypassed the hinterland of the Tang Dynasty, where wars were frequent, and arrived at Chang'an. Later, they could not find the emperor in Chang'an, so they turned all the way to Xichuan to pay tribute to the emperor who had fled to Xichuan.
.Because the road is not smooth, it often takes more than a year for a round trip. Sometimes the next mission sets off before the previous mission returns.
Gao Yaoyi continued: "Nowadays, the important officials in the country are arguing endlessly about the affairs of the Tang Dynasty, and they are gradually divided into two factions. The faction headed by Prime Minister Zhu believes that tribute is meaningless. The Tang Dynasty has shown signs of its demise, but Bohai has not been destroyed.
Worry, Prime Minister Zhu believes that the people of Bohai should be 'independent in national affairs' from now on, and no longer need to pay tribute to the Tang Dynasty, let alone wait for every king to be canonized by the Tang Dynasty."
The Bohai Kingdom followed the Tang system and had three provinces and six ministries. The three provinces were Zhengtai Province, Xuanzhao Province, and Zhongtai Province, which corresponded to the Tang Dynasty Shangshu Province, Menxia Province, and Zhongshu Province respectively; the six provinces were Zhongbu, Renbu, Yibu, and Zhibu.
The Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Information are the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Husbandry, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Ministry of Industry. Among them, the Zhengtang Province manages administration, justice, and the Ministry of Code, and commands the six ministries, with the most important powers.
The chief officer is called the Great Nei Xiang. The chief officer of the Xuanzhao Province and the chief officer of the Zhongtai Province are the left prime minister and the right prime minister respectively. Among the three prime ministers, the great inner prime minister is the most respected and the head of the hundred officials.
The Prime Minister Zhu mentioned by Gao Yaoyi was the Prime Minister Zhu Chengming. His official position was equivalent to that of Li Shimin during the Wude period of the Tang Dynasty. Li Shimin's official position at that time was Shangshu Ling.
"The other faction is headed by the minister of Honglu Temple and the great descendant of the king's brother. Dahonglu believes that regardless of whether the Tang Dynasty will be destroyed or not, the Bohai Kingdom should surrender to the Central Plains. The Central Plains has vast resources, a large population, a long inheritance, and a profound foundation.
Whoever becomes the lord of the Central Plains in the future will be the common master recognized by the world. The Bohai Kingdom cannot avoid the issue of accepting the control and jurisdiction of the Central Plains at any time. As long as the Tang Dynasty exists, the Bohai Kingdom will pay tribute to the Tang Dynasty. If the Tang Dynasty Li
If the clan is really dead, then the Bohai Kingdom will surrender like the next lord of the Central Plains.
Our ancestors are the Mohe people. The Mohe people, like all other ethnic groups outside the Guan, regard the Central Plains as the main country no matter what dynasty or generation they are. Even the Huns, Xianbei, Turks, and Tuyuhun who rose up on the grassland eventually accepted the canonization of the Central Plains.
, even the now powerful Khitan, isn’t it the same? Moreover, Dahonglu also believes that the Bohai people have been accustomed to speaking Chinese and writing Chinese characters for two hundred years. We have learned the official system, military, craftsmanship, and knowledge of the Central Plains.
Even our country's name was given by the Tang Dynasty. If we change, can Bohai still be called Bohai? Will Bohai people still be Bohai people?"
Gao Mingbo was deeply proud of his status as an official of the Tang Dynasty. Now after listening to his father's narration of the words of the Tang Dynasty descendants, he couldn't help but clasped his hands and said, "Well said! If we change, we will no longer be Bohai people!"
Gao Yaoyi smiled bitterly and said: "It's a pity that some people don't agree with this. At least Prime Minister Zhu doesn't think so. He doesn't want to just be the prime minister of a vassal state. He wants to be a prime minister who can compete with the princes of the Tang Dynasty."
Gao Mingbo asked: "What did the king say?"
Gao Yaoyi shook his head: "The king has ignored political affairs for many years. Although he tends to agree with Da Honglu, he is unwilling to worry about it. In fact, after the declaration of King Darenxiu, the political affairs of our Bohai country are not all in the hands of the prime minister.
Huh? So Prime Minister Zhu has the upper hand now..."
What Gao Yaoyi is talking about is the current "tributary dispute" in the Bohai Kingdom, that is, the dispute within the Bohai Kingdom about whether to continue paying tribute to the Tang Dynasty. What triggered the tributary dispute was on the surface the issue of whether the tribute could continue to be profitable.
In fact, it is a question of whether Bohai is separated from Datang.
During the period of peace in the Tang Dynasty, various vassals competed to pay tribute for many purposes. In addition to obtaining canonization from the Tang Dynasty, profit was a key factor. The vassal countries brought their own specialties to the emperor, and often received generous rewards from the emperor. Sometimes,
This generous reward is almost ten times the amount of tribute!
But now that the Tang Dynasty is in decline, the emperor doesn't even have money to repair his own house, so how can he afford a generous reward? So over the years, paying tribute has basically been a money-losing business, and more and more vassals have stopped it in the name of poor roads.
Tribute to the Tang Dynasty. Nowadays, only Bohae and Silla are the most diligent in paying tribute. Silla hopes that the Tang will help them stabilize their increasingly turbulent country, while Bohai... Bohai cannot find any other objective reasons and can only attribute it to
For his loyalty to the Tang Dynasty.
The dispute over tribute is only the first step, and the debate involved is whether to continue to recognize the status of the Tang Dynasty. This issue is far different from whether to pay tribute. If this issue is only nominal for other vassals,
If you think about it, then it is a national issue for Bohai - because Bohai inherits the Tang system in all aspects of politics, economy, military, and culture. As Honglu Temple Minister, the great descendant of Wang's brother said, if it changes
Okay, so is Bohai still Bohai? Can Bohai people still be considered Bohai people?
If we want to delve deeper into its essence, the tribute dispute is the beginning of the power struggle between the old and new forces in Bohai. The emerging Bohai dignitaries will challenge the past Bohai dignitaries and compete for control of national affairs. With the Zhu family, Cui family, and Jin family
The emerging dignitaries who were dominated by Zhu Chengming were no longer satisfied with the official positions they had obtained in the court. After Zhu Chengming ascended to the position of Prime Minister after all the hard work, they finally decided to seek help from the old Da, Gao, Wu, Yang, Li, etc.
The five powerful families took action, aiming directly at the military power in the hands of the five powerful families. If the normal history continues, the struggle for power in the Bohai Kingdom caused by the tribute dispute will continue for twenty years, until the last bit of vitality of the Bohai Kingdom is exhausted, and then it is
Abaoji, the founding emperor of Khitan, destroyed the country.
Gao Mingbo couldn't think of that much. From his point of view, he just didn't want the Bohai Kingdom to break away from the Tang Dynasty. He asked his father the question he was most concerned about: "Why did uncle support Zhu Daxiang? Why did he imprison you, sir?"
In the mansion?"
Gao Yaoyi sighed and said: "Prime Minister Zhu promised our Gao family to grant a kingdom."
"Seal the country?" Gao Mingbo couldn't help but be stunned, and then smiled: "How to seal the country?"
"Take Yalu Mansion as the country and call the lord a vassal."
Gao Mingbo was speechless. Regardless of the rest, it sounded extremely ridiculous to establish a so-called "state" as big as a palm in this land. And the most important thing is that since Zhu Daxiang had the intention of making Bohai independent, how could it be possible?
Are you allowed to allow another vassal state to emerge within the territory?
"Uncle, do you believe it?"
"Of course he believed it. He even named the country, so he named it after the King of the West whom Zhu Da promised him. The country was named 'Daxi'."
"Sir, do you believe it?"
Gao Yaoyi smiled bitterly: "If you believe it as a father, why would you be imprisoned in the house?"
Gao Mingbo thought for a while and then said: "Where is the eldest brother? Why don't you see the eldest brother?"
Gao Yaoyi said: "Your eldest brother is in charge of the army in Hezhou." Hezhou is adjacent to Fuyu City and is the first line of Bohai Kingdom to resist the Khitan invasion. Gao Mingke, the eldest son of the Gao family, is the right-leading army guard Zhonglang General and has been defending the Khitan in Hezhou.
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"Does my eldest brother know about your being imprisoned?"
"Your uncle imprisoned your father just to hold him as a hostage so that your eldest brother would not dare to act rashly. How could he dare to lead his army back?"
"Where is the third uncle?" Gao Yaoli, the third uncle of Gao Mingbo, is the prefect of Yalu Mansion. He didn't see him just now, so he asked now.
"Your third uncle has the same thoughts as being a father, so naturally he is in the same situation, and they are both confined at home."
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