The Great Mongolian Kingdom is "Yeke Mongol Uluse" in Mongolian. "Yeke" means "big", and "Ulusi" means both fiefdom and "country".
It can be seen from this word that Uluth is a semi-independent feudal state.
Kuoduan originally had the strength to become the Great Khan of Mongolia, and at least he could establish a complete Uluth.
If the four sons born to Genghis Khan's eldest wife are the four pillars of the Khanate's court, then among Ogedai's sons, only Kuoduan can be regarded as a pillar.
Unfortunately, Wo Kuotai only wanted to pass the throne to the frail and sick Kuo Chu. After Kuo Chu died suddenly and early, Wo Kuotai paid attention to Kuo Chu's son, the deceased. Empress Naima Zhen only preferred the frail and sick Kuo Chu.
The reason for being addicted to wine and sex.
Kuoduan himself was also ill, and Empress Naima Zhen excluded him from the succession of the throne on the grounds that he was "moribundly ill." Indeed, he died of illness when he was only in his forties.
The throne of the Great Mongol Kingdom is destined to fall into the Tuo Lei family.
It is obvious that Tuolei's descendants are obviously better than Wokuotai's descendants.
Not only was the Khan's throne lost. After Kuaduan died of illness, his descendants could not even save Uluse.
This area of Uluse is actually very large. Kuoduan once ruled the entire Xixia homeland, Tubo, Longxi, Guanzhong, the Western Regions and other places.
However, after his eldest son Miili Jiji succeeded to the throne of Xiliang King, the fiefdom continued to shrink under the pressure of Meng Ge.
Last year, Alibaba escaped from Hara and Forest. Kublai Khan gained the upper hand in the battle for the throne. He had begun to set up Zhongxing and other roads to directly control and govern the Xixia homeland, and sent a general to take over the commander-in-chief of the Western Route Army...
This seems bad, but Merikichi doesn't think it is a bad thing at all.
He is not like his ambitious cousin Haidu, who just wants to enjoy himself as the clan king of the Golden Family for the rest of his life.
Kublai Khan agreed to keep his fief, and "fief" meant that every fifth household would provide him with a pound of silk, which was enough to support Meili Jizai to continue his extravagant lifestyle.
Mie Li Ji Ya also owns the Hexi Corridor, and Semu's businessmen travel to and from the Western Regions, Hetao, and Kaiping, which can bring him huge good office benefits.
The so-called "good office" is a trading practice in which Mongolian nobles provide capital and entrust Semu people to trade gold and silver jewelry, precious furs, and gold and brocade grosgrain, and earn high interest rates from it.
Mongolian kings, princesses, and concubines each set up their own offices, and the annual interest rate is 100%. The interest rate will be converted to the principal the next year, and then interest will accrue again. One ingot of silver can add up to a total of one thousand and twenty-four ingots in ten years.
The Mongolian Khan's court stipulated that if the Otuo was stolen, the local people would pay for it.
Therefore, people call Otuo the "golden rope".
In a word, as long as there are fiefs and good offices, no matter how extravagant and lustful Mie Lijiyao and his brothers and descendants are, even if they desperately try to give birth to a son, their wealth will only grow crazily forever.
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In addition, Mie Li Jijie also had a hereditary kingship, countless expulsions, and mountains of wealth plundered from Sichuan when Kuaduan massacred Shu.
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October 23rd.
"Prince Zong, General Haranshu is here."
Mie Lijihao raised his head from his drunken state, snorted twice carelessly, smacked his lips, and said, "Let him in."
He leaned on a intact bearskin and let the maids sober him up. It took a while before he gradually sobered up.
After a while, Haran Shu walked into his palace.
Haran Shu was A Shu's lieutenant. His grandfather was Genghis Khan's cook. His father followed Ogedai in conquering Qinchak, Kangli, Huihui and other tribes, and was appointed as Zhuozhou Ludalu Huachi.
Haranshu inherited his father's official position, and later became loyal to Kublai Khan in the struggle for the throne of Khan. Not long ago, he was appointed to the post of Ten Thousand Households of Xiliang.
His boots stepped on the soft carpet, leaving blood stains and stains.
Mie Liji was a little angry when he saw it.
It's not because I feel sorry for a carpet, but because I don't feel the other person's respect.
He is a direct descendant of the Golden Family and the King of Xiliang.
However, Meriji still patted his forehead and did not get angry over this trivial matter, and asked: "Warrior of the Great Khan, what's the matter with you coming to visit me so early?"
Harlan Shu bowed and said, "Come and tell the king some unfortunate news. Marshal A Shu died of illness in the Song Dynasty."
Mie Liji was stunned for a moment, and sighed: "The warriors of the Great Mongolia did not die from the enemy's swords and guns, but they were always not immune to the torture of diseases."
He was deeply touched by this.
His grandfather Wo Kuotai, his uncle Tuo Lei, his uncle Guiyou, his father, his uncle Kuo Chu, and his uncle He Shi all died of illness.
By the way, the previous Great Khan, Meng Ge, also died of illness after arriving in the Song Dynasty.
Sighing at the uncertainty of fate, Mie Liji took another swig of strong wine and asked, "My brother Tiebilie went on an expedition with A Shu. Did he capture Guanlong?"
Harlan Shu said: "What's even more unfortunate is that after Marshal A'shu died of illness, Tiebili led his troops to a dead end, fell into the Song people's trick, and was annihilated. Tiebili was killed one after another by the Song people.
Blood."
"impossible!"
Jixie was furious when he was killed.
But when he calmed down, he soon realized that Haran Shu was slandering.
Tiberias would not be so useless.
Their father swept across Sichuan and Sichuan, pacified Tubo, and made great military achievements. How could Tebili inherit such bravery and be defeated by the Song people?
It must be that Ashu's troops were incompetent. Subotai's descendants were defeated not once or twice.
"I handed over the command of the Western Route Army to you, and this is how you fight? It is simply an insult to the glory of the grassland warriors."
Mie Liji really wanted to reprimand Haran Shu like this.
But when the words came to his lips, he still took them back and asked: "What should we do? How can we avenge poor Tebili?!"
"The Great Khan has put down the rebellion in the east, and will soon send troops to retake Guanlong. Before that, we will ensure the defense of Hexi, but we only need the support of the king." Haran Shu said: "I want to reward the warriors, stability
Morale..."
Came to ask for money again.
Damn it, you killed Tie Bilie, but you still dare to ask for money.
Mie Liji could not help but think to himself, no wonder Haidu was so focused on reviving the glory of the Ogedai family. Because the descendants of Ogedai who had lost their throne, even one of Kublai Khan's dogs could now come to bully them!
In fact, just a while ago, Mie Liji received an envoy sent by Haidu.
Haidu proposed to unite with Ali Bu Ge to oppose Kublai Khan, so that the struggle for the Khan's throne would continue and consume the strength of the Tuo Lei family.
Mie Liji refused, saying that he had already surrendered his troops to support Kublai Khan.
The envoy was furious and scolded him, "The great Ogedai Khan has known for a long time that there will be unscrupulous descendants like you. Even if you are wrapped in grass, cattle will not bother to eat you. Even if you are wrapped in grease, dogs will not bother to eat you. Elk dare not
Traveling in front of you, rats dare to follow you, incompetent people..."
Mie Lijiya then killed the envoy to please Kublai Khan.
The results of it?
The messenger from Haidu was right, Haran Shu was the rat following him and was not afraid of him at all.
However, Mieri Jixie still did not have an attack, but negotiated terms with Haran Shu.
"My second brother Meng Gedu, he said that the Great Khan sent a Han named Zhang Wenqian to Xingqing Mansion to establish the Xixia Province, clamoring for the release of Qukou and farming, and the abolition of the sheep's interest?"
Haran Shu shook his head and said: "Prince Zong, don't worry, these Han people can't touch Prince Zong's head."
"Really?" Mie Liji said evilly: "I have supported the Great Khan a lot, but he is too indulgent towards those despicable Han people."
"Don't worry, Zhang Wenqian can touch other Mongolian nobles at most, but he will definitely not be able to touch the Golden Family." Haran Shu said: "I can guarantee that as long as I am still here, these lamb-like Han people will never be able to bite them.
A blade of grass in King Zong’s pasture..."
Thanks to the outspoken nature of the Mongols, Mieli Jixie and Haran Shu quickly developed a tacit understanding.
He can support Haran Shu's military expenditure, and Haran Shu helps him protect his interests.
this is necessary.
By surrendering the power to govern the fiefdom and the command of the Western Route Army, and choosing to support Kublai Khan, he should have received the wealth and security that the descendants of the Golden Family deserved.
…
The conflict and compromise between the old Mongolian system and the Han system were far more than just between Kublai Khan and Alibaba, but in a small conversation like this.
Countless descendants of the Golden Family and loyal servants are entrusted in an extremely vast land, so this kind of profit distribution involves a lot.
These constitute the struggle for the throne.
The battle for the throne was a distribution of interests among the entire Golden Family, not just a battle between Kublai Khan and Ali Buge.
Today, Kublai Khan has basically managed to maintain a balance in many places among Mongolian nobles, generals, and Han gentry.
If there are no accidents...
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After seeing Haran's magic, Meriji ordered his servants to throw away the dirty carpet.
Because he was woken up too early today, he wanted to have some fun besides drinking and playing with women, so he decided to hunt to show off his majesty as the King of Xiliang.
"I haven't hunted for a long time. Let's go get ready."
“Want to go to Qilian Mountain?”
"It's too far, just stay at the ranch."
…
Hundreds of people were driven onto the pasture.
At first, they didn't understand what was happening and thought they were coming to graze or milk cows.
The sound of horse hooves sounded, and Mie Li Jihao came riding his horse.
The horse carried his fat body, and excessive drinking made his face look strangely haggard, but he was still able to draw the bow.
With a "swish" sound, the arrow shot towards the crowd, hitting a woman in the middle.
The crowd screamed and dispersed. The woman who had been hit by an arrow and fell to the ground screamed, and her eight-year-old child fell beside her, bewildered.
Mie Lijiha laughed loudly. He had not hunted for a long time, which made him inexplicably excited, as if he had inherited the bravery and majesty of his ancestors for three generations.
He drove his horse forward and shot another arrow...
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"Whoosh."
At the northern foot of the Qilian Mountains, at the foot of Wushaoling Ridge, a Mongolian army detective who was galloping on horseback was shot to the ground.
Afterwards, several cavalrymen from the Guiyi Battalion rode up to catch up, continued to chase the Mongolian cavalry, fired arrows, and finally intercepted several other Mongolian soldiers on their probing horses.
"puff."
"puff……"
Blood was splashed on the hoarfrost-covered forest floor, and rows of cavalry were moving forward quickly, rushing towards Liangzhou City.