Happy to travel on the plateau, hunting with flags and horses neighing.
Prince Shao Chengjie also came to hunt with a group of people from the East Palace.
Not many people came over. There were Prince Zhan Shi, Cui Xie from Beizhou, the Prince's guests, Wei Shuo from Chang'an, Prince Xima, Liang Zhen from Qiongzhou, Prince Tongshi Sheren, Zhong Yunzhang from Yongzhou, etc. The military attachés were only
One is An Chongjie, deputy commander of the Prince's Left Guard Army.
Although these people hold high positions, they are envied by people at the time.
After Shao Shude appointed the crown prince, the crown prince immediately formed his own team. However, he had many people in the army but not many civil servants, so he selected talents from among the Jinshi who had joined him to fill various positions.
It can be said that these people have reached the sky in one step, and I don’t know how many people are jealous of them. But judging from their calm appearance, they don’t seem to care about what other people think. They just surround the prince and talk softly.
"The King of Yan is in Yunnan, and he is very popular." Cui Xie said: "I heard that the barbarians in the West Erhe River obeyed him, and everything in Dali and Kunzhou was also well organized. I heard about it from far and near, and I thought he could do it. The prince
You have to pay attention."
Wei Shuo asked curiously: "Didn't King Yan want to conquer Yunnan?"
Cui Xie shook his head and said, "Do you really believe it? Even if you really want to stay in Yunnan, the saint will call you back as soon as he writes an edict."
Wei Shuo hesitated for a moment and said, "How is King Yan's military strategy?"
"I couldn't see anything before. This time in the Battle of Yazhou, I traveled hundreds of miles south from Chengdu to help, and used myself as bait, which has earned the warriors a wave of favor." Cui Xie said: "During the defense of the city, I visited the city several times.
He was a leader, boosted morale, and then marched into Yunnan, where the governor-general and his ministries destroyed the country. He is not a mediocre person."
"I ask the prince to pay attention to King Yan." Zhong Yunzhang listened for a while and said with worry in his heart.
In this country, there are only four people in total who can be called kings in a broad sense, namely the emperor, the queen, the prince, and the princess. The others, even the concubines in the harem, have a rank and are all ministers.
"Among all the kings, King Yan is indeed the greatest threat." Cui Xie said: "I also ask the prince to pay attention to King Yan."
Among the kings, King Yan is the legitimate son, and it is obvious that he is not the kind of person who just waits for death. The threat is indeed great. The saint is obviously just not worried about Li Tangbin, and just let King Yan use the name of the coach. Who would have thought that he would give it to him by himself?
Adding so many dramas yourself?
Isn't it good to learn from the King of Han? When he was leading the army in Liaodong, all the conquests were left to the generals of the imperial army, and he was only responsible for using the seal. This is a prince without ambition.
As for King Zhao, although Concubine Zhao was posthumously named Queen Mingxian, the threat was much smaller than that of King Yan.
During the reign of Emperor Daizong of the Tang Dynasty, the prince was Li Shi (Dezong), and the prince's biological mother, Shen, disappeared during the war. Emperor Daizong named Concubine Dugu as queen, and the son of the concubine, King Li Jong of Han, had no chance to threaten the crown prince's position.
After all, it is King Yan who is also the descendant of Queen Zhe who poses the greatest threat.
"How can my brothers and sisters be as serious as you say?" Shao Chengjie got tired of hearing this and stared, saying: "It was nothing, it's just you guys who talk nonsense every day, even if there is no wind, it makes waves.
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"Prince!" Wei said anxiously.
"Prince, please think twice and don't take it lightly." Cui Xie looked around and saw that everyone was his own, so he lowered his voice and said, "It's important to be on guard against others. A few days ago, the saint hosted a banquet for Changhe in Hanliang Hall.
When the country surrendered, someone at the banquet mentioned many old events since King Yan's southern expedition. The sage Longyan was very happy and said with a smile, "This person is like me."
What Cui Xie said was very poisonous.
"Like me" has been said by many people.
Liu Bang once said that the prince "is weak in benevolence and not like me."
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty said to Emperor Zhao of the Han Dynasty, "This son is like me."
Li Shimin also once said, "Wu Wang Keying is like me."
Such words may not have any profound meaning to the founder of the country. They may just say them casually when they are disappointed or happy.
Always considering political influence is a sign of insufficient control, and is usually the case for future generations of kings.
What Liu Bang and Li Shimin said was very free and arbitrary. You can interpret it however you like.
Shao Shude was happy and said casually, "What can you do?"
This kind of thing, a hundred years after the founding of the People's Republic of China, may be focused on by the old bureaucrats and used as a political signal.
But in the early days of Emperor Ma's founding, this was a signal, and that was a signal. Are you a signal transmitter?
Some of the founding generals of the country may have been born as petty officials, some may have been born as pig butchers, and some may have been born as thieves. Are you annoyed by so many signals every day? Why not go and see the common people's cattle when you have time?
If it’s not enough, do more practical things and don’t meditate and ponder politics all day long. The country doesn’t need to be governed anymore? State affairs are corrupted by you old bureaucrats, right?
Shao Shude said that King Yan was "similar to me". Most people thought that King Yan did well in Yunnan and just made the saint happy, but you, Cui Xie, talked too much and came to sow discord.
Prince Xima Liang Zhen glanced at him and said nothing.
When the prince formed a team, he was short of manpower, and all kinds of stupid people were recruited. It seems that there will be some cleaning up in the future.
Cui Xie's words might be known to the saint, and he might not end well.
"Stay here!" Shao Chengjie was also a little unhappy and said: "I know better than you all the process of the sage establishing me as the prince. The sage teaches sincerely, especially the ability to command the army. I know better than you what the talents of the other brothers are.
. Even if someone is born with ambition, it would be better to come out and compete with him to control the army. Can he be better than me? If he can't compete, just stay aside. If he can be compared, I will give up my position. In the future, if my brother is safe, I will give it to him.
I have been rich and powerful all my life, but I am restless and I am asking for peace. This is the kind of man I am, so don’t say more!"
Cui Xie and Wei Shuo retreated in disgrace.
"Liang Xima, what are you thinking about?" Shao Chengjie turned to look at Liang Zhen, who had been silent until now, and asked.
Liang Zhen bowed calmly and said: "I am thinking that the position of the prince is as stable as Mount Tai. After the New Year, the saint may issue an edict to order the prince to engage in military and state affairs."
"Why do you see it?" Shao Chengjie asked with great interest.
Liang Zhen pointed to the saints, military generals and Tibetan chiefs who were hunting on the plateau, and said: "The saints want to conquer the west, but they often feel that they are not being treated. Last year, when we attacked Yunnan, we obtained most of our military supplies from the southern barbarians, and we had nothing to do with the country.
After the injury, the people were able to rest and recuperate. After the saint traveled to the capital in the west, he heard that he often read classics in the palace and learned about the customs and customs of the Western Regions. He also went to the martial arts hall several times to deduce war battles with the generals. Today, he has gathered all the heroes, and the Western Expedition is not far away.
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"It makes some sense." Shao Chengjie praised, "It's worth rewarding."
Liang Zhen bowed to express his thanks and continued: "But the timing of the Western Expedition is not very good. Huainan has only been pacified for two years, and the people's morale has not recovered. The Bohai Kingdom seems to be peaceful, but it still needs a large army to garrison and cannot be left lightly. As for Yunnan,
It was only this year that things were calmed down. The chaos is raging. Whether King Yan can control the situation is a matter of fact. The saint is the pillar of the country. Once he leaves, some thieves may feel that they have an opportunity to take advantage of it and jump out to cause chaos.
.At this time, someone needs to be involved in military and state affairs. For this kind of thing, the prime minister's reputation is not justified, and the queen cannot do it. Only the prince is the most suitable."
If there are thieves causing trouble, troops will need to be sent to suppress it.
If the emperor is not in the country, who can lead the army? You can't leave it to the general of the Forbidden Army, right? That is impossible and very dangerous.
Only the prince is the most suitable.
He defeated the three major forces of Li Maozhen, Ma Yin and Yang Ju successively, and also participated in the war against the Bohai Kingdom. He conquered the southern states. When he is the commander-in-chief, he is the real commander-in-chief, because he really knows how to fight.
"Liang Qing can be Zuo Yude." Shao Chengjie said happily.
Liang Zhen thanked him again and did not refuse.
Cui Xie and Wei Shuo are a little jealous. Liang Zhen is really hateful for stepping on his colleagues to get the position.
"Let's go, it's time for the sons of the East Palace to go into battle. Don't let the Tibetan people look down on you." Shao Chengjie asked someone to fetch the horse, turned over and rode on it, and said with a smile.
"Yes!" An Zhongjie immediately called to the more than ten generals from the Prince's Guards who came with him, and they all mounted their horses.
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Shao Shude rode back, threw down two rabbits and a pheasant, and said, "Cook them and share them with others later."
The chiefs of the Tibetan tribe also happily took down the prey. After a while, the sage would comment on who had killed more, so as to give out rewards.
Some people even got into an argument because some prey was hit by two arrows. This person said that I was shot in the neck and it was mine, and that person said that I was shot in the body and it was mine. They couldn't argue and made a lot of noise.
Shao Shude burst out laughing when he saw it.
When the chiefs argue in front of him, it is a recognition of him and an attitude of surrender. If you don't obey sincerely, you won't bother to argue.
To deepen your relationship with literati, you need to talk about poetry with them.
To deepen your relationship with the chief, you have to hunt together.
Riding a horse and shooting at a gallop are the basic skills of an emperor and must not be missed.
Not to mention Li Shimin's martial arts, Tang Xuanzong and Li Longji were able to ride horses and hunt, and even shot a rabbit. The Turkic Khan's envoy personally dismounted, picked up the prey and offered it to him.
I don’t know when the emperor of the Central Plains lost this basic skill, probably because they didn’t need to rule the grassland tribes.
A burst of warm cheers suddenly erupted on the plateau.
Everyone looked up and saw that the prince had shot two pheasants with one arrow. Everyone was amazed.
"That's my son, what do you think?" Shao Shude pointed his riding whip and asked.
"Sure enough, he is the son of Khan!" someone praised.
"If he is not the son of the Khan, he is enough to be my son-in-law." Someone else said.
"Haha!" Everyone laughed.
Shao Shude also laughed, pointed the riding whip at the man, and said: "Ba Yegu, if your daughter is pretty, she can marry my son. I mean what I say!"
"Thank you Khan!" Ba Yegu was overjoyed and said, "I have twenty daughters. I will let them come over next year and let the little prince choose."
"Then it's settled." Shao Shude said with a smile: "Your family was originally one of the Turks and Uighurs from Yue, right? They were also of noble origin, so they won't humiliate my son."
The name Bayegu was a common surname on the grasslands, one of the thirty Tatar surnames, and later evolved into Barhu Mongolia.
When the Turks first came into existence, thirty Tatars lived east of Lake Baikal and north of the Xilamulun River. They had a close relationship with Shiwei and intermarried with each other. Some scholars even directly believed that they were Shiwei people.
After the Turks conquered them, they were called the "people of the East" together with the Khitan, Mohe, Shiwei and other tribes. They had a vassal relationship, and each was granted official positions.
When Yinli Khan passed away, Tatars of the 30th surname sent people to the Turks to pay tribute.
In the early years of the Tang Dynasty, due to the Turkic Khans' continuous wars and excessive taxation, the vassal tribes were squeezed too much and could not bear it anymore, so they all surrendered to the Tang Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty seized the favorable opportunity and destroyed the Turkic Khanate in the fourth year of Zhenguan (630).
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The thirty-year-old Tatar also contributed to it, so he was hated by the Turks.
In the first year of Yongchun (682), the Turks took advantage of the Tang Dynasty's excessive taxation and the excessive oppression of the tribes, which they could not bear. They gathered people to rebel against the Tang Dynasty and established a post-Turkic regime. Tatars with 30 surnames also contributed to it.
The Turks organized their tribes into the left and right compartments, and the thirty-year-old Tatars living in the Greater Khingan Mountains were organized into the left compartment. The leaders of each tribe had official positions.
After the establishment of the Uighurs, the thirty-year-old Tatars continued to submit to the Uighurs.
After the collapse of the Uighurs, they moved westward one after another. Because the Xia Dynasty effectively attacked the Yinshan Tatars, the nine-surname Tatars in the west suffered heavy losses. The White Tatars, who were closely related to Li Keyong's family, were annexed by the Xia Dynasty.
The Chezi Tatars) were also eaten by the vassal Dangxiang tribes. The other tribes either integrated with the Hexi Dangxiang tribes or fled after hearing the news. The thirty-year-old Tatars' westward migration was not greatly hindered - but then again, even if
The strength of the nine-surnamed Tatars is intact and it is still difficult to resist the westward migration of the thirty-surnamed Tatars.
The ancient Baye family successively submitted to the Turks, then the Turks, the Uighurs, and now they submitted to the Xia Dynasty. They were all awarded official positions and have been rich and noble for generations. I really don’t know what to say.
"Next year I will conquer the Uighurs in the west, and you will all contribute in this battle." Shao Shude said: "I believe you have also seen that in the early years, the Xiangzhuanglang clan of the Shanhou party, the Xiang Wang clan of the Tibetan talent party, and the Qibi clan of Baidaochuan, who followed me in the early years, However, the Duncheng Hun clan, the Nuozhenshui Geshu clan, the Dijin Zeweicai clan, etc., have many tribes, many cattle and sheep, and some of their descendants have entered the court as officials, or have married into the Tian family, and have become extremely wealthy. They do not obey my orders. The nine-surname Tatar Yinshan Absi has long since been wiped out. You should think carefully about your choice."
"Great Khan, in the past, the Turkic Khan had erected a monument on the grassland. The heads of the tribes such as Xigasi, Guligan, 30 surnamed Tatars, Khitan, Xi, etc. all participated in the grand meeting." Ba Yegu said: "I am willing to do this for you. The Great Khan erected this monument."
Shao Shude was overjoyed and looked at the other leaders and asked, "Where are you?"
Everyone knelt down and said in unison: "I would like to erect a monument for the Great Khan."
Shao Shude's face was rosy, he raised his eyes to the north and suddenly waved.
"Your Majesty!" Han Quanjie came over.
"A decree is sent to the Privy Council and the Council of Li and Fan, addressed to King Xi Su Zhi, the vassal kings and chiefs of the Seven Saint Prefectures, the heads of the Shiwei tribes, the governors of the five Jurchen prefectures, the six inspection envoys, and the palace supervisors at the end of April next year. I rushed to Heichengzi before, so there must be no mistake."
"In the fourth year of Qianning (897), I once said -" Shao Shude continued: "This year, I will go north to Dujin Mountain and order the Tatars to build a palace for me. I will go west of the holy peak of Dujin Mountain Build my own tent and engrave my eternal edict on the stone tablet. I am the supreme khan blessed by heaven. I use the earth to raise the people of Tatar, Ogus and Bayegu. I want to punish you. Those tribes that do not surrender to me, let them cry, beg, and sacrifice the tribe’s most beautiful girls and warriors.”
After saying that, he pointed his riding whip at the chiefs and said: "Because I attacked Zhu Quanzhong, I was unable to realize this wish. Now, no one can stop me. You - you can soon contribute to the glory of the Great Khan."
"Supreme Khan!" Everyone prostrated.
Han Quanjie left quietly and ordered the minister to draft an edict and send it to the Privy Council and the Lifan Court.
Next year, Qibei Prairie will definitely mobilize troops and mobilize a large number of people, and the scene will be grand.
The alliance is sacred, solemn, and serious. Once completed, after the Turks and Uighurs, another generation of Khan kings will rise to rule the southern and northern grasslands of Qidian. This overwhelming force will completely tear apart the monsters and monsters in the Western Regions. .
