Chapter 234: The Heavens Are Far, Difficult, Restless, Long Hopeful (4)
Go north along Hedong County and exit Xingzhou Pianguan Pass.
Zhao Si pointed to the mountainous wilderness in front of him and said to John, well, he has now given himself a Song name, Yue Zhuoqun. He originally wanted to name him Yue Buqun, Zhuoer Buqun.
Zhao Si quickly persuaded him to change his name, saying that the name was too big and he couldn't bear it. He might not even be able to return to Byzantium, so he would have to stay in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Song Dynasty to serve as an emperor.
Although John didn't understand what it meant, he was the emperor of the Song Dynasty, so he had to give him some face. So he officially gave him the Han name Yue Zhuoqun.
After the enlarged meeting of the Privy Council finalized the outline of external strategic deployment, Zhao Si convened a joint meeting of the three provinces and one court in Chui Gong Hall to begin detailed deployment.
The Yunling Economic and Strategy Department was established.
The Lifan Department was added and Liu Zhengfu was appointed as Shangshu.
At this point, the Shangshu Province has the fourteen departments of officials, rituals, soldiers, Duzhi, civil affairs, academic affairs, internal affairs, agriculture and animal husbandry, industry, commerce, transportation, construction, Yuheng, Lifan, as well as the directly subordinate administrative department and the general tax administration department.
Department, Municipal Shipping Administration, Audit Office, National Inspection and Inspection Bureau, Administration Bureau, Consultation Bureau and other agencies. Most of them are third-grade yamen, and several bureaus are fourth-grade yamen.
Appointed Changsun Moli, Zhongshu Province's right minister, to assist Situ Suzhe, and complete the theme and framework of the six codes as soon as possible based on the legislation of the past few years. Future laws will be refined and modified based on the framework of these six codes.
.
The Maritime Safety Bureau was established in the Ministry of War, and worked in the same office as the Navy Bureau of the Privy Council. It had a set of people and two brands. Li Gang was the chief of both the Navy Bureau and the Maritime Bureau. The current responsibilities of the two yamen are to conduct all matters within the territory of the Song Dynasty.
Everything floating on the sea is under its control.
In the sixth month, Zhao Silu, Queen Zeng, supervised the country, and took Yu Wenxuzhong, Zhao Ding, Zhang Yi and three thousand cavalry troops north to Mobei.
Yinsak took Zhao Si's reply and gifts, took Dabaik with him, and set off back to Byzantium under the escort of a fleet specially arranged by the Navy Bureau to Port Adan.
John and Charité stayed, especially John, who was invited to follow Zhao Si to the north to see the army and strengthen his confidence.
"The place in front is Yunzhou, which used to be the territory of Xijing Road in the Liao Dynasty. The area directly in front is called Dongshengzhou, the one on the right is called Yunneizhou, and the one on the left is called Tiandejun. There is another area over there, called Tiandejun.
Fengzhou. When the Emperor of the Liao Kingdom married his aunt to me as his concubine Zhuang, he brought it with him as a dowry. I classified it as a state and called it Yunzhou."
John, no, Yue Zhuoqun should be called Yue Zhuoqun now and said very wisely: "Your Majesty, from what I say, the Emperor of Liao is very happy."
"Congratulations? Of course they are generous! Not only this piece of Yunzhou, but also tens of thousands of miles of Mobei, and the vassal territories that originally belonged to the Liao Kingdom were also donated to me in the name of dowry! But Mr. Yue, you
Do you know why the Emperor of Liao was so generous?"
"The foreign minister doesn't know!"
Yue Zhuoqun has made great progress. He knows how to say "foreign minister".
"Because Yelu Yanxi can't beat me! And most of the places I just told you have been eaten by me, and a small number of them have been caught in my stomach. Yelu Yanxi, he doesn't agree.
There’s nothing you can do, it’s better to pretend to be generous.”
After saying that, Zhao Si proudly raised his head and laughed, his laughter mixed with the roar of the Yellow River not far away.
Continue north along the Yellow River, out of Yinshan Mountain in the north of Yunzhou, and enter the Xihan Road from Yinshan Mountain to Hening City.
The world suddenly became desolate and lonely. Grass was sparsely scattered on the Gobi Desert, becoming a rare embellishment of the gravel. The procession was long and winding, with hundreds of high-wheeled carts creaking forward under the pull of cattle and horses.
The cavalrymen walked in front and behind the high-wheeled carts, and some of the cavalrymen scattered, like fish in the sea, swimming far away.
Yue Zhuoqun discovered that as soon as these cavalry entered the Gobi Desert called Dahan, their whole spirit and spirit changed completely. It was as if sharks had swam back into the sea and goshawks had flown back into the sky.
They rode horses and walked slowly, sometimes singing loudly, the songs were desolate and melodious. Just like the sudden feeling of longing when you are meditating on a moonlit night, it suddenly lingers in your heart, and then twists it into pieces.
"I have walked through the Yin Mountains, I have gone around the North Sea; I have climbed over the Jinshan Mountains, and I have crossed the Chu River... My bow string has been broken, my arrows have been shot, my horses are tired, I am in the sky of immortality. Sleeping in my arms...My beloved, why are you still standing on the top of Yanran Mountain, unwilling to come into my dream..."
Sometimes, officials of the Song Dynasty, dressed in horse uniforms similar to those of military officers, would sit by the campfire and play the Morin Qur, which had horsetails as strings, withered wood made into horse heads, and a python skin covering the instrument.
The sound of the piano is low and reverberating, like a quietly flowing river. The vast grassland, the whistling north wind, the sad mood, the sound of galloping horse hooves, and the melodious pastoral songs are the waves that are constantly rolling in the river, making it appear from the night sky. flowed into people's hearts.
Unknowingly, Yue Zhuoqun followed Zhao Si and his party to the Wanggu River. Further forward, there was the convergence of many rivers such as the Hara and Lin Rivers, the Orhan River, the Turua River, the Hara River, and the Xueliangge River. The prairie is the richest hinterland of the Lingbei prairie and the center of the Song Dynasty's rule in the vast area of Lingbei.
Here, you can see flocks of sheep one after another, like white clouds, floating in the green ocean. When the wind blows, you can also see their rippling microwaves and bright light.
There are mushroom-like round felt bags everywhere, like scattered flowers on the grassland.
"Woo——" the horn sounded. I don't know how many horns were blown, and the sound was huge, like the north wind in winter, coming overwhelmingly.
It's like the scorching sun in summer, wrapping you up so tightly that you can't breathe.
Then they felt the ground shaking, and Yue Zhuoqun and Shakter's expressions changed drastically. They guessed that without 30,000 to 50,000 cavalry, they would not be able to achieve such momentum.
Groups of cavalry appeared slowly and orderly from the other side of the mountain and the river.
They lined up in square formations and waited on the roadside. Zhao Shi rode past. These people raised their sabers and spears high and cheered like a mountain roaring and a tsunami roaring.
Hundreds of flags were flapping in the wind. All the flags had black pictures on a yellow background. The pictures were animals that Yue Zhuoqun didn't recognize. They were said to be Xuanwu, the mythical beast that guarded the north in Song people's legends.
Below the basalt pattern that occupies the top, there are various patterns.
There is a green lion with horns; there is a white cow; there is a yellow bat; there is a ferocious rat with a sun above its head; there is a swallow flying over the crescent moon; there is a red wild boar; and there is a red wild boar. There was a black, ferocious face that looked like a ghost but not a human being.
The accompanying personnel said that these flags with different patterns represent the seven wings of the Xuanwu Flag, the wooden deer, the golden bull, the earth bat, the sun rat, the moon swallow, the fire dolphin, and the water deer.
Yue Zhuoqun couldn't help but ask: "How many soldiers and horses are there in the seven wings of the Xuanwu Banner?"
The attendant hesitated and replied, "There are approximately more than 40,000 primary households and more than 70,000 secondary households..."
"What are the principal household and deputy household?"
"Each household can have one cavalryman for the main household and the deputy households." The attendant replied with a smile.
Wouldn't it be possible to mobilize 110,000 cavalry?
Yue Zhuoqun was surprised and happy. He heard that the Song State had the same two "banners" in the west and the south, with a similar number of cavalry. In this way, the Song State could mobilize 200,000 to 300,000 cavalry. If they could all invest
Going into the western expedition against Sanjar will put great pressure on it.
I just don’t know how effective these cavalry are in combat? Yue Zhuoqun still needs to observe further.
Zhao Si gathered Wei Baoqing, Zeng Baohua and other generals, as well as thousands of households from the Seven Wings of the Xuanwu Banner. They first offered sacrifices at Hangai Mountain in Yanran Mountain and set up a monument as a memorial. Then they rushed to Kent Mountain in Langjuxu Mountain to worship there.
sky.
On the mountain, Zhao Si erected a nine-pin white silk scroll, and was honored by the soldiers and civilians of the Xuanwu Banner as the Great Emperor Tenggili.
Tenjili means "the representative of immortality in the world" in Tatar, and is similar in pronunciation to "Shangtian" in Turkic language.
Then, Zhao Si consecrated five eminent monks as "Huiyuan", "Baoshu", "Qingjing", "Zhuangyan" and "Wuliang" masters, respectively enshrining "Good Name Wuyu Buddha", "Baolian Huashan" respectively.
"Buddha", "Pure Buddha of Benevolence", "Buddha of Immaculate Precious Light", "Buddha of Infinite Merits".
The main temple is determined and the "diocese" is determined - the same Buddha statue is allowed to be enshrined in the parish. The temples distributed are all semi-colons, and the abbots and abbots there are all "disciples" of the guru.
People familiar with the situation know that the fifth master of Xuanwu Banner has a different title from the fourth master of Zhuque Banner, and the name of the Buddha he worships is also different. The four masters of Zhuque Banner are all tantras, and the five masters of Xuanwu Banner are all sutras. But the identity of the guru and
The rules and procedures for the establishment and canonization of inheritance are almost the same.
Since then, Buddhism has flourished in Mobei, just like the old land of Tubo, keeping pace with shamanism and gradually replacing it.
The rest of the time, Zhao seemed to be mainly waiting. This chapter has been completed!