"Take back the chieftain's right to govern the local area."
This sentence sounded like a thunder to Gao Yingshi. If this thunder had come from the mouth of Gao Wuqin or Gao Mengnan, Gao Pragmatic would not be surprised, but when it came from Huang Zhiting's mouth, it really shocked him.
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After the shock, I was moved.
The chieftains of Southern Xinjiang migrated from Guangxi, roughly two-thirds of the various Guangxi chieftains were moved away, of which the Cen and Huang families accounted for the main part.
As for the Cen family, because the territory they were "enfranchised" at the beginning was not close to the sea, and they have been staying in the northeastern part of Annan since then, under the leadership of Cen Ling, they were mainly responsible for the "maintenance of stability" in Annan, so the expansion of their power was not obvious.
The Huang family is quite different. Due to the relationship between Huang Zhiting and Gao Pragmatic, Gao Pragmatic mobilized the Huang family's wolf soldiers many times, and the Huang family's wolf soldiers also made special contributions in several wars. Although from the perspective of the deployment of troops, Gao Pragmatic
Most of them are the wolf soldiers of the direct line to which Huang Zhiting belongs, but the troops of other branches will also be used to a greater or lesser extent.
In this way, these contributions will eventually be distributed to the various branches of the Huang family, which not only gives them the capital to be proud of the local area, but also makes them subconsciously think that their family is extraordinary, and may even consider themselves a "descendant family"
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Historically, the only descendants of the Xiao family in the Liao Kingdom who can truly be called descendants are the descendants of the Xiao family in the Liao Kingdom. Judging from the series of secret reports from the Black Top that Gao Pangshi secretly received, there are now many people in the Huang family.
Perhaps it was the hope that the Huang family would become the "descendant clan" of southern Xinjiang.
This is of course ridiculous, but high pragmatism cannot ignore this ideological tendency.
In fact, Gao Pragmatic himself knows the origin of this kind of thinking within the Huang family, and perhaps he has some of the reasons. For example, he has never shown any intention of taking a concubine, although this is not at all the reason that the Huang family understands.
Related, but it does intensify the proliferation of this kind of thinking at some level.
As Liu Xin said before, Jinghua's status in southern Xinjiang is like that of the emperor. No matter who he is, whether he is the Commander-in-Chief of Annan, the King of Siam, the King of Nanzhang, the King of Pegu, etc., they are in fact firmly controlled by Jinghua.
The main force of the national army is in the hands of Jinghua. What is the authority of their words?
From this point of view, as the sole owner of Jinghua, Gao pragmatism is naturally the "emperor" of the entire southern Xinjiang. Even if he has never expressed such an intention, it is impossible to prevent the people below from having such thoughts.
Liu Shouyou complained in front of Zhu Yijun. Although he had ulterior motives, his core idea was actually not wrong - Gao Pragmatic was really the uncrowned king of Southern Xinjiang. He wanted to do anything in various countries in Southern Xinjiang, as long as it was with
If high pragmatic orders conflict, it will definitely not be done, and vice versa.
Under this situation, Gao Jingshi had never taken a concubine before the wedding, and even after so long after the marriage, he had no intention of taking a concubine. This inevitably gave people in the Huang family the illusion that Gao Jingshi was either a concubine or a concubine.
Either he loves Huang Zhiting so much that he refuses to give any favor to others; or it is that Jinghua is too dependent on Huang's wolf soldiers and refuses to do anything that might sway Huang's wolf soldiers from being close to him.
Of course, it's possible to have both.
With this idea in mind, it is not surprising that the Huang family internally regards the Huang family as a "descendant clan".
The reason why Gao Pragmatic thinks this idea is ridiculous is that the Huang family may have mistaken the origin of the "descendants" of the Liao Kingdom. They thought that the Xiao family was in the same situation as the Huang family.
In my previous life, when I was a pragmatic student of history, I once had a question: Why did all the queens of Liao Kingdom seem to have the surname Xiao?
Indeed, during the 210 years from the founding of the Liao Kingdom to its demise, except for the queen of Liao Shizong, who was a Han maid surnamed Zhen who was snatched from the Later Tang Dynasty, the other eighteen queens were all surnamed Xiao. But what happened?
What's the matter? Is there really such a family that will always marry the emperor of Liao and be guaranteed to become the queen?
The first thing to explain is that the Khitan tribe originally did not have a surname. This custom lasted for hundreds of years until the Yelu Abaoji period. According to the "Khitan National Chronicles Tribal Chronicles": "The Khitan tribe, originally
There are no surnames, but they are called by the name of the place where they live. They do not live in the place when they get married. After Yelu Abaoji turned his family into a country... he still used the name of the place he lived as "Shili". Those with "Shili" went to Jingdong.
Two hundred miles of place names."
The Shangjing in this record refers to the Balinzuo Banner of Inner Mongolia in later generations, and the Chinese translation of "Shili" is "Yelü". Abaoji added the word "Yelü" in front of his name, and from then on "Yelü" also became
It became the surname of the Khitan royal family.
So did the "Xiao" surname of the Queen of the Liao Kingdom come from this way? The answer is no. The surname "Xiao" actually appeared after being canonized by Taizong of the Liao Dynasty. This is also found in "History of the Liao Dynasty: Biography of the Concubines"
There is a clear record: "Taizu proclaimed himself emperor, respected his grandmother as the empress dowager, his mother as the empress dowager, and his concubines as empress... The descendants of the descendants only had the second family, the Li family, and they were responsible for state affairs in their lifetime. Taizu admired Emperor Han Gao,
Therefore, Yelu was also called the Liu family, with the Yi family, and the Li family was compared to Xiao Xiangguo, so he was called the Xiao family."
This record contains two very important pieces of information. One is that the queens of the Liao Kingdom were all descended from the Yishi and Baoli clans; the other is that it explains the reason why the queens of the Liao Kingdom were named Xiao.
It turns out that it was Yelu Abaoji who was better than Liu Bang, the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty. Therefore, in addition to the surname "Yelu", the Liao royal family also had another surname: Liu.
At the same time, Yelu Abaoji believed that the importance of the queen was like that of Xiao He, the prime minister of the Western Han Dynasty, so he gave the surname "Xiao" to both descendants of Yishi and Baoli.
Perhaps the above explanation will lead to two other questions: first, why Queen Shuluping, Yelu Abaoji’s wife, was not given the surname “Xiao”; second, why was the queen of Liao Shizong a Han? You can do it here
A simple explanation.
First, there are two explanations for why Luping was not given a surname: First, the surname system mentioned above originated from Taizong of the Liao Dynasty, so the author of "History of Liao" did not make any changes.
The second is that although Shuluping's surname has not been modified, the author later changed his surname to "Xiao" when talking about Shuluping's descendants. For example, in "History of Liao·Biography of the Concubines", there is "Taizong Jing"
"Empress An's Xiao family, nicknamed Wen, is the daughter of Empress Chunqin's brother Shi Lu", which shows that it is very likely that Shuluping's family was given the surname "Xiao" during the Taizong period of Liao Dynasty, but as descendants, it is not good for them
Later, I reported to Luping that he had also changed his last name.
The second question is why Liao Shizong canonized Han people as queens. This question is actually directly explained in "Khitan National Chronicles: Origin of Clan Surnames": "The royal family can only intermarry with the descendants, not to mention the superiority and inferiority.
The family of the two tribes, the royal family and the descendants, is not allowed to intermarry with people from the other tribes unless ordered by the Northern Lord. Or the tribes marry each other, regardless of this restriction."
This also means that the marriage system of the Liao Kingdom does not restrict the marriage of Khitans and other ethnic groups, so Liao Shizong was able to canonize the Han family Zhen as his queen - but this was just an isolated case after all, and it was not enough to shake the "Xiao family"
"descendant" status.
Although the Huang family's wolf soldiers are strong, there are not many people in the clan who are educated, let alone have any family tradition of learning. This has been the case from the time when Gao Pragmatic first met Huang Zhiting, Huang Zhiting often even read some famous poems.
You can tell by "hearing about it". Therefore, it is understandable that the Huang family's understanding of "descendants of the Xiao family" is somewhat literal.
In fact, it should be said that the "descendant clan" of the Liao Kingdom, the Xiao family, was originally divided into two families, the Yoshi family and the Bali family. These two families have been the right-hand man of the Yelu family since the tribal system era, so "
The powerful alliance" formed the de facto "one king, two queens, and three alliance empires" - the Liao Kingdom.
So, is the situation at the top of the Liao Kingdom really the same as that in southern Xinjiang at this time? Obviously not.
Let’s make the simplest hypothesis: If the “first king” and the “second queen” of the Liao Kingdom were split, what would happen to the Liao Kingdom? The answer is that the Liao Kingdom might have to split. At the very least, there would be large-scale civil strife, which would most likely lead to the collapse of the ruling power.
Collapse, the country perishes.
So looking back at Southern Xinjiang, what would happen if Jinghua and the Huang family were separated?
No way!
Jinghua itself has an overwhelming strength advantage in southern Xinjiang. Even if the Huang family rebels, Jinghua is fully capable of crushing and flattening them in all directions!
What's more, the Huang family has already had a "family separation" after Huang Zhiting got married. It is almost impossible for Huang Zhiting to stand on the side of the Huang family. In this way, Jinghua's crushing advantage over the Huang family will continue to expand.
Under such circumstances, the Huang family actually thought that their family was comparable to the Xiao family, a descendant of the Liao Kingdom. This really left Gao Pragmatic speechless. Perhaps this is the fearlessness of the ignorant.
Not to mention the Huang family, even if they operate according to the situation of the Liao Kingdom, bring the Cen family together, and merge the Cen and Huang families into one family, in fact they will not be able to achieve the strength of the descendants of the Liao Kingdom in the "country"
and status.
Why? Because Jinghua's strength in southern Xinjiang is far greater than the strength of the Yelv clan in the Liao Kingdom - the Liao Kingdom itself developed from a tribal alliance system, and the biggest feature of a tribal alliance system country is that its national leader is equivalent to
The "King of Kings" is the leader of the most powerful of all tribes.
How can the situation in southern Xinjiang be like this? In southern Xinjiang, Jinghua is the "single king"! Even if other forces join together to oppose Jinghua, they can only be beaten by Jinghua!
Just like this, do you still expect to be a "descendant"?
Although Gao Wuzhi no longer has the grand dream of "advancing the tribal system", he will not turn the clock back on history, but instead go to establish a tribal alliance system for fun? If he really does that, Gao Pragmatic estimates
Just crazy.
Liu Xin saw Gao Pragmatic being silent for a long time. She waited and waited, but still didn't see him speak. Finally she couldn't help but said: "Hey, Gao Shutai, when you think about things, should you start with the Three Sovereigns and the Five Emperors and continue to the Four Sovereigns?"
It will take nine years for the national liberation to be complete? Isn’t it just a matter of taking back the local administrative power of the chieftain? As for thinking about it for so long? Or is there something wrong here that I didn’t think of? Then don’t think about it alone.
, just give me some pointers by the way."
Well, when this girl got anxious, she stopped saying "nujia" and continued to call herself me. It was indeed my true style.
When Gao Pangshi was asked this question, he quickly came to his senses, glanced at her, and smiled: "Do you know, by making this suggestion, Zhiting is actually tactfully persuading me to take a concubine."
"Ah?" Liu Xin is indeed better at military affairs. It is not unreasonable for her reputation in southern Xinjiang to catch up with Huang Zhiting due to several great victories. However, she is relatively inferior in these roundabout "mind tricks". Wen
Yan looked surprised: "What do these two things have to do with each other?"
Gao Pingshi saw that there was not only confusion but even suspicion in her eyes, so he naturally guessed that she was probably doubting him and trying to find a reason for taking a concubine.
Gao Pingshi couldn't help but laugh, raised his eyebrows and said, "Why, do you think I'm making excuses for having a concubine?"
Liu Xin didn't say anything, and Gao Pragmatic shook his head and said: "Zhiting has advised me to take concubines not once or twice, but the reasons she gave before were of little value, and I never took them to heart, but this time...
It’s quite a bit new.”
"She also advised you to take concubines many times?" Liu Xin was really surprised, but she quickly came to her senses, shook her head and sighed: "What did the book say at that time, what kind of poison?"
Gao Jingshi knew when she meant "that time", but Gao Mo was still here. He didn't intend to answer the question. He just shook his head and said: "Unless you really become a hermit in the mountains, the times and society will inevitably have a negative impact on you."
People form constraints, let alone Zhiting, even you and me, can we transcend such constraints?"
Upon hearing this, Liu Xin was discouraged and sighed quietly: "No."
Seeing that her mood suddenly dropped, Gao Pingshi couldn't help joking: "Why do I think your expression looks like you are being urged to get married?"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Liu Xin opened her mouth, but glanced at Gao Mo and stopped talking.
Gao pragmatic smiled and waved to Gao Mo: "Gao Mo, go and arrange dinner for me and Miss Liu."
Gao Mo himself breathed a sigh of relief, responded quickly, and hurried downstairs. He was really not used to the conversation style between the master and Miss Liu, so much so that he felt that listening to them talk was more embarrassing than Princess Yongning coming to visit.
People are nervous.
Well, among the women around the master, the madam is the most normal...even if the madam is originally a chieftain.
"Gao Mo is gone. Now there is no third pair of ears that can hear our conversation. If you have anything to say, just say it." Gao Pingshi said with a smile.
Liu Xin sighed: "My father... I mean this father now, he is very good to me. You know this, right?"
"Of course." Gao Pragmatic nodded.
"He is suffering from injuries all over. I heard you say before that he was supposed to have a short lifespan. Is it because you found Li Shizhen that he and Mr. Ma can live to this day?"
Gao Pragmatic pondered for a moment and said: "Judging from the original history, this is correct."
"But even though Li Shizhen is so powerful, it can probably only prolong his life for a while. He said in a letter to me and my eldest brother that he still often makes mistakes everywhere. Sometimes in the middle of the night, he is so painful that he breaks into a cold sweat and wakes up from his sleep.
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Gao pragmatic frowned and said apologetically: "I have been busy with general affairs recently, so I have paid less attention to these things, but I don't know about these situations. How about... I send someone to ask Mr. Binhu to come over and ask about it later?"
Liu Xin shook her head: "I'm not blaming you, and I'm not qualified to do so. I just... Well, you don't know. He said in the letter that in his life, he has gone from being a white body to being a general soldier, and all other wishes have been fulfilled.
However, he was still worried about one thing... He even said the words 'I am afraid that I will die with my eyes resting in peace'."
Gao Pragmatic was speechless and said with a wry smile: "Is it your marriage?"
"Otherwise, what else could it be? My eldest brother has already married a wife, and he is not merciless when it comes to taking concubines. He is much more generous than you. Naturally, my father can only worry about me."
"Hey, can you please stop talking to me about your own affairs? I just mentioned that Zhiting advised me to take a concubine, and you still looked disdainful. How come you are here with Liu Wei, and taking a concubine seems to be very prestigious?
"?" Gao Pragmatic immediately protested.
Liu Xin rolled her eyes at him: "Are you and my eldest brother the same thing? Do you receive the same education?"
"It's different, but education is education. The social situation we are facing now is still very similar! How come it is natural for him to have a concubine, and it is natural for him to take concubines, but I just mentioned it and it is a heinous crime that cannot be redeemed? Isn't this unfair?"
Liu Xin was speechless for a moment and turned away: "I don't want to talk about you now. Don't you have a clever plan? Can you think of a way for me first?"
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