Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Yelvhadi is attacking Abaoji in the pine forest.

"Abaoji, Yingzhou has been breached. Who are the brothers from the Gao family that you value?" Xiadi said angrily, "Once Yingzhou was lost, the Xia people moved northward, directly into our pasture. What do you think?" what to do?"

Abaoji was left speechless by the question.

He really had nothing to say in this matter.A mistake is a mistake, he trusts the Han people too much, and is too obsessed with the Han land.Although this is the only way to build a great dynasty, it is hard to escape the blame for causing such a catastrophe.

A Baoji didn't speak, and his cronies were a little anxious, and cursed at Xia Di.

"Jiadi, have you forgotten the achievements of Abaoji's previous conquests and conquests? Even Yingzhou, most of which were captured by Abaoji, what do you count if you sit back and enjoy what you get?" Yelu wanted to stabilize The first jumped out and asked.

Yeluhadi sneered, and said disdainfully: "Yuwen, what is your identity? Do you think you are from the Yelu clan by pretending to be Yelu? Go away, I'm asking Abaoji."

Yuwen is from Tulu Bubu, and has a good relationship with Abaoji and his family.During the civil strife in the Yelu clan, after the death of Abaoji's grandfather Yeluyun Deshi, the orphans and widows were in dire straits. His grandfather Taiya, who wanted to be stable, once extended a helping hand.

The existence of this kindness makes the relationship between the two families very close, and A Baoji also trusts him very much.

"Old thief!" Yuwen's younger brother Xiali quickly pulled out a knife and said angrily, "Do you dare to fight with me?" step, knife in hand.

After Xiali and Dielite faced each other, the atmosphere suddenly became tense.

The struggle for power on the grassland has always been very bloody.They don't know how to save face, they don't know how to play dirty tricks, they just do it, and whoever wins gets what he says.

After a short while, there were more than ten people standing behind each of Xiali and Dielite, who seemed to be fighting.

"Jiadi, what are you planning?" A Baoji said suddenly: "Xia Bing went to the pine forest on the flat ground and divided his troops to raid in four directions. We gathered here to repel them. But you are fine. Why, you don't like the Khitan's strength. Too strong, do you want a wave of civil strife first? What are you thinking? If you want to make trouble, you have to wait until the Xia people are defeated first."

"Abaoji, I don't want to do anything else. I'm only worried that the foundation created by the ancestors of Nili will be destroyed in your hands." Zhidi said in a loud voice: "Back then, the Dahe Clan Alliance disintegrated, and the various ministries suffered heavy losses. It was hard to clean up the embers and develop. Up to now, we have seen prosperity again. Abaoji, I just want to ask you, how is the strength of the Eight Khitan Clans compared to the Eight Clans of the Dahe Clan?"

"Of course it's better than before." A Baoji said.

"You also know that it is better than before, but it is difficult to even fight against Youzhou Town. To gather a large army, you can only take advantage of their main force not to go to the Central Plains to fight, and they will rob and run away, and you still have to worry about retaliation." Zhidi. Said: "Now that the Central Plains is about to be unified, Shao Shude's soldiers number in the millions, how is it compared to the Khitan's 50 cavalry?"

A Baoji hated it in his heart.

This old thief under the jurisdiction, every word is inseparable from Khitan's failure.It was as if Khitan was defeated, and he was very happy in his heart.

"Jiadi, my army has gathered in the pine forest on the flat ground, and you can decide who wins or loses before we start the battle with the Xia bandits?" A Baoji asked.

"I don't know whether to win or lose, Yingzhou lost anyway. A Baoji, you did have a lot of credit before, but the year before last in the Western Expedition, you lost more than [-] people, and many people were detained by Li Keyong. He But your brother-in-law. The land of Southern Liao was originally snatched from the people of Bohai with all our efforts. You were not prepared to be taken away easily. Shilu wiped your ass for you, assembled for battle, and lost thousands of soldiers Now there is another defeat in Yingzhou, and your most trusted Han officials and generals have all betrayed you and the Khitan, causing us heavy losses. With these three defeats, what else can we say?"

"What do you want?" A Baoji calmed down and asked.

"It's not what I want, it's you who want to give everyone an explanation." Hedi said, "For your ambition, each department gave out men, grain, cattle and sheep, and accompanied you to fight to the east and kill to the west, but the result was very little. , many casualties, don't you want to say something?"

"Jiadi, this is your fault. Last year, the Bohai Sea was attacked and many people were plundered.
You have gained a lot, and you have been assigned more than ten thousand slaves. How come you "get very little"? To be a man, you have to be conscientious." The brothers Yelu Helu and Yelu Yu shouted almost at the same time.

"Helu." Xiadi suddenly smiled and said, "Did you know that Shilu once wanted to train you? Abaoji's current status was originally yours."

Yelu Helu's expression didn't change, he scolded: "Abaoji and I are as strong as gold, there is no need for you to provoke."

Xiadi didn't answer his words at all, looked at Yelu Yuzhi again, and said, "Wuli, your unmarried wife is already Shao Shude's plaything. All of this is A Baoji's fault, you just— "

"Get out!" Yelu Yu's face was flushed red, and he went forward with Gu Duo, but was held back.Yelvhadi sneered again and again, as if he didn't take this brat seriously.

"Jiadi, how long are you going to make trouble?" A Baoji asked with a cold face: "The great enemy is now, if this continues, we will all be Khitan's sinners, I'm sorry for Niriya ancestor."

Hearing this sentence, Xia Di was slightly touched, he was silent for a while, and said: "You have done so many wrong things, it's time to resign from the Alliance and Diela Department Yi Li Jin."

A Baoji laughed suddenly, and said: "So you are eyeing this position. Xia Di, let me ask you, let you be Yi Li Jin, can you do it?"

"You don't need to worry about this." Xiadi said seriously: "Even if I should be Yili Jin or not, it has nothing to do with you. Everyone will vote for you." After finishing speaking, Xiadi turned his attention to the hundreds of distinguished people present.

A Baoji also looked at them, but saw some people avoiding his gaze, not daring to look at each other.

A Baoji felt sad, his younger brother Diela and others were among them.Even the younger brothers didn't support him anymore. It was in vain that he distributed slaves, equipment, cattle and sheep to the younger brothers to strengthen their strength.

Now it seems that everything has been fed to the dog - no, it is worse than that, and the dog will wag its tail twice.

For a moment, A Baoji wanted to kill all these people.Xuan also thought that this move would definitely lead to civil strife in the Die's tribe and damage its strength.When the foreign enemy is present, it will only benefit the Xia people and some other tribes.

The Diela tribe is his Diela tribe. If his strength is greatly reduced, what is the point of his hard work these years?

"A Baoji, if you agree or not, please give me a quick word." Judi yelled: "Xia Guo's emperor Shao Shude has sent an envoy to the West Tower. There is still a possibility of peace between the two countries, but the condition is to hand over you. As an uncle , I really can't bear to see you die at the hands of the Xia people, so as long as you resign, I will protect your life no matter what, and I won't hand you over."

"Negotiation." A Baoji had a mocking smile on his lips.

"Diela, do you think so? The Xia people will let Khitan go?" A Baoji looked at his younger brother and asked.

Yeludie was a little flustered, so he could only bite the bullet and say: "Abaoji, the Khitan has lost too badly in the past two years, and it is urgent to recuperate. It would be great if we can negotiate a peace."

"Trash!" A Baoji scolded angrily, then looked at his third brother, and asked forcefully, "Yindishi, do you think so too?"

"Abaoji, it's better to discuss peace with the Xia people first. After he retreats, let's go to fight Bohai and restore our strength. Wouldn't it be better to fight the Xia people after we grow stronger?" Yeluyin Dishi said.

"Trash!" A Baoji mourned in his heart, Khitan was finished, and his energy and energy were all destroyed!
He has no interest in talking to these scumbags anymore.He would rather come to force the palace against him than fight to the death with the Xia people. This kind of Khitan is not the Khitan he imagined.

Now he just wants to go back to the tribe and see his wife and children.

Moon Lido is resourceful.Over the years, she has been the one who made suggestions step by step, managed the tribe, and even trained elite soldiers for him.The success of the Diela tribe is certainly based on the powerful strength passed down from the ancestors, but his bravery and Yue Liduo's strategy are also indispensable.

Forget it, I don't know the same as these people.If they die, let them do it. Sooner or later, they will come back and beg for themselves.

A Baoji snorted coldly, turned and left.

desire stability, sea
When Li, Helu and other cronies saw this, they all glanced at the bottom with hatred, and followed them.

******
The midsummer in the mountains was actually not that hot. Yue Liduo sat on the hillside, resting her chin on her right hand, quietly watching the herds of cattle, sheep and horses in the valley.

This is the pasture of the Uighur Shulu Department.

The strength of the Law Department has grown rapidly in recent years, and now it has more than [-] accounts/accounts and more than [-] people.

Naturally, these people were not all Uighurs, they mixed with many Khitan, Bohai, Han'er, Shiwei, Tatar and other tribes, it was very mixed.

In the final analysis, the Shulu Department is actually a man-made tribe.

When the Uyghurs were powerful, Khitan controlled them—"In the age of the Yaoni family, they were sealed by the Uyghurs, and when Yelan Khan asked for their seals in the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Wuzong bestowed the "Fengguo Khitan Seal"."

In order to control the Khitan, the Uyghur royal court also sent many officials to supervise them—"At the beginning, Xi and Khitan belonged to the Uyghur, and each had a supervisor, who supervised their tribute every year."

The Uighurs who supervised Liubuxi were out of luck.In the Wuzong Dynasty, Zhang Zhongwu, the Jiedu envoy of Youzhou, conquered the Xi people, defeated them, and killed more than [-] Uighur emissaries.Because the Khitan surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, the Uighurs who stayed in the Khitan pastures survived.

Khitan is an extremely backward tribal alliance.The Uighurs have royal courts, cities, writing, and officials at all levels, and their civilization is much higher than that of Khitan.Therefore, the Uyghurs who remained in Khitan still retained a strong influence. They united with each other to form a tribe. At the same time, they vigorously absorbed the Uyghurs scattered on the grassland to strengthen their own strength.

Shuluping's ancestors were nobles sent by the Uighur court to supervise Khitan.After the demise of the Uyghur Khanate, the Shulu clan, as a great nobleman, took the lead in forming a tribe and named it after their family.In today's Sulu Department, Sulu's "shares" are the largest.

Shuluping’s great-grandfather, Wei Ning, was a Uyghur “relic”—relic was equivalent to being born in a noble family, but he did not have the status of an official.

Wei Ning gave birth to a son and thought carefully, and served as a Uyghur "Meili"-the Uighur leader and prime minister are both called "Meili".

Shensi gave birth to a moon bowl, and the moon bowl has also made "Meili", but I don't know whether it is the Uighur Meili or the Khitan Meili.Of course, most of the important official positions in Khitan originally came from the Uyghurs. For example, Yi Lijin is the Khitan transliteration of the Uyghur "tribal chief" official position; Yu Yue is the Uyghur "advisor, prime minister" transliteration; "Finance officials" means - and the names of these Uighur official positions come from Turkic.

The aristocrats of the Shulu Department intermarried with the Dici Department, the most powerful of the eight Khitan tribes, and they had a close relationship, which was also a way of survival.

After Shuluyuewan's death, Shuluping, who was married to Abaoji, with the support of her husband, quickly settled the competitors and actually controlled the tribe, at least in name.

She has real power and is also a ruthless person.

She not only knows how to manage the tribe, but also has her own opinions on management and personnel affairs. At the same time, she "bravely decides to change things" and makes suggestions for A Baoji.

In history, Abaoji marched west to the party, and Shuluping stayed behind to take charge of all affairs.Shi Wei took advantage of Xu to invade the south, Shu Luping personally led the attack, set up an ambush on the way, and defeated Shi Wei, "famous in the desert".

During the rebellion among the younger brothers, Abaoji did not react quickly enough. Shuluping personally persuaded him, and at the same time put on armor and wielded blades, and commanded Abaoji's personal soldiers to crush the rebellion.

Before the founding of Abaoji, Shuluping integrated his own forces, selected elites from the Shulu Ministry, and selected elites from the captives, and established the "Shushan Army", led by the nobles of the Shulu Ministry, and set a solid foundation for Abaoji's battle. After making great contributions, the staff expanded steadily, and there were more than [-] people at this time.

Shu Luping is a well-behaved wife in front of A Baoji, who feeds the horses, milks the milk, cooks, and takes care of the children herself, but this is only her side.

Everyone has another side, which can surprise you sometimes.

For a woman like Shuluping, if the man is strong enough, she can be well-behaved, take care of her husband and teach her children with peace of mind, occasionally show her strength in critical moments, lead the army to fight, defeat the thieves, and then continue to serve her husband's great cause.On the Internet in the 21st century, a woman like Shuluping is the standard model of a "female emperor".

He can also carry a knife to kill people, and even lead troops in battle, which is a perfect match for young people who don't want to work hard.

But lying flat youth really can't control this kind of woman.
Shu Luping and A Baoji are mutual achievements, and the one is indispensable, but at this time she encountered a little difficulty.

"Sister, the situation is very bad now. The governor is in trouble, and there are many followers. According to the news from the West Tower, Khan Hendejin also supports the governor. As a result, Abaoji was forced to resign from the Diela tribe. Jin and Babuyi are leaving Jin's post." Shulu Porun frowned, and said, "Shilu is in Yinliangchuan, so he will probably be implicated as well."

"Porun." Shu Luping looked at the younger brother with reproachful eyes.

Po Run lowered her head.

"You are a brave and foolish person until your death." Shuluping sighed, and said: "What? Seeing that Shilu and Abaoji are in trouble, do you want the Shulu Department to take care of themselves?"

"It's not just me who thinks so." Po Run raised her head and said, "Among the clan leaders, there are many people who are afraid. However, they all listen to you and are waiting for your opinion."

"Let's go." Shuluping stood up and said. "Ah?" Po Run was a little surprised.

"You take good care of the tribe, I will take it away if it belongs to the Shan army." Shuluping said. "Where are you taking it?" Po-run asked.

"My head is going down to the city." Shuluping said without turning his head.Po Run realized that she was going back to support A Baoji.Touxia City, also known as Touxia Junzhou.

The Khitan Eight Tribes originally lived as nomads, but during the long-term campaign, they captured a large number of Xi, Bohai, Han'er, Shiwei and other clans and became private slaves.At this time, a place is needed to house slaves.

The first thing to do is the Dieci tribe, which is marked by Dieci Liubu Xi, but this is the "common property" of the tribe.The nobles of the tribes also had a large number of slaves, and they also had this need, so they built "private cities"—the ones that paid more attention to building earthen walls for the city, and those who didn't pay attention to it were actually farms and pastures.

Yelu Shilu set a precedent for private cities, and other nobles followed suit and began to look for land to house slaves.After the development of these Touxia cities and Toxia military states, some of them became official military states in the Liao Dynasty.

Shuluping also has its own military prefecture. The military prefecture has cities and officials. There are thousands of households in Bohai and Han who can collect taxes. It is at her own disposal—before that, she gave it to A Baoji.

The private city has a very short history, only three or four years, and Shuluping's Touxia City was established only two years ago.

But in today's Khitan Eight, the development is very rapid, and the nobles are desperately trying to benefit themselves and increase their strength.

Abaoji encouraged this.He believes that this will increase the population of Khitan farming and settlements, and over time, it will be able to provide a large amount of grain, cloth, ironware and other commodities, which will have inestimable positive significance for the development of Khitan. Under the control of the machine, it is actually in an era of intense change, and the whole is making rapid progress.

Oh, by the way, Abaoji's head-down military prefecture is mainly in Yingzhou, and the city has not yet been built. It's hard to say how much he can keep this time-generally speaking, it is very likely that he will not be able to keep it.

After Shuluping left, Porun and her sister, Bodhisattva Nu, looked at each other, both worried.

The biggest backer, A Baoji, was in trouble, and some shallow-sighted leaders of the Law Department wanted to draw a line with A Baoji, and Porun was under a lot of pressure.

Bodhisattva Nu is the older sister of Porun and Shuluping, who also married into the Dieti tribe. Her husband is dead, and her only son, Yelu Laogu, also died in the hands of Xia Jun.

Her husband's family was not from the Yundeshi (A Baoji's grandfather) lineage, but the Biao Guzhi lineage. The relationship with A Baoji was relatively distant, but this time he also firmly stood by his side.The Bodhisattva slave didn't know what the future would hold, so he came to seek his sister's advice.Now it seems that it's not bad that my sister didn't scold her badly.

Alas, the god damn Shao Shude is extremely vicious, he killed my son and is full of malice towards Khitan.Aunt Au said that he was the reincarnation of a lustful ghost who loves women, why wasn't he accepted?