Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1276 Why?

"Recover the right of the chieftain to govern the locality."

This sentence sounded like a thunderbolt to Gao Wushi.If this thunder was said by Gao Wuqin or Gao Mengnan, Gao Wushi would not be surprised, but when it was said by Huang Zhiting, it really shocked him.

After being shocked, she was moved.

The toasts in the southern Xinjiang migrated from Guangxi, and roughly two-thirds of the various Guangxi toasts were moved away.

As the Cen family did not rely on the sea for the territory they "enclosed" at first, they have been nesting in the northeastern part of Annan since then. Under the leadership of Cen Ling, they were mainly responsible for "maintaining stability" in Annan, so the expansion of their power was not obvious.

The Huang clan is quite different. Due to the relationship between Huang Zhiting and Gao pragmatism, Gao pragmatic has called the Huang clan's wolf soldiers many times, and the Huang clan wolf soldiers have also made special contributions in several wars.Although from the point of view of the recruitment of soldiers, Gao pragmatic is more of the wolf soldiers of the direct line that Huang Zhiting himself belongs to, but he will use the troops of the other branches more or less.

In this way, these credits will eventually be apportioned to the various branches of the Huang clan, which not only gives them the capital to disdain the local area, but also makes them subconsciously think that their family is extraordinary, and may even consider themselves "the descendant". .

In history, it can really be called the descendant of the descendant. After all, it may only be the descendant of the Xiao clan in the Liao Kingdom. Judging from the series of secret reports from the black top that Gao pragmatically received secretly, there are many inside the Huang clan. Perhaps it is precisely the hope that the Huang clan will become the "descendant" of southern Xinjiang.

This is of course ridiculous, but Gao pragmatic cannot ignore this ideological tendency.

In fact, Gao pragmatically knows the source of this kind of thought within the Huang family, and maybe there are some reasons for him.For example, he never revealed that he wanted to take a concubine. Although this has nothing to do with the reasons understood by the Huang family, it did exacerbate the proliferation of this kind of thinking at a certain level.

As Liu Xin said before, Jinghua's status in southern Xinjiang is like the emperor, no matter who is Annam, the envoy, the king of Siam, the king of Nanzhang, the king of Bago, etc., are in fact firmly controlled by Jinghua In hand - the main force of the national army is in the hands of Jinghua, what is the authority of their words?
So from this point of view, as the sole owner of Jinghua, Gao pragmatism is naturally the "emperor" of the entire southern border. Even if he has never shown any such intention, it is impossible to prevent the people below from having such thoughts.

Liu Shouyou complained in front of Zhu Yijun at the beginning. Of course, he had ulterior motives, but his core idea was actually not wrong - Gao pragmatism was really the uncrowned king of the southern border.If you want to do anything in various parts of the southern border, as long as it conflicts with the orders of high pragmatism, you will definitely not be able to do it, and vice versa.

In this situation, Gao Pragmatist had never taken a concubine before the wedding, and so long after the marriage, he had no intention of taking a concubine at all.This inevitably makes the people of the Huang family have an illusion, that Gao Pragmatism either loves Huang Zhi Ting so much that he refuses to give any favor to others; Shake the Huang clan's wolf soldier's closeness to him.

Of course, it could be both.

With this kind of thinking, it is not surprising that the Huang family regards the Huang family as a "descendant" internally.

The reason why Gao Wushi thinks this kind of thinking is ridiculous is because the Huang family may have mistaken the origin of the "descendants" of the Liao state. They thought that the Xiao family was in the same situation as their Huang family.

In the early years of the previous life, Gao pragmatically read history, and once had a doubt, that is, why all the empresses of the Liao Kingdom seemed to be surnamed Xiao?
Indeed, in the 210 years from the founding of the Liao Kingdom to its demise, except for the empress of Liao Shizong who was surnamed Zhen, a Han court lady who was snatched from the Later Tang Dynasty, the other eighteen empresses were all surnamed Xiao.But what is it all about?Is there really such a family who will always be married to the emperor of the Liao Kingdom and can always be guaranteed to become a queen?

The first thing to note is that the Khitan tribe did not have a surname at first, and this custom lasted for hundreds of years, until the period of Yelu Abaoji.According to the Records of the Khitan State and Tribes: "The Khitan tribes do not have surnames at all. They are called by the names of the places they live in. They do not live in the land when they get married. After Yelu Abaoji turned his family into a country...they were still called by the names of the places where they lived. The surname is 'World Li'. Those who are 'World Li' are also the names of places [-] miles east of Jingdong."

The Shangjing recorded in this paragraph is the Balin Zuo Banner of Inner Mongolia in later generations, and the Chinese translation of this "shili" is "Yelu". It became the surname of the Khitan royal family.

So is the "Xiao" surname of the Queen of Liao also come from this way?The answer is no, the surname "Xiao" actually appeared after the canonization of Emperor Taizong of Liao, which is also clearly recorded in "The History of Liao: The Biography of Empresses": "Taizu proclaimed himself emperor, and his grandmother was called the Empress Dowager Tai. , The mother is called the Empress Dowager, and the concubine is called the Empress... The descendants are only the Yi family and the Li family, and the world is in charge of their state affairs. The Taizu Muhan Gao Emperor, so Yelu is also known as the Liu family, and the Yi family and the Dali family are better than Xiao. The prime minister, then the Xiao family."

There are two very important pieces of information in this record. One is that the empresses of the Liao Kingdom are from the second family and the second family; the other is to explain the reason why the empress of the Liao Kingdom was named Xiao.

It turned out that it was Yelu Abaoji who compared himself to Liu Bang, the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty, so in addition to the surname "Yelü", the Liao royal family also had a surname: Liu.

At the same time, Yelu Abaoji believed that the importance of the empress was like that of Xiao He, the prime minister of the Western Han Dynasty, so he gave the two descendants of Yishi and Pali as "Xiao".

Perhaps the above explanation will raise two other questions: one is why Empress Shuluping, the wife of Yelu Abaoji, was not given the surname "Xiao"; the second is why the empress of Liao Shizong was a Han Chinese?Here is a simple explanation.

The first is the reason why Shuluping was not given a surname. There are two explanations: one is that the system of giving a surname mentioned above came from Emperor Taizong of the Liao Dynasty, so the author of "History of the Liao" did not change it.

The second is that although Shuluping's surname has not been revised, the author changed his surname to "Xiao" when talking about Shuluping's descendants. "Empress An's Xiao clan, Xiaozi Wen, daughter of Empress Chunqin's brother-in-law Lu", this shows that it is very likely that Shuluping's family had been given the surname "Xiao" during the Liao Taizong period, but they were descendants, not good. Going back to Shu Luping, he also changed his surname.

The second question is why Liao Shizong canonized Han people as queens.In fact, this issue is directly explained in "Khitan State Records: The Primitive Family Names": "The royal family can only intermarry with the descendants, and it is not limited to superiority or inferiority. The royal family and the descendants are two tribes. No one is allowed to intermarry with people from various clans. Or if various clans marry each other, this is not limited."

This also means that there are no restrictions on the marriage of the Khitans and other ethnic groups in the marriage system of the Liao State, so the Emperor Shizong of the Liao Dynasty was able to canonize the Han Chinese Zhen Clan as the empress - but after all, this is only an isolated case, and it is not enough to shake the "Xiao Clan." post-race" status.

Although the wolf soldiers of the Huang clan are strong, there are not many people in the clan who read, let alone any family style of study. Since when Gao pragmatically first met Huang Zhi Ting, Huang Zhi Ting often even wrote some famous poems. I heard something." You can see it.Therefore, it is understandable that the Huang family's understanding of "Xiao's descendants" is somewhat literal.

In fact, it should be said that the "back family" of the Liao Kingdom was originally divided into two, the second family and the Bali family. These two families have been the right-hand man of the Yelu family since the era of the tribal system. Therefore, " The powerful alliance" formed the de facto "one king and two queens, three alliance empires" - the Liao Kingdom.

So, is the situation at the top of the Liao Kingdom really the same as that of southern Xinjiang at this time?Obviously not.

Make the simplest assumption: If the Liao Kingdom splits between the "first king" and the "second queen", what will happen to the Liao Dynasty?The answer is that the Liao Kingdom may have to split.At least there will be large-scale civil unrest, which will most likely lead to the collapse of dominance and the demise of the country.

So looking back at Southern Xinjiang, what would happen if Jinghua and Huang were separated?

Not how!

Jinghua itself has an overwhelming strength advantage in the southern border. Even if the Huang clan rebels, Jinghua is fully capable of crushing and flattening in all directions!
What's more, Huang Zhiting's internal marriage through Huang Zhiting has already done a "separation", and it is almost impossible for Huang Zhiting to stand on Huang's side.In this way, Jinghua's crushing advantage over Huang's will continue to expand.

Under such circumstances, the Huang clan would actually think that their clan was comparable to the Xiao clan of the descendant of the Liao Kingdom, which really left Gao pragmatic speechless.Perhaps this is the fearlessness of the ignorant.

Not to mention a Huang clan, even if they operate according to the situation of the Liao state and draw the Cen clan together, and the Cen and Huang two are merged into one, in fact, they will not be able to achieve the strength of the descendants of the Liao state in the "country" and status.

Why?Because Jinghua's strength in southern Xinjiang is far superior to Yelu's strength in Liao State - Liao State itself was developed from the tribal alliance system, and the biggest feature of the tribal alliance system is that its national leaders are equivalent to "people of the tribal alliance". King of Kings", the leader of the most powerful clan of all tribes.

How could the situation in southern Xinjiang be like this?Southern Xinjiang is the "single king" of Beijing!Even if other forces are added to oppose Jinghua, they can only be hanged up by Jinghua to fight!

That's it, do you still expect to be a "post-family"?
Although Gao Wucheng has long since given up his dream of an "advanced democratic system", he won't rush to reverse the course of history, but will instead create a tribal alliance system to play with?If you really do that, a high pragmatic estimate would be crazy.

Seeing that Gao Wushi was silent for a long time, Liu Xin waited and waited, but never saw him speak, and finally couldn't help but said: "Hey, Gao Shutai, do you usually think about things starting with the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors and scrutinizing them all the way to the fourth Nine years of national liberation will be counted as the end? Isn’t it just a local administrative power that takes back the chieftain’s administrative power? Has it been pondering for so long? Or, what is the problem here that I didn’t expect? Then don’t think about it by yourself. , by the way, give me some pointers."

Well, as soon as this girl was in a hurry, she stopped talking about the "nujia" and continued to call herself me, which really is my demeanor.

When Gao Wushi was asked by her, he quickly regained his senses, glanced at her, and smiled: "You know, Zhi Ting is actually trying to persuade me to take a concubine by making this proposal."

"Ah?" Liu Xin is still more than military affairs. It is not unreasonable that her reputation in southern Xinjiang has been chasing Huang Zhiting after several big victories. She is relatively inferior in these roundabout "mind tricks". Yan looked surprised: "What is the relationship between these two things?"

Gao Wushi saw that there were not only doubts, but even doubts in her eyes, and naturally guessed that she was mostly suspecting that she was trying to find reasons for taking a concubine.

Gao Wushi couldn't help laughing, raised his eyebrows and said, "Why, do you think I'm making excuses for taking a concubine?"

Liu Xin didn't speak, and Gao Wushi shook his head and said, "Zhi Ting advised me not to take a concubine once or twice, but the reason she gave before was worthless, and I never took it to heart, but this time... It's something new."

"How many times did she persuade you to take a concubine?" Liu Xin was really surprised, but she quickly regained her senses, shook her head and sighed, "What did the book say at that time, what kind of poison?"

Gao Wushi knew what time she meant by "that time", but Gao Mo was still here, he didn't intend to take up the words, just shook his head and said, "Unless you really become a hermit in the mountains, the times and society will inevitably disagree with him. People form constraints, let alone Zhi Ting, even if you and I, can you be free from this kind of constraints?"

Hearing this, Liu Xin was discouraged and sighed: "No."

Gao Wushi saw that her mood suddenly fell, and couldn't help joking: "Why do I think your expression is like being urged to marry?"

Liu Xin opened her mouth, but glanced at Gao Mo before she hesitated.

Gao Wushi smiled and waved to Gao Mo: "Gao Mo, go and arrange dinner, I'm with Miss Liu."

Gao Mo breathed a sigh of relief, hurriedly responded, and hurried downstairs.He is also really not used to the style of talking between the master and Miss Liu, so that he feels that it is more nervous to listen to the two of them than to visit Princess Yongning.

Well, the lady beside the master is the most normal lady... even if the lady was originally from a toast.

"Gao Mo is gone, and now there is no third pair of ears to hear the conversation between us. If you have anything to say, just say it." Gao pragmatically said with a smile.

Liu Xin let out a long sigh: "My father... I mean now this father, he treats me very well, you know that?"

"Of course." Gao pragmatically nodded.

"He was injured all over. I heard you say that he should have a short birthday. It was because you found Li Shizhen that allowed him and Old Coach Ma to survive until now?"

Gao Wushi pondered for a while and said, "From the point of view of the original history, this is true."

"Although Li Shizhen is powerful, he can only prolong his life for some time. He said in his letter to me and my eldest brother that he still has frequent troubles everywhere. ."

Gao Wushi frowned and said apologetically, "I've been busy with household affairs recently, so I've been less concerned about these matters, but I don't know the situation. Or... I'll send someone to ask Mr. Bianhu to come over and ask about it later?"

Liu Xin shook her head: "I'm not blaming you, and I don't have the qualifications to do so, I just... sigh, you don't know, he said in the letter that he has gone from being a dead body to being a general soldier in this life, and all other wishes are considered. Now, I'm always worried about one thing... He even said something like 'fear of death'."

Gao Wushi was speechless and smiled bitterly: "Is it your marriage?"

"Otherwise, what else could it be? The elder brother has already married a wife, and he is even more lenient in taking concubines, but he is more aggressive than you. Naturally, my father can only worry about me."

"Hey, can you not get involved with me in your own business? I just mentioned that Zhi Ting advised me to take a concubine, but you still look contemptuous, how come to Liu Ji's place, concubine is very beautiful. What?" Gao Wushi immediately protested.

Liu Xin rolled his eyes at him: "Are you and my eldest brother the same thing? Did you receive the same education?"

"It's not the same, but education belongs to education. The social situation we are facing is still very similar! Why is it that he is just and righteous when he takes a concubine, and I just mention it and he is guilty of a lot of sins and can't be redeemed? Isn't it fair?"

Liu Xin was at a loss for words, and turned her face away: "I don't want to talk about you anymore, aren't you clever? Can you think of a way for me first?"
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Thank you book friend "Cao Mianzi" for your support, thank you!
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