Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 732 Where is the fate of the Khitan people

In the city of Kedun, in a rather large but simple house, the flames of the pine oil torch kept rising and falling, making the hall present a mysterious atmosphere of flickering light and dark.

Yelupode was sitting in the middle, and a fat roasted sheep was placed on the wrestling table in front of him, which probably weighed twenty or thirty catties.

In addition to the whole roast lamb, there are also several plates of chopped shallots (small onions), Ringo, Sydney pears, and a bowl of sauce for flavor.

Fine wine is of course indispensable, Yelupod took a big sip, Mei's eyebrows immediately flew up
"Khotan purple wine worth thousands of gold! This is a tribute, the emperor is really willing to part with it."

On the opposite side of Yelu Pode, brother Yelu Xiu, who has become the adopted son of Zhang Shengren, and Yelu Pode's adopted son, Yelu Xidi, are looking at Yelu Pode who is eating and drinking in pain.

"Mr. De, since the sage intended to save your life, why did he insist on seeking death? We have been fighting bloody battles to this day, and we are worthy of the Khitan Kingdom."

Brother Yelvxiu was silent for a moment, but he still couldn't help but persuade him. In his opinion, Yelupod would not have to die.

Yelupod was also silent for a moment, and after a while, he tore off a leg of lamb from the roasted lamb on the table and began to eat it.

Everyone didn't speak, and waited until Yelupod finished eating the leg of lamb and drank another bowl of purple wine, Yelupode let out a long sigh and said.

"If you can live, who wants to die. Brother Xiu, you are already the adopted son of the emperor. You must pay attention to the difference between this saint Shaoming and other emperors."

Brother Yeluxiu immediately cupped his hands. He was still a little dizzy about being able to become the adopted son of the emperor from a prisoner.

What?You said that the country hates the family.

Don't be kidding, let alone Yeluxiu, a non-Saiwai who is used to hugging his thighs, even a Central Plains person who has received an orthodox Confucian education, he must kneel and kowtow when faced with the opportunity of this kind of position to take off in a spiral.

Is there someone who will not surrender to the death and can abide by the justice in his heart?
have!That is Wen Tianxiang and Wen Zhonglie.

At least they must have the character of Zhang Jiayu, Chen Bangyan, and Chen Zizhuang, the three loyalists in Lingnan, which ordinary people can't achieve.

Therefore, Brother Yelv Xiu had already knelt down in his heart, but his face was still tense. Now that Yelv Pode had something to teach him, he immediately listened quietly.

Seeing Brother Yeluxiu like this, Yelupod felt relieved. No matter how the Khitan people were in the future, his adopted son Yeluxidi and his tribe would be protected.

At the moment, I also felt relieved, so I said: "From ancient times to the present, there have been many emperors who have been called heroes. Our Khitan Taizu Emperor Shengtian and Emperor Zhuang Miaoli are actually considered heroes.

This kind of hero, they also say that they are diligent in government and love the people, benevolent and virtuous, but when it comes to doing things, they don't care about the life and death of the people below. Just ants. "

Saying that, Yelv Pode took a deep breath, "Only this Son of Heaven, a certain family can see that he really wants to treat the people below better.

Whenever he acts, if he wants to hurt ordinary people, he must be cautious and hesitant. Sometimes he would rather take a detour and suffer a loss for himself than harm even a single farmer or tenant.

This is the real host, a host like Emperor Taizong Wen of the Great Dynasty. "

Brother Yeluxiu is still too young. Although he was a very capable official in history, at the age of 16, he still can't digest what Yelupode said.

So Yelu Pode smiled wryly, and said to Brother Yeluxiu: "It doesn't matter if you don't understand now, you just need to remember that the difference between Emperor Shaotian and ordinary emperors is that you will understand in the future."

Brother Yeluxiu nodded half-understanding, then looked at Yelupode and asked, "But what does it have to do with Duke De must die?"

Yelupod drank a large bowl of purple wine again, "Although I Khitan rose beyond the Great Wall, I didn't have much conflict with the Central Plains like the Xiongnu and Turks at first.

In fact, we are not like a foreign khanate outside the Great Wall, but more like a strange separatist vassal town after the fall of a great dynasty.

There are conflicts with the Central Plains, but that's nothing, and they often fight back and forth themselves.There are quite a few Han people serving our Khitan country, and there are also many Khitan people serving the feudal towns of the Han region.

But after Emperor Zhuangmiaoli was about to enter the Central Plains, all this changed.

The two Jin-Liao wars and the one Luoyang battle were fought in the Central Plains, and more than a million people in Henan and Hebei died as a result.

Especially the grass valley at the entrance of Tokyo, it is overdone!

Therefore, the soldiers who followed into the Central Plains were either killed by the Zhou people, or they were tried by the Zhou State and then went to work as coolies.

The generals who followed Emperor Zhuangmiaoli to the Central Plains, Yelu Dilie, Xiao Han, Xiao Shilu, etc., even Da Tiyin, Youxiangwen, and Yelv Wuzhi, who was far above a certain family in talent, died, Zhao Yanshou That guy was the son and daughter of Shao Tianzi, and he didn't survive.

Now, there is only one person in a certain family, even if the emperor can forgive him, he will always think of the sins of the Khitan people in the past when he sees him in the future.

If someone does not die, he will drag everyone down at some point.

Only when a certain family dies, can you give up your identity as a barbarian outside the Great Wall and become a Han Chinese like the Shatuo people did in the past, just like the Murong family of Xianbei and the Zhuxie family of Shatuo. "

Brother Yeluxiu can still understand this, and even Yelu Xidi understands this truth.

Yelupod is using his own life to end an era. After his death, the remaining Khitan younger generation can take off their burdens and survive in the Central Plains dynasty.

The two cried around Yelupod for a while, and then they walked out under Yelupod's urging, and when they were about to leave the room, Yelupod suddenly called out to Yelupodge.

"Whether we Khitan people can continue to exist, whether we can become the Shatuo Li family depends on you."

Brother Yeluxiu paused for a moment, then nodded silently.

Shatuo Li's family was able to become a Han Chinese and a great dynasty clan because of the meritorious deeds of several generations of Emperor Wu Li Ke.

Now that he has become the adopted son of the emperor, whether the Khitan people can integrate like Shatuo Li will depend on his identity.

Seeing that both of them had gone out, Yelupod looked at the world with great nostalgia, then took a deep breath, without the slightest hesitation, the long dagger in his hand was inserted from the left side of the neck suddenly, and before the consciousness completely disappeared, he slammed again. Give it a hard pull.

Blood gushed out, and after a few breaths, Yelu Pode's huge body fell down with a bang.

At this time, a secret door in the room was suddenly opened, and an eunuch wearing a servant's costume came out.

Behind him stood two people who took notes with pens, one was the spy of Jinyi's personal guard, and the other was the clerk of Zhongshu Zhangtai.

Even though Yelu Pode's neck was still bleeding and he was already dead, the eunuch still breathed first, then felt for his pulse, and after confirming that he was indeed dead, he nodded and stood up.

"It's still a sensible person, but it's a pity, if he wasn't born in Khitan, he could at least be a minister, deputy envoy or something.

Wang Xiaowei, Zhang Yueshu, let's hand in the transcript of the conversation, these Khitan people should be usable. "

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Pieces of snowflakes fell slowly. Although they almost turned into water mist when they landed on the ground, it still foreshadowed that winter on the grassland was coming soon.

It is already early October and the weather is already quite cold.

Zhang Ting sighed. It was still August when the army left the fortress, and in order to reduce the burden, they didn't bring cotton-padded clothes at all.

The reason why it can still support it now is because most of Zhou Jun is equipped with cloth armor.

Although it can't be compared with the cotton-padded clothes, it is definitely much better than the iron armor that is hard to bear in the cold. This is also what Zhang Tie relied on for daring to continue his Eastern Expedition after defeating the fortune tellers.

But if it gets colder, it's impolite!
The cotton of this cloth armor is hammered firmly, and there are iron sheets attached to it. It looks like a cotton coat, and it seems to be able to keep out the cold, but it can only keep out a little bit. It is estimated that there will be another ten days. I can't bear it anymore.

So Zhang Tie didn't stay in Kedun City at all, but sent out a large army to chase around, and he personally raised elites to chase the largest group of defeated soldiers. It is said that Shuluping is among them.

Zhang Tie snorted coldly, this time, he must let his old and immortal aunt go to accompany A Baoji with peace of mind.

Huh!It seems a little wrong, now it's not the aunt, but the old sister-in-law!

"Saint, please report from the front. Erlang of Yingji Capital has surrounded the fleeing Khitans by a large lake. From a distance, there are as many as [-] to [-]."

"Sage, they came to the south to report. They encountered a group of hundreds of soldiers and horses. After questioning, it was basically confirmed that it was the military supervisor of Datong Prefecture who came out of Fengzhou, and the third route army forward officer of Zhema, the princess of Ganquan County. .”

Zhang Ting was slightly taken aback, Zhe Deyuan really bumped into the east, why did he yaw so much?

(End of this chapter)