The struggle of the reborn prince

Now the territory of Khitan in the Western Liao Dynasty has been extended from Hami to Weihai and Kuzhin, and its suzerainty extends from the upper reaches of the Yenisei River to the Amu Darya River.From the Muslim point of view, the supremacy of the pagan Mongols in the territory of the Muslim Turks was a serious obstacle and a great shame.The eyes of these people are not on the Muslim society, but on the China from which they acquired their culture.

Since the number of Khitan people in the new empire is relatively small, most of the residents are Turkic people who believe in Islam. Therefore, Yelu Dashi, the emperor of the Western Liao Dynasty, adopted the title of Turkic emperor, "Gu'er Khan", which means "Khan of the World". Muslims, Nestorians, and Buddhists all gave freedom of religious belief, so the ruling nation and the ruled nation lived in peace, and the forces of all parties reached a balance, forming a fit between the culture of the Central Plains and the culture of the grassland.

Zhao Tun adopted Xiliao, which had a common cultural foundation, not only kept Tuque and other nomadic peoples out of the territory of the Song Dynasty, but also effectively prevented the influence and invasion of Western religions on the Central Plains culture.And Da Song captured Gaochang and Mobei at the same time, and then established a second buffer line to filter out those dangerous factors, so that Da Song could complete reforms under his guidance, eliminate and isolate unstable factors .

Since Zhao Tang had not yet received the report from the sea expeditionary force, he didn't know that the army he sent would also torment the Arab world enough, which directly led to the downfall of Sultan Sanjar, who was defeated in the Kavant grassland.It is precisely because of his incompetence that the Caliph, the spiritual leader of the Muslim world, is in crisis. He has to spend a huge amount of money to redeem it, otherwise he will be taken away by the Orientals. This is a great shame for the entire Muslim.They broke away from their rule and sought independence.

The superposition of two failures made Sancar afraid to return to the imperial capital and wandered outside.Instead, the caliph got a chance to regain power, and he deposed Sanjar as the sultan as a Muslim leader.All his family members and forces who remained in the imperial capital were eradicated, and the political system of theocracy was restored.And it is equivalent to the exiled Sultan Sanjar, who is willing to give up easily, and also contacts the lords from all over the country to crusade against Baghdad in an attempt to make a comeback.The conflict between the two heroes caused the Arab world to be torn apart, and the lords of all parties also took the opportunity to attack each other, fighting endlessly, and expanding their territory. This kind of chaos will not end for a while, so that Song Dynasty can be alone...

"Your Majesty, the leader of the Mughal Tribe, Hebule, is dead!" The emperor of Xiliao predicted that Yelu Dashi would not survive next year, and that he would no longer need to use it as a key strategic defense, but Zhao Yi received the news of Hebule's death as soon as he finished speaking. , he hurried back to the palace to report.

"Oh, are you strangled to death!?"

"Your Majesty, yes!" Zhao Yi replied looking at the emperor's calm face, but he was very puzzled.Hebule Emperor has always attached great importance to it. After he surrendered, he was not under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Rites or the Ministry of Households. Instead, the Privy Council has always been in charge of the affairs of the Mughal Ministry.This is equivalent to being directly managed by the emperor.

"When did he die!"

"Your Majesty, since the pacification of Gaochang, Hebuler felt that he was not in good health, so he asked to lead his troops back first. He returned to the clan area in June and passed away within a few days!" Zhao Yi replied.

"Well, does he have any last words?" Zhao Tong nodded and asked again.

"Your Majesty, Hebuler asked him to make his younger brother, Anbahai, Khan, and ordered him to continue to be loyal to His Majesty. The news of his death was sent by Anbahai!" Zhao Yiyan said.

"Yes, the Shangshu and your Privy Council will jointly approve the request. Give 5000 taels of silver and a set of sacrifices, and the Dading pacifier will go to pay the homage on my behalf!" Zhao Tang pondered for a while.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Zhao Yi saluted.

"After He Bu strangled, did the Tatar Department change?" Zhao Tang thought for a while, called Zhao Yi to stop and asked again.

"Your Majesty, your Majesty has not received any relevant news, so I will ask someone to inquire about it!" Zhao Yi replied, hesitantly asked the emperor, "Don't Your Majesty feel that this matter is strange?"

"Is there any doubt? Birth, old age, sickness and death are not ordinary things!" Zhao Tang raised his eyes to look at Zhao Yi and asked in bewilderment.

"Your Majesty, Hebrew has seven sons, and even if he has no heirs, he must pass them on to his own brothers, but now he wants to pass the Khan throne to his younger brother. Isn't it abnormal? Is my baby usurping the throne? How about trying to correct His Majesty's acknowledgment!" Zhao Yi expressed his doubts.

"Hehe, there's nothing strange about this. It's the most normal thing to pass on the strong to the grassland!" Zhao Tong said with a smile, "On the grassland, the production capacity of each tribe is limited, but the population is constantly increasing, and The resources that can be used are limited. If a tribe is not strong enough, it will be wiped out by other tribes, or it will be annexed by other tribes and become slaves of other tribes. During this process, all tribes on the grassland are desperate Develop and strengthen yourself, and then destroy and annex others. Therefore, if a tribe wants to become strong, it has no other choice. Only when the strong take over the position of Khan can the tribe avoid decline and be annexed by other tribes!"

"The Mughal tribe is already strong enough under the support of our Song Dynasty. If another strong man succeeds, it will cause a lot of trouble if he betrays us!" Zhao Yiyan said. There are also constant wars. The Kelei and Tatar tribes, the Mierqi tribe and the Kele tribe, and the Naiman tribe and the Kele tribe have been attacking each other for decades. Now the Kele tribe and the Naiman tribe are on the west The army has declined under the attack of the army, and the remnants have withdrawn from the Mobei grassland and fled to the extreme north. Then the Mughal tribe has a greater chance of rising, which is not in the interests of the Song Dynasty.

"It's not unreasonable to think about it, but they and the Tatars have solved their blood feud, so the contradictions between them are difficult to reconcile, so it is not the time for us to take action. We support him to weaken the Jurchens, and the Tatars and the Jurchens Their conflicts will become more intense after they are not strangled!" Zhao Tong explained, in fact, Zhao Tang paid attention to the Mughal tribe because of the later Temujin, and it will be ten years later. Born, what he is doing now is to change the environment in which he grew up.

The Tatar tribe is a good target. They belong to the tribes that split off from the Mughal part, and the two tribes have a good relationship.However, after Hebuler fell to the Song Dynasty in an all-round way, under the support of Zhao Tun, his power expanded rapidly, and after a few years, he faintly became the leader of all tribes.The Tatar tribe felt the danger, so he chose to cooperate with the Jurchens to maintain their own power, but at this time, the two tribes could still maintain peaceful coexistence and support each other until an accident happened.

Hebrekhan's wife, Mrs. Miatai, was from the Huoluosi tribe, and she gave birth to seven sons for Hebrekhan.One year, Hebrekhan's brother-in-law Sai Yinqin fell ill.In order to heal Saiyin's Jin, a Tatar shaman named Chaerqile Naduyi was invited to come and heal him.

People from various tribes in the Mongolian grasslands believe in a primitive religion called shamanism, and they claim to be able to communicate with ghosts and gods.At that time, Saiyin's Jin was a few years old, and the patient was blinded by ointment. The Tatar shaman did not have the technique of bringing the dead back to life, and saw the patient die.It is common sense that doctors have no absolutes, but the relatives of patients must be angry when they die, and it has been consistent throughout the ages, so the people of Huoluosisi did things that are no different from modern people.

In grief, the Huoluosisi people insisted that Sai Yin's Jin was killed by the shaman, and refused to admit that he was a representative of ghosts and gods, so he beat the shaman in a fit of anger.The sons of Heble Khan are the nephews of Saiyin Jin, so it is their duty to help their uncle, so they are also involved in it. They are very disappointed with this wizard, and in their anger, they collectively believe that the wizard did not work hard and intentionally took the patient away. Put to death.The sons of Habul Khan chased after him and killed Wizard Tatar on the way.

Of course, the Tata'er Department refused to let it go, and immediately mobilized the division of revenge to crusade against the Huo Luo Si Si Department.The Huoluosisi tribe is a tribe with a relatively high level of civilization but relatively weak force. It could not withstand the powerful offensive of the Tatar tribe, so it had to ask the Mughal tribe for help, and they were also involved in the war with the Tatar tribe. .Hebul Khan's troops are strong and strong, and with the support of Song Dynasty behind them, no one can resist them.Hebul's third son, Hedan, is the famous "Battle" of the Mongolian tribe. He fought twice with Mitie'er, the monarch of the Tatar tribe. The first time he stabbed Mitie'er, and the second time he killed him The lives of Tatar's army became the Mughal's captives.

From then on, the two tribes became enmity, and once the hatred matured, it would snowball bigger and bigger until it caused an avalanche that destroyed everything. The Mughal tribe and the Tatar tribe forged an enmity for generations, and the revenge wars of the blood clan continued. Massacres and robberies would occur whenever the two of them could take advantage of it.In the Central Plains, this process usually takes several generations of hard work to achieve, but on the Mobei grassland, the experience of two generations is enough.But Zhao Tang will not mediate the hatred between the two, because he is waiting, waiting for the most appropriate time to appear, when he will take action to destroy this tribe that may give birth to a person who can shake the world...

Just after sending condolence envoys to the Mughal Ministry, officials from the Ministry of Rites came to report that veteran Zong Zehe had died of illness a few days ago.I can't say I like Zongze and Zhao Tuo, but he is loyal to the country and has courage in doing things. He gave him a lot of help at the beginning of his succession, and made great contributions to stabilizing the army. He also played a big role in the court. high reputation.After learning of the bad news, Zhao Tuo issued an imperial edict to posthumously bestow a scholar of Guanwendian and a doctor of Tongyi with the posthumous title of Zhongjian.Xu Jingheng, the Senior Political Counselor, was used as the envoy of condolence, and he was given ten thousand taels of silver. Two of Yin's descendants became officials, and a relative sacrifice was set up in Luoyang Palace.

"The hero's fall, does it mean that my era is coming to an end..." Several heroes who can be called heroes have left or are about to leave one after another, making Zhao Tun a little melancholy! (To be continued..)