Chapter 21 Sejong Chapter 21 King Kangs final song
In the summer of May of the second year of Jianlong (1019), after nearly half a year and a long journey of thousands of miles, Kang Wang Liu Ye finally arrived in Xijing. The journey was long and hard. For Liu Ye, who was nearly sixty years old, no matter the will
It's a test for both body and mind.
However, Liu Ye's will was achieved after years of hard work and hard work in the world, so the road was long and difficult, but he walked calmly and relaxed, and there was no mental burden.
It was as if he had settled down and completed a rare journey in his life. Along the way, he inspected the military and political affairs of Anxi and inspected his kingdom.
, where you have struggled, you will also stop and recall the past. When you are emotional, you may even burst into tears.
From the moment he entered Gaochang Road to the pass, every time he visited a big city, Liu Ye refused the gifts from the local government and only asked them to gather together the local middle and lower-level officials, troops, gentry, merchants, and workers.
Listen to his "preaching" for Kang State.
In the past, envoys and officials from the Three Kingdoms of Anxi often came to the mainland of the Han Dynasty to promote policies, spread reputations, and recruit talents. However, how could those low-level followers be compared with the dignified King Kang personally giving lectures and invitations? They were obviously more authoritative and attractive.
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Even though many people attended Liu Ye's lectures just to watch the excitement, there were still some people who were attracted by the blueprint Liu Ye described. The Three Kingdoms of Anxi have used many means to attract talented people from the empire.
Overtly and covertly, black and white, but painstaking.
Of course, as the king of Kang State, and in public, Liu Ye still had to take an upright path. He focused on Kang State's "Talent (oral) Resettlement Plan."
As a king who controls millions of people, Liu Ye also knows how to impress people. Expanding territory, making contributions, etc. are no longer useful to the people of the northwest. Therefore, what Liu Ye said is the most practical thing.
, the focus is on the word "profit".
Liu Ye introduced in detail the large areas of excellent water and soil, pastures and special products, cities, population and trade that Kangju State had, as well as the superior resettlement policies for the Han population formulated by the kingdom.
Of course, similar policy announcements had been made by Kang State’s envoys and officials before, but when Liu Ye said it himself, the effect was different. At the same time, Liu Ye did not beat around the bush at all, and did not even shy away from talking about money and money.
Rights, and even the economic benefits that can be generated by a Han person entering Kang, have been nakedly and explicitly priced.
As long as you are a Han person and go to Kang State, the government will distribute money, land, cattle, farm tools, and even allocate servants (servants) and slaves (servants). All taxes will be reduced or exempted for the first three years, which is still for the ordinary Han labor force.
As for those who are knowledgeable, cultured or have special skills, the treatment will be more favorable. At the same time, those who have made outstanding contributions to immigration, such as those who can bring a hundred people to Kangguo, can be the captain of the camp, and five hundred people can be the captain of the camp.
If you can get the position of mayor in the government, thousands of people can become camp owners, and be in charge of the livelihood of thousands of people and even the power of life and death, including the number of servants.
Don’t be afraid that Kang State does not have enough money, grain, livestock, and tools. During decades of expansion and plunder, Kang Ju State has seized a large amount of property. Excluding internal rewards and normal administrative and military expenditures, there is still enough accumulation to meet the population resettlement plan.
long-term progress.
Of course, there is an upper limit to wealth and slaves. First come, first served, and profit will be short-changed later. This is inevitable. Therefore, those who are aspiring to move westward need to hurry up and hurry up, otherwise the opportunity will only be snatched by others.
Liu Ye's propaganda and mobilization were not very attractive to the upper-class dignitaries in the northwest of the empire, nor to the lower-class leaders of Guizhou. The former were already the best in the country, while the latter only wanted stability and food and clothing.
However, it is extremely attractive to those in the middle class, including civil servants, retired officers and soldiers, merchants, craftsmen and other urban civilians, as well as those restless lumpen proletarians and evil forces.
Kang State provided people like them with an opportunity to make a fortune and a platform for class advancement. Some things, under the system of the Han Empire, required extremely difficult efforts to achieve, but in a feudal country like Kang State,
, but the difficulty of realizing it has been reduced exponentially. What's more, even for King Kang's personality charm and solemn guarantee, Kang State is still a place worth visiting.
As long as it is an individual, there is no one who does not want to climb up, and there is no one who does not want to ride on the head of others and become the superior. If he says he does not want to, he has either already achieved it, or he is incapable or has no chance. Once he is allowed to do so,
Here we are, how about taking a look at his face?
Taking another ten thousand steps back, not to mention those falsehoods, Liu Ye's sincerity was worthy of a large number of adventurers. That is, Kang Guo decided to take over the jade industry in Hezhou area.
Come out and share it, and welcome merchants from Han Dynasty to mine and operate it.
Jade, due to its special meaning and symbol, has been highly respected in China for thousands of years. A huge market with extremely wide coverage has been born around jade.
Especially in times of peace, no matter what class they are, from princes and nobles to traders and pawns, as long as they have a small amount of assets, they will basically find a way to get a piece of jade and make it into an accessory.
In the Han Empire, even since the Kaibao era, it has been generally peaceful for almost sixty years. This was accompanied by the surge in population, the improvement of productivity, the explosion of the commodity economy, and the accumulation of social wealth, which naturally prompted
This led to the great prosperity of the jade market.
The vastness of this market is almost unlimited. The key lies in the scarcity of raw material resources for jade, especially high-quality jade. And in the past few decades, where was the source of the largest jade industry chain in the empire?
There is no doubt that it is Khotan! Although the Wuyu River and the Baiyu River do not produce gold, in the eyes of the powerful people in Khotan, they are two golden waterways flowing with wealth. The various types of jade produced by the two rivers are in great demand.
The Dahan market has always been in short supply.
However, this wealth has indeed been in the hands of the powerful people of Khotan for decades, and outsiders cannot interfere at all. The huge profits brought by the jade trade can not only satisfy their own luxurious life, but also support their troops and the people.
The benefits of jade possessed by Khotan were obviously one of the reasons for its demise. Now, it was Kang's turn to take control of the "jade market" and he made it clear that he was willing to share it. One can imagine how great the impact would be.
Got it
Liu Ye's various words and deeds during his journey eastward caused waves of waves in the northwest. Naturally, through the Wude Division's intelligence system, they were completely presented to Emperor Liu Wenji's imperial case.
After learning about this, Liu Wenji not only praised him for his calmness and calmness, but also felt sorry for him for his hard work and even his efforts to lower his face and boast about himself in order to attract people from far away and develop the country of Kangju.
What he said and done seems to be able to explain why he risked violating the law and encountering the empire's backlash to annex Khotan, which was also a vassal state. He clearly told the emperor and the court that Kang State wanted to develop.
To establish a foothold in the Western Regions, we must maintain and consolidate the rule of the Han people.
As an emperor, Liu Wenji could even understand Liu Ye to a certain extent. However, he was the emperor of the Han Empire and the highest ruler of the Han nation. He had to consider it from the perspective of the central court and the pattern of the vassal system of the Han Empire.
question.
However, Liu Wenji did not stand in the way of Liu Ye's propaganda about attracting people and talents along the way. This also led to Liu Ye's visit to Beijing and his party attracting more than 30,000 Han immigrants to Kang Juguo. Of course, this data has not been accurately counted by the official
, but the effect is very obvious. Moreover, the conversion rate of "Kang Guomin" is not high, because half of them are engaged in jade-related business.
At the same time, Liu Wenji also pressed the internal affairs of the imperial court. Because Liu Ye arrived late, the preparations for the celebration (impeachment), welcome (impeachment), attack (attack), and criticism were just a matter of fact. More, if you think about it carefully, it is actually
It's not necessary, it's just to arouse criticism.
After more than ten years, Liu Ye once again set foot in the capital of the Han Empire. The last time was when Emperor Taizong passed away. It needs to be pointed out that when Emperor Kangzong passed away, there were not many kings who went to the imperial capital in person to pay their condolences.
, there are not many overly positive people like Anton King Liu Wenyuan.
Take the Three Kingdoms of Anxi as an example. At that time, only the Northern King Liu Wen went to Luoyang in person, but the more important purpose was to visit his father, King Zhao Liu Fang. As for the two brothers Liu Min and Liu Ye, they only sent important ministers with status and qualifications as envoys.
He rushed to Xijing to express his condolences on his behalf.
In more than ten years, how many things have changed and how many people have changed, and how many sighs and sighs have caused Liu Ye, I will not go into details. However, when King Kang’s slender face and haggard appearance fell into the eyes of the central monarchs of the empire,
At any time, it is inevitable to feel compassion. Of course, this compassion is fundamentally derived from Liu Ye's identity.
Those who play politics often have their hearts in it, but that does not mean the sympathy card. You cannot play the emotional card. It depends on the time and the target. After all, Kang Wang Liu Ye is the son of Emperor Shizu and the emperor's uncle today. He is old and faces
It's really not easy to go through all kinds of hardships and travel thousands of miles to fulfill the imperial summons.
This hard and long journey in his later years took place at an unsuitable time and spanned the three seasons of winter, spring and summer. The seasonal changes alone are enough to bear. Even normal young adults may not be able to bear it.
Such a journey would have taken the place of the elderly and ill King Kang, which would have lengthened the journey, otherwise Liu Ye would have died on the way.
Therefore, it is conceivable how Liu Ye finally appeared in front of the emperor and his ministers. Even though he maintained his basic dignity, the aura of twilight exuding from the inside always made people feel sad.
In the Guangzheng Palace and the Political Affairs Hall, in front of the emperor, all the ministers, the Ministry of Rites, the Lifan Yuan and many other relevant ministers, Liu Ye untied his robe and took off his upper body, revealing the numerous wounds, large and small.
When seeing the marks and scars, the emperor and his ministers were obviously shocked.
What is unimaginable is not trauma or anything, but that these scars will appear so densely on Liu Ye. Everyone knows that the Three Kingdoms of Anxi have been at war all year round, and the three kings have personally led the army to fight many times. However, as a king and commander-in-chief, they are not like ordinary people.
Like a soldier, he wears strong armor and fights on the battlefield.
But the injuries on Liu Ye's body are enough to explain everything. On the battlefield, swords and arrows have no eyesight, and the battles on the Central Asian battlefield are not smooth sailing. How many times have they faced crises, and how many times have Liu Ye personally led his troops to attack the enemy and reverse the situation of the battle?
He couldn't even count these himself.
These people were sent by Emperor Shizu, and they were granted the title by Emperor Shizu. There were so many life and death crises, so many bloodshed and sacrifices. If the court ignored these, without any discernment, and unreasonably asked Liu Ye about those cold vassal regulations.
Then, not to mention Liu Ye, the entire Kang country and the entire Anxi people would be dissatisfied!
Compared with these marks of iron and blood, Yuchi Jue's plea seemed more helpless and tragic. In front of King Kang, the young man did not even dare to raise his head, as if he was the one who made the mistake.
As for the matter in Khotan's homeland, Yuchi Jue was destined to have only a tragic outcome. Not to mention what the emperor and ministers thought, Kang Wang Liu Ye still had a big move.
He said: Although Khotan is called a vassal, his heart is not pure. You will take it for yourself in the future.
No one knows whether Emperor Shizu ever said such a thing, and it cannot be found in the daily notes, because not all of Shizu's words are recorded, but such words are possible when they come from Liu Ye's mouth, at least
It cannot be completely rejected.
When the towering mountain of Emperor Shizu was moved out by Liu Ye, to a certain extent, Guangzhengdian's questioning became a joke. Let's first prove whether his words are true. For such a result, even if he is as self-restrained as Emperor Liu Wenji, in
When I left, I couldn't help but look a little ugly.
Kang Wang Liu Ye once again made people feel his "rebellion". Following the rules was not his style, and unexpected things often put people into embarrassing situations.
To be honest, what he did was very dangerous and taboo. There are many people who have close relationships with Emperor Shizu, and there are many alive. If everyone has the courage to hold high the "
The ancestors of the Qing Dynasty orally commanded "to act and seek profit, and the world is not in chaos, so where can we put the people of today?"
Therefore, compared with the destruction of Khotan by the Kang State itself, the "Ancestor's Order" enshrined by Liu Ye in the Guangzheng Palace was a more important political event. This trend should not be allowed to rise! The center of the empire, the emperor and his ministers, are responsible for
We all saw this very clearly, especially Emperor Liu Wenji, who was particularly sensitive to this.
However, just when Liu Wenji couldn't suppress his anger because of the "Oral Order of the First Emperor" and racked his brains to consider ways to suppress it to eliminate the bad influence, it didn't take long before he discovered that his efforts had been in vain.
King Kang was very low-key when he returned to Beijing, but after entering Beijing, he was not as low-key as he was. This is mainly reflected in his social interactions after returning to Beijing. To be precise, there was almost no communication, including court ministers and ministers.
Except for his fourth brother, King Zhao Liu Fang, he had not met any of the dignitaries and royal family members, let alone visited and contacted them, and asked them to speak on their behalf to completely achieve the goal of annexing Khotan.
Liu Ye had no intention of consolidating the personal connections he had with King Kang in the past. Others came to him on their own initiative, but they also declined. In addition to accepting inquiries at Guangzheng Palace, Liu Ye only took the initiative to visit Liu Fang.
In Liu Ye's life, except for Emperor Shizu, there was probably no one who could convince him. Even his fourth brother Liu Fang, who was full of martial virtue, he might not be convinced in his heart, but he might not show it in his heart.
However, now that I am getting older, most of the arrogance of my youth has been worn away by time. When facing the fourth brother of King Zhao again, it was probably the first time in Liu Ye's life that he truly communicated with Liu Fang calmly.
During the conversation, there was no comparison or utilitarianism, only brotherhood and glorious past.
During Liu Ye's military career, which lasted for more than thirty years, there were still major interactions with Liu Fang, especially during the Yulin rebellion, when Liu Ye was just starting out. At that time, Liu Fang was already an accomplished prince of the empire and commander-in-chief of the clan.
Of course, the conversation between the two brothers was inseparable from the battlefield, military affairs and the art of war. They talked most about Yulin's experience in countering the rebellion and the Western Expedition.
For Liu Ye, the most gratifying thing was probably the first time he heard from his fourth brother high praise for their achievements and honors in pioneering in Central Asia, including his personal recognition and appreciation.
However, when talking about the incident in Khotan, Liu Fang did not express his position. When he said goodbye to Liu Fang, Liu Ye seemed a little disappointed, because he found that even though he was living in old age, the fourth brother, who was nearly seventy years old, showed great grace and thoughtfulness.
, and it is not something he can compare with.
For a proud person like Liu Ye, it is very difficult to realize that he is inferior to others, and to admit that he is inferior to others, no matter how free and easy he is, is a blow to his spirit, which means giving up the inner persistence called "unwillingness".
After visiting King Zhao, Liu Ye stayed in his old residence in the capital for another two days, then prepared sacrifices and went to pay homage to Emperor Shizu again. However, this time he did not go to the Ancestral Temple, but went north of the city to Mang Mountain.
Cried loudly at the foot of the mountain and returned.
Two days later, Liu Ye passed away at Prince Kang's Mansion in Luoyang.
The death of King Kang also caused Emperor Liu Wenji to sit on the throne, putting the court into an extremely embarrassing situation. He summoned people from all the way to ask for the crime, but in the end the crime was not questioned, and a "ancestral edict" was implicated, and the person was still in Beijing.
Lost.
This matter can only be said to have been handled too poorly! At this point, it is meaningless to worry about the "Khotan Incident". Although it is not Liu Wenji's style of doing things, in the end, this matter ended in an anticlimactic way.
Way to end.
It was impossible for Kangju to annex Khotan with the imperial court's golden order, but the imperial court decided to adopt a default attitude. As for the exiled monarchs and ministers of Khotan, not long after, people were sent by the Lifan Yuan, "
"Escorted" and headed to Anxi.
On the Anxi side, during the Liu Min period, they had already agreed to set aside a piece of territory for the Khotan monarchs and ministers to live in and restore their kingdom. However, the location was determined by the Anxi side.
Anxi is really not stingy. It is a good place, Khorasan, and the territory of three cities and ten towns is drawn from there. The biggest problem is that most of the people under its rule are Persians, who hide a large number of MSL. At the same time, they still face the Kalashnikov.
The frontier area of the Senni threat.
To expand a bit here, after Yuchi Jue arrived in Khorasan, he relied on his previous accumulation, partial support from the court and the appeal of the "King of Khotan", and with the help of a group of followers, he still initially established the country.
And he established his own army (although it is small) and administrative organization (although it is only a grass-roots team).
But then, the hard days came. Liu Min's death not only shocked the Anxi Kingdom, but also caused waves in the ysl world. The death of the conqueror from the east was a great relief.
Especially the Ghaznavid dynasty. Mahmud, who suffered a lot at the hands of Liu Min, quickly shifted his attention from India to the north after learning about his death. Recovering the lost territory of Khorasan became his first goal.
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As a result, Khorasan fell into fighting and chaos again. "Khotan" with small arms and legs was like a fish in the pond in the fight between the two powerful countries. It was in constant turmoil and faced the Ghaznavid army at all times.
threats and attacks by MSL believers, leading a precarious life.
In Khorasan, Yuchi Jue lived a "difficult life" for three full years, miserable and in constant panic. In the end, he even lost his throne and was usurped by his uncle Yuchi Guanglin, who had military power. If not
The loyal servant gave advance notice, fearing that he might even lose his life.
Fleeing into the river, he begged Liu Wenze, the king of Anxi. However, at that time, Liu Wenze had just completely suppressed several brothers who challenged the king's power, took power in Annei, and then had to deal with the threat from Ghaznavids. How could he have any thoughts?
Take care of Yuchi Jue.
At the same time, Yuchi Guanglin also had the foresight to send an envoy to appeal, expressing his determination to follow the royal court in Hezhong, fight against Ghaznavids, and send his legitimate son to Hezhong as a hostage. As a result, Yuchi Jue's intention of asking the royal court in Hezhong to make the decision came to nothing.
, the only good thing is that Liu Wenze showed some dignity and did not send Yuchi Jue back to "Khotan" as Yuchi Guanglin asked, but let him go east.
After going round and round, Yuchijue finally returned to Luoyang. In the end, he relied on the emperor Liu Wenji's pitiful salary to spend the rest of his life as an "office". Although it was dull, at least it was stable.
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Back in the summer of the second year of Jianlong's reign, Emperor Liu Wenji had to worry about the "Khotan Incident" being dealt with almost by pinching his nose. Emperor Liu Wenji still had to worry about the reputation of "killing his uncle" falling on him again. Even after taking preventive measures, similar incidents still occurred.
Rumors are not widespread in scope, but it is always difficult to stop people's speculations.
To be fair, the death of Kang Wang Liu Ye also eliminated a lot of the impact of the "Oral Edict of the Ancestor" on Liu Wenji. One death is more effective than any remedial measures.
However, don’t think of Liu Wenji’s reputation as flawless. Of course, this is something that a promising man must experience.
At the same time, the "Khotan Incident" was also a major political setback Liu Wenji encountered since he succeeded to the throne. Not only did he fail to achieve the results he wanted, but it also caused a considerable negative impact on the feudal states at home and abroad. The center and the feudal states were alienated.
The trend has obviously intensified.
However, isn’t this the reform that Liu Wenji wants to achieve? It’s just that what he wants is to stay apart, keep clear of communication, and be well on their own. To achieve this goal, it is necessary to establish a more effective communication system.
mechanism, and because King Kang passed away in Luoyang, Liu Wenji had to postpone the process again.