Chapter 960: To the scholar-bureaucrats, either do nothing or do nothing!
"His Majesty!
Your Majesty!
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Listening to the wailing voice of the queen in the tent, Emperor Li Qianshun of Xixia was a little annoyed. In the past, the princess of Liao Kingdom used to address her old master as Emperor of Liao Kingdom. This time, she simply called her majesty directly. The wailing sound was like her own death.
But when news of the tragedy that happened in Shangjing came to him, he was really shocked and immediately summoned his brothers to discuss what to do.
General Cha Ge's opinion is very clear: "The Jin people are cruel and immoral and cannot be allies. Let's retreat!"
The deaths of the two kings of Song and Liao not only aroused the hatred of their own people, but also made onlookers believe that the Jin people only knew how to promote force and did not know the essence of rule. Naturally, they stayed away from such rampant and foolish young people.
Li Qianshun also thought so, but he also had an idea: "Then Wanyan Zongwang, the second son of Wanyan Aguda, is still in our military camp?"
Brother Cha said: "Here, he wants to leave, but I dare not let him go... What is your Majesty's intention?"
Li Qianshun said: "The King of Yan is about to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor. It just so happens that he caught this thief and sent it to Yanjing with his envoys to show that Xixia is willing to become a vassal state!"
Brother Cha did not expect that this person would change his position and act so decisively, but after pondering for a moment, he nodded and said: "Your Majesty is wise, this can be regarded as a delaying strategy!"
Li Qianshun nodded and said with a wry smile: "It is said to be a strategy to slow down the troops, but in fact it is a helpless move. The Yan State is strong and the military front is strong, which can suppress the Jin people. However, I originally thought that our army can compete with the Jin people." A battle, but what I see now, alas..."
"Now I can only rely on external forces to rectify the internal people's hearts. As long as this matter is facilitated, when I return home, I will make a big publicity that our country is a vassal of Great Yan to frighten the various ministries. Only I will understand that the army of the country is strong again. Only then can we protect the country!"
"Wanyan Zongwang must be captured carefully, don't let him escape!"
Brother Cha took the order and retreated, arresting people vigorously and vigorously.
Fortunately, with this warning, Brother Cha has always been a cautious person. When Wanyan Zongwang sensed the crisis, he actually broke through the two layers of guards and even got on the horse. He was tied down with a lasso and taken to the police station. In front of Li Qianshun.
Li Qianshun looked at the young prince of the Jin Kingdom who was already able to take charge of his own affairs: "You Jin people brutally killed people, and now I will lend you a head for your own use. Don't you agree?"
"The two armies are fighting, and the envoys are not killed. If His Majesty, Emperor Xia, does this, the foreign ministers have nothing to say!"
Wanyan Zongwang also had a look of fear in his eyes, but he didn't say a word of begging for mercy. He kept his posture and was dragged down.
"They are also outstanding people, but it's a pity that like me, they were born into the royal family of a small country..."
Li Qianshun sighed and ordered the envoys: "Don't torture this person on the way to Yanjing. But once the powerful people in Yanting indicate that they want to kill this person, you will do it directly. You must show a respectful attitude. Understand Is it done?”
This was the first time that the envoy heard such a straightforward decree. Knowing that His Majesty was afraid that he would not understand it, he hurriedly said: "I accept the decree!"
After doing all this, the exhausted Li Qianshun came to the tent and hugged the queen: "Don't be too sad. I have already taken Wanyan Aguda's son to vent the bad breath for Emperor Liao!"
The queen opened her mouth, but after all she didn't say anything about going out to attack the Jin people. She snuggled into her arms and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty!"
The most distinguished couple in Xixia hugged each other, with a look of sadness appearing on their brows.
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"came back!"
When Yelu Dezhong led a long team, passed the inspection at the border of the Great Wall, and set foot on the land of Yanyun, he couldn't help but feel like he was in another world.
Once upon a time, he was the king of Nanyuan, sitting in Yanyun, and governing the most fertile land in the Liao Kingdom.
But there was also huge pressure. In order to continuously send rice grains to the Khitan nobles, they had to severely punish the Han people under their command and impose excessive taxes and miscellaneous taxes, which was extremely heavy.
For this reason, he often patrols to see if the people's endurance has reached the limit and whether the government will force the people to rebel.
As long as you can bear it, squeeze it as hard as you can. It's best to just survive, and you're too exhausted to think about anything else.
He once thought that this was the best way to rule. Until now, when he went deep into the land of Yan, it was just the time of autumn harvest. All he saw along the way was full of cars and crops, and the crops were abundant. The faces of the people of Yanyun were full of confusion.
No longer confused and numb, but with a heartfelt joy of harvest, I couldn't help but have a new understanding.
"It's a pity that the Khitans don't have so much fertile land, but I heard that the Han people didn't reach here in the Central Plains. They were gradually cultivated..."
Yelu Dezhong was very jealous when he saw it, and said to Princess Tianshou: "We will take advantage of this period of time to cultivate some talents for reclaiming wasteland, go west to reestablish the Liao Kingdom, and immigrate to reclaim wasteland, so that we can have a foundation."
After so many years of sinicization, the Khitans are no longer pure nomads. They naturally value this knowledge, but Princess Tianshou still finds it strange: "Can barren land be cultivated into fertile fields? Then our fields in Daliao,
Why is it always insufficient?”
Yelv De said seriously: "Not everything can be cultivated, and it takes a lot of effort. I have also talked with officials from the Yanting Ministry of Industry during this period, and I know that the Ministry of Industry is also promoting new agricultural tools and researching new fertilizers.
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"The people of the Song Dynasty already had green manure, water fertilizer, compost, mud fertilizer, fire manure, and gray manure. On this basis, Yan Ting even developed 'manure pills' and 'pesticides', which have been promised to the Western Liao mutual trade."
, allowing us to take root there and ensure the connectivity of the east-west trade routes..."
"When the Tang Dynasty was at its peak, its territory was extremely vast. Any of the six military governors' offices of Andong, Anbei, Shanyu, Anxi, Beiting, and Annan could rival half of the Central Plains today, and their trade routes reached as far as the extreme.
In the Western Land, there are strange Kunlun slaves being sold here, and this is the road that King Yan wants to restore."
Princess Tianshou couldn't help but yearn for it after hearing this: "The goal of King Yan is to restore the power of the prosperous Tang Dynasty?"
Yelv Dezhong said: "What King Yan did was similar to that of the Tang Dynasty, but the system was already different. There was no intention of restoring the former territory, and he was not blindly following the example of his predecessors."
Princess Tianshou is a little hard to understand. In her opinion, the larger the territory, the more respectable it is. Since the Yan Kingdom is strong, it should expand all the way.
Yelu Dezhong smiled: "You don't understand now, but you will know when you see what happened to the Kingdom of Jin!"
Speaking of the Jin people, Princess Tianshou showed deep hatred: "Kill my Lord of Liao and seize my country, they will not end well!"
Yelu Dezhong hoped so, but did not say any unnecessary harsh words.
Since the change of ownership in Beijing, King Xi was defeated by the Jin army three times. Judging from the military situation alone, Jin undoubtedly replaced Liao and became the overlord of the north.
But there were quite a few problems in accepting the legacy of the Liao Kingdom.
Because there was a large number of people fleeing, with the Khitans being the most numerous, and many other ethnic groups also fleeing, the Jin army had to set up fortresses to block the flow of people.
The Yan army withdrew from the east and west, like two arms, first opening and then slowly closing, protecting a large number of people returning to the Yan territory.
At first, Yelu Dezhong felt that it was a pity that the Yan army had abandoned Liaodong like this. It was not until he found a steady stream of people flocking to the Great Wall that he realized the key to this battle: "Although the Jin Kingdom destroyed our Liao Dynasty, they did not gain anything.
The real benefits seem to be vast, but in fact they are superficial. Not only is it difficult to grow, it will even hinder the military."
"The consequence of destroying the country in this way is that even if Wanyan Aguda is a powerful leader, it will take ten years of governance before he can go on the right path, but this is impossible because the Yan State will not give it such a long time to breathe.
time……"
However, these words do not need to be stated so clearly. Although there is an example of Fang La in the past, they cannot be overdone. This point of propriety still needs to be grasped.
Thinking of this, Yelu breathed a sigh of relief. Just when he was about to warn his sister, the personal guard came to him and told him, with an expectant and complicated smile on his face:
"It seems we have to hurry up and enter the capital quickly to prepare to witness the enthronement ceremony of Emperor Yan!"
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AD 1108.
The seventh day of September.
Everything is appropriate, don't avoid evil or taboos.
When Mao Shi arrived, the people in Yanjing City washed up early, walked out of the east gate one by one, and gathered outside the Circle Qiu Altar to wait.
This place is also called the Sacrifice Tiantai, which consists of a circular mound, an imperial vault, a side hall, a divine kitchen, three warehouses and a slaughtering pavilion.
The core altar is an open-air three-story round altar with very particular scale.
In ancient times, the singular numbers one, three, five, seven, and nine were called "Yang Numbers", also called "Heaven Numbers". This altar is circular with three floors. The diameter of the top floor of the highest floor is nine feet, which is called "Yijiu".
The first floor is fifteen feet long and is called "San Wu", while the bottom floor is twenty one feet long and is called "San Qi".
It is surrounded by nine layers of stones. The first circle is nine fan-shaped plates, which is one layer; the second circle is eighteen blocks, which are multiples of the first circle. The subsequent ones are increased by multiples of nine, until the ninth circle is eighty.
One piece is weighed nine times.
There are steps on all four sides of each floor, nine steps each. There are 72 railings on the first floor, 108 railings on the second floor, and 180 railings on the third floor, a total of 360 railings, which correspond to 360 degrees of the sky.
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The three-story open-air round platform and the two walls, which are square on the outside and round on the inside, symbolize "the sky is round and the earth is round". The key is the ingenious structural design. When you stand in the center of the first floor and speak, the echo is immediately transmitted back, and you can't tell whether it is the original sound or the echo.
, there is a feeling of echoing everything.
Only the Central Plains dynasty with a long history could design such a building that complies with etiquette and has practical effects. Since the completion of the construction, it has been closed to the outside world. It was not until this day that it was truly displayed to the subjects.
According to the regulations of the imperial court, people with permission were given priority to go out of the city and wait outside the sacrificial platform. After the people were in place, officials from various ministries arrived in sequence and gathered together.
After the officials of various ministries, there were envoys from various countries. There were fewer Goryeo and Liao Kingdom, but envoys from other countries came more frequently, so that the number of people increased instead of decreasing, and detailed arrangements were made.
Yelv Dezhong, Princess Tianshou, Xixia envoys, etc. were all among them. Looking at the dark crowd around them, there was no sound, and you could hear a pin drop. They were all immersed in this solemn atmosphere.
Finally, the carriage drove off, and under the apricot canopy stood a majestic and tall figure.