There are three types of unfilial piety. The greatest is not having children. And even if there are children, due to objective factors such as the high mortality rate of young children and the fact that the family is still the basic component of society, the general social values are that having more children and grandchildren is the most beautiful thing. Therefore, no matter whether it is a family,
In an agricultural patriarchal society where society requires a lot of manpower, it is natural for wealthy and powerful men to have multiple wives and concubines.
In that kind of society, if a high-status person only married one wife and did not keep concubines or maids, it would not be in line with the social values of the time. He would suffer a lot of 'unfair' treatment in all aspects of social life, and
Whether a monarch can have many heirs has been elevated to a level that is related to the fate and future of the country. Of course, going too far is not enough. A monarch with too few concubines will be attacked by his ministers, and if he has too many concubines, he will also be attacked by his ministers.
, after all, the responsibility of a monarch is not only reflected in carrying on the family line.
Yang Hao didn't have many concubines, only four in total. Compared with many big shots from Hexi's powerful families who often had dozens of concubines, Yang Hao had many concubines. Therefore, his concubines were welcomed by all the officials. But having a concubine is just accepting a concubine.
The concubine and the queen are the mother of the country and must be celebrated by the whole world. However, there are not so many rules for accepting a concubine, and there is no need for civil and military officials to congratulate and perform a grand ceremony to delete the title.
This is in line with Yang Hao's wishes. The heroine has just given birth for more than a month and is still weak. I am afraid she does not have enough physical strength to support a grand and long-lasting ceremony. Therefore, it is a very simple ceremony. Yang Hao personally supported the red hijab.
She walked slowly into her residence.
Gently lift off the hijab with a scale, and what comes into view is a charming face. The beautiful face is as fair and pink as a flower blooming, and there are two strings of crystal tears on the cheeks.
Sitting next to her, he gently removed her phoenix crown and gently wiped away the tears on her cheeks. Yang Hao asked softly: "What's wrong?"
Nvying sniffed and said: "It's nothing, it's just... I just finally became your person, I... I feel happy..."
Yang Hao laughed dumbly: "Fool, what are you talking about? Aren't you my woman a long time ago?"
Nvying lay in his arms, shook her head and said: "It's different, that's different. It's not until I put on my hijab and stepped into this door openly that I feel...that I have truly become your person.
At ease... I have never... never felt like this, with my heart full of peace and contentment..."
Yang Hao suddenly felt something. He gently hugged the slender body in his arms and smelled the delicate fragrance on her body. He seemed to hear her inner voice. After experiencing so many ups and downs, the woman in front of him lacked the most.
I'm afraid it's a sense of security. For Yang Hao, from the moment she became his woman, she was already his woman. For her, this simple ceremony was completely used to give an explanation to her subjects.
It obviously held extraordinary significance in her heart.
She is a woman of unparalleled magnificence and innocence. The difference is that a long time ago, she was like an unworldly fairy, living in an unrealistic dream, but now she is a
A lively woman, a real woman...
Yang Hao suddenly remembered the scene when he first met her. She was lying on the couch on her side. Her pajamas were as thin as cicada wings. Her intoxicating curves were ups and downs. Her thick black hair was spread out on the couch. Her eyelashes were as thick as fans and her skin was as thick as a fan.
Fatty, with a trace of snow on her chest, she looked like a fairy taking a nap in the clouds. Now that she has stepped off the altar, she is even more lovely because she is real.
The feeling in his arms was also real. Her slim waist was as graceful as a willow. Yang Hao gently pulled open the acacia knot, put his big hands through the gap, and gently slid down from the narrow part of the slim waist, sliding towards the stumbling open.
It's round when it comes, and feels as smooth as silk when touched...
Nv Ying's thick eyelashes gently closed, she raised her face, and offered her hot lips to him. Yang Hao did not take any further action, he just hugged her gently, lying together on the soft couch, feeling
Feeling her.
She leaned on her side, thinking about Jun Wuji, resting on her left arm, and turned to her side. The female hero was satisfied. In fact, Yang Hao wanted something simpler than her. However, when the tree wants to be quiet but the wind is not stopping, and there are too many responsibilities, Yang Hao
Even though Hao was very attentive, it was difficult for him to feel her contentment and tranquility.
The slaves brought by Talib from the west were more easily satisfied. After a long journey, Xingzhou was finally in sight. Once they entered the city, they no longer had to struggle with whips every day.
Life and death on the roadside are determined by fate. We no longer have to eat a small piece of dry food every day that is so hard that it can scratch the throat, curl up in a tent with ventilation on all sides and sleep, but drink a sip of hot water and live in a room like
They felt very happy in a decent house.
Especially when they were in Shazhou, they heard from the local government about the "Serf Order" promulgated by the local governor. They heard that the law would protect their many rights to survive, and that they could also invent,
By creating and making military exploits to get rid of the status of serfs and become a citizen, they feel like they have gone from hell to heaven in one fell swoop. When their desires are smaller, they are always easy to satisfy.
For Talib, in addition to hearing the sound of gold coins, his happiness is to see the gospel of Allah spread to the ends of the earth, so that people there, whether they are arrogant and cruel or docile and cowardly, become devout believers of Allah. But in
Here, Yang Hao hit a minor snag and did not get the most satisfactory benefits.
Although Yang Hao has benefited greatly from the smooth flow of trade routes in the Western Regions and the huge wealth brought by it, the benefits he has received are no less than those of Yang Hao, so he does not have the courage to really break with this big shot who controls the Hexi Corridor.
As a result, he could only make some concessions in the face of Yang Hao's strength, otherwise, all his early efforts would be in vain.
All these nightmares started when Yang Hao purchased slaves from him. The war between Dashi and Rome produced a large number of prisoners of war. Noble prisoners of war would be redeemed at high prices, so how to place ordinary soldiers became a problem.
Their empire did not need such a large and overpopulated population.
Yang Hao wanted to buy slaves from him. He was overjoyed, thinking that this was opening up a new way of making money. This was indeed a new way of making money, but who knew that there was actually the consul of Crassus of the Roman Empire in the far east?
Later, he established contact with Rome through the slaves he sold, so he could no longer serve as the only Western agent in Yang Hao.
Although it had been many years, the Roman nobles obviously regarded finding the whereabouts of their lost citizens as a great feat and a supreme honor. For the sake of these compatriots who were left far away, they enthusiastically communicated with Yang Hao, a man from the far east.
The monarch began to cooperate. Even if Talib was willing to abandon the economic benefits obtained from the east, he could not push Yang Hao to the side of the Romans.
They are at a disadvantage on the Western battlefield. The main source of their empire's economy is commerce. Once the war continues to lose and the Western trade routes are completely cut off by the Romans, the Eastern trade routes will become extremely important. The Dashi Empire has been the Eastern trade route since the Tang Dynasty.
The most important trading country, through the Silk Road, the West Market of Chang'an is full of merchants who come to eat.
If we want to explore a safe and stable shipping route now, to meet the trade needs of the entire empire, and to build long-distance voyage ships and escort fleets, it will take tens or even hundreds of years to complete. There are too many uncertain factors.
Therefore, although he cannot monopolize the trade routes of the Western Regions, he still prefers to choose this traditional trade route. At the same time, he hopes to have a greater political influence on Yang Hao, the king of the northwest. Perhaps this emerging empire will bring them more than just money.
Interests, one day we can cooperate politically and militarily, so he came anyway, and planned to cooperate more closely with Yang Hao. He believed that at least he was ahead of the Romans.
As soon as he stepped into Xingzhou Xicheng, Talib saw the dazzling cross not far away. The cross stood on a very ordinary northwest-style house. Not far away was an open space where many workers were building a building.
Building, the building has not started yet, but from the foundation, we can imagine how grand the scale of the building will be in the future.
"What is this?"
Talib immediately frowned, and the shopkeeper of Talib's local shop went out of the city to welcome him in. He was next to him at this time. The shopkeeper glanced there and said: "Ah, there is Luci."
Father Lucius came from Great Qin with a few monks to preach here, and their cathedral is being built there."
A sense of crisis came over him. Talib looked at the building under construction, then at the vegetable field across the street, and immediately said: "Whose vegetable field belongs to you? Go and buy it for me right away."
Come down and buy all this land."
"Okay, I'll send my boss back to rest first, and then..."
"No, you go do this right away. No matter how much money you spend, you must buy this land."
After Talib finished speaking, he turned his head and shouted in the language of the food country: "Kaim, Kaim..."
"Master, Master, I am here, what are your orders?"
A short and fat guy with a white cloth on his head and a curly beard ran over quickly, nodded and bowed.
Talib raised his leg and kicked it, and scolded: "Go quickly, take the rhinoceros, borneol, frankincense, ambergris, rose water, thousand-year-old date, Yue Norbu, stamen cloth, Douluo brocade, blanket, brocade sacrificial
, Fan Hua Tuo, Coral Pen Grid, each prepared a generous gift, I want to see the King of Xixia right away. Hurry up and do it, you idiot..."
"Yes, sir, I obey you, sir..." Qayim got up from the ground and ran towards the car behind him.
"I want to build a temple opposite them with splendid golden walls and incomparable solemnity!"
Talib stared at the simple cross opposite and said through gritted teeth: "I will not lose to those stupid Romans!"
Cuo Wenbo, the Han people call it Qinghai Lake, known as the West Sea in ancient times, and also known as the Fresh Sea. More than 40 rivers merge into it. Standing on the bank of Qinghai Lake, you are surrounded by green distant mountains; the clear lake water is sparkling; the green grass beach
The sheep are like clouds. On the endless lake, there are blue waves, snow-capped mountains reflected in the sky, schools of fish jumping happily, bar-headed geese, fish gulls, brown-headed gulls, cormorants and other hundreds of thousands of birds flying happily.
At this time, it is the season when the grassland is green, with green carpets and golden rapeseed flowers fragrant in the wind; herdsmen’s tents are dotted here and there; herds of cattle and sheep are fluttering like clouds. The majestic Datong Mountain is to the north, and the majestic Sun is to the east.
Yueshan Mountain, the rolling Qinghai Nanshan Mountains to the south, and the towering Rubber Mountains to the west are like four high natural barriers, tightly surrounding Qinghai Lake.
From the foot of the mountain to the lakeside, there is a vast, flat, endless grassland. The Qinghai Lake, with its vast mist and blue waves, is like a huge emerald jade plate embedded in the mountains and grasslands, forming a picture of mountains and rivers.
, the lake and the grassland complement each other to form a magnificent and beautiful scenery. The lake is rich in naked carp and yellowtail fish, and the lush grassland by the lake is a natural pasture.
From a distance, a melodious song came. As the song got closer and closer, countless cattle, sheep and fat horses came in like a tide, attracting the boat girls on the lake to put their hands on the awnings.
Look at the man holding a horse pole and standing firmly on the horse. Qinghai Lake is a natural fish bank, with more fish than you can imagine. In winter, the herdsmen drill a hole in the half-foot-thick ice.
Holding a lantern will cause the fat fish to jump out of the ice on its own, and in April, the fishing scene is even more spectacular.
April is the season when the fat fish of Qinghai Lake swim to the converging rivers to spawn. At the mouth of the river, dense schools of fish cover the entire water surface. At a glance, the blue lake water appears golden yellow.
It was the reason why the fish were clustered together, completely blocking the water surface. The fish were flipping and jumping, and even jumped into the canoe by themselves.
This lush grassland and inexhaustible fish bank have nurtured countless grassland tribes here. Although there are wars between tribes, there is no quarrel between these small tribes. Their wars are often because of
Competition for the most fertile grassland, or personal grudges between warriors from different tribes. Such wars are not large in scale and do not cause much damage, so although they have to hand over a large part of the tribe's output to the Tubo big-headed people
, can still meet their life needs.
And now, after the fall of the Uighur Empire, these Uighur people who fled here and became independent small tribes have their own backbone. Lord Yeluohe with the surname of the Nine Kings of Uighur is here. Yeluohe is of the blood of the Khans.
Although he didn't bring many warriors and seemed to be poorer than these local tribes, these long-lost tribes felt like they had found their own roots when they saw Ye Luohe. With him around, these tribes could no longer
He was no longer a rootless wanderer, no longer a piece of loose sand. Soon, he used his noble bloodline to integrate many tribes together.
The vast Qinghai Lake is full of fish jumping in the waves and hundreds of birds soaring low. On the lush grassland by the lake, there are felt tents set up. Children are wrestling and playing games in front of the tents, while women are busy milking cows.
, weaving, tanning fur, soaking bow strings...
The largest tent in the middle has a high pole standing at the entrance, with nine wolf tails floating on the top of the pole. This is where the sweat tent is.
The Huihe people in Qinghai Lake have always only had their own tribal leaders, and no one person is qualified to rule all the tribes. However, when Yeluohe, who was of noble birth, came, he called out from a high place and received an immediate response. All tribes came to surrender one after another. They saw that
This sweat tent has found its roots and its own support. They believe that with the leadership of the Khan, they will live a better life.
Milk tea, butter, fried noodles and highland barley wine were placed on the carpet. Ye Luohe sat cross-legged and listened carefully to his subordinates' reports on Shang Boqian's actions. He heard that Li Jiyun was fighting with him to divide power and was now sent to
Xiaoguan, which resulted in continuous battles between Shang Boqian and the Xixia army, and Ye Luohe couldn't help but laugh.
"Okay, Yang Hao has finally done us a big favor. The more violent they make, the more Shang Boqian can't take care of us. This is good for us to recharge our batteries and develop calmly."
He thought for a while and said: "Shang Boqian wants to recruit troops and food from us? Hum, does he really think he is the king of Longyou? What a joke! Now that I am here, the Uighur tribes are no longer under his rule.
If you refuse him, you will not give him a soldier, a pawn, an ox or a sheep!"
"Yes, but... will this cause a falling out with him? After all, he is still stronger than us now. We have not yet conquered all the Uighur tribes. Once Shang Boqian wants to embarrass the Khan
…”
Ye Luohe said confidently: "Don't worry, Luo Dan is fighting fiercely with him, and Xiaoguan is at war with Xixia again. Will he make another strong enemy? This is our best development opportunity."
He smiled mysteriously and said: "What's more, the Song Dynasty court has decided to support me with weapons and armor. Why should the Song Dynasty support Ben Khan? They are worried that Shang Boqian will become the second Yang Hao. In this case,
, this Khan is even more unscrupulous. Just reply to him, just say that I have too few young people in the Huihe tribe and I really can’t spare any manpower for him. As for rice and grain, our life is difficult and unsustainable. If Lord Shang Boqian is indeed
If you need it, then... you can use rice, tea, salt, cloth, and ironware in exchange for our cattle and sheep."
The leader stroked his chest and said, "Yes, then I will reply to them according to the Khan's instructions."
"Yeah!" Ye Luohe nodded. After watching the leader leave, he stretched out his hand and pressed the ground and stood up. He walked slowly outside the tent. People who passed by the tent would stop when they saw him.
He came down and saluted him respectfully. Ye Luohe put his hands behind his hands and looked at the felt tents far and near. Suddenly he felt that Aguli seemed to be right. If he had decisively abandoned Ganzhou and brought elite warriors and fine gold
Zhu climbed over the Qilian Mountains, and he could really use his prestige to unify the Huihe people in Longyou.
In that case, he would not have lost so many men and horses, detoured around Yansui in panic like a lost dog, and endured hardships under Shang Boqian's hands. It was not until he got help from the Song Dynasty that he was able to reach Qinghai Lake. Thinking of this, his heart
Occasionally there would be a flash of guilt, but he could not admit his mistake. As a great Khan, no matter what he did was right or wrong, he was never wrong.
He, Ye Luohe, will regain his strength here and use the final victory to prove that he is right. Aguli has nothing to do with him since he was his abandoned son. This woman's name has something to do with it.
Her affairs are a taboo. The soldiers he brought are absolutely not allowed to talk to the local tribesmen. He will also try his best to forget this woman. His heart is only filled with one thing at the moment, and that is the Lord of Longyou.
.When he has brought all the Huihe tribes under his command, both soft and hard, he will then send his troops eastward to compete for the position of overlord of Longyou. When he becomes the lord of Longyou, he will fight back to Hexi and use Yang
Hao's head and wash away his shame.
As long as he can become a winner, the uneasiness and shame in his heart will disappear. No one is qualified to blame a winner. He must use an absolute victory to safeguard the honor of his Great Khan, and...
The pain of his two sons dying on the battlefield.
There was a sudden bird song above his head, and a bluebird spread its wings and flew past his eyes, rushing towards the vast Qinghai Lake...
"Xiaobo, I'll leave the Bashu side to you. The soldiers left for you are limited, and you have to protect the twelve strongholds built in the mountains. In the future, try to avoid fighting with the officers and soldiers head-on, and deal with them in the high mountains.
The smaller the number of people, the easier it will be to perform."
Wang Xiaobo was given the important task of leading the people who stayed in Bashu alone by Tong Yu. He felt nervous and excited at the same time. He nodded and said: "Brother, don't worry, I will definitely live up to my brother's expectations and persist until my brother comes back!"
Tong Yu nodded, patted his shoulder encouragingly, got on his horse, and galloped down the mountain with Tietou who was waiting beside him. His army was standing there neatly, ready to go.
"Xiao Liu, will we really come back?"
Immediately, Tietou asked Scimitar Xiaoliu, and Xiaoliu said: "Well, we have to act according to the opportunity. The soldiers and horses of the imperial court have formed an encirclement on Bashu. With so many of us, we will be trapped alive by them. If we kill them, there will be no chance."
King Zhao Guangmei of Qi is acting as an internal support. Even on the Guanzhong Plain, the imperial troops and horses cannot do anything to us. What’s more, if the imperial court wants to mobilize troops and generals, and then deploy and encircle Guanzhong, it will not be accomplished in three to five months."
He paused, suddenly reined in his horse, turned around and looked at Wang Xiaobo, who was still standing on the top of the mountain looking at them, and said to Tietou: "This time, the imperial court has sent Luo Kedi. He is here, let's
If he escapes, just think of it as giving him a big gift. How about giving him a piece of military exploits for a brother-in-law fight? Big brother asked us to go to Guanzhong. In addition to avoiding the enemy's edge, there is another reason. If Zhao Guangmei has the courage to rebel,
They will never just rely on our troops who fell out of thin air. How can they be so sure that they can control us? They must still have hidden strength. Let's go here to avoid the enemy's edge and seek development. At the same time, that is
Find a way to gain their trust and dig out their hidden strength. If necessary, we may also go to Longyou."
Xiaoliu smiled slightly and said calmly: "Our soldiers are good at fighting in the mountains and mountains. When we arrived in Guanzhong, we used the help of King Qi to train our troops in the Guanzhong plain. We trained our men and horses into an elite cavalry. If it is really useful one day
Only when we march into Longyou can we use our surprise troops. Let's go, you don't need to think so much, leave the troublesome things to your elder brother, let's just fight a good war!"
Heroic, brave, fighting, victorious. As soon as the four armies saw their commander arriving, they raised their flags and marched northward, heading straight for Jiange.
Qin has Tongguan and Shu has Jiange, both of which are the gateways of the country. Although there is an internal support from the King of Qi in Guanzhong, a tough battle is inevitable if you want to enter Guanzhong.