Chapter 8 In the second quarter, Abaoji said sweat

At the end of the Tang Dynasty, the Li Tang Dynasty was already on the verge of collapse, and it was at stake.This situation provided a great opportunity for the rise of the northern grassland nation.Moreover, due to the melee in the Central Plains, the Li and Tang Dynasty could not control their vassals and towns, and the Jiedu envoys attacked each other. The situation seemed to have returned to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.At this time, how did Yelu Abaoji seize the opportunity to further develop the Khitan nation? The Jiedu envoys attacked each other, and the result was that there was no master in the world and chaos in the Central Plains.In order to take refuge, many people from the Central Plains crossed the Great Wall and went to the north to develop.The population flow in ancient China was characterized by expanding from the Central Plains to the surrounding areas.The first choice is of course the south of the Yangtze River. As the south gradually developed, the economy of the south caught up and surpassed that of the north. This situation has been maintained until today; some people went north to the Mongolian grasslands.In fact, the Great Wall is the natural dividing line of China's agriculture and animal husbandry.Why did the Central Plains people build a Great Wall to stop the Huns instead of destroying the Huns after they defeated the northern peoples, such as Qin Shihuang defeated the Huns?Because the Great Wall is the natural dividing line of agriculture and animal husbandry, it is best not to cultivate the land north of the Great Wall, and let the wind blow the grass and see the cattle and sheep. If the land here is cultivated, the result may be to destroy this land. local ecological environment.At that time, a large number of people from the Central Plains went north, and they turned the grassland into arable land.The Khitan had farming, began to settle down, and learned to smelt iron, weave cloth, and dry salt, which was very beneficial to the development of the Khitan nation at that time, and more and more Han people came to join them.

After the Han people came, they often became slaves of the Khitan people. This was unbearable for the Han people, so they had to flee.Under such circumstances, Abaoji was helpless, and the conflict between the Khitan nobles and Abaoji became deeper and deeper.Abaoji must find a way to change this situation so that these nobles will no longer oppose him.At this time, Yeluhelu spoke to him, saying why the king should not follow the wishes of the people and succeed the Khan.Only when you become a Khan and your name is justified, no one will oppose you.After all, you are only Yu Yue and Yi Li Jin now. Although you always know military and state affairs, but you are not our nominal supreme leader, then some people can ignore your words, so you can just be a khan.Abaoji definitely wanted to be a Khan in his heart, but he couldn't express it, because the Khan could only be a member of the Yaolan clan, not the Yelu clan.He replied that if I made this khan now, would everyone object?It's a big deal, and I can't do it without thinking twice.Helu said again that the Yaoyan family has been the Khan for nine generations. When their family was the Khan, our family has been the Yilijin. To rule. To entrust another country, if it is a slap in the face. The feathers are at noon, and the people are exhausted" ("Liao History Yeluhelu Biography").You see, their Khan deserves to make our nation so miserable.In fact, Yeluhelu's words are very unreasonable. People have no right to be a khan. The power is in your family's hands. If the country has made such a miserable situation, you should first reflect on whether it is your responsibility.But Haolu thinks that it is because their family became Khans, and the titles of monarchs and ministers are all messed up, so our nation is dependent on others. Either it belongs to the northern power, or it belongs to the Tang Dynasty. Now it is time for us to speak up and become stronger. .You should be the Khan now.A Baoji pondered over and over again, feeling that what He Lu said was really reasonable, it seemed that if he didn't serve as the khan, he would really be too sorry for the common people, it was against the sky and reason, this is not acceptable.So A Baoji was elected Khan with the support of everyone.

A Baoji reported to the Central Plains Dynasty that he was sweating.The Central Plains dynasty at that time had been around for a while.In 907 AD, Jiedushi Zhu Wen abolished Tang and established Liang. Chinese history began to enter the period of Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms can be heard just by listening to the names. How can there be a mess of characters?In the Yellow River Basin of the Central Plains, five dynasties changed in 53 years——Liang, Tang, Jin, Han, and Zhou. Because these five names have existed in history, the names of the five dynasties at this time were all added with a The word "after".The longest back beam, seventeen years; the shortest post-Han, four years, also changed two emperors.What is the concept of fifty-three years?An emperor in the prosperous dynasty can reach this number in his reign. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was fifty-four years, Emperor Kangxi was sixty-one years, and Emperor Qianlong was sixty-three years including the Supreme Emperor.Therefore, the ancients wrote poems: "Zhu, Li, Shi, Liu, Guo, Liang, Tang, Jin, Han and Zhou. Fifteen emperors all came to spread chaos in fifty autumns." () Five surnames, fifty-three years, fifteen emperors.At that time, when A Baoji was a khan, it happened to catch up with such a situation that was very beneficial to the Khitan, the civil strife in the Central Plains Dynasty.However, the succession of the Khitan Khan must be notified to the Central Plains Dynasty, and theoretically should be canonized by the Central Plains Dynasty.So A Baoji sent people into Liang to meet Liang Taizu Zhu Wen, hoping to get Zhu Wen's canonization.

What did A Baoji say to Liang Taizu?He said, our original khan knew that he was not virtuous enough, so he went.After he left, he made a will to let me succeed Khan.Liang Taizu didn't understand that Khitan's Khan was elected every three years, regardless of how the previous Khan got away, it seems that A Baoji is very likely to let him go.Regardless of how he got there, he is not qualified to make a will to appoint the next Khan, because the next Khan should be elected, and it should be selected from the Yaolan clan, and it is impossible for you to be elected by the Yelu clan .The Central Plains Dynasty didn't understand these twists and turns, but the Central Plains Dynasty knew that A Baoji was eager to get his canonization, so Liang Taizu put forward many harsh conditions.Aren't you eager for my approval?If you agree to my conditions, I will seal you up.What conditions?First, my mortal enemy Jin Wang Li Keyong, you help me destroy him, I will take it everywhere, but this Jin Wang of Shanxi refuses to accept it, you help me beat him, and I will canonize you if you beat him; second You have to submit to me; third, you have to donate war horses to me, because war horses were the most precious in ancient times, and Khitan produced horses, you have to donate to me.A Baoji saw that this condition was too harsh to agree to, so he contacted Li Keyong instead.Since Zhu Wen of the Later Liang does not agree to canonize me, then we two brothers will cooperate to destroy Zhu Wen, and you are the emperor of the Central Plains, and you will be able to canonize me.At this time, A Baoji was able to do a job well among the various regimes in the Central Plains. He would help whoever gave benefits. Anyway, it was an internal struggle among the people of the Central Plains. It didn’t matter to him whoever was killed. He was taking this opportunity to strengthen himself As long as there are Han people fleeing to him, he will accept it and let them teach the Khitan people how to weave, grow crops, and smelt iron, and take the opportunity to grow their own tribe.