Chapter 10 Section 4 Changes in the Salt Pond

Once the rebellion among the younger brothers was settled, no one in the Diela tribe opposed Abaoji anymore. Abaoji was already a veritable khan, and all the clans in the Diela tribe worshiped him.However, there are a total of eight Khitan tribes, and Abaoji only conquered one, and there are still seven.He has been fighting with his brothers for a long time, and there is no foreign war yet.Of course, Abaoji is the most powerful of the eight parts, but even if it is the strongest, it only accounts for one-eighth. If the other seven parts join forces to deal with him, what should we do? Abaoji was very clever, he retreated and surrendered Khan's banner.Aren't you grabbing this thing?Here it is, I don't want it anymore, whoever you like will take it.Don't you think my place is good, with lush water and grass?Here you go, I don't want it anymore.But I have a condition, what condition?I have a lot of Han people under my command, so many Han people come to join me, we can look down on cattle and sheep, and gallop across the vast prairie, but they can't, they are too delicate.So, I hand over the land to you, and the flag and drums to you, and you don't want to fight against me anymore.I leave this place, I build a city, I let my Han people live in the city, and I move to live with them, what do you think?Those seven volumes sounded so good, we sent this great plague god away without using weapons.If you live with the Han people, after a few years, you will degenerate, unable to mount a horse, and unable to draw a bow. It will be easy for us to destroy you. You hurry up, and we will be in a hurry with you one day later.So A Baoji left and built a city of Seoul.

The place where the fortification was built is indeed a good place, what's so good about it?Salt is produced.The peoples of the grasslands have no logistical supplies for war. Those who fly in the sky and run on the ground are given an arrow in the past and eaten as soon as they are roasted. But salt is necessary, and this thing cannot be missing.Abaoji produces table salt here, and if other ministries want to eat salt, they have to find Yelu Abaoji.But you can't give it for nothing, you have to exchange something, right?So Abaoji's power is getting stronger and stronger.As his power grew stronger and stronger, Abaoji thought about how to clean up those seven parts.Then someone gave him an idea.

It was his wife Shulu who gave him advice.How to deal with the other seven?Your Majesty Fu Er came up, we have solved these seven parts in this way.When A Baoji heard it, it was a good idea!Then I told the leaders of the seven ministries, are we brothers of the same clan, and you don’t thank me for eating my salt?It makes sense for Qibu to hear it. These people have no ambitions. After driving Abaoji away, no one on the grassland will oppress them. , How wonderful, I should thank others.So these people drove cattle and sheep, and carried wine syrup, to Hongmen banquet.Everyone eats meat in large pieces and drinks in large bowls.When the wine was hot, ambushes broke out everywhere, and A Baoji had set up an ambush long ago, and he slashed at the heads of this group of people with a shining big blade, killing all seven nobles in one fell swoop.This was the famous Yanchi Incident in Khitan history. After that, no one could oppose Abaoji, and Abaoji's position in the Khitan nation was unshakable.

At this time, Khan's position returned to Abaoji's hands.A Baoji has learned the lessons of the rebellion of his previous brothers, and when the Khan is elected, he is ready to resume the election ceremony.I have to choose, and the form still has to go, but there can only be one candidate for Khan, and that is me, A Baoji.Agree or disagree?Agree, let's continue our life with a smile; disagree, my brothers' three hundred subordinates and seven adults are calling you in front.But just when Abaoji was about to elect Khan, a Central Plains man said something to Abaoji. He said that the emperor of our Central Plains had never been elected. To my son, and my son to my grandson, and my grandson to my great-grandson, to hang on to infinity.Do you still choose once every three years?There is no such thing in our Central Plains.As soon as he said these words, Abaoji gave up his intention of choosing Khan, and he was very envious of the imperial system of the Central Plains Dynasty, and wanted to be the emperor.So who said these words to A Baoji?