Chapter 24 two

King Timur's first large-scale conquest against Persia lasted until 783 (about 1381) and ended in 787 (about 1385). This war was fought intermittently for four years, and King Timur conquered most of the land in northern Persia.Whenever King Timur needed to rest, he would withdraw his army back to Samarkand. When Aya told Shanai about Ujan Yisha, it was the first time they returned to Samarkand to rest. Of course, no matter in the past or now, there are many records about Persia, but my personal understanding of Persia is limited to Shanai's narration.I know that for Shanai, who has experienced every war commanded by King Timur himself, the beauty, richness and vastness of Persia are more memorable than its eventual conquest.

In fact, it's not just Persia!Khwarazm, Eastern Chagatai Khanate, Golden Horde, India, Turkey...they all gave Shanai the same impression. At that time, King Timur's career was in full swing.However, whenever he told me about the history of Persia, Shanai always squinted his eyes habitually, with a solemn expression on his face.It was he - my maternal grandfather, who was also one of the people I love most in the world - who told me that Persia was divided before King Timur was born.A long time ago, Hulagu, the grandson of Genghis Khan, conquered Persia in the sixth year of Mongol Khan (1256). After that, Persia became part of the Ilkhanate, one of the four major Mongolian Khanates.But soon, with the death of Hulagu Khan, the descendants of Genghis Khan fought increasingly fiercely around Persia. hand.

A few months before the birth of King Timur, the last Mongol Khan who ruled Persia died, and since then, a new era has begun in Persia. In this new era, Queen Timur would later become a name to be feared. I didn’t think so when I was young, but when I grew up, I felt more and more. This feeling is that King Timur was actually a very intelligent and creative barbarian. This should be a fair assessment.Although he did not receive much cultural education, King Timur was able to study the way of governing the country and the road to a strong country from the beginning of his ascension to the throne.After he basically completed the conquest of neighboring countries and regions, he started to restore the domestic economy and strengthen urban management. At the same time, he also gave the necessary respect to culture, art and all creations and inventions.

Therefore, in the year I was born, after more than ten years of governance and supplemented by severe punishments, the river area under the rule of King Timur was in good order, especially the capital Samarkand, which has become one of the best-ordered cities in the world .There were no burglars in Samarkand or the surrounding cities, and houses were kept open at night, not to mention that even ordinary quarrels between neighbors were rare.All of this of course depended on the laws made and enforced by King Timur.King Timur has his own way of dealing with people who like to make trouble or profiteers. For example, he once executed the peddler who drove up the price of meat and caused chaos in the market, and sentenced the artisan who exploited the customer to severe punishment, which served as an example to others. , In addition, he sent all the brave and ruthless people to the battlefield.

Shanai was a civil judge for a while.In the Timurid Empire, civil, criminal, and administrative proceedings were strictly separated. Some judges dealt exclusively with criminal cases; Responsible.Every judge must perform his duties and must not exceed his authority. Whenever an expedition is imminent, King Timur will move from the palace to the palace tent, and outside of King Timur's palace tent is the tent where the judges work.All the inmates, the plaintiffs and the defendants, are sent here to await adjudication.According to the nature of the case, the judge made a judgment on the spot after listening to the pleadings of all parties. The formed judgment was clearly transcribed by the clerk, and a copy was left. nuclear.For all judgments, King Timur will carefully review them. For some important cases, he will personally listen to the trial process. If the text of the judgment is correct, King Timur has used the seal to approve it.The seal used by King Timur for judicial cases, with the word "Justice" inscribed, with three small circles attached to the four sides of the inscription.

In the Timurid Empire, this seal, like its seal, symbolized the justice of the law. In addition, the highest decision-making body of the Timurid Empire was the central government, which set up a meeting of ministers. The ministers were composed of seven people, who were responsible for military affairs, political affairs, and civil affairs. Every meeting must be attended by at least four of the seven ministers to be considered valid. .After King Timur established the country, Shahai and Shawuke entered the central government and became ministers.Although Shanai, Aiku, Nuridin and others have made outstanding achievements, due to their limited backgrounds, they can only become King Timur's trusted generals and palace managers.

A stable and wealthy domestic environment, and increasingly powerful military power, all of these provided the impetus for King Timur to conquer Persia.As an ambitious person, with the ideal of becoming the second Genghis Khan, King Timur's goal was to unify Central Asia and West Asia first.Therefore, after he conquered Khwarazm and between conquering the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, he brazenly launched a war against Persia. In the first battle, he conquered Harleh in eastern Persia and ended the rule of the Celtic dynasty of the Afghans.In the winter of the following year, after a short rest, he marched into eastern Khorasan and Kandahar in Afghanistan.In another battle, he was valiantly resisted by Wari, but in the end, Wari fled to Ajarbazhan.

Soon, King Timur's army came to Iraq and moved to its capital, Sultaniye.So far, King Timur has occupied the entire northern part of Persia, and won the first battle against Persia. In the 788th year of the Muslim calendar (about 1386), King Timur readjusted his offensive route against Persia and began to conquer western Persia.I participated in this expedition with Shanai and Aya. Although I was still a child less than six years old at that time, some things still left a deep memory in my mind. Before the war, King Timur held a military parade. In my naive eyes, when thousands of troops and horses lined up and walked past King Timur, what I felt was an overwhelming momentum.

King Tamerlane dreamed of becoming Genghis Khan all his life.Therefore, at the beginning of Yuji, he adopted the Mongolian army's organizational system, that is, with ten people as the basic unit, the system was divided into ten, a hundred, a thousand, and ten thousand. The soldiers of the Chagatai tribe who were close to him served as the guards.On this basis, he went a step further, or in other words, innovated.First of all, in the selection of generals, he implemented a policy of three no restrictions, that is, no restrictions on nationality, nationality, and high or low background. This enlightened policy enabled foreign soldiers to fight bravely for him.Secondly, he implemented the taxation system, paid military salaries on time, supplied supplies according to the amount, and provided compensation according to injuries, so as to mobilize the enthusiasm of soldiers.Again, he promoted Islam and created a brave, passionate and invincible Muslim army on the grounds of protecting and expanding the Islamic world.

Not only is the army system similar, but the military units of King Timur are not particularly different from the Mongolian army in the Genghis Khan era. They all gradually developed from cavalry and infantry to elephant soldiers, sailors, artillery, scouts, engineers, and bridge soldiers. , communications, transportation, technical, boat-building, oil fire regiment throwing, mechanical siege and other types of troops. In addition, King Timur, like Genghis Khan, attached great importance to army training, propaganda and pre-war intelligence work.In front of the military law, he treats everyone equally.He also creatively restored the post station system established by Genghis Khan, so as to ensure the fast and timely communication of the empire... In short, after I was born, King Timur, who went through various hardships and ascended to the throne, has become the second Genghis Khan.

King Timur did not often give speeches at military parades, and even if he did, most of them were very short.One of his best speeches came years later when he was preparing to go to India.At that time, many nobles and generals resolutely opposed the use of troops against India because they were afraid of the heat and the long distance in India. King Timur found a sentence from it: "O Prophet! Fight those heathen and unbelievers", as he must The basis for the expedition, so as to inspire the enthusiasm and fighting spirit of the soldiers. After the military parade, King Timur marched into Ajarbaizhan and settled in Tabriz.King Timur handled court affairs in Tabriz and spent the hot summers there.Women and children have always been stationed with the army. Shanai loves me and never lets Aya and I stay too far away from him.For this reason, one day I met Shahru in King Timur's military tent. He was an elegant and handsome boy, four years older than me. Intersect with his life. At the end of summer, King Timur invaded Guerzhi via Nakhichevan. This war ended with King Timur's capture alive and forced landing of King Baghra V of Guerzhi.Then, King Timur successfully completed the conquest of the entire territory of Armenia, and set out from the city of Vatican Lake, and began to march into Farsi (that is, Shiraz) and other places, hoping to wipe out the Mushafei Dynasty that ruled here in one fell swoop. So far the war has gone smoothly.Unexpectedly, something happened at this time, forcing King Timur to take Farsi's most exquisite craftsmen back to Samarkand, and concentrate on dealing with the Golden Horde Tokhan who was harassing the empire's borders while the empire was empty. . Toke Khan was born in the Golden Horde, a direct descendant of Genghis Khan.In the 777th year of the Muslim calendar (about 1376), Tok fled to Samarkand alone after his father was killed, and defected to King Timur.King Timur originally hoped to have such a person who could become his puppet to remotely control the Golden Horde. Therefore, King Timur warmly received the down-and-out Tuke, treated him like a nephew, and even lent him an army to let him go. He went to destroy the enemy.Although Tuke was young and resolute, he didn't seem to have much experience in war. He squandered King Timur's army more than once and achieved nothing.Even so, King Timur still did not give up on Tok. Five years later, fate began to favor Tok, helping him defeat his most important enemy, Mamai, and become the master of the Golden Horde. Tok boarded Khan.His loyalty to King Timur lasted only one year, and a year later, he relied on his consolidated Khan position to fight against King Timur.King Timur's second war to conquer Persia had to end the campaign early and return to Samarkand because of Tuke's tricks behind his back. After King Timur returned, Tuke withdrew wisely after a few small battles.In order to reward the meritorious generals, King Timur decided to hold a grand banquet. Shanai and Aya were all invited, and they brought me with great joy. Aya disciplined me as always.I didn't want to ride with Aya, so Shanai took me off and put me in front of his saddle. Today's Shanai seems to be a little different from the past.He rode a tall and mighty Dawan horse, and put on a blue satin robe that Aya personally sewed for him.On the collar of the blue satin robe, a rose, a lily, and sometimes other patterns are embroidered with gold thread as usual, and the handwork is extremely delicate.On his head was a tall pointed hat with gemstones on the front and a bright emerald blue bird feather on it.The style of this costume worn by Shanai was originally created by Queen Tuma, and later determined to be the imperial dress. I feel that Shana is beyond human, and I can't help but sincerely praise: "You are so beautiful today." "Really?" Shana squeezed the horse's belly hard, which was his usual gesture of pride.Then, he rubbed my face with his beard, and said with a smile: "You are also very good, Venus Cecia." Yes, I know, of course I can't be wrong. I looked down at my attire and fully agreed with Shanai's assessment.I think that others will think that I am particularly energetic today, because I am wearing the red Mongolian robe that Aya specially sewed for me. On the bright robe, the skirt and the corners of the clothes are embroidered with patterns of horses and clouds. On my feet I wore a pair of dark blue pointed-toed new fur boots, and on the long boots were embroidered two golden eagles about to take flight.On my head was a Mongolian hat with a square top and a square brim. It was a pretty pink color that matched my dark eyes and pink skin. My appearance is similar to Aya's, neither delicate nor beautiful, but my skin is like Shanai, fair and delicate, which is enough to make up for my lack of appearance.And, what really cheered me up was that I was dressed exactly like a Jaghatai man, and I have always been proud of being a Jaghatai man. I thought again of Aya who sat in the carriage and poked his head out from time to time to yell at me.She's dressed very casually today, maybe all her thoughts are spent on Shana and me, but she doesn't care so much about herself. It seems that Shanai is the one who understands Aya best. He always tells me that Shanai and I are always more important than herself to Aya. Strange to say, it was my little heart that began to feel Aya's kindness. About an hour later, we came to the unparalleled palace tent of King Timur.There are many people gathered here, men, women and children lined up in order, waiting for the officials in charge of etiquette to lead us into the palace tent one by one. Shanai, Aya and I were quickly allowed into the palace tent.It can be seen that King Timur treated his old friend and savior with extraordinary courtesy. I have to admit that for anyone, this is a dream scene, and its luxury and grandeur gave me a shock that was incomparable to any subsequent banquet.Even a century later, when I recall the scene of this banquet, there will still be a wave of warmth and excitement in my heart. I will never forget the elegant tapestry, the exquisite dining table, and the incomparable Chinese porcelain in the palace tent surrounded by golden silk. Of course, there is also the majestic King Timur and his noble wives and sons. King Timur and Queen Tuma sat side by side in the center, and both of them were in high spirits.When the last batch of guests entered the palace tent, a respected veteran announced the beginning of the banquet. King Timur and the queen toasted, and they wanted to drink the first cup with everyone. Everyone stood up and wished the king and queen good health. The melodious music sounded, and King Timur and the Queen drank the wine in their cups in one gulp.A young wine waiter covered his face with white silk, and stepped forward to fill the queen's wine glass.Just as he was about to pour wine for King Timur, King Timur waved his hand to stop him.He ordered the young man to hand over the jug to him, and he would personally pour the wine in the silver cup and drink in turn.He stepped down from the throne so that the boy had only to follow him and not let the flagon be empty. Unexpectedly and as expected, he was the first to come to Shana, and gave the first glass of wine to Shana who had been with him for twenty years. Shanai obviously didn't expect that he would receive such courtesy from Timur, and his face flushed with excitement for a moment.I sat in Aya's arms and looked at him curiously.I think he must have had tears in his eyes at this time because he was full of gratitude?However, no matter what his mood is, accepting the set of etiquette bestowed by the king cannot be neglected.He stood up from the seat, bent his right knee forward, took the silver cup with both hands, then got up, took a step back, bent his right knee again, and drank the wine in the glass in one gulp. After drinking, Shanai stood up, moved his right knee forward, knelt down on one knee, got up again, knelt down again, and knelt down three times in a row before returning the silver cup to King Timur.King Timur took the silver cup, refilled the wine, and asked with a smile, "How do you think this wine tastes better than the fruit wine that Aya stole from us back then?" "Of course the taste is much more mellow and soft. The wine that Aya stole is as sour as hawthorn juice." "However, the fruit wine that time was something I will never forget. In the future, I'm afraid I will never find that feeling and taste again." Shanai looked at King Timur with emotion: "So, you still remember." "How could I forget it? That was the most memorable time in my life. I will toast this second glass of wine to my savior." As he spoke, he came to Aya.Startled, Aya put me down and hurriedly stood up from her seat.Compared with Shanai, Aya is much calmer and doesn't need so many complicated etiquettes. "king." "Aya, after becoming a grandmother, your violent temper seems to have changed a lot. Shana is really miserable, and I have been angry with you for so many years." Aya smiled, and for the first time did not reply. King Timur still handed the next cup to Aya.He said that this glass of wine was given to the dead Shahai, and he asked Shahai's daughter Ayadai to drink it. I was surprised to find that Aya's eye sockets turned red. It took a long time for King Timur to give this round of drinking.I was greedy for the delicacies in front of me, and I just stuffed all kinds of dishes and fruits that I had never tasted into my mouth.I have been eating a lot since I was a child, I also drank a lot of fruit wine, and when Aya started to stop me, I was already lethargic. King Timur is finally back on his throne.Leaning in Aya's arms, I looked at King Timur and Queen Tuma with difficulty, and at some point, my eyes closed.Until I was awakened by a roar. King Timur was like an angry lion, waving his thick arms vigorously: "This ungrateful villain! This treacherous villain!" His arm drew an arc in the air, and his drunken eyes A breathtaking light shone from it. "I won't let you off. Toke, Sulaiman!" He continued to yell, gnashing his teeth, "Five days later, I will go to Khwarazmo! This time, I will not be a human if I don't bloodbath Yulongjie!" His roar echoed in the palace tent for a long time, as if several giant thunders exploded above our heads.When his angry voice disappeared, the entire palace tent fell into a strange silence. I don't know how others are. Although I was a child at that time, at that time, I suddenly felt an inexplicable chill on my body.