Taiping Inn

Li Xuandu was once a party to the Imperial Capital Incident and was no stranger to the struggle for the throne. After meeting Yue Libie, Zixuebie Khan, Khaleleng, Wushu and others, he had a preliminary understanding of the situation in the royal court.

People's hearts are fickle. As the old Khan grows older, his ministers naturally have to plan for the future, so as not to lose their current power and status after the new Khan ascends the throne. The most direct choice is to support a new master. A servant cannot serve two masters. If you support a new master, you must betray the old master. Although they are unwilling to betray the old Khan in their subjective will, they have already betrayed the old Khan in actual actions. Therefore, in the later years of the emperor, the most guarded person is his son.

According to age, the old Khan of the Golden Horde is of the same generation as Emperor Shizong. Today's Emperor Tianbao is the grandson of Emperor Shizong. The Wei Dynasty has gone through the Ming Yong, Wude, and Tianbao dynasties. The old Khan has always held power in the Golden Horde. The old Khan's eldest son Mingli Khan is already an old man in his 50s, while the youngest son Yaomuhu Khan is less than 30 years old. From the old Khan's perspective, the eldest son has been waiting for too long, and it is hard to predict how much patience he still has, so he must guard against the eldest son taking risks. The youngest son is very young, and he still has enough patience to wait, and is far from being impatient, so the youngest son can be trusted. From the perspective of the entire Golden Horde, every change of the Khan's throne will lead to wars among the kings, which will weaken the strength of the Golden Horde. According to his own reign, the eldest son is like the setting sun. Even if he can inherit the Khan's throne, he can only be the Khan for 20 years at most, and after 20 years, another fight for the throne will be triggered. The youngest son is the rising sun in the morning, young and strong, and can be the Khan for 60 years, and the Golden Horde can have 60 years of stability. Coupled with the custom of the youngest son guarding the stove, the old Khan's bias is very obvious.

But Mingli Khan also has his own advantages. He is more than 30 years older than Yaomuhu Khan. After 30 years of management, he has gained countless vassals. Even the old Khan cannot dispose of Mingli Khan at will. In terms of strength, he is far from the young Yaomuhu Khan. If the old Khan did not support his young son, Yaomuhu Khan would not have the strength to fight Mingli Khan.

If the old Khan died now, Yaomuhu Khan would be the disadvantaged party and Mingli Khan would be the advantaged party, because every day the old Khan is in office, Yaomuhu Khan's strength will be strengthened and Mingli Khan's advantage will be weakened. If the old Khan died before Yaomuhu Khan's great power was established, then Mingli Khan would still have the advantage and the possibility of winning the Khanship would be greater.

However, judging from Zixuebie Khan's attitude towards marrying his sister, Yaomuhu Khan's supporters were not panicked, which means that although the old Khan has not appeared in public for many days, he is not at the end of his life.

The attitude of Haleleng, the old Khan's confidant, also indirectly proved a point.

The most likely possibility is that the old Khan is indeed in poor health and is recuperating. He is not in a position to show up and still controls the situation in the royal court. However, the possibility of keeping the death a secret cannot be ruled out. Now that Li Xuandu has been invited by Wushu to meet Yaomuhu Khan, he can take this opportunity to get a glimpse of it.

As for why Wushu invited Li Xuandu on behalf of Yaomuhu Khan, the reason is also very simple. Yaomuhu Khan, Yue Libie, and Wushu are all peace advocates.

Ili Khan supports Da Yanshi and Mingli Khan, and Ili Khan is the Grand Commandant of the Keshig Army. Although he is not responsible for protecting the royal court and the old Khan, he leads the foreign conquest. In other words, as long as the Golden Horde goes to war with the Great Wei, Ili Khan will be able to hold military power. If the old Khan dies during the war between the two countries, Ili Khan will lead the army back to the royal court, and Mingli Khan will have an absolute advantage, so Ili Khan and Mingli Khan are the war advocates, advocating the use of troops against the Great Wei. In contrast, Yaomuhu Khan must be a peace advocate and strive for stability. With the favor of the old Khan, he has gradually gained an advantage in the royal court. As long as there is no war, he can bind Mingli Khan and Yili Khan in the royal court. Once the old Khan dies, he can quickly control the royal court, defeat the competitors, and then ascend to the Khan's throne. Then it is reasonable for Yaomuhu Khan to attach importance to the Central Plains envoy.

In general, looking at the entire Golden Horde, Mingli Khan has the advantage, and as far as the royal court is concerned, Yaomuhu Khan has the advantage.

After thinking about this, Li Xuandu has an estimate of his next trip. It should be a situation where Mingli Khan wants to kill him and Yaomuhu Khan treats him as a guest of honor. At the same time, Li Xuandu also admires Yue Libie. Her trip is clearly a failure of peace talks. As long as the news is passed back to the royal court, the pro-war faction will have the upper hand. Her life is controlled by others and she has to let the wolf into the house. Once the matter is exposed, she will definitely die. In such a desperate situation, she was able to come up with an idea to pretend to be an envoy from the Central Plains, which not only saved herself, but also helped the peace faction to stabilize the situation to some extent. From this point of view, Li Xuandu felt that Yue Libie had the potential to become the second Xie Zhi. Back then, Xie Zhi was also caught between the three earthly immortals Li Daoxu, Zhang Jingxiu, and Xu Wugui. It was not an exaggeration to say that he was in a desperate situation. Xie Zhi was able to get along with both sides and finally turned defeat into victory. It can be said that he was amazing.

Under the leadership of Wushu, Li Xuandu and Yue Libie first passed through the settlements of officials and merchants, and then through the settlements of the nobles of the Yans, and finally came to the palaces of the kings. It is called a palace, but it is actually a palace. Compared with the palace in the Imperial Capital, it is inferior in scale and sophistication. However, this is reasonable. If the royal court of the Golden Horde is worse than the Imperial Capital of the Great Wei, then they don’t have to send troops south every year.

The style of the palace is built in the Central Plains Palace, and it has a distinct style of gold tents. There is no need to pay attention to opening the middle door here. The main door is always open, just enter directly from the main door. Wushu was obviously a person who often entered and left the palace. The guards of the palace did not even question anything and let them go directly.

After entering the palace, the number of warriors in the golden tent decreased significantly, and the number of women gradually increased. Needless to say, this is the maid of the Wang Ting. As the biological mother of Yao Mu Hukhan, Xiao Yan would naturally not treat her son with slightest treatment.

Wu Shu led Li Xuandu and Yue to a gorgeously decorated hall, asking the two to wait for a while, and then turned into the back room connected to the front hall. Not long after, I heard an extremely loud yawning sound from the back room. It seemed that someone had just woken up and was stretching.

A moment later, Wu Shu came out of the inner room, and a moment later a young man with a golden tent came to the front hall. The man looked like he had just woken up, half-squinted, not very energetic. Long hair is casually dispersed, slightly messy. In this cold weather, he stepped on the layers of felt blankets in the living room with barefoots, and his upper body is casually covered with a robe, revealing his chest, revealing it The distinctive muscles look very burly and strong.

This is the son of Lao Khan and Xiao Yan, Yao Mu suddenly sweated. His appearance is a typical appearance of a man with a golden tent, with fluffy hair and a dense beard, like a lion.

Yao Mu suddenly yawned, his eyes first fell on Yue Libi, and a smile appeared on his face, and he casually said, "Old Yue is back."

Yue Lijie was obviously a familiar person who knew Yao Mu Hu Han. He did not care about etiquette, but just nodded.

Then Yao Mu Huhan's eyes turned to the outsider Li Xuandu. Before he could ask questions, Wu Shu had already spoken: "This is the messenger of the Central Plains."

Yao Mu suddenly sweated and raised his eyebrows: "Are you an envoy from the Central Plains?"

Li Xuandu nodded and said, "I have come to see the Khan of the Golden Tent after receiving the secret order of the master of the tribe."

"Ministry Hall?" Yao Mu Hukhan frowned, looked at Wushu, and asked, "What kind of official is the Ministry Hall."

Wushu explained: "The tribe is the governor. The official positions of the people in the Central Plains are very complicated. The governor also has the official positions of the six ministries, so the governor is called the tribe. The governor also has the official positions of the Dui Imperial Envoy. In ancient times, Also known as the Censor Central Chief, so the Governor is called the Chief Chief. "

Yao Mu suddenly sweated and shook his head: "It's really cumbersome."

Li Xuandu said, "Your Highness..."

Before he could finish his words, Yao Mu Huhan waved his hand and said, "Don't bring the hypocritical etiquette of you Central Plains people to the golden tent, don't call me Your Highness, don't call Lao Han Your Majesty. You can call me Yao Mu Huhan. ”

Li Xuan remembered that when Yue Libi and Halelen were talking, the name plus the word Yan symbolizing identity. It seemed that this was the custom of gold tents, so he nodded and responded.