The Struggle of the Reborn Prince

In October, Zhao Qi left behind a group of Northwest Imperial Guards who were so cleaned up that he could not raise his head. He drove to Linhuang Mansion. After a month of trouble, he not only caused the Northwest Army to be in chaos, but also made the Jin army.

He was also unable to sleep or eat, and everyone was relieved when he left... But for Song Jun, things were not over. Zhao Qi left Zhao Yi, deputy envoy of Privy Councilor, in Dading, called hosting the Autumn Festival summary meeting.

Supervise the generals to find mistakes in the battle and find solutions so that they can really achieve breakthroughs, rather than go through the motions.

The reason why Zhao Qi came to Linhuang Mansion was mainly for Yu Liyan and Zhao Xin, because it was the annual "sacrificial sacrifice" of the Khitans, and this ceremony played an important role in the Khitans. According to legend, this ceremony was

The Khitan Yaonian Hula Khan formulated that Heishan and Muye Mountain were sacred mountains and sacrifices according to the season. The Khitans regarded Heishan as the destination of the soul after death, and the residence of the god "Heishan God" who controls the souls of the Khitans.

The sacred mountain of its nation is like the Mount Tai in the hearts of the people of the Central Plains; Muye Mountain is the location of the Khitan ancestor temple, with the gods of heaven and earth. The late Emperor Abaoji of Liao was buried in the mountain, which is the sacred one of man and nature.

land.

When Zhao Jie arrived at Linhuang Mansion, the Khitan tribes who had been scattered in every place had gathered here, and the former nobles of the Five Capitals paid a large number of sacrifices as usual. His original intention was to satisfy the two imperial concubines as a spectator.

After fulfilling his wish, he had no intention of getting involved. However, the former Khitan royal family led by Yelu Yuxi, Yelu Ning and Yelu Xi Nilie, and the Khitan queen tribe headed by Xiao Chongjian jointly submitted a letter requesting the emperor to preside over the ceremony of worshiping the mountain.

On this table, not only Zhao Qi was very surprised, but even the ministers who followed him were surprised. The ritual of the mountain was placed first in the Jili ceremony in the "Etiquette" of the original Liao Kingdom, as the announcement of the new Khitan emperor ascended the throne.

Chai Ceyi and other countries all ranked behind the important rituals, and it has been clearly stated that the rituals of the mountain sacrifice were the most important rituals of the Liao Dynasty. The sacrificial scenes far exceeded other relatively single ritual systems, and the solemn and grand ritual process of rituals for worshiping the mountain was all based on

The Khitan Emperor and the Empress presided over.

The great ceremony of worshiping the mountain is based on the concept of the Khitan people's worship of mountains. It has integrated the connotation of Central Plains culture over a hundred years. It has extremely important political significance. To a certain extent, the content of the Khitan worship of the mountain is tolerated Chai Ceyi.

, sun worship ceremony, temple ceremony and other core parts; in the worship of heaven and earth, ancestor worship, and rituals, the idea of ​​the imperial decree of gods and emperor power supremacy is highlighted, reflecting the centripetal force of the nation.

Although Zhao Qiong was the emperor, for the Khitans, whether he ruled the old land of the Liao Kingdom as an invader or a 'liberator', or married the Khitan princess and princesses, from his psychological point of view, he

They should be "outsiders" and rulers of foreign races, not "emperors" in the true sense. Now the Khitan tribe asks Zhao Qi to preside over the mountain sacrifice ceremony with profound political and cultural connotations, which is of extremely important and far-reaching symbolic significance.

In other words, the Khitans have recognized Zhao Qi as the common ruler of the world and sincerely accepted his rule. The Khitans are also willing to become people under the rule of the Song Dynasty...

Now the Khitans asked Zhao Qi to preside over the "Shans Festival" to show their intention to return to the Song Dynasty sincerely. Zhao Qi was very surprised at first, but after thinking about it carefully, it was smooth. He knew that various ethnic groups in history were divided into each other.

Dividing and reuniting, gathering and dispersing, are complex and complex, but one nation is in one way of uniting with another nation:

One is to use political coercive means to merge one nation into another, learn their language and writing, and believe in their religion, that is, 'assimilation'; the other is to use the role of economy and culture.

Developing naturally changes the social economy, lifestyle, clothing, language and customs of the nation into one with other nations, that is, the national 'integration'.

The Liao regime established by the Khitans occupied a vast area that started from the Sea of ​​Japan in the east, west to the west of Mount Altai, north to Lake Baikal, south to the inside and outside the Great Wall. The central force was in the Youyun area on the Great Wall. Historically, it was the Yuyun area on the Great Wall.

Every battle, as a certain ethnic regime gains control over the occupied area, in order to achieve the existence of the conquered nation in the conquered and occupied areas, a large number of people of their own nations will be migrated to live. They will operate and develop and expand their own nations.

Survival and dominant scope and expand the influence of one's own nation in order to achieve the goal of long-term stability.

Because of this, the Khitans who originally lived in the northern grassland moved south in large numbers, and a large number of residents were moved along the Great Wall under the rule of Liao, forming a situation where Han people, Khitans, Bohai people and other ethnic groups lived together, making the ethnic component more

In fact, this laid the foundation for the integration of the Khitan and the Han people. During this period, although wars and conflicts were constant between the two major political entities of the Song and Liao dynasties, the time for peaceful coexistence was mostly occupied, especially

It was after the signing of the "Zhenyuan Alliance", the two countries maintained a hundred years of peace.

During the peaceful reunion between Song and Liao, the two countries conducted frequent exchanges through mutual envoys, tributes, trades, marriages, etc., and conducted wider economic and cultural exchanges. The rulers of the Liao Kingdom realized that the advanced nature of the Central Plains civilization was inevitable

Affected, they began to actively absorb and learn Chinese culture, and the national system and behavior were changed and gradually became sinicized. Under their rule, people of all ethnic groups lived and lived together, with the development of history, social economy, life, language, clothing and

Cultural qualities such as customs and habits are integrated with other ethnic groups.

With the rise of the Jurchens and Zhao Ji's unrealistic ambitions, both Liao and Jin countries were impacted, and the situation of peaceful coexistence was broken. The Liao Kingdom was destroyed under the iron hoof of the Jurchens, and the capital of Song was broken and the country was destroyed.

At the edge, and all this was broken by the monster Zhao Zhen who emerged from nowhere. In order to find a place where he could stand and prevent the Jurchens from invading the northwest, he first secretly took advantage of the chaos to hide his identity and enter the Liao Kingdom.

The Xijing region develops its own power.

When entering the Khitan sphere of influence, Zhao Qiong used the banner of "union against the Jin Dynasty". Of course, in order to win the support of the local Han people, he also used some methods of sowing discord, but in general, he did not use the means of indiscriminate killing.

Later, in the battle between the Jurchens invading Xijing Road, he showed his strength and favored people. Especially after persuading the captured Yelu Yuxi, he gradually gained the trust of the Khitans and gained a firm foothold.

In the subsequent consolidation and expansion stage, Zhao Qi took advantage of the influence of Yelu Yuxi, the chaotic situation of Emperor Yelu Yanxi being captured by the Jurchens and the contradictions between various forces in Xijing. After repelling Aguda's personal expedition, he was finally able to control Xijing Road.

Using an unexpected political marriage, Zhao Qi began to rule the Khitans. During this period, Zhao Qi showed strong military and economic strength that all parties had to rely on him. Although he was passive, Zhao Qi also completed his various

Integration of Fang's strength.

After Zhao Qiong controlled Xijing, he did not exclude the Khitan nobles, but still valued them and gave them a certain amount of trust. At the same time, he used the land redistribution and the new military system to win the support and trust of the Khitan people. In his career, he had been using the land redistribution and the new military system.

After leaving Xijing, he became the new master of the remnant Liao with the support of Yelu Yuxi and Yu Liyan. Zhao Qi continued to use the pressure brought by the Jurchens and the Song Dynasty to recruit and unite the forces of the Khitans to fight against the Jin Dynasty.

Develop the economy and win respect from all parties with its ability to govern the country and military command.

After Zhao Qi succeeded to the throne and became the emperor of the Song Dynasty, Yu Liyan led his people to the Song Dynasty, making the remnant Liao a territorial territory of the Song Dynasty. Zhao Qi not only did not let go of the alien races that had supported him, but also rewarded them according to their merits.

The titles and official positions of the nobles of the heavenly king were retained, and they were allowed to retain certain territories and private troops to carry out limited autonomy. Of course, the ordinary Khitan people did not treat them differently from the people of the Song Dynasty, and they were allowed to own their own land and

The ranch, which applies the same laws, pays the same taxes, respects their religious beliefs.

In the next decade, Zhao Qiong drove the Jurchens out of the Central Plains through several wars, recovered the four capitals of the original Liao Kingdom, and occupied most of the Liao Kingdom's homeland, but at this time the master had been replaced by

After the Han people, the Khitans have become subordinates. Apart from regrets, the Khitans are helpless. This is their own incompetence that leads to the loss of their country. The Song Dynasty took it back from the Jurchens, and the accounts cannot be recorded in others.

Instead, the Song people quickly gave them a place to sit.

As more Han people entered the northwest, the Khitans, whose population was already in a minority, became a real ethnic minority, but the culture and policies of the Song Dynasty were deeply attractive to them, and the harmonious ethnic relations and a gradually prosperous life.

They also felt satisfied. Of course, no one missed the incompetent Emperor of Liao and defected to the Jurchens who were regarded as barbarians. Over the past decade, they gradually made them forget the unrealistic idea of ​​restoring the country. Last year's

They also received relief for the severe drought, exempted taxes, and received more assistance. This moved them and decided to become the people of the Song Dynasty...

In the winter solstice, Zhao Qi led the Khitan tribes to look north to worship Heishan, killing Aries, White Horses, and White Geese, burning paper-made horses, armor and other items sent from all over the country to worship the mountain, praying for the Black Mountain God to bring blessings.

Bless the Khitan people; on the fifteenth day, Zhao Qi led his followers to Han ministers, the three fathers of the Khitan royal family and leaders of various tribes to Muye Mountain, and worshipped with the Khitan ceremony, and surrounded the Shenmen Tree for three times and everyone circled seven times.

Then, the shamans gave speeches, and the wine and food were thrown to the east. After offering sacrifices to heaven and earth, Zhao Qi went to the white-clothed Guanyin Temple to pay homage to the gods of the family, burned incense and paper, burned the sacrifice texts, and completed the ceremony.

After the ceremony, Zhao Qiong held a banquet to invite the leaders of various Khitan tribes and awarded rewards. Three days later, the emperor left the northwest and returned south, rushed to the east and west, and finally returned to Bianjing on the eve of New Year's Eve! (To be continued...)