Deep in the Mongolian Plateau, on the banks of the Orkhon River, the old land of the Klei tribe.
There is a huge, golden tent on the top of a gentle slope. Next to the tent, there is a tall black five-pointed star flag with the god of war, Selda, embroidered in gold thread. In front of the big tent, two blazing bonfires were burning. Shamans with bells hanging on their bodies beat small drums and circled around the bonfires day and night.
This tent, called Ordo in Mongolian, is the place where Genghis Khan once commanded operations and lived. After he launched the Western Expedition, he handed over the tents and the full set of attached honors to the two members of the Golden Family who were responsible for staying on the grassland, namely Genghis Khan's younger brother Belgutai, and his daughter, Princess Alahaibeji. .
Now, Belgutai is standing at the tent, with his back to his niece Alakhaibeji.
From his position, he could see the depressions and meadows below, the endless stream of thousands of nayans and the famous Batuers, and of course today's visitors, rushing along the trail. The person who climbed up was the 3000th household on the right wing of Mongolia, Monlik's son Laerbi.
He must be a middle-aged man with bow legs. He shook his body in panic, climbed up the slope, and informed the shaman of his name. The Tuluhuasanban at the tent door immediately crossed the iron spear and the long spear and raised the door curtain, so that the puller would enter the tent.
This action is actually quite redundant. Because Belgutai is standing here, the door curtain is open.
But the casual squad members completed the movements meticulously. When the iron spears and spears were fired, Belgutai had to step aside to avoid them.
This made him feel so humiliated that he couldn't help but "hum".
What's even more annoying is that La'erbi clearly heard my snort, but he didn't even stop and continued walking into the tent!
How dare this guy treat members of the Golden Family with such contempt!
Belgutai's face turned red with anger. He simply refused to return to the tent and kept standing outside the tent looking into the distance.
When the two shamans saw Belgutai's appearance, they exchanged glances with each other and continued to dance like crazy, pretending not to be distracted. The flames of the bonfire would occasionally touch their skin and evaporate the sweat, but they did not avoid it at all, looking very magical.
Shamans have always been the group of people who know the Yek Mongol Uluth the best. But since the leaders of the shamans have encountered accidents from time to time, this group has become much more restrained than before. They are satisfied with "knowing", but will not do anything with the information they know.
Just like this ***.
This massacre has been going on for ten days, and at least ten of the thousand households have gathered to report. They all told the ruler of the Golden Family that there were various signs of abnormality on the grassland, such as the rebellious Mongolian tribes. When the killing came, it was another example that the most important pasture of Laerbi's tribe was plundered.
And in the end, these things have more or less something to do with Belgutai. It was Belgutai who led his men to rob the Gouluo Gables Market where Han'er merchants gathered, and this led to so many messy things happening one after another.
After Genghis Khan left the grassland, the remaining Golden Family often felt powerless when controlling the larger Qianhu tribes below, but they were not able to split up the tribes that were too powerful like Genghis Khan did.
Therefore, each household usually goes its own way, and when they have to gather together, it is mostly to vent their dissatisfaction. What irritated Belgutai was that his efforts to increase the strength of his headquarters to suppress other households only contributed to the dissatisfaction of so many people.
Sadly, they have no courage and are unwilling to unite under the Golden Family, so the way to vent their dissatisfaction is not to raise troops to attack the great Zhou who is reaching out to the grassland, but to complain angrily to Belgutai, trying to force others to Legutai withdrew the benefits of eating it, and then stepped forward to appease Da Zhou.
The most positive one among them is of course Yeli Yasi.
In order to convince many Qianhu Nayan, on the first day he came here, he brought several large carts of items with him, all of which were the most expensive gifts. Half of it was given directly to Princess Alahaibieji of the prison country, and to the other thousands of nayans, everyone had a share.
Gifts are good things that are rare to see on the grasslands today. All kinds of gorgeous silks and satins, top-quality tea, exquisite gold, silver and gemstone ornaments, and even celadon from Goryeo and Japanese
samurai swords, and strange spices from the countries in the South China Sea.
These things could have been obtained by looting, but in the past two years, the grasslands and the Central Plains had different strengths and weaknesses, so looting was naturally impossible. The Mongolian nobles who had enjoyed it before were now eager for it ten times and a hundred times more than before. Therefore, with his dedication, Yeli Yasi has been favored by many Qianhu Nayan, and he has also maintained a network that distributes profits and benefits.
This is very important to the Qianhu Nayans. After all, they are also responsible for so many nobles and Batuer, Xue Chan, and Mergan under their subordinates. Their mood is no longer what it used to be, and they no longer take Yeke Mongol Uluth seriously.
For these benefits, these Qianhu Nayan can ignore the reality of the hostility between Mongolia and the Great Zhou Dynasty, indulge in the exchanges of groups of Han merchants, and let their subordinates go around looking for missing Han children like barking hounds. He could even face the attack of the Mongolian traitors and suppress his anger.
The funny thing is that they couldn't suppress their anger towards Belgutai.
In their view, it was Belgutai's violent actions that caused all of this, so Belgutai also needed to solve this problem.
Whether it is to explain to the Emperor of Zhou or to fight against the army of Zhou, isn't this all a matter of course? Read the book
After all, Belgutai was the younger brother of the Great Khan. He was dissatisfied with this, so he did not speak out in public for several days and only stood at the door of the tent and looked at others fiercely. But what's the point of doing this?
Belgutai walked back and forth viciously, while two shamans danced one after another not far from him.
Suddenly I heard him say: "Could it be that the descendants of Genghis Khan were bribed by a few Han items? Are we Mongolian men just like women, only focusing on the small profits in front of us? The Great Mongolia is Genghis Khan's Great Mongolia. Have they forgotten the Great Mongolia of the Golden Family?"
The shaman's dance suddenly stopped.
In their eyes, the thousands of Nayans on the grassland are becoming more and more shameless, and the leader is Belgutai. Isn't he the one who takes a fancy to those Han items? Originally, Li Ya Si Qian Hu also benefited from him, but he was eager to jump out and intervene!
Now she is opening and closing her mouth like a woman. Could it be that she is complaining about the prison princess?
There is a rift between the Khan's brother and the Khan's daughter. The water is too deep and must not be mixed up.
As for Genghis Khan... after all, the old man has been away from the grassland for several years. Although his majesty is still the same, he cannot reach as far away as before. The thousands of families who were promoted by Genghis Khan back then began to make some small plans for their own tribes. What is there to criticize?
After all, everyone on the grassland needs to eat! Shamans also have to drink wine, eat meat and wear good clothes! The benefits Yeli Yasi gave us are all gone now. The one who disrupted all of this is you, Belgutai! What, you still want us to speak for you?
The two shamans understood each other and suddenly screamed loudly. They danced even more frantically, as if they were all focused on Changshengtian and did not hear any words from anyone.
At the bottom of the slope, several Bileges who directly belonged to the Princess of the Supervisory State hurriedly came up, saw the livid-faced Belegutai, and turned around in a hurry.
One person whispered: "Go quickly! Go quickly! It's not too late to come back another day!"
The other person turned his back to the golden tent and hesitated: "The Zhou army headquarters is gathering! Emperor Guo Ning of the Great Zhou Dynasty has arrived at Yehuling! How can such big news be delayed?"
Several other people said: "It's hundreds of thousands of miles from Monan to here, why are you in a hurry! There is no need to bump into this guy at Belgutai now!"
They spoke in low voices, and their figures quickly disappeared into the ruins on the edge of the gentle slope.
A little further away from the Golden Tent, and before reaching the flat land of the depression meadow, is a large area of ruins.
At that time, Genghis Khan felt that the terrain here was very good, so he asked his son Ogedai to take charge and set up a garrison here besides the four great offices. Wokuotai made a plan for this, preparing to build a splendid Khan Palace, various official offices, various noble residences, as well as wide streets, commercial houses, restaurants, and shops that imitated the regulations of the Han Dynasty.
Ogedei told Genghis Khan and everyone,
He would build this place into the capital of the Mongols and the center of the world. He even thought about the name of this place, it's called Haraholin.
Kohara and Lin do not exist now. Although the rammed earth buildings built by the Kled people have been bulldozed, new buildings have not been started yet.
First, in the past two years, the grasslands could not support so many Han slaves who had left herding.
Secondly, the slaves themselves were very shaken towards their motherland, and the Mongols did not feel comfortable using them.
Thirdly, building a city far away from the Central Plains consumes an extremely huge amount of money. Each thousand households should make special contributions every year, but these contributions have been made for a long time. Genghis Khan and the Golden Family did not give instructions on this, but one after another, these contributions stopped and no one talked about them anymore.
The situation in Great Mongolia is changing little by little.
It doesn't change much every year, but compared with the time when various ministries gathered at the source of the Onan River to hold the Khulil Tower, build a nine-foot white banner, and worship Genghis Khan, the situation is completely different.
