Considering this very real problem, the chiefs of many tribes became anxious, so they made an appointment to see Wanyan Hanpu and asked Wanyan Hanpu to come up with a permanent solution to the problem so that even Wanyan Hanpu would be defeated in the future. With Hanpu gone, the tribes can still easily solve the problem of vendetta against each other.
Wanyan Hanpu's courtyard was crowded with chiefs from various tribes. The chiefs of each tribe conveyed this idea to Wanyan Hanpu in a roundabout way.
After listening to what the leaders of each tribe said, Wanyan Hanpu stroked his sparse white beard with his hands and pondered for a long time without speaking.
The chiefs of each tribe looked at Hanpu nervously, with expectations on their faces.
Seeing the expectant looks of the chiefs of each tribe, Wanyan wrote in a letter: "Dear chiefs, from a common sense point of view, even if I am gone, my son is still here; my son is no longer here, but my grandson is still here; There are endless descendants and descendants, and they will try their best to solve these problems of the Jurchen tribe. However, common sense is common sense, and there are still special circumstances. In individual cases, people are ultimately unreliable. I cannot guarantee that my son, or my son If my son, I only have sons and not daughters. If, in the future, my son, or my son’s son, or my grandson’s son, I don’t know which generation, I will be unable to give birth to a son, maybe there will be a situation where I can’t give birth to a son. If so. Wouldn't such a situation delay important events for future generations? Besides, I can't guarantee that my son, or my son's son, or my grandson's son will be able to solve everyone's problems; therefore, I I feel that relying on others is not the answer after all. We Jurchens must formulate a set of rules. Everyone will act according to the rules and no longer rely on one person. In this case, even if I die tomorrow, there will be no conflict between the tribes. There is no need for me to mediate and mediate matters regarding disputes, as long as they are handled in accordance with the rules."
Hearing this, the chiefs of each tribe said yes in unison, and then they all said: "Chief Wanyan, this method you said is great. This is a good way to achieve long-term peace and stability. We will all do as you say. However, respectfully Chief Wanyan, you only gave a general outline and no specific regulations. The rest of us can't formulate them. I'd better trouble you to put some thought into formulating rules for our privet and Jurchen tribes. We Jurchen tribes will work together. Comply with it, and this will solve the problem of endless vendettas between tribes.”
Wanyan Hanpu heard this and said: "Since everyone values me so much, I have no choice but to do my part. Everyone, listen, from now on, if a person from any tribe is killed by someone from another tribe, in addition to making the murderer pay with his life, He also asked their family to pay six taels of gold, ten cows, and twenty horses; and since he killed someone else's family, the other family's labor force was reduced, so one of their families would have to pay for the person who was killed. Son, go. This is set as a rule, and you just have to follow the rules in the future."
When the chiefs of other tribes heard this, they felt that this was really a good idea. It was very clear in structure and logic, and highly maneuverable. If there were any casualties due to vendetta in the future, they would just follow this rule.
So, the chiefs and chiefs of all the tribes all expressed their support, saying that this method was so good that it should be established as a conventional rule for all of us to abide by it.
That is to say, from that time on, the Jurchens began to have the earliest customary laws and strictly abide by them. They have been in use for more than two hundred years. Whenever there is an incident of killing or wounding, it is much easier to deal with it. There is no reason for it anymore. If one person is killed in a fight, it becomes a vendetta.
A few years after this rule was agreed upon, Wanyan Hanpu, who was nearly eighty years old, died.
Later, after the founding of the Jurchen Kingdom, Jin Taizu Wanyan Aguda followed his ancestor Wanyan Hanpu as the first emperor.
So, Wanyan Hanpu died, what about his children?
It is said that Wanyan Hanpu gave birth to two sons when he was in his sixties. The eldest son's real name was Wanyan Wulu, and the second son's real name was Wanyan Oru. Wanyan Hanpu's chieftainship was inherited by his eldest son Wanyan Ulu.
After more than ten years of enlightenment by Wanyan Hanpu, and after Wanyan Ulu inherited the position of chief, the social system of the Jurchen tribe has undergone fundamental changes. The Jurchen tribe is no longer a chieftaincy system in primitive society, but has evolved into slaves like the Khitans. Made. The chiefs of the Jurchen tribes accordingly became the leaders of the Jurchen tribes.
Later, Wanyan Wulu gave birth to Wanyan Bahai, Wanyan Bahai gave birth to Wanyan Suike, Wanyan Suike gave birth to Wanyan Shilu, and the Wanyan family, father, son or brothers succeeded one after another. Developed the Wanyan tribe into the most powerful Jurchen tribe.
Later, Wanyan Shilu gave birth to nine sons, the most famous of which was Wanyan Wugunai. After Wanyan Shilu died, Wanyan Wugunai succeeded to the throne.
At that time, the leader of the Liao Kingdom was Yelu Longxu, the Holy Sect of the Liao Dynasty, and his mother was the famous Empress Dowager Xiao Xiao Chuo. Because of the "Chanzhou Alliance" signed with the Song Dynasty in Chanzhou, Empress Dowager Xiao returned to the throne of her son Yelu Longxu, and she and Han Derang lived in peace and contentment in their old age. However, within a few years of good life, Queen Mother Xiao and Handerang passed away one after another.
At that time, Song Zhenzong was in power in the Northern Song Dynasty. After the "Chanzhou Alliance", the relationship between Song and Liao was established as a brotherly state. Yelulong, the Shengzong of the Liao Dynasty, continued to call Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty Zhao Heng as his brother; Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty Zhao Heng called the Empress Dowager Xiao as his aunt and Yelulongxu as his brother. Song sent 300,000 taels of silver to Liao every year. Next, the two countries maintained a relatively friendly relationship that lasted for a century.
Because there was peace between the Liao and Song Dynasties, Yelu Longxu, the Holy Emperor of the Liao Dynasty, was able to focus on developing the domestic economy and expanding to the northeast. At that time, the strategy adopted by Liao Shengzong was to use Xixia to contain the Northern Song Dynasty in the southwest, and to use agents in the northeast to govern the Jurchens.
The agent Yelu Longxu, the Holy Sect of the Liao Dynasty, found among the Jurchens was Wanyan Wugunai.
The reason why Liao Shengzong Yelu Longxu found Wanyan Wugunai as the court's agent to control the birth of girls was because after Wanyanwugunai inherited the position of Wanyan Shilu tribe chief, he successively conquered Hachi and Baishan. The seven tribes, Yehui, Tongmen, Yelan, Tugulun, and Alin, became the most powerful tribe among the Jurchen tribe at that time. Secondly, because something happened that caused a headache for the court at that time, the court had to rely on Wanyan Wugunai to control the Jurchens.
At that time, in view of the divide-and-conquer strategy against the Jurchens, generals from the Yelv Longxu sect of the Shengzhen Sect of the Liao Dynasty moved south to the border areas close to the Jurchens, hoping to prevent the Jurchens from receiving abundant material supplies and maintain the backward status of the Jurchen tribe. As a result, The border residents close to the Sheng Jurchen tribe were unwilling to move south, and instead fled to the Sheng Jurchen territory.
The Liao border officer reported this situation to Yelu Longxu. Yelulong was furious after hearing the memorial, and ordered Huolu Linya to lead an army to the Jurchen tribe to hunt down the border people who had fled to the Jurchen tribe.
When Wanyan Wugu heard the news, he was afraid that the Liao army would take the opportunity to go deep into the hinterland of the Jurchen tribe and find out the mountains, rivers, roads and other conditions of the Jurchen tribes, laying the foundation for future attempts to invade the Jurchen territory, so he attacked the people who came to hunt down the border people. Lu said: "General, listen to me. It is unwise for the imperial army to go deep into the Jurchen tribe to pursue the border people. General, think about it, the Jurchen tribes all have high mountains and forests and vast grasslands. Once the imperial army goes deep into the forest and grasslands, the Jurchen tribes will be destroyed." They will definitely be disturbed; if they don’t know the situation and think that the imperial court is intruding on the Jurchens and causing the Jurchens to undergo radical changes, then the fleeing border residents will not be able to catch them. This is really not a good strategy for the imperial court to do. From my own perspective, it is better to Let's give it a temporary grace, and over time, the border residents will return on their own, saving the imperial court from launching a large-scale war and wasting money and food."
After hearing what Wanyan Wugunai said, Huolu felt that it was very reasonable. He was sincerely considering the court and was someone the court could rely on among the Jurchens. Therefore, Huelu did not lead his troops into the Jurchen tribe's territory to search for the border residents, but instead developed a good impression of Wanyan Wugunai.
After Huolu Linya led his army back to the court, he recommended Wanyan Wugunai to Yelulongxu.
Yelu Longxu also wanted to find a reliable person among the Jurchens to help the court control the birth of Jurchen tribes, so he favored Wanyan Wugunai and received many praises.
From then on, Wanyan Wugunai began to receive the attention of the Liao court, often received funding from the court, and became a powerful helper for the Liao court to suppress other Jurchen tribes.
Wanyan Wugunai, who had established a relationship with the Liao court, sized up the situation and relied on his good relationship with the Liao court to step up the conquest of other Jurchen tribes.
However, Wanyan Wugunai's road to conquering other tribes of Shengnuzhen was not smooth sailing.
After some small tribes in Shengnuzhen were successively conquered by Wanyan Wugunai, Wanyanwugunai encountered many difficulties when conquering the remaining large tribes. Other tribes were unwilling to be conquered and annexed by the Wanyan tribe, so they rose up to resist.
Shi Xian, the leader of the Wulin tribe, refused to yield to the Wanyan tribe. Shi Xian has been resisting the Wanyan tribe's use of dogma to restrict other tribes since Wanyan Shilu. He even took advantage of the opportunity when Wanyan Shilu's death coffin was transported back to the Wanyan tribe to lead the Ulin tribe's troops and defeat Wanyan Shilu. The coffin was hijacked.
The coffins of their ancestors were hijacked, which was a great insult to the Wanyan tribe.
Wanyan Wugu learned that his father's coffin had been hijacked by Shi Xian, the leader of the Wulin tribe, when it was being transported back to the tribe. He was furious, so he commanded the Wanyan tribe's soldiers and horses, galloped towards the Wulin tribe, and started a fierce battle with Shi Xian. .
After a hard fight, Wanyan Wugunai finally took back the coffin of his father Wanyan Shilu.
Although he was defeated in the battle with the Wanyan tribe and the Wanyan tribe took back the hijacked coffin of Wanyan Shilu, Shi Xian was not depressed by this. Instead, he was very proud and preached everywhere: "You always think that Shi Lu is a talented person and always respect him. Now, haven't I obtained his coffin? Although his son has taken back his coffin, no matter what, his coffin was given to him after all. I was robbed once. Tell me. Is there anyone as brave as me in the Jurchen tribe? Then what is so scary about the Wanyan tribe?!"
After Wanyan Wugunai heard what Shi Xian said, he felt very angry and embarrassed. He hated Shi Xian deeply and was always waiting for the opportunity to conquer Shi Xian and his Wulin in one fell swoop. The tribe robbed him of his city god, property, and women to make him angry.
This opportunity was finally given to Wanyan Wugunai.
