497, Yi Dingxi Turk (6)
"The Western Turkic Khan, listen to the seal!" Wang Xuance said.
"The Western Turkic Khan...... He was specially canonized as the Western Turkic Khan for a period of five years! ”
Soon, the edict was announced, but it was actually a central decree. This edict was not deliberated by the Ministry of Menxia, but was just a blank edict from Li Shimin to Wang Xuance, which was printed with the emperor's personal seal. Strictly speaking, this edict is invalid. But where do the Western Turks care about this, as long as they recognize that this is the edict of the Tang Emperor, this is the edict of the Tang Emperor, then there is no problem. The Western Turks also recognized the edict of the Central Plains Dynasty. The northern nomads are so strange, when they are strong, they go to plunder the Central Plains and do not take the Central Plains in their eyes. But if the Central Plains is strong, they will do their best to obtain a so-called canonization. This kind of character is actually similar to that of an island country in later generations, and it is all caused by inferiority complex. In fact, looking at the overall situation of history, the Central Plains Dynasty was able to overpower the northern nomads in most cases. From Zhao Wuling's king Hu Fu cavalry shooting, that still beat the nomads and retreated. Later, although the Xiongnu overpressed the Han Dynasty, or sometimes even nomads entered the Central Plains. However, from a historical point of view, this is only a temporary fluctuation. In general, the Central Plains Dynasty was able to beat the nomads like grandsons most of the time.
Therefore, most of the time, nomads rely on the canonization of the Central Plains Dynasty to survive, and this habit has been integrated into their bones. Although the Turkic territory now seems to be large, they still hope to be canonized. Even, it was this mud girl, he had mentioned yì to Li Shimin a few years ago, and wanted to attach it. They can even say this kind of thing on their own initiative, which shows how inferior they are to the Central Plains Dynasty. This is like a small country around China in later generations willing to become a certain province of China, this is simply inferior to the extreme, and he is not confident that he is a country at all.
Now Wang Xuance represents the canonization of the Central Plains Dynasty. The Turks didn't feel anything unusual, but took it for granted.
"In the future, the Turks will be federal, and the khans will have a certain term of office, and then they will be elected by the major Turkic tribes. A Council of Turkic Nobles was to be formed, composed of Turkic tribal leaders, who oversaw the management of the Turkic state by the Turkic Khan. And each time the Turks elected a khan, the Tang Dynasty recognized and canonized it, and five years later it was re-elected. Wang Xuance said.
Representatives of tribes, large and small, heard this. Immediately there was a burst of excitement. According to this federal system, the rights of the khan can be supervised, so that the khan can be prevented from rioting? Moreover, some ambitious tribes began to wonder if they could expand their influence to the entire Turkic Turks through the guò council. Originally, each tribe was guarding its own one-third of an acre of land to survive, but now it can be expanded to a real tribe, and then the power is not a little bit bigger.
Even, some guys are thinking about how to kick the mud down after the term of office of this mud is up. And then become a khan himself. The term of office of this khan is only five years, and why Ni Yi was able to become a khan, isn't that the support of the Tang Dynasty? As long as he gains the support of the Tang Dynasty, isn't he also able to become a khan?
And Wang Xuance looked at these guys. Obviously, they are all pregnant with ghosts, and their psychology sneers. At this moment, I am afraid that the Turks will be restless. Those Turkic nobles were thinking about how to rely on the Tang Dynasty to become Khan, and the Khan who had already ascended the throne was thinking about how to rely on the Tang Dynasty to maintain their status. This kind of khan with a term of office. It seems that anyone can be it, so many people's ambitions are revealed. And when the time comes, those Turks are probably thinking about how they can get to the throne one by one. This will definitely curry favor with Datang. When the time comes, I'm afraid that the merchants of the Tang Dynasty will pass by here to do business in the Western Regions, so can they not give a good face? Whoever dares to rob the merchants of the Tang Dynasty, those tribes who want to take the position will take the initiative to be angry for the merchants of the Tang Dynasty and seek justice.
This means of differentiation and disintegration is really black! As for this tenure system, it can be said that it has eradicated the situation in the past that once it was canonized, it could not be reversed. In the past, the canonization of the Central Plains Dynasty was the canonization of generations, so there would be a suspicion of raising tigers. Well, these terms of office are five years, and in order to maintain their status, they can only continue to cooperate with Datang, which is too immoral. Wang Xuance didn't know how Jingwen came up with the means, and the khan could still have a term. This method can only mess up the Turks. And Wang Xuance can be sure that if he plays this game in the Central Plains, then the Central Plains will definitely be in chaos. Of course, Jingwen knows that if you play "Dark Cooking" without the condition of "Dark Cooking", then you are looking for death. Jingwen would not choose to implement "Cooking Down" in the Tang Dynasty, Jingwen knew that if he played "Cooking" in this feudal period, it would be a dead end. Since this kind of gameplay can't be played, then let the Turks play this kind of aristocratic cooking, anyway, they are all going to be chaotic now, and Datang is the hand that controls behind the scenes.
And Ni Xiao, now he is also in a daze, thinking that he can serve as this Turkic khan with the support of the Tang Dynasty at that time. Anyway, there is no provision in this tenure system that you can't hold it all the time! At that time, as long as he sits in this position for a few decades, and at that time he continues to encroach on the rights of those tribes, he will be a veritable emperor, not a khan. Even though he knew that Datang was uneasy and kind, he forced himself to forget, I have to say that it was a sadness!
Soon, Wang Xuance signed an agreement on federalism on behalf of the Tang Dynasty and the new Western Turkic Khan on the opening of the Western Regions to Tang merchants to trade in the West. Even, according to Jingwen's suggestion, the so-called consular jurisdiction was made. Whenever Datang violates the rules of the Turks within the Turks, it must be dealt with by the Datang. Now he still needs the support and canonization of Datang, so he can only agree. As for the establishment of a material transit point within the Turks, this was also agreed. None of this was anything anyway, at least in the interests of his Western Turkic emperor. As long as it can be exchanged for the position of the Turkic emperor, it can be betrayed. (To be continued......)