Two hundred and twenty-seven, the Great Khan
Unexpectedly smooth, Suning somewhat understands the internal reasons why Li Erbixia killed a Li Jiancheng and seized the throne of the Tang Dynasty, because sometimes, overthrowing a regime is just killing a person, of course, the premise is that this person is very unpopular and has no political strength, and the person who overthrows him is expected by everyone, or in other words, the person who overthrows him is his people.
This is not a revolution, at most, that is, a mutiny, relying on a mere 8,500 troops, a Western Turkic hero who is about to die, a person who has the qualifications to inherit the position of the Great Khan and a marquis of the Tang Dynasty, the two of them created a history together, or rather, Suning changed a piece of history, the original history, although it was also Ashina Ni who became the Great Khan, but the process was tortuous, not as simple and rude as it is now.
took away the royal court, killed the Khan of the Wild Leaf Protector, and killed all his children, cut the grass and eradicated the roots, and under the leadership of Su Dingfang, he uprooted his cronies in the army, and successfully subdued several guard tribes around the royal court and a total of 30,000 cronies and horses, when these cronies noticed that the Great Khan had changed, and this Great Khan was still quite famous, but also because the Great Khan personally promised them a lot of rewards, they did not hesitate to declare their allegiance.
This is the way of succession to the throne of the nomadic empire, killing the throne seized by the predecessor is more solid than the inherited throne, and it is more acceptable to these steppe peoples, plus the 7,000 soldiers and horses of the headquarters and his own tribe who fought back to the royal court with him, and the 30,000 soldiers and horses obtained by swearing allegiance. In just one day, with Suning's help and his own prestige, Ashina Ni Yu mastered a full 47,000 soldiers and horses, scattered around the royal court, and recruited the ten major tribes of the Western Turks and some other tribes to come to the royal court to discuss important matters.
Before this, Ashina Ni was ready for the counterinsurgency war, 42,000 soldiers and horses, plus the 1,500 Tang army in Suning's hands, and the 2,000 Tang army that is said to be on the road soon, Ashina Ni has directly mastered nearly 50,000 soldiers and horses, and the soldiers and horses directly controlled by the Great Khan. In this steppe empire, which did not belong to the feudal centralized system, he personally controlled such an army. It can already be regarded as the largest shili, and the soldiers and horses that the Western Turks can fully dispatch are only 200,000, which is equivalent to Ashina Ni who alone has nearly a quarter of the strength and population.
Though. This strength is not strong enough to dominate the entire Western Turks. But this is such a famous, powerful, but not too powerful king. It is especially easy to be supported by these noble groups below, because there is no need to worry that this king has the ambition to swallow them all, because this king does not have enough strength; I don't worry that this king doesn't have enough strength to deter them. Their thinking is very strange, the king, at least have the strength to convince them, although the Yehu Khan has a pro-army of 30,000 people, but that is the legacy left by the Yehu Khan, and the character of the Yehu Khan is really too poor.
What's more, Ashina Ni has a relatively high prestige and is relatively upright, otherwise he would not be regarded as a thorn in the eye by the Ashina Mud, and he will be included in the list that must be eliminated, not to mention that there are five tribes in the top ten tribes who like Ashina Ni, and in history, these five tribes united with other small tribes to fight against the Ashina Mud, and welcomed the fleeing Ashina Ni back to be a great khan, ushering in a short period of unity and peace for the Western Turks. Because Ashina Ni is very much in their interests.
Therefore, Suning expects that the ten major tribes who understand this truth will not only not fight against Ashina Ni, but will also take the initiative to cooperate with Ashina Ni, so that he can grasp enough power and enjoy a sufficiently respected status, so that he can feel that he is the most expensive Great Khan of the Great Turkic Khanate, so as to be satisfied, and will not have the idea of dominating the Western Turkic Khanate like the Yehu Khan, and besides, Ashina Ni's age is ...... It's in their interest......
So Ashina Ni was a little surprised, but the fact is in front of him, the leaders and important people of the ten major tribes did not lead the soldiers and horses, but only brought their own guards over, and the leaders of the entire Western Turkic tribes who received the announcement of Ashina Ni came to the royal court to meet their new Great Khan, and they were also very grateful to Ashina Ni, because Ashina Ni Ni's decisive blow saved them from directly raising troops against the 30,000 troops of the Wanton Yakhu Khan, Thus losing their own liliang.
And now Ashina Ni has completely mastered the entire royal court, and it is said that he has also obtained the help and recognition of the terrible empire Tang Empire, which is equivalent to pulling foreign aid, and the leader is still the devil Hou Ye Suning, who has been very famous for the past year, which makes these people even more worried, so they plan to lower their profile, recognize Ashina Ni, and unify the Great Turkic Khanate, hoping to usher in the grand occasion of the early and middle period of the Tongye Hu Khan again.
Witnessing the worship of the ten major tribes and the worship of countless small tribes, Ashina Ni Yu could hardly hide the excitement in his heart, but he still sat on the main seat of the royal court very majestically, accepted the worship of these tribes, sacrificed to heaven and earth and gods, and established the name of the Great Khan with the highest status of the Western Turkic Khanate, and then announced that he would be rewarded with some high-end goods from the Tang Dynasty according to a series of materials that he discussed with Suning that Haode was going to trade with the Tang Dynasty.
At the same time, Ashina Ni has to announce one thing, that is, the first thing since he became the Great Khan, after the supreme ruler of each country is changed, it will be announced to the outside world, announced to those countries that have handed over haode, and then the two sides send congratulatory messages to each other and other things, and recognize each other, this is the case in modern times, and it is also true in ancient times, not to mention a big country, and it can tremble three times when it stomps on the Western Regions, although the current Western Turks can no longer drink the peak of the Yehu Khan period, but the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, The Western Turks are still so strong.
However, as a politician with a long-term vision, Ashina Ni undoubtedly has a better mind and excellent quality than the vast majority of Turkic people. At least he knows some fur, and he is older, has more knowledge, has a relatively high status, and has a good political vision, and he can also see that the only one who can help him around here is Datang, which is what he needs very much at present.
However, this matter is very big, although it is an irreversible fact that he is the Great Khan, but at this time, he must show the attitude that these people want. That is, the agreement is negotiated. This was necessary when he did not have enough prestige and strength, and he also did such a thing in history, after inheriting the position of the Great Khan. Request for canonization of Datang. Peace was maintained between the Tang Dynasty and the Western Turks for six years. Until he fell ill and died.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I believe you all know that the previous Khan was tyrannical and unreasonable. Acting absurdly, destroying most of the foundation left by the Great Khan, the Western Regions are unstable, the Great Turkic Khanate is declining, and it has long been not as powerful as when the Great Yehu Khan was in power, and there is no such grand occasion as in the past, the surrounding crises are everywhere, the Great Turkic Khanate is in an unprecedented crisis, and the Khan is in danger and is appointed as the Great Khan, so he must think about the future of the Great Turkic Khanate, so the Khan decided to form an alliance with the Tang Dynasty in Middle Earth, ask for the assistance of the Tang Dynasty, and ask the Tang Dynasty to canonize it. ”
Ashina said this solemnly and solemnly, and suddenly there was a fluctuation in these Turkic nobles, and they exchanged their heads in twos and threes, and suddenly the entire meeting hall was unstable, and many people looked at the position where Suning and Su Dingfang were sitting, and their expressions were not very friendly, it is estimated that because Suning was the culprit in destroying the Eastern Turks, they were very dissatisfied, so these people were very unhappy.
But, hindering Ashina's face, after all, he has just taken office as the Great Khan, and the first order promulgated, if he doesn't abide by it, it will be too bad to give the Great Khan face, although they did this when the last Great Khan was like this, but the Wanton Yehu Khan is really unpopular, so everyone will betray their relatives, and Ashina Ni does not have such a thing, and his reputation has always been very good.
Ashina Ni saw the worries and resistance in the hearts of these people, at this time, it was not that they were fighting with the Khan of the Wild Leaf Protection, and the dark vitality was so injured that they called Ashina Ni to do peace, their strength was still there, and Ashina Ni Yu almost didn't have much effort to seize the position of the Khan, so the Western Turks are not in decline now, so this proposal does not seem to be so easy to pass.
"If you have any opinions, you can say them one by one, and Ben Khan is willing to listen." Ashina Ni opened his mouth and said, he is not a megalomaniac like the Wanton Yehu Khan, he understands his ruling foundation very well, so he took the initiative to open the gate to release the water, he opened the gate, and the water came out, a man with five big and three rough immediately stood up and said: "Great Khan, I am a rough man, don't blame me for speaking badly, I just can't get used to these Han people!" Especially this person, the Great Khan, don't forget, those people in the Eastern Turks were destroyed by him, at this time, he can be regarded as our enemy, the Khan is indeed very bad, I don't think he is pleasing to the eye, but it is not the turn of a Han to meddle in our affairs! ”
As soon as this rough man said it, it immediately aroused the approval of most of the people, nodded one after another, and pointed at Suning, if it weren't for the bad complexion of Ashina, it is estimated that he would stand up and start the war directly, only a few of the more stable ones are still sitting still, and do not participate in this conference to denounce Suning, but pay attention to Ashina Mud, which is relatively mature and calm, and it is not easy to deal with, but those who are rough are easy to deal with.
"Great Khan, if you want to say that you have an alliance with other countries, even if it is with the Tang State, it has nothing to do with it, but why do you want the Tang Emperor to canonize our Great Khan? At the beginning, the Tang Emperor was still like a great Turk and called him a minister, when will it be our turn to do these things for them? Great Khan, we can't agree with this matter! Otherwise, wouldn't it be a head lower than the Han people?! We've never been defeated! Another tall, thin man stood up and said loudly.
Su Dingfang frowned, looked at Suning, although Suning did not frown, but his face was not good, and then Ashina waved his hand to signal the big guys to sit down, and then said: "This is a big event, a national affair, everyone should pay attention to it, our current situation is very bad, we need help, Datang has no other requirements for us, looking at the surrounding countries, they are all ghosts, only Datang can help us, Datang is rich in products and very rich, we have an alliance with Datang, You can get a lot of things we need, and the benefits of Datang mutual market you also understand, this is very necessary! ”
As soon as this statement came out, there were many tribal leaders who settled down, and they also understood the benefits of trading with Datang, and the things of the Han people were still good, although their people and the army were very rubbish, this is the concept of ethnic minorities all along, and countless exquisite gadgets made them very yearning, if they could interact with Datang It was indeed very good, and Datang was strong, if they didn't agree to some conditions, Datang would not be soft, and buying Datang's things from other countries was simply sent to be slaughtered.
However, if it is canonized by the Tang Dynasty, isn't that tantamount to surrendering to the Tang Dynasty? Surrender to the Han Chinese? Surrender to their enemies? It was already difficult, not to mention that they were not defeated!
How is this acceptable? (To be continued......)