All the way to the north, Li Ye has been investigating the scale of cities in Khitan, the development of Confucian culture, and the construction of the national system. What he saw and heard made him have a deeper understanding of Yelu Abaoji, and he couldn't help but admire him in his heart.
Because of the short period of time since the unification of Khitan and the conquest of the grasslands, everything is just a prototype, and with the destruction of this war, many things are beyond recognition.
However, building a complete prototype is actually the most difficult thing. As long as the head is opened, everything behind is just a matter of time.
The current situation is exactly what Li Ye needs.
If the Khitan state system has been solid and the Khitan people's national concept has been formed, it will be much more difficult to turn them into people who are interested in the Tang Dynasty until they are completely assimilated.
Now the Khitan people have understood and initially adapted to the rule of the country, but they don't have such a deep national consciousness, so they are most suitable for Li Ye's transformation.
When the Khitan people are transformed, it will be much easier for the grassland people to influence the grassland people than to let the Central Plains people change the grassland people.
"Yelu Abaoji's hard work for many years seems to be making wedding clothes for you."
Looking at the Khitan people who were repairing the city of Xilou, King Qi expressed such emotion.
The task of the Tatar and Yellow Heads to hand over the Khitan captives and slaves was completed a few days ago. Now most of them are in the Tang army camp and controlled by the Tang army. Only those who behave well among them are eligible to be released. Camp, to repair their former capital.
According to Li Ye's arrangement, these people will also be the first batch of people to obtain the "household registration" of the Tang Dynasty, be recognized and protected by the Tang Dynasty, and be the first to return to the familiar and beloved herding life.
Li Ye has heard a lot of King Qi's emotion these days, and it's all from the officials under his command.
Since Li Ye came to Khitan to change and rule this place, it is naturally impossible not to bring civil servants with him. The army was followed by civil servants, and they took over the land immediately after the war ended. That was his usual method when he was fighting in the Central Plains.
Some of the students from Chang'an Practice Academy who served as military officers in the army have now joined the ranks of civil servants. They have been protected by monks and the army of the Tang Dynasty. They have gone deep into the grasslands to investigate and communicate face-to-face with the herdsmen to prepare for the upcoming political affairs. .
With grassland shepherds as guides, especially Khitan people, there is no reason why their errands should not go well.
The purpose of cultivating students at Chang'an Practice Academy is to serve the country after they have completed their studies, so they actually know more about the grassland than ordinary civil servants.
Just like Zhang Changan, before he entered the grassland, he had learned several mainstream languages on the grassland. Although he couldn't speak it well, he could barely communicate.
"The predecessors planted trees and the descendants took advantage of the shade. It sounds weird to apply this to Yelu Abao's airframe, but that's the truth." Li Ye responded to King Qi with a smile.
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In fact, what he wants to say is that on the earth, the reason why Huaxia is the later Huaxia is the result of the continuous efforts of countless heroes and people with lofty ideals.
Some of them are for the achievement of their imperial hegemony, and some are for the advancement of advancement, but from the perspective of the long history, without their efforts, there would be no great achievement of the integration of the Chinese nation before Li Ye crossed over. situation.
Although the process was more tortuous, there was more blood and fire, and the disaster and pain were more severe.
In this sense, Yelu Abaoji is just one of them.
"Yelu Abaoji's funeral ceremony is coming soon. Originally, I thought that there was no need for you to show up at that time, but after hearing what you said just now, I think you should write a sacrificial article for him." King Qi thought for a while and said .
Li Ye agreed with this, "We should write a sacrificial essay."
When Yelu Abaoji was buried, there was a sacrificial oration given to him by the people of the Tang Dynasty, which meant that he was officially recognized by the Tang Dynasty. The hidden meaning was that Khitan became a part of the Tang Dynasty and already belonged to the Great Tang Dynasty.
This is the final conclusion.
I don't know if Yelu Abaoji will crawl out of the coffin after hearing the news.
"By the way, Yue Liduo, what do you plan to arrange?" King Qi showed an evil smirk.
Li Ye rolled his eyes, "I'm not interested in her, so you can deal with her however you want."
He is not a loser, he does not need to conquer his opponent's women to show his strength; he is not a pervert, he does not need to insult other king's women to satisfy his dark psychology; he is not Cao Mengde, he has a weird hobby of collecting wives .
King Qi saw that Li Ye really didn't take Yue Liduo seriously, so he said seriously: "This woman is pretty good, we can let her play some role.
"The current Khitan needs a leader on the stage after all, to unite people's hearts and serve the dynasty. It is better for a woman to take on this role than a man. And as a woman of Yelu Abaoji, she can better eliminate the Khitan people. Hostility towards Datang, and Khitan's various uneasy factors."
That's good advice.
But Li Ye didn't quite agree.
Yue Liduo, also known as Shuluping, is not a simple character, and is also famous in history. She is still young, immature, and looks harmless to humans and animals, but her upper limit is very high, and she herself will be an unstable factor in the future.
"Let's talk about it later." Li Ye decided to seriously think about this issue, mainly to see Yue Liduo's mind, if she hated Datang, although this matter has great benefits, it is not negotiable.
Li Ye and Li Maozhen returned to the camp, and the guards reported that Saliko asked to see him.
"The affairs of the Tatars in the west building are over, and it's almost winter now, please allow us to return to our territory as soon as possible, and let the cattle and sheep fatten up before the cold winter comes." Saliko Saluting like a ritual, he said respectfully.
This year, due to the long-lasting war, the number of people grazing on the grassland has decreased too much, and the number of cattle and sheep has also decreased, which has led to the lush growth of pastures.
If the soldiers seize the time to go back to herd, they can indeed make the cattle and sheep catch up with the last fattening season.
But Li Ye knew that the reason Saliko was in a hurry to leave was because he didn't want to participate in Yelu Abaoji's funeral.
This was a cautious behavior to avoid suspicion, Saliko didn't want Li Ye to feel that he had some kind of sympathy for Yelu Abaoji, so as not to be suspected by Li Ye.
Saliko's worries are not groundless.
Not to mention anything else, these days, when Tatar and Huangtou were handing over the Khitan captives, because the chief had just died, he was dissatisfied. A fighter has emerged unworthy.
As a result, in the west building where the war had ended, there were more corpses, and blood flowed like rivers.
The yellow head, which was only slightly weaker than the Tatar tribe, now has a tribe with a little more than half the size of the Tatar tribe.
Of course Saliko knew that Li Ye didn't want to suppress the yellow head, which would make the grassland situation unbalanced. After all, the three pillars of Huangtou, Tatar, and Khitan are much better for Datang than Tatar and Khitan to check and balance.
But the man with the yellow head wanted to die by himself, Li Ye was not merciful.
Saliko didn't want to face Li Ye with such a murderous intent again. He was afraid that one day, Li Ye felt that the Tatar tribe was stronger, and then found a reason to kill a group of people from the Tatar tribe.
This kind of thing sounds unreasonable, but Saliko has to worry about it becoming a reality.
"If the chief wants to leave, Gu will naturally not stop him. In this war, the Tatars have made great contributions, and Gu will remember it. If the chief has spare time in the future, welcome to Chang'an as a guest, and Gu will do his best as a landlord." Li Ye The smile is very kind.
Saliko couldn't help shivering. He can't see Li Ye smiling now, he always feels that there is a knife in his smile; and he can't help but think deeply about the words that come out of Li Ye's mouth.
For example, now, when Li Ye said that he was welcome to visit Chang'an, in Saliko's view, he was threatening him to act carefully, otherwise he would be arrested and sent to Chang'an.
As for doing the landlord's favor, hehe, I don't know if it's a glass of poisoned wine.
Saliko frightened himself, and quickly became panicked. In order to escape successfully, he gritted his teeth and tried his best to smile sincerely and obsequiously, "His Royal Highness, I don't think there are many cattle and sheep in the west building. King An's plan is not good, and the Tatars are willing to donate 300,000 sheep, 50,000 cattle, and 10,000 horses, just to help His Highness... "
They captured the West Building and plundered not only the Khitan people, but also the wealth of the Khitan people.
After Li Ye arrived, he only asked them to release the Khitan people, but did not deprive them of their trophies. In Li Ye's words, you violated the military order, and Gu also punished you, but Gu is very trustworthy and will not blackmail you.
So although Saliko was afraid of Li Ye, he didn't have much dissatisfaction with Li Ye.
Li Ye was very surprised by Saliko's understanding and righteousness, but he would naturally not refuse such a good thing, besides, it was proposed by the other party on his own initiative, and besides, the West Building is indeed short of cattle and sheep, "The chief is so generous, I am very grateful .”
Seeing that Li Ye was satisfied, Section Sali let out a sigh of relief.
After the Tatar tribe left, the new chief of the yellow head also came to say goodbye. The new chief was quite young, less than forty years old, and was selected as the new chief. At that time, some people were still dissatisfied. After the Tang army killed many people, his position is now very stable.
Huangtou also took the initiative to contribute a lot of cattle and sheep.
Coupled with the gift from the Tatar Ministry, the Tang army's military rations were guaranteed in the short term, and the Khitan people in the West Building had the capital to rebuild their homes, so Li Ye didn't have to find food for them elsewhere.
A few days later, the funeral ceremony of Yelu Abaoji was carried out smoothly, and the civil servants of the Tang Dynasty announced the sacrificial rites in public.
Afterwards, Yelu Abaoji, the hero of a generation, was buried in the ground.
There were many Khitan people participating in the ceremony, ranging from dignitaries to ordinary soldiers, Yelu Abaoji was their hero after all.
When hearing the Tang civil servants read the sacrificial oration, ordinary soldiers could only realize that the hero Yelu Abaoji was recognized by the Tang Dynasty, which made them feel proud and proud. They didn't understand that subconsciously, they had agreed with Datang for the first time in handling grassland affairs.
The Khitan dignitaries had complicated expressions on their faces. Although most of them could only feel strange, the smart people among them already understood what this sacrificial rite meant. Over the years, his complexion has changed drastically, and he is full of sadness, knowing that he has completely lost his power and status on the grassland.