I am Da Song

Chapter 283 Changing Yuan Jianye
In the heavy snow in December, the atmosphere of Tokyo City is very lively.

The main reason is that the industry and commerce in this month are extremely prosperous, not only because of the re-opening of the Silk Road, a large number of Hu merchants entered Tokyo.

More importantly, tribute envoys from all over the world arrived in Tokyo one after another. These people spent a lot of money to buy all kinds of exquisite artifacts in Tokyo and bring them back to China.

It can be reported almost every day that a store has sold tens of thousands of products in a day.Which envoy spent a lot of money and emptied the goods of more than a dozen shops in a street.

In the midst of the excitement, everyone was paying attention to the Grand Court Meeting during the New Year's Eve, wondering which countries' envoys would come to pay tribute, and whether the current tribute envoys would return to the size before Jingkang.

The people in the inner city are particularly keen to discuss this aspect. They have personally experienced the Jingkang national disaster, and they are more aware of the situation before and after the national disaster.Countless people sighed that since Jingkang, it has been several years since they have seen such a lively scene.

On the first day of the first lunar month, the Dachaohui was held as scheduled.

The royal driver came to the Daqing Hall in person, and four tall, armored generals were standing at the four corners of the Daqing Hall.

All civil and military officials wear crowns, wear court clothes, and stand in court.

Then all the officials from all walks of life entered the court to start playing, and each held the party's things to offer.

The tributes from all walks of life in these places are also an important part of the royal family's income.

It is worth mentioning that Da Song now has more than 24 routes.With the recovery of Yanyun in the Song Dynasty, the north of Hebei Road and Yanjing South Road were added.

Northeast Hebei Road is slightly different from the Northeast Hebei Road set up by the Kingdom of Jin in history. It is mainly north of Yanmen Pass, and the four prefectures behind the mountain that were returned to the Song Dynasty by the Kingdom of Jin.

Yanjing South Road is the six states in front of the mountain, including Youzhou, Jizhou, and Zhuozhou.

At the same time, the Beijing of the Song Dynasty was also moved from the Daming Mansion to Youzhou, in order to show the determination of the Song Dynasty to guard Yanyun.

In addition to these two roads, there were two other roads that contributed tribute, namely Xihe Road and Longyou Duhufu.

In the end, Zhao Huan agreed to Liu Kai's plan, but for the sake of balancing civil and military affairs, it was impossible for Zhao Huan to hand over all the Longyou Protectorate, which was larger than Xixia, to Liu Kai.

Therefore, according to the old system of the opening of the Xihe River, the imperial court once again designated Xihe, He, Tao, Min, Die, Dang and other six states close to the Song Dynasty as Xihe Road, which were under the jurisdiction of the imperial court.

At the same time, Xining Prefecture and the west of Huangzhou on the plateau were all placed under the Longyou Protectorate.

That is, the Hehuang area is divided into two, and the east of Hezhou is Guixihe Road.

Huangzhou, Xining Prefecture, Kuozhou, and Jishi Army to the west of Hezhou were all under the Longyou Protectorate, and all the land recovered westward, before reaching the Black Han Kingdom, was also under the management of the Longyou Protectorate.

With the appearance of the Longyou Protectorate's Mansion, everyone clearly realized that the imperial court's national plan had been put in the direction of Longxi.

The arrangement of envoys from various countries that followed was even more meaningful in this regard.

All the tribute envoys who wear Hanchen costumes and perform Han rituals are in the forefront.

But it is worth noting that the envoys of Xiliao ranked first among the envoys of various countries, not the Jin Kingdom that all countries thought!
According to the usual practice in previous years, after the Kingdom of Jin replaced the Liao Dynasty, the envoys were the first envoys to pay their respects to the New Year in the annual Great Court Assembly.

But this year, the "little brother" of this big northern country was actually replaced by Xiliao.

Undoubtedly, this is Zhao Huan's arrangement.

Although Xiliao and Song Dynasty had a slight disagreement, Zhao Huan saw very clearly when it came to right and wrong.

Xiliao is the most staunch ally and the most reliable arm in the Central Plains, even stronger than the Kelie tribe.

Since 5000 years in the Central Plains, these are all reliable vassals who can be ranked in the forefront.

Because in order to maintain their cohesion, Xiliao would not be assimilated by the surrounding Uighurs and Turks, and they firmly adhered to Han culture.

The national system was copied from the Central Plains, and at the same time, the official language of the dynasty was stipulated as Chinese.

Yes, the official language of Xiliao is Chinese.This is because starting from Emperor Daozong of Liao, they no longer called themselves the Liao Kingdom, but called themselves the Northern Dynasty and the Great Song Dynasty the Southern Dynasty.

The monarchs and ministers of the Liao Kingdom firmly believed that they were the descendants of the Yellow Emperor, and that they were brothers with the Song Dynasty, and that they were the orthodox Zhu Xia, and at worst they were also one of the Zhu Xia.

From Datang's point of view, their proposition is not wrong.

Because now one of the countries in the Quartet counts as one, and they are all the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

Jurchen is the governor's residence of the Black Water Army, Mongolia is the governor's residence of the Shiwei Army, the military governor of the Xixia Dingnan Army, and the military governor of Dali Tong Navy.The Western Regions, Gaochang, and Hei Han are the envoys of Anxi Jiedu.Even the Song Dynasty was the Xuanwu Army Jiedushi who began to expand in all directions, inheriting most of the core territory of the Tang Dynasty.

The only difference is the Longyou Governor's Mansion, which is the result of the Song Dynasty's expansion of territory on the plateau.

It is so difficult to newly develop and assimilate a piece of land, and it is even more important to know how important a country and nation that pursues Han culture are.

With Xiliao fighting in the Western Regions and assimilating various ethnic groups, it can greatly promote the spread of Han culture to the Western Regions and Central Asia.

If all goes well, the Song Dynasty can set up prefectures and counties along the direction of Xiliao, and re-establish Heihan, Gaochang, Shazhou, and Guazhou as prefectures and counties.Even Anxi Dufu was exempted.With a high degree of cultural identity, the same language and customs, the Central Plains can directly set up local states and counties for jurisdiction.

At worst, Xiliao can also stand side by side with Goryeo, becoming an empire with east and west walls, devoutly pursuing Confucian culture for 2000 years.In order to prevent the Western Regions from being eroded by other cultures.

After the Xixia envoys paid tribute, they were followed by Xixia envoys. This year's Xixia envoys changed into Song Dynasty official uniforms, and also bowed down and paid tribute in the manner of Han officials.

It really shocked many people from foreign countries, because since Xiliao, Xixia, Goryeo, Vietnam and other countries have all held court congratulations with the Hanchen ceremony.

The style of the Han family is obvious, and it can be inferred from all directions. It seems that after the prosperity of the Central Plains, the culture of the Han family is also spreading to the four directions, receding the cultural sphere of influence of other ethnic groups.

The most obvious thing about all these is that in the Western Regions, the area of ​​red symbolizing Han culture is constantly expanding, and the cultures of Uyghur, Turkic, and Tubo are rapidly retreating westward.

The Gaochang Uyghur who was caught in the middle seemed so out of place at this time.

The envoys from the West were gathered together, listening to the names of the Western envoys one by one, whether they wanted to or not, their thoughts were unconsciously brought to the western border of the empire.

Until Zhao Huaien walked up to the main hall on behalf of the tribes in the Hehuang area, he solemnly asked Zhao Huan: "Yellow-headed Uighurs and Caotou Tartars, a group of barbarians and barbarians, refused to obey the king's order, entrenched one side, and blocked the way of the Western tribute envoys to pay tribute. Your servant please As the king's predecessor, sweep away disobedient ministers, and exalt my great Song Tianwei."

Zhao Huangao sat on the dragon chair, with a solemn expression, and solemnly announced: "Yes. From today, the country will be transformed into Yuan and established. I will build the holy pilgrimage together!"

(End of this chapter)