Chapter 27 The Situation
Li Xuandu was once a party to the Imperial Capital Incident and was no stranger to the battle to seize the throne. After seeing Yueli Farewell, Zixue Bekhan, Halelen, Wushu and others, he had already gained a preliminary understanding of the situation in the royal court.
People's hearts are changing. As Lao Khan grows old, his ministers naturally have to plan for the future, so as not to lose their current power and status after the new Khan ascends the throne. The most direct choice is to support the new Lord. One servant cannot serve the two masters. If he supports the new Lord, he will turn away from the old master. Although they are unwilling to betray Lao Khan in subjective wishes, they have turned away from Lao Khan in actual actions. Therefore, the emperor's most guarded against his son in his later years.
According to age, Lao Khan and Emperor Shizong are of the same generation. Today, Emperor Tianbao is the grandson of Emperor Shizong. The Great Wei Dynasty has experienced the Mingyong, Wude and Tianbao dynasties. Lao Khan has always held great power. Lao Khan's eldest son Mingli Khan is already an old man who knows the destiny of heaven, and his youngest son Yao Mu Huhan is less than 30 years old. From Lao Khan's perspective, the eldest son has been waiting for too long and has a lot of patience, which is unpredictable, so he must strictly prevent his eldest son from taking risks. The youngest son is very young, and he still has enough patience to wait, far from being impatient.
At that time, the youngest son can trust. From the perspective of the entire golden tent, every time the position of the Khan king alternates, it will lead to war and lose the strength of the golden tent. Based on his own reign, if the eldest son is on the setting sun, even if he can inherit the Khan throne, he will be the Khan king for 20 years, and then he will be the Khan king for 20 years. After twenty years, he will cause another battle for the throne. The youngest son is the sun rising in the morning. He is young and strong, and can be the Khan king for 60 years, and the golden tent can be stable for 60 years. In addition, the custom of young son guarding the stove, the old khan's tendency is very obvious.
But Mingli Khan also has his own advantages. He was more than thirty years older than Yaomu Hukhan. His business for thirty years has enabled him to gain countless vassals. Even Lao Khan cannot handle Mingli Khan at will. In terms of strength, it is far from comparable to the young Yaomu Hukhan. If Lao Khan had not supported his young son, Yaomu Hukhan would not have the strength to fight Mingli Khan at all.
If Lao Han dies now, the disadvantage should be Yao Mu Hu Sweat, and the benefit should be Ming Li Khan, because every day Lao Han is in power, the strength of Yao Mu Hu Sweat will be stronger, and the advantage of Ming Li Khan is weakened. If Lao Han dies before the general trend of Yao Mu Hu Sweat is achieved, then Ming Li Khan can still gain an advantage and the possibility of winning the position of sweat will be greater.
However, judging from Zixue's attitude of marrying her sister, Yao Mu Huhan's supporters were not panicked, which means that although Lao Khan had not appeared in public for many days, it was not time for the oil to run out of energy.
The attitude of the old khan, Halelen, also indirectly proves one thing.
The biggest possibility is that Lao Khan's body is indeed in trouble. He is in cultivation and is inconvenient to show up, and he is still in control of the situation in the royal court. However, the possibility of a secret death cannot be ruled out. Now Li Xuan has received Wu Shu's invitation to see Yao Mu Hu Han, but he can take this opportunity to spy on one or two.
As for why Wushu invited Li Xuandu on behalf of Yao Mu Hu Khan, the reason is very simple. Yao Mu Hu Khan and the moon parted, Wushu was both the masters and the peace school.
Irikhan supported the Daqian clan and Mingli Khan, and Yili Khan was the commander of the Qiexue army. Although he was not responsible for defending the royal court and Lao Khan, he was in charge of external conquests. In other words, as long as the Jin Ting went to war with the Great Wei, Yili Khan could hold military power. If Lao Khan died during the war between the two countries, Yili Khan led the army back to the royal court, and Mingli Khan would have an absolute advantage, so Yili Khan and Mingli Khan were pro-war factions and advocated the use of troops against the Great Wei. In contrast, Yaomu Hukhan must be a pro-peace faction and strive for stability. Now, with Lao Khan's favor, he has gradually gained an advantage in the royal court. As long as no war broke out, he could tie both Mingli Khan and Yili Khan to the royal court. Once Lao Khan passed away, he could quickly control the royal court, defeat the competitors, and then ascend to the throne of Khan. Then it is reasonable for Yaomu Hukhan to attach importance to the envoy of the Central Plains.
In general, looking at the entire Golden Horde, Mingli Khan had the advantage, but as far as the royal court was concerned, Yaomu Huhan had the advantage.
After thinking through this, Li Xuan had an estimate of his next itinerary. It should be that Mingli Khan wanted to kill herself and Yao Mu Hu Khan regarded him as a guest of honor. At the same time, Li Xuan admired Yue Jie. Her trip was clearly a failure of peace talks. As long as the news was sent back to the royal court, the pro-war faction would have the upper hand. Her life was controlled by others and she had to lead the wolf into the house. Once the matter was exposed, she would undoubtedly die. In this desperate situation, she could actually come up with the idea of pretending to be the envoy of the Central Plains, which not only saved herself, but also helped the pro-peace faction stabilize the situation to some extent. From this point of view, Li Xuan felt that Yue Jie had the potential to become the second Xie Zhi. Xie Zhi was also in the gap between the three earthly immortals Li Daoxu, Zhang Jingxiu, and Xu Wugui. It was not an exaggeration to say that it was a desperate situation. Xie Zhi was able to get along with the crowd and eventually turned defeat into victory. It was not unreasonable.
Under Wushu's leadership, Li Xuandu and Yue parted, first passed through the settlement of officials and merchants, then through the settlement of the nobles of Yan, and finally came to the palace where the palaces of the kings were located. It was said that it was a palace, but it was actually a palace. Compared with the palaces in the imperial capital, both in scale and in detail. However, this is reasonable. If the royal court in the golden tent was better than the imperial capital of the Great Wei, then there was no need for them to raise troops to go south every year.
The style of the palace is built in the Central Plains Palace, and it has a distinct style of gold tent. Here, there is no need to open the middle door, the main door is always open, just enter directly from the main door. Wushu is obviously a person who often enters and leaves the palace. The guards of the palace have never even questioned anything and directly released them.
After entering the palace, the number of warriors in the golden tent decreased significantly, and the number of women gradually increased. Needless to say, this is the maid of the Wang Ting. As the biological mother of Yao Mu Hukhan, Xiao Yan would naturally not treat her son with slightest treatment.
Wu Shu led Li Xuandu and Yue to a gorgeously decorated hall, asking the two of them to wait for a while, and then turned into the back room connected to the front room. Not long after, he heard an extremely loud yawning sound from the back room, as if someone had just woken up and was stretching.
A moment later, Wu Shu came out of the inner room, and a moment later, a young man with a golden tent came to the front hall. The man looked like he had just woken up, half-squinted his eyes, and was not very energetic. His long hair was casually dispersed, slightly messy. In this cold weather, he stepped on the layers of felt blankets in the living room with bare feet, and his upper body was just casually wearing a robe, exposed his chest, revealing his distinct muscles, and he looked very burly and tough.
This is the son of Lao Khan and Xiao Yan, Yao Mu Hu Han. His appearance is a typical appearance of a man with a golden tent, with fluffy hair and a dense beard, like a lion.
Yao Mu suddenly yawned, his eyes first fell on Yue Libi, and a smile appeared on his face, and he casually said: "Old Yue is back."
Yue Lijie was obviously a person who was familiar with Yao Mu Hushan. He did not care about etiquette, but just nodded.
Then Yao Mu's eyes turned to the outsider Li Xuandu. Before he could ask questions, Wushu had already spoken: "This is the messenger of the Central Plains."
Yao Mu suddenly sweated and raised his eyebrows: "Are you an envoy from the Central Plains?"
Li Xuandu nodded and said, "I have come to see the Khan of the Golden Tent after receiving the secret order of the master of the tribe."
"Tribean?" Yao Mu Huhan frowned, looked at Wushu, and asked, "What is the official of the Tribean?"
Wushu explained: "The ministry is the governor. The official positions of the people in the Central Plains are very complicated. The governor also has the official positions of the six ministry officials, so the governor is called the ministry hall. The governor also has the official positions of the Du Yu Envoy. The Du Yu Envoy was also called the Censor Central Chief in ancient times, so the governor was called the Central Chief."
Yao Mu suddenly sweated and shook his head: "It's really cumbersome."
Li Xuandu said: "Your Highness..."
Before he could finish his words, Yao Mu Huhan waved his hand and said, "Don't bring the hypocritical etiquette of you Central Plains people to the golden tent, you don't have to call my Highness, nor do you have to call Lao Khan your Majesty. You can call me Yao Mu Huhan."
Chapter completed!