Section 2: Jiao Siluo Regime

Hand in hand, we like to ride together.

Go north to the cloud pavilion and fly away, and the jian on the fishing platform will be clear and empty.

The pond is a great place to enjoy watching the swamp, and looking up at the green waves of the dragon boat.

I look down at the branch of sacred grass and miss my concubine Mi Luohe.

I quit chanting the Han Dynasty girl Xiang'e, and the sun has passed away to Tibet.

There is also an orchid room for the bridal chamber, and the Chinese stirrup steps block the light.

As bright as the sunrise, the hibiscus trees help the bottles to sit and drink.

The master dances and sings, and those who are capable can touch different points.

Teng Gu Fei Jue Lan Qian, the same amount and the same color.

You can be with whomever you want, your face will be red, your hair will be blue, and your appearance will be blue.

The sleeves follow the etiquette and the face is extremely affectionate. The dancing fairy is light and graceful.

The clothes are removed and the tassel is left behind, and the man looks up and laughs noisily.

Looking at the beautiful lady with her beautiful face, they all hold up the golden crown and emerald green crown, with their hands crossed and their sleeves ruffled.

The wrist is as weak as a pearl ring, and the person sitting sighs and feels relieved.

The royal turban and pink man are beside you, and in the middle is Huonado Liang.

Chicken tongue has five flavors and is fragrant. Who can advance with ginger?

The kindness and love are unforgettable, and the invitations to extend marriage and enjoy private banquets.

But it's too late for the song cup to come. The guest's poems are drunk and he returns home, and the host says that he is still in the dark.

The Zongge tribe broke away from the Liugu Alliance and became independent. Their power continued to grow, and other tribes gradually merged into the Zongge tribe. By 1008 AD, the Zongge tribe had become the most powerful Tubo tribe in the Hehuang area, and also became a flag among all Tibetan people.

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The Zongge clan is divided into two major power groups: one is the Li Lizun Group in what is now Pingan County, Qinghai Province, and the other is the Wen Buqie Group in what is now Ledu County, Qinghai Province. Although these two major power groups belong to the Zongge clan,

But their religious beliefs are different. Li Lizun once became a monk and later returned to secular life, so the religious belief of this group is Buddhism. The Wen Buqi Group is a traditional group that believes in Bon religion. This area is originally a relatively strong Bon religion.

In the region, especially after Dama destroyed the Buddha, the Bon religion began to flourish again. But once both sides have a common enemy, they will stick together and form a common alliance, the Zongge Alliance. However, because the two sides have different religious beliefs

, this creates a problem. It is not suitable for the leader of the two tribes to serve as the leader of the alliance. We can only choose an intermediate force to balance the relationship between the two parties. So, our protagonist Jiao Siluo appears.

Now, he is known as the descendant of Tubo Zanpu. He is recognized by everyone, so he was invited to be the leader of the alliance.

Jiao Siluo is a very legendary figure. After the fall of Tubo, he suffered a lot as a royal Houyi who fled everywhere, but unexpectedly he soon transformed into the supreme leader of a powerful local government.

Huansi Nai, whose original name was Qinan Lingwen and nicknamed Xiasa, was born in 997 when his parents were on the road to avoid being hunted by the rebels. He is a descendant of the Wosong royal family. It is customary for Tibetan Zangpu, lords and great living Buddhas to conceal their real names.

, it is only called an official position, the name of Buddha, and Busizai is just a title, which means "Buddha's Son" in Tibetan.

Both parties jointly chose Jiao Siluo as the leader of the alliance, and there are two considerations. The first is because Jiao Siluo was born in the royal family, and he is a descendant of Zanpu, so it is logical to serve as the leader of the alliance, and the alliance can also make use of descendants of the Tubo royal family.

In the name of the tribe, he called on other tribes to join in. The second Jiao Siluo was only 12 years old now, and he was still a child, so there was no need to worry about weakening their rights after making him the leader. In this way, in 1008, Jiao Siluo was

Li Lizun and Wen Buqi became puppet monarchs in Kuozhou. After Jiao Siluo took office, all the surrounding separatist forces began to join the alliance. Even Siduodu, the leader of the powerful Liangzhou Liugu Alliance, led more than 100,000 subordinates to join Jiao Siluo.

Siluo, which greatly strengthened the Zonge Alliance. In 1014, the Jiaosiluo regime moved its capital to Zongge City. This was Li Lizun's base camp, so from then on, Li Lizun held real power, and Jiaosiluo could only obey Li Lizun's orders.

Li Lizun became prime minister. In order to control this puppet monarch, he also married his two daughters to Jiao Si Luo. Originally this was just a political marriage, but for Jiao Si Luo, it was not necessarily a bad one.

Opportunity. As a descendant of a declining royal family, Jiao Siluo has no power of his own at all now. Now that he has a powerful backer like Li Lizun, at least he has the confidence. In the future, he can also use Li Lizun's strong strength to support his royal power and strengthen his opposition.

The rule of the Zonge Alliance.

Li Lizun was both the prime minister and the head of the state, and with the support of his original power, he was the actual person in power. However, he was tyrannical and ambitious. He even wrote to the Song Dynasty many times to request that the Song Dynasty canonize him as Zanpu, and he hoped to use the Song Dynasty to

With his own strength, he drove his son-in-law Jiao Siluo from the throne. At this time, the Song Dynasty was busy dealing with the attacks of Dangxiang and Khitan, and had no time to pay attention to a new force quietly rising in the Hehuang area. Since Li Lizun took the initiative and wanted to improve his

In terms of identity and status, the Song Dynasty took advantage of the situation and made him the Jiedu Envoy of the Baoshun Army. His status was much higher than the position conferred by the Song Dynasty on Jiao Siluo.

Since 1015 AD, the Zonge Alliance has continuously sent troops to attack the border areas of the Song Dynasty. In the Battle of Sandu Valley, the Zonge Alliance suffered a fierce counterattack by the Song army and suffered heavy casualties. After the failure of this battle, Jiaosiluo's reputation was greatly reduced.

Many tribes turned to the Song Dynasty. The Zongge alliance subsequently collapsed, which also deepened the conflict between Jiao Siluo and Li Lizun, and the two eventually parted ways.

Jiao Siluo led his men to Miaochuan City to join the Wen Buqie Group, another major power group of Zongge's tribe. In order to deal with Xixia, the Song Dynasty united all forces that could be combined. So in 1032 AD, the Song Dynasty also sealed the

Jiao Siluo was a naturalized general. The remnants of the Uighurs from Ganzhou came to join him. Jiao Siluo became more powerful and accelerated his development. Jiao Siluo's regime grew stronger, and his temper and ambition also expanded. And at this time, Jiao Siluo became more powerful.

Luo was no longer the child who had just ascended the throne. He had his own ideas and opinions. He secretly cultivated his own power and tried every means to weaken Wen Buqie's power. Wen Buqie began to have ideas of replacing him.

When Li Yuanhao of the Western Xia Dynasty conquered the Hehuang area, he knew that Wen Buqie was at odds with Jiao Siluo, so he used a divorce plan to accelerate the division between the two of them. Facing a large army to conquer, Wen Buqie, as the leader of the Miaochuan Group, wanted to

What's important is how to preserve his strength. Moreover, he is also worried that Jiao Siluo will take the opportunity to encroach on his rights and threaten his position in the group. What's more, Jiao Siluo has always been wary of Wen Qi from the first day he came here.

He didn't dare to take it lightly for a moment. Wen Bu was still hesitating.

Finally, Wen Buqie couldn't stand it any longer. He contacted some of his cronies and launched a coup while discussing matters in the court. However, Jiao Siluo had already prepared. He laid an ambush around the royal court. The rebellion of Wen Buqie and others did not occur.

After achieving success, it was quickly quelled, and its military and political power was snatched away. Jiaosiluo moved its ruling center to the current Xining City, Qinghai Province. From then on, it became the political, economic, cultural and religious center of the Jiaosiluo regime.

Jiao Siluo held great power. He made it clear that he wanted to join the Song Dynasty to fight against Xixia, and worked hard to survive and develop among all forces. Since Jiao Siluo was born in the Tubo royal family, the Jiao Siluo regime was also called the Tubo regime.

Faced with the powerful military force of the Dangxiang ethnic group, the Tubo tribes in the Helong area realized that they must unite in order to withstand the Xixia's pressing pressure.

At the end of 1035, Li Yuanhao invaded Hehuang. Several Tubo tribes were attacked, and Jiaosiluo led his men to resist desperately. After fighting between the two sides, Dangxiang's army approached Qingtang City, the capital of Jiaosiluo. Jiaosiluo adopted the strategy of waiting for work.

, defend the city. Li Yuanhao led the army across the Huangshui River and asked the soldiers to place small colorful flags in the water to indicate the depth of the water. Jiao Siluo secretly sent people to move the enemy's colorful flags to the deep water, and then said that the Xixia army was exhausted.

, suddenly sent troops to defeat the Dangxiang army. The Xixia army began to flee in a hurry. As a result, when they reached Huangshui, a large number of Xixia soldiers drowned because Jiao Siluo had already tampered with their marks. This battle

It greatly improved Jiaosiluo's prestige among the various tribes in Tubo and enhanced his appeal. Those Tubo tribes that had betrayed Jiaosiluo's regime came to join him one after another, and Jiaosiluo's strength reached its peak.

In order to revive the glory of Tubo, Jiao Si Luo took a series of measures to strengthen the dynastic rule during his more than 20 years of rule in the Qing and Tang Dynasties. The revitalization of the Tubo dynasty began with the oath system, and Jiao Si Luo knew very well that this system had a negative impact on various ministries.

The importance of unity. Under the attack of the civilian slave uprising, the Tubo Dynasty fell into pieces and did not belong to each other, which greatly weakened the cohesion and combat effectiveness of the various ministries. Under such a situation, in order to unify the various ministries, the oath system undoubtedly became more important.

Only through the oath can various forces work together to continue writing the legend of Tubo. Through the oath, Jiao Siluo restored the authority of the dynasty and established his own authority. In addition, he also established a complete set of court rituals, discussions, and decisions.

The procedures and regulations for supervision, praise and criticism stipulate that the king is sacred and can dominate everything in the country. The subjects need unconditional support and support, and all ministries must act according to the content of the oath.

Buddhism was popular in the Qing and Tang Dynasties, and Jiaosiluo also wanted to use Buddhism to strengthen his rule. Buddhism became the state religion of Jiaosiluo. For a time, temples appeared everywhere within the Jiaosiluo regime. A large number of famous temples were built during that period.

The rulers of all dynasties in the Hehuang area have attached great importance to the development here. As early as the period of Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty, counties were set up in the Hehuang area and included in the county and county jurisdiction system of the Central Plains Dynasty. During the reign of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, Zhao Chongguo

Farming in the Huangshui River Basin became a milestone in the feudalization of society in the Hehuang area and greatly promoted the economic development of the area. Subsequent dynasties developed the area to varying degrees, especially in the Sui and Tang dynasties.

The central dynasty paid more attention to the management of the Hehuang area, which led to the progressive development of politics and economy in this area, and the contact with the mainland became more direct, frequent and close, especially during the reign of Zasiza.

Due to the superior natural geographical conditions, the animal husbandry of the Jiaosiluo regime was very developed. Since Xiliang Prefecture was occupied by Xixia, the Song Dynasty shifted to obtain war horses from the indeedsisi regime of the Qing and Tang Dynasties. In 1015, the four tribes of the Jiaosiluo regime

More than 5,000 horses were paid tribute to the Song Dynasty at one time, which shows the development of its animal husbandry economy. Jiaosiluo became another war horse supply base of the Song Dynasty after the Liugu Department of Xiliang Prefecture.

At the same time, agriculture in the Qingtang area has also been greatly improved and developed. The people in this area have abandoned their original nomadic life of living for water and grass and have lived a farm life. They have also learned to use water power to turn water mills to process grains.

The craftsmanship skills are no worse than those of the Han people, especially the forging skills. The armors they made were often given as gifts to the Song Dynasty. The most powerful family in the city in the Qing and Tang Dynasties was the Qiao family, and the daughter of the Qiao family was Jiao Siluo.

In order to avoid rebellion in the country, his wife Jiaosiluo asked his wife's natal family to move to Lijing City and formed a partnership with him. Together they controlled the east-west transportation artery. The Jiaosiluo regime took advantage of the transportation advantages of Qingtang Road

Actively developing foreign trade, Qingtang City had become a distribution center for merchants from Central Asia and the Western Regions.

In 1065, the great leader of Jiaosiluo died of illness at the age of 69. His death caused conflicts within the Jiaosiluo regime. After Jiaosiluo's death, the regime was leaderless, and family conflicts reached a fever pitch.

Jiao Si Luo married three wives during his lifetime. When he first came to Kuozhou, the powerful Li Lizun betrothed his two daughters to him in order to win over Nu Si Zai, and they gave birth to the eldest son Xiang Xiang and the second son Mo Xiang Jiao respectively. Later, Si Siluo was confirmed.

He had a falling out with Li Lizun and led his troops to defect to Wen Buqie of Miaochuan. He married the daughter of the Qiao family of the local wealthy family and gave birth to a young son Dong Xiang. After Jiao Siluo moved to Qingtang, he gradually became alienated from the Li sisters and became more and more...

He doted on Mrs. Qiao and extended this affection to his youngest son Dong Fe.

Dong Fei was favored by his parents since he was a child, received a good education, and was smart and studious, which made his father Jiao Siluo believe that he would be his future heir. Dong Fei was appointed as the governor of Huizhou by the Song Dynasty when he was only 9 years old.

The favor given to Dong Fei and her son made the Lis and their children, who were already indifferent towards each other, even more resentful of Huo Siluo. They tried every means to murder Dong Fei and her son. After the conspiracy was exposed, Jiao Siluo even more rejected the Li sisters and their children, and ordered the Li sisters to stay in the house.

In his hometown of Kuozhou, he became a nun and repented of his sins. At the same time, his two children, Xiang Xiang and Mo Xiangjiao, were placed under house arrest.

At the end of 1036, on a snowy night, Li Baquan, a member of the Li family, helped the Li sisters secretly escape from Kuozhou while the sentry guarding the Li sisters was sleeping. The eldest son Xiang Xiang and his mother went to Gong Valley (today's Gansu Province).

Yuzhong County), and later moved to Hezhou (today's Linxia, ​​Gansu); the second son Mo Yejiao and his mother came to Mochuan City. From then on, each of the three children led a force and became local leaders one after another.

Although Jiao Siluo is still alive, his family and his political power have been divided into three parts, and they are not subordinate to each other.

The Song Dynasty was well aware of the internal conflicts of the Quesi family, but it did not want to see its allies affect the cause of uniting with Tibet to fight Xia because of trivial family matters. For this reason, in the spring of 1039, the Song court canonized various members of the family, including Qiao.

The surname was the wife of Yongjia County; the Li sisters were given the honor of wearing purple clothes; the eldest son Xianyang was granted the title of training envoy of the Chengzhou regiment, and his eldest son Mu Zheng acted as his deputy after his death; the second son Mo Xiejiao was granted the title of the envoy of the Shunzhou regiment after his death.

He blindly deceived Ding to seize the throne, and the Jin Dynasty made Shunzhou the governor.

The Song Dynasty had always hoped that the three sons of Jiao Si Luo would become one family and jointly resist foreign enemies, and specially sent Liu Huan, the envoy, to Qingtang City to do Jiao Si Luo's ideological work, but the effect was not good.

After the rise of Xixia, the Song Dynasty focused its main energy on dealing with the two main enemies of Xia and Liao, and relaxed its focus on Tibet in the northwest. Xixia's expansion into the northwest was too strong, and it had threatened the interests of the Liao Dynasty in these areas.

, the Liao Dynasty also focused its attention on Xixia. The Tubo tribes in the Hehuang land, after having the Song Dynasty as a backer, also hoped to find another backer. In 1048, 1051, and 1054, the Jiaosiluo tribe sent three consecutive

The envoys went to the Liao Dynasty to pay tribute. The Liao Dynasty also hoped to build a force in the Hehuang area to contain Xixia.

In 1058, the Liao Dynasty married the princess to Dong Xiang, the youngest son of Nu Siduo, who was already in de facto power.

In order to urge Dong Fei to send troops to fight against Xia, the messenger from the Liao Dynasty stayed in the Qing Tang Dynasty after the princess got married. The only purpose was to force Tibet to send troops. Dong Fei knew that his power was weak, so sending troops hastily was undoubtedly an attack on a stone. So,
To be continued...