Chapter 343 Autumn Fire

Nothing happened that night, so the huge autumn hunting team set out from Xinghua and continued to head north along the Luan River, but they stopped for a while in the wilderness between the upper reaches of the Luan River and the upper reaches of the Luoma River... This is a natural hunting ground, and the prey is at its fattest stage of the year.

Therefore, a massive hunting campaign was naturally launched on the spot, which not only made this autumn hunting activity worthy of its name, but also raised everyone's mood to a higher level.

On that day, the fifteen-year-old Jin Emperor Wanyan Hela rode out on his horse, drew his bow and shot into the sky first, marking the beginning of this great hunt.

Under the leadership of the king, all the civil and military ministers, tribal nobles also came forward enthusiastically... There was no need to say much about the minority officials who were originally fishermen, hunters, riders and archers. Even the Deputy Envoy of the Privy Council, Qin Xianggong, hit the target with one arrow and shot a weasel in front of the emperor, which attracted the king Wanyan Hela's praise in public.

However, the real climax of the hunting activity occurred in the evening of the third day.

In the evening of that day, everyone counted the prey and were shocked to find that the king Wanyan Hela, who was only fifteen years old, had shot and killed 127 rabbits in three days!

This was a remarkable thing. It was not just that the king, at such a young age, was better at shooting rabbits than the Zhao Song official in the south, nor was it about how this move by the king demonstrated the great fishing and hunting tradition of the Jin royal family... The key point was that the young king easily used these prey to severely fight back against the rumors. He was not the so-called "Han boy" as the rumors said!

Even though he looked like a Han Chinese, dressed like a Han Chinese, and spoke like a Han Chinese, he was still essentially a Jurchen! Otherwise, how could he have gotten so many prey?

It is impossible to say that he was not hunting alone during those three days, but that Emperor Shizu Wanyan Helibo and Emperor Taizu Wanyan Aguda were possessed by him, right?

If he is really possessed, it would prove that the king is a great man sent from heaven, with blood of the White Mountains and Black Waters, and is blessed by his ancestors!

Similar remarks reached a climax after the subsequent imperial reward ceremony.

In this segment, the king first announced on the spot the establishment of a royal guard army directly under his command, and then used this as an excuse to promote a large number of young men of various ethnic groups who had outstanding performance in hunting to serve as his attendants; and for the elderly and those with official titles, he rewarded them with large amounts of gold, silver, horses, and property; that’s not all, the real drama is yet to come... Under the suggestion of Wei King Wanyan Wushu, the young king conferred titles of kingship on a large scale on the spot!

It was really a large-scale ennobling of kings! Dozens of kings were given out in one day!

Not only the dozen or so uncles of the king were awarded the title of king, many ministers who had made contributions to the establishment of the dynasty in the past also became so-called kings... Wanyan Yinshu became the King of Shu, Wanyan Talan became the King of Lu, Wanyan Pujianu became the King of Wu, Wanyan Xiyin became the King of Chen... There were also many deaths, the former heir who died, Wanyan Xie was posthumously named the King of Yan, Wuliebu, who presided over the Jingkang Change, was posthumously named the King of Song, Lou Shi was posthumously named the King of Yue... Even the sons of the former king who were driven away were not left out, Wuqimai's eldest son Wanyan Puluhu was named the King of Dai, and his other sons also had the title of king. Then the king publicly issued the ceremonial guards and rewards of the title of king and had them delivered immediately.

For a moment, everyone was excited and smiled. Of course, they raised their glasses and shouted that the king lived to be 120 years old countless times!

Just like that, three days of hunting ended, and everyone continued to head north, and soon came to an endless pine forest... This was the famous flatland pine forest.

Arriving here means arriving at the original origin of the Khitan and Xi peoples.

In later generations, the plain pine forests were affected by human activities, and shrunk greatly or even disappeared. But at this time, this endless pine forest, almost a thousand miles in radius, spread from the southern section of the Greater Khingan Range all the way to the upper reaches of the Luoma River (northwest of Songshan), isolating it from the invasion of the Mongolian Plateau in the west, while providing the Khitans and Xi people with huge survival resources.

The Khitans grew and prospered calmly with the support of this pine forest, and then achieved hegemony... During the Liao Dynasty, there were countless records of this pine forest. The so-called blue ox and white horse meant that the blue ox came out of the pine forest on the plain, and then followed the Huangshui River to Linhuang Prefecture.

Of course, even the thousand-mile pine forest of the Khitan people's ancestral land is now just a playground for the Jurchen nobles to shoot tigers and show their bravery to the king. Entering the east side of the flat pine forest and heading north, it was peaceful. The biggest news two days ago was that someone entered the forest and shot a tiger, and then presented it to the talented young king.

However, early in the morning of the third day, some drama that was supposed to happen finally happened - the envoy of the King of Liao, the eldest of the three ruling brothers, came from the northeast, saying that the Khitans and the Xi people were shocked when they heard that the king was coming, and they contacted each other, and there seemed to be a little instability. The King of Liao only had two Hezhamengans, so in order to be on the safe side, he asked the king and the King of Wei to send reinforcements to him first, so that he could stabilize the situation in Linhuang Prefecture, so as to clean up the situation before letting the king come.

King of Wei Wanyan Wushu agreed without hesitation. Then, Wulindatai led the five Meng'ans to head north first.

To this, people around had no objection... After all, ever since the Jinhepo Alliance last year, Yelu Dashi's tentacles had reached the border, and many Khitans and Xi people had been ready to move. Otherwise, why would the king choose Linhuang Prefecture as the first stop for his first autumn hunt?

In a sense, the occurrence of political events and even bloodshed was a consensus among everyone. However, the military strength of the Jin Dynasty was still unmatched on this side of the Yellow River, so there was no need to worry about any problems.

Therefore, the entire team remained calm, and only a few officials of Khitan and Xi ethnic groups were a little nervous. However, they were personally summoned by the king, who was performing increasingly well, to be comforted, and they could not help but shed tears of gratitude.

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