Though Great Liao was mainly Khitan, it was still essentially a collection of major tribes.
The Jurchen tribes were one of them. Great Liao had always adopted a policy of division toward the Jurchen, luring powerful clans and prominent families to the Liaodong Peninsula and incorporating them into Khitan nationality. They were called "Hesuguan," and this was the Tamed Jurchen.
The other portion remained north of the Sumo River and east of Ningjiangzhou. This was the birthplace of the future Great Jin Dynasty, also known as the Raw Jurchen.
The land where the Raw Jurchen lived now was an almost entirely undeveloped wilderness. Living conditions were harsh, the people were fierce, and few ever set foot there.
Among them, the Wanyan Tribe was merely a rather ordinary tribe of the Raw Jurchen.
A man in a fur cap was squatting beside a stream, roasting a plump fish in his hand. An enticing fragrance drifted outward, but as he listened to a tribesman beside him report the situation, his expression turned impatient.
"Didn't I say to throw them out? Those people are really persistent. They're annoying as hell. What the fuck do those country bumpkin rich boys have to do with me?"
As he complained, the man wore a look of utter disdain.
Though the Wanyan Tribe had not yet become particularly prominent, it could still be considered a distinguished clan.
That little brat Nurhaci was nothing but a country bumpkin rich boy, always trying to claim kinship with him.
Damn it, he'd been dealt such a good hand and played it like this. What a disgrace.
Wanyan Aguda was deeply hostile toward Great Liao, yet for various reasons, he at least displayed goodwill toward the Han people and Han culture in his actions.
Perhaps that goodwill also stemmed from his