dangerous moments

dangerous moments

For ten days, I don't know if it is for the benefit of a double life, or reincarnation, but my goal is much more agile and clear, because not only did I learn my name, which is in fact Altan, but it is confirmed that I am the fifth son of Borte, I have also been able to understand that shortly there will be a war against the Jurchen, this can tell me that I am at the beginning of 1211 or at the end of 1210, but that does not matter if not that there is still about 17 years to die Genghis khan, then his third son, Ogadei will replace him and will continue with the tradition of expanding the empire, but apparently I have amber eyes, in the future they are the fourth rarest eye color in the world, this causes that only my mother Borte sees me, the other maids just close their eyes, or avert their gaze, I discovered it, when I heard the murmur of one of the maid when she said that if it is true that the fifth son of the Great Khan and his main wife was born with eyes of wolves, if I know refers to the amber eyes.

At this moment I understood why there was so much fuss about my birth, in a society with strong superstitions they could declare anything, and at this moment I understood what is the greatest supreme power that my current biological father had as Great Khan, he suppresses everything, and his power is concentrated in him, and his will is the supreme law, it does not matter if you are a general with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, or you are the leader of a large ethnic group, even if you are the leader of a major religion in a certain region, because it is not afraid of annihilating ethnic groups, cities, countries, or anyone who stands in the way will be annihilated, this is true power, despite the fact that only the majority of the founders enjoy said power, in the future this immense empire will It will fragment not because of the great nobles that produce rebellions, nor because of foreign invasions that make the monarch weak, but because of the internal struggle between the descendants of Genghis Khan for the great power as the great Khan.

Rafael who is now Altan, is wondering what to do, use his knowledge that he used to write his thesis to test or experiment how to avoid the Law of Imperial Decay, or simply use the city of Avarga as a residence and invite scholars and sages from all parts of the world to perfect the system of government.

The first is dangers, as soon as I am a baby I would have to wait more than 30 years to be able to govern avoiding the rise of my nephews to power, and that I would have to avoid my brothers at all costs so that they do not consider me a threat, and the second It is much more exciting and stable, to have Chinese, Arab, Christian, Indian scholars, and you could say that if I succeed, I will be able to cultivate talents not by using my knowledge but by experiencing the process, collecting books, and having a meeting of these people to contribute to human civilization.

While Raphael was thinking outside in a tent, he was preparing for the presentation of this new son of Genghis Khan.

That same day, they dressed me well, and I went out with a group of maids, I don't know where they are taking me but I know they won't hurt me, I think, while my mother is stuck in the tent, due to health problems and her advanced age, she produces very little milk, so to fill me up they have invited young women who have had children in recent months, they even gave me mare's milk, first I drank it but I didn't know very well I even tried to refuse it but they forced me to drink it, it was truly a tragedy, While I was thinking about what had happened to me in the last few days, we arrived at a tent where there was and where I could see, at the top, my father, Genghis Khan, where they approached me, there were some men next to me, who I think they were my brothers because there was a young man of 20 years, another of 25, 28 and 30 years of age, with a single glance you can conclude that they were them, jochi, chagatai, ogadei and tolui.

And a little below them were the brothers of Genghis Khan, that is, my current uncles, even some powerful generals who followed the beginning of the construction of this great power.

Genghis Khan: "I summoned you to this meeting, as you could see, my first wife, Borte, has given birth to a child, who is my son, and I have already decided on the name of my son, which will be Altan, which means gold."

While my father started the meeting with a presentation to me, some people started whispering among themselves already, although I don't fully understand everything I know they are talking about my eyes, when my father finished the second son Chagatai who was the most careless even stubborn and bellicose Enter the sons of Genghis Khan.

Chagatai: "father, sorry to interrupt you, but the son wants to know why this brother has the eyes of a wolf?"

When Chagatai mentioned it, there was a group of nobles who were paying attention, because the answer would have a bit of an effect on the future direction.

Genghis Khan:" I know what you are trying to ask and say, but I have consulted with the shamans and with the god who has guided me and he told me that my son was born with the light of a wolf on the moon, giving me a son who help the expansion of my kingdom (Ikh Mongol Uls Mongol Empire, taking into account that supposedly this would be its official name since they would try a form of government similar to the Chinese, Mongolian khanate empire)"

he said it with a cold voice, reminding them that this man was not interested in his opinions or his claims, but he would remind them that life for him is a blade of grass.