Chastity Layman 2

Chapter 362
The new wind blew from the north of Saibei, and it blew onto the Golden Luan Hall in Chang'an.

After the Zhengdan Great Court Meeting, the emperor gave a banquet in the palace as usual, but this year's banquet was even more lively than last year's.Among the princes and princes of Zi Fei who are full of the hall, there are half of the barbarians from all over the world in furs and huts.

Qin Guozhong, the majestic king of Huaihua County, worked tirelessly to dance the Hu dance in the hall again.His body as fat as a mountain was exceptionally flexible when dancing, which really made Qin Lang amazed.

The banquet was even richer, with a palace banquet consisting of [-] dishes. The imperial dining room also specially followed the Queen's order, and seconded the kitchen team from the Qin Family Restaurant in Pingkangfang.

Not to mention that those barbarians from all over the world have never tasted such delicious food, even many princes and ministers in the court have tasted such delicious food for the first time.

Wei Zheng sighed secretly in his heart while eating, this is a waste of extravagance, thinking that he would send a letter of advice to the emperor later.

The two envoys of Jieli Khan and his confidantes Zhishi Sili and Ashina Simo sat next to Qin Lang, and at the same table were He Luohu, the son of Tuli Khan Shibobi, and Khitan , the leader of Kumoxi, and Yinan, the leader of Tie Lexueyantuo who belonged to the Western Turks, and Qibi Gelen, the leader of the Qibi tribe.

This table was full of leaders of the Hu tribe in the northern part of the Tang Dynasty, and the emperor specially arranged for Qin Lang to entertain them at the same table.

"If you don't hold back, how is the king of Huaihua doing?" Qin Lang asked with a smile.

Zhi Shi Si Li sat there holding a glass wine glass, dismissing Qin Guozhong's dance, "The traitor of the Jinlang clan, Changshengtian will never forgive him."

Qin Lang turned his head and asked Simo, this Turkic special Qin also belonged to Ashina Khan's family, but because his mother was a Sogdian Hu girl, so he was of mixed blood, with the appearance of Sogdian Hu, and had always been regarded as a favor by the Turkic nobles. I look down on him and often call him a bastard. Although he has a high seniority in the Khan Court, the Khans of several generations have never really given him real power. He has been kept in the Khan Court as a consultant, which is also very aggrieved.

"What does the King of Hue think?"

Simo looked at Momo, with a complicated look on his face.In terms of seniority, Mo Mo was still his nephew, he always wanted to be a khan but failed, he finally voted for Tang Ting, made the county king, and even changed his name. Now Mo Mo, who is called Qin Guozhong, was even in front of the palace banquet. The guests from all over the world danced for Tang Tianzi.

Simo often came to the Central Plains as an envoy when he was in Shibi Khan, and he had dealt with the Tang Dynasty for many years. Li Yuan even bestowed him the title of King of Hue County back then, but he never took it seriously.

"Good!"

Simo actually didn't want to come this trip, and he also objected to Xie Li's weakness and bowing his head this time.Although last year was not smooth, it was not enough to bow down to the Tang people, but Jieli said that it was a ploy to delay the attack and bowed his head temporarily, and after he went back to deal with Tuli and other guys, he would come to the Tang Dynasty to settle accounts with Qiuhou, but he did not expect such a scene.

Jieli lowered his head, but it made all the tribes look down on them.

Look at Qibi Gelen and Yinan who are at the same table. These two are the two largest leaders of the Tiele tribes in Mobei. In the Sui Dynasty, the Turks were powerful, and the tribes in Mobei were all subject to the Turks. Chuluo Khan, who was a Turkic mud stick, later became a member of the Eastern Turkic Turks, and when Shibi Khan died of illness, his younger brother Chuluo Khan succeeded to the throne. More than 100 leaders of Tie Le's tribes were defeated, and finally they were forced to turn against the tribes.

Qibi Geleng and Yinan's grandfather Yi Shibo led a group of troops and were elected Khan Khan. Later, they lost the battle with Chuluo, so they went to the Khan and transferred to the Shekui Khan of the Western Turkic Khan Court.

In the past few years, under the leadership of Xieli, the strength of East Turks has recovered a lot. On behalf of Xieli Khan, Simo has negotiated with Qibi and Xue Yantuo many times, and he has almost persuaded the two tribes to break away from West Turks and return to East Turks. .

But now that Xieli bowed his head to the Emperor Tang, it made Qibi, Xue Yantuo and other ministries hesitate again.

Why did they vote for Jieli, a minister of the Emperor Tang?

And he knew that the people of Tang had invited Ge Leng and Yi Nan to Chang'an this time, and had already offered them many attractive conditions. Turks, but surrendered to the Emperor of Tang Dynasty.

Simo knew that the one who planned all this was actually the young man in front of him.

Although he was his own grandchildren depending on his age, he was able to overthrow the Turkic dominance in Monan for decades with great means.

A court meeting, a palace banquet.

There are many participants, but everyone feels differently.

The distant ghost country Yasha country just marveled at the prosperity of Chang'an and the power of the Tang emperor in the Central Plains. At the same time, they felt that the white bear skins, mink skins, seal skins, and whale skins they brought were really valuable and easy to sell. All kinds of precious Tang Dynasty merchant goods.

The two great empires from the Mediterranean, Persian Sassan and Roman Byzantium, saw the wealth of Datang, and thought about how to get more trade shares from Datang.Rome and Persia have fought wars for hundreds of years, and now they are exhausted. Persia, in particular, took advantage of the civil strife in Rome to establish a new dynasty, and took advantage of the strong counterattack, but soon Chirac Emperor Lue began to fight back strongly. This time it was the turn of the Persian civil strife, the prince killed his father, and the Persian civil strife.

However, the sudden emergence of the Arabs threatened their most fertile crescent land, Syria and the core area of ​​the Mesopotamia Mesopotamia.

They all urgently need to rely on trade for blood transfusions to maintain their rule.

The unification and prosperity of the Tang Dynasty in the Central Plains is good news for them, because in this way, the Tang Dynasty will be able to expand foreign trade and they will be able to bring back more goods.

Those who really felt the deep threat at this conference were the tribes around the Tang Dynasty, especially the Eastern and Western Turks.

The East and West Turks controlled the north, east and west of the Tang Dynasty, and controlled tens of thousands of miles of territory. The East Turks also controlled many eastern tribes such as the Khitan, Xi, Qi, and Shiwei, while the West Turks controlled the countries in the Western Regions.

During the Sui Dynasty, the Western Turks split from the Turkic Khanate and formed two divisions, the Eastern and Western Turks. They experienced countless melee battles between the East and the West. Although there had been a truce for many years, the strength of the Eastern Turks in the Sui Dynasty was unquestionable. But now, this The powerful force that once claimed to control 40 strings actually bowed to Datang.

Jieli Khan called Tang Tianzi his uncle, and respected Tang Tianzi as Tian Khan. Abandoned all of them, changed his name to Qin Guozhong, and worshiped the great general of the Tang Dynasty as his adoptive father.

All of this made the large and small forces in the north secretly startled.

Especially the tribes of Tie Le in Mobei, and the Khitan and Xi people who are close to the land of Yan and Liao in the Tang Dynasty, feel deeply.

Jieli Khan can deceive himself and others and tell Simo that this is a strategy to slow down the army and not really surrender to the Tang Dynasty, but others will not think so. The Khitan and other ministries only see that Jieli is now unable to keep Shanyutai. Who would want to How about paying the protection fee to Jieli?
Over the years, from Shibi Khan to Luo Khan everywhere, and then to Jieli Khan, the taxes the three brothers have paid to the tribes have been increasing year by year, and the tribes have long been very dissatisfied.

No matter how good Wuliangye is, these people drink mixed flavors.

After the banquet.

Simo's thoughts were eager to bid farewell and return to Shanyutai, but the court refused.

Qin Lang suggested to the emperor to detain the two men because they were both relatively capable ministers in the court of Jieli Khan and powerful tribal leaders in the Eastern Turks.

Leaving them behind can not only weaken Xieli's strength, but also find opportunities to drive a wedge between their monarchs and ministers.

Qin Lang invited the two of them to the East Palace as guests, and also brought Qin Guozhong to accompany them.

After returning from the East Palace, the emperor issued an edict.

He bestowed Zhi Shisili the title of An Guogong, the general who led the left army, gave the country's surname Li, and married his royal sister, Princess Nanchang.

The king of Heshun County, Ashina Simo, was conferred the surname Li, and he was conferred the title of General Zuo Wuhou, and married his imperial sister, Princess Jiangling.

Qin Lang, who personally went to Honglu Temple to proclaim the decree, handed over the decree to the two of them with a smile.

The two looked at each other.

"The golden branches and jade leaves of the royal family of the Tang Dynasty, how dare we, a savage in the grassland, dare to climb high?" Simo refused.

Qin Lang chuckled.

"Heavenly Khan bestows a marriage, how can you refuse it? Thunder, rain, and dew are all God's grace. Since you have a reward, thank you and accept it!"

"Is the emperor trying to detain me forcibly?" Si Li also asked in surprise.

"How can you say it's detention? His Majesty the Emperor appreciates you two and specially keeps you in Chang'an to serve the king. Why, don't you want to?"

"We are the ministers of Jieli Khan!"

"Xieli is now a minister of Tian Khan, and you are naturally ministers of Tang Dynasty. Could it be that you are just lying when you say that you respect Tian Khan as a great leader?"

Now that the people are in Chang'an, if Datang doesn't let them go, they won't be able to fly.

And giving the country's surname, Princess Shang, will undoubtedly make Xieli who is far away in Baidaochuan suspicious.

In Xieli's eyes, they are just another one at the end.

"Your Majesty has sent someone to build a mansion for you. Before the mansion is completed, you will temporarily live in Honglu Temple, and Hou Zhao will be on standby. If you are free, you can also go to Pingkangfang. It is very lively there, of course. , it’s best not to leave Chang’an City if you have nothing to do, if you want to leave the city, you have to report in advance and let Qianniuwei send guards to protect you.”

"You are imprisoned!" Simo roared dissatisfied.

"Look at what the king of the county said. If you are granted the title of a king, a princess, and a mansion from a general, there is still such a reason for imprisonment in the world? If you really want to be imprisoned, you will be locked up in the prison."

Ignoring the angry roar of the two, Qin Lang walked out of the courtyard with a smile, and confessed to Qian Niuwei at the door, "Look out!"

After leaving the courtyard of the two, Qin Lang went to the courtyard of Ge Leng, the leader of Tie Leqibi tribe, and Yi Nan, the leader of Xue Yantuo.

"Just following His Majesty's order, I went to the next door to announce the order!" Qin Lang said with a smile.

Yi Nan was very curious, "I don't know what the purpose is?"

"Decrees, rewards, Si Li and Simo are devoted to Tang, and they also intend to follow Yu Sheshe. No, His Majesty is very happy with their loyalty, so he bestowed the two of them, a county king and a duke, and both of them The surname of the country, Princess Shang, bestowed by Chang'an, you say such a good thing, it is really a mighty grace!"

Yi Nan and He Ge were stunned to hear this, and couldn't help being secretly startled, unexpectedly, even Ashina Simo and Zhishisili had followed Tang Tang.

(End of this chapter)