Tibet

Chapter 412 Collecting Protection Fees
The saintesses in black retreated slowly and closed the door. There were only two people left in the room. The saintess in red robe Ling could no longer restrain the passion in her heart. She rushed forward and threw herself into Li Ye's arms.

The two hugged and kissed passionately. After a while, Ah Ling said with tears in his eyes: "I thought I would never see you again."

"why?"

Ah Ling whispered: "Didn't they tell you? The silver saint is a lifelong duty, the golden saint is over 40 years old, the right silver saint is also in her 20s, and I am in my [-]s. This is the succession arrangement. "

Li Ye said coldly: "What kind of lifelong job is useless to me, you will follow me in two days!"

A Ling shook his head and said sadly: "If I run away with you, I will be liberated myself, but the Zoroastrian women east of Shiguo will not be able to lift their heads, and all the shame will be borne by them. I can't do it."

Li Ye's face sank, "Then let's just forget about it, and I will see you for the last time today?"

"No! No! I'm also thinking of a way?"

"What can you do?"

At this time, there were footsteps coming from a distance outside, and Ah Ling said anxiously: "I have a way, listen to me, no one knows our relationship, you are here to see me on behalf of the Suiye official, you You can clearly ask the Holy Maiden to pay attention to the East, and the Holy Maiden will send me to Suiye Guangming Temple to sit in charge."

"Can it be done?"

Ah Ling nodded, took a few steps back, and sat on the chair solemnly. The door opened, and a red-robed saint walked in. Judging from the wrinkles on her forehead, she was a middle-aged woman, and she should be the right silver saint.

A Ling got up and bowed to her, "He Daier, he is General Li, the new governor of Hezhong in the Tang Dynasty. I knew him in Chang'an before."

The Silver Saintess took two steps forward and bowed slightly to Li Ye, "On behalf of the Gold Saintess Midu, I welcome Li Dudu to visit the Saintess Association."

Li Ye guessed their nationalities from their surnames. This one is from what country, and the golden saint is from the United States.

He took a closer look at this He Dai'er, she should be the princess of He Guo!Her body is very thin. Although she is wearing a veil, Li Ye still feels her cold temperament and thin face. This is the change in appearance brought about by years of innocence.

"Please sit down!"

The two parties sat down, and Ah Ling sat upright, sitting calmly beside the right silver saint, pursing his mouth and saying nothing.

Li Ye smiled and said: "Not long ago, I reached a formal agreement with the governor of Khorasan Ziyad. Both parties agreed to use the Amu Darya River as the boundary to determine the respective boundaries of Datang and Dashi. Of course, the word boundary may affect the countries in the river. It's a bit unfair, so let me change the word! Sphere of influence, Dashi has admitted that the east of the Amu Darya River is the sphere of influence of the Tang Dynasty."

He Daier frowned slightly, and said a little impatiently: "General Li, this kind of war or politics should have nothing to do with us!"

"There are relationships!"

Li Ye's gaze became aggressive, "If Dashi wins, how long do you think Da Guangming Temple will last?"

"But now the Tang Dynasty has won."

"So it's related!"

Li Ye calmed down his tone again and said: "Although the Tang Dynasty did not interfere with religious beliefs, the people of the Tang Dynasty generally believed in Buddhism and Taoism, and had no impression of Zoroastrianism. Suiye is not the same. It can be said that Suiye has several beliefs." At the intersection, with the establishment of the Hezhong Governor's Mansion by the Tang Dynasty, Taoism and Buddhism will soon come to Suiye, and then use Suiye as the foundation to develop westward, has the Silver Saintess ever thought about the future of Zoroastrianism?"

The red-robed saint nodded, "I understand what Li Dudu means. Indeed, we don't pay enough attention to the East, and we will consider it!"

Li Ye got up and said, "I will stay in Samarkand for five more days. If you have any ideas, you can come to the barracks outside the city to find me at any time. Farewell!"

He gave A Ling a meaningful look, got up and left.

Back at the camp, the soldiers reported: "Prime Minister Amber of the Kingdom of Kang has been waiting for a long time to see you."

Li Ye nodded, and came to the side tent. Amber, who was waiting here, quickly got up and saluted, "Excuse me, the general is resting!"

Li Ye smiled and said, "I'll go out for a walk, and Shi Xiangguo has been waiting for a long time."

Amber is about 50 years old. His full name is Shi Anbo. He is a native of Xiaoshi, but he has been an official in Kang.

Li Ye invited him to sit down and served tea to the soldiers. Amber said, "In a few days, the new king's inauguration ceremony will be held. Will General Li participate?"

Li Ye shook his head, "The inauguration ceremony will take ten days, and I will send someone to represent me, but I don't have time, and I have to go back in a few days."

"We can hold the ceremony earlier, what if it is three days later?"

Li Ye smiled and said, "Three days later it will be fine!"

"General Li came to Kang Guo this time, didn't he come specifically for the ceremony?"

Li Ye said lightly: "Shi Xiangguo doesn't need to talk to me, if you want to know why I'm here, I can tell you clearly."

"I would like to hear more about it!"

"It was agreed last year that the kings of the Sogdian countries would go to the Tang court to apologize to the emperor, but none of you went. Someone sent princes to study, but some of them didn't respond at all. They were not as pious as sweating. Representative of the prince The king presented a national gift to the Tang emperor, a nine-deer tripod weighing a thousand catties, all made of gold, which made the Tang emperor very satisfied, and King Murduo and his son became kings from this. In comparison, you are a little bit You have despised the Tang court."

Speaking of this, Li Ye's tone became very severe, "Go back and tell Constantine and his son that if they don't want to be king, Kanghua's descendants will still live in Chang'an."

Amber was sweating profusely and explained: "We didn't go to Chang'an because we didn't despise the imperial court on purpose, but there was a special reason, because last fall, there was a civil strife in the Dashi Kingdom, and Abu Muslim was executed by the Caliph Abbas. He originally planned to go to Chang'an Mansour also canceled the trip.

We were afraid that the Dashi army would fight back into the river again, so we were worried and didn't dare to move anywhere. Once Datang and Dashi formally reached an agreement, we would have no worries and go to Chang'an to make a pilgrimage to the Emperor of Tang Dynasty. "

Li Ye nodded, "Since this is the case, I will give you another chance. You must go to Chang'an to have an audience at the latest next spring!"

It is already early September, even if they set off now, they will be blocked by heavy snow when they reach Beiting, and they can only travel next spring.

"Tomorrow spring, we must go to Chang'an!"

Li Ye said again: "This time I am not here to Xingshi to inquire about crimes. I have four things to do when I come to Kang. First, I have reached a boundary agreement with Ziyad on behalf of the Tang court. The two sides use the Amu Darya River as the boundary. This time I I came here specially to inspect the Amu Darya.

Second, attend the inauguration ceremony of the new king.

Third, Juzhanti has already been taken by me. As for the ownership of Juzhanti, Dongsao cannot make the decision, and the Sogdians need to make a collective decision.If the Sogdians decide not to give Juzhanti, then I will hand it over to Bahanna.

fourth.Since the imperial court does not have the tax rights of Anxi and Beiting to the Hezhong Dudufu, our finances are relatively tight. I hope that the countries in the river will bear part of our military expenditure. As for paying tribute to the imperial court, I think it would be more meaningful to send a jar of local soil. "

Amber's heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly understood that what he said for a long time was just a prelude, and the key is the last one, which requires the countries in the river to pay protection fees to Tang Jun every year.

Amber hurried back to the palace, and the king and his son were still waiting for him eagerly!

Constantine said anxiously: "What's the situation, don't worry, just speak slowly."

Amber nodded and recounted the conversation between him and Li Ye one by one.

When Constantine heard the name Kang Hua, his face turned pale.

Kanghua used to be the king of Kang. In the early years of Kaiyuan, he went to the Tang Dynasty for a pilgrimage. The prime minister of Kangbad, who stayed behind, staged a coup with the support of Baiyi Dashi and seized the king's power.

Kangbad was Constantine's great-grandfather, who seized the throne as a prime minister. Kanghua never came back and lived in Chang'an all the time, and his descendants were also in Chang'an.

Obviously, Li Ye was sternly warning them.

(End of this chapter)