Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 1544 Mu Jia
Since the victory on August [-]th, the Xia army has been besieging the city for several days. People in Gaochang City are panicked and undercurrents are surging.

On the [-]th, Vija Khan summoned two prime ministers in the palace: Xie Yuanzhu and Lianyou.

He has no one else to talk to.

Although the ancestors of Xie and Lian belonged to East Turks, they were famous Sinology families in the Uyghur era.After entering Gaochang, because of the local farming environment, the two families were like fish in water, and they concentrated on their studies. They gradually became the important helpers of the Pugu family in handling state affairs, and their relationship was very close.

After much deliberation, Vija Khan found that there were really few people in the city who could give him advice, and the left and right sides were the most suitable.As for those tribal leaders, they were all stupid to death. Either they were frightened and wanted to surrender, or they clamored to continue fighting to the death. There were very few normal people.

The two prime ministers also had sad faces when they arrived.

Things have come to this point, there is basically nothing good to do.What should be considered now is actually how to lose more decently and preserve one's own strength to the greatest extent.

Only by surviving can we talk about the future.

"Khan, this is..." Xie Yuanzhu looked at the pen and paper as he pushed it over, and thought to himself, why don't you ask me to write an apology form again?It's just that it's not a few days ago, so I'm afraid it's too late to write now.

"Xiao Xiang is proficient in Ci, so I'll leave it to you to write." Vija Khan said: "Let's report the grievance first."

After all, I explained it in detail.

Xie Yuanzhu nodded, indicating that he understood.

Generally speaking, it is written that the Dafu Da Uighur Kingdom did not intend to resist the heavenly soldiers. In fact, the complex situation in the country was constrained by the king, and he was deceived by villains, making a big mistake.

It's just that when he wrote this paragraph, he felt quite uncomfortable.

Is this the Khan of the Dafu Uighur Kingdom?Is it plausible to push the courtiers when something happens, and use someone to take the place of the dead ghost?
"I will write it down later. I am willing to dedicate Beiting and Yizhou to Daxia Kingdom. I will lose my title and be my subject forever. In addition, I will offer some coins, eight musicians, and 16 dancers." Vija Khan continued.

Xie Yuan used auxiliary words to make sentences, and he kept writing.

"Is it enough?" Vija Khan couldn't help asking when Xie Yuanzhu stopped.

"I don't know, but the big sweat is the leader." Xie Yuanzhu said.

Lian You took a look at him, and secretly thought that Xie Yuanzhu was the head of the country, but he was wise enough to protect himself, and the Dafu Dahui Uighur country was indeed in danger.

Xuan also thought that his sister was still the queen mother, and the Lian family was also a wealthy family in Gaochang. If Xia asked the teacher to inquire about the crime, it would be difficult to get rid of it, and he was instantly depressed.

"How could you not know?" Vija Khan panicked, grabbed Xie Yuanzhu's hand, and said, "Quickly think of a way."

Xie Yuanzhu sighed, and said: "Let's send someone to the summer camp first, and let's talk about it later."

"That's right." Knowing that he was impatient, Vija sat back again, but still lost his mind.

"Who does Khan plan to send out of the city?" Xie Yuanzhu asked.

"Let Volcano Nuboke go for a while first, he is used to go to various places. If it doesn't work, then change people." After finishing speaking, he looked at Xie Yuanzhu and Lianyou, expressing his intention.

Berke is an official position in the Uyghur era. It was called ber in the early days, which means princes and nobles.In the late Uyghur period, the ending of the word changed a bit, and it was called beg (beg), but the meaning remained the same.

Now the Gaochang Uyghurs call the princes and nobles "Burke", and the Anxi Uyghurs who fled to the west of Congling also call them the same.This word was later borrowed by Central Asians and used in a very wide range.

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After Xie Yuanzhu and Lianyou left Miyagi, they were full of worries.

"Lian Xiang, why don't you come and sit at my house?" Xie Yuanzhu said suddenly.

"Alright." Lian You nodded, then got into his carriage and headed for Xie Mansion.

They actually have a good relationship.

Their backgrounds are similar, they are not Uyghurs, but Turkic, and they all believe in Manichaeism, so they are not the same as the Uyghur royal family Pugu.

They have high noses and deep eyes, curly hair, blue eyes or green eyes, and their appearance is similar to the Persians who come from the west from time to time-in the Yuan Dynasty, they were called "color-eyed people".

As for the Uyghur royal family and most of the nobles, their appearance is no different from that of the Han people—even in the 11th century, judging from the enshrined portraits of the Uyghur royal family at Xida Temple in Xiadu (Tingzhou), they are still dominated by people of the yellow race.

As for the local people in Gaochang, it is more complicated.There are the descendants of the Tocharians, and the ethnic groups from the grasslands—this part is actually very complicated—there are Han people, Qiang people, Tubo people, Tuyuhun people, Dangxiang people, and even other unknown small ethnic groups. Headache.

After all, this place has been in chaos since ancient times. Han people, Huns, Turks, Uighurs, Tubo, etc., whoever is strong will come and fuck it.

Come and come, will there be no one left?Especially countries like Tubo that like to conquer foreign races and then engage in a wave of tactics-there are even tribes from the south of the Kunlun Mountains (Himalayas) in Dunhuang, aren't they all made by Tubo?
Therefore, most of the Gaochang natives can't tell whose blood they shed, maybe it's a combination of both.

The Xie and Lian clans actually look down on the local Han people a bit.Because their Sinology accomplishments are far beyond those of those Han people. Those people can't even speak Chinese, and they don't necessarily know that their ancestors were Han people.How do you let them look down on you?

The carriage rattled across the street and quickly entered the Xie Mansion.

As soon as he entered the main hall, Lianyou was taken aback because he saw an acquaintance here: Pandak Han named Mizhida, Sogdian, Muja (bishop) of the Eastern Diocese of Manichaeism.

"This is..." Lian You looked at Xie Yuanzhu and asked.

"I heard that Prime Minister Lian is good with Volcano Nuboke?" Before Xie Yuansuke could speak, Mi Zhida asked first.

Lian You bowed to Mi Zhida and said, "Yes."

"I'm going out of town, can I make some arrangements?" Mizhida asked.

"Why?" Lian You was surprised.

Afraid of being killed after breaking through the city?Not right.If the parish is gone, what is the use of him even if he is still alive?

"For the matter of Atami." Mi Zhida said directly without hiding anything.

Xie Yuanzhu didn't speak at the side, obviously an insider.

"Atami?" Lianyou was confused.

"There are 20 Turks in Atami, do you know that?" Mizhida asked.

Lianyou nodded.

He is the left chancellor of Dafu Uighur Kingdom, of course he knows.There are indeed many Turkic tribes in Atami (Lake Issyk-Kul), but there may not be as many as 20 tribes. This is obviously an exaggeration.

These tribes once swayed between Pugujun and Pangteqin.After the defeat of the Uyghurs in Anxi and the loss of Yanqi and Qiuci in succession, the Turks in the Rehai area surrendered to the Uyghurs in Gaochang, but in fact they were only ruled by the Uyghurs in Jiji, receiving a symbolic tribute every year, and occasionally helping Gaochang to fight. that is it.

Lian You also knew that these Turkic species were nothing but grass, and whoever forced them to follow anyone had no integrity.Now that Gaochang Uyghurs have been beaten so badly by Xia Guo, the Turks in Rehai are likely to vote for Anxi Uyghurs again and betray them.

"Recently, a lot of people went to Atami for activities. You know, priests from the west." Mizhida said.

When he said this, Lian You understood.

Atami Turks have believed in Manichaeism for many years.In fact, since the persecution in Persia, the birthplace of Manichaeism, the Manicheans have been heading eastward, and places such as Kangju (Samarkand) and Dawan (Tashkent) once became the centers of Manichaeism.Eastern parishes like the Gaochang Uighurs were developed later.

When Mu Jia said this today, Lian You understood a little bit that it was a matter of faith, and there was no room for retreat.

And faith needs the backing of secular force, that is to say, they need to influence or even rely on powerful secular kings to maintain their followers.

Historically, at the end of Vija Khan’s reign (947), the Turks in Athai still pledged their allegiance to the Gaochang Uighurs (see the previous chapter, Happy Year of the Fire Sheep...), but in 960, 20 Turks in Athai collectively converted The Green Sect has since broken away from the Gaochang Uyghur rule.

"Mu Jia wants to rely on Lord Xia's power to stabilize Atami's situation?" Lian You asked.

"The reason why the 20 Turks in Rehai pledged their allegiance to the Uyghur Kingdom of Dafu and Dafu is all the credit of the previous two generations of Pugu Heavenly Kings. If it hadn't been for the great battle 20 years ago, the Anxi Uyghur army was defeated in one fell swoop, and Yanqi, Kucha, and soldiers were captured. Pressing Congling, will they betray the Anxi Uighurs and seek refuge in Gaochang?" Mi Zhida asked.

Lianyou was speechless.

To put it bluntly, this world is based on strength after all.

When the Uyghur Khanate was still there, its power extended to the west of the Altai Mountains. Many tribes, including the Geluolu people, took refuge in them, and even the Kirgas in the Jianhe (Yenisei River) valley once surrendered to them.

After the demise of the Uyghur Khanate, Pang Teqin led his troops to move westward. At one point, there were 20 soldiers. After defeating Tubo and making it shrink southward, Pang Teqin and Pugujun were the two most powerful and appealing kings in the Western Regions. .

Then the two heroes fought, and the descendants of Pu Gujun defeated the descendants of Pang Teqin, becoming the most dazzling existence in the Western Regions, owning five big cities, Gaochang, Beiting, Yanqi, Qiuci, and Yiwu, with a population of 30. With a hundred thousand young men, the prestige is second to none.

But the grassland tribes are the most realistic.You are strong, so it’s okay for me to rely on you, but once you become weak, even if I don’t replace you, I will find another master.

This is the iron law of the grassland, determined by the harsh environment of the grassland.Loyalty is a very luxurious thing for them. If they are really loyal, it is easy to bring the tribe into disaster.

"Dafu Dahui Uighur country, is it really dead?" Lian You was a little at a loss.

"You are already a prime minister, so don't act on your emotions." Mi Zhida frowned, and said, "Even if you lose a battle and the capital is besieged, what else can you do? Could it be that a big sandstorm blows away tens of thousands of people?" Have all Xia’s troops been buried? Let me tell you, even if this is the case, as long as Lord Xia is not dead and refuses to admit defeat, sooner or later he will bring in more troops. Here's the chance."

"Mr. Lian, in fact - looking at the history books, when the Central Plains Dynasty first opened, it often came to the Western Regions." Xie Yuanzhu suddenly said: "Scholars of my generation should follow the time of the day to welcome Allah. Too bad luck, after such a time, there is no way to recover."

"I promise you." Lian You sighed and said, "I hope Lord Xia is a lenient generation."

"If he wants to rule the Western Regions, he must have the help of local powerful and powerful people who are familiar with the people's conditions and have great prestige, so that he can succeed." Xie Yuanzhu said: "Don't worry about it."

(End of this chapter)