Emperor Zhenguan

Chapter 163 Changes in Luoyang

Du Ruhui's words were deafening.

Although Li Zhiyun felt very aggrieved, but thinking about it, he knew that what Lao Li did was right.

The current Tang Dynasty is in a period of rising national power, so there is no need to go head-to-head with the Turks.When the world is unified, there will be plenty of time to settle accounts with the Turks.

Thinking about it now, it was not easy for Lao Li.

Li Zhiyun stood up and bowed to Du Ruhui, "Li Zhiyun is taught."

Seeing that the King of Chu accepted advice humbly, Du Ruhui immediately burst into a smile.Xue Shou, who was on the side, was also very satisfied.

Only when a man can bend and stretch can he achieve great things.

Afterwards, Du Ruhui continued: "Regardless of whether what the association rate said is true or not, but his elder brother Tuli Khan Shibobi is dissatisfied with the truth. In the future, if our Tang Dynasty attacks the Turks in the north, this person may be the key."

"What you said is that the king has recorded it."

A few days later, the influence of the Turkic envoy's request for the former Sui clan gradually faded. As the Turkic envoy left Chang'an, everyone thought that the matter would pass.

Unexpectedly, at this time someone suddenly reported that Yang You, the Duke of Feng, was missing!

As a remnant of the former Sui Dynasty, Yang You had been imprisoned in Chang'an, but now he disappeared suddenly, and everyone was keenly aware that something was wrong.

At this moment, Pei Ji found out the truth and reported it to the saint, saying that Yang You had colluded with the Turks and had betrayed the Tang Dynasty!
One stone caused a thousand waves, and the subjects who didn't know the situation scolded Yang You as a traitor.And those who knew a little bit of the inside story remained completely silent, because they knew very well that there must be a saint behind this matter.

Of course, the main reason they remained silent was because Yang You's own existence was an untimely threat to Datang.

Now that Yang You went to Turkic, it might not be the best result.

Under Li Yuan's deliberate suppression, the impact of this matter did not spread, and it was suppressed soon after.

Since Chu Luo succeeded to the throne, he not only supported Liang Shidu, Liu Wuzhou, and Dou Jiande in the north, but also sent people deep into the Central Plains to contact Wang Shichong.

The Turkic envoy to Luoyang was named Ashina Simo.

Although Simo is a descendant of the Ashina family, he doesn't look like a Turkic man, but looks a bit like a barbarian.Shibi Khan, Chuluo Khan and others used to like to mock Simo with this.

But Simo didn't care, because he also looked down on Turkic people.When Qimin Khan fled to the Sui Dynasty, he also briefly served as Eastern Turkic Khan. Later, Qimin returned to Turkic, and he resolutely gave up his position.

Therefore, he was reused by Qimin, Shibi, Chuluo, and three generations of Khans.Of course, only limited reuse.He never had the opportunity to set up a tooth tent to command the tribe, so he could only serve as Teller and continued to go to the Tang Dynasty.

This time, Chu Luo sent him to Luoyang to contact Wang Shichong.

Hearing the arrival of the Turkic envoy, Wang Shichong, who had just ascended the throne, wiped the blood off his blade, hid quietly behind him, and then sent ministers to greet him with a smile.

Wang Shichong had already forced Emperor Huangtai to abdicate, and he became Emperor Zheng himself.

Wang Shichong still attached great importance to the arrival of the Turkic envoys, and the two ministers he sent were the clan Hanwang and Wang Xuanshu.Shangshu Youpu shoots, Wei Ji.

Zheng Guo's current situation is not very good, and Wang Shichong knows this well.Although he was able to defeat Li Mi, facing the stronger Li Tang, he didn't have the confidence to win at all.After all, the Guanlong family stood behind Li Tang, and there was no fart behind him.

In terms of military affairs, once Tang Jun defends Tongguan, he will never be able to defeat Li Tang in his life.

The arrival of the Turkic envoy gave Wang Shichong a little hope.If you can join forces with the Turks to attack Li Tang, there is still a chance of winning.

Simo stayed at Honglu Temple in Zheng Guo, and told Wang Xuanshu and Wei Ji about his reason for coming.

"Since Zheng Gong has been enthroned as emperor, Yang Tong must be of no use to Zheng Gong. Khan hopes that Zheng Gong can send Yang Tong to Turkic, so he can love his nephew."

Simo has been to the Tang Dynasty many times, and his Chinese is quite pure, and the meaning is naturally expressed very well.

But Wang Xuanshu was an idiot, he didn't understand what Simo meant, he looked at Wei Ji, and asked, "You servant shot, what is Ketun?"

Wei Ji was born in the Du family of Jingzhao, served as the ambassador of Hebei in the former Sui Dynasty, Taichang Shaoqing, so he naturally knew what Kedun was, and he also knew who the current Turkic Kedun was.

He explained: "Turkic Ketun is the queen, and the current Turkic Ketun is Princess Yicheng of the former Sui Dynasty."

When Wang Xuanshu said this, he understood, so he said carelessly: "I'm sorry to the messenger, but Yang Tong has already been killed by the rebels."

Simo's eyes widened, and several question marks popped up on his forehead.

Chu Luo sent two teams of envoys, one led by Gu Dulu, to the Tang Dynasty to ask for Yang You.The first team, led by Simo, went to Luoyang to ask Wang Shichong for Yang Tong.

Before leaving, Chu Luo quietly told Simo that it was difficult to deal with the Tang Dynasty, and he valued Simo's ability to bring Yang Tong back.

In the end, why did you tell me that Yang Tong died?
Wei Ji silently lowered his head and remained silent.Yang Tong did die, but not at the hands of the rebels, but at the hands of Wang Shichong.

Last month, Pei Renji, Minister of Rites, and his son Zuofu General Pei Xingyan joined forces to kill Wang Shichong and restore Yang Tong.But things failed, Pei and his son died, and Yang Tong was poisoned to death in the palace by Wang Shichong.

Simo naturally wanted to ask the ins and outs of the matter, otherwise he would not be able to explain to Chu Luo.As a result, Wang Xuanshu only told him that there were traitors who wanted to murder Yang Tong, but he couldn't explain the rest.Simo was not stupid, and immediately understood the truth of this.He suspected that Wang Shichong was worried about Yang Tong's recovery, so he killed him.

Now that Yang Tong is dead, Simo really doesn't know what to do for a while.

However, Wang Xuanshu ignored this matter.

"Messenger, my father is willing to unite with the Turks and share the world."

When Simo heard this, he was full of contempt.Do you really think of him as a Turk who doesn't understand anything, to say such nonsense?But Simo didn't show it, but mentioned the second thing that Chuluo Khan told him, that is the United King Shichong.

Picking up Yang Tong is only one of his tasks, and joining Wang Shichong is the top priority.Now Liang Shidu, Liu Wuzhou, Dou Jiande and others supported by Luo have not made much progress, and can only be a local king in a corner of the world. This is naturally not in the interests of the Turks.

Chu Luo hopes to blossom in the Central Plains, let Wang Shichong defeat Li Tang, completely disrupt the situation in the Central Plains, and prepare for the future Turks going south.

Wang Xuanshu and Simo had a sympathetic heart, hit it off right away, and had a very happy conversation.During the process, Simo put forward Chu Luo's request, that is, Wang Shichong must surrender to the Turks, so that the Turks will help them defeat Li Tang.

Wang Xuanshu was going to agree, but after thinking about it, the matter of proclaiming himself a minister is no small matter, and he had to consult his father to make a decision.

Therefore, Wang Xuanshu asked Simo to wait for a while, and he would convey Simo's meaning to Emperor Zheng.

Simo naturally agreed to this, and he believed that Wang Shichong would choose a smart approach.

(End of this chapter)