Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 293
In 936 A.D., on the seventh day of November in the third year of Qingtai in the Later Tang Dynasty, the four gates of Liangzhou were opened, and the newly built Liangzhou city was completely refurbished.

Not only the merchants traveling all over the world, but also the local people of Liangzhou couldn't help but praise the Liangzhou city at this moment.

A few elders from the Li family in Guzang, Liangzhou couldn't help crying on the spot at Zhaowumen, the south gate.

It has been so many years, probably only when Zhang Yichao regained Liangzhou, this Wuliang Jinghua had such a majestic moment.

The so-called newcomers and new atmosphere, they finally felt it!
More than [-] years ago, when Zhang Taibao entered the dynasty and the Guiyi Army withdrew from Liangzhou, the city declined visibly with the naked eye, not only the city defense, but also the morale of the people in the city.

And just after Zhang Taibao's great-grandson entered Liangzhou again, the city slowly began to wake up like a sleeping lion.

But when Liangzhou's city gate was wide open, the five satellite fortresses around Liangzhou and the two county towns of Guzang and Shenniao were on the alert.

Once there is any alarm, the soldiers of the Guiyi Army stationed in various places will respond as quickly as possible.

In particular, the army responsible for defending the Uyghurs in Ganzhou in the west raised their security to the highest point.

That is to say, when they were all so vigilant, the doors of Liangzhou City could be opened wide, revealing its safety and festiveness.

Today is Zhang Zhao's 24th birthday, and the envoys who came from various places in Liangzhou, Dunhuang, Shazhou and other places to celebrate his birthday have already arrived.

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Hexi Jiedu yamen in Liangzhou, the descendants of Anxi Tang'er who had just arrived in Liangzhou, mainly descendants of the three surnames of Xinqiuci, and Baximi men and women who belonged to Zhang Zhao's private tribe, directly took over the Jiedu town commander's mansion All aspects of diet and daily life.

From the beginning of Sishi (after nine o'clock in the morning), a large number of heads of various ministries began to rush to the Jiedu Yamen in Hexi.

The housekeepers and roll call envoys who were in charge of reception at the door were yelling with smoke in their throats, and everyone who was famous and respectable around Liangzhou came.

As for the ignorance that Zhang Zhao hoped for, and who dared not give him face and not come to celebrate his birthday, so that he would have a chance to go crazy, there was none of them.

"Head Shen of the Yangfei Valley Department, Chief Zhebu of the Hongyuan Valley Department, General Zhao Zhen of the Xiyinghe Zhao Clan and six chiefs of Zamuhe, Dongdahe, and Huangyanghe are here!"

Hearing the roll-call envoy outside the door, all the Han officials from Liangzhou who had come inside the room stood up one after another and looked at the door with complicated eyes.

The Han people in Liangzhou and Yan Moshi have been fighting with water and fire for more than ten years. I didn't expect that there will be a scene where all the people in Jiedu Yamen in Hexi are here today.

"The chiefs of the six ministries offered fifty long-haired cattle, five hundred long-haired sheep, one hundred cowhide, twenty catties of beef tendon, ten catties of gold, and one hundred catties of silver!"

Inside the house, Cui Huxin curled his lips. The long-haired ox is the yak of the later generations, and the long-haired sheep is the Tibetan-style long-haired sheep of the snowy plateau in the later generations.

These gifts can only be said to be quite generous, but compared with the rich and powerful Han people in Liangzhou, they are still slightly inferior.

But soon, he heard the shout of the roll caller outside the door, and his voice was distorted because of being too excited.

"The chiefs of the six tribes specially presented a hundred white horses and two white-haired cows!"

The white horse is not particularly rare, but the white cow is so rare, and the appearance of the two together means that the meaning it represents is even more unusual.

In the eyes of people at this time, extremely rare white animals will be covered with an auspicious halo, and the same is true for white yaks.

These pure white plateau boats are actually not uncommon in later generations. The Tianzhu white yak is a specialty of Tianzhu County in Wuwei.

But in this era, the breeding technology of white yaks is still very backward. Even though the territory of Tianzhu County in later generations is in the six parts of Gamo, white yaks at this time are still rare, and they are often regarded as the incarnation of mountain gods.

Historically, when the Tubo people here paid tribute to the Central Plains Dynasty, the white yak tail must have been the first and most compelling tribute.

It even happened during the Xianping period of Emperor Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty that Pan Luozhi of the Liugu Department did not have white yak tail in the tribute to the Song Dynasty, and his envoy was regarded as a counterfeit, and was arrested by the Song Dynasty border general.

It can be seen that the white yak, even its tail, has an extremely important symbolic meaning in the six parts of Yanmo.

The appearance of the white yak and the white horse together represented the submission of the six tribes of the Momo, at least an expression of their willingness to begin to regard Zhang Zhao as their leader.

After the roll-call envoy finished the roll-call, more than a dozen leaders of the Liugu tribe, large and small, also entered the banquet and sat down.

Older people like Shen Zhihai and Zhao Zhenjiang could still hold their breath, but Cui Huxin of the younger generation met Zhebu Jiashi's eyes and snorted unanimously.

"The four chiefs from Liangzhou, Jiacao, Kang, Shi, and He, have arrived. The four chiefs donated three thousand catties of refined iron and one hundred and fifty Bactrian camels. I wish you a happy stay."

After hearing the arrival of the Sogdian merchants from Liangzhou, the two groups of people blowing their beards and staring at each other slowly dispersed.

These Sogdians privately called Zhang Zhao the Great Khan. They knew about it, and it is said that they became Zhang Junshi’s franchised wealthy businessman. Even Cao Wantongxi changed the Tubo-style Cao Wan’s surname back to Cao.

You must know that in the past, the Cao Wanjia and the Sogdian Chamber of Commerce were considered to be ethnic groups close to the six tribes of Gamo.

Now they have changed their surnames, and they still call Zhang Zhao the Great Khan, which shows that they have begun to distance themselves from the Gamo ethnic group again.

"The military envoy invites the leaders of Cao, Kang, Shi, and He to sit down!" The steward in charge of the banquet directly led the leaders of the four surnames of Sogdian to the seats of the Six Ministries of Gamo and the Han people in Liangzhou.

This was the treatment they deserved. Those [-] Bactrian camels were the strategic material that Zhang Zhao needed most.

Liu Di has preliminarily completed the design of the camel whirlwind cannon, and now the training can begin when the camel is in place.

The three groups of people had just sat down when suddenly the middle door of the town commander's mansion in Jiedu Yamen was directly opened, and everyone stood up and looked at the door again. It must be a distinguished guest who can let Zhang Zhaoda open the middle door to welcome him.

The first ones to appear were two envoys each holding a gift. Zhang Zhao, who hadn't shown up all this time, rushed out quickly and took the two gifts with his own hands.

Kang Jinshan, who was well-informed, smiled triumphantly, pointed to the two envoys and said, "Everyone, this is a gift from the military envoy's mother, Princess Fengtian of the Kingdom of Jin, and the military envoy's biological mother from the Wenhua Song family in Dunhuang. .”

Everyone suddenly realized that it was no wonder Zhang Jun had to go out to greet him in person. It turned out that his mother had sent someone to send him a birthday present.

After these two envoys, more than a dozen people wearing brocade robes outside the door suddenly knelt down and proclaimed the king.

These people are not of the same race at first glance, there are all kinds of skin colors, and even the beliefs seem to be different.

There are Tianfang believers with their heads covered, Daqinfa believers with crosses hanging on the parapet, and even Zoroastrians who are almost invisible in the Central Plains.

"Your Majesty! Your minister, Zhao Junde, the Minister of the Yellow Gate of the Kingdom of Jin, and others, have been ordered by the Great Sage Emperor to set off eastward since the beginning of July. The Great Sage Emperor ordered me to escort ten thousand catties of cotton wool. I wish the King a healthy body!"

"Qing has worked hard waiting for you to come from afar. Uncle knows me! This ten thousand catties of cotton wool is just the solution to a certain urgent need!
Is the emperor in good health?Are the countries in the Anxi River safe?Guo Guangde, you are here too, are the people of Suiye and Talas happy? "

Zhao Junde, the attendant of the Yellow Gate, did not get up, but knelt down on the ground and replied loudly: "The great sage emperor is in good health. When I left the king's city, the emperor got a new princess and a prince. They are holding a banquet to enjoy themselves with the people. I just miss the king. , so I sent my ministers to greet me.

In the 24th year, the Son of Heaven sent troops to defeat the Geluolu people in the south of Baishan Mountain, leaving more than ten thousand corpses, and Saktu only escaped with his own body.

In the middle of the river, the kings of Saman and Persia were fighting each other, and Emir Bukharahamid sent envoys to pay tribute for three consecutive years, which was very peaceful. "

The 24 years in Zhao Junde's mouth refers to the 24th year of Tongqing's own year name, that is, last year.

Baishan is in the northeast of Kucha, and it is the main road from the land of seven rivers to Shule and other places in the south.

Saktu's defeat this time, I am afraid that he will not be able to go south in five or eight years.

Hamid of Saman Persia, as always, has a high-mindedness and a low-handedness. Such a big advantage has been turned into a battle among kings by him.

"The Holy Body of the Great Khan is Antai, since the Great Khan returned to the east, the trade roads are smooth, and the management of the broken leaves after staying is quite effective, and the people of all ethnic groups are happy.

Li Gonguoshou, the guardian of Talas, took advantage of the civil strife in Saman Persia last year and led his army to recover Baishui Hucheng and other places.

There is only Shiguocheng (Tashkent) left in the east of Persian Yaoshashui. We go to surround it every year, and we will leave only after getting a lot of money and food. "

Zhang Zhao couldn't help laughing, it's really fast that Saman Bosz pulled it!Even Baishui Hucheng and other fortresses were lost. Li Guoshou, a dog who guards the house, can lead an army to surround Shiguocheng and blackmail them.

"You have worked hard from afar, you should stay in Liangzhou for a while, let's go to the table first!"

Hearing that the several forces he left in the Western Regions are developing well, Zhang Zhao is also overjoyed. As long as they can gain a firm foothold in the Western Regions, it will be easier to operate after the unification of the Central Plains.

After this set of questions is correct, the six Gamo tribes, the Liangzhou Han people, and the Sogdian four who arrived first were really shocked.

This is the mode of questioning by monarchs and ministers. The words "king" and "holy body" cannot be used casually.

Originally, they only knew that Zhang Zhao had explored thousands of miles in the Western Regions, but they had no specific feeling, but it was not until this time that they fully felt the unusualness.

Of course, they were more puzzled. They didn't understand that Zhang Zhao already had this status in Anxi and Hezhong, so why did he come back?
It is better to be a king in Anxi and Hezhong than to be a king in Liangzhou!

The middle gate was not yet closed, Zhang Zhao also stood at the door and did not leave, and the three forces in Liangzhou City did not go in at all, they all gathered at the door to see if anyone else wanted to come in through the middle gate.

After a while, a burst of Buddha's chant came, and countless eminent monks wearing various robes appeared outside the door. Those with a lot of knowledge had already begun to help everyone identify them one by one.

Not to mention the Dayun Temple, Dafo Temple, and Guanshiyin Temple in Liangzhou City, Suzhou Tiefo Temple, Shazhou Lingyuan Temple, Guanyin Temple and the famous Xianyan Temple in the entire Hexi have all come here. The temple still exists in later generations, and it is the famous Leiyin Temple in Dunhuang.

After the temples in Guashasu Sanzhou came, eminent monks from Western Region temples such as Shule Dayun Temple in Anxi and Sumoruo Temple in Khotan, who came with Zhao Junde and others, also came one after another.

"There are people from Weiyan Temple in Lanzhou. They are very well informed. It seems that they know that the Dharma King is here!"

Strictly speaking, Lanzhou is only a peripheral force in Liangzhou. Even the Guiyi Army during Zhang Yichao's time did not really control Lanzhou.

And now, people have come to Lanzhou Weiyan Temple, which is the most grand temple in Lanzhou today.

Its predecessor was Jincheng Xiaowei at the end of the Sui Dynasty, who called himself the palace of Xue Ju, the overlord of the Western Qin Dynasty. After the Tang court destroyed Xue Ju, it was changed to Weiyan Temple. Its status in Lanzhou is not insignificant.

"Buddha is merciful, the poor monks are not late after all, I don't know where the dharma king's frame is? Luoxi Ramoche Temple, Subi Wencheng Princess Temple, and the envoy of King Guge Jidnimagun came to see him."

The three people present at the finale made everyone in Liangzhou look very unhappy.

Logic is Lhasa, and Subi is the Yushu area. These are the heartlands of Tubo. When the Tubo Empire was strong, they would kneel down and worship these people when they saw them.

As for the envoy of Guge King Jidnimagun, it is even more extraordinary.

Although Jidnimagun has been expelled to Guge, that is, the later Ngari area, his blood is very noble in today's Qingtang Plateau. His fourth generation ancestor is the last generation of Tubo, Zanplan Dama.

As soon as the three of them arrived, Zhang Zhao's birthday banquet officially began. Although the monks and laymen held the banquet separately, the thoughts of the people in Liangzhou on the left were still completely attracted by the right.

Especially the appearance of Ramoche Temple and Guge King's envoy shocked them even more.

Zhang Zhao's ability to bring these people here is not entirely due to the attraction of his title of Dharma King, but in fact, it's just that everyone has what they need.

Because 80 years ago, after Tubo Zanplandama succeeded to the throne, he adopted a cruel policy of destroying Buddhism on the Qingtang Plateau. Countless monks were forced to return to secular life, and the struggle spread throughout the Tubo Empire.

Although Lang Dama was later assassinated by a monk, the Buddhism on the plateau has never been revived.

Even Buddhist holy places like Ramoche Temple are currently closed.

Moreover, Ramoche Temple and Princess Wencheng Temple are even more unfavorable on the plateau because of their ties to the Han region.

They needed a strong foreign aid, and Zhang Zhao, who bears the title of King of France, seemed so suitable.

Similarly, Zhang Zhao also has something to borrow from them, except that it is used to improve his compulsion.

In history, the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties used the trick to make the Qingtang Plateau belong to the country, which was to support Buddhism and strengthen ties. Zhang Zhao can be regarded as a foreshadowing here, not to mention that he has the title of Dharma King.

Among them, Guge King Jidnimagun was the matchmaker, and now the Tubo Empire has been wiped out.

But going back to the thought of becoming Zanpu logically, it is still constantly stimulating Jidnimagun, so he hit it off with Zhang Zhao.

It's just that he doesn't know that Zhang Zhao will never let another Zanpu appear on the plateau, and with his ability and strength, he can't be Zanpu either.

After the banquet, the eminent monks of the major temples will also hold a grand Dharma meeting in Liangzhou. Taking advantage of Zhang Fawang's birthday, they will make a good face of Longyou Buddhist sect in Hexi.

In the crowd, a guy dressed as a Sogdian disappeared. He knew that there was no hope for the Uighurs in Ganzhou.

Because the whole of Hexi, that is, their Yaogeluo family still believes in Manichaeism, Zhang Zhao is going to make them into aliens and enemies of Buddhism in Longyou, Hexi. In addition to future troubles.

　I owe an update today. I’ve been too busy recently. The efficiency of the unit is not good. I started to grasp the process management, especially to fight against fish monsters like tigers. The time for coding is only two or three hours a day. The old rules, one day I will code, Just add more.

　　
　
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