Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 307
The Jinchengwang family is a relatively special existence in Lanzhou or the entire Yanmo tribe.

After Tubo captured Longyou in Hexi in the past, they focused their business on Liangzhou, where the Hexi Jiedushi was located, and Shanzhou, where the Longyou Jiedushi was located.

Of these two places, one is the center of the world and the essence of Wuliang, and the other is greatly influenced by Tubo because of its proximity to Dafeichuan and the West Sea, also known as Qinghai.

Therefore, the nobles of the Tubo Empire invested a lot of energy in these two places.

Compared with them, although Lanzhou is the capital of Gansu Province in later generations, it is one of the largest cities in the northwest, while Wuwei, where Liangzhou is located, and Ledu County, Qinghai, where Shanzhou is located, are already so embarrassing that they are almost unknown.

But in this era, Liangzhou and Shanzhou far surpassed Lanzhou in terms of population, economy and geographical location.

Therefore, Lanzhou is a small state and county that did not make great efforts to manage it after the Tubo captured Longyou in Hexi.

The tribes here were also called Gamo after the Tubo forces retreated, but the degree of Tuboization was not very deep, not to mention that the Tang Dynasty briefly conquered here.

Therefore, Lanzhou has formed a unique political landscape. Among these tribes, there are not many descendants of soldiers in Longyou, Hexi, and the main ones are various Qiang people.

The Tuoba Dangxiang Yu tribe who did not move to Xiazhou and Gyeongju with the Tuoba family, the Tubo-style Murong tribe Qiang people, and even the Baiyang Qiang survived during the Han and Jin Dynasties.

These Qiang people, whose origins and composition are very complicated, together with some descendants of Han people and Tubo people, formed a Momo-style ethnic mixture after breaking away from the control of the Central Plains court.

The Jinchengwang family is such a family. They are not a single Han family, or it can be said that the Han people do not account for the majority here.

Most of them are a remnant of the Shatuo people from the past and other Qiang tribes mixed together.

The name of the Wang family is because the Wang family, descendants of the Han people, did lead various tribes when they were powerful.

At the same time, it is also a signal that if the imperial court can give them benefits, or take over this place, they can all be surnamed Wang immediately.

But unfortunately, the court did not come!
Unlike Zhang Zhao's imagination, the Lanzhou clan headed by the Jinchengwang family wanted to fight against him.

In fact, they are so slow to react now, which is completely hindered by their own power decision-making mode.

Because they themselves are nothing more than a tribal suture body, and they often fight each other for their own interests, so it is more difficult to unite.

So when Zhang Zhao issued an order to them in Liangzhou, these people's first reaction was not to think that Zhang Zhao would take advantage of the attack on the angel to get mad, but that some of them had colluded with Zhang Zhao.

So who colluded with Zhang Zhao?This problem is obvious. They think that the Han people headed by Jincheng Wang in the tribe have colluded with Zhang Zhao.

The Han tribe headed by Wang naturally thought of going to the other side, because someone wanted to use this matter to harm them.

The two sides almost fought because of mutual suspicion and disagreement. At the tribal meeting, the Wang family and other Han families naturally did not mention sending people to Liangzhou to explain in order to prove their innocence.

The tribes that suspected the royal family did not take it seriously, and the tribes that robbed the court angels were not under their jurisdiction at all.

Besides, why did the Hexi Jiedu envoy in Liangzhou manage their Longyou Jiedu envoy's territory?
Moreover, although the Kumobu, which controls Lanzhou, claims to be the Wang family, it is actually not the Han people who are in power, let alone the Jincheng Wang family.

The reason why they still put the brand of Jincheng Wang on their heads and call them the Wang family is because the Wang family also had two official positions, Doctor Yinqing Guanglu and Governor of Lanzhou, who were conferred by the Later Tang Dynasty.

For Lanzhou, these two official positions are the credentials for their dealings with the Central Plains.

Without the two official positions of Doctor Yinqing Guanglu and Governor of Lanzhou, they would not be allowed to sell horses or buy other goods in the Central Plains.

In short, the Jincheng Wang family who originally controlled Lanzhou, after more than a hundred years, has weakened to the point where they can barely earn a living by relying on the two official positions conferred by the Central Plains court.

At present, the biggest force controlling Lanzhou is the Li family. However, this Li family is not Han, they are actually from Shatuo.

And this Li also claimed that when people of later generations look at the ethnic situation in this era, they often have the perception that the Later Tang Dynasty established by the Shatuo people will definitely take care of the Shatuo people.

But in fact they are not, because in the eyes of the Tang court at this time, they are not the naturalized nobles of Shatuo, but Yeye is the real Li Tang clan, the line of King Zheng.

And no matter if they are Shatuo people, Sogdians, or Uyghurs, they only think that they are Tang people, and they don’t have much sense of belonging to their original ethnicity, and they are even very taboo about others mentioning their original origin. It can be said that it is a kind of fanaticism of converts.

That's why Li Ke's descendants don't like to mention the term Shatuo people so much, what's the matter?Do you think your identity as a barbarian is not obvious enough?
You must know that whether it was in Li Cunxu's period or Li Siyuan's period, there were many nationalists who were supremacy of the Tang people. Li Siyuan wanted to be in-laws with Yelu Deguang back then, but they were disturbed by them.

So even though the Shatuo people far away in the west called themselves surnamed Li, they didn't get any benefits from the Later Tang Dynasty.

Compared with them, Su Lunjia, who is also a big family in Lanzhou, although the number is smaller, they are obviously much more united than the big stitching tribe of the Wang family, and their responses are much faster.

After returning from Liangzhou, Su Lunluxin directly entered the house where the tribal chiefs and elders were discussing matters in Lanzhou.

And his elder brother Su Lunyan was directly detained in Liangzhou by Li Cunhui. Of course, this is not called detention. In fact, Su Lunyan chose to stay in Liangzhou in order to reassure Li Cunhui and Zhang Zhao behind Li Cunhui. .

The significance of his actions means that at least at the level of Su Lunyan, the young patriarch of the Su Lun family, he is willing to act as Zhang Zhao's internal support for entering Gong Liangzhou.

"Patriarchs and elders, Liangzhou Zhang Sikong has at least [-] soldiers under his command, and tens of thousands of horsemen who are good at riding and shooting, which is more than the entire Lanzhou combined, and there are even some god horses from the Buddhist kingdom of Tianzhu."

Saying that, Su Lun Luxin asked someone to bring in the tall folded-eared horse that Zhang Zhao had given him.

The Su Lun family is a remnant of the Baiyang Qiang during the Wei and Jin Dynasties of the Three Kingdoms. As a semi-nomadic people, it is of course a basic skill to distinguish good or bad horses.

Patriarch Su Lunxing and a group of elders gathered around the horse in amazement. Lanzhou and Liangzhou have always been places where horses are raised, and Liangzhou horses are even more famous in the Central Plains.

It's not that they don't have horses with folded ears similar to Su Lun Luxin's, but the number is slightly less.

"How many war horses are there in Liangzhou? This Sikong really has four thousand soldiers? Are all his four thousand soldiers armored?

We, Su Lunjia, migrated to Lanzhou from the Liugu tribe. We all know how difficult the leaders of the six tribes are. Are you sure that Zhang Sikong has subdued them all? "

Patriarch Su Lunxing asked with a solemn expression. In his opinion, Yanmo of Liugu tribe is the most powerful of all Yanmo tribes.

A total of [-] to [-] warriors can be drawn from the six parts, and they can also make their own swords and even armor. Liangzhou horses are famous all over the world, making them very mobile.

More than ten years ago, they gathered [-] elite cavalry to fight against the Lingwu Festival of the Central Plains court. How could such a tribe be so easy to subdue?
Not to mention the [-] Iron Armored Soldiers, Su Lunxing only heard from his father and grandparents that Tubo Zanpu had more than [-] Iron Armored Soldiers in the past.

One must know that back then, various ministries in Lanzhou responded to Luomenchuan's attack on envoys, and they were frightened. When the monks and maidservants fought in the east of Dafeichuan, they only had a total of [-] soldiers, mostly leather armor.

Now the various ministries in Lanzhou are not as good as they were back then. Four thousand armored soldiers, that is something I dare not even think about.

As if Su Lunlu didn't see the suspicion on the patriarch Su Lunxing's face, he nodded heavily.

"Before leaving, Zhang Sikong specially let me see his horse farm in Liangzhou. There are only six or seven hundred horses of this grade, and there are probably thousands of horses that are not as good.

Of course, the four thousand armored soldiers are all armored soldiers, because there are no warriors wearing iron armors in Liangzhou, so they cannot be called armored soldiers at all.

It is said that this is the elite left behind by Zhang Sikong who ran across the Western Regions, killed several big countries in the Western Regions, and even the Persian Empire was destroyed by him.

Without four thousand armored soldiers, it is impossible for the eldest brother to stay in Lanzhou on his own initiative, so he only asked me to report back.

We can't beat Zhang Sikong, and of course we can't beat the loose sand of the Wang family.

Besides, Zhang Sikong has already agreed that if he wins Lanzhou, then the official position of Lanzhou governor will belong to us, Su Lunjia. "

Su Lunxing touched his chin and thought about it. He may not trust Su Lunluxin, but he still trusts his son Su Lunyan.

His son is not a simple warrior like Su Lun Luxin, but a smart man who has been to the eastern capital Luoyang to pay tribute, can speak Chinese, and understands Han etiquette and poetry.

Now that he didn't come back in person, there are only two situations.

One was detained by Zhang Sikong of Liangzhou.

The second is that, as Su Lunluxin said, Zhang Sikong of Liangzhou had conquered the Liugu Department, and his strength made his son want to take refuge in him.

No matter what the situation is, a decision must be made quickly. If it is the former, he will seek refuge in exchange for his son's freedom, and if it is the latter, he will hug his thigh quickly.

However, there are still some elders in the clan who still don't believe it. They really can't understand that Liangzhou will be so powerful in just a few months?

Before seeing the absolute crushing strength, it is always difficult for people to lower their heads and hug their thighs.

"The post of Inspector of Lanzhou has always been conferred by the imperial court, even if Zhang Sikong can get the post of Hexi Jiedu Liu, he still can't control Lanzhou!

At most, he can appoint a governor of Liangzhou and a governor of Ganzhou. How can he control the candidates for the governor of Lanzhou? "

Su Lun Luxin raised his head and saw that it was the elder in the clan who liked to argue the most. He curled his lips, and the object of his persuasion was still the clan leader.

Because if Su Lunlu Xin could persuade his family to join him, he would be able to enter Zhang Sikong's Regretful Mountain Capital. Sikong also promised that he would at least give him the territory of a county when he controlled Longyou, Hexi in the future.

"Before leaving, my brother told me that Zhang Sikong really can't control Lanzhou in name, but it's not difficult for him to swallow Lanzhou.

The official positions conferred by the imperial court can only be used to gain some benefits. To keep Su Lun's family and seek a lot of land and goods for Su Lun's son-in-law, they rely on a long knife in their waist and a strong bow in their hands.

Annoyed Zhang Sikong, we were beaten to death, the imperial court thousands of miles away, can stand up for our family? "

(End of this chapter)