Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 812 The Legacy of the Tang Dynasty - The King of Persian Kings
In the fifth year of Shaoming, 950 A.D., in June, in Jiankang Palace, a large number of servants, palace servants and guards were already preparing to drive.

Due to the complicated affairs of Southern Tang and Wuyue, Zhang Teng stayed here for more than half a year. Counting the time to go to Hexi and the fortress, Zhang Teng had not been back to Tokyo for almost two years, and it was indeed time to return to Beijing.

No, even the empress Cao Jiuniang in Zhaoming Palace couldn't bear it anymore, and sent Guo Wan'er and Sai Feiye to pick Zhang Tie back to the palace.

Along with Guo Wan'er and Sefiye, there was also a letter and a Persian with yellow head and blue eyes.

The letter brought by Guo Wan'er was written by Guo Tiance. In the letter, Guo Tiance asked Zhang Ting to resign from the post of privy envoy, and expressed his willingness to be responsible for the broken leaf incident, and asked Zhang Ting to punish him.

It is more than 3000 miles from Suiye to Tokyo. For this distance, it takes more than one and a half months for the messenger to relay the message all the way, and it takes more than half a year for the usual message to arrive, which is quite normal.

In addition, Guo Guangyi deliberately concealed the news after his rebellion, which made Guo Tiance not very clear about what happened to Suiye.

Now that the results came out, Guo Tiance was shocked.

He originally thought that everything was because Guo Guangyi forcibly married his aunt to Li Guoshou's grandson, but in the end, his two uncles who were not clear about it were even slightly involved.

Although in this era, the emperor's women are not as sensitive as later generations.

Meng Chang's mother was originally Tang Zhuangzong's concubine, and was later given to Meng Zhixiang.

Guo Rong's aunt was also a low-level concubine of Tang Zhuangzong, otherwise it would be impossible to save so much wealth, give half of it to Guo Rong's father, and make the Chai family a wealthy family in Xingzhou.

But to say a thousand words and ten thousand, these were either given by the emperor on his own initiative, or they were dismissed, such as Guo Yu'er, who had agreed to dedicate them to the emperor, but in the end they dared to break their promises, and the crime was not small.

Therefore, after Guo Tiance knew the truth, he was so frightened that he quickly asked Guo Wan'er to help hand over the letter of guilt to Zhang Tie, begging Zhang Tie to punish him.

Zhang Ting sighed, and asked Zhou Xian to take out the battle report jointly issued by Bai Congxin, Hu Guang, and Guo Guangsheng, as well as the secret report sent by the deputy governor of Ningyuan, Lao Zhang Zhong, and the military envoy Xue Shouli.

In fact, Zhang Ting didn't care about Guo Yu'er if he didn't do this kind of thing.

By my side, Zhang Shengren, not to mention others, only Mrs. Huarui, Fei Shi, and Zhou Xian, who grew up day by day, are stunning in the world. No matter how beautiful Guo Yuer is, it is impossible to compare with these two people.

In addition, if you want novelty, there are exotic sisters like Sefiye and Pan Taiya.In terms of status, there is also a queen of a great country like Xiao Sagezhi, who is not short of one or two women.

At that time, he felt that Guo Yu'er was a little far away, and even if he had to choose, he should choose one of the Guo family members who followed Donggui. The left and right were just asking for a prince to sit in Suiye, but now there is a problem.

However, it is not completely useless, at least Zhang Ke no longer has to worry about the Guo family using Nestorianism to be a tiger in Suiye, because the foundation was directly destroyed by Bai Congxin.

Guo Wan'er, on the other hand, was carefully reading Bai Congxin's battle report and old Zhang Zhong's secret performance. After reading it, Zhang Tie's first-generation personal secretary suddenly let out a long sigh of relief.

"Mr. Bai Kuci and Hu Erlang have helped my Guo family a lot. If they return to Tokyo in the future, please ask the sage Enzhun Wan'er to host a banquet in person."

Guo Wan'er has always been so clear-headed, if this is an ordinary person, he would know that Bai Congxin killed all the people in the Guo family in Suiye.

Even Guo Tiance's two uncles by blood, and her elder brother Guo Guangbi, who had the same grandfather as her, were deliberately killed by Hu Guang, so he would definitely resent her.

But Guo Wan'er didn't. Instead, she clearly realized that only the ruthlessness of Bai Congxin and Hu Guang saved their Guo family from danger.

Otherwise, what can I do, let her and Guo Tiance kill their relatives personally?In that case, the price would be too great, and it might not be able to appease the emperor's anger quickly.

Zhang Ting also fell silent for a while. He didn't expect Bai Congxin to be so ruthless, but indeed, the dissatisfaction and anger in his heart were greatly reduced because of the deaths of 7 to [-] people.

"The queen mother and queen of King Uguz Yehu, Yinal Talib, the governor of Shiguocheng Amir, four people with the nine surnames Uguz Yinal, and the traitor Guo Guangyi. Hey! There are quite a few people here."

Guo Wan'er slowly read Bai Cong's letter. In the book, there were hundreds of chieftains who were captured and were about to be sent to Tokyo.

Guo Wan'er looked at the emperor's face with a satisfied expression, and hurriedly took the opportunity to say cautiously: "Saint, along with these captives and traitors, there is also Guo Yu'er."

Zhang Ting knew what Guo Wan'er meant, and he was afraid that Zhang Ting would continue to kill Guo Wan'er to relieve his anger.

"Don't worry, I'm not that stingy. A little girl like her, Guo Yuer, can't decide her own destiny."

"Sage and enlightenment!" Guo Wan'er knelt down with a puff, "Then Li Guoshou was originally a scumbag, and his grandson is just a thug.

As long as there is no problem in their minds, they all know that it is better to be a maidservant by the saint's side than to marry Li Guoshou's grandson.

Kui'er is really suffering, but fortunately His Majesty is magnanimous and spared her crime. "

Zhang Tie smiled and pulled Guo Wan'er who was kneeling on the ground up. This little girl could also be regarded as one of Zhang Tie's first few confidants.

As for Guo Tiance, he deserved the greatest credit. In the years of Zhang Tie's wars in the South and the North, in terms of military logistics and staff praise, Guo Tiance's contribution was only slightly lower than that of the deceased Zhang Xichong. He will not kill Guo Yu'er either.

So Zhang Ting was a little curious. Both of them were people close to Zhang Ting, so he must know that Zhang Ting would not take his anger out on a little girl.

Especially when Bai Congxin had already killed more than 6 people with Huguang in order to punish this rebellion.

But they were still so cautious, and Zhang Yan was very curious why this Guo Yuer was worthy of their caution.

"If I remember correctly, the Guo Guangbi who died in the battle in Hushui City was your first cousin, but Guo Yan'er should be your sister who didn't make five clothes with you, right?"

Guo Wan'er nodded, "Guo Wan'er and Nu are indeed not very close, but she is not only Da Lang's biological aunt, but also Da Lang's aunt who grew up on his back.

Although they are aunts and nephews, they are like father and daughter. On the contrary, they are not very close to the two uncles. "

That's how it turned out, Zhang Ting understands that my aunt grew up on her back, but uncle, Guo's life was hard back then, and Guo Tiance, a burden of his dead father, certainly didn't receive much attention from the two uncles. There may be some discrimination, which leads to the lack of affection between the two parties.

However, even if Guo Yu'er was so close to Guo Tiance, Zhang Ting would definitely not punish Guo Tiance.

However, punishments such as demotion were still necessary, otherwise he would not be able to convince the public. It seemed that Guo Tiance, the privy envoy, really couldn't do it any longer.

Zhang Tie thought about it carefully, Langjie Jiangcuo and Li Xiaojie, etc., didn't they ask the imperial court to send people to Luoxie to preside over the overall situation.

Zhang Yu had sent Li Cunhui to lead five thousand elite soldiers, and five thousand knights from Hehuang Valley and Dafeichuan to go to Luo for reinforcements.

But Li Cunhui is not bad in military affairs. If you ask him to handle complicated plateau affairs, he must not have this ability.

Then let Guo Tiance do the thinking, and serve as the Minister of Tibet for several years, er, or according to the current practice, should he be called the Protector of Tibet?

In this way, there are reliable candidates to guard the plateau, and Guo Tiance's punishment is completed in name and in reality, which does not hurt Guo Tiance's face too much.

"Saint, the Duke of Qiuci also requested to transfer [-] households from Ningyuan to Shiguo City.

He will also take [-] herdsmen out of the [-] households in Monan and the [-] households in Moxi, and leave [-] in Shiguocheng and Talas.And asked Lu Zhen to temporarily guard Talas.

It's just that in this way, the power in their hands is not too great. "

In principle, these requests from Bai Congxin are Zhang Tie's private affairs, because whether it is Ningyuan or the [-] households in the grassland, they are all Zhang Tie's personal forces in name or in reality.

At present, they do not belong to the Zhang Zhou court, but belong to the tent of Tian Khan, the dual empire of Zhang Tie, and the Khotan Jin Kingdom system with somewhat overlapping powers and responsibilities.

That's why Guo Wan'er told Zhang Ting about this, because it was barely a private matter.

Zhang Ting shook his head slowly. The reason why Bai Congxin looked a bit arrogant and self-respecting was clearly stated in the previous letter.

When the Central Plains imperial court could not immediately provide [-] to [-] people to immigrate to the river, the steppe people in the desert, the Oguz people who believed in Tengger around the river, and some Ge Luolu people who believed in Manichaeism were white people. Letter from the best demographic supplement sources.

Because there is no strong civilization behind these people, and Zhang Zhou has the weapon of Liufazong, plus the ability to go south to plunder as a reward, so he can quickly digest and integrate these Turkic-speaking nomads in the river.

However, Saman Persia and the Sogdians who had already been educated by Tianfang were difficult to be assimilated by Bai Congxin because of the existence of Persia and Dashi, two ancient civilizations behind them, and the Tianfang Religion as a link.

Therefore, in the absence of large-scale support from the imperial court, Bai Congxin's only choice was to uphold the Six Dharma Schools and integrate various Turkic ethnic groups in the west to attack the Persians and Tianfang to educate the Sogdians.

And the tens of thousands of people he wants are the basic board for all of them to believe in the Six Dharma Schools.

If you don't have these basic disks, if you recruit a bunch of herdsmen who believe in Manichaeism or other religions from Xinxin, they will be reversely integrated.

So Zhang Ting shook his head, "Bai Congxin and I have known each other since Weimo, we survived together in the sea of ​​corpses and blood, we have always known who he is, we will never bear each other.

And now the imperial court will not be able to support them on a large scale within ten years. Bai Congxin's life in the river is actually extremely dangerous. If people don't give this, it will be harming others. "

Guo Wan'er's eyes flashed with admiration, what she likes most is Zhang Ting's grandeur.

And if she asks this now, it will definitely reach Bai Congxin's ears in the future, and it can be regarded as a small repayment of Bai Congxin's favor.

Because she asked this way, not only would Zhang Ting not be suspicious of Bai Congxin, but it would strengthen Zhang Ting's thinking.

However, if a certain minister of the DPRK first wrote a letter to discuss or even impeach this matter, there are many people talking about it, and it is really uncertain which direction things will develop.

Zhang Ting didn't notice Guo Wan'er's petty thoughts, because he was still thinking about more important things.

According to the strategy Luo Dingzhong proposed to Bai Congxin, it is to make the Shiguo City an iron blanket to attract warriors from Saman Persia and even West Asia to come here for consumption.

Then the rich land around Shiguo City will definitely be reduced to ruins, so food will have to be raised from the battle and Talas will be reinforced. This is the first difficulty.

The second difficulty is that the real elite under Bai Congxin, or the hard-working army that has been besieged for a few months without going crazy, and can still maintain its fighting power and fighting will, is probably only a few hundred under Yao Yuanfu. Hundreds of plays by Lao Yabing and Bai Congxin himself.

Except for the thousand thieves and killers, the rest of the prairie herdsmen rarely have such thick nerves that they can maintain a stable mentality in this kind of arduous siege battle.

After thinking about it, the former problem was nothing but trouble, but the latter problem was fatal.

Zhang Tie thought about it for a long time. There are many Jin people and Han people in Anbeiting, but their fighting power and fighting will will not be much better than the [-] herdsmen in Moxi, or even worse. These people can be used to enrich places, but cannot be used as pioneers of colonization.

Hexiguasha Gansu's Xiaoqi, Zhang Tie himself is not enough.

And after Zhang Ting's large-scale recruitment, the number of people in these four states is already quite small, and any further deployment will affect the safety of the Silk Road.

After thinking for a long time, Zhang Tie found that the only people he could mobilize were the Tibetans on the plateau.

These guys who have been fighting against the harsh environment of the plateau all year round have strong willpower and have roots in the Tubo Empire. Although they are poor, they have rich Tibetan armor and a tradition of martial arts as an advanced step.

If the combination of Guo Tiance and Li Cunhui can quickly pacify the entire plateau, then in about a year, Zhang Ting will be able to draw about [-] Tubo armored soldiers for Bai Congxin, and he should be able to gain a firm foothold by then.

And in this way, Bai Congxin's [-] grassland herdsmen and thousands of Tubo soldiers are all devout believers of the Six Dharma Sect, which can provide another insurance for Bai Congxin.

People's hearts will change, and when the loopholes can be plugged, we should try our best to plug them, lest Bai Cong Xinzhen's head will go wrong one day, and the emperor and his ministers will not be able to get off the stage and lose face.

When Zhang Ting was thinking, Sai Feiye winked at Guo Wan'er again.

This year is nearly 28 years old, and she is no longer that cute little Persian lolita who explodes. What she always thinks about is to let her son go back to seize the throne of Saman Persia.

Guo Wan'er coughed lightly, she owed Sai Feiye favor, because Sai Feiye had only two sons in total, and gave up the eldest son Zhang Xianxi to Guo Wan'er as an adopted son.

And in order to ensure the relationship between Guo Waner and Zhang Xianxi, Guo Waner took care of Zhang Xianxi when she was under the age of one, and Sai Feiye suppressed her thoughts and seldom brought them with her own hands.

This kind of favor is quite big, and Guo Tiance has already told Guo Wan'er that he intends to match Guo Wan'er and Hu Guang into a family.

Finally, Zhang Xianxi, the prince born by Sai Feiye and raised by the Guo family, was sent to Suiye and became the owner of Suiye.

Now Sai Feiye looks at Guo Wan'er frequently, it seems that he wants her to mention this matter.

So Guo Wan'er waited for Zhang Ting to finish his contemplation, and immediately pointed to the Persian standing outside the gate with his head bowed, and said, "Saint, this is a secret envoy sent by the Emir Hamid of Saman Persia, who wants to meet the saint."

Zhang Ting raised his head in surprise, and first glanced at Saifeiye, who nodded obediently, "This person is Aqimu, brother of Abu, the most trusted court chief in the past."

"Great Shah Shah, your servant Aqim, by order of the Emir of the Samanid family, Hamid Abu Muhammad Nuh bin Nasr, offers you the loyalty of the Samanid family. "

This Persian named Aqimu is very respectful.

Zhang Ting was about to ask Hamid if he had not come to pay tribute for five years, and when he was still loyal, the word Shah Shah flashed violently in Zhang Ting's mind like lightning.

Shah Shah, this is not a simple word, but in the old Persian Empire, among the many titles held by the Persian emperors, especially the most precious title held by the Sassanid Persian emperors, its original meaning is called King of Kings!
"What did you call me just now?" Zhang Tie looked at Aqimi in shock, and there was no obstacle in the communication between the two.

Because in the river, the common language is neither Chinese nor Persian, let alone Dashi dialect, but Turkic dialect with various accents.

As long as you know the Turkic language, even though there are hundreds of ethnic tribes in the river, the simple communication with each other will not be a big problem. Naturally, Zhang Tie can speak the Turkic language, and there is Pan Taiya, an interpreter, by his side.

"Great Shah Shah, have you forgotten? 300 years ago, Belus, the last king of Sasanian Persia, dedicated the title of Shah Shah to the emperor of Peach Blossom Stone after he had no hope of restoring his country."

Ah..uh!Zhang Tie stood up abruptly.

yes!After Sassanid Persia's last king Belus and his son Ni Nirvana were destroyed by the Great Food, they first fled to Datang for help, and then returned to Persia and Tocharian with the support of Datang. Continue to fight the big food.

But in the end, the destiny was gone, Belus and his son Ni Nieshi returned to Datang from Tochara and Hezhong successively, and finally died in Datang.

Before he died, Bellus did consecrate the title of King of Kings to Tang Gaozong.

But at that time, Li Zhi had already started to call himself the Emperor of Heaven, so he didn't care about such an empty title of King of Kings, so the court didn't pay much attention to it.

However, for Zhang Wei, he wants Xia Jun and Yi Min. Isn't this a ready-made strong claim?

Good guy, it turns out that I am the Lord of Persia!Zhang Shengren stood up with his chest and stomach protruding. This title may be very useful.

But suddenly, Zhang Tie realized that no one in Tang Dynasty cared about this matter. How did you, a Saman Persian whose race has changed after hundreds of years, know about it.

Without waiting for Zhang Tie to ask questions, Aqimu held up the secret letter written by Hamid to Zhang Tie with both hands, "The emir said that Shah Shah understood after reading this letter."

The letter was written in Turkic, and Zhang Tie struggled to read it, so the speed was not fast, but after a cup of tea, Zhang Shengren, who had never changed his face since the collapse of Mount Tai, changed his expression of shock.

He raised his hand in disbelief, pointed at Sefiye and asked, "Saifeiye, do you know? Your ancestor, Saman Huda, is actually a descendant of a Nirvana Master!"

"Ah!" Sefiye screamed, her little hands waving continuously.

"I don't know! Nunu has never heard of this matter from my father and brother. They only said that our Saman family is the descendant of the emperor of the Sasanian Empire, but they did not say that they are the descendants of the Nirvana Master!"

"Hahahaha!" Zhang Tie burst out laughing, "Master Nirvana ran for half his life in the river, and finally returned to the country sadly, but he didn't want his descendants to return to the country in the river a hundred years later. This Persia is indeed the hundreds of years of my dynasty. Vassal!"

Can't help Zhang Tie not being excited, when Ni Nirvana master, his Persian governor's mansion and the title of Persian king were all canonized by the Tang Dynasty.

If the Saman family were descendants of Ni Nirvana, then they should have been vassals of the Central Plains Dynasty.

"Saint, I have found it. It is recorded in the Ministry of Rites of the Great Dynasty that in the fifth year of Tianbao (746), there was a person who refused to submit to the kingdom of Dashi called Toba Sidan, who lived on the bank of the Small Sea (Caspian Sea). In the dynasty, he presented millennium jujubes (date palms) and was named the King of Guixin.

In the eighth year of Tianbao (749), the king sent his second son to Chang'an to have an audience. The prince was granted the title of Youwuwei Zhonglang General, and he was given a purple robe and a goldfish bag to guard the court. "

Guo Wan'er resolutely started to work as a secretary, and quickly found records in the vast historical materials. It seems that her original skills have not been lost.

"Khan, that is the name of the king, and this person should be called Hulu, so is it possible that Hulu should be Huda?

Transliteration is easy to spread falsehoods, which is possible, and the birth and death years of Hulu Khan and Saman Huda are similar. "

Zhang Ting muttered slowly, there must be a discrepancy in this, and there is a high probability that the two are not the same person.

But now, since Hamid himself admitted in a letter that their Saman family is the descendants of the Nirvana masters, then Khulu Khan must be Saman Huda, and the Saman family must be the descendants of the Nirvana masters.

"Draft the decree, order Sichuan Province Pingzhang, Zheng Guogong Yin Zhengqi immediately send Jingqi to escort the descendants of Li Xun and Li Derun to Kaifeng Mansion in Tokyo." Zhang Tie quickly issued the order, because the Ni Nirvana is in the Central Plains, and there are still descendants human.

This Li Xun and Li Derun were famous poets, writers, and doctors of the Five Dynasties. His younger sister Li Shunxian was the Zhaoyi of the former Shu Wang Yan and a famous poetess of the Five Dynasties.

The two brothers and sisters are the heirs of the Nirvana master who stayed in the Central Plains, and they are the blood of the Persian royal family.

What is the background?This is called background!

One by one, there are historical materials to check, and the evidence is one after another. In the Central Plains, there is a suzerain claim to Persia [-] miles away. This is the truth.

Zhang Ting was in a good mood at this moment, seeing that Hamid was also pleasing to the eye, he said to Sefiye: "It turned out to be me, I made a mistake to blame your brother.

He had a stroke five years ago and was unable to see things. The power in the country was controlled by the rebellious son Saleh and the treacherous minister Yusuf, so he paid tribute in the future.

It seems that I, the suzerain, must uphold justice for my loyal subjects and bring peace to the traitors. "

Sefiye did not go home for more than ten years, and he really hated Hamid when he left, but his anger has long since disappeared after more than ten years.

At this moment, hearing that my elder brother was so seriously ill and was oppressed by treacherous officials, I couldn't help but burst into tears, prostrated myself on the ground and begged: "Concubine, I implore the sage to send heavenly soldiers to save my elder brother from the fire and water!"

Guo Wan'er here also figured out the ins and outs, she rolled her eyes a few times, gritted her teeth and said: "Saint, since Hamid has been unable to see things for five years, I think he has been punished by the traitor Saleh when he came to China." Wait to master.

It is not difficult for us to defeat the disloyal and rebels, but the Saman country has a vast territory, not only the land of Zhaowu and nine surnames in Hezhong, but also Khorasan and Tochara, which are separated by thousands of miles, so it is really difficult to control.

Moreover, Hamid can't take things seriously, and his son Mansur is only six years old. Even if the rebels are defeated, the father and son will not be able to control the situation, and there will be more disturbances.

Therefore, my concubine boldly suggested that Guo Yu'er was born and grew up in the river, familiar with geography and customs, and also quick-witted, changeable, decisive and tenacious.

After the rebellious son Salih is settled, can Guo Yu'er be ordered to go to Bukhara to raise Mansur as a court wife, and wait for the court. "

"Huh!" Zhang Tie took a deep breath, Guo Wan'er's operation is feasible.

Now Dazhou can't control a big country like Saman Persia, but ten years later.

At that time, the Six Dharma Schools had already fully controlled the grasslands and plateaus, and the Central Plains had become stronger, with sufficient population and supplies, so they would definitely be able to control Saman Persia.

If Bai Congxin, Huguang, and Lu Sanlang existed as military support during this period of time, Guo Yuer could indeed enter Bukhara to raise Mansur and indirectly control the government of Saman Persia.

Even if Guo Xun'er is not capable enough, she can be assigned some assistants from the Central Plains.

For example, Lu Duoxun who ran away to Suiye, Li Jixun under Huguang's tent, Li Chongju, Dangjin and others under Bai Congxin's tent.

Even, Zhang Ting took a deep breath again, which is probably what Guo Wan'er meant.

Perhaps, Zhang Tie could even pull his face down and be more ruthless. Anyway, he can no longer accept Guo Yuer, so he will give Guo Yuer to Hamid as his wife.

In this way, even if Hamid, who was unable to move after a stroke, died of illness soon, Guo Yuer could raise Mansur as a mother and take control of the power of Saman Persia.

"Go find Zhang Lieming immediately, and ask him to send Jinyi's personal guards out of Yumen Pass to pick up Guo Yu'er, and don't let her get hurt in any way.

If this girl is really as capable as you said, I can give her a chance! "

(End of this chapter)