Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 1059 The Silk Road Reopened Princess Arrives

Red cavalry galloped through the valleys.

On the banks of the great river, one by one tribes either surrendered, or avoided, or retreated in the fortress and mountain city.

On the banks of the rivers, the post station and the fortress are being built.

On the top of the mountains, beacon towers were also built and red flags were flying.

Kaiyuan five years.

January.

Luoyang.

Spring is cold.

In the afternoon, the golden sunlight warmed Luoyang City, and with the ringing of bells, a huge team came outside Luoyang City.

The team driving yaks, camels, and horses looked at the majestic Luoyang City from a distance, and couldn't help but sigh and praise, although this was not the first time they had seen the great capital of the Central Plains.

When they were in Jincheng, they were amazed, and when they arrived in Chang'an, they were even more amazed.

When passing through Tongguan, they admired the majesty of Guancheng. When passing through the Yellow River, they praised the great river, which entered the Central Plains, and praised the fertile fields and thousands of miles here. But when they saw Luoyang City, they still couldn't help but marvel.

Compared with Chang'an and other Guanzhong cities, Luoyang is especially grand and lively.

"The Qin army guarding the gate in Luoyang, their armor is really bright, and they are all so mighty!"

"These are the imperial guards of the Qin people."

Liu Rengui laughed and said to those Tubo people who were constantly talking about it, "Actually, the gatekeepers you see are people from the inner government, they belong to the prison gate guards, and they are responsible for guarding the gates of the city gates and palace gates."

The people from the Prison Guard Mansion saw them coming from a distance, but they didn't come over to greet them. A group of soldiers came over from the other side, but these people were dressed a little differently.Generally speaking, the soldiers of the three yamen are all red military robes, but the borders of different yamen are of different colors.

And in different military guard mansions in each yamen, the soldiers' uniforms have different patterns or marks on their robes.

Coupled with the bronze medals on the shoulders of the sergeants and the identity cards on their chests, their identities can be quickly judged, but for the Tibetans, this is a bit complicated. They are more used to playing different banners and drawing different flags. The figure is even riding a different colored horse.

An officer with a capital head logo on his shoulder came up.

Liu Rengui stepped forward immediately and gave a military salute.

"Habayashi Lang Liu Rengui."

The Dutou hastily returned the salute, "Zhao Sheng, the Cavalry Captain of the Right Xiaowei Brigade, pays his respects to Liu Yulin Lang."

"This is the Tubo mission, sending the Tubo princess to Luoyang to serve the emperor, accompanied by the gold they paid tribute to the saint, yaks, goats and sheep, and some native products of Weizang."

Zhao Sheng, the head of the capital, said with a chuckle, "No wonder you can smell a big fishy smell from afar. It turns out that the Tibetan mission has arrived. Please register here."

"I've smelled enough of it this way, and I'm finally back in Luoyang, and I can count on a job." Liu Rengui laughed.

The military academies at the Guard's Mansion over there watched from afar, "It's been really busy recently. This is the first mission. Including those caravans, there are so many vassals coming to Luoyang this year."

"Yesterday, there was a caravan from the distant Fulin (East Rome), and a few days ago, there was also a caravan from Persia. They are all here to catch up with our Lantern Festival in Luoyang this year. You know, this year, His Majesty has Ling, from the first day of the first lunar month to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Jinwu couldn’t help it, during this period not only the three cities operate day and night, but even the mile squares are not restricted, and they can decorate with lanterns and festoons, and set up stalls for transactions.”

Although Daqin fought a difficult war last year, Daqin won in the end.

In the west, the Shekui soldiers of the Western Turks were defeated. After fleeing to Qianquan, they were defeated by the Tie Le Army and the Mo He Du Army, and were forced to continue moving westward. In the land of the West Turks, Mo He Du became the Great Khan.

However, Mo Heduo's strength was weak, and after becoming a profuse sweater, he still respected Da Qin very much, not daring to be arrogant.The countries in the Western Regions that originally belonged to the Western Turks have now become the Zhuji County of the Great Qin Dynasty. Even the ten tribes of the Western Turks are now set up by the imperial court in their respective counties and conferred the title of Marquis.

Mo Hedu's Khan, in fact, has a bit of a bad name, and his name is empty.

In autumn, General Wang Siye, General Qin Qiong and other heroes will entrust Yili, making the situation in the Western Regions more and more complicated.

In the east of Great Qin, there are three prefectures, Yiwu, Gaochang, and Yanqi, and in the west, there are 36 princes of Yili.

In addition to the original 27 countries in the Western Regions and the thirteen counties entrusted by the Western Turks, the entire Western Regions in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, to the east and west of Congling, although the Anxi Road of the Great Qin Dynasty only governed the three counties, in fact, all parties are now looking forward to the Great Qin.

There is another huge change in the situation in the Western Regions, that is, during the chaos of the Sui Dynasty in the past, the Western Turks controlled the Silk Road, which once blocked the communication between Thai and Western merchants and the Central Plains, but now, the Silk Road is finally open again.

Silk Road North Road, Silk Road Middle Road, Silk Road South Road.

There are trade routes from Qiemo to Zhangzhung, and then directly to the countries of Tianzhu, and to Persia and Sassan. Taixi's trade route.

There is no obstacle in the Western Regions, and the Silk Road is reopened.

The envoys of the Great Qin announced to the four directions, so the Sogdians in the river, the Fulin in Taixi, and the Persians all came to the Central Plains with caravans, all wanting to buy the beautiful silk and porcelain produced in the Central Plains again, and sell them. Spices, gold and silver pearls, etc.

The re-opening of the Silk Road in the Western Regions has brought countless merchants from the Western Regions, including those Sogdian merchants with green eyes and curly beards, those Persian merchants with high nose bridges, and those blond-haired Fulin merchants, as well as many beautiful Orchid.

And now, the Tibetans have also come.

However, the guards guarding the gate obviously didn't like these Tubo people in dirty leather robes. They looked far worse than the Hu merchants in the Western Regions.

However, when Liu Rengui handed over a form to them for registration, the captain of the guard's mansion was taken aback.

The Tubo envoys sent Zanpu's own daughter, Princess Saimaga, which is nothing, she is just a princess from a small country in Nanban, not worth a lot of money.

Now all the feudal clans around Daqin are vying to send the princess to Luoyang. It seems that if the princess fails to enter Ziwei Palace, she will lose face among the feudal clans.

In the past, all the feudal vassals were competing to marry the princess of the Central Plains, but now Daqin does not marry the princess and get married, so these people can only compete to see who can marry their princess to the Qin Palace.

Khitan, Western Turks, Tie Le, Xi and other countries all sent princesses to the palace one after another, but it is really rare to see such a generous one as Tubo.

Unexpectedly, there were 5000 taels of gold, 1 taels of silver, and [-] yaks, [-] goats and sheep in total. In addition, the Tubo people also returned more than [-] Han people who had been living in Tubo to Daqin.

"This compensation is really generous." The captain exclaimed.

Liu Rengui smiled, "What dowry? This is Tubo Zanpu's apology for entering Tuyuhun, besieging Dafeiling, and offending Daqin, even the princess. It's not a dowry."

"It's all an apology?"

"It's not all. There are thousands of camels of goods in the back. These are the goods carried by these Tubo envoys. They are going to be brought to Luoyang for private sale. They have a list and will hand it over to you for registration." Liu Rengui smile.

The school captain chuckled, "Unexpectedly, these barbarian envoys on the plateau are also very smart. They came here to marry the princess, and they also knew to do some business by the way. Our Luoyang City is the eastern starting point of the Silk Road. There are even more people in Nanshi City. It is a large international trading market, and all kinds of goods are available from all over the world, and the Tibetans are right."

"I don't care about what they bring with them here, but there is one thing. When entering the city, all the weapons they bring must be temporarily kept at my place. After registration, we will keep them on our behalf, and return them when they leave the city."

Although Luoyang City said that Jin Wu could not help it during the Shangyuan Festival, these vassal missions and Hu merchant caravans still had to be on guard.

The imperial court welcomes them and is willing to do business with them, but as the captain of the gate guard, he has to do his best.

"It's natural, I'll go and tell them." Liu Rengui turned his head with a smile, returned to the front of the team, and explained in detail to Gar Dongzan, the leader of the Tubo Mission. Gar Dongzan just nodded, and soon, He ordered to take off the weapon and hand it over to the school lieutenant at the city gate.

"My Tubo mission escorted the princess, why didn't the emperor of the Qin family send someone to welcome her?"

Gal Dongzan had never seen any officials from the Qin Dynasty come to greet him at the city gate, so he frowned slightly.

Liu Rengui chuckled, "It's the first month of the month, and the vassal envoys from all over the world come to congratulate and pay respects to the Son of Heaven, and some of the kings of the vassal kingdoms are here. How could His Majesty and the court send people to welcome them all? There is no need to do anything, and the ministers just stand at the gate of the city to greet each other."

Gal Dongzan's face was a bit ugly, but he couldn't get angry, so he had to keep silent.

"Let's go, after registration, I will send you to Honglu Temple, and they will prepare a place for you to rest. You are the first year this year, and you don't have an embassy. You come this time, and you can spend time in the south of Chang'an City if you have time." Find a house to serve as your Tubo embassy, ​​now there are hundreds of vassal embassies in the southern part of the city, and they often send people to stay in Luoyang to facilitate contact with Daqin."

Hearing this, Gal Dongzan was secretly amazed and envious of the strength of the Qin State. There are hundreds of vassal states that have established embassies in Luoyang City and sent people to stay there. It seems that they also have to buy this time. It is better to use a house as an embassy and arrange people to stay permanently.

After checking and registering at the gate of the city, the Tubo mission began to enter the city. Most of the [-] yaks and [-] sheep brought by Tubo were directly received and resettled in Qinghai and Longyou. They only brought gold, silver and princesses this time. Come, of course, there are also private goods carried by the nobles.

After handing over the weapons to the guards at the city gate, they entered the city. In the distance, at the street shop at the city gate, Marquis Wu immediately sent a message: the Tubo mission had entered Beijing.

At the corners of every street and square in Luoyang City, there are street shops with Wuhou stationed. There are three hundred big street shops and ten small ones. There are hundreds of street shops in the whole Luoyang City, with thousands of Marquis Wu is in charge of security on the streets. They are the eyes of Luoyang City, and no trouble can escape them.

In addition to these street shop Marquis Wu, there are more than a hundred watchtowers in Luoyang city, which are used to monitor the whole city. If there is any disturbance, they can immediately find out, and quickly spread the sound of flags and drums to Luoyang government office and Jinwu Wei and other yamen.

In addition to the gate guards at the city gate, Marquis Wu in the street shop, soldiers in the watchtower, and Jinwu guards patrolling the streets, there are many unremarkable and unscrupulous people in Luoyang who are arrested or hidden. They are local rangers. Low-level figures such as hooligans, after being recruited by the imperial government, became the lowest-level co-cops. These unscrupulous people were often able to master the detailed information of various neighborhoods and provide sufficient clues for the government to handle cases.

When the Tubo Mission entered Luoyang, there were already more than a dozen people from the Yamen, who began to stare at them.

(End of this chapter)