Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 973

Xiao Yu was dismissed as Prime Minister, but he was still awarded the title of Crown Prince and Shaofu, and granted the title of Duke Xuande, which shows that he did not offend the emperor.Seeing Xiao Yu's results, all the ministers were actually quite sighed. Anyway, even if the dignified Prime Minister of the Political Affairs Hall and the Minister of Zhongshu were to go, they should not be punished, let alone relegated to the place.

Now, even though he wants to leave Beijing to go to the Qilian Mountains to become a vassal state, it can't be regarded as relegation.

Thousands of households are sealed, and the country is sealed for hundreds of miles. This is the third prince officially sealed by the court. The first two are the emperor's brothers, and Xiao Yu is the first prince with a different surname.

the next day.

The emperor then issued an edict, granting Fang Xuanling as the servant of Zhongshu, and Chen Shuda as the servant of the door.

In this way, the two servants of Zhongshu are Hou Mo Chenyi and Fang Xuanling, the two servants of the sect are Wei Zheng and Chen Shuda, the servants on the left and right are Du Ruhui and Wang Ziming, and the privy envoy Zhang Xutuo, Minister of the Ministry of War Wei Wensheng, officials Qu Tutong, Minister of the Ministry, Du Yan, a doctor of imperial history, Wen Yanbo, a scholar of the Imperial Academy, and the eleven prime ministers of the Zhengshitang are ready again.

Xiao Yu's phase removal didn't affect much of the reaction.

The two prime ministers, Zhang Xutuo and Wei Wensheng, also went to the front lines of Jincheng County and Wuwei County to sit in front respectively. Qin Qiong, Wei Chigong and other five generals also rushed to Qinghai Lake.

Every day, pigeons send military information to the frontline.

In Qin Qiong's memorial to the emperor, he repeated his confidence several times.

"This battle will be won!"

The war machine of the Great Qin Empire has been fully activated.

Along the two routes of Longyou and Hexi, countless supplies, food, soldiers, and civilian husbands all gathered in Qinghai Lake.

Lintao, Xiping, and Jiaohe counties in the frontier also strengthened their combat readiness in an all-round way.

Passers-by along the way are constantly gathering in Fucheng City, Qinghai.

In Chang'an City.

The emperor summoned Tang Jian who had just returned to Chang'an from Qinghai.

Facing this bold envoy, Luo Cheng asked him to wait outside the hall for a full two hours before summoning him.

"Tang Jian, you are so courageous!"

Tang Jian knelt down on the ground, "Your Majesty, I think that Tuyuhun has the ambition of a wolf. Instead of being passive to others, it is better to initiate others and hold the initiative in your hands."

"But you didn't succeed. Even if you have a plan, you should first report it to the Ming court, and then let the court plan it. If the court planned this matter, there will be no such failure. It is absolutely impossible to let Murong Ke and Murong Anyuan go." , King Tianzhu and others fled, leading to the chaos in Qinghai today!"

However, although Tang Jian was reprimanded, Luo Cheng did not convict him in the end.

After all, he was far away in Tuyuhun at that time, thousands of miles away from the capital, and in some cases, it was too late to ask later. Although he was a bit courageous, as envoys and generals, sometimes he really needed this kind of decisive power.

Although it failed, it cannot be entirely blamed on him.

"Tang Jian, I will now give you a chance to redeem your crimes. To the south of Jishi Mountain are the tribes of the Dangxiang Qiang. Now most of the Dangxiang Qiang are persuaded by Tubo and send troops to the north to invade. I will send you to secretly go to the tribes of the Dangxiang Qiang to bring To my will."

Dangxiang Qiang was south of Tuyuhun, close to Sichuan, and sandwiched between Tuyuhun and Subi. Now Subi was annexed by Tubo, so the two major tribes of Dangxiang Qiang and Bailan Qiang were directly connected with Tubo.

These Qiang tribes are very barbaric because they are located in a remote and wild place. They have some benefits, so they are tempted.

This time I want to go north with Tubo to grab one.

Luo Cheng asked Tang Jian to go as an envoy to Dangxiang Qiang's Xifeng tribe and other ministries to persuade these Dangxiang Qiang to join Daqin. Luo Cheng promised that as long as they surrendered to Daqin and fought against Tubo and Tuyuhun rebels with Daqin, then the territory occupied by Tubo would be destroyed. The land of Subi will be granted to them by Daqin.

In addition, the imperial court will confer titles and titles on the various ministries of Dangxiang Qiang, and conduct business with them, open border markets, and trade tea for horses.Use the silk, cloth, salt and wine of the Central Plains to exchange their cow and horse fur and other things.

Open border bans and mutual market trade have always been very attractive to those border tribes. Under normal circumstances, the Central Plains will restrict transactions with those tribes, making it difficult for them to obtain enough Central Plains materials. limit their growth.

Even some smaller tribes have no qualifications at all, and can only trade with those big tribes that are qualified to trade with the Central Plains, and spend more money to trade.

Not to mention, the grants from the Central Plains are very valuable. If they can get the seals from the Central Plains and get the banner of the Central Plains, they can sometimes order the small tribes around them, and even use the banner of the Central Plains court to conquer those hostile forces. Don't dare to interfere.

Of course, the Dangxiang Zhuqiang had already agreed to the Tubo people's request to send troops after all, so it was not easy to successfully persuade the Dangxiang people.

"If you succeed in persuading Dang Xiang and the Qiang to join us, I will not blame the past. If you fail, then the old and new accounts will be settled together, and the two crimes will be punished together. Would you like to?"

Tang Jian immediately said, "I am willing to atone for my merits and go as an envoy to Xiang Qiang!"

Luo Cheng smiled and nodded, "If that's the case, then back off!"

Dangxiang is also a branch of Xiqiang, so it is also called Dangxiang Qiang. They are famous in history because they later established the Xixia Kingdom in Gansu.

But at the earliest time, the Qiang people mainly originated from the Yellow River area in the southeast of Qinghai, that is, the Heyuan County area at this time.

During the Han Dynasty, a large number of Qiang people moved to the Helong and Guanzhong areas, but the Dangxiang people stayed in the Maiji Mountain area at the source of the Yellow River, living a primitive nomadic life without knowing the harvest and remembering the age.

They divided units by tribe, and used surnames as tribe names. By this time, the Eight Departments of the Dangxiang had gradually formed.

Among them, Tuoba clan and Xifeng clan are the most powerful.

Historically, they also moved inland during the Tang Dynasty, and gradually concentrated in eastern Gansu and northern Shaanxi. Later, taking advantage of the Huangchao Rebellion at the end of the Tang Dynasty, Tuoba Sigong, the governor of Dangxiang Youzhou, sent troops to the king, and was awarded by Emperor Xizong of the Tang Dynasty. Jiedu envoy, Feng Xia Guogong, bestowed the surname Li.

As for the party members who finally stepped onto the political stage, during the turbulent period from the late Tang Dynasty to the Five Dynasties, they gradually controlled several states, mastered the military power, and became the lords of the separatists.

And in the Northern Song Dynasty, he rebelled against the Song Dynasty and established Xixia.

But at this time, the Dangxiang Qiang can only be regarded as a relatively backward branch among the Qiangs. There are a large number of Qiang people in the west of the Guanlong River, many of whom moved inward during the Han Dynasty, and they are already familiar with the Qiang.

But Dangxiang Qiang always stayed in his hometown at the source of the Yellow River, living a backward and primitive nomadic life, but these people were very tough and brutal.

If it is possible to instigate the internal attachment of these party members, it will be a good time to stab Tubo.

As for Dangxiang Qiang, if he is attached, he will have to be granted official positions and fiefdoms, will he take the opportunity to rise up and separate himself like in the late Tang Dynasty in history? This is what will happen in the future. Luo Cheng believes that under normal circumstances, they will not have such an opportunity again .

Luo Cheng also sent several other envoys to Bailan Qiang, Domi, and the Eight Kingdoms of Xishan and Dongnv. Tubo surrendered.

However, it still retains its de facto independent status. Luo Cheng also hopes that through diplomatic means, he can instigate these Western Qiang states to submit to Great Qin and counterattack Tubo.

Before he left Luoyang, he also sent envoys to Mobei to send an edict to King Xueyantuo Khan, asking the King Khan of Mobei, who was affiliated with Great Qin, to send troops to the Western Turks.

He even sent two missions pretending to be caravans, intending to go west, cross the Western Regions controlled by the Western Turks, and go to Persia and Rome respectively, to send envoys to the two countries, form an alliance with them, and deal with the Western Turks together.

An enemy's enemy is a friend. Luo Cheng doesn't mind bringing in a few more helpers. He just wants to end this war as soon as possible, because the current Daqin cannot afford it.

(End of this chapter)