Recreating the prosperous Tang begins with summoning players

Chapter 220 Equivalent Exchange
Seeing Shang Bo's sincerity, Mou Yu Khan just felt that Tang Envoy's face was really thick.

Datang just flooded the Uighur elite, and now he has the cheek to say that he came for the goodwill of the Uighurs in Datang.

However, Mou Yu Khan is worthy of the blood of the Lite people, and the characteristics of being able to bend and stretch as a businessman have also been inherited.

Since this Shang Bo is not afraid of death, let's listen to what he has to say.

Mou Yu Khan snorted coldly and said, "Are you here to bury my father Khan?"

Shang Bo shook his body and said: "Khan's words are wrong. The envoy said that he came here for the goodwill between the Tang Dynasty and the Uighurs."

"Goodwill, so Datang is so goodwill!"

Mou Yu Khan was also very depressed. His father Khan ruined not only the [-] Uighur elites, but also the hegemony of the Uighur unified grassland.

After the Battle of Jinshan, the Geluolu people completely betrayed the Uighurs, and now the Uighurs have completely lost their influence in the western region of Hanhai.

On the Mobei grassland, there are not only Uighurs, but also Turks, Rourans, Qiangs, Hus and Xianbeis.

After the defeat of the Uighurs, these tribes showed disobedience.

The grassland is such a realistic place, where the soldiers are strong and the horses are strong.

Because only the most powerful tribe can establish the order of the grassland, lead everyone to plunder southward, and prevent people from starving to death in winter.

This is also the law of survival in the Mobei Grassland for hundreds of years, and it is also why even though the Central Plains civilization defeated the Huns, there are still Rouran, Turkic, and Uyghur people who continue to rise.

Because the grassland naturally needs a king, not long after the Tang Dynasty eliminated the Turks, the Uighurs rose rapidly and became the overlord of the grassland.

It is good for Longyou to maintain a weak grassland hegemony.

This is also an important reason why Shangbo volunteered to go to the Uighurs. At this time, the Uighurs are the weakest and the most able to bargain.

Although Mou Yu Khan was angry, his tone softened.

He looked at Shang Bo and said, "Aren't you afraid that Uighurs will stop the horse market?"

Now that Wang Zhang's personal guards have suffered heavy losses, it may be impossible to organize a war against the Tang Dynasty. Mou Yu Khan is worthy of his blood as a merchant, and he threatened King Jianning with the tea and horse trade when he came up.

Shang Bo said with a smile: "Honorable Khan, now Your Highness already owns the pasture in Longyou, and we Datang people can graze the cattle by ourselves."

Mou Yu Khan said, "Are there grown-up warhorses just by having a racecourse? Didn't King Jianning think that warhorses can grow up in just one month?"

But Shang Bo said: "We still have the war horses of the Ge Luolu people. The war horses they raise are no less good horses than the Uyghur horses."

"You!" Mou Yu Khan stood up after hearing Ge Luolu's person, and he drew out his treasured sword and put it on Shang Bo's neck and said:
"Are you really not afraid that I will cut you off?"

Shang Bo said without fear: "If the Khan wanted my life, he wouldn't let Shang Bo talk so much. This time I came here for the goodwill of the Tang Dynasty and the Uighurs, and also for the Khan .”

Mou Yu Khan calmed down, took back his saber and said, "Tell me, now that I am the Khan of the Uighur, what qualifications does King Jianning have to cooperate with me?"

Mou Yu Khan looked at Shangbo. As a Uighur anti-Tang faction, Mou Yu Khan knew more about the Tang system than his brother Ye Hu.

The prince went out of the town alone, and this kind of thing is a special appointment that only happens in special times.

Once An Lushan rebelled, a prince like Li Yan would inevitably recall him to the capital.

And according to the information from Mou Yu Khan's insider stationed next to Prince Ye Hu, Datang had already reached Qingqu not far from Xijing, which was less than a few hundred miles away.

Seeing that the Tang Dynasty is about to regain Xijing, and the Anlu Mountain Rebellion has also seen the dawn of peace, how long can Li Yan, the King of Jianning, stay in Longyou?

Faced with this question, Shang Bo said: "Khan, the Anlushan Rebellion is not so easy to put down."

Mou Yu Khan looked at Shangbo in surprise. The Anlushan Rebellion was about to be put down. Even the Uyghurs could see this. Why did the envoy of King Jianning make such a prediction.

Shang Bo said: "If Your Majesty attacks Fan Yang first, seizes An Qingxu's lair, and then mobilizes soldiers from all over the country to besiege the two capitals, the An Qingxu can be destroyed with a snap of his fingers."

"However, His Majesty was eager to regain the two capitals, but gave An Qingxu another chance."

Mou Yu Khan asked suspiciously, "Why?"

"The two capitals are hot in summer. Now Chen Bing is in front of Xijing with troops from northern border towns. These soldiers are impatient with the scorching heat and are homesick. Xijing is one of the most fortified cities in the world. If you can't attack the Tang army for a long time, you must be impatient, and it will give you peace. An opportunity for thieves to take advantage of."

"The second is that if the bandits give up the two capitals and flee back to Fan Yang's lair, the imperial court will once again call in a large army to the north to quell the chaos."

Mou Yu Khan looked at Shangbo, and he didn't expect that a Sima under King Jianning's command could have such a judgment on the battle situation.

In fact, Shangbo is also a repeat of the historical trend. The entire Anshi Rebellion in history was not put down until the second year of Shangyuan, that is, in 761 AD.

Now is the second year of Zhide, which is 757 AD, which means that it will be four years before the Anshi Rebellion is settled.

These four years are the final development time of King Jianning. Before the Anshi Rebellion is completely quelled, his position as the chief executive of Longyou can still be held back.

And the diplomatic strategy that Shang Bo set for Li Yan was to "link with the Uighurs in the north, carry Tubo in the south, manage the Western Regions, and march into Hexi."

Obviously, maintaining stability in the north is in the interests of Longyou.

Of course Mou Yu Khan would not be persuaded by Shangbo, but cooperating with King Jianning and maintaining trade with Longyou was a choice in the interests of Mou Yu Khan.

Mou Yu Khan said to Shangbo: "It is only fair to add weapons to the Leopard Wenshan tea horse market and exchange Uighur war horses for Tang Dynasty weapons."

Shang Bo said with a smile: "The military equipment of the Tang Dynasty is not allowed to be sold. Selling military equipment privately is a serious crime. King Jianning is His Majesty's son and cannot violate the laws of the Tang Dynasty."

Mou Yu Khan laughed back angrily: "Then you still said that you came here for the goodwill between the Tang Dynasty and the Uighurs. Where is the goodwill?"

Shang Bo said: "Isn't the most important thing in today's grasslands is peace? Weapons can't bring peace, only food can."

Mou Yu Khan's eyes lit up, and Gele Khan was defeated in the battle. He lost not only [-] elites, but also a large amount of luggage and livestock.

Without these grains, many tribes would starve to death.

At that time, even if it is not for ambition, in order to survive, there will be fierce fighting on the grassland.

Shang Bo said: "In order to get something, you have to pay the same price. This is the principle of equivalent exchange in the alchemy of the Central Plains."

"If the Uighurs want to obtain food, they naturally have to exchange things. This is only fair."

(End of this chapter)