A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 1193 Kneel and Kiss the Boots

The Tokharistan Yehu Ashina Ushibo was a man who fell in love with his aunt, poisoned his father, and betrayed the Western Turkic Khanate.

His biological mother was the daughter of Gaochang King Qu Boya. The Gaochang King Qu Wentai who was frightened to death last year was his uncle, and the crown prince Qu Zhisheng who was captured to Chang'an was his cousin.

Ashina Wushibo is a mixed-race, it's quite obvious.

You can tell at a glance that he is not a pure Turk.

His mother and grandmother were both Han Chinese from Gaochang.

As soon as he saw Wu Huaiyu, Ashina Ubol extended a cordial greeting to Wu Huaiyu in Chinese with a Gaochang accent.
"Nuwushibo pays homage to the Prime Minister,"

He knelt down in front of Wu Huaiyu, held Wu Huaiyu's boots and kissed them.

This action stunned Wu Huaiyu's soldiers. You are the king of a country, how could you insult the national dignity and degrade yourself like this?
"Yehu, please stand up quickly!" Wu Huaiyu was not surprised. Since he had established a great reputation in the Western Regions, many Turkic leaders and even kings of small countries began to call him "Sir" when they called him Prime Minister.

In the Tang Dynasty, the word "adult" was not used casually. Generally, only parents were addressed as adults. Therefore, calling someone "adult" was like calling him "dad".

Wu Shibo was not the first person to call Wu Huaiyu "Sir", nor was he the first person to call himself a slave to Wu Huaiyu.

After Ashina Buzhen was defeated and captured, he also knelt down and called Wu Huaiyu "Master" and called himself a slave, but Wu Huaiyu did not accept this cheap son and still chopped off his head with a knife.

After being helped up, Wu Shibo knelt in front of Wu Huaiyu in a low-key manner.
"My Lord Prime Minister, I heard from Chief Eunuch Jiang that the Tang Dynasty is going to send troops to attack the three kingdoms of Shule, Zhujubo, and Kepantu that are affiliated with Asiqiya.

Although Tocharia is located in a remote area, we are willing to serve you, my Lord. I ask you to hand over these three countries to the Tocharian army so that the Tang Dynasty can conquer them!"

"If you cannot conquer the three kingdoms, I will bring my head to you."

Wu Shibo has thick eyebrows and big eyes, and looks very righteous. It is hard to imagine that this guy actually killed his father and mother. But on the other hand, the emperor is actually also a human being.

The current holy emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin, also killed his brother, imprisoned his father, and even brought his brother's wife into the palace to give birth to his children.

We cannot deny them completely because of their moral issues.

This Ushiba was able to poison the founding king of Tocharia and yet still rule Tocharia steadily for twelve years, which shows that he was very capable. This guy even participated in the rebellions against Dilish Khan and Shabolayahu Khan, but he was still able to get away with it. He was indeed an extraordinary person.

Just like this,

This guy can see the overall situation clearly. He took the initiative to come and pay a visit and put on such a humble attitude. At least he is a hero.

"Ye Hu, have some tea. This is green tea from the Central Plains."

Wu Huaiyu poured him a cup of freshly brewed tea. Wu Shibo quickly stood up, bent down, took the tea with both hands, thanked him repeatedly, took a sip, and praised the tea highly.

This guy never mentioned a word about Wu Huaiyu's destruction of Gaochang, which was his mother's hometown.

"It has been several generations since Shi Dianmi went west. Are you from the Shi Dianmi faction?"

Wu Shibo quickly put down his teacup and nodded, "Yes, my grandfather, Tongyehu Khan, is the grandson of Datou Khan."

Datou Khan was the son of Shidemi Khan. Therefore, Wushibo was the sixth-generation grandson of Shidemi.

Speaking of the Western Turks, it is said that Shidiami was the first Khan of the Western Turkic Khanate. In fact, this is not correct, because Shidiami was the younger brother of Tumen Khan, the founding Khan of the Turkic Khanate. He was originally Moheduo Yehu, and later led 100,000 Turks and Tiele troops to the west to conquer Chuyuechumi, Tuqishi, Karluk, Bosimi and other tribes.

He joined forces with Khosrow I of the Persian Dynasty to attack the overlord of the Western Regions, the Yanda. The Turkic and Persian armies met at the Amu Darya River and divided the territory of the Yanda with this river as the boundary. Soon after, Shidimi defeated the remnants of the Rouran Avars and drove them to the Volga River area. Because of this great achievement, he was promoted to the Small Khan of the West by Tumen Khan.

During the period of Shidimitri, Western Turkestan was only the western territory of the Turkic Khanate, and Shidimitri was only a small Khan in the west.

During the Sui Dynasty, during the reign of Shabolue Khan, the Turkic Khanate had seven smaller khans in addition to the Great Khan Shabolue. However, because Tanhan Khan, Hezhi Khan, and Panna Khan were less powerful, they were generally ignored, and this period was called the Era of the Five Khans.

Shabolue Khan was the Great Khan, the Khan among Khans, and lived in Yudujun Mountain in the northern desert.

Tuli Khan ruled the eastern part of the plateau, and the Second Khan ruled the northern part of the plateau. The territories of these two small khans were later known as Tulishe and Datoushe, which were established by the Eastern Turks. They were equivalent to the Eastern Jiedushi and the Northern Jiedushi.

Even though the Xueyantuo now rule the northern desert, they still follow the example of the Turks. Yinan divided his two sons into fiefs, one named Tulishe and the other Datuse.

To the west of the Turkic Khanate, there were two minor khans. One was Apo Khan, who ruled the Turkic homeland of Jinshan. He was the grandson of Tumen Khan and the son of Mugan Khan. Mugan Khan passed the throne to his younger brother Tuoba Khan. Before Tuoba died, he asked his son Anluo to make Mugan's son Dalu the khan.
But after his death, Yixiji Khan's son, the Eastern Small Khan Shetu and others said that Daluo's mother was of low birth, and they all supported Anluo as the Great Khan. When Anluo succeeded to the throne, Daluo was dissatisfied and often insulted Anluo. Anluo had no choice but to give up the throne to Shetu, who was named Shaboluo Khan.

After Shabolue became the Great Khan, he enfeoffed Daluobian to Jinshan and named him Apo Little Khan, and drove him away from the Khanate of Mobei.

Asina Dianjue, the son of Yuanshi Dianshi, inherited the position of the Western Minor Khan.

Together with Apo Khan, he commanded the east and west of the Western Regions, which was the origin of the later division of the Western Regions into East Wing Dulu and West Wing Nushibi.

Shaboluo Khan launched an attack on the Sui Dynasty but was badly defeated. The Turkic Khanate became a vassal state of the Sui Dynasty. Especially when Qimin Khan came to power, he defeated Dulan Khan with the support of the Sui Dynasty and married two Sui Dynasty princesses. He personally went to Daxing City to kneel down and pay homage to the Sui emperor.

That is, it started when Shaboluo Khan was defeated and surrendered to the Sui Dynasty.
Awa and Datou in the west no longer respected the Great Khan, especially Awa, who had lost the battle with Shabolue for the position of Great Khan, so he simply proclaimed himself Khan.
It can be said that Apo Khan was the first Khan of Western Turkic Khanate.

Later, the Awa clan ruled the eastern Dulu tribe, and the Datou clan ruled the western Nushibi tribe.

The two sides of the Western Turks were not from the same lineage from the beginning, but just an alliance.

After Apo Khan and Datou Khan formed an alliance, they led their troops back to the Khanate of the Mobei Plateau, intending to seize the entire Turkic Khanate.

As a result, Shabolue Khan's son Mohe Khan formed an alliance with the Sui Dynasty, asked for help from the Sui Dynasty in the name of a vassal, and joined forces with the Sui army to defeat Awa. He also captured him alive and sent him to Chang'an to retire.

After Awa's defeat, the remnants of the East Wing attached themselves to Datou Khan, and Datou became the second Khan of Western Turks.

After becoming the Khan of Western Turkic Khaganate, Datou led his troops back to Mobei and became the Great Khan for a while. The new Khan of Eastern Turkic Khaganate, Dulan Khan, who was attached to the Sui Dynasty, was killed by his subordinates. The Sui Dynasty supported Qimin Khan and defeated Datou again. Datou Khan finally died in the Tiele Rebellion due to his cruelty.

After Datou's death,

It was Apo's grandson Nili who became the Great Khan. After Nili became the Khan, in view of the fact that Apo and Datou went to Mobei to compete for the Great Khanship and were defeated in the end, he chose to coexist peacefully with the Eastern Turks. From him on, the Eastern and Western Turks were truly divided.

Nili died early, and passed the throne to Nijue Chuluo Khan, who was born to a Han Chinese woman named Xiang. Chuluo Khan was very brave, but also very cruel. He wanted to recreate the glory of Apo and Datou who fought back to the northern desert and became the Khan. In the end, his cruelty led to the rebellion of the two major Tiele tribes in the Western Turkic territory, Qibi and Xueyantuo.
Finally, the Sui Dynasty took advantage of the opportunity and supported Datou's grandson Shekui Khan, who suddenly launched a surprise attack and defeated Choro Khan, forcing him to surrender to the Sui Dynasty.

Thus, the throne of Western Turkic Khanate was passed to the line of Datou.

When the brothers Shekui Khan and Tongyehu Khan were in power, they were very successful in military affairs and no longer sought the position of Great Khan of the Turks. Instead, they focused on developing westwards.
They not only defeated the restored Tiele Khanate, but also conquered the Shi and An kingdoms in Hezhong, and replaced the Sogdian king with a Turkic nobleman.

He also destroyed 27 Tocharian Yanda vassal states, established the Tocharian Yehu Kingdom, and in the far west, appointed the leader of another Khazar tribe as the Khazar Yehu and established the Khazar Yehu Kingdom.

However, Tong Yehu was later poisoned to death by his father Mo Heduo.

This Moheduo was the Khazar Yaphu who had previously allied with Byzantium to fight Persia, but he was not Tong Yaphu's uncle. Moheduo was actually a descendant of Apo. He usurped the throne with the support of the Dulu tribe and called himself Moheduo Hou Qulisibi Khan.

However, he poisoned Tongyehu and usurped the throne, but was resisted by the Nushipi tribe of the Datou clique. They supported Tongyehu's son as Siyehu Khan and finally killed Moheduo.

From this we can see that although the Western Turks were divided early,
However, within the Western Turkic Khaganate, the Datou clan and the Awa clan were always clearly divided. This was also the reason why the Eastern Turkic Khaganates, Ashina She'er and Yugushe, who came from Mobei later, were able to establish themselves as Khans in the Western Regions.
Although Tuoshe and Yugushe came from the Eastern Turkic Khaganate, they were also descendants of Tumen Khan and belonged to the same branch as the Awa clan. The Dongxiang Duolu tribe of the Awa clan was of course willing to support them to become the Khan of the Western Turkic Khaganate, or even the Khan of the entire Turkic Khaganate.

After Dulu Khan Yugushe was captured and sent to Chang'an,

Now, Beiting Khan Mishe and Nanting Khan Bobu are both descendants of Shidianmi, but from different branches.

"The time when Western Turks were truly powerful should have been during the reigns of the brothers Shekui Khan and Tongyehu Khan, right?" Wu Huaiyu talked to Wushibo about some of the glorious past of his ancestors. Wushibo did not expect that Wu Huaiyu knew so much about the inside story of Western Turks.

"Indeed, it's a pity that my uncle, Siyehu Khan, insisted on conquering the northern desert, which actually went against the strategy of developing westwards set by Shekui Khan and Tongyehu Khan."

Wu Huaiyu smiled,
"If we are to say, you are the most qualified to inherit the throne of the Khan of Western Turkic. You are the grandson of Tongyehu. Bobu Khan and Mishe Khan are just brothers of Tongyehu's side branches."

"Bobu and Mixe were both able to be the Khans of Nanting and Beiting, and even Moheduo and Buzhen were able to be minor Khans before, so why can you only be Yehu?"

“I think that with your noble bloodline, being a Yehu is too condescending. I think you should at least be a minor khan.

Before, Bu Zhen was executed for treason and his head has been hung in the Northern Palace of Chang'an. Beiting is still in need of a small Khan. I think Yehu is very suitable. "

Wu Shibo was stunned.

Then he quickly refused, sincerely refused. He didn't want to go to Beiting to be a small Khan. Beiting was ruled by the Dulu tribe, which was a tribe of the Awa clan. Even if Mishe and Buzhen led Beiting, they could not get real support. Besides, although his title was only Tocharian Yehu, he was the real king of Tocharia, with 27 kings of all sizes under his command.

"Yes, being the Little Khan of Beiting is still unfair to Yehu," Wu Huaiyu held the teacup and pondered for a moment, "Since the court can set up Nanting and Beiting and let Mishe and Bobu be Khans, then the Tokharistan Yehu Kingdom can also be upgraded.

I will make you the Khan of Tokharistan, build the city of Yaahuan, and establish the Tokharistan Protectorate, and you will also be the Protector General of Tokharistan.

Of the 27 Tocharian states, 16 large states are governorates, 11 small states are provinces, and the remaining subordinate tribes and city-states are all set up as prefectures and counties, all under the jurisdiction of your governor. "

"From now on, the Tokharistan Khan will be on equal footing with the Nanting Khan and Beiting Khan. You will no longer be under the control of the Nanting Khan, but only under the command of the Anxi Protectorate. How do you think?"

Ashina Wushibo's breathing became a little faster.
He didn't expect that Wu Huaiyu would change the subject and actually have such a surprise waiting for him. He was a little bit unbelievable for a moment. Was this a pie falling from the sky?

But then I thought about it,
Why was Ashina Mishe conferred the title of Beiting Xingxiwang Khan, Kunling Protectorate, and General of the Cavalry by the Tang Dynasty, and was also given the title of Prince? Why was Bo Bu conferred the title of Nanting Jiwangjue Khan, Mengchi Protectorate, and General of the Cavalry by the Tang Dynasty when he had no power at all?
He is the eldest son and grandson of Tongyehu Khan. He has more than 100,000 soldiers under his command, strong military forces and vast territory. Why can't he be enthroned as Khan?
With this in mind,
Ashina Wushibo excitedly knelt on the ground again, hugged Wu Huaiyu's legs and kissed his boots continuously.

"Mr. Wushibo Xie, Prime Minister,"

"If the Prime Minister can drive me, I will not refuse even if I die."

"Slave, I have a younger sister, she is 28 years old, gentle and beautiful, I would like to offer her to the Prime Minister as a concubine."

"I am willing to offer another 5,000 taels of gold and 3,000 fine horses to the Prime Minister to express my gratitude..."

Wu Huaiyu laughed while holding the teacup.
"If you really want to express your gratitude, then go back and gather your troops and prepare to assist my Anxi Army in conquering Shule and the other three kingdoms. I don't want you to conquer all three kingdoms for the Anxi Army. You just need to be responsible for conquering Kepantuo in the Pamir Mountains.

As for saying thank you,
You don't have to give me gold, good horses and beautiful women.
If you really want to give it as a gift, then pay tribute to the Emperor of Chang'an."

Wu Huaiyu himself would not accept it, but he could accept it on behalf of the emperor.

Even in the future, the Anxi Army will have to pay some military expenses to Tokharistan every year.

Wu Shibo patted his chest and vowed to capture Kepantuo for the Tang Dynasty.

"It's just a Kepantha, it's easy to capture him."

"My Tocharian Yehu Kingdom has 27 kingdoms of varying sizes, 212 lords of varying sizes, and a total of more than 900,000 soldiers and horses from various kingdoms and tribes under my command..."

Wu Huaiyu just laughed at Wu Shibo's bragging and didn't take it to heart at all.

Before the Turks conquered Tocharistan, the local tribes of the Yeda clans and the Tocharians were very powerful. They all admired the use of force and were all strong in military strength.
But after the Turks conquered Tocharistan, they intentionally restricted and weakened their strength, which greatly reduced the number of soldiers and horses in various countries and tribes.

Wu Huaiyu thought that if they reduced the military force mentioned by Wu Shibo by half, that would be enough.

It would be possible to gather 90,000 troops for the entire Tocharian Empire.

Of course, there are only 90,000 of them. In terms of combat effectiveness, they are definitely not as good as the 30,000 to 40,000 Anxi troops.

(End of this chapter)