A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 1212: The Power to Dethrone and Enthronement of the King

Dashicheng deserves to be called the Spring City on the Silk Road.

Half of the city is covered with mountains and half with springs. The springs flow in the city and the city is reflected in the mountains.

Since being captured in Bohuan City, although he has not been tormented in the past few days, he has not received any preferential treatment either. Not only has he not had enough to eat and drink, but his clothes have also been filthy for a long time.

When Lu Chengqing soaked in the hot spring pool in the City Lord's Mansion, he felt so comfortable that he almost cried out.

Immerse yourself in the pool for a long time.

Then the maid came in and scrubbed his body, even using milk.

The maid's technique was very good, and Lu Chengqing even fell asleep from rubbing.

When he woke up, the warm bath room was quiet and silent.

Lu Chengqing even felt as if he was in a dream. For a moment he didn't even know who he was or where he was.

"Someone is coming,"

The maid outside heard the sound and came in, washed him gently, and then brought him a full set of new clothes.

"This is what Prime Minister Wu prepared for Minister Lu,"

Lu Chengqing looked at the purple robe and jade belt, which were obviously Wu Huaiyu's own, but they were both brand new. The two were not much different in age and had similar body shapes.

With the help of the maid, Lu Chengqing changed his clothes, and the maid brought him a bronze mirror.

He in the mirror was wearing a purple robe and jade belt, looking handsome.

Another maid came in and trimmed his beard, combed his hair, and even shaved his face.

Coming out of the hot spring pool,

Lu Chengqing seemed like a different person, and the maids looked at him with different eyes.

In the courtyard garden,
Lu Chengqing saw his subordinates and officials, all of whom had bathed and changed their clothes and looked refreshed.

"Minister Lu, everyone, Prime Minister Wu wants to see you."

Wensu Prefecture Yamen, which was the former city lord’s mansion.

Hall.

Wu Huaiyu prepared tea and snacks for everyone.
"Thank you, Prime Minister Wu, for your clothes and hat," Lu Chengqing bowed.

"Minister Lu's clothes fit him well."

A few pleasantries,

Let's get to the point. Lu Chengqing and his men were the emperor's envoys. They set out in February, but they only arrived after the Dragon Boat Festival. They were very remiss in their duties.

But Lu Chengqing fell ill in Yinshan and there was no way to avoid delaying his recuperation for a long time. He also reported the situation to the court through the post station, and the court’s reply was that the situation in the Western Regions was still under Wu Huaiyu’s control, so he was allowed to rest assured and recuperate in Yinshan Post Station and there was no need to rush.

However, he was unlucky as he encountered the rebellion of Kucha Tutun in Bohuan City, who led the King of Kucha and the King of Yanqi. Fortunately, the members of their delegation were not killed by the rebels like Xue Gu and Wu Ren.

It was just a few days of suffering.

"The Tutun rebelled in Kucha and was killed in battle last night. The new king of Kucha, Baihelibushibi, also surrendered in battle. The King of Yanqi has already fled eastwards."

"Yesterday's battle was quite successful. The rebels attacked with 8,000 soldiers. Our Anxiya soldiers only had 1,000 men to defend the city, but we killed over 1,000 of them and captured over 3,000."

Wu Huaiyu reported the results of the battle.

Lu Chengqing and other military officials were deeply shocked. With a thousand men against eight thousand enemies, it would have been great for an ordinary general to be able to defend Dashi City.

However, Wu Xiang turned the tables and set an ambush in Dashi City. He deliberately let a small number of rebels enter the city, closed the gates and beat the enemy, killed Qu Lichu in battle, and captured the King of Kucha alive.

Not only did they wipe out the main Turkic soldiers in the rebel army,
They even boldly placed only 500 guards in the city to guard and ambush, and sent another 500 soldiers outside to surround the main force of the rebels in the city. Then they sent people to the top of the city to shout to the rebels, saying that the Anxi army had long seen through their rebellion and their trick of cooperating with the rebels from inside and outside, and that the troops that had been disbanded earlier had not left at all.
They are ambushing the rebels inside and outside Dashi City.

A plan to attack the heart.

The enemy's surprise attack plan was thwarted, and then they were ambushed, with their main force blocked in the city. Then they attacked the enemy's mind.

People are panicking.
Five hundred Anxi soldiers rushed out from outside the city, and they started to attack with palm thunder and three-barreled guns. These weapons made a shocking noise, and the disturbing effect was stronger than the killing power.
The Yanqi King Long Tuqizhi, who was in command of the rear troops outside the city, saw that the situation was not good and fled first.
This caused other departments to collapse one after another.

Who could have imagined that war could be fought this way.

One thousand versus eight thousand,

The game was finished in half an evening, and we won, and it was a beautiful victory.

Five thousand prisoners were taken.

The casualties among Anxi Ya soldiers were less than fifty.

Some of the wounded soldiers were injured when they fell off their horses during the pursuit at dark.

"Prime Minister Wu, what are your plans next?" Although Lu Chengqing was an imperial envoy, he was well aware of the importance of Wu Huaiyu in the emperor's heart. He came this time with the emperor's personal instructions and made two sets of preparations.

If Wu Huaiyu could quickly complete the plan he reported to the emperor, he would then handle some follow-up matters on behalf of the court, such as formally approving the various protectorates and governorates established by Wu Huaiyu, and granting official titles and seals to the protectorates, governors, provincial governors, generals, and lieutenants recommended by Wu Huaiyu.

If Wu Huaiyu's plan did not go smoothly, he would come on behalf of the court to smooth things over and appease the various foreign countries. In short, the main purpose of the emperor sending him was to consolidate the situation in the Western Regions that had been hard-won.

The current situation is that
The situation Wu Huaiyu has established in the Western Regions is better than during the Chinese New Year.

The two tribes of Asiji had more than 100,000 troops, which made the emperor a little worried in the Taiji Palace in Chang'an. If he couldn't deal with them, it would easily lead to the deterioration of the situation in the Western Regions. But the reality was that Asiji had completely become history before the summer came.
Hundreds of thousands of tents were completely destroyed and divided by Wu Huaiyu and other Turkic tribes.

It was the Three Kingdoms in the south of the country, two of which were destroyed and one surrendered. Although Shule surrendered voluntarily, Wu Huaiyu had actually sent a governor there and set up a military town in Shule with 5,000 troops stationed there, basically taking over Shule.

And now a rebellion in Tutun, Kucha,
This also gave Wu Huaiyu a pretext to annex Qiuci.

"The rebellion of Kucha and Yanqi this time was a crime against the wind. The court must not tolerate it, and our Anxi Protectorate will not tolerate it either."

Wu Huaiyu was going to destroy Qiuci and Yanqi directly.

On his way back, the King of Yanqi sent people to Dashi City to apologize, saying that he was also coerced by Qu Lichu and had no choice.

He also sent some gold, silver and jewelry, and promised to send more gold and silver as an apology when he returned.

It’s a pity that Wu Huaiyu ignored the messenger.

Similarly, the surrendered Kucha King Helibushibi also kept saying that he was coerced, but Wu Huaiyu was too lazy to pay attention to him.

"Minister Lu,"

Wu Huaiyu looked at his father-in-law and said, "When the King of Kucha died suddenly, Baihelibushibi said that Sufadi died of a stroke. I believed it at the time. But now they are openly rebelling. I doubt the words of these traitors.
I think it is necessary to re-investigate the cause of death of King Sufadie of Kucha. I have reason to suspect that Sufadie was murdered by Qulichu and Helibushibi in order to usurp the throne. "

"I would like to ask Minister Lu to personally conduct this investigation and get to the bottom of it."

"Okay, I'll check it out." Lu Chengqing did not refuse.

Wu Huaiyu nodded and continued, "In view of this, I think that before the matter is investigated, Helibushibi is still a suspect, and he participated in the rebellion, so he is no longer suitable to be the King of Kucha and the Governor of Kucha."

"I propose that you send someone to send Halibushibi, the Prime Minister of Kucha, Nali, the general Jieliedian, and all the officials, generals and nobles of Kucha who participated in the rebellion to Chang'an for your Majesty to personally decide on their fate."

There is no dispute that Helibushibi could no longer be the King of Kucha.

He was appointed by Wu Huaiyu and had not yet been officially canonized by the court, but he dared to rebel with Qu Lichu and attack Dashicheng with the intention of murdering the Grand Protector of Anxi. How could this be tolerated?
It doesn’t matter whether you were coerced or not. You participated in the rebellion and led the attack into Dashi City, which is an unforgivable crime.

Wu Huaiyu didn't kill him with his sword because he had to march to Qiuci later.

Wu Huaiyu had already been blamed for the sudden death of King Sufadi. If Helibushibi was publicly executed, it would make everyone in Kucha feel insecure.

Send him to Chang'an first, this is for the people of Kucha to see.

"Both Kucha and Yanqi want to establish a new king. What do you think?"

Lu Chengqing said without hesitation, "I agree. The King of Kucha, Helibushibi, and the King of Yanqi, Longtuqizhi, both participated in the rebellion and are no longer suitable to be kings and governors.

I suggest that two other royal descendants of the two countries who are loyal to the Tang Dynasty be selected as the new king. In addition, I do not recommend that the new king take on the positions of governor of Qiuci and Yanqi at the same time. The military minister should still recommend suitable generals to serve as the governor. "

"Why not just replace the King of Shule as well?" a famous military official suggested.

Wu Huaiyu felt that the Shule King Pei Shi was not dangerous at the moment. Keeping him as a puppet king for the time being would actually help the Anxi Army and the Shule Military Town to take root there.

For the same reason, Kucha and Yanqi still had to choose a new king. Kucha would still use the Bai family, and Yanqi would still use the Long family.

thinking about it,

Wu Huaiyu decided to send both Helibushibi and Longtuqizhi to Chang'an, including the ministers and nobles of the two countries who had originally followed them to assist in the expedition against the three Shule states but ended up following Qulichu in rebellion. All of them were sent to Chang'an.

Send these people over first.
Later, we can send all the family members of these people over, which is the same method we used for the nobles and powerful people in Gaochang.

This is called clearing out the upper echelons of power, and it is also called clearing out the biggest resistance and threat to the Tang Dynasty's takeover of these countries.

"Didn't the Turkic tribes in the Western Regions and the countries in southern Tiannan send their sons to serve in the Anxi Army? Minister Wu can just pick two more obedient ones among them to be kings," Lu Chengqing said directly.

"Too."

Wu Huaiyu finally chose two people, one was Baiyehu, the younger brother of Sufadie and Helibushibi, the king of Kucha, and the other was Longlipozhun, the younger brother of Longtuqizhi, the king of Yanqi.

These two people were royal descendants sent by the two countries after Wu Huaiyu captured Yugushe and destroyed Gaochang Kingdom.

In fact, they were sent to Wu Huaiyu as hostages. The fact that they were sent as hostages meant that these two people were actually victims who could be abandoned at any time in their respective countries.

Although they are all brothers of the king, they are all half-sons of the same father.

The two were in Dashi City at the time. They were originally the Fanhu Guards in the Anxi Army, but were affected by the rebellion and were placed under house arrest.

When I was feeling anxious,
Suddenly he was brought before Wu Huaiyu.

Then Wu Huaiyu said that he would recommend them to the Holy Emperor as the new kings of Kucha and Yanqi.

Bai Yehu and Long Li Pojun couldn't believe it.
He was a soldier of Anxi Outer Guard the day before yesterday, but became a prisoner yesterday, and today he became a king?
"Bai Ye Hu, Helibushibi rebelled against the Tang Dynasty and was suspected of plotting to murder the former King of Kucha, Sufadie. Now I want to depose him and send him to Chang'an. I now recommend you as the King of Kucha. Are you willing to be loyal to the Tang Dynasty and the Emperor from now on and obey the orders of the Anxi Protectorate?"

This good thing that fell from the sky was so unexpected that Bai Yehu couldn't recover for a long time.

Wu Huaiyu asked again,
Bai Yehu knelt down in front of him with a thud, and said, "I do," with his voice breaking with excitement.

Then he asked Long Li Po Zhun. With the example of Bai Ye Hu, Long Li Po Zhun was already prepared. As soon as Wu Huaiyu finished speaking, he immediately knelt down and answered loudly, "I, Long Li Po Zhun, hereby swear to heaven that I will be loyal to the Tang Dynasty and the emperor for the rest of my life.

My descendants will also be loyal to the Tang Dynasty and the emperor from generation to generation."

"Yanqi will also completely obey the orders of the Anxi Protectorate in the future."

"Very good. From now on, Bai Yehu will make you the King of Kucha, and Long Lipozhun will make you the King of Yanqi."

He recommended Han Wei, the governor of Yizhou, as the governor of Qiuci, and Cao Jishushu, the General of the Right Guard, the Supreme Pillar of the State, and the founding Duke of Yong'an County, as the garrison commander of Qiuci.

The emperor recommended the governor of Xizhou, the consort of Princess Luling, Qiao Shiwang, as the governor of Yanqi, and the right general of the imperial court, the senior pillar of the state, and the founding duke of Huai'an County, Heng Zhixi, as the garrison commander of Yanqi.

The two towns of Qiuci and Yanqi were each garrisoned by 5,000 infantry and cavalry.

(End of this chapter)