A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 1216: An Lushan is exiled to Anguo

into the night,

Wu Huaiyu asked An Lushan, who had now been demoted to a small soldier in the royal army, to fetch two jars of wine and slaughter a sheep.

"We won't invite anyone else today. We'll just do it ourselves. We'll skewer some lamb, grill some lamb kidneys, and have a few drinks together."

An Lushan has lost a lot of weight recently and now weighs less than 300 pounds.

From being a garrison commander to a horse-pulling soldier, these past few months have been quite torturous.

In Qiuci in autumn, the nights are already very cool.

"Chengdu has transferred the Yili garrison commander, who has just been promoted to Shangzhuguo, Yunhui General, and Dunhuang Marquis."

An Lushan is very skilled at roasting lamb. He puts a piece of lamb tail fat between two pieces of lamb and two cloves of garlic on a skewer of lamb. He then brushes the lamb with oil, sprinkles it with salt, cumin, chili powder and chopped green onions, all in one smooth motion.

It turns out that fat people are better at eating and preparing food.

"Then congratulations to him."

"If you could manage yourself, you should be promoted to Shangzhuguo, Yunhui General, and be granted a title of nobility."

An Lushan chuckled twice.

"What a joke, it's just for the sake of momentary happiness, but is it worth it? Do you regret it now?"

An Lushan did not stop his work, turning a bunch of mutton skewers over the charcoal fire. The oil was sizzling and the aroma was wafting in the air. "Aye, this one is ready."

"Then have two drinks first."

Sit down,

An Lushan first filled Huaiyu's glass with wine, and then poured himself a glass.

After taking a sip of white wine, it tasted very spicy.

There was a fire rising in my stomach.

"This persimmon wine is still strong enough. I never get tired of drinking it. I just like it. And I like the persimmon wine brewed by our Chang'an Pear Garden the most." An Lushan said with a smile.

Wu Huaiyu also took a sip and picked up the skewer to eat.

"The secret to the delicious taste of our Liyuan Persimmon Shao is that we add wild grass stems such as cock bean beans when brewing wine, and mix them with fermented persimmons to make them more loose and breathable, which not only increases the amount of wine, but also improves the taste of the wine.

Most people use wheat straw or rice straw, but the taste is not that good. "Wu Huaiyu said with a smile.

"I see. When I was in Saibei, I also made persimmon wine myself, but it was a little different."

After drinking a few cups of persimmon wine, An Lushan became more talkative.

Seeing his brother Yuwen Chengdu being promoted, it would be a lie to say that he was not envious. Especially since Yuwen Chengdu was transferred to his original position.

Yili Town was newly built on the basis of Gongyue Town. He was the first commander of Gongyue Town and also the first commander of Yili Town. He worked hard to train soldiers from 3,000 to 5,000 people, and even served as an overseer, driving prisoners of war and slaves to build Yili Castle.

Now he can only watch Yuwen Chengdu take over the Yili military town.

"I was a little impulsive," An Lushan admitted, but he did not regret it. As a man, he should look forward.

"Didn't Grandpa teach us before that we should not dwell on the past, be distracted by the present, or anticipate the future? I have always kept that in mind."

Wu Huaiyu ate another bunch of lamb kidneys and cursed, "If you really remember what I taught you, you won't be unable to control your own weight."

An Lushan chuckled, "Didn't I fuck the Princess of Shule? At that time, I led my troops into the palace of the King of Kucha. I had no intention of fucking anyone, but that woman threw herself at me, and I fucked her in a fit of rage. Later, one after another took the initiative to come to me and ask me to fuck her, and I accepted them all."

He admitted that it was mainly the identities of those women that made him impulsive. The titles of queen and princess made him feel very fulfilled when he fucked them.

Wu Huaiyu was helpless, this thing fell on him.

It was indeed inappropriate for him to sleep with the Queen of Shule. His wives and concubines in Chang'an also heard about it, but they didn't care too much. When Fan Xuanfu wrote to him, she even joked about it and asked her to bring the woman back to Chang'an.

However, some officials in the court did not let go of this stain and kept using it to impeach him.

However, the emperor kept the matter to himself and did not intend to investigate it further.

Of course, it may be possible that we will not investigate it for the time being.

"How can you be the same as me?" Wu Huaiyu scolded him. To Wu Huaiyu, it was harmless for him to sleep with the Queen of Shule. It was not forced, and the King of Shule had no objection.

Besides, Wu Huaiyu was very sober when he slept with Queen Shule. He knew that someone would impeach him for this in the future, but he slept with her anyway. Besides the fact that he admired Queen Shule very much, he also did it on purpose.

Make great achievements and make small mistakes.
This is always a smart move.

The greater the merits you have made, the more mistakes you have to make on purpose, so that your superiors can give you a warning or even punish you. But you have to strike a balance, and the mistakes you make should not be big mistakes that are not of principle.

Considering Wu Huaiyu's current status and the achievements he has made, it would not be a big mistake even if he slept with the Queen of Shule, let alone the Queen of Shule.

But An Lushan was not like that.

He was just a nominal earl and a garrison commander, but he dared to invade Qiuci and let his troops plunder. He even dared to live in the Qiuci palace and sleep with the queen and princesses, and he slept with more than a dozen of them.

Especially since he is Wu Huaiyu's adopted son,

This identity actually made him the target of more attacks.

"It is impossible for you to be reinstated as the commander of Yili. This time the imperial court has officially appointed officers and soldiers to the eleven military garrisons in Anxi. There is no place for you in the eleven military garrisons."

An Lushan said with a smile, "I just lead the horse for Aye. I am quite satisfied now. It seems like I am back to when I first followed Aye more than ten years ago. It was good back then. I hadn't gained weight yet."

"There is no place for you in the eleven military towns of Anxi. You should go to Hezhong."

An Lushan thought he was going to Shiguo, "To Xiaoshitou?" "No, I'm going to Anguo."

"Yasukuni?"

Anguo, also known as Buhe or Buhuo, but more accurately pronounced as Bukhara, is located on the west bank of the Wuhu River and its capital is Alanmi City.

Before this, the states of Zhaowu in Hezhong had surrendered, and Wu Huaiyu established Anxi Prefecture in An State and appointed Zhaowusha, the king of An, as the governor of Anxi Prefecture.

But recently, a man claiming to be Bukhara Huda from Bukhara came to visit and offered a large sum of money.

Wu Huaiyu met with Bukhar Huda and talked with him for a long time. Only then did he know that Bukhar Huda was not his name, but the title of King of Anguo. His name was actually Helingjia.

Anguo is the Chinese translation of the name. Their own country’s name is Bukhara, and the king’s title is Bukharahuda.

The name Zhaowusha is also a Chinese translation. Its original meaning is Yehushe, which is also a Turkic official title, not a name.

The one who is nominally the current king of Anguo,
When Yehu Khan Chuluohou went on a western expedition to Persia, he sent his son Yijishwarshe to conquer Anguo and replace Anguo as the new king, ruling Anguo for more than 20 years.

The present Yehushe is the descendant of Igishwarshe.

Buharhuda, who came to pay homage, was formerly considered by the court to be the vice king of Anguo. In fact, he was the original king of Anguo, named Helingjia. He had sent envoys to Chang'an to pay tribute in the 12th year of Zhenguan.

He was from the Tugshihada family, a family that had ruled Anguo for generations, and by the time he spoke of him, it had already reached the 22nd generation.

But during the Sui Dynasty, Yehu Khan Chuluohou led an expedition to the west and ordered his son to conquer Anguo, replacing the original Tugshada family to rule the Bukhara Kingdom.

The original royal family surrendered to the Turks and was preserved.

Over the past few decades, Anguo has been ruled by Turks. The soldiers are Turks, but the people are mainly natives. Even the original royal aristocrats are still in the ruling class.

This situation is very similar to the Tuyuhun Kingdom. A part of the Xianbei Murong tribe migrated west to Qinghai, conquered the local Qiang tribes, and established the Tuyuhun Kingdom. The Murong tribe was the ruling upper class.

This situation is very common after nomadic tribes conquer foreign tribes. In the recent period, the Northern Wei Dynasty conquered the northern part of the Central Plains. In the distant past, the Mongols and the Qing Dynasty conquered the Central Plains. They all used the same method.

They were outsiders who conquered the local area, but because of their small population, they could only be a minority ruling the majority.

So in Anguo,

The actual king now is Yehu, and Huda is not the vice king, but the original local prince of Anguo.

Buharhudahalinga came to Kucha from the river on purpose,
It was also because of the Tang Dynasty's suppression of the Turks that the countries that were originally vassal states of the Western Turks were now assigned to the Tang Dynasty. The Tutun people who originally led troops to guard the countries either withdrew or stayed behind to register as civilians after handing over power.

There was also the example of the Tang army deposing the Turkic king of the Shi Kingdom.
Ha Lingjia's mind became active.
He came to offer famous horses and gold and silver in the name of rewarding the troops, but in fact he just wanted to gain Wu Huaiyu's support and support the restoration of their royal family.

Wu Huaiyu had no friendship with Zhao Wusha, the original governor of Parthia.

Helingjia's visit this time to seek cooperation was quite in line with Wu Huaiyu's wishes.

Suppressing the Turks was a necessary strategy for the Tang Dynasty to stabilize the situation in the Western Regions. The Turks were the biggest competitors of the Tang army in the Western Regions.

"The local prince of Anguo, Helingjia, wants to drive out the Turkic king and restore the throne. In principle, I support this, but,"

Wu Huaiyu paused.

"I hope to be gentler this time. I plan to appoint Helingjia as the training commander of the Parthian state and have him organize and train the Parthian united army, with a total of 5,000 soldiers."

"Halinga hopes that I can send him some officers to help lead and train the Parthian Regiment. Are you willing to go?"

An Lushan was stunned this time.

"I'm going to Anguo?"

"Well, when you go there, you will serve as the instructor of the Xizhou militia camp, in charge of training military tactics and martial arts, and assist the militia commander in leading the troops in battle."

Compared with Kangju, Anguo was a much smaller country, but it also had forty large cities and more than a thousand small forts.

The number of more than a thousand villages and towns alone is actually quite astonishing.

During the decades when the Western Turks ruled Anguo, although they intermarried with the local princes, nobles and powerful people of Anguo and even employed them as officials to assist in the rule, the Turkish king would not let them lead the army.
Even An Guo’s army was composed of Turkic soldiers.

Now Wu Huaiyu wanted to support Helinga, so he first appointed him as the governor of Parthia and the commander of the militia, and asked him to form a united camp composed of Anguo people, and gave him a total of 5,000 soldiers.

With their own army, the An people naturally had the capital to fight against the Turks.

As for why Wu Huaiyu did not directly depose Zhaowu Sha, it was because he was the king, not Tutun, and that place was in the river, which was beyond his reach.

If the Turkic king who had ruled Anguo for decades was directly deposed without a legitimate reason, it would easily cause unrest in Transoxiana and even in Tocharistan.

After all, except for a few countries, most of the countries and city-states in Transoxiana and Tocharistan had long been ruled by the Turks, even for several generations.

Although the Kangju Kingdom did not have its royal lineage changed by the Turks, it had intermarriages with the Turks for several generations.

"Helingjia said he wanted to become sworn brothers with you, are you willing?" Wu Huaiyu asked.

An Lushan laughed and said, "If he wants to be my sworn brother, then doesn't that mean he should also call me Aye his father?"

Wu Huaiyu laughed. Helingjia wanted to worship Wu Huaiyu as his father, but Wu Huaiyu was unwilling. So he had to settle for the second best and become sworn brothers with An Lushan.

"Are you willing to go to Anguo to be the coach of the Unity Camp?"

"I am willing," An Lushan said happily, "Don't worry, Aye, I will definitely help Helingjia regain the throne of Anguo."

"Hahaha, then you will become the younger brother of King An. If you work hard, then Anxi Province will be upgraded to Anxi Governorate, and Helingjia will be the king, and you will be the governor and general."

An Lushan immediately understood what Wu Huaiyu meant. He picked up the wine glass with a smile and drank it all in one gulp.

"I'm going to roast some lamb chops for Aye.

(End of this chapter)