A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 388 The King of Kings, The Kingslayer

West Market.

Fresta Restaurant, private room upstairs.

Drink dragon paste wine and eat fire crystal persimmons.

Listen to music, watch dance.

The two were dressed in casual clothes, toasting and drinking.

Wu Huaiyu admires people like Chai Shao and Qiu Xinggong very much, and it is truly reflected in their ability to bend and stretch.

Chai Shao's second brother died in imperial prison, his son was exiled to the frontier, and he himself was dismissed, all because of Wu Huaiyu in front of him.

But Chai Shao is still able to chat happily with Huai Yu calmly.

If this is an ordinary person, then he can't form a life-and-death grudge from now on, and he won't give up until he dies?
But Chai Shao called him Brother Qingyang.

Last summer, Wu Huaiyu joined the army as a junior rank nine under his command, but now he toasted Huaiyu and called Brother Qingyang without the slightest hesitation.

This kind of person is terrible.

Wu Huaiyu knew very well that if he could give him a toast today and call him brother, if he really had the chance, he would definitely kill Wu Huaiyu without hesitation. The biggest difference between him and many ordinary people is that he will not act rashly, without full confidence He won't take it lightly.

If you don't make a move, you're done, and if you make a move, you will kill.

This is the ruthless person.

Even Qiu Xinggong, who he looked down on before, was also this kind of person. When he was in Lingzhou, Wu Huaiyu locked Qiu Xinggong in the small black hole underground for a long time. When he first came out, Qiu Xinggong let go of a lot of harsh words.

But after returning to Beijing, when Qiu He made it clear that he could not be an enemy of Wu Huaiyu, this guy's attitude changed very quickly. Even if he was forced to pay a daughter to go in, he would come to visit with gifts over and over again.

Even this time Wu Huaiyu had something to do, this guy not only didn't move the bench while watching the jokes, but also came out to help.

Sure enough, few people who can become princes are easy.

"I would also like to thank brother Qingyang for showing his noble hand and letting the Chai family go."

Chai Shao toasted again.

Huaiyu felt a lot of pressure facing this guy.

"The result of Chai Erlang is not what I want." Huaiyu said.

"It's all his own fault. Over the years, I have persuaded him more than once to settle down in his official career and stop dealing with those people in the world. He didn't listen, and I didn't realize it. I didn't know that he was such a jerk. Now Deserves death."

Chai Er died in the prison, hanging himself like Du Jingai.

Not death, but suicide.

But it really doesn't make a difference.

It's just that suicide bought the last bit of decency, the emperor didn't involve the Chai family too much, Chai Shao was only dismissed, and Chai Zhewei was just relegated to Guazhou.

Of course, like Du Jingai, all his concubines, servants and maidservants were given to Wu Huaiyu by the emperor after his death, but his wife and children were preserved.

Chai Shao cooperated very well, ordered the prison to take the corpse back, and immediately sent them to the Wu family.

Today he made an appointment with Huaiyu, apologized with three cups of wine, and took out a list, which was the same as Du Jingtong's apology to Wu Huaiyu. Courtyard, fifty slaves and fifty horses each.

A thousand coins.

Chai Shao added another fifty slaves, cattle and horses.

"This is a present for Brother Qingyang on behalf of Nizi. Originally, Nizi should have come to apologize in person today, but I whipped him thirty times yesterday, and within three to two months, he couldn't stay in bed."

Chai Shao spoke very calmly.

But Huaiyu believed that he must have whipped Chai Zhewei thirty times, probably half his life.

For Chai Shao, the house, fields, slaves, cows, horses, money and silk he paid for this is not worth mentioning. Although this is equivalent to the net worth of a small tyrant, Chai Shao does not lack this.

In the South Cave incident before, Chai Lun was implicated by Gu Shizi and pulled out a lot of illegal things in the South Cave. He seized the title and was dismissed. Chai Shao also took the post of governor of Huazhou, and the generals were also changed.

If I had restrained at that time and hadn't continued to make mistakes, I wouldn't have the result I have today.

It's a pity that Bilong claims to be a hero of Chang'an, and he is also a famous nobleman in Guanlong. How could he be bullied by a close official like Wu Huaiyu? trick.

I thought that using prophecy to engage Wu Huaiyu would be easy to handle, and this kind of upstart with little background would be lost forever.

Unexpectedly, in the end, it is themselves who are irreversible.

It can be said that they didn't have a deep plan, but this time they still fell.

It doesn't matter whether Chai Shao knew about it, or whether he participated or not.

Chai Shao is now just turning the page as soon as possible, and doesn't want to let this shit go on.

Wu Huaiyu accepted the apology from Chai Shao, but he was not polite.

Everyone is responsible for their actions.

If Wu Huaiyu didn't hold back this time, the end would be even worse.It's not that he was being polite to Chai Shaoduo, he also knew that the current result was the emperor's will.

Going down, the emperor did not allow it.

He also knew that with Chai Shao's achievements, prestige and even his status, he would not be removed from office for more than a year, and he would definitely come back.

The future is still long, just wait and see.

But to be honest, when Wu Huaiyu took over the order, Wu Huaiyu was very happy in his heart. It was not that he was interested in the thousand acres of land, the thousand coins, the hundred slaves and the horses, the three villas and one courtyard. Well, money is nothing.

He was happy to finally realize that he was besieged by the Turkic enemy in Longyou, he fought bloody battles for days, and when he was in that desperate situation, he roared angrily in his heart. Sooner or later, he would make Chai Shao pay the price.

Now, finally received the first interest.

Of course, Chai Shao cannot be blamed for that incident from the overall point of view. It is a military necessity to command troops to fight a war, but from a personal point of view, it is difficult to accept changing anyone, and there must be complaints in my heart.

Chai Shao is actually quite young, only 40 years old.

Back then Li Shimin was still his younger brother, but now he is a little old. In the court, seniority, prestige, high ability and ability are not all good things.

If Li Yuan had not abdicated as the Supreme Emperor, perhaps Chai Shao's life would be better.

Today, it can only be said that his golden age has passed.

Especially since his wife is deceased, Li Shimin doesn't have much affection for him.

Every day in the Zhenguan Dynasty will not be so happy, you have to be careful and take one step at a time, the little brother back then will not let him go easily.

Although as long as you don't seek rebellion, you don't need to worry too much, but like Li Xiaogong, you are actually very aggrieved, but you are an old fox, you have to bear the aggrieved, and even have to smile.

Will Chai Shao be afraid of Wu Huaiyu?

Of course not afraid, in his eyes, Wu Huaiyu is still just a young man with some ability, but Wu Huaiyu is a close minister, he represents the emperor.

It's up to the owner to beat the dog.

After drinking a pot of dragon paste wine, the two finally ended the meeting.

On the surface, the talk was okay, at least they didn't directly become enemies, but everyone knew what was going on in reality.

After sending Chai Shao out, seeing him leave in a carriage, Huaiyu turned around and went back.

Called Fresta and Banu, ordered another jug ​​of wine, and continued to drink.

He didn't enjoy drinking the wine just now, he even had to think about it for a long time before he said every word, and he didn't dare to drink too much, for fear of making a slip of the tongue.

Now calling two Persian beauties, Huaiyu felt relieved.

Feresta accompanied him to drink two cups and hurried away. Banu continued to accompany him. Wu Huaiyu put his arms around the beauty and chatted with her about the leisure time in Persia and the Western Regions.

"Not long ago, I just heard the news from the tribute mission from the Kingdom of Kang. With the support of the Byzantine Emperor Heraclius, your father has proclaimed himself emperor, and you are now considered a princess."

he said with a smile.

It is not surprising that Banu's father, Shah Balez, proclaimed himself emperor.

In other words, the Mihran family, although known as one of the seven famous families of the Persian Sasanian Empire, has a tradition of usurping the throne and rebelling.

The original meaning of Mihran is general, and the Mihran family is also a famous ancient general in Persia.

Even just a few decades ago, the Mihran family produced a famous general, Bahram, who killed the king and usurped the throne. He once captured the important town of Byzantium with a disparity in the war between Byzantium and Persia, and followed the Persian emperor Huo Slough I made great military exploits. When Yanda and the Western Turks jointly invaded Persia, he served as the governor of Khorasan, led the Persian army to defeat the enemy, and personally shot and killed the Turkic Mohe Khan.

But later, the famous general Bahram Chubin was forced to rebel by Khosrow I and Hormuz IV, and the famous Persian civil war broke out.

As a result, Khosrow I died in fear, Hormuz IV was killed, and his son Khosrow II succeeded to the throne. Although Byzantium sent troops to interfere, Bahram still attacked the capital Tessiphon and won a big victory. Self-proclaimed king of Persian kings.

However, after Khosrow II was ousted from power, he fled to Byzantium, let the crown prince marry the Byzantine princess, and signed many land cession treaties. He became the favored minister of the Western Turkic Khan court and defeated a palace coup for the Khan.

It's a pity that the famous general was assassinated by assassins sent by the Persian emperor in the end.

Of course, Bahram is not the first Mihran family to usurp the throne, rebel and proclaim themselves emperor, nor will it be the last.

In fact, the rise of Banu's father, Shah Balez, was due to Bahram's rebellion. At that time, Khosrow II was the crown prince of Khosrow II, and Shah Balez was only a branch of the Mihran family. He is the guard of King Kuslao II.

He followed Kuslao and fled to Constantinople, the capital of Byzantium, to ask for help and borrow soldiers. After borrowing soldiers, he returned home. In one battle, Shah Balez and only thirteen companions followed Crown Prince Kuslao II. Entering the enemy's formation, he abruptly took the lead in charging and tearing apart the enemy's formation. After this battle, Bach Bamchubin was also defeated and fled to Turkic.

For this brave confidant, King Kuslao II directly married his sister Mihran to Shah Balez.

This Princess Mihran is now Banu's mother.

After suppressing the rebellion, Khuslao II married the daughter of the Byzantine emperor, which opened a period of rare peace that lasted for more than ten years.

However, later, as the father-in-law of Kuslao II, Maurice I, was murdered and usurped by the general Phocas, Byzantium fell into civil war. This time it was the turn of the Persian emperor to send troops to Rome under the banner of avenging his father-in-law.

This battle never stopped. At the beginning, Persia really took advantage of it and seized countless territories from Rome, including Egypt and Syria. He won countless battles and thus became a powerful warlord of the Sasanian Empire.

But in the end, he also followed the old path of Bahram. He was suspected by the emperor and alienated by Rome. In the end, he rebelled against his brother-in-law, the emperor, and became king on his own. Rome pulled its own chariot, and the Persian Sasanian Empire was beaten to pieces.

The latest news brought by the Kang Guo Mission is that the prince Kavad II, who was born to the daughter of King Kuslao II and the Byzantine Emperor Morris I, had been imprisoned before, and at this time, he took the opportunity to change his father and usurp the throne. Kill the Queen Suxian and her children.

However, Kawad II killed his father and usurped the throne, which also aroused opposition from many Persian forces. Now the Persian Sasanian can be described as internal and external troubles, extremely turbulent.

There are several kings of kings and kings of kings.

Banu's father, Shah Balez, claimed to be the king of kings, and was only one of many independent emperors of Persia.

Several Persian emperors sent envoys to Chang'an, hoping to get the support of the Tang Dynasty, although at this time the western border of the Tang Dynasty was only in Dunhuang.

But the Western Turks are now nominally surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, and the Persians are eager to pull the Western Turkic Khanate from Byzantine chariots and pull their own chariots. It is best to help them destroy other Persian pseudo-emperors first.

When Wu Huaiyu mentioned this to Banu, she actually wanted to ask her if she ever thought about going back to Persia.

Her father still doesn't know that she is in Chang'an.

"You can write a letter to your father, and I will hand it over to your father's envoy to take it back. I can also arrange for you to meet with your father's envoy."

Banu was taken aback.

She was confiscated as a slave by the emperor's uncle back then, and she was displaced for tens of thousands of miles along the way. She never thought that she could go back again.

But now after hearing the news, she was inexplicably not excited, nor was she expecting much.

"Chang'an is very good. I like it here, and I like Erlang too. I don't want to go back to Persia." After a long time, she just replied.

"Whether you come back or not, I respect your choice. I will arrange for you to meet with the envoy. Even if you don't come back, just send a greeting to father and report that you are safe."

"Ah."

(End of this chapter)