A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 520

Relying on Junmo's words to seal the affairs of the princes, one will succeed in a thousand bones.

Jinlianchuan, the Khan Court of Tuli.

Tuli Khan Ashina Shibobi convened the noble chiefs and showed them his brother's association rate and other heads who were punished for the rebellion.

"Never die!"

Tuli finally stopped holding back.

He pulled out the knife and cut his face, blood was flowing.

Slashing the face with a knife is the determination of the Turks to show revenge.

Tuli's most confidant guards, the Consort Li wolf riders also pulled out their knives and cut their faces, shouting for revenge.

Wu Huaiyu took Lu Chengye and other people to witness this scene.

Tuli publicly exposed how Jieli bought his younger brother, let him poison him, and even put the blame on Wu Huaiyu, the governor of Youzhou in the Tang Dynasty.

Then they produced a lot of evidence to prove that Xieli used this despicable method of poisoning to kill his great uncle Chuluo Khan.

"Xieli is not qualified to be the Great Khan of our Turkic people, he is not qualified to be the Golden Wolf King,"

The Turkic shaman also came out, he danced and muttered words, and finally a group of family members led by an association were brought up,

They were disemboweled and cut out their hearts, and sacrificed to the gods.

In this winter, Tuli resolutely summoned his followers to challenge Xieli.

Wu Huaiyu also took the time to meet and chat with the chief of the Xi tribe alliance.

The Xi tribe and the Khitan are of the same origin. It is said that they are both descendants of the Donghu. They were formed by the continuous fusion of the descendants of the Xianbei Yuwen from Gao Chedong to the Liaodong Great Wall who had been attached to the Huns. The Khitan was very famous in later history. It is also merged with Khitan.But for a long time, Xi was stronger than Khitan, including now.

In the more than ten years since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, in the Wude Dynasty, the Xi Department only paid tribute to the Tang Dynasty once.

However, in the history of the Northern Wei Dynasty, only during the 46 years from Emperor Gaozong Wencheng to Emperor Gaozu Xiaowen, Xi people paid tribute to the Northern Wei Dynasty [-] times. This was because the Northern Wei Dynasty attacked Beiyan and Xiyan, and established Yingzhou in western Liaoning, weakening the Xi tribe. strength, and even directly threaten them.

At the end of Emperor Xiaowen, there was civil strife in the Northern Wei Dynasty, and Xi took the opportunity to invade, but he lost the battle, and came to Neibei again, asking for a mutual market.

Later, when the Northern Qi Dynasty was established, Xi paid tribute to the Northern Qi Dynasty five times.

In the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Xi had served as a Turk.

In the Northern Dynasties, the Xi clan transitioned from the clan tribe to the tribal alliance stage before the Khitan. The five major tribes of the Xi clan were led by the Ahui clan.

They lived together with the Khitan in the vast area between the pines and deserts, but for a long time, the eight Khitan tribes were in the stage of being torn apart and attacking each other, and the Xi tribe often plundered them,

Xi is closer to the Central Plains, has conveniences such as mutual markets, and is stronger than Khitan in all aspects.

However, after the Turks become stronger, they will inevitably become Turkic vassals in the end.

When the Sui Dynasty was established, the Xi Ministry did not attach tribute.

Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, Xi even often took advantage of the chaos to harass the northern border of the Central Plains.

Xi's real name is Kumoxi, which is said to mean sand or desert.

During the Northern Qi Dynasty, Xi pulled the Khitan allied forces to invade the south, and Gao Yanggaoyan's two emperors successively conquered their main forces. It is said that they captured more than [-] people and more than [-] livestock.

"Those who can be rescued pay a visit to the military governor."

The Chief of the Xibu Alliance, Mohefu Keduzhe, is a young man, about 30 years old, tall and tall, he looks like the kind who is very capable of fighting and convincing people, but judging by his age, he should also inherit his father's career The hereditary chieftainship.

He is very respectful to Wu Huaiyu. He was summoned by Tuli earlier and led five hundred guards to come from King Xi's tooth tent in Huzhen River (Lao Ha River). The journey took only three days.

Mohefu is known as the chief of the Eastern Hu family.

Keduzhe is the leader of the alliance of the five great tribes of Xi, and at the same time the leader of the most powerful Ahui tribe. The leader of the five tribes is called the leader of the tribe, which is equivalent to the meaning of the leader of the Turkic tribe.

In fact, Xi is still serving the Turks and is under the rule of the Turkic Khan. The official title of the leaders of the tribes on the Turkic side is Qi Jin.

Xi's animal husbandry is very good, and Xi people are all good at shooting and hunting, and they are excellent fighters. However, because they are close to the Central Plains, the Northern Wei and Northern Qi successively launched a large army of killers against Xi and Qi, and captured them several times. Thousands of people, hundreds of thousands of livestock, seriously hurt.

According to Wu Huaiyu's information, King Xi is also Mohefu, and the five tribes are under his control, but in fact this is still a relatively loose alliance, which is better than Khitan's eight tribes, from the ancient eight tribes to the new Eight, anyway, there is no leader who can convince the crowd for a long time.

But Xi Wubu is still only an alliance, not a country, and it is far behind a khanate like the Turks, let alone a centralized imperial court in the Central Plains.

Keduzhe has a standing guard of 500 people.

In addition, they are also nomadic shooting and hunting in peacetime, and they gather in wartime.

Kedu is very young. It is said that he went to Chang'an to pay tribute to the Tang Dynasty during the Wude period, and even went to Luoyang during the Sui Dynasty. He also went to Liaodong with Shibi Khan to watch the Sui army conquer Goguryeo.

Anyway, he was a very knowledgeable young man. Although he had a big braid on the back of his head and the hair on the top of his head was shaved into the Mediterranean, which affected his handsomeness, he could still feel that he was not a barbarian when he opened his mouth.

He is knowledgeable and even speaks Chinese very well.

Keduzhe has just succeeded Mohefer for two years. He used to be a well-known warrior of the Xi tribe, so he is still in good control of the Xi tribe.

Under his leadership for the past two years, the Xi department has been quite honest and has never violated the border of the Tang Dynasty again.

He wanted to have a good talk with Wu Huaiyu, the new governor of Youzhou, hoping to increase the border trade. They had discovered earlier that the trade was much more profitable than plundering, and the risk was less.

Especially now that Datang is so strong, it will be even more dangerous to rob.

Set up more side markets, it is best to be able to lift restrictions on some commercial goods, such as iron materials and ironware.It would be best if they could directly sell some weapons and equipment, especially armor.

Wu Huaiyu chuckled, what are you thinking?
Although if Datang really exported weapons and armor to them, it would definitely be a profiteering product, but who would sell these sophisticated weapons and equipment to the barbarians at their doorstep, or a group of barbarian warriors who are good at riding and shooting?Isn't this making yourself unhappy?
Don't think about these, they are absolutely prohibited for sale and embargo.

Even if it is iron materials, it is not allowed. At most, some special iron pots and iron pots can be exported, and they must be high-priced and limited.

Xi people have a well-developed livestock industry. They have a lot of livestock, fur, even milk and meat, and medicinal materials that can be sold to Datang, and even the slaves they plundered. If there is a stable border market, then Xi people can directly pass through the border Trading in the market, exporting these remaining things, in exchange for various Central Plains goods that you want.

"It's a good thing for border trade and mutual exchanges. In recent years, the Ministry of Xi has been respectful to my Tang Dynasty. During the Wude period, due to the road blockage, although it was only paid once, since Zhenguan, it has sent envoys to Beijing to pay tribute every year. It's still good." Wu Huaiyu said.

Those who can save quickly agreed, saying that during the reign of Wude, the roads were impassable, and there was really no way. Later, after Dou Jiande, Liu Heizai, Gao Kaidao, Yuan Junzhang and others were settled, they also immediately entered Beijing to pay tribute.

Wu Huaiyu said in his heart that he believed you ghosts. You were Turkic dog legs before, and you followed behind to invade Hebei, East and even Liaoning, and plundered a lot.

The tribute of Wude is also because of the Weiqiao alliance, the Turkic Khan Jieli was beaten by the new emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and your Xi tribe began to be afraid of paying tribute.

In the past two years, paying tribute every year is naturally because of the changes in the border situation in Youzhou.

"Recently, I have pacified the area behind the mountain. Does Mohefer know?"

"I heard that Duke Wu is mighty. All the villages in the area behind the mountain will join him as soon as they see Duke Wu."

Huaiyu chuckled, and the Great Tang Shenji firearms were displayed behind the mountain. It is estimated that many interested people have already known about it.

"There is one thing I need to confirm with Mohefer. A long time ago, the dividing line between my Central Plains and Xi's tribe was said to be bounded by the watershed of the Chao River in the west, Lulongsai in the southeast, and north of the section. The boundary is the Luan River?"

When Ke Du Zhe heard this, his face turned dark involuntarily.

Wu Huaiyu's mouth was too cruel.

Except for the border of Southeast Lulongsai, which has been a traditional boundary for hundreds of years, he has changed a lot on the other two sides.

"Wu Dudu, in fact, a long time ago, the north of Yanshan Mountain was the land of my Xibu."

"Mohefu is wrong. Do you know where the Great Wall of Yan is?"

Wu Huaiyu told the young chief with a smile, "The Great Wall of Yan starts from the west of Yanzhou in the north of the Tang Dynasty in the west, and goes along the back of the mountain to Liaodong. Not only is the entire area behind the mountain now within it, but the entire territory of the Xi tribe is now within it." Within the Great Wall of Yan, including your King Xi Yazhang, its northern border is probably the current border between you and Khitan."

"It's impossible." The saver shook his head.

Huaiyu called Lu Chengye, "This Lu Wulang from the Lu family of Fanyang is an old native of Youzhou. He knows this very well. The historical records are very detailed. Let him tell you about it."

If you want to talk about the past, who can talk about Datang?

Lu Chengye's eloquence was very good, and he quickly defeated the extremely brave Kedu on the battlefield, so he had to honestly talk to Wu Huaiyu only about the present.

Wu Huaiyu is very strong, although the saver wants to fight for him, but Wu Huaiyu doesn't want to have a serious talk with him.

In the end, Wu Huaiyu made a slight concession and proposed a new boundary line such as the Chaohe Liuhe Puhe River, and draw a line between the Tangxi North and the South by connecting these three big rivers.

This line is farther north than the current actual sideline.

In the west, it was originally bounded by the Heihe watershed, but now it not only includes Tanghe in the east, but even draws directly to the west bank of the Chaohe River instead of its west watershed.

The Chaohe River connects to the Liuhe River to the east and directly enters the Luan River. This section also extends a large area to the north compared to the current Xiren actual control line. Even because of this, the traditional southeast boundary of Lulongsai also goes north to the Puhe River, and expands three or four times to the north. ten miles.

"Mountains and rivers are more suitable for dividing lines. This is what I consider. These lands have belonged to my Central Plains since ancient times, but I also consider that your Xi tribe has indeed lived in these places for a long time, so I will not mention the Great Wall of Yan. .

According to this Chaoliu Luanpu line, our Youzhou will newly establish four big border cities, Fengning, Xinglong, Kuancheng and Lingyuan. "

Kedu Zhe looked at the line drawn by Wu Huaiyu on the map for a long time with no expression on his face.

It is bounded by Chaohe River in the west, Puhe River in the east, Chaohe River and Liuhe River in the middle, connected by Qingshui River, Liuhe River is connected with Luanhe River, and then connected with Puhe River via Luanhe River.

This line is very clear, using several large rivers and several small tributary rivers to connect things in series, but they have to lose a lot of territory.

However, the Ahui tribe is nomadic in the Huzhen River basin in the northeast, the Luan River basin is home to several other tribes, and the Tanghe, Chaohe, Puhe, and Liuhe river basins are some small tribes.

Wu Huaiyu didn't rush him.

Traditionally, Yanshan Mountain and the Great Wall are the boundary, but Wu Huaiyu doesn't mind pushing northward when he is strong.

It is not afraid to push it outside the Great Wall. You can build fortresses to control those valleys and valleys. With your back against the Great Wall and Youzhou, are you afraid of people?
(End of this chapter)