On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 480 Summer Palace (3000)

Cui Che's consolation was not without effect, at least Dulan Khan regained his spirits.

Since the rebellion against the Sui Dynasty, Dulan Khan seemed to have gone from one failure to another. Now that his followers were scattered, with only [-] accounts under his command, he had no choice but to lie low in front of Cui Che.

At the bonfire meeting at night, after drinking for three rounds, Dulan Khan deliberately went off to present grassland singing and dancing to Cui Che.

Cui Che also became interested, and played the Hu Jia in public as a response.

However, the happy time was fleeting, and the next day, the two parties fell on the specific conditions.

Dulan Khan hoped that Cui Che could follow the example of Yang Jian and reward him with more than [-] iron-clad women and children captured in this battle, so as to strengthen his strength and be able to resist the threat of Qimin Khan alone.

But Cui Che was not as forthright as Yang Jian. He did not intend to reward these Tiele women and children as slaves to the soldiers, but it did not mean that he would give them to Dulan Khan for nothing.

Cui Che plans to build a summer palace on the south side of Daqing Mountain, following the system of the later Liao Dynasty.

With this royal palace as the center, Cui Che will place more than [-] Tiele women and children in the surrounding area and more than [-] Tiele prisoners captured in the two wars.

All these Tiele people will be handed over to the palace to stay behind for management, collect taxes, and promote Han culture at the same time.

There is no doubt that in ancient times, the Central Plains civilization was indeed a higher existence than the surrounding nomadic civilizations.

There is no way to ease hatred and unite people's hearts than the spread of culture.

When the teenagers among them grow up to adults, Cui Che can choose brave men who are good at riding and shooting to form the palace tent army.

In the future, if you want to send troops to the grasslands, you don't need to call in the main force in the country, you can directly drive the soldiers of the palace tent army.

And Cui Che placed them near the summer palace so that when they come here every summer, they can take the opportunity to deepen their relationship with the tribesmen around the palace.

He not only wanted to be a powerful minister of the Eastern Sui Dynasty, but also a khan on the grassland.

It's just that this ambition will naturally not be disclosed with Dulan Khan.

The so-called palace tent army can only start preparations after the captive teenagers have grown up and returned to their hearts.

For Dulan Khan's request, Cui Che resolutely refused, but he didn't give up everything. Considering that Dulan Khan hurried south and was short of food and clothing, Cui Che still promised to give Dulan Khan some material assistance.

Of course, it is impossible for the Northern Wei Dynasty to support Rouran, donating various weapons, clothing, horses, camels, cattle, sheep, and 20 shi of corn to Anahu.

Cui Che gave Dulan Khan [-] cattle and sheep from the captures from this battle, which solved his urgent need for his tribe to breed livestock.

In fact, Dulan Khan never expected to get more than [-] iron-clad women and children and more than [-] captives from Cui Che.

He has known Cui Che for many years and knows enough about this old friend.

The reason for asking for these women, children, and captives is nothing more than extortionate prices.

If the lion hadn't opened his mouth and was rejected by Cui Che, how could Cui Che promise ten thousand cattle and sheep to appease him.

Otherwise, with Cui Che's temperament, I'm afraid to give five thousand heads, just make sense.

In his eyes, both Dulan Khan and Qimin Khan are unfamiliar white-eyed wolves.

When you are poor, you will naturally beg for mercy, but if you are strong, you will turn around and bite you.

Cui Che would not have chosen to take in Dulan Khan if it wasn't for the sake of getting rid of his worries about advancing into Guanlong and making Qimin Khan a threat to Northern Xinjiang.

Dulan Khan was overjoyed when he got the ten thousand cattle and sheep.

And Cui Che didn't feel bad about it, anyway, he snatched it from the Qimin tribe.

This battle was fruitful, although the women and children only took half of them, they took most of the Qimin tribe's livestock.

Excluding the consumption during the several months of going out of the fortress, and the tens of thousands of cattle and sheep given to Dulan Khan today, the remaining quantity and value even exceeded the rice cloth that Cui Che would give to the soldiers after returning to Jinyang.

Now that he has been paid by the army, the spoils of war cannot be divided privately and must go to the national treasury. As for fighting bravely, there are naturally post-war rewards and pensions.

After Cui Che and Dulan Khan finalized the amount of assistance, the two had a disagreement on the location of Dulan Khan.

Dulan Khan hoped that Cui Che would allow him to roam freely between Hengzhou and Shuozhou.

At the beginning, Dulan's father, Sabolo Khan Ashina took the photo after he attached himself to the Sui Dynasty, and Yang Jian placed him between Heng and Shuo.

But Cui Che wants to build a summer palace on the south side of Daqing Mountain, which is located in Shuozhou, next to the couch, how can he allow others to sleep soundly.

Cui Che was not afraid of Dulan Khan, but worried that he would take the opportunity to exert influence in the Tiele tribe.

On this point, Cui Che would not let go no matter what, and insisted that Dulan Khan go to Qikou Royal Court, the communication hub between Damo and Monan, to monitor Damo.

Dulan Khan said helplessly:
"Please be considerate, Your Majesty. Now Xiaohan has few soldiers and few generals. Once Qimin goes south, Qikou will bear the brunt. It is really difficult for mere officials to resist."

Cui Che also knew that what he said was true, so he comforted him:
"Khan doesn't need to worry about this, Qimin has been severely injured now, and it will be difficult to make any moves in a short period of time, enough for Khan to have a breathing space.

"In the future, when Qimin goes south, if the Khan's strength has not yet recovered, he can move to the northern foot of Daqing Mountain. At the same time, he will send people to Daizhou to ask for help. Mai Tiezhang, the governor of Daizhou, will lead the army northward and join forces with the Khan to fight against the enemy."

As he said that, Cui Che looked at Mai Tiezhang below, and Mai Tiezhang understood, and he said out loudly:

"I was ordered by the King to guard the northern border. The Khan is not only an old friend of the King, but also a good neighbor of the Sui Dynasty. Mai will fight the enemy with the Khan and prevent Rangan (Khan Qimin) from invading the frontier."

With Cui Che's reassurance and Mai Tiezhang's statement in front of the king, Dulan Khan felt a little relieved, and agreed to Cui Che's proposal to let him stay in Qikou.

After discussing a lot of things, Dulan Khan resigned, waiting for Cui Che to come back tomorrow to inform him to participate in the Heaven Sacrifice Oath Meeting.

After Dulan Khan left, Cui Che retreated from the crowd, leaving Mai Tieshang alone, and said earnestly:

"Dulan is a capricious person, even if he is taken in today, he will surely betray him and cannot be trusted.

"I asked you to help him defend against Qimin, and I also asked you to spy on Du Lan secretly for my king, do you understand?"

Mai Tiezhang cupped his hands and said:

"Your Majesty's teachings will always be kept in mind."

Dulan Khan had rebelled against the Sui Dynasty before, and Mai Tiezhang had personally experienced it. He also followed Cui Che to Mobei to beat up Dulan Khan in order to appease the anger of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty.

Mai Tiezhang deeply agrees with Cui Che's words that Dulan Khan is capricious and will eventually rebel.

Seeing that Mai Tiezhang really took his words to heart, Cui Che let him go.

Since everyone had gathered in the handsome tent to discuss matters, Yang Awu went to Princess Yicheng's tent ahead of time.

Both of them are Yang Jian's daughters in name, so they are naturally sisters.

After Yang Awu and Cui Che were reunited in the desert, they often had contacts with Princess Yicheng who was also in the army.

Later, Yang Awu and Cui Che were frank, and Princess Yicheng also learned from Cui Che that Yang Awu would not prevent her from entering the palace in the future, and she was even more grateful, and the relationship between the two became closer.

In fact, Yang Ah Wu's move was naturally clever, Cui Che was really determined to bring Princess Yicheng into the palace, even if she strongly opposed it, she couldn't stop it.

It's better to be more magnanimous, let Princess Yicheng remember her feelings, and also please Cui Che.

After all, it was just adding an extra concubine to the already crowded Yanwang Mansion.

When Cui Che walked outside the tent, he heard the two sisters in the tent talking about the customs in Guanzhong.

Lifting the curtain, Cui Che walked in and said with a smile:
"There is no need to recall it here. My father will definitely take you two to visit Chang'an and Daxing again in the future. Believe me, this day will not be too far away."

Seeing Cui Che coming in, the second daughter's eyes lit up, Yang Ah Wu said happily:
"Husband settled the matter so quickly? You are not allowed to deceive this concubine, who is waiting to revisit the old place with husband."

Princess Yicheng also smiled like a flower. If she is in later generations, she will be a standard beauty party.

In the original time and space, because the Turkic people had the tradition of adopting successive marriages, they married Qimin Khan, and his sons Shibi Khan and Chuluo Khan successively.

Princess Yicheng could not be deposed because Osheshe, the son of Chuluo Khan, was ugly. Instead, she chose to replace Qimin Khan's other son and marry him as his wife.

Compared with Qimin Khan, who is very old, Cui Che, who is 38 years old, is in his prime. When he was young, he was known as the beautiful Cui Lang, and he is not far behind now, so Princess Yicheng is willing to commit himself to him.

Cui Che talked to the two about his idea of ​​staying in the palace, he said:
"It's getting hotter every year now, even if you live in Jinyang Palace, it's sweltering in summer. Now I'm building a palace on the south side of Daqing Mountain. When the weather gets hot in the future, I hope I have a place to escape the heat." .”

Hearing what Cui Che said, Yang Ah Wu was the happiest.

King Yan's Mansion in Jinyang is still the mansion that Cui Che bought for Yang Guang when he was the chief administrator. Not to mention old, the place is still small, but Cui Che flaunts himself to be frugal in front of the world, and has never carried out large-scale expansion.

Now I heard that Cui Che is going to build a new palace, although it is far away from Jinyang, but in summer, he can enjoy the scenery of the grassland while escaping the heat, how could it not make Yang Ah Wu happy.

But she still reminded with a little worry:

"My husband used to live a frugal life, but now he wants to build a royal palace on the grassland. Is it a waste of people and money? It's too expensive."

Cui Che did not avoid pointing at Princess Yicheng, he hugged Yang Awu in his arms, shook his head and said:
"The construction of the royal palace in Daqingshan is not just to satisfy one's own selfish desires, but will be of great use in the future."

Hearing what he said, Yang Ah Wu finally let go of his worries.

She was really worried that Cui Che, like his second brother Yang Guang, was going from thrifty to extravagant.

In the past, Yang Guang lived a frugal life in the eyes of outsiders, but after he sat on the throne, all kinds of extravagance and waste made people dumbfounded.

Cui Che frolicked with the two daughters in the tent until it was getting dark, and then brought Yang Awu back to the tent. At this time, Wei Zheng, who was in charge of preparing the oath to sacrifice to the heaven, also sent someone to report that everything was ready and he was waiting Tomorrow Cui Che and Dulan Khan will be on stage.

　I went to the hospital during the day for postoperative reexamination, so the update was relatively late, and I was exhausted after traveling for more than five hours. Today, I only have [-], so I will rest first.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)