Chastity Layman

  Chapter 362 Visiting son-in-law

  The new wind blows from Saibei and blows to the Golden Luan Hall in Chang'an.

  After the Zhengdan Grand Court Meeting, the emperor gave a banquet in the palace as usual, but this year's banquet was even more lively than last year's. Among the princes and princes of Zi Fei who are full of the hall, there are half of the barbarians from all over the world in furs and huts.

  As the majestic king of Huaihua County, Qin Guozhong worked tirelessly to dance the Hu dance in the hall again. With his body as fat as a mountain, he was extraordinarily flexible when dancing, which really made Qin Lang amazed.

  The banquet was even richer, with a palace banquet consisting of 108 dishes. The imperial dining room also specially followed the Queen's will and seconded the kitchen team from the Qin Family Restaurant in Pingkangfang.

   Not to mention that those barbarians from all over the world have never tasted such delicious food, even many princes and ministers in the court have tasted such delicious food for the first time.

   Wei Zheng sighed secretly in his heart while eating, this is extravagance and waste, thinking that he would give the emperor a letter of advice when he turned around.

The two envoys of Jieli Khan, as well as his confidantes, Zhishi Sili and Ashina Simo sat beside Qin Lang, and at the same table were He Luohu, the son of Tuli Khan Shibobi, and Khitan , the leader of Kumoxi, and Yinan, the leader of Tie Lexueyantuo who belonged to the Western Turks, and Qibi Gelen, the leader of the Qibi tribe.

   This table was full of Hu clan leaders from the north of the Tang Dynasty, and the emperor specially arranged for Qin Lang to entertain them at the same table.

   "If you lose your weight, how is the Prince of Huaihua's dance?" Qin Lang asked with a smile.

  Zhi Sisili sat there holding a glass wine glass, dismissing Qin Guozhong's dance, "The traitor of the Jinlang clan, Changshengtian will never forgive him."

Qin Lang turned his head and asked Simo, this Turkic special Qin also belonged to Ashina Khan's family, but because his mother was a Sogdian Hu girl, so he was of mixed blood, with the appearance of Sogdian Hu, and had always been regarded as a favor by the Turkic nobles. I look down on him and often call him a bastard. Although he has a high seniority in the khan court, the khans of several generations have never really given him real power. He has been kept in the khan court as a consultant, which is also very aggrieved.

   "What does the King of Hue think?"

  Simo looked at Mo Mo with a complicated look on his face. In terms of seniority, Mo Mo was still his nephew, he always wanted to be a khan but failed, he finally voted for Tang Ting, made the county king, and even changed his name. Now Mo Mo, who is called Qin Guozhong, was even in front of the palace banquet. The guests from all over the world danced for Tang Tianzi.

  Simo often came to the Central Plains as an envoy when he was in Shibi Khan, and he had dealt with the Tang State for many years. Li Yuan even bestowed him the title of King of Hue County back then, but he never took it seriously.

"Good!"

  Simo actually didn’t want to come this trip, and he also objected to Xie Li’s weakness and bowing his head this time. Although last year was not smooth, it was not enough to bow down to the Tang people, but Jieli said that it was a ploy to delay the attack and bowed his head temporarily, and after he went back to deal with Tuli and other guys, he would come to the Tang Dynasty to settle accounts with Qiuhou, but he did not expect such a scene.

  Xie Li lowered his head, but it made all the tribes look down on them.

Look at Qibi Gelen and Yinan who are at the same table. These two are the two largest leaders of the Tiele tribes in Mobei. In the Sui Dynasty, the Turks were powerful, and the tribes in Mobei were all subject to the Turks. Chuluo Khan, who was a Turkic mud stick, later became a member of the Eastern Turkic Turks, and when Shibi Khan died of illness, his younger brother Chuluo Khan succeeded to the throne. He overthrew more than a hundred leaders of Tiele's tribes, and finally forced the tribes back.

  Qibi Geleng and Yinan's grandfather Yi Shibo led a group of troops and were elected as Khan Khan. Later, they lost the battle with Chuluo, so they went to the Khan and transferred to the Western Turkic Khan Court Shekui Khan.

In the past few years, under the leadership of Xieli, the strength of East Turks has recovered a lot. On behalf of Xieli Khan, Simo has negotiated with Qibi and Xue Yantuo many times, and he has almost persuaded the two tribes to break away from West Turks and return to East Turks. .

   But now that Xieli bowed his head to the Emperor Tang, it made Qibi, Xue Yantuo and other ministries hesitate again.

  Why did they vote for Jieli, a minister of the Emperor Tang?

And he knew that the people of Tang had invited Ge Leng and Yi Nan to Chang'an this time, and had already offered them many attractive conditions. Turks, but surrendered to the Emperor of Tang Dynasty.

  Simo knew that the one who planned all this was actually the young man in front of him.

  Although he was his own grandchildren in terms of age, he was very skilled and overthrew the Turkic dominance in Monan for decades.

  A court meeting, a palace banquet.

  There are many participants, but everyone feels differently.

The distant ghost country Yasha country just marveled at the prosperity of Chang'an and the power of the Tang emperor in the Central Plains. At the same time, they felt that the white bear skins, mink skins, seal skins, and whale skins they brought were really valuable and easy to sell. All kinds of precious Tang Dynasty merchant goods.

  The two great empires from the Mediterranean, Persian Sassan and Roman Byzantium, saw the wealth of Datang, and thought about how to get more trade shares from Datang. Rome and Persia have fought wars for hundreds of years, and now they are exhausted. Persia, in particular, took advantage of Rome's civil strife and the establishment of a new dynasty, and took advantage of a strong counterattack. But soon Chirac Emperor Lue began to fight back strongly. This time it was the turn of the Persian civil strife, the prince killed his father, and the Persian civil strife.

  The sudden emergence of the Arabs threatened their most fertile crescent land, Syria, and the core area of ​​the Mesopotamia Mesopotamia.

  They all urgently need to rely on trade to transfuse blood and maintain their rule.

  The unification and prosperity of the Tang Dynasty in the Central Plains is good news for them, because in this way, the Tang Dynasty can expand foreign trade and they can bring back more goods.

   It was the Tibetan tribes around Datang who really felt the deep threat at this conference, especially the Eastern and Western Turks.

  The Eastern and Western Turks controlled the north and the west of the Tang Dynasty separately, and controlled thousands of miles of territory. The Eastern Turks also controlled many eastern tribes such as the Khitan, Xi, Qi, and Shiwei, and the Western Turks controlled the countries of the Western Regions.

During the Sui Dynasty, the Western Turks split from the Turkic Khanate and formed two divisions, the Eastern and Western Turks. They experienced countless melee battles between the East and the West. Although there had been a truce for many years, the strength of the Eastern Turks in the Sui Dynasty was unquestionable. But now, this The powerful force that once claimed to control 400,000 strings actually bowed to Datang.

Jieli Khan called Tang Tianzi his uncle, and respected Tang Tianzi as Tian Khan. Abandoned all of them, changed his name to Qin Guozhong, and worshiped the great general of the Tang Dynasty as his adoptive father.

  All of this made the large and small forces in the north secretly startled.

  Especially the tribes of Tiele in Mobei, and the Khitan and Xi people who are close to the land of Tang Yan and Liao, etc., feel deeply.

Jieli Khan can deceive himself and others and tell Simo that this is a strategy to slow down the army and not really surrender to the Tang Dynasty, but others will not think so. The Khitan and other ministries only see that Jieli is now unable to keep Shanyutai. Who would want to How about paying the protection fee to Jieli?

  Over the years, from Shibi Khan to Luo Khan, and then to Jieli Khan, the taxes the three brothers paid to the tribes have been increasing year by year, and the tribes have long been very dissatisfied.

  No matter how good Wuliangye is, these people still drink mixed flavors.

  After the banquet is over.

  Simo's thoughts were eager to bid farewell and return to Shanyutai, but the court refused.

  Qin Lang suggested to the emperor to detain the two men because they were relatively capable ministers in the court of Jieli Khan and powerful tribal leaders in the Eastern Turks.

  Keeping them here can not only weaken Xieli's strength, but also find opportunities to separate their monarchs and ministers.

  Qin Lang invited the two of them to the East Palace as guests, and also invited Qin Guozhong to accompany them.

   After returning from the East Palace, the emperor issued an edict.

  Give Zhi Shi Si Li the title of An Guogong, the general who leads the left army, give the country's surname Li, and marry the royal sister, Princess Nanchang.

  The king of Heshun County, Asina Simo, was given the surname Li, the general of Zuo Wuhou, and the royal sister, Princess Jiangling.

  Qin Lang, who personally went to Honglu Temple to proclaim the decree, handed over the decree to the two of them with a smile.

  The two looked at each other.

   "The golden branches and jade leaves of the royal family of the Tang Dynasty, how dare we, a savage in the grassland, dare to climb high?" Simo refused.

  Qin Lang chuckled.

   "Heaven Khan bestows a marriage, how can you refuse it? Thunder, rain and dew are all God's grace, and since you have a reward, thank you for your reward!"

   "The emperor is trying to detain me forcibly?" Si Li also asked in surprise.

   "How can it be said that it is detention? This is because His Majesty the Emperor appreciates you two and specially keeps you in Chang'an to serve the king. Why, don't you want to?"

   "We are the ministers of Jieli Khan!"

   "Jieli is now a minister of Tian Khan, and you are naturally ministers of the Tang Dynasty. Could it be that you are just lying when you say that you respect Tian Khan as the great leader?"

  Now that the people are in Chang'an, if Datang doesn't let them go, they won't be able to fly.

   And giving the country's surname, Princess Shang, will undoubtedly make Xieli who is far away in Baidaochuan suspicious.

  In Xieli's eyes, they are just another one.

"Your Majesty has sent someone to build a mansion for you. Before the mansion is completed, you will temporarily live in Honglu Temple, and Hou Zhao is on standby. If you are free, you can also go to Pingkang Square. It is very lively there, of course. , it’s best not to leave Chang’an City if you have nothing to do, if you want to leave the city, you have to report in advance and let Qianniuwei send guards to protect you.”

   "You are imprisoned!" Simo roared dissatisfied.

   "Look at what the king of the county said. If you are a king, a princess, and a mansion given by a general, there is still such a reason for imprisonment in the world? If you really want to be imprisoned, you will be put in prison."

  Ignoring the angry roar of the two, Qin Lang walked out of the yard with a smile, and confessed to Qian Niuwei at the door, "Look out!"

  After leaving the courtyard of the two, Qin Lang went to the courtyard of Ge Leng, the leader of Tie Leqibi tribe, and Yi Nan, the leader of Xue Yantuo.

   "Just following His Majesty's order, I went to the next door to announce the order!" Qin Lang said with a smile.

  Yi Nan was very curious, "I don't know what the purpose is?"

"Decrees, rewards, Si Li and Simo are devoted to Tang, and they also intend to follow Yu Sheshe. No, His Majesty is very happy with their loyalty, so he bestowed the two of them, a county king and a duke, and both of them The surname of the country, Princess Shang, bestowed by Chang'an, you say such a good thing, it is really a mighty grace!"

  Yi Nan and Ge listened in a daze, and couldn't help being secretly startled, unexpectedly, even Ashina Simo and Zhishisili had followed Tang Tang.

  (end of this chapter)