Chapter 812 The Legacy of the Tang Dynasty - The King of Kings of Persia

Author: Middle-aged paper tiger

Chapter 812 The Legacy of the Tang Dynasty - The King of Kings of Persia

In June of the fifth year of Shaoming Dynasty, AD 950, in Jiankang Palace, a large number of servants, palace people and guards were already preparing to set off.

Due to the complicated affairs between the Southern Tang and Wu Yue, Zhang Yan stayed here for more than half a year. Counting the time spent going to Hexi and leaving the fortress, Zhang Yan had not returned to Tokyo for almost two years, and it was indeed time to return to Beijing.

No, even the Queen of Zhaoming Palace, Cao Jiuniang, couldn't bear it anymore and sent Guo Waner and Seifei Ye to take Zhang Gao back to the palace.

Along with Guo Waner and Sefiye, there was also a letter and a Persian with yellow hair and blue eyes.

The letter Guo Waner brought was written by Guo Tiance. In the letter, Guo Tiance asked Zhang Gao to resign as Privy Councilor, expressed his willingness to take responsibility for the broken leaf incident, and requested Zhang Gao's punishment.

It is more than 13,000 miles from Suiye to Tokyo. For this distance, it would take more than a month and a half for a messenger to ride a light horse and relay the message. It is quite normal for ordinary messages to arrive in more than half a year.

In addition, Guo Guangyi deliberately concealed the news after his rebellion, which led to Guo Tiance not knowing what happened to Suiye at all. This was also the reason why Zhang Yan agreed with him to send his generals and Jinyi guards to investigate.

Now that the results have come out, Guo Tiance was shocked.

He originally thought that everything was due to Guo Guangyi forcing his aunt to marry Li Guoshou's grandson, but it turned out that his two unclear uncles were slightly involved.

Although in this era, the emperor's women were not as sensitive as later generations.

Meng Chang's mother was originally the concubine of Emperor Zhuangzong of the Tang Dynasty, but was later given to Meng Zhixiang.

Guo Rong's aunt was also a low-level concubine of Emperor Zhuangzong of the Tang Dynasty. Otherwise, she would never have been able to accumulate so much wealth, give half of it to Guo Rong's father, and make the Chai family a wealthy family in Xingzhou.

But all in all, these were either given by the emperor on his own initiative, or they were sent away. Those like Guo Ting'er who promised to dedicate them to the emperor, but dared to break their promise in the end, are still guilty of a big crime.

Therefore, after Guo Tiance found out the truth, he was so frightened that he quickly asked Guo Waner to help him pass the apology letter to Zhang Yan, asking for Zhang Yan's punishment.

Zhang Gao sighed and asked Zhou Xian to take out the battle report jointly issued by Bai Congxin, Hu Guang, and Guo Guangsheng, as well as the secret report sent by Ningyuan Deputy Governor Lao Zhang Zhong and the military envoy Xue Shouli.

In fact, as for Guo Ting'er, Zhang Yan wouldn't care at all if nothing like this happens.

Next to me, Zhang Shengren, not to mention others, Mrs. Huarui, Fei Shi, and Zhou Xian, who is growing up day by day, are the most beautiful in the world. No matter how beautiful Guo Ting'er is, it is impossible to compare with these two.

In addition, if you want novelty, there are exotic sisters like Sephie and Pantaya. If you want status, there are also queens of great countries like Xiao Sage. There are no less than one or two women.

At that time, he felt that Guo Ting'er was too far away. Even if he had to choose, he should choose one of the Guo family members who had returned to the east. He just wanted a prince to take charge of Suiye, but now something went wrong.

However, it is not completely without benefits. At least Zhang Yan no longer has to worry about the Guo family using Nestorianism to be a local tiger in Suiye, because the foundation was directly destroyed by Bai Congxin.

Guo Waner was carefully reading Bai Congxin's battle report and old Zhang Zhong's secret report. After reading it, Zhang Zhong's first-generation female secretary suddenly let out a long sigh of relief.

"Mr. Bai Qiuci and Hu Erlang have helped my Guo family a lot. If they return to Tokyo in the future, please ask Saint Enzhun Wan'er to host a banquet in person."

Guo Wan'er has always been so clear-headed. If she were an ordinary person, she would know that Bai Congxin killed all the Guo family members in Suiye.

Even Guo Tiance's two blood uncles and her biological brother Guo Guangbi, who shared the same grandfather as her, were deliberately tortured to death by Hu Guang, who would definitely be very resentful.

But Guo Wan'er didn't. Instead, she clearly realized that only the cruelty of Bai Congxin and Hu Guang saved their Guo family from danger.

Otherwise, what can be done, let her and Guo Tiance kill their relatives personally? In that case, the price will be too high, and it may not be able to quickly appease the emperor's anger.

Zhang Yan was also silent for a moment. He did not expect Bai Congxin to be so ruthless, but indeed, the dissatisfaction and anger in his heart had been reduced a lot because of the deaths of 60,000 to 70,000 people.

"The Queen Mother of King Ogus Yehu, the Queen, Yinal Talib, Governor Amir of Shiguo City, four people with the ninth surname of Ogus Yinal, and the traitor Guo Guangyi. Wow! There are quite a lot of these people."

Guo Waner slowly read Bai Cong's letter, which contained hundreds of captured chieftains who were to be transported to Tokyo. They were all prominent figures in the river.

Guo Wan'er saw a look of satisfaction on the emperor's face, and quickly took the opportunity to say cautiously: "Sage, along with these prisoners and rebellious ministers, there is also Guo Wan'er."

Zhang Yan knew what Guo Wan'er meant, and he was afraid that Zhang Yan would continue to kill Guo Ting'er to relieve his anger.

"Don't worry, I'm not that stingy. Guo Ting'er, a little girl, can't decide her own destiny."

"Sage, saint!" Guo Waner knelt down with a puff, "Then Li Guoshou is a scoundrel, and his grandson is nothing more than a thief.

Anyone with a sound mind will know that even being a maid serving a saint is better than marrying Li Guoshou's grandson.

Ting'er's life is really miserable, but fortunately His Majesty is generous and does not punish her."

Zhang Gao smiled and pulled up Guo Waner who was kneeling on the ground. This little girl could be regarded as one of Zhang Gao's first few close friends.

As for Guo Tiance, he took the most credit. In the years of Zhang Gao's military campaigns in the north and south, in terms of military logistics and staff praise, Guo Tiance's contribution was only slightly lower than that of Zhang Xichong, who has passed away. Even if they look at their faces, Zhang Gao's

Nor will he kill Guo Ting'er.

So Zhang Gao was a little curious. They were both close to Zhang Gao, and they must know that Zhang Gao would not vent his anger on a little girl.

Especially when Bai Congxin and Hu Guang killed more than 60,000 people to punish this rebellion.

But they were still so cautious, and Zhang Yan was very curious as to why Guo Ting'er was worthy of their caution.

"If I remember correctly, Guo Guangbi, who died in the battle in Hu Shuicheng, is your direct cousin, but Guo Tinger is probably just a sister who has not been out of the fifth server with you, right?"

Guo Wan'er nodded, "Guo Wan'er and Nu are indeed not very close, but she is not only Da Lang's blood aunt, but also Da Lang's aunt who grew up on his back.

Although they are aunt and nephew, they are like father and daughter, but they are not very close to the two uncles."

So, Zhang Yan understood that his aunt had grown up on her back, but as for his uncle, life in the Guo family was difficult back then. Guo Tiance, a burden with a dead father, must not have been well received by his two uncles.

There may also be some discrimination, resulting in little affection between the two parties at all.

However, even if Guo Ting'er and Guo Tiance were so close, Zhang Yan would definitely not punish Guo Tiance.

However, punishments such as demotion and demotion still have to be imposed, otherwise they will not be able to convince the public. It seems that Guo Tiance, the Privy Councilor, will indeed not be able to continue his job.

Zhang Gao thought about it carefully, didn't Langjie Jiangcuo, Li Xiaojie, etc. request the imperial court to send someone to Luozhe to take charge of the overall situation?

Zhang Gao had already sent Li Cunhui to lead 5,000 elite troops, and to recruit 5,000 knights from Hehuang Valley and Dafeichuan to go to Luoche for reinforcements.

But Li Cunhui is good at military affairs. If you ask him to handle complex plateau affairs, he will definitely not have this ability.

Then simply let Guo Tiance do the reasoning. He has been the minister in Tibet for several years. Well, or according to the practice at this time, should he be called the Protector of Tibet?

In this way, we not only have reliable candidates to guard the plateau, but also complete the punishment of Guo Tiance in name and in fact, and it does not hurt Guo Tiance's face.

"Sage, Duke Qiuci also requested to transfer three thousand additional households from Ningyuan to Shiguocheng.

He also wanted to leave 30,000 herdsmen from the 20,000 households in Monan and 40,000 in Moxi that he had brought with him in the area of ​​​​Shiguo City and Talas. He also requested that Lu Zhen be allowed to temporarily guard Talas.

But in this way, the power in their hands is a bit too great."

In principle, these requests made by Bai Congxin are Zhang Yan's private affairs, because whether it is Ningyuan or the 60,000 households in the grassland, they are Zhang Yan's private power, both in name and in fact.

They currently do not belong to the Zhang Zhou court, but to the Tiankhan of the dualistic empire of Zhang Xi, and to the Khotan Jin Kingdom system where the powers and responsibilities are somewhat overlapping and vague.

That's why Guo Waner said this to Zhang Yan, because it was barely a private matter.

Zhang Hao slowly shook his head. The reason why Bai Congxin seemed to be a bit open-minded and self-respecting was clearly explained in the first letter.

At a time when the Central Plains court could not immediately mobilize hundreds of thousands of people to immigrate to the river, the grassland peoples of the desert, the Ogus people who believed in Tengger around the river, and some Geluolu people who believed in Manichaeism were white people.

From the best sources of population supplements.

Because these people do not have a strong civilization behind them, and Zhang Zhou has the powerful weapon of Liufa Sect, and can go south to plunder as rewards, so he can quickly digest and integrate these Turkic-speaking nomads in the river.

However, the Saman Persians and the Sogdians, who had already been taught by Tianfang, were difficult to assimilate to Bai Congxin because they had Persia and Dashi, which were ancient civilizations, and the Tianfang religion as a link.

Therefore, when the imperial court was unable to provide large-scale support, Bai Congxin's only choice was to promote the Six Dharma Sect and integrate various Turkic ethnic groups in the west to attack the Persians and Tianfang to educate the Sogdians.

And the tens of thousands of people he wants are the basic base of all those who believe in the Six Methods Sect.

If we don't have these basic bases and Bai Congxin recruits a bunch of herdsmen who believe in Manichaeism or other religions, they might be reversely integrated.

So Zhang Gao shook his head, "Bai Congxin and I have known each other since the beginning of time, and we have survived together in a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood. We have always known who he is, and we will never betray him.

And now the imperial court will not be able to support them on a large scale within ten years. Bai Congxin's days in the river were actually extremely dangerous. If you don't give them this, you will be harming others."

Guo Waner's eyes flashed with admiration. What she liked most was Zhang Yan's majesty.

And if she asks this question now, it will definitely reach Bai Congxin's ears in the future, and it can be regarded as a small return of a favor to Bai Congxin.

Because she asked this, not only would Zhang Yan not be suspicious of Bai Congxin, but it would also strengthen Zhang Yan's thoughts.

But if a minister in the DPRK writes a letter to discuss or even impeach the matter first, and there are many people talking about it, there is no telling which direction things will develop.

Zhang Hao didn't notice Guo Waner's petty thoughts because he was still thinking about more important things.

According to the strategy proposed by Luo Dingzhong to Bai Congxin, Shiguo City should be turned into an iron felt to attract a steady stream of warriors from Saman, Persia and even West Asia to come here and consume them.

Then the rich land around Shiguo City will definitely be reduced to ruins, so food will have to be brought in from the war and reinforcements from Talas will be brought in. This is the first difficulty.

The second difficulty is that the real elites under Bai Congxin, or in other words, the army that can endure hardships after being besieged for several months without going crazy, and can still maintain its combat effectiveness and will to fight, is probably only the few hundred under Yao Yuanfu.

Lao Ya Bing and Bai Congxin's own hundreds of songs.

Except for these thousands of thieves and killers, few other grassland herdsmen have such strong nerves and can maintain a stable mentality in such a difficult siege.

After thinking about it, I realized that the former problem was just trouble, but the latter problem was fatal.

Zhang Hao calculated for a long time and found that there were many Jin people and Han people in Beiting, Anxi, but their fighting ability and fighting will were not much better than the 40,000 herdsmen in Moxi, or even worse. These people could be used to enrich

place, but it cannot be used as a pioneer of colonization and immigration.

Hexi Guasha Gansu's Xiaoqi, Zhang Hao himself is not enough.

Moreover, after Zhang Yan's massive recruitment, the number of people in these four states was already quite small. Any further recruitment would affect the security of the Silk Road.

After thinking for a long time, Zhang Hao found that the only people he could mobilize were the Tubo people on the plateau.
To be continued...