Chapter 59: The Turkic Envoys
Three days later, the envoys of the Southern Dynasty, Xu Ling, and the envoys of the Turks, Khitans and Goguryeo were summoned by Emperor Gao Wei of Qi on the same day.
In the early spring morning, there was some mist, covering this majestic palace city. At the edge of the wall of Qianqiu Gate, there were other envoys waiting there. Officials from the Ministry of Rites accompanied them to talk to the envoys. Hearing the sound of ruts, they turned their heads and looked at the carriage slowly approaching in the white mist with curious or cold eyes.
"Well, it's the Southern Dynasty envoys who came..." Fang Yanqian, the new Minister of Rites, was responsible for entertaining the envoys here. Seeing this car, he recognized that this was the car of the Southern Dynasty envoys, so he brought two ministers from the Ministry of Rites to greet him, "I would like to ask me..."
Xu Ling lifted the curtain of the car, showed a kind smile, and said, "I'm working as a minister in the house..."
Fang Yanqian smiled slightly and said, "I dare not take it. This is my duty. The Secretary of State specially ordered us to take care of several noble envoys, how dare I not take it seriously? The yellow gate of Xuanzhao is coming soon. Please rest. Please wait for a while here..."
"Okay..." Xu Ling got out of the car with the help of his subordinates and looked closely at the three envoys and their entourages in front.
The one standing in the middle, who looks and dresses similar to those of the Central Plains, but is different from those of the Central Plains. His skin is relatively white and his cheekbones are slightly taller, but he always bows his waist and looks quite flattering. This should be the rumored envoy of Goguryeo. When he saw Xu Ling, he nodded and said hello. Xu Ling smiled and made him feel overjoyed. He heard that the whole country of Goguryeo admired the literary style of the Central Plains, and this statement seemed to be true.
Next to the Goguryeo envoy was a Khitan envoy, wearing fur, with hair shaved on the top of his head, leaving only a strand on the back of his head and temples, which looked very strange. The Turkic envoy who lived on the left was white and had a sloppy hair, with a left-sided lapel, an eagle-hooked nose, deep sleep, and gray-green eyes. His clothes were similar to the Khitan envoy, but his face was aloof and did not stand with Goguryeo and Khitan envoys, as if he looked down on them. When he saw Xu Ling coming, he just glanced at him, and then said to Fang Yanqian impatiently: "Have you summoned me yet? If this continues, I will not wait any longer!"
Aggressive, everyone present frowned slightly. Fang Yanqian said patiently: "Your Majesty must not be in a hurry. Your Majesty must wash and summon you. Please wait patiently for a while..."
The Turkic man shouted, "You told me this way just now, but after less than a stick of incense, your little emperor still won't summon me. Could it be that he looks down on our Turkic Khan?!"
The Turks were the emerging grassland overlords. They destroyed the old grassland overlord Rouro (that is, Rouran), and became a giant like the Huns. They were invincible. In recent years, because of their marriage with the Northern Zhou Dynasty, they often gathered tens of thousands of Hu people to attack the border, thinking that they were no longer afraid of Northern Qi and were arrogant.
[These forging slaves are really presumptuous!] These Turkic people were originally just forging slaves under Rouran's tent. Now that they are powerful, they dare not take the Central Plains Celestial Empire seriously?! A look of anger flashed in Fang Yanqian's eyes, and his face suddenly became awe-inspired, staring at the Turkic envoy and said, "Please be careful, please don't be disrespectful to our emperor again, otherwise you will be responsible for the consequences!"
The Turkic envoy didn't care at all and laughed:
“I want to see what the consequences will be!
I, Turks, are a great country, and Mugan Khan is even an eagle on the grassland!
With one order from Khan, millions of string control men gathered. Siege the city and land as simple as drinking water, and it can destroy a country in a flash!
The wolves are still going to crawl at the feet of the eagle, and I am the eagle's envoy. Who in the world dares to disrespect the Turks?"
Fang Yanqian frowned slightly, still in the same cold and serious tone, and said:
"Your in poor condition today, it's better to see Your Majesty again next day..."
"I'm not in good shape? I'm in great shape!"
The Turkic envoy was careless and arrogant, and said:
"I brought Khan's letter of nationality this time. I will not give up until I see your little emperor!"
"If the envoy dares to speak rudely, he will be expelled from Yecheng."
But the Turkic envoy said without any concern: "What, is our Khan's letter of nationality worthy of your little emperor's greeting?"
[It turns out to be so brave!] Several envoys looked at Fang Yanqian and the Turkic envoy. Xu Ling gently stroked his beard and watched with great interest. He wanted to see how Fang Yanqian would solve this problem.
Even the Khitan envoys were interested in this. At this time, the Khitan was still in the eight tribe alliance, and was not unified, and was often blackmailed by the Turks. Therefore, they have always been close to Northern Qi. However, if such a thing happened today, they also wanted to see if Northern Qi could overcome this arrogant Turkic people.
If not, then Northern Qi will be embarrassed today.
Unexpectedly, Fang Yanqian smiled contemptuously: "The first of the Turks was Pingliang Zahu, with the surname Ashina. Emperor Taiwu of Wei destroyed the Juqu family, and Ashina ran to Ruru with five hundred families. He lived in the sun of Jinshan for generations and was a wormwood craftsman. The golden mountain looked like an iron helmet, and was commonly called Iron Helmet as Turks, so he thought it was called..."
He looked at the Turkic envoy who was frozen and said, "Asina was cruel by nature and did not know how to be merciful to the people. This is called unkind. Wu Ping promised not to attack the border. However, he came to my border again the year before and did not keep his promise. This is called unrighteousness. Asina had to protect him and had to survive, but he carried the Lord and general Rior all killed him. This is called unfaithfulness. When Asina fought for the throne of Khan, he killed his brother and father. This is called unfilial. Such unkind and unfaithful monarch dared to compare with me to the emperor? Who gave you the courage?!"
The words were shocked, and everyone was shocked. Unexpectedly, Fang Yanqian would refute so directly and sharply, exposing the true face of the Turkic prairie wolf, pointing out that the Turkic Khan was not worthy of the solemn treatment of the Lord.
Xu Ling paused his hand when he stroked his beard, looked at Fang Yanqian with complex eyes, and admired the mixed feelings, and was full of things:
[The Northern Dynasty was really full of talents..., let alone other things, his temperament was much stronger than the literati in our dynasty...]
Xu Ling asked himself, if this happened in the Southern Dynasties, most of the ministers of the Southern Dynasties would be angry, but that's all. If you dare not speak out, who would risk the danger of provoking war between the two countries and then being used to punish the sin and swear to maintain the dignity of the Lord?
[It's just that, the outcome of Fang Shilang's assistant is plaguing...]
Xu Ling was vaguely worried about Fang Yanqian, and the Turkic envoy was even more angry and said:
"How dare you insult me like this?!"
As he said that, he pulled out his follower's scimitar and stepped forward. The guards at Qianqiu Gate raised their crossbows and aimed at him. As long as he dared to take another step forward, he would shoot him into a hedgehog.
Fang Yanqian looked calm and remained motionless, and said calmly:
"The envoy should think clearly. The envoy came with the letter of nationality. If you did not submit the letter of nationality because of one or two arrogant remarks from the envoy, you Khan will certainly be dissatisfied with me, Daqi, but the first person he blamed must be the envoy. For the future of the envoy, I hope the envoy will not be impulsive, think clearly before talking about it..."
The Turkic envoy's face turned blue and white, and finally gritted his teeth and threw the scimitar to the ground.
Mugan Khan was old and moody. If he knew that the Turks were blind because of his stupid behavior, then Mugan Khan would definitely cut off his head and derogate his whole family to slaves!
Chapter completed!