Cao Yuande had to be nervous. Cao Yanming was his own son, not picked up on the road.
Moreover, he is also his favorite son. He is young and smart, knows how to advance and retreat, and can act like a decent polite and virtuous corporal. In time, he will definitely be the Qilin son of the Cao family.
However, Cao Yijin obviously had a different view. The 'Lord of ZTE' who had brought the Guiyi Army from the brink of collapse to the point where it could now overwhelm the Ganzhou Uighurs, did not have so much affection for his children. He found a stone bench and sat down. , slowly cleaned up the yellow leaves on the clothes.
"If Zhang Erlang dares to come, it will prove that he is just a middle-class figure. He can't accomplish big things, but he is more than capable of ruining things and causing trouble. In addition to his status and bloodline, I am afraid that after my death, you will not be able to live in peace.
If such a person is left alive, he will be a big trouble for the Cao family, so he must be eliminated early. Yanming is the grandson of the Cao family, and he should have the consciousness to protect the family to the death. Whether he lives or dies depends on his fate! "
He is indeed a ruthless person! In order to kill Zhang Zhao, even his most beloved grandson would give up!
"Father, what if Zhang Erlang doesn't come?" Cao Yuanshen glanced at his eldest brother Cao Yuande sympathetically, but he shook his head as soon as the words came out of his mouth.
"Zhang Erlang hasn't seen his mother in five years. The Song family summons her, and with her third brother Yuan Zhong as a guarantor, he will definitely come!"
"That's not necessarily true!" Cao Yijin shook his head and then smiled proudly.
"Back then, Tianmu Khan of Ganzhou Uighurs, my good father-in-law, detained your uncle Renyu Gong, and then had someone imitate my brother Renyu's handwriting, and tricked me into going to Ganzhou to welcome the bride in person. He also said that there were three soldiers A hundred gifts.
Hum! If you don't go, you will be killed by the Ganzhou Uighurs! "
The three Cao brothers looked at each other. Only then did Cao Yuande remember that something like this had happened back then. Many people in the Cao family were covetous of these three hundred soldiers and were afraid of the Uighur troops in Ganzhou, so they persuaded Cao Yijin to go to Ganzhou in person. There are quite a few people coming to the state to welcome their brides.
"Remember! If Zhang Erlang comes, he is just a troublemaker. He must be killed immediately!
If he doesn't come, you should be even more careful. Being able to endure what ordinary people cannot endure must be a thoughtful and ruthless person. This person may be truly heroic! "
The proud look on Cao Yijin's face suddenly disappeared, and he looked at his three sons with concern.
The eldest son, Cao Yuande, Yun Wen and Yun Wu, was somewhat talented, but he was too strict about rules and had a benevolent attitude.
If the world were to be unified, such a person would be a good defender, but now that the Guiyi Army's foundation is isolated in the northwest and surrounded by barbarians, the word benevolence may not be easy to use.
Not to mention the second son Yuan Shen, he can't even control his wife and children, his personal style is even more extravagant, and he can't even be regarded as the lord of success.
As for the third son, Yuan Zhong, he is stable and well-rounded in everything he does. He is a qualified paper framer, but he is not a hero either!
Cao Yijin was criticizing his three sons. The three brothers Cao Yuande did not expect that their father would comment on Zhang Zhao like this. Cao Yuanzhong, who felt that something had gone wrong in this matter, was even more uneasy. He walked to his father Cao Yijin and tried to asked.
"Father, if Zhang Erlang is really as heroic as you and Yan Nai guessed, then should we send out the Yamen Army before the festival to destroy him?"
Cao Yijin half-closed his eyes for a moment, then shook his head, "We can't wipe out! The area west of Shazhou is vast. When Ge Duo, the bald tiger, was there, we couldn't even catch Ge Duo. Now it's not easy to find Zhang Erlang.
Moreover, the trouble for our returning rebel army lies not with Zhang Erlang but with ourselves. Yan Nai is right in what he said, wouldn't it be good to have another Taibao Gong in Dunhuang City? "
After speaking, Cao Yijin looked at his eldest son and said, "Yuan De, you should also go down and prepare. Doesn't Zhang Erlang want to ask for a pardon for the people after Qi Jiarun's deployment? You go and draw it up and stamp it with my seal. Regardless of whether Zhang Erlang comes to Dunhuang or not, this pardon will be given to him.
In addition, prepare to arrest Luo Xianda and send him to Xinting County under the strict supervision of his brother Luo Tongda.
Didn’t Zhang Erlang want to make contributions to Khotan? So I gave Zhang Erlang the tough soldiers of Shouchang Town Army under Luo Xianda. Since he said that he would never resent me, I, as my uncle, should also praise him. "
Having said this, the three Cao brothers also knew what their father Cao Yijin meant. If Zhang Erlang was just a middle-class figure, then they would have sent him to Dunhuang to kill him to avoid future troubles, lest he use his identity to fight against the Guiyi Army. They made trouble during the subsequent transfer of power.
If Zhang Erlang does not come to Dunhuang, and his mother, whom he has not seen for several years, does not come when summoned, it means that he is a cautious and ruthless man with a tough temperament. Coupled with Cao Sanniang's description and evaluation, this guy is really a talent. , then we need to show kindness to win over him.
Because Zhang Erlang is only nineteen years old this year, as long as he doesn't die suddenly, he still has at least forty or fifty years of good life. Among them, the youngest Cao Yuanzhong is also in his forties. After they all pass away, will there be Zhang Erlang? It is unknown whether the clan will succeed Cao again.
The Guiyi Army is the plate of these hundreds of thousands of people. They have been kissed countless times. The Cao family's replacement of Zhang is a bloodless coup.
Now to show kindness to Zhang Erlang, this is called leaving a line in life so that we can meet each other in the future. If the descendants are incompetent, they cannot control the situation.
Then Zhang Erlang will also take the sake of past friendship and relatives to let the Cao family have meat and official positions just like the Zhang family in Nanyang today.
"If that's the case, doesn't my father recently want to send Yaya Fan Running, Wu Daler, Yin Yuanzhu and others as envoys to the Kingdom of Khotan? Why not let Zhang Erlang go to Khotan with them.
Not only can Zhang Erlang protect the mission's safety on the way, but it can also allow Fan Running and others to secretly observe what kind of person Zhang Erlang is! "
Cao Yuande's decision to send Fan Running and three others as envoys to Khotan had been decided a long time ago.
At this time, the queen of Li Shengtian in Khotan was Cao Yuanxin, the sixth daughter of Cao Yijin. Although according to the system of the Jin Kingdom in Khotan, there were three queens, Cao Yuanxin was the most favored.
Because she is Han Chinese! As a fanatical guardian of the Han culture, Li Shengtian regarded himself as a vassal town of the Central Plains Dynasty, called the Emperor of the Central Plains after his uncle's family, and considered himself a son of the Tang Dynasty. Of course, Li Shengtian loved Cao Yuanxin, who was also a Han, the most.
At this time, Li Congde, the Khotan prince born by Cao Yuanxin, who later became Yuchi Sula, the king of Khotan, had been living in Dunhuang and studying Han culture.
Historically, Li Congde lived in Dunhuang until three years later, and then returned to Khotan after he was familiar with Confucian classics and Han Tantric Buddhism.
Later, the Khotan Kingdom was destroyed in the holy war launched by the Karakhan Dynasty. Li Congde's grandson, Yuchi Sangharama, the last king of Khotan, who was called Li Tianxing, also sent his descendants to Dunhuang to protect the Cao family who returned to the rebel army. Li Congde of Khotan The close relationship between the Cao family and the Guiyi Army family can be seen.
Historically, since the fall of these two regimes, Han culture has never reached the Western Regions. The Ming Dynasty did not even defend Hami. By the time three generations of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties conquered Zhungeer, the Western Regions would have been transformed.
The exchange of envoys between the two sides this time was also mentioned by Li Congde. Fan Running and others went to Khotan to see if they could marry Li Shengtian's third daughter, Tiansheng Princess Li, for Cao Yuanzhong's eldest son, Cao Yanlu.
This was a major event for both Khotan and the Guiyi Army. The scale of the mission was quite large, and it was indeed a good opportunity to send people to contact Zhang Zhao.
