In June of the fifth year of Shaoming Dynasty, 950 AD, in Jiankang Palace, a large number of chamberlains, palace guards 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 going out of 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 Wan'er 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 thirteen thousand miles from Suiye to Tokyo. At 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 dismissed. 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 hand the apology letter to Zhang Gao, asking Zhang Gao to be punished.
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 Gao wouldn't care at all if nothing like this happens.
Next to me, Zhang Shengren, not to mention others, Mrs. Huarui Fei and Zhou Xian who are 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 Sefiye and Pantaya. In terms of status, there are also queens of great powers like Xiao Sage, who are just as good as 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 Waner has always been so clear-headed. An ordinary person would know that Bai Congxin killed every one of the Guo family members in Suiye.
Even Guo Tiance's two blood uncles and her biological brother Guo Guangbi, who had 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 we do? Let her and Guo Tiance kill their relatives personally? In that case, the price would be too high, and it might 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 these 60,000 to 70,000 people.
"The Queen Mother and Queen of Ogus Yehu, Yinal Talib, Governor Amir of Shiguo City, four people with the ninth surname 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, all of whom were prominent figures in the river.
Guo Wan'er saw a look of satisfaction on the emperor's face, and quickly took the opportunity to carefully say: "Sage, along with these prisoners and rebellious ministers, there is also Guo Wan'er."
Zhang Gao knew what Guo Wan'er meant, and he was afraid that Zhang Gao would continue to kill Guo Waner 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 would know that even being a maid serving a saint would be better than marrying Li Guoshou's grandson.
Ting'er's life was really miserable, but fortunately His Majesty was generous and did 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 and military campaigns, Guo Tiance's contribution to military logistics and staff praise was only slightly lower than that of Zhang Xichong, who has passed away. Even if they look at their reputations, Zhang Gao's He won't kill Guo Ting'er either.
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 Hu Shuicheng, is your direct cousin, but Guo Ting'er should be your sister who has not been out of the fifth server, 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. On the contrary, they are not very close to their 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 are still necessary, otherwise they will not be able to convince the public. It seems that Guo Tiance, the privy envoy, 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 Luoshan 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 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. The minister who has been stationed in Tibet for several years, uh, 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, without hurting Guo Tiance's face.
"Sage, Duke Qiuci also requested to transfer three thousand additional households from Ningyuan to Shiguocheng.
He also wanted to take 100,000 herdsmen from the 20,000 households in Monan and 40,000 in Moxi, leaving 30,000 in the Shiguocheng and Talas areas. And asked Lu Zhen to temporarily guard Talas.
But in this way, the power in their hands is a bit too much. "
Bai Congxin's requests are, in principle, 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 Zhangzhou court, but to the Tiankhan account of the dualist empire of Zhang Yan, and to the Khotan Jin Kingdom system with some overlapping powers and responsibilities.
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 108,000 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 replenishment.
Because there is no strong civilization behind these people, and Zhang Zhou has the powerful weapon of Liufa Sect, and can go south to plunder as a reward, 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, two ancient civilizations behind them, 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 Methods 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 Bai Congxin did not have these basic bases and recruited a bunch of herdsmen who believed in Manichaeism or other religions, he 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 that 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 he didn't give them this, he would be doing harm to 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, which can be regarded as a small way of repaying Bai Congxin's favor.
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, it is really uncertain in which direction things will develop.
Zhang Yan 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 Samantha, Persia and even West Asia to consume here.
Then the rich land around Shiguo City will definitely be reduced to ruins, so food will have to be brought from both sides 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 troops that can endure hardships and endure hardships after being besieged for several months without going crazy, and can still maintain their combat effectiveness and will to fight, are probably only the few hundred under Yao Yuanfu. Lao Yabing and Bai Congxin's own hundreds of songs.
Except for these thousands of thieves and killers, few other grassland herders have such strong nerves and can maintain a stable mentality in such a difficult siege.
After thinking about it, the former problem is just trouble, but the latter problem is fatal.
Zhang Zhi 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 the place, but it cannot be used as a pioneer of colonization and immigration.
Hexi Guasha Gansu's Xiaoqi, Zhang Hao himself is not enough.
And after Zhang Yan's massive recruitment, the number of people in these four states is already quite small. Any further recruitment will 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.
These guys who have been fighting against the harsh environment of the plateau all year round are very strong-willed and have the roots of the Tubo Empire. Although they are poor, they are rich in Tibetan armor, and they also have the tradition of practicing martial arts as a way to advance.
If the combination of Guo Tiance and Li Cunhui can quickly pacify the entire plateau, then in about a year or so, Zhang Yan will be able to provide Bai Congxin with about 3,000 Tibetan armored soldiers, and by then he should be able to gain a firm foothold.
And in this way, Bai Congxin's 60,000 grassland herdsmen and thousands of Tubo armored soldiers are all devout believers of the Liufa Sect, which can give Bai Congxin another insurance.
People's hearts will change. When you can plug the loopholes, you should try your best to plug them, lest Bai Congxin really has a problem with his head one day and make the emperor and his ministers unable to come to the stage and lose face.
While Zhang Yan was thinking, Seifeiye winked at Guo Wan'er again.
This girl is nearly twenty-eight years old this year and is no longer the cute little Persian lolita. What she has been thinking about all the time is to let her son go back and seize the throne of Saman Persia.
Guo Waner coughed lightly. She owed Seifeiye a favor, because Seifeiye only had two sons in total, and she gave her eldest son Zhang Xianxi to Guo Waner as her adopted son.
In order to ensure the relationship between Guo Waner and Zhang Xianxi, Guo Waner took care of Zhang Xianxi when she was under the age of 12. Sefiye suppressed missing her and rarely took care of her personally.
This favor is quite big, and Guo Tiance has already told Guo Waner that he intends to bring Guo Waner and Hu Guang into a marriage.
Finally, Zhang Xianxi, the prince born by Seifeiye and raised by the Guo family, was sent to Suiye to become the master of Suiye.
Now Seifei Ye frequently looked at Guo Wan'er, apparently wanting her to mention this matter.
So Guo Waner waited for Zhang Gao to finish contemplating, and immediately pointed to the Persian standing outside the palace door with his head bowed and said: "Saint, this is the secret envoy sent by the Emir Hamid of Saman Persia, who wants to meet the saint."
Zhang Gao raised his head in surprise, and first glanced at Sefiye, who nodded obediently, "This person is Aqimu, the brother of Abu, the palace manager whom I trusted most in the past."
"Great Shah, your servant Aqim, on the orders of the Emir of the Samanid family, Hamid Abu Muhammad Nuh bin Nasr, offers you the loyalty of the Samanid family. "
This Persian named Aqimu was very respectful.
Just when Zhang Gao was about to ask Hamid why he was still loyal after not paying tribute for five years, the word Shah Shah flashed violently in Zhang Gao's mind like lightning.
Shah Shah, this is not a simple word, but among the many titles held by the Persian emperors during the old Persian Empire, especially the most precious title held by the Sasanian Persian emperors, its original meaning is called King of Kings!
"What did you call me just now?" Zhang Hao looked at Achim in shock. There was no barrier to communication between the two.
Because the common language in the river is not Chinese, Persian, or Dashi dialect, but Turkic dialect with various accents.
As long as you learn the Turkic language, although there are hundreds of ethnic tribes in the river, simple communication with each other is not a big problem. Zhang Yan naturally knows the Turkic language, and he also has Pan Taiya as a translator.
"The great Shah Shah, have you forgotten? Three hundred years ago, the last king of Sassanid Persia, Belus, dedicated the title of Shah Shah to the peach-shaped emperor after he had no hope of recovering his country. "
Ah..ugh! Zhang Hao stood up suddenly.
yes! After the last king of Sassanid Persia, Belus and his son Ninishi were destroyed by the Great Eclipse in Sasanian Persia, they first fled to the Tang Dynasty to seek help, and then returned to Persia and Tochara with the support of the Tang Dynasty. Continue to fight against the big food.
But in the end, their destiny was gone. Belus and his son Ni Nishi returned to the Tang Dynasty from Tocharo and Hezhong, and finally died in the Tang Dynasty.
Before his death, Belus indeed dedicated the title of King of Kings to Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty.
However, at that time, Li Zhidu had already begun to call himself the Emperor of Heaven. He could not see such an empty title as the King of Kings, so everyone in the court did not pay much attention to it.
However, for Zhang Zhang, isn't this a ready-made strong claim that he wants the king of Xia and the people of Xia?
Good guy, it turns out that I am the Lord of Persia! Zhang Shengren stood up with his chest raised and his belly protruding. This title may be very useful.
But suddenly, Zhang Hao realized. No one in the Tang Dynasty cared about this. How did you, a Saman Persian who may have changed the race a few hundred years later, know this?
Aqimu didn't wait for Zhang Gao to ask, and raised the secret letter written by Hamid to Zhang Gao high with both hands. "The emir said that Shah Shah will understand after reading this letter."
The letter was written in Turkic script, and it was difficult for Zhang Yan to read it, so the speed was not very fast. However, after a cup of tea, Zhang Shengren, who had always been unfazed by the collapse of Mount Tai, changed his face in shock.
He raised his hand in disbelief, pointed at Sefiye and asked: "Sefiye, did you know? Your ancestor Saman Huda is actually a descendant of the Ni Nirvana Master!"
"Ah!" Sephie exclaimed, her little hands waving continuously.
"I don't know! Nunu has never heard my father and brother talk about this matter. They only said that our Saman family is the descendant of the emperor of the Sasanian Empire, but they did not say that we are the descendant of the Ni Nirvana Master!"
"Hahahaha!" Zhang Hao laughed loudly, "Master Ni Nirvana traveled in the river for half his life, and finally returned home sadly, but he didn't expect that his descendants would successfully restore the country in the river a hundred years later. This Persia is indeed my dynasty for hundreds of years. Lord vassal!"
It was no wonder that Zhang Yan was not excited. During the time of Ni Nirvana, his title of Governor of the Persian Governor's Mansion and King of Persia were all canonized by the Tang Dynasty.
If the Saman family were the descendants of Ni Nishi, then they should have been the vassals of the Central Plains Dynasty.
"Sage, I have found it. It is recorded in the Ministry of Rites of the Great Dynasty. In the fifth year of Tianbao (746), there was a man named Tuo Basitan who was unwilling to surrender to the country of Dashi. He lived by the small sea (Caspian Sea). His king Hulu Khan sent envoys there. In the imperial court, he presented thousand-year-old dates (date palms) and was granted the title of King of Conversion.
In the eighth year of Tianbao's reign (749), the king sent his second son to Chang'an for an audience. He was granted the title of Youwuwei Zhonglang General, and was given a purple robe and a goldfish bag, and was ordered to guard the palace. "
Guo Waner decisively started working as a secretary, and soon found records in the vast historical materials. It seemed that she had not lost her original skills.
"Khan, that is the king's title. This person should be called Hulu. So is it possible that Hulu should be Huda?"
It is possible that the transliteration is easily mistranslated, and the dates of birth and death of Hulu Khan and Saman Huda are similar. "
Zhang Hao muttered slowly, there must be some discrepancy here, the two of them are most likely not the same person.
But now, since Hamid has written in his own hand that the Samman family is the descendant of the Nirvana Master, then Khuru Khan must be Samman Huda, and the Samman family must be the descendant of the Nirvana Master.
"Draft the decree and order Pingzhang of Sichuan Province. Zheng Guogong Yin Zhengqi immediately sent elite cavalry to escort the descendants of Li Xun and Li Derun to Kaifeng Mansion in Tokyo." Zhang Gao quickly issued the order, because the Ni Nie division was in the Central Plains, and there were also descendants human.
This Li Xun and Li Derun were famous poets, writers, and doctors in the Five Dynasties. His sister Li Shunxian was the Zhaoyi of the former Shu King Yan, and she was also a famous female poet in the Five Dynasties.
These two brothers and sisters are the descendants of Master Ni Nirvana who stayed in the Central Plains, and they are of genuine Persian royal blood.
What is foundation? This is called foundation!
One by one, there are historical data to check, and evidence one after another. Although you are in the Central Plains, you have a suzerain claim to Persia 20,000 miles away. This is the background.
Zhang Yan was in a good mood at this time, and he liked Hamid. He said to Sefiye: "It turns out that I wrongly blamed your brother.
He had a stroke five years ago and was unable to see things. The power in the country was controlled by the treacherous son Saleh and the treacherous minister Yusuf in the DPRK, so he did not pay tribute in the future.
It seems that I, the sect leader, must uphold justice for my loyal subjects and bring down the traitors. "
Sefiye has not been home for more than ten years, and she did hate Hamid when she left, but her anger has long since dissipated after more than ten years.
At this moment, when I heard that my brother was seriously ill and was being oppressed by treacherous officials, I couldn't help but burst into tears. I prostrated myself on the ground and begged: "I beg the saint to send heavenly troops to save my brother from the fire and water!"
Guo Wan'er here also figured out the whole story. She rolled her eyes a few times, gritted her teeth and said, "Sage, since Hamid has been unable to see things for five years, he would have been killed by Saleh when he came to the country." Waiting for mastery.
It is not difficult for us to defeat the disloyal rebels, but the territory of the Samanid Kingdom is vast. It not only has the land of Zhaowu in the river, but also Khorasan and Tochar. They are separated by thousands of miles, so it is really difficult to control.
Moreover, Hamid is unable to see things, and his son Mansour is only six years old. Even if the rebels are defeated, the father and son will not be able to control the situation, and there will definitely be trouble.
Therefore, I boldly suggested that Guo Ting'er was born and grew up in the river. He is familiar with geography, customs and people, and he is also agile, changeable, decisive and tenacious.
After the rebellious son Saleh is pacified, can Guo Ting'er be ordered to go to Bukhara to raise Mansur as the royal wife, waiting for the court? "
"Huh!" Zhang Hao took a deep breath. Guo Waner's operation was feasible.
Now the Zhou Dynasty cannot control a big country like Saman Persia, but what about ten years from now.
At that time, the Six Methods Sect had completely controlled the grasslands and plateaus, and the Central Plains had become stronger. With a sufficient population and abundant supplies, they would definitely be able to control Saman Persia.
If Bai Congxin, Hu Guang, and Lu Sanlang were present as military support during this period, Guo Ting'er could indeed enter Bukhara to raise Mansur and indirectly control the political affairs of Samandria.
Even if Guo Ting'er is not capable enough, she can still be assigned some assistants from the Central Plains.
For example, Lu Duoxun who ran away to Suiye, Li Jixun under Hu Guang's tent, Li Chongju, Dang Jin and others under Bai Congxin's tent.
Zhang Hao even took a sharp breath again, which was probably what Guo Waner meant.
Perhaps, Zhang Yan could even lower his face and be more ruthless. Anyway, he could no longer accept Guo Ting'er, so he would give Guo Ting'er to Hamid as his head wife.
In this way, even if Hamid, who has a stroke and cannot move, dies soon, Guo Ting'er can still raise Mansour as a mother and control the power of Saman Persia. As long as it lasts for ten years, it will be a big deal!
"Go to Zhang Lieming immediately and ask him to send his Jinyi guards out of Yumen Pass to pick up Guo Ting'er. Don't let her get hurt in any way.
If this woman is really as capable as you say, I can give her a chance! "
(End of chapter)
