Chapter 1242: Eagle Young Broken Leaves

Chapter 1242: Eagle Young Broken Leaves

  Chapter 1242 Ying Yang Broken Leaf

  Chang'an.

  The inner servant Wang Zhen led the prince and other ministers and ministers into the Zichen Hall of the Daming Palace, and the prince Chengqian led Xu Jingzong and others to salute to the empty imperial couch in the hall.

  After three prayers, a bell sounded from the back of the hall.

  The prince led the prime ministers to sit down in the hall.

   A group of people turned their heads to look at the curtain behind the imperial couch. They came to Chang'an from Luoyang, but they still haven't seen the emperor's true face.

  The internal servant Wang Zhen who was standing on the side said, "Start the discussion."

  Except for Wang Zhen, the rest of the eunuchs immediately exited the hall cautiously.

  Prince Chengqian first saluted behind the curtain, "My son first congratulates the sage Xi Xing on his consummation, all the tribes surrender, and show off the country's prestige!"

   Behind the curtain, there was just a knocking sound of a copper chime, representing the emperor's reply.

  The prince continued, "When I received the order from the sage from Lingzhou in Luoyang, I have already discussed with the ministers according to the order, and drafted the establishment of the Taoist offices in the Western Regions according to the order."

"The Governor's Mansion in the north of Zhenbei will be divided into two. Anxi Road will be set up in the Western Regions south of the Tianshan Mountains, which will be directly controlled by the imperial court. , Khotan, Shule Sijun Town, Gumo, Wensu, Qinan, Qiemo and other thirteen Zhengzhous, starting from Yinshan in the east and separated from Xizhou, reaching Congling in the west, bounded by Tianshan Mountain in the north, and reaching Qiang in the south Tang, Xiangxiong, and Qinghai are the boundaries."

"To the north of the Tianshan Mountains, Beiting Road was set up, Beiting Zhongdufu was established, Yizhou, Xizhou, and Tingzhou Sanzhengzhou belonged to Beiting, and Shazhou and Guazhou, which were originally assigned to Zhenxi Dadufu, were still assigned to Hexi road."

"Beiting Metropolitan Government Office moved to Ting Prefecture, in addition to Yi, Xi, and Ting Sanzheng Prefectures, it was also in charge of the West Turkic hatchback and ten surnames, divided into the West Turkic left wing and five Dulu, and established the Kunling Dufu. Namishe bestowed the country's surname Li, made him King of Kunling County in Jin Dynasty, and made him the Khan of Xingxi and the Protector of Kunling, as well as the General of Hussars, and ruled Gongyue (Yining) City."

   "The Kunling Duhufu is under the control of the Wuduolu Department, and it has jurisdiction over the sixteen Dudufu, including Yaochi, Yingsuo, Shuanghe, and Shatuo."

"Using the five nushibi tribes in the left chamber to set up the Mengchi Duhu mansion, and Ashinabushin bestowed the country's surname Li, and Jin named him the king of Mengchi County, and canonized him as the successor Khan, the guardian of Mengchi, and the hussar. Ride on the Great General and smash Yecheng."

   "Mengchi Duhufu unified the Wunushibi Department, under the jurisdiction of Talas, Jieli Prefecture, Ashibolai Prefecture, Julan Prefecture, Geshu Prefecture, Qianquan Prefecture, Yanlu Prefecture and other sixteen capital prefectures."

  Kunling Duhufu and Mengchi Duhufu are bounded by Suiye River, separated by Tianshan Mountain and Anxi Road in the south.

  Behind the bead curtain, the emperor rang the chime bell again, expressing his approval of the plan, which basically followed his division will.

"According to the will of the sage, we set up Zhaowu Dufu in Zhaowu, and Tocharo Duhu in Tocharo. The two guards are divided into Anxi Dudufu and Beiting Dudufu. .”

According to the records of the Han Dynasty, Zhaowu Nine Kingdoms first lived in Zhaowu County (Gansu) in Zhangye, Hexi, and then they were driven away by the Xiongnu and moved westward to the river. Branches were divided into kings, including Kang, An, Cao, Shi, Mi, Shi, He, The nine surnames such as Mu are all surnamed Zhaowu, so they are called the nine surnames of Zhaowu.

  According to the records of the Sui Dynasty, the nine surnames of Zhaowu were originally Yuezhi people, and later the Central Plains called them Sogdian people.

  Although it is said that the nine surnames are Zhaowu, in fact, by this time, Zhaowu has more than nine kingdoms. For example, Cao Kingdom is divided into East, West, and China.

  Zhaowu Nine Kingdoms centered on Kang Guo, and Shi Guo was also a branch of it.

  The Nine Kingdoms of Zhaowu living in the river, like Qiuci in the south of the Tianshan Mountains, are also city-states, and the countries are relatively small. Kang Guo occupies the best geographical location in the Samarkand Basin, so it is the most powerful.

The Sogdians of the Nine Kingdoms are mainly engaged in agriculture, and they also have livestock. Because they are located on the Silk Road, between China in the East and Persia and Rome in the West, they acted as a trade transit. Sogdian merchants are also famous all over the world. Active on Silk Road.

  In terms of themselves, they are also small desert oasis countries, all relying on the benefits of the Silk Road trade transit, so when the Huns, Turks, Persia and other powerful countries came to fight, they all surrendered decisively and surrendered.

  Being in the cracks between several major forces, they have also developed a good ability to follow the wind.

The Zhaowu Nine Kingdoms, which were originally subject to the Western Turks, also began to fall to the Tang Dynasty after Zhenguan. The Western Turks have been turbulent these years. Well, the Zhaowu Nine Kingdoms naturally clings to Datang's legs with all their heart, making friends from a distance and attacking from a distance.

Moreover, the Silk Road trade led by Datang is becoming more and more prosperous, and the Nine Kingdoms of Zhaowu have also benefited greatly. Of course, they are willing to follow Datang, but in this way, the Western Turks are not willing. In the past, they were the suzerains of the Nine Kingdoms of Zhaowu. They even directly sent nobles to serve as Tutun supervisors in various countries and collect taxes.

Taking advantage of the civil strife in the Western Turks, Zhaowu rebelled against the Western Turks with the support of the Tang Dynasty, which led to several military conquests by the Central and Western Turks in the Zhenguan Dynasty. On the way to attack Kangju, the country of Mi was wiped out with a sudden shot.

  Mi Guo elementary school, did not expect to come to beat him, but the main force went to help reinforce Kang Guo, but he was attacked.

However, Yugushi's Western Expedition also led to the emptiness of his base camp. Not to mention the tyranny of the Tang army, it also led to a great loss of Yugushi's prestige. In addition, after breaking the United States, he was not evenly distributed with other departments, which led to internal strife and finally defeated the army. was killed.

  The United States also took advantage of the chaos to regain lost ground with the help of Kang Guo and others.

  Because of this contradiction, after Li Shimin summoned the Tibetans in Lingzhou, he directly stated that he would directly establish the Zhaowu Capital Protectorate, so that the Zhaowu kingdoms would no longer be subject to the Western Turks.

  The boundary between Zhaowu Duhufu and Mengchi Duhufu is the watershed on the north bank of Yaoshashui, separated by this east-west mountain range.

The Shi Kingdom in the northwest is home to the Governor’s Mansion of Dawan, and the Bahana in the northeast is home to the Governor’s Mansion of Xiuxun State. The best geographical location is like the Fergana Basin in the Land of Abundance, which is surrounded by mountains and full of fertile plains. The pearl of the desert is located in Kangju Dudufu, as well as Dongzhou and Xicaozhou.

He Guo bought Guishuang Prefecture, Anguo bought Anxi Prefecture, Dong'an Kingdom bought Mulu Prefecture, Huoxun Country bought Huoxunzhou Governor's Mansion, Miguo bought Nanmi Prefecture's Governor's Mansion, Shi Guozhi went to Shazhou, and Jumi went to Bazhou A total of thirteen governor's mansions including Tianma Dudu's mansion were set up in Xiesu.

  Zhaowu Duhufu is bounded by Congling and Anxi in the east.

  The south is divided by the Wuhu River (Amu Darya River) and Tocharo Duhufu.

   Tocharo is bounded by the Hindu Kush Mountains in the east and the Persian Plateau in the west by the desert.

   There are twenty-nine small countries in Tocharia, so the imperial court set up the Tocharian Governor's Mansion this time, and set up the 29th Governor's Mansion separately, and the Tocharian Governor's Mansion is also attached to Anxi Road.

  Where the Khazars are nomadic in the west of the Aral Sea, until the mouth of the Volga River in the Caspian Sea, and occupying the North Caucasus, this Turkic branch also came to pay homage to Ye Huqin when the Son of Heaven visited Lingzhou.

The Khazars belong to the Western Turks, but the Western Turks have been in turmoil in recent years. Like Tocharia, the Khazars have long been unfamiliar with this side. In those days, the Turkic secret room went west, and it took several generations to conquer The Western Regions, and punched Persia and kicked Rome, not only joined Persia to destroy Yanda, occupied Tocharia, but also crossed the Kepor Pass in the Hindu Kush Mountains, all the way to the Indus River.

   Later, due to the uneven distribution of spoils with the Persian Sasanian, the two sides went to war, and the Persians who fought were also complaining. The Western Turks also took the initiative to join forces with the Eastern Romans, Persia's world enemy, to join forces. At that time, the forces of the Western Turks moved westward, crossed the Aral Sea, and reached the shore of the Caspian Sea. Even after merging the local nomadic tribes, It seized the North Caucasus region and made a roundabout outflank of Persia.

  However, the Western Turks were very arrogant, and later they fought with the Romans again after a disagreement.

  The Western Turkic people are like **** sticks jumping back and forth between Rome and Persia, fighting both sides, but they can't help him. Most of the time, they even have to pay gold coins to hire them to fight.

  After the turmoil in the Western Turkic Khan Court, the two forward branches of Tocharia and Khazar have gradually converged a lot. They have repaired their relations with Persia and Rome and are no longer hostile.

  For example, Khazar Yehu formed a political alliance with Roman Emperor Heraclius, and even married with relatives. Khazar sent troops to help Emperor Heraclius fight more than once.

   Just like the Western Expedition of the Secret Point Room back then, it was originally the Western Expedition of the Turkic Khan’s children, but later it became the Western Turkic, and even became a deadly enemy with the Turkic Khanate.

  Khazar and Tucharoben were only Yehu enfeoffed by the Western Turkic Khan, and gradually became independent.

  After Datang entered the Western Regions strongly, Tocharo and Khazar were very cautious. In the end, they both chose to surrender to Datang in exchange for the canonization of Datang and became vassals of Jimi.

   In exchange for an independent status recognized by the Tang Dynasty, it truly got rid of the Western Turkic Court, and at the same time, it also had the huge benefit sharing of the Silk Road trade. Especially for Tocharo, they are also in civil strife these years. Tocharo was originally a small city-state like Zhaowu, and later the White Huns came and conquered them, and they fought all the way to the Indus River Basin , but after the Western Turks defeated the Zeda and sent nobles to rule here, the main body here is still the local indigenous people of these small countries.

The rule of the Western Turkic people is only their people at the top, and the bottom and even the middle-level officials and army are still dominated by local people, so they are soon half assimilated by the natives. Later, they relied more on the local people, but this place was originally a chaotic basin of loose sand, so when the upper-level Western Turkic rulers did not have enough strength to suppress them, the small countries below became even more chaotic.

  Essentially, Tocharia is now a very loose city-state alliance. Tocharia Yehu is the leader, and the leaders of the small countries below are the franchisees.

Tochara's surrender to the Tang Dynasty is also the wish of these small country owners. After all, the Persian country in the south is now in a mess, and the emperor needs to be changed almost every year. The Bedouins, a nomadic tribe further south, believe in a new religion. Rapid expansion, taking advantage of the civil strife in the Persian Sassanian Empire, and aggressively invaded the Persians. The Persians fought against the Romans for hundreds of years without subjugation, but this time they may not be able to hold on under the attack of the pagans. .

The countries of Tocharia are very afraid of these crazy heretics. They hope to get the support of the great eastern powers. That's normal.

  The Tang Dynasty conferred the titles of Tucharo Yehu and Khasa Khan, who could not even control the Western Turks, as the protector of the Tang Dynasty, a general, a Khan, and a national surname.

  So now the Western Regions is actually a situation where the four khans stand side by side. The rise and fall of the past and the succession of the past are the only two khans. Mishe and Buzhen have been attached to the Tang Dynasty for many years and have been officials in the Tang Dynasty for many years. These two capital guards belonged to Beiting and Anxi respectively. Although they were under control, the imperial court had strong influence and control.

As for Khazar and Yehu, although their leaders were canonized as khans, they are far away from each other, and the actual influence and control of the imperial court is limited, but it is still very important to bring them into the rule of Jimi and first draw them into the suzerain-vassal system of the Tang Dynasty. Necessary, this is a legitimate reason for Datang to intervene in the situation in these areas in the future.

  As far as the great changes in the Western Regions are concerned, the Western Turks are actually responsible for their own death.

  If they hadn't tried their best to die, the imperial court would not have such a big opportunity to take advantage of.

   It’s like Khan Yibishekui. The four khans in his family were all canonized and supported by the Khan of the Tang Dynasty. But this one has been a khan for a few years, so he doesn't know the heights of the sky and the earth.

After the Great Tang destroyed Gaochang, Yibi Shekui Khan actually wanted to prevent the Great Tang from conquering and annexing the countries of Kucha and Yanqi. .

The Tianzi Lingzhou will form an alliance with the tribes, originally to let Yibi Shekui rule the tribes west of Suiye, assign Tocharo and Zhaowu to him, and assign the tribes east of Suiye River to Ye Hu Ashina Helu, after all, as the old department established by Yugu, Helu probably joined him a long time ago, and he also made military exploits in the Western Expedition.

  But who knows, whether it is Yibi Shekui or He Lu, they are actually very dissatisfied with the division of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and they want to dominate the Western Regions.

  So as soon as the Lingzhou League ended, He Lu sent his son to ambush Shekui on the way.

   She Kui was seriously injured and fled back to the territory, and immediately mobilized troops to attack He Lu.

When Li Shimin heard the news, he immediately sent an envoy to mediate, saying that he was willing to uphold justice for Shekui Khan and attack He Lu himself, but Shekui not only refused to listen, but also thought that He Lu had the emperor's order to attack him in the Tang Dynasty, so Annoyed, he killed Tang envoy directly.

   This made Li Shimin completely angry. The Lingzhou League has just ended, and you guys are doing this. Do you take me, the Heavenly Khan, seriously?

Angry Li Shimin immediately mobilized troops and horses, dispatched Mi She, Bu Zhen, Guo Xiaoke, and the four generals Gao Kan who had first gone to Mobei to pacify Ashina Hubo, and then sent Li Sili, Li Heli, Li Sheer, and Qin Guozhong These four Turkic kings.

Hundreds of thousands of cavalry were killed, whether it was He Lu or She Kui, as long as they dared not surrender, they would be crushed directly. The Western Turks have been fighting all these years, and the young and strong who have been beaten for a long time have suffered serious losses. Okay, but in the face of Tang Jun's all-out attack, he will be vulnerable immediately.

  Tang Qi defeated two Turkic armies in a row, and hit Suiyechuan all the way.

   Capture Yibi Shekui and He Lu alive, and **** them back to Chang'an to present them as captives.

  Turks with ten surnames surrendered again, begging for mercy on their knees.

   Only then did the emperor order the prince of Luoyang to readjust the Western Regions.

  Then, the Zhenxi Metropolitan Government Office was divided into Anxi, Beiting, a large and a middle school, and the five capitals of Mengchi, Kunling, Zhaowu, Tocharo, and Khazar.

Bring all parts of the Western Regions into the rule of Jimi, abolish Shekui and Helu at the same time, give them the title of General Huaihua, stay in the capital, and send Mishe and Buzhen to rule the ten surnames of Western Turks. Zhaowu, Tochara, and Khazar came out to stand side by side with the Turkic hatchback.

  Even the imperial court established a military city in Suiyechuan, set up Suiye Junzhen, and sent 3,000 Tang cavalry commanders to guard it.

   "Father, Tocharo has recently reported an incident, saying that the Persian Sassanian Emperor Yi Siqi III has repeatedly defeated the Persian army due to the southern pagan barbarians. The situation in Persia is extremely critical. The special envoy came to ask for help from the Tang Dynasty!"

  There was no response behind the bead curtain.

  (end of this chapter)