Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 3252
Gaochang City.

There is heavy snow all over the sky, and the snowflakes like goose feathers are falling with the biting north wind. The sky and the earth are dressed in silver, and the dripping water turns into ice.

"Tang country is seven thousand miles away, the sandy moraine is two thousand miles wide, the land has no water and grass, the winter wind is freezing and cold, and the summer wind is burning, and the wind blows, and many pedestrians die..."

This is Gaochang City in the eyes of the Han people in the Central Plains.

For the Han people, the homeland is hard to leave. Whenever troubled times have to leave their homeland and wander around the world, their hearts are almost filled with sorrow and sorrow. They only feel ashamed of their ancestors and failed to keep their family business. Therefore, even if it is a paradise on earth, they can’t feel the wandering place. The warmth of the hometown, not to mention the remote and barren Western Regions?

However, in terms of the entire Western Regions, Gaochang City can be regarded as a city of prosperity.

In the inner courtyard of a temple in the south of the city, the earth dragon was burning hot. The two sat on the mat kneeling on the ground. The small red clay stove was burning charcoal and boiling spring water. Tea, the movements are meticulous, the expression is focused and introverted, and after a while, the faint tea fragrance is enveloping the abode.

Outside the half-opened window, there was a breeze blowing by, and heavy snow like goose feathers swirled one after another, covering the dry trees in the yard with pure white frost.

The rich middle-aged man refilled the tea, and pushed a cup of it in front of a tall old man with white hair and youthful face. The old man nodded and smiled: "Thank you, Prime Minister."

The middle-aged man was stunned for a moment, then waved his hands again and again, and said with a wry smile: "The old country has been scattered like wind and clouds, why bother to mention the stories of the past? If this kind of title is spread, I am afraid that it will lead to murder. Don't you old man Chimu Haiya!" to kill me."

He is Ju Wendou, former Prime Minister of Gaochang Kingdom.

Back then, Hou Junji led his army to crusade against Gaochang under the decree, beheaded the surrendered monarchs and ministers outside Gaochang City, and destroyed Gaochang Kingdom.Afterwards, troops entered the city and started killing, causing the fire in Gaochang City to continue for a day, causing countless deaths and injuries to residents, officials, and merchants.

At that time, Fang Jun, who was only the Marquis of Xinxiang, commanded the Shenji Battalion and went out with the army. When he saw Hou Jun gathering troops to plunder, he stopped him angrily, and formed a feud with Hou Jun.

After the Tang army retreated, Fang Jun once stayed in Gaochang City for a period of time, and supported Ju Wendou as the governor of Gaochang County, taking charge of one side.

The old man is Akagi Hague, who once cooperated with Fang Jun to open a winemaking workshop that has grown bigger in the Western Regions.

It's just that a few years have passed by in a hurry. The Uighur old man with white hair and youthful face and a strong physique is now rickety and aging. The Duke dared to personally appoint you to be in charge of the old affairs of the Gaochang Kingdom, why was he afraid that you would take the opportunity to cause chaos and plot restoration?"

The fat on Ju Wendou's face trembled, and he sighed softly: "Of course the Tang people don't care, but there are still people who care about it. Over the years, the Turkic people have sent people to contact secretly from time to time, wanting to support my army to restore the country... But How can there be such ambitions in the next place? Tang people certainly don’t care about my identity as the prime minister of Gaochang, but if they know that the Turks have never given up on contacting me, no one knows what will happen. Now the Western Regions are all so full of ghosts and monsters, which one is it? No one can tell which is a human or a ghost, so it's best to be careful."

The Turkic people are like ghosts, always entangled in the sky of the Western Regions, and never give up their coveted heart for the Western Regions.

Now that the Great Tang is in control of the Western Regions, if it is known that the former Prime Minister of Gaochang Kingdom had secret contacts with the Turkic people, how can it be explained clearly?
Chimu Haiya was just joking, but he didn't want to kill Ju Wendou seriously, so he smiled without saying a word, and drank a cup of tea.

The two each sipped two sips of tea, they were speechless for a while, the abode was silent, there was no sound of wind outside the window, mixed with snowflakes.

After a long time, Ju Wendou said quietly: "In Gaochang City today, there are not as many prosperous places as there were in the past."

This sentence is indeed sent out with emotion.

During the reign of Emperor Xuan of the Western Han Dynasty, soldiers and their families were sent to the front of Cheshi to farm fields, and they plowed and guarded.At the same time, Wuji Xiaowei was established to rule in Gaochang, in charge of farming and military affairs.With the rise of the Silk Road, it gradually developed into a hub of land transportation between China and the West, and became an important town on the Silk Road.

The name of Gaochang comes from the local natural and geographical environment, and it is named after "the terrain is high and open, and the people are abundant and prosperous".

Since the Han and Tang Dynasties, Gaochang has been a hub connecting the Central Plains, Central Asia, and Europe. Economic and trade activities have been very active. Religions from all over the world have been introduced to the mainland through Gaochang. This may be the most active and developed place in the ancient religions of the world.

After years of operation, it has finally become a dazzling pearl on the Silk Road, the window of Northwest China to foreign countries at that time, and the most prosperous city and commodity trading place in the west.

Economic prosperity made Gaochang the political and cultural center of the Western Regions.

Gaochang City is a hub connecting the Central Plains, Central Asia, and Europe. Merchants from Persia, Dashi, and other places brought alfalfa, grapes, spices, pepper, gemstones, and horses to Gaochang City, and took away silk and porcelain from the Central Plains. ,tea.

Once upon a time, houses in the city were lined up on both sides of the street. There were workshops, markets, temples, etc., among which there were as many as 3000 monks, all of which showed the prosperity of Gaochang's trade.

But today is not what it used to be.

After Hou Junji beheaded Gaochang's monarchs and ministers outside the city, he sent troops into the city to loot and even set fire to countless houses, causing great damage to Gaochang City, which has not been restored until today.

Especially after the Great Tang set up the Protectorate in the Western Regions, and set the location of the Protectorate in Jiaohe City in the west, which immediately became the center of the Western Regions, causing the importance of Gaochang City to plummet, and the glory and prosperity of the past were no longer there.

Chimu Haiya was holding a teacup in his hand, looking at the heavy snow outside the window, he suddenly said: "It is said that the Duke of Yue led the Right Tunwei to support the Anxi Army, they have already passed Shanshan, and went straight to Luntai City."

The abode became quiet again, and the wind and snow were blowing outside the window.

The kettle on the stove made a "gurgling" sound, and white gas was sprayed from the spout. Ju Wendou lifted the kettle and poured boiling water into the teapot.

After pouring a cup of tea for Chimu Haiya, Ju Wendou said: "The Western Regions today are no longer the Western Regions of the past. There are mixed forces in Jiaohe City, and not everyone is willing to see the Tang army repel the Arabs. No way, I don't know how many people are at this moment. planning in secret."

He was in Gaochang, but although the Ju family was subjugated, their children were all over the Western Regions, so they were naturally very clear about some things.

Akagi Hague nodded, his face heavy.

He is a Uighur, now also known as Huihe. Although he used to be attached to the Turks, he has always maintained his own position. Now he and the Turks have seemed to be at odds, and they almost parted ways. Naturally, he knows all kinds of news.

He took a sip of tea, and said slowly: "The Arabs from the west drove straight in. The Anxi army has few major generals, and some of them couldn't resist it."

Logically speaking, the Arabs are coming in menacingly, and half of the right guards are like a drop in the bucket. Who believes that they can control the battle of the Western Regions?

However, in the Battle of Hexi not long ago, the Right Tunwei played a very powerful role in the first battle, and completely defeated the [-] cavalry of Tuyuhun with very little loss, shocking the world.

After the great victory in the Battle of Hexi, the Right Tunwei marched straight into the Western Regions without stopping. Who would dare to underestimate such an army that is the most powerful army in the world?

Those who are against the rule of the Tang Dynasty in their hearts, or secretly collude with the Turks, must not want to see the Tang army win another big victory in the Western Regions.

Action is inevitable.

Ju Wendou looked at Chimu Haiya, and asked, "For so many years, we have cooperated so well and can trust each other. I would like to ask, what is Huihe's position?"

Akagi Hague drank tea slowly and remained silent.

The sound of the wind came from the half-opened window, occasionally blowing a few snowflakes onto the window sill.

After a while, Chimu Haiya said: "Back then, I had the chance to become the richest businessman in the Western Regions, and the Uighurs could also become close comrades in arms of the Tang Dynasty, enjoying the peace and prosperity brought by the Tang Dynasty's prestige. , was destroyed by Guo Xiaoke. This time, the old man will not sit back and watch the opportunity slip away again."

When Fang Jun was stationed in Gaochang, he once established the largest winery in the Western Regions with Chimu Hague to make wine.

It's just that Guo Xiaoke later served as the governor of Anxi, greedy for the profits of the winery, and resorted to tricks to seize the secret recipe of wine making, which led to the closure of the winery.In the end, Guo Xiaoke died in battle in the Western Regions, and the connection between Akagi Haya and Fang Jun was also severed.

And right after that, Fang Jun climbed straight up and became one of the most powerful ministers in the Tang Dynasty. He made great achievements and became famous all over the world.

There are Datang and Fang Jun on one side, and Turks and those ambitious but invisible people on the other. Akagi Hague naturally knows how to choose the right one.

(End of this chapter)