I am Da Song

Chapter 578 The King of Kings
The name Su Dingfang was not very prominent among the people of Song Dynasty.It is far less popular than those generals in the Three Kingdoms period, and it is not as close to the present as the fierce names of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.

Because he was a famous general in the previous Tang Dynasty, Song Dynasty basically did not conduct publicity before.

However, the national conditions have changed, and the famous generals promoted by the country have also changed.

For example, if he hated the Hulu, Ran Min's name was mentioned more often.If he resisted the northern nomads, Yang Wudi would be widely publicized.

And as the Song Dynasty fought all the way across the Caspian Sea, the territory crossed Constantinople.

The name Su Dingfang has repeatedly appeared in Da Song's newspapers.

Obviously, the imperial court needs to use him to show that the country's glory has surpassed that of the previous generation, and its territory is unprecedented.

Su Dingfang was the general who destroyed the most countries in the former Tang Dynasty. There are too many territories he has conquered.

For example, when he led troops to attack Goguryeo, because it was winter and the Northeast was too cold, he complained to the Silla general beside him: "This ghost place is really too cold. When I led troops to fight in Leizhuhai, It's warmer than here."

The Silla generals were stunned after hearing this, where is Lei Zhuhai?I have never heard of it.

Where is the Lei Zhu Sea? Because of the changes in history books, Song Dynasty couldn't figure out whether it was the Aral Sea or the Caspian Sea.

But whether it is the Aral Sea or the Caspian Sea, the territory of the Song Dynasty has been crossed.

And this time, the Ah Luojian mentioned in the newspaper was the Persian who had followed Su Dingfang to fight near the Leizhu Sea.

He is a Persian, so Tang Ting appointed him as "Ambassador of Consolation of Flynn Kingdom."

He was sent as an envoy to Flynn, also known as Byzantium, by imperial edict, and erected a monument at the junction of the two countries to demarcate the borders of the two countries.

This boundary monument is probably the farthest boundary of Datang.

After listening to Zhao Huan's explanation, Yang Yuanwai laughed and clapped his hands, and said happily: "The country's territory is far away from the Han and Tang Dynasties, and today it should really be revealed!"

Yang Qing was still a little young, with the blood in his chest surging, he asked: "May I ask where the border of the country is today? Brother Zhao is well-informed, can you introduce one or two for me? In the future, I will participate in banquets and gather friends. He has the capital to speak eloquently, and his language astonishes everyone."

Zhao Huan laughed, this Yang Qing is a straightforward guy, he said with a smile: "Then let me briefly talk about it, the Fushi Kingdom was destroyed by the country, and the territory was divided into two."

"The west is the border of Qin State, and the capital is Loulan Castle. The east belongs to the Persian Protectorate."

"The order of the barriers is very clear. The farther to the east, the stronger the country's rule. So from east to west are the counties directly under the Central Government, the Duhufu, and the Kingdom of Qin."

"Is that the truth? Talk to anyone, and you can't find fault with it, and you can't refute it."

Yang Qing nodded and said, "That's the truth. Even if someone is stubborn, they won't go out. What about the west of Qin State?"

"To the west of the Qin State is a foreign vassal state. They call themselves the Holy Roman Empire, but their prince is named Zhao Huaizhong by the officials. The country promotes the Chinese language, which is the same western fence as Goryeo."

"Then where is this feudal kingdom?" Yang Qing asked curiously.

"This is very far away. It is so far away that ordinary people may not be able to set foot in it in their lifetime. According to Hejian Mansion, there may be a distance of [-] miles."

Yang Yuanwai said with emotion: "The Holy Dynasty is so vast, I really want to borrow another 50 years from the sky, and go everywhere to see this foreign land with mountains and rivers, where the wind and the moon are in the same sky."

Zhao Huan nodded seriously, and said: "This idea is good, and it is indeed good to go out and have a look. You can go to India to worship Buddha statues, go to Qihe to see the customs of the Western Regions, and Nanyang to see the prosperity of Chinese people."

If you go far enough, you will find that there are strange blends everywhere in the territory of the Song Dynasty.

For example, in Samojian (Samarkand), a city full of Central Asian customs, the King of Kings enshrined has changed its owner, from Li Zhi to Zhao Huan.

Sa Mojian used to be the hometown of Kang State. During the reign of Li Zhi in the Tang Dynasty, Kangju Dufu was set up here, and Sa Mojian was the seat of the government.

So in the Pantheon in Samarkand, Li Zhi, the king of kings, has been supporting him for hundreds of years.

Even because of folk worship, the local idols are all about Li Zhi hunting lions.

Of course, Li Zhi himself may not know that he is so brave.

The impact of military conquest is immeasurable, it will leave deep and incomparable traces, and it will increase cultural influence by hundreds or even thousands of times.

Now, following in the footsteps of the ancestors, Song Dynasty reconquered this area, and naturally spread its influence over again.

Li Zhi's position as the king of kings was given to Zhao Huan, but the culture of the Song Dynasty was open and tolerant, and did not smash his idol just because he was the former emperor.

The change of dynasties in the past dynasties will inevitably kill, slaughter, set fire to and burn, and civilization will be destroyed once.

Da Song really has no black spots in this regard.

Zhao Huan even tolerated the pagan culture in the holy city of Jerusalem, so naturally he did not destroy the imprint of the same culture.

Li Zhi is the king of kings, but it doesn't affect that Zhao Huan is an official of various countries.

The three emperors govern the world, and the five emperors belong to the world. His official family, Zhao Huan, also has the three and five virtues, so his virtue is higher than that of the emperor of heaven, the emperor of the earth, and the emperor of man.Naturally, it is also higher than the emperor Li Zhi.

Don't take the emperor and the court too seriously, just take it seriously.

Sometimes these people are so persistent and serious that people can't look directly at them.

It is necessary to fight for a nominal level.

The Shanyu of the Huns and the Emperor of the Han Dynasty racked their brains to compete with each other about the length of their credentials and the names they called each other.

Even in the Song Dynasty's maritime alliance, for a long time in the early stage, the two sides were arguing about the word "big" back and forth.

The envoys ran back and forth again and again, wondering whether the name given to the Kingdom of Jin by the Song Dynasty was "Gold Kingdom" or "Great Jin Kingdom".

Calling Da Song is a matter of course, but calling Da Jin, the emperors of the two countries, a group of ministers, countless manpower and material resources have been spent on it, and it is necessary to care about the result.

When it comes to outings, Xiaoqiao is the most interested, and immediately said happily: "I know the Western Regions. There are Dunhuang murals and Mogao Grottoes. They are all about Buddhist murals. They are very famous. I want to form a caravan in the future and go to the Western Regions." When you’re in business, go here and have a look.”

Zhao Huan said with a smile: "This is your inherent impression. In the Western Regions and Qihe area, there are not only Buddhist murals, but also Central Plains murals."

"For example, the hunting pictures of Gaozong and the boating pictures of Empress Wu. It is also a wonderful scene to see my landscape murals in the Central Plains amidst the customs of the Western Regions."

Obviously, all of this is very far away from ordinary people. The Western Regions is a place that the Central Plains has abandoned for a long time.

At first hearing that the local customs still have the legacy of the Central Plains, everyone was amazed and fascinated.

Of course, the reason why Zhao Huan knew these things was also reported in the Zhazi issued by the local officials.

The spread of Song culture in the local area was faster and more violent than Zhao Huan expected.

(End of this chapter)