Recreating the prosperous Tang begins with summoning players

"Gold Mountain? Is there a gold mine in Uighur?"

Mou Yu Khan asked mockingly.

Zhang Da said with a smile, "I don't know if there are any golden mountains in Uighur territory, but there are quite a few small tribes in Modong."

"Now Jinshan lacks mining workers, and the Tuqishi people have already belonged to Datang, so the demand for miners is not small."

"If the Uighurs can recruit some 'labor' from Modong, they will definitely sell for a lot of money."

Now Mou Yu Khan understood what Zhang Dada meant by the big business!

Since the split of the Eastern Turkic Khanate, the Modong Grassland has been completely in chaos.

Although the Uyghurs nominally ruled this area, these small tribes attacked each other, competing for pastures and population, and the fight was fierce.

Originally, the old Khan formulated the plan of "first the west and then the east", first destroying the relatively large Geluolu tribe and the Xiagas tribe in the west, and then going to clean up the small tribes in the Modong.

However, the old Khan failed to succeed in his mission, and the Uighurs also gave up the strategy of unifying the grasslands, and retreated to their own territory to lick their wounds.

Zhang Dada continued: "Although Uighurs don't have gold mines, they do have mines. We Datang merchants also need these ores."

"If the price is right, our Datang merchants can provide mining technology."

Now Mou Yu Khan understood what Zhang Dada meant, that he was going to catch slaves on the Modong Grassland!

For this proposal, Mou Yu Khan has no psychological burden.

The Uighurs are nomads, and the defeated become slaves. This has been the rule on the grassland for thousands of years.

Even when some cruel tribes defeat their opponents, they will kill all the males of the defeated tribe.

It is already quite benevolent to deal with them as slaves.

The grassland tribes in Modong are quite disrespectful to the Uighurs.

Mou Yu Khan immediately made up his mind and said: "The tribes in Modong, it's time to clean up!"

Mou Yu Khan issued an order to summon Uighur cavalry to march eastward to expose the tribes in Modong.

At the same time, in Fengxiang Mansion.

My Daxie barber sat in the guest house of Honglu Temple, frowning.

Since the last Great Court Meeting, I, Daxie, have sent letters every day, begging to see the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

But these petitions all fell into the sea, and there was no response.

My Daxie Haircut is the Uighur envoy, in order to obey the old Khan's order and ask the current Mou Yu Khan to marry a Datang princess as the Uighur's Ketun.

Ke Dun means Uighur queen.

But my Daxie barber was never summoned by the emperor except after proving that King Jianning had defeated the Uighurs in the court.

But Datang treats me Daxie very politely for a haircut, and the daily meals are excellent.

No one stopped Assistant Ida when he went out, and there were guards protecting him.

Honglu Temple would try its best to satisfy almost any outrageous request from my Daxie, and even hired two Uighur cooks to cook for him so that he could eat Uighur food.

In addition to not satisfying his request for a marriage proposal, he can satisfy all his requirements.

My Daxie's haircut was left in Fengxiang Mansion just like that.

Almost all of his entourage died in the last assassination, I, Da Xie, was really bored in the guest house, and arrived at the backyard of Longyou Governor's Mansion early this morning.

After the last great court meeting, in order to show the emperor's favor, this backyard is located next to the palace, in the core area of ​​the imperial court of Fengxiang Mansion.

Assistant Manager Anda sent up a greeting card, and soon there was a message from the guards, inviting him in.

Now Longyou's status in Fengxiang Mansion is considered embarrassing.

The last time the keel was excavated in Lingzhou, it implicated King Jianning.

The officials of the Qingzheng faction in the imperial court were quite disappointed with King Jianning.

They thought he was a villain who conspired with Du Hongjian to forge auspicious signs.

Yan Zhenqing, who originally had a good impression of King Jianning, is taking the lead in writing letters to impeach King Jianning, so naturally no officials from the Qingliu family have set foot in the Longyou Governor's Mansion.

And another faction in the imperial court, the officials who supported the crown prince, naturally didn't like King Jianning either.

They all support the crown prince, but everyone's composition is different.

Guo Ziyi and Li Bi did this to support the prince for the stability of the court.

Now that the world is uncertain, if there is another incident of seizing the heir, then the court of Fengxiang Mansion will really be unable to hold on.

Of course, there are many opportunistic factions who have taken refuge in the prince, and those who wait for the prince to ascend the throne will be able to rise to the top.

But no matter which faction it is, they are not friendly to King Jianning now.

The backyard of Longyou Governor's Mansion has also become a forbidden area of ​​Fengxiang Mansion, and few officials visit it.

But for Li Daoyuan and the others, they are happy to be clean.

Before Shang Bo's new embassy delegation arrives, they only need to be monks and ring the clock for one day.

Anyway, I have a lot of experience every day, so it's not a loss for me to do it as a future envoy.

My Daxie Barber's visit made Li Daoyuan very puzzled.

Why did this Uighur old man come to find him?

However, at least they were on the same road together, and at that court meeting, the Uighur old man also expressed enough goodwill, Li Daoyuan still chose to meet him.

He was led into the house by his subordinates, only to see Li Daoyuan feeding the fish in front of the pond.

Only the carp that is commonly eaten in the Guanzhong area are kept in the pond, but these carp are quite fat. When Li Daoyuan sprinkled fish food, some bold carp even jumped out of the water to compete for the fish food in the air.

Such a grand way of feeding fish surprised me Daxie very much.

"The Uighur envoy begging for marriage, my Da Xie found out that he had seen the embassy envoy."

Li Daoyuan finished feeding the fish, and sat down by the pool with my Daxie haircut.

"My messenger, let's get straight to the point. What is the purpose of my visit to the backyard?"

Li Daoyuan didn't like these roundabout diplomatic rhetoric, so he asked directly.

Although Daxie Barber has been Sinicized for a long time, he is also a Uighur after all.

He also said directly: "I'm here to ask to see and stay as an embassy, ​​and I'm here to ask for a marriage."

Li Daoyuan said suspiciously: "You are asking the Tang court for marriage, what's the use of seeing me?"

The backyard of Longyou Dudufu's Mansion is just a small institution of Longyou in Fengxiang Mansion, Li Daoyuan, the posthumous envoy, is only eligible to go to court during the great court meeting.

Such a low-key official can't affect the court's decision-making at all.

My Daxie's haircut and marriage proposal failed, everyone in the Fengxiang Mansion knew about it.

My Daxie cut his hair and said: "The foreign envoy came to Fengxiang Mansion to ask the sage of the Tang Dynasty to marry the princess of the Tang Dynasty."

"However, when we set off, Mou Yu Khan also told the foreign envoy that if it is not possible to marry the Tang clan, as long as he can establish a relationship with King Jianning."

Li Daoyuan was taken aback for a moment, he didn't expect that my Daxie barber would speak so straightforwardly?

My Daxie cut his hair and said: "Foreign envoys have been in Fengxiang Mansion for many days, and finally understand one thing."

"what's up?"

"It was Longyou who defeated Uighur, not Datang."

Li Daoyuan was shocked, but he still pretended not to be clear and asked:
"Longyou is the Tang Dynasty, I'm afraid the envoy is not confused."

My Daxie Barber didn't have a chat with Li Daoyuan, but said directly:

"The Great Tang is the Great Tang, and Longyou is the Longyou. The foreign envoys still know this."

"It was King Jianning who really defeated the Uighurs, not the Tang court."

"So when foreign envoys come to Fengxiang Mansion, they only need to establish a relationship with King Jianning."

After finishing speaking, my Daxie barber bowed to Li Daoyuan and said:
"This is my Uighur attitude."

After speaking, Assistant Manager An Da handed out the gifts he had brought, and left the Longyou Dudu Mansion to stay in the backyard.

Li Daoyuan watched An Daxie get a haircut as he left, and Zhang Duanyang came out from the backyard.

"There are still a lot of smart people in this world."

Li Daoyuan nodded and said: "This Daxie is a talented person, he has already seen that Longyou and the Tang court are not of the same mind."

"It's better to curry favor with us Longyou than to curry favor with Tang Chaotang."

Zhang Duanyang said: "Having a princess marry the Uighurs will indeed damage the prestige of the current Tang Dynasty. But if only a daughter of the clan is invited to marry the Uighurs, it will actually elevate the status of the Tang Dynasty."

"Before, the court of Fengxiang Mansion always refused to see me, Daxie, get a haircut. They just wanted to rely on Uighur reinforcements to recover the two capitals, and at the same time, they didn't want to marry the emperor to lose face."

Zhou Shi came out and asked: "Teacher, don't the Tang couples always let the adopted daughter go? Isn't this the same?"

Princess Wencheng and Princess Jincheng, who were married to Tubo, are actually not the blood of the Li Tang royal family, but the daughters of ministers who were adopted by the emperor as adopted daughters.

Zhou Shi's problem is also Li Daoyuan's problem, they all look at Zhang Duanyang.

Zhang Duanyang looked at Zhou Shi and said: "I told you to study hard on weekdays, and you learned it all in the stomach of a dog."

"In ancient times, it was a patriarchal society. Although she was an adopted daughter, as long as she entered the royal family tree, she would be a princess!"

"It's not the royal blood, but the identity of the princess!"

"Nowadays, only Tubo is the only country that can allow Tang to marry a princess. Therefore, the relationship between Tang and Tubo is the country of nephew, which means that Tubo and Tang are not a suzerain-vassal relationship, but an equal relationship."

"However, the Uighurs have always been a vassal state to the Tang Dynasty. If they marry the princess, it will be tantamount to making the Uighurs and Tubo side by side, breaking away from the tributary system of the Tang Dynasty."

"If you marry the princess, you don't have this problem, so the royal blood is not the key, the royal title is the most important thing."

"You have written a thesis for me recently, and you are not allowed to go out again, or I won't let you pass the pre-defense of the thesis!"

Hearing the dissertation defense, Zhou Shi immediately lowered his head and ran back to the study.

The next day, the Uighur envoy wrote a letter to the Tang court, not asking to marry the princess of the royal family, but instead asking to marry the daughter of the clan.

The royal princess is the daughter of the emperor, and the daughter of the clan can be the daughter of the prince and county king, that is, the princess of the Tang Dynasty.

If it is to marry the daughter of the clan, it will indeed save the face of Li Tang's royal family.

To marry the Uighur, the emperor held a meeting in the Yanying Hall to discuss whether to agree to Daxie's request to marry a daughter of the clan to the new Uighur Khan.

This time, the emperor and the prime minister quickly reached an agreement.

In any case, the Uighurs were a serious problem in the north of the Tang Dynasty.

If it is possible to marry the Uyghur with the daughter of a clan, and if there is friction between the Tang and Hui in the future, the princess can still reconcile it.

And now that the Uighurs have sent troops to assist Datang in recovering the two capitals, this request to marry the princess is not too much.

Datang did not marry a princess, but married a princess, which shows that Uighur is still a vassal of Datang, not an in-law who is on an equal footing with Datang.

The emperor decisively issued a decree, agreed to Daxie's request for a haircut, and married a princess to the Uighur Khan.

But this time, I Daxie Barber made a request that puzzled the court.