The Emperor ordered Zhao Tang

Chapter 133 Ashina Laimei

June passed quickly.

During this period, the Tang people strictly implemented the order to tie up the hair, which caused dissatisfaction among many Hu people.

Just like the Tibetans used to treat the captured Pingxia Tanguts, Turks, and Han people during the Dali period, the Tang people showed no mercy to the rebels - they skinned and boned them, gouged out their eyes and chopped off their feet. In the four mountains of Kongtong, Niaoshu, Wulu, and Longma alone, tens of thousands of Tibetan men and women who refused to wash their red faces or untie their braids were either killed or demoted to the evil army. Many of them were monks, and their temples were reduced to dust.

Bloodshed can always effectively bring about obedience, but it can also bring about a large number of defectors.

Cui Gong appointed a group of Tibetan monks and noble men and women as supervisors. These Tibetans worked very hard and not only quickly made people in Weizhou wear buns, but also volunteered to go to the surrounding counties, mountains, rivers and villages to promote the king's rule, which was surprising.

There is no shortage of people who lead the way in any group. Under absolute authority, there are always only a small number of people who dare to resist, and most people don't even have the courage to speak loudly and argue.

All the shrines and temples built by the Tibetans were also demolished.

The policies are much harsher than those in the mainland. There is no forced demolition in Bining, Jingyuan and other places, but Weizhou is a violent occupation area, and the policies are different.

Everything was proceeding in an orderly manner, and the court's rule in Yin County was strengthened with each passing day.

By the beginning of next spring, the imperial court will officially restore the military city, set up government offices, and send officials here, and implement the same writing, weights and measures, and systems as those in the Central Plains; and a large number of outsiders will move here to have children under the temptation of free land.

In addition, taking advantage of the opportunity to change customs, the slave tribes of the Turkic, Tuyuhun and Arab ethnic groups in Weiyuan, Wujie, Daxiachuan and other places, relying on the support of the Heavenly Khan, launched revenge on the local Tubo. More than a hundred years of cruel oppression had caused them to accumulate tremendous resentment.

During the Zhenyuan period, Lü Wen, the Left Censor-in-Chief, was on a diplomatic mission to Tubo and passed by the Longwu River. The Tuyuhun and Turkic people grazing by the river saw the envoys from Chang'an, hid in the bushes and secretly watched, and even knelt down in tears, asking, "Does the saint still remember us? Should we give the war horses we raise to the Zamp?" The Tubo officials who were hiding in the dark heard this and immediately grabbed them and beat them half to death in front of the envoys. Lü Wen felt that the Tuyuhun tribe was wiped out and was whipped by the Tibetans, so he wrote "Two Poems in Reply to Tuyuhun in the Tibetans".

Therefore, when the resentment was released, almost all the families of the monks who rode on the heads of the people and abused their power were killed, including the elderly, the weak, the women and the children. Even the babies were not spared. In just ten days, all the Tibetan clans in several states fled.

Hahaha.

Tubo, you have come to this day?

The sorcerer Ashina Laimei laughed crazily. She recalled the old story of Zhang Yichao's one-man showdown in Dunhuang. The Uighurs, Tiele, Geshu, Murong, and Pugu tribes in the Hexi Corridor also responded to Tubo in the same way. She just didn't expect that this wonderful scene could be replicated again in Longxi.

Heaven has reincarnation.

As she was beautiful, well-mannered and of noble birth, she endured humiliation and worked as a sorcerer for the captives for several years after she grew up.

Happily.

Ashina Laimei took off the gold and silver ornaments on her hair, threw them on the ground, and trampled on them. After that, perhaps not satisfied, she took off her yellow-threaded clothes, drew her sword, and slashed fiercely.

Go to hell with you, the Jokhang Dharma Protector, the Goddess of Good Fortune!
A group of veritable evil gods who drink human blood and eat human flesh are also worthy of enjoying the food of the mortal world and being worshipped by the world?

"Laimei, what are your plans for the future?" Bai Yuerong wiped the paint off her red face, looked at her with her lively eyes, and asked. The saint liberated Longxi, and they were all completely free. They could go wherever they wanted and do whatever they wanted.

"I haven't thought about it yet." Ashina Laimei looked at Bai Yuerong and felt a little sad.

Yuerong is a Qiang. Her ancestors have lived here for generations, but she is different.

She was a descendant of the Turkic royal family. Since the Great Turkic was completely destroyed by the butcher Wang Zhongsi in the early years of the Tianbao period, the children of the Turkic people have been scattered in the Western Regions, Lingwu, Bining, and Fengzhou. Some accepted the enslavement of the Uighurs, and some integrated into the Tang Dynasty and became the subjects of the Heavenly Khan.

Lai Mei even knew that in Liangzhou in the north, there was a large Ashina clan that considered itself orthodox and often complained to the local Han army that the Uighurs wanted to rebel. Haha, in fact, the hatred had not faded, and she was very clear about those things. How could she not hate the king's tent being occupied...

At this time, there should be only these two branches of the Ashina clan. Most of the others have assumed Han surnames such as Shi and Li. It is said that Luoyang and Fanyang even have their own county names. After several generations, they probably have forgotten where their ancestors came from.

Alas, they are just a bunch of wandering ghosts.

Why are the Turks so pitiful? They were so powerful that they overwhelmed their opponents such as Wei, Zhou, Qi, and Sui. They thought they could build an empire spanning rivers like Jie, Di, and Xianbei, but they met Li Shimin... After Taizong died, Wu Zhao and Li Longji came. If the Li emperors were kind people like Gao Huan, Yuwen Tai, and Yuwen Yong, how nice it would be if everyone lived in harmony?
What bad luck!
They had been Tang citizens in Longxi for only a few years, but who would have thought that they would be enslaved by the Tubo who came to kill them.

What a nightmare.

Now that I have suddenly been reborn, I was confused for a while about where I should go when I came to the United States.

Go north, all the way to the back of Yinshan Mountain, and you will find Piaoye's hometown? Don't be kidding... The tombs of the Khans of all generations may have been dug up by the damn Uighurs... If their own tribe migrates back, given the Uighurs' nature of regarding themselves as "loyal subjects", they will definitely arrest everyone and report to the Khan, saying that Ashina has rebellious intentions.

The hometown of the king’s tent. Other clans might be able to go back and take a look, but Ashina is the only one who can’t go back home.

Or go west through Suiye City to Persia? She remembered that more than a dozen clans had traveled all the way there, but it was so far, thousands of miles away.

Alas, she doesn’t want to stay in Weizhou anyway.

There was only hurt and pain here, and she never wanted to recall it again.

"Come to Mei?" Seeing that she was distracted, Bai Yuerong waved her hand in front of her eyes, and said with envy: "You can go to Chang'an. You have read so many books, are both civil and military, and are proficient in seven foreign languages. You are of noble birth and so beautiful. Go to Chang'an and find a nobleman to marry. You will have no worries for the rest of your life and your family. I am a mixed Hu Qiang girl. My ancestors grew up here and died here. I will never leave."

Lai Mei was slightly stunned.

Chang'an?

It's not impossible, but what about the tribe members? She was worried. She had worked hard to infiltrate the enemy and become a sorcerer, hoping to protect the tribe with her privileged status. Now the bandits have been expelled, but she feels that those Tang warriors are not good people either. Last night, someone whistled at her and said he wanted to attack her... If the Khan was not in the city, the warriors were afraid of his anger, and they dared not imagine what would happen... a bunch of damned killers!
If I leave, and they find faults and bully my tribe...

Alas. If this really happened, even if I stayed in Weizhou, as a woman, I would not be able to solve the problem.

In short, even if you want to go to Chang'an, you have to bring your parents and clansmen with you. Maybe you can go with the elders to worship the saint? Ask him to allow the Ashina tribe to submit to the country for the sake of the relationship between Empress Wude and Emperor Wu of Zhou. Then just enclose a piece of land in a county in the interior of the country and let the herdsmen herd sheep or farm. As long as it's safe, it's fine...

Lai Mei glanced at Xingzai. It was a bustling temple with people coming and going, and the saint was holding court inside.

Yuerong's vision is too narrow.

How could a woman like Ashina marry a nobleman? And serve a mediocre mortal?
Sighing all the way back home, Lai Mei sat still for a long time before confirming with his brother Ashina Liying: "How many more soldiers can be recruited?"

"Less than four thousand." Li Ying blurted out, then lowered her voice and asked in surprise: "Sister, do you want to rebel?"

"Why would I rebel?" Lai Mei shook her head and sighed, "Just to see the capital."

In fact, the Ashina tribe was quite strong a few decades ago, with more than 30,000 men and women. But the protracted tug-of-war between Kongre and Shangbibi involved many tribes, and Ashina was forced to send men, and many people died. At this time, there were only two or three thousand strong men that could be dispatched, and there was a severe shortage of weapons and armor.

"Capital?" Li Ying stared at her sister and asked, "You——"

"Yes." Lai Mei stood up and said firmly, "There is nothing to stay in Weizhou, a remote place full of evil spirits. I will go to talk to my parents soon, and tomorrow I will gather the elders to meet the saint and ask for submission."

Li Ying frowned, and the other brothers and sisters were also very surprised. They said, "I heard that the Central Plains is in chaos, and there are rebels everywhere. The saint is too busy to take care of himself, so he surrenders at this time..."

Lai Mei shook her head and said, "You don't understand. How can adding icing on the cake compare to sending charcoal in the snow? The Yang family, the Changsun family, the Yuwen family, the Li family, the Erzhu family, and the Gao family of the Northern Dynasty were able to build a family business by taking advantage of the rebellion of the Six Garrisons. Why can't the Ashina family do the same now?"

No matter how difficult it is to be a saint, can it be more difficult than Black Otter's gang of desperate criminals?

His wealth is many times greater than Black Otter's, and he is worth betting on.

Besides, how could a descendant of the Turkic royal family die in obscurity in such a small place as Jingfu Shoujiang City! And then disappear completely in the long river of history one day? Inside, the saint was meeting Wu Xiong, the governor of Bining. In the past, Li would not dare to look at such a killer. Two years ago, when he was the commander of the army and horses in the battle at Qishan, he was scared to death. But now, this big guy with a face full of flesh and nearly 1.9 meters tall stood there with his head down, telling his grievances in a gentle and gentle voice.

"I do not want to be the lieutenant of Yin County." Wu Xiong knelt down and cried, "It is the nature of the people to be attached to their land. It is what people want to be attached to their flesh and blood."

"You also know books?" The sage was surprised. This passage seems to come from Ban Gu's Book of Han.

"I have read a little, otherwise I wouldn't be able to be the successor..." Wu Xiong said in a humming voice. What a dog's eye that looks down on people, the dog emperor thinks that warriors are all illiterate who can't read a single word? I can also write poems and draw pictures!

The saint put down the case file in his hand and asked, "Do you think the governor of Yin County is not as free and easy as the governor of Binning County?"

"No."

"Is your subordinate Binshi afraid of death? Or is he afraid of the Tibetans?"

"If you were afraid of death, you wouldn't have come to conquer Weizhou..."

Snap! When Cui Gong, who was sitting next to him, heard this, he raised his hand and slapped Wu Xiong in the face with a whip, scolding him: "Is this the etiquette for you to report to the king?"

"Don't refuse." The saint didn't bother with this man, and waved his hand and said, "If you are asked to take the position, then take it. Why do you have so many excuses? What do you mean by being attached to your homeland... If you really cared about your family, you wouldn't have followed Wang Xingyu to do that genocide two years ago. I won't let bygones be bygones, just stay in Yin County and guard the border. I also let you do this because the people of Bin are not bad by nature. Otherwise, with my 100,000 troops at hand, how could you still come to obey my order this time? Go, explain the pros and cons to the soldiers, and don't make it difficult for me."

"I obey your command." Wu Xiong shuddered.

On the fifth day of July, after initially dealing with the affairs of Yin County, the army rested in Shoujiang City for more than half a month. The saint abandoned the baggage train, left Cui Gong and Wu Xiong to guard the rear, and led more than 60,000 Han and foreign infantry and cavalry soldiers and auxiliary troops out of Didao, and arrived at Kanglang Mountain in the southeast of Jincheng, where he joined forces with Zhang Fan's 10,000-man army of Jingyuan, preparing to attack Lanzhou.

This is the end point of this Western Expedition. Regardless of whether we can win or not, we will not go west again.

However, before heading to Jincheng, he still needed to wait for news from Tuoba Sigong and Han Zun. When he set out, he had already sent people to Ling and Xia to convey his orders, ordering the two towns to send troops.

That old dog Tuoba Sigong has already come to the court to show his loyalty once. As long as it’s not a war that costs his life, it won’t be a big problem.

If Han Zun were to go, there would be no need to mobilize a large army, just three to five thousand warriors would be enough.

If a person doesn't come and just sits there and watches, then he can stop being the Jiedushi of Shuofang.

On the sixth day of the first lunar month, he received a pile of memorials sent from Chang'an.

A new round of chaos broke out in Huainan.

The cause was that Cai Chou, the governor of Luzhou and one of the thirty-six heroes, had some kind of mental disorder and joined forces with the thief Zhang Hao to raise the flag of rebellion in the area of Feishui and Chaohu Lake, preparing to "do big things" with the thief Shao who had moved to Fengyang.

Sun Ru died, Ma Yin escaped, and Zhang Hao and Shao Guangchou came. Cai thieves were rampant again, which frightened Yang Xingmi, who already had psychological trauma. He no longer cared about his original plan to snatch food from Zhu Wen's mouth, and personally led troops to attack Hefei. Partners such as Li Shenfu, Zhu Yanshou, and Tian Yu also led troops from various states to join the meeting.

This is a reminder to the saint.

Cai Chou and Yang Xingmi worked together for more than ten years. When they were young, they went to Lingzhou together to defend the autumn. It is not an exaggeration to say that they were as close as brothers, but what happened? Cai Chou rebelled as soon as he said so. It’s just that Cai Chou didn’t want to take Yang Xingmi’s position or kill his brothers. He just wanted to establish his own faction and do it on his own.

Nowadays, warriors become extremely ambitious at the slightest opportunity.

There were many generals who rebelled under Yang Xingmi, including Cai Chou, Tian Yu, and An Renyi. Even Zhu Yanshou, his brother-in-law, the brother of his wife in name only, wanted to seize his brother-in-law's position after he was in a high position...

This makes the sage feel like looking in the mirror - will people like Zhao Fu, Zhao Chong, Zha Zhu, and He Chuyu one day have "sudden ideas" like Cai Chou, An Renyi, and Zhu Yanshou?
Reality is often illogical.

An Renyi rebelled simply because he was unhappy at a certain moment and was displeased with Yang Xingmi.

Who do you go to to reason with?

Speaking of which, take my brother-in-law He Chuyu for example. If one day he feels that he is not fond enough of Li Yu and He Yuqing, mother and son, and is suspicious of the He family, or something like that, will he just say "Only fight against evil!" and plot to kill me?
"We must secretly monitor Dalang, Xiaowang, and Shufei..." The sage put down the memorial and thought carefully: Li Yu is the eldest son, and his status naturally has appeal. He is also paired with two masters, Han Wei and Xiaowang. The ministers inside and outside the court have already regarded him as the future crown prince. His influence is growing. Moreover, he is getting older. If he grows up another four or five years, even if he is pushed to the throne, he will not be considered a young lord.

He Chuyu also arranged a marriage with Xiao Wang. I wonder if this was He's private instruction to his brother...

This is not beautiful.

The imperial court cannot form a princeling faction for the time being, so Dalang must be strictly controlled and suppressed, otherwise there is a possibility that he will be suddenly overthrown and dethroned.

This fucked up late Tang Dynasty was a fertile ground for all kinds of farces to happen. It was impossible to apply the situations and normal logic of other dynasties to it.

I absolutely cannot make this mistake.

Don’t be so stupid! He became the emperor emeritus before Zhu Wen finished fighting. How could he revive the country?

He picked up another memorial, which was about Fujian.

The Cai thieves Wang Chao, Wang Yanfu, Wang Shenzhi and others gathered tens of thousands of people to besiege Fuzhou. The governor Fan Hui asked for help from Zhejiang East. Dong Chang sent troops from Wenzhou, Taizhou and Wuzhou to rescue them, but the army rebelled when they reached Chuzhou, demanding to return to Kuaiji and behead the governor. If they had not been defeated by the government troops in Yiwu County, Zhejiang East would have changed its name again...

After the reinforcements made such a fuss, Fan Hui's heart was chilled. He knew that he had no chance to defend Fuzhou, so he handed the seal to the military supervisor and took his confidants and family members to escape over the wall in the middle of the night. Perhaps he was afraid of being killed by the warriors on the way, so he didn't even dare to bring a single personal soldier. But in the end, he was not spared. When he arrived in Haidu, he was slaughtered by a group of chaotic soldiers who came out of nowhere.

Dong Chang had originally sent another wave of reinforcements, but when they learned that the governor had been killed, the reinforcements turned back on the spot.

Wang Chao entered Fuzhou and was named regent.

shocking.

The news coming from other places was either that this one was rebelling halfway or that one was killing the general and causing chaos.

I have been the emperor for more than two years, but there is no rebellion among my subordinates... Isn't that unreasonable? The saint decided that from tonight on, he would not sleep soundly... and change tents every night.

In addition, fighting broke out again in Hebei.

Li Kuangchou, a newcomer to the throne, was eager to establish his authority, so he sent troops to attack Wang Rong, the most powerful and wealthy man. He spoke in a righteous manner - You people from Zhao killed my brother Kuang Wei and thousands of men from Youzhou, and I am here to take revenge!

Boy, you are too young.

It is true that Wang Rong is a scoundrel, but the yamen in Chengde are not stupid. The Zhao army's combat effectiveness has always been online. They can fight back and forth with Li Keyong's main force and defeat the Shatuo people twice. How can they be easy to deal with?

Moreover, Chengde's army had a psychological advantage in fighting Youzhou. In the battle of Beizhou in the past, Wang Wujun, Li Baozhen, Zhao and Lu's armies defeated Zhu Tao, fighting face to face with spears, killing 30,000 Youzhou soldiers, leaving only a few hundred to flee. Li Kuangchou was probably picking the wrong target by treating Chengde as a soft persimmon.

In addition to the war between Zhao and Yan, Li Keyong and Li Cunxiao also came to the day of fighting each other.

The father-in-law has led 30,000 troops south to fight against the rebellious son.

At this time, I have received the news, and Zhu Wen must have known it. Will he miss this good opportunity to reap the benefits? Don't forget that Zhu Wen has always coveted Shangdang and has used troops against it many times in the past two years. The largest scale was to even make dumplings in Luzhou.

The sage had a premonition that the Bian army was already gathering in the direction of Luzhou.

What kind of conspiracy would the extremely cunning Zhu Wen plan based on this incident?

(End of this chapter)