The situation in the Western Region is moving closer to...the predictions of the Ministry of War.
This is just like when Li Mi gave Yang Xuangan three strategies: upper, middle and lower. Yang Xuangan finally chose the lower strategy. This had his own reasons and was also limited by the situation at the time.
Tong Yehu Khan did not have an immortal like Li Jing around him. The defeat at Sanmi Mountain also caused him to lose control of the countries in the Western Regions. He was unable to make all the tribes in the Western Regions share the same hatred and rise up to resist as Xu Shiji said.
In early April of the eighth year of Yuanzhen in the Tang Dynasty, Ashina Qiuluo summoned the kings of the Western Regions to Suiye River. In mid-April, more than ten countries from the Western Regions sent envoys to Suiye River one after another, but the king did not see any of them.
But everyone unanimously presented generous gifts, and there were groups of women.
The general meaning is that it is not strange to give gifts to many people. We don't care who will rule the Western Regions. But in the war, considering that you have given so many gifts, please show mercy.
Ashina Qura's subordinates were very angry. This little thing was not enough for everyone, so who could they kill?
It can be said that this was a very failed political move, just like Wang Shichong occupied Luoyang and wanted to hold the emperor hostage to control the princes like Cao Mengde.
In fact, times have changed, and in the end, I learned that it is definitely better to paint a tiger than to turn against a dog.
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Ashina Qiulu listened to the opinions of his subordinates and stayed in Suiyechuan for a while, thereby stimulating the morale of the army, and then marched westward. At the end of April, the Turkic army surrounded Su Duishana.
Although the defenders of Su Dui Shana resisted desperately, they fell after three days under the enemy's continuous attacks.
At this time, Ashina Qiuluo no longer had any worries, and ordered his men to kill thousands of surrendered defenders, massacre Su and the city of Shana, and then ordered his general Gebatoshe to lead his army to attack Shule Kingdom from the west.
Ashina Qiuluo himself led the main force of the army to continue advancing westward.
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In mid-April, while Ashina Qura's army was still watching on the Suiye River, on the square in front of Chang'an Taiji Palace, Queen Yuwen Yubo of Gaochang was walking slowly forward under the guidance of the palace officials.
At this time, Yuwen Yubo was completely different from before. He had been recuperating in Chang'an for half a month, the dust had gone, his hair was high, and the scattered decorations jingled.
She folded her hands in front of her belly and walked at a leisurely pace. She already looked like a lady of the Tang Dynasty. Only her full head of yellow hair that reflected the golden light in the sun made her look a little strange.
She raised her head slightly and her eyes fell on the Tai Chi Hall in front of her. She hadn't seen it for many years. The Tai Chi Hall seemed to be still the same, and it had not changed in any way because of the change of owner.
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"Why is this place still called Tai Chi Hall? Didn't the emperor change its name?" Yuwen Yubo asked casually.
The eunuch on duty who led the way was startled. The official of Honglu Temple who accompanied Yuwen Yubo next to him smiled coquettishly and comforted him with his eyes, telling him to calm down.
Ever since the Queen of Gaochang, the former princess, arrived at Honglu Temple, in just half a month, the officials accompanying her had changed three times.
They all took sick leave and went home to recuperate. Only the secretary and young eunuch Li Zirou, who was accompanied by the imperial edict, was stronger. However, he hurried to the Zongfu today and heard that he was transferred to the position of Shaoqing of Zongzheng Temple.
The person who is accompanying Yuwen Yubo to the palace now was personally assigned by Gao Biaoren, the minister of Honglu Temple, and he cannot be tolerated pretending to be sick to refuse.
In fact, it’s not that the former princess is difficult to serve, it’s that this woman has a big mouth, and from time to time, some words that sound very wrong will come out of her mouth, which makes people unable to answer, and they only hate themselves for having two.
ear.
Moreover, Yuwen Yubo was very strong in his airs and never looked at anyone. Even when he saw Gao Biaoren, the minister of Honglu Temple, and Dugu Kaiyuan, the young minister of Honglu Temple, he always had something to say.
Where did her confidence come from? Both Gao Biaoren and Dugu Kaiyuan knew clearly that the great-granddaughter of Emperor Wen Yang Jian was of course extremely valuable.
It's just that the Tang Dynasty is already under the control of the Tang Dynasty. Is it really okay for you to be so arrogant?
Gao Biaoren and Dugu Kaiyuan... endured it and left this troublesome woman to their subordinates, so they took several sick leave. It is understandable that the hearts of older people may not be able to withstand this kind of torture.
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Seeing that no one answered his question, Yuwen Yubo snorted and expressed that he was very unhappy. He thought that if she were to be the emperor instead, it would be a courtesy to the Yang family if she didn't demolish this place.
She looked sideways and saw that although the Tai Chi Hall had not changed, there were some more houses on the square in front of the Tai Chi Hall, and she didn't know what they were for.
"What are the houses on both sides used for?" She asked casually when she had doubts in her mind.
The eunuch didn't want to talk to her, but he was used to serving others, so he instinctively smiled and said, "That's the Lingyan Pavilion, where all the heroes of the Tang Dynasty are enshrined..."
Yuwen Yubo's eyes widened and he said in surprise: "Here? Worshiping heroic spirits? Your Majesty is really... wise."
After hearing this, the eunuch's face wrinkled up.
The official of Honglu Temple next to him was already used to it, so he explained softly and unhurriedly: "Your Highness, please be careful, Lingyan Pavilion is a shrine.
At the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, in order to show the founding achievements of the founding of the country, His Majesty had portraits drawn and enshrined in Lingyan Pavilion, while those who died in the war went to Gongde Forest."
Although he made a mistake, Yuwen Yubo's surprise did not diminish at all, and he praised: "Your Majesty is so nostalgic, much better than Emperor Wen.
Those heroes who helped Emperor Wen ascend the throne have never received such favorable treatment.
Does Su Wei know? The year I was born, Su Wei was dismissed from office. It seems that when I was five years old, Gao Jiao was also dismissed from office and went home to reflect. Later, Yang Guang killed him.
Han Qinhu was lucky to have died early. He Ruobi had a bad temper and caused trouble by talking too much, so he did not die at the hands of Emperor Wen. I remember that he went on the road with Gao Jiong.
Shi Wansui was killed with a cane in court. Liang Shiyan, Yu Wenxing, and Yuan Xie seemed to have been beheaded. They were all great heroes who had made great contributions to the establishment. Zheng Yi died of illness in office. He and Yuan Xie were both Emperor Wen.
Met in Taixue.
Who else is coming? By the way, Lu Ben is said to be very majestic and is known as the bravest of the three armies. It is said that many people who wanted to assassinate Duke Sui were killed by him. He also served as Emperor Wen's intimidation to hundreds of officials.
Later, he resigned from office and became a citizen..."
While she was chattering all the way, the deacon and eunuch who was leading the way turned dark, and gradually became more determined to die, and his pace began to quicken.
The eunuchs around him were getting further and further away, looking like they wanted to run away. The official of Honglu Temple who was accompanying Yuwen Yubo covered his chest, with a pale look on his face, and really wanted to go up and block Yuwen Yubo.
Bo's mouth.
Finally arriving at the steps in front of the Tai Chi Hall, Yuwen Yubo climbed up the steps and looked around, with a hint of sarcasm on his face.
She knows a lot of stories about the previous dynasty, but telling them all will not scare you cowardly people to death. In the previous dynasty, she was a bitch, but she sent a woman to a ghost place like Gaochang.
And that Li Zirou, luckily he had the honor to stay by her side, so many people died, how could he still live well? When Yang Guang killed her whole family, there were so many people named Li, but no one
Come out and say something fair?
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Yuwen Yubo finally calmed down, because she was about to meet the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and she was also worried, not knowing what kind of person he was.
Emperor Wen was very wise, but she was still young at that time and had no impression of him after seeing him once or twice. Yang Guang was quite amiable, but now she knew that he was a guy in human skin.
In fact, she only needs to know one thing. In the Tai Chi Hall ahead, there is someone who will decide her future destiny. She needs to use all her skills to please him, just like she did to please Yang Guang.
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Taiji Hall is still so quiet, no idlers dare to come and go here casually, only during the dynasty will the place become lively.
Outside the side hall of Taiji Hall, the eunuch went in to report, and then someone came out to salute Yuwen Yubo and said softly: "Please wait a moment, Your Majesty, Your Majesty is meeting someone."
Yuwen Yubo stopped acting like a monster and responded politely, "It doesn't matter, I'll just wait here."
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In the side hall, Li Po was talking to Zhang Liang.
The investigation was almost complete, but no clues were found in the Ministry of War as to what the document signed by the Ministry of War looked like and where it came from. I tried to check it again after a few years, but not much could be done.
As expected, no document was found among the files kept by the Ministry of War. Either someone had issued it privately, or it had been destroyed.
If we want to pursue it further, we will have to interrogate people from the Ministry of War one by one, which will definitely not work.
But it doesn't matter. The Turks did send gifts to Changsun Shunde, and more than once, the Turks did the same thing as Tang envoys going to the Turk royal court.
It was one of their tasks to make friends with the dignitaries of the Tang Dynasty and win over and corrupt officials. However, they only dared to accept gifts from them and not many people interacted with them, let alone providing convenience to the Turks.
But Changsun Shunde dared to accept him, and Du Yan, the Minister of Rites, and Li Po heard this, and they all suspected that these guys had done something during the first two alliances, such as secretly communicating with the Turks and informing the Turks
The negotiation bottom line of Datang and so on were just not discovered.
A few days ago, Du Yan's confession also came to Li Po's side. Under the five trees, it is rare to find a hero.
Regardless of whether Du Yan is a hero or not, he couldn't hold back anyhow and confessed everything he had done one by one.
I don’t know if any of them are fake, but more and more people are involved, and a Luoyang family interest group with the eldest grandson Shunde, Du Yan, Yuan Xiaoze, Zhang Wen and others as the core has completely revealed its true form.
Li Po did not hesitate anymore and ordered General Luo Shixin of Yulin to seize the homes of Du Yan, his son, son-in-law, and several brothers and nephews, and read out Du Yan's charges in front of the court.
Today, Zhang Liang came to see Changsun Shunde and fixed his crime. In fact, Du Yan's confession was enough to convict him. What Zhang Liang brought could only be said to be an additional reminder for Changsun Shunde.
This chapter has been completed!