Outside the gate of Balasagon Forbidden Palace, what can be regarded as the second wave of persuasion to enter has ended. Zhang Zhao did not show up, but asked Zhang Zhong to come forward to persuade everyone to disperse.
Why do these people insist that Zhang Zhao be the Ju'er Khan of Balasagun? And whether Saktu tried to persuade him with good words or led troops to threaten him, in the end they refused to go to war directly?
Regarding this issue, Little Doll Cat Guo Waner felt that she had the right to speak, and handed a glass of sweet and sour grape juice to Zhang Zhao. Guo Waner stroked her hair with a smile.
"If they try to persuade you again, Erlang will definitely be ready to agree, right?"
Zhang Zhao nodded imperceptibly, he really thought so in his heart, even though Balasagon was like a piece of worthless meat to him.
But this was a useless thing that he had defeated himself, and he also had the intention of using Nestorianism to stop the Tianfang Sect from advancing westward.
Although these two are not fuel-efficient lamps, monotheism is! The missionary attribute is very strong.
But whichever is the lesser of two evils, Nestorianism is still easier for Zhang Zhao to accept than Tianfang Sect.
Because after hundreds of years of development, especially during the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, Nestorianism made a lot of changes in order to enter the Tang Dynasty and preach according to the customs and characteristics of the Chinese people. Nestorian scriptures also incorporated a lot of Buddhism and Taoism
Two thoughts.
Moreover, the descendants of the Guo family actually broke into Nestorianism and further Chineseized Nestorian classics based on the work of their predecessors. This surprised Zhang Zhao even more.
After this operation, Nestorianism is undoubtedly more reassuring than Tianfang Christianity. In the future, it can be regarded as a representative of the perfect combination of Eastern and Western cultures, and it can even influence the orthodox religion of Rome.
And can Jing be able to resist the eastward expansion of Tianfang Sect? Zhang Zhao thought about it carefully and it should be possible.
Because Balasagon actually plays an extremely important role in Nestorianism, which can be seen from the Nestorian temples scattered all over Balasagon. Balasagon is to Nestorianism what Guangmingding is to Mingjiao.
Historically, Nestorianism was still the first religion in Balashagon until around 1300, which was already the period of the Chagatai Khanate.
Nestorianism here resisted the Kara Khanate and the Western Kara Khanate, which were dominated by Tianfang religion, and also resisted the Western Liao Dynasty, which was dominated by Buddhism, which fully proved that Balashagon had a profound foundation of Nestorianism.
Controlling Balasagon, Sinicizing Nestorianism, supporting Nestorianism, inhibiting the eastward expansion of Tianfang Sect, and then exporting it to Europe in the opposite direction, this is what Zhang Zhao needs to use Balasagon to do.
As for whether it is necessary to strictly rule this country, he doesn't think it is that important. The worst thing is to rebuild a Suiye Town in the future.
"But I want to say, Erlang, you can agree to them, but you should give your conditions before agreeing to them!" While Zhang Zhao was deep in thought, Guo Waner continued to speak softly, a bit like Zhuge among women.
"My conditions?" Zhang Zhao was stunned for a moment. The conditions must be mentioned, but there shouldn't be such a rush, right?
"It's your conditions. Don't Erlang think it's a little unusual for them to be so anxious to persuade you to come in? Think about the reason why you came to Balasagun?" Guo Waner continued to remind.
"You mean, they are so anxious to persuade me to join because they want to default on the debt, and they want to lift me up and use it to deal with my uncle, the Great Sage, the Emperor?"
Zhang Zhao suddenly realized something. He felt that there was something he had not thought through in this attempt to persuade people to enter. It turned out that the key point was here.
The reason why he came to Balasagon was because Master Titusi sent people all the way to meet Li Shengtian. Li Shengtian agreed to prepare supplies, dispatch troops, and let Zhang Zhao rush to help.
This mobilization, not to mention casualties and the risk of possible failure, cost Khotan a lot of money just to transport more than 2,000 people to more than 2,000 miles away.
Therefore, just an expression of surrender is definitely not enough. Master Titsigu must have other agreements with Li Shengtian.
For example, some of the wealthy land in Balasagon should be paid as tribute to the Khotan royal family, and a large amount of annuity should be paid every year, etc.
As a sect leader, especially one who helped Balashagon escape the fate of destruction, this is a reasonable reward.
But what if the general who was sent by the sect master to assist him became independent on the spot? Then would this money be saved?
Although a part of the profits must be allocated to Zhang Zhao, Zhang Zhao has to work hard in Balasagon. Like Li Shengtian, who is more than two thousand miles away, he doesn't know when he will lose Balasagon and make a lot of money.
Special fishing?
Even if it were to be fished out, Zhang Zhao was a lonely man with only a thousand people under his command except for the palace guards in Khotan. How could he be fished out?
Zhang Zhao also understood why these people were unwilling to recommend Saktu to succeed Arslen Khan.
Apart from the reasons of faith, as the great khan of the Kara Khanate, if Saktu really controlled Balashagon, how could he still trust people who were not his direct descendants?
I don’t know how many people will be transferred from various places and how much benefits will be taken away from Balasagon.
On the other hand, Zhang Zhao firstly had no conflict of faith with them, and secondly, his subordinates had few confidants, so he could make arrangements without giving up too many benefits.
And because we don’t have many confidants, we don’t have to rely heavily on local snakes like them to govern Balashagon?
And more importantly, Zhang Zhao also showed extremely high military command capabilities, and his soldiers could defeat one against a hundred, so he could fully serve as the protector of Balashagon.
I have to say that if Zhang Zhao had not planned to return eastward, he and Balasagon would have been a match made in heaven!
His mother, these old foxes, wanted to put him on the throne as a young tiger, and then rely on the cub's divine power to fake the tiger's power.
"Guo Waner, go find your third uncle, I have something to discuss with him!"
Zhang Zhao thought for a while with his eyes closed, and quickly made a decision. These nobles and religious leaders in Balashagon wanted to save some money, and he could accept it, because Zhang Zhao was originally going to return east.
Moreover, there are more than 200,000 people in Balasagun, even if you add the population of Talos and other places, it is only close to 400,000. Add in the continuous war, you can't squeeze out too much oil and water with a hydraulic hammer.
However, how to save money must be based on Zhang Zhao's thinking, and we cannot just follow what they say.
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Talos City, more than a hundred years ago in the 10th year of Tianbao (751), Gao Xianzhi, the governor of Anxi, led his army near here and started an encounter with the black-clad Abbasid dynasty.
The 20,000 Tang troops were betrayed by the servants of the Geluolu people and were defeated by the Dashi coalition army of about 80,000 to 100,000 people. Only a few thousand people returned to Anxi in the end.
If Zhang Zhao were here, he would probably have to pay tribute to the commander-in-chief and sigh, because this incident would be of great concern to both Chinese and Arabs in later generations.
But Yin Yaozi did not, because at this time, or one hundred and eighty years ago, the Battle of Talas could not be said to be insignificant, but at least it did not have much influence.
In addition to the servants, the Tang army in this battle had only six or seven thousand soldiers at most in Anxi. It is said that there were still three to four thousand who returned to Anxi after the war.
A total of about 2,000 people were lost. Including the recruited craftsmen, technicians and other Han people, the loss of 3,100 to 200 people was enough to make them die.
Compared with the conflict between Tang Dynasty and Tibet in Dafeichuan, this was nothing compared to the frequent losses of tens of thousands of troops.
It can be seen from the fact that Feng Changqing regained his strength after only one year and was able to severely defeat Tubo and Dabolu. The Tang army in Anxi was defeated, but it was far from being damaged.
On the other hand, the black-clad Abbasid Dynasty, although they won the victory, the battle losses were not low. At the same time, the strong combat effectiveness of the Tang army's mounted heavy infantry also made the Great Eaters realize a problem.
That is to say, it is impossible to defeat such a large empire across thousands of miles with the power of a cannibal. Moreover, the Anxi Army is only a part of the entire Tang Dynasty.
Therefore, after the Battle of Talas, the Great Cannibal not only did not move eastward, but instead sent envoys to Chang'an one after another after 752.
In 753 alone, four groups of envoys were sent out in one year. Considering the distance between the two sides, it is likely that the last group of envoys had not returned before this group set off again.
Unlike our imagination, the Tianfang Sect continued to move eastward after the Talos War and then spread throughout the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains. The Tianfang Sect spread throughout Hezhong and Anxi, and it really has little to do with the Great Cannibalism.
The Tianfang Sect spread first after the Tang Dynasty lost Anxi due to Anshi, and then the Persians spread it eastward to a small extent.
The real "hero" later was Bugra Khan Saktu who was defeated by Zhang Zhao in Polu Prefecture. His mazar (grave) is still in Kashgar.
What completely cut off the Buddhist kingdom and Nestorianism in the Western Regions was actually the greening of the Mongolian Chagatai Khanate.
Under the strong promotion of the Mongols, temples were destroyed and monks were killed in Balashagon, Qiuci, Gaochang and other places where Buddhism was prosperous.
Unexpectedly! The people who finally completed the greening of the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains were not Arabs or Persians, but the Mongolians who believed in the Buddha Humei in our impression. This world is so wonderful!
As the noisy rebels passed by, and fireworks symbolizing looting and massacre floated all around, Dihkan, who was as big as Talas City, knelt on the ground and cried without tears.
Because those who plundered them were not believers of the three religions from Balasagon, but the divine warriors who believed in the Tianfang Sect.
This is really unreasonable. When Ali Duraf led his army to march eastward, he looted them all. When the defeated troops came back, they looted them again.
The flame of anger was ignited in everyone's heart. It had only been a few to ten years since they converted. Their faith was not very stable to begin with. It had been robbed twice in a row. The spark of faith was immediately washed away by reality.
Everything is broken.
Yin Yaozi is so busy that he can only eat big cakes when eating. There are too many things to do.
First, we need to appease the believers of the three religions who have not converted. The last time Titsigu brought his people to fight against Talos, they made great efforts and suffered the heaviest losses. They escaped by running into the mountains.
Now that Balasagon is fighting again, there is really a need for revenge and resentment. If the evil kite is not appeased, a more intense religious vendetta will be right in front of us.
The second one is to transport back to Balasagon the large amount of loot "captured", including gold and silver, mules and horses, cattle, sheep, donkeys, cloth, cattle and sheep skins, and tendons for making bows and arrows, etc. These are all treasures.
Finally, in addition to Talas, seven or eight other cities, including Baishuihu City, which is more than 200 miles east of Talas, have to be managed.
At the same time, it is not an easy task to release the Persian warriors, and they are required to bring back the prestige of Juer Khan and scare the Persian Samanid Kingdom into constantly hoarding supplies in Tashkent. This requirement is even higher.
After five days, nothing happened to the others, but Yin Yaozi lost a lot of weight.
Zhang Zhao had few civil servants, and the only one who could handle internal affairs was to ask Zhu Qingquan to recruit those literate Tang children in the royal city of Khotan. He led this group of crooked melons and jujubes, but he almost worried Yin Yao Zi to death.
"Captain Yan, take this letter back to the Duke and tell him that you need to stay in Talos for at least half a month to stabilize this place.
And we have to tell the county magistrate that a candidate to be in charge of Talas must be selected from Balasagun as soon as possible, otherwise this place will still be in danger."
Yin Yaozi handed the letter to Zhang Zhao to Yan Jin. He was not going to return with Yan Jin and the others. If he left now, his work these days would be in vain.
Yan Jin glanced at Yin Yaozi sympathetically. If the Duke was really willing to be a Juerhan here, it would be easy to just seal off all the brothers, and things would naturally be stable. But if he is not prepared to rule here for a long time, it will be difficult.
That's big.
This chapter has been completed!