Qiuci is not far from Yanqi, only more than 600 miles away. If we don't consider fighting, we can reach it in five days.
When Zhang Zhao arrived, Li Shengtian was only camping outside the city.
In addition to sending necessary officials into the city to take over the defense, all military generals, ministers, and civilian officials from the Khotan Jin Kingdom at all levels from Li Shengtian on down were outside the city and did not enter the city.
Zhang Zhao left Ma Shacai and led 4,000 troops to stay at Yanqi, while the remaining 26,000 troops were brought outside Qiuci City.
Li Shengtian also brought 30,000 infantry and cavalry to besiege Kucha. In addition to the wounded, there were also 25,000 to 6,000 people.
Combined, the two sides had an army of 52,000 to 3,000.
This is an incredible number. You must know that the number of soldiers in the four towns of Anxi in the Tang Dynasty was just over 20,000.
Of course, they are the kind of elites who can fight ten battles at a time. Twenty thousand people are more powerful than Zhang Zhao and Li Shengtian who have more than fifty thousand people now.
But with more than 50,000 people including Zhang Zhao and Li Shengtian, it can be said that after the Tang Dynasty withdrew from Anxi, Han and Tang Wenhua once again had a decisive force in Anxi.
....
Before Zhang Zhao arrived at Kucha, envoys from the Kingdom of Jin and the Kingdom of Liang in Khotan began to report continuously.
Almost every ten miles, Li Shengtian would send someone to reward the troops with fine wine and food.
Zhang Zhao also continued to present the treasures and beauties obtained in Gaochang and Yanqi to Li Shengtian and the Khotan officials.
Finally, amidst the high expectations, Zhang Zhao led an army of 25,000 people and arrived at the first Buddhist temple in Anxi, the Queli Temple in Kucha, north of Kucha.
Queli Temple was built during the Jianwu period of Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty. The former eminent monk Kumarajiva became a monk in this temple. The eminent monks of the Tang Dynasty, Lotus Jingjin, Xuanzang, Wukong, etc. also studied in this temple.
Moreover, although most of the Gaochang Uighur clans believe in Manichaeism, most of the people believe in Buddhism.
The scale of the Buddhist temple caves excavated outside Qiuci City is even larger than the Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes in Hexi.
Outside the great temple, flags were flying and drums and music were blaring. In Khotan, the officials and generals of the Jin and Liang Kingdoms all took off their armor and put on gorgeous brocade robes.
The two thousand guards of the Khotan Palace wore gorgeous red rope iron armor. From a distance, the red rope on the iron armor was extremely conspicuous, which was both powerful and gorgeous.
The three thousand Yulin Guards on the left and right of Liang Kingdom were wearing cloth-covered iron armor, the left Yulin Guards were wearing red cloth, and the right Yulin Guards were wearing white cloths. Yue Zhiyuan Ting looked like a benevolent and righteous teacher.
Zhang Zhao wears a Jinde crown on his head, a crimson gauze singlet, a white skirt, a leather belt, white socks, and black leather shoes, making him look like a royal prince of the Tang Dynasty.
Murong Nobunaga and Li Cunhui beside him wore military benen crowns, hanging ribbons, and swords to accompany him.
Only then did Zhang Zhao understand the reason why Li Shengtian sent envoys several times to ask him what kind of dress he should wear.
It turned out that Li Shengtian did not wear the emperor's crown clothes that he usually liked to wear. Instead, like Zhang Zhao, he wore a set of court clothes of a prince of the Tang Dynasty.
It can be said to be a lot of painstaking work!
"Uncle!" Zhang Zhao saw Li Shengtian's figure from afar, immediately jumped off the horse, and then ran towards Li Shengtian.
"Haha! Erlang! You have done a great job!" Seeing this, Li Shengtian also jumped off the horse and ran towards Zhang Zhao.
With a few steps left, Zhang Zhao hesitated a little, but still bowed and paid homage.
Not to mention anything else, without Li Shengtian, Zhang Zhao would not be where he is today. People don't regard him as a nephew. In fact, even if he is a biological son, he is not so good.
"Erlang, don't be like this!"
Li Shengtian almost flew over. When Zhang Zhao was about to salute, he pulled Zhang Zhao up.
"Erlang is also the master of millions of people today. As a master, you cannot give a big gift to anyone, not even your uncle!"
Li Shengtian's voice was decisive and his attitude was very firm.
Zhang Zhao gently shook off Li Shengtian's hand, took a few steps back, straightened his back and looked at the tens of thousands of eyes around him and said.
"The master is also raised by his mother and father, and he must rule the world with filial piety!
In the past, I, Zhang Erlang, only had a hundred or so people traveling westward, but my uncle took me in and taught me like a father.
Today’s worship is not that the King of Liang pays homage to the Emperor of Jin, but a nephew who is grateful for his uncle’s grace!”
With that said, Zhang Zhao respectfully completed a set of kneeling rituals.
After the salute, Li Shengtian quickly helped Zhang Zhao up, and his eyes were a little moist.
At this moment, Li Shengtian seemed to suddenly understand the reason for his special feelings for Zhang Zhao.
He spent all his treasury to support Zhang Zhao's campaign, and was able to send thousands of elite soldiers out without blinking an eye. Why?
Because Li Shengtian saw his own shadow in Zhang Zhao, perhaps it is more appropriate to call it Li Shengtian's dream.
He had fantasized more than once that he had Zhang Zhao's ability to work hard, win every battle, regain the four towns of Anxi, and once again bond the Anxi territory after the decline of the dynasty.
But his family knew about his family affairs, and he, Li Shengtian, was not a qualified emperor. Only Zhang Zhao could realize all this for him.
So it seems that he is selflessly supporting Zhang Zhao, but in fact the two of them are working together to fulfill their dreams.
So, Li Shengtian took Zhang Zhao's hand and raised it above his head, and he turned towards the direction of the Khotan Jin Kingdom's civil servants and generals.
"Zhang Erlang's mother is XX's eldest sister. XX grew up on the eldest sister's back. Without eldest sister, XX Li Shengtian would have died early.
After Ji Erlang arrived in Khotan, for four years he did not avoid arrows and stones, climbed over the deserts and snowy mountains, and fought bloody battles to the death. Only then did our country of Jin become as prosperous as it is today.
This Great Jin Kingdom deserves his share. From today on, the orders of King Zhang Tian are the orders of a certain Li Shengtian, and everyone in our Great Jin Kingdom will obey them!"
As soon as Li Shengtian's words came out, everyone was stunned. The soldiers and generals of the Liang Kingdom who had just paid homage to Li Shengtian because of Zhang Zhao's salute were also stunned.
What Li Shengtian said is almost the same as giving the Khotan Kingdom to Zhang Zhao!
Everyone was silent, but they all looked at the two brothers Li Congde and Li Congyu.
Because whether Zhang Zhao can control the Kingdom of Khotan or not makes no difference to the civil servants and generals of the Kingdom of Jin.
Thousands of miles away from the vast sea and desert, even if Zhang Zhao wants to merge the Jin Kingdom of Khotan into the Liang Kingdom, he still wants people like them to govern it.
It is impossible to say that in order to stabilize them, they have to spend a lot of money to give them enough benefits.
It's just different for the two brothers Li Congde and Li Congyu, especially for the Khotan prince Li Congde. This is equivalent to pushing his inheritance right back one place!
With Zhang Tianwang's body, he might be able to send Li Congde away directly.
If you have been a prince for thirty or forty years and can only be a prince after your father is gone, that would be a bit too uncomfortable.
However, contrary to everyone's expectations, although Li Congde's face was a little complicated, he still took the initiative to stand up and bowed to Zhang Zhao.
"The King of Heaven is the deputy king of our Kingdom of Jin. Li Congde naturally has to obey the orders of the King of Heaven."
This statement is also not simple. What Li Congde said is that the succession model of the Khotan Jin Kingdom has become that the deputy king is greater than the prince.
This kind of thing is impossible for anyone with even a little bit of ambition to accept.
Therefore, there is probably only one reason, and that is that Li Shengtian was not simply in excitement. He said Zhang Zhao's order was equivalent to his order. At least he had already been angry with Li Congde before this.
And Zhang Zhao also knew that even though Li Shengtian said these words, the remaining two countries still had to discuss in detail how to handle the relationship between the two families.
Promises made in words often require a lot of energy to be implemented.
Especially for this kind of major event that marks the unification of the two countries, just who will advance and who will retreat in terms of various interests will require long-term negotiations.
But no matter what, it’s a good start now.
Zhang Zhao did not blame Li Congde for being reluctant. If he was willing, it would be called a ghost.
There are only two kinds of people who can be so calm and willing. One is a real great player like Liu Chan, the empress of the Shu Han Dynasty, and the other is a thousand-year-old sinister thief like Kang Mazi.
Now it seems that, fortunately, Li Congde is neither of these. He is a normal and ordinary prince.
"Brother is generous, and I am indescribably grateful. A certain Zhang Erlang is not a greedy person for power, but there are some things that he has to do.
Today, brother, please be considerate of me. Tomorrow, the descendants of the Li family will be treated like the descendants of the Zhang family, enjoying the title of king and retiring with the country!"
Since Li Congde was imprisoned, he was personally taught by the disappointed Cao Yuanxin in a verbal storm, and he could barely understand the special relationship between his father Li Shengtian and Zhang Zhao.
Moreover, Li Congde can be regarded as a Ming Dynasty ruler in history. The Khotan Jin Kingdom captured Shule twice, both of which were completed by Li Congde.
If faced with others, he might be very dissatisfied, but facing Zhang Zhao, facing this cousin who crushes him in every aspect, bowing his head does not seem to be so difficult to accept.
Li Congde accepted it, and Li Congyu had no objection, because it was basically impossible for the Kingdom of Khotan to pass to him. He also got the city of Yanqi because of it, so what was there to be dissatisfied about?
"Erlang! Let's go into the city!"
Seeing Zhang Zhao's sincere promise, Li Shengtian felt a lot more at ease. He took Zhao's arm and invited him to enter the city with him.
The reason why he waited until now was that Li Shengtian knew that Qiuci City had unparalleled significance in the hearts of Zhang Zhao, especially the descendants of the Anxi Army behind Zhang Zhao.
Because the last Anxi Army was in this city and defended it until the last drop of blood was shed.
Zhang Zhao and Li Shengtian walked arm in arm, and what followed closely behind them was not the palace guards from Khotan or the Yulin guards from Liang, but hundreds of descendants of the Anxi army.
Guo Tiance, Guo Guangcheng and Guo Guangsheng are the descendants of Guo Xin, the king of Wuwei County; Bai Congxin, the descendant of Bai Huan, the king of Qiuci; Pei Tongyuan, the descendant of Pei Lengleng, the king of Shule; Li Wang, Li Qilang, the nephew of Li Yuanzhong, the king of Ningsai County.
As well as the Yang, Xue, Zheng, Lu and other families, and even representatives of Zhu Qingquan and Yan Qilong's family, descendants of the Anxi Army, came.
Everyone walked solemnly until they reached a house in the middle of Kucha City that still had a distinctly Chinese style. A Kucha surrender official whispered.
"This is the original office of the Jiedu Envoy of the Four Towns in Anxi during the Great Dynasty. People at that time often called it the Palace of the Tang Dynasty."
Zhang Zhao raised his eyes and saw that there were blank clouds above the court. The stone beasts in front of the court could no longer tell what the carvings were, but they were still guarding here stubbornly.
"Who lives here now?" Zhang Zhao asked softly.
"The puppet governor Huaishun has been killed by the righteous people." The surrendering official's voice became even lower.
Zhang Zhao looked at Li Shengtian, who nodded at him, and Zhang Zhao immediately said: "Today is a good day, you are safe.
Now go and gather all the people of Kucha, and within fifteen days, transform this place into the largest temple in Kucha, summon painters and craftsmen, and draw the heroes according to our requirements, and you will be considered as atonement."
The surrender officials were overjoyed and ran away quickly. For them, the 40,000 Kucha people, this was already the lightest punishment.
"Bring here all the descendants of Jielibika and Pugujun!"
After the surrendering officials went down to prepare, the main event was coming. Zhang Zhao had kept Jielibijia and a group of servant Gujun's descendants alive, just waiting for this moment.
Perhaps because he had done too many evil things, Pugujun's descendants never prospered.
After the brother of the previous Khan, the Wumuzhu Khan, was captured by the Khitans, there are now only five descendants of Pu Gujun left in the Uighur City of Gaochang.
Zhang Zhao stepped aside because he was not the protagonist at this time. The protagonist was the descendants of the five surnames and three Wang families of the Anxi Army.
In the family of the five surnames and three kings in Qiuci, Guo Tiance currently has the highest status, so he is the chief surgeon.
For the first time, a fierce expression appeared on the face of Guo, the great scholar of the Qionglin Academy of Liang State who had always been gentle and had been working as Zhang Zhao's personal secretary.
In the cold wind, Guo Tiance took off his clothes and exposed his upper body. He held a short-handled Mo Dao in both hands.
In fact, it is a horse-zapping sword made in Han Dynasty. In the Tang and Five Dynasties, this horse-zapping sword was also classified as a type of Mo Dao, but it was generally not used in actual combat and was often used in certain special occasions.
The most common one is given by the emperor to ministers as a symbol of imperial power. The so-called Shang Fang sword is not common, but Shang Fang's sword is very common.
Jielibiga struggled violently, but unfortunately he could not utter a single word.
Because not only was his mouth gagged, but the tongue in his mouth had been removed long ago to prevent him from roaring.
This kind of treatment was not even as good as that of King Zhongyun Sanpoba in the past. The only thing that was better was that Zhang Zhao saw that he was also the leader of a country and specially made Shang Fang's horse-killing sword to kill him.
Guo Tiance took a sip of strong wine in his mouth, and then sprayed it on the sword. He raised the sword high, and tears fell from his eyes.
"It's been a hundred years. My Anxi Guo family is a descendant of the iron-blooded prince Guo Xingong. It's because of villains like you that a certain ancestor has suffered a hundred years of infamy.
Everyone said that it was Guo Shenggong who betrayed the descendants of the Anxi Army. Today, someone can finally say that the men of the Guo family have always been loyal to the country and they have not betrayed their comrades who guarded the Western Regions alone with them.
Mr. Guo Sheng, your descendants have washed away your grievances today!"
Amid the roar, Jie Lipijia's head suddenly flew into the sky, and Guo Tiance's body was covered with blood.
Following Guo Tiance's roar, the other descendants of the Anxi Army also stepped forward with long swords and killed all the kneeling descendants of Pugu Jun.
The 100-year-old feud of the descendants of the Anxi Army was finally avenged today.
After killing Jie Libijia, the sadness that seemed to have enveloped the descendants of the Anxi Army had almost dissipated.
But Zhang Zhao and Li Shengtian will not leave Qiuci for the time being, because this is the 188th year since the Anxi Rebellion. Anxi has been recovered again, and there will definitely be other celebrations.
....
That night, with Li Shengtian's consent, Zhang Zhao presided over the reward ceremony for the first time as the king of Liang Kingdom and Dajin Kingdom.
All civil servants and generals will be promoted to one level. Of course, this is not a dispatch official position, but a rank and treatment, each of which will be promoted to one level.
All soldiers are rewarded the same way. This is not a direct reward, but allows the soldiers to choose freely.
If you want seven or eight sheep, two bolts of colorful silk will do, a dozen bolts of cotton cloth, or fifty buckets of rice will do.
In other words, with their waist badges and the small pieces of silk issued to them with the seal of the Heavenly King for meritorious deeds, the soldiers could go to any shop in Liang and Jin to exchange for goods worth the same amount of money.
This is undoubtedly an improvement. It activates the market economy and gives soldiers more choices. They don't have to carry a lot of money with them. The government's expenditure is actually less than usual.
At the same time, this amount of money is quite a lot. A dou of rice in the Liang Kingdom is 20 cents, and in the Khotan and Jin Kingdom it is even lower.
A dou of rice made in the Tang Dynasty weighed twenty-five kilograms, and the same amount of money could buy one thousand, two hundred and fifty kilograms of corn in the Liang Kingdom. In this era when food was precious, it had great purchasing power.
Looking at the cheering soldiers outside, Zhang Zhao and Li Shengtian looked at each other and smiled. Then the two ordered people to kill cattle and sheep, set up thousands of jars of fine wine, and held a grand banquet. The drinking continued until midnight.
As the noise slowly ended, Li Shengtian and Zhang Zhao, who had already drank a lot, did not fall asleep.
Because the two of them need to finalize the general direction between the two countries so that the people below can talk about it.
And not only the two of them were present, brothers Li Congde and Li Congyu, Zhang Zhao's double brother-in-law, and Li Shengtian's son-in-law Cao Liulang and Cao Yanlu were also present.
Zhang Zhao took a sip of tea and spoke first, "Uncle, I would like to appoint Cong Yu as the general manager of the Yanqi capital, supervising all affairs of Yanqi, and Liulang Yanlu as the general manager of Qiuci capital, supervising all the affairs of Qiuci.
Move the Chen family from Yizhou to Gaochang, change Gaochang to Xizhou, and make Chen Huiyao the governor of Xizhou. Ma Jirong has gained a lot of experience in commanding troops recently, so he can be the governor of Tingzhou.
Then transfer Yizhou to Hexi, use Xizhou and Tingzhou as Beiting Road, and transfer Li Ruoyu as the ambassador of Beiting Road and the defense envoy of Beiting, what do you think?"
Zhang Zhao's arrangements can be described as painstaking. Yanqi was at the strategic junction between the Kingdom of Khotan and the traditional Beiting, so Li Shengtian's second son Li Congyu came to rule.
Qiuci was conquered by Li Shengtian, and it was even more prosperous and important, as well as a powerful city. For such an important economic and military town, only Cao Yanlu was the most suitable.
Because he married Li Shengtian's eldest daughter and was Li Shengtian's son-in-law.
At the same time, Cao Yanlu's sister Cao Jiuniang Yanxi was Zhang Zhao's queen, and his sister Cao Sanniang Yannai was Zhang Zhao's troubled person. Only he who was in charge of Qiuci could be accepted by both parties.
The purpose of placing Yizhou under Hexi was to ensure the influence of the Liang Kingdom on Anxi, because Yizhou was actually the bridgehead and logistics base for the Central Plains to control Anxi.
Even the Ming Dynasty, which had little control over the Western Regions in history, still maintained considerable influence over the Western Regions for more than a hundred years after nominally possessing the Hami Guard.
Therefore, Zhang Zhao wanted to return Yizhou to Hexi to control Anxi.
The reason why the Chen family in Yizhou was moved to Xizhou (Gaochang) was because Zhang Zhao planned to take the next generation of the Chen family with him to march eastward to the Central Plains.
Second, the Chen family is also a descendant of the royal family of the Central Plains. They have great centripetal force towards the Central Plains. Using them to control Xizhou is even more reassuring.
Ma Jirong is Li Shengtian's close minister. He was placed in Tingzhou. Firstly, he can borrow Ma Jirong's ability, because he is indeed very good at leading troops. Secondly, it is also to balance the two sides.
In the end, Li Ruoyu was appointed ambassador to Beiting Road because he was a candidate acceptable to both parties.
As a descendant of Yuchi Sheng, it is very important that he is not far or close to Li Shengtian.
At the same time, his own abilities, identity, and qualifications are enough to control Chen Huiyao and Ma Jirong.
This twist and turn makes people have a headache just thinking about it, but Zhang Zhao had to do it.
Because this is politics, conflicts will always exist, but they are not the most important. The most important thing is how to compromise and cooperate and reconcile yin and yang.
Li Shengtian nodded appreciatively. Zhang Zhao's methods showed that he was relatively mature politically. As a monarch who is good at mediating internal affairs, Li Shengtian finally no longer worried about Zhang Zhao.
However, this is just an appetizer, and it has not yet touched upon the most important part, which is how to determine the status of the Khotan Kingdom?
Li Shengtian didn't beat around the bush and asked Zhang Zhao directly what to do?
Zhang Zhao thought about it for a while. In fact, he had thought of many plans, and even thought of using Saman Bosi and the Suiye Guo family to check and balance Li Congde and even Li Shengtian.
But the moment he met Li Shengtian, he gave up the idea.
Although there are common intrigues and checks and balances under power, there is also a sense of uprightness and dignity. Li Shengtian treats him like this, so he cannot be too stingy.
"In my opinion, it is better to ask for a title from the Central Plains! You can make the Emperor of the Jin Kingdom the King of the Jin Kingdom and take charge of Khotan. Shule is the head of the cities of the vassal states in the Western Regions."
Li Congde, Li Congyu and Cao Yanlu still didn't understand what the King of Jin meant, and they didn't know where such a strange title as King came from.
Li Shengtian soon understood. He smiled and asked Zhang Zhao: "In your opinion, after how many years is it appropriate to ask for a seal? Ten years? Fifteen years at most. If it exceeds fifteen years, my uncle may have to let go.
This is the end of the world."
Only then did the confused trio next to them understand that this request for a title was not to the current Later Jin Dynasty, but to Zhang Zhao, who aspired to take over the Central Plains.
Zhang Zhao nodded, making no secret of his ambition, "Ten years should be enough. According to my nephew's wishes, in the future, it will be enough to ennoble this land in the Central Plains to the level of county king. Even the prince can only be ennobled."
The highest possible title is the title of county king.
In the past, the emperor of Zhou, the king of Xia, and the barbarian people, were the first to have the land of China today. Therefore, in order to be crowned a king in the future, one must go out of the Central Plains.
If there is unification in the future, my nephew will definitely take back Anbeiting to the Central Plains.
But in the land of Seven Rivers, north of Jinshan (Altai Mountain), in the middle of the river, Suiye, Talas, Khorasan, Tianzhu and other places, they can only be governed by vassal kings of Xia Jun and Yi people.
The Jin Kingdom of Khotan is the only special case. In the future, my uncle’s descendants and my descendants will choose the most talented ones to go west and build a kingdom, and be called the king of a certain country, and turn the barbarians into Xia."
"What a courage!" Li Shengtian praised, "This is your purpose of expanding the trade route to the river, Suiye, and the Seven Rivers, right?
With merchants as the link, armored soldiers as the backing, and blood as the guard, if we can persist for two hundred years, maybe we can actually turn the barbarians into summer."
Zhang Zhao chuckled and said, "My uncle has forgotten one thing, that is, my nephew also needs to use Buddha to appease people's hearts. My nephew is a Buddhist saint king and Dharma king. He is a Buddhist on the outside and a Confucian at the inside. Mixed with Taoism and magic, he may be able to do it!"
Li Shengtian nodded with satisfaction and said to Zhang Zhao: "In this way, my uncle will help you guard the land of Anxi for another ten years.
Ten years later, the world will be unified, the country will be rich and the army will be strong. It will be your responsibility, King Zhang Tian, to develop the country."
Zhang Zhao nodded. His nephew had already sent people to inform the Talos Li family, Suiye Guo family, as well as the Xijiasi and Uighur tribes in the north.
If you can win the support of all tribes and take the title of Khan, you should respect your uncle as the holy uncle and emperor of the Kingdom of Jin."
.....
Late at night, Zhang Zhao said goodbye and left, and Li Shengtian took Li Congde and Li Congyu to the study.
There were only three people in the house, father and son. Li Shengtian looked very emotional. He looked at Li Congde and said.
"Sura now knows why I handed over the Kingdom of Khotan to Zhang Erlang, right?
Because Zhang Erlang's vision and ambition are no longer comparable to those of you.
What he is looking at is not personal power and wealth, or even the extension of his descendants, but rather looking at the eternity of China.
This kind of mind can easily resonate with people from deep inside.
I dare to say that if Zhang Erlang unified the world, most of the heroes would follow him.
He entrusted Anxi to me today because, firstly, he was thinking of the relationship between me and his uncle and nephew. Secondly, this land of Anxi has never been able to fight against the Central Plains Empire, and my uncle, the emperor, knows what is right."
"Why is this happening? If we let the children choose, wouldn't it be bad to live behind closed doors after taking over the world?
That's the Central Plains! If you rule the Central Plains, you will rule the whole world. What's the point in the rest of the wild lands?" Li Congyu asked with some confusion.
Li Shengtian smiled bitterly and said, "So my son, you should be satisfied with being the king of Yanqi. The emperor of the Central Plains does not have Anxi, so why should he claim that he can dominate the world with his sacred culture, divine weapons, and martial arts?"
If you think about it again, our Yuchi family is obviously not from China, but since the time when Yuchi Shenggong, the king of Wudu County, has always been thinking of himself as Tang'er?
Because our food, clothing, housing, transportation, and even our language and thoughts are almost the same as Tang's. Our appearance cannot be changed, but here." Li Shengtian pointed to his heart, "This place has changed!"
After saying this, Li Shengtian suddenly became proud and said, "Khotan is not only the Yutian and Anxi of our Yuchi family, but it is also not the Anxi of our Yuchi family.
Since my ancestor returned to the Great Dynasty in the past, this place has been marked by the Great Dynasty. Our Yuchi family is the watchdog of the Central Plains Kingdom in Anxi.
If the dynasty is prosperous, our Yuchi family will be able to dominate the heaven and earth here, above hundreds of nations and all races, and we will get wind and rain wherever we want.
With the decline of the great dynasty, we are in danger of overthrowing. Our destiny has actually been tied to the Central Plains for a long time.
And you have to know that the Central Plains Dynasty has been fighting bloody battles in Anxi since the Han Dynasty. The blood of many heroes has been spilled here, and there is absolutely no room for any separatist lord.
In the past, many kings and city lords in Anxi could not see this clearly, and ended up dead.
If you two brothers have the intention of being imprisoned in Anxi like Karahehan Saktu, they will definitely harm their descendants in the future.
Look at Pugu Jun, Jieli Pika was killed right before your eyes. Are your descendants safe?"
After Li Congyu heard this, he pursed his lips in dissatisfaction, "Father, don't you still call yourself the emperor? How can any minister of a great dynasty be called the emperor?"
Li Shengtian also felt a little emotional for a while, "That's because I really couldn't see the hope of the prosperity of the Central Plains back then, and I wanted to rely on Zhang Erlang to complete my ambition to regain the Western Regions.
But now Zhang Erlang has the possibility of taking over the Central Plains, so this title of emperor should end here.
The Prince of Wudu was so loyal back then, but even if the dynasty declined, he would only marry a princess and get a prince with no real power.
Now Zhang Erlang has no biological brothers, not even blood brothers. You two brothers are his closest relatives.
If Khotan, a small country in the Western Region with a mere 500,000 people, can become a blood relative of the Emperor of the Central Plains, and the eldest daughter of the Emperor of the Central Plains can be my granddaughter-in-law, what else is there to be dissatisfied about?
This is the perfect opportunity for our Yuchi family to take off our barbarian beard forever!"
After listening to this, Li Congde was silent for a long time, and then nodded slightly, "Thank you, sir, for your enlightenment. From now on, a certain Li Congde will be a good watchdog for Anxi."
"Hmph!" Li Shengtian snorted coldly, "Confused! If you just want to be a guard dog, why should you bother so much? Can't you just sit back and watch Zhang Erlang succeed?
What a good life for you! You don’t have to be a guard dog anymore, because what my family wants is to no longer be a guard dog, but to be the right-hand man of the emperor!"
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Two-in-one, gone today.
This chapter has been completed!