Li Yao devoted himself to the role-playing of Princess Pingyang Zhao, so naturally he wanted to "reminisce about the past" with He Panren.

Li Yao used his identity and tone as Princess Pingyang to selectively tell the other party some of his experiences since time travel, and at the same time, he also secretly extracted from the other party some past events related to Princess Pingyang and He Panren.

It turns out that the main reason why He Panren and Princess Pingyang came together to start a joint cause was not the eloquence of Ma Sanbao, the lobbyist sent by Princess Pingyang, but the promise of Princess Pingyang.

He Panren was born into a merchant family of the country "Heart of Sogdia", and was a Sogdian aristocrat with a little bit of blood from the royal family of the country.

Since the fifth year of the founding of the Sui Dynasty, he came to Guanzhong with Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty who was touring the Western Regions, and he has never returned to his ancestral homeland.

At that time, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty was very ambitious. In order to attract wealthy Hu merchants from the Western Regions to do business in the Central Plains, he successively held the ancient version of the World Expo and the Super Carnival in Zhangye and the eastern capital Luoyang, and used this to attract investment and revitalize national commerce.

economic purpose.

Although jokes such as "What's the point of wrapping around a tree if the clothes don't cover the body" were made during this period, the Hu merchants also saw the extreme willfulness and vanity of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty. However, they were new to the country and were deeply attracted by the flashy scene of the Eastern Land.

Confused, He Panren still felt that staying in the Great Sui Dynasty had more development prospects than staying in a small country in Central Asia, so he soon became a Hu merchant living in Liren City in the west of the Great Sui Dynasty.

At the beginning, the Sui court spared no effort to meet all the needs of the Hu merchants in the Western Regions. One of the measures that moved He Panren the most was to allow the Zoroastrian believers to build a Zoroastrian Temple in Xijing.

Because He Panren had the blood of King He, he had the highest status and wealth among the Zoroastrians living in Xijing. In addition, he was mainly engaged in the silk and jewelry business and was very good at appraising treasures. Therefore, he was deeply loved by Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty and was favored by the Great Sui Dynasty.

The imperial court appointed him as the "Maha Dasha Bao" in Xijing to rule over all Hu households in Xijing.

During this period, He Panren felt that everything was great, and believed that Emperor Sui Yang was the greatest emperor in the world.

However, as the social situation of the Sui Dynasty became increasingly severe, within a few years, the image of Emperor Sui Yang in his mind completely collapsed.

First of all, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty patrolled every year and conquered Goguryeo three times, which cost a lot of money. Not only did the treatment given to Hu merchants by the court decrease year by year, but they also continued to increase taxes on them. As a result, all Hu merchants could not make ends meet and were unable to survive, and even their families were ruined.

Not a few.

Then came the social unrest, frequent civil commotions, and poor public security. The Hu households were hit hard. Therefore, He Panren, who commanded Sabao Mansion, had to take on many important responsibilities beyond the scope of his duties for the Sui Dynasty, which caused many conflicts between Hu and Han people.

Gradually, the bloodshed became more and more numerous, almost to the point of being beyond control.

The most intolerable thing for He Panren was that the attitude of Sui Dynasty officials towards Zoroastrian Christians was getting worse and worse. In particular, the Zuo Yiwei general Yin Shishi who was staying in Xijing at that time had the deepest conflict with him. In order to alleviate the conflict between Han and Hu in Xijing, this king

, actually attributed all the blame to the Zoroastrian mages, and sent troops to smash the Xijing Zoroastrian Temple to pieces.

So, He Panren, a devout Zoroastrian, rebelled, took several of his brothers and all his family assets, and led the Hu soldiers from Sabao Prefecture to fight all the way westward under heavy interceptions from the Sui army, gathering refugees along the way.

When they arrived at Sizhuyuan, tens of thousands of people had already gathered, and they could barely stand.

At this time, Ma Sanbao found He Panren in Sizhuyuan and brought him Li Sanniang's promise: Once the Li family establishes a new dynasty, they will always guarantee the freedom of belief of Zoroastrian Christians and give He Panren a formal title.

, ensuring his status among the Hu people in Xijing.

As a Hu man, He Panren was worried about his difficulty in controlling the refugee team, which was mainly Han people. As soon as he heard Ma Sanbao's words, he led the crowd to submit to Li Sanniang on the spot.

After the establishment of the Li Tang Dynasty, He Panren was named General Mingwei by the court for his contribution to the founding of the country, and was awarded the title of Founding County Man. Although He Panren was later deprived of his official title by the court for killing Western Qin prisoners in anger, he also wanted to get rid of it. After all, he

He can also resell jewelry and silk and live the life of a wealthy businessman.

However, Princess Pingyang felt that she could not keep He Panren's title, and she felt a little sorry for him. In order to fulfill her promise, Princess Pingyang, together with some important ministers, proposed to Li Yuan to establish relevant institutions to manage Zoroastrian believers and maintain the customs of Hu households in the Tang Dynasty.

and faith, in order to encourage them to actively engage in trade activities. In order to restore the normal commercial exchanges between the Tang Dynasty and the countries in the Western Regions, Li Yuan followed suit. In the fourth year of Wude, he issued an edict to re-establish Sabao Mansion and spread it in Chang'an.

The coat temple was rebuilt in the southwest corner of Zhengfang.

Then, with the support of Princess Pingyang, He Panren was able to take up the post of Sabao of Jingyi, resume his old business as before, and soon after that, he regained the title of Founding County Man.

In order to express his gratitude and admiration for Princess Pingyang, He Panren did not hesitate to use beautiful words and spared no effort to promote Princess Pingyang's merits among Zoroastrian believers and Hu merchants.

So later, Zoroastrian believers in various countries in the Western Regions learned from traders that in the distant east, they could also sing and pray in Zoroastrian temples, and in the prosperous Chang'an, they could also live a "pipa, drum, and flute" life.

In order to live a life of singing, drunkenness and dancing, the whole family and even the entire clan brought all the assets they could take away, praising the Eastern Princess who was like the incarnation of the goddess of goodness, and traveled thousands of miles to the country of their dreams.

Don...

Thus, there was the current meeting between Li Yao and He Panren.

After a conversation full of sighs and sighs, He Panren patted his strong chest and said: "All the funds that Taoist Master Mingzhen will need for his future life will be borne by He Da, but please rest assured, Taoist Master, although I, He, cannot

Let the Taoist priest live the same life as he did when he was a princess, but it won't be too far off."

He Panren said, casually glanced at the room, and shook his head repeatedly: "It's bad, it's really bad!" Then he turned to Li Yao and said sincerely: "How often has Taoist Priest lived in a place like this? It makes He Da feel uncomfortable just looking at it. I want Taoist Priest to come here."

I must have suffered a lot these days, otherwise... I wonder if it would be okay to ask He Dalai to arrange a spacious and quiet place for the Taoist Priest?"

Li Yao did not reply in a hurry, but took out a large package from his bamboo basket, and then unwrapped the package, revealing exquisite jewelry boxes. He Panren was stunned for a moment and said strangely: "Taoist priest, these are jewelry boxes."

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Li Yao smiled and said, "You should take a look first."

He Panren opened all the boxes one by one and looked at them. He saw that the boxes were filled with all kinds of jewelry. Then a look of surprise suddenly appeared on his face. He turned to Li Yao and said, "He Dazhen didn't expect that the Taoist Master would actually

I brought out all my underground things..."

He Panren paused, picked up a round and plump silver-white pearl, and said seriously: "It's just that the Taoist Master also knows that He Da is in the treasure business. A southern pearl like this is not worth buying in the two markets."

If you sell it, even if you sell it privately, I'm afraid it will cause trouble."

Upon hearing this, Li Yao frowned and said in surprise: "You mean... this can be considered an exclusive tribute?"

He Panren nodded, but he smiled again, and said plausibly: "Haha, Taoist priest, don't worry, please allow He Da to say something disrespectful, even if this is a bead picked from Jin Shang's head, our He family can still do it
Chapter completed!