The news of Ashinaduo's invasion had not yet reached the place where the alliance was being held, and the people sent by Ashina Qiuluo arrived first.
Jieli Khan Ashina Qiuluo stayed at the Turkic court, and soon after Ashina Yang Huan left, he put down a rebellion.
The second son of Ashina Duowen, Ashina Yeni, united two Golida officials and one Suni Que to plot a rebellion... Well, this is what Ashina Qura said.
In fact, they received a warning from Ashina Duowen and wanted to lead some of the tribes in the southern part of Ak to move eastward. They had no intention of occupying the royal court, killing the Khan's cronies, or attacking other royal court tribes.
But their behavior was no different from rebellion. They conspired privately to leave the royal court without the permission of the Khan.
This undoubtedly broke the promise they made to the gods and the Khan. It was an unforgivable behavior in Turks. Since the founding of the Turks, such a thing had only happened twice, and both were quickly suppressed.
This time was no exception. Daluo, who was in charge of the southern part of Ark, got the tip from Ashina Sizhen in time. Without anyone else taking action, the southern part of Ark solved the problem internally and arrested Ashina Yenni and others.
And then reported it to Ashina Qura.
In fact, these few people are nothing, but Ashina Duowen still has many accomplices in the royal court. The actions of Ashina Yeni and others have given the royal court signs of instability.
Ashina Qura sent people to urge the Khan to end the alliance as soon as possible and rush back to the royal court.
As the Khan of the West, he did not take the opportunity to clean up and deal a heavy blow to Ashina Duowen. Instead, he chose to take the overall situation into consideration and handle these matters personally after the Khan returned to the royal court.
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"Go back and tell Jieli Khan that his wisdom is admirable. Before I go back, there shouldn't be too much blood and killing. No one can take anything away from us."
Ashina Yang Huan calmly and simply asked people to bring back his message to Ashina Qiuluo, without even a trace of surprise in his heart.
Because the Turks are like this, power belongs to the Khan, but there are always people watching from the side. If everyone doesn't make a fuss every few years, it seems uncomfortable.
The herdsmen wandered on the grasslands, and most of them would only be loyal to the villages or tribal leaders who managed them, while the nobles enjoyed the benefits while their minds were filled with selfish desires.
Everyone claims to be a Turk, but how many of them would care about the Turks?
This seems to be a chronic disease of the northern tribal alliance empire, but in fact it is a problem of human nature. The Central Plains Dynasty in the south is also troubled by this problem and cannot eliminate it.
The only thing that makes the Central Plains Dynasty better than the nomadic peoples in the north is that after several unification wars, the Central Plains Dynasty has been recognized by people. As long as the noble elites don't make mistakes and can give most people a full meal, everyone can live in peace and harmony.
thing.
After gradually showing signs of centralization, the power of local officials has been greatly restricted. No one can anymore have as much power as the Turkic tribal leaders, tutuns, small khans, etc., and can easily
sparked a rebellion.
In other words, to put it bluntly, the rule of the Central Plains dynasty was stronger and more powerful. Even ordinary people knew how to obey the law and abide by the law, unlike the Turkic herdsmen who were ignorant.
Of course, the herdsmen on the grasslands eat meat, graze, drink, and beat their wives all day long. Most people in the Central Plains also live a life of working from sunrise to sunset. In fact, everyone lives in the same world. It is just a way of life.
It's just different.
And where there are people, there are rivers and lakes. This old saying is really good. It is a virtue no matter north, south or east.
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Ashina Yang Huan has been in the Turks for many years and knows this very well, so she doesn't take it seriously. She is just thinking that it seems that Ashina Duowen is really about to lose control.
Do you want to learn from Datou? Datou finally died in Tuyuhun King's City. Where will Ashina Duowen die?
Just two days later, the news about Ashina Duo's army attacking Liaodong finally reached the ears of Ashina Yang Huan. This was the same as when Ashina Qiuluo led his army to the south. It was a strategic move by the young Khan alone.
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The difference is that Ashina Yang Huan has sent people to warn Ashina Duowen repeatedly not to mobilize troops without permission, but Ashina Duowen still did not obey the Khan's order in the end and blatantly disobeyed the order.
Moreover, they chose to raise troops during the alliance meeting, which would definitely have an unforeseen impact on this alliance, and their intentions were extremely sinister.
Ashina Yang Huan was naturally angry. After hearing the news, she secretly cursed an idiot in her heart, but it was impossible to say how shocked and panic she was.
Ashina Duowen has not returned to the royal court to see her for many years. Her ambition is obvious, and it is not surprising that she will do anything.
This alliance has not yet talked about Liaodong and the Western Regions. If we sign an alliance on this, Ashina will lead his army to attack Liaodong after hearing about it. That would be terrible.
Ashina Yang Huan immediately summoned his subordinates to discuss the matter with them. When the nobles heard the news, the atmosphere in the alliance suddenly became tense.
Ashina Gebu was immediately taken into custody and brought to Ashina Yanghuan. In front of a group of Turkic nobles, Ashina Yanghuan interrogated him.
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Li Po was currently flipping through documents from the south in the big tent.
The imperial examination has been completed, and the memorials sent back to Chang'an from various places show that the situation of the imperial examination is neither good nor bad. There are naturally many problems, but there are few cases of resistance to the imperial examination and deliberate obstruction and interference.
Generally speaking, the first imperial examination in the Tang Dynasty tended to be dull. It did not cause too much trouble, and it did not have the excitement of "Heroes of the World".
What we have to do after that is actually very simple, try to improve the imperial examination system, promote it, make it deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and make people forget about the nine-level Zhongzheng system or the Chaju system.
The other thing is to catch a group of typical people and kill some of them so that those who are not too smart or too smart can know how powerful they are.
In other words, you are just killing the chicken to scare the monkeys. Whenever something big happens, there will always be some people who go against the trend and put their heads under the knife. If you don't cut them off, they will be complacent and will play with their hearts next time.
This has always been the case, time and time again, so there is no need to be polite to them.
What’s more, this year’s autumn harvest has begun, and the year is not bad. Grain production is increasing in various places. Of course, there is no need to be too happy. The foundation is too weak. Even if the production is increased several times, it will not be as good as in the last years of the great cause. I don’t know if I want to benchmark against the previous Sui Dynasty.
It’s a matter of the year of the monkey and the month of the horse.
There were not many documents that came to Li Po. They were all about the current affairs of the imperial court. The reports tended to be general, and Li Po did not need to spend much energy to deal with them.
After all, the emperor ran to the grassland, and it was not easy to go back and forth. If it was not a major matter, it would not be easily delivered to Li Po.
Another rather unexpected news is that the Fuyu people's envoy has arrived in Luoyang and will soon go to Chang'an to have an audience.
Li Po calculated silently and found that in May, after Li Daozong pacified Linyi, he sent a letter to express his victory. Two or three months ago, the people from Fuyu came quite slowly.
The Fuyu people have been paying tribute to the Central Plains for a long time, but they don't come often. There has been some chaos in the Central Plains recently. Well, this recent period refers to the late Han Dynasty, not the war in the late Sui Dynasty.
People from Fuyu came over to take a look. I don’t know whether they were afraid that these people from the Central Plains would get jealous and make things difficult for them, or they came to watch the excitement.
They are now a big country in Southeast Asia, and they don't seem to be isolated. They not only interact with the Central Plains, but are also influenced by Tianzhu. It is said that there are many Buddhists there, and I don't know when it became the state religion of Fuyu.
I have to say that the monks in Tianzhu do have two brushes...
And precisely because of the prosperity of Buddhism, the people of Fuyu appear to be very peaceful. Once there is trouble in Linyi, Fuyu will be shaken and always be at a disadvantage in the battle with Linyi.
Therefore, after Li Daozong pacified Linyi, he immediately sent people to Fuyu to ask them to come to the Central Plains to pay tribute. After they heard the news, they immediately sent out envoys. They were extremely obedient and looked more like vassal states than the former Sui vassals.
When the people from Fuyu came this time, it was said that they brought many strange things with them. Li Po really wanted to see them, but unfortunately he was in Yunnei and didn't know if these people would still be there when he returned to Chang'an.
This was a good opportunity to learn about Southeast Asia. Li Po wrote back to his wife, asking her to stay with the Buyeo envoy for a few days until he could see him back.
Fuyu is undoubtedly a part of his grand strategy, and is so "kind", which is different from how their descendants behave, but this is exactly what Li Po wants. Unlike these people in the north, whether they are East and West Turks or Goguryeo,
Everyone in Tubo is grinning and looking evil. How wonderful would it be if they were all like the people of Fuyu?
Well, what he thought was quite beautiful, but he didn’t even think about it. Maybe in the eyes of Fuyu people, the Tang Dynasty was the same, otherwise why would they come here to please you?
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In the evening, Li Po had dinner, and as before, he called all the ministers over to hear the results of today's discussion and the progress of the negotiations.
They won't stay on the grassland for too long. The date set with Ashina Yang Huan is early August. At most, it will not be until early August. There is about half a month left. There are still things that the two countries need to discuss.
There are a lot, and time is really tight.
Pei Shiqing and others felt that it was impossible to complete various discussions and record them in writing in a short time.
Not only are the Turks very tough, but their voices are messy and they cannot have a unified opinion, so what results can be expected?
The alliance is likely to end without a problem. This is the prediction in the minds of Pei Shiqing and others. Will there be another alliance? Judging from the harmonious relationship between the two kings, it is not impossible.
After dinner, everyone dispersed, and Li Chun happily went to take care of her horses. At this time, Luo Shixin and Ashina Rongzhen arrived together.
"Brother, something doesn't seem right over there with the Turks..."