Drink dragon paste wine and eat fire crystal persimmons.
Listen to songs and watch dances.
The two of them were dressed in casual clothes and drank with each other.
Wu Huaiyu admired people like Chai Shao and Qiu Xinggong. Their ability to bend and stretch was truly reflected in their ability to be a man.
Chai Shao's second brother died in prison, his son was exiled to the frontier, and he himself was dismissed. All this was because of Wu Huaiyu in front of him.
But Chai Shao was still able to drink and chat with Huaiyu calmly.
If this were an ordinary person, wouldn't he be able to form a life-and-death grudge from now on and not give up until he died?
But Chai Shao called him Brother Qingyang.
Last summer, Wu Huaiyu was just a young ninth-level soldier under his command who joined the army. Now he raised a glass to Huaiyu and called him Brother Qingyang without any hesitation.
This kind of person is terrible.
Wu Huaiyu knew very well that he could toast him as his brother today. If he really had a chance, he would definitely kill Wu Huaiyu without hesitation. The biggest difference between him and many ordinary people is that he would not act rashly or be completely sure.
He won't take action easily.
If you don't take action, you will be killed. If you do, you will be killed.
This is a cruel person.
Even Qiu Xinggong, whom he had looked down on before, was this kind of person. When he was in Lingzhou, Wu Huaiyu locked Qiu Xinggong in a small black hole underground for a long time. When he first came out, Qiu Xinggong also let off a lot of harsh words.
But after returning to Beijing, when Qiu He made it clear that he could not be an enemy of Wu Huaiyu, this guy's attitude changed very quickly. Even if he was forced to sacrifice his daughter to get in, he would visit him again and again with gifts.
Even when something happened to Wu Huaiyu this time, this guy not only watched the joke without moving the bench, but also came out to help.
Sure enough, there are not many simple people who can become princes.
"I would also like to thank Brother Qingyang for your noble hand and letting the Chai family go."
Chai Shao raised his glass to toast again.
Huaiyu felt so stressed when facing this guy.
"Chai Erlang's result was not my intention," Huaiyu said.
"That's all his own fault. Over the years, I have advised him more than once to settle down on his official career and stop interacting with those gangsters. But he didn't listen, and I was too indifferent to notice. I didn't even know he was doing such a bastard thing. Now,
He deserves to die."
Chai Er died in imperial prison, hanging himself like Du Jing'ai.
Not death, but suicide.
But there's really no difference.
It's just that he committed suicide in exchange for the last trace of dignity. The emperor did not involve the Chai family too much, Chai Shao was only dismissed from office, and Chai Zhewei was only demoted to Guazhou.
Of course, just like Du Jing'ai, after his death, all his concubines, servants and maids were given to Wu Huaiyu by the emperor, but his wife and children were preserved.
Chai Shao cooperated very well. He ordered the prisoner to take the corpse back and immediately sent them to the Wu family.
Today he made an appointment with Huaiyu, apologized over three glasses of wine, and took out a list, which was the same as the apology given by Du Jingtong to Wu Huaiyu. Two villages in Gyeonggi had thousands of acres of fertile land, three villas and estates in the suburbs, and one in Chang'an.
House, slaves, and horses are fifty each.
One thousand guan of money.
Chai Shao also added slaves, fifty oxen and horses.
"This is a gift to Brother Qingyang on behalf of the traitor. Originally, the traitor should have come to apologize in person today, but I personally gave him thirty lashes yesterday and he couldn't leave the bed within three or two months."
Chai Shao said very calmly.
But Huaiyu believed that he must have given Chai Zhewei thirty lashes, and he probably had lost half his life.
To Chai Shao, the compensation for the house, fields, slaves, cattle, horses, money, and silk was not worth mentioning. Although it was equivalent to the wealth of a small tycoon, Chai Shao did not lack this.
In the previous incident at Nanku, Chai Lun was implicated by Master Gu, who revealed a lot of illegal things in Nanku. He was deposed and removed from office. Chai Shao also took away the post of governor of Huazhou, and the generals were also changed.
If I had restrained myself at that time and not continued to make mistakes, we would not have the results we have today.
It's a pity that Bilong claimed to be a Chang'an hero and was from a noble family in Guanlong. How could he bear the bullying from a nouveau riche minister like Wu Huaiyu? After a few glasses of wine with his younger brother Du Jingai, and after some complaints, Du Jingai came up with something.
trick.
I thought that by using prophecies to get Wu Huaiyu, and easily manipulated it, this kind of upstart with no background could be saved from catastrophe.
Unexpectedly, in the end, they themselves are the ones who are destined to suffer.
It’s not that they didn’t plan well, but they still failed this time.
Whether Chai Shao knew about it or participated in it is not important now.
Chai Shao just turned over the story as soon as possible and didn't want to let this bad thing continue.
Wu Huaiyu accepted the apology from Chai Shao without being polite.
Everyone has to take responsibility for their own actions.
If Wu Huaiyu fails to hold on this time, the end will be even worse. It's not that he is polite to Chai Shaoduo, he also knows that this result is already the emperor's will.
The emperor would not allow it to go any further.
He also knew that with Chai Shao's achievements, prestige and even his status, he would not be removed from office for more than a year, and he would definitely be able to come back.
The future is still long, let’s wait and see.
But to be honest, Wu Huaiyu was very happy when he took the order. It was not that he was interested in the thousand acres of land, thousands of dollars, hundreds of slaves and horses, three villas and one villa, which were worth a lot, but as long as Wu Huaiyu had power,
Unfortunately, money is not a problem.
He was happy that he finally fulfilled his promise when he was besieged by the Turkic enemy forces in Longyou. He fought bloody battles for days and roared with anger in his heart in that desperate situation. Sooner or later, Chai Shao would have to pay the price.
Now, I finally received my first interest payment.
From an overall perspective, Chai Shao cannot be blamed for what happened in the first place. He led the troops to fight. This was a military necessity. But from a personal perspective, it would be difficult for anyone to accept it. There must be complaints in his heart.
Chai Shao is actually quite young, only forty years old.
Back then, Li Shimin was still his lackey, but now he has become a little older. In the court, seniority, prestige, and ability are not always a good thing.
If Li Yuan had not abdicated as Supreme Emperor, perhaps Chai Shao's life would have been easier.
Nowadays, it can only be said that his golden age has passed.
Especially since his wife is deceased, Li Shimin doesn't have much affection for him.
Every day in the Zhenguan Dynasty will not be so happy. You must be careful and make every mistake. Your younger brother will not let him go easily.
Although there is no need to worry too much as long as you are not rebellious and rebellious, but like Li Xiaogong, you are still very aggrieved, but you are all old foxes, you have to endure the aggrievement, and even smile.
Is Chai Shao afraid of Wu Huaiyu?
Of course he is not afraid. In his eyes, Wu Huaiyu is always just a young man with some abilities, but Wu Huaiyu is a close minister and he represents the emperor.
When beating a dog, it depends on the owner.
After drinking a pot of dragon paste wine, the two finally ended the meeting.
On the surface, the talks looked okay, at least they didn't become direct enemies, but in reality, everyone knew what was going on.
After seeing Chai Shao go out and watching him get on the carriage and leave, Huaiyu turned around and went back.
He called Foresta and Banu, ordered another bottle of wine, and continued drinking.
The wine I drank just now was not pleasant. I had to think about it for a long time before I said anything. I didn't dare to drink more for fear of making a mistake.
Now that two Persian beauties were invited, Huaiyu felt relaxed.
Foresta drank two drinks with him and then left. Banu continued to accompany him, and Wu Huaiyu hugged the beauty and chatted with her about the leisure days in the western regions of Persia.
"I just heard the news not long ago from the tribute mission from Kang that your father, with the support of Byzantine Emperor Heraclius, has proclaimed himself emperor, and you are now considered a princess."
he said with a smile.
It is not surprising that Banu's father Shahbalaz proclaimed himself emperor.
In other words, although the Mihran family is actually known as one of the seven famous families of the Persian Sasanian Empire, it also has a tradition of usurping the throne and committing rebellion.
The original meaning of Mihran is general, and the Mihran family is also a famous ancient general in Persia.
Even just a few decades ago, the Mihran family produced a famous general, Bahram, who killed the king and usurped the throne. In the war between Byzantium and Persia, he captured many Byzantine towns with a huge disparity in military strength and followed the Persian emperor Huo.
Slaw I made great military exploits. When Yanda and the Western Turks jointly invaded Persia, he served as the governor of Khorasan, led the Persian army to a great victory over the enemy, and personally shot and killed the Turkic Mohe Khan.
But later, the famous general Bahram Chubin was forced to rebel by Khosrow I and Hormuz IV, and the famous Persian civil war broke out.
The result was that Khosrau I died of fear, Hormuz IV was killed, and his son Khosrau II succeeded to the throne. Although Byzantium sent troops to intervene, Bahram still reached the capital Ctesiphon and won a great victory.
He proclaimed himself the king of Persian kings.
However, after Khosrow II was ousted, he fled to Byzantium, had the crown prince marry a Byzantine princess, and signed many cession treaties, in exchange for which Byzantium sent troops to help defeat Bahram and regain the throne. Bahram fled to Western Turks and even became a
He became a favored minister in the Western Turkic Khan's court and foiled a palace coup on behalf of the Khan.
Unfortunately, in the end, this famous general was assassinated by an assassin sent by the Persian emperor.
Of course, Bahram was not the first member of the Mihran family to usurp the throne and become emperor, nor was he the last.
In fact, the rise of Banu's father Shahbalaz was due to Bahram's rebellion. At that time, Khosrau II was the crown prince of Khosrow II, and Shahbaliz was only a branch of the Mihran family.
He is the bodyguard of Khosilao II.
He fled to the Byzantine capital Constantinople with Khosrow to ask for help and borrow troops. After borrowing soldiers, he returned home. In a battle, Shahbalaz followed the crown prince Khosrow II with only thirteen companions.
He rushed into the enemy's formation and took the lead to charge and tear the enemy's formation apart. After this battle, Bahbam Chubin was defeated and fled to the Turks.
Khosrow II directly married his sister Mihran to Shahbalaz for this brave confidant.
This Princess Mihran is now Banu's mother.
After putting down the rebellion, Khosrow II married the daughter of the Byzantine emperor, ushering in a rare period of peace that lasted for more than ten years.
However, later, when Khosrow II's father-in-law Maurice I was murdered and usurped by General Phocas, Byzantium fell into civil war. This time it was the Persian emperor's turn to send troops to Rome under the banner of revenge for his father-in-law.
This war never stopped. At the beginning, Persia did take advantage and captured countless Roman territories, including Egypt and Syria. It was also at this time that Shahbalaz showed his famous general style and fought for Persia.
He won countless battles and thus became a powerful warlord in the Sasanian Empire.
But in the end, he also followed the old path of Bahram. He was jealous of the emperor and alienated by Rome. In the end, he rebelled against his brother-in-law, the emperor, and proclaimed himself king. He joined forces with the Eastern Romans to attack the Persian Sasanians, and the Western Turks were also conquered by the Eastern Romans.
Rome pulled up its chariot, and the Persian Sasanian Empire was beaten to pieces.
The latest news brought by the Kang State mission is that the prince Kavad II, who was born to the daughter of Khosrow II and Byzantine Emperor Maurice I, had been imprisoned before. At this time, he took advantage of the palace coup, killed his father and usurped the throne.
Kill all Queen Xuxian and her children.
However, Kavad II killed his father and usurped the throne, which also triggered opposition from many forces in Persia. Now Sassanid Persia is experiencing internal and external troubles and is extremely turbulent.
The King of kings, the King of kings, there are several of them.
Banu's father, Shahbalaz, claimed to be the king of kings and was just one of the many self-proclaimed emperors in Persia.
Several Persian emperors sent envoys to Chang'an, hoping to gain support from the Tang Dynasty, although at this time the Tang Dynasty's western border was only in Dunhuang.
But the Western Turks are now nominally surrendered to the Tang Dynasty. The Persians are eager to pull the Western Turkic Khanate off the Byzantine chariot and pull it onto its own chariot. It is best to help them destroy the other Persian puppet emperors first.
When Wu Huaiyu mentioned this to Banu, he actually wanted to ask her if she had ever thought about returning to Persia.
Her father still doesn't know that she is in Chang'an.
"You can write a letter to your father and I will give it to your father's envoy to take back. I can also arrange for you to meet with your father's envoy."
Banu was stunned.
She had been taken into slavery by the emperor's uncle and had been displaced for tens of thousands of miles. She never thought she would be able to go back.
But now after hearing the news, she felt inexplicably neither excited nor expected.
"Chang'an is very good. I like it here, and I also like Erlang. I don't want to go back to Persia anymore." For a long time, she just replied.
"Whether you come back or not, I respect your choice. I will arrange for you to meet the envoy. Even if you don't come back, you can still send greetings to your father and say you are safe."
