Chapter 1122 The follow-up to the city of Samarkand - come to an end
"Kolijak and Ibrahan Wogulun have left?" It was still a house in the courtyard of a middle-class family. Shang Bing leaned on the couch and read the book in his hand, and asked Song Sheng who just walked in.
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"Yes, Your Highness, Kolijak Khan and Ibrahan Wogulun Khan have left the city of Samarkand and returned to their country." After Song Sheng said this, he couldn't help but said: "Your Highness, I'm sorry.
I bluntly say, Your Highness, it would be better for you to send off the two Khans."
"Gu has already sent them to the north gate of the city, but he still has to send them thirty miles away? Song Aiqing, as the prince of the Ming Dynasty, is not as good as the Khan of the Mongols? Could it be that in Gu's Qin vassal, Gu can't say anything?
It doesn’t count!” Shang Bing said seriously.
'You killed Shame Chagan without Gu's permission, and now...' he added in his mind.
"I have overstepped my bounds. Please forgive me, Your Highness." Song Sheng said immediately.
At this moment, Shichang Bing also realized that what he just said was a bit harsh, so he stood up and helped him up, saying, "It was Gu Shicai who said something a bit harsh. My dear, please stand up."
After this exchange, Shang Bing's mood calmed down a little, and he asked the eunuch to make tea for Song Sheng, and then said to him: "Is there any news about other barbarian countries these days?"
"According to the news coming back from Afghanistan, Khalil who was stationed in Herat had no intention of attacking the city of Samarkand. Instead, he led his troops westward, seemingly to conquer Persia. News of Persia's defeat and death in Timur
After the news was passed, there were some changes, and they did not obey the officials originally sent by Timur."
"Umar occupied Ashgabat. After hearing that His Highness attacked the city of Samarkand, he led his troops eastward, but stopped only as far as the Amu Darya River Basin and did not move eastward."
"There are rumors that Shaharul appeared in Kabul and took control of the city with the support of the generals originally stationed in the city. Other circumstances are unknown."
"Shaharu appeared in Kabul?" Shang Bing said in great surprise: "Didn't he follow Salha and lead his troops to flee, be stopped under the city of Urumqi, and finally the entire army was wiped out? General Lan reported that everyone was killed
Although Shaharul's body was not found at that time, no one escaped."
"Now it seems that either some people escaped and Liang Guogong did not report it, or they were too hasty when they withdrew their troops and did not kill everyone before leading their troops back." Song Sheng analyzed.
"Forget it, none of this is important. What is important is that Shaharul appeared in Kabul." Shang Bing said: "Kabul is at the throat of India from the Western Regions. You can go south to attack India, and you can go north to attack the city of Samarkand.
, what does Song Aiqing think he will plan?"
"Probably heading south to India. I remember His Majesty once mentioned that the countries that rule most parts of India are now weak, and the Ming Dynasty is at its peak. Shaharul doesn't have many soldiers, so he should be able to pick on the weak."
"Pay attention to Shaharul's movements. If he goes south to India, don't pay attention." Shang Bing said: "Since Umar in the west only occupied the Amu Darya River and will not move eastward, he sent people to Ashgabat.
Negotiate with him and live in peace with the Amu Darya River as the boundary."
"But Khalil's movements cannot be ignored. If he takes over Persia, his power will definitely increase greatly, and he may come north to cause trouble for Gu. Does Persia have forces that seem to be able to deal with him?"
"There is an Aries country, so named because it has a white sheep embroidered on its flag. The current owner of this country is named Kara Osman. He followed the attack on the Ottoman country two years ago and received a large fief for his military exploits.
Now that Timur is defeated and dead, he will definitely not be willing to stay in his fiefdom."
"There is also a Black Sheep Kingdom, so named because it has a black sheep embroidered on its flag. The original country was all in Herat, and it once occupied most of the land in Persia. The current leader of this country is named Yusuf, who was
After Timur was defeated, he fled to Egypt. Although his country was almost destroyed, it still enjoyed the support of the people in its original land, just like the six eastern kingdoms that were destroyed by Qin. Now that Timur is defeated, he will most likely return to Persia to rebuild his country.
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"Send envoys to contact these two countries and report the situation to Gu at any time." Shang Bing thought for a while and gave a few instructions, and Song Sheng bowed and agreed.
After talking about diplomacy, Shang Bing talked about domestic affairs: "Song Aiqing, after thinking about it, Gu feels that it is better not to put the capital of the Qin vassal in Samarkand. Gu neither occupies Afghanistan nor controls the Amu Darya River or Samarkand."
Not only is the city easily harassed by enemies, it is also not located in the center of the entire vassal state, making it unsuitable as a capital."
"Then where does Your Highness think it is suitable?"
"In Yigu's opinion, Tashkent is a good place. It is located near the Syr Darya River and there will be no shortage of water. The city is very dangerous and close to the Fergana Basin, the richest in the entire Western Region. It is suitable to be the capital."
"Since His Highness thinks Tashkent is suitable, I have no objection."
"Then I will decide that the capital will be in Tashkent." Shang Bing finally decided.
The two of them talked about how to develop the capital. Yunxi promised to give him all the Han people in Yiwu and Turpan, and to supply him with the gaps of those who died in the battle. Naturally, most of these people would be resettled in the new capital.
The capital is Tashkent.
Although Tashkent was originally a city with a population of tens of thousands, Shang Bing needed to make large-scale reconstruction of the city if he wanted to make it the capital. At least most of the Tianfang Temples had to be demolished, and the city defenses had to be modified according to the Ming Dynasty style.
The two of them discussed this for a long time, and it wasn't until it was almost dark that they finally settled most of the things.
Shang Bing's mouth felt dry as he spoke. He quickly picked up the teapot and drank half the tea. Seeing that the teacup in Song Sheng's hand was empty, he handed the teapot over. Song Sheng hesitated for a moment, then reached out to take the teapot and pour the tea.
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"After we have agreed on this, there is only one last major matter that needs to be settled." Shang Bing said: "Since the capital is not in Samarkand, I will not stay in Samarkand; but this city is very important, my dear.
Who do you think is best to arrange to stay in this city?"
"The most suitable general to follow the Western Expedition this time is of course Zhu Hengshi. He is brave, resourceful and good at handling political affairs. However, he will not stay in the Qin Dynasty. Although the Baiyi Guards will leave some people, the generals in charge will not
Not suitable."
"Although Xu Youde has been serving as a general at the border with the Mongols, the situation around the city of Samarkand is a hundred times more complicated than in the north, and I think he may not be qualified."
Song Sheng commented on several people in succession, but none of them were suitable. Seeing that he had excluded all Han and Mongolian generals, Shang Bing felt anxious and asked: "Is it necessary to appoint a local barbarian as the chief general?"
"Your Highness, in my opinion, according to the current situation, no one is suitable. We can only appoint a barbarian from the Western Regions who believes in the Tianfang Sect."
"This won't work!" Shang Bing couldn't accept a local man as the general stationed in such an important city as Samarkand. He was about to name someone casually when suddenly one of his eunuchs walked in, knelt down and said: "Your Highness, Your Majesty, give this to Your Highness
Reinforcements have been sent.”
"Reinforcements? Who leads them?"
"Your Highness, this is Qian Hu Qin Shou Shan, who was originally under His Highness."