The first thousand three hundred and sixty-two chapters of the four conditions of the Turkic Khan
Zhang Jike? Never heard of it, let’s go! Let’s go see the envoy sent by the Emperor of Sui Dynasty.”
At the end of the day, the Khan smiled ferociously, turned his horse's head, and ran towards the king's tent.
At the same time, Zhang Jike led four guards into the murderous Turkic camp.
Although there has been a saying since ancient times that "two countries are at war without killing the envoys", this is a rule followed by the Chinese dynasty. This is not necessarily true for the northern nomads. In the past, when the southern Chinese dynasty fought with the northern nomads, the envoys were not killed.
A few, when the Han Dynasty was at war with the Huns, the Huns killed many Han envoys.
Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that Zhang Jike led four guards and said they were like a sheep entering a tiger's mouth. What's more, as soon as they entered the Turkic camp, there were Turkic soldiers who looked at them with evil intentions. Some Turkic people even roared viciously at them on purpose.
He made a slashing motion with the knife, deliberately scaring them, as if he wanted to tear them into pieces.
But what greatly disappointed the Turks was that, although Zhang Jike and his four guards looked solemn, they did not show much nervousness. In particular, one of the guards had a cold expression and there was no change in his expression at all.
At the entrance of the king's tent, there were densely packed Turkic Golden Wolf Guards, all of them powerful and fierce-looking, holding large axes and swords in their hands, standing in two lines. There was only a narrow passage between the axes and swords, allowing only one person to pass.
When Zhang Jike thought about the mysterious Nie Xiaoyu following behind him, he calmly walked through the sharp swords and axes, turning a blind eye to the fierce eyes on both sides, and walked into the king's tent.
There was no superficial arrangement like Zhang Jike's imagination of placing a big cauldron and boiling oil in the king's tent to deliberately frighten the Sui envoys.
On the contrary, the Turkic king's tent was neat and solemn, with senior Turkic officials sitting on both sides. It was completely different from the fierce and chaotic outside, and it was quite majestic.
There is a similar couch like this on the dragon couch, on which sits a man with a golden helmet and a golden wolf-headed banner behind him.
This person is naturally Shibi Khan, the ruler of the Eastern Turks. He looks extremely powerful, especially when his eyes look over him, they are like daggers and lightning. Zhang Jike can't help but tremble in his heart. This comparison is more powerful than theirs.
The emperor is much stronger.
If Qimin Khan, the father of Shibi Khan, still had a bit of a reckless attitude, then when he came to Shibi Khan, the reckless atmosphere was much lighter and replaced by the atmosphere of a royal court.
Zhang Jike knew that this was a critical period for the transformation from a grassland nomadic people to a grassland dynasty. Behind this was also a critical period for the transformation of the grassland slave-herding system into a feudal agricultural and pastoral system.
The thoughts in Zhang Jike's mind were spinning, and he couldn't help being secretly frightened. If no one stopped the Turks from developing like this, and if the chaos in the Central Plains continued, the Turks would sooner or later go south and seize the Central Plains. Fortunately, King Qin An existed, so the Turks would come.
ambition
It will never succeed.
Zhang Jike stepped forward and bowed and said: "Zhang Jike, the angel of the Kingdom of Heaven, comes to see Shibi Khan!"
Shibi Khan snorted coldly and shouted: "Bold, come back to the country. Why don't you kneel down when you see me?"
Senior Turkic officials on both sides shouted together: "How dare you not kneel down!"
Zhang Jike stood proudly and said loudly: "Xiaguan is a minister of the Sui Emperor, and the Khan is also a minister of the Sui Emperor. The Khan is equivalent to my Sui prince. The official rank of a lower official does not require kneeling, not to mention that the lower official is the emperor.
According to the rules of His Majesty's envoys, the Khan must take the initiative to salute his subordinates."
"court death."
"kill him."
The Turks in the king's tent suddenly became furious. Two generals came up and tried to force Zhang Jike to kneel down. One of them even prepared to kick Zhang Jike's calf in half, but Zhang Jike kept holding on and refused to kneel down.
"Hahaha... Well, I heard that many Han scholars are very hard-boned. It seems that you are one of them. You are right. Our Turks were indeed a vassal state of the Sui Dynasty before. But this Khan did not let you
Until the Sui Emperor kneels at his feet, everything counts."
As he spoke, Shibi Khan waved his hand, and the two generals retreated.
Shibi Khan said lightly: "Ben Khan is actually different from your emperor of the Sui Dynasty. Ben Khan does not like these false etiquette. What Ben Khan likes is the true obedience of others, and what he likes is conquest. Ben Khan believes that,
When your emperor kneels before this Khan, that is when your Sui Kingdom bows its head to me, and you will be willing to kneel before this Khan, and this Khan believes that this day will happen soon."
Zhang Jike smiled disdainfully and said: "My Majesty, the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty, is surrounded by 80,000 troops and 70,000 civilians. It is wishful thinking for you to conquer our Dayan City. What's more, the troops of King Qin from all counties in the Sui Dynasty are coming. I advise Khan
It’s better to withdraw our troops as soon as possible.”
"Hahaha... sharp teeth, just wait and see!" Shibi Khan obviously doesn't like to argue with others, or in his opinion, these words are nonsense and meaningless things.
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So Shibi Khan didn't take Zhang Jike's words seriously, nor was he angry. He smiled ferociously and said: "You are an envoy sent by the Emperor of Sui, and you are here to negotiate with this Khan. Tell me! Yang Guang
What benefits have they brought to you?"
Zhang Jike was silent for a while and said: "Your Majesty said that as long as the Khan retreats, he will cede Yulin County, Mayi County, and the three counties of Dayan County to the Khan, and will also give the Khan one million taels of silver every year.
Years of silver."
Shibi Khan suddenly laughed wildly and said: "Could Yang Guang be a fool? Now Yulin County, Mayi County, and Dayan County are already decided by this Khan, so there is no need for him to cede them to me. There are still millions
Two pieces of silver, this is what you are paying to a beggar!"
Zhang Jike said in a neither humble nor overbearing tone: "If the Khan doesn't agree, he might as well put forward his own terms.
pieces.”
Shibi Khan sneered and said immediately: "I am a very realistic person. It is good for Yang Guang to be the emperor of the Sui Dynasty. At least it can keep the Sui Dynasty in chaos, so I don't need to kill him, but
If you want Ben Khan to let him go and spare his life, you must agree to Ben Khan's four conditions."
Zhang Jike said: "Khan might as well tell you first, what are the four conditions?"
Shibi Khan immediately said: "First, he must kneel in front of Ben Khan, in front of your Sui soldiers and civilians and our 400,000 Turkic cavalry, and then dance for Ben Khan in women's clothes."
A dance.”
As soon as Shibi Khan finished speaking, all the Turks in the tent burst into laughter. Shibi Khan also looked up to the sky and laughed. Zhang Jike's face was ashen and his expression was cold. He did not refute anything and sneered: "Khan, you might as well
Let’s talk about the second condition.”
Shibi Khan added: "Second thing! Since he likes to send princesses to our Turkic Khan, he might as well give all the concubines in his harem, as well as all his daughters, to this Khan and give them as pawns to this Khan."
woman."
The words of Shibi Khan caused the Turks in the tent to laugh wildly. Although Zhang Jike was extremely disappointed with Yang Guang, he still felt a great shame. However, when he thought that King Qin An had already made a plan, and his mission was not only to send
Nie Xiaoyu went outside the Turkic Khan's side to buy time for Yang Guangduo, so he suppressed his anger and said: "What is the third condition of the Khan?"
Shibi Khan stopped laughing and said coldly: "The third condition is that the Sui Dynasty will surrender to our Turks. Not only Yang Guang, the emperor, must accept the canonization of this Khan, but also all future Sui emperors."
Everyone must accept the canonization of this Khan, and the queen of the Sui Dynasty must be a Turkic woman from now on, and she must be a Turkic woman sent by me."
Zhang Jike sneered and said: "This condition is nothing new. It is just a reversal of our Sui Dynasty's previous approach to your Turks."
Shibi Khan took a deep look at Zhang Jike and said: "The fourth condition of this Khan is also simple. According to the rules of the grassland, the loser needs to pay a ransom to the winner. This Khan will let you, the Emperor of Sui, go."
, the Sui Dynasty must give me 10 million taels of silver, 50 million bolts of silk, 5 million shi of grain and 3 million shi of grain as ransom. In addition, from now on, the Turks will offer me 10 million taels of silver and brocade every year.
Fifty million horses, five million dan of grain, and three million dan of tea.”
In the past, during the heyday of the Great Sui Dynasty, there were not many of these things, but for today's Great Sui Dynasty, these things are really unavailable. But Zhang Jike will naturally not say it. His mission is to delay time.
Therefore, Zhang Jike's face changed drastically and he said coldly: "The five conditions of Khan are too harsh. I need to go back and report to His Majesty the Emperor, and then His Majesty will take it. Before I respond to Khan, Khan can no longer