As the saying goes, if you stay in the green mountains, you don't have to worry about running out of firewood.

Even if you feel humiliated in your heart, when it's time to run away, you can't delay. The front foot sent away the messenger Caton who asked Zhang Qian for peace, and on the back foot, Mo He, the lord of the Shi Kingdom, embarked on the journey of "West Hunting" with hundreds of civil and military officials.

However, this guy also had a clear conscience, and found that he did not have time to clean the treasury and granary. He simply left behind more than 300,000 gold, silver and copper coins worth the Kaiyuan Tongbao, as well as most of the grain, and left Little Berkzai to lead 500 soldiers to maintain order. ordered the latter not to resist, as soon as the Tang army arrived, the entire city of Bahanna would be completely "handed over" to Zhang Qian, the guard of Broken Leaf Town.

As for the reason for this, in addition to writing the second handwritten letter entrusted to the little Berkzai to present to Zhang Qian in person, Mo He also ordered someone to write a notice directly in the Tang Dynasty and Sogdian languages and paste it on the wall.

The gist of the notice was that he and Zhang Qian were both Tang ministers, and there was a misunderstanding between them, so they should not implicate the people of Bahanna. I hope that after the Broken Leaf Tang Army comes, the military salaries, grain and grass will be directly withdrawn from the warehouse of the Dawan Governor's Mansion, and no more will be collected from the local people. No matter how much the Broken Leaf Army takes, he will report the accounts to the Tang Emperor later, Yunyun.

"This bastard, isn't his surname Yehenara?" When the news reached the camp of the Broken Leaf Army, Zhang Qian suddenly felt familiar. In another time and space, when the Eight-Nation Coalition entered Beijing, the Empress Dowager Cixi and the puppet emperor of the Qing Dynasty did almost exactly the same thing as Mo He was doing now.

The difference is that Cixi's bastard old witch finally left Prime Minister Aixin Jueluo Yixuan and Beiyang Minister Li Hongzhang to be fully responsible for negotiating with the Eight-Nation Alliance. And Mohe only left a Berkzai who didn't say anything, which was really depressing.

Originally, Zhang Qian wanted to continue to chase after Ju Zhan and ask Mo He Na if he had any relationship with the Yehe Nala clan. However, after silently calculating the time in his heart, he suddenly discovered? What if you are before the middle of next month? If you don't collect the troops and return, you will have to break the appointment with Zhang Renyuan, the general manager of Shuofang. And even if he immediately chases after the battle? Maybe you can't catch up with Mohe? If you don't get that guy to run farther with oil under his feet, he may not even be able to find someone to negotiate.

So? After Zhang Qian led the Tang army to Bahanna, he simply let the brothers settle down in the city. Forthwith? While sending people? Mohe's palace, treasury, and official warehouse were all swept up like a vole picking up ears of wheat. On the one hand, in the name of the Tang Dynasty Broken Leaf Town, "protect" Mo He's younger brother Yihu? He is the governor of Dawan in the Tang Dynasty.

This Dawan Governor's Mansion? Canonized for the Tang Dynasty. It only represents the Tang Dynasty court, exercises the right to supervise the vassal states, and provides protection for the Tang people in various parts of the Shi Kingdom. Ping Su does not interfere with how the king of Shiguo governs the country, unless there is a usurpation, rebellion or a dispute over the succession to the throne in Shiguo, will he respond to the request of Shiguo's civil and military? Fair arbitration.

Regarding the conflict between Broken Leaf Town and Shiguo, Zhang Qian believes? Whether it is Yihu or Mohe? They were all mistaken by traitors. So, after allowing the two brothers to hand over a traitor each? Guilty of meritorious service. One person continues to be king? One person as the governor of Dawan? Work together to serve Datang.

In order to show his generosity, Zhang Qian called Dagan Katon in front of him, agreed to Shiguo's request for peace talks in public, and publicly announced that once the peace agreement was reached, the Tang army would leave only 600 people stationed in the Dawan Governor's Mansion to protect the Dawan Governor and the Governor's Governor's Mansion, and the rest of the soldiers and horses immediately set off to return to China, and the two cities of Bakhana and Talas would continue to be returned to Shiguo's jurisdiction.

As for the Julan City under Qianquan Mountain, it was ceded to Datang Broken Leaf Town as part of the compensation according to the "request" of the new Dawan Governor Yihu. And Zhang Qian didn't care about himself, and directly cut off ninety and a half of the ransom that Shi Guo owed to the Broken Leaf Army. The remaining less than half of it, erasing the fraction and there are about five million taels of gold, which Shi Guo can repay in fifty years, and the interest on the money has been changed to an unprecedented low, five percent per year.

In order not to delay time, Zhang Qian wrote his decision directly in the letter and entrusted Dagan Katun to send it to Mo He, the lord of Shiguo. By the way, this person was informed that within five days after receiving the notice, he would send a confidant of sufficient weight to Pakhana as a plenipotentiary negotiator to discuss the details of the specific indemnity payment and the division of power between the two of them.

If the Tang army did not see the plenipotentiary negotiator of Shi Guo within five days, it means that Mo He's previous request for "peace talks" was a delaying tactic. Zhang Qian will have to continue to move westward and take the entire territory of Shiguo.

In order to avoid misunderstanding among the people of Shiguo, Zhang Qian also learned from Mo He's previous hand, and directly wrote a notice of part of his decision in the Tang Dynasty and Sogdian languages, and posted it in conspicuous positions throughout the city of Bahanna. solemnly informed Shi Guo that it was Shi Guo's soldiers who he let go that day, not Yihu alone. Therefore, the debt of five million taels of gold is the debt of the entire Shi Kingdom, and it is not based on the change of kings and the life and death of the governor of Dawan Duyihu.

In other words, unless the entire Stone Kingdom no longer exists, the money cannot be relied upon. If any of the rulers of Shi State dared not to pay back, the Tang Army would send troops to destroy him, and find another person who was willing to repay his debts to be the lord of the country.

"It's not like you've done it before!" was dazzled by Zhang Qian's series of fresh operations, and Luo Huaizu couldn't help but remind in a low voice. "The conditions are so harsh, and I didn't even give Mo He a chance to bargain, if I were him, I would rather die in battle than endure this great humiliation."

"How did I insult him? I have neither touched his throne nor cut his land. Even Yihu, who spied on his throne, tried to help him hang it high, and from then on he would not violate the river with him! Zhang Qian directly ignored the first sentence, and then responded with a smile.

"The problem is that it was Yihu who started the war in the first place, not him! He could have argued that he didn't know. Wei Dao has always boasted that he can adapt to changes, and at this time, he is also a little uncomfortable with the sharp edge that Zhang Qian suddenly showed. frowned, helping Luo Huaizu.

"If I lead the army to kill the Great Food Country now, no matter whether I win or lose, can the Tang Emperor say that it has nothing to do with him?" Zhang Qian glanced at Wei Dao and asked with a smile.

"That being said, Mo He is not the emperor of the Tang Dynasty. He could have dismissed it. Then he rolled around and asked the Tang court to administer justice to him. After all, in our court, people who like to wronged themselves grab a handful. Knowing that Zhang Qian was right, Wei Dao still shook his head worriedly.

"His envoy went to Chang'an for at least half a year. For more than half a year, it was enough for me to destroy Shi Guo and cut off his head. Of course, Zhang Qian knew what virtues those bigwigs in the court were, but he had already thought of countermeasures. He smiled again and continued to answer patiently, "This is also one of the reasons why I have to keep Yihu." If Yihu was dead, of course Mo He would dare not admit it. But Yihu is still alive, and if he dares to admit it, he has to consider whether his position as king can still sit firmly! ”

"You mean, send troops to continue the hunt for him? Didn't you say before that you were afraid of delaying the appointment with Manager Zhang in the fall? Luo Huaizu still didn't understand, and continued to ask in a low voice.

"I don't necessarily need to send someone after him. Those nobles of the Stone Kingdom under his command will not seek death with him! Zhang Qian shook his head slightly, and a disdainful expression suddenly appeared on his face, "Taking the initiative to kill him is much easier and safer than accompanying him to go crazy and fight against us." Besides, I've forgiven most of Shi Guo's debts. In total, there were only five million taels of gold left, which was actually not too high for the entire Shi Country. They can't do anything about it. ”

The last sentence is indeed true. Everyone didn't know before that the gold in Shiguo was as much as half cheaper than in Chang'an. In Chang'an, one or two pieces of gold can be exchanged for nearly ten Kaiyuan Tongbao. In Shiguo, one or two pure gold, but even five Kaiyuan Tongbao can't be replaced.

In this way, the arrears of five million taels of gold seem to be huge, and Shi Guo will repay it in fifty years, but he only needs to repay one hundred thousand taels every year, which is equivalent to less than 500,000 hangs of Kaiyuan Tongbao!

"Yes!" Luo Huaizu finally had nothing to say, sighed and nodded. Deep down, he was full of sympathy for the monarchs and ministers of the Shi Kingdom.

Smiling at Luo Huaizu, Zhang Qian quickly turned his gaze to Wei Dao, who was still full of confusion, and asked solemnly. "Gangjing, are you interested in staying and being the governor of the Great Wandu Governor's Mansion? Yihu's brain is not very good, I have to leave someone smart enough to watch him. By the way, I want the debt back for Broken Leaf Town. ”

"Me? Do you want to be the governor of Wandu?! Wei Dao was suddenly startled and pointed to his nose and asked.

"Yes, don't you often say that you admire Dingyuan Hou Banchao?" Zhang Qian nodded slightly, and then quickly added, "Don't worry, I won't let you do it for a lifetime." At most, five years, I'll nominate someone else to replace you. During this period, everything on the side of the Dawan Governor's Mansion is up to you to decide, just let Yihu be a decoration. ”

"This, this, Yongzhao, you trust me, and I am very grateful in my heart. But, I'm afraid that if I don't do it well, I will delay your big event. Wei Dao listened with a heartbeat, but reason told him that he could not live up to the trust of his friend. Blushing, he stammered as he explained.

"What's not to do? You don't have to worry about anything else, you can force Mo He to pay back the money on time every year! Zhang Qian glanced at him with a smile, his eyes full of encouragement. Don't tell me, you've become one of those old guys in the court, and you think I'm too harsh on Shi Guo. You can't bear to play for the tiger! ”

"No, no!" Wei Dao listened, didn't care about raising the bar with you, and waved his hand again and again with beads of sweat, "I, I'm worried, I'm worried that I won't be able to pay for it." The town guard, Shi Guo, Shi Guo is actually quite poor. There are only more than 300,000 yuan in the treasury, and there is not much savings in the granary. If I ask them to hand over 30% a year, I'm afraid that they will be forced to jump off the wall. ”

"Don't worry, if Mo He had the courage to work hard, he wouldn't agree to my conditions this time. If he doesn't work hard this time, he will definitely have less courage in the future. Zhang Qian thought for a moment and shook his head slightly, "And, if the treasury can't make ends meet, Mo He will definitely raise taxes on the local people." In addition, you can persuade them to take the initiative to cede land to repay debts, or use the right to collect taxes from passing caravans as collateral in exchange for the officials of the Tang Dynasty to help him collect them. Anyway, as long as the losses don't fall on the nobles of the Stone Kingdom, they won't take risks. ”

"Tax increases?" Luo Huaizu frowned, and he was skeptical. "Compared to Datang, Shiguo's taxes are high enough. Aren't they worried about the people rebelling? ”

"The people rebelled, and they were able to suppress it. If they don't pay us on time, they will have to worry about whether the glory and wealth will continue. Zhang Qian had already made up his mind and gave the answer with a smile.

"In that case, the local people will take their anger out on the Tang people. Just like we did when we attacked Talus! Zhang Xu was angry and speculated in a low voice beside him.

"If the Tang people commit a crime in Shiguo, even if it is murder and arson, the Shiguo government has no right to deal with it. It must be handed over to the history of the governor of the Dawan Governor's Mansion sent by the Tang people to Shiguo, that is, the Gangjing to adjudicate. This is called extrajudicial jurisdiction, and Datang can not want the land of Shiguo, nor can it not pursue other crimes of Shiguo, but extrajudicial jurisdiction and compensation must be obtained. Zhang Qian replied categorically.

Without waiting for Wei Dao and Zhang Xu to ask again, after thinking about it, he added with a smile, "I won't take all the compensation." Every year, a part of the kickbacks will be given to the Dawan Governor's Office, and Gangjing will use it to buy and win over the powerful ministers of the Shi Kingdom. Then, I asked His Majesty the Emperor to take part of the indemnity money in his name and open a school in the local area. Teach the locals to wear Tang clothes, speak Tang dialect, and write Tang characters. ”

"Are you going to turn all the people of the Stone Kingdom into Tang people like you did when you broke the leaves?" Wei Dao's eyes suddenly began to light up, and in the voice of the question, he finally became a little more confident.

"It's not! Broken Leaf is in the territory of the Tang Dynasty, so no matter what ethnic group the Broken Leaf people are from, I treat them as Tang people. And here, sandwiched between the Tang Dynasty and the Great Food, it is not so easy to turn the locals into Tang people. So, I had to settle for the next best. The stakes are high, Zhang Qian put away his smile and explained seriously.

"My real plan is to cultivate a group of Shiguo people who are more loyal to the Tang Dynasty than the Datang people in the local area." These sentences are a bit convoluted, and the concepts involved are too advanced, so he tries to be as simple and clear as possible.

"In short, what you need to do is that if someone learns Tang Yan well, even if he is from a poor family, you can guarantee him to study in Datang. After he returned from his studies, he appointed him to the Dawan Governor's Mansion to spread the favor of the Tang Emperor.

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"In addition, in Shiguo, anyone who is willing to say good things about the Tang Dynasty, even if his character is not good, he must create various names to reward him and praise him as a generation of grandmasters. Anyone who really thinks about Shi Guo must pick a bone in the egg, and even frame him to make him stink. In short, the purpose is one, let's take the money of Shiguo, and let the people of Shiguo be grateful to Datang! ”

In another plane, the colonists ruled the conquered territories in this way. He did not incorporate it into the territory, but propped up the local rulers as intermediaries. In this way, no matter how ruthless the colonizers are to exploit the colonies, they will be clean in their own hands.

If you want to play more "advanced", you should be like Zhang Qian's guidance to Weidao, set aside a part of the indemnity, earmark the funds, open schools, set up awards, educate the local people, and spread "advanced" civilization.

In that case, all the crimes of murder and arson committed by the colonists in the past can be washed clean. In less than a hundred years, the local cultural "elite" will sing the praises of the benevolence and fraternity of the colonizers in unison! I even wish they would send troops immediately to destroy their homeland!

"If I were Mo He, I would first follow the void and the snake, pretend to accept this condition, and wait for you to leave, and then kill Yihu." knew that what Zhang Qian said and did was for the benefit of Datang, but Zhou Jianliang was beside him, but he was filled with righteous indignation.

"He didn't dare!" Zhang Qian quickly turned his gaze to him and shook his head with a smile, "Unless he asks the Great Food Country to garrison troops in the Shi Kingdom for a long time, otherwise, even if he kills Yihu, he must pay back." Otherwise, I dare not guarantee that one day I will lead the army to collect debts! And once the Great Cannibal is stationed, I guarantee that his fate will be ten times worse than it is now! ”

"You can't be a Broken Leaf Keeper forever! The court won't let you overdo it! Zhou Jianliang also shook his head, sighed and reminded, "If someone else is the guard of Broken Leaf Town, you may not be able to follow Xiao Gui Cao!" ”

"One hundred thousand taels of gold a year, although it is for the imperial court, here in Broken Leaf Town, you always have to get your hands on it." Zhang Qian thought about it, and his voice suddenly became lower, "He dares to get rid of it, if he doesn't need the court to clean him up, the brothers under his command won't be able to spare him!" ”

Zhou Jianliang was immediately speechless, stunned for a long time, and finally sighed and nodded.

Taking advantage of the fact that he still had some leisure recently, Zhang Qian turned his head to the side of Weidao, and instilled as much as possible in this person the colonization methods of referring to another time and space. At the same time, solemnly explain that if you really encounter the collective resistance of the whole country of Shi, or if the soldiers and horses of the Great Food Eater go all out to the east, don't hold on. Immediately lead the remaining brothers back to China. As long as you keep it useful, sooner or later, you can lead the brothers back again.

Wei Dao was moved in his heart when he heard this, and said with a red face, he must live up to Zhang Qian's trust. Then, I forced myself to calm down and ask if I didn't understand. As a result, the two sides talked while asking, and suddenly forgot the passage of time. It wasn't until the lights were turned on in the room that they woke up suddenly, and then smiled and said goodbye to each other.

"Gangjing, I finally know today, the origin of Momen?" As soon as he left Xingyuan Datang, Zhang Xu gently pulled the corner of Wei Dao's clothes and sighed with emotion.

"Isn't it because of Patriarch Mo Zhai?" Wei Dao had something in his heart, and he didn't hear the joke in Zhang Xu's words, so he frowned and asked.

"It's not!" Zhang Xu shook his head, and then raised his thumb in admiration, "Black, it's really black." Blacker than ink! It's a shame that Yongzhao didn't use this thought in Datang, otherwise, whoever offended him would have to regret it and couldn't sleep! ”