Chapter 141: Peace Talks
Shu'er was making socks for Wenyi, and at the same time talking to the little sisters reservedly. While showing off the pearl, he pretended to be sad and discussed whether it would be too heavy to put this pearl on the phoenix crown, and whether his slender little neck would be very tired by then... It's another mess of chattering from the little sisters...
The day after Najib, Aunt Bolt entered the palace again, this time she was even more proud, sitting in a luxury carriage of literature and art in front of the road, followed by a mighty procession, Wenfu was not far from the palace, but Aunt Bolt had already entered the palace, and the last carriage to send the dowry was out of Wenfu. One can imagine how many things the sword has prepared! The frenzied purchases in the past few days have also made her known as the "fairy of good wealth" by the hospitable Chang'an traders, and the first thing the Chang'an traders have opened every day is to wipe the immortal card of the clean sword, and then respectfully put a stick of incense on the ground, praying that the fairy can come to their small shop again...
Along with the dowry was also served in the "Three Books" in the Book of Rites, which recorded the number of dowry, and this process already belonged to the Tang Dynasty wedding ceremony, the Zhou ceremony was called "Na Zheng", and the Tang Dynasty people commonly known as the completion of the appointment or the big gift. In the Zhou ceremony, after giving the dowry, it is considered to have completed the levy, but in the Tang Dynasty, this custom has also changed, and the woman's family in the Tang Dynasty should also return the gift to the man, to return part of the food in the dowry, or give the man shoes, hats, socks and other clothes. is also the reason why Shu'er has been busy these days. Whether it is a dowry or a return gift, gifts are generally in pairs, most of which have auspicious meanings, but they must not be given only in a single piece. And the literary dowry directly filled the warehouse of the palace, although there are more than a dozen cars worth it, but there are many things that are not worth much, you must know that there are ten cars of eggs alone! All hotels in Chang'an no longer sell the ancient and delicious dish of "poached eggs"... It also allows the people of Chang'an to truly understand what the real "trench" is!
After giving the dowry, it is necessary to determine the wedding date, and then prepare a gift to the woman's home to seek the woman's opinion, which is called the "invitation period". At this time, the gift only needs to be simpler, but during the Tang Dynasty, the invitation period and the levy were often combined together, and the wedding date was set at the same time as the dowry, and the bridal gift and the gift of the invitation period were also combined.
Empress Changsun was very satisfied with the dowry that caused a sensation in Chang'an, and personally welcomed Aunt Bolt into Qingning Palace, and let Aunt Bolt sit on the phoenix seat with herself. But Aunt Bolt was so proud that when she returned to Wenfu, she began to arrest her subordinates one by one and say that she was sitting with the queen... Uncle Bolt sat on the threshold and sighed: "This mother-in-law can't be angry!" ”
After Li Chunfeng's careful deduction, the wedding date was set on the first day of August. The official explanation to the outside world is: "On the first day of August, everything is appropriate." In fact, it is the result of the bribery of literature and art with new arithmetic. He has a lot of things that have not been completed, and he can't get married too early, this is the first time he has married in two lives, and he can't be sloppy!
The members of the creation stopped all the projects in their hands during this time, and went all out to help the literary and artistic production of fireworks, two kicks and holographic projections that can cover Chang'an City! Originally, literature and art still wanted to do some air performances or something, but in the end, I couldn't expose the combat power of Datang too much, so I simply replaced it with projection.
Li Shimin, who had been in Hongshi Cliff for half a month, had no heart to stay after receiving the news that the marriage date was set, and urged 007 to hurry up while ordering the withdrawal of troops from Datong City.
Zhao Deyan ran wildly for 5 days before escaping back to the Turks, and as soon as he returned to the Turks, he began to remember the tragedy of Jieli Khan and denounce the timidity and cowardice of Turki. Immediately aroused the common hatred of the Turkic tribes, and in the absence of a patriarch, he had to adopt Zhao Deyan's suggestion first: temporarily unite under his command and go to rescue the khan before forming reinforcements. But after a few days of recruitment, there are only 20,000 people who can mention the horse, and 100,000 Jieli are kneeling, what is the use of these 20,000? At this time, I received instructions from Li Shimin. Zhao Deyan immediately arranged for someone to release rumors that Jieli had a high probability of being killed, and the last strength of the Turks outweighed the losses, and even if Jieli was rescued, he would still be ruled by him, and Jieli had never made a blessing for the people except for oppressing the people. But if the national teacher succeeds to the throne, it will be different, since the national teacher came to the grassland, he has thought about the people everywhere, sent the needs of the people, and was anxious about the people's needs, and he was a great good person!
The smart Turks have been wiped out by Li Shimin, and now there are very few smart people in the grassland who can see through Zhao Deyan's conspiracy, and they are basically Zhao Deyan's allies. In addition, there are no strong contenders for the Turkic-level khan position, so Zhao Deyan was finally sent to the khan position by the lovely Turks after refusing the request of 10,000 people three times. By the way, there are still forces that strongly oppose Zhao Deyan, such as Ashina Luozhi, the son of Jieli, who is their leader, but Ashina Dieluozhi accidentally fell into a dung pit when he was on a tuba on a dark and windy night in the moon.... There is no then.
Zhao Deyan, who had just ascended the throne of Khan, immediately gathered the new chiefs of various ethnic groups to discuss the future development strategy of the Turks. Zhao Deyan threw the detailed plan on the table, and these muscular people he had specially selected immediately activated his brain, which was inversely proportional to his muscles. In the end, he held back a sentence: "Khan is wise!" ”
So a letter strongly condemning the Tang Dynasty's injustice was sent to Li Shimin's hands with great fanfare, Li Shimin was immediately ashamed and embarrassed, and immediately ordered a banquet to entertain the Turkic envoys, during which Li Shimin fully expressed that he had realized the serious consequences of destroying the Turkic army of 100,000, and said that he would work hard to restrain his army in the future and ensure that similar things would not happen again, and did not say a word about the Turks' desire to redeem prisoners of war. After the Turkic envoy was poured two altars of burning knives, after friendly discussions between the two sides, it was decided to hold a Tang Turkic friendly negotiation in Datong City half a month later.
The Turkic envoy, who had been drunk for three days, returned to the Turkic tent north of Wuyuan County with this letter, which had influenced future generations for hundreds of years. After Zhao Deyan and others read the letter, the warriors under them couldn't help but be furious and strongly opposed the negotiations in Datong City. And Zhao Deyan said with a generous and solemn expression: "Everyone, tonight is different from the past, and now it has reached the moment of shutting down the life and death of our Turks, if Ben Khan does not go because of timidity, it will only make Datang look down on us." Moreover, more than ten Tiele departments such as Xue Yantuo and Hui Hui in Mobei have also defected one after another, and now they are also eyeing us, if this negotiation can stabilize Datang, then we can get through this difficult time. If the talks with Datang collapse, then what awaits us is only destruction! You don't have to persuade you, Ben Khan has decided, so let's set off to Datong City to meet the Tang Emperor for a while! ”
The tragic atmosphere instantly infected many good-natured men seated, and everyone's eyes trembled with tears and they couldn't speak. Finally, they all knelt down and vowed: "I will go into the tiger's den with the Great Khan!" ”
In order to keep their khan, the Turkic people spontaneously followed, and the only remaining 260,000 men, women, and children of the Turks were taken by Zhao Deyan to the vicinity of Huyan Valley, which was close to Datong City. Of course, there is no secret praising of Zhao Deyan's cronies in the official history, which will not be recorded, and the official history will only record that "after Jieli Khan, the Han Zhao Deyan was established as Dashan Khan in accordance with the will of the people, and the Turkic people could not bear to go to the meeting alone, so they went to Datong City with the ambition of burning jade and stones, and went to Datong City to negotiate with Dashan Khan!" ”
Zhao Deyan arranged the aftermath, and only brought his servant Zhao Dezhu to ride his horse straight into Datong City. The Turkic warriors with red eyes were so distressed that they clenched their teeth and spontaneously assembled under Datong City, in case the Khan had unfortunate news, he would die with Datong City!
After the gates of Datong City were closed, the atmosphere in the inner city was just the opposite of the turbulent situation of the Turkic crowd, and it was peaceful and quiet. Li Shimin did not wait in the temporary dormitory, but stood at the gate of the city in civilian clothes with a smile. Zhao Deyan saw Li Shimin hurriedly turn over and dismount, quickly walked to Li Shimin and knelt down on one knee and said, "Minister Zhao Deyan greets Your Majesty!" ”
Li Shimin helped him up and said cordially: "It's hard work Zhao Aiqing, no, now it should be Dashan Khan." Ha ha! ”
Zhao Deyan hurriedly said: "Your Majesty has tormented the ministers, the ministers are born in the Tang Dynasty, and the ghosts in the Tang Dynasty are dead, no matter where they are in this life, they will not live up to the Tang Dynasty!" ”
Li Shimin laughed: "I have Aiqing and a million troops left!" Let's go back to the palace to talk. ”
The two got into Li Shimin's special car together and went to the Marshal Mansion in Datong City. Zhao Deyan touched the handrail inlaid with golden silk nanmu and couldn't help but praise: "I didn't expect our Datang's technology to develop so rapidly. The minister had only seen a chariot like a steel beast in Niangzi Pass, and he had never seen such a comfortable and luxurious car. ”
Li Shimin smiled: "Since you like it, I'll give you this one." But it's not easy to make it run in the grassland, and you have to fix the road. ”
Although Zhao Deyan has heard that Datang is developing rapidly now, the specific situation is not too clear. Li Shimin also patiently introduced him to the various new products of the Tang Dynasty.
A sumptuous feast was enjoyed by the guests and the hosts. Zhao Deyan, who was burping, took advantage of the sunset to go out of the city leisurely, first comforted his anxious subordinates, and then appeased the people, and announced the decision of His Majesty the Tang Emperor to negotiate peace. The generals couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, it seems that the newly established Dashan Khan is still much stronger than the previous Jieli Khan! There is finally hope for the days to come!
The next day, in order to show his sincerity, Li Shimin offered to set the negotiation site outside the city and allow the Turkic soldiers to follow. Li Shimin, who was dressed in a dragon robe, and Zhao Deyan, who was wearing a khan costume, sat down across a table. Li Shimin was only followed by 6 Xuanjia army guards, while Zhao Deyan was followed by more than 200 Turkic warriors.
After the two finished their polite exchanges, Li Shimin took the lead in speaking: "Dashan Khan, Jieli Khan invaded the Tang Dynasty for no reason, causing great harm to our country, and as many as 90,000 soldiers died in a single battle!" Therefore, I need you to pay 10,000,000 taels of silver as a pension for the fallen soldiers. In addition, there are 40,000 disabled soldiers who also need you to pay alimony of 12 million taels. ”