"General, the Tang people are not only about to occupy the entire Qinghai Tubo, but also stationed troops in the Hexi Corridor, we are now coming to pay tribute, isn't it leading the wolf into the house?"

Fengxiang Mansion, where the Khotanese mission had just arrived and rested in a mansion in the city.

In a heavily guarded room in the Didian, a man dressed as an obvious beard was talking to another man who was more dignified.

"We're just opening up a trade route with Datang, how can we call luring wolves into the house?" The dignified man smiled, unimpressed.

This person's name is Yu Chi Ju, and the younger brother of the current king of Khotan, Yu Chi Vi Shan Rama, is also considered to have a high status in the Khotanese Kingdom. The presence of this person as the envoy shows the importance that Khotan attached to this tribute.

Khotan's contact with Datang has been interrupted for a hundred years, and the occasional news from Hexi is only scattered and timely.

In particular, the Tubo and Ganzhou Uighurs in Hexi had defeated the Guiyi army and occupied nearly half of the Hexi region, resulting in the inability of the merchant travelers from Chang'an to continue westward, and the news was naturally interrupted again.

The reason for prompting Khotan to send an embassy was that he learned the news of Datang from Zhongyun last year, so he had this mission to Datang.

Khotan did not border the current territory of the Tang Dynasty, and was separated from Shazhou by Zhongyun. In recent years, every year, a certain number of caravans have arrived at Xizuyang Pass or Yumen Pass to arrive at Zhongyun Ministry, although there are not many, but they also bring some news to Zhongyun Ministry.

Khotan also had frequent contacts with Zhongyunbu, so naturally news about the Tang Dynasty reached Khotan.

Knowing that now the Tang Dynasty had re-established the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate and captured almost all of Qinghai and Tibet, Khotan was naturally very surprised.

The king of Khotan thought about it again and again and decided to send a division to the Tang Dynasty to pay tribute to the Tang Dynasty by passing through the Zhongyun Division.

"General, but the relationship between the Xizhou Uighurs and the Tang Dynasty is not very good, if we are friendly with the Tang Dynasty, won't we be at odds with the Xizhou Uighurs?" His men were a little worried.

The bad relationship between the Western Uighurs and the Tang Dynasty stemmed from the conflict between the Western Uighurs and the Guiyi Army, because in the third year of Qianfu (876 AD), the Western Uighurs captured Yizhou.

Of course, if the Tang Dynasty wanted to return to the Western Regions, it would definitely not be able to bypass the Xizhou Uighurs.

This is because the Uighurs of Xizhou not only occupied the three prefectures of Beiting, Xizhou, and Yizhou, but also occupied Qiuzi and Yanqi, two of the four towns of Anxi.

It is equivalent to the occupancy of more than half of the towns in the former Tang Dynasty Western Regions.

If the Tang Dynasty returned to the Western Regions, either the Uighurs of Xizhou would surrender and take the initiative to cede these five important towns.

But this is clearly unrealistic.

These five towns were also the most important of the Western Uighurs, and if they were ceded, there would be no Western Uighurs.

And if the Western Uighurs do not give in, there will inevitably be a war at that time.

If the Xizhou Uighurs and the Tang Dynasty went to war, the Khotanese king and many domestic ministers analyzed that the defeat of the Xizhou Uighurs was more likely.

Since Datang's return to the Western Regions will be a foregone conclusion, then they might as well take the initiative to send an envoy to dredge up relations with Datang.

Even if the Tang Dynasty returns to the Western Regions again, what if they become one of the four Anxi towns of the Tang Dynasty in Khotan?

It was for this consideration that the king of Khotan would send his royal brother to personally lead the delegation to the Tang Dynasty.

Wei Chi sneered, "What about the evil? Could it be that the Uighurs of Western Prefecture are still planning to attack me in Khotan? If this is the case, I can unite with the Tang Dynasty to attack the Uighurs in Western China.

At that time, I don't know if the Western Uighurs will be able to withstand the attack between us and the Tang army.

These things are not something we should worry about, the task of our trip is to pay tribute, and by the way, to understand what state Datang is in now, which is related to my future stand in Khotan. ”

"Yes, General, it's the subordinate who is too worried." His men bowed and saluted.

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"Brother, I went to Lingnan for my brother, and I don't know when I will be able to return. Fortunately, now my Gui clan is also bitter, as long as one or two more people in the younger generations can produce one or two materials that can be made, and carry forward the Gui clan, our brothers can be regarded as living up to the sustenance of several deceased brothers and ancestors. ”

South of Chang'an City, Mingde Gate.

Quy Nhon Tze was saying goodbye to his brother Quy Nhon Shao, and behind him, there were several carriages and dozens of followers.

A few days ago, after the Holy Lord returned from the eastern capital of Luoyang, he ordered Gui Renze to be the envoy of Yongguan Jing, Sun Chen to be the observer of Guiguan, and Zheng Gu to be the envoy of Rongguan Jing.

This also meant that the imperial court began to regain control of the three areas of the Lingnan West Road.

In addition to this, there have been several other changes in personnel appointments. Li Jiepi, the king of Yan, was transferred from Lingnan East Province to Hedong Province as a political envoy, Liu Jurong served as the envoy of Lingnan Dongdao, and Xiao Yu was transferred to Jing Haijun as an envoy.

In addition, the imperial court ordered the abolition of the Jiedu envoys in Hedong, Henan, Guannei, Qilu, Hebei, Sichuan, Shannan West Province, Hubei, Hunan and other places, and only a few provinces such as Jiangnan, Jianghuai, Jiangxi, and Lingnan East Province still retained the post of Jiedu envoy.

Although the Yong Guan Jing Strategy is located in the Lingnan land, but this Jing Strategy is the three products, from the same state from the three products of the history of the thorn to the three products of the Yong Guan Jing Strategy, it is undoubtedly a high ascension.

It's not that Gui Renze doesn't want to go to other better places, and he has to have that ability.

It is precisely because Yong Guan Jinglu is too remote, and the jurisdiction is too confined, which is not easy to manage, and many people are reluctant to go.

Gui Renze didn't have the capital to choose, so he went here for a few years and made some political achievements, as long as the saint could see it, he had the hope of being transferred back.

"Chang'an, don't worry, it's for the brotherhood. You are working hard in Yongguan, as long as you make political achievements, you will be active in Chang'an for the brotherhood, and find a way to transfer you to a better place.

It's just that I suffered you, and in order to return to the clan, let you go to that miasma place. Quy Nhon Shao sighed.

"Brother don't worry, it is precisely because of the trust of the Holy God that he can go to Yongguan to serve as a landlord. Although the conditions may be a little crying, it is not an opportunity. "Gui Renze looks at it more openly, but there is no such state that will never return.

Just as the two brothers were saying goodbye, a group of officials suddenly appeared in the distance at the Mingde Gate, waiting there.

For this group of officials, the two Gui brothers know each other, and they are from the Ministry of Rites.

"What's going on? Why did the officials of the Ministry of Rites come? Gui Renze was a little curious.

"It was the Western Regions that sent an envoy from Khotan, and the Ministry of Rites was responsible for greeting him." Quy Nhon Shao is now a Honglu Siqing from Sanpin, and he still knows a little about this matter.

Originally, Honglu Temple could be responsible for this matter, but the Ministry of Rites was responsible for receiving it, and Honglu Temple was just cooperating.

"An envoy of Khotan? Why don't you enter through the Golden Light Gate? Instead, take a detour to the Mingde Gate? Gui Renze was a little puzzled.

Quy Nyong Shao looked around and said in a low voice, "What the Holy Lord asked should be to deter some envoys from Khotan. ”

Gui Renze looked at the wide Suzaku Street in the Mingde Gate behind him, and Gui Renze seemed to understand the reason.