At the end of August of the eighth year of Dazhi, after more than two months of long-distance travel, Zhang Huan and his entourage finally arrived at the Yibohai under the Governor's Mansion of the Broken Leaves, the Yibohai at this moment is already full of autumn, pieces of golden yellow and red are dotted on both sides of the Great Lake, the forests are dyed, Zhang Huan stands at the head of the Great Lake City, looking into the distance, the Great Lake is sparkling, occasionally you can see several ships from the west wind from the opposite bank of the Yibo City, after nearly two years of encroachment, the Yibohai River basin has been completely occupied by the Tang Army, the original Yibo Sea east coast of the Hui people occupied the territory, also because of the serious crisis in the country and forced to give up, now the Hui has been fully retracted, there is no Hui to the west of Jinshan, there is no Hui Hui a soldier, the city head accompanied Zhang Huan to inspect the people and the Western Regions Protector, Broken Leaf Governor Wang Siyu and Dahu City Soldier and Horse Envoy Shi Yang, as well as many senior generals of Broken Leaves.

"In the past two years, you have intercepted the Sogdian caravans, and it seems that you have done a good job." Zhang Huan looked at his adopted son Shi Yang and smiled slightly, since Shi Yang left Chang'an in the fourth year of Dazhi, four full years have passed, although he is only eighteen years old, but he has experienced a hundred battles, under the baptism of blood and fire, he is completely immature with his eighteen-year-old peers, and he is already a general who can completely stand alone, in fact, he is currently the supreme commander of more than 10,000 Tang troops stationed in the Yibohai Valley, shouldering the dual responsibility of defending the westward advance of Huifu and intercepting the materials of Huifu, although His Majesty the Emperor in front of him is Shi Yang's father-in-law, But Shi Yang didn't want others to know the truth, he immediately bowed down and replied: "Back to Your Majesty, at the beginning of the blockade, the minister had gained a lot, and cracked big cases one after another, but in the past year, due to the strict prohibition of materials from being transported eastward, there have been very few big cases, and most of the people arrested are small businessmen who take risks for a little profit, and there are fewer and fewer, from last month to now, there has not been a single case of smuggling of goods, not only that, but a large number of Hui people have fled." ”

Speaking of this, Shi Yang glanced at Wang Siyu. I don't know whether I should say this by myself, Wang Siyu smiled and said: "In front of Your Majesty, General Shi should speak freely." Just say that. ”

"Yes!" Shi Yang responded, and said to Zhang Huan: "Since last spring, there have been Hui herdsmen who have fled to Yibohai and joined the Tang Dynasty. Especially this spring. After the bloody Han people swept through Mobei, more than 100,000 Hui herdsmen fled to us to ask for return to Tang, and some of the surviving Qarluq people also fled back to the Yili River Valley. ”

Zhang Huan actually knew very well about this matter, it was his order for the Hangers to send troops, but the Hangers seized this opportunity. Taking advantage of the opportunity of the 50,000 army led by Jiegan Jiasi to the east, he captured Han Er Bali in one fell swoop, the old and young in the city were almost slaughtered by it, the young and strong men and women were all taken back to the north as slaves, Han Er Bali was also sacked and set on fire after being ransacked, but the people of the Jie Gan Si did not stop there, they saw that it was difficult for Jie Gan Jia to return, and they slaughtered and looted on the Mobei grassland, the whole grassland boiled, and the herdsmen scattered and fled. It's not just broken leaves. There are also a large number of Hui herdsmen in Beiting, Shuofang and other places who have come to join, perhaps as Shi Yang said. The day of destruction is not far off.

Thinking of this, Zhang Huan smiled faintly and said to Shi Yang: "You did a good job." It is precisely because of your effective interception of the Huifu West Road in Yibohai that my strategic plan can be realized, I want to praise you, and General Shi Yang will obey the order. ”

Shi Yang immediately knelt down on one knee and answered loudly: "The minister is here!" ”

Zhang Huan glanced at Wang Siyu, and a mysterious smile appeared on his face, "I have crowned you as General Yiwei, the vanguard of the Northern Left Route Army." ”

Wang Siyu and Shi Yang were stunned, they reacted at the same time, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, the emperor was going to officially conquer Hui, Zhang Huan smiled indifferently, and no longer explained, he looked to the northeast with his hand, it has been two years since he was trapped in Hui, and he was in internal and external difficulties, extremely weak, and the time was ripe to act.

Leaving Dahu City, Zhang Huan went south to inspect the broken leaves, and in the broken leaves he worshiped the broken leaves of the martyrs' shrine, which enshrined the spirit cards of Guan Ying and others who recovered the broken leaves, as well as the officers and soldiers who died in the battle of the broken leaves the year before last, and stayed in the broken leaves for three days, Zhang Huan set off again and went to the Dawan Governor's Mansion thousands of miles away.

Dawan is the location of the Zhaowu Nine Kingdoms, the Han general Li Guangli had an expedition here, defeated the Dawan Kingdom, the Western Regions, the early Tang Dynasty Zhaowu Nine Kingdoms depended on the Tang Dynasty as a subject country, so that the territory of the Tang Dynasty expanded westward to Xianyang, but this territory is only a nominal belonging, the Zhaowu Nine Kingdoms are actually completely independent countries, the Tang Dynasty has no garrison in its country, nor does it send officials, let alone levy its taxes, in fact, they surrender to the Tang Dynasty at the same time, but also surrender to the white-clothed food, but after the Battle of Talas, The Nine Kingdoms of Zhaowu were occupied by the Black-clothed Great Food, and even this nominal status of the subject state of the Tang Dynasty disappeared.

Da Shi also attaches great importance to the control of Shiguo, which is the main source of silver ore in Dashi, but after the victory of the Battle of Broken Leaves that exploded the year before last, the Tang army marched westward, advanced to the banks of the Yaozhi River, occupied the Dashi Silver Mine, and pocketed all the thousands of miles of fertile fields in Bahanna and Shiguo, and broke the previous practice of not wanting fame and profit, and established the Dawan Governorate in Shiguo and Bahanna, and governed ten military towns, not only garrisoned, but also stationed civilian officials in charge of government affairs, and served as the governor of Dawan Governor's Mansion Shi is Wu Yuanheng.

At the end of September, Zhang Huan finally arrived at the Dawan Governor's Mansion, that is, the capital of Shiguo, Tuozhi City, and the veteran general of the Dawan Governor, Ma and Changshi Wu Yuanheng, personally went to a hundred miles away to welcome the arrival of His Majesty the Emperor.

On the grassland next to the official road, the 8,000 cavalry were neatly arranged in three rows, with banners waving and armor shining, and Ma and Wu Yuanheng looked into the distance, patiently waiting for His Majesty's arrival.

"Old general, here!" Wu Yuanheng's eyes were sharp, and he saw the team of people in the distance from afar, and he pointed with his hand and shouted excitedly.

Ma is about seventy years old, the family is full of children and grandchildren, should be the age of retirement at home, but he is not old, and took the initiative to ask to go to the Western Regions to participate in the war, but Wu Yuanheng's excitement and nervousness are slightly different, he seems a little worried, half a month ago, he received a letter from Chang'an, knowing that Chang'an gave birth to an unsuccessful coup d'état, which led to a commotion in the officialdom, the cause is the real-name system of land, Ma is also a little worried about this, he also has more than 3,000 hectares of land in Longxi County, most of which were rewarded by Emperor Suzong, But according to the standard of his and his sons' official positions, they can only keep 300 hectares of land at most. The rest had to be taken back, and for this purpose he wrote home to inquire about it, and the reply he received was that the government had not yet cleared his land. This time, while the emperor is traveling west, can you ask him to open the net?

In the distance, the emperor's 20,000 feathers marched towards this side. The flags are overwhelming. The war horse formed an endless dark cloud, the large group of people and horses approached, slowly stopped, waved the flag, the Tang Emperor Zhang Huan rode on a tall war horse, he waved to the team that greeted him from afar.

"Long live Your Majesty the Emperor! Hooray! The cheers of the soldiers echoed through the steppe.

In the midst of the cheers, the horse rolled over and dismounted, and he quickly stepped forward and got down on one knee and saluted. "Ministers and horses see my majesty!"

"Old general, please get up." Zhang Huan looked him up and down, and said with a slight smile: "Sure enough, he is old and strong, and he deserves to be my first general." ”

"The minister doesn't dare to be, it has always been the minister's will to defend the border for my Tang Dynasty, if His Majesty allows, the minister is willing to work for another three years."

Zhang Huan nodded, and at this time, Wu Yuanheng also stepped forward quickly and gave a deep salute, "Minister Wu Yuanheng see His Majesty the Emperor." ”

"Wu Changshi has been separated for many years. It looks leaner and canter. Zhang Huan smiled approvingly. After changing the topic, he asked him again: "Has the Great Food Harry arrived?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the Great Eclipse Harry arrived ten days ago. His camp was stationed on the other side of the medicine killing water, and yesterday he sent someone to inquire about His Majesty's news. ”

"Alright! I'm a little tired, too. Go back to the city to rest for a few days, and then talk about the meeting. ”

Ma immediately shouted loudly, "Welcome Your Majesty back to the city!" ”

The long sound of the horn resounded through the grassland, and the five thousand cavalry lined up in two teams, guiding the large group of military horses in the direction of Tuozhi City.

"Your Majesty, can you say a word?" Ma finally found an opportunity and said cautiously in front of Zhang Huan.

"If the old general has something to say, please speak directly." Zhang Huandi was in a good mood, he was in a good mood for the first time in Shiguo, where the land was more fertile than Bahanna, the grasslands were more vast, and he seemed to be full of interest under the clear blue sky.

"That's the case, the minister begged for a favor for Guo Xuan, and begged His Majesty to spare him this time for the sake of Guo Taiwei to quell the Anshi Rebellion."

Zhang Huan suddenly glanced at him sensitively, he understood the meaning of the horse hidden behind him, he was not interceding in Guo Ziyi's family, he was looking for a way out for himself.

"I have already spared Guo Xuan, and General Ma doesn't have to worry about this matter anymore." Zhang Huan softly comforted Ma Dao: "In fact, the population of my Tang Dynasty is only half of the Tianbao years, and the problem of land annexation is not so serious, so I have set a three-year time limit to gradually solve the land problem, and from next year, the imperial court will launch a series of compromise methods, such as slightly relaxing the range of Yongye Tian for officials above the fourth grade, and then allowing a part of the land granted by the first emperor to be retained, and directly exempting small and medium-sized landlords who slightly exceed the standard, and then there is the replacement method for some legally acquired land. Compensation for the same area of land west of the Green Ridge and so on, in short, my real-name land system will become milder and more reasonable, and it will not be as aggressive as this year, and General Ma should not worry about this. ”

Ma Daxi, in this way, he actually did not have the slightest loss, at that time, as long as he gave the land compensated by the Western Regions to the second son who served in the Anxi army, he immediately bowed down on the horse and saluted, "Thank you for your kindness." ”

"General Ma is defending the country, and I will never treat you badly." Zhang Huan smiled and waved his hand, no longer saying more about it, he looked at the endless fertile land under the clear blue sky, and couldn't help but feel emotional, this is his land reserve, which is the most valuable wealth he left to future generations, maybe Tochar, maybe there is Tianzhu in the south.

Three days later, hundreds of huge tents were erected on the bank of the Yaozhishui River fifty miles west of Tuozhi City, which will be the place where His Majesty the Tang Emperor and His Majesty Dashi Hari formally met, for this meeting, the two sides prepared for a year and a half, and Dashi sent envoys to Chang'an three times to negotiate the peace treaty to be signed by the two sides, finalize the border demarcation between the two sides, and discuss various measures to further expand trade between the two countries. Many detailed issues such as the distribution of the army were also discussed, and after a year and a half of careful preparation, an epoch-making meeting between the two emperors was finally ushered in.

This time, Zhang Huan was accompanied by Yang Yan, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Rashid was accompanied by Mohammed Mirandra, the tax director of the Abbasid Empire. As the bell rang on the Yaozhishui Bridge, the attendants of the two countries, who had been waiting for miles away, began to enter the venue one after another, and first the preparatory officials of the two sides entered the venue to determine whether the various arrangements were in line with the consensus reached by the two sides in advance. To determine the number of troops and the distance between the two armies, when everything was correct, the emperors of the two countries entered under the protection of 300 guards from each side. The person who served as the interpreter today was Cui Yao, the envoy of the Tang Dynasty who lived in Baghdad. He is now not only an official of the Tang Dynasty, but he has also been appointed deputy director of the Baghdad Library by Rashid.

Cui Yao walked into the venue with Rashid, the time for the official meeting had not yet come, and the two countries were resting in their own big tents, so Cui Yao took this opportunity to come to Zhang Huan's tent.

"Please inform Your Majesty, Minister Cui Yao asks to see."

The attendant went into the tent to make a report, and in a moment came out and said, "Your Majesty has ordered you to go in and see him." ”

Cui Yao lifted the curtain and walked into the big tent. Dozens of young girls from Baghdad are singing and dancing to the monarchs of the East, performing a very Islamic-style folk dance for the monarchs of the East.

Zhang Huan was reclining on the soft mattress, watching the dancing of the big food girls with great interest, Cui Yao stepped forward quickly, knelt down on his knees and said, "Minister Cui Yao see His Majesty the Emperor." ”

Zhang Huan immediately waved his hand, and the music stopped abruptly. The musicians and girls quickly retreated. Zhang Huan glanced at Cui Yao and saw that his appearance was not much different from before. But wearing a black robe of a big cannibal, Zhang Huan smiled angrily: "Are you a Tang Dynasty or a big cannibal now?" I'm a little confused. ”

Cui Yao was taken aback, and he immediately replied tremblingly: "Your Majesty, the minister has not converted to Islam, he is still a subject of the Tang Dynasty, and the minister is faithfully carrying out His Majesty's will to spread the history and culture of the Central Plains to the West in Baghdad. ”

Zhang Huan nodded slightly, and said to him earnestly: "It's a good thing not to forget the original, but I hope that you can completely integrate into the big food culture, I don't object to you believing in their religion, I only hope that when you return to Chang'an many years later, you can introduce the essence of the big food culture to the Tang Dynasty, I hope you can become a bridge connecting Eastern and Western civilizations, do you understand what I mean?" ”

Of course, Cui Yao understood what the emperor meant, he was extremely excited at the moment, and said very solemnly: "The minister will keep in mind His Majesty's entrustment, and he will definitely not disappoint His Majesty's ardent hope for the minister." ”

"How's Yehaya doing?" Zhang Huan asked again, at the beginning of this year, at the request of the Great Eater, Datang finally returned Ye Haya, who had been detained for nearly a year, to the Great Cannibal, and Zhang Huan was quite interested in his ending.

"He's dead." Cui Yao sighed and said: "Rashid built a castle in Mulu with salt blocks, and imprisoned Yehaya and his eldest son Fadler in the castle, and one night in May, Rashid ordered people to flood the corner of the castle, and as a result, the castle collapsed, and the father and son were stoned to death in the castle, and Abasai and her children were also given to die. ”

Zhang Huan was silent, compared to Rashid's decisiveness and ruthlessness, did his own methods seem a little too merciful? Zhang Huan smiled bitterly, the merits and demerits here, less than a hundred years later, who can see clearly?

At this time, the melodious bell came from the main venue, and when the time for the official meeting came, Zhang Huan stood up, and several attendants hurriedly tidied up his clothes for him, and then hugged him towards the main venue.

The main hall is a large white round tent, there is no tent door, the tent is divided into two, in the middle is a large table, in the center of the table is placed a vase, the vase of flowers in the vase, at this moment, some of the attendants of both sides and the accompanying ministers and the organizers have been standing in the tent, waiting for the arrival of the two monarchs, the big tent is filled with a breathless depression and tension.

Zhang Huan walked quickly to the tent door, and it happened that Rashid also came from the opposite side, and the two met unexpectedly in front of the tent, and stopped at the same time, looking each other up and down, the two of them happened to be the same age, but in comparison, Zhang Huan had dark skin and looked slightly older, which was related to his long-term war, while Rashid was white and slender, with a unique temperament of nobility, but one thing they agreed on. That is, they have the spirit of a king in their bones, which is a kind of majesty that reigns over the world, and a kind of domineering spirit that controls thousands of miles of rivers and mountains.

Cui Yao, who was walking behind Zhang Huan, hurriedly introduced Rashid: "Your Majesty Harry. This is His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. ”

Rashid looked deeply at Zhang Huan, a charming smile on his face, and his hands pressed to his chest. He bowed to Zhang Huan. But he said in broken Chinese: "I am the Great Food Hari Rashid, I am very happy to meet you, His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty." ”

Zhang Huan also bowed his hand and smiled: "I am also very happy to meet you, I know from the Battle of Broken Leaves that you are a worthy opponent, and now you and I will become sincere friends." ”

The two of them looked at each other, and they both laughed, they patted each other's backs, and walked into the big tent side by side, and the laughter of the two monarchs suddenly eased the tension in the big tent. Everyone had a smile on their faces, and at this time, Yang Yan, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites who was in charge of the negotiation with the Great Food, stepped forward and bowed, "Your Majesty, everything has been prepared. Zhang Huan and Rashid looked at each other and smiled, each came to the arranged seat and sat down, while Cui Yao sat aside, as the monarch of the host country, Zhang Huan spoke first: "Our two countries are close neighbors, but they are far apart. It took you and me nearly a year and a half to prepare for this meeting. I hope that we can cherish this opportunity and use the greatest sincerity. We will effectively resolve the existing contradictions between the two countries, and hope that Datang and Dashi can live together peacefully and mutually beneficially, forgetting the past discord. Focus on the future. ”

Cui Yao quickly translated Zhang Huan's words into Arabic, and Rashid listened attentively to every word Zhang Huan said, it should be said that in a year and a half, the two sides have negotiated several times, and basically resolved the remaining contradictions, peace and mutual benefit are the main tone of this meeting, in fact, the meeting between the two monarchs is actually the formal signing of various documents that have been agreed in advance, including a comprehensive truce between the two countries for 30 years, recognition of the actual control of the two sides, expansion of trade and cultural exchanges, exchange of prisoners of war, establishment of military mutual trust, More than 20 official documents will be signed, such as the practice of religious tolerance and the non-support of each other's hostile countries, and the two sides will also set up a cooperative government in Samarkand to be fully responsible for the implementation of various measures between the two countries.

It should be said that the signing of these agreements is beneficial to both countries, and very pragmatic, after the Battle of Broken Leaves, the national strength of both countries has suffered serious losses, especially the defeated country Great Eclipse, his troops have suffered heavy losses, it will take at least ten years to recover, in the case of insufficient troops, it needs to concentrate forces to deal with the old enemy Byzantium, and for the Tang Dynasty, the importance of thirty years of peace is even more self-evident, not only to extinguish the danger of returning to the land, but more importantly, the Anshi Rebellion has not been calmed by the heavy damage to the Tang Dynasty, The Central Plains has experienced the sack of the warlords, and the Tang Dynasty is actually extremely weak, without two generations of time, the population and national strength cannot be restored to the situation when the prosperous era was opened, and now there is a monarch who works hard, and the rest is to take time to slowly adjust and develop.

But the two sides did not all reach a consensus, mainly the demarcation of the border, especially the control of the Tocharian region There are differences between the two countries, after several rounds of consultations, the two sides changed the wording, the original confirmation of the border to recognize each other's actual control, but in this way, it will bury hidden dangers in the future relations between the two countries, this point, Zhang Huan and Rashid also know each other, but this is the basic principle of relations between countries, there is no eternal friendship, there is no eternal enemy, there are only mutual interests.

Rashid pondered for a moment, and also said frankly: "I admit that there are still huge differences between our two countries, but this does not affect the signing of the documents between our two countries, and the Great Food attaches great importance to them, and I, Harun Rashid, hereby solemnly promise that the Great Food will strictly follow the agreement reached between the two countries, and as for the differences between the two countries, they can be left to our children and grandchildren to slowly resolve." ”

After listening to Cui Yao's translation, Zhang Huan nodded and said, "Okay, let's start!" ”

The signing of the agreement officially began, the attendants of the two countries moved several thick stacks of agreements to the table, these agreements were written in Chinese and Arabic on the same page of documents, in duplicate, each of the two countries held a copy, the agreement has been repeatedly confirmed by the two countries, including the accuracy of the wording and the clarity of the terms, Zhang Huan took the first agreement, at this time the commitment of the truce between the two countries for 30 years, Zhang Huan groaned, and officially signed his name in the column of the Tang Emperor