For three whole days, from the first day of the Lunar New Year to the third day of the Lunar New Year, Zhang Huan spent all kinds of pilgrimages, and the envoys of various countries also arrived in Chang'an one after another, on the third day of the Lunar New Year, an unexpected country came from the west, and the envoy of the king of Bakhana secretly arrived in Chang'an, asking to see His Majesty the Son of Heaven of the Tang Dynasty.

This is indeed very unexpected news, the country of Bakhana is still under the control of the Great Food, there are nearly 10,000 troops in the territory of the Great Food, among which the powerful Saman family of the Great Food still has 100,000 hectares of grassland in the country of Bathana, and all the countries of Zhaowu have princes held in Baghdad as hostages, in this case, the country of Bahhana is not far away from the Tang Dynasty Hajj, its significance is extraordinary, caused Zhang Huan to attach great importance to it, that afternoon, Zhang Huan postponed the plan to meet the king of Qiuzi by one day, and specially received the envoy of the king of Baghana.

Bahana is today's Ferghana region of Kyrgyzstan, the Han Dynasty belongs to the Dawan country, as early as the early Tang Dynasty has been a loyal subject of the Tang Dynasty, every year to send people to the Tang Dynasty Hajj, to the Tang Dynasty at that time to present the symbolic land and scepter, as early as the opening of the circle three years, the Tang Dynasty Anxi Du Zhang Xiaosong led the army in Bahana and the white-clothed general Qu Bodi battle, even down several cities, repelled the white-clothed food army.

In the famous Battle of Talas, King Bakhana personally led 20,000 warriors to fight side by side with the Tang army, and after the defeat of the battle, the Great Eclipse captured Pakhana and killed the king, set up a new king, and ordered him to pay taxes to the Great Eclipse, but in the following decades, the Bahanna people have always refused to submit to the rule of the Great Cannibal and constantly resisted.

After the Tang Dynasty restored the Broken Leaf Military Town, it attracted strong attention from the country of Bakhana. At the beginning of the third year of Dazhi. King Bahanna sent an envoy to Broken Leaves, but unfortunately was intercepted by the Samanid soldiers on the way, and the contact plan failed, and this time the envoy plan began to prepare as early as six months ago, and he sent an envoy disguised as a merchant to the Hui trade, and from the Hui to the south of the Tang Dynasty, this successfully entered the Tang Dynasty.

He came secretly, and in order to prevent the news from leaking, Zhang Huan did not receive him in the Zichen Palace, but met the messenger who had come from thousands of miles in the reception room of his imperial study. The people who met were in addition to Sangkook, Han and Choi Yu. There is also Zhang Huan's eldest son Li Qi and his master Li Mi, after learning about the tree climbing incident on the first day of the Lunar New Year, Zhang Huan finally realized that he was negligent in his son's education, and his son has become a little timid and cowardly in recent years, which is related to the inheritance of his great cause. And from today on, he also specially brought his son with him to receive the envoys of various countries.

The envoy of King Bathanna called Chimoya, the uncle of King Bahhana Chelidi, who was over fifty years old and stocky. His eyes were extremely lively, and he seemed to be able to speak better than his mouth, he was introduced into the imperial study by the guards, and immediately knelt down to Zhang Huan to bow and pay respects: "Chenba Khan Nachisoya knocks to see His Majesty the Tang Emperor, and wishes His Majesty the Tang Emperor a Quartet, and the sun and the moon are in harmony." ”

Zhang Huan waved his hand lightly and smiled: "The envoy is exempt from courtesy, give a seat!" ”

"Your Majesty Emperor Xie."

Chisoya sat down, and he immediately took out a letter from his bosom and handed it to Zhang Huan, "This is a personal letter from the king of our country to His Majesty, please look at it." ”

Zhang Huan took the letter, he was not in a hurry to read it. Putting the letter on the royal record, he immediately asked Chisoya: "What is the situation in the country of Bakhana now?" Can you introduce me first?

"Obey." After pondering for a moment, Captain Chisoya said slowly, "Since the country of Bakhana was occupied by the Great Eclipse. The tax is getting heavier and heavier year by year, and only tithes are paid at the earliest, but since ten years ago, the Great Eclipse has given the most fertile land of Bahanna to the Samanid family, and all the Bahans who graze along the Pearl River pay tithes to the Great Food at the same time, they also have to pay the land use tax to the Saman family, which is 30% of the sheep raised, and the Bahana people must also bear the military expenses of the Great Food Army and the governor's management fee, so that six or seven out of ten of the harvest land will be stripped away by the Great Cannibal every year, not only that, but the Great Cannibal also forced us to change our faith in previous years, Since the new caliph came to power last year, the new caliph has adopted another method, which allows those who convert to the Great Food religion to reduce their tithes in half, while those who refuse to convert will double their taxes and become tithes. ”

Speaking of this, Chisoya sighed, his tone was full of sadness and yearning for the past, "When we were a subject of the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty never levied us a penny in taxes, nor did it force us to change our beliefs. ”

Zhang Huan nodded, and then he slowly opened the letter of King Bahanna, the letter was written in Turkic, and the officials of Honglu Temple had translated it into Chinese, which meant that Bahana was willing to resubmit to the Tang Dynasty and was willing to help the Tang army drive out the cannibal army.

Zhang Huan pondered for a moment and asked again, "Do you still have an army in your king's hands?" ”

"The Great Cannibal has deprived the king of his right to tax in order to prevent the king from raising an army, but our king still has 3,000 troops, all of whom are Bahana warriors who have volunteered to serve the king."

The sudden good news was like a gust of wind, blowing away the fog that had been permeating Zhang Huan's eyes, and his strategic layout suddenly became clear at this moment, expanding to the four directions with the broken leaves as the center, first destroying Gelulu to relieve the stone of the hanging head, and Chen soldiers in the three places of Beiting, Jiuyuan, and Xishou City, and then ordered Huangjiasi to cooperate with the deployment of the Tang Dynasty to curb the possible recklessness of the Hui people, and then captured Tocharian to relieve their worries, and then developed eastward, and fought for the return of the nine kingdoms of Zhaowu such as Bahanna, in this way, The momentum of the Tang Dynasty and the Great Food Division has been formed, and the second major goal of the Western Regions Strategy has been completed.

Thinking of this, Zhang Huan immediately said sincerely to Chisuoya: "When you go back, please tell your king, and the Tang Dynasty will open its arms to embrace the return of Bahanna." ”

Cesoya retreated, and Zhang Huan had been standing in front of the window and was silent, at this time. Han stepped forward and reported: "Your Majesty. Can you say a word? ”

"Han Sang-kook, please speak." Zhang Huan was awakened in contemplation, and hurriedly sat back in his seat.

"Your Majesty wants to destroy Qarluq, but you are worried that Tocharo's Great Food Army will go north?" Han smiled slightly.

Zhang Huan saw that he looked confident, so he smiled and said, "If you have any good ideas, just say them quickly, don't guess dumb riddles for me anymore." ”

"The minister doesn't dare, the minister heard a news in Honglu Temple this morning, the Tibetan envoy has arrived in Fengxiang three days ago, and the minister estimates that they will be able to arrive in Chang'an today or tomorrow."

"What do you mean is that Zhang Huan suddenly understood what Han meant, formed an alliance with Tubo, and let Tubo send troops to contain the northward movement of the Great Eclipse Tocharian army. This is indeed a bold idea. In fact, this is the third time that Tubo has sent envoys to the Tang Dynasty, in the second year of Dazhi, Tubo envoys came to express their willingness to reconcile with the Tang Dynasty, in May of the third year of Dazhi, Tubo sent an envoy to Chang'an again to ask for an alliance with the Tang Dynasty, Zhang Huan immediately sent Honglu Temple Qing Li Gan as a Tibetan envoy to Tubo to make an alliance with Tubo, September of the third year of Dazhi. The two countries held a ceremony to meet the alliance in Luo, and the Tubo officially recognized the demarcation of Tianbao 14 years ago as the territory of the two countries in the alliance letter, and promised to return the border people who had been taken captive by the Tang Dynasty, while the Tang army released the Tibetan soldiers who had been captured in several battles in the Western Regions, and returned the remains of the former Zampu Trisong Dezandi who died of illness in Anxi. Immediately, the two countries set up border markets in Wanxiu City, Gongji City, and Baigu City in the Jiuqu region, opening up normal trade between the two countries.

The reconciliation between Tubo and the Tang Dynasty is not accidental, this is the inevitable result of the decline of the strong and the other, after more than ten years of expansion, Tubo was finally dragged down by the continuous war, the Tang Dynasty in the Western Regions, the Great Food in Tocharian have given heavy losses to the Tubo army, coupled with the melee of the two major forces within it, finally led to the comprehensive decline of Tubo, and was no longer able to compete with the Tang Dynasty.

However, let the Tubo people contain the Tocharian cannibals, Zhang Huan is still a little worried that the Tubo people will recover because of this. Once again, he became the enemy of Datang. He turned his head to look at Li Mi, hoping that he could solve his doubts.

Li Mi understood Zhang Huan's thoughts. He stepped forward and saluted Zhang Huan and said, "Your Majesty, the minister agrees with Han Xiangguo's idea of using Tubo to contain Tocharo's Great Food Army, but the minister has to add a little advice." ”

"Hanlin just said it."

Li Mi smiled slightly: "The minister thinks that the Tubo people now actually have no strength to fight for Tocharo, so letting the Tubo send troops can only be a kind of momentum, and the troops will not fight, but the Tubo people are weak, and they still can't completely prevent the big cannibals from dividing their troops to rescue the Qarluqs, but this is exactly what the minister expects, so let the Tocharian army go to the rescue of Glulu, and His Majesty will send troops from Shule again."

"Wonderful!" Without waiting for Li Yu to finish speaking, Han actually screamed, he bowed down and saluted Zhang Huan and said: "Your Majesty, Li Hanlin's plan of virtual soldiers is really wonderful, this is called Ming Xiu Plank Road, Dark Chen Cang, the minister thinks it is feasible." ”

Zhang Huan also smiled, Jiang is really old and spicy, and Li Yu's strategy is excellent, but this good show has to be more realistic.

In the afternoon of the same day, the Tibetan envoys arrived in Chang'an to make a pilgrimage to the Tang Dynasty, and Zhang Huan then ordered Cui Yu to be the envoy of Tubo and sent some envoys to negotiate the matter of Tubo sending troops to contain the Tocharian army.

During the New Year, Chang'an is overcrowded, and the imperial examination for the fifth year of the Great Rule will be held on the sixth day of the first lunar month, so 150,000 scholars from all over the country have gathered in Chang'an, as well as envoys from various countries and a large number of their entourages, as well as officials from all over the country who came to report on their work, and businessmen from various countries who came to Chang'an to do business, so that the streets of Chang'an are full of people, especially in the East Market, which is full of popularity.

Chang'an East City and the West City are different, the West Market is mainly selling all kinds of grain, cloth, tea and other bulk materials, the business before the New Year is the hottest, but after the New Year, the West Market business quickly subsided, began to turn to the prosperity of the East Market, the East Market mainly sells all kinds of jewelry, jade, porcelain and silk and other precious specialties and other more luxurious items, from the New Year to the fifteenth year ago, people who come to the East City will be endless, ordinary people have saved a year's money, is to come to the East Market at this moment to buy something valuable, In addition, there are merchants and envoys from various countries who also want to come to the East Market to buy goods, so on the third day of the Lunar New Year, the East Market is crowded with people, men and women who come to buy things.

In Fu Bao Ji in Chang'an East City, a guy is selling a few pearls to two young people. "Look at the two of you. This string of pearl necklaces are round and full, this is from the sea of Japan, it is the best pearl, this girl's skin is snow-white, hanging on her neck can show her pretty, how about the childe, buy it for the beauty! ”

One of the two young people is Cui Yao, and the other is naturally Gu Dai, the princess of Huangjiasi, Cui Yao specially took her to Dongshi today to buy some jewelry, and she has been in Chang'an for more than half a month. Cui Yao and Gu Dai are becoming more and more familiar. Especially since she took the initiative to teach Chinese, there began to be an indescribable love between the two.

At this time, Gu Dai's appearance was very different from the beginning, she had washed away all the oil paint, her facial features were exquisite, her skin was as white as ice crystals, her eyes were blue, like a deep pool, and she had golden hair. Petite and plump, she is a year younger than Cui Yao, and she will be fifteen years old after the New Year, and according to the customs of the Queens, she should marry this year. Her father would hold a martial arts tournament for her, and summon the most courageous warriors of the Queers as her son-in-law, but Gu Dai was deeply influenced by her brother and was full of admiration for the Tang culture, and Cui Yao's profound knowledge and elegant temperament deeply attracted this exotic girl, she was fascinated by it, and quietly tied her first love thread to Cui Yao's body.

Cui Yao is the same, he is sixteen years old this year, and he has reached the age of the first love, and Gu Dai is the first woman to break into his heart. He will never forget that night. When Gu Dai asked him for help, she hid behind her and trembled like a lamb. From that moment on, he had a sense of wanting to protect this delicate girl, and the beauty and mellowness of Gu Dai's makeup after washing off her makeup made him even more excited.

He prefers Gu Dai's cleverness, although she can also speak some Chinese, but she can barely speak in Chinese in only half a month, this language talent, really amazed Cui Yao.

However, although the two of them have a crush on each other, neither of them is embarrassed to pierce the thin layer of window paper first, at this moment, Cui Yao saw that Gu Dai hung this pearl necklace around her neck, showing the slender beauty of her jade neck, so he said without hesitation: "I bought it, how much?" ”

The guy was secretly proud in his heart, and he gestured a finger, "Childe, this necklace costs a hundred yuan, or you can pay silver coins." ”

Cui Yao's heart jumped, he only had a total of thirty flying tickets on him, which was too far away, what should I do? Cui Yao's face showed embarrassment.

"Cui Gongzi, I don't like this necklace, let's go to another house to have a look!" Gu Dai gently put the necklace on the counter, pulled Cui Yao's sleeve and walked out.

The guy panicked, and hurriedly chased after him with the necklace, "Childe, why don't you get cheaper, how about eighty guan?" All right! All right! Take sixty yuan, this is the reserve price. ”

Cui Yao sighed secretly, he didn't have enough money for fifty yuan, and the guy saw that he didn't want to buy it, so he had to come back with a necklace, this necklace was actually only ten yuan, but there were too many customers in the store, and he didn't dare to really shout out the real price.

Cui Yao and Gu Dai didn't take a few steps away from the jewelry store, and Cui Yao suddenly shouted, "Ah! I forgot something in the store just now. ”

He hurriedly said to Gu Dai: "You wait for me here, I'll go back and get it!" ”

After saying that, he ran to the jewelry store in a panic, and when he ran into the store, he grabbed the guy and asked, "What about the necklace!" I bought it. ”

The guy was overjoyed, and hurriedly took out the necklace and put it into a deerskin bag, "Childe is really good eyesight, this chain is with your best couple, I really don't have to say anything, okay!" Childe, please take it, sixty yuan. ”

Cui Yao took out a thirty-yuan flying ticket, and took out a piece of beautiful jade from his waist that his grandfather gave him, handed it to the man and told him repeatedly: "I don't have enough money, I will temporarily bet this piece of jade on you, and I will redeem it in a while, don't lose it." ”

The guy glanced at it and saw that the piece of jasper was warm and delicate, the shape was ancient, it was a piece of superb jade, and it was worth more than 100 yuan, so he quickly accepted it, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, the small shop has an outstanding reputation, and it will never be lost." ”

Cui Yao was afraid that Gu Dai and the others would have an accident outside, so he grabbed the deer flat bag and ran outside, and when he went out, he saw that she was still standing in the corner of the house, so he ran forward and said with a smile: "I've kept you waiting." ”

Gu Dai glanced at the deerskin bag in his hand and asked curiously, "What is this?" Cui Yao took out the necklace from the bag and stuffed it into her hand, he scratched the back of his head and smiled a little embarrassedly: "I'll buy it anyway." ”

Gu Dai looked at him silently, and after half a sound, she hung the necklace around her neck and whispered, "Actually, I like it very much." ”

"If you like it!" Cui Yao pulled her, "Let's go, let's eat." ”

But after running a few steps, Cui Yao suddenly stopped again, all his money bought the necklace, and there was nothing left on his body, at this time, Gu Dai took out a small gold leaf, pursed his lips and smiled: "I'll invite you to dinner, how about it?" ”

The two came to a small restaurant, picked a window seat on the second floor and sat down, Cui Yao ordered a few side dishes and a pot of wine, Gu Dai looked at the bustling crowd on the street, and couldn't help but sigh: "There are really a lot of people in Datang, and it is rare for us to meet a person for dozens of miles." ”

"Chang'an is the capital, of course there are many people, like Anxi and Hexi, aren't they also sparsely populated?"

Cui Yao poured her a glass of wine, smiled and asked, "Are you happy to come out today?" ”

Gu Dai nodded, "I'm very happy, but I heard my eldest brother say that you have an exam tomorrow in the morning, but you let you teach me Chinese every day, I'm very sorry." ”

"It's nothing!" Cui Yao waved his hand and said with a smile: "I've studied for so many years, will I forget if I don't learn in the past ten days?" ”

"But I still want to thank you!" Gu Dai lowered her head and gently touched the necklace around her neck, and said shyly. At this moment, a rapid shout suddenly came from outside the window, "Look, everyone! The Hui people killed the Tibetans. ”