Chapter 244: The War on Salt (6)
The king of the Turkic Monan Turki Khan, the Turki Khan is anxiously waiting for news from Gulnadur: 'It's been six days, so I should have arrived a long time ago!' Why haven't you come back yet? During this period of time, the royal court of the Mobei Lili Khan oppressed the tribes of the Turki Khan more and more seriously, according to the custom, every year, the Turkic tribes had to pay tribute to the royal court cattle, sheep and tribute, but this time, unlike previous years, the tribe of the Turki Khan paid twice as much tribute as in previous years:
"Why does my tribe have to pay twice as much tribute to cattle and sheep? Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"
"Ashinash Bobi, don't forget, a few years ago, when you attacked Xue Rengao in Lanzhou, how many boys and girls were accepted as your slaves, how many gold and silver treasures were robbed into your pockets, how much did you dedicate to the royal court, and how fertile the ranch you occupied in Monan, how barren our Mobei is, and this year it is snowing heavily in Mobei, and many of the tribes have been affected, as the heir of the Great Turks, what is wrong with sending more materials to the royal court." The words of the Khan were speechless. If it weren't for some Ashina elders beside him who made peace from the side, I'm afraid that the little Khan of Tuli would not have left the royal court alive. However, those elders of the Ashina clan are not really helping to intercede, since Ashinash Bobi was established as the Turkic heir, in order to prevent himself from shooting the brothers to Ashnao - Ashinao shooting the two brothers were sent to the border after losing the struggle for the throne of Khan, and were later killed by the bandits on the border, as for whether it is true, anyway, Ashinash Bobi will not believe it, but the rules on the grassland are like this, just like wolves, the wild wolves who have not won the wolf king have only one way to go - death, Either being killed by someone else or committing suicide. Therefore, after winning the Battle of Lanzhou, Ashinash sent a large amount of property to the elders of other tribes of the Ashina clan. However, after the Khan raised his claim for tribute to the Khan's court, the burden on the Khan's headquarters became heavier, and if he didn't pay it, the Khan had an excuse to solve the problem of the little Khan of Tuli, but if he handed it over, then the result of waiting for the little Khan of the Khan was that the people of his own tribe would flee to the Khan's court headquarters or other Ashina tribes because of hunger, and his tribe would automatically die out without the destruction of the Khan. The longer the time dragged on, the more desperate the Turki Khan became. Just as he was thinking about it, there was a sound outside the big tent:
"General Gulnadur, you're back."
"Is the Great Khan here?"
"In!"
"Great Khan! Sweat! "The Turki Khan seemed to see a ray of sunshine in the dark clouds.
"General Gulnadur, you're finally back."
"See the Great Khan!"
"Okay, what do you gain from going to Chang'an, do you have anything to say to me about the eldest grandson Wuji and Li Shimin?"
"Great Khan, I went to Chang'an to see Li Shimin, the king of Qin, and Lord Wuji, the eldest grandson, although I brought the two girls who had a skin-to-skin relationship with Lord Wuji, but it can be seen that they did not believe me, and Li Shimin hopes to meet with you in person in Chang'an to discuss confidential matters together."
"What!? If you want Ben Khan to go to Chang'an, no, absolutely not! If Ben Khan goes to Chang'an, Ashina will definitely take advantage of Ben Khan's absence to disintegrate Ben Khan's tribe. No, absolutely not. Gulnadur continued:
"Great Khan, I also consulted with them for a long time, and they finally agreed to meet you Khan at the junction of Yulin and our ministry on the edge of the Great Wall. Khan, you can't help but go! The Turki Khan shouted:
"Mondo!"
"Mondo is here!"
"You order, this year's tribute to the Khan's court will be doubled as the Khan's envoy ordered."
"Great Khan!" Mondo tried to persuade. Tuli Khan pointed with his hand:
"Needless to say, this matter is everywhere, and besides, Mondo, from this day onwards, there is martial law around the sweat tent, and no one is seen in this Khan. Anyone who inquires is killed, do you understand? ”
"Yes! Great Khan, the slave knows what to do! ”
"General Gulnadur, you accompany Ben Khan to the Great Wall, and Ben Khan will personally meet this Li Shimin for a while."
"Yes!" In the East Palace of the Prince of Chang'an Li Jiancheng, Xu Jingzong came to report to Li Jiancheng secretly:
"Report to Your Highness! The minister has just received a secret report from Rose that Li Shimin secretly left the Qin Palace's mansion yesterday and his whereabouts are unknown. ”
"Oh! He left the Qin Palace, what was the important thing that made him out. Didn't Rose find out something else? ”
"His Royal Highness the Prince, Rose reported that Li Shimin was depressed in the center of the mansion a few days ago, and did not have contact with the wives and concubines in the mansion, and later refused to let anyone enter his bedroom in the name of illness, so when she left yesterday, if it wasn't for His Royal Highness Li Chengqian's words, I'm afraid she would be kept in the dark now." Li Jiancheng always had a nervous feeling in his heart, as if something was going to happen.
"Inform the hidden piles in the Guanzhong area and the border, you must quickly find out where Li Shimin is, and report as soon as there is a situation, in addition, Jingzong, you go and contact the eldest grandson Shunde, and see if you can get some brave information out of his mouth."
"Yes! Wechen will go right away! "Chang'an's largest and most famous Qinglou Chu Pavilion Qin Yuanlou, the eldest grandson Shunde is here again. The old bustard saw the eldest grandson Shunde coming from a distance, and immediately greeted him with a smile on his face:
"Yo! Lord Eldest Sun, you're here, let's find the girl of your dreams! ”
"Yes! The national prince and the dream girl have made an appointment. Hurry up and bring her father-in-law to meet her. ”
"Yes! Grandpa Guo, please go inside! "The eldest grandson Shunde came to the room of the dream girl:
"Dreams, dreams! My little darling, I have come to you. Heart dreams. What a dream! "The girl of the heart dreams in a moving pose on the bed:
"My lord! Xinmeng has been waiting for you here for a long time. The eldest grandson Shunde looked at the appearance of his dream, eagerly closed the door, and untied the belt on his body:
"Heart dream, my baby, my lord is here." The eldest grandson Shunde came to the secret room again, and Xu Jingzong was waiting for him.
"Lord Eldest Sun!"
"Lord Xu! What's the matter with me coming this time? ”
"There are three things I want to ask Lord Changsun for help, the first is that I heard that His Royal Highness King Qin eats light food in order to raise salt, and I also heard that His Royal Highness King Qin is borrowing money from Li Tang's relatives and the children of the family, but I don't know how many people lend money to His Royal Highness? The second thing is that our Royal Highness the Crown Prince heard that some children and officials of the family have been moving closer to His Royal Highness the King of Qin recently, so His Royal Highness the Crown Prince hopes that the eldest grandson can make a list to know who is in contact with His Royal Highness the King of Qin, and the third thing is that I heard that His Royal Highness the King of Qin has left the capital division, that is, to know the whereabouts of His Royal Highness the Prince? The eldest grandson Shunde said to Xu Jingzong:
"What? Has His Royal Highness the King of Qin left Chang'an? Recently, I just heard that King Qin is sick, and my nephew is helping to wait, I really haven't heard anything? All right! I'll go to the Qin Palace, and I'll inquire when the time comes! ”
"It seems that the relationship between Lord Eldest Sun and His Royal Highness King Qin and Lord Lord Wuji is not very close!" Xu Jingzong did not forget to add fire to the eldest grandson Shunde, Li Shimin, and the eldest grandson Wuji, the eldest grandson Shunde did not leave Xu Jingzong, and when the eldest grandson Shunde was about to leave, Xu Jingzong called the eldest grandson Shunde:
"Lord Eldest Sun, please wait a moment, I have some things here that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants to hand over to Lord Eldest Sun." Saying that, Xu Jingzong took out a box made of sandalwood, and when the eldest grandson Shunde opened it, he saw that there were yellow, orange and orange cuties inside.
"Lord Xu, what is this?"
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince heard that Lord Changsun also suffered heavy losses in this salt famine, plus Lord Changsun is the elder of Princess Changsun, His Royal Highness King Qin must have also borrowed money from Lord Changsun, so he specially ordered that these should be handed over to Lord Changsun, and how to deal with them will be decided by Lord Changsun himself, and he will not care about anything." Looking at these yellow, orange and orange cuties, the eldest grandson Shunde smiled and said to Xu Jingzong:
"Then thank Your Highness the Crown Prince for your kindness." After the eldest grandson Shunde left, Xu Jingzong also showed the list to Li Jiancheng, and Li Jiancheng looked:
"They are all low-level officials and side descendants of big families, and there are no characters who can do it." Suddenly, Li Jiancheng's eyes stayed on one name: Wang Zhirate. This person is a partial brother of the Taiyuan Wang family, and he has some kinship with Wang Gui, and Wang Gui also wants to recommend this Wang Zhi as a guest of the prince's mansion. 'It's poisonous! If it weren't for the eldest grandson Shunde revealing the news in advance, I'm afraid there would be an extra white-eyed wolf around me. ’
'Bang! The bookcase in front of Li Jiancheng was smashed in half by Li Jiancheng. Xu Jingzong looked at Li Jiancheng and didn't dare to speak:
"Respect the Sect! You immediately arrange for manpower to keep an eye on all the people on this list, and there must be no mistakes, and if there is any situation, Maliki will report to the palace! ”
"Yes! Wechen understands! Do it now! ”
Li Shimin and the eldest grandson Wuji, accompanied by their cronies and guards, came to Yulin on the edge of the Great Wall, and the Tuli Khan also arrived:
"Tuli Khan! This king has long heard that the Turki Khan is a rare hero on the steppe, and when he sees it today, it is really extraordinary! ”
"His Royal Highness King Qin is young and handsome, and he is brave in battle! Ben Khan has also been fascinated for a long time, and it is really an honor for Ben Khan to be able to meet King Qin today! ”
"Where, where! It is a great honor for the king to be able to see the long-awaited Tuli Khan! After a pleasantry, Li Shimin, the eldest grandson Wuji, the Turki Khan, and the general Gulnadur all sat on the ground.
"What? How could the Khan of Lili pull out such a poisonous plan? ”
"Yes! His Royal Highness the King of Qin, but the person who offered the plan was not from the Turkic side, this person was called Zuo Youxian, and he was the prime minister under the command of the governor of Jianghuai and the auxiliary prince of Wu. ”
"Oh! It is a person under the command of Wu Wangfugong. Li Shimin was very interested in this Zuo Youxian.
"Forget it, don't say anything, the main reason why this king came today is to ask the Khan for something, and now my brother, Li Jiancheng, the prince of the Tang Dynasty, imported a kind of green salt, and this king hopes that the Khan can intercept these green salts outside the customs and hand them over to this king."
"Oh! So what's the good of Ben Khan? ”
"After intercepting it and handing it over to the king, the king was willing to provide the food that the khan needed and the cotton clothes that had been used for the winter. Help the Khan through the crisis. ”
"Hahahaha! King Qin said with a smile, a few thousand catties of grain and a few cotton clothes, Ben Khan didn't pay attention to it. The eldest grandson Wuji smiled:
"Khan! You don't pay attention, but what about your subordinates? They were forced to lack food and clothing by the people of the Khan's court, and besides, the Khan of Lili will not let you go, if you make a powerful ally like us, after we take the crown prince by Li Jiancheng, we will join hands to lift you to the supreme throne of the Great Turks. Isn't that great? If you don't agree, it doesn't matter, anyway, our Royal Highness the Crown Prince is not as cold-blooded and ruthless as the Turkic Khan, and even if our prince can't be the emperor, he can enjoy glory and wealth, but what about you? I don't need to say what your ending will be! Under the sneer of the eldest grandson Wuji, Tuli Khan's face turned red.
"Brother Eldest Sun, isn't it a bit too much for you to say that?"
"Khan! There is a saying among us that is called "Loyalty is against the ear, and good medicine is bitter." Please forgive Khan. ”
"Good! Ben Khan promises you. Subsequently, Li Jiancheng and the Tuli Khan discussed the amount of grain and cotton clothing, and finally reached an agreement.
"Tuli Khan! I heard that you and the auxiliary machine have become brothers, and today this king and you have also seen each other, so this king proposes, why don't we also become brothers? The Turki Khan complied with Li Shimin's advice. In front of the Heavenly Wolf God, Li Shimin, Tuli Khan, and the eldest grandson Wuji swore an oath together and became brothers, but everyone knew in their hearts that in the face of interests, it was difficult for anyone to say that they would not betray when the time came.