Chen Maocai beckoned to all the brothers, all hurry up and follow; On the other hand, he took a step ahead of Wang Xuance and explained to Zhou Zeng: "The countries of the Western Regions are said to be the boundaries of our Tang Dynasty, and they have obeyed His Majesty's will over the years. It was His Majesty's mercy that did not implement the county system in accordance with the system of the Han Dynasty, but still let their kings manage their own countries.

Let's take some time ago, the tribes in the north of the desert belong to our Tang Dynasty, they for the convenience of travel, the special performance please open this "towering river Han Road", along the way set up 68 post stations, and all are equipped with horses and food, supply and supply of these people, one side for trade, on the other hand, for the convenience of worship. You kid pay more attention to some national affairs, don't make up your earth-shattering thunder when you have nothing to do, how scary, what to do if you blow it up! ”

Chen Maocai's ridicule immediately provoked the two to be cunning again: "You care about me, what do I like, as long as I am comfortable." The sound of the two people bickering instantly made the rather silent mission, and the atmosphere seemed to be more lively, and it also made Xiao Liu can't help but cover his mouth and laugh in the back.

Wang Xuance looked at the two of them, and made a noise like this again, and then stopped: "Don't argue, let me tell you about this history!" Hearing this, the two of them instantly fell silent. And all the people in the embassy also pricked up their ears and listened to this Wang Xuance's story.

But listening to this Wang Xuance said: "What Zhou Zeng asked is not unreasonable, and what Mao Cai said is also quite reasonable, but it seems that things should not be seen like this?" ”

"Big brother, you come and hear it." Zhou Zeng and Chen Maocai said in unison. Hearing that the other party said the same thing again, the two of them glared at each other again.

"You guys, remember when we were on an envoy to Tianzhu, oh no, it's called Five India now? The greatest king of these five Indias is the king of the kingdom of Holisha, followed by the king of Kumora of the kingdom of Kama, both of them rely on this force to dominate the whole five Indias, but the whole of the five Indias is about 40 countries, large and small, these countries on the one hand because of the strong force of the king of the precepts, on the other hand, because the king of the sun is quite benevolent, just like our heavenly khan, so that the nations believe in him and respect him, so they also agree to his leadership" Wang Xuance carefully told them.

"Yes, yes, big brother is right. Just like our Western Zhou Emperor, who ruled all directions, this King of the Ring Sun is like the Emperor of Zhou at that time, and what about the five Indian countries, just like what was at that time, Song, Qi, Dai, Chu, Jin, Zheng and so on" Chen Maocai said according to his own understanding!

"As far as you are, as long as you can, the eldest brother has already said this," Zhou Zeng answered casually.

"What Mao Cai said is reasonable, and this is roughly the case" Although he had told it before, Wang Xuance still affirmed Chen Maocai's words.

"Look, I'm right, so, follow me in the future, you have to listen to me" Chen Maocai said to Zhou Zeng quite angrily, causing Zhou Zeng to look disdainful!

I saw that Wang Xuance also smiled helplessly, and then said to them: "Our Datang Dynasty now implements the county system for the land of China, and the management is quite close. For the countries of the Western Regions, a similar management method is implemented, but it is more in line with the actual local situation than the county system, that is, the system of setting up the capital protectorate.

Since the establishment of this capital protectorate, our Datang has not only facilitated communication with the countries of the Western Regions, but also controlled them, guiding them to devote themselves to our Datang and preventing them from treachery. This is why these places are considered our Datang as a whole. Therefore, what this Maocai just said is reasonable, and this week from the perspective of this Han land, what he said is also good! ”

At this time, the two of them knew each other again, and they were full of disdain in the sound of "cut......

"Big brother, tell me what's going on with this Gaochang?" Zhou Zeng casually asked him again.

"Speaking of this Gaochang hometown, it is now a state of our Datang. It's been a long time since it started from the beginning. This Gaochang country is also a country established by our Middle-earth people, and it has been a node of commercial and trade exchanges between the countries of the Western Regions since ancient times.

He originated in the period of Emperor Xuan of the Western Han Dynasty, when after Zhang Qian hollowed out the Western Regions, trade gradually opened, Emperor Xuan in order to maintain the smooth flow of trade routes, so he sent troops to garrison, reclaim the border, and then build a city. Therefore, the terrain is high and open, and the people are prosperous, so it is named Gaochang.

Later, with the collapse of the Han Dynasty, the Han people here already had the capital to build an independent country because of the savings they had accumulated over the years, so they established the Gaochang Kingdom, which was more than 800 miles long from east to west and 500 miles wide from north to south. It was also regarded as a powerful country in the Western Regions at that time.

Since the founding of our Tang Dynasty, the biggest threat is this Turk, and later the Eastern Turks perished, and the Western Turks also fled to the west of the Western Regions. At this time, the king of Gaochang, Lu Wentai, can also be regarded as a generation of British masters. It's a pity that it's ......."

Before Wang Xuance finished speaking, he was interrupted by Zhou Zeng and said: "Yes, yes, I heard Master Xuanzang talk about this person, this person is quite kind, and gave him a lot of gold and silver treasures." ”

"Yes, it's this person, if you say that he is kind, it is better to say that he is quite clever in business," Wang Xuance replied casually.

"How do you say this," Xiao Liu, who had been listening attentively, asked with doubts.

So this Wang Xuance continued the previous words and said: "The reason why the people of Gaochang have been rich in recent years is, in the final analysis, because our Majesty has opened up the trade route in the Western Regions. With the prosperity of the trade routes, the Gaochang country took the convenience of guarding the choke point, and the people rushed to do business. Seeing that it was profitable, he not only collected taxes from the people, but also from the merchants, and the country became rich. As a result, not only did he not know how to be grateful to our Datang, but he disobeyed the yang and the yin, secretly colluded with the Western Turks, and harmed the interests of our Datang. As everyone knows, his wealth also comes indirectly from Datang, if there is no Datang, there will be no these merchants, and his wealth.

In the fourteenth year of Zhenguan, that is, the year we sent Princess Wencheng to marry Tubo, this Lu Wentai was fascinated by gold and silver wealth, and dared to cut off the trade routes of the Western Regions, and joined forces with the Western Turks to plunder the two kingdoms of Yiwu and Yanqi, and also hid from the Turks and fled to Gaochang, preparing to return to the Central Plains population of our Tang Dynasty, and at the same time did not go to the court.

At the beginning, His Majesty was also quite polite, saluting first and then soldiering, but he still went his own way. When His Majesty could not bear it anymore, he sent the general manager of the Jiaohe Road March, the Shangshu Hou Junji of the Ministry of Rites, and Xue Wanjun, the deputy governor and the general of the Zuotun Guard, to send troops to attack Gaochang. ”

Knowledge: Yumen Pass, since Zhang Qian chiseled the Western Regions, along the Silk Road, the jade of the Western Regions entered the Middle Earth, so the pass was named after it. At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, it was the dividing pass between the Tang Dynasty and Gaochang......

(End of chapter)