By August of the 11th year of Tianbao, the Tang Army's change of guard against the Sogdian garrisons had been completed, and the steps and plans for political and comprehensive control over all parts of Sogdia were gradually proceeding. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

First, some powerful ministers in the Sogdian countries who were unfriendly to the Tang army were suppressed, and then some disobedient nobles and tribal leaders were arrested and imprisoned, and their family property was confiscated.

After getting rid of these strong opposition voices, the officials sent by Zhao Ziliang to the Sogdian countries began to win over the ministers and nobles of various countries who were friendly to the Tang Dynasty and respected in the local area, so that they could continue to come out as officials to govern the local area, and at the same time not relax the pursuit of some hidden rebels.

Although there is a tradition of ethnic grouping in this era, almost no ethnic group has yet formed a consciousness, even the Tang Dynasty in the East and the Byzantine Empire in the West, which have the highest civilization, and Zhao Ziliang's plan to take over power politically in the Sogdian states has not been greatly hindered, and the magnates of the Sogdian countries have cooperated with the officials sent by Zhao Ziliang very unscrupulously under coercion and inducement.

On September 15 of the 11th year of Tianbao, Zhao Ziliang convened a military and political conference, and the generals and officials in charge of civil affairs who had been sent to various parts of Sogdia returned to attend the meeting.

The scale of this military-political meeting was very large, and almost all the military generals and officials who came to the city of Samad with Zhao Ziliang from Tingzhou participated, adding up to hundreds of people. The venue of the meeting is in the palace of the former Kangguo, and it is also the temporary venue where Zhao Ziliang is now handling official business.

In the large hall, the officials stood on the right, and the generals stood on the left, all whispering, many of whom had returned from all parts of Sogdia and were exchanging views and experiences in governing the various parts of Sogdia.

"The festival is handsome—"

All the officials and generals in the hall quieted down when they heard the voice, and when they saw Zhao Ziliang walking in with his whole body draped and his sword in his hand, they all got up and clasped their fists and shouted: "See the festival handsome!" ”

Zhao Ziliang sat down behind the desk, waved his hand and said, "No courtesy!" ”

Everyone straightened up and said, "Xie Jieshuai!" ”

Zhao Ziliang looked at the officials and colonels who had retreated to both sides and said: "Most of you have rushed back from your posts in the garrison and various parts of Sogdia, and you will all talk about your political achievements and achievements during your tenure!" ”

One by one, the officials came forward to tell how they fought against the powerful local magnates during their tenure, how they co-opted officials and nobles who were close relatives of the Tang Dynasty and had prestige, how they vilified the former lords, and how they fought against the rebels.

After the officials had finished speaking, the generals came forward one by one to tell about their surveillance of the Sogdian army in the garrison, the crackdown on the local resistance forces, the attack on the infiltration forces of the Great Food Country, and so on.

After listening to the work reports of the civil and military generals, Zhao Ziliang nodded and said: "It seems that you have made some achievements in these days, judging from the current situation, we have generally completed comprehensive control over all parts of Sogdia politically and militarily, and now it is time to establish the Taixi Protectorate!" ”

All the officials and generals echoed: "Yes, yes, it is long overdue to establish the Taixi Protectorate!" ”

Dugu Jun stood up and bowed his hand to Zhao Ziliang and said: "Jieshuai, now that the situation in various parts of Sogdia is good, the time is ripe for the establishment of the Taixi Protectorate, and the establishment of the Taixi Protectorate is even more justifiable for our rule over Sogdia!" ”

All the officials and generals looked at Zhao Ziliang, their eyes were full of eagerness and hope, there is no doubt that after the establishment of the Taixi Metropolitan Protectorate, the official positions of these people will rise, after all, most of the officials and generals here now have their job titles under the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate, if the Taixi Metropolitan Protectorate is established, they will have the right official positions here, and their grades will also be improved.

Zhao Ziliang looked at the case file on the desk, looked up and said: "Then choose a day to establish the Taixi Protectorate, according to the emperor's will, the Taixi Protectorate is under the jurisdiction of the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate, and all the Tang Dynasty's spheres of influence west of the Green Ridge Plateau and south of the Qianquan Mountains are under the jurisdiction of the Taixi Protectorate. It is impossible for Ben Shuai to stay here forever, after all, there are many affairs in the North Court, from the West Turkic Land to the south of Jinshan, and from the east of the Aral Sea to the west of Yizhou, all of which must be handled by Ben Shuai, so during the period when Ben Shuai is not in the Taixi Metropolitan Protectorate, he needs a deputy capital protector to assist Ben Shuai in handling military and political affairs in various parts of Sogdia, and this Marshal will recommend Lord Dugu Jun to the imperial court as the deputy capital protector of Taixi Metropolitan Protectorate, Gao Shi as the judge of Jiedu, Xuanyi as the envoy of soldiers and horses, and Fugu Huaien as the deputy envoy of soldiers and horses. The other officials and generals of the Taixi Metropolitan Protectorate will be appointed after the establishment of the Imperial Protectorate, and the ceremony of the establishment of the Taixi Imperial Protectorate will be organized by Lord Dugu and Master Gao Shi, and the time will be set in these days as much as possible, so that the officials and generals who have just returned this time can participate! ”

Dugujun and Gao Shi immediately stood up and promised to answer: "No! ”

Zhao Ziliang glanced at the case file on the desk again and looked up and said: "After the establishment of the Taixi Metropolitan Protectorate, we will restore the prefectures and counties established here during the Gaozong period, but there will be no Governor's Mansion, and the state government yamen will directly handle local government affairs and govern the locality, and the highest official of the state is Taishou, these prefectures and counties are Xiuxun Prefecture (Bahanna State), Dawan Prefecture (Shiguo), Caozhou (Cao State), Kangju Prefecture (Kangguo), Guishan Prefecture (He State), Mulu Prefecture (Dong'an State), Anxi Prefecture (Anguo), Nanmi Prefecture (Mi State), Chasha Prefecture (Shi State), to Bazhou (Kumi State) ・・・・・・".

Three days later, the Taixi Imperial Protectorate was established, and the government was located in the palace of the former Kang king, and a grand ceremony was held on the same day, inviting the nobles of the former Kang State, the rich Sogdian merchants, some tribal leaders, and the Tang Dynasty officials and military generals in this place.

After the establishment of the Taixi Protectorate, Zhao Ziliang soon signed the No. 1 official document of the Taixi Protectorate, abolishing the names of the former Sogdian countries, and establishing the prefecture and county Taishou Prefecture to govern the former Sogdian countries, each state and county should be garrisoned by the Tang Army and the Sogdian Army stationed in different places, and the Sogdian army stationed in other places was controlled by the local Tang Army generals, and the local Taishou had the right to dispatch the local Tang garrison and the Sogdian Bureau to strengthen the rule of the government and suppress the rebellion, but had no right to intervene in the internal affairs of the garrison.

The establishment of the Taixi Protectorate, the abolition of the former Sogdian state titles, and the establishment of the Taishou Prefecture to handle local government affairs and govern the local areas further consolidated and strengthened the Tang Dynasty's rule over the Sogdian land.

Next, Zhao Ziliang began to write to the Tingzhou side, diverting some of the displaced people who migrated from the Central Plains in the future to Sogdia, and the Taixi Protectorate planned and resettled, the people in the land of Sogdia were not all Sogdians, and there were many big cannibals, Turks, Tocharians, in fact, the Tocharians are the descendants of the Turks, and the Sogdians are the descendants of the Yueshi people, in this land, the ethnic groups are complex, and the languages are numerous.

In order to strengthen the rule and facilitate the administration and officials, the Taixi Imperial Protectorate began to vigorously promote the Chinese language, and some officials also set up special schools to teach the local people of all ethnic groups to read Chinese and read Chinese characters in addition to handling official duties. In order to disseminate culture, Zhao Ziliang, the protector of the Taixi Prefecture, also issued a special decree announcing that from now on, Sogdians who read Chinese books and knew Chinese characters would have the right to be given priority as officials in the official imperial examinations.

The Sogdians, who were not very enthusiastic about reading and writing, thought it useless, and thankless, sent their sons and daughters to school after seeing this decree.

On the second day of October, after Zhao Ziliang finished dealing with political affairs, he practiced in the backyard of the Duhu Mansion, and Cen participated in to report: "Jie Shuai, there is a few news!" ”

The shirtless Zhao Ziliang stopped, put the weapon back on the weapon rack, wiped a handful of sweat, took a sip of the teacup and said, "What's the news?" ”

Cen Shen said: "The first news came from the Great Food Country, it is said that the health of the Great Food Country Caliph Abbasid is not very good, it seems that he is seriously ill, and the Abbasid is also old, and it is rumored that the younger brother of the Abbasid and his son are secretly fighting for succession!" ”

Zhao Ziliang was stunned, turned his head and asked, "Is the news reliable?" ”

"Although the news of Abbas's serious illness has been blocked, it has been heard by the secret agents we have planted, there should be no falsehood, as for Abbas's younger brother and his son fighting for power in secret, it is definitely not groundless, Abbas's younger brother has long followed Abbasid to engage in activities against the White Food, during the uprising to overthrow the White Food, he is in charge of military power, strength is not small, is the right and left hand of Abbas, after the Abbasid state, the power in his hands is greater, Would he have willingly left power in the hands of the Abbasid son after his death? and he was not at peace with the sons of Abbasid."

Zhao Ziliang touched his chin and said, "In this case, the Great Food Country will have no time to look east for at least a few years!" What's next? ”

Cen Shen said: "It was first transmitted to Beiting from Chang'an, and then sent by Wang Can with a flying pigeon, and the news said that Li Linfu was sick, and he was not lightly ill!" At his age, I'm afraid there aren't many days left to live! ”

Zhao Ziliang was stunned for a long time when he heard the news, then came back to his senses and sighed: "I should have been happy to hear this news, but I can't be happy now, do you know why?" ”

Cen Shen wondered, "Why? Li Linfu has always been jealous of the military exploits of the marshal, and wants to kill the marshal! ”

Zhao Ziliang sighed: "Now it is no better than the Kaiyuan period, the emperor Shengming, the politics of the court and the central government are clear, the civil officials are honest, and the military generals are brave!" And now? Even if a Li Linfu dies, I am afraid that the court situation may not be able to clear up, the current Tang Dynasty is no longer able to change by rectifying the atmosphere of the court, the entire Tang Dynasty has begun to rot from the roots, and wants to turn the tide and turn the tide, even if the emperor is thirty years younger, he may not be able to do it, you have not seen it over the years, there are hundreds of thousands of people in the Central Plains who can't survive to come to Beiting, and there may be more in the future, there may be a million or two million displaced people to Beiting, Just from the surge in the number of these displaced people, we can see how miserable the living conditions of the people in the Central Plains are! ”

Cen Shen's face was miserable: "Jie Shuai, what should I do?" Could it be that Datang is not saved? Could it be that the Tang Dynasty could not escape the fate of the collapse of the dynasty? ”

Zhao Ziliang sighed: "Datang should not be destroyed for the time being, but if it goes on like this for a long time, it will be destroyed sooner or later!" (To be continued.) )