readx; Bukhara in the river, this is the third time Li Qing'an has come to the city, the last time he came was because of the confrontation between Zoroastrians and Muslims, hatred has brought the city almost to the brink of destruction, after more than a year, when he once again set foot in this historic city, the change of the situation actually made him feel a little surprised. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

He remembers very well the bloody clashes that broke out between the followers of the two sects over the foundation of a temple, when he dug the land into a river and turned it into an island, demolished the temple, and planted trees on the site, so that both sides had the sustenance of the Holy Spirit.

Today, the river has been carved and the Bukhara River splits in two from here, encircling the island, and although it is still a cold winter, the river is frozen and the trees on the island are sluggish, but you can imagine the scene of the lush trees in the spring, there is no bridge leading to the island, it becomes an isolated island, and when the day of sacrifice comes, the followers of both sects will scatter flowers into the river.

Gradually, time solidifies the rules, time also dilutes the hatred, and it is not only the bridges over the Bukhara River that connect the two sects, but also the merchants of Bukhara, who also have the god of light or Allah in their hearts, but the real god in their hearts is the god Kongfang, and it is the active activities of these merchants that gradually bring this once dead city back to life.

The gold and silver utensils and gemstone jewelry produced in Bukhara have always been the high-profit goods pursued by merchants, and now there is a kind of Bukhara paper, which has been specially approved by Li Qing'an, and dozens of craftsmen in Bukhara have gone to break leaves to learn how to make paper, and it has gradually formed an industry.

Now, there are nearly 100 workshops in the city to produce Bukhara paper, because the paper surface is smooth and delicate, compared with the Chang'an paper of the Tang Dynasty, and won the favor of the big cannibals and the Romans, but also because of its short trafficking distance, and the cost is reduced by half, the price is obviously more advantageous than Tang paper, gradually, Bukhara paper will occupy the entire Western market, and even the official documents of the broken leaves also use this kind of paper.

Li Qing'an, accompanied by Bukhara Governor Qu Ning, took a horse-drawn carriage to inspect this city that once fled from the city, Bukhara Changshi, which was a major move implemented by the Anxi Political Affairs Hall in June this year under the instructions of Li Qing'an, and set up a history of political ministers in the countries of the river to be in charge of the administrative affairs of the countries in the river, and the system of joint councils that was implemented after taking the river has now existed in name only, and the power of the kings of the countries has been hollowed out, and they are only symbols of the kingdom. Their original little bit of security power was also transferred to the hands of the chief of affairs, which can be said to be the most important step in the countyization of the states in the river.

In the long history of the countries in the river, the long history of Samarkand and the long history of Bukhara are the most important, the long history of Samarkand is served by Luo Qiming, he has been in charge of the government liaison in the river, Bukhara long history Qu Ning is a middle-aged man in his forties, originally the commander of Nanyang County, Dengzhou, when Li Longji was invited by Li Qing'an, hundreds of officials from the mainland were transferred to Anxi to serve, and then nearly half of the officials went back one after another, but there were also officials who did not want to go back, this Qu Ning was one of them, he asked for the surname to sell the fields in his hometown, I moved my wife, children, and parents to Shattered Leaves, and I was ready to settle in Anzai permanently.

He was in charge of 5,000 Han people who immigrated to Shiguo, he led 5,000 immigrants to work hard, and established Baishui County and Xinwan County north of Tuozhi City.

This was a new challenge for him, but within a few months, Qu Ning was able to speak Sogdian and communicate with the locals.

As for Qu Ning's political achievements, Li Qingan saw very clearly that Bukhara, a battered old tree, began to sprout again.

"What is the relationship between Zoroastrians and Muslims now, and do they have any dealings?" Li Qingan asked with a smile.

"Returning to the general, we vigorously support the moderates on both sides, let them form their own elders' groups, meet regularly for consultations, and discuss any issues, so that many signs can be prevented in advance, such as last month, a Muslim teenager eloped with a Zoroastrian girl, which triggered mutual accusations between the two big families, and almost brewed into bloodshed, but fortunately, the timely communication between the elders of the two factions calmed down the incident."

Li Qing'an asked with great interest: "Where are these young men and women, is there any news?" ”

"I heard that they fled to Chang'an, where they are all Sogdians, there are no religious differences, no one will care about them, this is not possible in the river, if the two want to get married, they must renounce their faith, and the family is not allowed."

Speaking of this, Qu Ning sighed and said, "What a headache religion! ”

Li Qingan smiled slightly: "Qu Changshi don't underestimate this religious contradiction, this is the key to whether our Tang Dynasty can rule Hezhong for a long time, you have to remember my words, as long as their religious contradictions exist for a day, then they will have no sense of national consciousness for a day, I might as well reveal a little news to you, Anxi Political Affairs Hall has made a clear plan, in another five years, the Hezhong area will move 300,000 Han households one after another, encourage Han and Hu intermarriage, promote Han culture, and in another ten years, Hezhong can be renamed Hezhong Road, with nine prefectures and 32 counties." , and set up a metropolitan governor's mansion, at that time, the Tang Straight Road from Chang'an, will go straight to the banks of the Amu Darya River. ”

Li Qing'an's long-term plan made Qu Ning also excited, and he was just about to speak, when a personal soldier outside the carriage reported: "General, General Li Siye has arrived." ”

Li Qingan smiled at Qu Ning and said: "I'm going to see Li Siye, I'll talk to you about the government affairs in the Hezhong region in the evening, and Luo Qiming, I will have a meeting with you government officials the day after tomorrow." ”

"Okay, I won't bother the general."

．．．．．．．． Li Siye came from the city of Nasebo, and the Tibetan army occupied Tochar, which also aggravated the unrest in the river area, but due to the mountain barrier, it was not easy to march from Tochar to the river, and the Tiemen Pass was the only way for Tocharo to go to the river, and the Tang army stationed 10,000 elite soldiers on this dangerous pass to prevent the Tubo from invading the river.

In addition to Tiemen Pass, the Hezhong Army also stationed 20,000 troops in Shiguo and Xiaoshiguo, and more than half of the 40,000 Tang troops in Hezhong are currently stationed in these two places.

Li Siye's Governor's Mansion also moved to Nasebo, and when he heard that Li Qing'an had arrived in the river, he specially rushed from Nasebo.

When Li Qing'an arrived at the military office, Li Siye had been waiting for a long time, he hurriedly greeted him, half-knelt and saluted: "Humble Li Siye, see His Royal Highness King Zhao!" ”

There is an unwritten rule in Anxi, that is, the title of Li Qing'an, generally the Han people call Li Qing'an a general and the Hu people call Li Qing'an Zhao Wang, but when it comes to Li Siye, it is a little different, Li Siye also calls Li Qing'an His Royal Highness King Zhao, from this title, you can see some of Li Siye's thoughts, he is resolutely supporting Li Qing'an to win the throne, so that he, as the second person in Anxi, can smoothly take over Li Qing'an's position, but as for what Li Qing'an thinks, no one knows.

It is necessary to say two more words here, the Anxi Tang Army is divided into two systems, the Ya Army is divided into six levels, such as army, guard, battalion, brigade, team, and fire, while the Garrison Army is divided into three levels: guarding, town, and fort, the Garrison Army and the Ya Army are the regular army of Anxi, which is controlled by the military, and the regimental training army, that is, the militia group, belongs to the reserve and is controlled by the political affairs hall.

On the surface, it seems that the civil and military are separated, but the civil and military in the Tang Dynasty are not separated, and the civilian officials can also control the regular army, that is, the military supervision system, which is the basic system of the Tang Dynasty.

Because Li Qing'an is a general, so the highest military position under his subordinates is only a general, and there are currently a total of seven generals, Li Siye, Feng Changqing, Duan Xiushi, Li Guangbi, Li Fei Shouyu, Cui Qianyou and Li Fei Yuanli, among these seven generals, the general people are ranked according to the gold medal number given to them by Li Qing'an, but the military is actually divided into three levels, Li Siye, Feng Changqing, and Duan Xiushi are the first level; Lee Kwang-pil and Lifei Shouyu are the second level, and Choi Qianyou and Li Fei Yuanli are the third level.

The Anxi army is highly hierarchical, so if Li Qing'an succeeds in winning the throne in the future, the new Anxi Jiedu envoy will be selected among Li Siye, Feng Changqing and Duan Xiushi, and these three people are actually in a state of competition.

But now there is another theory, saying that in the future Anxi may be divided into four, the Beiting Jiedu, the Anxi Jiedu, the Lingxi Jiedu and the Hezhong Jiedu, plus the Tocharian Governor and the Sindh Governor, it should be the six major princes in the future.

But no matter which plan it is, Li Siye will be reused, and Li Qingan also values this veteran general of Anxi, and gives him the heavy responsibility of fighting against Da Shi.

Li Qingan hurriedly helped him up and said with a smile: "Heiye doesn't have to be so polite, we are old comrades-in-arms, let's be casual and make people feel kind, or call me General, I don't like you to call me His Royal Highness King Zhao." ”

Li Siye scratched his head a little embarrassed and smiled: "There is a difference between the top and bottom, how can I be casual, okay!" I'll call you the General. ”

"That's right!"

Li Qingan smiled and patted him on the shoulder, "Let's go into the house and talk." ”

The two walked into the house, and there was a large sand table in Anxi, which was a treasure that Li Qingan would carry wherever he went, and it was no exception to come to the river.

The two sat down first, and Li Qing'an ordered someone to serve tea, and then he asked: "Let's talk about the situation of the Tubo people first, can the Tubo people attack the iron gate pass?" ”

Li Siye shook his head and said: "Not yet, but we have found the Tubo sentinels several times, they crossed the Amu Darya River and patrolled near the Tiemen Pass, I estimate that at the turn of summer and autumn this year, the Tubo people will invade the river." ”

"Really? Why it will be the turn of spring and summer, why it will be in the river and not Sindh, I am very interested, you can tell me about it. ”

"This.... I infer that the Tubo people have actually regarded Xinde as something in their pockets, and their real enemy is the Tang army, especially the Tang army of Broken Leaves, so they must solve their worries before sending Xinde, and it will be very difficult to break the leaves directly, so I infer that they will fight in the river first, and attract part of the Tang army in the broken leaves to the river, and then attack the broken leaves with all their might, as for the turn of summer and autumn, on the one hand, they need time to stabilize Tocharo, and they have to act before the harvest of grain, on the other hand, the weather in Xinde is hot at the turn of summer and autumn, They were all highland soldiers and would not be able to adapt, so I deduced that they should take action in the river in July and August. ”

"Not bad! Not bad! ”

Li Qingan smiled and applauded softly: "Heiye is getting more and more discerning, but I still want to ask you, have you considered the big cannibal?" ”

Speaking of the big cannibal, Li Siye's face became solemn, he walked quickly to the sand table, picked up the wooden pole and pointed to the west bank of the Amu Darya River in Xiao Shiguo and said: "Here, right here, I just got the information the day before yesterday, the 30,000 troops of the Great Food Army have arrived here, this is also the thing I am most worried about, the Big Food Army is going to intervene." ”

"Then do you think the Great Cannibal wants to deal with the Tibetans, or does he want to deal with us?" Li Qingan asked with a smile.

"I think the Great Cannibal wants to deal with the Tubo people and take Tocharian from the Tubo people, and we have nothing to say."

"Isn't that big food afraid that we will cut off their back road?"

"This ......" Li Siye was stunned, he smiled bitterly and said: "General, I'm a little confused, I still can't grasp the overall situation." ”

"Let me tell you!"

Li Qing'an took the wooden pole from his hand, pointed at Khorasan and said with a smile: "Originally, I made the Tocharian feast to invite the big cannibal, but I didn't expect to come to Tubo, an uninvited guest, Mansur should also see it, and I sent a messenger to warn him not to act rashly, of course Mansur will not be threatened by me, he waits for the most favorable opportunity, this time is that the Tang army and the Tubo army are both defeated, he may attack Hezhong, or he may attack Tochar, it will depend on the situation, so your Hezhong army must not move, The river cannot be left empty, as for Tochar. ”

Li Qingan sneered and said: "Actually, I didn't take the Tubo people to heart at all, we have earth-shaking thunder, can the Tubo army resist it?" The reason why I am not sure to send troops to Tocharian is that I have to wait for the Tubo people to increase their troops, preferably to 200,000 troops, and it is not good for us to fight on the plateau, but fighting in Tocharian will play into my arms, and I will take advantage of this golden opportunity to annihilate all the Tubo people in Tocharo, completely cripple Tubo, and make it difficult for Tubo to turn over within a hundred years. ”

Speaking of this, Li Qing'an pointed at Da Bolu with a wooden pole and said: "Before I came to the river, I just got the news that our team of scouts went deep into Tocharo, and they found an extremely important piece of information, Tubo Zampu will come to Tocharian to inspect in February, so that we can lock them up in Tocharian and beat them up." ”

Only then did Li Siye understand Li Qing'an's overall deployment, it turned out that Tocharian was just a bait, no wonder Li Qingan was reluctant to attack Tocharo, it turned out to be like this, he was ashamed in his heart, he could plan a game and a battle, but he couldn't do it at all, at this time, he hurriedly asked: "What about the big food?" They have an army of 70,000 in Khorasan, and if they take advantage of the fire to rob Tochar, what should we do? ”

Li Qing'an smiled, pointed to the Byzantium in the north and said: "I have reached an agreement with Byzantium, in a few days, Byzantium will increase its troops to the border of the Great Eclipse and put pressure on the Great Cannibals, if the Great Cannibals really dare to move troops against Tocharo, then Byzantium will send troops to Armenia." ”

(To be continued)