At the beginning, Zhang Xun agreed to Ma Xuan's request after a heart-to-heart conversation outside Lanzhou City, but for Zhang Xun, it was actually an alliance under the city, so it was impossible for him to be happy in his heart.

That's why he changed the hereditary replacement of the king of Moxi requested by Ma Lan to the governor of Moxi, which was actually a test of Ma Lan. Ma Lan happily accepted the holy decree, which made Zhang Xun initially believe his words, believing that he just needed time to expand the territory for the Tang Dynasty.

The relationship between Moxi and Chang'an was thus determined. Zhang Xun, who returned to Chang'an City, was not at ease with the west of the city, of course, in his position, if he was completely at ease with the west of the city, he was a mediocre person, and he was not worthy of sitting in this position.

Because I don't feel at ease, I will make some small actions that are unpleasant. Just a few days before Ma Lan came to Qiangtang, an envoy from Chang'an arrived in Anxi, with the will of the Son of Heaven, but it was not for Ma Lan, but for the three chiefs surnamed Gelulu.

The content of the secret decree is to canonize the leader of the three surnames of Gelulu to assassinate Tenglu as the king of Jinshan County, and the envoy passed through Anxi, preparing to pass through Anxi to Shule, and then cross the Tianshan Mountains through Atami to the Shaye River, and send the secret decree to the Tooth Tent of the Qarluq people to the Kadan Mountain.

This is a blatant eye medicine, the west of the quicksand is the territory of the governor of the west of the moraine, and the land of ten arrows is also among them, and the canonization of the assassin Teng Du as the king of Jinshan County, this is obviously not happy to find Ma Lu.

After Sulu's death, the Sulu Khanate, which was mired in a dispute between the black and yellow surnames, quickly collapsed, and the three surnamed Qarlu took the opportunity to sit on the throne and become the new masters of the Land of Ten Arrows. Now that the Hui have been extinct, the three surnamed Qarluq are the strongest of the Turkic people. Zhang Xun's move made it clear that he was looking at Ma Lan's reaction. Let's see what Ma Ling will do with this matter. If Ma Lan let the messenger pass. Then there is one more king of Jinshan County in Broken Leaf River. It is a kind of containment for Ma Lan. And if Ma Xuan does not let the messenger pass, it is a disobedience to the decree and a great rebellion.

Coming to Anxi openly with a secret purpose is clearly deliberate. Ma Luan's eyes couldn't tolerate the sand, so he directly burned the holy decree, and then beat the messenger and drove him out of the city. This is his reaction, since he is the master west of the quicksand, where can Zhang Xun engage in such a small action in private.

Calculate the time. The envoy should have returned to Chang'an. Zhang Xun wanted to see his reaction, and he had already given his answer.

The demote from the king of the west to the governor of the west has already been put on the table, where can Zhang Xun be allowed to do this kind of thing. Burning the holy decree is not a big deal, anyway, you are just an edict, and it is not the will of the Son of Heaven himself - of course, Li Heng, the son of Virtue will probably not have a real will, and the vegetative person wakes up, which is something that only happens in bloody novels, and it is basically impossible in reality.

Ma Lan understood that Zhang Xun did not really want to canonize the assassin as the king of Jinshan County. If it is decided to canonize, it should not be in the form of a secret decree. When the will comes out of Chang'an, it will be announced to the world. Issued in the form of a secret decree, the envoy did not go to the Broken Leaf River through Tingzhou, but passed through Anxi in particular, this is to test his reaction, if he is really allowed to pass, then it will be announced to the world.

Because it is a secret purpose, this matter will not make Zhang Xun lose face, Zhang Xun will test his bottom line, then draw the bottom line for him. The west of the quicksand is my territory, and I will never allow Zhang Xun to interfere again, and if I want to canonize the Western Turkic tribes, it is absolutely not allowed to go through the Governor's Mansion in the west.

This matter is what Gao Qianqian said, the feud between him and Zhang Xun. This friction will naturally not affect Zhang Xun, and it is impossible for this lonely minister of the Tang Empire to refuse the suggestion of Tianzhu to conquer the south because of this matter.

The fundamental reason is that he and Zhang Xun are the same kind of people, and in the words of later generations, they are out-and-out Han nationalists. He despised the imperial power, and Zhang Xun actually did not respect the imperial power enough, and the first thing in his mind was the people of the Han family. The southern expedition to Tianzhu is for the Tang Dynasty to expand its territory, which is the reason why Zhang Xun allowed him to stand on his own feet in the west of the city, with Zhang Xun's intelligence, he can naturally understand that this matter is feasible, and he will naturally not let go of such an opportunity.

"The same kind of people?" Gao Qianqian frowned and thought for a while, but she didn't understand what Ma Lan meant, but seeing that Ma Lan was so determined, she nodded, "Since the husband is sure that this matter is feasible, then we should prepare for this matter as soon as possible." Anxi's plan to deliver supplies here should also be changed. It is not possible to rely on these Qiang people alone after all, and in the end we have to rely on our own people and horses, I heard that Tianzhu is very large, these Qiang people rushed straight down, and no one could stop its sharpness at first, but slowly it is difficult to say, and in the end we have to rely on our soldiers and horses. ”

Ma Lan nodded in agreement, the land of Tianzhu was not given to the Qiang people in vain, and after the occupation, it was also the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty was going to implement direct rule there, and it would naturally not be possible without the Tang army in the past.

Therefore, it is inevitable that the Tang Army will go south in the future, and these things must naturally be prepared in advance.

The matter of the southern expedition to Tianzhu has undergone some changes, but it has become clearer. In the past few years, she and Doctor Feng have been in charge of this matter in Qiuzi, and Doctor Feng is only responsible for the general direction, and the specific details are basically done by Gao Qianqian, so she thought about it for a while and put forward a general plan.

Ma Lan himself is actually not good at such things, one is that he is good at killing the enemy, and the other is to propose some things based on the experience of later generations, and specific transactional things are not his forte. However, he is very familiar with Gao Qianqian's ability, so he naturally agreed to Gao Qianqian's plan, and let Gao Qianqian slowly consider the specific details.

The three of them had breakfast together, Gao Qianqian returned to the room to study those specific numbers, and Yang Youniang also went to help, she is also very talented in handling specific matters, which has been confirmed in the past few years. Ma Lu himself wrote a letter and sent it through the Eagle Slave. After Zhang Xun received the secret letter and made a decision, things could start to start.

In the morning, several groups of Xiangxiong leaders came to visit, all with valuable gifts. Ma Lan received them one by one, and also comforted them with kind words, encouraging them to remain loyal to the new King Zhangxiong. In the future, the tribe will definitely be more powerful. These people are extremely religious to Bon. At least it seems. He was also extremely in awe of the identity of the patriarch of the God of War under the command of Ma Xinrao Miwo.

Some people also probed Ma Luan's tone, which roughly means that now the Xiangxiong is strong above the Qiangtang, and the various parts of the Luo River Valley are weak.

This is actually the thinking of a considerable number of Zhangxiong people, in their eyes, there is no better place on the Qiangtang than the valley of the Luoqi. Of course, this is exactly what happened. And the territory of the Zhangzhung kingdom was not only these, when Tubo did not rise on the plateau, Zhangzhung was the overlord on the plateau, and the sphere of influence extended to the Yungui area of later generations, and the countries such as Subi (Sun Bo) were all vassals of Zhangxiong, and for them, this also had the meaning of recovering their homeland.

The level of these people is limited, far worse than Li Gongbu, so they will not understand the reality that the Tang Dynasty will never allow another Tubo to appear on the plateau. Just thinking that with the support of Datang behind him, he should grab more fertile land.

After all, the Qiang people are simple-minded. The same is true of these people, who are extremely short-sighted. Ma Lan didn't care about their clumsy temptation, and didn't just say that it was okay or not, but just smiled and said that he would wait until Dorje officially became king.

The leaders have a heart for expansion, which is actually a good thing for the current Ma Lan. All they had to do was to change the direction of their expansion, from the valleys of the Logos on the plateau to the plains of the Indus River.

However, not all of them are simple-minded.

Near noon, a thirty or forty-year-old Qiang man came, Ma Lu did not know him, and after he introduced him, he learned that it was a tribal leader from Wai Xiangxiong.

This Qiang man named Kalang made a request that surprised Ma Lan, that is, he asked Ma Lan to order Princess Zhangxiong to marry him in the name of the ancestor of the protector of the God of War under the command of Xinrao Miwo.

"General, Her Royal Highness the Princess is the most beautiful flower on the Qiang Pond, and my Kalang is the eagle on the Qiang Pond, if the General marries Her Royal Highness the Princess to me, Kalang will always protect Her Royal Highness the Princess, and will always thank the General for his kindness!"

The red-faced Qiang man looked at Ma Lan and laughed heartily.

Ma Lan looked at this guy and was also a little speechless. This is obviously an ambitious guy, but after all, he is a Qiang person, and that bit of ambition is not perfectly hidden.

Dorje was about to become king, but he asked to marry Dorje's mother...... If he really responds to his request, then this guy's status in the Zhangzhung Kingdom will immediately become transcendent.

This is also a means of grabbing power, Dorje is young, Princess Zhangzhung is a woman, and the state affairs must fall into his hands. The Zhangxiong Kingdom is now held in the hands of the Tang Dynasty, and Ma Lan naturally does not allow any accidents.

What's more, Princess Zhangxiong is a woman of Kongmi, and although Nima Kongjian is inhumane, she is not dead! The monk is still alive, and some people want to his woman, but the monk is actually cautious, and he is afraid that he will kill the whole family of Kalang immediately.

So for the sake of the lives of the whole family of Kalang, Ma Lu decided to refuse this guy's request.

"Kalang, this matter is absolutely impossible, don't think about it." Ma Lan looked at the Qiang man with a bold face and smiled gently.

"Why? General, I swear by Kalang that my heart for Her Royal Highness the Princess is warm, and I am sincere. And I just died my wife......"

"It doesn't matter if you die or not." Ma Ling smiled, "His Royal Highness the prince is so old, the princess naturally has a man." If you die of your wife, you can't ask a woman with a man to marry you. ”

Kalang still smiled heartily: "General, I know that man, I heard that he is a monk, older than the king. I heard that the monks of Han are not allowed to marry, so the princess should not be his woman, but mine. As long as the general agrees to me, I am the bravest warrior in the tribe, if the monk is not convinced, he can let him come to me! ”

Ma Lan glanced at this guy, and if he saw it, he would be able to screw your head off immediately. But he didn't say this, but looked at Kalang and smiled: "Men and women are such things...... It should always be you and me. Not to mention whether the princess has a man or not, even if you don't, if you want to be the princess's husband, you have to nod the princess, you should go to the princess, not ask me to give an order. (To be continued......)