Zhu Xie Jinshan knew in his heart that if the Zhou army really turned his face and fought a decisive battle with himself, his 5,000 troops would not be able to resist the Zhou Dynasty army, and even the Western Turks might not be able to resist it, as long as the other party was willing to discuss, then he would not put on the posture of a wicked person, Zhu Xie Jinshan waved his hand, "You all retreat!" ”

Hundreds of soldiers turned around and withdrew from the big tent, and Zhu Xie Jinshan invited Jin Wensheng to sit down, Jin Wensheng did not continue to embarrass the other party, sat down, and said: "In the future, Wang Taishou will deal with you on behalf of the Zhou Dynasty, and I hope that Wang Taishou will also be present." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Zhu Xie Jinshan nodded, and asked left and right to invite Wang Shougong, not long after, Wang Shougong hurriedly walked in, he saw Jin Wensheng sitting aside, couldn't help but smile secretly, stepped forward to Zhu Xie Jinshan to salute, Zhu Xie Jinshan also invited him to sit down.

In terms of strength, the Shatuo people are still far inferior to the Zhou army, and the Zhou army is fully capable of expelling the Shatuo people from Yiwu County, but in this way, the Western Turks will definitely invade Yiwu County on a large scale, but it will put the Zhou army in great danger, and it is very likely that the Zhou Dynasty will completely lose Yiwu County.

Therefore, Li Jing thought about it again and again, and still thought that it was more reasonable to maintain the status quo, and the pastures in Yiwu County themselves were of little significance to the Zhou Dynasty, and it could be like Hexi, where the city belonged to the imperial court and the pastures belonged to the Shatuo people, but the premise was that the Shatuo people must submit to the Great Zhou Empire and must obey the Taishou management of Yiwu County, which is the key to Jin Wensheng's coming to negotiate this time.

Jin Wensheng said with a smile: "Before we discuss, in order to show our sincerity, we will hand over Zhu Xihan, who was captured in Dunhuang County, to the Great Chief for disposal." ”

Zhu Xie Jinshan was immediately overjoyed, Zhu Xie Han not only competed with him for the position of the big chief, but also had a grudge against him to kill his father, after the defeat of Zhu Xie Han fled to Hexi, nowhere to be found, he sent people to Hexi several times to find, there was no clue, I didn't expect Zhu Xie Han to hide in Dunhuang County, but also was captured by the Zhou army.

"Where is this thief now?" Zhu Xie Jinshan asked anxiously.

"Now in Dunhuang County, we will send him to the Great Chief."

Zhu Xie Jinshan had always been worried that Zhu Xie Han would flee to the Western Turks, which would threaten his power, but now that he had been arrested, he really breathed a long sigh of relief in his heart, and a smile appeared on his swarthy square face for the first time.

However, Zhu Xie Jinshan is not stupid, the reason why Jin Wensheng did not bring Zhu Xie Han with him is actually to threaten himself, if he refuses to cooperate with the Zhou Dynasty, then the person who the Zhou army will support is not himself, but Zhu Xie Han.

He groaned and said: "Thank you for your sincerity, in fact, I also understand the intention of Jin to join the army, why don't you tell Jin calmly!" Put all the conditions forward, and we will negotiate them one by one. ”

"I have three main requirements for coming this time, first, the Zhou Dynasty will recover Yiwu County, and the Shatuo people can live in Yiwu County as before, and their grazing life will not be interfered with in any way, but the premise is that Shatuo must be loyal to the Zhou Dynasty, of course, we do not ask Shatuo to sever relations with the Turks."

This request was completely expected by Zhu Xie Jinshan, and he nodded and said, "I can be loyal to the Zhou Dynasty, but I also have a request, and we hope that the imperial court will not tax us." ”

"It can only be said that there will be no taxation for the time being, once the Western Turks give up taxing you, then you must pay taxes to the imperial court like Hexi, not more, the same ten taxes and half percent."

The amount of taxation is not a problem, Zhu Xie Jinshan knows that the taxes of the Central Plains Dynasty are much lower than those of the Turks, of course he is willing to pay taxes to the Central Plains Dynasty, but he still has a little concern.

Zhu Xie Jinshan pondered and said, "Will the Western Turks stop taxing us?" ”

Jin Wensheng said with a smile: "As long as we unify the world and establish a powerful Great Zhou Empire, the Western Turks will inevitably submit to us, and then we will make a request, and all ethnic groups within the territory of the Great Zhou Empire will no longer pay taxes to the Western Turks, and I believe that the Western Turks will agree to our reasonable request." ”

This is an extremely vicious move, tying the interests of the Shatuo people and the Zhou army, giving Shatuo a good prospect, so that they will not collude with the Western Turks to deal with the Zhou army, the Zhou army did not invade their pastures, nor did they levy taxes on them, and promised a bright prospect of low taxes, let alone need them to fight with the Western Turks.

On the contrary, if they colluded with the Western Turks to deal with the Zhou army, they would not actually gain any benefits, but would instead give themselves a strong enemy, and if they failed, they would be expelled from Yiwu County by the Zhou Dynasty, and there was even a risk of extermination.

The gains and losses of various interests, I believe that Sha Tuo himself will weigh and grasp them.

Zhu Xie Jinshan pondered for a moment, then nodded and said, "I promise your first request, I will send my son to Zhongdu to submit to the Son of Heaven of your country, and dedicate the land to hand over the sheepskins. ”

"Good! The big chief is happy, then I will say the second request, asking the Shatuo people and the Han people to get along equally, the Han people will not encroach on your pasture, but you will never be allowed to kill the Han people indiscriminately, the Shatuo people must abide by the laws of the imperial court, if the Han people commit crimes on the grassland, you can tie up and send them to the government for punishment, in the same way, if the Shatuo people violate the law in the county, the government also has the right to punish the crime, this is the same as Hexi, the Shatuo people have stayed in the Hexi corridor, and they should know the rules of Hexi very well. ”

Of course, Zhu Xie Jinshan knew what this meant, which meant that they not only surrendered to the Great Zhou on the surface, but really became the people of the Great Zhou, except for a certain preferential treatment for paying taxes, there was nothing else special.

This request really made him hesitate, at this time, Wang Shougong said on the side: "I can understand the big chief's worries, but over the years, the Shatuo people have not committed any major crimes in Yiwu County except for fights, I don't think the big chief has to worry about this problem, if he really commits any crime, except for killing people, I can promise not to deal with it without the laws of the Great Zhou, we will do it according to the rules of the grassland, how about it?" ”

The so-called rule of the grassland is atonement, the criminal person pays a certain amount of cattle and sheep to atone for his sins, this plan is acceptable to Zhu Xie Jinshan, and as Wang Shougong said, he feels that his people will not commit murder and other major crimes in the city, Shatuo people do a better job in this point, not as strong and cruel as the Turks, and they are relatively gentle.

Of course, if Zhu Xie Jinshan agreed to this request, he also had to put forward his own conditions, and Zhu Xie Jinshan said: "Since you want us to be the true people of the Son of Heaven, then I also hope that the Great Zhou Son of Heaven can give us an official name, this condition should not be too much!" ”

Jin Wensheng nodded, "This condition is not excessive, I believe that the Great Zhou Tianzi will officially canonize the Great Chief and give the Great Chief a name." ”

"Alright! I can agree to the second request, please join the army and say the third request.

"The third request is actually very simple, we will restore the garrison in Yiwu County, about 3,000 people, their main task is to fight horse thieves, maintain the safety of Yiwu Road, the garrison is the same as before, establish Yiwu and Sangquan Guard, and Yiwu County, we know that the Shatuo people also have cavalry, but I hope that we are both safe."

"But what if the Western Turkic army comes?"

"That's our business, we will fight against the Western Turks, and there will even be reinforcements coming, but I hope the Shatuo people will not become accomplices of the Western Turks."

Zhu Xie Jinshan hesitated for a long time, and finally nodded, "I can't guarantee it, but I will do my best." ”

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Ten days after Jin Wensheng's successful envoy to Shatuo, Li Jing led 20,000 troops from Xingxing Gorge into Yiwu County, until they came to Yiwu County, Yiwu County was full of jubilation, tens of thousands of people in the county were excited, poured out of the city, welcomed the arrival of their army, countless people shed tears, waited for a whole seven years, the imperial army came again, the imperial court did not give up Yiwu County, did not give up on them.

"Hooray! Long live the Great Zhou Tianzi! Long live the Great Zhou Empire. ”

In the tsunami-like shouting of arms, the people of Yiwu County warmly welcomed the 20,000 troops into the city, reenacting the extremely exciting scene when the Sui army established Yiwu County, which is of great significance, and the restoration of the rule of Yiwu County means that the Great Zhou Empire has taken the first step to rebuild the Anxi capital of the Han Dynasty.

(To be continued.) )