Taiyuan, the Sui Dynasty also ushered in another Turkic envoy, the envoy is the Turkic Prime Minister Moyan He Dagan, is the first minister under the throne of Jieli Khan, and to Chang'an is the Turkic second minister, the status is correspondingly low, which also reflects the Turkic importance to the Sui and Tang dynasties, the Sui Dynasty is more related to the interests of the Turks.

In the semi-circular hall of Ziwei Pavilion, Yang Yuanqing received this envoy who had come to strengthen the close ties between the two countries on behalf of the Khan, Moyan Hedagan was about fifty years old, of medium stature, with extremely broad shoulders and a thick beard on his broad face.

"Dear His Royal Highness the King of Chu, we have indeed seen that on the shore of Hari Lake, at that time I still had the courage to shoot down the eagle eagle soaring on the grassland, and wanted to compete with His Royal Highness in archery, but now that I am old, I can only sit on the sheepskin blanket and drink a bowl of fragrant hot milk tea."

Moyan Heda is soft-spoken and very kind, but there is always a hint of elusive coldness hidden in his kind smile, like a small spike hidden under a beautiful flower.

The other party spoke Turkic, but Yang Yuanqing smiled in Chinese: "The prime minister still has courage, but your courage is not on the battlefield, and at the negotiation table, your words can be worth 100,000 troops." ”

"Your Highness is holding me up too high." Moyan Hedagan still speaks Turkic.

"Huh! Where do I elevate the prime minister, that's the case! Yang Yuanqing said with a smile in Chinese.

This is a kind of silent struggle, Moyan Hedagan is proficient in Chinese, but he uses Turkic, Yang Yuanqing is proficient in Turkic, but he uses Chinese, and the choice of one language is the struggle for the initiative.

Then the two sides were silent, Yang Yuanqing drank tea with a smile, and Moyan He Dagan also picked up the teacup, there was no fragrant hot milk tea here, only freshly fried green tea. It is light and long, without the richness of grassland tea.

After being silent for a long time, Moyan He Dagan finally chose Chinese, and he bowed slightly and said: "This time I came on behalf of the Khan, first, to express the Turkic respect for the Great Sui, and secondly, to inform the Great Sui, Jieli Khan has ascended the throne, and I am looking forward to the Sui envoy to congratulate him, so as to maintain the eternal friendship between our two countries." ”

Yang Yuanqing said lightly: "Back then, Qimin Khan ascended the throne. It was in person that he came to the Great Sui to accept the canonization of His Majesty the Great Sui Emperor, and the first Khan ascended the throne, and he also came to the Great Sui in person to accept the canonization of the Great Sui Emperor. It was because the two countries were fighting, but last year the two countries reconciled, and the Turks recognized that we were the successors of the former Sui, so why did Jieli Khan not want to be the same as the former Sui. Come to the Great Sui to receive canonization? ”

Although Yang Yuanqing's tone was flat, his words were very sharp. One sentence pierces the essence, why did Jieli Khan not accept the canonization of the Sui Dynasty?

This question was very sharp, which made Moyan He Dagan's expression a little embarrassed, and after a while, he laughed dryly and said, "We Turks have a proverb. Slaves will one day kill their masters, and only brothers can make friendship eternal. We are willing to be brothers with the Great Sui and never violate. ”

Yang Yuanqing laughed, "The brothers of the grassland may not be reliable!" Back then, Chuluo Khan killed Shibi Khan, and Umuzha poisoned Utu, didn't I realize where the friendship of the steppe brothers is? ”

After speaking, Yang Yuanqing laughed. Standing up and walking out of the lobby, he was just here to say hello. Cui Junsu was in charge of the specific negotiations, and Mo Yan Heda's dry face was red and white, and he sat stiffly in his seat like a stone sculpture......

Yang Yuanqing returned to his official room, he was not rude, but he was disadvantaged by the Turkic envoy, and on his desk was placed an urgent message that had just been sent from Chang'an, which said that the Turkic envoy had a meeting with Tang Ting.

Although it is not known what the content of the talks was, the result was that the Tang Dynasty sent the Turkic envoys out of Chang'an with a grand ceremony, which shows that the talks between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks were successful, and it is very likely that the Tang Dynasty agreed to the Turkic conditions.

It can be seen from this that the two ends of the Turkic capital, on the one hand, are friendly with the Tang Dynasty, on the other hand, they negotiate with the Sui Dynasty, and use the Sui and Tang Dynasty disputes to obtain the greatest benefits, perhaps it can reach some agreement with the Tang Dynasty, after all, the Tang Dynasty and the Turks have no enmity, no territorial adjacency, and no conflict of interests.

But was it okay for the Sui Dynasty? Even if the Sui Dynasty agreed to all the conditions of the Turks, wouldn't the Turks invade the Sui Dynasty? The answer is clearly no.

Yang Yuanqing has been in contact with the Turks for many years, and has a thorough understanding of the Turks, this is a very pragmatic nation, only recognizes interests, and is extremely resentful, and the hundreds of thousands of unjust souls of the Battle of Fengzhou, the Turks will never forget.

The sheep negotiate with the wolf, no matter how many lambs are given to the wolf, the sheep will not escape the fate of being hunted by the wolf in the end, no matter how many benefits the Sui Dynasty gives to the Turks, it will not be able to stop the fact that the Turks are plundering southward, and there is only one way to deal with the Turks, that is, to completely eliminate it.

At this stage, the Sui Dynasty did not have this strength for a while, so it could only find a way to contain the Turks, and the best way to contain the Turks was to use their other enemy, formerly the Utu Division, and now the Western Turks.

Yang Yuanqing sat in the official room and pondered quietly, when footsteps came from outside, "Your Highness, it's me!" "This is the voice of Wei Zheng, who is Cui Junsu's negotiating deputy.

"Come in!" Yang Yuanqing knew that he was here to deliver a message to himself.

Wei Zheng hurriedly walked in, his face was solemn, and he could see that the negotiation was not going well, "Say it!" What conditions did the Turks offer? Yang Yuanqing said coldly.

"Returning to His Highness, the Turks have set three conditions, the first is to establish that the two sides are no longer vassals and subordinate, and are equal countries, and the second is to fully liberalize trade restrictions, no longer restrict the categories of goods, and no longer restrict private trade."

"And the third?" The first two conditions were expected by Yang Yuanqing, and he wanted to know what the third condition was?

"The third condition is that we hand over the rest of Utu to the Turks."

"What a big breath!"

Yang Yuanqing couldn't help but laugh angrily, "Then what can he promise to the Sui Dynasty?" What benefits can the Turks give us? ”

"They promised that within two years, they would never invade Sui in the south!"

Cui Junsu's voice came from the door of the room, he walked in and saluted Yang Yuanqing, "It's really difficult for the two sides to talk, so the meeting is temporarily adjourned." ”

Yang Yuanqing forced himself to calm down, he was the lord of the Great Sui and the highest decision-maker, if he didn't calm down, he would make wrong strategic decisions.

Yang Yuanqing walked to the window with his hands behind his back, this is one of his habits, when he is upset, he will come to the window, look at the fields in the distance, look at the blue sky and white clouds in the sky, his heart will gradually calm down.

"What else?" Yang Yuanqing's voice became calm.

Wei Zheng and Cui Junsu glanced at each other, they both felt Yang Yuanqing's calmness, this is what they want to see, only when Yang Yuanqing is calm, he will make the right decision in favor of the Great Sui.

Cui Junsu hurriedly bowed and saluted, "He said that if both sides can reach an amicable consensus, their khan is willing to marry the daughter of a Sui Dynasty nobleman as the first concubine of the Turks." ”

"First Side Concubine!"

Yang Yuanqing asked a little strangely, "Why not Kedun?" ”

"Back to His Highness, Wechen has already asked this question on the way to welcome him to Taiyuan, because their khan has decided to marry the princess of the Rakas as Kedun, which is the condition for the Hawkas to support the Turks."

Yang Yuanqing was silent, he heard Asduo say that there were two major foreign aides in the Utu tribe, one was the Huanggasi tribe and the other was the Dubo tribe, after the death of Utu, the two major tribes did not recognize the Umuza, so that the Umuzha raised troops without help and was quickly destroyed by the Turks.

Jieli Khan wants to marry Princess Huanggas as Kedun, obviously to win over the first tribe in the northwest, at this time, Yang Yuanqing suddenly has a vague memory, as if it is related to this Huanggas princess, he seems to have heard anyone mention this princess, but Yang Yuanqing can't think of where he has heard it for a while.

However, the matter in front of him needs to be solved first, so Yang Yuanqing slowly said to Cui Junsu: "Don't rush to reply to the Turkic envoy first, I need to think about it before replying to him." ”……

Half an hour later, Yang Yuanqing came to Pei's mansion, the carriage went very slowly, Pei Qingsong galloped quickly, and rushed to Pei's mansion to report the news, when Yang Yuanqing's carriage arrived at Pei's mansion, an important Pei Yao, a child of the Pei family, was already waiting at the door.

Pei Yao is Pei Yun's eldest grandson, his father Pei Yan is the current magistrate of Dongjun, Pei Yao himself once served as a county magistrate in the former Sui, but he did not appear at this time, and was in charge of the affairs of Pei's mansion.

When Yang Yuanqing's carriage slowly stopped, he hurriedly greeted him and bowed, "See His Royal Highness the King of Chu!" ”

Yang Yuanqing smiled slightly, "The head of the family is here?" ”

Pei Yao replied respectfully: "The head of the family is waiting for His Highness in the study, please come with me." ”

Yang Yuanqing nodded and followed Pei Yao into the house.

In the past few days, a cold snap has quietly arrived, making the weather suddenly colder and the wind is also very strong, so Pei Ju no longer fishes, but stays in the study to read.

Just now, Pei Qingsong rushed back to report urgently, His Royal Highness the King of Chu came to visit, from Pei Qingsong's mouth, Pei Ju knew that today's Sui Tu negotiations, he immediately knew what Yang Yuanqing came to him for, and estimated that there was some trouble between the Sui Dynasty and the Turks.

At this time, there was a sound of footsteps outside, followed by a report from his nephew Pei Yao: "Grandfather, His Royal Highness the King of Chu has come down." ”

"Please come in!"

The door opened, Yang Yuanqing walked in quickly, in the Great Sui Dynasty, there were two ministers who served as Turkic envoys before and after, one was Changsun Sheng, and the other was Pei Ju.

Although Yang Yuanqing himself also dealt with the Turks a lot, he believed in Pei Ju's vision more, Pei Ju was scheming and saw the problem very thoroughly, and he wanted to hear Pei Ju's opinion.

Yang Yuanqing stepped forward quickly and bowed, "Son-in-law Yuanqing, see grandfather!" ”

Pei Ju smiled and stroked his beard and said, "You don't have to be so polite when you come to my house, please take a seat!" ”

Yang Yuanqing sat down with a smile, a maid served tea, Yang Yuanqing took the teacup and bowed and said: "Last time in Goryeo, thanks to my grandfather's advice, I gained a lot and relieved the food crisis, Yuanqing is very grateful to my grandfather." ”

"Huh! It should be that I admire you, I just made a suggestion, I didn't expect you to really do it, the expedition to Goryeo, very courageous! Yuanqing, you never let me down. ”