Chapter 493: Grievances

Xue Chongxun was "elected" as the leader of the alliance happened in the Monan grassland, although the main forces of the Turks had retreated north, but the eyeline on the grassland did not completely disappear, and they soon learned of it.

The son of Shigu Lulu Khan seized the throne and called Viga Khan, and appointed his father-in-law, Tun Desire, as the king of Zuoxian, to control the military power and serve as a minister, and he trusted Tun Desire Valley very much. After stabilizing the position of power a little, the Turkic tribes in the northwest who had wanted to contact the Tang Dynasty to surrender came back one after another, and the vassal forces such as the old Goguryeo tribe also returned to the country, and for a time the strength of the Viga Khan was strengthened and some vitality was restored.

When they heard that the Tang Dynasty coalition was still going to continue the campaign, two situations arose internally, and some people were very frightened because of the lessons of defeat; However, Viga Khan and others were anxious to regroup and fight and establish their prestige as much as possible.

At this time, Zuo Xian Wang Xuan Gu said: "Winter is coming, not only will the Tang army not be able to continue to move north, but even its vassal tribes will find it difficult to go out in the cold weather, so I think that their alliance this time is just a bluff, and there is no need to panic; And the Mosi Khan left a mess for the Turkic Khanate, and now the Turks are surrounded by enemies, and the situation is very bad. The most important thing we should do is not to continue the war, but to take advantage of the truce to slowly improve our situation and strengthen our position. ”

Vigha Khan asked how to change the situation.

His father-in-law, Tun Desire, said: "Xue Chongxun has won over all ethnic groups, secretly sharing the benefits in the name of righteousness, and all tribes are respecting the Tang Dynasty, and now we want to change the status quo of our enemies everywhere, only by first cultivating good relations with the Tang Dynasty, and then reconciling with other tribes." ”

Khan nodded frequently, trusting Lust Valley's strategy.

Tun Yugu said again: "Princess Ashina Zhuo was taken away by the Tang army and dedicated to the King of Jin, so we can send an envoy to ask for peace, so as to negotiate peace from the head." ”

The Viga Khan thought it was good and completely obeyed it, and soon sent envoys south.

…… Because the Tang Dynasty has always done not to kill foreign envoys, even when the Tubo and Tang Dynasty were in a state of war, they did not embarrass the Tubo envoys in Chang'an, and now Xue Chongxun has not embarrassed the envoys sent by the Turks.

Xue Chongxun consulted with his staff, and the radicals believed that the Turkic remnants should not be given a chance to ease, and that the form of encirclement and suppression should be maintained, and the imperial court should order all ethnic groups to continue the offensive and completely wipe out the Turkic Khanate from the map. Su Jin objected to this, he said: "Although the Turks were once our enemies, they have suffered a great loss of strength after the decisive battle of Black Sand City, and they have lost the Monan region. ”

Someone stood up and said: "The Turks have been harassing the border for many years, and they are in a lot of blood, and it is the time of hatred. ”

Su Jin said: "From ancient times to the present, all the races that once stood on the side of the Central Plains, which one did not kill and plunder countless times? National feuds are different from personal grudges, and those in power should look to the future and not act rashly, otherwise the tragic past will be repeated. A wise strategy can maintain the existing advantages of the Central Plains and reduce the possibility of being trapped by barbarians in the future. The Turks were weakened and unable to be the opponents of our dynasty, and the first thing after the Viga Khan came to power was pro-Tang, if relations can be actively developed, it cannot but be said that it is a good thing: if you look closer, you can better tranquil the border; Considering that the Turkic Khanate exists in Mobei from a distance, it can also play a role in containing the Hui Dynasty. Although the Hui can make peace with us, what is the substantive difference between the Turks and our Koreans and stop attacking and harassing the border? ”

Su Jin lowered his tone again, and said in a deep voice: "The most important thing is the marriage proposed by the Turkic Khan, which is to marry the princess of the Ashina clan to the king of Jin, not the Li Tang clan. Please think carefully about the stakes. ”

Xue Chongxun groaned after hearing this, and said in his heart that Wu Zetian founded the country at the beginning, although he seized power in the country, he could not change the "sense of belonging" of the surrounding ethnic groups to Li Tang for a long time, and even Mo Si refused to marry the martial family......

He thought for a long time, and then said, "Su Shilang's words are very reasonable. Then he turned his head to look at Wang Changling, Zhang Jiuling and the others, waiting for their opinions.

Erling had already understood that Xue Chongxun had a proposition at this time, and the gaze he cast at this time was nothing more than to confirm whether his proposition could be supported. Zhang Jiuling took the lead in expressing his position: "The minister seconded Su Shilang's plan. ”

Wang Changling immediately agreed, as Su Jin said, this is harmless to the country. It is true that there are no eternal enemies in the world, especially in the field of power. Not long ago, the two sides were still fighting and bleeding and killing corpses all over the field, and they could become relatives in the blink of an eye, and grievances and hatreds are really nothing in the overall situation.

After agreeing, Xue Chongxun summoned the Turkic envoys to meet and agreed to the request and marriage of the Viga Khan. More detailed negotiations were then conducted, demanding that the Turkic khans want to be vassals of the imperial court (which they have always recognized in name); moved the Anbei Protectorate to the north to Mobei to set up a military base, and sent Tang officials to the Turkic Khanate; At the same time, the Turkic Khan conferred titles and titles on the Tang Dynasty, promised not to invade the borders again, and so on.

Because of the discussion and Shun lì, the Turkic envoy was also able to meet Princess Ashina in the Tang army camp. Viga Khan was Ashnadro's own brother, and the cronies sent were Turkic nobles and people she knew, so she spoke more cordially. The Turkic envoy advised her to put aside her personal affairs and focus on the overall situation, and if she could be favored by the Jin king of the Tang Dynasty, she could persuade the rulers to treat the Turkic tribes well.

Ashina Zhuo found that he didn't feel any sacrifice and grievance at all at this time, and suddenly felt a little strange, of course, he was embarrassed to say this verbally, so he followed the meaning of the messenger and said: "My father is deceased, since it is my brother's will, I should obey." ”

The envoy was very satisfied and relieved: "Let the princess stay in the Tang Dynasty, so that more Turkic people can be saved from the scourge of war, and everyone can remember the princess's grace." ”

In fact, in the opinion of the upper echelons of various countries, the party who marries a woman does not suffer a loss, and sacrificing a princess or a nominal princess can affect the other party's authority to some extent, which is simply a profitable deal. The royal family of the Central Plains has always had such an opinion on harmony, but the abacus often does not go as desired, and the power of the nomadic tribe is rarely affected by women, just like Tubo married a princess of the Tang Dynasty and did not start wars; The nomads also wanted to marry women to the court, because they understood that the Han regime could sometimes be really interfered with by relatives in the harem, especially the harem of the Han Dynasty was very powerful. For the sake of profit, there are really not many people in power who want face...... It's that Xue Chongxun is not realistic enough on this point, he has always thought that it is a shame to give the princess to other countries as concubines, but he is very interested in collecting beauties of all ethnic groups, this is just a personal idea, and everyone will inevitably have an unwise side.

To use Ashina Zhuo to make peace with the Xue family, there is a lot of red tape, and it will not be officially completed until Xue Chongxun returns to Chang'an and exchanges letters with the Emperor Viga Khan several times in the Tang Dynasty. However, after the Turkic envoys negotiated with Xue Chongxun in the Tang army camp, people's attitudes towards Ashina Zhuo began to change, and the ministers and soldiers had already understood that she was about to become the concubine of the King of Jin, and there was more respect between words, and there was no prisoner treatment at all.

There are some officials and servants in the big tent of the Chinese army, they feel that the princess's concubine can no longer wear some old clothes, and it doesn't hurt that her identity is a captive in the past, but now it is different, these officials do have a way, and they actually got a satin skirt from nowhere...... In the vast grassland, except for the herdsmen and the army, there is definitely no such thing, they probably sent fast horses to the three cities to find it. Although the three cities are border military strongholds, there are businessmen and other people in the past, as long as they can afford the price, they can get everything they can in the country.

Ashina Zhuo heard his cousin Yang Izhi say that the ladies of the Han people rarely go out before getting married, and they pay great attention to etiquette, not as free and casual as the little lady on the grassland, and they must be very restricted. Unexpectedly, she found that the clothes she gave herself were uncovered and very revealing, and she couldn't help but be surprised and couldn't understand Tang Ren's thoughts. Even if the weather is cold now, the mink coat and fur collar are covered with a skirt, but the chest can still expose the cleavage, and the dress is cut very specially.

At this time, Ashina Zhuo added two new maidservants to her side, and she couldn't help but ask these two Han people: "Are the women in Chang'an dressed like this?" ”

The maidservant replied: "The slave has never been to Chang'an, and the only big town she has been to is Zhongcheng. Ordinary women don't dare to dress so ostentatiously, but those rich and powerful businessmen really wear like this, and I heard that people in powerful positions came from Daming Palace. ”

Ashinada complained softly, "It's so cold, they really did it." ”

The maidservant said, "The people who wear such clothes are all people of status and status, except for courtesans." ”

Ashina Zhuo decided to follow the local customs and let the maids wait for the bathing and changing, but she still felt very uncomfortable after putting on the new clothes, mainly because the weather was so cold that she had to show a piece of skin and felt very abrupt outside, so she asked: "It's just summer...... There's no way to cover your chest now? ”

"Yes, there are many kinds of liners and bandeau tops." The slightly older maid was a little more knowledgeable, she thought for a while and said, "If you can cover it, it won't look atmospheric, but as long as you change to another bandeau, it won't make people feel deliberate." ”

After that, they found another kind of underwear, an embroidered bandeau ...... This thing is even more exaggerated, wearing it close to the body to expose the lower half of the breast room and waist, from the top to the bottom just enough to cover the tip of the breast, just like a lining has been cut off most of the part, leaving only a short upper part. But fortunately, after putting on the coat outside, there is no exaggeration, and the chest is no longer exposed. Ashina Zhuo felt very satisfied, so he switched to this type.

However, the two maidservants turned their backs and whispered: "With the lining of the dinner robe, others will know that it is to please the man at night......

After Ashina Zhuo bathed and changed clothes, he met Qi Tler just after coming out of the tent, only to see that Qi Tler kept looking at his new clothes, and there was no kindness in his eyes, and Ash Nazhuo also felt very uncomfortable, so he ignored it. But Qi Tler said coldly behind him: "Li Shizhi has just fallen into trouble, and the princess's mind has changed, can't you wait to please King Jin?" ”Q