After the recovery of Yanqi, it was not only the Tang Dynasty and the servant army that benefited in this battle that were happy, but also those merchants in the Western Regions, because Yanqi fell into the hands of the Tang Dynasty, plus the previously recovered cities, from Guazhou, Shazhou to Xizhou, and then from Xizhou Yanqi to Qiuci The trade route fell under the control of the Tang Dynasty.

Under the rule of the Tang Dynasty, the safety of the merchants was guaranteed, and they were not as easy as before to be exploited by the Tibetans and plundered by the small tribes along the way.

Therefore, Shen Long met a number of merchants who came to ask him, when will Datang attack Hexi and Longyou again, and reopen Datang's trade route to the Western Regions? They have been longing for this for many years, and in order to see this day come as soon as possible, they are willing to inquire about information and even donate military funds for Datang.

Shen Long was greatly pleased, as long as there was profit, these businessmen would support Datang, Datang existed as an order-maker and maintainer in the Western Regions, as long as this order could bring benefits to most people, Datang would win their support, this is the root of Datang's rule over the Western Regions, not just the tens of thousands of soldiers in the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate and the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate.

Of course, the maintenance of any order depends on force, and if there is no force, then these orders are like fortresses built on sand, which may be fine in normal times, but once the wind rises, the fortress will fall apart.

After staying in Yanqi for a few days, and when everything was on the right track, Shen Zheng returned to Tingzhou City and continued to lead the formation of the Han Navy.

He brought back a large number of exiled Tang people, and Shen Long warmly welcomed their return and held a grand banquet for them, hoping to show that the Protectorate attached great importance to them, and then arrange jobs and wives for them according to their specific conditions, hoping that they could temporarily forget the pain of the past and continue to work for the Tang Dynasty.

For Kang Guangde, he did not hesitate to praise, "This time the matter is done well, and it will continue in the future, according to the current speed, it is estimated that you will send back so many people at most, and you can officially become my Datang people!" ”

"Thank you, little man." Kang Guangde was grateful, this was much faster than staying in the Han Navy, and for him, it was more appetizing to be a merchant than to be a soldier to fight.

"I, Datang, will never forget the people who have made meritorious contributions to Datang, and after officially becoming my Datang people, you will be able to hold an official position like other Datang people, and maybe you can become the city lord of a certain city in the future!" The Tang Dynasty has so many confined states in the Western Regions, it is impossible for everyone to let someone from the Tang Dynasty serve as the chief official, and it is much better to hand it over to a person like Kang Guangde who submits to the Tang Dynasty than to give it to those tribal leaders.

"The villain must remember the teachings of the scriptures and continue to do his best to serve my Datang!" Kang Guangde bowed down again, he seemed to see the picture of himself wearing the official uniform of the Tang Dynasty and receiving the praise of many foreign races, and was deeply fascinated by it, and it took a long time to come back to his senses, "Jingluo, the villain met a Tang man before, he refused to reveal his identity, only said that there was something important to discuss with Jinglu, and the villain didn't dare to slack off, so he brought him back." ”

"Oh? Let him in! Shen Long was a little curious, and immediately brought him in tomorrow, and after coming in, the man glanced at Kang Guangde, Shen Long waved his hand to let Kang Guangde retreat, and only the two of them were left in the hall.

"Under the command of Princess Xian'an of the Tang Dynasty, Wei Yuanfang, the deputy commander of the guard, meet the envoy of the scriptures!" The visitor saluted, then introduced his identity and showed a token to prove his identity.

"It turned out to be Commander Wei." Shen Long returned the salute, invited him to sit down, and then arched his hand in the direction of the Uighur king's tent, "The last time this book passed by the king's tent, thanks to the care of Her Royal Highness the princess, the lower officials have always kept it in mind, but the itinerary was in a hurry, and I didn't have time to meet Her Royal Highness the princess. ”

Princess Xian'an is the eighth daughter of Tang Dezong, in the third year of Zhenyuan, that is, three years before Shen Long entered this world, Hui Wuyi successfully sent the general Heque to offer a prescription, please kiss; However, because Tang Dezong was the crown prince, in order to prevent the Uighurs from plundering Chang'an, he had worshiped the Uighur prince Ye Hu, although the prince Ye Hu immediately knelt down and worshipped, but Tang Dezong had always been deeply ashamed of this, so he wanted to refuse to make peace at first.

However, later, under the persuasion of the prime minister Li Mi, Tang Dezong still married Princess Xian'an to Wuyi Chenggong Khan in the fourth year of Zhenyuan, and canonized him as the Khan of Longevity Tianqin, and Princess Xian'an became the Uighur's Weihui Zhihui, upright, longevity, filial piety, and Kedun.

In July of the fifth year of Zhenyuan, Princess Xian'an arrived at the Uighur king's tent and officially married the longevity of the heavenly khan, which was the daughter of the Tang emperor, and the previous clan women were very different, so the longevity of the heavenly pro-khan was very grateful to the Tang Dynasty, and he has been attached to the Tang Dynasty since then.

But soon after Princess Xian'an, the longevity of the heavenly relatives Khan died, and his son Loyal Khan succeeded to the throne, but only in the past four months, the loyal Khan was poisoned by the princess of Shao Ke Dunye, and the younger brother of the loyal Khan took advantage of the chaos to ascend the throne, called Fengcheng Khan, originally Jie Yugas would soon return to the king's tent from the Western Regions, kill the usurper, and support the young son of the loyal Khan, Asi, as the new Khan, called Milu Viga Khan, and the Tang Dynasty canonized him as Fengcheng Khan.

Due to the butterfly effect caused by Shen Long, Jieyugas has not yet had time to attack the usurper, and now the Uighur Khan is still the younger brother of the loyal khan.

According to the rules of the Uighurs, the longevity of the heavenly relatives of the Khan died, and the princess of Xian'an had to marry her successor, but due to the short reign of the loyal khan, she left before she had time to hold a ceremony, and the princess of Xian'an did not suffer this grievance, but now the usurper has been on the throne for a long time, and the princess of Xian'an may have no reason to delay.

Of course, this provision is not dead, earlier the princess of Ningguo of the Tang Dynasty also married back to the Khan, and after the death of the Khan, the Hui people let her be martyred, but the princess of Ningguo did not hesitate to refute it, saying, "I am Chinese law, the death of my son-in-law, that is, the mourning, crying day and night, three years of service." This time, if you marry a woman, you must admire the Chinese ceremony. If it is according to the laws of the country, why do you need to get married? ”

Then he cut his face with a knife, cut his face and wept, and this was the end of the matter; Because Princess Ningguo and Hui Khan did not have children, she returned to the Tang Dynasty safely afterwards, and Tang Suzong ordered hundreds of officials to welcome her outside the Mingfeng Gate to thank her for her contribution to the Tang Dynasty.

As soon as he thought of this, Shen Long pondered, what did Princess Xian'an mean by sending someone? Do you want to return to Datang like Princess Ningguo?

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