After learning that his envoy was killed by Fang Youde, the commander of the Tang Army, he immediately prepared 9,500 horses and sent an envoy to the Tang Army camp to plead guilty!

That's ten times what Fang Youde asked!

As for turning his face with Datang, Guli Peiluo didn't think about it at all. Temptation is temptation, if you really want to turn your face, you need to pay great benefits, and you may not be able to please it.

By destroying the Turks, Datang has created a "general trend", and the alliance is the general trend, and no one can stop it. Datang seized this opportunity very cleverly, and took advantage of the fact that the grassland forces had not yet formed a new overlord, and preemptively joined the alliance.

The vision and means of this should not be underestimated!

Fang Youde's courage was something that Guli Pei Luo didn't expect, and because of this, Guli Pei Luo felt that Datang's determination was great and his preparation was very sufficient, and he had to take it seriously and couldn't be clever anymore.

The Hui people decided to admit their guilt and conveyed their willingness to join the alliance to the Tang Dynasty.

However, Fang Youde's performance once again surprised Guli Peiluo.

Tang Jun only received the nine hundred and fifty horses mentioned in the conditions issued in advance, and as for the surplus that Guli Peiluo had "returned tenfold" for various reasons, he did not ask for any of them, and all of them were returned to the Hui side.

This news spread to the other tribes of Tiele, and all of them respected the fairness and faithfulness of the other party who acted with virtue.

Even Ge Lulu and other ministries who had not yet expressed their intention to participate in the alliance immediately sent envoys to the Tang army camp to express their willingness to participate in the alliance.

As long as the Tang Emperor is there in person, their chieftain will definitely come to Lingzhou to cheer.

Fang Youde received the envoys of Qarlu very cordially, and assured them that the so-called alliance was coming for the long-term peace and stability of the grassland. If someone disobeys the rules and betrays the oath in the future, then Datang will definitely help them get justice.

The relationship between Qarlu and the Hui has always been the worst among the nine surnamed Tiele, and now the Hui are strong, and there is a faint tendency to unify the north after the Turks.

So what did Fang Youde's words mean, it was simply lice on a bald man's head, obvious.

almost didn't say directly, "If you go back to beat you, you can just ask Datang to support you."

Of course, the three-surnamed family slave Ge Lulu is not a good bird, and he grabs a lot of black history.

But then again, that's not how things are going on in diplomacy. Wooing a two-five boy to clean up another two-five boy, this is the normal state of politics!

Now Fang Youde's trouble is not these miscellaneous matters, but how to deal with the Que special service monument near the big camp.

Que Te Qin and Viga Khan are brothers, the front and left and right sides of the stele are engraved in Turkic script, and the back is the Chinese text written by Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty in China, and the Chinese content is the eulogy of Tang Xuanzong to mourn the late Turkic Khan Que Te Qin.

The strangeness of this stele is that the back is the text written by Ji Ge, the content expresses the emphasis on the two sides since the Xuanzong Dynasty determined the relationship between father and son, showing a new peace and stability, Ji Ge at the end of the inscription with a poem as an ode: "The country of Shasai, the hometown of Ding Ling, the majestic and the strong, the king of Erxian, the king of Erjunke, Zai Heshufang, Erdao Keshun, seek relatives and my Tang, who is like a person, the network protection is extended, the high monument is erected, and the wealth is boundless." “

There is an obvious sense of goodwill, and the wind of a mighty great country.

However, the Turkic inscription is not the same, and a large number of texts in it describe the resentful curses and bitter hatred of the Tang and Han people.

There are many talents in the Tang Rite Department, so it is naturally impossible not to understand what the Turks wrote. However, Brother Ji still put the word on the inscription, what is in mind, in fact, it is not difficult to guess.

The living will always be somewhat tolerant of the dead, or the dying. Since everyone else is going to die, aren't they allowed to curse?

Perhaps in Ji Ge's view, the Later Turkic Khanate is surrounded by strong enemies, even if there is no Tang Dynasty, it will not last long.

The time of the Turks has long passed!

If Ji Ge did not inscribe, then Fang Youde would order someone to bring this stele back to Chang'an, and let someone translate the Turkic text into Chinese for the people of Chang'an to "pay respects".

But since Brother Ji has an inscription, he can't dispose of it at will, and disposing of it at will is disrespectful to the saint, and the consequences are very serious.

"Jun Sima, what do you think should be done with this stone stele?"

In front of the Que Special Service Monument, Fang Youde asked Yan Gaoqing, who served as the marching Sima.

"The Turks are resentful, doesn't this just set off my Datang is the righteous side? The marshal doesn't have to pay attention to this inscription.

Taoli is self-explanatory, right and wrong, let future generations comment on it. ”

Yan Gaoqing crossed his hands and saluted.

"That's fine."

Fang Youde nodded, and added: "Then add a sentence at the top of the front of the stone stele: Those who carry the oath of the Tang Dynasty will be punished even if they are far away!" ”

Is this necessary?

Yan Gaoqing looked confused, and then nodded, he didn't object to doing this, but he just felt that it was completely unnecessary.

"Commander, it has been several months since the army left the Hetao, and now that the Turkic Khanate has been destroyed, should the division return to the station?

The elites of the border towns of Youzhou are all out of the fortress, in case the Khitans do not pay attention to faith and attack Youzhou, how to deal with it? ”

Yan Gaoqing asked worriedly.

In this operation to annihilate the Turks, the Khitans also beat the side drum on the side. The Tang army fought in front, and they grabbed it in the back, which can be said to be enough.

When these Khitan people who have eaten a lot of fat go back, it is inevitable that their mentality will expand and go south to Youzhou.

"You have a very reasonable point, go and call the servant Gu Huaien, and I will teach him face-to-face."

Fang Youde patted Yan Gaoqing on the shoulder and said, it was obvious that he had already had a full plan.

After a while, Fugu Huaien was taken by Yan Gaoqing to the Que Special Service Monument, and the surrounding soldiers and wingmen were all requited by Fang Youde.

Fugu Huaien has been in the army since he was a child, has been in battle for a long time, and looks very old at the age of 30. The skin on his face is red and black after the wind and sun, and if he does not wear armor, he is no different from the old herdsman who is grazing.

"What does Fang Jieshuai command?"

Fugu Huaien is a straight intestine, and as soon as they meet, he asks straight to the point.

"Now there is something that you need to lead the troops to do, and it is not easy for the commander to make a move."

Fang Youde, who had been facing away from Fugu Huai'en, suddenly turned around, looked at the other party with burning eyes and said.

"If there is anything, the marshal will order, and the general will definitely do it."

Fugu Huaien's heart tightened, and he asked with a silent fist salute on his face.

"Now the Khitans are returning to the north of Youzhou, carrying with them a lot of gold and silver treasures that have been stolen from the Turks.

This section needs you to use the banner of the Hui people to sneak attack the Khitans who have returned to Youzhou. The stolen gold and silver treasures are directly divided by your department, and you don't need to report them.

Remember that this matter must be kept secret, and the means of doing it cleanly will not disappoint the handsome in this section.

This is also what a saint means. ”

Fang Youde stretched out his finger, pointed at the sky, and said meaningfully.

Hearing this, Gu Huaien, who was still eager to try, suddenly hesitated.

Only then did he understand that if he wanted to gain the trust of others, he might not be enough to come out and catch up with the field when the wind was blowing!

Only by handing over the handle to the other party can you gain absolute trust!

Whether this job is picked up or not is a big question.

After receiving it, he naturally got on the ship of Datang and became a "cityside" tribe recognized by Datang. With this thick thigh, it is not a problem to stand on the grassland.

But the Khitans are not easy to mess with, and there is also a risk of sneak attacks. After the matter was revealed, Datang was likely to turn his face and say that it was not his own order, but that the servants and the servants saw the wealth of the Khitan people before they started to loot!

This is a combination of risk and opportunity!

So what happens if you don't take this errand?

If you don't accept it, it will be impossible for Fang Youde to do anything about the servant solid department in the short term, but in the long run, it will be difficult for the servant solid department to gain a foothold on the grassland. After the Tang Emperor knew about this, he would also have a grudge and find an opportunity to wear small shoes for the servants.

It seems that you can refuse, but in fact, there is no choice.

His mind turned quickly, and Fu Gu Huaien clasped his fists and saluted: "This matter will be handled by the last general!" ”

"Okay, you go, you have to do it in a private and clean way.

After the deed is completed, the section commander will ask the saint for your credit. Whether it's you or the servants, the court will not be stingy. Of course, this will not be revealed to the public. ”

Fang Youde looked forward to it, threw out a killer feature, and painted the cake big.

Waiting for the servant Gu Huaien to take the order and leave, Fang Youde breathed a sigh of relief, and his face was not as happy and confident as in front of others.

These steppe peoples, the regimes they have established, usually have a very low ceiling, and they have not existed for a long time, and the leaders in them are even more changeable, which makes people overwhelmed.

However, the structure of this tribal system has a tenacious vitality, comparable to that of weeds.

When the north was Turkic, the Tang Dynasty was here.

Now the north is the world of the Tiele tribes, and the Tang Dynasty is still here.

It's just that the grassland is still the grassland of the grassland people, not the grassland of the Tang Dynasty.

Datang is just using the fetters system to temporarily stabilize this area.

Chaos and unruliness in the grasslands are the norm, and peace and quiet are the ones that require strong human intervention.

Even if the Tang Dynasty sage came to Lingzhou to join forces with the grassland Tiele tribes, what could he do, and how many years could he be stable?

The steppe people can't be killed!

"That's it, as long as there is no An Lushan, there will be nothing for me to worry about in the future."

Fang Youde sighed and muttered to himself.

……

It has snowed heavily in Chang'an, and Li Linfu, who lives in Pingkangfang, is revising the manuscript of "Tang Liudian" in the study.

The predecessor compiler Zhang Jiuling and others wrote it so generally that other people except professionals couldn't understand it at all.

What Li Linfu did was not to expand the scope of records of official positions, and the vast majority of "foreign officials" were not recorded in the "Tang Liudian".

However, Li Linfu is not without achievements, and his main job is to annotate the "Tang Liudian".

This is really a lot of work, because the so-called "commentary" is to tell the person who consults the classics what a certain official position is, what its origin is, what things to do, what rights and responsibilities it has, and so on. In fact, this is the essence of "Tang Liudian".

It's a lot of work, because the amount of annotation is at least three times as much as the original text!

"Alas, if Fang Youde is the prime minister in the court, I will have no place to stand."

Li Linfu put down his pen and couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

Fang Youde has risen like a comet in the past two years, and he can be said to be the person who got up the latest and climbed the fastest from the old ministers of Long, which can be called a thick accumulation!

Before, Li Linfu didn't take Fang Youde seriously, because most of the other party's achievements were military.

And now, Li Linfu saw the shadow of Zhang Shuo in Fang Youde.

The matter of the Lingzhou Alliance was promoted by Fang Youde, and Li Longji went directly to pick peaches when the time came. Li Linfu couldn't bear this matter.

Fang Youde knew Brother Ji's mind too well, which made Li Linfu a little scared!

Now that the Lingzhou Alliance is a foregone conclusion, the officials of the Ministry of Rites are all preparing. If there is no accident, when the spring flowers are blooming, Li Longji, the son of the Tang Dynasty, will lead some courtiers to Lingzhou to preside over the alliance.

This is a glorious moment that has not been seen since Kaiyuan, and Li Linfu knows very well that Brother Ji is interested in these things now, except for women!

Wealth does not return to the hometown, such as brocade clothes at night. Li Longji now just likes someone to sing praises to him.

He was tired of hearing the flattery of the courtiers, and now he wanted to hear the Tiele tribes on the grassland boasting about the martial arts of the Tang Dynasty!

How to break this trick?

No solution!

Li Linfu knew that the current Fang Youde Shengsheng was only afraid that he was still above himself and was in a state of "invincible". He doesn't enter the court, and it's easy to say anything. As long as he enters the court, it will definitely affect his power, how to break it?

"I can only figure it out slowly."

Li Linfu sighed, feeling powerless about the current situation.

No matter what coin routine is used, in fact, in the end, it can't get around Li Longji's link.

Those self-righteous thoughts have no effect, and in the end it all depends on what the emperor thinks.

The emperor said no, that is, no, there was nothing to negotiate.

Doing what Brother Ji likes, not doing what Brother Ji is tired of, and doing things according to Brother Ji's wishes is the only way to stay in the position of prime minister.

"It's better to retreat."

Li Linfu suddenly thought of a clever trick.

……

"This is the town, huh?"

Looking at the city in front of him made of sand, Fang Chongyong felt that it was indeed quite small.

Although the walls are ridiculously high.

The city is a kilometer long and less than a kilometer wide, and it is boxy and situated on the edge of a river, so it lives up to its name.

There are two cities in Dunhuang County, Shazhou, which are very close to each other, on both sides of the river, which can be called twin cities.

The small one is called "Little Town", not to describe it as small, but to call it that. The Shazhou government and local big families are here.

The official document said that Fang Chongyong should go to the "small town" to report, and said that he did not need to work in the small town, which was actually clearly stated, and it was not a general reference similar to "small town" at all.

On the other side of the river, there is also a large city with low walls, called "Luo Cheng". It was developed by a thriving local trade market, and the city was large and inhabited by local residents and merchants from the Western Regions. There are a lot of people there, with different identities and backgrounds.

The local Han people in Shazhou, the remnants of Tuyuhun, Hu merchants of all ethnic groups, the sons of good families from Chang'an, and even the Tibetan monks have them.

The most important thing is that it is the station of the Doulu army.

Now there is a question in front of Fang Chongyong and his party: should they go to the government office to "report" first, or go back to their hometown first?

"Lang Jun, our home is in Luocheng, not in a small city. Now the house is under the control of the Doulu army, and if you want to get the house back, you have to go to the Doulu army. ”

Fang Dafu leaned over and asked in a low voice.

In Hexi and even in the Western Regions, although the land ownership system is still the old rule, many of the houses in the city are "public land", which is uniformly distributed by the local government. Especially in Dunhuang, this is the case with the deliberate separation of large local households from ordinary residents.

Large households have been passed down from generation to generation, and ordinary residents will take tea and cool, and the houses will be repossessed and redistributed. The population here moves very frequently, and the kind of people who have lived here for decades without moving a place can be described as rare.

"Let's go home and have a look."

Fang Chongyong said expressionlessly.

It was a bumpy ride, and he really wanted to go back early.

Don't worry about whether there are other people living there, if even Fang Jieshuai's former residence is inhabited by outsiders, then the people of Dou Lujun are too blind, and they will offend the big guy with a strong incense love to death. Even if there was before, I am afraid that the house will be vacant after Fang Youde rises.

In the evening, the group walked through the indescribable complex "commercial street" and came to an ordinary house in the south of Luocheng. Fang Dafu pointed to the locked courtyard door and said, "This is it." ”

Fang Chongyong took a look at the surrounding environment, there were no green bricks and black tiles, only rammed earth courtyard walls, and there were not even trees around.

He couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "The slanting sun grass and trees, the ordinary alleys, the humanity and all the loyal have lived." ”

The scumbag dad used to be so miserable!

"What are you doing? Why can't you stay outside Fang Jieshuai's former residence? ”

In the distance, two soldiers who had just started their night patrol pointed at Fang Chongyong and his party and asked, their tone was not good.

(End of chapter)