"I think back then, Datang was not long after it was established. Most of the nine surnames of Zhaowu were officials in the Tang Dynasty, and now epitaphs abound outside Chang'an City.

Kangguo, Caoguo, Anguo, Shiguo, and He Guo all have children who are officials in Chang'an, and there is even the king of Kangguo, who is friendly with Datang, and even proposed that Kangguo be merged into Datang, what a grand scene it is!

Although Emperor Taizong refused, the whole Kang Kingdom and the Tang Dynasty shared the same heart, and the Tang monarchs and ministers all felt the same way. ”

Fang Chongyong picked up the wine glass, but he didn't drink it, just a person sighing there, saying meaty words that he didn't believe in himself.

However, the expected echo and admiration did not happen, but these words made the king of Kangguo and many powerful people in Kangguo look embarrassed and speechless.

The huge palace was cold for a long time, and no one spoke, and these people didn't know how to speak.

After all, Fang Chongyong's words, interpreted from different angles, may mean completely opposite!

It's not that King Kang doesn't want to please Fang Chongyong, nor does he say that he doesn't want to make a friendship, but this friendship must not be climbed!

There is absolutely no room for bargaining!

If he could take a step back, he would immediately retreat now. It is really a matter of the legitimacy of one's own governance, and there is no room for the slightest joke or concession.

Fang Chongyong said with a very cautious attitude.

For the rest of the conditions, you can open it yourself! It will be held until the Ambassador is satisfied.

He will not come to us now, but will come on his knees.

But for the "Anguo" in the Western Regions, whether it is An Lushan or An Sishun, it has nothing to do with them!

Because there are other political forces in Anguo, and even the cards on the surface are not An's!

However, the aristocratic group of "An" has always existed steadily in the middle and lower classes of Angolan politics.

The king of Kangguo wilted like a frost-beaten eggplant, and gave Fang Chongyong a few polite words in the spirit of fighting, and then left the Tang army camp.

Even if Fang Chongyong wanted to let the princess or princess of Kang sleep, it would not be a matter for King Kang, just sprinkle water.

But almost a hundred years before the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, the Kangju country was ruled by the Guishan, and the royal families of the city-states were replaced, killed, or changed their surnames. And then there were nine small states.

King Kangguo put his hand on his chest, bowed down and said with a heavy salute, obviously trying to pull out a hair.

How could he not understand? Isn't An Lushan a living example?

"As for the military expenses of the Tang Army, you don't need to worry about it for the time being."

"I guess I got it."

Fang Chongyong made friends here, but the king of Kang was not surnamed Kang, he was a descendant of the Turks, and it was the Turks who "parachuted" here in order to manage the country with the nine surnames of Zhaowu.

Therefore, in the early years of the Tang Dynasty, the Kang royal family was the closest and most iron-clad to the Tang Dynasty, and also proposed to merge into the Tang Dynasty.

After a moment of hesitation, the chubby king nodded in agreement, and his face began to darken.

A banquet was eaten in a dull atmosphere, and everyone was like chewing wax. Fang Chongyong didn't even remember what the food tasted like afterwards, so he hurried back to the camp outside the city.

Because the royal family back then had been destroyed by the Turks, so you can't find a dead person to talk about, right?

"To the west of this green ridge, it's really the Great Banner of the Changing King at the head of the city."

According to Fang Chongyong's "national narrative", now the nobles surnamed Kang in the main hall can already draw their swords and kill King Kang, and then be canonized as the new king by Fang Chongyong, which can be regarded as "restoring the old system".

"Then the ambassador won't beat around the bush.

"Because he understands his situation, and he understands what it is like to feast in the palace during the day."

"Good! That's what the Ambassador wants! ”

Just don't you want the land?

King Kang secretly screamed in his heart, listening to this statement, Fang Chongyong's appetite can't be small!

Rest assured, Datang will not want an inch of Kangguo's land. ”

The princes and ministers of Kang Guo echoed one after another, looking at their expressions, this ambassador should really not know the inside story.

"I don't know what angels mean ......"

Anaye's mother was born with the real surname "Shi" in Shiguo, but Shiguo was "skinned" by the Tuqi Shi people at the beginning.

Later, the original copy of the transcription was left, and the "reproduction" was handed over to the other party, which was considered to be a "business".

If the king of Kangguo succeeds, it will be no less than self-destruction!

After a moment of silence, Kang Po said very firmly: "We are acting alone. ”

Fang Chongyong looked at King Kang Guo and said with burning eyes:

He said with a shocked face: "Jie Shuai, your feelings are in the palace of Samad City during the day, are you pretending?" ”

If you don't agree, there is a high probability that Kang Posa will have a bloody struggle with the king of Kangguo and ascend to the throne with the support of the Tang Dynasty.

It looked like an unlucky guy who had been sucked away by a monster, and the word "decay" was written on his entire face.

This is the case in all countries with the surname Zhaowu, the middle and lower classes are stable, and the upper classes often change skins.

The covenant says: Kang is willing to be a subject state of the Tang Dynasty, and the king of Kang is still the governor of the Kangju Governor's Mansion of the Tang Dynasty. And he is willing to personally lead the troops to recover the Kushan, Mulu, and Anxi, which were occupied by the Great Cannibals, without asking for rewards or spoils of war.

"It's time to serve, it's time for the banquet."

Fang Chongyong smiled very reluctantly, the muscles on his face were a little stiff, and he waved his hand casually.

After the two left, Feng Changqing asked: "Jieshuai, King Kangguo, why did you fall into the trap?" Looking at him like that, it doesn't seem that he doesn't understand the stakes. ”

In fact, these places are indeed not far from the capital of Kangguo, Sama, and they are all on the banks of the dense water of the Mother River. As long as the Kangguo army went northwest along the dense water, they could conquer these cities all the way. You don't have to travel thousands of miles.

Loyal?

King Kang and Kang Po looked at each other and seemed to understand something.

It turned out that there was still this stubble, Fang Chongyong suddenly became interested, made a gesture of please, and said, "Please continue!" ”

That's why Fang Chongyong often said that Kinskaya was Anaye's distant cousin, and that's why.

The doorway here is really not something that can be explained clearly in a few words.

I don't know if the angels can understand what is being said. ”

Fang Chongyong asked Feng Changqing to find a Sogdian translator, translated this oath, and found that there was nothing fancy.

Originally, the power of the Western Turks was taken over by the Turkish (heterosexual Turks), for example, the father of Jinsi Kaiya, the king of the Stone Kingdom, was from the Turkish section called Chebishi.

So the atmosphere that was still very hot just now instantly became embarrassing and weird! Everyone didn't know whether Fang Chongyong had stepped on the pit because he didn't know the feelings of the people in the Western Regions, or if he was deliberately beating King Kangguo!

"Kang Guo still has some capable soldiers, and we are willing to send troops to rest in peace, Mulu, Guishan and other places to help Datang sweep away the remnants of the great cannibals."

This is called how the king of Kangguo took over?

And the royal family of Kang has been replaced by the nobles of Guishan, whose surname is Wen, not Kang. ”

"The part of the wealth that the Tang army plundered is to be used for military expenses, this is already dead, and there is no need to talk about it anymore.

And the Zhaowu nine surnames on the Hexi side have a blood relationship with the Zhaowu nine surnames in the Western Regions. But the nine surnames of Zhaowu in the Western Regions do not mean that they are these small countries west of the Green Mountains! The situation here is much more complicated than that of Zhaowu Jiu.

Hearing this, Feng Changqing first felt puzzled, and then suddenly realized.

Kang Guo's situation is similar to Shi Guo's.

"Back to the angels, the small countries in the Western Regions, all of them are like this, don't blame the angels."

Why?

Because the political high-level of the small countries in the Western Regions has long been "skinned". In other words, on the surface, the surname Zhaowu Jiu is no longer a royal family of various countries, but in a very unique way, it has monopolized the middle and lower classes of various countries and achieved a certain delicate political balance.

"Then let's serve."

An Sishun's uncle is a descendant of the Zhaowu nine surnames and the Turks, and can be regarded as a descendant of the An royal family after the Turkization.

When the time comes, the chubby king will not blink his eyes.

The festival commander accepted it when he saw it, and did not ask them for money, but asked them to completely turn their faces with the big cannibal.

Fang Chongyong instantly understood that the identity of this Kang Po was by no means as simple as a "special envoy", what he said had some political weight!

Hearing this, Kang Po nodded and coughed lightly and said:

"That's right. The predecessor of Kangguo was a part of the former Kangju State, and during the Han Dynasty, the Kangju State controlled 120,000 strings and was very powerful.

The festival commander performed that play during the day, just to knock the mountain and shock the tiger!

On the surface, he pretended to be ignorant of the affairs of Zhaowu Jiu, but in fact, he was faintly threatening the king of Kangguo!

If he is disobedient, we will change the person surnamed Kang to be the king, which can be regarded as "setting things right", which completes the old feelings of Kang Guo's loyalty to the Tang Dynasty!

Late at night, Kang Posa led the king of Kangguo, and the two came to the Tang army camp to visit.

"Yes, you can't let the angels go hungry, this is disrespectful to Datang."

Fang Chongyong stood up and had already given the order to evict the guests.

I am now representing Datang, so I need your loyalty, as well as Kang Guo's loyalty.

"Two, the covenant is empty, or it is better to write in black and white, isn't that so?

In other words, the skeleton of the nine surnames of Zhaowu is still there, and the small and medium-sized nobles are still those people. But the "skin" outside has been replaced by "Turkic skin", or even "Turkic skin", and these countries are basically practicing "dualism" at home!

That is, the Turkic nobles are one line, and the nobles of the original Zhaowu nine surnames are one line, and they share the power of intermarriage with each other.

It is also understandable why these small countries in the Western Regions can jump sideways repeatedly, and most of them will not be liquidated on a large scale.

And Jinskaia's mother is of the same clan as Anaye's mother, and she is also the king of the stone country of Chebishi, a candidate for political marriage.

After sitting down, Kang Posa sighed and said: "The situation in Kang Guo is really indescribable, I don't know where to start. ”

Fang Chongyong sighed lightly and nodded.

Fang Chongyong sneered.

An Lushan's mother was a Sogdian. After giving birth to An Lushan, she married An Sishun's uncle.

The covenant specifically emphasized that Kang Guo sent troops alone, and Datang would not send troops to support.

"Let's start at the beginning."

King Kang also came back to his senses later and had to swallow the bitter fruit.

Fang Chongyong slapped his face, Feng Changqing took out a piece of paper and spread it on the table, then retreated to the side and waited quietly.

Seeing that the other party didn't seem to understand, he reminded and said, "Loyalty, you need to prove it." The way to prove loyalty is not to guarantee the vote, not to say big words. Do you understand this? ”

understands the relationship to this point, how can Fang Chongyong not know the characteristics of Zhaowu Jiu's surname that likes "political skin"?

"Humble duty understood!

……

Originally, the leader of the Shi royal clan surnamed "Shi" was another person, who was indeed in Shi Kingdom, but was not within the scope of Gao Xianzhi's liquidation.

Even many nobles went to Chang'an to become officials.

Sure enough, they got this guy. ”

And now it is blatantly standing in line for cannibalism, this change is too abrupt. Kang Po's reason can explain the problem.

Fang Chongyong gave the Covenant to Feng Changqing, asked him and the translator to transcribe a copy of the Chinese version and the Sogdian version, and asked the king of Kang to sign and put his fingerprints on Kang Posa.

"It's getting late, let's go back to Samad City as soon as possible."

When he came with Kang Po Su tonight, he could basically settle the affairs of Kang Guo. After all, those thorns and those who had followed Abu Muslims with all their hearts had been hunted down by the Tang Army one by one and reduced to slaves.

It's definitely going to bleed, but it's a little less, and no one's money comes from a wave.

Fang Chongyong looked at the slightly chubby King Kang and asked.

Fang Chongyong couldn't help but sigh, his plan to "talk about feelings" went bankrupt. But think about it, the Kang royal family still shouted to let Kang be merged into the Tang Dynasty during the Zhenguan period.

Kang Po said with a wry smile.

Fang Chongyong waved his hand and said, not giving the other party any room for bargaining at all.

Only what the other party just said, resolutely no.

The political situation in the countries of the Western Regions is very complicated, and after the founding of the Tang Dynasty, there was a collective eastward migration, which can also be said to be a process of "moving back", and many people with the surname Zhaowu Jiu settled in Liangzhou in that wave.

Since they are not a group of people, there is naturally no reason to implement the old policies of the past.

Before King Kang could speak, Kang Posa took the lead in promised.

At that time, Kang Guo did not die and shed his skin, so it was worse than Shi Guo!

Of course, the premise is to be able to win.

Originally, Fang Chongyong wanted to catch up with the old days first, remember the old feelings of his allies back then, and then throw out his topic. Unexpectedly, it was cold, so it was inconvenient for him to say the words later.

"What did King Kang say?"

Fang Chongyong hurriedly went out of the military tent to greet him and put the two into the tent.

He Changqi, Che Guangqian and the others all shook their heads, and it was impossible for them to know more than Fang Chongyong. Even in Fang Chongyong's previous life, a Shaanxi person couldn't know a certain city in Uzbekistan very well, right?

At the critical moment, Kang Po, who had served as Kang Guo's special envoy, came out of the ranks, and said with a tangled face: "Angel, there are some things that are not convenient to talk about here, so it is better to serve the food first." ”

Since we want to treat each other with sincerity, then this ambassador will not write this covenant, how about you write it?

One copy each for Chinese and Sogdian. ”

Kang Po asked suspiciously.

It's obvious that you've stepped on a big hole.

The matter has come to this point, and repentance is tantamount to offending Datang to death. So Kang Po Su drafted the covenant, and the king of Kang Guo read it and felt that it was okay, so he signed each of the two documents.

Fang Chongyong asked rhetorically.

There are many nobles in Kang who really have the surname "Kang"! Even in this hall!

Among them, this part of the core of Kangju is Kangguo.

"Is it difficult to ask a little bit about the surname Zhaowu Jiu from Jin Si Kaiya?"

There's nothing to say about this, can you understand? ”

And Kang Posa also understood this and didn't want Kang to have internal strife, so he preemptively agreed.

Fang Chongyong waved his hand, blocking the words that King Kangguo had not yet spoken.

Fang Chongyong stroked his palm and laughed.

Fang Chongyong was very generous, and handed the brush on the pen holder to Kang Posa, not afraid of what tricks the two of them would play.

Feng Changqing was speechless for a moment. Because of this, it doesn't sound difficult to find someone who knows what to do.

"You don't have to send a woman, you can't do much."

Fang Chongyong asked rhetorically with a smile.

Fang Chongyong looked around and asked suspiciously, "Did this ambassador say something wrong?" ”

"There's nothing more to say later, the Kang royal family has changed several times. The Yueshi people came to change the Yueshi people, the Turks came to change the Turks, and the Turks came to change the Turks!

"Are you acting alone, or are you giving the Tang Army a hand?"

Feng Changqing couldn't help but give the other party a thumbs up. I have to say, this trick is really beautiful!

"This just shows that we can't be too rough, we have to peel off the cocoon and find contradictions, and the real troublesome things are still to come."

Fang Chongyong couldn't help but sigh, he gave the court a letter with a lion's big mouth, which was full of unrealistic ideas. In terms of Li Linfu's mode of thinking, this letter should have been vetoed by now, and it should not be sent in the middle, and then Brother Ji issued a holy decree and ordered him to return to Beiting as soon as possible, right?

This ambassador of the Western Regions is really tired of stepping on a horse!

(End of chapter)