Then he thought, "This is the country of my parents, and my father and mother must have always come and gone on this road back then." Alas, I don't know what my father and mother looked like, and I can't imagine how they rode here and galloped back then. ”

At that time, the foreign country was the largest country in the border area, which was not inferior to the Tang Dynasty, and its territory was almost the same as that of the Tang Dynasty. However, the people outside the Guanxi live as nomadic herders, and they have no fixed residence, and the dwellings, shops, and markets in the capital are crude and simple, which is much inferior to the Central Plains, and the cultural utensils are far inferior.

The southern subordinate officials welcomed Lu Qian into the palace of the king of Chu, the mansion was grand, and the furnishings in the house were also very magnificent. Lu Qian was poor all his life, where did he ever live in such a mansion? After going in and walking around, he felt unaccustomed to it, and ordered his subordinates to erect two camp tents in the military camp, and he and Wu Yi lived separately from one of them, living a simple life, as in the past.

On the third day, King Hushan and the queen mother, queen, concubines, princesses, etc. drove back to Beijing, Lu Qian led hundreds of officials to take over, and the court and the central government hurriedly messed up for several days.

First of all, they celebrated the peace of the martyrs, rewarded them for their meritorious deeds, and compensated the families of the officers and soldiers who died in the North Yuan, such as the privy envoys. Although the imperial uncle was forgiven, he felt shameless, and committed suicide on the way.

The king of Kushan also kept his promise, and did not hold any of the officers and soldiers who rebelled, and only killed more than 20 of the kings of Chu's subordinates who initiated the rebellion.

A feast was held in the palace, and the soldiers who contributed were rewarded, and the feast lasted for three days in a row. Lu Qianzi became the first hero on the table. The rewards of the Guanwai Emperor, the Queen Mother, the Empress, the concubines, and the princesses, as well as the gifts of the civil and military officials, were piled up.

The Empress Dowager and Empress were overjoyed to learn that Lu Qian was a descendant of the clan and asked about his origins. Lu Qian was dumbfounded, although he knew that his father's name was Lu Mingshan, and he was the chief teacher of the pro-army under the queen's subordinate Shan Da Tent, but I am afraid that it will involve a lot if he says it.

I don't know who there are still in my parents' relatives, and whether they are close to the queen mother and the queen, and if the court learns that their parents are harmed by others, they may want to raise troops to the south to avenge themselves. He deduced that he had been taken captive by the Han people since he was a child, and he didn't know his life experience, so he vaguely pushed things off.

The reward was over, and Lu moved to the south to take charge of the matter. The patriarchs of dozens of tribes in the Guanforeign country came to see one by one, and they could not remember the Wukui tribe, the Bird tribe, the Beike tribe, the Nanke tribe, the Murowei tribe, the Meigusi tribe, the Wuguo tribe, and the Urgula tribe.

It was followed by the officers of the Emperor's Great Tent Leather Room Army, the Queen's Shan Army Officers, and the officers of Hongning Palace, Changning Palace, Yongxing Palace, Jiqing Palace, Yanchang Palace and other palace guards came to see it.

There are a total of 59 foreign subject states, including Tuyuhun, Turkic, Dangxiang, Shatuo, Persia, Dashi, Uighur, Tubo, Gaochang, Goryeo, Khotan, Dunhuang, etc., and their prestige extends thousands of miles away.

There are envoys from various countries in Shangjing, who learned that Lu Qian was in charge of affairs and held the heavy power of the military state, and they all came to give away rare and exotic weapons to play with and curry favor with them. Lu Qian met with guests every day, met with his subordinates, and what he saw in his eyes was full of gold and silver treasures, and what he heard in his ears was nothing more than flattery and praise, and he couldn't help but feel very bored.

After being so busy for more than a month, King Hushan summoned him in the palace and said, "Brother, your position is the king of the south, and you must sit in the south and take the opportunity to enter the Central Plains." Although the elder brother does not want to be separated from you, in order to establish a miracle for thousands of years, you should lead the troops south as soon as possible!"

When Lu Qian heard that the emperor ordered him to lead the troops to the south, he was shocked and said, "Your Majesty, the southern expedition is a major national event, and it is not trivial. Lu Qian is a brave man, and the military strategy is not what he is good at. ”

King Kushan said with a smile: "Our country has undergone a new catastrophe, and we must be a recuperating soldier. The Empress Dowager of the Great Song Dynasty is now in power, reusing Sima Guang, cultivating the Ming Dynasty, and there is no gap to take advantage of, we didn't want to go south at this time. Brother, when you arrive in Nanjing, you always keep the annexation of the Southern Dynasty in mind. We have to wait for provocation and move, and if we see any internal changes in the Southern Dynasties, then we will go south. If he is good internally, and our country sends troops to attack, it will be more powerful and less effective. ”

Lu Qian responded: "Yes, it should be like this." ”

King Hushan said: "But how do we know whether the Tang Dynasty has internal affairs and whether the people are attached to the people?"

Lu Qian said: "I want to ask Your Majesty for advice." ”

King Hushan laughed and said, "Since ancient times, they have been ordinary, and they have used gold and silver to buy spies." The southerners are greedy for money, and there are many despicable and unscrupulous people, but fortunately, the Southern Dynasty pays tribute every year, and there are many treasures of silver and silk, and gold beads, and I will try to allocate them to you. You ordered the southern privy envoy to spare no money and buy more Han spies. ”

Lu Qian agreed, resigned from the palace, and was troubled. The people he has befriended are all heroes and heroes, although there are many tricks such as plotting and framing, ambushing and poisoning on the rivers and lakes, but they are all refreshing and quick murder and arson, and rarely use gold and silver to buy others.

What's more, although he is an outsider, he grew up in the Tang Dynasty since he was a child, and the emperor wanted him to swallow up the Tang Dynasty as his business, but he was extremely reluctant in his heart, thinking: "My brother named me the king of the south, and I always have good intentions." If I resign at this moment, I will inevitably live up to his hospitality and hurt my brother's righteousness. ”

"When I arrive in Nanjing, I will be him for a year and a half, and then I will resign. At that time, if he didn't allow it, I hung the crown and sealed, and I slipped away, and I couldn't help it. At that moment, he led his subordinates and brought Wu Yi to the southern capital.

At that time, the southern capital was quite prosperous, and it was called Yanjing at that time, also known as Youdu, and it was the capital of Youzhou. After the Jin Dynasty, Shi Jingtang established himself as the emperor, and had the full support of foreign countries, and Shi Jingtang cut the sixteen states of Yanyun as a reward.

The sixteen states of Yanyun are You, Ji, Zhuo, Shun, Tan, Ying, Mo, Xin, Fei, Confucian, Wu, Wei, Yun, Ying, Huan, Shuo, all of which are important plateaus in northern Hebei and northern Shanxi.

Since it was ceded to the foreign country, the three dynasties of the Later Jin, Later Zhou, and Tang dynasties have fought with it for many years, and they have never been able to recover it. The sixteen states of Yanyun occupy the shape of victory, and the foreign countries of the Guanxi are stationed with heavy troops, and every time they use troops to the south, they drive down for a long time, and above Pingyang, Datang has no danger to defend.

The two countries have been fighting for more than 100 years, and the Tang Dynasty has won a rare victory, and the main reason is that the armor is not as good as the solid, and the foreign countries in the customs are condescending to control the battlefield, which also takes a great advantage.

When Lu Qian entered the city, he saw that the streets were wide and the city was prosperous, which was far better than Shangjing. The people who came and went were the people of the Southern Dynasties, and all they heard were the Central Plains language, as if they had returned to Middle Earth. Lu Qian and Wu Yi were very happy, and the next day they drove lightly and walked around the street.

Thirty-six miles above Yanjing City, there are eight gates. The east is the Andong Gate, the Yingchun Gate, the south is the Kaiyang Gate, the Danfeng Gate, the west is the Xianxi Gate, the Qing Jin Gate, the north is the Tongtian Gate, the Gongchen Gate.

The two north gates are called Tongtian and Gongchen, which means to submit to the emperor and obey the emperor's decree from the north. The palace of the king of the south was in the southwest of the city.

Lu Qian and Wu Yi traveled for half a day, but they saw Fang City, party houses, temples, and official offices, densely covered in the four cities, and they couldn't see it for a while.