Chapter 296 Great Work, Monument of Nine Surnamed Uyghur Khans
After the Battle of Mobei Grassland, King Jianning established two institutions to deal with the grassland.
One is the Geluolu Affairs Department in Luntai County. The person in charge of this department is Cui Tao's mentor, Fang Guoshou, an expert on Sui and Tang history.
Another organization was established in the Baowen Mountain Capture Mansion in Guazhou, which is in charge of the Uighur Affairs Department of trade and diplomacy with the Uighurs. The person in charge of this organization is Shang Bo, the president of the Public Examination House.
The first task of the Uighur Affairs Department is to preside over mutual trade with the Uighurs.
After the predecessor Uighur Gel Khan passed away, the new Mou Yu Khan had a very deferential attitude towards Long You.
However, Shang Bo did not look down upon Mou Yu Khan because of his obedience. Instead, he considered him a powerful figure of his generation.
Even after his father died indirectly at the hands of Long You, Mou Yu Khan could still maintain policy goodwill towards the Tang Dynasty.
It is enough to show that this is a figure like King Gou Jian of Yue, but it is a pity that King Jianning is not King Fu Cha of Wu.
After signing a secret trade agreement with the Uighurs, Shangbo immediately began to penetrate into the grasslands and establish trading posts in key areas.
The Tang Dynasty was so concerned about establishing a trading post that Mou Yu Khan and the Uighur nobles did not expect.
Originally, they were trading with each other and needed to deliver goods to the border.
Now Datang merchants go directly to the grassland and station in the trading post. The nearby tribes only need to sell their goods to the trading post, but it is the Uighurs who are more convenient.
This is something that Mou Yu Khan cannot understand. Why did the Tang people go through such a thankless effort to establish a trading post?
According to the agreement between the Tang Dynasty and the Uighurs, the status of trading stations was equivalent to that of envoys of the Tang Dynasty, and each trading station was allowed to employ no more than a hundred armed personnel.
However, a mere hundred people could only protect the safety of the trading post. Mou Yu Khan readily agreed to Shang Bo's request.
Trading stations were built one after another, the largest of which was right next to the monument of the Nine-surnamed Uighur Khans, which was the first of the three Uighur steles.
Shang Bo now left the Baowen Mountain Capture Mansion to inspect the construction work of various trading stations. The first stop was the trading station with the Nine Surname Khan Monument.
Accompanying Shangbo was Zhang Leyan, the webmaster of the Khanbei Trading Station. He came out of the Khanbei Trading Station and made a special trip to greet Shangbo's team.
Shang Bo stood on the mound and looked at the forest of steles standing in front of him. He was amazed when he saw such a scene for the first time.
Zhang Leyan has been living in Khanbei Trading Post for some time. He followed Shang Bo on horseback and said:
"President of the Chamber of Commerce, there is the Forest of Uighur Steles in front of you. These stone monuments record the history and laws of the Uighurs. Look at the tallest stone monument in the center."
Shang Bo took off the telescope from his waist and saw that in the center of the forest of steles, there was a nearly four-meter-high stone monument standing out from the crowd.
"Is this the monument to the Nine Surnamed Uighur Khans?" Shang Bo had also heard of the name of this monument, but he didn't expect to see the complete monument in the game.
Zhang Leyan nodded and said: "Yes, the stele of the Nine Surnamed Uighur Khans is a stone stele engraved in three languages: Chinese, Li Te and Turkic. It tells the history of the founding of the Uighur country."
Then Zhang Leyan said with a smile: "I visited the Khan Monument and unlocked an achievement."
"Achievement?"
Zhang Leyan said: "The achievement of [discovering a masterpiece] and discovering this kind of literary work that is crucial in human history can unlock this achievement."
Shang Bo only knew the name of this stone monument.
Players who followed Shangbo also followed. Seeing that some players had turned on the game recording function, Zhang Leyan simply became a tour guide.
Zhang Leyan continued: "Uighur script had not been invented at this time, and the official Uighur script today is still Turkic script."
"This stele is of great significance. At the time when the stele was excavated, Li Tewen had become a dead language, that is, a language that no one could read or write. With this stone monument, many words and phrases in Li Tewen were unlocked.
, helped archaeologists interpret many Litwen texts."
"The Turkic language in the Tang Dynasty also changed greatly from that of later generations. By comparing the Chinese characters on the stone tablet, we can also get a glimpse of the transformation and spread of the Turkic language. The value of this stone tablet to linguistics is no less than the Rosetta Stone!"
A player in the Shangbo team said: "I know the Rosetta Stone! This is a stone tablet written in Egyptian hieroglyphic, secular and Greek scripts. It is also this stone tablet that has cracked the secret of Egyptian writing!"
Players started talking one after another: "Is this Rosetta Stone in Egypt?"
"When can we reach Egypt?"
"Fighted to the Nile! Got back by the Rosetta Stone!"
Shang Bo ignored the comments of his players and motioned to Zhang Leyan to continue.
Zhang Leyan nodded and said: "That's why some people call the Monument of the Nine Surnamed Uighur Khans the Rosetta Stone of China, but I don't think so."
Zhang Leyan said: "Although the Rosetta Stone is indeed older than the Nine Surnamed Uighur Khans Monument, the Nine Surnamed Uighur Khans Monument bears witness to the strong vitality of the Chinese language."
"Everyone can go and take a look at this stone stele. The Chinese characters used on this stone stele during the Tang Dynasty can be easily read by us who only need to know some classical Chinese a thousand years later."
"The Lit language on the stone tablet has long been lost, and the Turkic script has changed beyond recognition. Only the Chinese characters are forever engraved on this stone tablet, which can still tell the history of the stone tablet to us thousands of years later."
The players heard this with excitement. Although this stone tablet was not carved by the Tang Dynasty, it witnessed the prosperity of Chinese civilization!
Players have expressed their intention to visit the Forest of Steles in the "game".
Zhang Leyan appeased everyone and said: "The Forest of Steles is a holy place for the Uighurs. I will communicate with Ye Hu who guards here and try my best to take everyone to visit."
"I have already recorded a video on the Monument of the Nine Surnamed Uighur Khans. You can also go to my video account to watch it."
Zhang Leyan took the opportunity to promote his own self-media account, and then got to the point: "President of the Chamber of Commerce, the Khan Monument Trading Station has been completed, but there have been some trade frictions with the Uighurs recently. We are just waiting for the president to coordinate."
"Trade friction? Are the Uighurs making it difficult for you to do business?"
Zhang Leyan sighed and said: "Our business is still too good. Pugu Yehu, who is stationed at the Khan Monument, issued an order prohibiting ordinary herdsmen from doing business directly with our trading station. The transaction volume has dropped sharply recently."
Now Shang Bo immediately understood what was going on. Although Zhang Leyan was his subordinate, the head of the Khanbei Trading Station.
But he still has a businessman's mindset and is focused on doing business on the grassland.
It must be that they were selling Tang Dynasty products so much that they aroused the vigilance of that Pugu Yehu.
Shang Bo also sighed, there were still too few diplomatic talents among the players.
But this is normal. Ordinary people do business and it’s okay to buy low and sell high.
It is really difficult for them to understand geopolitics and learn the art of diplomatic balancing.
As the chief officer of the "Uighur Affairs Department", Shang Bo naturally had to take on this trouble. He nodded and said:
"Tomorrow I will bring my name card and our new specialties from Longyou to visit this Pugu Yehu. I will go and talk to this Yehu about free trade."
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