"What? The Uyghur envoy asking for a bride is related to Prince Jianning?"
After hearing the report from the minister of Honglu Temple, the emperor stood up immediately.
The minister of Honglu Temple lowered his head. The court in front of him had just agreed to marry the princess, but he didn't expect that the Uighur beggar would make another mistake.
Li Heng sat on the throne and said: "King Jianning has the title of prince, but the emperor has a true lineage. If King Jianning adopts a daughter, wouldn't it be the same as marrying a princess?"
Li Heng was a little angry, obviously dissatisfied with the Uighur envoy's tricks.
The minister of Honglu Temple lowered his head and said: "Sage, this Anda's envoy said that he only wants to marry the daughter of the princess, and he just hopes that the princess can become brother and sister with King Jianning."
"What does it mean?"
Li Heng was a little confused. What kind of tricks did the Falcon do this time?
The Minister of Honglu Temple said: "Sage, please ask a royal family member to adopt an adopted daughter and give her the title of princess. Then ask the princess to go to Longyou, become sworn brother and sister with King Jianning, and then send her to the Uighurs for marriage.
Already."
"What's the point?"
Li Heng's mind was a little confused. The royal princess was originally his son's cousin, so why did she have to sworn sworn sworn relationship with King Jianning?
The Minister of Honglu Temple said: "The Uyghurs are determined to seek marriage, and they still ask the saints to judge!"
Li Heng thought about it and realized that the marriage deal didn't seem like a loss.
Originally, King Guangping and the Uighur prince Yehu were sworn sworn brothers. In the future, prince Yehu would become the Uighur Khan, which would ensure the good relationship between the Tang Dynasty and the Uighurs.
Unexpectedly, something happened within the Uighurs, and Prince Yehu's younger brother Yidijian succeeded him as Khan.
If you can marry a princess, you can establish an in-law relationship with the Uighurs, which will also be beneficial to the Northern Defense of the Tang Dynasty.
However, he asked the betrothed princess to take a detour to Longyou. Li Heng finally nodded and agreed to An Da's request for a haircut.
Which clan's daughter will get married?
Because the rebellious gene of the Li Tang royal family was so strong, almost all the clan members lived in the ten kings' houses.
When the two capitals fell, most of the clan members in the ten kings' houses were captured by the puppet Yan.
Some of them followed the emperor to Shu, and there was no princess around Li Heng to marry.
However, the court will never lack ministers to help the emperor relieve his worries.
After the news of the Tang Dynasty's decision to marry off the princess to the Uighurs for marriage spread throughout the court and the public, the Shuofang Army's Wufeng envoy Pugu Huai'en, who was arranging his troops in the capital and preparing for combat martial arts, wrote to the court.
"I have a daughter who marries a foreigner far away to bring peace to the country and defeat the enemy."
Pugu Huai'en, who petitioned for marriage, was naturally praised by the emperor. Next, Empress Zhang met Pugu Huai'en's daughter and reported to the emperor that she was "beautiful and can be of royal lineage."
For this result, Ida Xiefa also agrees with it.
The Pugu clan was originally one of the nine Uighur surnames.
Pugu Huai'en was a military general under Shuofang Jiedushi, and the head of the Pugu clan in the Tang Dynasty.
The marriage of Pugu Huaien's daughter not only strengthened the relationship with the Tang Dynasty in terms of patriarchal clan.
It can also help Mou Yu Khan win over the Pugu clan on the grassland.
It can be said to be a good thing that kills two birds with one stone.
This time the Tang Dynasty court acted very quickly. The emperor issued an order to make his servant Gu Huai'en the Duke of Fengguo, and promoted him to be the minister of the Ministry of War and the attack envoy of Shuofang Army.
Then the emperor adopted Pugu Guangqin as his daughter in the name of the dead King Yong. After that, Pugu Guangqin changed his name to Li Guangqin and became the princess of the Yongwang lineage.
The emperor designated Li Guangqin as the princess of Ningguo, inheriting the incense of King Yong's lineage.
After the rebellion of King Yong was put down, although the emperor executed King Yong, he still retained the title of King Yong.
After all, King Yong was raised by Li Heng himself. If King Yong is buried with royal etiquette, it will be regarded as the last bit of family affection of the royal family.
Since the Yongwang lineage has not been abolished, it is only a matter of words from the emperor for Puguguang to adopt the Yongwang lineage personally.
A series of rituals could be said to be completed in one go. Less than seven days later, Li Heng issued the edict.
Li Guangqin, the princess of Ningguo, was ordered to marry the Uighurs.
The emperor selected 1,000 miscellaneous animals from the 10,000 miscellaneous animals paid tribute by King Jianning as the princess's dowry.
He also sent twenty medical officers and forty craftsmen to the Uighurs as dowries.
Pugu Huai'en's son Pugu Jian joined the guerrilla general Zuo Xiaowei to escort Li Guangqin, the princess of Ningguo, and marry the Uighurs.
The marriage envoy set off in a grand manner, but the eunuch who saw him off read another order to Pugujuan.
"What? Let's take a detour to Longyou first, let the princess and Prince Jianning sworn sworn sworn relatives, and then go and get married?"
Upon hearing this strange order, Pu Gujian looked at the eunuch who delivered the order in confusion.
Originally, by going north along Fengxiang Mansion, passing Lingwu and then heading north to Yinshan Mountain, we could reach the Uighur Tooth Tent City.
Now we have to take a detour to Longyou. Aren't we walking a lot of distance in vain?
Besides, Li Guangqin is now the daughter of King Yong, who is the younger brother of the emperor.
Li Guangqin was originally the cousin of King Jianning, so why did he still become sworn brother and sister?
Isn't this a brain problem?
Pu Gujun was about to ask again, but he heard Li Guangqin in the carriage say:
"Brother.
General Pugu, since the saint has an edict, let’s take a detour to Longyou. I also want to see this brother Jianning."
Only then did Pu Gujue remember his father's teachings, and accepted the imperial edict to escort the bride's convoy and set off.
An Daxie had a haircut and was about to return to the Uighurs with the wedding procession. Li Daoyuan and he got to know each other and came to see him off outside the city gate.
After sending the old man away, Zhou Shi couldn't help but said:
"Happiness and marriage, I didn't expect that the Tang Dynasty would also engage in the practice of marriage!"
Zhang Duanyang said: "The matter of marriage is indispensable at all times and in all countries."
Yu Xiaoxiao sighed and said: "The poor girl is marrying a Uyghur. I'm afraid she won't be able to return to the Central Plains in her life."
Everyone nodded. None of the princesses married by the Tang Dynasty were able to return to the Central Plains.
Everyone in the court seemed to be very satisfied with the result of this marriage.
The imperial court was finally free to get down to business.
Guo Ziyi's troops stationed in Wugong City, after working hard for a while, began to launch a tentative attack on Xijing again.
This time, the Tang Dynasty once again assembled the defeated Shuofang army in Wugong, the troops of King Qin from various places, and the troops raised in Guanzhong, a total of 100,000 people, known as the 200,000 army, and prepared to attack Xijing.
On the Puppet Yan side, since the last victory in the Battle of Qingqu, the Puppet Yan General An Shouzhong, who was responsible for the Qingqu Battle, was greatly rewarded by the Puppet Yan Emperor An Qingxu.
Now An Shouzhong is the general of the puppet Yan, Sikong, and Zhongshu's family is in peace.
An Qingxu also had great trust in this veteran general, and handed over the civilians plundered from the two capitals and the reinforcements recruited from the rear, a total of 60,000 people, to An Shouzhong's command.
They guarded the Xiangji Temple in Zhongtun and still adopted the strategy of defeating the Tang army last time. They occupied the key roads and waited for the Tang army to attack.
Guo Ziyi originally wrote to the court to wait until the weather cooled down in late September or early October before marching.
But Zhang Xun of Suiyang was about to be unable to hold on any longer. If the water transportation of the Weishui River was cut off, the supplies from the Jianghuai River would no longer be delivered to Guanzhong.
The emperor and the Zhengshitang ordered several times to inquire about the status of martial arts preparations, so Guo Ziyi had no choice but to send troops to prepare to regain Chang'an.
This time, in addition to the 100,000 troops of the Tang Dynasty, there were also 4,000 elite Uighur cavalry who assisted in the battle.
The Tang Dynasty used all its trump cards. This time the emperor did not appoint eunuchs to serve as supervisors of the army, and gave all the command to Guo Ziyi.
After King Guangping arrived at Wugong with Prince Yehu of the Uighurs, he also said that he would not interfere with Guo Ziyi's decision-making since he was in charge of Wugong.
It seems that this time the emperor learned the lesson from the Battle of Qingqu and handed over the entire army to Guo Ziyi.
This was true for the Tang Dynasty, and it was also true for the Pseudo-Yan Dynasty.
An Qingxu also plundered all the troops in the capital, and all the men near the two capitals were dispatched to the battlefield.
This battle can be said to be the battle that decided the fate of Datang and Puppet Yan.
People in later generations who know the historical process will feel that the outcome of this battle is destined.
The Tang Dynasty defeated the puppet Yan and finally put down the Anshi Rebellion.
Under the afterglow of the setting sun, the Tang Dynasty still managed to survive for more than a hundred years.
But this is a conclusion drawn after knowing the historical process. For today's Tang Dynasty, this war is also an unprecedentedly tense one.
What Guo Ziyi has in his hands are all the elites of the Tang Dynasty.
If this battle is lost, the Fengxiang Mansion's court will flee back to Lingwu again.
But now that Lingwu's military strength has been exhausted, it will be difficult for them to make a comeback if they escape back to Lingwu.
If this battle is defeated, then the last vestige of authority of the Tang Dynasty will be gone.
So whether it is the Tang Dynasty or the Puppet Yan, this is a fate-deciding battle.
Moreover, both sides were evenly divided 50-50 in terms of strength and record.
Fengxiang Mansion also fell into turmoil, and many ministers asked Jiajuan to pack their luggage. If the attack on Chang'an failed again this time, they would really have to escape for their lives.
In such a tense atmosphere, Shang Bo and his entourage finally arrived at Fengxiang Mansion.
"I've been waiting for you! We've been idle in Fengxiang Mansion for more than half a month!" After meeting Shang Bo, Li Daoyuan seemed to have met his long-lost relatives. During this period, the eastbound group was suffocated.
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Shang Bo also had a long journey and traveled day and night before arriving at Fengxiang Mansion.
Li Daoyuan started asking about the location of Shangbo every day a few days ago.
He had already packed the things left in the backyard and was waiting for Shang Bo to come and receive them.
"I have already packed my things, and there is nothing left in the backyard. In addition to the title deed of this house, there is also the money rewarded by the emperor, and the ledgers are all here."
Li Daoyuan said with relief: "I really can't do this job. Professional things should be done professionally!"
Shang Bo accepted what Li Daoyuan handed over and then said:
"Captain Li, will you continue to update "Journey to the East"? I am your fan!"
"Eastward Journey" is a series of programs uploaded by Li Daoyuan in the real world. It records the scenery along the eastbound tour group. It has been stopped since entering Fengxiang Mansion.
When "Eastward Journey" was mentioned, Li Daoyuan became interested, but he quickly said: "I'm afraid we will have to stop updating for a while. King Jianning has given us a new task. The donkeys of this production team are not like this."