In fact, the Seljuks had already sent envoys and even brought Arabian horses to the Ming Dynasty.
The items such as Zhang velvet and glass mirrors brought back last time, as well as Chinese poems translated into Persian, really made the Seljuk Sultan extremely happy.
He wants more!
By the way, the Seljuk Sultan, who fought wars every year, was actually an old literary youth who loved literature.
Worried that the Arabian horses would die on the way, the Seljuk envoys chose to proceed overland, and this was the classic route through the Dawan Basin.
As soon as they arrived in Samarkand, the Seljuq envoy received news: the Eastern Kara Khanate was destroyed by the Yelu Dashi.
Moreover, Yelu Dashi also set a rule that envoys or caravans from any country in the west can only go to the Dawan Basin for trade at most, and are not allowed to continue eastward across Congling!
Yelu Dashi wanted to occupy the Silk Road and be alone, and cut off the exchanges between the Ming Dynasty and the Central Asian countries...
This spring, the envoy returned to the Seljuk capital.
The Sultan was furious!
But Gejinin (the Ghaznavid dynasty) was disobedient again. Sultan Seljuk planned to deal with that side first, and could not spare the time to teach Yelu Dashi a lesson.
Although Gejining had already declined at this time, its land area was still relatively large, covering most of Afghanistan and northern Pakistan.
Sanjar, the Seljuk Sultan, has never lost a single game and has achieved great fame.
But somehow, we win every year and still fight every year.
The vassal kingdoms that had been conquered were disobedient again within a few years. Even if they married off their daughters or nieces to become queens, those vassal monarchs would still make trouble.
Sometimes, they simply support their nephews or nephews to serve as monarchs or governors of vassal countries.
But nephews and nephews want to be independent once they grow up.
Can't you be more stable?
Sudan's heart was very tired.
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Khorasan.
Seljuk Sultan Sanjar gathered an army of 100,000 and marched southeast.
A team of light cavalry rushed back to report that Sultan Aladdin of the Gur Dynasty had occupied the city and blocked Gekinin's offensive. However, the capital Turquoise Mountain City was surrounded by Gekinin's army and asked Sanjar to speed up.
March to the rescue.
The only territory left of the Gur Dynasty was the northwestern part of Afghanistan.
These are all Seljuk vassals. If one vassal country wants to annex another, how can the suzerain state sit idly by and ignore it?
Sanjar was ordering the ministries to speed up when another messenger came from the north.
The messenger knelt in front of Sanjar: "Your Majesty the Sultan, the Eastern monarch who annexed the Eastern Kara Khanate, called himself Ju'er Khan in Balashagun. He also sent a partial army to force the Geluolu tribe to surrender!"
Sanjar asked the scholars accompanying the army: "What does Juer Khan mean?"
This Turkic scholar actually didn't know, so he made it up casually: "The great Sultan, Juer Khan is the Khan of Ten Thousand Khans."
In fact, Juer Khan is just an ordinary Khan, and can also be translated as Chuluo Khan.
But after Yelu Dashi, Juer Khan did have the meaning of "Khan of Ten Thousand Khans", and it has been used by some Mongolian Khans ever since.
This Khan position became noble because of the Yelv Stone.
Just like Li Shimin's Tian Khan, who was called "Tenggri Khan" in the grassland, he couldn't be more ordinary. After Li Shimin, he also became noble.
Sanjar sneered: "He is the Great Khan among the Great Khans, but I am the Sultan among the Sultans. After punishing Ge Jining, I will definitely conquer this Juer Khan!"
King Ajisi of Khwarezm Shah said: "Your Majesty, if the Geluolu tribe is conquered by Juer Khan, his territory will be bordering on me. Next time I follow your majesty on an expedition, I may not be able to send out more troops."
The Tsar here has a different origin than the Tsar in Russia.
Shah is the title of the ancient Persian emperor, which means the king of kings. Now it has evolved into the governor of a province, or the king of a vassal country.
Alauddin Ajisi was the king of Khwarezm, and his country already bordered Xiliao.
At the same time, Ajisi was also Sanjar's most favored general, and was inevitably recruited to accompany him in every campaign.
"You don't have to be afraid of that Ju'er Khan," Sanjar said to Ajisi. "If he leads troops to attack Khwarezm, I will recruit an army of 300,000 to rescue him."
Ajisi flattered him: "With your Majesty's help, Khwarezm will never be afraid of Ju'er Khan."
"Let's go." Sanjar smiled.
Ajisi quickly followed on horseback and composed a four-line poem in Persian, praising Sanjar's illustrious martial arts.
As soon as the poem was recited, Sanjar burst into laughter.
Ajisi also laughed, but what he was thinking about was sending a messenger to contact Yelv Dashi after returning to Khwarezm.
Ajisi is a Central Asian hero. He can be summed up in eight words: he is capable of bending and stretching, but does not talk about martial ethics!
Historically, he first secretly colluded with Xiliao and raised troops to betray Seljuk. Then he confronted Xiliao and was beaten into submission. At the same time, he invaded Seljuk territory. After Seljuk came back, he surrendered to Seljuk and
Xiliao was left aside...
After repeated betrayals and surrenders, Yelu Dashi was finally killed, Sanjar was turned into a puppet sultan, and then he annexed Xiliao and Seljuk territories.
He also invited countless prestigious scholars and religious leaders with valuable gifts to invite the escaped son of Zhedi Khan to return to the country and succeed him. As soon as the exiled prince returned to the country, he immediately imprisoned and killed him without any credibility at all.
The scholar-leader he spoke to was confused.
This troublemaker from Khwarezm was the key figure in Yelu Dashi's defeat of the Seljuqs.
…
Ming Dynasty is selecting officials for the envoy and will set off when the winter wind arrives.
Not only did he have to visit Seljuk, but he also had to get in touch with the countries along the way, which could be regarded as exploring the way for the Ming Dynasty to sail around the world in the future.
Gifts (goods) are still being selected and Enke will be held soon.
The civil servants of the Jin Dynasty who surrendered last year either moved with their families or stayed to help organize households and people. In the process, eight of them were killed by the censor of the Supervisory Office. They were all accused of corruption and perversion of the law, embezzling land, and hiding the population!
The rest were all frightened and came to take the Enke exam with trepidation this year.
"The Eastern Capital in the Tang Dynasty and the Western Capital in the Song Dynasty are indeed well-deserved!" Zhang Hao sighed while standing in the city.
He was standing in the southeastern city area, which was the most prosperous commercial area in Luoyang.
Moreover, all illegal buildings have been demolished, and the market appears to be in good order.
They had already stayed at the inn, and Liu Xie (Liu E's brother) suggested: "Let's go and find out where the best restaurant in Luoyang is."
"Yes, yes, yes, let's drink Luoyang's good wine first and slowly appreciate the splendor of Luoyang." Everyone praised.
This time Enke was specially designed for the civil servants of the Jin Dynasty. There were only twenty Jinshi places, but more than three hundred people signed up to participate. In order to meet the registration qualifications, they even changed their age.
Everyone wandered around and inquired about the restaurant.
But I saw someone staggering towards me. As I got closer, I realized that they looked very familiar.
"Your Majesty... Wu Qimai?" Zhang Hao blurted out, quickly changing his title midway.
Wu Qimai had his head lowered, but when he heard the words, he suddenly raised his head. When he saw these old ministers of the Jin Kingdom, his brain was filled with blood and his face turned red.
Immediately, both parties turned away, as if they didn't know each other.
Zhang Hao waved to his servants and whispered.
The servant followed Wu Qimai quietly. After about half an hour, he ran back and told the situation: "Ms. Sir, Wu Qimai went to the pawn shop today and pawned the robe given by the Ming Emperor to buy wine."
"You need to pawn the wine to buy wine?" Zhang Hao asked in surprise.
The servant explained: "I asked. The Emperor of Ming Dynasty treated Wu Qiu very well and paid out his salary on time every month. But he couldn't bear the squandering, so he drank good wine every day. Now that he has no money, he can only pawn his clothes and drink bad wine.
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Zhang Hao asked: "Aren't you under house arrest?"
"Last year there were soldiers guarding him, but this year he is free to take to the streets," the servant said.
After hearing this, these old officials of the Jin Kingdom praised him one after another: "His Majesty the Ming Emperor is so merciful that he allowed the king of the subjugated country to move around as he pleased."
"More than that. I heard that the former emperor of the Song Dynasty is now an official in the Ming Dynasty."
"The two kings who have subjugated their country have treated us so favorably, so we civil servants will have a way out."
"That's right, those who have made meritorious service by assisting in establishing households and bringing together the people will be awarded official posts without having to participate in the Encore."
"Long live His Majesty the Ming Emperor!"
"..."
These guys were shouting in the street, but they actually wanted to make their stance clear and separate themselves from the Wu Qimai they just met.
Wu Qimai came home with a jar of wine, and his wife Tang Kuo was weaving.
The servants of Anle Palace were initially paid by the court, but gradually they had to pay their own wages.
In order to save money to buy wine, Wu Qimai dismissed all the servants.
Due to a stroke, Wu Qimai's left leg and arm were weak and he walked like a lame.
"My husband, please drink less," Tang Kuo advised.
"It's better to be drunk."
Wu Qimai had no expression on his face, patted the seal of the wine jar, filled a large bowl, and drank without any food or drinks.
While I was drinking, I suddenly felt severe pain all over my body.
Not only did he have a stroke, he also suffered from severe gout.
The more painful it is, the more I need to drink.
It’s easier to sleep when you’re drunk, or you can say you’re drunk to death.
Today, Wu Qimai was in a bad mood. He encountered those rebellious people on the way.
After drinking three bowls in a row, Wu Qimai started to tremble suddenly. He grabbed the edge of the table with one hand to endure the severe pain, and raised the wine bowl to his mouth with difficulty with the other hand.
"Snapped!"
The wine bowl fell to the ground and broke.
Wu Qimai was in so much pain that he couldn't sit still and gradually curled up on the ground.
Tang Kuo wanted to help him to bed, but Wu Qimai pushed his wife away and shouted angrily: "Traitors, they are all traitors!"
After shouting for a while, he begged again: "Wine... give me wine... let me get drunk..."
Tang Kuo hesitated for a moment, but finally couldn't bear to beg, so he poured a bowl of wine and sent it over.
It was inconvenient to drink while lying on one's side, so Wu Qimai struggled to grab the wine bowl. He put the wine bowl on the ground, curled up on the ground, and drank with his butt raised like a wild dog eating.
The more I drink, the more painful it becomes, and the more painful it becomes, the more I drink.
I was sweating profusely from the pain, and finally finished the bowl of wine: "Pour more, pour again!"
Tang Kuo wiped away his tears, picked up the wine jar, and poured him another bowl.
Wu Qimai immediately pounced on him.
With such a ghostly appearance, why would Ju Ming kill him?
Not only were they too lazy to take action, they even withdrew the guards.
Ju Ming really wanted to see how long Wu Qimai could live in this state.