Yunlu was a little surprised, obviously thinking that with Qin Xiao's status, how could he not know the origin of Tantai Xuanye.
Tantai Xuanye has a very close relationship with General Heiyu. As a night crow under General Heiyu, Qin Xiao should know Tantai Xuanye very well.
He was confused, but since Qin Xiao asked, he did not dare not to answer. After thinking about it for a while, he said: "Lord Qin naturally knows that Tantai Xuanye once guarded the border in the north, and his father Tantai Poqian was once a guard in Wuchuan.
General, who has been stationed in Wuchuan for more than ten years, he is also a brave general under the command of the old general Taishi."
Qin Xiao naturally knew that the old general Taishi was Taishi Hong, the father of Taishi Cunxu.
Taishi Hong was not a descendant of the sixteen great generals who founded the country. The Taishi family began to emerge temporarily from the Wuzong Dynasty of the Tang Dynasty and made great contributions to the empire. By the time of Taishi Hong, he had become an indispensable border general in the north, and even gained the support of the late emperor.
Dezong's respect.
Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the northern Tusun people have been a threat to the northern border of the empire.
Although the Tusun tribes conquered each other and did not form a strong cohesion, they were far from able to compete with the Tang Dynasty in terms of strength. Even the khans of many tribes continued to submit to the Tang Dynasty, but the Tusun tribes never stopped harassing the northern border of the Tang Dynasty.
However, they often robbed property and plundered people at the border. Moreover, the Tusun cavalry was extremely fast. Every time they attacked, they came out of the blue. After the robbery, they quickly evacuated. It could be said that they came and went like the wind.
The northern defense line is too long. Even if a hundred thousand troops build the defense line, the Tusun people can still find opportunities on the northern defense line.
At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the empire was strong and the army was impressive, but the Tusun people were still wary and fled in panic when they saw the flag of the Tang Dynasty.
However, after the empire reached its peak after Emperor Wuzong, the military strategy began to change from active attack to defense. The Tusun people's harassment at the border became even worse. The empire once spent a lot of manpower and material resources, but the invasion of the Tusun people still disturbed the peace at the border.
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After Taishi Hong took control of the northern border, he gathered his strength and suddenly organized a large army to divide into three groups and march into the Monan Grassland. Although two of the groups returned without success, the Huaishuo Army under Taishi Hong's command achieved fruitful results.
He killed thousands of Tusun cavalry and captured a large number of cattle, horses and livestock, as well as Tusun tribesmen, which shocked the desert.
After that, Tai Shihong launched several raids on the grassland, each time achieving fruitful results. For a time, the Tusun people were frightened when they saw the banner of the Tang Dynasty, and Tai Shihong became a pillar of the northern empire.
The reputation of the old general Taishi is well known all over the world, but Qin Xiao has never heard of Tantai Poqian's name.
"In the year when the saint ascended the throne, Tusun's various tribes gathered a hundred thousand troops and took advantage of the opportunity to move south." Yunlu was very clear about what happened at that time: "Tusun's main force attacked Wuchuan Town and wanted to tear open the town, and Wuchuan's 20,000 soldiers fought to the death
To resist, he was outnumbered, but the old general Taishi did not mobilize troops to reinforce Wuchuan. Instead, he used the time bought by the Wuchuan army to gather other troops to retreat to Yanmen to build a defense line and block the road for Tusun's cavalry to attack Kyoto.
As a result, the Wuchuan army suffered heavy losses, and thousands of Tantai troops died on the battlefield."
Qin Xiao knew that in the year when the saint ascended the throne, the world was in turmoil, with internal and external troubles, Tusun's cavalry took advantage of the situation and went south, but was eventually repulsed, but the process was not clear.
"The Tusun people were later repelled, but the Wuchuan Zhenjun also hated the Taishi family." Yunlu sighed: "Between them
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In his heart, the old general Taishi refused to save them, and abandoned them to the Tusun people. To this day, Wuchuan Zhenjun is still brooding about this past event. After Tantai Poqian died in battle, Tantai
Xuan Ye is still guarding the border for the country in Wuchuan Town. His father was killed by the Tusun people, so Tantai Xuanye hates the Tusun people deeply. This man is brave and good at fighting, and his martial arts skills are rare. He often leads small groups of cavalry.
Deep into the grassland, when he was twenty-six years old, he led only 300 cavalrymen and traveled thousands of miles in the grassland. When they returned to Wuchuan Town, they brought back thousands of Tusun heads and killed three
The head of the tribal chief and the three hundred light cavalry only lost less than twenty people, and his reputation became famous for a while."
Qin Xiao felt a shiver in his heart. Yun Lu only spoke a few words, but he led three hundred Qingqi on a roundabout tour of the prairie. The hardships were unimaginable. If he were not careful, the three hundred Qingqi would be like the lambs he sent into his household registration.
The Tusun people were killed until no one was left.
However, Tantai Xuanye was not only able to kill the Tusun people who were several times his own, he was even able to retreat with his Qingqi, which can almost be called a miracle.
"That happened nine years ago." Yun Lu thought for a while before continuing: "He made such military exploits that the saint summoned him to the capital for an audience. After the interview, he stayed in the capital and was incorporated into the Dragon Scales.
The imperial guard camp was named Longlin Lieutenant. The house your Excellency is currently in is the residence given by the saint when Tantai Xuanye was serving as Longlin Lieutenant. He has lived here for four years and stayed in the Longlin Imperial Guard Camp.
Four years later, the saint promoted him to be the commander-in-chief of Longling Imperial Guard, and the garrison of the imperial city was handed over to him. This is truly a great favor from the emperor."
Qin Xiao thought that Tantai Xuanye's Qingqiu detoured through the prairie. This single battle was enough to establish a great military power in the army. The saint thought highly of him, so it was not surprising that he was given the responsibility of guarding the imperial city in his hands.
"At that time, Grand Commander Tantai was summoned by the saint, and he began to rise to prominence. Now he has become the most trusted general of the saint." Yun Lu smiled sweetly: "Master Qin is now following the same path as Grand Commander Tantai, and he also gained the title after being summoned.
Appreciation has also been given to this house, and he will definitely be promoted and reused by saints in the future. I am here to congratulate Mr. Qin."
Qin Xiao smiled lightly and said, "Master Yun came here today. Is that what you want to tell me?"
"This...!" Yun Lu's face became embarrassed. He hesitated and then said: "Master Qin, your house needs manpower to clean the courtyard and take care of the horses. I just bought a few girls over there. If you don't
If you find it disgusting, I will send them over to serve you when I get back."
Qin Xiao knew that high-ranking officials and nobles would buy slaves in their homes. However, any slave who had a contract of sale became private property and could be given away to each other just like items.
He came from a lower class background and knew that no one would sell their children or women into slavery unless they had no choice but to do so, and he was very disgusted by this.
Qin Xiao had a calm expression on his face, shook his head and said with a smile: "Master Yun, you're welcome, I'll see if I need to hire help in the house. I'm not in a hurry." He stood up and said, "Master Yun, I haven't moved here yet.
We can't serve tea here, and we can't let you have dinner. After the renovation of Dali Temple is over, and everything settles down, if there is a chance, I can invite Mr. Yun over for a drink."
"Master Qin, actually... I came here today to talk to you about the purge of Dali Temple." Yun Lu saw that Qin Xiao seemed to be intending to issue an order to expel guests, so he stood up hurriedly and said, "I take the liberty to ask you for advice, this time
I don’t know… I don’t know how many officials will be dismissed?”
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"I am not the one who has the final say." Qin Xiao said with a smile: "I have been reviewing the files of officials in the yamen these two days, and I will discuss it with Mr. Su later." Looking at Yun Lu, he asked: "Mr. Yun
Any ideas?"
Yun Lu hesitated for a moment, and finally said with a wry smile: "Master Qin, that day...I was anxious that day, and if there was any offense, please don't take it to heart."
"Offended?" Qin Xiao asked in surprise: "When did Mr. Yun offend me?"
Seeing Qin Xiao's appearance, Yun Lu became even more panicked and said hurriedly: "Master Qin, I have been in Dali Temple for many years, and it is inevitable that I will be careless in some places. You... you are so noble and give me a chance."
, Never... never drive me out of Dali Temple."
"Master Yun is worried that I will remove you from your official position?" Qin Xiao sighed: "To be honest, since the saint has decreed to rectify Dali Temple, apart from me and Su Tangguan, I really can't guarantee that anyone can stay.
Mr. Yun, you don’t have to think too much. Whether you want to go or stay, we will be able to decide in a few days.”
Qin Xiaoyue said this, Yunlu felt more and more unlucky, and almost cried: "Master Qin, please show me your noble hand, I...!" He came closer, looked around, and made sure there was no one behind him.
Suddenly he took out a few banknotes from his sleeves and stuffed them into Qin Xiao's hand: "This is my little thought. If...if I can stay in Dali Temple, I will definitely be of the same mind and heart with Mr. Qin in the future.
Whenever your Excellency has any orders, Yun will go up to the mountain of swords and go down to the sea of fire without hesitation."
Qin Xiao only felt that these words were extremely familiar. Feixin, the leader of Dali Temple, seemed to have said the same words before, but he calmly pushed the banknote back and sighed: "Master Yun, if you want to do this, if others find out, not only will you not be able to
If I stay in Dali Temple, I won't be able to eat anything good."
“Yun is confused.” Yun Lu sweated on his forehead.
Qin Xiao thought for a while and then said: "Master Yun, if you want to stay in Dali Temple, you must be capable. I really have one thing that I want to trouble Master Yun to do. If Master Yun can handle it well, I can guarantee that Master Yun will stay in Dali."
The position of the temple is as solid as a rock, and no one can move it."
Yun Lu said hurriedly: "If Master Qin has any instructions, please tell me. Yun will go up to the mountain of swords and go down to the sea of fire, and he will do his best to carry it out."
"There is no need to go up mountains of swords and seas of fire." Qin Xiao said with a smile: "Sit down and talk first." After sitting down, he said: "Master Yun, have you ever heard of the name Yuwen Huaiqian?"
Yunlu thought for a moment and said hurriedly: "I know, he is a member of the civil service, a foreigner, and a hostage sent to Kyoto by the Yuwen family in Xiling. I have met him twice, but we have never spoken, let alone have any friendship." What came to mind?
, immediately said: "By the way, I heard that the hostages sent to Kyoto from Xiling were all imprisoned in the prison of Kyoto Prefecture, and I have never heard of being interrogated. I wonder if they are still in the prison of Kyoto Prefecture now.
Not sure. Mr. Qin, why would you mention this person?"
"Yu Wen Huaiqian is still in jail in Kyoto." Qin Xiao said sternly: "The Xiling rebellion was a chaotic situation. In order to prevent these hostages from escaping, the court put them in prison. It was indeed right. But now the matter has become clear. Xiling
The three surnames, the Zhen family and the Fan family, do have rebellious intentions. The court decides whether the hostages of these two families will be imprisoned or killed. However, the Yuwen family is loyal to the emperor and serves the country, and has no rebellious intentions. Yuwen Huaiqian is a member of the Yuwen family.