Taiyuan, the Sui Dynasty also welcomed another envoy from the Turks. The envoy was the Turkish prime minister Moyan Hedagan, the first powerful minister under Jie Li Khan. The second prime minister who went to Chang'an was the Turks, and the corresponding status was relatively low.
It also reflects the different importance the Turks attached to the Sui and Tang dynasties, and the Sui dynasty was more related to the interests of the Turks.**
In the semicircular hall of Ziwei Pavilion, Yang Yuanqing met the envoy who represented Khan to strengthen the close contact between Sui and Turkish countries. Moyan Hedagan was about fifty years old, with a medium figure, extremely wide shoulders and a wide face.
He has a thick beard.
"Dear Your Highness, King of Chu, we have indeed seen it. At the shore of Harry Lake, I still had the courage to fly down the grassland. I wanted to compete with Your Highness for archery, but now I am old, I can only
Sitting on the sheepskin blanket and drinking a bowl of fragrant hot nai tea.”
Moyan He Dagan spoke softly, very kind, but there was always a hint of elusive coldness hidden in his kind smile, just like a small spike hidden under a beautiful flower.
The other party spoke Turkic, but Yang Yuanqing smiled in Chinese: "The prime minister still has courage, but your courage is not on the battlefield, but at the negotiating table, your words can reach a hundred thousand troops."
"Your Highness is so proud of me." Moyan Hedagan still spoke in Turkic language.
"Haha! Where did I praise the prime minister? That's the truth!" Yang Yuanqing smiled in Chinese.
This is a silent struggle. Moyan Hedagan is proficient in Chinese, but he uses Turkic language and Yang Yuanqing is proficient in Turkic language, but he uses Chinese. The choice of a language is the struggle for initiative.
Next, both sides were silent. Yang Yuanqing drank tea with a smile, and Moyan He Dagan also picked up the tea cup. There was no fragrant hot nai tea here, only freshly fried green tea, which was light and long and not as thick as grassland tea.
After a long silence, Moyan Hedagan finally chose Chinese. He bowed slightly and said, "This time I came on behalf of the Khan. First, I would like to express the respect of the Turks to the Great Sui Dynasty, and second, I would like to inform the Great Sui Dynasty, Jie Like.
Khan has ascended the throne and is looking forward to the Sui envoy going to congratulate him in order to maintain the long-lasting friendship between our two countries."
Yang Yuanqing said lightly: "The Khan of Qimin ascended the throne, and he personally came to the Great Sui Dynasty to accept the title of His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Sui Dynasty. Shibi Khan ascended the throne. He also came to the Great Sui Dynasty to accept the title of Emperor of the Great Sui Dynasty. Because of the two
The country was fighting, but last year the two countries had reconciled. The Turks admitted that we were the inheritor of the former Sui Dynasty. So why didn’t Jie Li Khan want to be like the former Sui Dynasty? Come to the Great Sui Dynasty to accept the enthronement?"
Although Yang Yuanqing's tone was plain, his words were very sharp, and he hit the essence with one sentence. Why did Jie Li Khan not accept the title of the Sui Dynasty?
This question was very sharp, which made Moyan He Dagan look a little embarrassed. After a while, he laughed dryly and said, "There is a proverb from us Turks that one day slaves will kill the master, and only brothers can have eternal friendship. We are willing to be with the Sui Dynasty.
Become brothers and never violate them.”
Yang Yuanqing laughed. "The brothers on the grassland may not be reliable either! When Chuluo Khan killed Shibi Khan, and Emuzha poisoned Wutu, I didn't understand where the friendship between the brothers on the grassland was?"
After saying that, Yang Yuanqing laughed, stood up and walked out of the lobby. He just came to greet him. Cui Junsu was responsible for the specific negotiations. Moyan He Dagan's face turned red and white, and she sat in her seat like a stone sculpture...
Yang Yuanqing returned to his official room. He was not rude, but he used his warning to the Turkic envoys. On his desk was an emergency intelligence sent just from Chang'an. The intelligence said that the Turkic envoys and Tang Ting had conducted a deal.
talks.
Although I don’t know what the content of the talks was, the result was that the Tang Dynasty sent the Turkic envoys to leave Chang'an with grand etiquette, which shows that the talks between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks were successful, and it is very likely that the Tang Dynasty agreed to the Turkic conditions.
From this we can see that the two ends of the Turks were, on the one hand, with the Tang Dynasty, and on the other hand, they negotiated with the Sui Dynasty to make the greatest profit by using the Sui and Tang Dynasty disputes. Perhaps what agreement can it reach with the Tang Dynasty? After all, the Tang Dynasty and the Turkish
There is no hatred, no territorial neighbor, and no conflict of interests.
But is the Sui Dynasty OK? Even if the Sui Dynasty promised all the conditions of the Turks, would the Turks not invade the Sui Dynasty? The answer is obviously no.
Yang Yuanqing had been dating with the Turks for many years and had a thorough understanding of the Turks. This is a very pragmatic nation. He only recognized interests and held great revenge. The Turks would never forget the hundreds of thousands of unjust souls in the Battle of Fengzhou.
The flock of sheep and wolves negotiated. No matter how many lambs were given to the wolf, the flock could not escape the fate of being hunted by wolves. No matter how much benefits the Sui Dynasty gave to the Turks, it could not stop the fact that the Turks went south to plunder. There was only one way to deal with the Turks.
, that is to completely eliminate it.
At this stage, the Sui Dynasty did not have such strength for a while, so it could only find a way to restrain the Turks. The best way to restrain the Turks is to use its other enemy, which was the Wutu tribe before, but now it is the Western Turks.
Yang Yuanqing sat in the official room and pondered quietly. At this time, footsteps came from outside, "Your Highness, it's me!" This was Wei Zheng's voice, he was Cui Junsu's negotiating deputy.
"Come in!" Yang Yuanqing knew that he was here to pass on the message to him.
Wei Zheng hurried in, his face was solemn, and it was obvious that the negotiations were not going well, "Say! What conditions did the Turks have given?" Yang Yuanqing said coldly.
"Report to Your Highness, the Turks have issued three conditions. The first is to establish that the two sides are no longer vassals and subordinate relations, but are equal to the two countries. The second is to fully liberalize trade restrictions, no longer restrict the types of goods, and no longer restrict private trade.
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"What about the third?" The first two conditions were as expected by Yang Yuanqing. He wanted to know what the third condition was?
"The third condition is to ask us to hand over the rest of Wutu's troops to the Turks."
"What a big tone!"
Yang Yuanqing couldn't help but laughed in anger, "Then what can he promise the Sui Dynasty? What benefits can the Turks give us?"
"They promised that within two years they would never go south to invade Sui!"
Cui Junsu's voice came from the door. He walked in and bowed to Yang Yuanqing, "It's really hard for both sides to continue to talk, so I'll have a temporary recess."
Yang Yuanqing forced himself to calm down. He was the lord of the Great Sui Dynasty and the highest decision-maker. If he did not calm down, he would make wrong strategic decisions.
Yang Yuanqing walked to the window with his hands behind his back. This was his habit. When he was in a bad mood, he would come to the window, look at the fields in the distance, look at the blue sky and white clouds in the sky, and his heart
It will gradually calm down.
"What else?" Yang Yuanqing's voice became calm.
Wei Zheng and Cui Junsu looked at each other and they both felt Yang Yuanqing's peace. This was what they wanted to see. Only when Yang Yuanqing was calm could he make the correct decision that was beneficial to the Sui Dynasty.
Cui Junsu hurriedly bowed and said, "He said that if both sides could reach a consensus in a friendly manner, their Khan would be willing to marry the daughter of the Sui Dynasty nobleman as the first concubine of the Turkic."
"The first concubine!"
Yang Yuanqing asked strangely: "Why isn't Ke Dun?"
"Report to your highness, the empress has asked this question on the way to welcome him to Taiyuan because their Khan has decided to marry the princess of Xiagas as Kedun, which is the condition for Xiagas to support the Turks."
Yang Yuanqing remained silent. He heard Asduo say that the Wutu tribe had two major foreign players, one was the Xiagas tribe and the other was the Dubo tribe. After Wutu's death, these two tribes did not recognize Emuza.
This made Eumazar unable to help and was quickly destroyed by the Turks.
Jie Li Khan wanted to marry Princess Xiagas as Kedun, obviously to win over the largest tribe in the northwest. At this time, Yang Yuanqing suddenly had a vague memory, as if it was related to Princess Xiagas, and he seemed to listen.
Who mentioned this princess, but Yang Yuanqing couldn't imagine where he heard it.
However, the matter in front of him needs to be solved first, Yang Yuanqing slowly said to Cui Junsu: "Don't rush to answer the Turkic envoy first, I need to think about it before replying to him... Half an hour later, Yang Yuanqing came to Pei Mansion, and the carriage was walking very slowly.
Pei Qingsong ran quickly and rushed to Pei's mansion to report the message first. When Yang Yuanqing's carriage arrived at Pei's mansion, an important Pei family's son Pei Yao was already waiting at the door.
Pei Yao is Pei Yun's eldest grandson. His father Pei Lun is currently the chief minister of Dongjun. Pei Yao himself served as the county magistrate in the former Sui Dynasty, but he did not serve as an official at this time and was responsible for the affairs of all and large and small in Pei's mansion.
When Yang Yuanqing's carriage stopped slowly, he quickly came up and bowed, "See Your Highness the King of Chu!"
Yang Yuanqing smiled slightly, "Can the head of the family be here?"
Pei Yao replied respectfully: "The head of the family is waiting for Your Highness in the room, please follow me."
Yang Yuanqing nodded and followed Pei Yao into the mansion.
These days, a cold current has arrived quietly, causing the weather to suddenly become cold and the wind is also strong, so Pei Ju stopped fishing, but stayed in the room to watch.
Just now, Pei Qingsong rushed back and reported urgently that His Highness the King of Chu came to pay a visit. From Pei Qingsong's mouth, Pei Ju knew that the Sui Tu negotiations today, and he immediately knew what Yang Yuanqing came to him for. It is estimated that the Sui Dynasty and the Turks were together.
What troubles are there?
At this time, footsteps came from outside, followed by the report from my nephew Pei Yao: "Grandfather, the King of Chu is coming down."
"Please come in!"
The door opened, and Yang Yuanqing walked in quickly. During the Great Sui Dynasty, there were two ministers who served as Turkic envoys, one was Changsun Sheng and the other was Pei Ju.
Although Yang Yuanqing himself also deals with the Turks a lot, he believes in Pei Ju's vision more. Pei Ju is scheming and has a very thorough understanding of the problem. He really wants to hear Pei Ju's opinions.
Yang Yuanqing walked forward quickly and bowed, "Son-in-law Yuanqing, see grandfather!"
Pei Ju smiled and stroked her beard and said, "I don't have to be so polite when I get to my mansion. Please sit down!"
Yang Yuanqing sat down with a smile, and a maid served tea. Yang Yuanqing took the tea cup and bowed and said, "I thank my grandfather for my advice last time in Goryeo, which made me gain a lot and relieved the food crisis. Yuanqing was very grateful to my grandfather.
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"Haha! I probably admire you. I just made a suggestion. I didn't expect you to do it. Expedition to Goryeo is very courageous! Yuanqing, you have never disappointed me...To be continued. Welcome to come
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