Chapter 454: The Uighurs' surprise change (Part 1)

Several snow in November eased the situation in the northern desert. The people of the Khagas did not attack Han'erduobali. They attacked symbolically for a few times, and then turned around before the Uighur army returned. In a rage, the Zhongzhen Khan sent a large army to pursue the Khagas, but the sudden blizzard blocked the road to revenge of the Khagas, and the Khagas returned to their long-lost homeland.

In early December, the news of the Tang army's Dasheng at the Sailing Ye finally reached Han Erduobali. Zhongzhen Khan seemed to wake up. Only then did he remember the Tang princess who had been forgotten by him for more than two months. The Tang princess was still in Harin City. Yunying was waiting to marry. Zhongzhen Khan was a little impatient. The beauty and ugliness of the Tang princess were no longer important. Even if she was ugly as a mother of mother, he would still welcome her into her palace and regard her as the mother of the country. This is a naked interest trend. Shuye's Dasheng has already wrapped around the Tang princess with too many dazzling halos. On December 4, more than 500 people formed a Uighur wedding team and arrived at Harin City.

Outside Harlin City, Lin Yuanli, the deputy envoy of the marriage, bowed to the second-person medicine Luo Ge Ling, who came to welcome the marriage, and said with a smile: "This time, the second-person can sleep and eat!"

Yao Luo Ge Ling was indeed obviously full of energy. The Suoye Dasheng brought him rich political profits. The Sogdians who were pro-food food were silent. The Uighur military, who was clamoring for the prosperity, became dumb. The Manichaeism also changed its tradition and began to talk about politics. Only the pro-Tangs sent people were humble and demanded that the loyal Khan cancel Shuangkedun and immediately marry the Princess of the Tang Dynasty as the only Uighurs. As the leader of the pro-Tangs, how could Yao Luo Ge Ling not be radiant and have a hundred times more confidence?

He quickly turned over and dismounted and returned Lin Yuanli to express his gratitude. He then glanced at both sides and asked in surprise: "Where is the envoy Pei? Why don't you see others?"

"Envoy Pei is slightly sick and is inconvenient to come to greet him. Please forgive me."

"So that's it." Sending and welcoming the wedding is a major event between the two countries. It is not enough to just be the deputy envoy. Yao Luo Ge Ling pondered for a moment and said, "It's too late today. We will stay outside the city overnight. I hope that the envoy Pei will recover as soon as possible tomorrow."

In fact, Pei Mingyuan was not at all sick. The reason why he did not come out to welcome the medicine Luo Ge Ling was that he had just received an emergency handwriting from the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. The handwriting was lying flat on the table in front of him. After sending a pigeon letter to Jiuyuan in batches, the post envoy there sent a quick horse to deliver it. The content of the handwriting surprised Pei Mingyuan. Zhang Huan had received a secret report that the anti-Tang faction in the Uighurs was conspiring for a major conspiracy. He ordered Pei Mingyuan not to act rashly, nor to interfere in the possible civil strife of the Uighurs, but to protect the princess. If there is a change in the Uighurs, he would bring the princess back to the country no matter what.

After reading this handwritten order, Pei Mingyuan remained silent for a long time. What surprised him was not the conspiracy itself, but the emperor's attitude towards possible events. He actually let it go. In other words, the emperor clearly knew that the anti-Tang faction of the Uighurs was going to carry out a conspiracy that was not conducive to the Tang Dynasty, but did not interfere, and even suspected of adding fuel to the fire. It was incredible! What move did the emperor take?

But after a long time of confusion, Pei Mingyuan finally realized the profound meaning of the emperor. It seemed that his next strategic goal was obviously the Uighurs. As Pei Mingyuan understood this, all the doubts later were resolved. The Uighurs showed the power of taking advantage of the fire to fight in the Battle of Sacrifice really made people sweat. If the emperor had not set up the secret chess of the Kiagas, it was not known who would have won the battle of Sacrifice in this battle, but this move could only be used once. If the Battle of Tochar or Samarkand broke out again, and the Uighurs jumped out to fight the fire to rob, what else would they do to force it back? The Uighurs would always be a hungry wolf that could not be full. Only by killing it completely or fighting it to the point of being powerless and arrogant can they no longer be coerced. When the Battle of Sacrifice ended, there would be no more wars between the Tang Dynasty and the Dashishi in the short term, which provided an opportunity to solve the Uighur problem.

Pei Mingyuan walked slowly to the window with his hands behind his back, his eyes full of painstaking understanding of Zhang Huan. Looking at the history of the Han people, from the troubles of the Huns in the Qin and Han Dynasties to the Five Barbarians invasion of China in the Jin Dynasties, to the invasion of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the northern nomadic peoples have always been the main concern of the Central Plains dynasty. I wonder if there will be new nomadic peoples in the future. In order not to let the northern grassland people threaten the survival of the descendants of the Han people, their generation has the responsibility to completely eliminate the troubles of the northern part.

"Encourt, the princess is here." The report from the guards outside the door interrupted Pei Mingyuan's thoughts. He quickly turned around and put away the handwriting on the table. She could not know about this for the time being.

"Please come in."

The door was pushed open, and the Korean princess Li Su walked in. She had already known the news that the Uighurs had officially sent a bride to welcome her, which means that she would eventually marry into the dazzling golden palace. Li Su did not have the shyness and joy of becoming a bride. She had a hint of sadness in her eyes and entered Pei Mingyuan's study. She quickly hid the sadness and replaced it with an extremely plain look.

"I heard you are sick, so I'll visit you."

"It's no longer a problem." Pei Mingyuan waved his hand gently, "Princess, please sit down."

Li Su sat down opposite Pei Mingyuan. She opened the cloth bag she was holding, took out a thick stack of books from it, pushed it to him, and sighed softly, "Pei Jun, you will return these books to you."

"Have you finished reading it? Or do you want to borrow a few new books?" Pei Mingyuan said with a smile.

Li Su shook her head, her calm expression could no longer be maintained, and the infinite sadness that surged in her heart finally made her eyes look dark. She was still restraining her feelings. She didn't want anyone to see her inner weakness, especially the elegant and handsome man opposite her,

"No, I can't repay you if I borrow it, so I won't borrow it." When she said this, her voice was low and almost inaudible. Her eyes fell down and her long eyelashes were trembling slightly.

Pei Mingyuan heard the abnormality in her tone. He looked at her deeply and sighed secretly. After months of getting along, they went from strangers to familiarity, from monarchs and ministers to friends, from the beginning that this beautiful woman was full of love for the Tang Dynasty, and gradually he felt that she actually had a normal heart that longed to be loved and cared for. From her intentionally coming to her to borrow books and return books, Pei Mingyuan seemed to have experienced a little, but she couldn't explain it clearly. He only knew that he actually hoped that the marriage would fail. From this perspective, he felt that he was not a qualified marriage sender.

He silently pushed the book back, "My book will be left to you. In the future, you will always come back to visit your relatives. Then you will return it to me!"

She suddenly changed her face, the calm expression in her eyes disappeared, and turned into a nearly desperate gaze. She stared at Pei Mingyuan blankly, her lips moved slightly, but she didn't say anything. Her eyes began to blur, covered with a layer of ice-like crystal, and her long eyelashes moved several times one after another.

"Do you really want me to marry him?" She finally sent out this short question, tears flowing down her cheeks, and she could no longer say the second sentence.

"Me." Pei Mingyuan's head suddenly lowered, and a strong guilt suddenly surged in his heart. This guilt was not only a guilty of helping the princess get rid of the pain, but also a confession to his deceased wife who died of dystrophy two years ago. He felt that his loyalty to his wife was being worn away bit by bit, and this intertwined feeling of guilt almost caused his chest to explode.

"You may not have to marry him." He finally couldn't help but tell the emperor's top secret decree. He suddenly turned around and threw it in and said loudly: "Don't ask me why, go! Things are not as bad as you think."

He bit his lips tightly and bit his lips white, as if he had committed a tremendous crime, but he quietly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. Why would he also want the beautiful princess to marry that rude man?

Li Su's eyes widened, and an unbelievable look appeared, as if she was about to sink into the abyss to grab a life-saving board. Her eyes gradually brightened, and the tears of pain turned into tears of excitement. Li Su gently wiped away the tears from her cheeks and stood up slowly. When she walked to the door, she suddenly turned back and looked deep at the only man she could rely on. She felt his inner care for herself.

"Thank you!" After Li Su said that, he turned around and left quickly. Pei Mingyuan stared at her beautiful back silently until she walked away and disappeared. He suddenly took out the emperor's handwriting and read over and over again, what can he do with the conspiracy of the Uighurs?

Conspiracy always arises at night, whether in Chang'an, Baghdad or Han'er Duobali. This law almost applies. The cold current in the winter night in the desert made it impossible for a pedestrian to be seen on the streets of Han'er Duobali, and there were no patrolling soldiers. Except for hundreds of guards in front of the palace, the whole city seemed to be silent as if dead.

In the west of the city of Hanerduobali, there is a large mansion covering an area of ​​large areas, all of which are made of huge stones. From a distance, it looks like a magnificent small castle. This is the house of Jiegangas, the prime minister of the Uighurs.

Jiegangas once controlled the highest military power of the Uighurs. During the rebellion of Tuoba Qianli, he led the army to fight fiercely with the rebels, recaptured Hanerduobali, and made great contributions to the loyal Khan's re-assistance of the throne. He also changed from martial arts to civilians and became the prime minister of the Uighurs. Although he was already a civil servant, he still enjoyed a high prestige in the army. Ten of the fifteen ten thousand men of the Uighurs were his subordinates, so he was also a representative of the Uighur military forces, and combined military and political power. It can be said that he was the second largest figure of the Uighurs.

In the past few days, he was silent like the Sogdians and Manichis. The silence came from the great victory of the Tang army in Saiye. Although Jiegangas was not heartbroken about the failure of the cannibals, the victory of the Tang army once again stimulated his nerves, reminding him of the shame of the Battle of Anxi that year. He led a hundred thousand troops south to Beiting, but in the end he returned to Mobei by relying on the Khan's begging Zhang Huan. This was a shame that he would never forget in his life. He always thought about fighting again with the Tang army, and always thought about leading the army to drink horses in the Central Plains and plundering the wealth and women of the Tang Dynasty back to the grassland.

He is almost fifty years old this year. When time is about to permeate his dreams, opportunities suddenly appear before him. To be precise, it is an unprecedented and craziest temptation in his life.

The room was very quiet, the stove was burning very vigorously, and a pot of milk tea was rolling on the iron rack. While Jiegangas added firewood to the stove, he silently listened to the distinguished guest analyzing the situation in front of him.

"In the nine tribes of the Uighurs, except for Pugu and Abus, the rest of Hun, Bayigu, Tongluo, Sijie and Qiezi all advocated development to the south and seized Beiting and Anxi. This is consistent with your idea, and you will definitely get their support. In addition, the Sogdians who controlled our Uighur wealth were strongly opposed to the Tang Dynasty and advocated alliance with Dashi. They were very dissatisfied with the Khan's abandonment of attack on Beiting. The exact news I have received now that the Sogdians believe that it was because of the Khan's betrayal that the Dashi defeated Dashi in Saiye. As for Manichaeism itself originated from Persia, the same clan as the Black-clothed Dashi, and with my national teacher's loyal support for you, you don't have to worry about the Uighur public opinion being dissatisfied with you. Manichaeism uses the divine metaphor to solve the legitimacy of succession for you."

The distinguished guest sitting opposite Jiegangas and talking was naturally the Uighur national commander Surman. Before the end of the Battle of Saiye, he received a secret mission from the Caliph to overthrow the current loyal Khan and re-establish a new Uighur Khan who was close to the food. For this reason, he searched among the Uighur nobles for a long time. The descendants of the former Denli Khan were killed. Other young nobles were either weak or incompetent or not recognized by the military. The most important thing to overthrow the Loyal Khan was to get the absolute support of the military. Surman searched for a long time. He was both a hard-core anti-Tang faction and could get the absolute support of the military, and that was the prime minister Jiegangas. After several temptations, including a secret talk with his son, Surman had discovered the true face of Jiegangas hidden behind loyalty. This was actually an ambitious power desire.

So, there was no need to turn around or cover up any more. Surman directly spoke out the idea of ​​the Caliphate Caliph, overthrew the loyal Khan and supported Jiegangas as the new Khan of the Uighurs. Surman said while observing the other party's expression and eyes. Seeing Jiegangas silent, he did not jump up and accused him of being ruthless, knowing that he was actually already moved, but he just needed a more glamorous excuse.

"The Prime Minister also saw that He Lu Modagan was indeed a two-headed bird that was swaying left and right. When the two countries confronted each other, he wanted to establish Shuangkedun. The Tang army won in Saiye, and he immediately wanted to marry the Princess of the Tang Dynasty. To put it bluntly, this kind of person seems to be good at everything, but in fact he is a villain who has no ambitions and cannot lead the Uighurs to become strong. The real hero should be the Prime Minister, who insists on his own principles and is determined to expand his territory outward. The Prime Minister should not have any doubts anymore. The Prime Minister is the general trend and is in line with the fundamental interests of the Uighurs and will inevitably receive widespread support."

Jiegangas sighed slightly, "Khan is not bad to me, how can I bear it?"

Surman sneered secretly. When Denli Khan was not bad to him, why did he bear to kill him and vote for the new master? Now he actually wants to set up a archway again. His despicable and shameless face is really admirable. Although he looks down on this person in his heart, Surman has to find a fig sheet for him.

"The Prime Minister is wrong. When will he treat the Prime Minister be fine? Don't think that he appointed you as the Prime Minister because he is grateful and not fond of it. It's not like that. His real intention is to seize the military power of the Prime Minister by the method of rising and descending in secret. The Prime Minister thinks, his father Dunmohe Dagan seized the position of Khan from the Prime Minister. The lessons of the past are not far away. How could he believe you again?"

Surman's agitation finally moved Jiegangas. His ambition gradually woke up. After pondering for a long time, he slowly said: "He Lu Modagan has no major mistakes. I don't want to be charged with the crime of regicide. You have to complete this matter."
Chapter completed!