Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

Lingzhou is very windy. Guo Shao stayed here, and the most intuitive thing is that the houses in the northwest are generally lower than those in the Central Plains. I don’t know if it’s because of the construction technology and materials, or because the buildings that are too tall are prone to collapse.

The accompanying officials successively held banquets to entertain the heads of various ethnic groups who came, but Guo Shao never met them in person.

He was in a room, looking over and over at a map hanging on the wall. He was holding a candle in his hand, and the wind poured in through the cracks in the doors and windows, making the candle flicker, and the light in the low house also flickered from time to time.

At this moment, the door creaked, and the wind suddenly became stronger. Guo Shao quickly covered the direction of the wind with his big palm.

Wei Renpu's voice said: "Your Majesty, I attended the banquet and the situation is very good."

Guo Shao didn't turn his head back: "At this time, the various tribes in Tubo are scattered, and Buddhism is flourishing, so the threat is not too great; the Xizhou Uighurs and Ganzhou Uighurs most threaten the land of the Guiyi Army. The party is the most important."

Wei Renpu said: "Your Majesty's words are very true, and the ministers have also heard from many sources. The party members and the people are all soldiers, and they regard martial arts as the most important thing. They are only worshiping our dynasty in name, and we really can't take it lightly."

The information Guo Shao now understands matches the memory of "Xixia Kingdom" in his mind.

He had already forgotten the specific historical knowledge in the textbooks, and he couldn't remember when the Xixia Kingdom was founded, probably in the Northern Song Dynasty... Anyway, this country is very difficult to deal with, and it has been standing for hundreds of years.

Now Guo Shao thinks that it is not a very appropriate time for Dangxiang to build a country in the near future... But he is afraid that after the war with the Liao Kingdom falls into a stalemate in the future, the Northwest will take advantage of the vacancy to invade!

At this time, Guo Shao's biggest dream: to defeat the Liao Kingdom and regain the sixteen prefectures of Youyun! He has to avoid the interference of various unfavorable factors in advance.

Guo Shao was silent for a long time.

Wei Renpu said, "As long as the Lingzhou trade goes smoothly and the Hexi trade route is smooth, I will continue to get war horses. Everyone seeks profit, so there must be merchants in the middle who buy and sell horses with us. If war horses come in less, it's just that the benefits to them are not big enough..."

Guo Shao suddenly changed the topic: "Li Yiyin really has a daughter named Li Yueji?"

Wei Renpu hurriedly said: "It's true. I asked the party members, this girl is quite famous, many party members have heard of her reputation... But the barbarian girl has a strange appearance, she has not been educated or unreasonable, what is the real person, then..."

Guo Shaodao: "It doesn't matter what kind of person she is, as long as she is indeed Li Yiyin's daughter."

Wei Renpu said: "Yes, if you use your own daughter to marry, the party members are still very sincere...the dowry will not be small. I think that in the Han and Tang Dynasties, real princesses were rarely used when making peace with various ethnic groups, but in the Central Plains, only sincerity and harmony can make peace."

Guo Shao nodded in agreement, and said casually: "If Li Yiyin wants to rebel, he can't afford to send his daughter here to take risks."

In this era of diplomatic relations, methods such as signing peace treaties are not popular, and the civilized order has not yet reached that level; the alliance is more direct and primitive, that is, marriage with relatives.

According to the thinking of modern people, Guo Shao didn't have a good opinion of the Han and Tang Dynasties and the pro-national policy... However, in the eyes of the people at that time, marriage was a good means, and it was completely cost-effective to sacrifice a woman in exchange for peace; moreover, the dynasty still had some ideas that women could have an impact that was beneficial to the country in the court of other countries.

Within a few days, Guo Shao received a report that Dangxiang had sent nobles from the Wuzang clan to have an audience. Guo Shao immediately received this person, mainly because of the importance of etiquette, and then sent Wei Renpu to discuss with him in person.

The Wuzang clan came here as a matchmaker to discuss the matter of marriage... This type of marriage is different from folk marriages. Etiquette is not the most important thing, the important thing is bargaining!

The Wuzang family hoped that the imperial court would use Fu and Linzhou as dowry gifts, and also wanted a thousand new armors for the Zhou army; replaced the violent Jiedu envoy Feng Jiye in Lingzhou, promised to live in harmony, and would no longer burn, kill or loot the party ministries... and promised to pretend to be 2,000 war horses, and allowed party members from Xiazhou and other states to go to Lingzhou to trade in the mutual market;

Wei Renpu first readily agreed to the last condition (removing Feng Jiye was originally in the emperor's plan).

Then he directly refused to cut off the land of the two prefectures. Wei Renpu's reason was: "It is impossible to discuss these two lands. Linzhou and Fuzhou are the hometowns of Zhejia and Yang's family.

After Wei Renpu finished speaking, he calmed down again, saying that the imperial court would increase the amount of property in the dowry to compensate the party.

As for the armor, Wei Renpu made a fool of himself, because it was not easy to directly refuse two of the three conditions of the party member...it would appear insincere.

Wei Renpu said: "The Tubo and Ganzhou Uighurs also hope that Da Zhou will trade armor, and they are willing to exchange it with the best war horses."

Sure enough, the Wuzang family dissuaded him immediately: "The Dingnan army is a minister of the imperial court and obeys the emperor's edict; but the Tubo and Uighurs are not subject to the imperial edict, so the imperial court must not grant soldiers to outsiders."

Wei Renpu knew that there was no Zang family. In the southeast of the Hexi Corridor, the Tubo people were fighting for territory with some Dangxiang tribes, and the Ganzhou Uyghurs also had an alliance with the Tubo people. Trading armor with the Tubo people was extremely detrimental to the Dangxiang tribe.

Wei Renpu said: "The government hopes to live in harmony with all the tribes in the northwest, so as to avoid conflicts. If the armor is awarded to Xiazhou, they are afraid that the Tubo and other tribes will think the court is unfair... At this time, the government is negotiating with the ministers, or sell the armor to all the tribes, or none of them. The situation forced the king to tell King Xiping, and hope to understand the difficulties of the officials."

He was noncommittal, obviously not satisfied with the "betrothal gift".

Wei Renpu hurried to see Guo Shao.

Guo Shaodao: "Don't talk about collapse! However, although Linzhou and Fuzhou are barren, the terrain and location are important. There is no need to talk about this, and you can't cede the land... You can promise that there will be no Zang family. According to the royal system, I should have one queen and four wives. So far, there are only two wives; if Li Yue'e marries into the royal family, I will make her a good concubine."

Wei Renpu couldn't help but say: "Your Majesty's concubine has a very high status...Dang Xiang's daughter is a concubine, does it have something to do with the government?"

Guo Shaodao: "She is a party girl, and she is not familiar with the place in Tokyo. What can she do? Besides, giving title and status is better than cutting off important places."

Wei Renpu nodded and said, "Your Majesty's words are absolutely true."

...Wei Renpu met with the Wuzang family again and said new conditions. He also persuaded Wuzang: "The establishment of the mansion and Lin Erzhou is not to deal with the Dingnan army, but to guard against the Liao Kingdom. This place is related to the safety of Hedong, and the officials dare not give it to anyone at will."

Mai Zang asked: "Your Majesty agrees to make the princess a virtuous concubine? Can you give the imperial decree first?"

Wei Renpu understood that the Wuzang family really valued the status of party girls, so he said immediately: "As long as the agreement is reached, there should be no problem."

Wei Renpu also had some thoughts in his mind that the status of the harem should not be of much use, but he was afraid that if the party girl was favored, it would really affect the national policy. \u003c