Chapter 152 Great Tang Artifact
August 26th.
Zhi Shisili traveled to Chang'an for several times on behalf of Jieli, and the two parties finally finalized the content of the agreement. On the same day, Li Shimin left Chang'an again.
Still the West Wei Bridge.
Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty came to the Wei River in person, behind him were countless armored cavalry, shining brightly.
On the other side, Jieli Khan's golden wolf banner has long been standing and waiting. The chiefs of Tuli, Yusheshe, Tuoshe, Bulishe, Yugushe and so on are also summoned by the emperor of Tang Dynasty today. Come.
On the West Wei Bridge, an incense table was set up.
Li Shimin did not wear armor today, but wore a crown of heaven, a dragon robe, and a jade sword on his waist. Behind him were six prime ministers, seven political leaders, and more than ten generals.
Qin Lang is wearing brocade clothes, holding a thousand-ox sword, and guards next to the emperor.
There are countless soldiers on both sides of the strait. On the bridge, the leaders of both sides meet.
In this scene, Qin Lang felt that there was a sense of community negotiation. Anyway, no matter the scale, they still relied on fists to speak.
To show his sincerity, Xie Li specially brought Wen Yanbo here today. During the Turkic invasion last year, he was completely annihilated and captured by Zhang Jin’s army. The court has gone.
Qin Lang stepped forward to help Wen Yanbo back. Wen Yanbo was originally Luo Yi's Sima. The servant, one door and two cardinals, later Wen Daya resigned from the post of Huangmen servant, was recommended by Li Shimin, and was transferred to the Shangshu of the Daxing Taigong Department of Shandong Road.
When Li Shimin came to the throne, he granted Wen Daya the post of minister of the Ministry of Rites and named him Duke of Li.
As for his confidant elder brother, Li Shimin was of course saved.
"Thanks."
Wen Yanbo has been a prisoner for a year, and he has never met this young gentleman. Seeing him carrying a Qianniu knife, he thought it was just a son of a Xunqi family who became an official as Qianniuwei. Last year, he was the commander of the Bingzhou Road, but the whole army was wiped out and captured. Life has been very difficult for more than a year.
"Duke Wen has worked hard."
The ceremony of the alliance is actually just a formality. After all, the content of the alliance has already been drawn up in Chang'an, and today it is just a face-to-face meeting and oath.
Li Shimin embraced Wen Yanbo, comforted the minister a few words, and then deliberately greeted Tuli and others first, which made Jieli's face cloudy and uncertain again.
"Your Majesty, today the White Horse will be our alliance."
Jieli brought his mount in front of him, pulled out the golden wolf-head sword, and knocked down the white horse with one blow. He asked someone to fetch a golden bowl, filled two bowls of hot horse blood, drank the bowl in one gulp, and poured the other Pass a bowl to Li Shimin.
Li Shimin took it, looked at the bowl of smelly horse blood, and drank it without hesitation.
Jieli turned around and raised the knife to cut open the horse's belly, reached in and took off the horse's heart.
Holding the heart in his hands, he murmured something to the sky, and then he ate it with big mouthfuls, until his mouth was covered with blood.
There was half a horse heart left, and he handed it to Li Shimin.
"Your Majesty, please!"
Li Shimin frowned slightly.
Yu Chigong stepped forward, "Your Majesty, please let me do it for you."
Li Shimin shook his head, "Bring it!"
Half of the horse heart was eaten raw like this. When Li Shimin finished eating the half of the horse heart, countless cheers erupted from both sides of the Weiqiao.
Killing a white horse as an alliance, eating the horse's heart and swearing, this is the most cherished oath of the grassland tribes, if you violate the oath, you will end up like this horse.
Next, Wen Daya, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, stepped forward to complete the alliance ceremony with Zhi Shili, the representative of Jieli.
The letter of alliance written in Turkic and Chinese was sent to the two monarchs for signature and seal, and then it was announced to the sky, and finally the engraved stone tablet and gold coupon inscriptions were displayed.
The ceremony is complete.
Yongzhou Mu and Zuowei General Qin Qiong handed over a marching map to Jieli.
"Please set off to return north within three days, and return to the prairie according to this marching route, then our Datang Frontier Army will not intercept the attack. If you do not march according to this route, His Majesty the Emperor will not be responsible for intercepting the attack."
"When you enter the fortress this time, the citizens and livestock of the Tang Dynasty that you looted must be returned."
The Turks began to retreat the next day, and as Li Shimin expected, Xieli and Tuli and other chiefs did not retreat together, but retreated tens of miles apart, each secretly on guard.
The seeds of suspicion that Li Shimin planted in Xieli's heart have begun to germinate.
Looking at the wolf cavalry going away, Qin Lang said that the Turks would be defeated within five years, which made Li Shimin amazed.
"how you said that?"
Li Shimin was thoughtful.
The loose system of the Turks became the root of their decline. In the Sui Dynasty, the powerful Turks were exploited by the Sui Dynasty because of repeated battles for the throne. Press the ground for a long time to suppress.
"Your Majesty thought that His Majesty could send someone to send some rewards to Tuli. Some gold and silk are not worth much, but after hearing this, Jieli might become even more angry. This time, he invaded the south without gaining anything, and spent countless food and grass. Not to mention that he broke a bird and lost thousands of people, and lost face, Jie Li is afraid that he will be ignited at the slightest bit, and he will hate Tu Li in his heart from then on, and he will never stop dying."
Li Shimin laughed out loud.
"Sanlang, your idea is good. It's just a little gold and silk. If it can separate Jieli Tuli's uncle and nephew, it will be worth it."
Returning to Chang'an, Li Shimin dispatched Yu Chigong and Cheng Yaojin each with 5,000 riders to follow the Turkic army far away, and sent them out of the border as a gift.
In the Hall of Xiande, the monarch and his ministers rejoiced.
Qin Qiong stepped forward.
"Your Majesty, the Turks have retreated, and I request you to resign from the post of Yongzhou Shepherd!"
Qin Lang heard this, and hurried forward.
"Your Majesty, I would like to resign from the post of the inspector prince Zuo Siyu!"
When the hall was full of joy, Qin Qiong and his son suddenly resigned, which was somewhat unexpected.
Li Shimin was surprised, but smiled and said that Qin Qiong had made great contributions to retreating from the Turks this time, and you did a good job as a pastor of Yongzhou. I can rest assured that I will hand over Yongzhou Mansion to you.
It's just that Qin Qiong insisted on resigning.
"Why?"
"Your Majesty, the position of Shepherd of Yongzhou is too important. Your Majesty was the only one who held this position before. How dare I accept it." Qin Qiong's reason was that the position of Shepherd of Yongzhou in the Tang Dynasty was the same as that of Shang Shuling. Only Li Shimin had previously held this position, and this position was too high The important thing is, in the past, he was just presiding over government affairs with a long history and governance. As a military general, he is really incompetent.
Qin Qiong not only resigned as the governor of Yongzhou, but also resigned as a councilor. He said that he was only a warrior and only knew how to lead troops to fight. He really didn't understand such important matters as participating in court affairs. , and he doesn't know how to participate.
Now Li Shimin couldn't help but get serious.
It seems that today Qin Qiong is not just talking, but really wants to resign, but why?
"Shubao, did someone say something that shouldn't be said? No matter how others criticize and slander you, I know you very well. We have fought side by side for many years. I don't know your loyalty. Don't take these things to heart. "
"Your Majesty, I'm not afraid of talking, I just think I don't have the ability, so I don't dare to sit down for a vegetarian meal, for fear of delaying Your Majesty and the court, and I have noticed that I have been in poor health recently. There are several buckets of blood that have flowed, and now he is prematurely aging, and his health is no longer good. He can't do well in one position, let alone hold multiple positions! I am grateful for your majesty's appreciation, but I dare not delay the court Things."
Li Shimin thought for a long time.
"Shubao, if you are sick, you should concentrate on recuperating first. After you recover from your illness, I will use you a lot. Our monarchs and ministers came together through adversity, and now I hope you can share wealth with me."
After thinking for a long time, Li Shimin accepted Qin Qiong's resignation, and at the same time allowed him to resign from the positions of governor of Liangzhou, governor of Yongzhou, and political counselor, but the emperor still retained the post of general of Qin Qiong's left guard.
"The specific affairs of the left guard can usually be handed over to Zhang Liang, the general of the left guard who inspects the school. If there is an important matter in the guard, I will ask him to come to ask for instructions on how to deal with it. In addition, you go to Pingzhang under the door of Zhongshu every three to five days. I will grant you the title of Pingzhang Shi."
Qin Qiong wanted to refuse, but Li Shimin refused.
"If you are not feeling well, then go to the door of Zhongshu in three to five days. This is the head office. Old man, although the Turks have retreated, the court is still full of tensions. I still need the help of you old men. "
The emperor repeatedly persuaded Qin Qiong to stay, and he readily agreed to Qin Lang's resignation.
"Removed Qin Lang from the position of Zuo Siyu led by the inspector, and was named Zhenfu Division Zhenfu envoy, and given a thousand pieces of silk."
Leaving the East Palace, Qin Lang and Qin Qiong had just returned to Qinrenfang, when the emperor's edict followed.
The emperor granted Qin Qiongzheng the rank of second-rank general to assist the country, and granted 3,000 pieces of silk.
"Your Majesty said that he wanted to ask the General for something." The Neisha historian who delivered the decree said with a smile.
"Whatever your Majesty needs, just take it."
Li Shimin sent someone to ask Qin Qiong for Qin Qiong's big iron gun, "Your Majesty said, the general's gun used to cross the north and south, covering everything on the battlefield. Your Majesty wants to treasure this gun. In the court, it is different with Jingling."
When Qin Lang heard this, he couldn't help being moved. Li Shimin meant to take Qin Qiong's weapon as a national ritual vessel, and bring it out for exhibition on important occasions.
Why is Qin Qiong's gun so powerful?
It is said that when Qin Qiong fought in wars, he rushed directly to the enemy's front or under the city with a gun several times, then thrust the big iron gun into the ground fiercely, and then retreated. When the enemy saw such a treasured gun, they rushed out to grab it, but often a dozen people could not pull it out, and then Qin Qiong returned on horseback, smashed it with a bronze mace, killed all the enemies, and then drew back the big gun to fight in front of the enemy's formation. Show off, hit the morale of the enemy, and show off the prestige of our army.
But it is obvious that Li Shimin wanted this gun to be used as a national sacrificial weapon, not only because of this, but probably because Qin Qiong retreated bravely, which made Li Shimin want to use this method to give Qin Qiong more glory.
"Sanlang, bring my big iron gun!"
Qin Qiong was also very excited when he heard this. Although this big iron gun is a beloved thing, it has been a weapon that has followed him for many years, but the emperor will not be reluctant to ask for it.
The staff of Zhongshushe wrapped the big iron gun in silk with great care and put it in a sandalwood box. From now on, this big iron gun will become a national treasure of the Tang Dynasty.
(end of this chapter)