"Kolijak and Ibrahan Ugurun are gone?" It was still a house in the courtyard of that medium-sized family, Shang Bing leaned on the couch and looked at the book in his hand, and asked Song Shengdao, who had just walked in.

"Yes, Your Highness, Koli Jak Khan and Ibrakhan Ugurun Khan have left Samarkand and returned to their homeland." Song Sheng said this, and couldn't help but say again: "Your Highness, with all due respect, it is better for Your Highness to send off the two Khan Kings." ”

"Lone has already sent them to the north gate of the city, do you have to send them out thirty miles? Song Aiqing, who is alone as the prince of the Ming Dynasty, can't he be compared to the Khan of the Mongols? Could it be that he is in the lonely Qin Domain, and it is not impossible to speak alone! Shang Bing said heavily.

'You killed Shami Chagan without Lone's permission, and now you're ......,' he added in his heart.

"The minister has overstepped, please forgive your sins." Song Sheng said immediately.

At this time, Shi Bing also realized that what he said just now was a little heavy, got up and helped him up, and said, "It's Gu Shicai who said something heavier, Aiqing, please get up." ”

After this conversation, Shang Bing's mood cooled down a little, asked the eunuch to make tea for Song Sheng, and said to him: "Is there any news about other barbarian countries these days?" ”

According to the news from Afghanistan, Khalil, who was stationed in Herat, had no intention of attacking Samarkand, but instead led his troops westward, as if to conquer Persia. After the news of Timur's defeat and death in battle, Persia was a little unfamiliar and disobeyed the officials originally sent by Timur. ”

"Umar occupied Ashgabat, and after hearing that His Highness had attacked the city of Samarkand, he led his troops eastward, but he stopped when he reached the Amu Darya River and did not advance eastward."

"Rumor has it that Shahru appeared in Kabul and took control of the city with the support of the generals who were originally stationed in the city. Other circumstances are unknown. ”

"Shaharu in Kabul?" Shang Bing was very surprised and said: "Didn't he follow Salha to flee with his troops, but was stopped under the city of Urumqi, and finally the whole army was wiped out?" General Blue reported that everyone had been killed, and although Shaharu's body could not be found at the time, no one escaped. ”

"Now it seems that either a few people escaped and Liang Guogong did not report it, or they were too hasty to withdraw their troops at that time and returned with their troops without killing everyone." Song Sheng analyzed.

"Well, it doesn't matter, what matters is that Shahru is in Kabul." Shang Bing said: "Kabul is at the throat of India from the Western Regions, and he can attack India in the south or Samarkand in the north, what does Song Aiqing think he will do?" ”

"Probably south to India. The minister remembered that His Majesty had mentioned that the country that now ruled most parts of India was weakened, and my Ming Dynasty was at its peak, and Shaharu did not have many soldiers in his hands, so he should be able to pick up soft persimmons. ”

"Keep an eye on Shaharu's movements, and don't pay attention to him if he goes south to India." Shang Bing said: "Since Umar in the west only occupied the Amu Darya River and no longer marched eastward, he sent people to Ashgabat to negotiate with him and live in peace with the Amu Darya River as the boundary. ”

"But Khalil's movements cannot be taken lightly. If he occupies Persia, his power will surely rise greatly, and he may come north to find trouble with Gu. Did Persia have forces that seemed to be able to deal with him? ”

"There is a country of Aries, named after the fact that it has an Aries embroidered on its flag. The current ruler of this country is named Kara Osman, who had followed the invasion of the Ottoman kingdom two years earlier, and had been given a large fief for his exploits. Now that Timur has been defeated and died, he will certainly not be willing to nest in his fiefdom. ”

"There is also a country of black sheep, named after the fact that it has a black sheep embroidered on its flag. The original kingdom was in Herat, and it also occupied most of the Persian lands. The current ruler of his kingdom is named Yusuf, who fled to Egypt after being defeated by Timur. Although his country was almost destroyed, it still won the hearts of the people in its original territory, just like the six eastern kingdoms that were destroyed by Qin. Now that Timur has fallen, he will most likely return to Persia to rebuild his kingdom. ”

"Send envoys to contact these two countries and inform them of the situation at any time." Shang Bing thought about it and gave a few orders, and Song Sheng bowed down and agreed.

After talking about diplomacy, Shang Bing talked about internal affairs: "Song Aiqing, after thinking about it, I feel that I still don't want to put the capital of the Qin Domain in Samarkand City. Neither Afghanistan nor the Amu Darya River was controlled, and the city of Samarkand was not only vulnerable to enemy harassment, but was also not in the center of the entire vassal state, making it unsuitable as a capital. ”

"Then where does Your Highness think it is suitable?"

"In Gu's opinion, Tashkent is a good place. Located near the Syr Darya River, there is no shortage of water, the city is very dangerous, and it is close to the Ferghana Basin, the richest in the entire Western Regions, making it suitable as a capital. ”

"Since His Highness thinks Tashkent is suitable, the minister has no opinion."

"Then Gu has set the capital, and the capital will be in Tashkent." Shang Bing finally decided.

The two of them talked about how to develop the capital. Yun Xi promised to give him all the Han people in the area of Yiwu and Turpan, and to fill the gap of those who died in the battle, and most of these people would naturally be placed in the new capital Tashkent.

Although Tashkent was originally a city with a population of tens of thousands, Shang Bing still needed to carry out large-scale reconstruction of the city if he wanted to make it the capital, at least most of the Tianfang Temples had to be demolished, and the city defense had to be modified according to the style of the Ming Dynasty.

The two of them discussed this for a long time, and it was not until it was almost dark that most of the matter was settled.

Shang Bing's mouth was dry, so he hurriedly picked up the teapot and drank half a pot of tea, and when he saw that the teacup in Song Sheng's hand was empty, he handed the teapot over. Song Sheng hesitated for a moment, then reached out to take the teapot and pour the tea.

"Once these are agreed, only one last big thing needs to be decided." Shang Bing said: "Since the capital is not in Samarkand, Gu will not stay in Samarkand; But this city is very important, Aiqing thinks, who is the best to arrange to stay in this city? ”

"Of course, the most suitable general to follow the Western Expedition this time is Zhu Hengshi, who is brave and resourceful and good at handling political affairs, but he will not stay in the Qin Domain; Although Baiyiwei will leave some people behind, the generals who lead it are not suitable. ”

"Although Xu Youde has been working at the junction with the Mongols, the situation around Samarkand is a hundred times more complicated than in the north, and the minister thinks that he may not be able to do it."

Song Sheng commented on several people in a row, but none of them were suitable. Shang Bing saw that he had excluded all the Han and Mongol generals, and he was anxious and asked, "Do you have to appoint a local barbarian as the main general?" ”

"Your Highness, in the opinion of Yichen, according to the current situation, no one is suitable, and you can only appoint a barbarian who believes in the Heavenly Sect in the Western Regions."

"It's not going to work!" Shang Bing couldn't accept a local being the chief general of such an important city as Samarkand, and was about to order a random person, when suddenly one of his eunuchs walked in, knelt down and said, "Your Highness, Your Majesty has sent reinforcements to Your Highness. ”

"Reinforcements? Who is in charge? ”

"Your Highness, it is the Thousand Households Qin Shoushan under His Royal Highness."

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