Chapter 397: An Unexpected Gift
Nearly 100 days after the Sui Dynasty and the Turks stopped fighting their armies, the Turkic prince Yongyu Lu suddenly sent people to Bingzhou to ask to see him. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 infoYang Guangzheng was looking forward to the "leading the Buddha out of the mountain" plan to bring him a surprise, but he didn't expect Yongyu Lu to send someone to see him at this time.
When the Turkic envoy was brought to Bingzhou and presented a letter to Yang Guang explaining his intentions, Yang Guang learned that Yongyu Lu wanted to bring up the old matter again and resume regular meetings with him.
"My prince is grateful that when the two countries were at war some time ago, His Royal Highness the King of Jin did not order to cut off the canal leading to the Turkic territory outside the Guan, and now it is the time when the two countries strike a truce, so I want to go to the state to meet His Royal Highness the King of Jin in person, and discuss other important matters, and I hope that His Royal Highness the King of Jin will allow it." The Turkic envoys spoke very politely, without the slightest hint of aggressiveness.
When Yang Shuang's army was trapped outside the pass a few months ago, someone did suggest that Yang Guang cut off the water source outside the pass. A few months later, the Turkic envoy thanked him in person for this matter, and Yang Guang couldn't help but feel a little proud in his heart when he heard it.
"Since Prince Yongyu Lu has offered to resume regular meetings between me and him, and my Great Sui is not a belligerent state, I ask your envoy to go back and report to the prince, and this king is waiting for the prince's visit at any time."
Ten days later, Yongyu Lu really didn't bring a single soldier, only a dozen servants came to Bingzhou to meet with Yang Guang.
The two met in the main hall of Jinyang Palace, and the guests and hosts had finished their seats, Yongyu Lu smiled and hugged his fists and said to Yang Guangdao: "The Great Khan and Ke He Dun heard that His Royal Highness the King of Jin was married not long ago in Dujin Mountain, so they asked me to come to Bingzhou today to send a congratulatory gift, and I hope that His Royal Highness the King of Jin will accept it with a smile." ”
When Yang Guang heard him mention Ke He Dun, he couldn't help but think of the assassin who appeared at his wedding to Xiao Er, and he snorted a cold air from his nose, and replied nonchalantly: "That king is going to thank the Great Khan and Ke He Dun for their good intentions." ”
Yong Yulu ignored Yang Guang's unenthusiastic attitude, and still explained to Yang Guang with a smile: "After He Dun learned that His Royal Highness the King of Jin loved the unique 'Haidongqing' of Liaodong, he reluctantly cut his love and transferred a 'jade claw' given to her by the King of Goguryeo a year ago to His Royal Highness the King of Jin, to express his heart, I wonder if His Royal Highness the King of Jin likes it?" ”
As the saying goes, gifts should be given to their liking, so as to receive twice the result with half the effort. Yang Guang suspected that the Turkic Kehe Dunyuwen Prajna was the main assassin of the assassin at the wedding, and he intended to refuse to accept the congratulatory gift brought by her Tuoyong Yulu. However, when he heard Yong Yulu explain to him that the wedding gift given to him by Yuwen Panruo was actually a divine falcon ----- jade claw that he had admired for a long time and had never had the opportunity to see, Yang Guang couldn't help but be moved.
"The Great Khan and Kohedun gave such gifts, but the king was disrespectful, and accepted them. When the prince returned, the king also prepared a small gift, and asked the prince to bring it to the Great Khan and Kohtun. Some time ago, the prince sent someone to the king, saying that the prince had something important to discuss with the king, but he didn't know what it was. ”
Yongyu Lu saw that Yang Guang's attitude had changed compared to before, and took advantage of the situation to say: "The first thing I have come to meet His Highness in Hezhou is to restore the regular meeting between you and me, so as to facilitate the reconciliation between the two countries; Secondly, my Great Khan knows that your country has been fighting endless wars in recent years, and there is a shortage of war horses, and my Turks have a great need for grain, cloth and other things that are abundant in the land of China, so he requests to reopen the mutual market with your country in a certain place to benefit the military and civilians of the two countries. ”
A few months ago, he did not hesitate to raise 400,000 soldiers of the five khans, and invaded the south on a large scale, and the soldiers pointed out that they once threatened the imperial capital Chang'an, and after a hundred days, Sha Boluo suddenly changed his course and sent his eldest son Yongyu Lu to merge the state, requesting the resumption of regular meetings with himself and the reopening of the mutual market.
Yang Guang muttered in his heart, and subconsciously moved his gaze to Wang Shao, who accompanied him to meet Yong Yulu.
Wang Shao understood, smiled and asked Yongyu Lu: "Although the king of my family Jin was ordered by the emperor to patrol the northern border on behalf of the Son of Heaven, he has no arbitrary right to make decisions on the matter of diplomatic relations between the two countries. ”
Yong Yulu was obviously not very satisfied with Wang Shao's reply, ignored him, and only asked Yang Guang: "You and I have a regular meeting, and it has been approved by His Royal Highness King Jin a few months ago, and it has been put into practice. ”
The more anxious Yong Yulu became, the more stable Yang Guang became, and explained to him with a smile: "What the king servant said is very true, if it were not for the southern invasion of the five khans a few months ago, maybe this king would still be reluctantly embarrassed, and he would be able to give the prince a satisfactory answer today." However, although the war between the two countries has ceased to exist, diplomatic relations have not been formally restored, and whether it is a regular meeting with the prince or the reopening of mutual markets, the king must present his father's edict before replying to your country. Therefore, the prince should not be anxious, but go back to Baidao Prefecture to wait for the tenth month, as long as the father's edict arrives, the king should immediately act in accordance with the edict and never delay for a day. ”
Yong Yulu couldn't hide the disappointment on his face, and said with a clenched fist: "Since His Highness also said so, now he has to do so." I have come here to meet His Highness in Bingzhou only to show His Highness my sincerity in Turkic desire to reconcile with the Sui Dynasty. ”
After sending Yongyu Lu away, Yang Guang asked Wang Shao in puzzlement: "Wang Servant, in your opinion, why did the Turks take the initiative to show favor to me, could it be because of another reason?" ”
Wang Shao replied: "The prince can go from the outside to the inside, and not be moved by his superficial words, and I am very gratified. Based on the information we have so far, it cannot be ruled out that there has been friction between the five Turkic khans and that the Turkic country is restless, so Sha Boluo sent Yongyu Lu to show favor to me. However, what the truth is still needs to be further observed before a definitive conclusion can be made. I would like to remind the prince to pay special attention to the fact that autumn is approaching now, and in the past years, the Turks tended to invade the south after autumn to loot grain and goods, but this year they chose to take the initiative to show favor to me at the turn of summer and autumn. ”
Yang Guang recalled all kinds of doubts about Yuwen Panruo before, and felt that Wang Shao's words were quite reasonable, and he even began to regret rashly accepting the rare "Jade Claw" sent by Yuwen Panruo as a wedding gift, because he thought that the "Black General" had been carefully fed and trained by An Ruoxi, and Xiao E did not seem to be afraid of birds of prey, so he ordered someone to temporarily send the "Jade Claw" to An Ruoxi to feed, and discussed in detail with Wang Shao and others in the main hall of Jinyang Palace to deal with various possible countermeasures. Only then did he hand over the Turkic affairs to Wang Shao to take the lead and be responsible for the time being, and he himself devoted himself to the progress of the plan of "leading the Buddha out of the mountain".