Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Shao Shude liked staying in the Forbidden Garden very much.

When he was in Luoyang, as long as he didn't go to court, he would leave Shangyang Palace and handle official business in Suyu Palace, Longlin Palace and other places in Shendu Garden, because he felt that the huge palace was lifeless and blocked his sight.

He will probably keep this habit for life.

Today, he summoned Persian envoys for the second time in Chang'an Forbidden Garden.

Li Xun was also present, acting as an interpreter.Of course, Shao Shude may not need his translation, because the Uighur language itself was invented based on the Sogdian language, and it is quite similar to the Turkic language.In Central Asia, there are too many people who can speak Sogdian and Turkic languages.

"How is King Bukhara's health?" After seeing the two envoys, he asked directly in Uyghur.

Mahamu didn't understand half of it, firstly because he didn't understand Uyghur language well, and secondly because Shao Shude's Uighur language was not very authentic, and his accent was a bit heavy...

But Tamm and the other two accompanying officials understood, and they translated in whispers in Persian.

"According to the contract at the founding of the country, the descendants of the Saman family will be kings for generations. Ismail's grandson is smart, healthy and stable. Thank you for His Majesty's concern." Mahamu folded his hands, bowed and said.

Tam wanted to translate, but Li Xun took the lead, so he could only stop resentfully, and turned to observe Emperor Xia carefully.

He is an old man, but his eyes are sharp, and his feeling when looking at people is hard to tell, he is different from everyone else.

Tamm pondered for a long time, and suddenly realized: It seems to be a feeling of standing on the peak of history, piercing through the fog, overlooking all living beings.

What arrogance!
And—how confident, wise, amazing, and heroic...

"How about Jayhani? Does he still want to make a break with me?" Shao Shude asked again: "Please forgive me, his irrational behavior has caused the loss of tens of thousands of personnel in your country, delayed your counter-insurgency, and caused domestic ambitions to flourish. Sometimes I doubt whether Jayhani has connections with the rebels, why is he helping them so much?"

Tam and another interpreter exchanged glances.

He was silent, and the interpreter repeated it in a low voice.

After Mahamud listened, he maintained his basic qualities as a diplomatic envoy, and only heard him say: "When the Grand Vizier was young, he was known to be smart among his peers. After he became a local official, his political achievements made the governors and Dihkans all over the country ashamed. Now, he is highly respected in the court, and all the suggestions he put forward are listened to by the emir. His virtues and abilities make the emir respect him very much, and no one can slander him."

"This is the biggest problem." Shao Shude chuckled, and then said: "Virtue? Maybe. But ability is really not that good, Li Qing—"

Li Xun looked at Mahamu after hearing the words, and said, "The Great Xia King's Army won a great victory in the Alai Valley. The Persian camp was full of flames, and the soldiers had no fighting spirit. They panicked and ran away with their heads in their hands. We captured dozens of nobles from your country and killed more than 4000 people. After entering Bahan, the King's Army chased the enemy in the heavy rain..."

The translator dutifully repeated.

Mahamu was surprised at first, then his expression gradually froze, he pursed his lips tightly, and said nothing.

After Li Xun finished speaking, Han Quanhui walked forward quietly with a few little Huangmen.Everyone held a wooden box in their hands, and after gently opening it, the contents inside were revealed: the head.

Mahamu's expression broke instantly.

He stepped forward quickly, took a wooden box, and watched it carefully.

This is the famous noble Musa of Shiraz.

After stuffing the wooden box back into Xiao Huangmen's hands, he went to another person: this is the Turkic general Blatt.

There is also Imam Ali, who is all mentioned in the back...

Tam also looked at it a little stupidly.

Unexpectedly, in the past few months in Xia Kingdom, such fierce battles broke out in Karasa and Pullhana.

Sadly, Persia lost.

After listening to the details of the battle described by Xia Guo officials, Tamm got goosebumps all over his body.

He knew that his state was wrong, but he just couldn't restrain his wild thoughts.

In his mind, he even imagined the process of the battle, and equipped it with beautiful words——

"Khan's army was deployed and launched an attack. The sky was covered with dark clouds, thunder rumbled, and lightning flashed. The wind and rain rushed straight up from the hiding place, and the heavy rain poured down. The water droplets pierced through the sky, as if the flood of the prehistoric era broke out again. The soldiers and horses on the battlefield were floating in the water like fish. Our army became very heavy after being exposed to the rain because of this great inconvenience. Products: the heads of nobles, patriarchs, generals, everyone present was shocked."

"A tyrannical life has no good results, and the whole world will never forget to avenge his crimes." Mahamu quickly reacted, and after muttering in a low voice, he retreated to his spot, looked up at Shao Shude, and said, "Is His Majesty the Emperor planning to humiliate us?"

"Just a polite reminder." Shao Shude said: "As a punishment for your country's meddling in the Karasa coup, I prepared a brave and capable army to respond. If the information I got is correct, the annual income of the towns in the middle and lower reaches of the Syr Darya River in your country has reached 48 dirhams, and the annual income of the northern Turkic cities has exceeded 9000 dirhams. Now these areas have been repeatedly ravaged by the king's division. Taxes cannot be raised, food cannot be collected, and people are fleeing. The country will also build the Great Wall to resist the nomadic army that is surging south."

"It is true that your country may not care too much about the taxes in the areas where the Turks are active. After all, the essence is still in Khorasan. But I want to remind you that the cities of the Turks are not far from Bukhara. The grassland cavalry can easily kill the most prosperous core of your country with their fast horses."

"Oh, I may have forgotten something." Shao Shude said: "The rebellion has devoured your country's finances. Perhaps, thanks to the hard work of the former emir, your country's treasury is still full. But after three years of war, especially this year's such a tragic defeat, will your country continue? I, the emperor of the Great Xia Empire, hereby tell you clearly that at the beginning of next year, I will send a new batch of soldiers to Karasha to replace the soldiers who have been fighting for two years."

"I assure you that their combat effectiveness is not inferior to the group that attacked Bahanna three years ago, nor is it inferior to the troops that are currently fighting with you. In fact, I just use your country as a training partner to ensure that my generals and soldiers will not fall."

"In general, it is profitable to attack the cities of Bahana and the Turkic people in the north of your country. The soldiers were excited and repeatedly demanded to expand the war. I stopped them from going to Bukhara. At this point, you should be grateful. Destruction is easier than construction. Once cities, canals, orchards, farmland, and pastures are destroyed, it will be very difficult to restore them."

"Don't worry about our logistics supplies. You should have discovered that I am not the traditional emperor of the Central Plains hundreds of years ago. I have enough cattle and sheep to supply my army. In fact, the food we plundered has already been sufficient to make up for consumption, and there is a large surplus. My soldiers are professional warriors who have been trained for many years. Even if they don't go out and stay in the barracks all day to bask in the sun, I still have to pay them regularly. In this case, it is better to let them out and bring me more wealth and slaves."

"In Chang'an and Luoyang, there are countless slaves from the Bahana and Turkic regions. I think you should have discovered this fact. I have many construction projects in the country. Post roads, ports, city walls and even mines all need strong slaves. Based on the most superficial judgment, you should also know that I have no reason to stop this war."

Shao Shude talked eloquently, and immediately silenced the people opposite him.

After a long time, Mahamu said: "Can I understand that this is a declaration of all-out war?"

"Understand it as you like." Shao Shude continued in Uighur, "I just talked about some obvious facts based on my position. My country has already been unified, and there is no need for such a huge number of professional warriors. They are brave, loyal and fearless, but they lack the necessary life skills. In order not to fall into poverty, the only thing they can do is to plunder wealth."

"In fact, you should have realized it. In this huge empire, only I, the supreme emperor, is the greatest peace envoy. Only I have the willingness and ability to restrain more than 100 million professional warriors and save your country's cities from disaster."

"I can state my conditions. Maybe you will agree, or maybe you won't." Shao Shude said: "The first one is to execute Samani. His shameless behavior led to the war between the two countries, but you are still protecting him. How ridiculous."

"The second article is to withdraw from Bahana. 160 years ago, this was the territory of the Tang Empire. I—as the legal ruler who has gone through all the abdication procedures, need the return of this land to give my subjects an explanation."

"Article [-], give Safar Persia complete independence. It should not be subject to anyone, nor should its people be enslaved by anyone."

"Article [-], the princes and nobles of Tocharian can freely choose their beliefs. Those who are willing to come to Daxia to pay tribute should not have any obstacles or be suppressed in any way."

"Article 23, the Turkic cities east and north of the Syr Darya, give up. They don't belong to you, and you took them for a short time, at most [-] or [-] years. The male camel king of Balasagun is very interested in this. He is a nobleman who was conferred by me personally, and he swore to submit to me forever. This land was illegally invaded by you, and it is time to return it."

"Article [-], stop preaching. Everyone has the right to be quiet and not be disturbed by anyone, and to live in the way they like. You are not qualified to change other people's beliefs. An aggressive and aggressive regime, I don't know where you come from. Confidence. Invading the lands of the Uighur princes of Balasagon and Talas, and intervening in the Karasha coup, and trying to change the beliefs of the Turks in Athai. You said that you are peaceful and have no desire for expansion. Fifteen thousand soldiers were captured and slaughtered by you."

"In fact, your desire to expand is so strong that I am surprised. You are more enthusiastic about expanding and preaching than Dashi back then. If I let it go, if the princes of Balasagun cannot resist your offensive, where will you go in the end?"

"Accept my conditions, or continue the war, choose one of the two."

"The conditions are met, and the war will end immediately. The two countries will reconcile and never attack."

"Even, I can help you solve some difficult problems."

"I will restrain the Turkic people so that they will no longer be your border troubles. Their combat effectiveness is very poor. I have always wondered why you use them as mercenaries."

"The trade between the two countries can reach a new level. I will establish large-scale trade fairs in Karasa, Kucha and other places, which will benefit everyone. Prosperous business will enrich your treasury and make up for the various taxes you lost."

"If you can't suppress the rebellion, if necessary, pay a satisfactory fee, and my professional warriors, which are too large to consume, will help you wipe out all the mobs."

"In the end, you will win the friendship of me and my descendants. It is a very honorable thing for the emir of your country to have a powerful eastern king as a friend. The court of Baghdad will look at you differently, and the princes of Tocharian who are willing to submit to you will be more obedient, and the Oghuz people will think it is a very risky thing to rob you."

"Where to go, make a choice as soon as possible."

After Shao Shude finished speaking, he waited for a while.Li Xun worked hard to write, and he had already translated his words, polished them, and wrote them out.After careful inspection, Han Quanhui brought the jade seal, Shao Shude looked at it, and gently used the seal.

This is an official reply to the credentials submitted by Mahmud.

Mahamu took it and looked at it, his face was even uglier than crying.He knew that there was no point in talking, it was a waste of time.

These conditions are completely beyond his authorization, he is not qualified to make any reply, and must take it back to the Grand Vizier and Emil for review.

Tamm is conceiving the content of "The Big Whip".

His impressions of the extremely cold king in front of him were very complicated.

What an outspoken, confident hero.He didn't care about the lives of his own soldiers, turned a blind eye to the suffering of the people, and even dismissed and even ridiculed the suffering of the Persians.

This is really the behavior of a grassland khan whose blood is so pure that he can't be more pure.

Sometimes, he wondered whether this whip-like monarch was ruling a prairie tribe alliance, or a civilized country?

He had never seen such a shameless person who made him tremble so much.

Hearing that he is 59 years old this year, this should be regarded as the only good news—a little bit sad.