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Regardless of age and difficulty in communication, this beautiful gift from the Turks at least looks quite pleasing to the eye.

It's not that Li Tai himself belittled and objectified Turkic women, but that Uzun Khan's behavior itself revealed a similar meaning. If the other party really regards this as a normal marriage and marriage, it is impossible for the Turkic princess to have no requirements for the treatment after entering the Wei Dynasty.

Take Li Tai himself as an example. Although the marriage of Princess Changle of the Western Wei Dynasty to Ashina Tumen was not due to his manipulation, when he killed Mugan Khan and established Wuzun Khan, he still proposed to let Wu Zun Khan. Zun Khan accepted this stepmother as his official wife Ketun.

Of course, Li Tai is not a close friend of the heroine Mary Su. He always saves the heroine from danger and adversity. He has never even met Princess Changle. The reason why he made such a request is because he is a strong person. One side must use this to show its influence on Turkic personnel. Princess Changle's status in the Turks directly reflects whether the Turks respect the Western Wei regime or not.

Historically, Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Yu Wenyong, proposed to the Turks. He begged Mu Gan Khan several times before agreeing to the marriage. Immediately afterwards, the Northern Zhou Dynasty sent a huge mission to marry the Turk princess.

As a result, during the same period, the Northern Qi Dynasty also courted the Turks, and the Mugan Khan's attitude was also erratic. The envoys went back and forth more than ten times. The delegation to welcome the bride stayed in the Turks for as long as three years before finally sending the Afghan to the Turks. The Shina woman welcomed her back to Chang'an and immediately made her a queen.

Today's Western Wei naturally does not need to suffer such a squeeze, especially after the previous battle in Hetao, the situation changed to the point where the Turks, especially the newly ascended Wuzun Khan, had demand for the Western Wei.

Although Meng Yehu said that everything went smoothly for Wuzun Khan to return to his country and inherit the throne, and he was unanimously supported by the powerful chiefs of various tribes, he always avoided mentioning the relatively powerful forces in the Turkic country in his words. , that is Ashina Tumen's younger brother, Moheduo Yehushu Dianmi.

Although Meng Yehu is also Tumen's younger brother, he has been sent back and forth as an envoy. It can be seen that his status may not be low, but his influence within the Turks may not be very great. Shi Dianmi, who also served as Yehu, was an out-and-out powerful faction in the Turkic country. When Ashina Tumen led his troops to conquer Rouran, he was responsible for staying at the Jinshan Khan Court.

Shortly after Tumen defeated Rouran and established his position as the overlord of the Turkic grasslands, Shi Dianmi also led his tribe to start the Western Expedition, and soon annexed the Chuyue, Chumi, Tuqishi and other tribes in the Western Regions. The power has also grown rapidly, and it seems to have become a faction of its own.

Such a powerful figure must have a great say in the Turkic country. If he really expresses his support for Wu Zun Khan, Meng Yehu will definitely not avoid talking about it. Instead, he will explain it in detail to show that The unity of the Turks and the popularity of Uzun Khan.

But today, relevant personnel are deliberately avoided to be discussed, which shows that Shi Dianmi is clearly opposed to Wu Zun Khan's ascendancy, and at least there are certain differences between them.

Under such circumstances, if Uzun Khan wants to consolidate his position, he must win internal and external support and assistance.

The Western Wei Dynasty was the first country in the Central Plains to establish diplomatic relations with the Turks, and Li Tai, the leader of the domineering government, had just defeated the Turks and killed Mugan Khan. Naturally, it also had considerable deterrent power against the current Turks. Wuzun Khan wanted to maintain a A good interactive relationship can also deter some vacillating forces in the country.

Under such circumstances, it is normal for Uzun Khan to choose a young and beautiful niece as a gift for Li Tai. As for the niece who is still a little young, if she has the slightest inclination to inquire about Duke Tang's past, she might just be following his fancy.

Of course, Li Tai would not be crazy enough to have any ideas now. After meeting the Turkic princess, he ordered her to be temporarily adopted in the inner palace. On the contrary, the two ladies in the house were very interested in this little girl who came from a foreign land thousands of miles away. They looked around and wanted to ask about the people and customs of Turks, but it was difficult for them to communicate with each other.

"How is this possible that this Turkic woman doesn't know Chinese? We still need to arrange for someone to teach her as soon as possible, otherwise we will end up raising a blue-eyed white raccoon in our family who can hardly communicate."

Looking at this timid little Turkic princess, Miaoyin didn't feel any jealousy. Instead, she felt a desire to train her carefully. When she heard that the Turkic name of the princess was Hal, she couldn't help but frown and said, "What a beautiful little girl." Madam, she has an inexplicable name. Seeing as her skin is as white as snow, she will be called Xue Ji in the family from now on."

Naturally, Li Tai didn't have much time to stay in the inner palace to tease the little Turkic princess. Seeing that his wife accepted her, he could discipline her, and he himself recruited Shedizhi and other ministers who were familiar with Turkic personnel to Shangyang Palace. Come and discuss with them the next cooperation and interaction with the Turks.

Because the Turkic women's sacrifice gave Li Tai a deeper understanding of the current situation of Wu Zun Khan, and he also happened to plan to further cooperate with the Turks, this situation was a two-way affair.

The game with the Turks is bound to be a long-term interactive process, and before mutual development creates a fundamental conflict of interest, mutual benefit is also a prerequisite for cooperation. Li Tai's previous attack on the Turks was not to break with the Turks, but to restore them to a relatively equal position.

Of course, the cooperation process cannot be completely frank and selfless. Who can draw more nutrients in the cooperation process to strengthen themselves and accumulate more strength for future betrayal, then it depends on their respective methods.

At present, the only thing that the Western Wei can achieve a win-win situation with the Turks is border trade, while the space for military cooperation is relatively small. This attack on Tuyuhun was an exception, and the Turkic troops were only icing on the cake and did not exert a decisive influence.

In the next period of time, the Western Wei Dynasty will still focus on internal rest and recuperation. Even if there are some frictions in the border areas and the need to use force, they can fully cope with it on their own.

As for the Turks, they are now the absolute hegemons in their ecological niche, but the situation is somewhat unstable internally due to the change of Khan position. Several military operations against Monan all ended in failure. In the current time and space, it has been difficult for the Turks to exert any strong influence on the Monan region in recent years.

Shi Dianmi, the founder of the Western Turks, had objections to the ascendancy of Wuzun Khan, which would inevitably affect the Turks' acquisition of supplies from the Western Regions. The Western Wei Dynasty could use this opportunity to dump the treasures seized from Tyuhun to the Turks. In exchange for a series of pastoral products such as the Hu tribe's population and cattle and horse furs accumulated by the Turks for several years of war.

Uzun Khan could appease and win over the hearts of his tribe through abundant material supplies. The Western Wei Dynasty could use the human and animal labor exchanged from the Turks to establish a large base in the Hetao area to prevent and control the entire Monan region.

Li Tai just planned the general framework of the affairs, including some taboos that needed attention, and then Shedizhi and others continued to negotiate with the Turks. If possible, it would be best to finalize related matters and start operations within this year.

He had just finished handling the matter here. Gao Le, who was the leading general, and his uncle Lu Shuhu each went to the meeting to request a warrant to go to the prisoner of war camp to meet with the personnel.

In the Western Wei Dynasty, enemy personnel captured through war were generally reorganized, and they were given different identities and positions. However, there were also some personnel who were too busy to be reorganized, or who had special identities and were imprisoned in prisoner-of-war camps for a long period of time.

The prisoner-of-war camp is located in Xiayang Mountain in Wuxiang County, Tongzhou. This is because there are many smelting workshops in Xiayang Mountain, and its function and status in the Western Wei Dynasty was similar to that of Jinyang Jiafang in the Northern Qi Dynasty. Not long ago, Li Tai also set up money minting offices in Guanzhong, one of which was located in Xiayang Mountain.

The prisoner of war camp was set up in Xiayang Mountain, naturally to facilitate the prisoners of war detained there to participate in labor. Unless there are other arrangements, the prisoners of war responsible for these camps must participate in the work of various workshops every day.

The people Gao Le and Lu Shuhu were going to meet in the prisoner-of-war camp were all members of a group of prisoners of war who were escorted to Chang'an from the Southern Dynasties after the battle to defend the health of Nanliang. After the previous Battle of Jiankang, as one of the conditions for continuing to cooperate with the Nanliang operation, the Wei army asked for a group of prisoners of war from Nanliang, including many important generals of the Northern Qi Dynasty.

In addition to some of this batch of prisoners of war being reorganized on the spot, the rest were then sent to Chang'an. It's just that Li Tai has been busy with other things some time ago and doesn't pay special attention to this. After the prisoners of war were sent to Guanzhong, since there were no new instructions from the Bafu, they were sent to the prisoner of war camp to settle down as usual.

The person Gao Le wanted to see was Qi General Dongfang Lao, and the person Lu Shuhu named Zhang Baoluo. Li Tai asked someone to look through the list of prisoners of war and found that in addition to these two people, there was also a relatively heavyweight figure among the prisoners of war, and that was Murong Yan, the Kaifu of the Northern Qi Dynasty.

Li Tai had put this matter behind him before, but now after seeing the two men's petition, he couldn't help but feel some interest in his heart, so he also planned to go together to see these prisoners.