As the saying goes, keep the green mountains and you will not have to worry about burning firewood.

Even if he felt humiliated in his heart, he could not delay when he was time to run away. He sent away the messenger who asked Zhang Qian for peace and was stuck. After the back, the king of Shiguo Mo He took the civil and military officials on the journey of "West Hunting".

However, this guy was still in a state of conscience and found that he had no time to move the treasury and granary clean. He simply left behind gold, silver and copper coins worth more than 300,000 stagnants of Kaiyuan Tongbao, as well as most of the food, and left behind Little Berkzai to lead 500 soldiers to maintain order. He ordered the latter not to resist. As soon as the Tang army arrived, he immediately "handed over" the entire Bahan city to the guard of Suoye Zhang Qian.

As for the reason for doing this, Mo He not only wrote it in the second handwritten letter entrusted by Little Berkzai to Zhang Qian in person, but also ordered people to write it directly in the Tang Dynasty and Sogdian words and posted it on the wall.

The general idea of ​​the notice was that he and Zhang Qian were both Tang ministers, and there was a misunderstanding between them and they should not implicate the people of Bakhan. I hope that after the Tang army of Shattered Ye, the military pay and food will be directly collected from the warehouse of the Dayuan Governor's Office, and do not collect them from the local people. No matter how much Shattered Ye, he will report the accounts to the Emperor of Tang to know about it, and so on.

"Is this bastard named Yehenara?" When the news came to the camp of the Ye Army, Zhang Qian suddenly felt familiar. In another time and space, when the Eight-Nation Alliance entered Beijing, what Empress Dowager Cixi and the Qing Puppet Emperor were doing were almost exactly the same as what Mo He did now.

The difference is that Cixi, the bastard old witch, left Prime Minister Aisin Gioro Yili and Beiyang Minister Li Hongzhang, who were fully responsible for negotiating with the Eight-Nation Alliance. But Mo He only left Berkzai, who said nothing but counted, which was really depressing.

Originally, Zhang Qian wanted to continue chasing Ju Zhanti and asked Mo He if he had any connection with Yehenara clan. However, after calculating the time in his heart, he suddenly realized that if he did not withdraw his troops before mid-next month, he would have to break the agreement with the Shuofang Chief Manager Zhang Ren. Even if he immediately chased Ju Zhanti, he might not be able to catch up with Mo He? Maybe he would not be able to run further under his feet, and he might not even find someone to negotiate.

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This governor of the Dayuan Governor's Office? The throne was enthroned by the Tang Dynasty. It only represents the Tang Dynasty court, exercises the power of supervision over vassal states, and provides protection to the people of the Tang Dynasty in various parts of the Shi Kingdom. It does not interfere with how the king of the Shi Kingdom governs the country. It will not only be subject to the request of the Shi Kingdom's civil and military officials unless the usurpation, rebellion or dispute over the inheritance of the throne in the Shi Kingdom?

Zhang Qian believed in the conflict between Suiye Town and Shiguo. Whether it was Yihu or Mohe? They were all mistaken by treacherous ministers. Therefore, the two brothers were allowed to hand over a treacherous minister after each surrendering a treacherous minister. One person continued to be the king? The other person became the governor of Dayuan? They worked together to serve allegiance to the Tang Dynasty.

In order to show his magnanimity, Zhang Qian called Dagan Katun in front of him, agreed to Shi's peace talks request in public, and publicly announced that once the peace talks were reached, the Tang army would only leave 600 people stationed in the Dayuan Governor's Office to protect the Dayuan Governor and the Chief of the Governor's Office. The rest of the troops set off immediately to return the two cities of Bakhanna and Talas to Shi's jurisdiction.

As for the Julan City at Qianquan Mountain, it was ceded to the Tang Dynasty's Suiye Town as part of the compensation according to the "request" of the new Dayuan Governor Yi Hu. Zhang Qian was not very good at it and cut off 95% of the ransom owed by Shi Kingdom's Suiye Army. Less than half of the remaining amount, and there was about five million taels of gold erased. The Shi Kingdom could repay it in 50 years, and the interest on the money was changed to an unprecedented low of 5%, five cents a year.

In order not to waste time, Zhang Qian wrote his decision directly in the letter and entrusted Dagan Katun to send it to the Shi Kingdom Lord Mo He. By the way, he notified this person that within five days after receiving the notice, he would send a sufficient confidant to serve as a full-power negotiator to go to Bakhanna to discuss the specific details of the compensation payment and the division of power between Yihu and Yihu.

If the Tang army did not see the full negotiator of the Shi Kingdom within five days, it means that Mo He's previous request for "peace talks" was a delaying strategy. Zhang Qian would have to continue to advance westward and take down the entire Shi Kingdom.

In order to avoid misunderstandings among the people of Shi State, Zhang Qian also learned from Mo He's previous move and wrote part of his decision, directly wrote a notice in two words: Datang and Sogdian, and posted it in a prominent position in Bahan's city. He solemnly informed the Shi State that the soldiers of Shi State who let go that day were not Yi Hu alone. Therefore, the debt of five million taels of gold was the debt of the entire Shi State, and it was not based on the change of king replacement and the life and death of the governor of Dayuan Yi Hu.

In other words, unless the entire Shi Kingdom no longer exists, the money cannot be deducted. If any Shi Kingdom lord dares not to repay it, the Tang army will send troops to destroy him, and find another person who is willing to repay the debt to become the national lord.

"This is not like what you did before!" Dazzled by Zhang Qian's series of fresh operations, Luo Huaizu couldn't help but whisper. "The conditions are so harsh, and I didn't even have the opportunity to bargain for Mo He. If it were him, I would rather die in battle than endure this great humiliation."

"How did I insult him? I neither moved his throne nor cut off his land. Even Yihu, who was spying on his throne, tried to help him get up high, and from then on, he would not interfere with him!" Zhang Qian ignored the first sentence directly, and then responded with a smile.

"The problem is that it was Yi Hu who started the war, not him! He could say that he was completely unaware of it." Wei Dao has always claimed to be able to adapt to the situation. At this moment, he was a little uncomfortable with the sharpness that Zhang Qian suddenly showed. He frowned and helped Luo Huaizu.

"If I lead the army to the Great Food Kingdom now, no matter what the winner is, can the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty say it has nothing to do with him?" Zhang Qian glanced at Wei Dao and asked with a smile.

"It can be said that, but Mo He is not the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. He can completely ignore this account. Then he rolls around and asks the Tang Dynasty court to uphold justice for him. After all, in our court, there are many people who like to grievance him." Wei Dao still shook his head worriedly even though he knew that Zhang Qian was right.

"It will take at least half a year for his envoy to go back and forth to Chang'an. For half a year, it will be enough for me to destroy Shi Kingdom and cut off his head." Zhang Qian of course knew what the big guys in the court had, but he had already thought of a countermeasure. He smiled again and continued to answer patiently, "This is also one of the reasons why I insist on keeping Yi Hu. If Yi Hu is dead, Mo He will certainly dare not admit it. But Yi Hu is still alive. If he dares not admit it, he has to consider whether his position as a king can still be firm!"

"You mean to send troops to continue chasing him? Didn't you say that you were afraid of delaying the agreement with General Manager Zhang in autumn?" Luo Huaizu still didn't understand and continued to ask in a low voice.

"I may not need to send someone to chase him. The nobles of Shi Kingdom under his command will not seek death with him!" Zhang Qian shook his head slightly, and suddenly showed a contemptuous expression on his face. "It is much easier to kill him on his own initiative than to go crazy with him and fight against us. Besides, I have already saved most of the debts of Shi Kingdom. There is only five million taels of gold left in total, which is actually not high for the entire Shi Kingdom. They don't have to fight for it."

The last sentence is indeed reasonable. Everyone didn't know before that the gold in Shi Kingdom was actually half cheaper than Chang'an. In Chang'an, one tael of gold can be exchanged for nearly ten hangs of Kaiyuan Tongbao. In Shi Kingdom, one tael of gold can not even exchange for five hangs of Kaiyuan Tongbao.

In this way, the debt of 5 million taels of gold seems to be huge. Shi Guo divided it into 50 years to repay it, but only needed to repay 100,000 taels per year, which is less than 500,000 taels per year!

"However!" Luo Huaizu finally had nothing to say and nodded with a sigh. Deep in his heart, he was full of sympathy for the ruler and ministers of Shiguo.

With a smile at Luo Huaizu, Zhang Qian quickly turned his gaze to the still confused Wei Dao, and asked solemnly. "Gangjing, are you interested? Stay here to be the chief of the Dayuan Governor's Office? Yi Hu is not very smart, I have to leave behind a smart enough person to look at him. By the way, I will take back the debt for Suiye Town."

"I? Be the chief of the Dayuan Governor's Office?" Wei Dao was shocked and pointed his nose to ask.

"Yes, don't you often say that you admire Hou Banchao Dingyuan?" Zhang Qian nodded slightly, and then quickly added, "Don't worry, I won't let you do it for the rest of your life. At most, I will recommend someone else to take over you for five years. During this period, all the affairs of the Dayuan Governor's Office will be decided by you, just let Yi Hu be a decoration."

"This, this, Yongzhao, I feel very grateful for your trust in me. But, but I am afraid that I will not do well and delay your major tasks." Wei Dao was moved when he heard it, but reason told him that he could not let down his friend's trust. He blushed and explained stammeringly.

"What's wrong with doing? Don't worry about anything else. You can force Mo He to pay back the money on schedule every year!" Zhang Qian smiled and looked at him, his eyes full of encouragement. "Don't tell me that you have become those old guys in the court. I think I'm too harsh on Shiguo. You can't bear to be accomplices of the tiger!"

"No, no!" Wei Dao heard this, he didn't bother to argue with you Zhang Qian, and waved his hands repeatedly with sweat beads. "I, I'm worried, I'm worried that I won't have money. The Shi Kingdom, Shi Kingdom is actually quite poor. There are only more than 300,000 chunks in the treasury and there is not much savings in the granary. If I ask them to hand over 30% of the year, I'm afraid they will force them to jump over the wall."

"Don't worry, if Mo He had the courage to fight hard, he would not agree to my conditions this time. If he didn't fight hard this time, he would definitely not have the courage in the future." Zhang Qian thought about it and shook his head gently, "And if the treasury is not enough, Mo He will definitely increase taxes to the local people. In addition, you can advise them to take the initiative to cede land and repay debts, or use the tax collection rights of the past caravans as collateral, and exchange them for the officials of the Tang Dynasty to help him collect. Anyway, as long as the losses do not fall on the nobles of the Shi Kingdom, they will not take risks."

"Add taxes?" Luo Huaizu frowned and was skeptical. "Compared with the Tang Dynasty, the taxes in the Shi Kingdom are already high enough. Are they not worried about the people's rebellion?"

"If the people rebel, they can suppress them. If they don't pay us on time, they have to worry about whether the glory and wealth can continue." Zhang Qian had long been confident and gave the answer with a smile.

"In that case, the local people will expose their anger on the Tang people, just like when we attacked Talas!" Zhang Xushu was very angry and whispered to speculate next to him.

"Whenever the Tang people committed a crime in Shi State, even if they killed or set fire, the Shi State government had no right to deal with it. It must be handed over to the Chief of the Dayuan Governor's Office sent by the Tang people to Shi State, that is, the Gangjing to make a judgment. This is called extralegal power. The Tang Dynasty could not have the land of the Shi State, nor could it be held accountable for other crimes of the Shi State. However, extralegal power and compensation must be obtained." Zhang Qian answered firmly.

Before Wei Dao and Zhang Xu asked again, he thought about it and added with a smile, "I will not take all the compensation. Every year, I will give some kickbacks to the Dayuan Governor's Office, and the Gangjing will use it to buy and win over the powerful ministers of the Shi Kingdom. Then, I will come to this article and ask His Majesty the Emperor to take out part of the compensation in his name to open a school in the local area. Teach the locals to wear Tang clothes, speak Tang words, and write Tang characters."

"Are you going to turn all the people of Shiguo into Tang people like you did when you broke the leaves?" Wei Dao's eyes suddenly began to shiny, and there was finally a little more confidence in his questioning.

"No! The Sailed Ye is in the territory of the Tang Dynasty, so no matter what tribe the Sailed Ye people came from, I think they are Tang people. And here, it is not that easy to turn the locals into Tang people before the Datang and Dashi. So, I can only settle for the second best." It was of great importance, Zhang Qian put away his smile and explained seriously.

"My real plan is to cultivate a group of Shi people who are more loyal to the Tang Dynasty than the people of the Tang Dynasty." These words are a bit confusing, and the concept involved is too advanced, so he tried to make it simple and clear.

"Anyway, what you need to do is that if someone Tang Yan learns well, even if he is from a poor family, he will recommend him to study in the Tang Dynasty. After he returns from his studies, he will appoint him to the Dayuan Governor's Office to spread the kindness of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

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"In addition, in Shi Kingdom, anyone who is willing to say good things about the Tang Dynasty, even if his character is not good, should create various names to commend him and praise him as a master. Anyone who truly considers Shi Kingdom must pick bones in the eggs, or even frame him, making him unheard of. In short, the purpose is one. We took the money from Shi Kingdom and made the people of Shi Kingdom grateful to the Tang Dynasty!"

In another time and space, those colonists used this method to rule the conquered areas. Instead of incorporating them into the territory, they supported the local rulers as intermediaries. In this way, no matter how cruel the colonists exploited the colonies, they would have their own hands.

If you want to play more "advanced", you should quickly divide a part of the compensation as Zhang Qian gave to Wei Dao, and use it for special purposes, open schools, set up awards, educate local people, and spread "advanced" civilization.

In that case, not to mention all the crimes of murder and arson committed by the colonists before, they can be washed away. In less than a hundred years, the local cultural "elites" will praise the mercy and fraternity of the colonists in unison! They even wish they could send troops immediately to destroy their homeland!

"If I were Mo He, I would first go to Xu and Wushe and pretend to accept this condition. After you leave, I would then take action to kill Yi Hu." Although I knew that what Zhang Qian said and did was for the benefit of the Tang Dynasty, Zhou Jianliang was beside him, but he was filled with indignation.

"He dares not!" Zhang Qian quickly turned his gaze to him and shook his head with a smile, "Unless he asked the Great Shiguo to station troops in Shiguo for a long time, he would have to pay back the money even if Yihu was killed. Otherwise, he would not be sure that I would lead the army to collect the debt one day! And once the Great Shiguo was stationed in the army, I promise that his fate would be ten times worse than now!"

"You can't be the sacrificial guardian forever! The court will not let you use your talents in vain!" Zhou Jianliang also shook his head and sighed and reminded, "If someone else is the sacrificial guardian forever, he may not be able to be Xiao Gui and Cao Sui!"

"A hundred thousand taels of gold a year, although it is for the court, I always have to take a hand in the Suoye Town." Zhang Qian thought about it, and his voice suddenly became lower. "He dared to lose it. If the court doesn't need to deal with him, the brothers under his command will not be spared!"

Zhou Jianliang was speechless immediately, he was stunned for a while, and finally nodded with a sigh.

Taking advantage of his leisure time recently, Zhang Qian turned his head to the guard road and instilled as many colonial methods as possible to this person as possible. At the same time, he solemnly explained that if he really encounters collective resistance from the Shi Kingdom, or the soldiers and horses of the great food are moving eastward with all their might, he must not hold on. He will immediately lead the left-behind brothers back home. As long as he stays useful, sooner or later, he can lead the brothers back again.

Wei Dao was moved when he heard this, and blushed and expressed that he would definitely live up to Zhang Qian's entrusted. Then, he forced himself to calm down and ask if he didn't understand. As a result, both sides asked and discussed, and suddenly forgot the passage of time. It was not until the lights were raised in the room that he suddenly woke up, and then he smiled and bowed to say goodbye to each other.

"Gangjing, I finally know today, the origin of Mozi, the Mozi?" As soon as I left the Tang Dynasty, Zhang Xu gently pulled the corner of Wei Dadi's clothes and sighed deeply.

"Isn't it because of the ancestor Mo Di?" Wei Dao had something in his mind, but he couldn't hear the joke in Zhang Xu's words, and frowned and asked.
Chapter completed!