Chapter 184: Go to the primary school envoy

The Uighur capital Hanerduobali, the pearl on this grassland was burned by the Tang army more than a year ago, but it was soon renovated. Time gradually healed the trauma in the hearts of the Uighurs. But just as the Uighurs were about to regroup and restore the heroic eagle of their grassland eagle, a storm of storm swept Hanerduobali again.

The cause was that under the instigation of new nobles such as the Sogdians and Manichae priests, the Denli Khan was preparing to launch a large-scale plunder war against the Tang Dynasty again, and wiped out the shame of being burned by the capital. However, the traditional nobles of the Uighurs attached more importance to the vast pastures in the West. They believed that the purpose of the Sogdians leading the war to the Tang Dynasty was to change the Uighurs' empire strategy to hinder the development of the Uighur Empire to the west.

Under this background, the pro-Tang prime minister Donmohedagan, with the support of the traditional Uighur nobles, launched a coup, killing Denli Khan and several of his sons, and hunting 3,000 Sogdian merchants and Manichae priests to re-establish the new Khan.

After Vijay Khan ascended the throne, he formally established the strategic goal of the Uighur Empire to go west rather than south, and decided to make peace with the Tang Dynasty and marry Princess Xian'an of the Tang Dynasty.

In early August, after nearly half a month of difficult journey, Zhang Huan's special envoy Pei Mingyuan and his party finally arrived at the Uighur capital Hanerduobali. They handed over the documents to the soldiers guarding the city. Wang Siyu and the accompanying soldiers were left outside the city, while Pei Mingyuan and Lin Delong were taken into the city and placed in the Uighur Welcoming Hall.

Frankly speaking, Pei Mingyuan was not an envoy of the Tang Dynasty court. He was just a special envoy of a county magistrate under the Tang Dynasty. According to the principle of reciprocity, he could only visit a certain tribe of the Uighurs and exchange local products for cattle and sheep. The Uighur officers who were diligently escorting them all the way to learn that they were not envoys of the Tang Dynasty, but were just local officials. After he was so angry that he vomited blood three times, laughed three times, and went south in a crazy way.

For ten days, Pei Mingyuan encountered a wall everywhere and no one paid attention to him. He never saw the Uighur New Khan. The Uighur Welcoming House where he lived was expensive to eat and stay, and the staff did not care about anything except collecting money.

Later, a businessman pointed out a Ming Road to Pei Mingyuan. There was an inn run by Han people in the south of the city. The shopkeeper had a lot of ways. When it was almost dusk, Pei Mingyuan and Lin Delong found this inn run by Han people near the South Gate. The Han man's surname was Lu, from Fanyang, Hebei, fled to the Uighurs for refuge during the Anshi Rebellion. Later, he married a Uighur woman and settled down in the Uighurs.

When Zhang Huan attacked Han Erduobali last year, his inn was also burned down. Later, the official paid and rebuilt. He took the opportunity to report the area, making the new inn more than twice the size of the original one.

Seeing a fellow villager from Datang coming to stay in the hotel, the fat and black shopkeeper Lu was extremely enthusiastic and shouted to his wife in Turkic words, probably meaning that he would let her cook, and he himself welcomed the two of them into the store.

"The two are very good-looking! Are you not here to do business? I know all the Tang Dynasty merchants who come to do business." He asked the two to sit down and put some tea powder from the Zhenguan period in the jar. Perhaps because he felt that he had put too much, he carefully poured out some of them, then poured in water and cooked on the fire.

"This is our first time to come to Uighurs to do something." Pei Mingyuan smiled and said, "We have something to ask Manager Lu for help."

Manager Lu heard that it was their first time to come and asked for his help. He said with a long "Oh!" and said with a smile: "There is something I want to say first. I also ask for someone to do things, so it costs a little. In addition, you must live with me, so there are also shop money, tea money, meal money, mule and horse money, and water money...."

Before he could finish his words, Lin Delong took out a ingot of twenty-five taels of gold and slammed it on the table, "Is this enough money for the house?"

Huang Cancan's gold blurred the eyes of Manager Lu. He grabbed it in his hand, squinted his eyes and looked over and over again, put it in his mouth and bit it. He immediately put it in his arms and laughed: "Two fellow villagers are so polite. Let's rely on friends to go out, tell me! What's the matter with you?"

"We want to meet the Uighur Khan, but I wonder if there is any way?"

Manager Lu grinned, and he smiled bitterly with a strange expression: "You two are coaxing me to play!"

Lin Delong took out another ingot of gold and held it in his hand and smiled: "If you have a solution, it will be your reward after the matter is done."

As the saying goes, 'Money can make the devil push the mill.' Even the devil who can only walk straight is coaxed by money, let alone the shopkeeper Lu, who has a special liking for money, stared at the gold with his eyes straight. After a while, he suddenly asked, "What do you two want to see Khan?"

Pei Mingyuan and Lin Delong looked at each other, and Pei Mingyuan slowly said: "We came from Longyou. We were ordered by my lord to find Khan if we have something to do, but we can't take the official path. Do you understand?"

"So that's it!" Manager Lu pondered for a moment and said, "In the past, some merchants asked me to get approval from the silk and horse trade, so I got approval from the prime minister through various channels. To put it bluntly, it is just a word for money. I know the housekeeper of the Prime Minister's Office. He can meet the prime minister's son through him, and then he will arrange for the prime minister to meet you. However, this requires a thousand guan, not including my intermediary fee. If you can trust me, give me three hundred guan first and pay the remaining money after the matter is completed."

Pei Mingyuan smiled slightly and said, "If you can let me see the prime minister, I will pay you a thousand yuan intermediary fee."

Manager Lu was overjoyed. He was about to speak, but Lin Delong stopped him first and said coldly: "The ugly words are ahead. We want to see the real prime minister. If you randomly find someone to pretend to be the prime minister and cheat money, I will let you see this."

As he said that, he raised his hand and shot out two flying knives, one in front and one behind. The sword was extremely fast. A cold light flashed. Ten steps away, a red willow branch in the courtyard was shot off, and then a flying knive nailed the thin willow branch to death on the trunk.

Manager Lu opened his mouth wide and looked at the flying knife, his face turned red and white. After a long time, he got up and walked out the door and looked, closed the door and whispered to the two: "The Prime Minister is the most powerful minister of our Uighurs. Who dares to pretend to be him? Don't worry, I just want to eat this bowl of rice and will never lie to you, but I can only guarantee that you will see him. As for how much time he gives you to speak, it's not my business."

"Then we will make up for it!" Pei Mingyuan winked at Lin Delong, and Lin Delong took out a few small gold ingots and said, "This is thirty taels of gold, and we can make 300 guan. I hope you can accomplish this within three days."

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There was nothing to say all night. The next afternoon, Manager Lu hurriedly found them and said anxiously and happily: "The matter is done. The prime minister will meet you in an hour. Come with me."

The two changed their clothes and followed Manager Lu to the Prime Minister's Mansion. The Prime Minister's Mansion was about two miles away. On the most prosperous street in the city, Han'er Duobali was a typical Turkic style. The buildings were made of stone, thick and lacked changes, and it seemed a bit monotonous and dull. The streets were full of merchants holding camels, and shops were open along the street, one by one, densely packed with hundreds of houses. The shouts of hawking camels came one after another. Carpets from Persia, silverware, horses for food, and silk, porcelain, tea, paper, etc. from Tang Dynasty. A wide range of goods filled the shops, which was very lively.

The Prime Minister's Mansion is located at the end of the street. It can be seen that the Prime Minister's Mansion has also been renovated. It has no courtyard walls. Above the high steps is a square palace, and under the steps are two giant stone wolves, carved with a wild face and lifelike appearance.

However, Pei and Lin were not qualified to enter through the main entrance. Manager Lu took them to a small gate for servants to enter and exit. There was a long waiting for a Uighur family member. Manager Lu took the lead and stuffed a handful of money to the servants. He pointed to Pei behind him. The two of them laughed and said, "It's them."

The servant glanced at the two of them and said coldly: "The housekeeper has given him the order, only one person is allowed to go in."

Manager Lu was obviously wary of Lin Delong's flying knife. He stopped Lin Delong and apologized: "Since the butler has given the order, then Mr. Lin will wait outside with me!"

"Master Lin, then I'll go alone! Don't worry, there will be no problem." Pei Mingyuan smiled and bowed, and followed the servants to the Prime Minister's Mansion of the Uighurs.

Unlike the Prime Minister's Mansion in the Tang Dynasty, there are no ponds and fish rockery, no pavilions, or pavilions. To be precise, there is no courtyard, only one house connected to one. Moreover, the decoration and appearance of each house are similar. In addition, the light is dim, Pei Ming walked away for a while and couldn't tell the difference between the east, south, west and north, so he could only follow the servant closely.

The servant took him to a room where several servants stood. In the middle, a middle-aged man sat in the middle, looking at Pei Mingyuan with a arrogant expression and cold expression. Without saying a word, the clothes he wore were the same as those of the servants, but the texture was slightly better, and it seemed that he was the housekeeper of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

He winked at the servants on both sides, and immediately came up and searched Pei Mingyuan completely. His hands were put into his underwear, and he even had to take off his shoes and his bun had to be broken. After searching for a long time, there was nothing except a letter.

Pei Mingyuan was born with a noble family. When did someone conduct such a humiliating search on him? Moreover, he came to the Uighurs to negotiate military and national affairs, but now he is like a prisoner.

But he knew that he was carrying a heavy responsibility this time and could not expose that Zhang Huan had sent someone to the Uighurs, and could only endure a moment of humiliation to achieve his goal. He silently endured their body search, but his heart was secretly ruthless. One day, he would come to Uighurs again and suffer today's humiliation.

When the middle-aged man put on his shoes and tied his hair, he nodded, stood up and walked proudly to the other end of the room with his hands behind his back. Pei Mingyuan knew that he was going to take him to see the prime minister, so he followed him tightly.

Walking out of a narrow corridor, Pei Mingyuan's eyes suddenly lit up. A yard finally appeared in front of him. Some flowers and plants were planted in the yard. Although it was midsummer, the flowers and plants seemed very sparse. It was obviously because of insufficient light. Several young women in black were sitting in the corridor watching the flowers and trees. When they suddenly saw a young and handsome Tang people coming, their eyes became brighter.

However, Pei Mingyuan didn't pay attention to them. He saw an old man tidying up flowers and plants with his back to him. A young man stood beside him, talking to the old man with a smile on his face. He suddenly saw the butler wink at him, and then saw Pei Mingyuan behind the butler.

The young man lowered his head and said a few words to the old man, pointed at Pei Mingyuan. The old man raised his head, nodded kindly to Pei Mingyuan, and turned around and was about to go into the house.

Pei Mingyuan immediately knew that this was his meeting with the prime minister. There were only so many things that Manager Lu could do. The opportunity was fleeting. He pushed the housekeeper away and stepped forward and said loudly: "Can the Uighurs form an alliance with the Tang Dynasty and deal with Tubo together?"

The old man had already walked to the door. Suddenly he heard Pei Mingyuan's words, his body suddenly shook, slowly turned around and stared at Pei Mingyuan and said in a sequel: "Who are you?"

He spoke Chinese, very fluent and standard. Pei Mingyuan slapped the butler's hand pulling his clothes with his palm. He bowed and bowed, "Pei Mingyuan, who was sent by Wuwei Governor Zhang, was specially sent to the Uighurs."

"Governor Zhang?" The old man suddenly smiled coldly, "Is it the Zhang Huan who burned Han's ears last year and massacred Dangxiang people this year? He actually dares to send people to the Uighurs!"

This old man was Dunmohe Dagan, the prime minister of the Uighurs. He studied in Chang'an in his early years and lived for a full ten years. He admired the Tang Dynasty culture very much and could speak fluent Chinese language.

He turned around, stared at Pei Mingyuan with sharp eyes, and snorted heavily, "You said! If you can't tell a truth, then today will be your worship day next year."

The prime minister was angry and suddenly more than 300 fully armed Uighur soldiers rushed out from the secret doors on both sides. They were covered with helmets and armor, each holding a long sword in his hand, surrounding Pei Mingyuan like a group of wolves. He just waited for the prime minister to cut him into meat sauce.

Zhang Huan's massacre of Dangxiang people only happened after Pei Ming left. He didn't know, but he was not panicked at all. He raised his chest and said coldly: "Is there still few people in the Tang Dynasty massacres that the Uighurs massacred? The three capitals of Chang'an, Taiyuan, Luoyang, and the Tang Dynasty were once blood-baptized by the Uighurs. Why didn't the prime minister blame himself first? Instead, he accused my governor of his own. I have his own ancestral teachings when I went to the country, 'It is impolite to come but not to go!' This is why my governor burned Han's ears last year. As for my visit today, it was for mutual benefit, not to beg for the Uighurs' understanding. With the wisdom of the prime minister, he should be very clear about this."

Pei Mingyuan gently pushed the two knives that blocked his sight, looked at Dunmohedagan and smiled faintly, "Last year, the Uighurs and the Tang Dynasty killed each other to death, but this year, the two countries sent special envoys to make the Qin and Jin deeds. Why is this? Please teach me."

Dunmohedagan glanced at Pei Mingyuan and saw that several knives had been placed on his neck, but he accused the Uighurs of brutality without changing his face.

As the topic changed, he mentioned that the two countries had a good repair. This person was brave and knowledgeable, which made him admire him.

He waved his hand gently and said, "You guys go down!"

More than 300 soldiers disappeared in an instant as if the tide was receding. Dunmohedagan looked at Pei Mingyuan, and suddenly smiled slightly and said, "For the envoy, you will not be humiliated by his master and his trust. With this, you will be qualified to enter my study."

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The Prime Minister's Mansion is a typical Turkic building, while the study of Dunmohe Dagan is just like that of the study of the Tang Dynasty literati. A faint picture of the distant mountains is hung on the snow-white wall, a faint fragrance is burned in the copper furnace in the corner of the wall, and a pen, ink, paper and ink on the desk table.

Pei Mingyuan sat down, and Dunmo Hedagan poured him a cup of tea and said with a smile: "The sons of Pei Xiangguo are all in the center with the word "Ming". I remember that his fifth son is Yuan, but are you?"

Pei Mingyuan quickly stood up and bowed, "It's me."

"Not bad! Not bad! It's worthy of being the descendant of a famous family." Dunmo Hedagan praised repeatedly. He pondered for a moment and asked again: "But why did you serve as an envoy for Zhang Huan? Is this what Pei Prime Minister wants?"

Pei Mingyuan shook his head, "The Prime Minister doesn't know anything. I am now serving as the Hexi military farmland envoy. I am the subordinate of Governor Zhang, but his special envoy. This matter has nothing to do with my father."

Speaking of this, Pei Mingyuan took out Zhang Huan's handwritten letter and pushed it to Dunmohedagan Road: "My governor intends to join forces with the Uighurs to deal with Tubo, so he specially ordered me to come to the Uighurs as an envoy. Does the prime minister think this is possible?"

Dunmohe Dagan did not answer, he was silent. The Tang Dynasty's advance envoy had arrived this morning, and did not mention that Zhang Huan sent people to the Uighurs. Moreover, Pei Mingyuan only used his son's relationship to meet him. It seemed that the purpose of forming an alliance with the Uighurs and dealing with Tubo was Zhang Huan's private act, and it did not mean that the Tang Dynasty did not have this intention.

Dunmohe Dagan is a very cautious person. He knew very well that the alliance with Zhang Huan, who was a royal family, would mean to the Tang Dynasty court? Although Zhang Huan wanted to form a secret alliance, the Uighurs are now committed to reconciling with the Tang Dynasty. Khan even wanted to marry the Tang Dynasty princess. Once Chang'an knows about this, the consequences will be very serious. However, Zhang Huan's proposal to jointly deal with Tubo has great temptation. He can hold back the Tubo army in Hexi and avoid the worry of the Uighurs' army going south to Anxi, which is of great strategic significance.

Dunmohe Dagan was very embarrassed and could not answer for a while. Pei Mingyuan saw it and smiled slightly and said, "Before I left, the governor asked me to tell you that if this matter is difficult to do for a while, I can talk about it later. As long as you know that my governor has this intention."

Hearing this, Dunmo Hedagan felt relieved. He had to admire Zhang Huan's vision. Now that the Khan had just ascended the throne, he had to concentrate on stabilizing the Khan throne. It would take two or three years to attack Tubo.

"Please tell your governor that I will report to Khan about this matter. If there is a chance in the future, we will send someone to contact Governor Zhang."

Pei Mingyuan had completed his mission and was very happy. He stood up and said goodbye to Dunmo Hedagan. Suddenly he remembered something again and asked, "Just just now, the Prime Minister said that my governor massacred Dangxiang people. What's going on?"

Dunmohedagan glanced at him and smiled and said, "This incident must have happened after Mr. Pei left Wuwei. Yesterday, a prince Dangxiang named Tuoba Qianli came to join us Khan, saying that Zhang Huan massacred all 50,000 Dangxiang people, begged Khan to avenge him, and offered a woman with demonic control to Khan."

"What about your Khan's attitude?" Pei Mingyuan asked nervously.

"My Khan only said one thing, he said that Zhang Huan is a wolf."

Dunmohedagan slowly walked to the window and stared at the blue sky outside the window. After a long time, he smiled faintly and said, "We Uighurs have always been admirers of wolfs."

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Chapter completed!