On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 147 Establishing a new Khan

Author: He Tiantian from Lotus Picking

Chapter 147 Establishing a new Khan

The next day, the assessment of fifty-four scholars from eighteen counties in Youzhou began as scheduled.

Cui Che carefully reviewed the list of Youzhou scholars he referred to this time, but there was no name he was familiar with.

Therefore, he had no selfish motives in this selection and chose candidates purely based on their talents.

Cui Che left the government affairs to Li Gang, the chief official, and personally took the examination in the General Manager's Mansion in the early morning. In the afternoon, he reviewed the examination papers with Fang Yanqian, the Secretary of Records, and Dong Jing, a member of the Army Records Office. The questions were all written by Fang Yanqian and Dong Jing.

Excerpted from meaning.

After some discussion, three tribute scholars were finally selected among the fifty-four scholars. The General Manager's Office sent people to send them to Beijing, and at the same time issued documents to allow them to live in Youzhou Jinzouyuan after entering Beijing.

Cui Che did not forget the remaining fifty-one people who were frustrated. He distributed expenses to these people and also announced the answer sheets of the three tributes.

Although there are a few scholars who think that their answers are not worse than theirs, they also admit that these three people are qualified to be tribute scholars.

With the money given by Cui Che, everyone left one after another, and Cui Che also brought the family members of two hundred personal guards to Jixian for resettlement. He was very good at these little tricks to win people over.

At the same time, Cui Che's messenger finally arrived in Daxing.

Yang Jian has had a lot of worries lately.

In April, Shabolue Khan of the Eastern Turks, who had just been allowed to nomadically live between Dai and Heng prefectures, died of a sudden illness.

When he was dying, Zhaotu thought that his son Yong Yulu was cowardly. He believed that in this critical period, a heroic leader was needed to revitalize the tribe, so he followed his father's example and ordered his younger brother Chuluohou to inherit the throne.

After some humility with his nephew Yong Yulu, Chuluohou succeeded to the throne of the Eastern Turks as Yehu Khan, also known as Mohe Khan.

Yu Wenshi, the righteous princess who once married Tuobo Khan and Shabolue Khan, is now married to the new Khan Chuluohou, and she is Ke Dun.

When Yang Jian learned of the death of Photographer, he issued an edict to suspend court for three days to express his condolences. At the same time, he sent an envoy north to express his condolences and presented him with 5,000 pieces of cloth.

The Marquis of Chuluo went to Yang Jian to explain the story of his succession and expressed his submission to the Sui Dynasty.

But he also begged Yang Jian to support him in sending troops to attack the Western Turkic Apo Khan.

The picture taken by Chuluohou is different from that of his brother. The picture taken by Apo Khan and Datou Khan has been beaten to the core, so it is attached.

Chu Luohou was brave and resourceful, and because of this, he passed the news to him, believing that this brother could revive the Eastern Turks.

It’s just that the current national policy of the Sui Dynasty is to defend the north and attack the south, and try to maintain the stability of the north and avoid conflicts. Yang Jian doesn’t even want to participate in the internal fighting in Tuyuhun. He has refused the submission of two princes in succession, so how can he be willing to support Chu Luohou?

Provoked another war with the Turks.

But he was worried that he had refused the request, and now the East Turks, who were extremely submissive, were at odds with themselves and were alienated from their morals.

When he was in a dilemma, the messenger sent Cui Che's memorial.

Zhao Mu, who was hiding in the ground inspection department, and Wang Dangwan wanted to join him, and revealed the news to the Youzhou General Manager that the ground inspection team would go south to plunder Yuyang and other places.

Cui Che told Yang Jian that he would lead eight thousand cavalry to set up an ambush in Yuyang. If the news was true, after destroying the enemy in the south, he would go out to attack the ground inspection department, give part of the loot to the Kumoxi people, and provoke a conflict between the Western Turks and the Kumoxi people.

Mo Xi's conflict.

Yang Jian immediately summoned Gao Jun and Su Wei and informed them of Cui Che's plan.

Su Wei's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he agreed:

"If the Turks quarrel with Kumoxi, they will have no time to invade southward. Prince Consort Cui's move to divert disaster to the east is really brilliant!"

Kumoxi's strength is not as strong as that of the Western Turks, but it has been able to take root north of Youzhou for hundreds of years, so it should not be underestimated.

However, Gao Jiong keenly connected this matter with Chu Luohou's request for war. He offered advice:

"If things are really as the prince consort said, and they can drive away tigers and devour wolves, then when Apo Khan attacks Kumoxi, he can have the prince consort and Yehu Khan (the Marquis of Chu Luo) send out troops to attack from a pincer attack, and Apo Khan will look southward.

Big defeat!"

Yang Jian immediately cheered up. Although the Eastern Turks were now included, the Western Turks and the Western Turks were powerful. The Sui Dynasty had long been friends with Apo Khan and Datou Khan.

In February of this year, in order to prevent the invasion of the Western Turks, Yang Jian recruited more than 100,000 men to go north to build the Great Wall. This was the third consecutive year to build fortifications in northern Xinjiang.

The former enemy has become a guard dog, and the former friend has become a new threat to the north.

Defending from the north and attacking from the south, repeated concessions will only allow the Western Turks and the Western Turks to advance. It is better to find opportunities to severely injure Apo Khan in a battle and weaken the Western Turks, so that the north can gain real peace.

Gao Jong's proposal was in line with Yang Jian's wishes, but the question now is whether the information Cui Che received was true, and whether he could provoke a war between the Western Turks and the Kumoxi people.

Fortunately, Cui Che did not keep Yang Jian waiting for long. The second and third waves of envoys arrived in Daxing to report the victory to Yang Jian and the results of the battle.

Yang Jian learned that Diqincha had indeed gone south, and was captured and killed by Cui Che in Yuyang, killing more than 5,000 people. Even his own head was sent to Daxing.

Cui Che then went out to destroy the ground inspection department and gave all the underage men of the ground inspection department to Kumo Xi as slaves. Yang Jian was even more appreciative of this.

Yang Jian has never been to Mobei, but he also knows the importance of population to the grassland tribes. How could Apo Khan let thousands of Turkic teenagers be enslaved in Kumo?

And how could the Kumoxi people be willing to give up these thousands of Turkic slaves?

Yang Jian then summoned Su Wei and Gao Qiu. After discussion, the three of them decided to use Chang Sun Sheng, the Turkic separatist, as an envoy to go to the Eastern Turks to pay homage to the Marquis of Chuluo and reward them with drums and flags. At the same time, the Marquis of Chuluo and

Contact Cui Che to jointly fight against the Western Turks.

The Eastern Turks are now nomadic between Hengzhou and Daizhou, and Hengzhou is under the jurisdiction of Cui Che's Youzhou General Palace.

Yang Jian also sent envoys to Ji County to grant Cui Che additional food and towns based on his contribution to the battle of Yuyang and the destruction of the Qincha Department in the fortress.

According to Yang Jian's original intention, he wanted to promote his son-in-law from the second-rank Zhuguo to the first-rank Shangzhuguo, but Gao Jiong proposed to only grant 500 households with food towns. If he could severely damage the Western Turks, it would not be too late to reward him for his contribution.

Yang Jian issued another secret edict, ordering Cui Che to start a fire between the Western Turks and Kumoxi and provoke a conflict between the two sides. At the same time, he secretly prepared for war. At that time, he would gather elite troops from six states and fifty towns and join forces with the Eastern Turks to attack the Western Turks. They must make them

Suffering heavy losses, it will be difficult to threaten Northern Xinjiang in a short time.

As for the thousands of Turkic prisoners sent by Cui Che, Yang Jian also rewarded all the ministers as slaves.

Cui Che dared to send this group of prisoners because he knew that these low-level soldiers had no idea about the truth about the southward movement. Among them, even the junior officers with a slight status had been silenced by Cui Che in advance.

The civil and military ministers got these slaves for free. While thanking Yang Jian, they also felt more favorable to Cui Che.

Although his thumb was cut off and he couldn't hold the knife steadily, he could still do odd jobs.

(End of chapter)