On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 480 Summer Palace (3000)

Cui Che's consolation was not without effect, at least Dulan Khan regained his energy.

Since rebelling against the Sui Dynasty, Dulan Khan seems to have gone from one failure to another. Now his tribe is scattered, with only more than 30,000 troops under his command, and he has to humble himself in front of Cui Che.

At the bonfire party in the evening, after three rounds of drinking, Dulan Khan came out specially to perform prairie songs and dances to Cui Che.

Cui Che also became interested and played Hujia in public in response.

However, the happy time was fleeting, and the next day, both parties met specific conditions.

Dulan Khan hoped that Cui Che could follow Yang Jian's example and reward him with more than 60,000 Tiele women and children captured in this war, so as to strengthen his strength and be able to resist the threat of Qimin Khan on his own.

But Cui Che was not as generous as Yang Jian. He was indeed not prepared to reward these Tiele women and children as slaves to the soldiers, but that did not mean that he would give them to Dulan Khan for nothing.

Cui Che planned to build a summer palace on the south side of Daqing Mountain, imitating the system of the later Liao Dynasty.

With this palace as the center, Cui Che would place more than 60,000 Tiele women and children and more than 10,000 Tiele prisoners captured in two wars around it.

All these Tiele people will be left in the palace for management, tax collection, and promotion of Han culture.

There is no doubt that in ancient times, the Central Plains civilization was indeed a more advanced existence than the surrounding nomadic civilizations.

There is no better way to alleviate hatred and unite people's hearts than the spread of culture.

When the young men among them grow up, Cui Che can select brave men who are good at riding and shooting to form the palace army.

In the future, if we want to send troops to the grasslands, we will not need to mobilize the main domestic forces, but can directly use the soldiers of the palace army.

Cui Che placed them near the summer palace so that they could take the opportunity to deepen their relationship with the people around the palace when they came here every summer.

He not only wanted to be a powerful minister in the Eastern Sui Dynasty, but also wanted to be a khan on the grassland.

It's just that this ambition will naturally not be revealed to Dulan Khan.

The so-called palace army must wait until the kidnapped teenagers grow up and completely return home before preparations can begin.

Cui Che decisively refused Dulan Khan's request, but he did not spare any money. Considering that Dulan Khan hurried south and was now short of food and clothing, Cui Che still agreed to give Dulan Khan some material assistance.

Of course, it cannot be that the Northern Wei Dynasty gave Anahu various weapons, clothing, countless horses, camels, cattle, sheep, and 200,000 shi of corn in order to support Rouran.

Cui Che distributed tens of thousands of cattle and sheep from the seizures of this battle and rewarded them to Dulan Khan, which solved his urgent need to breed livestock for his people.

In fact, Dulan Khan had no hope of getting more than 60,000 Tiele women and children and more than 10,000 prisoners from Cui Che.

He has known Cui Che for many years and knows this old friend well enough.

The reason for asking for these women, children, and prisoners is just to ask for an exorbitant price.

If the lion hadn't opened his mouth and was rejected by Cui Che, how could Cui Che have promised him ten thousand cattle and sheep in order to appease him.

Otherwise, with Cui Che's temperament, he would just give him 5,000 heads, which is fine.

In his eyes, both Dulan Khan and Qimin Khan were ignorant white-eyed wolves.

When you are weak, you will naturally beg for mercy, but if you are strong, you will turn around and bite you.

Cui Che would not have chosen to accommodate Dulan Khan if it were not for the purpose of eliminating his worries about advancing in Guanlong and preventing Qimin Khan from threatening Northern Xinjiang.

Dulan Khan was naturally overjoyed when he got these 10,000 cattle and sheep.

And Cui Che didn't feel too distressed, as he had snatched it from the Qimin tribe anyway.

This battle was very fruitful. Although the women and children only captured half of them, they captured most of the livestock in the Qimin tribe.

After excluding the months spent in leaving the fortress and the 10,000 cattle and sheep presented to Dulan Khan today, the remaining quantity and value even exceed the rice cloth that Cui Che will reward the soldiers after returning to Jinyang.

Now that you have received military pay, the spoils of war cannot be divided privately, but must be returned to the national treasury. As for those who fought bravely, there will naturally be post-war rewards and pensions.

After Cui Che and Dulan Khan finalized the amount of aid, the two had disagreements about Dulan Khan's resettlement place.

Dulan Khan hoped that Cui Che would allow him to roam freely between Hengzhou and Shuozhou.

When Dulan's father, Sabolo Khan Ashina, attached himself to the Sui Dynasty, Yang Jian placed him between Heng and Shuo.

But Cui Che wants to build a summer palace on the south side of Daqing Mountain, which is located in Shuozhou. There is no way he can allow others to sleep soundly next to his couch.

Cui Che was not afraid of Dulan Khan, but worried that he would take the opportunity to exert influence on the Tiele tribe.

Cui Che would not let go of this point no matter what, and had to let Dulan Khan go to the Qikou Palace, the transportation hub between Damo and Monan, to monitor Damo.

Dulan Khan said helplessly:

"Please forgive me, Your Majesty. Now the Khan has a small army. Once the people move south, Qikou will be the first to bear the brunt. It will be difficult for me to resist it with my own power."

Cui Che also knew that what he said was the truth, so he comforted him:

"Khan does not need to worry about this. Qimin has suffered a heavy blow now, and it will be difficult to do anything in a short period of time, which is enough for Khan to have a chance to breathe.

"In the future, when the Qi people move south, if the Khan's strength has not yet recovered, they can move to the northern foot of Daqing Mountain. At the same time, they can send people to Daizhou to ask for help. Mai Tiezhang, the governor of Daizhou, will lead his army north to join forces with the Khan to fight against the enemy."

As he said that, Cui Che looked at the Mai Tiezhang below. Mai Tiezhang understood, and he said loudly:

"I have been ordered by the king to guard the northern border. The Khan is an old friend of the king and a good neighbor of the Sui Dynasty. Mai will fight the enemy together with the Khan and prevent Rangan (Qimin Khan) from invading the border."

With Cui Che's comfort and Mai Tiezhang's statement in front of the king, Dulan Khan finally felt relieved and agreed to Cui Che's proposal to let him stay in Qikou.

After many things were discussed, Dulan Khan resigned and waited for Cui Che to come again tomorrow to inform him to participate in the Heaven Sacrifice Alliance Oath Conference.

After Dulan Khan left, Cui Che retreated from everyone, leaving the wheat iron staff alone, and said seriously:

"Du Lan is a very capricious person. Even if we take him in today, he will eventually betray him and cannot be trusted.

"I asked you to help him resist Qimin, and I also asked you to secretly monitor Dulan for me. Do you understand?"

Mai Tiezhang cupped his hand and said:

"Your Majesty's teachings will always be kept in mind."

Dulan Khan had rebelled against the Sui Dynasty before, and Mai Tiezhang had experienced it personally. He also followed Cui Che to Mobei and beat up Dulan Khan to quell the anger of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty.

As for what Cui Che said about Dulan Khan being capricious and bound to rebel eventually, Mai Tiezhang took it seriously.

Seeing that Mai Tiezhang really took his words to heart, Cui Che let him go.

Since everyone had gathered in the commander's tent to discuss matters, Yang Awu went to Princess Yicheng's tent in advance.

The two of them are both Yang Jian's daughters in name, so naturally they can be regarded as sisters.

After Yang Awu and Cui Che reunited in the desert, they often interacted with Princess Yicheng, who was also in the army.

Later, Yang Awu and Cui Che confessed their feelings. Princess Yicheng also learned from Cui Che that Yang Awu would not prevent her from entering the palace in the future. She was even more grateful, and the two of them had closer contacts.

In fact, Yang Awu's move was naturally smart. Cui Che was really determined to bring Princess Yicheng into the palace. Even if she strongly opposed it, she couldn't stop it.

It is better to be more generous and let Princess Yicheng remember her feelings, and also to please Cui Che.

After all, it was just to add one more concubine to the already crowded Palace of Prince Yan.

Cui Che walked outside the tent and heard the two sisters in the tent talking about the customs and customs of Guanzhong.

Opening the curtain, Cui Che walked in and said with a smile:

"There is no need to recall it here. My father will definitely take you two back to Chang'an and Daxing in the future. Believe me, this day will not be too far away."

When the two girls saw Cui Che coming in, their eyes lit up, and Yang Awu said happily:

"Husband, you have settled the matter so quickly? You are not allowed to deceive me. I am waiting for you to return to your old place with your husband."

Princess Yicheng also had a beautiful smile. If she were to live in future generations, she would be a standard-looking person.

In the original time and space, because the Turks had a tradition of step marriage, they married Qimin Khan, his son Shibi Khan, and Chuluo Khan.

Princess Yicheng deposed Aosheshe, the son of Chuluo Khan, because of his ugly appearance. Instead, she chose to marry another son of Qimin Khan as her wife.

Compared with the elderly Qimin Khan, the thirty-eight-year-old Cui Che is in his prime. He was known as the beautiful Cui Lang when he was young, and he is not far behind now, so Princess Yicheng is willing to commit herself to him.

Cui Che told the two of them his idea of ​​staying in the palace, and he said:

"It's getting hotter every year now. Even if you live in Jinyang Palace, it's still sweltering in summer. Now I'm building a palace on the south side of Daqing Mountain. When the weather gets hot in the future, I'd like to have a place to escape the heat.

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Hearing Cui Che say this, Yang Awu was the happiest.

Prince Yan's Mansion in Jinyang was the residence Cui Che purchased when he was the general manager of Yang Guang. Not to mention it was old and the place was still small. However, Cui Che flaunted his frugality in front of the world and never carried out large-scale expansion.

Now I heard that Cui Che is going to build a new palace. Although it is far away from Jinyang, in summer, it can be used to escape the heat and enjoy the scenery of the grassland. How can Yang Awu not be happy?

But she still reminded with a bit of worry:

"My husband used to live a frugal life, but now he wants to build a palace on the grassland. Is it too expensive to waste people and money?"

Cui Che did not shy away from talking about Princess Yicheng. He held Yang Awu in his arms, shook his head and said:

"The construction of the palace in Daqingshan is not just to satisfy selfish desires, but will have great use in the future."

After hearing what he said, Yang Awu finally let go of his worries.

She was indeed worried that Cui Che, like her second brother Yang Guang, would go from frugality to luxury.

In the past, Yang Guang lived a frugal life in the eyes of outsiders, but after he ascended the throne, his extravagant and wasteful behavior was astonishing.

Cui Che played around with the two girls in the tent until it was getting dark, and then he brought Yang Awu back to the commander's tent. At this time, Wei Zheng, who was responsible for preparing the oath of the Heaven Sacrifice Alliance, also sent someone to report. Everything was ready and waiting.

Tomorrow Cui Che and Dulan Khan will take the stage.

I went to the hospital for a post-surgery check-up during the day, so I updated a bit late. I was exhausted after traveling for more than five hours back and forth. There was only 6,000 today, so I took a rest first.

(End of chapter)