On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 566 Coming and going

"I've sent you a thousand miles away, but I have to say goodbye eventually. I won't see you off Khan anymore."

Outside Jinyang City, at Shili Pavilion, Cui Che said to Dulan Khan.

For Dulan Khan, Cui Che's ability to give him ten miles of land was already a great favor. He said excitedly:

"Please also ask Your Majesty to allow Xiao Khan to visit you every year and pay homage to Tianyan."

Cui Che joked:

"I have known Khan for more than twenty years. Is it possible that Khan is still tired of seeing this face?"

Dulan Khan said seriously:

"His majesty is graceful and graceful. Xiaohan was already amazed when he first met him, and now he is even more heroic."

When Cui Che heard this, he laughed so much that he laughed and said:

"Where did Khan learn these words?"

"These are Xiaohan's words from the bottom of his heart."

Dulan Khan said with an apologetic smile. He looked cautious in front of Cui Che, but he could not see the majesty of the Turkic Great Khan at all.

Cui Che patted Dulan Khan on the shoulder and said:

"As long as the Khan can remember his original oath and keep an eye on Qimin's movements for me, there will be no need for the Khan's flattery between you and me."

Dulan Khan quickly defended:

"The little Khan serves Your Majesty out of a sincere heart, so why should he flatter you?"

Cui Che shook his head and said nothing more.

Since ancient times, accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger. When facing him, no one should be extremely cautious.

After seeing off Dulan Khan, envoys from other countries also returned home one after another to inform their monarchs of the great event of the founding of the Yan Kingdom, as well as some of the Emperor Yan's expectations for the relationship between the two parties.

Before Yuan Taizuo left, Cui Che asked him to bring a message to Goguryeo King Gaoyuan and his father Yuan Ziyou.

Cui Che said:

"I conquered Goguryeo in the past, but I was just following the orders of the former Emperor Gaozu of the Sui Dynasty, and I had no personal enmity with Goguryeo.

“Liaodong, which we now occupy, was originally the homeland of the Han family, and was gradually annexed by Goguryeo while taking advantage of the war in the Central Plains.

"If Goguryeo still has illusions about Liaodong, there will only be a war between you and me.

"Gu Zheng was worried that the elite infantry and cavalry from the north would not be of much use in the south of the Yangtze River. It would be better to take them to Pyongyang and hunt with the King of Goguryeo.

"It would be a great event to invite Silla and Baekje when the time comes. What do you think of Yeonlang?"

Cui Che's words were threatening, which made Yuan Taizuo feel cold all over his body. He hurriedly explained:

"As your Majesty said, Liaodong is the homeland of the Han family. It is reasonable for Your Majesty to take back Liaodong. How could Goguryeo dare to offend the country because of this? It is disrespectful."

Yuan Taizuo's family is a hereditary master of the east, so how can he care about whether Liaodong, which originally belonged to the west, can be taken back.

Cui Che was very satisfied with Yuan Taizuo's answer and did not continue to scare him. However, before Yuan Taizuo left, he still ordered someone to take him around Henan, so as to have a better understanding of Dayan's current power.

More intuitive and deeper understanding.

When he returns to Goguryeo in the future, he can also dissuade his father Yuan Ziyou from making some stupid decisions under pressure.

Before the Tuyuhun envoys left, they proposed to Cui Che that they send troops to Zhangye County to remove the head of Yinshishi for Cui Che.

Cui Che rejected this suggestion without considering it.

Yinshishi only has a few thousand troops in total, and they are trapped in the isolated city. If it were not for the long journey, Cui Che would not even let him spend the winter.

If Tuyuhun sends troops, he will definitely use the pretext of attacking Zhangye to plunder Zhangye County. For Cui Che, the gains outweigh the losses.

At the beginning, he left Daxing alone before he could capture it, so he hurriedly sent troops to Longyou to relieve the siege of Tianshui, because he did not want to be accused of inviting foreign tribes to help and participate in the civil war in future generations.

Guests from all walks of life who came to watch the ceremony left one after another, but Jinyang was still noisy.

There is no doubt that the people of Jinyang are most concerned about the issue of building Luoyang. Although Cui Che is talking about a two-city system, the street vendors all understand that the center of Dayan will still be in Luoyang in the future.

Compared with Jinyang, Luoyang's location advantage is too obvious.

However, the people of Jinyang could only vent their dissatisfaction in casual conversations, but they could not influence the country's major policies in the slightest.

On the eleventh day of the first month of the first year of Kaiping (AD 609), Shangshu Zuopu shot Wei Zheng and hurriedly returned to Jinyang in response to the imperial edict.

In the Daming Palace, Cui Che looked up and down at the dusty Wei Zheng and said with emotion:

"Xuancheng stayed in Shuozhou for two years. He became tanned and lost weight."

Wei Zheng smiled and said:

"The king has entrusted the construction of Shuozhou Palace to a minor minister. How can I take it lightly?"

Cui Che shook his head and said:

"Then there is no need to do everything personally. I have high hopes for you, and you will be of great use in the future. You must take good care of your body."

Cui Che has been paying attention to the Shuozhou area, not only the construction progress of Shuozhou Palace, but also the more than 100,000 Tiele people who were resettled in Shuozhou.

Therefore, he naturally also knew how diligent Wei Zheng was. Besides managing the Tiele tribe, he also took care of all the big and small problems on the construction site.

With Cui Che's words, Wei Zheng felt that his hard work was not in vain.

The monarch and his minister had not seen each other for a long time. After reminiscing with him, Cui Che mentioned it to Wei Zheng and asked him to go to Luoyang and be responsible for building the Luoyang palace.

In this regard, Wei Zheng naturally accepted the order happily and did not complain that he had been exposed to wind and sand for two years in Shuozhou and had to go to Luoyang to contract the project.

After all, Cui Che has never forgotten Wei Zheng just because he was not around.

After the founding of the Yan Kingdom, Wei Zheng succeeded Fang Xuanling and served as Shangshu Zuopushe. He was ranked fourth in the list of civil servants, second only to Fang Xuanling, Pei Xiu, and Dou Luyu. This is the best proof.

Since Wei Zheng was sent to Luoyang again, Shangshu Zuopushe was effectively vacant, so Cui Che would naturally not find another person to fill Wei Zheng's vacancy.

Among the six departments of the Shangshu Province, the three departments of officials, soldiers, and punishments that should have fallen under Zuopushe's authority were temporarily under the direct jurisdiction of Shangshu Ling Fang Xuanling.

The remaining ministries of civil affairs, work, and rites continued to be in charge of the minister's right servant Zhao Yuanshu.

Cui Che's edict to recruit 100,000 civilians from Luozhou and other places to build a palace in Luoyang has been issued.

But the actual start of the project will have to wait until spring plowing.

Since Cui Che has no plans to conquer the south for the time being, there is no urgency to move the capital to Luoyang. Naturally, he will not go against the farming season and force the people to build palaces.

Cui Che temporarily left Wei Zheng in Jinyang and patiently asked about the specific situation of the Tiele tribe in Shuozhou.

At the beginning, Cui Che captured 60,000 Tiele women and children, but only 10,000 men were taken as prisoners.

Cui Che recruited a total of 50,000 civilians to Shuozhou to build Shuozhou Palace.

Zhao Yuanshu, the Minister of Civil Affairs at that time, was specifically ordered to select young people from poor families who were not yet married. Another task given to Wei Zheng was to actively match up civilian husbands with Tiele women.

Now two years have passed, and most of the people who went to Shuozhou have already started families there and are living together with the Tiele people. While they are influenced by Tiele customs, they are also quietly promoting the sinicization of the Tiele tribe.

At least those Tiele teenagers, under the influence of their Han stepfather, already have a certain sense of identity towards the Central Plains Dynasty.

No more tonight

(End of chapter)