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Chapter 197 Dissatisfied?

In fact, the news of Wang Dong had already been circulated among the princes in Fucheng City, but when they heard Hou Junji's own words about these terrifying achievements, everyone really dared to be sure that this kind of thing really happened. Everyone knew that the people of the Tang Dynasty were powerful, but there are different opinions about how powerful they are. Although Li Jing took Hou Junji and other famous founding generals of the Tang Dynasty to teach the Tuyuhun people a lesson two years ago. Such an exaggerated drama on the edge of the Taklamakan Desert, but among the Tuyuhun and surrounding forces, everyone still has a dissatisfaction with the Tang people.

After all, this is the first time since the end of the Han Dynasty that the Han forces have truly returned to the land of Longyou, and they have gained a firm foothold here. As a blessing, the nomads who regard the Han people as food that can grow by themselves, waiting for them to harvest, want to suddenly put themselves in the position of obedient people and put the Han people in a position of stronger force. This kind of thinking change is not It can be done in a few days.

So even if the people of Tang had controlled Tuyuhun to such an extent, the princes of Tuyuhun would even think of rebelling, not to mention other nomadic tribes whose sects and systems were not clear. Many nobles who came here for the meeting were not It completely belonged to Tuyuhun's sphere of influence, and many of them were inextricably linked with other forces. At this time, the Longyou area was far from being regarded as the hardcore territory of the Tang people.

There is Tubo to the south, Eastern Turks to the north, and in the past there were countries in the Western Regions. Not far from here is the famous Silk Road, where merchants from all ethnic groups and countries communicate with each other. In such a place, the Tang Dynasty wanted to Establishing one's own absolutely strong political influence does not happen overnight.

But Datang's management of Longyou is already at the level of the national policy of the whole country.

After all, due to the climate at this time, from Yumenguan to the west, there are still a lot of oases along the Silk Road, unlike many places in the Northwest region of later generations that are not suitable for human survival.Therefore, the Silk Road at this time was much easier to travel than later generations, so a large number of merchants moved from east to west or from west to east, making Longyou, whether it was the power of the Tang Dynasty or various small ethnic groups, guarded. With such a golden business road, it is rich in oil.

Of course, in a strict sense, Tuyuhun and the Silk Road are not adjacent, but from Tuyuhun to the west, you can reach the countries of the Western Regions. The prosperity of the Western Regions also gave Tuyuhun the courage to rebel.

At the same time, everyone's deep-rooted discrimination against Tang people and Han people has not had time to change, so the combination of the two made Hou Junji soon realize that the political atmosphere in this place was not very good after he came to Tuyuhun to quell the rebellion. This time with soldiers, Murong Nuo and Bo can firmly establish the throne, but as long as his soldiers leave, Murong Nuo Hebo is likely to be harassed by anti-Tang forces from all walks of life.

And Tuyuhun, a vassal state that has surrendered to the Tang Dynasty at this time, is an important reliance for the Tang Dynasty to reach Longyou.With the land of Tuyuhun, in the future, Datang can go west and wrestle with the countries of the Western Regions. It is best to even start to directly control most of the Silk Road in turn, and control the large buffer zone at the border with Tubo in the south. The rise of Tubo is an excellent constraint, so after Hou Junji came to Tuyuhun, he repeatedly tried to strengthen his rule.

The reason why I took everyone to Baixiang Mountain for hunting before was also to have enough time to discuss with the nobles of various surrounding forces, deepen everyone's personal relationship, and promised everyone a lot of benefits about Datang.

However, Hou Junji knew that using this kind of interests as a guarantee for the exchanges between the two sides was the most unstable. The best way to deter these forces was a naked show of force. However, since the Tang army entered Tuyuhun, the original Tuyuhun people The forces had already been terrified in the battle of Tangtu last year. Seeing that the main force of the Tang army surrendered immediately, for the stability of Tuyuhun, it was impossible for Datang to just grab people and kill them.

On the contrary, Tuyuhun's anti-Tang forces can take this opportunity to do something quietly to hurt Datang's face.

Moreover, Murong Ji's surprise attack on Tang Jun before it became such a very uncomfortable negative event after it spread.

After Tang Jun came to Fucheng City, according to the report of the spies, many tribal soldiers and horses were quietly discussing Murongji's affairs. Although no nobleman or prince dared to make any comments on this matter, the voices at the bottom had already passed. Some nominal attitudes are reflected.

Once Datang can't control the scene, this is no small matter.

So Hou Junji naturally didn't have a good look at the Zhechong Mansion in Shanzhou, which lost a regiment and made Datang a big embarrassment. What made it even more difficult for him to explain these things was that if only he knew about these things, then Tuyuhun was a place far away from the emperor. does not matter.

But... Thinking of this, Hou Junji couldn't help looking at a middle-aged man dressed as a civil servant of the Tang Dynasty standing under the Great Hall.

This middle-aged man doesn't seem to have a high rank in official uniform. To be exact, among the officials in the hall, his rank is very low, even lower than Wang Hui's seventh rank, but this man's name But the head made Hou Junji have to be afraid.

The civil official who sat down was named Ma Zhou, and he was the supervisory censor sent from Yushitai.The supervisory censor is disgusting, his grade is only the eighth grade, but there are only [-] in the whole country. At this time, there is no such strict censor platform system as later generations, so every supervisory censor is personally selected by Li Shimin Yes, and there are no specific mission rules for each mission, and it is often one case for one case. For example, this time Ma Zhou was specially sent by Li Shimin to send troops to Tuyuhun supervisor Hou Junji.

This Ma Zhou's voice shook the world. When he came out of the mountain, it was Li Shimin who personally wrote a letter to invite him to join the Overwatch Council. Not to mention Hou Junji, even Li Shimin would not dare to be too contemptuous of him. He saw clearly all the disadvantages in Tuyuhun.

Hou Junji knew that once these things were reported, the emperor would not pursue the matter. If the emperor decided to pursue the matter, he did not know whether it would be good or bad if he sent troops to Tuyuhun this time, so the startled Hou Junji could only After Murong Ji succeeded in attacking Zhechong Mansion in Shanzhou, he was strictly ordered to investigate the responsibility of a series of people in Zhechong Mansion in Shanzhou. Even so, he didn't know if he could pass the test.

But at this time Wang Hui actually came back by himself, and even tied Murong Ji back, and at the same time brought the news that he broke the battle of Murong Ji's army with dozens of people. Why couldn't Hou Junji be overjoyed?

(End of this chapter)