When Li Songyi entered Samajian to find the officials of Kangguo, Li Songyi told the other party in proficient Sogdian language that they were the envoys of Jiankun and asked to meet the king of Kangguo, the Kangguo officials on the other side looked surprised, and their blue-eyed, bearded, high-nosed faces looked very panicked, "The great god Ahura is above, and the terrible Yakusians have actually come to Samaljian?"
”"We are here to make an envoy...."
It seems that Jiankun suddenly went south and ate the Western Turkic Western Khan Court very frightened the Sogdians, hehehe, Li Songyi said to the other party with a smile."
Oh, your envoy, please come here....."
The Kangguo officials who received them hurriedly placed them in the post house where the envoy stayed, and after the arrangements were made, they hurried away to tell the king of Kangguo and the auxiliary ministers."
Chief, why are these Sogdians so scared when they hear that we are Jiankun envoys?""
Yes, chief, what is the god Ahura they are shouting about?"
Many of the Jinyi guards brought by Li Songyi this time are novices, and they follow their big leaders to brush up on experience, so there are many problems, and Li Songyi can only say patiently, "Why are you afraid?"
Don't even ask!
We ate the Western Khan Court of the Turks in one bite, the Turks have dominated the countries of the Western Regions for a long time, and they were suddenly eaten by foreign forces, a small country in the Western Regions like Kang must be frightened, right?
”Li Songyi paused, and then said, "As for the great god Ahura he said, he is talking about the supreme god of Manichaeism, Ahuramazda, some of these Sogdians believe in Buddhism, some believe in shamans, but more of them follow their royal family to believe in Manichaeism.......
This Ahura is roughly equivalent to our Dao Ancestor......""
Manichaeism?
Is Manichaeism a Ming religion?
”One of his subordinates said, "I went to Qiuzi some time ago on a mission, and I met a few Mingjiao guys, who are obviously characters who kill people and sell goods, but they still believe in abstinence and silence, vegetarian fasting, and some strange rituals every day, what is it called......
Prayer!
”"That's right, Manichaeism is what our Han people call Mingjiao."
Li Songyi said with a smile, "I have asked the Sogdians for advice.They told me that the religion originated in Persia, and that it was not as evil as the legend suggests, but just a religion.Its teachings are deeply influenced by Buddhism, Christianity, and Zoroastrianism, which is the native Persia, and is also intended to exhort people to do good and save all beings.It is said that the royal family of Kangguo has always respected Manichaeism, and there have been times in history due to the king's abstinence, and the princes who succeeded to the throne had to be selected from the clan, and finally caused a palace coup.But later, instead of blaming the king, the people and believers expressed their supreme respect for him. ”"Chief, Manichaeism and Zoroastrianism are not the same thing?"
Someone else asked."
Of course it's not the same thing, Manichaeism is based on Zoroastrianism......
Li Songyi didn't finish speaking, he saw the Sogdian official leading a Sogdian minister over, "Respected envoy Jiankun, this is one of our three major ministers of Gu Ming, Kang Pei Mi ......"
Li Songyi heard this, and his heart was happy, it seems that Kang Guo still knows something good, knows how powerful Jian Kun is, and directly came to Gu Ming's auxiliary minister.Kangguo's full name is actually "Kangjuguo", and their political system is somewhat similar to that of the Tang Dynasty.The difference is that although there is also a king, the power of the king is not so great, and the power is divided among the three ministers.The three ministers of Gu Ming are respectively in charge of the army, the government, and the people, which is a bit like the "three provinces and six ministries" of the Tang Dynasty, but the division of labor is not so sound and meticulous.Kang Peimi, who came to greet them, was the minister in charge of "politics and diplomacy" and the chief minister of Kangguo, which was enough to see the importance that Kangguo attached to the Jiankun Mission.After greeting each other for a while, Kang Beimi invited Li Songyi to the gold and silver chariot where Kang Guo greeted the distinguished guests, and then swaggered through the city to King Kang's city.Soon the procession led by Kang Peimi entered the palace.The wealthy Kang Kingdom built the palace to be magnificent and golden.Although it is not as magnificent as the Taiji Palace that Li Songyi followed Li Lu to Chang'an to see, it is paved with gold silk everywhere, and the dazzling Douda Pearl can be seen everywhere above the head, and even the palace pillars are entangled with golden clouds, in the words of the Kangguo people themselves, this is the "Golden Palace"!
The hall seems to have set up a banquet, a bit similar to the food at the separate tables in the Central Plains, the difference is that behind each table and chair are piled up with all kinds of rare treasures and gourmet utensils, and there are orchids wearing milky white veils serving on the left and right.On both sides of the banquet, there is another music stage, all kinds of musical instruments are readily available, the most eye-catching is the vertical gonghou (that is, harp) with the characteristics of the Western Regions.Li Songyi stepped in and made a half-bow to King Kangguo on the throne, "Li Songyi, the special envoy of the King of the Northern Sea of the Tang Dynasty, has seen His Highness!"
”King Kangya Manhatto, who was nearly seventy years old, was amazed to hear that he could greet him in Sogdian, and he said, "Your Excellency, please take a seat!"
”When Li Songyi sat down, Kangya Manhatto asked Li Songyi in his old voice, your envoy came from afar, I don't know what you are doing?
Is it sent by the Emperor of Chang'an, or is it sent by your prince, can you bring a national letter?
”"I came forward on behalf of the king of my family, well, my king wrote you a letter......"
Li Songyi finished speaking, took out a letter from his arms, handed it to the guard next to him, and then handed it to Kangya Hamandto, after Kangya Hamantto saw it, his face changed suddenly, "Your king, this is an ultimatum to all of us Sogdians?"
”Li Songyi, as the intelligence chief, naturally has extraordinary courage, seeing that Kangya Hamanto's face changed, he did not panic, "Hehehe, what my king said in the letter is for the sake of you Sogdians, if you think elsewhere, it is your business, this has nothing to do with us......"
Seeing that his king read the letter handed by the other party, his face suddenly changed, the three auxiliary ministers and the Manichaean high priest who has a huge influence in Kangguo, you look at me, I look at you, In the end, it was Sutras, the high priest of Manichaeism, who took the letter, he glanced at it, and then stared at Li Songyi with wide eyes, "You guys, your appetite for the Jiankun Kingdom is too great, right?"
If on the terms of your king, will we still have the Sogdians in a few years?
”Li Songyi was extremely thick-skinned, "Hehehe, high priest, my king is for the good of you Sogdians, don't live up to the kindness of my family's Internet......"
After the other three Gu Ming Auxiliary Ministers saw it, their faces also changed, and Kang Teman, who was in charge of Kangguo's "National Defense and Public Security", said angrily, "You Jiankun people don't think that if you eat the Western Khan Court of the Turks, you think that you can be compared with the Turkic Khan.......
Believe it or not, I had you slaughtered and gave your head to your master?
”"Don't just say that you don't practice, come, come to the old paper, if the old paper is afraid, the old paper is not a man of the Han family!"
Li Songyi has long seen through the essence of the other party's paper tiger, so he is not afraid."
You, you ......"
Conteman took out his waist knife, seeing that the other party didn't care, he endured it and put the waist knife back into the scabbard, it is true that he can kill this brutal Jiankun envoy with one sword, but killing the envoy gives the other party a reason to start a war, and the other party even kills the powerful Turks, which shows that the military strength of the other party is extremely powerful, far from being comparable to a small country like himself......
Kang Teman retreated angrily, and Kang Beimi, the chief minister of Kang Guo, was also extremely sad and indignant, "You Jiankun people say that you are Han Chinese, I don't think you are not, the real Han people are peace-loving, never bully the weak, you you, your behavior is more vicious than the hungry wolf-like Turks, you are simply tigers and leopards........
Your king heard that he accepted the canonization of the Tang Dynasty, aren't you afraid that we will go to Chang'an to sue you?
”"Hehe, Master Kang, you are really right, our Jiankun Han people are different from the Central Plains Han people, you say we are tigers and leopards, we are really tigers and leopards!"
As for you who want to go to Chang'an to sue us, welcome to sue, hehehe, see if His Majesty the Emperor of Chang'an will help you or help us!
”Li Songyi smiled, go to Chang'an, isn't this a joke.Looking at the stunned look on the other party's face, Li Songyi was even more proud, "The king of my family and the emperor of the Tang Dynasty are of the same clan, and they are both in the same lineage as the old Li family, do you say that you will help you or help us when the time comes?"
”When the monarchs and ministers of Kang Guo heard this, they were all silent, the Tang Empire was extremely powerful, and they all knew that this prince of Jiankun was actually the same clan as the Li Tang royal family, obviously, even if he arrived in Chang'an, he would not be able to get any good, what should I do?
So what did Li Lu mention in his letter to Kangya Hamantto that they all found unacceptable?
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Others may not know, but Li Songyi is very clear, the conditions in the letter are drawn up by him and Li Lu, there are not many conditions, just five, the first is that the surname Zhaowu Jiu must respect Jiankun as the kingdom, and Jiankun has the right to collect commercial taxes in the surname Zhaowujiu.Article 2 The defense of the nine surnames of Zhaowu was in charge of Jiankun, and they could not set up an army, but could only retain the officials who maintained law and order, and these officials also had to accept the guidance and dispatch of Broken Leaf City.Third, the Sogdians must not persecute the followers of the steppe road, and the Sogdian government must cooperate with the work of the steppe missionaries.Fourth, the nine surnames of Zhaowu must be controlled and guided by the Jiankun royal court of Broken Leaves, whether it is internal affairs or foreign affairs.Article 5, if the Han people break the law in the Zhaowu nine surnames, the Zhaowu nine surnames cannot be disposed of, and can only be judged by the broken leaves.Li Lu called these five articles "Li Wutiao", as for Kang Guo's side, Li Lu didn't have much hope, if he agreed, then he would use a peaceful way to evolve them, if he didn't agree, it would be better to do it, those siege weapons haven't played a role yet.Li Songyi was invited out, and several of their upper echelons of Kangguo began to discuss Li Lu's ultimatum, and after a fierce quarrel, they made a decision to bow to Sassanid Persia, which had always coveted them, rather than to the Raush Zijian Kunguo!
Li Songyi and the others were soon expelled, but before leaving the country, Li Songyi knew the plans of Kang Guojun through the spies planted in Samajian, hmph, want to collude with the Persians?
Your own king has long anticipated this possibility, Sogdians, you wait, maybe you have not yet hooked up with the Persians, and you will become our prisoners.......