louisehourcade Chapter 417 Ask
Chapter 417 Ask
Chapter 417 Ask
Xue Yantuo also faced the situation faced by Western Turks.
At the beginning, in order to eliminate the influence of the Eastern Turks, Li Shimin enshrined the barbarian as the Pearl Vija Khan and gave him a drum.Yinan was overjoyed, so he established the Xueyantuo Khanate.
In the fourth year of Zhenguan, after Tang destroyed the Eastern Turks, most of the Eastern Turks were moved to the south of the Yellow River, and many Jimi prefectures were set up, and the former Eastern Turkic nobles were appointed as the governors of the prefectures.In this way, Shuosai was empty, and Xue Yantuo took the opportunity to quickly expand his power, occupying most of the original Eastern Turkic territory, and moved the Yazhang from Yudujun Mountain to the south of the Duluo River in the north of Duweijie Mountain, with 20 elite soldiers, entering the heyday.
Yi Nan can be regarded as the founding emperor of Xue Yantuo. Although the nomads are tribal, Yi Nan's control over Xue Yantuo is not comparable to that of Nishu who seized power halfway.
Although Xue Yantuo also had people who went to the Tang Dynasty to plunder, they were all small troops, not to mention fewer in number than the Western Turks, and they were not so blatant.
Therefore, Yi Nan just turned a blind eye, pretending not to know.
Going to other places to plunder in winter is already a habit of nomads. Even if he strictly restricts them, if those tribal leaders don't take people there, some people will still go secretly.
The nomads are people who live on horseback, and they can be regarded as all soldiers. In addition, each family has many slaves. As long as several families unite, they can plunder in the territory of the Tang Dynasty.
For this kind of situation, it is unrealistic to completely eliminate it. As long as the ministries are not excessive, Yi Nan doesn't care.
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Lingnan, Duke Geng's Mansion.
Feng An's eyes inspected the several sons, and finally fixed on Feng Zhijian (kui), and said, "Zhijian, what do you think of the letter sent back by Zhidai?"
Feng Zhichen said: "Father, the Marquis of Jingyang County is just a marquis. He cooperates with my Feng family and only pays my family [-]%. It's too little."
Feng An said with a flat face: "Didn't you see that the letter said that His Majesty accounted for [-]% of it?"
Feng Zhizhen nodded and said, "I've read everything my father said, isn't there [-]% left? The craftsmen of the ship need our Feng family's efforts, and the seaport that goes to sea is also within the influence of my Feng family. Our Feng family only takes Ten percent is really too little."
He naturally knew the content of the letter, and many forces participated in this matter, Li Shimin accounted for [-]%, and the remaining [-]% was divided by other forces.
It stands to reason that Feng's family accounted for [-]%, which is not a small amount. Feng Zhijian objected because Feng Daizhi wanted to facilitate this matter.
Feng Zhichen didn't care how much money the Feng family could make.
If he cannot inherit the title, most of the property of the Feng family has nothing to do with him.
In ancient times, only the sons who inherited the family business could get most of the property, and the rest of the sons, together, could only share a small part.
Feng An has more than 30 sons, no matter how rich the Feng family is, he can't inherit the title, how much can he share?
Therefore, Feng Zhichen didn't care how much the Feng family could benefit from, but simply wanted to stop it.
Feng An looked at Feng Zhichen's eyes, feeling a little disappointed.
He naturally knew Feng Zhichen's little thought.
Although he had promised that the title would be inherited by Feng Daizhi, Feng Daizhi had been away from Lingnan for many years, and although he often communicated by letter, Feng An didn't know what it was like now.
Therefore, he has not yet determined an heir, and is still testing in secret.
Just now when he asked Feng Zhixun his opinion on this matter, he was testing Feng Zhixun.
But Feng Zhichen's performance let him down. There is nothing wrong with fighting for power and profit, but the premise is to put the interests of the family first.
Feng Zhichen doesn't consider the interests of the family at all, how can he lead the family?
Feng An looked at the other sons and said, "What do you think?"
"Father, I think elder brother is right."
"Yeah, [-]% is too little for our Feng family."
Others said one after another.
Some of them were recruited by Feng Zhichen, and some of them simply felt that the Feng family took too little, so they objected.
Feng An waved his hands wearily, and said, "Go down."
"Father, my son will leave." A dozen of Feng Zhichen's brothers got up, saluted and left.
However, a man dressed as a scribe around 50 years old still sat there and did not leave.
This person had been there just now, and when Feng An asked his son what he thought, he kept watching with a smile on his face and never interrupted.
Feng An looked at the scribe, and said kindly, "Sir, what do you think about this matter?"
Shen Xueyi smiled and said, "Hasn't the master already made a decision?"
Feng Zhijian and the others objected, but Feng An did not express his position, obviously wanting to agree to this matter.
"Although His Majesty now shows that he trusts the old man very much, no one knows what he thinks in his heart. Let alone give me a [-]% benefit, even if he doesn't give it, the old man will agree." Feng An said.
Shen Xueyi nodded and said, "Master's decision is not wrong."
Seeing that Shen Xueyi agreed with him, Feng An said with a smile: "Since Mr. said so, then it is definitely not wrong to do so."
At the beginning, because of fighting with other forces in Lingnan, Feng An did not enter the court for a long time.
Those forces united to report that he conspired against him.
When he knew it, he was terrified, and he was ready to fight.
It's not that he really has the intention of rebelling, but that he knows that he was originally a prince of one side, and although he took refuge in Datang, he still has military power in his hands.
Coupled with his reputation in Lingnan, the court was already suspicious of him.
Now someone reports him for rebellion, and the court will not listen to his explanation at all.
Just when he was about to raise troops to protect himself, Shen Xueyi suggested that he should not do anything first, and see the situation before talking.
Feng An dubiously followed Shen Xueyi's words and stood still. He didn't expect that the imperial court not only did not send troops, but sent people to comfort him.
Finally, he negotiated with Shen Xueyi and sent his favorite son Feng Daizhi to Chang'an as a hostage.
In the fifth year of Zhenguan, he went to Chang'an to meet Li Shimin.
Li Shimin not only entertained him with a banquet, but also rewarded him very generously.
From then on, Feng An attached great importance to Shen Xueyi, and would always ask Shen Xueyi for his opinion when encountering major events.
Shen Xueyi smiled, but did not speak.
He chose to stay in Lingnan, apart from Feng An's kindness to him, another reason was that Feng An was very sober.
At the end of the Sui Dynasty, the world was in chaos, and the princes of all parties began to compete for the world.
And Feng An just occupied Lingnan, and there was no other action.
In the five years of Wude, Datang has not yet pacified the world, but Feng An knew that Datang's unification of the world was a foregone conclusion, so he chose to surrender to Datang.
It can be said that Feng An's choice of timing was very good. At that time, the world was not yet peaceful, and one of the princes surrendered. Whether it was to show their hearts or to show other princes, they would not treat Feng An badly.
If it is too early, the situation is unclear.
If it was too late, Datang pacified the world and Feng An surrendered, it would definitely be impossible to take power.
"Since Mr. agrees, I will write back to Dai Zhi. The name of Hou Linxuan in Jingyang County, I have heard about it in Lingnan, so I would like to meet you." Feng Ang laughed.
Shen Xueyi said seriously: "Master, don't underestimate this person. I have studied this person carefully, and this person is not simple."
"Don't worry, sir, it's not easy for a son of a merchant to become a marquis at the age of 15, and I won't underestimate him," Feng An said.
"Sir, who do you think is suitable to inherit the old man's title?" Feng An asked.
Shen Xueyi had a headache. Since ancient times, if he participated in this kind of thing, if he did something wrong, he would be killed.
(End of this chapter)