Chapter 13 Wedding (Part 1) Green Bull White Horse
Mid-Autumn Festival has finally arrived.
Sun Xiurong went out wearing a scarlet fifth-rank military officer's uniform. Today seems to be very different from the past. Li Jixun, Geng Sidu, and Yuwen Yongnu were all wearing red battle robes, and a red horse of the same color, following behind with the entire camp wearing red battle robes.
When passing through Talas City, residents on both sides of the street stood spontaneously on both sides. For most Sogdian residents, Sun Xiurong was naturally cruel. Just like the Turks who took over from Shiguo and Tuki Shiren who took over from Turks, they all caused bloody storms in the city as soon as they took over.
Although there were bloody storms, the Talas under Sun Xiurong's rule was quite different. In the past, whether it was the Sogdians, Turks, or Turkish people (in fact, they were still Turks, so they distinguished themselves in order to show the difference), once they took over the city, they almost always treated the Sogdian nobles, landlords and the stubborn resisters, and they naturally killed them, and the remaining favors were added.
They relied on the original Sogdian nobles to govern the vast number of Sogdian civilians and even slaves. The Turks were not familiar with farming and were not good at commercial affairs, so they naturally needed Sogdians to handle it for them. After they controlled Talas, they would often grant the Sogdian nobles a "Yan Hongda" Turkic nobles a position and allow them to participate in political affairs.
If the real Tang Dynasty entered, it would most likely be the case. Just like the four towns in Anxi, the garrison, the governor's office and the royal palace were all in the same city, and they also had their own troops to guard the army. The Tang people were in charge of their own government soldiers, and the Hu people were in charge of their own herdsmen and farmers.
But Sun Xiurong was obviously different. As soon as he came up, he killed all the Sogdian nobles, landlords (actually the Sogdian infantry in Central Asia that were famous at this time, and could only be held by the nobles' children) who disobeyed the order, and then left only fifty acres of land for each household. Part of the remaining land was included in the Gongzhong to become the official land of the Governor's Office, which was actually the official land of officials at all levels.
Most of them were distributed to the former civilians or slaves, but in fact, most of them were slaves. At this time, there were very few civilians in the Zhaowu countries, and most of them were slaves. Some of them directly cultivated land for the nobles, while others were directly slaves.
After the land was divided, the two hundred households were allowed to live in a village, and the soldiers of the government trained them in their spare time.
The same is true for the craftsmen in the city. They were originally slaves of Sogdian nobles. After the Turks took over, they did not give these people to the Sogdians to manage, but instead took over the jurisdiction of themselves. Five hundred households, the entire Turkish deputy khan (whether it was the Western Turks or Tuqishi, basically used Suye City as the capital, and the Khan lived with his eldest son, and Talas was the capital to let the eldest son live. Such regulations were accepted by all the Uighurs who fled here later). The weapons and armor of the permanent army under the jurisdiction of the army under the jurisdiction of this.
Compared with the Sogdians in the past, the Turks obviously attached more importance to farmers and craftsmen, but they were a little worse than Sun Xiurong. He actually let these people get rid of their slavery!
When Sun Xiurong rode the reddish-brown Dayuan horse given to him by his former husband Meng Lingcha, he mostly saw joy and eagerness. Of course, there was also a lot of joy on the surface, but in fact it was complicated. After all, their heads or pillars either died in the Battle of Ashabor or at the large campus.
Sun Xiurong didn't care at all. He held his head up and held his chest up. He took the Zhongying over the long street with great enthusiasm, flew out of the city gate, and came to the place where the Governor's Office outside the city was specially used to raise herdsmen to hand over cattle, sheep and horses.
According to the regulations of the Tang Dynasty, such places are indispensable for a "master prison" of varying grades. Although daily grazing is completed by young soldiers, the tax management is managed by the Changshi Mansion. Feng Changqing also set up a "master Cao" here to manage it. At present, Feng Changqing, who is also in a scarlet official, is taking Mu Cao and his men out there.
"Dalang, just take the bride. Why do you have to use a thousand green cows and white horses as a betrothal gift? I spent a lot of labor to get these green cows and white horses from the surrounding tribes..."
When Sun Xiurong heard this, he looked behind him. There was indeed a large group of cattle and horses tied there. The cattle were all green and the horses were all white. Li Jincai from the back camp took his men to take care of them.
"Brother Feng, you don't know that in Mobei, all tribes that believe in shamanism, especially the Donghu tribe, believe in immortality. The green bull represents the sky and the white horse represents the white clouds. They are one of the incarnations of immortality. However, the princes and princesses of the tribes must use the green bull and white horse. Of course, when marrying, the living green bull and white horse must be used. When forming an alliance, the green bull and white horse must be completed and the blood of the oath..."
After saying this, Sun Xiurong couldn't help but remember the way he was galloping across the grassland in his previous life, and his inner excitement suddenly surged up.
Feng Changqing just nodded, "This is what the Khitans told you? Well, since you come, you can rest assured. If you want to marry the princess, you will not overestimate the use of this ceremony."
Yes, today is the happy day for Sun Xiurong to marry Nan Gong Xiaoyue, and it is also the happy day for the entire governor's office. Not only did he use the noble gift of the green cow and white horse, but the surrounding tribes will definitely send people to the Protectorate, because the wedding day was decided by Li Longji, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
Nangong Xiaoyue's tent was about five miles west of Talas City. Sun Xiurong took five hundred green cows and five hundred white horses to arrive for half an hour. When he arrived, there was already a lot of people there.
Donghu people are generally white. Today, Nan Gong Xiaoyue is wearing a silk white dress with flowers embroidered on it, and her head is covered with pearls and jade. The tribe is different from the Central Plains. The bride hides in the room with a big red veil waiting for the groom to pick her up. Xiaoyue is the leader of the tribe and the children of the grassland. She was originally sitting in a tent with anxiety. When she learned that Sun Xiurong was really coming with a thousand green cows and white horses, she naturally couldn't sit still and waited outside the tent early in the morning.
The noble couple from the Nangong and Geshu tribe were also very excited when they saw a thousand green cows and white horses. The black husband, who was the representative of the woman, even howled loudly.
Strangely, no one blamed him, and many noble couples also started to cry.
Sun Xiurong took Nan Gong Xiaoyue's hand and smiled and said, "It seems that they can't bear to part with you."
Xiaoyue sneered: "Where have you thought about it? On the grassland, the blue cow and white horse gift can only be used when the person who calls him khan marry. Our troops have been migrating from Mobei to here for at least a hundred years. Whether in Mobei or here, not only in the headquarters, but also have never seen a thousand blue cow and white horses as betrothal gifts. In the legend of the tribe, if anyone gathers a thousand green cows and white horses as betrothal gifts, there is a prospect of becoming a big khan."
Sun Xiurong felt nervous and said to himself: "Has he committed a taboo?"
Then he smiled and said, "I borrowed all of these from various departments. I have to pay back the gift after I give it, not as a betrothal gift."
Xiaoyue spat, "I've sent it all, how can I take it back?"
Sun Xiurong quickly smiled and said, "It's your anxiety, I'm kidding you. Even if you borrow it, you can buy it with money."
Xiaoyue knew that he liked to joke, but she didn't care. Instead, she asked: "Dalang, how did you know that our army has such a custom?"
Sun Xiurong said in his heart: "In my previous life, I married Doshihun, Haerdun, Aruna, and Gegentana all used this gift. How could I not know? I didn't expect that this custom would last for hundreds of years."
But he said, "I, Aweng, is the adopted son of the Khitan. The Gongyue tribe comes from the Jun tribe. The customs are similar, what's so strange about this?"
The two of them talked for a while, and finally became a ritual under the auspices of the Great Shaman of the Nangong. According to custom, Nangong Xiaoyue either rode on the horse or sat on a cart and followed Sun Xiurong back, but Sun Xiurong carried her on the Dayuan horse.
"Sun Lang!"
"Not afraid, I made arrangements when I came and I could ride two people."
As he said that, he stepped forward.
Along the way, Sun Xiurong, who was holding Xiaoyue's waist, couldn't help but become confused by the tempting smell mixed with the grassland, farmland and Xiaoyue's hair.
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When they arrived in Talas, they saw a large number of people standing outside the west gate. The leader was wearing a fourth-rank civil servant robe. Who was Bian Lingcheng, the ambassador of the Xi army who had re-elected the title of "Censor General"?
In addition, he also met Duan Xiushi, who had become a layman in Gao Xianzhi again, Kang Huaishun, a layman in Meng Lingcha, and Ma Lin, a layman in Cheng Qianli. Of course, the arrival of Sima Dugu Jun of the Anxi Protectorate made him even more overjoyed.
In terms of tribes, Dumodu of Ashejie, Mohedagan of Chumukun, Geshuhai of Geshu tribe, Sahalian of Gongyue tribe, Yishumi of Geluo tribe, and Ashinaguchu of the Great Shaman of the Alishi tribe all came. These people all had official positions and titles granted by the Tang Dynasty, and the Thunder Ye Governor's Office was next to each tribe, so these people naturally came.
Of course, Sun Xiurong was a little surprised by the arrival of a person.
The governor of the Yingshu River (Kaidu River) Governor's Office next to Kucha Town, Da Xi Wenming, the Left Guard General, actually came!
In addition, the Shi Kingdom Prince's carriage, the Shi Kingdom Prince Stey, and the Bahan Prince Xue Yu were all here.
A person who was even more unexpected appeared.
Nie Feng!
Nie Feng naturally came on behalf of the King of Wei Long Kingdom Nie Xu Danxi. How is Nie Xu Danxi? Sun Xiurong was a little curious, but when he saw Nie Feng representing Wei Long Kingdom, Sun Xiurong naturally understood, "Wei Long Kingdom has contacted the Tang Dynasty and has mostly been enthroned. Wei Long Kingdom resisted the attack of the Tubo people."
Such a grand scene caught Sun Xiurong off guard in this life. He would never think that he had such a great face.
"It's mostly here to investigate the reality and reality. Take Dumodu for example. Originally, there were only some small tribes south of Yibohai, which did not pose a threat to his Ashiyuki tribe. Now that Wanhu Gongyue tribe has moved westward, it is a very big threat to him. They are Turkic people, but the Gongmoon tribe is a tribe dominated by Tatars. There was originally a Geluo tribe, which was also a Turkic tribe, but now it is close to him. Dumodu must ask me what it is."
"Mohe Dagan, Daxi Wenming naturally came to investigate the truth and reality. They had never seen themselves before. They came here in the name of congratulations at the wedding. First, they came to make friends, and second, they were the only way to investigate the truth and reality."
Chapter completed!