After resolving the issue of Princess Jingyang, Si Jie hurriedly extended an invitation to Di Qing. Now that the situation has been settled, it is time to discuss post-war matters.
Di Qing nodded and said, "Jia Kui."
"exist."
Jia Kui stood up.
"Lead the troops to take over the city defense, and the rest of the people will camp outside the city."
"yes!"
"Let's go!"
After assigning the task, Di Qing entered the city.
At this moment, the streets in the city are empty and every household in the city is closed.
Unlike the county towns of the Song Dynasty where all the houses were made of wood, the houses in the Western Regions were all made of rammed earth due to the lack of trees and severe shortage of wooden boards.
Their houses are quite low, and the overall architectural style is completely different from that of the Central Plains, full of exotic customs.
Occasionally there were pedestrians inside. When they saw the Song army, they all stood neatly in the corners and dared not look up. Their appearance was very different from that of the people in the Central Plains. They had high noses, deep eye sockets, and different hair colors.
Di Qing was not too surprised. As an international metropolis today, Bianliang has many foreigners. He has seen all kinds of foreigners, so he is used to it.
Soon, under the leadership of many Uighur nobles, he arrived at the Uighur palace. The Song army had already taken over the place, and the entire city was quickly controlled.
"General, please!"
Si Jie and others took Di Qing to the main hall of the imperial palace. It was a brick and stone structure with a round roof on top and blue bricks paved underneath. The doors and windows were exquisitely carved. Although the palace was not large, it was a rare exquisite building in Gaochang.
There are tables and chairs in the hall now. Chairs were originally invented by the Hu people. Before that, the Han people sat on the ground with a mat spread on the ground, with their legs crossed and a small table in front of them.
Later, the Huchuang was introduced to China and gradually became popular during the Sui and Tang Dynasties. By the Song Dynasty, it had become widespread and every household had tables and chairs. Therefore, from the source, the first people to use tables and chairs were actually the Hu people in the Western Regions and the grasslands.
In addition to Di Qing and his guards, three Song Dynasty envoys, Sun Youtong, a doctor of the Ministry of Rites, Li Tao, a doctor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Liu Bingyan, a deputy director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, also followed in.
Di Qing and others sat on chairs, not in the main seats, but on the right side of the long table. Hu Duoge, Turuhe, Sijie and others sat opposite them. They represented the interests of the Song Dynasty and the Uighurs respectively.
"Everyone, we've already discussed the specifics of this matter in our correspondence. Aqifuluo was ignorant of fate and arrogant, and now he has died in the chaos of war. From now on, the Uighur Khanate will be destroyed. Do you have any objections?"
After sitting down, Di Qing stared at everyone with fierce eyes.
He was not here to help any of the powerful people here to build an empire, nor did he intend to support anyone. Annan was a special case, and the Western Regions were just a little far away.
Therefore, according to the imperial court's decree, this time the goal was to recover the Western Regions. Even if Akifro and Suleiman, the Khan of the Karakhanid Khanate, obeyed, they would still have to station troops there to control the Silk Road.
The current situation is the best. Since Aqifuluo is asking for his own death, it is only natural for the Song Dynasty to take back the Western Regions.
"I will obey the imperial court of the Great Song Dynasty."
Several people looked at each other and realized that the situation was beyond their control, so they had no choice but to agree.
Di Qing smiled and said, "Don't worry. The Western Regions are too far from the Central Plains. The court won't send officials directly here. I need your help in management. When the time comes, I will ask the court for your merits. You just wait for the court's order."
"Thank you, General. Thank you, General."
Everyone was smiling from ear to ear. Wasn't it for this moment that they surrendered first?
They were powerful and wealthy before, and they are still powerful and wealthy now.
It's just a change of owner.
Moreover, this master is still far away from them, and maybe their future life will be better than under Aqifuluo.
"Well, let's get down to business."
Di Qing looked at the table full of dishes but actually had no appetite. The main reason was that although it was almost September, it was still very hot in the Western Regions. He had been traveling for a whole day and had eaten some dry biscuits on the way, which he had not digested yet.
But if he didn't move his chopsticks, the people across from him wouldn't dare to move either, and the table full of roast lamb legs and roast beef would be wasted. So he forced himself to pick up the knife, cut off a piece of meat and said, "Eat, eat, eat."
"Come, come, eat."
The atmosphere became relaxed and lively, and Hu Duoge, Turuhe, Sijie and others also started cutting meat with smiles on their faces.
Then he heard Di Qing say while eating: "How much do you know about the Black Khanate?"
Hu Duoge said with a serious face: "They are vicious pagans."
"You have no intersection with them?"
Di Qing asked again.
“There may be interactions among the people, but we have no interactions with them.”
Turuhe replied.
"Is that so?"
Di Qing was a little confused.
Aren’t they all in the Western Regions and very close to each other?
Why is there no contact between the two sides at all?
Then he heard Sijie say: "General, although we are neighbors with the Black Khan, we are actually very far away from them. It takes more than 3,000 miles to travel there."
"So far?"
Di Qing was very surprised.
Sun Youtong, a doctor from the Ministry of Rites, had done his homework before arriving. He said, "You may not know, sir, that the Western Uighur Khanate is Buddhist, while the Kara Khanate is Arab. As a result, the two countries are incompatible, calling each other infidels and having no contact with each other. Furthermore, although they are neighbors, they are separated by the Tianshan Mountains to the west and the vast sea to the south. Therefore, despite their separation, the two countries have no intersection."
According to historical records, the Uighurs were part of the Tiele, a tribal alliance that roamed south of Lake Baikal. The Tiele tribes were oppressed by the Turks for many years, so they united to resist the Turks.
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