Chapter 871 0866 [Wu Qimai, Who Lives a Life of Drunkenness and Dreams]

In fact, the Seljuk had already sent envoys, and even brought Arabian horses to the Ming Dynasty.

The Zhangrong and glass mirrors brought back last time, as well as Chinese poems translated into Persian, really made the Seljuk Sultan very happy.

He wanted more!

By the way, the Seljuk Sultan, who fought every year, was actually an old literary youth who loved literature.

Worried that the Arabian horses would die on the way, the Seljuk envoys chose to travel by land, and the classic route through the Dayuan Basin.

As soon as they arrived in Samarkand, the Seljuk envoys received news: the Eastern Karakhanid Kingdom was destroyed by Yelu Dashi.

Moreover, Yelu Dashi also set a rule that envoys or caravans from any country in the west could only trade in the Dayuan Basin at most, and were not allowed to continue to cross the Pamir Mountains to the east!

Yelu Dashi wanted to occupy the Silk Road and eat alone, and cut off the exchanges between the Ming Dynasty and the Central Asian countries...

This spring, the envoys returned to the Seljuk capital.

The Sultan was furious!

But Ghaznavid Empire was disobedient again, and the Seljuk Sultan planned to deal with it first, and was temporarily unable to spare time to teach Yelu Dashi a lesson.

Although Ghaznavid Empire had long declined at this time, its territory was still relatively large, covering most of Afghanistan and northern Pakistan.

Sanjar, the Seljuk Sultan, had never been defeated so far, and had a great reputation.

But somehow, he won every year and still fought every year.

The vassal states that had been conquered became disobedient again after a few years. Even if the daughter or niece was married to be the queen, it would not work, and those vassal monarchs would still make trouble.

Sometimes, they simply supported their nephews or nephews to serve as the monarchs and governors of the vassal states.

But once the nephews and nephews became big, they wanted independence.

Can't they be more stable?

The Sultan's heart was very tired.

...

Khorasan.

Seljuk Sultan Sanjar gathered an army of 100,000 and marched southeast.

A team of light cavalry came back quickly to report that the Sultan Aladdin of the Ghur Dynasty had defended the city and blocked the offensive of Gurkin. But the capital Turquoise Mountain City was surrounded by Gurkin's army, and asked Sanjar to speed up the march to rescue.

The Ghur Dynasty's territory only left the northwest of Afghanistan.

These are all vassal states of the Seljuk. How can the suzerain state sit idly by when one vassal state wants to annex another?

Sanjar was ordering all the tribes to speed up when another messenger came from the north.

The messenger knelt in front of Sanjar: "Your Majesty, the Eastern monarch who annexed the Eastern Karakhanid Khanate called himself Gur Khan in Balashagun. He also sent a detachment to force the Qarluk tribe to surrender!"

Sanjar asked the scholar accompanying the army: "What does Gur Khan mean?"

The Turkic scholar actually didn't know, and made up a story: "Great Sultan, Gur Khan is the Khan of Ten Thousand Khans."

In fact, Gur Khan is just an ordinary Khan, which can also be translated as Choro Khan.

But after Yelu Dashi, Jurchen Khan did have the meaning of "Khan of Ten Thousand Khans", and it was later used by some Mongolian Khans.

This Khanship became noble because of Yelu Dashi.

Just like Li Shimin's Tian Khan, who was called "Tengri Khan" in the grassland, it was very common. After Li Shimin, it also became noble.

Sanjar sneered: "He is the Khan among the Khans, but I am the Sultan among the Sultans. After punishing Ge Jining, I will definitely conquer this Jurchen Khan!"

Khwarezm Shah Ajisi said: "Your Majesty, if the Qarluk tribe is conquered by Jurchen Khan, his territory will border me. The next time I follow your Majesty to the expedition, I may not be able to send more troops."

The Shah here has a different origin from the Russian Tsar.

Shah is the title of the ancient Persian emperor, meaning the king of all kings. Now it has evolved into the meaning of provincial governor, or the king of a vassal state.

Alauddin Ajisi is the king of Khwarezm, and his country has bordered the Western Liao Dynasty.

At the same time, Ajisi was Sanjar's favorite general, and he was always summoned to accompany him in every campaign.

"You don't have to be afraid of that Gur Khan," Sanjar said to Ajisi, "If he leads his troops to attack Khwarezm, I will recruit 300,000 troops to rescue him."

Ajisi flattered him: "With your majesty's help, Khwarezm will never be afraid of Gur Khan."

"Let's go." Sanjar smiled.

Ajisi hurriedly followed on horseback, and wrote a quatrain in Persian, praising Sanjar's great military exploits aloud.

As soon as the poem was finished, Sanjar laughed out loud.

Ajisi also laughed, but what he was thinking in his heart was that after returning to Khwarezm, he would send a messenger to contact Yelu Dashi.

Ajisi was a Central Asian hero, and it can be summed up in eight words: flexible and unethical!

Historically, he first secretly colluded with the Western Liao Dynasty and rebelled against the Seljuks. Then he confronted the Western Liao Dynasty, was beaten and quickly surrendered, and at the same time annexed the Seljuk territory. When the Seljuks came back, he surrendered to the Seljuks again and left the Western Liao Dynasty aside...

After repeated betrayals and surrenders, he eventually killed Yelu Dashi and turned Sanjar into a puppet sultan, and then he wantonly annexed the territory of the Western Liao Dynasty and the Seljuks.

He also invited countless prestigious scholars and religious leaders to bring valuable gifts to invite the escaped son of the Khan of Fendhi to return to the country to succeed the throne. As soon as the exiled prince returned to the country, he immediately imprisoned and killed him, without any credibility, and confused the scholars and leaders who spoke for him.

This troublemaker from Khwarezm was the key figure in Yelu Dashi's victory over the Seljuks.

...

The Ming Dynasty is selecting officials for the envoys and will set off when the winter wind arrives.

Not only will we visit the Seljuks, but we will also establish contact with countries along the way, which is considered to be a way for the Ming Dynasty to sail around the world in the future.

The gifts (goods) are still being selected, and the special examination is about to be held.

The surrendered Jin civil servants either migrated with their families last year or stayed to help register the people. In this process, eight were killed by the censors of the Inspectorate, all of whom were accused of corruption, embezzlement of land, and concealment of population!

The rest were all scared and came to the special examination this year with trepidation.

"Dongdu in the Tang Dynasty and Xijing in the Song Dynasty, it is indeed well-deserved!" Zhang Hao sighed as he stood in the city.

He was standing in the southeast city area at this time, which was the most prosperous commercial area in the entire Luoyang.

Moreover, all illegal buildings were demolished, and the streets looked well-organized.

They had already stayed in the inn, and Liu E (Liu E's brother) suggested: "Let's go and find out where the best restaurant in Luoyang is."

"Yes, yes, let's drink Luoyang's good wine first and slowly appreciate Luoyang's style." Everyone praised.

This special exam was specially designed for the civil officials of the Jin Dynasty. Only 20 places were given to the Jinshi candidates, but more than 300 people signed up to participate. In order to meet the registration requirements, they even changed their age.

Everyone strolled along the way and asked about the news of the restaurant.

But they saw someone staggering over. When they got closer, they found that he looked very familiar.

"Your Majesty... Wu Qimai?" Zhang Hao blurted out and hurriedly changed his address.

Wu Qimai had lowered his head, but when he heard the words, he suddenly raised his head and saw these old officials of the Jin Dynasty. His brain was suddenly congested and his face flushed.

Then, both sides turned their heads away, as if they didn't know each other.

Zhang Hao waved to call the servants and whispered.

The servants quietly followed Wu Qimai. After about half an hour, they ran back to tell the situation: "Sir, Wu Qimai went to the pawnshop today and pawned the robes given by the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty to buy wine."

"Buy wine and pawn the robes given?" Zhang Hao said in surprise.

The servant explained: "I have asked. The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty treated Wu Qimai well and paid him a salary on time every month. But he was not lavish and drank good wine every day. Now he has no money, so he can only pawn his clothes and drink bad wine."

Zhang Hao asked: "Isn't he imprisoned?"

"Last year, there were soldiers guarding him, but this year he was allowed to walk on the street." The servant said.

When these old officials of the Jin Dynasty heard this, they praised: "His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty is really kind, and he allows the king of the fallen country to walk around freely."

"More than that. I heard that the former Emperor of the Song Dynasty is now an official in the Ming Dynasty."

"Two kings of the fallen countries are treated so well, so we civil officials have a way out."

"That's right, those who help to register the households and make contributions to the people will be granted official positions without participating in the special examination."

"Long live the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty!"

"..."

These guys shouted in the street, actually wanting to make their position clear and cut off from Wu Qimai who they just met.

Wu Qimai went home with a jar of wine, and his wife Tang Kuo was weaving cloth.

The servants of Anle Mansion were initially paid by the court, but gradually Wuqimai had to pay their own salaries.

In order to save money to buy wine, Wuqimai dismissed all the servants.

Because of the stroke, Wuqimai's left leg and left arm were weak, and he walked like a lame man.

"Sir, drink less." Tang Kuo advised.

"It's better to get drunk."

Wuqimai had a blank expression, slapped the seal of the wine jar, poured a large bowl of wine, and drank it directly without any snacks.

As he drank, he suddenly felt severe pain all over his body.

Not only did he have a stroke, but he also had severe gout.

The more pain he had, the more he had to drink.

It's easier to sleep when you're drunk, or to die of drunkenness.

Today, Wuqimai was in a bad mood, and he actually met those rebels on the way.

After drinking three bowls in a row, Wuqimai trembled suddenly, holding the edge of the table with one hand to endure the severe pain, and with the other hand he struggled to bring the wine bowl to his mouth.

"Pah!"

The wine bowl fell to the ground and broke.

Wuqimai was in so much pain that he could no longer sit still, and gradually curled up on the ground.

Tang Kuo wanted to help him to the bed, but Wuqimai pushed his wife away and roared: "Rebels, all traitors!"

He shouted for a while, and begged: "Wine... give me wine... let me get drunk..."

Tang Kuo hesitated for a moment, but finally couldn't bear the begging, and poured a bowl of wine and handed it to him.

It was inconvenient to drink while lying on his side, so Wuqimai struggled to grab the wine bowl. He put the wine bowl on the ground, curled up his body and lay on the ground, and raised his butt to drink like a wild dog eating.

The more he drank, the more pain he felt, and the more pain he drank.

He was sweating profusely from the pain, and finally drank the whole bowl of wine: "Pour more, pour more!"

Tang Kuo wiped his tears and picked up the wine jar, and poured him another bowl.

Wuqimai immediately pounced on him.

With such a ghost look, why did Zhu Ming kill him?

Not only was he too lazy to do it, he even withdrew the guards.

Zhu Ming really wanted to see how long Wu Qimai could live in this state.