Du Zhongxiao said to Ren Ze: "As you said, in the Western Regions, only Hei Khan and Gaochang can be called great powers, attacking each other, and the rest of the forces are not enough. Hei Khan is the remnant of the Turkic tribe, while Gaochang is the Uighur, which means Uighurs are against the Turkic ones."

Ren Ze said: "This is exactly what Hui Jie Zheng is. Uighurs started in the north of the desert, defeating the Turks and dominating the side. In the Western Regions, they have always been suppressing the Black Khan Kingdom. To the north of the Tianshan Mountains, the Uighur forces reached the Qing pond, and the Black Khan retreated step by step. Decades ago, the Black Khan destroyed the Kingdom of Khan Kingdom and became a prosperous force south of the Tianshan Mountains. In the past 100 to 20 years, it gradually gained the upper hand. However, after the Black Khan destroyed the King Khan, the brothers fought and the power was somewhat dispersed."

Du Zhongxiao nodded. After the Black Sweat destroyed Yutian, it quickly split, but it has not been clear which forces it divided into and how many stocks it has been. Ren Ze only heard of it, of course it is just a rough idea and can't explain it clearly.

Looking at Wang Pu on the side, Du Zhongxiao asked Ren Ze again: "The Black Khanate crosses the river and the south of the world, with a vast area and no communication. What is the situation? Have you ever heard of it?"

Ren Ze shook his head, thought for a while before saying, "The Uighurs and the Turks have been fighting for hundreds of years, and the Hei Khan and Xizhou have been attacking for a hundred years. The business and traveling between the two places are difficult, and there is not much news. The young ones are only heard that there may be a little bit of a claw, and there may be something wrong. Don't blame the commander of the throne."

Du Zhongxiao said: "It's okay if you say it. It's not your business whether it's right or wrong."

Ren Ze said: "I heard that the Black Khan Kingdom was divided into East Khan West Khan, and the one who fought against the West Khan was the West Khan Kingdom. They originally respected the East Khan, but later the West Khan came out with a wise ruler named Beliteqin, who proclaimed himself as the Taohua Stone Khan and no longer worshipped the East Khan Kingdom."

Du Zhongxiao couldn't help but frown: "I heard that the people there in the river call the Central Plains peach blossom stone, how could a peach blossom stone sweat appear?"

Ren Ze said: "How can I know what the young ones think of those Fanhu? I call the Central Plains Peach Blossom Stone, which has existed since ancient times. In addition, they also called the Central Plains Qin, which means that the Celestial Kingdom is the supreme country. This Western Hei Khan King probably used the name of the Peach Blossom Stone Khan, which means that he was not under the Eastern Hei Khan King."

There are many forces in the northwest and complex relations. Du Zhongxiao was very immense. The Central Plains said that except for the Han people, they were all Fan Hu, but in fact they were divided into them. For example, the Dangxiang, Han people, Dangxiang people and Khitan people next to them were not among the Fan people. They said that the Fan people were specifically referring to. There are differences in Gaochang. Uighurs and Han people are not among the Hu people. Hu people generally refer to Turks and Sogdians. Among them, Sogdians are widely distributed in Gaochang, and most officials who are engaged in business and serve as official accounts, and sometimes they are not considered Hu people.

Since ancient times, the forces in the Hezhong area have been collectively called Peach Blossom Stone, in addition to dynasties, and collectively called Peach Blossom Stone. How did Peach Blossom Stone come from and what exactly does it mean? Du Zhongxiao didn't understand, but heard people say that. When the Black Khanate was divided into one east and one west, the East was the Ali clan and the West was the Hassan clan. These two were originally brothers. The East Khanate was respected and the West Khanate was minister. Later, a rise of a named Beliteqin overthrew relatives and became a powerful Western Khanate King. He no longer regarded himself as a subordinate of the East Khanate and called himself a Peach Blossom Stone Khan.

King Beiting Khan of Gaochang and the Yizhou forces sent envoys together. Du Zhongxiao urgently needed to know the distribution of forces in the Western Regions, so he asked Ren Ze to ask. He didn't expect that Ren Ze was just active in Gaochang and had only a little understanding of the Black Khanate.

After waved his hand, Du Zhongxiao said, "The Black Khanate is still far away. Let's do this for the time being, and then let's talk about it slowly. The official talked about what happened in Gaochang. I thought they were a country, so why did they divide into Yizhou?"

Ren Ze said: "Jingshuai, the young man was originally a businessman in Gaochang, and he was much more familiar there. Gaochang is also called Twenty-Two Cities, which means there are twenty cities under his rule, but Yizhou, Kucha and other places are not in these twenty-Twenty-Two Cities. During the Tang Dynasty, these twenty-Twenty-Two Cities were either counties or townships, which remained roughly unchanged. At that time, each city was in charge, and the ruler was called the city lord. The Uighurs moved west to Gaochang, and the first one occupied Beiting——"

Du Zhongxiao said: "Is this Beiting the Beiting Protectorate in the Tang Dynasty?"

Ren Ze nodded: "Jiang Zheng said that it was the location of the Beiting Protectorate during the Tang Dynasty. The Uighurs came west and occupied Beiting first, so the king was called the King of Beiting Khan. Later, the Uighurs' power expanded, and Gaochang, Yizhou, Yanqi and Kucha were all under their rule. The Uighurs ruled the country, and the cities were governed by each city as usual in the previous Gaochang State. Yizhou was different from other places. The guards there always claimed to be the descendants of the Tang generals, and the customs of the people were somewhat different from other places. During the Guiyi Army, Zhang Linggong sent troops to capture Yizhou--"

Du Zhongxiao said: "Is this Zhang Linggong Zhang Yichao, the leader of the Guiyi Army?"

"Jie Zhuang said that Zhang Linggong and the people drove away Tubo and returned to the Tang Dynasty. The people were grateful for their kindness and called Zhang Linggong. Yizhou was under the Guiyi Army for decades. After Linggong passed away, he was again occupied by the Uighurs. Later, the emperor of Jinshan Kingdom sent troops to attack, but he was unable to win."

The one who sent troops there later was Zhang Chengfeng, a descendant of Zhang Yichao, who was not ambiguous.

Ren Ze also said: "Later, Dangxiang rose, sent troops to capture Ganzhou and Suzhou, destroyed Guiyi's army, and occupied Yizhou--"

Hearing this, Du Zhongxiao couldn't help but frown: "This Yizhou is interesting. It takes up a while for any rise."

Ren Ze said: "Isn't this the case in small places? There are only a few thousand families in Yizhou, so how can they resist the army? It is said that it is a state but it is actually not as good as a county in the Central Plains. It is also right at the intersection of the Western Regions, so it is naturally occupied by people."

Du Zhongxiao said: "It is so easy to occupy and act as a key stance. Why is there no power to occupy it for a long time? Even the Uighurs, it sounds like it has not been long for them to submit to them for a hundred or two years. There is no need to say much about the local people's tough customs, I think there are other reasons."

Ren Ze said: "The local population is not large and does not produce much food, so it is useless to occupy it. Unless the surrounding forces have spare strength, no one will capture it."

Du Zhongxiao could not match the geography of this era with the geographical knowledge in memory, but could only speculate based on some place names. Yizhou is between Yumen Pass and Gaochang, and there is a Flame Mountain near Gaochang, which should be Turpan in later generations, so Yizhou should be Hami. Although he is not familiar with the Western Regions, he also knows that Hami and Turpan are densely populated, so why does it sound like there are not many people in this era?

After hearing Du Zhongxiao's doubts, Ren Ze said: "Jie Shi Zhuang, since the Zhongtang, Tubo entered the Western Regions, and wars continued there. There were Tubo, Turks, and later, Uighurs moved westward and fled. How many people could there be? Not only Yizhou, Gaochang, Kucha, Beiting and other places, but the households were no longer as good as those in the Tang Dynasty."

Speaking of this, Wang Pu on the side said: "Mr., it seems that there are few people there. I have heard people tell me about it, but I don't know whether it is true or not?"

Ren Ze said: "What are you seeing and hearing? Let's hear it."

Wang Pudao: "I heard that the people there are very hospitable customs. When guests arrive at home, they will be entertained with warmth. Enjoy the wine and meat. If the guests want to stay, the host will go out and not come back to see the guests off until the guests leave. Is this really the case?"

Ren Ze was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then said, "Yes, there is such a custom. But not everyone is like this, and not all guests are kept. If it is a Han Chinese, it is best to read and write, and the owner likes it the most."

Wang Pu shook his head and muttered, "It's such a strange custom. Is it because there are few people there?"

Ren Ze said: "This custom has been around for a long time, not because of the small number of people. It was because of the dense population before, so there was such a trend."

Ren Ze said it more tactfully, because for the people in the Central Plains, it is strange for people in the Western Regions to do this. In other words, the people there do not value blood relationship. When the host is in the hospital, it is actually to let his wife and daughter accompany the guests. With this custom, it is not surprising that the children born to the wife are not their own descendants. There are even girls who have children before they get married. Not only do they not blame the husband's family for marrying, but they are also very happy.

The formation of this custom must have complex historical reasons, but this era is no longer clear. Compared with Youyan and Dangxiang areas close to the Central Plains, the Western Regions have stronger centripetal force on the Central Plains and the Han people have a higher status. Han people who go to the Central Plains will be left with customs by their masters, and if their wives and girls have children after leaving, they will feel very honored.

Du Zhongxiao did not think that this strange custom was a good thing, and it was likely that the blood and tears of foreign invasions were contained behind it. The local people's nostalgia for the Central Plains culture thousands of miles away was expressed in this absurd form.

Du Zhongxiao asked Ren Ze: "In addition, what customs do there exist in Gaochang and Yizhou?"

Ren Ze said: "There is a remote place, with no abundant resources, and it is simple to eat. It is not like Shengzhou where there are many varieties of food. There are no pots and cauldrons, only iron grilles for baking cooked noodles. No matter the rich or poor, only such a dry noodles are eaten."

Du Zhongxiao nodded: "Oh, I've heard of it."

Isn’t this the predecessor of naan in later generations? I just remember that naan was not baked with a glass, but was baked in a soil pit. However, at this time, the food was simple, such as baking buns and hand-pickled rice, and only bread to conquer the world.

Ren Ze said again: "There is another point that the people there do not value land and women, they only love wealth, pearls and jade. As long as they are given money, they will sell everything, and some can even sell their lives. This is very different from the Central Plains."

Du Zhongxiao said: "Where there are frequent wars along the border, people's lives are in danger, let alone women with land. Having such a custom means that it is not easy to survive there. People are greedy for money, but loving money to this point, even contrary to human ethics, means that it is not easy for people to live in those places. In the absence of peace, what kind of land, houses, beautiful slaves, will be gone at any time, and it is better to exchange it for cash."

Seeing that Ren Ze disagreed, Du Zhongxiao said again: "In addition to the Western Regions, there are also Tufan people in Qingtang, local people in Lingnan, and barbarians in the mountains in Jinghu. One is difficult to survive, and the other is a slave of many verses. People are the property of the master. Men and women get married and have children to have families and make families. The meaning of the family is not great. It is more important for the master to have a small slave for the master. This is the way of the world, so they love money so much."

The pursuit of wealth such as gold and silver has become such a pathological path, one is social instability, and the other is slavery. Even the independence of one's own personalities is unclear, let alone the family. Ethics, morality, love and family affection are worthless in their eyes, and there is no waste of money to like. This situation is not only the Western Regions, but also the several areas along the Song Dynasty, all exist to varying degrees. Not only in this era, but in later generations, there are still people constantly demonstrating it again and again. To put it bluntly, when the Han people who were reclaimed in the Han and Tang Dynasties left, the people of the Western Regions had no chance to form a stable society. Various customs and folk customs revealed a ridiculous feeling, which made people feel unreal.
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