After talking to his son and daughter-in-law, Liu Chan met with Jiang Wan, the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty. Jiang Wan was fifty-two this year. After three years, he had not changed much. The only change was that his skin color changed. A little darker.
"Thank you for your hard work, Prime Minister!" Liu Chan said politely.
There were only two people in the study, Liu Chan and Jiang Wan. Jiang Wan respectfully bowed to Liu Chan and then said: "Thank you, Your Majesty. I have received His Majesty's trust and enjoy a high position. I am always worried that I will betray His Majesty's grace."
It was still the familiar Jiang Wan... Liu Chan sighed, and after the other party sat down, Liu Chan asked: "Is the Tang Dynasty still safe now?"
"Back to Your Majesty!" Jiang Wan said: "Except for a small rebellion in Jiaozhi County last year, it was put down at the beginning of the year. Now the territory of the Tang Dynasty is peaceful and peaceful."
"Very good!" Liu Chan nodded slightly.
He had heard about the Jiaozhi rebellion last year. It was said that they were a small tribe and were unwilling to accept the promotion of Chinese language, so they killed county officials.
Later Liu Rui sent General Zhang Bao with an army of 30,000 to quell the rebellion.
This matter was within Liu Chan's expectation.
The promotion of a new language will make some extreme people think that it is to erase their culture, but Liu Chan really has no such idea.
When the Tang and Ming Dynasties were first established, they were announced to the subjects of the two countries.
The Han Dynasty came to the Western Regions not to Chineseize them all, but to make the world peaceful. As for the promotion of Chinese, it was also to prevent communication between countries and avoid language barriers.
When Liu Chan was in the Western Regions, these natives did not dare to make any mistakes.
But after Liu Chan led the Han army to leave the Western Regions, some extreme groups began to get ready to take action. This is also easy to understand.
After all, there was a popular saying among the people of the Central Plains - People who are not of my race must have different minds.
The Han Dynasty wanted to completely rule the Western Regions, change people's thinking, and make them accept the rule of the Han people, which could not be achieved overnight.
"Prime Minister!" Liu Chan continued: "Now the Kingdom of the Tang Dynasty, the Kingdom of the Ming Dynasty, and the Han Dynasty have been connected together. This is a whole for the long-term peaceful coexistence of mankind." After speaking, Liu Chan paused, sighed, and then Caidao: "Ai Qing needs to change some inherent thinking."
Jiang Wan was slightly shocked when he heard this, but still nodded slightly instinctively.
"We Han people are just outsiders in the eyes of the people of all ethnic groups in the Western Regions!" Liu Chan stared at Jiang Wan and said: "If we want them to accept us from the bottom of their hearts, we need to treat them with sincerity and serve them sincerely. Do things."
"We want them to know, we want them to see that after we Han people ruled the Western Regions, their lives have become better." After saying that, Liu Chan paused and said with a smile: "The people everywhere are actually very simple. Their needs are not high either.”
"Eat well, wear warm clothes, and have a house to live in!"
"As long as we can keep them well fed and clothed!"
"They will gradually accept us!"
As a person from the future one thousand eight years later, Liu Chan is naturally familiar with the fact that for thousands of years, the main reason why people have rebelled against the imperial court is that the imperial court has made it difficult for people to live.
As long as the people can have enough food and clothing, they will not rebel.
Jiang Wan nodded when he heard this and said: "Your Majesty is wise!"
"Hahaha!" Liu Chan laughed when he heard this: "A sage emperor is assisted by countless virtuous ministers." As he said this, he looked at Jiang Wan and said, "If I didn't have virtuous ministers like the Prime Minister to assist me, how could I have done it?"
Become a sage monarch?"
Jiang Wan felt very comfortable listening to Liu Chan's words.
Because the emperor regarded him as a wise minister.
With this affirmation, no matter how hard and tiring it is, it is still worth it.
For Liu Chan, he is very happy to cultivate more virtuous ministers. He is lucky to have traveled through the Three Kingdoms in this life, even though he has only become Liu Adou.
He also feels that he is very lucky.
Why?
Because there are great sages around Liu Adou.
The main representatives are, of course, Zhuge Wolong, Xu Yuanzhi and others.
Without wise ministers like Zhuge Liang, he would have died countless times in such a troubled world.
But he has Zhuge Liang and others, so even if he is outside conquering east and west, fighting in the north and south, he will not worry about a fire in the backyard.
Now that he is the emperor of the Han Empire, he cares more about virtuous ministers, especially for the Tang and Ming Dynasties. He needs more virtuous ministers. As long as there are enough virtuous ministers and good generals, his children and grandchildren can be stable in the Western Regions.
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This is an expectation as a father.
I hope that my children and grandchildren will be prosperous forever.
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The Tang Dynasty is adjacent to the Han Dynasty. In fact, before the Western Tour, Liu Chan had some knowledge of some things in the Tang Dynasty. Except for a small rebellion last year, everything was fine as Jiang Wan said.
The main destination of Liu Chan's westward journey was not the Tang Dynasty.
Therefore, Liu Chan did not stay in Fulousha for long. He only stayed for more than a month and then continued westward with a large group of people.
However, among the three concubines, Liu Chan only took away Zhang Yang and Wang Yuanji. As for the concubine Cao Ling, he allowed her to stay in Fulousha temporarily.
Liu Rui is the king of the Tang Dynasty, and Cao Ling is his mother.
Liu Chan also hopes that Cao Ling can spend more time with his son.
Of course Cao Ling is very happy. When she was in Chang'an, she had never been separated from her son. Now for her, it is a very happy thing to be able to spend more time with her son.
As for the customs and customs of continuing to the west, she is not that interested.
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February 29, the 16th year of the rise of the Han Dynasty (AD 255).
Evening——
After nearly three months of traveling westward from the Kingdom of Tang Dynasty, Liu Chan and his party finally appeared outside the south gate of Taixi Feng City, the capital of the Kingdom of Ming Dynasty.
Liu Chan is naturally very familiar with the closure of cities in Western Europe.
During the nine years of his previous expedition to the Western Regions, he had spent most of his time in Ctesiphon. He was very familiar with every plant and tree here.
At this time, we had just arrived a few miles away from the south gate of Taixi Feng City. From a distance, we saw the city wall made of white stones.
"Arrived!"
"Arrived in Ctesiphon!"
On the carriage, Wang Yuanji leaned out of the window, pointed at the city wall made of white stones in front of her, and said excitedly.
Zhang Yang is a very curious person.
This trip to the West was an eye-opener for her.
People with different skin colors, different eating habits, and different customs.
She was deeply fascinated by them.
"It's so beautiful!" Zhang Yang said casually: "The city wall is so white!"
"Sister!" Wang Yuanji said with a smile: "The Taixi Feng Palace is more beautiful than this one."
"Really?" Zhang Yang was a little surprised.
"Yes!" Wang Yuanji nodded and said: "The Taixifeng Palace is entirely built of white marble. Even if you live there in midsummer, it is very cool."
Zhang Yang felt a little envious.
What a wonderful thing it is to live in a palace built of jade.
"And!" Wang Yuanji added: "Most of the decorations and furniture inside the palace are made of gold."
As soon as Wang Yuanji finished speaking, Zhang Yang had a look of surprise on her face.
"How can it be so luxurious?" Zhang Yang said.
Upon hearing this, Liu Chan turned around and laughed loudly: "Don't be surprised, that palace was built by the Parthians in the past."
"At that time, the Parthians were considered a powerful nation in the Western Regions;" Liu Chan paused before sighing: "But when they were powerful, they only cared about pleasure and spent a lot of money on building luxurious palaces.
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Zhang Yang just said oh, as long as it wasn't Liu Yan or Liu Chan who did it. As the empress of the Han Dynasty, Zhang Yang also knew that greed for pleasure would destroy a prosperous dynasty.
While several people were talking, the carriage suddenly stopped slowly.
Wang Yuanji leaned out of the window again, then turned back and said: "Your Majesty, Yan'er is waiting for His Majesty at the gate of the city."
"Oh???"
When Liu Chan heard this, he also looked out the window.
At this time, the motorcade was already approaching the city gate, less than five miles away.
Looking from a distance, there are many people standing under the city gate.
They are arranged neatly.
"Your Majesty!" A junior high school student ran to the carriage, bowed and said, "King Ming has prepared a dragon chariot guard of honor for Your Majesty. Please move it."
Oh... Liu Chan was stunned for a moment, and then said with satisfaction: "Yan'er has grown up!"
"Yan'er has grown up!"
Then, Liu Chan, Queen Zhang Yang, and Imperial Concubine Wang Yuanji moved to the dragon chariot prepared by Liu Yan.
Compared to the dragon chariot in Weiyang Palace, Liu Yan prepared a more luxurious chariot. The entire chariot was made of gold and nine golden dragons surrounded the body.
Liu Chan is in the middle, flanked by Queen Zhang Yang and Imperial Concubine Wang Yuanji.
Behind the dragon chariot is an honor guard of two thousand people.
This is how an emperor should behave.
Woo, woo, woo——
A few trombones sounded, followed by thunderous drum beats.
Boom, boom, boom, boom.
Outside the south gate of Taixifeng, tens of thousands of Ming emperors and ministers, as well as the people of Taixifeng, all stared at the slowly approaching dragon chariot.
As the car gets closer and closer, the faces of the people greeting the car gradually become clearer.
"Welcome Your Majesty!"
"Welcome Your Majesty!"
When the car reached a hundred steps away, the people greeting the car shouted loudly and in unison, with overwhelming momentum.
Directly in front of the crowd greeting the driver is a young man wearing a golden crown.
"My son, I respectfully welcome my father!"
"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"
Liu Yan stepped forward quickly and made a big salute to Liu Chan.
"Pingshen!" Liu Chan raised his hand.
The next moment, tens of thousands of people once again shouted loudly: "The great Han will last for ten thousand years, the great Han will last for ten thousand years, the great Han will last for ten thousand years."
Liu Chan listened to this familiar shout, but his eyes fell on an old man.
Xu Yuanzhi——
This scene must have been caused by Xu Yuanzhi.
Because Liu Yan was still very young, he had not imagined that these red tapes would be so comprehensive. This must have been done by Xu Yuanzhi, the Prime Minister of the Ming Dynasty.
When Liu Chan's chariot approached, Xu Shu respectfully bowed and said, "I respectfully welcome your Majesty's chariot. Long live, long live, long live my emperor."
"Long live your Majesty!"
"Long live your Majesty!"
In an instant, all the people greeting the driver were shouting in unison.
This made Liu Chan a little excited. When he was in Fulousha a few months ago, although the Chinese language began to be promoted after the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the Chinese language proficiency of the people of the Tang Dynasty was relatively poor.
But at this time, if the people greeting you don't look at their faces and only listen to their voices, people will mistakenly think that this is the Central Plains.
Liu Chan quickly stepped down from the dragon chariot, helped Xu Shu up, and said: "My dear, please get up quickly!"
Xu Yuanzhi is also getting older. Compared with when we were separated four years ago, he only has a few white hairs. But at this moment, like Prime Minister Zhuge Liang, his head is already covered with white hairs and his face also has many wrinkles.<
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"Thank you for your hard work, my dear!" Liu Chan said with some distress.
Xu Shu said with a smile on his face: "Thank you, Your Majesty, I am not suffering!"
"Old minister is not bitter!"
Liu Chan really felt sorry for Xu Shu. He was the same age as Zhuge Liang, only two years younger than Zhuge Liang, and he was already seventy-one years old now.
But——
The seventy-year-old man is still devoting himself to the Ming Dynasty.
As a monarch, can Liu Chan not feel distressed?
Perhaps sensing his father's thoughts, Liu Yan saluted again, and then said with a smile: "Father, follow me into the city!"
"Okay! Okay! Okay!" Liu Chan said three good words in a row, and finally helped Xu Shu walk to the dragon chariot. As he walked, he said: "Aiqing, come with me into the city!"
"I don't dare!" Xu Shu waved his hand hurriedly and stopped under the dragon chariot.
"Xu Aiqing!" Liu Chan said: "Aiqing was a member of the imperial court, whether in the Han Dynasty or in the Ming Dynasty. Why not ride with him in the dragon chariot today?"
"Your Majesty!" Xu Shu was very moved, but still refused to lift his legs.
At this moment, Ming King Liu Yan also supported Xu Shu and said: "Prime Minister, please do not refuse. Without the Prime Minister's assistance in the past few years, how could I have managed the Ming Kingdom?"
"Yan'er is right!" Liu Chan nodded with satisfaction, and then said deliberately: "The Ming Dynasty is as prosperous as it is today because of your hard work and assistance to Yan'er."
"Get in the car!"
Xu Shu originally wanted to refuse, but seeing that the Emperor and Prince Ming were both so sincere, if he continued to refuse like this, no one would be able to enter the city before nightfall.
"Old minister, thank you, Your Majesty!"
Because Xu Shu boarded the dragon chariot, the queen Zhang Yang and the imperial concubine Wang Yuanji were very smart and went to the dragon chariot at the back.
The city entry ceremony was relatively simple. As the dragon chariot moved forward, the subjects at the city gate quickly dispersed to both sides, and Liu Chan and others entered Taixi Fengcheng in a mighty manner.
Xu Shu was very well prepared for welcoming the emperor this time.
In addition to the tens of thousands of subjects outside the city, there were also countless people from Ctesiphon standing on both sides of the streets leading to the palace inside the city.
Wherever the dragon chariot passes, uniform shouts will be heard.
"The Han Dynasty will last for ten thousand years!"
"Long live your Majesty!"
"The Han Dynasty will last for ten thousand years!"
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Liu Chan had experienced such a scene before in Chang'an, and this was his first experience in this Western Region.
Looking at people with different skin colors and different looks, they shouted in standard Chinese.
Liu Chan is really excited.
It seems that the Ming Dynasty did a better job than the Tang Kingdom in promoting Han culture.
Language is very important.
Only when people understand Chinese can they gradually understand more Chinese culture, which will be of great benefit to the Han people's rule in the Ming Dynasty.
Only by allowing the people of the Ming and Tang Dynasties to gradually accept Han culture will they gradually accept the Han people establishing a country here.
At present, Ming Dynasty has achieved initial results.
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This chapter has been completed!