One thousand four hundred and forty-one Dragon City Conference (3)
After two days of repairs in Nanchi, Sima Qian and others set out on the road together with the "Marquis of Chang'an" and continued to Dragon City.?
Due to the military escort of the "Marquis of Chang'an", the Han cavalry who were originally ordered to protect Sima Qian and others turned back to Langmeng Fortress.
In the past two days, Sima Qian also became friends with the 'Marquis of Chang'an'.
Since we are friends, we can talk about everything.
Many of Sima Qian's doubts were answered from the mouth of the 'Marquis of Chang'an' or his retainers.
First, of course, Sima Qian clarified the experience of the old Lu family in the past few decades on the grassland.
Although, in the eyes of the 'Marquis of Chang'an' and his retainers, the Yan kings Lu Wan and Lu Tazhi were naturally loyal, righteous, and righteous.
However, he was harmed by villains and had to flee to the Huns to protect himself.
But among the Xiongnu, they were always determined to serve the court and the emperor, providing intelligence and early warning to Chang'an for generations.
It also helped many loyal ministers, including Han Daidang, Zhang Ni and others, escape back to China. It is truly a hymn of loyalty.
As a historian, Sima Qian certainly knew about this kind of thing, so just listen to it and don't take it seriously.
At least, before finding evidence and facts from the second or even third party, the Marquis of Chang'an can only believe half of what he said, that is, the Lu family did do things for the Han Dynasty in the past.
At least, Sima Qian knew a few things that the 'Marquis of Chang'an' said.
For example, during the period of Empress Lu, she once entertained Lu Wan's widow and children with guest courtesy.
For example, during the reign of Emperor Taizong, the Lu family did help Han Daidang and others open the way to return to China.
But other things, just haha...
In addition, Sima Qian also figured out some other things.
For example, the contemporary 'Marquis of Chang'an', whose surname is Lu and whose given name is An, is Siguo, is only one year older than Sima Qian.
It became clearer now that the current situation of the grasslands under the control of the Han Dynasty was clear.
Since the Battle of Yanji, the Chariot and Cavalry General Yi Zong sent people to establish the "Anbei Protector's Office" in Taiyuan, which gave him full command of the Han army in the north.
Nowadays, the Anbei Protectorate has been founded, and the concrete framework has not yet been set up.
Therefore, all parties are busy marking territory and grabbing cakes.
As for Yanji, no one will pay attention to it for the time being.
But in the area between Yunzhong County and Shanggu County, the counties are almost out of control.
The tribes on the grassland have become the objects of competition from all parties.
Therefore, until all aspects are sorted out, or before the Anbei Protectorate and Chang'an send people to coordinate, all parties have no time to pay attention to the grassland, and everyone is busy talking to each other.
But things on the grassland cannot be left alone.
So, at this time, Dahonglu Gongsun Kunxie jumped out.
Gongsun Kunxie told the counties and relevant parties: The current situation in the south has been decided, but the national policy is not yet clear, so all the Hu tribes should continue the old story.
What old story?
Naturally, it is temporarily under the jurisdiction of his Dahonglu Yamen!
In this matter, no one is willing to break up with the current Jiu Qing, even if this Jiu Qing is actually the last and least powerful among the Nine Qings.
But Jiuqing is Jiuqing, and Jiuqing's authority must be maintained.
Furthermore, Gongsun Kunxie’s theory is justified, and the reasons are sufficient and upright!
The most important thing is that the various tribes of the Hu are under the jurisdiction of Dahonglu. This matter itself does not harm the interests of the parties involved.
In the final analysis, Yunzhong, Taiyuan, and Shanggu counties are only competing for the territory that each can influence.
To be more precise, it is the cheap labor and cheap livestock in the hands of various tribes on the grassland.
Therefore, nowadays, all the grassland tribes, especially the nomadic tribes in the areas actually controlled and controlled by the Han Dynasty, are managed by Dahonglu.
Dahonglu, on the other hand, is just a foreign affairs office, with few people, little funds, and little authority.
The grassland is so big that even if you want to control it, you can't control it.
what to do?
Da Honglu announced that other ministries would be left alone for the time being.
First determine the status of those tribes that have helped the Han Dynasty, shed blood and contributed to the Han Dynasty.
So Dahonglu Yamen rummaged through the pile of old papers and compiled a list.
The tribes on the list, even those who have assisted Han soldiers and civilians in the past, will all be given a black dragon flag.
It means that this is one of our own.
Well, the tribes who won the Black Dragon Flag instantly became hardened.
Because they had the backing of their father from the Han Dynasty, they were particularly tough when facing tribes without the Black Dragon Flag.
This is what Sima Qian and others saw on the road. A small tribe dared to drive away a powerful tribe that was far stronger than them!
Naturally, some people are dissatisfied.
But those who refused to accept it were quickly taught by the Han army how to behave.
In this way, there was immediately silence on the grassland, and everyone obeyed this system.
This really stunned Sima Qian and others and opened their eyes.
Some people even couldn't help but ask after learning about this incident: "What should we do if someone pretends to be powerful and acts recklessly?"
But he was met with a blank stare.
One of Lu An's retainers even said: "Even if someone pretends to be powerful and acts recklessly, that is the reward they deserve!"
It looks like it should be like this, which is really a bit speechless.
What they saw along the way made Sima Qian and others vaguely feel that even the various tribes in the grassland recognized and accepted such rules and systems.
This is really hard to understand.
Until, on the way to Dragon City, he saw a similar situation again. Sima Qian couldn't help but ask Lu An: "Why do all the tribes obey this law?"
Lu An laughed loudly after hearing this: "This is normal on the grassland! Moreover, the rules today are much more merciful and loose than in the past! When the Huns were in power in the past, they were much more cruel than this!"
"Even if there is only one person in the Huns' headquarters, they can drive a tribe of thousands of people and move hundreds of miles to give up their pastures!"
"If you don't comply even a little bit, you will be killed!"
"In the past, all the fertile pastures on the grassland, even the medium pastures, had nothing to do with today's tribes! They could only nomadically roam among the barren sandy lands and hills with few water and grass! How can they be like this?
Nowadays, at worst, you can occupy a piece of river land!"
"Besides..." Lu An pointed to the tribes that were forced to leave and said, "Do you think that those tribes will not come back if they leave?"
Sima Qian was really stunned by this explanation.
In the past, he often heard people say that "the Xiongnu Jizhu led their beasts to eat people and brutalized the people", but he didn't feel anything about it.
Now, I see it with my own eyes and hear it with my own ears.
Finally let him know how cruel the Huns' rule was!
In comparison, the strategy implemented by the Han Dynasty today cannot be said to be benevolent, but at least it is fair and just.
The pro-Han faction deserved to be rewarded, while other tribes also had space to live and could live their lives.
"If you can have enough food and clothing, you can be a barbarian and an obedient citizen..." After figuring out this matter, Sima Qian suddenly realized something and sighed with emotion.
Others were thoughtful when they heard the words.
Since the Spring and Autumn Period in China, hundreds of schools of thought have been contending for hundreds of years. In fact, in the final analysis, what they are fighting for is just three words: enough food and clothing.
The only difference is that the various schools of thought have different paths to achieve adequate food and clothing.
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After leaving Nanchi and marching southwest for three days, Dragon City's current Shunde City appeared in front of Sima Qian and others.
However, it is slightly different from what everyone imagines.
Dragon City was once the place where the Xiongnu offered sacrifices to heaven, and it was also the place where the Xiongnu Chanyu returned to heaven for hundreds of years.
Including Touman Chanyu, all named Chanyus were eventually buried here after their deaths.
Sima Qian once read the archives recorded in Shiqu Pavilion and knew that the scale of the Xiongnu Chanyu's funeral, although not as good as that of the Han emperor, was still greater than that of the Chinese princes and kings.
Moreover, the Huns retained human sacrifice.
Every time a Chanyu dies, a large number of his ministers, wives, concubines, and slaves will be buried with him!
For example, more than ten years ago, the old Shanyu passed away, and the Han Dynasty sent envoys to express condolences.
After the envoy returned, he reported to the court: Chan Yu died and the Xiongnu buried him in a state funeral. His coffin was decorated with gold and silver. Although he did not wear mourning clothes, he was fortunate to have thousands of wives and concubines who died.
Such a huge number of burials is enough to make the tomb area a huge area.
Although the Huns did not have the tradition of erecting tombs and monuments, no matter what, the Shanyu’s tomb area must remain solemn, right?
But now, the entire vicinity of Dragon City is filled with people lying on their backs.
Countless people were crowded, and there were countless tribes stationed on this vast land. The noise could be heard clearly within ten miles.
These Huns didn't seem to care at all that their ancestors and former kings might be buried under their feet.
There are even naughty children, riding sheep, running around all over the mountains.
"The customs of the Xiongnu are like this..." Seeing the surprised look on Sima Qian and others, Lu An explained: "Don't talk about this Chanyu now... Even when the military ministers were there in the past, when the various tribes gathered in Longcheng, no one paid any attention to it.
The first king is not the first king..."
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At this moment, within Dragon City, this sacred Dragon City that was previously inaccessible to non-tribe leaders, many tribal leaders who were not even qualified to come here were placed in houses in the city.
These nomadic nobles who were accustomed to living in Qionglu found it difficult to adapt to the residence that was transformed into a Han Dynasty residence in Dragon City.
However, even if they are not used to it, they still have to get used to it.
Because, at least in the Munan area, the weather has changed.
The ruler of this world is the Han Dynasty!
The Xiongnu, who were once majestic and suppressed all tribes, have now fled north to Yanran Mountain (Hangai Mountain). The successive brilliant victories of the Han army forced every tribe to surrender.
What's more, now, all the ministries are asking for help from others.
If we can't find food and go back, many tribes will die!
And it’s death in films!
But within this Dragon City, there is food.
Not only is there grain, but there is also a lot of cheese!
Thousands of cheeses!
The cheese of the Han Dynasty was famous in the grasslands for its good quality, good taste and low price.
Before the Mayi War, the Xiongnu used to import thousands of stones of cheese from the Han Dynasty every year.
For this reason, military officials even paid the bill with gold, pearls and jade plundered from the Western Regions.
Even after the Mayi War, the Huns still imported large amounts of cheese from the Han Dynasty.
Many people say that the reason why people in the Han Dynasty had so much cheese was because the emperor of the Han Dynasty could command the ghosts and gods. He ordered the ghosts and gods to make the pastures of the Han Dynasty grow a fresh, juicy and high-yielding cheese.
Grass.
This fresh grass grows all year round except in winter.
Moreover, they all like to eat it, whether it is cows, horses or dogs. After eating it, they can gain weight and produce milk.
Moreover, the herdsmen of the Han Dynasty did not need to migrate in winter.
This was also an order issued by the God Emperor of the Han Dynasty.
All in all, all the tribes and even the Huns now feel that their defeat to the Han army was really a crime not committed in war!
There is no other way. With my little arms and legs, how can I be a match for the Han Dynasty people who have the help of ghosts and gods?
Therefore, it is not a shame to lose to the Han Dynasty.
Of course, there were many careerists who felt that although the Han people were strong, they might not be able to gain a foothold on the grasslands.
This time when everyone came to Dragon City, they all came to have a taste of the autumn wind.
You can’t say that we come all the way to pay homage to Chanyu and yet we don’t get some food, right?
Who would have thought that when we arrived at Dragon City, every tribe would be fed a hundred stones of corn and fifty stones of cheese... and then there would be nothing more.
Shanyu Guiyi said that if he wanted food, he could buy it himself!
After his hard work and pleading, the great Emperor of the Han Dynasty approved that all tribes that submitted to the Han could come to Longcheng to trade at any time.
Rhubarb, Sichuan peppercorns, iron pots and even bronzes, grains, cheese, and salt.
As long as the tribe is willing to obey, everyone can give something in exchange.
Furs, gold, gems, livestock, slaves, anything.
If that doesn't work, you can still mortgage yourself to Han Dynasty merchants.
There were even merchants from the Han Dynasty lending money.
A guy named Yang and a guy named Tian are willing to directly provide loans to tribes who are short of money and supplies, but are in urgent need of life-saving food.
A tribe with a thousand towns can borrow up to one thousand stone of corn and one hundred stone of cheese.
All you need to do is sign a contract and bring your people to Dragon City to show them.
It seems that this condition is very good.
But in fact...
Except for those tribes that really had no choice but to go extinct without food, no one was willing to consider this option.
Because these people of the Han Dynasty have always been extremely cunning. Who knows what their intentions are?
To put it nicely, if you bring tribal people and livestock here, you can get food and even fodder.
But what if these Han Dynasty people cheated?
Doesn’t the whole clan have to answer here?
In the past few days, there has been news that even the two Shan Yutings who were hiding in Mubei and Hexi quietly sent people to the Dragon City with gold and jewelry.
They seem to want to buy something too?
In short, the current situation has become increasingly difficult to understand.
But if you don’t understand, you don’t understand. If you buy something, you just buy something.
Without food, the tribe would starve to death.
This is a hard fact.
Therefore, these days, everything inside and outside Dragon City has turned into a market.
Merchants of the Han Dynasty continuously brought in food and other materials, and ministries also continuously brought furs, gold, and gems that the Han Dynasty people needed.
It seems like a happy deal.
But in fact, everyone knows that something will happen on the day of the Dragon City Conference.
All tribes are ready to face difficulties in the Dragon City Competition!
But at this moment, a shocking news spread that a Han Dynasty businessman was actually selling weapons!
Although they are bronze weapons, they are still the old weapons in the inventory of the Han Dynasty.
However, to the tribes, this is like an earthquake! 8
