The two hundred and ninetieth chapter fooling the Huns (1)
The father and son talked about other things.=
Maybe it’s because I opened up my conversation box and opened my heart.
This time the Emperor Liu Qi said many things that he had never said to Liu Che before, letting Liu Che know the hidden secrets behind many things.
For example, the basis of the Korean drama The Huns Envoy.
It can be said that Han Drama is the descendant of the Hun envoy family who has been responsible for communicating with the Han Dynasty for generations.
Seven years ago, the final treaty between Han and Xiongnu was signed and confirmed by the Han Dynasty in Chang'an when Han Liao, the father of Han Dynasty, and the Huns took over the throne and lived in Diaoqunan.
Liu Che guessed right. This Korean drama is indeed related to the escaped general Yan Wang Han Xin decades ago.
To be precise, the father of the Korean drama is Han Xin's cousin.
More than ten years ago, the descendants of Han Xin who stayed in the Xiongnu were involved in the internal strife of the Xiongnu.
As a result, direct descendants of the Han family, such as Han Xin's eldest grandson Han Ying and his youngest son Han Daidang, escaped back to the Han Dynasty under the protection of Han Xin's confidants.
The remaining people still stayed in the Xiongnu, including Han Drama's father Han Liao and his brothers.
Even Han Liao later married the daughter of the Qieju family, a Xiongnu dignitary who had a close relationship with the Chanyu.
Listening to his father's narration, Liu Che rolled his eyes and said, "I would like to inform my father that I would like to see the Korean drama in private. Please allow me to do so!"
Emperor Liu Qi was slightly startled, feeling a little confused.
So he asked: "What does the prince want?"
Liu Che kowtowed and said, "Reporting to my father, does my father still remember Cheng Zheng Ying?"
"Well... what does Cheng Zhengying have to do with Korean dramas?" Emperor Liu Qi was confused. The two should be incompatible with each other, right?
Liu Che smiled slightly, raised his head and said: "Father, please report to me. I heard Cheng Zhengying mention it. He once saw a foreign businessman. According to the businessman, there are many small countries living in the west of Yanmen, thousands of miles away.
In the meantime, there are quite a lot of crops in these small countries that we don’t have in China!”
"Hmm..." Emperor Liu Qi then became slightly interested.
In fact, the introduction of alien species has never stopped in the past thousands of years.
For example, the mung beans currently on the market are actually crops originating in India. Moreover, they were introduced to China for a very short time. They were introduced to China around the time Lu Buwei entered the Qin Dynasty.
For a country that is mainly based on farming, there is nothing more worthwhile than introducing some excellent crops.
Later, the Ming Dynasty introduced sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn.
Only "we, the Qing Dynasty" think that China is vast and rich in resources and has no need for anything from the outside world.
But are the rulers of the Qing Dynasty really stupid?
Haha, anyone who has read the confessions and allusions of the emperor "I am the Qing Dynasty" will not think so.
On the contrary, they are extremely smart.
Because of their intelligence, they instinctively resist all foreign things and cultures.
Because they know very well that a thousand-mile embankment was destroyed in an ant nest. Once a hole is opened and the people who have been fooled by them know the history. If their eyes are opened, their rule will be over.
At this time, the whole of China is eagerly looking for anything that can make itself stronger or that can help it become stronger.
As for where this thing comes from, it doesn’t matter at all!
Liu Che smiled and said something that his father could not refuse: "I heard that among the countries in the Western Regions, there is a kind of grass specially used to feed war horses. It is said that that kind of grass is raised by the countries in the Western Regions and even the Huns.
The key to the horse!”
Alfalfa is undoubtedly one of the key species that China obtained from the Western Regions. It was this humble pasture that changed the disadvantage of Chinese war horses as inferior to the Huns after being introduced to China.
As for cotton, although it is important, it is not as simple and clear as alfalfa. Once thrown out, Dad can be easily convinced.
When the emperor Liu Qi heard this, his pupils shrank and he asked: "What do you think, the prince?" Then he shook his head: "Even if there is that kind of forage, the Xiongnu will definitely regard it as a military secret, and can they easily grant it to my Han family?"
Of course the emperor Liu Qi knew what Liu Che wanted to do?
only……
In the view of Emperor Liu Qi, Liu Che's idea was indeed ridiculous.
If such forage really existed, the Huns would definitely guard it tightly, and it would be impossible for a single grass seed to flow into the Han Dynasty.
Just like the Han Dynasty, it was impossible for the Han Dynasty to let a silkworm egg or a tea seed flow outside its borders.
Liu Che smiled slightly and said, "If you don't try it, how will you know it doesn't work?"
Liu Che was fully confident about obtaining alfalfa seeds.
First of all, the Xiongnu and the Han are basically two political models.
The Huns lived by water and grass, and migrated to graze during the rainy season. Apart from grazing, they basically didn't know how to farm, let alone plant any grass.
In fact, alfalfa has been widely cultivated in countries in the Western Regions.
But until Zhang Qian arrived in the Western Regions, the Huns had no interest in taking a second look at the excellent forage seeds brought to Central Asia by Alexander's Eastern Expedition.
For the Huns, farming, sowing, etc. were matters of agricultural civilization and had nothing to do with them.
Alfalfa is like this, and cotton is even easier.
In fact, after the piglets introduced cotton in later generations, they did not regard cotton as a cash crop, but as an exotic ornamental plant...
As for cotton, no one in the Western Regions found that the fruits of this plant could be used for textiles, and they basically regarded it as an ornamental plant.
After all, the technique of playing cotton is too advanced!
As for whether the Huns would agree to help, and whether the Korean drama would be willing to accept Liu Che's commission.
Liu Che was not worried at all.
Well, in fact, Liu Che always felt that it was a pity that the Huns were tyrannical in the Western Regions and robbed so many things, but there was no place to sell the stolen goods and exchange them for real gold, silk, and salt.
The emperor Liu Qi looked at Liu Che's confident look and thought: "Let the prince try it. Even if he fails, there seems to be no loss, but if he succeeds, then..."
So he waved his hand and said, "Since the prince wants to do it, then go ahead and do it!"
"No!" Liu Che kowtowed and said, "I'll go and have a 'talk' with the Huns envoy first."
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When Liu Che, led by several eunuchs, came to a side hall where the Korean drama was resting.
The Korean drama is closing its eyes and concentrating, thinking in its mind about how to make the Han Dynasty monarchs spit out more gold silk and wait for the return gift.
Especially silk!
For the Xiongnu, the only redeeming feature of the Han Dynasty was silk!
In the entire Xiongnu chanyu court, from the chanyu to the nobles, there is no one who does not like the silk products of the Han Dynasty.
Moreover, the Huns could make huge profits by reselling silk from the Han Dynasty.
Therefore, the biggest goal of the Korean drama's trip is to get as much silk as possible so that he can please Shan Yu and his family members when he returns.
As for the marriage arrangement last year, is it too unscrupulous to ask for money again this year?
The Huns never thought about such things as moral integrity and ethics.
Just when he was thinking about how to use coercion and inducement next, he heard footsteps coming from outside the door. A eunuch said at the door: "The prince of the Han Dynasty has arrived, and the envoy greets him!"
Han Drama quickly stood up, bowed and stood in the palace, ready to welcome the Han prince.
For the Huns, things are different now.
The Xiongnu now cover tens of thousands of miles of grassland and are the co-owners of dozens of countries in the Western Regions.
They are no longer the nomadic people who were beaten, brutally tortured, and precarious by the Qin army during the Qin Dynasty.
Confucius said, if you have enough resources, you will know the etiquette.
This point is universal regardless of whether it is an agricultural civilization or a nomadic civilization.
Now that the Huns have become a large empire, they have countless servants and dependent countries.
Then, what follows is the establishment and maintenance of order.
No matter how stupid a ruler is, it is impossible not to establish order.
As a result, during the reign of the Laoshang Chanyu, the Xiongnu established and improved a complete set of ruling hierarchies and social orders.
The wise kings on the left and right, the kings of Guli on the left and right, and the great households on the left and right are proof of this order.
No matter what happens, Han and Hungary are still, on the surface, at least for now, a brotherly state where the monarchs of the two countries recognize and recognize each other.
Therefore, in fact, the prince of the Han Dynasty enjoyed the treatment of King Zuoxian in front of the Xiongnu nobles, at least on the surface.
Similarly, King Zuoxian of the Huns could enjoy the treatment of a prince in the Han Dynasty.
This point has been confirmed and recognized by the late kings of Han and Hungary in their credentials, and it is a consensus on paper.
For example, Liu Che's imperial grandfather, Emperor Taizong Xiaowen, wrote a letter of credence to the Xiongnu elder Shanyu in the second year of the Yuan Dynasty: "Today in Da'an, all the people are prosperous, and I and Shanyu are their parents."
This point was also recognized and agreed by the old Shanyu in his reply.
Therefore, Korean dramas will at least act like a courtier on the surface.
Liu Che walked into the hall and saw Han Drama standing quietly to greet him. A bright smile appeared on his face. He walked forward and said kindly: "The envoy is so polite..."
"A common proverb of your country: etiquette cannot be abolished, and my Lord always does good, so I dare not not do so..." Han Drama raised his head and replied with a smile.
"Haha..." Liu Che smiled and took Han Drama's hand, and the two walked to the couch together and sat down across from each other, but he cursed in his heart: "I dare not do this... Hehe, it seems that you don't want to give it to me at all.
It’s time to salute…it doesn’t matter anymore…”
Liu Che knew very well that the so-called diplomacy actually means that even if you are scolding the other party's ancestors in your heart, you should still be harmonious on the surface.
As the biggest threat and enemy of the Han Dynasty, the Huns were still respected by Liu Che.
Only by respecting your enemy can you defeat him and defeat him!
"The prince came to see me, but something happened?" Han Drama asked after sitting down and holding up his hands.
"Your Majesty is so refreshing!" Liu Che chuckled, poured a glass of wine for the Korean drama, and said: "I am respectful of you!"
Then, Liu Checai said: "I came here this time to discuss with your envoy a plan that will be beneficial to both Han and Hungary..."
Hearing this, Han Drama took a sip of wine and asked: "Prince, please tell me..." But the look on his face clearly had a taste of being repulsive to others.
But Liu Che didn't care, as if he hadn't seen it, and said to Han Drama: "Your envoy is loyal and trustworthy, and I admire you very much. Let me tell you this. I heard that your country rules tens of thousands of miles of grassland and has an endless country. I don't know if it is true.
?”
While talking, Liu Che also deliberately showed an expression like "I don't quite believe it."
I’ve seen Korean dramas and I don’t care much either.
However, he was not alone on this mission, and he was not an envoy.
No matter how loyal a Han is, it is impossible for him to serve as Shanyu's envoy to another country that is almost equal to the Xiongnu.
The real envoy is a Hun noble, but that person does not understand Chinese, so the Korean drama is responsible for these exchanges and liaisons, but it is still up to the envoy to weigh the final outcome of the negotiation.
Decide.
Therefore, Korean dramas simply don’t dare not answer Liu Che’s question.
Because although the official didn't understand Chinese, the others who were accompanying him did.
In the Xiongnu country, there was no harmony between the surrendered and fleeing Han officials. There were countless people who were eyeing his position and status!
Therefore, Han Drama carefully considered his words, puffed up his chest, and replied: "Return to the crown prince, my lord is born of heaven and earth, placed by the sun and moon, tens of thousands of miles of grassland south of the Great Wall. The boundless country is indeed under my rule!"
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Liu Che silently admired and continued to ask: "Such a vast land and huge area must be rich in products, and there must be things that our Han family does not have. Please give me a few examples, just to give you a few words!"
The Korean drama suddenly choked up.
Liu Che's meaning was already obvious to him.
The prince of the Han Dynasty came to tell him the inside story of the Huns under the guise of curiosity and seeking knowledge.
Do you want to say it?
Korean Drama thought about it for a while, but couldn't make a decision.
The reason is very simple. Let's put it bluntly, for him, it is simply unacceptable. This is a naked betrayal!
For his new vassal, betraying his master would be more uncomfortable than killing him!
But if you don’t say it...
Korean drama secretly glanced at the colleagues around him.
The Huns were very proud and arrogant.
The Korean drama is very clear that if he cannot give an answer to Liu Che's question that satisfies Liu Che and the Huns, then countless small reports will pile up on Shanyu's desk after returning to China.
He didn't even need to return home, the Hun noble's anger could kill him!
Liu Che, however, was leisurely watching the Korean drama and asked: "Does your envoy have something to hide?"
These opening questions were carefully designed and deduced by Liu Che.
To put it simply, these problems are pits dug and waiting for Korean dramas to jump out of them.
In fact, when Liu Che was in Hedong, he had already had in-depth exchanges with the Huns' surrender and asked many questions about the Huns.
From the nobleman of a certain tribe of the former Xiongnu who had settled in Hedong, Liu Che almost knew some of the current social customs and political habits of the Xiongnu.
At this moment, the Huns thought they were invincible.
So extremely proud and complacent.
And as the country became more powerful, the Huns, at least the nobles of the Huns, began to talk about forcefulness.
Think about it in the early days of the reform of the Celestial Dynasty, how were those technologies and secrets stolen by the Neon people?
It's just that some bureaucrats want to save face and are eager to promote our great empire and great things.
And it is human nature to show off. Even Xiang Yu said, "If you don't return home if you are rich and noble, you will walk at night like fine clothes!"
Liu Che didn't think that the Huns could resist this common human disease!
Therefore, Liu Che's trap was designed to lure out the Huns envoy hidden behind the Korean drama.
Well, facts at home and abroad, both ancient and modern, have proven that real Japs are easier to deceive than traitors.
In the Korean drama, I opened my mouth, but no words came out.
At this moment, he felt like he was being pushed to the edge of the cliff by Liu Che.
To say or not to say?
This was an extremely difficult decision for him.
He thought about simply lying or making up two things that didn't exist to deal with Liu Che, but when he saw Liu Che's piercing eyes and the fiery eyes of his colleagues around him, he didn't dare.
It is true that he could lie or make up a lie to fool Liu Che.
However, if this kind of thing were to reach the ears of Zhengzhi or even Shanyu, then he would be punished by death!
At this moment, the Huns were like a nouveau riche.
Looking at the tens of millions of assets at home, I was eager to find someone to show off to.
It's a pity that the only one who can show off has not been very interested in the Xiongnu, let alone those servants and dependent countries of the Xiongnu who are far away in the Western Regions.
The Korean drama is very clear. If the prince of the Han Dynasty took the initiative to ask him questions about the strength and fertility of the Xiongnu Empire, but he did not honestly help Chanyu show off and declare the greatness and fertility of the Xiongnu Empire, then Shanyu Ting, Chanyu could
Eat him alive!
But it’s not just the Han who want to save face. The Huns also want to save face!
But, let's be honest...
Korean dramas are a bit confusing.
He is a Han, and he is a Han who tried his best to curry favor with the Xiongnu nobles.
During the more than thirty years in Shan Yuting, he followed his father and learned one thing: how to serve the Xiongnu nobles well and how to flatter them.
As for the countries in the Western Regions, he has been to them all, and he has never cared about which small countries have what.
In other words, he is a talker rather than a man of action.
As for the practical Han surrendered ministers in the Huns, during the turmoil this year, they either followed King Youxian to see the old Shanyu, or they followed the instructions of the Bank of China and were demoted to take a bath in the ice and snow in the North Sea.
There are very few left.
Korean dramas feel extremely tricky.
However, Liu Che pressed forward with a smile: "Could it be said that in the tens of thousands of miles of grassland and the boundless country, there is nothing that can defeat my Han Dynasty?"
As soon as Liu Che said these words, not only the Korean drama looked at him fiercely, but also other people around him looked at him fiercely.
For these people, the Huns were their masters.
The most unacceptable thing for them is for their master to be insulted!
So everyone stared at Liu Che with angry eyes.
Liu Che looked at them with a smile and said nothing. But the expression on his face seemed to say: 'Oh, you can't brag anymore, can you?'
Finally, someone couldn't stand his master being so despised. Feeling extremely low on self-esteem, he stood up and urged the Korean drama in Hun dialect: "Deputy Ambassador Han! If you can't do it, then I will tell Brother Xubu and call him brother."
Come and talk!”
Liu Che listened to the chirping birds and poured himself a glass of wine with a smile.
He knew that the fish had bitten the hook and the rest was waiting to be harvested.
Han Drama's expression changed drastically when he heard this. He knew very well what kind of people his colleagues were.
It is no exaggeration to say that if he makes a mistake at this moment, these people will definitely be very happy to take over his identity as deputy envoy.
What's more serious is that this time the Zhengshi's surname is Xubu, who is a member of one of the three major families outside the Xiongnu royal family. Compared with the Qieju family he clings to, he is more noble and prestigious. But the trouble is, Qieju
The Ju family is the Ma Tsai of the Huyan clan, and the Huyan clan and the Xubu clan are political enemies!
If that person knew about it, there is no doubt that he would not give up such a good opportunity to attack his political opponents!
When the Korean drama was in embarrassment, the eunuch at the door shouted: "The Huns are making an audience with the prince!"
Suddenly, the Korean drama's face turned white.
He knew very well that he had been sold.
There is no doubt that those colleagues who followed him can't wait to pull him down!
Liu Che stood up with a smile and looked at the group of people walking in from the door.
In Liu Che's sight, there were about six or seven people coming in.
These people are obviously not Han Chinese. They are extremely short in stature. They are probably comparable to the Neon people. They are basically under 1.6 meters tall.
However, their limbs are thick and their bodies are strong. The braids on their heads are very fine. Their nostrils are much larger than those of the Chinese. Their ears are large and thick. Their earlobes are covered with gold earrings, which make them jingle when they walk.
The sound kept ringing. There was no doubt that they were real Huns, and they were Hun nobles with pure blood!
First, a Hun nobleman who was wearing silk clothes and seemed to be imitating the behavior of the Han people took a step forward. Using the rather strenuous Han etiquette, he bowed slightly to Liu Che and babbled words that Liu Che didn't understand at all.
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But fortunately there is a translator!
An attendant who followed Liu Che immediately whispered to Liu Che: "My family, the Xiongnu envoy said: The Xiongnu is born from heaven and earth, and the sun and moon have placed the Xiongnu great dan among the most loyal and loyal ministers.
Tu She greets you and wishes you the best. Please support your plow to protect you!"
When Liu Che arrived, the attendant had already taught him some common sense about the Huns.
For example, when the Huns called their prince, they did not directly call them King Zuo Xian, but King Zuo Tushe. The word Tushe means Xian in Xiongnu dialect.
As for supporting the plow, it is a sign from God.
Therefore, the Xiongnu did not call their Chanyu Chanyu, but called them Zhangli Gutu, which means son of heaven. The name Chanyu is just a way of speaking to the outside world. The real Huns, especially the Xiongnu nobles,
I would never call my Shanyu Shanyu.
This is just like the officials of the Han Dynasty who never called their emperor emperor, but the emperor.
Liu Che heard the words and said to the attendant: "Please tell the messenger, just say Gu'an, thank him for his greetings and blessings, Gu'an will also bless him, and ask God Taiyi to bless him!"
Diplomacy is the behavior of a group of well-dressed beasts using noble words to greet each other's ancestors.
Although Liu Che has never engaged in diplomacy.
But before he traveled through time, he was influenced by ccav every day, and after reading too many speeches from the Tianchao takeout department, he naturally knew how to respond.
The attendant translated Liu Che's words.
The Hun envoy raised his head and smiled at Liu Che, and then said a lot of words in a gibberish voice.
After he finished speaking, the attendant began to translate: "My family, the Xiongnu envoy said that I heard that Tushe of the Han Dynasty wanted to know the richness and vastness of the country ruled by the great Xiongnu Zongligutu.
A loyal minister, he is willing to answer my questions!"
When Liu Che heard this, he immediately showed an expression of "exuberant interest" and said: "You have what you wish for!"
This sentence does not require translation.
Because to the Huns, these words are like the Chinese otakus of later generations. No matter how ignorant they are of bird language, they should understand what the words "three grams of oil" mean! (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster.
