Four hundred and ninetieth chapters the truth of the poison
On the eighth day of November in the second year of Yuande, Chang'an entered a short period of recovery, and the sunshine dispersed the continuous rain and snow in the past few days.
Liu Che took his younger brother Liu Lan, who had just come to Beijing for pilgrimage, and the two brothers rode horses in the hunting ground of Shanglin Garden.
After not seeing each other for nearly a year, Liu Huan has matured a lot, a light beard has grown on his lips, and his speech and behavior have become somewhat different.
The most important thing is that he is still alive and well, showing no signs of dying soon.
This made Liu Che quite pleased.
There is nothing that gives Liu Che a greater sense of accomplishment than seeing a person's destiny changed with his own eyes.
"Liu Yan's destiny has been rewritten..." Liu Che raised his riding whip and thought in his heart: "I will also change the destiny of more people, tear the inherent history into pieces, and make it beyond recognition!"
With this in mind, Liu Che became much more active during today's hunting trip than before.
In just a short while, I had already hunted three deer, two pheasants, and a half-sized wild boar.
As for the more powerful beast?
Sorry, before the emperor went hunting, the cavalry had already cleared the area. Any wild beast that might threaten the emperor's life had been strangled first.
The emperor's safety is not something to be joked about or played lightly.
During the reign of the late Emperor, many people know the story of how Jia Ji went to the toilet and was suddenly attacked by a big wild boar. But what most people don’t know is that at that time, the three Northern Army lieutenants and a dozen team leaders who were responsible for the late Emperor’s security work
, all committed suicide to apologize.
Among the officers present at the time, the only one who survived was named Zhidu.
With that bloody example, from now on, no one would dare to take it lightly when clearing the place.
Liu Che also attaches great importance to these things.
In fact, Liu Che is currently traveling, hunting and even moving within the Weiyang Palace. Those responsible for his safety are all the absolutely loyal and reliable Yulin Guards or Hu Ben Guards.
Now, or in the future, Liu Che may only trust these two armed forces that he absolutely trusts.
After Yi Zong took away the Yulin Guards, it was the Huben Guards who were responsible for Liu Che's safety.
However, the Habayashi Guards will return in triumph soon.
Around the beginning of next month, they will return to Chang'an.
If possible, Liu Che even plans to send the Tiger Guards out for training.
It's a pity that when I look around now, the Han Dynasty today seems to be in a state of confusion and confusion.
In the southwest Yi, a place with barren mountains and rivers, various small kingdoms and tribes are spread out. They want to launch a campaign of conquest in the southwest. Liu Che estimates that there is no need for tiger guards, and the soldiers of Shu County can handle it independently.
As for Mitsukoshi...
The old fox Zhao Tuo is still alive, and Liu Che is 100% convinced that as long as this old fox is alive, he will do everything possible to restrain the country and kneel down to lick Chang'an.
As for Minyue and Dongou, we can write some articles...
Liu Che's eyes were blazing. He waved his hand to Liu Yan, called him to his side, and asked: "The emperor's brother is in Jiangdu, Dongou and Minyue. How is the emperor's business doing?"
Guangling City has always been Mitsukoshi’s big brother.
The former King of Wu Liu Bi was like this, and the current King of Jiangdu Liu Yan is even more so!
At the beginning, Liu Bang's original intention of setting up the State of Wu was to suppress the south.
The Han army's building fleet stationed in Guangling went down the river and could attack any of the three Yues at will.
Mitsukoshi joining forces can naturally resist the current Jiangdu garrison. Even the fleet of South Vietnam can do this alone!
But the problem is, we can stop Jiangdu, but we can't stop Chang'an.
Nowadays, everyone in the world doesn’t know that King Jiangdu is the younger brother of the Emperor of Chang’an. He has always been the closest brother and sister to him.
If Chang'an is offended, won't it turn into ashes as soon as Master Wang arrives?
During the rebellion of Wu and Chu, the three Yues each sent thousands of servants to accompany Liu Bi in the battle. After Liu Bi's defeat, these cannon fodder flew away and fled back to their respective countries. In order to cover up their cowardice, of course they tried their best to encourage the Han Dynasty army.
of combat effectiveness.
This caused Mitsukoshi countries to have a wrong assessment of the combat effectiveness of the Han Dynasty.
In other words, Liu Yan has now replaced Liu Bi's position in the past and became the Supreme Emperor of Mitsukoshi.
Of course, this was the result of Liu Che's instigation and connivance.
In the past year, most of the information about Mitsukoshi that Liu Che obtained came from Guangling.
Zhu Fuyan is currently entrusted with full responsibility for the penetration and management of Mitsukoshi.
"Back to your majesty, I have not dared to slack off since I was appointed. Thanks to your majesty's trust and the efforts of all the ministers, I have now placed many eyes and ears in the Mitsukoshi Kingdom, and I know much more detailed things than before..." Liu Yanwen
Yan quickly reported: "As far as I know, in the past year, there have been many small-scale exchanges of fire between Minyue and Dongou. Even the two princes of the Minyue Kingdom have personally come to the front line to command, and the Dongou Kingdom has repeatedly
After repeated defeats and losing troops and territory, my brother, under the orders of Your Majesty, sold 500 pieces of iron armor, 1,000 crossbows, and 1,500 halberds to Dongou, so that he could stabilize his position..."
Liu Che nodded.
The Mitsukoshi hated each other, but they also stood on three sides.
The Dongou Kingdom is the smallest and weakest. Without the support from China, it would have been annexed by Fujian or South Vietnam.
The successive kings of Dongou also knew this very well.
Therefore, the kings of Dongou in the past dynasties were basically powerful figures who bowed down to China unconditionally.
At first, their protective umbrella was Wu Bing, and then Liu Bi.
Liu Bi, in particular, was very supportive of Dong Ou. He sent envoys many times to mediate the war between Fujian and Vietnam and South Vietnam against Dong Ou. He even went so far as to personally fight the war and dispatched troops to safeguard the existence of Dong Ou.
Liu Che agreed with this point.
The Vietnamese people absolutely cannot have a unified country!
Even in the future, after Sanyue returns to Chang'an, Liu Che plans to completely disintegrate and eliminate the national consciousness of the Yue people.
In the land of China, it is enough for us to have only one nation.
The sale of arms to Dongou was naturally instigated by Liu Che.
Without Liu Che's consent, Liu Yan couldn't even move a pair of armor in his treasury!
Because Zhou Yuan, the internal historian, and the minister ordered his father to die, they were all close confidants of Liu Che!
This is also the premise for Liu Che to dare to delegate the power including salt production, navigation and supervision of Mitsukoshi to Liu Yan.
Without this premise, Liu Yan would at most be just Liu Fei from his previous life.
Of course, Liu Yan would not know this, and he did not need to know this.
He just needs to do his job well, help Liu Che deal with Mitsukoshi, and then move to a comfortable place with many beauties. He can just continue to call himself a loner.
As far as Liu Che knew, Liu Yan indeed had this plan now.
Liu Che looked at Liu Yan and nodded with satisfaction: "The emperor brother did a good job! Mitsukoshi is like a tripod. Keeping them evenly matched is the national policy for the next three years!"
Liu Che scratched his head as he spoke and said: "Donghai Kingdom is a bit weak... In this way, after the emperor's brother returns to the country, he will send a troops to pretend to be the East China Sea Army to help Donghai defend against the attack of Minyue!"
"No!" Liu Yan nodded when he heard this.
This is not a strange thing. Without all kinds of support from China, Dongou Kingdom would have perished long ago.
Of course, this support includes the military.
Han troops from Changsha or Guangling disguised themselves as Dongou troops and participated in the war not once or twice.
Otherwise, with a total population of only three to four hundred thousand, how could Edong Ou compete with such big countries as Fujian, Vietnam, and South Vietnam, which covered thousands of miles, had hundreds of tribes, and had tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of troops to fight?
Putting aside this question, Liu Che dismounted, and an attendant immediately came forward and led the horse.
Naturally, Liu Yan immediately followed and dismounted, and the two brothers walked slowly forward on the grass.
"Let's talk about that 'poisonous' person..." Liu Che said casually.
Liu Yan immediately replied: "I was about to report to Your Majesty. My brother has initially learned about the sea route to Shendu from this person, and has drawn a sea map..."
When Liu Che heard this, he finally looked serious and said, "Where is the sea map?"
Although as a time traveler, Liu Che naturally knew that how to travel to India by sea was simply from Guangzhou (Panyu) or the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas. He crossed the South China Sea and entered the Indian Ocean.
But the problem is that the ocean is not land and cannot be reached by knowing the direction.
At least now, if the Han Dynasty wants to sail such a long distance, it needs to upgrade its ship technology and navigation technology to the next level.
At the very least, sextant and sailing technology need to be kept up.
In addition, you must also master the ocean currents, reefs and storm patterns in the relevant sea areas.
If you foolishly go out to sea rashly and encounter a storm or a reef, it will be the fate of another Mongolian expedition fleet!
Speaking of which, Liu Che really admires the luck of the Europeans in later generations during the Age of Discovery!
They crossed such a vast ocean and arrived safely in the Americas and even Asia without encountering reefs, storms, or thunderstorms. It's a fucking miracle, such luck!
And the 'poisonous' man was able to provide a detailed navigation chart. It was undoubtedly an unexpected surprise for Liu Che.
The wealth of the future Indian colonies can only be transported back to the country at the lowest cost through sea transport.
Liu Yan replied honestly: "Your Majesty, I will carry the sea chart with you. Your Majesty wants to see it, so I will take it out right now..."
Liu Che nodded.
Liu Yan then knelt down and presented a silk book from his arms.
Liu Che took it, placed it on the ground, and spread it out.
The silk book used very rough painting techniques to depict a map that gave Liu Che a headache.
Liu Che looked at it for a while and barely understood the places marked on the map.
However, the geographical terms on the map are completely different from those known by later generations.
Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, and Thailand cannot be found on this picture.
Rather, it is a densely packed map with all kinds of strange and strange country names based on transliterations.
After a rough count, Liu Che discovered that there were actually more than a dozen countries on the Indochina Peninsula.
There are names, there are no names, God knows how many?
However, this is normal. Among the southwestern barbarians, there are many small tribes with two to three thousand people, which can be called a country.
There are also hundreds of people in the Western Regions, and it is strange to occupy an oasis and claim the title of King Jianguo.
The later allusion of Yelang's arrogance, although it turned out to be just a way for King Yelang to paralyze and protect himself, can also reflect the thoughts of people in ignorant countries outside the civilized world, between primitiveness and slavery.
But Liu Che's focus is not on these.
He looked at it for a while and asked: "Why are there no labels on the distribution of ocean currents and reefs?"
This is a matter of life and death!
At least half of the wealth that Spain brought back to its homeland from the colonies in later generations was lost in the sea.
Beneath the calm ocean lies a threat that can swallow up any fleet.
Liu Yan was stunned.
Seeing this situation, Liu Che also smiled, patted Liu Yan on the shoulder, and said: "What I just said, don't take it to heart..."
Let a royal family living on land know what the dangers of the ocean are? This is indeed a difficult task!
However, Liu Che looked back at the chart, sneered twice, and secretly cursed: "Profiteer!"
Since the South China Sea, the sea map has become an alien world in fantasy novels.
Although Liu Che never passed the geography exam.
But Indonesia and Malaysia still remember it.
But Indonesia and Peninsular Malaysia, which should have existed overseas in the South China Sea, disappeared out of thin air.
However, in two thousand years, nature should not have such miraculous craftsmanship!
So the answer is naturally that the businessman either simply didn't know the existence of the Indonesian Islands and Malaysia and just talked nonsense. Or, he wanted to monopolize and keep the secret of the route!
Liu Che feels that the latter is more likely.
Otherwise, why is the situation on the Indochina Peninsula still belonging to the earth, but as soon as it leaves the Indochina Peninsula, it becomes an alien world?
Moreover, there is no mention of a single reef, ocean current, or storm on the chart!
If this person didn't have the idea of monopolizing the shipping route, he would be damned!
Since ancient times, there has been no businessman and no treacherous person. How can someone who can do ocean trading be an honest person?
Liu Che remembered it very clearly. Regardless of whether it was the East or the West, the first maritime merchants were all ruthless people who could become full-time pirates at any time.
For profit, businessmen, let alone cheating, would kill their own father without blinking an eye.
It's a pity that when this guy meets Liu Che, he can only say that his fate is bad!
Liu Che stood up and gave an order to Wang Dao: "Pass on my order to have the Xiuyi Guard pick up the poisonous merchant. I don't care what means the Xiuyi Guard uses. In three days, I want to know this person's origin, name, and voyage."
Everything I saw on the road!”
"promise!"
Liu Che then said to Liu Yan: "As for the translation, please ask the emperor's brother for help..."
"I obey the imperial edict!" Liu Kuang kowtowed.
Whether that poisonous businessman is alive or dead has nothing to do with Liu Yan.
Moreover, Liu Yan was not stupid. When he heard his brother's tone, he didn't understand why he was being fooled!
Liu Che also sighed.
This businessman, if he hadn't been a time traveler, he would have been fooled!
As for the others, they are probably going to be tricked!
The ruler’s IQ is actually not high at all!
Like the little pig in the previous life, he was deceived by the alchemist.
If you say you fell for the elixir of life, then forget it, after all, everyone is afraid of death!
But the biggest obstacle that Little Pig suffered was not immortality, but 'alchemy', a technique that was inferior to turning water into oil...
If this happened to Xiaozhu, Liu Che estimated that Xiaozhu would probably be played to death...
but……
"Two thousand years from now, the elites of the Celestial Dynasty, the high-ranking officials, people with master's degrees, doctorates and various academic qualifications, won't they also be teased like monkeys by a few so-called masters by a few quacks?" Liu Che thought to himself.
Sighing.
All I can say is that meat-eaters are despicable, and the ancients did not deceive me!
Liu Che looked at Wang Dao walking away and silently mourned for the so-called 'poisonous' businessman whose origin he didn't know.
If he falls into the hands of Xiuyiwei, if he is smart, he will probably only be a little frightened.
But if he still wants to cheat, the jailer of Xiuyiwei will definitely be happy to teach him what "honesty" means.
However, this was considered his good luck. If Liu Che had not used him to deceive the courtiers and public opinion, he would be a dead man now!
Thinking like this, Liu Che ordered an attendant beside him: "Go and tell Wang Dao, don't kill people..."
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Three days later, Liu Che received a report from Wang Dao: The poisonous man had all been attacked!
Liu Che was not surprised at all by this!
As the most civilized regime in the known world, the Han Dynasty surpassed the entire world by hundreds of streets in terms of culture and technology. Naturally, it also ranked first in the world in terms of punishment and torture.
Even an outstanding person like Zhou Bo turned into a worm after entering the Han Dynasty prison, let alone a mere Yi Di businessman?
Taking the report sent by Wang Dao, Liu Che took a look at it and then laughed: "Sure enough, he is not a poisonous person..."
"But what the hell is Langqu?" Liu Che scratched his head, not really understanding the name of this country or place.
Then he threw the idea away to Java.
According to the businessman's account, the 'Langqu Country' where he was located was thousands of miles away from the legendary Shendu, separated by more than a dozen countries.
Comparing it with the chart that this person had redrawn, Liu Che guessed that he was probably from Sri Lanka or the Bengal Peninsula?
The chart was still poorly drawn, and Liu Che couldn't tell the difference.
However, Liu Che was quite pleased with the several reef locations that appeared on the chart and the marked storm months.
At least, it's not a lie.
Liu Che is not afraid of him lying either!
After a year and a half, I will send someone to take him out to sea and we will have a rough idea.
If he hides something, Liu Che believes that he will know the consequences!
However, after the slap, it's time to give him a sweet date to comfort him.
The so-called Stockholm Syndrome Liu Che is still studying. Maybe he can raise a loyal dog?
No matter whether this person named "Sidemo" comes from Sri Lanka or the Bengal Peninsula, his place is always closer to India than the Han Dynasty itself.
If the Han Dynasty wanted to carry out colonial undertakings in the future, it would be inseparable from all kinds of loyal slaves and henchmen.
Even in order to stabilize the colony, the Han Dynasty had to share many benefits with the upper-class nobles of the colony.
Thinking about colonization, Liu Che couldn't help but cast his sights on the Korean Peninsula.
Next month Yi Zong will return to Chang'an with the Habayashi Guards, Canghaijun, Zhenfan, Mahan and other tribal kings on the Korean Peninsula, large and small.
Liu Che planned to test colonial policies on countries such as Zhenfan, Maharashtra and South Korea on the Korean peninsula to see if the policy he came up with based on the advanced experience of colonial powers such as Britain, France and Spain was feasible.
If it works, it's just right. If there are problems, you can adjust it.
At the same time, it can also take this opportunity to train a group of future colonial officials.
As for countries such as Ma Hanzhenfan, the current forced annexation is inappropriate and morally untenable.
Although morality is nothing to the country, there are still some things that cannot be done too blatantly.
Moreover, judging from the level of Chineseization in countries such as Shinban and Mahan, they will take the initiative to include it sooner or later. (To be continued.)
ps: Sorry, I got stuck yesterday and still had no inspiration until 11:30. Everything I wrote has been deleted. Well, there will probably be compensation in the next few days~ I don’t dare to make any promises~ I think the update will be more powerful~
