The head of King Xianbei was sent to Liu Che in mid-July.
It must be said that the Huns were very skilled in using heads to make wine vessels.
It has even reached the level of art.
The 'vessel' placed in front of Liu Che had no trace or appearance of human beings at all, and became gleaming and beautiful.
"You really cannibalize people..." Yan Yi next to him muttered with emotion.
Ji An also nodded with concern.
In the past, they had only heard about the cruelty and barbarism of the Huns. Now, the facts are before their eyes, which has brought an extremely shocking impact to these two guys who were born with a golden key in their mouths.
"If we manage poorly, we will be punished!" This slogan in the past has become a warning at this moment.
This 'artwork' in front of you uses the most basic facts and truths to tell all the Han officials who see it: how terrible, cruel and violent the world of Yi and Di is. If China overthrows and Yi and Di take over, Zhu Xia will
The disaster we are going to suffer is no longer the destruction of civilization and the sinking of China, but the destruction of the country and the destruction of the family, and the living people are like grass!
Records and documents about the Xiongnu in Lantai's collection came to mind one by one:
When a slave dies, his head is offered to the nobleman to make a wine vessel.
The Chanyu struck the Yuezhi and obtained the head of the Yuezhi king to make a wine vessel...
The two nobles and the Chan Yu fought in front of each other, the winner took the loser's head, and the wine vessel was made with saltpeter...
In the past, these records were just empty words.
But now, in the minds of Yan Yi and Ji An, a picture of the daily life of the Xiongnu tribe could not help but emerge.
When a certain slave was about to die, his master came to him personally, cut off his head with a knife, and made wine vessels with saltpeter. After the master died, hundreds of human heads and wine vessels of different sizes were buried with him.
The two factions quarreled and clashed, leading to a war.
The two sides went back and forth on the grassland, fighting from morning to sunset.
After the battle, the loser takes the head of the defeated person and makes it into a drinking vessel.
There are even violent people who may be creative and want some novel 'art'.
For example, for children, pregnant women, and even fetuses.
This kind of thought made Yan Yi and Ji An shudder and couldn't accept it!
Since the Spring and Autumn Period in China, human sacrifice has ceased, and pottery figurines have been used instead.
Bai Qi killed Zhao prisoners in battle at Changping. He has been despised by others and has been infamous for a long time.
Although China today still has some remnants of the slavery era.
But even if he is a slave, his master cannot decide his life or death at will.
Like the Huns, who frequently used human beings as sacrifices, utensils, pigs, dogs, and livestock, it was simply beyond Yan Yi and Ji An's ability to accept.
Liu Che did not have such fresh ideas.
Anyway, it was not him who did this, and he felt no pressure at all. Instead, he was thinking about how to maximize the use of this 'artwork' to benefit himself.
Just make a wine vessel out of human heads...
Little kiss!
For a long time, the Living Buddha didn't use the human-made ritual instruments, so he couldn't practice the Dharma, couldn't recite sutras, and felt uncomfortable all over his body.
Relatively speaking, the habits and traditions of the Huns are just childish.
After pondering for a moment, Liu Che told Wang Dao: "Go and send this thing to Xinhua City and give it to Mr. Canghai. Let Mr. Canghai deal with it as you wish!"
At the same time, Liu Che also sighed secretly in his heart.
If he had known it would be like this, Liu Che would never have protested to the Huns.
The reason is simple.
Now, the Huns killed King Xianbei and used his head to make a wine vessel to apologize to Liu Che.
Well, now, the Xianbei people must hate the Huns.
A new round of grudges and hatred on this grassland has begun.
However, the Han Dynasty was unfortunate and probably had to play a role in it.
The Xianbei people must have also hated the Han Dynasty and the Yi people.
Of course, hatred without power is meaningless. Judging from the current strength of the Xianbei people, whether it is against the Xiongnu or the Han Dynasty, it is just an ant. If you stretch out your fingers and pinch it lightly, it will be crushed to death.
It's just a pity...
Liu Che knew very well that from now on, the Xianbei people would kneel in front of Liu Che, crying and shouting that they wanted to be Liu Che's daughter and call them daddy.
Liu Che also did not dare to accommodate and accept the loyalty of the Xianbei people.
The reason is simple.
If one day the Xianbei people shout about the Seven Great Hatreds, Six Great Shames, etc., wouldn’t they be shooting themselves in the foot?
Therefore, the option of Xianbei has been marked with a big cross in Liu Che's heart.
Throw this thing behind your butt.
Liu Che told Ji An: "Ai Qing, go and tell Da Honglu that this year's wedding ceremony will follow Emperor Taizong's example!"
Well, the Huns sent the head of the Xianbei King this time, and at the same time they also came with a long list of requests for marriage gifts from the Han Dynasty.
In Liu Che's opinion, this gift list was like a lion's mouth opening wide.
A thousand iron pots, are you sure you don't have a fever?
Iron pots are now only used in the palace and the army.
The Han Dynasty didn't even have enough for their own use.
If the Huns wanted it, they could exchange it for slaves or war horses.
Except for slaves and war horses, Liu Che did not recognize any other currency.
Not to mention giving it to the Huns for free.
In addition, it needs to be explained that the Han Dynasty is not the same as the Song Dynasty, and it is not that soft to the outside world!
Although the peace treaty stipulated that the Han Dynasty should give the Huns some supplies and properties in exchange for the Huns not to invade the Han Dynasty.
But how much is this material?
After Liu Che's grandfather, Emperor Taizong Xiaowen, entered into a marriage treaty with the Xiongnu elder Shanyu, he responded to the elder Shanyu's letter of credence, which clearly recorded the list of materials the Han Dynasty gave to the Xiongnu for marriage at that time.
Gold jewelry, gold belt x1, ten pieces of embroidery, thirty pieces of brocade, and forty pieces of red and green thick cloth.
Of course, there must be some other supplies.
But the quantity is not large.
According to historical records, the Bank of China said that it was even possible to check the gifts sent by the Han Dynasty while chatting with the Han envoys.
It can be seen that most of the things the Han Dynasty actually gave to the Xiongnu were not in large quantities.
This is normal!
The Han Dynasty was not defeated, so the Han and Hungarian sides were at best in a draw.
Based on the spirit and behavior of the kings of the Han Dynasty, I would like them to do what they did in the Song Dynasty, sending millions and tens of millions of silk to bribe their enemies.
It would be better to kill them!
Are we really going to feed the Huns with a lot of annual coins like they did in the Song Dynasty? Are the Huns stupid or something, and they still want to go south to rob?
That is to say, last year, the Huns married Xia Yanzhi. For the sake of face, the Han Dynasty paid a large dowry.
Moreover, the Han Dynasty did not pay any compensation for that transaction!
The slaves, cavalry, people and livestock that Xia Yanzhi brought as a dowry basically made their money back.
Not to mention, we also found an enclave in Siberia!
Nowadays, the military officials are stupid and the lion is talking loudly. Liu Che is not stupid.
If you have the ability, the military minister will get a daughter and send thousands of slaves over, and then talk about this matter again!
Moreover, Liu Che also has intuition.
He felt that the Huns had so readily chopped off King Xianbei's head this time.
In ten minutes, the Huns may have started a fire in the backyard.
The object of the fire was probably my younger brother Wusun who was unconvinced.
This is what happened in the past life.
Later, Zhang Qian emptied the Western Regions, which also confirmed that in the past few years, the relationship between the Xiongnu and Wusun had deteriorated sharply, and many wars and conflicts had even occurred.
The Wusun people's imminent move caused instability in the west of the Huns, which was one of the reasons why the Han and Huns maintained a peaceful scene for more than ten years in history.
According to Liu Che's knowledge, later, after the Mayi plot, the Huns faced a strong challenge from the Han army, so they made peace with Wusun and turned around to fight with the Han Dynasty.
As a result, the Wusun people grew rapidly. By the time of Emperor Xuan, the Han army and the Wusun army jointly attacked the Xiongnu. After two large-scale joint operations, they finally defeated the Xiongnu and laid a solid foundation for the final dismemberment of the Xiongnu empire.
"It seems that my Gong Huo Gong is pretty good..." Liu Che became proud of himself.
After taking the throne, whether he secretly conducted smuggling trade with Yi Zhixie and Wusun, or deliberately released intelligence about the Yuezhi and India, all in order to make the Huns go to Wusun to fight dogs.
Let them consume each other.
Xiongnu is very strong, but Wusun has potential.
In the future, the Han Dynasty will march westward, defeat the Xiongnu, conquer the Western Regions, and colonize India.
The Xiongnu and Wusun are both enemies on this road. (To be continued...)
