Liu Che took the certificate of credence wrapped in sheepskin.
The Huns' national documents have always been carried on wooden tablets.
It is one foot and two inches long and the same width.
The 'greetings' from afar are recorded in standard small fonts.
Generally speaking, the authors of these ceremonial documents are all Han people. To be precise, they are surrenders and escapees from the Han Dynasty.
There is no way, the Xiongnu themselves did not have writing.
It was more than 20 years ago that they first learned to count men and livestock, and it was only more than ten years ago that they began to pay attention to supporting the elderly nobles.
The civilization level of the entire Xiongnu nation is, in fact, in an uncivilized state, and even some cannibalistic characteristics remain.
For example, they collect human heads and make them into drinking vessels. They also like to stick the enemy's heads on wooden poles. When the leader dies, a large number of people will be buried with him.
At that time, the old Shanyu passed away, and thousands of his wives, concubines, and ministers were buried there.
Therefore, it is not surprising that the Xiongnu’s credential has no special features and basically uses the official language and writing style of the Han Dynasty.
Liu Che lowered his head and read the contents of the credential.
A sneer slowly appeared at the corner of his mouth.
This military minister really dares to speak!
One thousand pieces of silk and satin, one thousand pieces of bronze utensils, three thousand iron pots, and five hundred pieces of various costumes.
"Is the military officer out of his mind?" Liu Che sneered. He didn't bother to read the rest of the content and threw the credential aside.
"Shabi!" Liu Che opened his mouth and cursed in a low voice. His voice was not loud, but the problem was that the sound amplification design of Xuanshi Palace was very good, especially in the position of the emperor. Sometimes, the emperor coughed lightly.
It can be spread throughout the hall.
As a result, the Huns were immediately embarrassed.
Everyone saw with their own eyes that the emperor of the Han Dynasty threw Shan Yu's credentials aside as if he were throwing away garbage. Although they didn't know what the following words meant, from the tone and tone, they were fools.
Everyone knows this is insulting.
The so-called master humiliates his ministers to death. Not only the Han people had this thinking, but the Huns also had it.
Especially those surrendered ministers who defected from the Han Dynasty to the Xiongnu.
Almost immediately, a member of the Hun envoy stood up. He raised his hands to Liu Che rather forcefully and said: "Your Majesty, the first priority in the exchanges between the two countries is sincerity. Today, Your Majesty has insulted Shan Yu's credentials. Please forgive me for not being able to accept it."
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Liu Che sat down, looked at the man, and laughed.
"King Yougu Li didn't say anything, how could it be your turn to talk nonsense here?" Liu Che asked with a smile: "Is your surname Luotang?"
Although this man's hair was disheveled and tied into small braids, he had no scars on his face and no brass rings on his nose. More importantly, he was at least seven feet two inches tall.
There is no doubt that his surname cannot be Luantang.
There is no one in the royal family of the Luantang clan who is over seven feet tall...
The man stared angrily, but finally lost his voice.
What Liu Che said is correct.
Whether it is the Xiongnu or the Han Dynasty, his behavior can be regarded as a substitute, and he will be criticized after returning.
Liu Che did not intend to let him go.
Instead, he sneered and asked Yi Zhixie: "What do you think of King Youguli?"
Hearing this, Yi Zhixie turned around and glared at the man fiercely. His eyes were so murderous that he almost wet his pants with fear. Then, Yi Zhixie turned around and said to Liu Chegong: "
The foreign minister's incompetent conduct has made the emperor laugh, and the foreign minister will definitely give the emperor an explanation!"
Weird?
Not surprising at all!
For the leaders of any country or organization in the world, one of the most intolerable things is having subordinates make decisions for them.
This is simply intolerable!
Especially a system like the Xiongnu.
The tolerance for this is infinitely close to zero.
A slave can actually make decisions for his master and participate in his master's affairs?
This is not bad!
If things go on like this, the country will no longer be a country, and similar signs must be nipped in the bud!
In her heart, Yi Zhixie was very happy.
Because the emperor of the Han Dynasty above had just used his actual actions to prove one thing to him. This young emperor was indeed like so many young people. He lacked government and was impetuous in doing things. This was not the case. Any mature person
Politicians would not do anything inconsistent with their status in public diplomatic occasions, let alone express their dissatisfaction and disdain for the Huns' credentials so openly.
Therefore, Yi Zhixie decided to try it out again.
So, he raised his head, faced Liu Che, and said sternly: "But your Majesty's talented behavior is indeed very inappropriate in the eyes of the foreign minister. Please give the foreign minister an explanation!"
As soon as Yi Zhixie finished speaking, the generals and princes of the Han Dynasty who could not contain their joy for a long time seized this rare opportunity, jumped up one after another, and glared at Yi Zhixie.
There was even a general who cleverly took the opportunity to seize an excellent position, and then shouted angrily: "Bold! Your Majesty, I was born sacred. I can see thousands of miles, and benefit the people. Within the four seas and in the Liuhe, every plant, tree, bird, and beast
, It is for the sake of the Emperor's virtue that you dare to be rude in front of the Holy One. Do you think that my general's sword is not sharp enough?"
When other people saw this, they woke up one after another and hated themselves for not thinking of this?
He angrily denounced the Yi and Di envoys in court, and he was also King Yougu Li of the Xiongnu. This would definitely leave a mark in history, and would definitely gain countless reputations.
However, it was too late to regret now, so we could only follow in that person's footsteps and denounce Yi Zhixie's arrogance from various angles for how absurd and humble it was.
Poor Yi Zhixie, who didn't even know what was happening, was besieged by a group of generals whose average height was over eight feet, broad-shouldered and round-waisted, and who didn't look like kind-hearted people.
You should know that Yi Zhixie's height is definitely not more than six feet five inches (approximately 160cm) by visual inspection.
According to Han law, those under six feet and two inches are considered disabled and are not even required to do corvee service... Yi Zhixie's height, according to the standards of the Han Dynasty, is in the quasi-disabled stage. If he spends some money to bribe the government, he will be disabled.
If you falsify your household registration and lower your height, you can enjoy the preferential treatment of Han law...
A group of giants gathered around a disabled person.
Liu Che couldn't bear the sight of such a huge disparity.
Besides, Yi Zhixie is still a guest after all.
Be ‘hospitable’!
Then, Liu Che coughed lightly, and suddenly, the generals and princes who had been so angry just now and wanted to spit on Yi Zhixie's face suddenly fell silent.
This made Yi Zhixie very surprised.
You know, in the Xiongnu, even when Maodun and the old Shanyu were in power, the nobles and tribal leaders below would often end up having no fun if they started to argue, and the Shanyu would have to bang the table before they would be quiet.
As for now?
Yi Zhixie saw with his own eyes several situations where military ministers had to order warriors to maintain order in meetings.
After thinking about it, Yi Zhixie attributed this reason to the cultural differences between Han and Hungary.
After all, the authority and sanctity of the emperor of the Han Dynasty were the highest in the entire known world.
"King Youguli wants me to give an explanation?" Liu Che sat on the throne slowly and said softly: "I wonder what kind of explanation it is?"
Liu Che suddenly stood up. Holding the Emperor's Sword of the Han family, he looked at Yi Zhixie with stern eyes. He asked sternly: "Your country's Shanyu has made such a ridiculous and unreasonable request. Can't I even refuse it?"
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When did the emperor of the Han Dynasty ever shrink back from blackmailing the Huns?
Open the history books, whether it is "Historical Records" or "Hanshu", how many records can you find of the Han Dynasty praying to the Huns for peace in the form of large sums of money or even annual coins?
The answer is no, not a word!
As the emperor, Liu Che knew all the past marriages between the Han and Huns, as well as the amount of materials paid to the Huns by the Han Dynasty.
For example, for the first time, under the auspices and promotion of Lou Jing, except for one clan girl, the only supplies were cotton wine, rice and food. These supplies were usually only a few hundred kilograms...
It was not until Emperor Taizong's time that embroidered clothing and gold ornaments were added, but they were only symbolic items, usually in the same single digits as the horses given to the Han Dynasty by the Huns.
If the Huns feel dissatisfied, they can let their horses come over!
Well, they did refuse to accept it many times.
Historically, after a peace treaty was signed, they would feel dissatisfied and invade again.
But what's the result?
Liu Che remembered clearly that in the sixth year of his grandfather's reign, Emperor Taizong Xiaowen, the Huns' elder Shanyu wrote to the Han Dynasty, asking for peace. At the end of his letter of credence, he even said, "The emperor does not want the Huns to approach the fortress."
, then order the officials and the people to stay far away.' The meaning is, since the emperor thinks that it is not good for the Huns to be too close to the border, then I will order them to stay away from the border wall of the Han Dynasty.
The background of this letter of credence is after the Battle of Henan.
At that time, the Han army had just beaten the invading Xiongnu troops of King Youxian, regained their homeland in Henan, and completely driven all the Xiongnu forces out of the Great Wall.
Of course, the Han Dynasty did not always suffer losses.
For example, seventeen years ago, in the fourteenth year of Emperor Taizong Xiaowen's reign, the Xiongnu launched the largest invasion of China since the Battle of Pingcheng. The old Shanyu personally commanded a total of 140,000 cavalry from his own elite and other coalition forces to invade the Han Dynasty.
, his troops pointed directly at Xiaoguan, intending to destroy the Han Dynasty.
In this battle, the shortcomings of the Chinese infantry were undoubtedly revealed.
In mobile warfare, the Great Wall garrison suffered heavy losses.
In fact, even the captain of the Northland died in the battle. The royal palace returned to the central palace and was burned down by the Huns. The war approached Guanzhong, the Liu family's base camp.
The Han Dynasty was forced to mobilize the whole country and gather all its forces to resist.
After fighting for a month, the Huns army was barely driven out of the Great Wall through tactics such as encirclement and strangulation.
After that, the two countries fought at war for almost two years, and the two countries were almost exhausted from the fighting, and then they started to make peace again.
The peace and affinity treaty signed this time is almost the basis of the current peace and affinity policy between Han and Hungary.
And what does this treaty say?
According to the archives of the Han Dynasty, this is probably what happened.
Liu Che's grandfather wrote back to his elders and said: I have received the gift given to me by Shan Yu. It is very good. In recent years, there have been some misunderstandings between the two countries, which has caused the war to continue for several years, but these unpleasant things have been
In the past, Shan Yu and I have decided to restore the friendly relations between the two countries in the past. Considering that the Xiongnu is located in the north and has a cold climate, I sent people to send sorghum wine, silk and gold, and food to Shan Yu.
.I have decided to pardon the crimes of those officials and people who fled to the Xiongnu in the past, but Shanyu should not mention Zhang Ni and other Xiongnu people who defected to China. The marriage is established, and the Han Dynasty will never break the agreement first. Please Shanyu
Observe clearly.
Then the old boss Shanyu replied and agreed to these agreements.
The next year, the monarchs of the two countries issued orders: if the Huns come to the Great Wall, the Han people can kill them; if the Han people go outside the Great Wall, the Huns can kill them. But everything in the past has been written off and no one should mention it again.
At that time, the Huns mobilized 140,000 cavalry to invade China. After that, they fought intermittently for two or three years.
It just added an agreement on sorghum wine and bronze vessels to the original treaty.
For this reason, the old Shanyu even had to agree to give up the responsibility of pursuing the few guys who caused the war, that is, Zhang Ni and other Huns surrendered ministers mentioned in the credential.
And as a result, from then on, once the Xiongnu nobles found out that they were in danger or could not survive in their country, they ran directly to the Great Wall to seek asylum from the Han Dynasty.
Nowadays, it has even become an unspoken rule between the Han and Hungarians to protect each other's fugitive officials and nobles...
Now, the military ministers have done nothing. They just rely on a letter of credence and a few words of rhetoric to get something from Liu Che that they could not get through countless wars in the past?
This made Liu Che extremely suspicious of the intelligence of his military officials.
Liu Che even felt that the military minister must have gone crazy.
certainly……
Liu Che felt that it was more likely that the military officials wanted to deliberately provoke him.
Provoke him and kill him, or simply imprison Yi Zhixie.
In this way, no matter whether the two countries go to war or talk in a cold war afterwards, it will be excellent.
The military ministers could even use this to integrate the tribes in the entire Muannan region under the slogan of revenge for Yi Zhixie and clean up the remnants of the past Youxian King.
Even if the situation ends up being the same as the war seventeen years ago, that's not bad.
One arrow kills several eagles, one stone kills several birds.
Thinking of this, Liu Che's lips showed a smile.
"The military minister's abacus is really good!" Liu Che thought to himself: "No matter how I choose, it seems that he can take advantage..."
"To be honest, I should not do what the enemy wants me to do..." Liu Che thought, holding his cheek: "But Yi Zhixie has been brought to me, even if he suffers a little loss, kill or
It would be great for me to keep him..."
The future Chanyu of the Huns was a leader with great strategic vision and decisive ability.
The life of such a person is simply priceless.
From Liu Che's point of view, even for him, it was okay to go through a fight with the Huns.
only……
In this way, the military officials will be too cheap!
You have to know that there have always been various contradictions and entanglements of interests within the Xiongnu.
What if killing Yi Zhixie unites the Xiongnu and integrates them into a whole under the influence of the mourning soldiers, that would be bad.
Historically, Yi Zhixie integrated the Xiongnu. As a result, the Han-Hungarian War lasted for decades...
On the contrary, if Yi Zhixie is allowed to go back, the Huns will still remain in chaos, and the conflict between the northern and northern tribes will continue to exist.
However, once a person like Yi Zhixie returns to the Huns and has this trip to China, Liu Che cannot guarantee that he will do something crazy.
For example, he frantically promoted the reform of the Xiongnu system. He even learned from King Yan Zhao, sold horse bones for a thousand pieces of gold, and vigorously recruited Chinese literati and intellectuals.
This is very bad.
As we all know, any nomadic people that once challenged the status of the Chinese dynasty in history basically completed their evolution with the help of degenerate literati and intellectuals from China, and only then did they truly become China's great enemy.
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For example, Liao, Jin, Mongolia, Manchu and Qing dynasties.
Historically, Yi Zhixie had the ambition, ability, skill and insight to do so.
"It's really annoying..." Liu Che scratched his head, and suddenly, a flash of lightning flashed in his mind.
A strange arc appeared at the corner of his mouth.
"Oh hey... this is a great idea, very helpful, I decided! Let's do it like this!" Liu Che finally showed a satisfied smile.
For China, what kind of situation in a neighbor's home is in its best interests?
The answer is to look at the North and South Sticks.
And what kind of situation is least in line with your own interests?
The answer is to look at the Northern and Southern Vietnamese monkeys.
A unified Xiongnu empire was obviously bad for Liu Che.
And a divided Huns is a good Huns.
Split and dismember his enemy, forcing him to kneel and lick himself.
Currently, China has not yet lit up this technology tree.
But it doesn't matter, as a time traveler, Liu Che has seen countless cases in history books of masters dismembering other countries.
Especially the British Empire's supreme art of sowing dissension, dividing and disintegrating. It is so breathtaking that it can almost be described as art.
Although Liu Che did not study at the Foreign Service College in Oxford, he did not have any diplomatic experience at all.
However, the Xiongnu were not one of those countries that were deceived by the British in later generations and shed tears.
Moreover, there is no shortage of similar examples and stories of masters in Chinese history.
For example, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty dismembered the Turks, and Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty hooked up with Hu Hanxie Chanyu. They are both classic cases.
"First of all, I have to design a game that forces Junchen and Yi Zhixie to jump out..." Liu Che thought to himself and quickly decided on a strategy.
However, Yi Zhixie was speechless when asked by Liu Che.
The relationship between Han and Hungary has developed to this day, and it is no longer like it was at the beginning, where if there was a disagreement, the situation would be tense.
For sixty years, the Xiongnu fought within the Great Wall and on the fortresses of the Great Wall, causing severe head injuries and bleeding.
Although there has been victory, the price was too high.
It was so big that the Huns thought it was not worthwhile.
Otherwise, wouldn't it be faster to just come in and rob someone while still having sex with someone?
As of now, the fault lies with the tribes in the southern part of the country. If they don't seize the Han Dynasty, there will be no place to grab. I'm afraid they will happily march westward like the tribes in the west and northern part of the country.
The hedgehog of the Han Dynasty, whoever wants to bump into it will bump into it!
Nowadays, the main force of the Xiongnu is marching westward, and the tribes remaining in Munan may have problems protecting themselves when facing the Han army.
Therefore, facing the Han emperor's tough response, Yi Zhixie no longer had the confidence to respond harshly.
The envoy's confidence lies in the fist of the army.
When the fist is not as hard as the opponent's, besides swallowing his anger, can he still explode?
Since ancient times, weak countries have no diplomacy!
What's more, Yi Zhixie is currently crossing the river with the Clay Bodhisattva, and he cannot protect himself.
He also hoped to leave a good impression in front of the Han Dynasty monarchs and protect his wealth and life!
In this way, even the last bit of Yi Zhixie's pitiful confidence disappeared. If he offended the young emperor of the Han Dynasty, he would cut off his head in anger. Who would he reason with?
But it seems that if I don’t say something, I won’t be able to explain anything when I return to China in the future.
Especially since he had no way to explain to the nobles and leaders of the Tokugawa clan who supported and supported him.
Therefore, Yi Zhixie managed to muster some strength and tried his best to respond in the strongest tone he could choose: "Your Majesty, don't you consider the friendly relations and marriage between the two countries over the years?"
"Friendly?" Liu Che smiled.
Does this kind of relationship exist between countries?
But this kind of thing is not appropriate to say.
In any case, in formal occasions, it is necessary to talk about friendship and intimacy, which is just a pretense and nonsense that even you do not believe. What if you fool the other party? Isn’t it a profit? Even if you don’t, you won’t.
Any loss isn't it?
Liu Che then smiled and said: "King Yougu Li is right. The friendly relations and in-law relations between Han and Hungary in the past decades really need to be 'maintained' and 'developed'. Back then, our emperor made an alliance with your country Xianyu
"In order to enable the old people of the two countries to rest in peace, the young people to grow up, and each to protect its leader until the end of his life, I really think it is right, and I would like to express my words to King Yougu Li and encourage you together!"
"Emperor Shengming!" Yi Zhixie saw there was a step to go down, and immediately followed it, keeping silent and never mentioning the contents of the credentials.
"King Yougu Li, I have been in the back hall, prepared a little wine, and set up a welcome banquet for you and others. I hope you will not hesitate to honor me..." Liu Che said with a smile, and did not mention the completely sexual marriage.
Material requirements.
If you have the ability, military ministers can lead a team to the foot of the Great Wall to experience what the Great Steel Wall is.
By that time, Liu Che will definitely not be stingy and build a big house in Chang'an City for his military officials.
Liu Che is now very interested in the idea he just had and can't wait to try it out.
Didn't Qin Fei once feel angry about his youth? Wang Jingwei also once "sung the praises of Yan City generously, calmly served as a prisoner of Chu, led the sword into one, and lived up to his youth"!
Nothing in this world is impossible.
No matter how loyal a martyr is, he may fall to the sugar-coated bullets; no matter how powerful a hero is, he may be blinded by interests and hatred.
What's more, just a Yi Zhixie? An uneducated Yi Di leader?
Not to mention, Liu Che still had a backup plan.
If Yi Zhixie is really not up to the mark, then send him on his way!
When Yi Zhixie heard this, her heart moved, and she knew that the critical moment had come.
Whether he can return to the grassland alive may depend on whether he can fool the young emperor of the Han Dynasty during the banquet that follows.
For a moment, his heart felt like it was tightened by something.
He bowed his head slightly and said: "I will obey the emperor's order!"
But in fact, my palms are already covered in sweat. (To be continued.)
ps: Today a reader asked in the group: Author, can you make 5,000 per day? The author waved his sleeves and replied with determination and sincerity: Your Majesty, I can do it!
