Zhang Jiao's death still had a great impact on the national treasury. The original national treasury was made up of the three most important parts: local taxes, Liangzhou foreign trade, and Yangzhou sea trade. After Zhang Jiao passed away, Yangzhou
Without the strength to organize large-scale shipping, this left another vacancy in the treasury. Yuan Feng had no choice but to continue to increase expenditures on Liangzhou's foreign trade. Up to now, Liangzhou's foreign trade has not counted the carriages and horses.
Count, vast and vast.
Such a large-scale business trip naturally attracted the prying eyes of others. Slightly stronger countries such as Kangju, Dawan, Liule, and Qiemo were also very interested in foreign trade. Of course, as a small country under the name of the Western Region Protectorate,
, they do not want to rob business travelers, but hope to participate among these merchants and conduct foreign trade together.
At that time, the Protectorate of the Western Regions was established in Luntai, with 2,000 troops stationed there. They were led by Cao Kuan, the Wusi captain, and Zhang Yan, the chief historian of the Western Regions. Cao Kuan was a generous man and could treat his soldiers well. He had been in charge of the army in the Western Regions for ten years and the military laws were very strict.
He is deeply respected and loved by everyone, and Zhang Yan is a rare talent. He has been in the Western Regions for many years and is proficient in the languages of Yanqi, Cheshi, Shule, Qiemo and other places. Even his staff and subordinates do not know this long history
How many words do you know?
In short, as long as they are in the Western Regions, no matter which country has trouble, they will first look for Zhang Yan. He also provides warm hospitality and can communicate with visitors skillfully. He is not like Wang Fu who can only say one sentence. He is a true
They are proficient. With the two of them in charge in the Western Region, there is rarely any turmoil. Previously, Minister Liule killed King Liule who was canonized by the Han Dynasty and proclaimed himself king. Prince Liule came to look for Zhang Yan.
After Zhang Yan stated that he would use force against Liule, six countries immediately responded and formed a coalition of more than 30,000 people. They defeated Liule and made Prince Liule king. Here, the relationship between the small local countries and the Han court is
They are extremely close and canonized through the temple. When a prince inherits the throne, he also needs to have a long history present, holding an imperial edict, to canonize him. When they come to see the emperor, the temple uses the same method used by princes and kings to pay homage to him.
Etiquette used.
When the Han Dynasty conquered the Buchen and fought against the Qiang, these small countries would also send troops to help.
When ministers from various countries came to visit Zhang Yan, Zhang Yan was admiring some calligraphy and paintings he bought today in his study. Zhang Yan was a learned man and had only two major hobbies in his life, one was good at calligraphy and painting, and the other was good at beautiful clothes. Cai Yong created Fei Bai
When he died, Chang Shilian sent six officials to Luoyang to ask for Cai Yong's documents. Cai Yong, who had never met him, initially rejected him, but after he sent people to see him repeatedly, Cai Yong also
Reluctantly, I wrote him a letter.
The letter was to advise him that the study of Confucian classics is the great way, calligraphy and painting are no more than minor skills, and he was asked not to miss state affairs for these minor skills. Unexpectedly, Zhang Yan was very happy after receiving the letter from the other party, and kept Cai Yong's letters.
Down and appreciate it as calligraphy and painting, this is his first hobby, and the second is beautiful clothes. He has loved wearing some gorgeous clothes since he was a child, and he has been criticized for this, but he still doesn't care.
The ministers were brought to the study by the soldiers. After seeing Zhang Yan, they immediately paid their respects. Zhang Yan also communicated with them enthusiastically. The soldiers could not understand what they were talking about, but looking at Zhang Yan's proud look, he felt in his heart
He guessed that Zhang Jun was probably going to show them his collection of calligraphy and paintings again. Sure enough, just as he was thinking about it, Zhang Yan led them to see his collection of calligraphy and paintings.
Although Zhang Yan was inferior to Cao Kuan in terms of status, Cao Kuan concentrated on running the army, and many important matters in the Western Regions still fell into Zhang Yan's hands. Zhang Yan stayed in the Western Regions for nearly ten years. In order to get close and communicate with Zhang Yan, the countries in the Western Regions
The ministers also spent a lot of effort to study. Every time they visited Zhang Yan, they would wear gorgeous clothes and spend many years studying calligraphy and painting.
From then on, this simply became the latest cultural trend in the Western Regions at that time, and many interesting things even happened.
It is said that Zheng Xuan once visited Ma Rong, a master of Confucianism in Xiliang, and worshiped him as his teacher to study Confucian classics for three years.
Aoran, after studying the scriptures for three years, wanted to get in touch with other things, so he asked Zheng Xuan to make a painting and calligraphy, and then refuted Zheng Xuan's calligraphy and painting as worthless. Zheng Xuan was still very angry and was not convinced.
Ma Rong took him to the city in the county, grabbed a foreigner from the Western Regions who was wearing gorgeous clothes, and asked him to make a calligraphy and painting, and offered him a reward. The foreigner held a pen and ink and wrote on the spot. The beauty of the style was impressive.
Zheng Xuan was dumbfounded by the cleanliness of the confrontation. He didn't believe it in his heart, so he looked for several barbarians from the Western Regions, but the results were all average. The calligraphy and painting they produced were far superior to what he himself had done. Only then did he wake up and spend all his energy on
On the study of scriptures.
In the end, he became Ma Rong's most proud disciple.
In the study room, after visiting the paintings and calligraphy, everyone sat down and began to discuss. These ministers came here to participate in the next foreign trade event. There are also many commodities in the Western Regions that can be sold. They said
, if we can go together with Yizhou merchants, it will definitely be of great benefit to us. After listening to their narrative carefully, Zhang Yan thought for a long time, the land of the Western Regions is different from Yizhou.
There are many small countries here. If they want to participate in foreign trade, some countries must participate, and some countries will not agree. Moreover, there are also conflicts between countries. If they want to trade, they have to go through the other country's territory. He really doesn't want to see what he has spent a lot of experience on.
The stabilized Western Region once again fell into chaos and turmoil, but there was no solution. Today, the temple has a garrison of 10,000 troops in the Western Region, led by the captain Cao Kuan.
Such a force can quickly calm down any chaos. As for the issue of crossing the border, the merchants' westward route can be modified and the Han merchants can directly hide them and take them away together. In this way, there will be no big problem.
However, this matter still needs to be discussed with the temple princes and listen to the emperor's orders.
After the guests left, Zhang Yan also hurriedly presented a memorial to express the affairs of the Western Regions.
In addition, he also wrote letters to Zheng Xuan in Liangzhou and the new Northern Army Infantry Battalion Colonel Yuan Shu. Zheng Xuan was responsible for gathering the merchant brigade, while Yuan Shu was moved to the Infantry Battalion Colonel due to his meritorious service in the battle. Now he is regarded as an infantry battalion captain in Liangzhou.
One of the famous generals, deeply trusted by Zheng Xuan, responsible for the safety of business travelers traveling to the Western Regions. If he wanted to participate in foreign trade in the Western Regions, he would have to seek help from the two of them. If one of them refused and wrote to the temple, the temple would directly reject him.
Shangzhi, he is very clear about this.
Over the years, Yuan Shu stayed at the frontier for six or seven years. After a long period of training, he gradually became a brave and skilled general. He also had warriors like Hua Xiong and Guan Yu under his command, which made him even more powerful. Over the years, Yuan Shu had many military exploits.
, there has never been any defeat, and the people often call him Yuan Jiming. The person who records the Ming is Duan Ji, a famous general in the world. He calls him after him, which shows Yuan Shu's bravery. Just this year, Taiwei Zhang Wen personally came to the table and named Yuan Shu as the north.