But the chieftain of the county of Auhu and a thousand men answered the call.

Lu Shuihu is scattered in the counties of Xihai, Jiuquan, Jiankang, Zhangye, and Qilian along the weak water coast, with a total of 20,000 and more than 10 large and small groups; There are four groups living in Jiankang County for a long time, totaling five or six thousand.

Today are the chiefs of two of these tribes; The other two had to wait another day or two because of the long distance.

Xin Er Chuan ordered to go, and ordered the two chiefs to leave their subordinates outside the city, so that they could enter the city alone with those who held official positions above the Bai people.

Thousands of people and Bairen are Hu officials, the old name of the Huns, and they are still used today, but the superiors who awarded the officials are not the Huns, but the Tang people; Like Tang officials, each has a seal. ——Changed to Pu Qin and Wei States, the superiors of the officials were the Hu people of their respective dynasties.

Traditionally speaking, the thousand people correspond to the chieftain of the tribe, and the Bai people correspond to the small rate of the tribe.

Xin Er lives in the house on weekdays, wears more casual clothes, changes into official clothes at the moment, and waits in the hall; Gong Cao Shiliang, the chief bookkeeper Zhang Daojiang and other county officials accompanied him, and asked someone to invite Song Pian, the county minister.

After a while, there was a scrambled voice outside.

Xin Er sat high in the hall and looked out.

The two county officials took the lead, and seven or eight old and young people with hair and folded hakama entered the courtyard.

Huang Rongren's "Record History", the job is in charge of recording the Cao documents, the job is humble and thin, and the affairs are complicated, because he is regarded as a "turbid official" by the disciples of the Gaomen who pursue "Lu Hou and leisure", and disdain to do it, but his appointment is very important, so he also sits with him.

Seeing Xin Er's brows frowning slightly, Huang Rong got up and went to the door of the hall, and said sharply: "The prince of the mansion is here, why make any noise?" ”

The Hu people closed their mouths and walked to the front of the hall. The two magistrates in the foreground stood on either side of the hall door, on either side of the hall. Huang Rong blocked the door and said, "Bow down." After speaking, he stepped out of the way, revealing Xin Er and the others in the hall. Zhu Hu saw that there were more than ten county officials of different shapes sitting in the deep and wide hall, like the stars holding the moon, accompanied by a handsome young man with a high crown and a good clothes, not daring to take a closer look, and hurriedly bowed in front of the hall.

The two Hu people took the lead.

One said: "Xiaguan Lu Shui and the canal department, lead thousands of people to pull if they can meet Ming Gong." ”

One said: "Xiaguan Lu Shui and the deer roots, led thousands of people to visit Ming Gong." ”

After a while, a clear voice came from the hall: "Please get up, enter the hall and speak." ”

The Hu people got up, beat the dust, and under the supervision of the two county officials who led them, they took off their swords and sabers, including daggers, and put them all on the lanqi outside the hall, and the fish penetrated inside.

They did not take their seats immediately, but lined up in three rows, bowing down among the officials on both sides, sitting in front of the couch.

At present, the Tang dynasty is moving eastward, the Central Plains is sinking, and the northern Hu Yi is dominant, but why do the chiefs of Lu Shuihu respect Xin Er so much?

There are two reasons for this.

First, Lu Shuihu is different from the tribes on the side of Zhu Yeze, most of the departments such as Chiloudan moved to Longdi in modern times, and the various departments of Lu Shuihu, from the destruction of the Xiongnu to the present, for hundreds of years, have been under the jurisdiction of Zhongxia, such as the family of Ba Ruo Neng and Zhi Beyan, the world is the chief, and the official position of the Central Plains regime is accepted from generation to generation, during which there is inherent rebellion, but more is to follow the border army of the imperial court to suppress the rebellion of other Hu tribes, or serve as a ranger in the army, and fight against the Hu herdsmen in the northern desert. It can be called the "minister" of the Central Plains court.

Second, after the Linghu clan dominated Long, it was limited to the lack of the Tang people's population, and it was difficult to expand outward. Far from mentioning, only when he ordered Hufeng to suppress the rebellion, he killed the rebellious Huyi tribes and shed blood, and at that time, Lu Shuihu also had tribes involved in the rebellion, and they were finally exterminated.

The two reasons are combined, because although the Tang family moved, the prestige of the Central Plains regime in Longzhou still did not fall, and when facing the Tang chiefs, Lu Shuihu's chieftains were at least very respectful on the surface.

The reason for this is also known.

two Hu chiefs, with a thousand officials; The rest of the people, except for one who belonged to the department of the canal and had an official position of Zuo Qian, were all Bai people. Among the officials of the Bairen, Xin Er saw a man with a high nose and many beards, and knew that this person must be the remnant of the Xiaoyue clan, and the same origin as Gong Cao Shiliang.

The Yue clan used to be a powerful nomadic tribe, and even the Xiongnu's Mao Dun Shan Yu was once hostage to the Yue clan, and it can be said that they were the masters of the northwest tribes at that time.

Later, they were defeated by the rising Xiongnu, moved west to the Ili River, were defeated by Wusun, and then moved to Fushui, where they established a kingdom.

Dunhuang, Qilian, that is, west of Wuwei, covering Zhangye, Jiuquan, Jiankang and other counties including the vast area, this is the base camp of the Yueshi, in the process of its westward migration, there are some old and weak Yueshi people who are unable to migrate far, or south into the mountains, and Xirong Zhuyi live together, or enter the county, become urban and rural residents, and also become the slave of the Xiongnu, always called "Xiaoyueshi".

Xin Er asked the names of Zhuhu other than Chief Hu, and when he asked about this person, he replied: "Xiaguan Lu Shui and Lu Gen, Bairen Branch do not extend." ”

The surname branch is indeed a relic of the Xiaoyue clan.

Of course, Xin Er thinks that he is the same species as Shi Liang, but Shi Liang does not necessarily recognize it.

This is because regardless of whether they are mixed with Rongju, or settled in urban and rural areas, or slaved Xiongnu, for hundreds of years, the remnants of such Xiaoyue clan have been mixed and integrated with the local main ethnic group for a long time, which is not only culturally affected, but also similar to it, and many of them are not very obvious in appearance, and they have become "hybrids" early. This mongrel is not a curse word, miscellaneous, chaotic, can be understood as a mixed-race race.

The genetics of the family are relatively strong, because they still maintain obvious external characteristics such as high nose and multiple whiskers; And Shi Liang, although his family has lived in Long for several generations, it still maintains the tradition, only intermarrying with the same clan, purely based on blood relationship, and not with branches.

"Please take a seat."

Ba Ruo Neng, Lu You, Zhi Beyan and other thanksgiving to stay.

Although Zhuhu has small pigtails, a series of movements on the couch and kneeling are smooth and skillful, and after sitting down, they are all in a standard posture, which is not much different from the Tang people. Recalling the accents they spoke when they answered just now, they were all fluent in Tang dialect, which was completely different from the blunt tone of Bald Lian Fan and others.

Xin Er said in his heart: "Lu Shuihu has been subdued for a long time, and he has been deeply immersed in my Central Plains culture. When I inquired about their situation some time ago, I heard that not only did most of their ordinary herdsmen have a few words of Tang dialect, but also that their upper chieftains had a little knowledge of Tang characters, and they even read Tang family books, and they were quite attained. Looking at the words and deeds of all generations today, this is true. ”

He glanced at the Hu one by one, and the Hu people bowed their heads one after another, expressing their respect.

Xin Er looked around, his eyes fell on the chief of the canal department, and he thought: "The Lushuihu tribes in Jiankang County are the largest, and the people are the largest, and the chiefs of their departments are like the chiefs of all the departments. And so it was. There are only 1,000 people in the root of the deer, and there are 1,000 people in the canal department. ”

This dynasty inherited the previous generation, still right, to the right as the respect. The relationship between the left thousand people and the thousand people is like the relationship between the left long history and the right long history, that is, the "thousand people" is actually the "right thousand people", so the "right" is not called the "right" because most of the Hu people only have one thousand people, so there is no need to divide the left and right. Only when a certain Hu tribe has a large population will there be an additional "Zuo Qianren".

As for "being good", it is a fixed addition in front of thousands of people. Be kind, and be kind.

And if the chief of the canal can be about fifty, the usual food should be good, full of oil, and rich physique.

Xin Er asked him: "I heard that your ancestor was the official of the Huns, because the ministry is named after it, is that so?" ”

Ba Ruoneng replied: "Yes, the ancestor of the lower official, the official who tasted the heir and the official of the canal in the past." ”

And the canal is the official title of the Xiongnu, not a very high official position, the status is low, at that time, the tribal chieftains who were subordinate and slaved from the Xiongnu, many of them were appointed by this official. When Ba Ruo can speak, he is like when the Tang people talk about their own family, and there is a bit of pride in his tone.

A Hu man sitting next to him said: "Ming Gong, as Xiaguan's father said, when the king did not arrive, the Xiongnu were brutal in the north, and the ancestors of Xiaguan had no choice but to submit. However, when I arrived in Daqin, my family admired benevolence and was attached to the country. In this dynasty, Hexi was disturbed, and my ancestor Yi rewarded Li Rang, so that Longdi was peaceful. From the Great Qin to the present dynasty, my family is loyal and filial piety. ”

The Hu man at the interface is not very old, in his twenties, which is the same age as Xin Er.

Xin Er remembered that this person's name was Qu Yuanguang, the son of Ba Ruoneng, and the official was a Bairen. Listening to a Hu man take the words of the Tang people in a serious way, talking about "loyalty and filial piety for many generations", Xin Er felt a little strange, and he paid attention to Qu Yuanguang. And Qu Yuanguang's face was respectful and his expression was free.

Xin Er said in his heart: "This person is not a thing in the pool. ”

If he can talk about the official position of his ancestors, his words are proud; And Qu Yuanguang can twist it to the "loyalty and filial piety" of the Zhongxia regime from Qin to the present, with quick thinking and convenient words, and he is indeed not an idle character.

After talking for a long time, I didn't see the arrival of Song Pian, the county leader.

Xin Er scolded two sentences, there was no way, so he had to wait for him, so he ordered a banquet to be arranged to entertain Zhuhu.

During the banquet, the wine was drunk, the piano and drums were playing, the wonderful music was singing, and the beautiful maids danced. Drink until late at night, and Zhuhu is drunk.

Xin Er didn't drink too much, stopped the banquet, and sent someone to send Zhuhu to live in the guest house.

When he was about to go back to the back house, Huang Rong approached and said, "Ming Gong, Rong has a way to win the trust of Hu Ren!" ”

"What's the solution?"

At the banquet of Fang Cai, when the maidservants danced, Rong Jianbaruo could repeatedly look at it, as if he belonged to one of them. Ming Gong He didn't know the day to feast Zhuhu again, and still made this girl dance, and when he could reproduce the coveted ugliness, he pretended to be drunk and gave this maid to him. ”

Xin Er asked, "Give it to him?" ”

"Yes. Then, the next day, the subordinate begged to see Ba Ruo Neng, and told him that this maid was the beloved of the Ming Prince, and that he had given it to him last night because he was drunk, and that he would regret it when he woke up. If Rong Liuba can smell it, he will definitely take the initiative to return this maid. But when Ming Gong arrived, he resolutely did not want to, 'what he did after being drunk, and kept his promise, and regretted it',...... Ming Gong, isn't this a credibility in Hu? ”

After Huang Rong finished speaking, he couldn't wait for Xin Er's reply for a long time, raised his head, and saw Xin Er's strange expression.

"Ming Gong?"

Xin Er said earnestly: "Jing Huan, although he is a little maid, he was also born to his parents, how can he treat it as a commodity and give it away at will?" ”

Huang Rongying said: "Yes, yes." He wondered in his heart, and thought, "Ming Gong is definitely not a pedantic person, how could he not adopt my strategy?" ”

But I heard Xin Er continue: "It's not advisable to send a maid." However, I can borrow your method. ”