On January 3, 264, Jiang Wei, Ma Jie and others led their troops from Yang'an Pass, and after arriving at the exit at the southern end of the valley, Xun Kai and others retreated to Chang'an. The war between the Han and Wei dynasties came to a complete end.

After the Shu Han army arrived in Xingshi, they also received a message: Ma Zhao of the Jin Company had forcibly ascended to the throne of the Jin Dynasty on December 25 last year. This news was undoubtedly a complete reassurance for Shu Han: Sima Zhao did not go crazy after all, and did not immediately organize a second attack.

Speaking of which, Cao Wei's national strength is only about 600,000, and there are so many places to defend. In fact, the number of mobile troops that can be deployed at any time is also very limited. This time, 150,000 or 60,000 were lost between the Qinling Mountains and Bashan. Even a big country like Cao Wei is hurting.

Of course, Sima Zhao could make a desperate gamble and continue to mobilize more soldiers and horses to continue to conquer Shu Han, but to mobilize more than 200,000 soldiers and horses to go on the expedition, not to mention the problems of food and people, nor the problems that would inevitably cause fierce opposition from all the Cao Wei clans. Are you really a decoration? Is it really that the Xiongnu and Xianbei in the north are decorations? When the time comes, Cao Wei will accidentally lose the country, whose throne will your Sima family usurp?

As a mature politician, Sima Zhao has long passed the age when he has to fight to the end if he doesn't have a good breath. Know when to endure.

In any case, Cao Wei would not attack in a big way in a short time, and Guan Yi and the others, who were already exhausted, were completely relieved.

"Next, it is necessary to settle the surrendered troops according to our prior arrangement, repatriate some of the prisoners, and find a way to exchange the families of the three surrendered generals. I need a brother to go to Luoyang to meet Sima Zhao on my behalf as an unofficial envoy, who is willing to take on this responsibility? ”

Speaking of which, the international relations of Wei, Shu and Wu are a bit nonsense.

Both Shu Han and Eastern Wu did not recognize Wei as a state. Shu Han's name for Cao Wei is pseudo-Wei, Wei reverse. As for Eastern Wu, it is also officially called pseudo-Wei or Wei rebellion, but privately it is generally called Wei or Cao Wei.

Shu Han and Eastern Wu recognized each other, but Eastern Wu did not recognize Shu Han as the heir of the Han Dynasty, and all of them were referred to as Shu Dynasty in official correspondence documents. Of course, the document sent by Shu Han to Dongwu called himself Dahan, and Dongwu did not object.

Cao Wei, of course, did not recognize the two countries of Shu Han and Eastern Wu. For these two countries, they are called Western Shu and Eastern Wu respectively. Privately, the name of Shu Han is Shu thief (this point is the same as Cao Wei in Eastern Wu). And in the private name of Eastern Wu, Cao Wei and Shu Han rarely have the same opinion: Wu Dog.

In any case, the envoys of Shu Han and Eastern Wu still exchanged frequently. Eastern Wu and Cao Wei also had occasional envoy exchanges. But Cao Wei and Shu Han, that's really just a fight or a fight. So when everyone heard Guan Yi say that he was going to envoy Cao Wei, they really felt very novel.

"Brother, I'll go! If I can, I would like to take a long leave for my brother to go to Zhuojun's hometown to see our Zhang family's old house! ”

"Brother, I want to go too. By the way, take a look at Tsuneyama. ”

"Huh~~ What do you two think? This kind of good thing is the turn of you two stupid melons. Brother, if this envoy can't be changed, I can only go simply, right? ”

Not to mention, Guan Yi's first choice is really simple.

"It's my brother's fault. In this way, there are some things that I will arrange first. Instead, your next job is to be in charge of contacting the Bujia for prisoner exchange and placement. ”

"No! Taishou, this matter is cumbersome, please allocate a certain army to me. Otherwise, it is difficult to handle. ”

"Well, as it should be. I think so, in this battle, Yulin's performance is really disappointing. So what I and the general meant was that Habayashi was going to rotate. The 5,000 feathers brought out by General Annan went to Hanzhong and incorporated into the Hanzhong Army. The 10,000-feather forest, which was brought out by two chariot generals in August last year, was divided into two parts. The first followed General Annan to Nanzhong and was responsible for escorting the prisoners who were assigned to Nanzhong. One will be handed over to you, and it will help you complete the exchange and placement of prisoners first, and then be incorporated into the Yong'an Legion on the spot. ”

"It's safe. Subordinates receive orders. ”

"Good, ordered. Your mission is to bring back all the survivors of the Salt Workers' Gun Array. He was mainly responsible for escorting the part of the prisoners assigned to Zigong Pavilion. After that, you will have to stay in Zigong Pavilion for a while to prevent this part of the captives from rebelling. ”

"Huh? All right. The younger brother took the order. ”

"Guowei, I won't go back to Fuling County in a short time. Your task is to lead two thousand Fuling troops and escort the prisoners assigned to Fuling County. Then stationed in Fuling County for a period of time. Awaiting new appointments. ”

"No!"

"Dinglie and Chengzuo, the task of the two of you is not easy. In a short period of time, I will lead the remaining 5,000 Fuling troops with the King of the Northland to be stationed in Yucheng. You will assist me in consulting with the various forces of the court. ”

Yes, the Shu Han court and the local officials of the counties will undergo drastic personnel changes in the future, and these things must be coordinated with all aspects in advance. The final appointment can be validly approved – what is a valid appoint? Do not provoke a large-scale rebellion. And in this process, one can imagine how reluctant and violent those with vested interests will be. Therefore, Sun Gang and Chen Shou's task is not easier than that of others at all.

"It's a chore. Little brother and so on! ”

"It's really hard, and there are only two of them." Seeing that Sun Gang was less than thirty years old, and his forehead was already full of wrinkles, Guan Yi couldn't bear it for a while: his brother used to be a fair-skinned and beautiful sissy. It's only been a few years? Completely more old than the old farmer!

But then again, in the past seven years, which of the shareholders of Fuxing Society has not worked hard? Let's just talk about Guan Yi, up and down, there are scars and sword wounds everywhere, and there are few complete pieces of skin. If it weren't for the selfless struggle of the young people of the Renaissance Society for seven years, then today, they would have died in the chaos with bad luck, and if they were lucky enough to sit in the prison car waiting for the mercy of the enemy, where would they be qualified to sit here and judge the fate of others?

"It doesn't matter, as long as it is explained by the elder brother, the younger brother must do a good job."

"Well, I'm convinced of that. Then, Jian Wushuang, Ling Bo. The matter of sending Cao Wei to the two of you will be handed over. In this mission, Wushuang is the positive, and Ling Bo is the deputy. I also urgently contacted the Grand General and asked him to lend Zhongying to us for a while. Let him accompany you on your expedition with a hundred cavalry...... Because the thieves are not at odds with each other, you cannot be official messengers. Fortunately, the king of the northern land still has a responsibility in this matter. He has given me the seal of the king. Therefore, this time the envoy was the envoy of the king of the northern land of the Han Dynasty to visit the king of Jin of the puppet Wei. ”

"Hahaha~~~ It's still my brother who knows me and understands me. Oh oh oh, the girls of the Central Plains, your peerless brother is here! ”

"Uh...... "Although he knows that under the simple and absurd appearance, he has a meticulous and exquisite heart. But seeing this nymphomaniac, Guan Yi couldn't help but grow his head for a while: "Uncle Ling, this guy looks like this, please bear with me a little more." This is the first time that the Han and Wei have exchanged envoys for more than 60 years, and Hugh wants to let the civil ministers and generals of the puppet Wei underestimate the character of my Han Dynasty! ”

That's a lot of pressure. Li Mi could only smile wryly and give up his hand.

"What has been popular in the pseudo-Wei in recent years is metaphysics, which is completely different from the Guan Xun Zhixue of our Han Dynasty. Metaphysicians are exploring the basis for the existence of all things in heaven and earth......"

After roughly explaining the outline of metaphysics to Li Mi, Li Mi's head became bigger: "Taishou, listen to what you said, don't the celebrities of the pseudo-Wei Dynasty do not do practical things all day long?" Mi has only known how to bury his head in things all these years, and has never thought about these ethereal and useless questions. This went to Luoyang, isn't it playing the piano to the cow? ”

Yes, yes, because of Zhuge Liang, the officials of Shu Han advocate hard work. The way of Confucius and Mencius was not the mainstream in Shu and Han, and the ideas of Guan Zhong and Xunzi were most appreciated by Zhuge Liang. And these two are the most practical in Confucianism, and they have been greatly biased towards Legalism. Compared with Cao Wei's metaphysics, which doesn't talk about practicality and only talks about forced qualifications, it is completely irrelevant.

(Guan Zhong's core idea is 'a rich country and a strong army.') That is, by exhausting all means to increase the country's revenue, the country's military power will naturally become stronger when it has money. In today's fashionable parlance, it's 'development to solve problems'. Xunzi's core idea is 'solemn rites and heavy laws', which translates into today's language: internal rule should be based on cruel and meticulous laws, but on the surface it should be clothed with a layer of warmth and vein. This idea became the guiding ideology of the ruling class from the late Northern and Southern Dynasties and continued until the end of the Qing Dynasty. ）

But fortunately, metaphysics sounds awesome, but it's actually a manifestation of dialectics. And as a Red Dynasty traverser, who hasn't learned dialectics? With my brother's cramming education, with Li Mi's IQ, I am afraid that going to Luoyang will surprise those empty talk masters.

At the beginning of January 264, Guan Yi released Qiu Jian, the governor of Zhonghui. Through Qiu Jian, he caught up with Du Pre, who was sitting in Chang'an. conveyed to Du Pre Guan Yi's request to open negotiations and exchange prisoners. After receiving this request, Du Zhen felt that the matter was very important and immediately reported it to Sima Zhao. After thinking about it for a long time, Sima Zhao put forward the following requirements to Guan Yi:

First, the envoys of the Shu Han Dynasty are not allowed to hold high the banner of the word "Han".

Second, in informal diplomatic occasions, the two sides refer to each other as names, not official titles.

Third, on formal occasions, the envoys of the Shu Han Dynasty were to be vassals to the Wei Emperor and the Jin King. You must not call yourself a big man.

Fourth, the team of Shu Han envoys shall not exceed two hundred. The Wei court was responsible for protecting the safety of the Shu Han envoy team.

Fifth, during the entry of the envoy team, they obeyed the arrangements of the Wei State.

Guan Yi quickly responded:

First, the envoys of Shu Han do not hold the "Han" flag. But we must hold the banner of the word "Liu".

Article 2, No Objection.

In the third article, the envoys of Shu Han claimed to be foreign ministers, called His Majesty to Emperor Cao Wei, and King Jin to Sima Zhao. At the same time, a congratulatory table for the king of Beidi is attached, congratulating Sima Gong on the throne of Jin.

Fourth, no objection.

Fifth, the Shu Han envoy team can only be received by the Honglu Temple (Ministry of Foreign Affairs). We do not accept reception from departments such as the Rifan Yuan (subordinate to the Department of Domain Affairs).

After such a bargain between the two parties. Finally a consensus was reached. Simple diplomatic missions were able to make the trip. And on January 28, 264 AD, he entered Luoyang City!