Chapter 202: The Power of Language
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After learning the news that his uncle was going to Guangwu County to inspect, it didn't take long for the information that was delivered by the fine work to be delivered after several rounds to be handed over to Zhang Jun. He opened it and saw that the handwriting on it was beautiful, it was a woman's technique, presumably it was Chen Zhou's own handwriting,
can let her, the head of the big spy, write the information personally, explaining that the information is very important, and sure enough, Zhang Jun glanced at the content and his heart suddenly tightened - Liu Yao has personally recruited!
Just ten days ago, after Liu Yao took charge of the country as the crown prince, he personally ordered 200,000 Chinese military horses to set off from Chang'an, threatening to hunt on the bank of the river with the Liangzhou pastor! According to the estimation of the speed of the march, it may have entered Qinzhou by now.
If this is the case, then the land west of Taoshui that Da Liang has newly captured will bear the brunt! Zhang Jun must immediately return to Guangwu to sit down.
It's just that in this way, the original plan to further encircle the Tuyuhun tribes will be handed over to the people below, but there doesn't seem to be a suitable candidate. At this time, Wang Meng recommended a person, and he said to Zhang Jun: "Do you remember the young captain who had a debate with the Tuyuhun envoy not long ago? β
Zhang Jun thought about it in his mind, and sure enough, he had an impression, so he said: "I remember, I read his report at that time, and he was indeed very eloquent, which made the envoy of Tuguhun speechless, which is very good." β
"What, he's your man?"
"It's not γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»" Wang Meng shook his head and said: "This person is a military planner sent by the Guards Division to the left battalion of the Longxiang Army, and he is very clever and rigorous in dealing with military aircraft, so when he first selected the envoy and Tugu Hun to argue, he chose to let him go, but he didn't expect to do a very good job." β
"It turned out to be a plan to join the army, so it's not surprising." Zhang Jun smiled, he gave Chen Zhen very high recruitment requirements, as a member of the army, you must be literate, and you must receive all kinds of military training after joining the army, and you must not be appointed if you are not good.
"So the last general still wants to recommend him to continue to be the envoy, one is to press the king of Tu Guhun, and the other is to encircle the heads of all departments." Wang Meng hugged his fists and said.
"Since General Wang is so strongly recommended, this person must have something extraordinaryγ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ» Zhang Jun pondered for a while, feeling that the general strategy had been completed, and it seemed that it was not inappropriate to hand it over to the young man with a very sharp mouth, so he agreed: "Yes, let him come and see me." β
"No!" The king bowed sharply to receive the command.
"By the way, what's this person's last name?"
"Back to the lord, his name is Wang Qiuγ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»"
When Wang Qiu met Zhang Jun for the first time, both of them were shocked by each other's age. Zhang Jun was surprised that he didn't expect that this person who had fought with the Tuyuhun envoy before and had the upper hand would be so young, and it seemed that he was only sixteen or seventeen years old; Wang Qiu didn't expect that the miraculous governor who was rumored in the army would be younger than himself.
Wang Qiu respectfully stepped forward to salute, Zhang Jun sat on the couch and signaled with his chin, and waited for the other party to sit down carefully before saying: "You have two things to do well in this mission, one is to appease Tuyan's emotions and let him continue to maintain the policy of harmony with our Daliang; The second is to be better than the heads of various departments and maintain the tea slave market. Is it possible? β
After all, both parties were unhappy with this marriage, Da Liang's face was lost, and Tuyan was also gloomy. If his emotions recur, it will be bad for both parties. Wang Qiu also understood this, and hugged his fists and said: "Metropolitan Governor, the lower officials will do their best." β
"Good!"
Zhang Jun appreciates this attitude of doing his best, he is afraid that young people will be too arrogant, and they will promise everything but they will not be able to do it well. In fact, nothing in this world can be completed 100%, and people who can do their best are already rare.
When Wang Qiu was about to say goodbye, Zhang Jun said again: "If you have the opportunity, save Jiang Congγ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»
Wang Qiu received the order, and after getting out of the big tent, he was thoughtful, but he happened to meet Wang Meng, he hurriedly saluted and thanked: "Thank you for the general's support!" β
Wang Meng shook his head and said, "It is the Metropolitan Governor who is carrying you, and I would not dare to be greedy for merit." β
Wang Qiu bowed again: "If it weren't for the general's recommendation, the lower officials would still join the army, where would there be a chance to make an envoy for Da Liang." β
Wang Meng said: "You have the ability, you can come out sooner or later, the governor will not bury talents, do a good job!" β
"No!" Wang Qiu said solemnly.
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Tuyan had already returned to the city. "Fu Qi" is Xianbei language, Han meaning "city of kings", it stands on the edge of Qinghai Lake, with bluestone base, very majestic.
After Wang Qiu arrived in Fuqiu, he met a large group of Jiang people giving Jiang De a funeral, and thousands of people were crying. When those people saw the people in Han'er clothes, they were full of hostility and indignation, but Wang Qiu was not afraid, and in the name of memorial, he took the opportunity to get close to Jiang Cong, who was much older, in the crowd, and said in a low voice: "If you have a chance, run away!" With that, he turned and left.
Jiang Cong was stunned, he had some impressions of this man, and vaguely remembered that he had been an envoy. Just for a moment, Jiang Cong looked at each other angrily, snorted coldly and turned away, as if he was very hostile and disgusted with the Han people.
When he returned to the tent where he was temporarily staying, Jiang Cong hurriedly gathered his only few subordinates and discussed, "What is the purpose of this Han man's words?" β
One person said angrily: "Liang Ren killed the head man, he is our mortal enemy, and we can't be deceived by their rhetoric!" β
Another said: "If you want to harm a few of us, why bother so much, just a word, Tuyan will do it for Liangren." β
Jiang Cong thought for a moment and said, "When Liang Ren told us the news, it must be Tuyan who is going to be unfavorable to us. However, the Liang people are not at ease, they want us to keep fighting against Tuyan, so that Tuyuhun will not have the strength to invade Liangzhou, but will continue to make friends with Da Liang. β
The man who spoke first said, "I said that the cool people are not well-intentioned, and they must not follow their wishes." β
The other continued: "Why not, is it right to wait for death?" β
Jiang Cong waved his hand to stop the argument and decided: "Liangren's strategy is a yang scheme, we have no choice, hurry up and prepare our horses, and immediately go west." As long as we reach the territory of our people, Tuyan will not be able to do anything to us! β
The others have no opinions, the Huangshui Department has been completely gone, the population has been reduced to slavery, the land has become a leased land in Liangzhou, and they can only go to other tribes. In this way, Jiang Cong took the only few entourages and left on a fast horse, not even attending his son's funeral in the last few days.
On the other side, Wang Qiu and his entourage entered the city of Fu Qi and stayed in a pavilion not far from the palace, and they did not get the reception of Tuyan for several days, but occasionally they could see the Huns entering and leaving the palace.
He didn't know if this was done on purpose, but he was still apprehensive. If Tuyuhun falls to the Han Kingdom, it will be bad. Although this possibility is very small, no one dares to gamble on such a thing. For a while, Wang Qiu thought of the allusion of Ban Dingyuan killing the Hun envoys, but looking at his skills and the accompanying sergeants, he weakened his momentum first.
This is the royal city of Tuguhun, and killing people here is tantamount to humiliating Tuyan in public, whether it is successful or not, it is the end of severing diplomatic relations.
After waiting for five or six days, Wang Qiu was received by Tuyan, the king of Tuyuhun.
The place where they met was in a room, and Wang Qiu could hear the sound of γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»the wooden fish next door, which was peaceful and quiet, in great contrast with the martial style of the Tuyuhun people.
Wang Qiu bowed his hand and bowed to Tuyan: "Meet the king!" β
Without waiting for Wang Qiu to say some kind words on the scene, Tuyan pointed to the futon opposite and said, "The king makes you sit down and talk." He was not in a hurry, mainly because of some differences in etiquette, the northern ethnic groups bowed and did not speak, and only the Han people in the Central Plains would say some clichΓ©s.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your seat."
Wang Qiu suppressed the tension in his heart, sat opposite Tuyan as calmly as possible, and brushed the sleeves of his robe. Wang Qiu came from a humble background, and not long ago he was only a petty official, how could he ever be qualified to sit on an equal footing with the king of the separatist side? But now he adapted very quickly, thinking that he was talking to Tuyan on behalf of the Great Liangzhou Mu, and behind him was the Dadu Governor's conquest army and hundreds of thousands of Liangzhou iron horsemen. Thinking about it like this, my confidence has become sufficient.
Tuyan suddenly lowered his face and said: "Tuyuhun is full of bare hearts, this king even sent his favorite daughter to the tent of the young general, Jiang is the envoy of the relatives, and he went happily, why did the court have to kill his only son?" β
As the so-called lips and teeth are cold, no matter how disrespectful the Qiang people are, they are also part of the Tuyuhun country to the outside world, Zhang Jun said that he would kill him, and he was executed in front of so many people, no matter how you look at this matter, he didn't take him, the king of Tuyuhun, in his eyes, and he couldn't help but feel angry.
Listening to Toyan's poor speech, there is a tone of inquiry. Wang Qiu said quietly: "The young general is also sincere, for the good of the king." β
"Hmph." Tuyan sneered and asked rhetorically, "What does it mean to kill the only son of my courtier, but say it is for my good?" β
Wang Qi sat upright, and said with a red face: "Jiang De violated the national law, and the young general used the national law to commit the crime, there is nothing wrong with it." What's more, Jiang De died, the Huangshui Department was destroyed, and Jiang De became a lost dog, isn't it good for the king? He glanced at Tuyan and said, "Tuyuhun is a vassal country of the Great Jin Dynasty, and your royal title is still canonized by the first emperor himself, how can you ignore the law of the country and feel unfair?" β
Sure enough, Tuyan's tone eased slightly: "But Da Liang killed the son of the envoy who sent his relatives, what will the other tribes think of this king?" Jiang Cong has no merit and hard work, and this king can't explain it to him. β
Wang Qiu explained kindly, "The young general's killing of Jiang De is also a good thing for the king!" β
Tuyan frowned and said, "A good thing? β
Wang Qiu said seriously: "Mrs. Mingyue is dignified and beautiful, and the young general is very fond of her, so she will kill Jiang De who abducted her." β
Tuyan groaned: "The young general should be for the sake of Da Liang and the face of this kingγ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»"
"That's right! The king was not wrong in saying this. Wang Qiu patted his thigh and said: "You are already equivalent to the father-in-law of the young general, and now the major general himself bears the notoriety and keeps you away from criticism, isn't this exactly what a son-in-law should do?" Let's think about it simply, is a woman with a big husband being targeted by others, is she annoyed and ashamed, or is she calm? If you only see a woman as an unimportant person as a concubine, will you be angry? β
Tu Yan was stunned for a moment, and felt in his heart that Wang Qiu's words seemed to be very reasonable.
Wang Qiu decided to add another fire, and said in a deep voice: "The general is also very attentive to the daughter-in-law of the Lord of Mingyue County, not only personally asked the angel to issue the edict, silver book and jade seal, but after hearing that Mingyue County will be the main meeting of Guangwu County, he decided to go to Guangwu County to visit her in person. The lower officials dared to ask the king, if it wasn't for the favor of the lord of Mingyue, why would the general do this? β
Tuyan asked, "The state pastor really wants to visit the little girl?" β
Wang Qiu's face was not red and his heart was not beating: "How dare the lower officials deceive the king, the state pastor should have already set off at this time." β
Tuyan saw that Wang Qiu's face didn't seem to be fake, Tuyuhun also had eyeliner in Guzang, and if he went to investigate, he could also get the news, so he believed it.
In fact, Zhang Mao's eastern tour of Guangwu County was to prepare for the Eastern Expedition, where to see what Mingyue County Lord. However, Wang Qi can't be regarded as a complete lie when he says this, because Zhang Mao must have met Mingyue when he saw it, but it was just by the way.
At this time, Wang Qiu released his killer weapon and asked: "If the king really wants to take the whole country into danger and abandon the righteousness of the monarch and ministers for the sake of a descendant of the Qiang people?" What's more, the Jiang family was a traitor, and the king thought that it was worth it to make friends with the Huns? β
"Traitor?" Tuyan's tone was instantly cold, and he asked, "What do you mean by this?" β
Wang Qiu replied: "When Xia Guan came, he met Jiang De for a funeral, and when he stood in the crowd and heard Jiang Cong speak disrespectfully to you, and threatened in public to persuade the Qiang tribe to go to the Western Regions, he had already left at this time?" β
"What!" Tuyan Huoran got up and hurriedly ordered the guards outside to check, and after a while, the guards reported: "King, Jiang Cong is nowhere to be found, it is said that he defected to the clanγ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»"
The guard's report sent Tuyan into a long contemplation.
Wang Qiu glanced at him and said earnestly: "Da Liang is a minister of China, he has always paid attention to loyalty and benevolence, and has always been very kind to all ethnic groups. The Huns are steppe barbarians, believing in the weak and the strong, and there is no faith to talk about at all. The king is also a person who believes in Buddhism and is good, with whom can he be stable? Xia Guan expected that the king must have a judgment in your heart. β
"Tuyuhun has been a minister of the Great Jin Dynasty since the time of Xianbei in Liaodong, and the court has always been courteous, and there are no old grudges; Da Liang is even more kind to Tuyuhun. We never wanted to deal with you, the strong enemy we want to deal with is the Han Kingdom! β
Wang Qiu's words were a bit against his will, the attitude of the Great Jin towards the surrounding tribes was not friendly, and Liaodong Xianbei was even more affected. But now the atmosphere between the two was very harmonious by Wang Qiu, and Tuyan was embarrassed to refute, so he could only listen to Wang Qiu continue to talk.
The Xiongnu had been threatening China since the Zhou Dynasty, and they had been living by plundering for thousands of years, making the people miserable. What's more, Liu's child actually risked the world's disapproval and stole Shenjing. It is precisely this kind of grudge that makes me have to fight against each other. The king, you are from Xianbei Murong, and you are also a descendant of Yan and Huang, don't be bewitched by the Huns, driven by them in vain, become the pawn of the enemy, and make regrets that the relatives are painful and the enemies are happy! β
Tuyan was also impressed by Wang Qiu's remarks, and lamented in his heart that the plateau was too desolate, so that no talent could be compared with China, and suddenly had a heart of love for talents, and had the idea of recruiting Wang Qiu, and said: "Make Jun Ke willing to be an official in Tuyuhun, and Jiang Cong's previous position is yours." β
Wang Qiu was stunned and declined: "The lower official Xie Dawang appreciates it, but he is on a mission, and he doesn't dare to have him in mind." β
Tuyan also knew that hope was not waiting, and after feeling sorry, he said: "The envoy can tell the governor and the major general that this king will not ally with the Huns. Tugu is the same as Da Liang, always like a family! β
Wang Qiu's heart suddenly burst into joy, and he got up excitedly and bowed: "The king is wise! β