Chapter 134: The Silk Road has been opened
Jiaozhou was fully changed to the flag, the Han was shocked, the court was furious, and Liu Ting was said to have fallen for a long time.
"Shi Yi?" Finally calmed down, Shen Ye stepped forward to report the investigation, and when he heard this name, Liu Ting couldn't help but be stunned, "Isn't he already dead?" ”
"The other party is good at the ghost way, detains Shi Yi's soul, and then merges into the spirit beast's body. The appearance of Shi Yi made Shi Xie fully surrender to the South Vietnamese State. As for the incidental reasons, the fact that the ancestors of Shi Xie were originally officials in the South Yue Kingdom, and the delay of our army in going south to conquer are also factors that break Shi Xie's final bottom line. Shen Ye sighed, Jiaozhou was still gone.
In the past, even if he was incompetent, he did not lose his country. As a result, Liu Ting took the throne, not to mention that now the big Han people are divided, and the big fish eat the small fish, and they have successively built their own territories. It is only said that the sudden appearance of this Nanyue State and even the occupation of the entire territory of Jiaozhou made the focus of his investigation from Li Ming's side have to be transferred to the side of Nanyue State.
"What the hell is Zhang Lu thinking? Actually made a deal with the remnants of the South Vietnamese Kingdom! Liu Ting suddenly lost his temper, the Heavenly Master under Zhang Lu can be said to be a trump card for him to dominate the world, and it is not good to offend too much.
"South Vietnam is rich in an elixir that can help beasts become beasts. At the beginning, many Taoists and even Buddhists went to trade with Nanyue in order to obtain this elixir. Even Li Ming, after sweeping the stronghold of the South Vietnamese Kingdom, transplanted this elixir, and seemed to be planning to try to plant it. "Shen Yelu knows some insider information.
In the past, these remnants of the Nanyue Kingdom were just a small force entrenched in Longyuan, who would have thought that it would sweep Jiaozhou in such a short period of time. Not to mention that other forces don't know about this matter, even Shen Ye didn't think of it, and it is not difficult to see that if you think about it carefully, you are afraid that the remnants of the Nanyue Kingdom will start to lay out in Jiuzhen County and Rinan County a long time ago.
"Now Zhang Lu is afraid that we will settle accounts after the autumn, he is not an assertive person, and His Majesty will appease him in time." Shen Ye reminded that he knew that it would be a little difficult for Liu Ting to do this, after all, Nanyue Kingdom relied on the ghost path to create the current situation, as the founder of the ghost road, Zhang Lu could not escape the blame, but Liu Ting still needed to be appeased in order to stabilize him.
"I'm already going to go! Of course, I can't be so cheap Zhang Lu! "Liu Ting has been prepared for a long time. As a superior, since a subordinate makes a mistake, then of course he still has to be punished. Otherwise, if he makes a mistake, he will have to be appeased, not to mention what other people think, I am afraid that Zhang Lu's side will not only have a pacification effect, but also make him worry that Liu Ting has already made a decision to kill him.
That night, Liu Ting visited Zhang Lu, and the two didn't know how long they discussed, and Zhang Lu finally sent Liu Ting out with honor. As for what the two said, even Shen Ye didn't know.
The next day, when Liu Ting convened the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs to discuss how to deal with the Nanyue State, an official from Dahonglu came to report that a team of envoys had come to Chang'an, claiming to be the envoys of the Nanyue Kingdom.
"Sending someone to kill is it, why bother to report it?" Liu Ting happened to be unhappy with the South Yue Kingdom, and the envoys they actually sent were immediately very uncomfortable, and he waved his hand and said directly.
"Your Majesty!" Zhong Xuan came out of the ranks, "The two countries are at war, don't kill them!" Besides, we also need to know the intentions of the South Vietnamese State! ”
Later, another group of courtiers came out to persuade him, but Liu Ting had no choice but to order the messenger to come up. Eventually, a man dressed as a Confucian scholar came to the main hall and greeted the Han Emperor on behalf of the lord of Nanyue, and then handed over his credentials.
"South Vietnam intends to claim vassal to the Great Han? Pay tribute every year, and don't you pay tribute? Liu Ting looked at the contents of the national letter and couldn't help but feel surprised. When the courtiers at the lower head heard Liu Ting's words, they couldn't help but look at each other, and whispered to each other.
"The lord of the country only intends to take back the land that originally belonged to the Nanyue State, and he has no ill will towards the land of the Han Dynasty. Now that what should have been taken has been taken back, so naturally there is no intention of being an enemy of the Han. The messenger said slowly.
"I'm weird!" Shen Ye stepped forward, "It was only three days ago that Nanyue took Jiaozhou, no matter how fast you come, it is impossible for you to arrive in Chang'an in three days, right?" ”
"The lord of the country said that he would definitely be able to take Jiaozhou, because the foreign minister had arrived in Chang'an three days ago, and after receiving the news yesterday, he came to visit him with his credentials." The envoy didn't hide it at all, and even revealed a strong confidence in his tone.
"Your lord is really confident!?" Shen Ye raised his eyebrows.
"Jiaozhou was originally the land of Nanyue, and the families above still have the memory of Nanyue more or less. The return of the lord of the country and the restoration of the country is just the desire of the people, and everything will come naturally! The envoy said with his head held high.
"I know the matter, but I still have to discuss this matter with my courtiers!" Liu Ting put away the state credentials, "Come on, arrange for this envoy to go down and rest!" ”
The envoy also knew that it was impossible to get a direct reply, and after the official arrived, he saluted Liu Ting again and left.
"Zhong Aiqing, what do you think of this matter?" Liu Ting looked at everyone.
"The imperial court is short of money and food, and it is inevitable to go to Yizhou or Jingzhou when going south, and now Liu Yan and Liu Biao do not listen to the announcement, and their attitude is ambiguous, Your Majesty should not take risks! Moreover, now that you need to have a headache in Nanyue, after deducting Liu Biao and Liu Yan, Liu Miao also needs to worry, if you want to requisition, you can give an order to the three of them! However, the minister thinks that at present, it is not impossible to focus on the foundation of Guanzhong and Kanto, and temporarily agree to the request of the South Vietnamese State! Yang Biao said.
As Yang Biao came out, many courtiers also came out one after another, saying that 'the overall situation is important', and they should 'lie down and taste courage for a while'. And at the heart of all this is the lack of money and food.
Liu Ting only felt that his scalp was exploding, and a wave of anger went straight to his heart, and he just wanted to kill all these guys. It's just that in the end, reason still prevailed over impulse, and he knew very well that now the treasury of the Great Han was indeed empty. If you want money or not, if you want food or not, what can you take to ask for it?
It is only said that no matter whether you go to Yizhou or Jingzhou, the road is very difficult to walk, and the consumption will not be less. It is best to go to Nanyang, but at present, Nanyang is still in the hands of Yuan Shu, but the imperial court has just recovered Henan Yin. Now there is an urgent need to retake Hanoi, and Nam Duong is not within the target of the attack.
The other is Lu Bu, who took refuge in Zhang Yang before, and then seemed to have a falling out, so he went south to take refuge in Hanoi Taishou Wang Kuang. With Lu Bu here, Cheng Pu, the vanguard of Sun Jian's army, was almost beheaded by Lu Bu.
"Money money money, money everywhere is lacking!" Liu Ting almost went berserk.
"Good news from the front, good news from the front line!" At this time, there was a call for good news outside the palace, and not long after a knight hurriedly came to the palace and stumbled to the top of the main hall, "Great victory in the Western Regions!" Ma Teng, the general of the expedition to the west, has recovered the entire territory of the Western Regions, destroyed more than 20 countries, and the Dawan Kingdom and the Wusun Kingdom surrendered to Cheng! General Zhengxi, on the same day, returned to the DPRK, and at the same time brought back money and food from more than 20 countries! The convoy stretched for ten miles, and there were countless gold, silver and jewelry! ”
"Hahahaha, rich, rich!" Liu Ting was overjoyed when he heard this, "Tell the envoy of the South Vietnamese Kingdom...... No, drive him out with a stick, the South Yue Kingdom has been destroyed for 400 years, where is the South Yue Country? It's just a group of people who committed rebellion in the name of the South Vietnamese country, surrendered obediently, and could give their leader a whole corpse! ”