It's easy not to let people know your hole cards! It was difficult for Sha Mohan to negotiate in Chang'an, because his hole cards had already made Liu Xie and others guess that it was impossible for Liu Xie to agree to any request from Sha Mohan before he got what he wanted. Shamahan counted on Liu Xie's kindness at this time, unless the sow went up the tree...... Even if the sow can go up the tree, Liu Xie will not agree if he agrees.

In the final analysis, the exchanges between countries depend on the strength they have, and only when the strength is relatively equal, can they gain the respect of the other party, and everything else is nothing, just some means to whitewash peace.

Liu Xie is a pragmatic person, in his eyes, the exchanges between countries are the respect of the strong, as for what courtesy, righteousness, honesty, benevolence, righteousness and morality, it is just some face-saving projects shown under the premise that their own strength can flatten the opponent. If you don't have the strength, no matter how reasonable you are, it's no problem.

Now between the Han and the Xianbei, the Han is strong and the Xianbei is weak, how could Liu Xie let go of the opportunity to take advantage of your illness to kill you. Knowing that the other side can win a hundred battles, Sha Mohan does not know much about the current Han Emperor, and mistakenly thinks that Liu Xie, like those Han emperors in previous dynasties, as long as Xianbei is willing to surrender, the Han will give what he wants.

In Chang'an, Dahan, Sha Mohan has been staying for more than three months, and none of the predetermined goals have been achieved, so Sha Mohan is really a little anxious. Dahan was not threatened by the Qianren, but Xianbei was always in dire straits. It can be said that if the Han sent troops one day late, Xianbei would lose one more day. And until now, Dahan still has no sign of sending troops.

Sha Mo Han knew that the Han did not send troops, and it was difficult to defeat the offensive of the Xianbei people by himself, but the requirements put forward by the Han were too harsh, even if Xianbei did not perish in the hands of the Xian people now, he would become a part of the Han people in the future, just like the Xiongnu and Qiang tribes were assimilated by the Han people, regardless of each other.

The impact of this condition is too great for Shamadhan to take on this responsibility. He was only an envoy who came to form an alliance with the Han Dynasty, not an envoy with the mission of raising the clan to descend, and he did not have the right to decide the fate of the whole clan. The only Xianbei Shan Yu Suli who had this right was being driven into a ravine by the Qiang people to hide in Tibet, wanting to get his permission and so on.

The negotiations did not go well, which made Shamahan worried, and when he thought of his people who were being brutalized by the Qian, Shamahan could not sleep, and when he hesitated whether to return or continue to stay in Chang'an and wait for the time to come, a bad news reached his ears.

After all, Su Li still did not escape the pursuit of the Karma people, and was betrayed by the traitor and blocked in the hiding place of the Karma people. The people were brutal and hated Su Li, a Xianbei man who had been against them for a long time, and after capturing Su Li, he actually set up an oil pot to fry Su Li, and then divided and ate it.

At best, Sully's death saddened Samad for a while, and what made Samad Han grief was that his own father, Ji Ji, was also arrested in the process of protecting Sully, and then suffered the same fate as Sulli.

Now Xianbei is the master of the house is the son of Su Li, Cheng Lugui, and after this change, the resistance of the Xianbei people has decreased sharply, and many Xianbei people have chosen to surrender to the Xian people in order to survive, and instead aim at the former clansmen. Cheng Lugui inherited a mess, and it was about to fall apart, and it was in danger.

Compared with Su Li's toughness, Cheng Lugui is more realistic, or it is forced by the situation, forcing him to choose to bow to reality. Along with the arrival of the mourning messenger, there was also a secret letter from Cheng Lugui, authorizing Shamahan to act cheaply for the survival of the Xianbei clan.

It's just that at this time, Sha Mohan has been blinded by hatred, and not only does he not feel trusted by the authorization that the royal court has delayed, but he is full of resentment towards the royal court.

It's long overdue! If he had agreed to the Han's request earlier, Xianbei would have lived so miserably, how could his father have suffered misfortune, and in the end, he didn't even have a whole corpse.

When people encounter catastrophes, they tend to change their temperament greatly, and it is difficult to have an epiphany when the wind and water are smooth. This is the case of Sha Mo Han, whose father's tragic death has greatly changed the temperament of Sha Mo Han, who was originally loyal to Xianbei.

His change made Liu Xie, who was originally determined to eat Xianbei this time, a little undecided at this time. The transformation of this Sha Mo Han was too sudden, and he suddenly changed from a loyal minister who fought with the Han in order to protect the interests of the Xianbei people to a vanguard that divided and disintegrated the original forces of Xianbei.

However, after learning about the major events that happened not long ago in the grassland, Liu Xie and the others also understood Sha Mohan's mood. At present, Sha Mo Han is negotiating with the Han on behalf of Xianbei, in other words, Sha Mo Han is selling Xianbei to the Han at this time, and the Han will have a reason to rely on in the future.

Liu Xie's purpose was to take advantage of Xianbei's weakness to merge it into the Han Dynasty, and solve one of the border troubles in the north of the Han Dynasty according to the way the Xiongnu dealt with it. And Shamahan wanted to take this opportunity to take revenge on the upper echelons of Xianbei's rule, so as to relieve the pain of losing his father. Zhou Yu hit Huang Gai, uh, this old saying is probably not going to be passed on to future generations, but what I want to express is that meaning, Liu Xie and Sha Mo Han have the same purpose, Liu Xie wants to divide and disintegrate the Xianbei people's forces, the Xianbei people's original ruling forces must be cleansed, and Sha Mohan's goal can therefore be achieved.

Countless people from all walks of life couldn't help but cheer and celebrate when they heard the news, the Han people became more confident, and the Fan people from other countries became more humble in their treatment of the Han people.

Shamadhan didn't care how the Han celebrated their victory, all he cared about was when the Han sent troops to save his people who were still under the butcher's knife of the Qian.

And the Han did not disappoint Sha Mohan, and the next moment when the two sides signed the agreement, Liu Xie's will spread out of Chang'an and went straight to Yecheng.

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Yecheng

Yuan Xi took the will from the big man and looked a little strange. When the envoy retreated, there were only his own people left in the house, and Yuan Xi asked Tian Fengdao: "Sir, what do you think the imperial court is trying to do this time?" ”

"Hmm...... Lord, please let Lao Chen think for a moment. Tian Feng couldn't guess why the imperial court wanted to give Hebei an edict. As we all know, although Hebei has not established itself as the king now, it is essentially a division of one side, and the will of the imperial court cannot control Hebei at all. But the imperial court just issued an order, although it is not difficult to ask Hebei to do something, that is, to accept the Xianbei people in the north and prevent them from being harmed by the Qian, but why did the imperial court make an edict to Hebei? Don't they know that Hebei is now a family of its own, antagonistic to the imperial court?

If the court was not dazed, but intentional, then what was his plan? Is it to send troops to Hebei on the grounds that Hebei does not comply with the order?

The more Tian Feng thought about it, the more he felt that it was possible. Suli's eastern Xianbei is far away from Chang'an, and with Tian Feng's understanding of Liu Xie, this Han emperor cannot afford to be early, and he cannot have the good heart to save those Xianbei people. Even if those Xianbei people are now willing to join the Great Han, he will find an opportunity to weaken the vitality of the Xianbei people first, and then contain those Xianbei remnants who no longer have much power to resist.

At present, although the Xianbei people are attacking rapidly, but Xianbei is also a big family that has dominated the grassland for many years, and the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and the Xianbei people want to completely replace Xianbei's position in the grassland, and they can't do it without ten years. Liu Xie is so eager to stand up for the Xianbei people, whether it is for the Xianbei people or something else, Tian Feng feels that he must figure out this problem.

"My lord, in the opinion of the ministers, it is best not to refuse the will of the imperial court, so as not to leave an excuse for the imperial court to send troops to Hebei." Chen Gong saw that Tian Feng did not express his opinion, so he expressed his opinion to Yuan Xi. And with Chen Gong's speech, Guo Tu, Xin Ping, Judge and others also expressed their opinions.

The opinions of the people were divided into two factions, one was that they should agree to the will of the imperial court and avoid the excuse of the imperial court to go to war with Hebei, and the other was that they should not abide by it, so that the imperial court knew that Hebei was the final word of the Yuan family, not that his surname Liu could be arbitrarily instructed.

The number of people supporting the two views is exactly two to two, and Tian Feng, who has not yet spoken, has become a key vote. Finding that everyone was looking at him, Tian Feng coughed lightly and said to Yuan Xi: "Lord, what you have said actually has a certain truth. Agreeing to the will of the imperial court, he was worried that the imperial court would gain an inch in the future, and put forward even more excessive demands. But he didn't agree to the will of the imperial court, and he was worried that the imperial court would take advantage of this to make trouble, and with Hebei's current strength, it was still a little weak to resist the imperial court. ”

"Sir, so-and-so is also worried about this. I wonder if you have any suggestions? Yuan Xi nodded and asked Tian Fengdao.

"Yes, but not all. The imperial court's decree only requires me Hebei to accept those Xianbei people who fled to the south, but my Hebei not only wants to accept Xianbei people, but also to settle those Xianbei people. Let those Xianbei people become the people of my Hebei, and contribute to my Hebei from now on. ”

"Then how does Yuan Hao plan to explain to the imperial court?" Guo Tu asked.

"It's easy to do, just say that those Xianbei people refuse to leave." Tian Feng coped, and then said to Yuan Xi: "Lord, as for the plan to settle the Xianbei people, the minister suggested following the imperial court's method of resettling the Xiongnu, Qiangdi and other tribes, and divide them. ”

"In this way, I am afraid that the Xianbei people will be dissatisfied." Guo Tu seemed to be determined to contradict Tian Feng, so he interjected again.

"Gongzhi, you will talk about it later, listen to Mr. first." Before Tian Feng could speak, Yuan Xi had already said to Guo Tu with some dissatisfaction.

At this time, Guo Tu didn't squeak, lowered his head and stopped talking. I heard Tian Feng continue to say to Yuan Xi: "Lord, to tell the truth, there are many things that the imperial court has to learn from Hebei in its strategy of dealing with foreign tribes. We don't look at the experience, just look at the results, the barbarians in Liangzhou, Bashu and other places now dare to rebel as easily as in the past. ”

Tian Feng's words are also true. The Qiang in Liangzhou and the Nanban in Bashu have always been the places where the Han Dynasty has rebelled many times, but with the introduction of the new ethnic policy led by Liu Xie, it has been implemented for more than ten years, and the big rebellion has not occurred once, even if there are occasionally one or two small rebellions, before the Han Dynasty sent troops to quell the rebellion, those barbarians who wanted to rebel were quelled by the clansmen living nearby.

The Han Barbarian family treats everyone equally, respects each other's customs and habits, and abides by the same Han law. Regardless of the Han barbarians, the merits must be rewarded, and the mistakes must be investigated, and over time, it is natural that there will be no more Han barbarians, but the Han law will determine right and wrong.

Tian Feng had long wanted to persuade Yuan Xi to emulate the imperial court's ethnic policy in Hebei, but unfortunately he couldn't find a suitable opportunity. Karasuma people have always been friendly with Yuan Xi, and it is precisely with Yuan Xi's support that now Bandun has become the king of Karasuma, with hundreds of thousands of people under his command, seriously threatening the security of northern Hebei.

Now Yuan Xi and Badun have a very close relationship, but it is difficult to say in the future. Interests have never been transferred by human will. Tian Feng has a long-term plan, and naturally does not want Karasuma to become a fatal stab in Hebei in the future. It is no longer realistic to have a bad relationship with Badun, so the only way to appease and follow the example of the Han Dynasty to the Qiang people in Liangzhou is to naturalize the Karasuma people.

"Mr. is reasonable, so how about I ask Mr. about this matter?" Yuan Xi has always been obedient to Tian Feng's words, and what Tian Feng says is what he says, which makes Tian Feng feel inexplicable pressure while giving full play to what he has learned in his life.

And the monarchs and ministers here are harmonious, and Guo Tu over there is already so angry that he is about to vomit blood. Guo Tu was not a generous person, and when Yuan Shao was still alive, he did not deal with Tian Feng. At that time, Yuan Shao'er was soft-rooted, and he didn't like Tian Feng's straightforward style of doing things, Guo Tu could be said to be a pressure on Tian Feng at that time, but with Yuan Xi coming to power, Guo Tu's good days were gone forever. And what makes Guo Tu even more unacceptable is that Yuan Xi's trust in Tian Feng has reached the point where he can't bear it.

They are all for the Lord, why does the Lord say that I don't talk about him?

Jealousy is the original sin of human beings, Guo Tu is jealous that Tian Feng is deeply favored by Yuan Xi, and is dissatisfied that Tian Feng has been pressing himself, and when this jealousy and dissatisfaction accumulate to a certain extent, it is bound to explode. Guo Tu is a villain and is good at forbearance, so even if he wants to retaliate, he will not do it in front of him, but behind his back.

Tian Feng wanted to solve the hidden danger of the Karasuma people in Hebei, and Guo Tu's revenge was not to let Tian Feng's plan succeed, as for what impact his actions would have on Hebei, Guo Tu couldn't care about it at this time.

Guo Tu didn't care about the imperial court's will to order Hebei to accept Xianbei refugees, even if Yuan Xi intended to put him in charge of this matter, Guo Tu also found an excuse to refuse. Guo Tu was concerned about Tian Feng's plan to divide the Karasuma people. His purpose is to sabotage, not to let Tian Feng's plan succeed, and if he wants to destroy this plan, the first thing to do is to understand this plan, otherwise how to make Bun Dun believe in his own ventilation message.

However, Tian Feng is also a cautious person, he did not say his overall plan in public, and he didn't even say what he planned to do first, everyone just knew that Tian Feng had this plan, but the specific content, no one knew except Tian Feng himself.

Guo Tu is very dissatisfied, if you Tian Feng don't say it, how can I go to the whistleblower? But he couldn't say this in front of Tian Feng, Guo Tu could only go home and scold his mother.

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Let's not mention this side of Hebei for the time being, just talk about Chang'an. After Xianbei accepted the conditions of the Han Dynasty's request for subordination, Sha Mohan also became Xianbei's spokesman in the Han Dynasty. Different from the treatment of Huchuquan and Qubei who were captured by the Han army in the past, Sha Mo Han had a real position in the court, and he was qualified to go to the palace to participate in the court meeting.

Although Sha Mohan did not speak, Sha Mohan, who had personally experienced the court proceedings, still felt that compared with the court-China deliberations of the Han Dynasty and hundreds of officials, the deliberations of the Xianbei people could only be regarded as the grass platform team talking about things, and there was no comparison at all.

"Lord Sha, please stay, the Holy Lord has ordered you to go to the imperial study to talk." When he retreated, Shamadhan was stopped by an attendant.

Since there was a call from the saint, Sha Mohan, who was a courtier, naturally did not dare to refuse, and followed the attendant to the imperial study. Through the communication of the inner servants, Sha Mohan met Liu Xie. I saw Liu Xie lying on the ground looking for something on a huge map, and when he saw Sha Mohan coming in, he couldn't help but smile and said: "Sha Mohan, you came just in time, you are more familiar with the terrain of the northern grassland, help me write the names of places on the grassland that are not written." ”

"Holy Lord, why is that?" Sha Mohan didn't dare to refuse, and Liu Xie's request was not too much, so he asked Liu Xie suspiciously while taking the brush on the inner service.

"Our Han is going to war with the Qiang, and the battlefield is on the grassland. You have dominated the grassland for many years, and you know much more about the topography and climate of the grassland than the Han Dynasty. We Han people have a saying that knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent will not be defeated in a hundred battles. Since you have decided to go to war, it is natural to win and be familiar with the battlefield you will go to in the future. Liu Xie explained.

After hearing this, Sha Mohan nodded secretly, and honestly lay on the map to write the names of places he knew in those blank places, and listened to Liu Xie: "Sha Mohan has to work hard these days, and I will order someone to find you to record everything about the grassland, the more detailed you say, the better, especially the changes in the terrain and climate around the grassland." ”

"Holy Lord, this is also to know oneself and the other?"

"Well, know yourself and know your enemy. Oh, by the way, I just received the news that Yuan Xi in Hebei has begun to accept the fugitives from Xianbei, and your tribe has ordered someone to inform Yuan Xi and let him let him go to reunite with you, I believe that in another two or three months, you will be able to reunite with your family. ”

"Minister, thank you for the grace of the saint, the minister is willing to smear the liver and brain of the saint, and then die." Sha Mohan said excitedly to Liu Xie. The tragic death of his father made Sha Mohan full of resentment towards the upper echelons of Xianbei, but this does not mean that Sha Mohan does not care about the old mother, wife and children who are still in the clan. Now that he has finally heard from them, Sha Mohan's heart is gone, and he is even more grateful to Liu Xie for his care.

"You are now my courtier, as a king, isn't it the duty of a king to solve the worries of his courtiers? If you do a good job, you will repay me. Liu Xie smiled and said to Sha Mo Han.

With the accurate information provided by Sha Mohan, a person who knew the inside of the grassland, Liu Xie also became more confident in the conquest of the grassland, and the information provided by Sha Mohan was also copied and sent to Xun Yu, Guo Jia, Zhang Liao, Xu Huang and other important people who led the Northern Expedition at the first time.