Text Chapter 486 The Huns' Change

On the New Year's Day of the second year of Zhangwu of the Han Dynasty, this is the first day of the New Year, which is also the first New Year after Liu Qi is on the throne. ，

Originally, Cao Pi occupied Hebei, and still had a lot of influence on many tribes in the north, especially after Cao Pi led his troops to pacify the Gongsun clan in Liaodong, his prestige was even more in the north and was in full swing.

But I didn't expect that in an instant, the political situation in Hebei had a shocking reversal, first Cao Pi was assassinated, and then Cao Pi's appointed auxiliary ministers Cao Chun and Cao Xiu suffered defeat and lost Hanoi, and even the previous Han emperor Liu Xie was robbed, what is even more frustrating is that the Han emperor who was despised and abandoned like a shoe actually wrote a Zen edict again, counting Cao Pi's crimes of usurping power, and willingly passed the throne to the fake emperor Liu Qi of the Han Dynasty, since then this fake emperor who established himself as the emperor has become a true emperor in the name of right, Moreover, he is also the orthodox successor of the Han dynasty, which makes the Cao Wei regime fall into passivity in general righteousness.

And this is not the end, what is even more embarrassing is that the Cao Wei clan actually died in just a few months Cao Chun and Xiahou Shang two pillars, and the other pillar Cao Xiu was deprived of power and was idle at home, although Cao Xiu hanged Xiahou Shang's concubine by mobilizing the courtiers in the court, so that Xiahou Shang was discouraged from then on, so that he became ill with anger in the future and even died, but this did not help much to support the power of the Cao Wei clan.

As for Cao Hong's white pigeon, he is also famous now, but in fact he has become a response to Sima Yi's words, and some people of insight have long realized that sooner or later the major military affairs will be concentrated on Sima Yi, but it is a pity that Cao Honghai did not realize this.

But that doesn't mean there aren't people in the alien race who understand. They all watched the changes in the Cao clan's political situation coldly, and at the same time secretly sent envoys to worship the Han Dynasty, hoping that one day in the future, once Cao Wei fell, they would still have a chance to gain the understanding of the Han Dynasty.

Therefore, in addition to those who had already submitted to the Han Dynasty before, there were also envoys from the Fuyu, Rulou, Daijun Wuhuan, and Xianbei tribes in the northeast.

Daijun Wuhuan Xingshan Yu Pufulu had long felt exhausted from the suppression of the Han Dynasty for many years. Now seeing that the prestige of the Han Dynasty is growing and the reputation of the Cao Wei regime has been greatly damaged, he decided to turn to the Han Dynasty, so he secretly contacted the Western Xianbei Lord Budugen and suggested that he surrender to the Han Dynasty to deal with the pro-Wei Eastern Xianbei Lord Kebineng and others.

In fact, Budugen was originally more pro-Wei, but in Jian'an, Cao Cao settled Youzhou. Bu Dugen and Ke Bineng and others respectively expressed their submission to Cao Cao through Yan Rou, the captain of Wuhuan, and competed with each other to give generous gifts, and Cao Cao praised him at that time in order to be able to use him to defend against Liu Qi. But later, Daijun Wuhuan Nengchen betrayed Pu Fulu and begged to belong to Budugen's middle brother Fu Luohan. Fu Luo Han will be more than 10,000 horsemen to greet him. However, after surrendering to Fu Luo Han, he thought that the Fu Luo Han Ministry was prohibitive and lenient, and it was better to belong to Ke Bineng, so he led people to join Ke Bineng. Kebi was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately led more than 10,000 horsemen to greet him. And at the oath meeting, he killed Furohan, and Fuluohan's son Leak and his people were persecuted by Kobineng. had to surrender all, which greatly enhanced Kebineng's strength, and the Wei family named Kebineng as the king of Fuyi.

And Bu Dugen also had a grudge against Kebi because he killed his brother and took his brother's subordinates, and now he saw that the prestige of the Han was growing and Cao Wei was constantly weakened, and he was persuaded by Pu Fulu. decided to take refuge in Liu Qi.

But he didn't know Liu Qi's attitude, so he secretly sent an envoy to visit before taking refuge, wanting to hear Liu Qi's conditions.

When Liu Qi heard that Budugen and Pufulu had sent people to surrender, he was naturally overjoyed, and even if he agreed to seal Budugen as Xianbei Shan Yu. The king of Fuyi, who named Pufulu as the king of Wuhuan, led them to still command his own people, hereditary and resigned, and had no other obligations except to accompany them in battle, and agreed to trade with these two tribes, including important materials such as salt, iron and silk.

Liu Qi's tolerance and generosity were pleasantly surprised by Dugen and Pufulu's envoys, because according to their understanding of Liu Qi, this person has always been very stingy and calculating towards the Yidi tribes, and he will never be able to do such a loss-making thing as the great Han emperors in the past dynasties, and it is precisely because of this that their master sent them to inquire about Liu Qi's conditions.

But they don't know at all, what kind of evil intentions Liu Qi is hiding under this condition? In fact, the title of king and hereditary replacement are a fait accompli for Pu Fulu and Bu Dugen, Liu Qi is just an official recognition to them, and as for Yu Lu, he will naturally not give it. For this point, in fact, whether it is Liu Qi, Bu Dugen and Pu Fulu, and even the envoys they send are well aware of this.

But Butwagan and Pfulllu, and their messengers, did not know that the intermarket transactions that thrilled them the most could bring them the deadliest dangers.

They don't know what kind of developed trade and manufacturing are in the territory of the Han Dynasty today.

Not to mention, just in terms of silk fabrics, the new silk loom developed by the general Ma Jun has increased the efficiency of the weaving by four or five times, because of the huge benefits of weaving silk, as well as the support of the Han regime for merchants, many private businessmen have also followed suit, and established a lot of weaving silk workshops, most of the silk produced by these weaving workshops are sold to the four Yi land, so that these merchants quickly get rich, but also brought very rich tax revenue to the Han Dynasty.

Profits from salt and iron have always been controlled by the government, and the export of these materials made the Han government make a lot of money, and most of the treasury of the Han Dynasty where copper coins were stored was piled up, and even officials were worried because there was nowhere to store copper coins, and finally because Liu Qi was invited to agree to use gold and silver as the common currency for bulk transactions, this situation was slightly alleviated.

What is even more unknown is that the iron tools that Liu Qi exports to the outside world are mainly agricultural tools and inferior weapons, of course, with the current level of iron manufacturing in the Han Dynasty, even inferior iron tools are still much sharper than the weapons commonly used by all parties now. It's just that they don't know that these iron tools will definitely break without suspense when they encounter the Su Iron Knife commonly used by the Han Dynasty.

Even so, iron tools are strictly controlled, and the quantity of export is not large at all, so it is regarded as the most routine and bulk trade. There are still silks, spices, jewelry, etc., and even a lot of them are traded in tea.

Under the advocacy of Liu Qi and the drive of the upper class, the trend of drinking tea has rapidly spread all over the country, and now even exotic merchants take tea as a strange commodity to live in, and often boast of the efficacy of tea to all parts of Siyi, saying that it is as if it is a holy thing that can live forever, so the scale of tea business is also increasing. As a result, the land of Lingnan has become a famous tea production base.

For these large transactions, Liu Qi not only did not prohibit them. On the contrary, it vigorously advocated that the merchants who sold these goods should be given tax reduction policy support, the purpose of which is naturally to exchange these goods for important commodities such as horses, cattle and sheep that are urgently needed for the prosperity of the Han Dynasty, and these commodities are purchased by the Han government at market prices, and at the same time, the amount of such goods sold to the government is an important basis for tax reduction.

So, one could almost say so. As long as Budugen and Pufulu agree to Dahan's request for mutual business, it will not be ten years later. Liu Qi dared to guarantee that the cattle and sheep of their tribe would be reduced by more than half, and because of the pursuit of luxury goods such as silk, spices, and jewelry, coupled with the fact that he would often borrow troops from these tribes and let them help him fight the war, it would not take a few years for these tribes to decline rapidly, and then he could sinicize these tribes without much effort.

Not to mention that the envoys of Budugen and Pufulu brought Liu Qi's "good news". Happily returning to the tribe to report to their respective masters, but said that Liu Qi took Hu Chuquan's hand and said: "Hu Chuquan is really exhausted for the stability of the Xiongnu and the development of friendship with my Han, how can I be willing to leave like this for a loyal friend like you?" In this way, Hu Chuquan Shan Yu might as well live in Luoyang. Share this flower and country with me, hehe, pass the decree, seal the kitchen spring Shan Yu for the right Wuwei general, is the second product, the king of Shunyi, ordered people to choose a feng shui treasure in Luoyang City, build the Shunyi Palace, for the king of Shunyi to live, in the future the king of Shunyi can enter the palace at any time to see the driver, when you see the drive, you only need to give your hand, no need to visit. ”

Hu Chuquan's face couldn't help but change greatly when he heard this, he has always been deferential to the big man, even if he is ambitious, he is careful to hide it, and he doesn't even know his own personal soldiers, but he didn't expect that he was left in Luoyang by Liu Qi. Although this condition seems to be very generous, but in fact it is equivalent to being cut off from the Hun tribes, resulting in himself becoming a rootless tree and no source of water, besides, although it is good to be a prince of the Han Dynasty, although Luoyang is prosperous, where can he be happy and happy for the king alone?

So Hu Chuquan hurriedly excused himself and said: "Weichen is also a life of hard work, only willing to guard the northern frontier for His Majesty and defend the Han family, as for enjoying the prosperity of Luoyang, Weichen may not have such a blessing." ”

"Hehe, how do you say that? The king of Shunyi has worked hard for my Han for so many years, who dares to say that he is not blessed to enjoy the prosperity of Luoyang? Today, I just want you to enjoy life here, and see which one dares to comment arrogantly, okay, King Shunyi, you don't have to shirk it, this matter is so decided, Liu Shi, you send a hundred Praetorian Guards to protect King Shunyi day and night, if anyone dares to be malicious, they will be killed. ”

Seeing Liu Shi bowing down and agreeing, Liu Qi couldn't help laughing, took Hu Chuquan's hand, and then said with great interest: "King Shunyi has been coming to my Han for many years, and I don't know what the scenery of my imperial garden is, right?" Today, I will visit the harem with you and feast your eyes. ”

Seeing that Liu Qi was so determined to leave himself, Hu Chuquan couldn't help but sink in his heart, knowing that it was useless to struggle, maybe he would fall into a capital crime, as the so-called good death is better than living, he had to smile helplessly and accept the arrangement of fate.

But Hu Chuquan still didn't give up, and kept thinking about finding an opportunity to ask the emperor to leave. After that, Liu Qi accompanied Hu Chuquan every day to feast and drink, but where did Huchuquan, who had lost his power, be in the mood to feast and drink? Under the depression, he had to borrow wine to drown his sorrows, and he was drunk several times without knowing anyone.

It was easy to survive the Shangyuan Festival, and Hu Chuquan asked Liu Qi to resign on the grounds that he could not worry about the affairs of the Huns, but Liu Qi was surprised and said: "Doesn't the King of Shunyi know? Last time, you have recommended Liu Quanzhong, the king of Zuoxian, and Liu Cunxiao, the king of Guli, to dispose of the Xiongnu with full authority, in addition, because I am afraid of the two of them, you also suggested that I divide the Xiongnu into two parts, respectively, with Quan Zhong as the left marshal and Cunxiao as the right marshal, I have fully agreed to this condition, and now you don't have to worry about the internal chaos of the Xiongnu at all, Quanzhong and Cunxiao They are brothers, and they are my stepsons, or the lineage of the Huns, I will definitely take care of the relationship between the Huns and my Han wholeheartedly, so you can rest assured that you can enjoy it in Luoyang, haha. ”

Hu Chuquan listened to Liu Qi's words, and couldn't help but sink in his heart, he didn't expect things to develop to this point, so it seems that this so-called suggestion of his own is actually arranged by Liu Qi a long time ago, even if he said that he had never had such an idea, the other party would definitely have other methods, such as finding someone to testify, for example, he drank too much at the time, forgot what he said, etc.

"Well, what if I'm dissatisfied? If you don't know how to be interested, I'm afraid you won't even be able to save your life, let alone the position of the Huns? Hehe, my position was obtained from my brother, and now it has been returned to my brother's descendants, and it is not a loss, not to mention that I now have a throne, a general of the right Wuwei, which is lucky enough compared to the ending of my nephew Liu Bao. ”

Hu Chuquan sighed softly, and then said with a wry smile: "I see, look at Weichen's memory, he has forgotten that there is such a thing, it really deserves to be punished." ”

After finishing speaking, Hu Chuquan didn't wait for Liu Qi's instructions, so he picked up a glass of wine and drank it all, this glass of wine was originally very mellow, but now he felt an indescribable bitterness in his mouth.

"Hehe, there are still a lot of people in the tribe who are loyal to me and call Chuquan, as long as they slaughter those two boys, and then ask the court to let me go back, see if Liu Qi can stop it then? As long as I go back, I will lead the tribe to flee westward, and see if he can still restrain me? If you are unkind to me and unjust, don't blame me for calling the kitchen spring to leave you when the time comes. (To be continued.) )