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――How could this "man" suppress Yan Liyou to such an extent?

Helian couldn't believe it, but he had to believe it. In this way, his jealousy of arrogance increased several times at once.

After Yan Liyou appeared, the sergeants under Helian suddenly changed their tone. Many of the conditions that the Xianbei royal court was originally unwilling to accept, and even reluctantly accepted them. It only took one afternoon, and the two sides reached an agreement on the terms that had not been negotiated for three days.

The terms are simple and sloppy, just some rough outlines.

First, the Han and Xian sides took the border of the sixth year of Xiping [177] as the boundary and did not invade each other.

The sixth year of Xiping is the year when the significant "Battle of Sunset Plain" between Han and Xian took place. After this battle, the Xianbei power increased greatly, and truly replaced the Xiongnu and became the overlord of the northern grasslands.

Six years after Xiping, the Xianbei people continued to invade the Han land. However, due to the heavy losses in the "Battle of Sunset Plains", the Han border army was unable to resist the invasion of Xianbei, and had to give up a lot of border land either actively or passively.

As far as the annexed states were concerned, the direct result of this battle was the fall and abandonment of the northern counties.

Among them, Yanmen County fell to a small half, and Qiangyin and Pingcheng counties were abandoned; Originally, it was not the Dingxiang of the border county, so he had to face the edge of the Xianbei people. The two counties of Yunzhong and Wuyuan, even the county governance was broken and had to move south, which can be said to exist in name only. As for Shuofang County, it was even more miserable, and the name of the entire county was simply revoked.

Now, the Xianbei people have agreed to divide the border with the six-year period of Xiping, which means that the original territory of Bingzhou has shrunk a large area, and the old view has been restored at once. Theoretically, the area of the state has expanded by about one-sixth all at once!

Of course. There is moisture in this way, too. As early as two years ago, when Zhang Mad led the army to defeat Yan Liyou, he had already forced Yan Liyou to spit out the Hetao land in the Wuyuan and Shuofang areas. After signing this agreement, what Zhang Qiang really got was the territory that originally belonged to the six counties of Yanmen and Yunzhong. And these lands are basically no different from wasteland due to the continuous plundering and oppression of the Xianbei people for many years.

If the land in the hands of the Xianbei people is rich, there is oil and water. If you don't fight them hard, no one will want to get those good lands from them.

The second is that both sides are not allowed to station large armies within 100 miles of the border. The size of a cavalry patrol within a hundred miles of the border shall not exceed the size of a team of fifty men.

This agreement, on the face of it, is fair to both parties. It's just that after the knights of the Han army are fully armed, the combat effectiveness of individual soldiers is far higher than that of the Xianbei knights. For the Han side, which is known as "one Han and five Hu". This regulation actually takes advantage of a lot of advantages.

Article 3: At the border, the two sides may open a "border market" at the agreed time and place to conduct mutual market transactions.

This article is more beneficial to the Xianbei side. Because many of the necessary materials needed by the Xianbei people, such as ironware, porcelain, silk, herbs, etc., needed to be imported from the Han region. This clause is of great significance to the Xianbei people. However, the merging states can also make extremely high profits from the mutual market. It will help to improve the economic situation of the state army. Therefore, this clause is a win-win clause and an important purpose of Helian's trip.

Xianbei is a barbarian. The so-called barbarians refer to the low level of civilization and low level of production. A people who can't make a lot of things on their own. The Han utensils are delicious, known as "Huaxia", and the so-called "etiquette is called summer, and the beauty of the uniform is called Hua".

If it weren't for the Han Dynasty, they would be able to produce a large number of exquisite utensils, as well as abundant grain and grass. The barbarians of the Northland did not dare to risk angering the Han and went south to plunder the border villages.

Although Danhan Mountain is weakened now, the wealth accumulated since the period of the previous king Tanshi Huai is still considerable. According to the detailed work of Taiping Dao in Danhan Mountain, if nothing else, just a pound of gold cakes filled a solid warehouse. As for the treasury where five baht coins are stored, there are more than ten of them, and the number of coins in each vault must be calculated in billions.

This huge wealth is rusty in the treasury of Danhan Mountain, but it is difficult to use it smoothly. The reason for this is that the Xianbei people failed to effectively establish a trade route to the Han land. Now that the state has opened up trade routes, it will be able to give full play to the strong economic power of Danhan Mountain, which will provide great help for Helian to resume his efforts against other Xianbei tribes.

Of course, the production capacity of the state itself is relatively limited, and many materials still need to be imported from other places. However, just by handing over the goods to the Xianbei people, the people of Bingzhou can get at least double the profits. Zhang Mad was having a headache about his rapidly shrinking financial situation, and suddenly such a large piece of pie fell from the sky, of course he had to swallow it in one gulp.

As for Danhan Mountain becoming stronger again, will it pose a threat to the state?

Insolence means no pressure.

With the strength of the Chinese civilization, as long as the ruling level of the regime remains above the passing line, it can effectively crush the surrounding barbarians. Throughout the thousands of years of Chinese history, all the periods when barbarism was rampant in the surrounding areas were the result of serious internal troubles and a great weakening of the strength of the Chinese regime itself.

Moreover, today's Danhan Mountain is not the strongest in the grassland, but it is still the common target of the barbarians in the north. Any grassland powerhouse who wants to rise and replace the dominant position of Xianbei must first face the obstruction of Danhan Mountain.

For example, Danhan Mountain is like a big shield, helping to attract the hatred of the major tribes on the grassland. As long as Danhan Mountain is not destroyed for a day, the ambitionists on the grassland will not be able to become the second Tanshi Huai for a day and achieve the feat of dominating the grassland. In view of this, it is still necessary for Zhang Qi to appropriately strengthen the strength of Danhan Mountain.

Fourth, the two sides shall not privately contain each other's fugitives. If a fugitive is found, both sides must promptly repatriate the fugitive from the other side. If the fugitive does not wish to be repatriated, he or she must pay compensation in excess of the value of the fugitive.

This article is beneficial to the Han Dynasty.

Zhang Qi is now vigorously recovering, and the Hetao reclamation area established during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty requires a large amount of labor. Xianbei is bitter and cold, and the people who are willing to flee there are all guys who have committed great sins and are not tolerated by the big man. In contrast, the Han realm, which has more abundant food and a higher standard of living, has a fatal attraction to countless grassland herdsmen.

Especially those Han slaves who were forcibly taken to the grassland by the Xianbei people, they were thinking about returning to their hometowns all the time and becoming Han Chinese again. It's a pity that with the strength of arrogance, he can't directly send troops to rescue them.

Therefore, the determination of Article 4 is actually an opening for the northern fugitives to go south. As long as they were able to escape to the Han realm, Zhang Qiang would not return these valuable laborers and soldiers.

If the Xianbei people come to ask for it, the arrogance will not spare the value of the fleeing people's tens of thousands of dollars. As long as the fugitives are allowed to take root in the state, the benefits that can be obtained from them in the future are more than 10,000 dollars?

The last one, which is the fifth, is the one that Insolence and Helian don't take very seriously, but it's still written. Article 5 states that if a strong enemy appears, both sides can ask each other for reinforcements to fight the enemy together.

-- Actually, the biggest enemy of both sides may be the other......

When signing the final text agreement, Zhang Qiang thought with some evil taste in his heart.

As soon as the major matter of negotiating with Xianbei was over, Zhang Qiang handed over all these later tasks to Zang Ba. Zang Ba has strong martial arts skills and a very good temperament, which is quite the temperament of the Xianbei people.

Although he learned the news that Dong Zhuo had sent an envoy to Jinyang from the messenger, he had no idea of returning to Jinyang immediately. Of course, if Zhang Mad learned that the name of the envoy was actually Jia Xu, a famous "poisoner" in later generations, he might change his mind. It's a pity that the minor officials who reported the arrival of Dong Zhuo's envoy only knew that the envoy's surname was Jia.

For Zhang Qiao, the envoys sent by Dong Zhuo this time reported some messy things.

Congratulations on getting your second son?

Does this matter have anything to do with Dong Zhuo?

Inform the imperial court that the five-baht coin will be discarded and replaced with new money?

I'll you......

This matter, and the state will never agree!

The five-baht coin, which has been discarded for hundreds of years and has established a good reputation, is not impossible for insolence. However, the premise is that the person who discarded the five-baht coin should be arrogant himself.

Why did Dong Zhuo abandon the five-baht coin and want to issue new money, even if the messenger surnamed Jia didn't say it, he could figure out the reason. After all, later generations on the Internet, news and analysis about the depreciation of the dollar can turn any interested networm into half a financial expert.

Besides, Dong Zhuo is not the first to do such a thing as abandoning the five-baht money and replacing it with new money. The senior who had done the same thing before him was a well-known traitor in the Han Dynasty. That person's surname is Wang, his name is Mang, and he is the guy who usurped the national throne of the Han Dynasty and established the "pseudo-new" regime.

Wang Mang abandoned the five-baht money because of financial difficulties. The "Koizumi" coin he minted weighed no more than one baht, but it was used as a five-baht coin; The "Oizumi" coin was only 2.4 times the size of the 5-baht coin, but it was used as 50 50 baht coins. In this way, just by recycling and recasting the five baht coins, Wang Mang can get more than ten times the gross profit.

Now that Dong Zhuo has abandoned the five-baht coin and reminted the coin, it must not be to increase the value of the coin, and he must learn from Wang Mang's practice. And after Zhang Qiang calculated the expenses for him, he also felt that if Dong Fatzi didn't do some tricks and let the status quo continue, the company's finances would go bankrupt sooner or later. (To be continued......)