Chapter 586: Rules for the vassal state
With Shi Le, Shi Hu and other Qihu nobles being dragged to the altar to be tortured, it marked the completion of the last round of liquidation of Liaodong against Qianhu, and nearly 100,000 Qianhu were directly killed before and after. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
So far, except for Kui'an who took more than 10,000 remnants of the Karma to hide in Jiangdong to survive, there is no longer a Karma in the land of China, and the Karma that once showed off his might in the Central Plains has become a historical term.
"Prime Minister, what do you mean by King Yan doing this?" Cheng Han envoy Li Shou asked.
Fan Ben, the prime minister of the Cheng Han Dynasty, said with a worried face: "Liaodong is demonstrating to the barbarians in the four directions, and the king of Yan officially issued a warning to the barbarians in the four directions by exterminating the clan and the barbarians. ”
"However, I think Yan Wang should have other layouts, but we can't guess for a while."
Hearing this, Li Shou nodded with palpitations, and now thinking about Shi Le, who had just been tortured on the altar, he suddenly felt a shudder, and at the same time, he was also glad that Cheng Han had a benevolent monarch like his uncle Li Xiong.
What are Liaodong's intentions? This is probably the common doubt of the envoys of all parties on the scene, to say that it is just to deter everyone, Liaodong also uses such a lot of effort, just pass the head of Shile to the world, and the same effect can be achieved.
However, since mid-July, when the general trend in Hebei was settled, all parties received an invitation from Liaodong to participate in the sacrificial ceremony.
When the news came out, Chenghan, Goguryeo, Nanyang vassal states, Monan Zhuhu, Rouran, Eile and other forces sent envoys to Liaodong one after another.
As Fan Ben, who came to Liaodong two years ago, once again acted as an envoy of the Cheng Han Dynasty, only this time the person who accompanied him became Li Shou, the second-generation representative of the Li family, and also the son of Li Xiang.
Li Shou was the first time to Liaodong, and the prosperity he saw along the way was the only one he had seen in his life, which made him have to be shocked by the wealth of Liaodong.
More importantly, Li Shou felt the vigor and vitality from the people of Liaodong, which was completely different from the lifeless people in other places. Li Shou even saw from the people of Liaodong a huge force that could destroy the world, and now the one who holds this power is the great Sima who is powerful in the world.
Just when Li Shou and Fan Ben were thinking about it, they suddenly received an invitation from Da Sima to invite the envoys to the banquet. Fan Ben and the others did not dare to delay, and immediately got into the carriage and went to the banquet venue. When they arrived, they found that many people had already arrived at the scene, including envoys from various countries, including Goguryeo.
Many people took advantage of the gap before the table opened, and they exchanged heads and ears, and for a while, the hall was noisy like a vegetable market.
Fan Ben and Li Shou sat on the left side near the main seat, and on the left sat the chiefs from the Monan Zhuhu and the envoys of the Nanyang vassal states, while the envoys of Goguryeo, Rouran, and Eile sat on their right hand.
Seeing this scene, Fan Ben suddenly understood, in the eyes of the people of Liaodong, Cheng Han, an ally, was obviously not as close as the Monan Zhuhu, who was already a vassal of Liaodong, but it was closer than Goguryeo, Rouran, Eile and other forces that had contradictions with Liaodong. In fact, to put it bluntly, Cheng Han's status in Liaodong is a bit up and down.
Fan Ben looked around for a while, and finally set his eyes on Xi Jian, the Jiangdong envoy opposite. Originally, Xi Jian planned to return to Jiangdong after announcing the holy decree, but later learned that Da Sima invited all parties to observe the ceremony, so he left in Liaodong on his own initiative.
Although Xi Jian is still so handsome and elegant, the haggard on his face can't be hidden, obviously in the past two years, in order to help Sima Rui's father and son deal with Wang Dun, he has spent a lot of thought.
While Fan Ben was looking Xi Jian up and down, Xi Jian was also observing the envoys of the Cheng Han Dynasty. There were many contradictions between Chenghan and Jiangdong, and a few years ago the two sides had fought endlessly over territorial disputes, and as a result, Jiangdong was defeated and lost, and the two counties of Zitong and Brazil were surrendered to Chenghan.
Now seeing the envoy of Cheng Han sitting at the banquet in a grand manner, Xi Jian felt a hint of foreboding in his heart. He did not naively think that Da Sima would be loyal to the Jin family, and some people with lofty ideals in the family had long seen that Da Sima would definitely replace the Jin family in the future.
In order to prevent Liaodong from usurping the Jin Dynasty, Xi Jian originally wanted to use Liaodong to destroy Wang Dun first, and then unite with another weak force, Cheng Han, so as to return to the situation of Eastern Wu and Shu Han against Cao Wei.
If Liaodong is compared to the Wei State, then the Cheng Han is the Shu Han, and the Eastern Jin Dynasty, which lives in the south of the Yangtze River, is obviously the Eastern Wu.
It's a pity that when Xi Jian saw that the envoys of the Cheng Han Dynasty were treated with courtesy by Liaodong, he was full of pessimism about the future alliance with the Cheng Han Dynasty.
As a weak party, Jiangdong can only hope to resist Liaodong in the future if it unites with Cheng Han.
Many envoys waited for a while, and finally saw Wei Shuo appear accompanied by Pei Wei, Gao Zhan, Mo Han, Wen Qiao, etc., he slowly walked to the main seat, and kept nodding with acquaintances along the way.
"See King Yan!"
"Everyone, please get up!"
Wei Shuo glanced around at the envoys first, and said loudly: "This time to invite you to Liaodong, in addition to participating in the sacrificial ceremony, the most important thing is that Liaodong should adjust its relationship with you. ”
"In the past, Liaodong focused all its energy on eliminating Hulu and quelling rebellions, and did not take good care of many subordinate forces, basically continuing the traditional tributary system. It cannot be said that the tributary system is bad, but that after hundreds of years of development, this system is somewhat out of date today and needs to be adjusted. ”
"I don't know what adjustment King Yan plans to make?"
"The Monan Zhuhu are no longer vassal states in the traditional sense, they are basically half Liaodong people, and the Cheng Han Dynasty, as part of the inherent territory of China, should not be listed as a vassal state. Therefore, Liaodong's adjustment of foreign relations this time is mainly aimed at Mobei Rouran, Eile, Northeast Goguryeo, and Nanyang countries. ”
"As a vassal state of Huaxia, you assume the responsibilities and obligations of a vassal state, one of which is that the succession of the lord and leader of each country must be canonized and recognized by the Great Jin, otherwise it is illegal, and Huaxia has the right to remove or requisition."
"Second, the markets of various countries must be completely open to the Great Jin, and no innocent troubles and persecution of the Great Jin merchants, otherwise it will be a provocation to the Great Jin and will be retaliated by the Great Jin."
"Third, in order to strengthen the ties between the Great Jin Dynasty and the vassal states, post houses will be set up in the vassal countries, and the envoys stationed in the Dajin will be the plenipotentiary representatives of the Great Jin and have the right to handle the internal affairs of the vassal states on behalf of the Great Jin."
"Fourth, every five years, each vassal state needs to pay tribute to the Great Jin Dynasty to demonstrate the status of the suzerain."
"The Fifth ,......"
Listening to Wei Shuo reading the "Regulations on the Management of the Great Jin Dynasty and the Vassal States", the faces of the envoys from all over the country changed greatly, and everyone could see from the "Regulations" that Liaodong would change the extensive management of the vassal states in the past. If the "Regulations" are really implemented, the vassal states will have almost no autonomy except for the existence of complete dependence on the Great Jin.
"Dare to ask Da Sima, does Liaodong's implementation of this so-called "Regulations" require all vassal states to abide by it?"
"Of course not, you have the right to choose not to comply."
"Really?" The envoys breathed a sigh of relief.
A sneer appeared at the corner of Wei Shuo's mouth, and he replied: "However, I would like to remind you that any force that is unwilling to abide by the "Regulations" will no longer be a vassal state of the Great Jin, and the Great Jin will not have any binding force on you. As an equal force to the Great Jin, you can claim hegemony in your own territory at will. ”
"But all this beautiful fantasy is to see if you can stop the attack of the Liaodong Army, and I forgot to tell you one thing. Starting this year, Liaodong will sort out the forces in various places, and any forces that are unwilling to submit to the Great Jin Dynasty will be swept away by Liaodong. ”
"This ...... This is too deceitful! ”
"Liaodong is too domineering!"
As soon as Wei Shuo's words fell, the scene was in an uproar. Many envoys have accused Liaodong of being domineering, especially the Zhuhu envoys from Mobei, who were even more indignant, originally thinking that this time when they came to the Central Plains, they would get a lot of rewards as before, but who knew that not only did they not get the benefits, but they also had to accept some rules and regulations.
"It seems that the two envoys from Rouran and Eile are unwilling to accept the conditions of Liaodong, it doesn't matter! After the feast is over, you can leave, and when you go back, don't forget to tell your Great Khan that from today onwards you and I will be in a state of war. ”
"What?!"
The two envoys were dumbfounded, they didn't expect Wei Shuo to directly declare war on Mobei. Under the circumstance that Monan Zhuhu has been completely controlled by Liaodong, where are Mobei Rouran and Eile Liaodong's opponents? Otherwise, they wouldn't have gone to Liaodong to participate in any ceremony. (To be continued.) )