Strictly speaking, Arekan marrying Hunt Jiaomi is also a relative. Unlike the Han-Hun and the relatives, Arekhan's status is obviously not something that the Han princess who married the Xiongnu could hope for.

The fundamental reason lies in strength. Compared with Wusun, the Huns are stronger, and Arekan has the strength of the Hun Evil King to support it, so he can influence the decision to hunt arrogance, and he can also fight for the benefits of the Hun Evil King. Arekan and Qin are actually a rope for the Huns to control Wusun.

On the contrary, the Han Dynasty is not strong enough, and the Huns do not take the Han Dynasty seriously, and no matter how rich the dowry of the Han princess is, it is just another form of tribute. It is obviously wishful thinking to rely on peace and proximity to keep the peace.

Emperor Wen and Emperor Jing may not understand this truth, but at that time, their strength was limited, and the obstacles in the court were strong, so they could only swallow their anger. Emperor Wu is not Emperor Wen and Emperor Jing, and today's national strength is not comparable to the world of Wenjing, the Son of Heaven has the heart to take revenge on the Huns, and then let him bow to the Huns, he himself is unwilling.

The reason why he hesitated and did not refuse was because of the opposition of the old ministers in the DPRK and China on the one hand, and because the Son of Heaven was not sure of victory. Li Guang won the battle in Longyou, and when he turned back, he was met with crazy revenge from the Huns. The northwest border is full of smoke, and the domestic group is talking about it, and the Son of Heaven cannot but have some scruples.

Liang Xiao is different from all of them. He is neither simply against and pro, nor simply in favor of and pro. He recognized that peace was a means of peacekeeping, but there was a premise: it must be backed by strong force. Peace should be a means to restrain the Huns, not tribute.

This suggestion was made because Liang Xiao knew. If you throw away the simple question of face. The pros and cons outweigh the disadvantages. Even after Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty conquered Siyi, the policy of peace and proximity was still being implemented. In fact, throughout human history, marriage has been one of the most commonly used methods to maintain relations between different tribes and to turn people who are not related by blood into blood relations.

If different families can marry each other, why can't different ethnic groups marry each other? Whether there is face or not does not depend on whether or not to be close. It is whether the initiative of the relatives is in their own hands.

Liang Xiao's suggestion is the most in line with the current thinking of the Son of Heaven. What the Son of Heaven opposes is by no means harmony, but the shame brought by harmony. If there is a harmony like the Xiongnu and Wusun, the Son of Heaven will never hesitate.

Sure enough, before Liang Xiao finished speaking, the Son of Heaven nodded again and again, revealing his approval.

"In this way, affinity and counterattack are not contradictory, but complement each other." The Son of Heaven nodded again and again with satisfaction. "This jade from other mountains is good, it is indeed very good." He glanced at Liang Xiao: "This is the real jade of other mountains." The Greek system is nothing more than a rut. Liang Xiao, don't you say? ”

Liang Xiao was silent for a moment. He bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, your ...... I don't know if it's right. ”

Mei Gao listened. His heart suddenly lifted up, and he gave Liang Xiao a look again and again. He was a close minister of the Son of Heaven, and he knew how much thought the Son of Heaven had put into the Greek system and what kind of attitude he had. Before that, he had already revealed it to Liang Xiao in detail, but he didn't want him to make a mistake on this issue. Unexpectedly, Liang Xiao didn't hear it in his heart, facing the steps given by the Son of Heaven, he was so stubborn that he wanted to miss a great opportunity.

Sure enough, the eyes of the Son of Heaven became stern, and his voice became a little more majestic. Not only did Mei Gao cry bitterly, but Wang Hui on the side also frowned secretly.

"Then tell me what is merit about this Greek system."

"Your Majesty, the ministers know very little about the Greek system, and do not dare to use superficial views to sensationalize and make arbitrary comments."

The Son of Heaven raised the corner of his eyes, and was quite surprised by Liang Xiao's answer. "Do you think there is any merit in the Greek system?"

Liang Xiao replied without asking. "The minister is bold, dare to ask Your Majesty, Alexander, with a weak crown, commanded tens of thousands of troops, conquered the east and west, and established an empire of thousands of miles in a few years, is there any merit?"

The Son of Heaven was speechless for a moment, and his face flushed slightly.

When reading those books from the Western Regions, I heard about Alexander's deeds, and it was impossible to say that I was not moved at all. Alexander inherited the throne at the age of twenty, which was about his current age, but he had created a career beyond his imagination. And when you think about it, at the beginning of Alexander's ascension to the throne, how could his strength be comparable to the current Han. If he were to deny Alexander's greatness, he couldn't do it.

However, if he was asked to admit the superiority of the Greek system, he could not do so. Otherwise, what reason did he have to promote the reduction of feudal domains and strengthen the central imperial power?

"Then you mean, the Greek system ......"

"Your Majesty, the minister means that the minister knows very little about Greece and does not dare to comment on it. Please forgive your Majesty for a while, and wait for the ministers to do some study of the Greek texts before daring to show your Majesty the merits and disadvantages. If you are self-righteous if you know only half of it, you are afraid that you will mistake yourself and your majesty. ”

The Son of Heaven suddenly realized and nodded again and again. "Yes, your attitude is the attitude of learning for people, but I'm a little anxious."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

——

Out of the palace, Liang Xiao exhaled softly, but his mood was still heavy.

He had met the Son of Heaven many times before, but this was the first time he had officially met as a monarch and a minister, and the heavenly power he felt was really incomparable. He already felt that he was rich and powerful, but when he saw it today, he realized that the Son of Heaven used to give him face, and he was low-key enough.

Liang Xiao walked into the Weiyang Lang Office, and the Weiyang Lang gathered over and talked to Liang Xiao gossiping. Liang Xiao didn't really know many Lang officials, and many new Lang officials were a little in awe when they saw Liang Xiao, the former Weiyang Lang, and they didn't come closer, but just watched from afar.

Liang Xiao didn't deliberately try to get close. Weiyang Lang is a close attendant of the Son of Heaven, and if he intends to entrap him, it is easy to make taboos.

After laughing for a while, the general friendship retreated, leaving only a few old acquaintances. Liang Xiao asked about Li Guang's recent situation, and the officials said that Li Guang was now at home and was in a bad situation. When he went to Longyou, he was a knight recruited with his own money, and he sold almost all his family property. Later, he was imprisoned, and spent a lot of money to atone for his sins, and now he is destitute, and it is said that if he wants to eat meat, he can only hunt on his own.

Liang Xiao listened to it, feeling very uncomfortable, but he didn't say anything. After leaving the Weiyang Lang Office, he believed in the reins, walked to the gate of the city, looked at the way home, hesitated for a moment, made a decision, and reined in the war horse.

"Big Tiger, you take them back. Niu'er and I went to find General Li. ”

——

When Liang Xiao found Li Guang, it was already dark. The Li family's house was pitch black, and there was not even a sound. Liang Xiao knocked on the door for a long time before he heard Li Guangzhuo's footsteps on his shoes and extremely impatient complaints.

"Who, don't let people live in the middle of the night."

Liang Xiao laughed: "General, this is just the time to settle down, and you are sleeping?" ”

The footsteps stagnated, and then became urgent, and the half-old wooden door was opened, revealing Li Guang's surprised face. "Liang Xiao?"

Liang Xiao arched his hand with a grin. "General, you went to bed so early, were you practicing your vocal skills and heard my voice all of a sudden?"

Li Guang also laughed, and tightened the clothes that were half-draped over his shoulders. "What kind of vocal skills do you practice, your master is such a stingy person, how many times I have asked him to drink, and he will not show the slightest rumor. Why didn't you hear any wind when you came back? ”

"I just arrived in Chang'an three hours ago, and I just came out of the palace half an hour ago."

Li Guang raised his eyebrows. "Boy, count yourself on a conscience. After Lao Tzu was dismissed, the front of this door was very deserted. ”

Liang Xiao smiled: "It's not that Lang's brother didn't come to see you, it's because I'm afraid that you won't have money to buy wine and meat." They bring it, and you say they look down on you. ”

Li Guang was embarrassed, and his old face was slightly red. He stretched out his head to take a look, and saw that Liang Xiao was only Tu Niu'er behind him, which couldn't help but be a little strange. "If you know that, why are you here?"

"I came for two things: first, I was asked to bring you something, but I couldn't bring it because I wanted to enter the palace. I want to send it to you in two days, so I will make an appointment first, so as not to have a closed door soup when I get it. Second, I recently had a little experience in archery, and I wanted to ask the general to go hunting and test archery. ”

"Little shaft, dare to challenge Lao Tzu?" Li Guangda was overjoyed and turned around and entered the house. "You wait, I'll prepare the bow horse."

Liang Xiao responded with a smile, but his heart was a little sour. Li Guang is really poor enough to be a trouser, there is not even a servant at home, and he has to do it himself to prepare bows and horses. Taking advantage of the opportunity of Li Guang to prepare the bow horse, he called Tuniu'er, asked him to rush to Wei Qing's house, called Wei Qing over, and asked Wei Qing to bring some wine. There is game to eat for hunting, but wine must be prepared.

Tu Niu'er went, and after a while, Li Guang changed his clothes, led the horse out, and saw that Tu Niu'er was gone, so he didn't ask much. When he went out, he saw Liang Xiao's mount at a glance and blurted out: "Good horse." ”

"Do you like it?"

"Who doesn't love such a good horse."

"I don't give it to you if I like it." Liang Xiao laughed. "I earned it myself, if you like it, go to the Western Regions to grab it yourself, or let the owner grab a horse for you."

"Look at your villain's face." Li Guang glared at Liang Xiao, couldn't help but say, stuffed his horse reins into Liang Xiao's hands, untied Mingzhu's horse reins, and turned over on the horse. "If you don't want you, let me have a good time." As he spoke, he shook the reins of his horse and galloped away.

Mingzhu spread her hooves and rushed towards the inner door, moving swiftly and as fast as the wind. Li Guangzheng was complacent, but he forgot that the horse was more than a foot taller than an ordinary horse, and before the horse went out, he stood up as usual, but his forehead hit the forehead of the inner door, and with a loud "bang", he fell off the horse's back, with his feet facing the sky, and fell to the ground on his back.

"Phew!" Dusty.

Liang Xiao was shocked, hurriedly turned over and dismounted, and helped Li Guang up. "General, how are you?"

Li Guang pushed Liang Xiao away, stood up, crossed his waist, and strode out of the inner door, looking at Mingzhu who had stopped, and laughing.

"Sure enough, it's a good horse, it hits well, and it falls comfortably." ——

(To be continued.) )