Chapter 181 [Liaodong Xinba]
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On March 23 of the first year of Xingping, Gongsun Du officially announced in the Taishou Mansion of Liaodong that he was the Marquis of Liaodong and the pastor of Pingzhou, and posthumously named his father Gongsun Yan as the Marquis of Jianyi. The temple was built for the two ancestors of the Han Dynasty, and the next day according to the ancient system in the south of Xiangping City set up an altar, in the suburbs to worship heaven and earth, personally ploughing the field. When traveling, he sat in the Luan car, which only the emperor could sit, and the cavalry wearing hats was the Yulin Army, the posture of the entire Liaodong king.
The so-called Pingzhou is the Han Xinzhou on a par with Youzhou, including Liaodong, Liaoxi, Central Liao (the part of Liaodong that is separated from Pingguo), Yingzhou, Liaodong vassal state, Xuansu, Lelang and other five counties and one subject country, the total area is no less than Youzhou. It's just that the population is far apart, even if 300,000 people have poured into the Central Plains to take refuge, the population of the whole state is still less than 800,000. However, there are more than 1.5 million people in Youzhou, plus nearly one million people who fled from Zhuzhou received by Liu Yu, the former state pastor, and the total population of Youzhou reached more than 2.5 million. In comparison, Pingzhou is only a fraction, if a larger Pingzhou is still sparsely populated, and its strength is thin.
It is precisely for the above reasons that although Gongsun Du once said to his close subordinates Liu Yi and Yang Yi, "The Han royal family is about to fall, and it is time for me to discuss with you to plot the throne", Gongsun Du still did not dare to mention the split, but only formed a de facto separation, positioning his own territory as a state, and leading the state pastor.
Looking at the world at this time, there is really no prince who has such fat courage to dare to proclaim himself a marquis and exceed the system. Gongsun Du, far ahead of Cao, Liu, Sun and other princes in the world, established a non-state country, and became a non-king king himself. Even a few years later, Cao Cao recruited Gongsun Du to be a general of Wuwei and was named the Marquis of Yongning. Gongsun Du was disdainful: "I am the king of Liaodong, what do you want Yongning to do!" "Throw the ribbon into the arsenal.
is in response to that sentence: the emperor is far away, and Liaodong is up to me.
The Three Kingdoms, the Three Kingdoms, in fact, strictly speaking, plus Liaodong, which was the first to stand on its own, should be the Four Kingdoms. It's just that Gongsun Du's Liaodong is too remote, and the sense of existence is too low, and it is often ignored by the world.
Of course, according to the trajectory of history, this is the case, but how unfortunate Gongsun Du is. There was a horse under the rule, and the dream of him and his descendants and princes was only afraid that it would end very early, early, and then early.
At the banquet that night, Ma Han saw many small surrounding countries, unheard of and strangely dressed monarchs, not to mention anything else, just the eldest of the three Hans (Ma Han, Jin Han, and Ben Han). There are dozens of small countries, such as the Xiangxiang Kingdom, the Mushui Kingdom, the Sangwai Kingdom, the Xiaoshisuo Kingdom, the Dashisuo Kingdom, the Youxiu Muzhuo Kingdom, the Boji Kingdom, the Sulubusi Kingdom, the Rihua Kingdom, the Ancient Birther Kingdom, the Ancient Leaving Kingdom, the Nulan Kingdom, the Yuezhi Kingdom, the Sushugan Kingdom, the Ancient Warren Kingdom, and the Molu Kingdom...... Don't do it too much, just listening to these names can make your head spin.
These small towns. There are thousands of big ones, and more than 100 small ones, which is equivalent to the village and town level of the Han Dynasty, but in that land of poor mountains and bad waters. can actually be called a king and a country.
For the rulers and uncles of these countries, the officials of Liaodong are basically not birds. In fact, the Taishou Mansion didn't send invitations to these small village-level countries at all - not because they didn't want to send them, but because they didn't know that there were so many small countries in that area. These small kingdoms are long and long. They all came with the three Korean gentlemen, and they all wanted to be familiar, and Liaodong also felt that it was good to have more people, so the more the merrier.
Of course, it's coming, but let the Han officials look down on you, don't think about it.
The princes and uncles of these small countries have served the big countries all the year round, well, that is, Samhan and Goguryeo, and they have more or less practiced their eyes. Seeing that Ma Han was so young, he was already a high-ranking official of the Han Dynasty with 2,000 stones, and even the tall Goguryeo prince in their eyes seemed to be quite jealous, and suddenly like a bee chasing honey, they circled around Ma Han and Tian Yu.
The most rare thing is that Ma Han is different from most Liaodong officials, he seems to be very interested in their small country, and he talks and understands them very seriously, and he foams at the mouth when he is tired of the few interpreters brought by Sanhan.
Among the many small countries, there is a small country that has attracted the special attention of Ma Han, this small country is called "Lu State", which belongs to Chenhan, which is the country that borders the Japanese country most among the more than 100 small countries of the three Koreas.
The so-called Chenhan, there is a saying that the Qin people took refuge in Mahan, and Mahan cut its eastern boundary with it, so there is this country. Its customs, clothing, and food are all different from those of Ma and Han, and similar to those of China (referring to the Han Dynasty).
The uncle of the Lu country that Ma Han had seen, named Shiya, was in his thirties, and looked older than a man in his forties. His long hair was scattered, his forehead was tied with brass hoops, he was dressed in a wide fine cloth, his body was long, and his attitude towards horses was extremely humble.
Ma Han's special attention flattered Shi Ya, and he answered all questions, and even asked one and ten questions. However, Shi Ya also quickly noticed that the young lieutenant's focus was mostly on the Japanese country, rather than his own country. At the moment, he also searched his stomach and tried his best to tell everything he knew about the Japanese country.
From the mouth of the stone tooth, Ma Han roughly understood that there were more than 100 countries under the Wa Kingdom, and the queen of the Yamatai Kingdom located in the area of present-day Kyushu was promoted as the king. It may sound like a primitive theocratic state.
Ma Han listened and pondered, his fingers tapped lightly, and no one knew what he was thinking at the moment.
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After Gongsun Du became a marquis, the last important matter was that the chief officials of the counties and counties under the rule of Pingzhou should be congratulated. From a certain Cheng dù, this congratulatory table is a loyalty sticker, from which Gongsun Du can get a glimpse of the loyalty value of officials under his rule.
Ma Han asked Tian Yu to go to the congratulatory table in the name of the White Wolf City Guard and the temple office, and he also signed his name. The content of the congratulatory table is not as hyped as other counties, but it is decent and carefully worded. If Gongsun Du looks at the congratulatory table to determine the loyalty value, Ma Han and Tian Yu are estimated to be ranked at the bottom.
Ma Han didn't care about this, anyway, he and Gongsun Du both knew that the essence of the White Wolf Battalion was a guest army, and the loyalty of the guest army was always limited, and it would not change much because of the words of your congratulatory table.
Early the next morning, after watching Gongsun Du set up an altar in the south of Xiangping City, sacrificing to heaven and earth, plowing the fields himself, and reviewing the performances of the three armies, Ma Han just returned to the post house residence and received an unexpected gift. This unexpected gift was given by the husband Yu Guojun Wei Qiutai, among which the red jade, mink, and beautiful pearls are just a living thing, which is eye-catching.
This is a snow-white horse, with strong chest muscles, a slender body, and four hooves covered with black hair. The giver told the horse, this is one of the three favorite horses of their monarch, the name of the Wu, can travel hundreds of miles a day, and now it is given to Ma Junyun.
Wei Qiutai will give gifts, Ma Han is not surprised, after all, he helped him at the banquet, and this monarch is looking for Austrian aid everywhere, for the olive branch extended by Ma Han, it is not to grab, but to hug. However, in order to hug his thighs, he actually gave away his mount, which is higher than the gift to Gongsun Du, the new overlord of Liaodong, in terms of Cheng Dù, this husband Yu Guojun is really willing to do it!
As everyone knows, Wei Qiutai can't help it.
Wei Qiutai did bring a lot of tribute gifts, including a lot of good horses, but all of them were given to Gongsun Du and his close confidants, that is to say, he didn't have any gifts at hand at this moment. For such an important Austrian aid as Ma Han, just sending Zhuyu or something, obviously lack sincerity, in order to show sincerity, he must be ruthless. As a last resort, I thought of my mount......
As a result, Ma Han earned it.
Ma Han immediately rode on this BMW, pulled out of the city for a turn, and was very satisfied with the test results. The speed, endurance, durability, and explosiveness of this horse are no less than their own mount Silver Arrow, and they are worthy of being the king of the horses. Ma Han learned from the mouth of the envoy of Fuyu that the three BMWs of Wei Qiutai are all white, which is not that Yu Qiutai has any preference for white, but that the people of Fuyu are still white, and the people of the country are all white.
In this way, Ma Hun has two BMWs and can carry out battlefield rotation.
Sneaking back from the city gate, as soon as he entered the gate, Ma Han received a summons and a piece of information. The summons was sent by the freshly baked Liaodong Marquis and Pingzhou Mugong Sun Du, and asked Ma Han to go to the Liaodong Marquis Mansion at the beginning of tonight (seven o'clock), but Tian Yu was not invited.
Tian Yu added: "The cavalry captains and school captains of Lelang, Xuansu, Zhongliao, Yingzhou and other prefectures and counties were called to go together, and the matter discussed was related to the army. ”
Ma Han nodded, the army first and then the government, Gongsun Du's treatment is also reasonable, then let's see what Gongsun Du's attitude is towards the guest army of the White Wolf Battalion. Ma Han and Tian Yu have analyzed that judging from the current situation, it will take a while for Gongsun Duchu to take the throne to consolidate and digest this achievement, and for the White Wolf Camp and White Wolf City, most of them will be based on appeasement.
And the intelligence from the Hou Mansion in Liaodong also confirmed this analysis.
All aspects of the situation confirmed that Ma Han basically had the bottom in his heart, but before going out, he still ordered the white wolf warriors to do a regular vigilance and arrange light and dark sentinels. The so-called Hades is good, and the little ghost is difficult, maybe Gongsun Du didn't mean to embarrass him, but his two sons are difficult to say, and one is careful.
Thinking of Gongsun Mo from Gongsun Kang, it is strange that since he came to Liaodong, from Gongsun Du's title to the next day's military parade, he has not seen this important figure in the Liaodong military, so unreasonable!
With a faint doubt, Ma Han, escorted by four white wolf warriors, went to the Liaodong Hou Mansion.
When Ma Han was pondering the inexplicable disappearance of Gongsun Mo, in the attic of his residence, a hundred steps away, the copper-faced man was also unfolding a piece of information, and after reading it, he smiled and said: "They have joined Gongsun Mo's army, and they are ready." Hehe, from tonight, both inside and out, uprooted. After dawn, a bloody head will be hung on the gate of Xiangping. I've been waiting for this moment for too long......"
After a while, the servant Ge Yi man replied, "Ma Han has entered the Taishou Mansion. ”
The bronze-faced man let out a buzzing laugh and looked very happy: "Great, from tonight, the show is on!" (To be continued......)