19. Jiang Gan presents a map

Summary: Here we will first introduce the geography of Liaodong during the Three Kingdoms period.

Liaodong has been the earliest developed land in China since ancient times. The Liaodong Plain is the homeland of the Han people.

At that time, the traffic between Liaodong and the Central Plains was very inconvenient, and it was necessary to climb over the rugged and dangerous mountains (the current coastal passage between Liaodong and the Central Plains was formed after the Song Dynasty), and the mountains were high and the roads were dangerous and the emperor was far away, so Liaodong often had a state of local separation.

At that time, the Japanese and Korean countries had very small sea vessels and could not sail far seas, so the trade ships of various countries and China could only sail along the coast of the Korean Peninsula along the coastal routes. had to pass through the Liaodong Peninsula, so the northern trade at that time was choked by Liaodong (King Yan).

The mountainous areas around the Liaodong Plain are inhabited by many ethnic minority tribes. Such as Xianbei, Karasuma, Qiang, etc., they coveted the abundance of the Han region, and often launched predatory wars of aggression.

Liaodong was the first line of the Han Dynasty's fight against foreign aggression, and many people with lofty ideals who were interested in resisting foreign aggression came to Liaodong to participate in the anti-aggression war. Such as Zhao Yun, Liu Guanzhang, etc.

Therefore, the Gongsun family of Liaodong made a great contribution to the Han Dynasty's resistance to foreign invasion. The stable situation in Liaodong was not easy to come by.

By the way, in 238 AD, after Sima Yi led a large army to pacify Liaodong and kill Gongsun Yuan, in order to quickly solve the troubles of Liaodong's secession, he actually moved 30,000 households of Liaodong Wang clan to the interior to strengthen the foundation and weaken the end. Such a practice of drawing wages from the bottom of the kettle made the Han people in Liaodong completely lose the ability to resist foreign invasion and made Liaodong a world where foreign nationalities were rampant.

The later Wuhu Rebellion brought retribution to Sima Yi's descendants (the emperor of the Jin Dynasty).

Liaodong Taishou (Yan Wang) Mansion, Gongsun Gong's birthday banquet.

Gongsun Gong was sick and haggard, and his life was obviously immortal.

There were all kinds of guests at the banquet, Karasuma guest, Xianbei guest, Goguryeo guest, Korean guest, and Japanese guest.

Gongsun Yuan was a young man, and he knew that he would soon be the king of Yan in Liaodong.

Gongsun Yuan is arrogant, like the boss.

Behind Gongsun Yuan stood a Fuso samurai, Noda Dairo.

(There is no such name in Japan.) Generally, the eldest son is named Taro. The use of Dalang here is to avoid someone taking a seat. ）

The waiters with birthday gifts rushed in. A waiter sang:

"Karasuma Kuni's congratulatory gift has arrived."

"The Xianbei country congratulatory gift has arrived."

"The Goguryeo congratulatory gift has arrived."

"The Korean congratulatory gift has arrived."

"The congratulatory gift of the Japanese country has arrived."

Gongsun Yuan casually inspected the birthday ceremony and disdained it.

In 190 A.D., Gongsun Du killed his father, Gongsun Chen, and established himself as the Taishou of Liaodong, and the three generations of Gongsun Du, Gongsun Kang, Gongsun Gong to Gongsun Yuan were divided, and he called himself the King of Yan, became the overlord of the northern sea, controlled the choke point of Bohai trade, expropriated and extorted from merchants, and even adopted cruel "Sanguang" piracy against large amounts of money and merchants. They were both officials and bandits, which became the biggest hazard to the maritime trade in northern China at that time.

Gongsun Yuan inspected the congratulatory gift of the Japanese Kingdom, his eyes lit up, and he was attracted by the two large pearls. After a moment of play, he will put it in his sleeve.

The envoy of the Wa Kingdom bowed and said: "The Queen of the Wa Kingdom greeted Her Royal Highness King Yan and asked for a hundred bronze mirrors in Luoyang. ”

Gongsun Yuan laughed and said, "Quasi! But why go to Luoyang to buy a bronze mirror? The quality of my Liaodong bronze mirror is excellent, and you can buy it at will, but the price can not be worse than the Luoyang Gongjing. ”

The envoy of the Wa Kingdom looked embarrassed, and bowed again: "The queen personally explained: you must put on the Luoyang tribute mirror, if you buy the Liaodong bronze mirror, how can the villain return to the queen when he returns to China?" ”

Gongsun Yuan smiled and said, "This is easy to do." I have a Luoyang official mirror here, and you can present the queen's decree in front of you. For the other ninety-nine sides, I will explain that all the manufacturing houses are cast with the words Luoyang Gongjing. This one is the manager of Li City, and he will help you do it. ”

The envoy was silent.

Li Shi said to the envoy of the Japanese State: "The young master has already explained clearly, please, Minister Lord." ”

The envoy shook his head helplessly, and followed Li Shixia.

The waiter reported: "There is an old scholar, who calls himself Jiang Gan, and says that he has a heavy treasure to offer to the young master. ”

Gongsun Yuan said: "Jiang Gan? Not impressed. Heavy treasure? Take a look. ”

The waiter said: "Jiang Ganyan said: This is the important treasure of the country, and it must be presented to the young master. ”

Gongsun Yuan said happily: "The important treasure of the country? Okay, then please. ”

The waiter preached: "I invite Mr. Jiang to the court." ”

Jiang Gan held a feather fan, swayed to the hall, and said, "See His Royal Highness King Yan." ”

The waiter corrected and said, "This is His Royal Highness the Young Master. ”

Jiang Gan said: "Today is the young master, tomorrow is the king of Yan, call a few days early, why not." ”

The waiter said, "Bold! The birthday star in the hall is His Royal Highness King Yan. Who madman are you to dare to be so presumptuous! ”

Gongsun Yuan shook his hand and said, "Forget it, visitors from afar don't have to worry about it." If there are any treasures, take them out and see. ”

The waiter said, "Hurry up and offer the treasure." ”

Jiang Gan squeezed his eyebrows at Gongsun Yuan, pointing to the sky and the earth, pointing to the east and the west, and pointing to himself.

Gongsun Yuan was puzzled and asked, "What advice does the gentleman have?" ”

Jiang Gan smiled mysteriously: "I can only say it to the young master." ”

The waiter shouted, "Bold and arrogant! ”

Gongsun Yuan smiled and said, "It's a bit interesting." ”

Another waiter reported: "Dongwu Zhonglang will Wantai, and the captain Pei Qian will offer treasures such as bird's head incense, large shellfish, ivory, rhino horn, and jade to buy market horses." ”

Gongsun Yuan smiled strangely and was silent in thought.

When the envoy of Karasuma Kingdom heard the news, he got up and said, "Karasuma Country has a thousand good horses, and I am willing to trade with them." ”

The Xianbei envoy also got up and said: "Xianbei has 2,000 strong horses, which are already on the way, and they will arrive in a few days, spot trading." ”

Gongsun Yuan's eyes showed a fierce light, forcing him to look at the two envoys of Karasuma Xianbei.

Noda Dairo also made a gesture of wanting to draw a knife.

The waiter shouted, "Don't make an unreasonable noise!" ”

Jiang Gan rebuked the envoys of Karasuma and Xianbei countries: "How can you be a messenger if you don't know the etiquette and don't know the etiquette?" ”

The two messengers sat down competently.

Gongsun Yuan's eyes turned calm and said, "The two envoys don't need to be anxious, the widow has his own arrangements, and both countries will benefit." ”

Gongsun Yuan said to another attendant: "Tell the envoy of Eastern Wu that King Yan has been fond of the rich and prosperous state of Eastern Wu for a long time, and he has long been a minister, and he will send a special envoy to express his intention in the future." Recently, there have been many wars and famines in the north, and Yan is a remote place, and it is difficult to make up the number of good horses needed by the big country for a while. Allow time, store up enough of the required amount, and then ask King Wu to send an envoy to receive it. Now unprepared, so that your envoy returned empty-handed, King Yan was very unhappy, and gave back a box of good ginseng, mink ten collars, and hoped that King Wu would smile. ”

The waiter said: "Give back a box of good ginseng from Dongwu and ten collars of mink." ”

Karasuma, the envoy of the two kingdoms of Xianbei was speechless.

Gongsun Yuan said to the guests: "If there is no trivial matter, please drink to your heart's content, and be sure to enjoy it." Please, please. ”

Gongsun Yuan turned back to Jiang Gan and said, "Mr. Jiang, please come with me, we can talk nothing in the study." Please. ”

Gongsun Yuan introduced Jiang Gan into the study, sat down by himself and said, "Sir, please sit here, please have something to say." ”

Jiang Gan carefully took out a piece of silk and sent it to Gongsun Yuan and said, "Look, this is what I spent a lot of effort to get." Priceless. ”

Gongsun Yuan frowned and said, "It's a mess on it, what is the painting?" ”

Jiang Gan said proudly: "King, this is the map of Yizhou." ”

Gongsun Yuan said quietly: "Yizhou? I've heard it, I've heard it. What the gentleman has to say, you may wish to say it all. ”

Jiang Gan said: "Great King, Yizhou is in the southeast of Linhai, two thousand miles to the county, and its island is on the sea, four hundred miles from east to west, and nine hundred miles from north to south. The land is free of frost and snow, the grass and trees do not die, the land is fertile, and there are many grains and fish, which is a good place. ”

Gongsun Yuan nodded and said: "The land is frost-free and fertile, it is a good place, a good place." One by one is a little farther away. ”

Jiang Gan nodded and said, "King, fortunately, it's a little farther away." Otherwise, it would have been in someone else's pocket. ”

Gongsun Yuan said: "Hmm, that means that Yizhou is now unguarded and managed? ”

Jiang Gan said: "King, it is true that no one is guarded, and there is no management, but it is not true. Since the Qin and Han dynasties, Yizhou has long been inhabited. The government also sent personnel to inspect and manage it to prevent future troubles, but the imperial court kept it secret. Therefore, there are very few people who know about Yizhou. It is believed that King Yan is the overlord of the northern sea, and the southern maritime trade is better than the north. For example, the rare and strange treasures of Soochow are crowned in the whole country, and most of them come from the sea. If King Yan can possess Yizhou, then the north and south seas all belong to King Yan. ”

Gongsun Yuan nodded and said, "Interesting, interesting!" Xiao Wang once thought that if one-tenth of the treasures of Dongwu could be returned to Yan, how wonderful. If I can occupy Yizhou, I will draw four or five out of ten. ”

Jiang Gan said: "The young master is wise and wise, and the prosperity of Dayan is just around the corner. If the young master is interested, Jiang Gan is willing to go to Yizhou first to find out the truth. ”

Gongsun Yuan showed a face that was determined to win, and said: "If you don't go, you will succeed, so as not to startle the snake and return in vain." This needs to be carefully planned. ”

Jiang Gan said: "Wise! The young master makes wise decisions! ”