Chapter 434: The Sun, the Moon and the Heavenly Gods (2nd Update)
Ying Chong was in Luqiu City, and after only waiting for about a day, he ushered in the ambassador of Xianyang City. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info came as he expected, it was Wang Zhong, the governor of the political council, and a full-time guard, the head of the imperial guard, Yue Chengcheng.
It is said that it was the joint efforts of several dragon vein masters in Xianyang City that it took a huge price to enable these two to move thousands of miles away. Came to the south of Yin Mountain, on the bank of the Leng River.
It was only because the Huns demanded that the Qin army could withdraw from Yinshan as soon as possible within seven days, so the Qin court also had to respond to this request.
And after the arrival of this king, he was also resolute. After only a little condolences to Yingchong and the subordinate generals, he immediately threw himself into the negotiations.
Mao Dun has been crisscrossing the grassland for more than ten years, accumulating great power, and the Heavenly Saint Emperor and the ministers have no intention of gaining an inch. The Huns were also very sincere because of the arrival of autumn.
After only two days of talks, the two sides have already settled on all the rules and regulations. Roughly like the conditions proposed by the Huns that day, and then the details changed slightly.
For example, the Huns needed to immediately hand over Shuofang City to Daqin. And the Qin court also needed to pay 30 million gold to the Huns within half a year.
Another example is the amount of money traded in the two farms, as well as iron, ink armor, and ink stone, which must be restricted.
There are also Qin troops returning prisoners of war, and the Huns releasing Qin slaves, etc.
At the same time, the Xiongnu army needed to withdraw to a distance of thousands of miles, allowing 600,000 Qin troops to evacuate safely from the grassland.
The only thing that hasn't changed is that Mao Dun called the Heavenly Saint Emperor his brother, and then the length of the peace agreement between the two sides is based on Ying Chong's longevity.
When Wang Zhong finished negotiating and returned to Furnace Hill Castle, Ying Chong couldn't help but ask suspiciously, "Then Mao Dun Shan Yu, why do you need to take his father's life?"
"The lower official also asked about this matter, and listened to the explanation of Shan Yu, saying that there was His Royal Highness in one day, and the Huns would never dare to invade the south. ”
Wang Zhong said this, but he was also thinking about the rumors that An Guogong would die soon. Most of the people who have not lost their ambitions will make the five-year covenant.
But neither he, nor the Ministers of the Government Hall and the Privy Council, actually didn't care. As long as Shuofang County is taken back, and then the clouds are reorganized, the Xiongnu will be in trouble.
"In this way, my father should be honored!"
Ying Chong laughed at first, but then his expression moved slightly: "Wang Xiangcai, call this prince His Royal Highness?"
"Exactly!"
Wang Zhong smiled and saluted: "Actually, when the lower officials came to the north, His Majesty and the ministers began to discuss the matter of rewarding. The left phase and the land phase both intend to use the respect of the county king to raise the merits of His Royal Highness. Now that Xia Guan has been away from Beijing for two days, presumably the DPRK and China have already reached a conclusion,"
The Zuo Xiang and Lu Xiang in his mouth naturally refer to Zuo Shangshu's servant Pei Hongzhi and the privy envoy Lu Zhengen.
Even if these two have joined forces, and they are justified, then even if it is the Heavenly Saint Emperor, it is not easy to stop it.
"Crowned king?"
Ying Chong raised his eyebrows, and then sneered in his heart. Once they are crowned kings, they will not be able to enter the Privy Council again, not to mention all kinds of troubles in the future.
Compared with Wang Jue, he actually wants to get a few more towns from the hands of the imperial court, so that he can raise more craftsmen at home. Or for their own subordinates, they need more than a few more functions.
However, this was also expected by him, and he had already expected this situation from the beginning of the northward movement. Pei Hongzhi and Lu Zhengen and others will never let him get his wish.
Shaking his head, Ying Chong immediately laughed happily again. This is a happy event after all, thinking of the guy in the king's name in the future, as well as the third prince Ying Qu and others, in front of him, he had to bow his head and salute, Ying Chong felt a little,
These princes are good to open a mansion and be knighted in the future, but at the beginning, they may not be able to get the respect of the king.
"By the way, and the ransom of this Shuofang City, is it too high? 30 million gold, can the imperial court get it now?"
Today, there are three sources of tax revenue in Daqin. One is the land tax, the second is the commercial tax, and the third is the mining tax.
The Tian Fu is about 90 million gold, but more than half of it needs to be divided into the local government, and only more than 30 million gold is really entered into the imperial treasury.
Therefore, commercial tax is the real big part of Daqin's annual income. Because of the Silk Road, the six countries of the Kwantung region all need to pass through the Qin realm and connect with the Western Regions. Daqin's annual commercial tax is as high as 150 million gold!
After that, the mining tax was not trivial, reaching 80 million per year. However, in the past, the first emperor ordered that the benefits of the mountains, lakes and seas belonged to the royal family, so only 30% of this part of the income was allocated to the household, and the rest was owned by the inner government.
According to comprehensive calculations, the Great Qin Dynasty has obtained a year of 210 million gold!
It's just that although this income is large, Daqin's expenses are also large. Every year, in order to defend against the Kwantung countries, an unknown amount of financial resources are consumed.
And this year, there is another disaster in the four northern states, and seeing that the taxes of these four states are about to be lost. Not only did they not take a penny, but they also had to add a lot of money.
Can the imperial court really take this huge amount of money?
Maudun bit 30 million to death and refused to let go. ”
Wang Zhong sighed softly, but then he smiled again: "But there is no need to worry about this money, Shuofang and Wu'an two counties and twenty-seven counties, those nine hundred miles of fertile land, how much is worth more than 30 million gold? ”
Ying Chong originally wanted to force that big Shan Yu again, but he thought that Wang Zhong said so, and he couldn't figure out whether the Mao Dun would jump off the wall in anger, so he finally gave up.
On the second day after the agreement, the Xiongnu army retreated to a distance of fifty miles, leaving only 100,000 troops in place. The two sides joined forces to build an altar in front of the second army in just one hour.
The sacred mountain shaman of the Huns presided over the ceremony, attracting the 'sun, moon and sky' to descend. Witnessed this peace negotiation.
Then Wang Zhong and the Xiongnu Zuo Prime Minister Ke Li drafted the document together, and then the Xiongnu Shan Yu Maodun and Yingchong signed the name together. There were four copies of the Xiongnu script and the Qin script, and each side held two copies afterwards.
Ying Chong was originally suspicious of the god of the grassland people, 'Sun, Moon and Heaven'. It is also believed that the so-called shaman priest is nothing more than a combination of Taoist qi practitioners and yin and yang priests.
The reason why he proposed the testimony of the sun, moon and sky before was only incidental, and what he really valued was the oath of the spiritual platform of the Xiongnu Shan Yu Maodun himself.
But when he discussed this occasion, he really felt the existence of this 'sun, moon and sky'. The idea of grandeur, vastness, majesty, omnipotence, and eternity makes people's hearts frightened.
In an instant, he understood that this 'Sun, Moon and Heaven' really existed. It's not that he imagined, like the so-called gods in the West, who were transformed by the powerful people who fell after the ancient times. Rather, it is the will that something great exists in heaven and earth, and it is incarnated. It is not conscious of itself, but almost instinctive.
The Huns used the word 'heaven' to describe it, which is really appropriate.
Ying Chong also saw Mao Dunqi, and secretly admired this person's demeanor. Selfishly thinks that in terms of momentum alone, this Xiongnu Da Dan Yu surpasses countless Heavenly Saint Emperors.
This may be due to the difference in the martial arts cultivation of the two sides, Mao Dun is also a first-level existence in the Quan Heaven Realm, and the Heavenly Saint Emperor has only stayed in the Great Heaven Realm due to his injuries.
In addition, there is the blessing of 'sun, moon and heaven', in this altar, the strength of this Xiongnu Shan Yu is infinitely close to the emperor's heavenly realm, and the strength is also directly catching up with the founding realm - (to be continued.) )