After several years, Zhang Qian, who returned again, has lost the green onions he had when he set off.

Zhang Qian, who has been running in the Western Regions for several years, has a red complexion and a somewhat thin body, but his eyes are still bright and his mental state is very good.

"Zhang Qing, thank you for your hard work."

Zhang Qian, who had tears in his eyes, stepped forward in a choked voice and saluted, "Your Majesty, minister. It's back! ”

Li Yunze stepped forward to help him up, looked at Zhang Qian, and nodded repeatedly, "It's good to be back." ”

Immediately, his gaze turned to the members of the mission who had returned with Zhang Qian.

When we first set out, there were hundreds of members of the mission, interpreters, guides, doctors, grooms, veterinarians, and escorts.

But at this time, there were only more than 100 people left who came back with Zhang Qian.

Of course, compared to the many years that have passed in history, and even only two people have come back in the end, it is already much stronger.

"Tell me about it."

When he came to the makeshift camp, Li Yunze pulled Zhang Qian to sit down and asked, "How did you get here all the way?" ”

"When the minister led the people out of the border wall all the way to the west, crossed the Qiang land and approached the West Sea (Qinghai Lake).

Speaking of this, Li Yunze immediately showed an angry face: "Puer Xiaoguo is bold and reckless!" Dare to attack the Han Mission. Zhang Qing, when the army enters the Western Regions, you will personally lead the troops to destroy this country and avenge my Han family's son! ”

Zhang Qian was moved, and got up again to salute, "Minister, thank you, Your Majesty!" ”

The next thing is to sit down and continue to talk about the journey". There are many small countries in the Western Regions, and most of them dare to call a country for one city and one place. There are Huns in many countries, and the queens of many countries are Hun women."

This is a fact, because the Huns on the steppe must have entered the Western Regions in advance, and according to their tradition, it is also a matter of course to control their country by marrying their daughters.

However, after crossing the Hanhai, the countries there were not much influenced by the Huns. As he traveled north, he met the Wusun people. ”

Li Yunze raised his eyebrows, "The Wusun people are allies of the Huns, and you are fighting?" ”

Zhang Qian smiled bitterly, "The ministers also know that the Wusun people are allies of the Huns, so they began to flee after encountering the Wusun cavalry, but the Wusun people were in hot pursuit, and more and more people and horses gathered, and in the end, they even sent 10,000 horsemen to besiege us." ”

Speaking of which, Li Yunze knew that there was a story.

If he was really killed by the Wusun people, then there would be no Zhang Qian telling stories here at this moment.

Li Yunze was very cooperative, and asked with a curious face, "How to solve it?" ”

Zhang Qian explained, "Just when the ministers thought they were going to die in battle, those Wusun cavalry didn't fight, and they surrounded us like that. It wasn't until a few days later that Wusun Kunmo and Hunter Jiaomi actually came to the front of the battle in person to discuss with the ministers in detail. ”

Li Yunze narrowed his eyes: "It seems that the Wusun people finally want to get rid of the control of the Huns." ”

Wusun Kunmo (chieftain) lost his country when he was young, and later fled to the Xiongnu, and was accepted as his godson by Mao Dunshan Yu, and also sent troops to help him restore the country.

Of course, strength is respected on the prairie, and careerists are everywhere, and no matter how great the kindness is, it is useless in the face of interests.

Since then, Wusun has basically been equated with a vassal tribe of the Huns, but it is strong enough.

In the face of Wusun, which was strong enough and had a large enough population, the Huns naturally controlled it by various means, and there were many people who arranged surveillance.

The only reason why Hunter Jiaomi was able to receive the envoy of the Han Dynasty in full view of everyone was that he no longer wanted to be a junior brother to the Huns.

The Han army defeated the Huns one after another, and Hunt Jiaomi naturally knew about it.

Just as the Huns arranged manpower here in Wusun, Hunt Jiaomi also arranged manpower among the Huns.

He knew that the strength of the Han Dynasty was strong, and even forced the Huns not to dare to go to Koubian every year.

Especially the death of the military minister Shan Yu made Hunt Jiaomi make up his mind.

It's just that the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and in order to prevent the retaliation of the Huns, Hunter Jiaomi is very willing to deal with it together with the big Han.

After all, for the grassland tribes, there must not be the slightest soft-heartedness when they can use it.

"What do you say?"

"Your Majesty." Zhang Qian's expression was a little excited, and he said happily, "Hunting arrogantly said that he has long admired the prestige of the Han Dynasty and is willing to ask the Han princess to conclude an alliance." If the Han can join forces with Wusun, the Huns will be defeated! ”

The jubilant Zhang Qian regarded this incident as his biggest gain from this mission to the Western Regions, and brought in a strong reinforcement to deal with the Xiongnu.

But when he looked at Li Yunze with anticipation, he saw that there was no joy on the face of the Son of Heaven.

"I."

Li Yunze's voice was cold, but it was extremely resolute, "Don't get along!" ”

In history, it was true that Hunting Arrogance was through Zhang Qian to seek peace with the Han Dynasty, and Emperor Wu also chose Princess Xijun, the daughter of Liu Jianzhi of the clan, to marry Hunting Arrogance.

But where is there anyone in the grassland tribe to speak of, after Princess Xijun died of illness, Emperor Wu chose Princess Xie Wu to marry the son of Hunting Jiaomi, Jun Sumi, but after Jun Sumi died, he forced the princess to remarry his grandson Weng Guimi.

Later generations seem to have filmed TV series based on this, promoting some love.

This really made Li Yunze speechless, where is there any love in this Nima.

As a traverser, I also went to arrange and kiss, that was to be exploded. Chrysanthemum's.

The diplomatic principle followed by Li Yunze is very simple: do not be a minister, do not pay tribute, and do not make peace.

If you want something, you can solve it diplomatically, if it doesn't work, then start fighting!

Relying on women in exchange for benefits, Li Yunze will never do it anyway.

This is also the reason why when I heard Zhang Qian say this, I immediately became dissatisfied.

However, Emperor Wu in history forced the princess to remarry with the instruction of 'according to his national customs, he wanted to destroy Hu with Wusun'.

From this point alone, Li Yunze is very disdainful, he would rather take the sons and daughters of the Han family all over the world to fight, and they are all gone!

Zhang Qian was a little dazed, came back to his senses and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, this is a good opportunity to get strong reinforcements." ”

"Strength is made by oneself, not by assistance."

Li Yunze simply waved his hand and said, "There is no need to mention the matter of harmony, I have made up my mind, so stop it." ”

The words of the Son of Heaven have all said to this extent, so what else can Zhang Qian do, he can only respond.

After all, he grew up in the Huns since he was a child and experienced the most powerful period of the Huns.

Even if he sees the weakness of the Huns now and wants to stand on his own feet and become the master of the house, he is still afraid.

This is the only reason why he wants to form an alliance with the Han family, hoping that the power of the Han family will involve the power of the Xiongnu in the distance, so that he can meet the source left and right.

After all, Wusun didn't pay anything here, just to marry a Han woman.

Moreover, this Han woman also brought an extremely rich dowry, and even had eunuchs, attendants, craftsmen, etc. as dowries, which really made a lot of money.

The abacus played very well, but it was a pity that he met Li Yunze, who didn't eat this set, so the abacus naturally couldn't be played.

"Wusun?" Li Yunze chuckled, "When I sweep away the Huns, it will be their turn." Of those tribes on the steppe, I will not leave any of them. ”

After talking about Wusun, under Li Yunze's instructions, Zhang Qian packed up his mood and continued to tell his story.

"After the ministers left Wusun, they returned along the east of Dashan, passing through many countries along the way, and many countries hoped that the Han could send troops to help them expel the Huns."

At this time, the Western Regions were controlled by the Xiongnu, and the Xiongnu were harshly squeezed and scraped in the Western Regions.

In such an environment, those small countries that were deeply troubled by the Xiongnu naturally led to complaints.

"Expelling the Huns?"

Hearing this, Li Yunze was also happy, "It's right to expel the Huns, but after expelling the Huns, the Han land they forcibly occupied must also be handed over." ”

Li Yunze doesn't like any false name, what kind of heavenly khan, what kind of co-master, what kind of fetters he doesn't want.

Either don't fight, if you do, you must occupy the territory, and then migrate the Han people to the past, so that since ancient times.

In Li Yunze's view, there is no need for these small countries in the Western Regions to exist, and when the Western Regions are recovered, basically each small country will be just a county.

Those who are willing to listen to good words and persuasion can naturally be treated preferentially, and it is no problem to migrate to Middle-earth to become a rich man.

But if you are unwilling to do things, then go to hard labor, anyway, the Han is extremely short of hard labor now, and there are scarce jobs waiting for them to do things everywhere.

"That's right."

Li Yunze asked casually, "Have you ever been to Lop Nur?" ”

"Passing by."

Zhang Qian immediately responded, "The water and grass are abundant, and there are flocks of birds and beasts, it is indeed a rich and good place." ”

Listening to these words that have nothing to do with the desert Gobi, Li Yunze couldn't help laughing.

Before the start of large-scale water conservancy projects, as the final foothold of the melting snow water in the Kunlun Mountains of the Tianshan Mountains, Lop Nur was indeed a super large lake in this era.

"The minister sent an envoy to the Western Regions this time to record the geography of the mountains and rivers along the way, customs and customs, soldiers and horses, armaments, road merchants and apprentices." Zhang Qian took out a thick book, and handed it with both hands: "Please take a look at Your Majesty." ”

Taking the book, Li Yunze looked at it seriously.

Zhang Qian's record is very detailed, basically there is a detailed record in every place in a country, which is naturally done with heart.

Closing the book, Li Yunze nodded with satisfaction, "Zhang Qing has done a good job, just with this book, it is worth a Bowanghou." ”

Zhang Qian was overjoyed and saluted again and again to thank him.

As for the other people in the team who came back, Li Yunze naturally would not treat them harshly.

Although no one else can be crowned a marquis except Zhang Qian, at least the title promotion of each person starting from the third level, and the reward of at least one hundred gold per person, there is no doubt that it is a heavy reward.

Li Yunze is not afraid of spending money, and he is not afraid of how many titles he will give.

In his opinion, this is nothing compared to the spirit of forging ahead.

As soon as he thought of the dynasties in later generations that closed off the country, Li Yunze was angry.

was originally the boss, and he was still in a good era of horse racing, but he gave up all of them, and let the barbarians occupy them all over the place.

In any case, such things are absolutely not allowed to appear among his big men!

(End of chapter)