After the death of Emperor Wu, Jia Nanfeng carried out several bloody coups, and the government and the opposition were greatly revitalized. Although the political struggle is hidden in the whirlpool, the national strength has developed slightly, and it has not yet affected the economic level for the time being. Nai Crown Princess is a major event in the imperial court, although Jia Nanfeng regards the prince as a thorn in his side, but the surface article still has to be done, and the crown princess's canonization ceremony is still beautiful. It not only showed the royal dignity, but also made the envoys of the Quartet continue to respect the suzerainty of the Great Jin Dynasty, and each envoy presented a congratulatory gift on behalf of their respective states.

At the end of the ceremony, Shu Yan and others walked out of the gate one after another, and gathered under the two big copper camels on Tonghuo Street. Although it is an auspicious occasion and a festive one, after all, it is in the royal family, and there are some restrictions in the palace after all. Shu Yan stood with his colleagues and talked about what they had seen and heard at the celebration. Unexpectedly, the others changed their conversations, and they all began to talk about Jia Mi's wedding. On the other side of the copper camel, Biyu, Xunbao, and Xiahoumen are also in the same place.

"Brother Xiahou, Jia Shizhong will get married soon, I don't know what you think?"

"What did Brother Xun say, do you still need to ask? I have to go and congratulate you. ”

"Of course I know this, now that the Manchu Dynasty is civil and military, I am worried that I have no chance to make friends with Jia Shizhong, how can you and my brother miss such a great opportunity? I mean, what kind of congratulatory gift is going to come out? ”

"Well, I prepared a coral handle tail in advance, but I don't know if Jia Shizhong likes it or not."

"Of course. Jia Shizhong is very talented, and a good tail must be in line with his heart. Brother Xiahou thought about it thoroughly, but I was negligent and didn't prepare in advance, so I had to present my newly exchanged set of openwork jade pendants. ”

"Brother Biyu, what about you?"

"I don't want to go."

"What?" Xun Bao and Xiahoumen were surprised.

Xun Bao said in a low voice: "What are you making trouble about?" Now there are more people in the court who tend to worship Jia Mi than those who tend to worship the crown prince. You and my brother, let me tell you the truth, in the current situation, I would rather be absent from the crown princess's canonization ceremony today, and Jia Shizhong could not be absent on the day of her marriage! ”

Biyu was silent. I didn't know how to pay attention to it, and suddenly heard a stiff Luoyang voice, as if asking myself: "Is Jia Shizhong going to have a wedding too?" ”

The area from Chang Closed Gate to Tongtuo Street is very vast, bustling with many officials, big and small, and no one cares about anyone. Biyu turned his head and saw that it was a group of envoys from the state. These envoys came to the Great Jin Dynasty, not only because they were intimidated by the majesty of the Great Jin Dynasty, but more importantly, they wanted to learn the advanced cultural etiquette system of the Great Jin Dynasty. For them, the allure of this soft power attracts them more than the deterrence of a powerful military. Since the unification of the Great Jin Dynasty, various ceremonial systems, including auspicious ceremonies, rituals and even funerals, are all places that they have seriously learned.

These envoys have now become China Tongtong, each with their own distinctive exotic accents, and are exchanging today's ceremony together. As the envoys of the vassal country, in order to maintain the relationship with the suzerainty of the Great Jin, of course, they must also be flexible and control the most powerful people today. I heard that the powerful Jia Mi is getting married, how can I not pay attention?

Biyu didn't have much emotion at the moment, and even Xiahoumen and Xun Bao didn't want to pay attention to it, and of course they didn't want to pay attention to others. Everyone knows that Biyu is very cold, and no one can ask again, and it's not interesting to look for yourself. They all turned to Shu Yan's side. Although Shu Yan was not interested in Jia Mi's wedding, he still told them the exact news truthfully. 33

The delicious delicacies, the pleasing music and dance, the systematic and rigorous etiquette system, and the spectacular and colorful ceremonial guards made these envoys have a strong sense of respect and identity for the Great Jin, and they all tried their best to have some relationship with the Great Jin.

Bai Man, the envoy of Qiuzi, looked at the tall copper camel and said with a smile: "These two big copper camels were cast by Zhang Qian, the Marquis of Bowang, during the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Since Zhang Qian passed through the Western Regions, it has been communicating with China for hundreds of years, and these two big copper camels are the best witnesses. Compared to you and other surrounding states, although my Western Regions are far away, they are more like a family with the Celestial Empire. In particular, I have never had a head-on conflict with China for hundreds of years......"

Before he finished speaking, he heard the Hun envoy Liu Mang laugh and say, "Do you think you are a good bird?" You have never had a head-on conflict with the Celestial Empire, not because of how loyal you are, but because you don't dare at all, you are afraid of being beaten by strong men, and you are afraid of being exterminated and the country destroyed. Although he didn't dare to be an enemy on the surface, he kept making small moves in the dark. ”

The Xiongnu were sandwiched between the traditional Han land and the Western Regions. When the Xiongnu were strong, they sent troops to harass the countries of the Western Regions, and of course the Qiuzi people did not like the Huns. Zhang Qian's original purpose in passing through the Western Regions was actually to unite the countries of the Western Regions and the Han Dynasty to deal with the Huns. Who knew that he unintentionally planted willows and willows, and unexpectedly achieved such a great achievement as he opened up the Silk Road.

In fact, Liu Mang didn't talk nonsense. There are only eternal interests, no eternal friends. This statement is applicable at all times. Everyone wants to survive, and no one wants to be someone else's subordinate all the time.

"Hmph, no matter what, we are a civilized country like the Chinese. Whoever is like you barbarians on horseback will do only two things, one is to graze and the other is to rob. ”

"It's ridiculous that a foreigner with deep eyes and beards dares to say that he is the same as Dajin. Although my Huns have no fixed place to live, they live in water and grass, but if we go back, my ancestors are from the Miao descendants of Yuxia, and they are also descendants of China, and they are of the same origin as the Chinese. ”

"That's right, that's right." Yuwen Xianbei's envoy Yuwen hurriedly followed, "Let's talk about it in detail, my ancestor is the queen of Emperor Yan. When the Yan and Huang wars started, the Yan Emperor was defeated by the Yellow Emperor, and one of the Miao descendants fled to Mobei and combined with the local natives, which is the origin of our Yuwen Department. Our Yuwen Department only lives in Liaodong, which is actually completely different from other Xianbei people. ”

The envoy of the Xianbei Tuoba Department listened to Yuwen Xi's words and was quite unconvinced: "According to this, if you talk about the blood relationship with Huaxia, my ancestor is the young son of the Yellow Emperor, compared to your descendants of Emperor Yan, isn't our Tuoba Department more authentic than your Yuwen Ministry?" Tuoba is another transliteration of "bald", the so-called Tuoba Department, in fact, is the same race tribe of the bald tree function that rebelled during the previous Emperor Wu.

In the past few years, the Xianbei Murong Department often harassed and even plundered the border of the Great Jin Dynasty, and was later defeated by the Taishou of Liaodong and surrendered to the Great Jin Dynasty, and now they have also sent envoys to the court as servants. Because of the disgraceful incident some time ago, the envoy of the Murong Department was a little uncomfortable in front of everyone, and at this moment, he had to redeem some of his reputation: "Who doesn't have an authentic Chinese bloodline?" Speaking of which, I, the Murong clan, am a descendant of the Xiong clan and the queen of the Yellow Emperor. ”

Liu Mang saw that the three Xianbei were fighting with Huaxia Panyuan like himself, and sneered: "You Xianbei people are so brazen, in order to flatter the Great Jin, you don't even want your own sect name "Xianbei", and they are separated in an instant, and they recognize the Miao descendants, I think you might as well erase the word "Xianbei". ”

The Xiongnu and Xianbei have the closest geographical origin, and as Beidi, Xianbei is often harassed by the Xiongnu. The Xianbei tribes dare not speak out, but now the Xianbei tribes are gradually becoming stronger, and there is a great tendency to catch up with and surpass the Xiongnu. The three Xianbei were originally independent, just like aliens, but they were very angry when they saw the Xiongnu envoys speak so disrespectfully. Yuwen Xi and Liu Mang also talked about their feelings, and the envoys of the Murong Department and the Tuoba Department were unanimous to the outside world, and replied: "We are not the same race, nor are we related by blood, but because we have moved to Xianbei Mountain, we are generally called Xianbei in China." However, although we live outside Liaodong and move uncertainly, we are yearning for a state of etiquette, half farming and half nomado. Unlike you Huns, who are robbers on the grassland, people are afraid when they are strong, and bullies when they are weak, and they have been beaten by Emperor Wu of Han and Emperor Wu of Wei to flee north and west, and most of the races are scattered. Leaving you and other rats, greedy for life and afraid of death, courteous to the Celestial Empire, a real thief, what is your face? ”

Liu Mang's face was red and he wanted to fight back, but the Xianbei envoys were too talkative, and they couldn't talk about others, so they had to swallow their anger.

The words of several envoys who approached Dajin and belittled each other were heard by Biyu, and he smiled coldly: "All the departments of Beidi are all raccoon dogs, but they are only fifty steps and a hundred steps. I don't know how to plow and weave for food and clothing, only know fishing, hunting, hunting, and eating flesh and clothing, how is it different from birds and beasts? What's more, the father died and the stepmother died, and the brother died and married a widowed sister-in-law, such a serious violation of human ethics is actually vulgar and commonplace, and dare to say that it has the same origin as China? It's ridiculous! ”

In fact, there are many unethical things among the nobles of the Central Plains, but they are only an example, and they are regarded as ugly things by mainstream public opinion, and they are criticized by the world, while the Xiongnu and other ethnic groups subjectively believe that this is a natural and reasonable behavior. This is the most essential difference between the two.

The Xiongnu and Xianbei envoys were questioned by Biyu, and they did not dare to ridicule each other. The envoy of the Wa Kingdom, Haito Chuanichi, took the opportunity to flatter Biyu and said: "These Beihu people, when it comes to their own clan origins, actually went to the era of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, and at that time they were still knotting ropes, not only for a long time, but also without written records, which is not credible at all. In contrast, my Wa Kingdom is from the Taibo Dynasty, and is the same sect as the Zhou Dynasty's Emperor Wen and King Wu......"

As soon as this remark came out, it attracted ridicule from everyone. Liu Mang pointed at the little man and reprimanded: "You really dare to speak out!" Don't say anything else, just rush at your little man, the tens of millions of people in the entire Central Plains, can you find a few people who are comparable to your little man? How dare an obvious pocket savage climb the source with the Celestial Empire? ”

Ambassador Haiteng argued unhurriedly: "Just because I'm short doesn't mean that my people are short. I think you all know that when Yan Zi, the dwarf of Qi State, was sent as an envoy to Chu State, Yan Zi was short alone, does it mean that the entire Qi State is short? ”

Yan Zi made this allusion to Chu known to the world, and Hai Teng Kawaichi used it as a weapon to fit the situation and was very ingenious. Liu Mang has never seen other Japanese people, and he doesn't know the general height of Japanese people, so it is difficult to make judgments. Haitengawa had a smug look on his face, and Yuwen Xi caught a glimpse of the tattoos on his face, and laughed: "Laugh at us Beidi people!" You don't look at your face, what do you look like? The stabbing of the head in the face is a punishment, only the guilty will be tattooed in the face, but you, as a high-ranking envoy of a country, look like a sinner, how do you explain it? Are you really a sinner yourself, or are you a barbarian? ”

Some people died, but not completely......