Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 433

"Hahaha, this painting can be done!"

"Good, good! Really good!"

Liu Chang stood in Tingwei's prison, looking at the paintings on the wall, with his hips on his hips, his face full of joy.

At this moment, what was introduced into Liu Chang's eyes was a slightly rough mural. It was a tall and strong man raising his fist. Although it was rough, Liu Chang recognized at a glance that it was himself in this portrait, and this mural was not It was Liu Chang's front, the profile was used, and only half of his face was exposed. In front of his fist, there was a man who was also running away with his face turned sideways.

The artist's painting is very realistic. Whether it is Liu Chang's facial features or body proportions, he can see clearly, but the painting is also very mysterious, because the person who escaped is only the size of Liu Chang's arm, and Liu Chang is very Tall, but not so tall, this contrast is simply the difference between an adult and a baby, which is very abnormal.

The more Liu Chang looked at it, the more interesting it became.

The little man the artist painted was obviously himself. He showed his embarrassment and the contrast between him and Liu Chang. What Liu Chang felt was not enough was that this expression was not drawn. Let him see it. He got a little sluggish and looked numb.

There is still a big difference from the portraits of Dahan. Dahan of course also has many similar mural-style works, but the styles of the two are still very different.

And the artist, with a bruised nose and a swollen face at the moment, was still dancing happily, not knowing what to say.

This guy was in the prison and used very simple "painting tools" such as stones to draw this mural. The guards guarding them were surprised and called Xuan Moru. When Liu Chang learned about this, he was very playful. When I started, I came to Hearing and watched it. I have to say that in such a short period of time, this person still has some ability to draw such a painting with the tools he picked up.

There were no professional painters in the pre-Qin period, and most of them were part-timers. Some scholars and nobles regarded painting as their hobby and belonged to literati painters.

Representative literati painters of the Han Dynasty, such as Liu Bao, the prefect of Shu County, Zhao Qi, a great scholar, Zhang Heng, the minister of justice, and so on.

In the pre-Qin period, there were no folks who made a living by painting. During the Han Dynasty, some folk painters appeared, but their status was very low. Until the Tang and Song Dynasties, the status of painters was not very high.

As for the late Qin and early Han, huh, the painter? ?Go farm and fight! ! !
Being an artist in Daqin has certain risks. Qin people even despise Confucian scholars, thinking that these people are useless to the country, not to mention other occupations that have nothing to do with the agricultural, industrial and military.The only recognized official folk painter in Daqin is the shaman. Many shamans paint the pattern of ghosts, and teach people how to drive and kill these different ghosts, which is responsible for teaching people to correctly distinguish different ghosts.

Of course there are court painters in the government, but whether there are court painters in the Qin state is unknown to future generations.Anyway, there are big Han. In the young mansion of the big Han, there is an official title called the director of the studio. Here are the painters of the royal family. The representatives are Mao Yanshou, Liu Bai, Yang Wang and so on.

Judging from the situation of the Dahan copying and learning from the Daqin system, the Shaofu of Daqin probably also had royal painters.

What did the professional folk painters who appeared in the Han Dynasty mainly do?In fact, it is similar to the group of witches in Daqin. It is also a very popular job. Although the money is not much, it is basically impossible to deal with their own customers. Their customer satisfaction rate can reach [-]%, and they will not come to them easily. Trouble, there is no such thing as finding faults and refunding money.

They painted for the tombs of the dead.

As for the Greek side, although the status of painters is higher than that of the Han side, there are no professional painters, and they are directly classified as aristocratic artists.

The translator appeared soon. This translator is actually a private translator hired by these people. It's just that they should be hired from their own countries, and hired in the Western countries of the Han Dynasty. They also hope that this businessman can say something good for themselves. Isn't it wishful thinking?

However, Chang Liu liked this translation quite a bit. He said whatever he wanted. His translation skills might not be deep, but he still knew a lot about these barbarians.

After the interpretation of the translation, Liu Chang somewhat understood.

"He always just wanted to paint me?"

"Yeah, he also wants to build a sculpture for you. Your Majesty doesn't know anything. I have seen the sculptures of these people. The bodies of those sculptures are similar to yours. The Huns always say that you are Hercules. Those people also know your prestige."

"People who are poisonous are more likely to believe in ghosts and gods than people in Longxi."

The merchant hurriedly lowered his head.

Liu Chang smiled and pulled him to his side, "If you have something to say, I will forgive you for the past!"

The merchant grinned and said: "Your Majesty doesn't know anything, the poisonous people in those days were very fierce, and their soldiers often robbed merchants along the road, and we didn't dare to go there, so we could only do other business, and I took the ordinary one. I carved and smeared it at will, and took it to Longxi, saying that it was a branch blessed by the great witch, which could drive away ghosts. As a result, the nobles of Longxi bought it with a lot of money. The Huns also believed in ghosts and gods, and I used to use this kind of tree. The method deceived the Huns, but the Huns were unwilling to give money and robbed them directly.”

"Afterwards, we went to Poison, and as soon as we bought the goods, we encountered a strong wind and sand, and we couldn't travel. In desperation, we had to repeat the old trick. As a result, people with Poison believed in ghosts and gods more than people in Longxi, and learned that this was a gift from the gods of the East. Luckily, the local competition has all been fought. If we were not afraid of accidents, we almost sold all the goods and directly became witches there."

The merchant talked about his interesting experience, but hurriedly said: "It's all mistakes made in the past, please forgive me!"

Liu Chang obviously didn't care, he pulled him up, "No problem, tell me carefully about the body poison, do they really believe this?"

"Yeah, these outsiders are okay, those indigenous people, hey, it's hard to say, His Majesty can see it with his own eyes, in Dahan, if someone is born with less hands, he will be abandoned and killed, but over there, he will be regarded as a god.”

Liu Chang squinted his eyes, looked at the Daxia messengers beside him, and then looked at the artist.

"What's your name?"

The translator said: "His name is Langdon. He said he is a court painter of the Great Xia Kingdom. This time, he came to remember the situation of the Great Han, and then painted it for their king after returning home."

"Landon, not bad. Not bad."

Liu Chang said with a smile, and immediately, he released these messengers and let them rest in Chang'an temporarily.

"Your Majesty, you want to send envoys to return to Daxia, send envoys to the poisonous countries, and send a pedestrian army to go there. Welcome their painters, Wu came, I can understand."

"However, I can't understand what you said about using the gods to fight the poison. How can you. Don't you believe in ghosts and gods?"

Feng Jing's face was full of entanglement, and he couldn't keep up with the tyrant's train of thought.

What does it mean to conquer with gods? ?

Are you planning to follow the example of Qin to cast out ghosts and gods to serve corvée? ?
We can't learn everything from Qin!

The Han Dynasty inherited a series of systems from the Qin state, but in terms of attitude towards ghosts and gods, it still inherited more from the Chu state and kept them at a distance.After all, Liu Bang was from Chu, and most of the ministers in the court were also from Chu. Liu Chang's ancestral home was also a native of Chu, but he was only born in Guanzhong. Therefore, the war at the end of Qin was a large group of Chu people robbing the world. , a few outsiders make suggestions.

Liu Chang didn't mean to joke at all at the moment, he said seriously: "At present, the big man does not have the strength to conquer the poison, mainly because I can't walk away"

"However, although the soldiers can't be reached, the prestige can be reached. Those who paint and make sculptures can let the people over there know the prestige of the big man. If we send people to communicate more, the first thing is to be able to see Clear the situation over there, and at the same time it can spread our prestige. If the Huns use me as a god to spread their poison, do you think they will be afraid when this god brings an army in the future? Do you take the initiative to come and surrender?"

"This"

This was the first time Feng Jing heard such a statement.

Liu Chang went on to say: "When I went out to fight against the Huns, the Huns saw the white horse under my crotch, and they were so frightened that they ran away in a hurry, and when they came to some tribes, the local witches brought people to worship me and regarded me as a god. worship"

"But that's not necessarily the case with the body poison!"

"Your Majesty can't judge just because of a word from a merchant!"

"Yes, that's why I asked you to discuss, otherwise I would have ordered Zhou Xiang to handle this matter."

Feng Jing pursed his lips and said with a wry smile, "Your Majesty has to wait a while, Ping Renjun has not practiced well."

Dahan Jiuqing, each of whom has a very extravagant team, and the same is true for the ambassadors in charge of diplomacy. The departments under his command are divided into pedestrians, translators, and three orders, plus the chiefs of county residences in various places.Among them, the Translator Order was responsible for the foreign translation affairs of the dynasty. There were many translators under the Translator Order. These people were proficient in the languages, cultures, characters, etc. of different regions, and could serve as important translators when they met.

However, none of the current translators can speak Daxia, so we can only use the merchant from the Western Regions. Feng Jing has already planned to recruit this merchant to serve in the translator, and he will be in charge of Daxia. At the same time, Feng Jing has already Look for talented people who can speak poisonous words in various places, and prepare to recruit them.

To anyone, being an official under Jiuqing's command was considered a beautiful job.

Because this time the matter is mainly on the Daxia side, so the pedestrian army Feng Jing wants to cultivate must master the local language.

The Feasible Army has to undergo a lot of drills, and the language difficulties have not been overcome, and they are not yet ready.

Liu Chang didn't panic, he said with a smile: "The pedestrian army can continue to practice, Daxia's painters like Langdon are the best pedestrian army! If we can't send people over, let them send more people over. !"

"It's best to create a storm among their people."

"It would be even better if we could find a group of poisonous people for us to use."

"I don't allow Dahan to believe in ghosts and gods, but if people from abroad want to believe it, what can I do? I don't care about them!"

Feng Jing frowned and sat aside, also pondering.

"Well, this matter, you have to be a little careful, these barbarians don't seem to be smart, you should be able to deal with them, tell them more about my deeds, you know what to say to let these people go back as soon as possible, right, Isn't the teacher in the Western Regions? Let him do me a favor, if you can escort them, send them off, don't let these people be killed by the Huns."

Han Xin is in the Western Regions at the moment and is in charge of all matters related to body poisoning.

To be honest, if Han Xin was not in the Western Regions, these Daxia envoys might not be able to come here safely. Han Xin took the initiative to attack and cut off all the minions of the Huns who were wandering around the Western Regions portal, and often took Xiahouzao and others as the vanguard , to arrest those thieves and Huns outside, and use them as slaves to build post stations, roads, post stations along the road can ensure the flow of news, and roads can ensure that the army arrives quickly.

In addition, Han Xin also dispatched chariots and cavalry to take the initiative to attack, with Xiahouying as the general, constantly testing the Huns.

The reason why he had to travel all the way to transfer Xiahouying from Hexi to be a general was because his son was not strong enough, and Xiahouzao was the vanguard. When they disagreed, they beat the general Zhou Zao who came to celebrate. The reason for his beating is very simple. Why are you also called Zao?
As a result, the military exploits he had worked so hard to obtain could only be used to atone for his sins, and he kept moving forward steadily.

Han Xin thought that although this fellow was brave, but the fluctuation was too large and not stable enough, so he called his grandfather to continue to serve as the general. Xiahouying was old, but he did not live up to Han Xin's trust. More than three or four expeditions.

But after his grandfather served as the vanguard, Xiahouzao did not dare to make a fuss, and watched his grandfather crazy to obtain military exploits.

Lu Tazhi jokes about him: Zhuang has not changed.

Xiahouzao just told him proudly: "Father is doing some business for me, anyway, sooner or later, his title will be mine.

Han Xin's current position is like the Dahan version of the "Governor of the Indian Advance Army". He is preparing for the crusade against body poison in the future. Han Xin has always attached great importance to intelligence, and he has also established an intelligence agency similar to the pedestrian army. However, he adopted However, they are all from the Western Regions, especially those from the Western Regions who are similar to the poisonous people, mainly because the people from the Central Plains are too easy to be found there, and their appearance is too different.

With the beginning of spring, the Han army in Liaodong once again launched the attack.

The Han army of more than 6 people launched a general attack from three directions. The Mahan people spent a whole winter building fortifications, but they only wanted to be paper.Because when the Han army charged, Ma Han's soldiers fled, surrendered, and even rebelled. With courage, he directly took a bite back, and King Mahan tried his best to block the Han army for half an hour with the isolation fortification built at the cost of freezing tens of thousands of people to death.

No matter how powerful a fort is, once a crack appears inside, it collapses very quickly.

The Han army hardly encountered any resistance. The people who were tormented by King Mahan spontaneously came to meet the Han army, and even asked to follow the Han army to fight together.

Sitting on the chariot, Xu Li couldn't help shaking his head as he looked at the Mahan people who were cheering for the food in the distance.

At first, like King Yan, he didn't take the words of Uncle Fu Qiu seriously, but he never thought that the effect was so obvious. Was it because of the cooperation of King Mahan?In the coldest times, the soldiers were forced to build fortifications, and they didn't even give them winter clothes. You know, now the Han army will give winter clothes to the captives to prevent them from freezing to death. This treatment is not as good as that of the captives. They don't oppose you. who? ? ?
Although the Mahan people here have no manners, along the way, you can see some topless people everywhere, people living in mausoleum-like houses, but even animals, it can also understand where it is better to stay.

Fu Qiubo's theory, the benevolence and righteousness he proposed, is just a slogan. What he really needs to do is to divide the people. To put it directly, he buys people's hearts and buys them with food, clothing, and a gentle attitude. It's that simple.

And Mahan's national strength can't afford it. Even if they are willing, they can't give out food, can't give winter clothes, even with a mild attitude, they can't afford it.

This is all based on a strong national power.

The vanguard of the Han army had already approached the opponent's king city, and this newly built king city could not stop the Han army at all.

At this moment, King Mahan is running away with his close subordinates. This King Mahan is called Qimiao. He is cruel, but he is not too stupid. After knowing that the defense line has been broken, he ordered his son to be the leader. The king ran away directly with his henchmen. His purpose was to run to the sea. They still have many ships there. They want to sail, leave this land, and find an island to live on.

At this moment, no formal sea ships have been invented. It is still possible to use river boats to go to sea, but it is very risky to do so. Going to ten ships but not six, it is okay to sail along the offshore waters. Once you travel far, the probability of death will become very high. huge.

These ships prepared by King Mahan in advance were filled with money, food, cloth, and even beauties.

Accompanied by his confidants, he hurriedly boarded the boat, and soon, the docked boats set off.

But just after they left, a huge fleet appeared in the distance.

The flags of Chinese characters hanging on the ships are faintly visible.

"Yellow head. It's a big man with a yellow head!! Run! Hurry up!!"

King Mahan screamed in horror, hurriedly changed the course, and fled quickly.

At this moment, Zhou Shengzhi who was on the boat also noticed these people, Zhou Shengzhi hurriedly asked the lookout above to report the situation, and quickly made a judgment, "This boat must be a big fish! Hurry up! Catch up with these people! Take them out. cut off his head!!!"

A yellow head hurried forward, "General, we are not familiar with this place, and if we go further, it will be far away from the land, and it will be very dangerous."

"Then you order, let the army guard here, wait for Mr. Fan, transfer three large ships, and I will go after them myself!!!"

"only!!!"

The two fleets immediately started a chasing battle in this sea area.

ps: It’s not that the old wolf made up the story. The historical records recorded that Emperor Wu of the Han used the navy when he attacked Korea, and the later Han books recorded that Sanhan had contacts with the Japanese, and even King Yan sent people to go there, as Yan. The three Koreas of North Korea, whose descendants are the majority, know that it is normal to know that there are Japanese islands.

The original text of the book of the Later Han Dynasty: The Japanese were in the sea in the southeast of Korea, and they lived on the island of mountains, and there were more than [-] countries.Since Emperor Wu destroyed Korea, the post was connected to the Han Dynasty for thirty Xu countries.

(End of this chapter)