I'm really not King Jing of Zhongshan

Chapter 306 Queen Mother Dou: Go, talk to the Huns
As Empress Dowager Dou's words fell, Liu Sheng couldn't help but nodded slowly while showing a thoughtful look on his face.

For the Huns, or for such a very special grassland nomad nation as a whole, the number one enemy of Liu Han Sheji, the former son Sheng, may not have a deep understanding;

But the fact that Gongzi Sheng doesn't understand the Huns does not mean that Prince Sheng is the same.

——For the prince and prince of the Han family, hating the Xiongnu and hating the Xiongnu is absolutely non-negotiable and must be adhered to!

In this era, the crown prince does not hate the Huns, which is almost the same as in the new era of later generations, when a certain big man gets close to the little stick, the little day, and even the eagle.

This is a matter of position and principle;
There is no doubt, and there is absolutely no room for negotiation.

Therefore, as Empress Dowager Dou said, the Huns fought on the west and south fronts, and the double-headed eagle policy implemented by Mao Dun Shanyu, Liu Sheng, as the prince, still had a fairly clear understanding.

According to the double-headed eagle policy implemented by Modun Chanyu, the Xiongnu Shanyu court will be actively divided into two camps.

And these two camps are what Empress Dowager Dou said just now: headed by King Zuo Xian, assisted by King Zuo Guli, Zuo Da Danghu, and Zuo Dawei, the "Zuo Four Pillars" are responsible for dealing with the West and the Yuezhi people. Strategy;

And the "Four Pillars of the Right", headed by King Youxian, assisted by King Youguli, Youda Danghu, and Youda General, are responsible for the strategy of the South and the Han.

The four pillars on the left and right are collectively referred to as: the eight pillars of the Xiongnu.

Among them, the heirs from the first to the fourth of Shan Yu's position are all served by the royal family of the Tongda clan.

——The first successor: King Zuo Xian, who is often the most capable heir of Shan Yu;

For example, King Zuoxian of Maodun Shanyu was later the old Shangji porridge Shanyu.

The old Shang Shanyu's Zuo Xianwang is also the current military minister Shanyu.

In other words: Only King Zuoxian is the true prince Shanyu of the Xiongnu.

As for the second successor: King Youxian, he will be Shan Yu's most capable brother.

Judging from King Zuoxian's status as "the most promising son of Shanyu" and "the real prince of the Huns", the meaning of existence of King Youxian, the second in line heir, is actually more of a safety lock.

——In case Zuo Xianwang had any problems, and Shan Yu had no other sons, it would be better to pass the throne to the most promising brother than to take advantage of outsiders.

After all, the Huns' wives, fathers, brothers, brothers, and wives don't care about whether my son is my blood or not, but only care about whether their own son is the blood of their own big family.

As long as it is, no matter if it is the son of the elder brother, the son of the younger brother, the son of the father, or the son of the grandfather, as long as it is from the family, they can be raised as their own sons.

As for the third and fourth heirs in line: King Guli of the Left and Right, they will be the two most prestigious among the collateral nephews of the Suoda clan.

Its meaning of existence is also similar to that of King Youxian, which belongs to the last safety lock of Shanyu Dawei's succession: in case there is something wrong with King Zuoxian, and at the same time, King Youxian also has a problem, and the existence of King Guli can be controlled. The one who can guarantee to sit on the Shanyu position is at least the royal family of the Suoda clan.

As for the remaining "Xia Sizhu", that is, the left and right big households and left and right generals, they were divided among the four major families of the Xiongnu except the Suoda family: the Lan family, the Huyan family, the Xubu family, and the Qiulin family;

——The Huyan family has replaced the left general from generation to generation, the Qiulin family has replaced the right general from generation to generation, and the Lan and Qiulin clans have their own hereditary right and left.

After realizing that the right and left big households and left and right generals were hereditary replacements by the four major families of the Huns, it is not difficult to realize what kind of huge hidden dangers will be derived from the Huns' double-headed eagle policy.

From a purely strategic point of view, the two-headed eagle policy is used to divide the power into two, each dealing with the Yuezhi people and the Han people without interfering with each other. For the grassland nomads of this era, it is indeed very advanced and very advanced. wise decision-making;

But the crux of the problem is that the Xiongnu's double-headed eagle policy is not a purely strategic decision, but covers both strategy and Shanyu's succession order-these two are actually crucial to the Xiongnu Empire.

This is easy to understand.

——Since King Zuoxian is the first in line heir to the position of Chanyu and the real "Prince Shanyu", for the Xiongnu Shanyu court, attacking the Yuezhi from the west is like going south It is more important to attack the Han people.

The logic is also very simple: the left wise king is bigger than the right wise king, so the affairs of the left wise king are naturally more important than the affairs of the right wise king.

And the left and right big households, left and right generals, and each of the four major families got one of them, and they were hereditary without replacement;

This will lead to every transfer of power. For the Xiongnu, a new but unprecedentedly powerful grassland nomadic regime that has only been around for thirty to fifty years, it is tantamount to going to the gate of hell.

——As one of the "Four Pillars of the Left", the hereditary Zuo Dajiang and Zuo Dazhu's Lan family and Huyan family, of course, will be loyal to King Zuo Xian until death;

Among the four pillars on the right, the Qiequ family and Qiulin family, who are the hereditary right generals and right households, will only follow the lead of the right sage king.

Well, the problem is coming.

I, Qu Clan and Qiu Lin Clan, have been acting as the right generals and the right households for generations, and followed the Youxian King to fight the Han people to the death. Not to mention not saying that they couldn't grab much, and they would break a few teeth at every turn;

You Huyan family, Lan family, hereditary Zuo generals, Zuo Dahu, followed Zuo Xianwang to bully the lingering Yuezhi people, not to mention much effort, you can always gain a lot.

If it's just that, then that's fine - it's just a conflict of interests, at best it's just uncomfortable;
However, Shanyu's succession to the great position is also "the Zuoxian king has priority", and the Zuoxian king made a mistake, and Shanyu has no other sons, so he can get the Youxian king in his turn.

Why?
We are the ones who fight the Han people to death, and you are the ones who bully the Yuezhi people;
We are the ones who fight to the death at the foot of the Great Wall, and you are the ones who live in Hexi and the Western Regions;
In the end, a new Shanyu was replaced, and all of you are all heroes of Qiandi Conglong. Not to mention that we can't get any benefits, and because of the label of "Youxian King's minion", you were the new Shanyu who used to be Zuo Xianwang. liquidation

"It's no wonder that in the past few years, we haven't heard much about the Qiulin tribe going south to attack Hanbian;"

"Even the Qi Qu Clan often appeared in the Huns' missions, rather than on the battlefield outside the side wall..."

Aware of the increasingly fierce internal conflicts within the Xiongnu, Liu Sheng murmured thoughtfully;
But after Liu Sheng whispered, Empress Dowager Dou put all the more detailed internal and external factors in front of Liu Sheng.

"The Chulin Department is gone."

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"In the third year of the first emperor's reign, Shanyu Lao Shangji porridge of the Xiongnu died of illness, and the wise king of Zuo was succeeded by his military officials;"

"Shortly afterwards, in the name of offering sacrifices to the ancestors, the military officials gathered Youxian King, his followers and forces in Longcheng."

"On the day King Youxian arrived in Dragon City, the army ministers directly bloodbathed King Youxian and his followers and forces who had gathered in Dragon City on the charge of 'ineffectiveness in combat and plotting to surrender to the Han'."

"——The Qiulin clan was loyal to King Youxian, and in the end, the entire clan was slaughtered by the military officials;"

"Furthermore, the Qu family retreated when they knew the difficulty, betrayed King Youxian, and were willing to go for the military officials, so they managed to barely keep the tribe."

"As for King Youxian's tribe, all the middle-aged men of the tribe died under Shan Yuting's butcher's knife."

"Therefore, the women and children of the Youxian King's family were all demoted to slaves, and they were given to the younger brother of the army minister, the current Youxian King of the Huns: Yizhixie..."

Hearing this, Liu Sheng was only slightly taken aback;
After being stunned for a long time, he finally nodded slowly.

Tongda Yizhixie is the younger brother of the current Xiongnu Shanyu: the military official of Tongda;

According to the tradition of the Huns, after he became Shan Yu, it was also in the interests of military officials to appoint his brother as Youxian King.

Just like what Tianzi Qi did to Liang Wang Liu Wu back then: under certain circumstances, brothers and sisters can provide the best help for themselves even though they cannot be fully trusted.

It was only after learning about the changes in the army minister Shan Yu before and after he succeeded to the throne many years ago that Liu Sheng eased his brows a little, and then tightened them up again...
"Before becoming Shan Yu, the military minister was Zuo Xianwang, who was mainly responsible for attacking the Yuezhi people to the west;"

"It stands to reason that after becoming Shan Yu and bloodbathing the former Youxian King's family and the forces of the former Youxian King, the military officials should have focused more on the West and the Yuezhi people. "

"It's just that the military minister didn't forget to appoint his younger brother as the new Youxian King in the end."

"Um······"

"Yizhixie..."

"In the next ten years or so, my Han family will have frequent dealings with this Hun Youxian King..."

Liu Sheng sighed slightly, but it only attracted Empress Dowager Dou's noncommittal smile, then she lowered her head and caressed her sleeve casually.

Seeing Liu Sheng ponder for a while, he was taken aback as if suddenly realized;
He looked at the grandmother next to him with some doubts, and seeing that there was no difference behind Mrs. Dou, Liu Sheng asked rather hesitantly: "Hey, the emperor's grandmother?"

"What does these things have to do with him, King Yan Lu Tazhi?"

"Could it be possible that even Lu Tazhi was involved in the battle between the double-headed eagle system and the eight pillars of the Xiongnu?"

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"Is he worthy of Lu Tazhi?"

He asked a question full of doubts, and did not forget to add an ironic "He deserves it too?" ', Liu Sheng only frowned again.

In Liu Sheng's view, what Empress Dowager Dou just said just now is clearly about the Xiongnu's foreign strategy, the complex relationship between the succession rules of the great powers, and the subtle connection between the royal family of the Suoda family and the four major families;
As for such a major event related to the fate of the Huns, it is impossible for Lu, an "outsider" who condemned Han to Hu, to intervene due to emotion and reason.

——As Empress Dowager Dou said just now: Lu Tazhi was in Shanyuting of the Huns, and it took a little effort to protect himself;

Self-protection is strenuous, let alone meddling in the "household affairs" of the Huns.

Therefore, in Liu Sheng's view, it was clear that the King of Donghu/Chang'an Hou Lu Tazhi was still talking about the possible help to the Han family's Ma Zheng, but the Queen Mother Dou inexplicably mentioned the internal affairs of the Huns. This is obviously a bit wrong;
But it is also just as Liu Sheng expected: political figures like Empress Dowager Dou and Tian Ziqi who are at the top of the pyramid, their every move must be targeted...
"I said these things, not to say that he, Lu Tazhi, was also implicated in this double-headed eagle policy and the open and secret struggle between the left and right kings of the Xiongnu."

"But you have to say that Lu Tazhi has nothing to do with these things..."

As she spoke pointedly, she saw Empress Dowager Dou pause for a moment, then raised her hand with a warm smile;

After all the palace people around had retreated, Empress Dowager Dou suppressed the smile on her face, turned sideways with a little seriousness, and took Liu Sheng's hand.

"Youxian King, as well as Youguli King, Youda Danghu, and You Dajiang, who are around Youxian King, were all responsible for attacking and plundering our Han family under the order of the Xiongnu Shan Yuting."

"And for the Huns, the meaning of the existence of Donghu King Lu Tazhi and the Donghu tribe is to deal with our Han family."

"Then Xiaojiu think about it: King Zuoxian or King Youxian, who would value Lu Tazhi more?"

"—Is it the Zuoxian King who is in charge of attacking the Yuezhi people, or the Youxian King who is in charge of attacking my Han family?"

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"Since it is King Youxian, when the current military minister Shan Yu bloodbathed the power of the former Youxian King, will Donghu King Lu Tazhi also be included in the list of 'Youxian King's remnants'?"

"Will Lu Tazhi, who was hated by the military minister Shanyu, be approached and won over by the current King Youxian?"

"——Tuan Yizhixie, dare to take the risk of Shanyu's wrath to get close to Lu Tazhi, the king of Donghu who may not be loyal to the Xiongnu?"

!!!

As soon as Empress Dowager Dou said this, Liu Sheng only felt that one word awakened the dreamer!

Yup!

Lu Tazhi, an 'expert on the Han Dynasty', will of course be valued by King Youxian who is in charge of attacking the Han Dynasty!

But today's Xiongnu Shanyu, the military minister of the Hun, launched a bloodbath against the Youxian King's family after he succeeded to the throne. Lu Tazhi, who was once close to the Youxian King, will of course be counted as a "remnant evil"!
Thus······

"Shan Yu's military officer, who already harbored resentment towards Lu Tazhi, didn't know the reason why he didn't bloodbath the Donghu tribe and the Youxian king tribe;"

"As for King Zuo Xian, he is in charge of the affairs of the Yuezhi people, Lu Tazhi is really dispensable to King You Xian."

"Plus Shan Yu's elder brother is on top of his head, and as a younger brother, Youxian King Yi Zhixie certainly wouldn't dare to get too close to Lu Tazhi."

"Shanyu and the virtuous kings of the left and right are not close, so what happened to Lu Tazhi in the Xiongnu..."

Seeing that Liu Sheng saw through the key points so quickly, Empress Dowager Dou's slightly serious face also quietly flashed a touch of relief.

Nodding his head with a half-smile, he patted the back of Liu Sheng's hand lightly;

Then stay those dim eyes on Liu Sheng for a long time;
In the end, Empress Dowager Dou still grinned slightly and gave Liu Sheng a meaningful smile.

"The Xiongnu mission is now in Chang'an."

"After Xiaojiu goes back, finish the money business as soon as possible—at least, temporarily hand it over to other people."

"Xiao Jiu has roughly finished the main points of the money system, and the Shaofu can handle the rest."

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"Go;"

"Go talk to the Huns."

"Even if you can't find anything, and you haven't gained anything, it's right to deal with the Huns and be familiar with them."

"If it doesn't work, just come and find me again."

"In the past few years, the descendants of Marquis Chang'an and Marquis Yuan Xun have often exchanged letters..."

(End of this chapter)