I'm really not King Jing of Zhongshan

Chapter 380 The Xiongnu Shanyu asked the Queen Mother of Han if she was safe

In the spring of the first year of the first year of the emperor's victory, the Xiongnu kowtowed to the side;
Xia, the Huns sent envoys.

According to historians, or in the cognition of later generations, the "major events" encountered by the Han Dynasty in this year will probably be summarized and condensed into the above few numbers.

But only people who really live in this era, who have experienced and witnessed these things with their own eyes, can understand: the facts are far beyond what these few numbers and three or two sentences can explain clearly.

——During the spring war, the Han family directly under the jurisdiction of Chang'an Chaotang and the four border counties with more important geographical locations all suffered extremely huge losses.

Of the population alone, nearly [-]% either died, fled, or were taken away by the Huns after this war!
In terms of the army, the entire army of the Northern Commandant was wiped out, and the entire [-] soldiers, including the Northern Commandant Sun Wu himself, all died for the country at the beginning of this war;
The armies of Yanmen, Shang, and Dai counties have also suffered severe blows to varying degrees, and even their establishment is no longer complete, and they are facing reorganization.

And under this premise, the Huns sent envoys, and they sent envoys actively and first, and their sinister and malicious intentions are self-evident...
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"Heaven and earth were born, the sun and the moon placed the Xiongnu Great Chanyu, and asked the Queen Mother of Han to be safe."

Chang'an, Xuanshi Hall of Weiyang Palace.

The tall, well-proportioned Hun envoy, who was obviously Han, was dressed in a Hu suit, with braided hair and metal rings on his nose and lips.
Only a moment later, the entire Xuanshi Palace was completely reduced to a sea of ​​anger...
"Zier barbarians, bully my Han family without evil?!!!"

Then a roar sounded in the courtiers' train, and several figures flew out immediately, making a gesture to pounce on them!
Fortunately, Lang Guan on the side had quick eyes and quick hands, and he was obviously well prepared to avoid this physical conflict.

On the imperial couch, whether it was the Empress Dowager Dou sitting in the middle, or the Empress Dowager Jia and Liu Sheng's mother and son sitting on both sides of the imperial couch, all of them had their faces downcast without exception.

——The Xiongnu Shanyu asked the Queen Mother of the Han Dynasty if she was safe.

Just this simple sentence already contains a huge amount of information.

One: Judging from this sentence alone, the military officials of the Xiongnu Shanyu Suoda didn't take the young emperor Liu Sheng who was young and uncrowned seriously at all-at least not for the time being.

That's why the Huns envoy went out of their way and said the phrase 'Ask the Empress Dowager Han if she is safe' instead of 'Ask the Emperor Han if she is safe'.

Second: Compared with the past, the Xiongnu envoy's greetings this time, except for replacing "Emperor Han" with "Empress Dowager Han", has one word missing.

——In the past, "Ask the Emperor of Han if he is safe" has become "Ask the Empress Dowager of Han if she is safe".

The lack of the word "respect" shows that the Huns are now unwilling to be courteous even on the surface. Directly naming the Han and the Huns is not an equal dialogue, but a gesture of the Huns above the superiors, arrogantly talking to the humble Han. .

Third: There is actually another ambiguity in the phrase 'Ask the Empress Dowager Han to be safe'.

——The "Han Empress Dowager" here, is the Empress Dowager Dou's abbreviated as "Han Empress Dowager", or does it really refer to the current Empress Dowager Jia?

If it's the former, that's fine;
But if it is the latter, then the intention of the Huns to say this greeting is not insidious.

One mountain cannot accommodate two tigers.

But today's Han family has two empress dowagers living together in Changle Palace...
"I think it's your first time to be an envoy to my Han family, right?"

In the silence, Empress Dowager Dou's low and gentle tone resounded from the imperial couch, finally interrupting the brief noise in the hall;

Everyone followed the prestige, and saw Empress Dowager Dou stretching out her hand on the imperial couch, holding a dove stick, and Empress Dowager Jia and Liu Sheng helped her up.

Then, he cast his dim eyes, which seemed hollow but inexplicably frightening, towards the center of the hall where the Huns' envoy was.

"According to the covenant reached by Emperor Taizong Xiaowen and the noble ancestor Lao Shangji Porridge Shanyu, the Han and Hungarian sides will send missions to each other, each subject to the custom."

"—When the envoys of the Huns arrive at the Han family, they will enjoy the treatment of two thousand stones according to the rules of the Han family;"

"As for the envoys of the Han Dynasty to Longcheng, you should also treat them according to the standards of the household level."

"Your envoy is envoy to my Han family and enjoys the treatment of two thousand stones, so you should pay attention to your words, deeds and manners."

"If any inappropriate words appear, you should ask for advice with an open mind."

"And your envoy made three mistakes in just one word."

"As the wife of Emperor Taizong Xiaowen, I am happy to point out these three mistakes for your envoy..."

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"One: According to the rules of my Han family, my blind old woman is the Empress Dowager."

"Although there are occasional people who call me 'Queen Dowager' privately, in formal occasions, I must be called by my full title."

"—Because my Han family, apart from me, the empress dowager, also has the emperor's mother, who is the queen dowager of my Han family."

"Your envoy's 'Empress Dowager' just now not only belittled the honor of my blind old woman, but also made this sentence ambiguous."

"I was sent by the Xiongnu Chanyu to come to our Han family as an envoy. Your envoy, you really shouldn't say such potentially ambiguous words..."

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"Second: Even if you correctly call me Empress Dowager, your envoy should not make up his own mind and express greetings to me on behalf of your lord Shan Yu."

"——The lord of the Xiongnu is Shan Yu; while the lord of my Han family is the emperor."

"Even now, the emperor is too young to be crowned, and has not yet ruled in person, so he is still the ruler of the world."

"Your envoy's greeting just now is really wrong..."

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"The third..."

At the end, I saw Empress Dowager Dou trembling sideways, walking to the imperial couch.

Facing sideways to the officials and the Xiongnu mission in the hall, he said with a little self-mockery: "Today, the noble envoy came here with the order of the Xiongnu noble lord Shanyu, and he should have contacted the emperor of my Han family."

"As for me, I just wanted to see the honor of the noble envoy, and to show the importance of my Han family to your lord Shanyu."

"It's just that I can't see anymore, and it's hard to see the face of your envoy;"

"According to what your envoy said, your lord, Shan Yu, doesn't care whether my Han family values ​​you, whether you have done enough courtesy, and prepared enough decency."

"Since this is the case, there is no need for me, a blind old woman, to stay here any longer..."

After saying that, I saw Empress Dowager Dou sighing softly, supported by Empress Dowager Jia, walking towards the back hall step by step;
In the alone palace, the dumbfounded officials, the astonished Xiongnu envoys, and the grateful emperor Sheng Sheng watched the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law go away...

"Respectfully send off the emperor's grandmother, and respectfully send off the empress mother."

"Respectfully send off the empress dowager, respectfully send off the empress dowager..."

When the Xiongnu mission was in astonishment, on the imperial couch and on both sides of the hall, the sound of worship from the emperor Sheng and all the officials sounded successively.

After he regained his composure, Liu Sheng sat down on the imperial couch with his face sullen again.

——Sitting on the imperial couch alone, he stared straight at Cai Cai, the Deputy Envoy of the Huns who had said hello.

"Look, Mr. is Han Chinese, right?"

"Would you be willing to wear your left lapel, and run dogs for the barbarians, but why?"

"—Did the ancestors erase Mr.'s name from his family tree?"

"Or the ancestral hall and ancestral tomb in Mr.'s house have disappeared?"

In the body of the emperor, he greeted the other party's ancestors as soon as he opened his mouth. The gunpowder smell in the hall that had just been quelled by the Queen Mother Dou was once again noisy in an instant.

But in the center of the hall, upon hearing the undisguised hostility of the young emperor, Shi Shiran, the deputy envoy of the Huns, arched his hands.

"Thanks to His Majesty the Emperor's concern, foreign ministers, are flattered."

"It's just trivial matters in the foreign minister's family. I dare not expect His Majesty the Emperor to worry about it."

"The foreign minister is not here to make His Majesty the emperor care about the trivial matters of the foreign minister's family..."

Without fear, he met the cannibalistic eyes of the young emperor, and made his own response in a leisurely manner, and the eyes of the deputy envoy of the Xiongnu flashed an imperceptible sternness.

——Every traitor who condemns a traitor and is willing to run a dog for the barbarians must have a past that he can't bear to look at.

Perhaps it was local officials who were greedy and overwhelmed the people, but dared not speak out;

Or maybe the rich and powerful do all kinds of evil, just for their own selfish desires, just like killing an ant, killing a poor family.

Most of these traitors have hatred for the Han family, or for Huaxia.

It is this hatred that drives them to abandon all shame and sacrifice everything for the enemy of the nation...

"The Huns are right-handed, and the foreign minister, Hu Yantu, see His Majesty the Emperor."

Finally, the envoy of most of the Xiongnu nobles stepped forward from the side of the Han deputy envoy;
And this opening made all the monarchs and ministers of the Han family dumbfounded...
——The right big household!
——One of the eight pillars of the Xiongnu, the most powerful general under the command of Youxian King, and the most loyal lackey of the Xiongnu Shanyu himself!
In an instant, at least ordinary people from all the officials in the hall looked at the Huns envoy with murderous intent.

Even Liu Sheng had the urge to 'kill this barbarian' for a moment.

This is the eight pillars of the Xiongnu!

In particular, he is still a right-hand man. In analogy, he is roughly equivalent to Wei Wei of the Han family!

Such a high-ranking official, not to mention dying in a foreign country—especially a hostile country, would cause such fierce conflicts;

Just "killing one of the eight pillars of the Xiongnu" has already made Liu Sheng a little dry, and he couldn't even suppress the impulse in his heart.

But obviously, since the Xiongnu nobles dared to come, they had already anticipated today's situation;
At the same time, I have a great sense of security about my personal safety...
"The foreign ministers are envoys who came here with the sincerity of my lord Chanyu, and want to inform His Majesty the Emperor of my lord Chanyu's intentions."

"As for the deputy envoy, it's just the translation of the foreign minister, and it doesn't represent my lord Chanyu."

As soon as this remark came out, the Han monarchs and ministers in the hall turned around one after another, and once again cast complicated gazes on the right-handed Huyantu who stood in the center of the hall and even had a bit of refined temperament: Huyantu.

And at this moment, the little episode just now gradually calmed Liu Sheng down.

"First send a deputy envoy to test it out, and say 'Ask the Empress Dowager of the Han Dynasty', which may create a rift between me and the emperor's grandmother, and even between the empress mother and the emperor's grandmother, and also insinuate my Han family's 'the hen sits in the morning, and the woman is in power' ;”

"After the temptation, and then from the position of the envoy, he said lightly, 'What he says doesn't count', which is considered to be an explanation for this."

"However, the deputy envoy is still a Han..."

Looking straight into the depths of Huyantu's eyes, Liu Sheng only calmed down more and more when he recalled what happened just now.

Because at this moment, Liu Sheng's anger had almost reached its peak.

Liu Sheng knows clearly: the more angry you are, the more calm you must be;
The calmer you are, the more you can think of ways to get revenge...
"Since this is the case, then I will not say more."

"It's a big right, who speaks Chinese so fluently, and still needs someone to translate..."

"Hey;"

"The right-hand man said yes, then so be it."

"I don't know why your lord Shan Yu sent an envoy this time?"

"Could it be that the great war in spring made your lord Shanyu feel so guilty that he sent envoys here to compensate for the losses of our Han family's border troops and people?"

Before Liu Sheng finished speaking, Hu Yantu smiled shyly, and immediately bowed down without any awkwardness, and bowed to Liu Sheng according to the complete etiquette of the Han family.

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid you are joking."

"——According to the rules of our grassland, even brothers, in order to compete for the grassland, they will decide the winner through wrestling and martial arts."

"According to the agreement of my predecessor, the old Shang Shanyu, and the noble ancestor, Emperor Taizong Xiaowen, the Han and the Hungarians will become a country of brothers. How can a little friction affect the friendship between each other?"

After saying that, Huyantu couldn't help but smiled again, and shook his head jokingly;

Then, he adjusted his face a little, raised his head solemnly, and took out a wooden board from his bosom.

"This is the letter of credence sent by my lord Shanyu to His Majesty the Emperor."

"In my opinion, Shanyu believes that the minor conflicts this spring may affect the brotherhood between the Han and the Hungarian sides;"

"So, my lord Shanyu sent an envoy. First, he wanted to show His Majesty the Emperor that the spring war was just a small conflict between brothers. His Majesty the Emperor does not need to worry about the future. Months of war."

"At the same time, in order to show the brotherhood of Han and Xiong once again, my lord Shanyu hopes to marry another princess so that he can become closer to the emperor."

"Just considering that His Majesty the Emperor is still young and does not yet have a woman of the right age, my lord Shanyu decided to marry a noble ancestor: the princess of Emperor Xiaojing."

"The dowry things that my Lord Chanyu wants to get are all written on this letter of credence."

"In return, my Lord Shanyu is willing to present His Majesty a horse, two cows, a golden staff and a golden crown to His Majesty the Emperor."

"If His Majesty the Emperor is willing, my Lord Chanyu also very much hopes to meet with His Majesty the Emperor near the side wall to resolve the misunderstanding between the two parties..."

Said the words very calmly, Hu Yantu only paused for a while, then bowed again with a smile.

"I hope His Majesty the Emperor will think about it carefully and give the ministers an answer as soon as possible."

"It's already summer now, Shan Yuting is on a tour to the north, and he will return to Munan in autumn at the latest."

"If by that time, the foreign ministers are still unable to take His Majesty's reply and go to Dragon City to report to my lord Shanyu, then my lord Shanyu will bring the ministers and his followers to pick up the foreign ministers in person. It's..."

(End of this chapter)