Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 510 Never bow your head
Yuan Xi took the sheepskin document sent by the Southern Huns, looked at it word by word, pointed to a certain text on it from time to time, and asked Tian Yu carefully about the details.

He asked for half an hour before he finished reading the long letter. The reason for this is that the document was written in two languages, the main part was Xianbei script, and the secondary supplementary part was Chinese characters.

However, the Chinese characters are extremely succinct, and there are many omissions. Not only the words do not convey the meaning, but also there are many wrong strokes. Therefore, we can only understand the meaning by referring to the Xianbei characters.

There are several extremely ironic facts here. The first is that the main writing language used by the Huns at this time was Xianbei.

"Historical Records Biography of the Huns" records: The Huns "do not use documents, but use words as constraints."

This means that the Huns did not have their own writing, but according to the archeology of later generations, it is obviously not in line with the matter.

A tribe needs to develop, and it is impossible to have the simplest written communication. Sima Qian said this at the beginning because in his era, because of the prosperity of the Han Dynasty, most of the Xiongnu nobles used Chinese characters for communication.

But this is not to say that there was no writing before them. The Huns had a set of symbolic writing independent of the Chinese language system, which was similar to the stone inscriptions of the Turks, but it had more exchanges with the Han Dynasty and the scope of use gradually became smaller.

Moreover, the bloodline of the Xiongnu itself is also very complicated, and there is no clear conclusion yet. It is like a large alliance of multiple tribes. If one tribe becomes stronger, the culture of the main nation behind it will occupy a strong and dominant position.

The Western Han Dynasty was the most powerful period for foreign exchanges, so the tribes outside the borders of the Han Dynasty, in order to communicate more smoothly, began to learn Chinese characters spontaneously to show their respect for the Han court.

However, in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the principle adopted by foreign nationalities changed to a shrinking detention policy, that is, using Hu to control Hu. In this case, the Han court gave up the education of Hu people in the frontier.

Under such circumstances, fewer and fewer people are proficient in using Chinese characters, and the rise of Xianbei outside the Guan, caused the writing used by the Huns to shift from Chinese characters to Xianbei on a large scale.

This is the interdependent relationship between culture and strength. The powerful will occupy the strong high ground of cultural exchanges, while the weak side will spontaneously accept the infiltration and influence of the strong side's culture.

Therefore, there is a saying that the expansion of culture does not need to be deliberately carried out. As long as the country is strong, there will naturally be surrounding tribes who actively accept the culture of the strong side. This is called cultural admiration.

The letter in front of Yuan Xi right now illustrates this truth.

Originally, in the early Eastern Han Dynasty, Chinese characters had become the main characters of the Xiongnu, but with Huan Ling losing his way, the world was in chaos, and the prestige of the Han court was greatly damaged. The Southern Huns had the courage to take advantage of the chaos to loot the Han court, so how could they be willing to go? Learn Chinese characters?
Therefore, in just a few decades, the official language used by the Xiongnu has changed from Chinese characters to Xianbei characters, which is really embarrassing.

Yuan Xi knew that this was a very bad omen. We must know that words are the most basic carrier of culture. Changing the words means that there is no sense of cultural identity, and the sense of belonging will be greatly reduced. In the end, sooner or later, the Huns will completely Break away from the Chinese cultural circle.

If it is allowed to return later, it will take many times and dozens of times of effort. In fact, Xianbei almost completely assimilated and eliminated Chinese culture during the Five Husty Period.

Yuan Xi thought of this, picked up the document and shook it, "Mr. Feng Xiao has read it?"

"What does he have in mind?"

Tian Yu replied: "Sir, although the Huns are courteous on the surface, they still have a lot of selfish intentions in their letters."

"It hopes to trade with each other and exchange horses for Youzhou goods on preferential terms, but what it wants to exchange is iron tools and other utensils, and even wants to manufacture technology."

"Teaching a man how to fish is worse than giving him a fish, but if it's on a side that might turn into an enemy, it doesn't feel right."

Yuan Xi said: "Indeed, Mister is very accurate."

"If we are all Chinese people, these things will be fine, but they have not shown enough sincerity."

"If they want this kind of thing, they have to pay a corresponding price, but now they want nothing but white wolves. It's a beautiful idea."

"But they want technology, and I can't help but ask them to come and get it in person."

"Brother Tian went back and told them to ask the Xiongnu tribe to send Shan Yu's heir as a hostage to come to Youzhou to study for free, and they can only leave after five years of study."

"But I don't plan to teach them everything. They can learn words and herbs as they please, and there is no problem with farming equipment."

"But smelting and weapon forging, as well as the preparation of gunpowder raw materials, must be kept secret."

"When in the future they are willing to give up the name of the Huns and integrate into the Central Plains culture, I will consider relenting."

Tian Yu praised: "Seeing that Young Master thinks so clearly, Yu feels relieved."

Yuan Xi smiled and said, "I'm more at ease when the state minister handles the affairs."

"After my brother returns, I will preside over the negotiations with the Xiongnu with Yan Rou as my assistant and Mr. Feng Xiao as my mastermind."

"Brother decides the specific details by himself. After the final negotiation, just let me know."

"Brother, you only need to remember one thing, everything is based on the life and death of my Chinese people as the most important premise."

Tian Yu responded quickly.

The two discussed some things again, and found that it was more reliable to make friends with the Southern Huns, and they were very happy in their hearts.

This means that for a period of time in the future, the Daijun border does not need to hoard so many Wuhuan cavalry and garrisons, and can even get some Hun cavalry. This is good news for Youzhou's Liaodong strategy.

Among them, Yan Ruan, Xian Yufu and the others should be the most motivated, because Yuan Xi promised that if he made great contributions in capturing the tribes of the Korean Peninsula in the future, thereby opening up more territory, he would be granted the title of Marquis.

The two of them had already made up their minds, and Yuan Xi smiled and said: "The sun rises in the east and rains in the west. Anyway, it's a blessing from God. Otherwise, Xuzhou would almost make me depressed."

"Yang Feng is still outside? Ask someone to bring her in."

At this time, Madam Du just came in to serve tea, and she heard the words and said softly: "Madam Lu is talking to her outside." Yuan Xi heard this, and said with a smile: "Since when did Madam become interested in her?"

"Let's go out and have a look together."

Tian Yu listened and led the way first. When Yuan Xi saw Madam Du bent over to pack the tea set, she reached out to touch a certain place. Madam Du suddenly trembled and almost cried out.

Yuan Xi took the opportunity to slip away, leaving Mrs. Du staring at Yuan Xi's leaving back in embarrassment, biting her lips, as if thinking of something, her face turned red again.

In the courtyard, Lu Lingqi and Yang Feng were staring at each other.

The two seemed to have been secretly competing for a long time, but both of them resisted not talking, and gradually Yang Feng's expression began to look wrong.

Her expression changed several times, she cursed a curse word, and spat: "Are you so good at hearing?"

"What are you proud of!"

Lu Lingqi chuckled, "If this continues, you will be overtaken by me."

There is a reason why Yang Feng broke the defense.

The breathing method that Zhang Jiao taught her back then was extremely profound and difficult to learn even if she knew the method. Therefore, Yang Feng always regarded it as her own secret and trump card, and relied on it to escape from death many times.

But now in the Youzhou Army, she met two people who mastered this method. Not to mention Zhang Jiao's disciple Tai Shici, Zhao Yun was able to understand it on his own, which made Yang Feng quite resentful.

But now Lu Lingqi deliberately showed her breathing rhythm in front of her, which made Yang Feng realize that this daughter of the Marquis of Wen has also learned it without a teacher!
Although Yang Feng had been mentally prepared for a long time, after all, Lu Lingqi had an amazing talent, that is, a keen sense of hearing, so it would be a matter of time before she learned how to breathe.

But what really surprised Yang Feng was that Lu Lingqi, like Zhao Yun Taishi Ci, did not copy it bluntly, but had a slightly different rhythm, which was obviously improved to match her own breathing.

This made Yang Feng suffer even more. Those who can do this are all martial arts geniuses who have entered the hall. Why are there so many masters in the Youzhou Army?

Seeing Lu Lingqi's youthful appearance, Yang Feng couldn't help feeling a little jealous in his heart. Once upon a time, he was as high-spirited as the girl opposite.

But that was all ten years ago.

Yang Feng felt that his current state of mind was like an old man dying, and he hated Lu Lingqi's complacent look even more, so he simply closed his eyes, remained silent, and let Lu Lingqi make faces in front of his eyes.

Footsteps came, and Yuan Xi's hateful voice sounded, "It seems that General Yang is in a good mood."

Damn it, which dog of yours sees me in a good mood?

Yang Feng didn't know why, but she felt an inexplicable hatred towards Yuan Xi.

She didn't know where this hatred came from, but even when she realized that she was deceived by Yang Chou, she hated Yuan Xi extremely!
This came from the hatred in his bones, so that Yang Feng wanted to jump up and strangle Yuan Xi to death on the spot with the iron chain in his hand.

But this can only be thought of in Yang Feng's mind. Now that she is handicapped, surrounded by several masters, is there any chance.

Seeing that Yang Feng didn't answer, Yuan Xi smiled and said, "General Yang has a very temper, but I'm also holding back my anger. You must know that the blood of my soldiers is in the hands of the general."

Yang Feng said coldly: "You can kill me."

She said mockingly, "Isn't it because you want to get something from me that you keep me from killing?"

"Breathing method is no longer a secret. Is it Taiping Qing Lingshu, or the remaining power of Taiping Dao?"

Yuan Xi smiled and said: "The general has a clear mind, but it seems that the reeducation through labor in Youzhou still hasn't made the general understand."

Yang Feng suddenly opened his eyes, with a mocking expression on his face, "Will a few days of hard work make me change my mind?"

"I think you took the wrong medicine!"

"I will never bow to you!"

Yuan Xi had some headaches. Generally speaking, the effect of reeducation through labor is actually quite good.

The Montenegrin army robbed food because of the helplessness of not being able to survive, so when its soldiers recalled the days when they were oppressed by the landlords, they still felt the same way, and many people gradually changed a lot.

Yuan Xi didn't expect them to spontaneously germinate any progressive ideas of great harmony in the world, he just wanted them to understand that what can be changed is enough.

But Yang Feng is different.

Influenced by Zhang Jiao, she has been very determined since she was a child, and has her own unique goals in life. This kind of person cannot be changed by working for a few days.

For Yang Feng, reeducation through labor was no longer effective. Yuan Xi didn't want to waste time, so he decided to use another method.

He said, "Zhang Ning, I can let you go."

Yang Feng's body trembled. Only her father, Zhang Jiao, knew her name. How did the fierce tiger know it?
Seeing Yang Feng's suspicious eyes, Yuan Xi knew that he had succeeded in his first step.

Next he will start fooling around.

(End of this chapter)