Diqin Designer

Chapter 347 Wusun: Wants to worship Daqin as his brother!
Although they had heard from the Wusun envoys about matters related to the Qin Dynasty's establishment of diplomatic relations with other countries, they did not know as much as the Qin envoys.

The King of Wusun said: "Please ask the messenger to speak for me!"

Liu Ji said: "For our Great Qin, formally establishing diplomatic relations with other countries is a major event. It is not simply a verbal agreement. Saying that your country has established diplomatic relations with our Great Qin, that's it."

"Instead, they need to exchange letters of credence, with His Majesty the Emperor and the King writing their names and leaving their fingerprints on the letters. Two copies are made, and each party keeps one copy."

"After exchanging letters of credence, both sides will send envoys to reside in each other's territory, set up embassies and appoint ambassadors."

"If our Great Qin were to establish diplomatic relations with your country, we would also set up an embassy in your country and send envoys. Your country would also need to send envoys to the Great Qin!"

"The main duties of an ambassador are to facilitate exchanges between the two parties and maintain the normal development of bilateral relations. For example, if the king wants to issue an order that affects our Great Qin one day, he can inform the Great Qin ambassador to your country in advance and discuss it with him. The second is to handle the affairs of the country's citizens. If any of the country's citizens commit a crime or encounter a problem in your country, they should contact the embassy to discuss how to deal with it..."

Liu Ji had received training before coming here, and Li Nian had taught them personally. Not everyone has the opportunity to guide Emperor Gaozu of Han, although Liu Ji in this world should not be able to become Emperor Gaozu of Han.

"After the formal establishment of diplomatic relations, a series of contracts can be signed. For example, the prices of various commodities and the taxes to be collected in the trade between Daqin and your country can all be negotiated. The contract must be recorded and filed by both parties, and the punishment for violating the contract must be determined!"

Although it sounds complicated, it feels very formal. In comparison, their previous diplomatic relations with others were like a makeshift team put together casually!

After listening to Liu Ji's speech, the King of Wusun asked: "Excuse me, envoy, if we establish diplomatic relations with Daqin, can we send people to Daqin to study? I heard that the Xiongnu and Baiyue people sent people to Daqin to study."

Liu Ji said: "Your Majesty wants to send people to Daqin to study, of course, it is fine. Our Daqin International College was established by Your Majesty for non-Daqin students."

"But the king and everyone else must note that studying at the International Academy is not free, and you must abide by the academy's rules while you are there."

Daqin International College does not have the free terms that it used to offer preferential treatment to foreigners: everyone who comes to study in Daqin has to pay tuition!
The King of Wusun nodded and said, "Of course, of course!"

It is only natural to go to school in the Qin people's place and abide by the Qin people's rules. It is good that the Qin people allow them to enroll.

One leader asked curiously, "Emissary, what does the International Academy teach?"

Liu Ji said: "I don't know much about the International College. I only heard that there are many subjects taught there, including the language and writing of our Great Qin, mathematics, the study of things, history, astronomy and geography, as well as the study of physical fitness and medicine..."

It was more detailed than what the Wusun envoy had told them, but it also made the Wusun king and the other leaders even more confused. Could they learn so many things? Would everything they learned be useful?
Of course, they can learn so much, but each one will not be too deep, and what they learn may not be useful or beneficial to their own people.

Because the purpose of setting up the Daqin International College is not to train talents for other countries, but to cultivate spiritual Daqin people, so that they can influence and interfere in other countries in the future.

For example, in the history classes at the International College, students are told every day about how long and glorious the history of China and the Qin Dynasty is. If this continues for a long time, there will definitely be students who think that the Qin Dynasty is so good that even the air is sweeter than in their own country.

The King of Wusun said, "I will not hide it from the envoy. I would like to ask if Daqin can support us militarily after the formal establishment of diplomatic relations."

Although directly exposing one's thoughts is a taboo in negotiations, the King of Wusun believed that the Qin envoy was a straightforward and trustworthy person who was worthy of trust.

The Qin envoy who was able to do those things with them yesterday must not be a scheming person. It would be better to talk to him frankly, and perhaps you can win his favor.

The King of Wusun sighed and said, "The envoy also knows that we live next to the Yuezhi and we have conflicts from time to time. Today the Yuezhi seized a piece of our pasture and tomorrow they robbed and killed our people. We are helpless because we are not as strong as the Yuezhi and can only be bullied by them."

"If we can get the help of the Qin Dynasty and drive out the harm of the Yue clan, we will be extremely grateful!"

After the Wusun King finished speaking, all the Wusun people in the yurt turned their eyes to Liu Ji, waiting expectantly for the response from the Qin envoy.

In the original history, there were also many conflicts between Wusun and Yuezhi.

There is no way. We all make a living by grazing, and we live in the same area. Your pasture is big, and mine is naturally small, so conflicts are bound to arise.

The King of Wusun was attacked and killed by the Yuezhi people, and was later able to revive with the help of the Xiongnu.

Now that the Xiongnu can no longer be the big brother of the Wusun, the script has come to the Qin Dynasty.

The scenario that Daqin is using now in the grasslands and the Western Regions is actually the scenario that the Xiongnu used after being governed by Maodun.

However, the Qin Dynasty will be more powerful than the Xiongnu led by Maodun, and its control over the grasslands and the Western Regions will certainly be greater than that of the Xiongnu.

After listening to the words of the King of Wusun, Liu Ji understood his intention and wanted to rely on the powerful Qin.

But the Qin Dynasty did intend to make Wusun its younger brother.

I am willing to invest in you. If you don’t accept me, it may cause problems!
This is the way some small countries survive: they think their country is small and not strong enough, so they must recognize a powerful country as their boss in order to survive.

If this powerful country does not accept it, they will feel uneasy and suspect that this powerful country has ill intentions and greater ambitions towards them: You are unwilling to accept us as your younger brothers, so do you want to swallow us up whole, skin and bones?
So, they will turn to this powerful country’s rival!
In the dictionaries of these small countries, words like "independence" and "autonomy" are almost nonexistent.

Because their history is to always be someone's younger brother and regard someone as the boss. If one day you tell them that you can be independent and live your life, they will feel uncomfortable.

How can you treat us as human beings?

We must continue to be the younger brothers and serve the boss!

Of course, the situation of Wusun is different from that of these small countries.

Under the gaze of the King of Wusun and others, Liu Ji's thoughts were completed in the blink of an eye.

He smiled and said, "Your Majesty is so honest, so I can't hide it from you and the others. We are here on your majesty's order to visit your country, and we intend to join forces with your country to curb the Yuezhi."

After saying this, Liu Ji explained the reason: "The Xiongnu are a brother nation of our Great Qin, but they have been bullied and extorted by the Yuezhi. How can I sit idly by while my brother is being humiliated?"

"Moreover, the Yuezhi are so rebellious that they have colluded with the Donghu. Who doesn't know that the Donghu have been disrespectful to Your Majesty?"

"If the Yue clan dares to collude with the Donghu today, they will dare to plot against our Great Qin tomorrow. Who knows, they may even send troops to our Great Qin."

If someone dares to eat grass today, he will dare to eat people tomorrow. This must be corrected with heavy blows!

After hearing what Liu Ji said, the King of Wusun and others thought that Liu Ji's words were too serious and that the Yuezhi people should not have the courage to actively attack the Qin people.

But they would not refute Liu Ji.

The Yuezhi were their enemies, and they only started to defend the Yuezhi after they had eaten their fill?
The more dissatisfied the Qin people are with the Yuezhi people, the more beneficial it is to them.

The King of Wusun nodded in agreement and said, "The envoy is right. The Yuezhi have always been arrogant and rebellious. Unfortunately, we are not as strong as them."

Liu Ji said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty. As long as Your Majesty joins forces with our Great Qin, the Yuezhi people will not be able to keep their arrogance for long."

The King of Wusun also said: "What the envoy said is very true. As long as the Qin army arrives, the Yuezhi will be defeated in one blow. I would also like to ask the envoy to report to His Majesty the Qin Emperor that if the Qin intends to conquer the Yuezhi, we are willing to be the vanguard of the Qin!" They have had a feud with the Yuezhi for a long time. Now that they have the opportunity to join forces to fight the Yuezhi, the King of Wusun naturally does not want to let it go.

Liu Ji said: "Your Majesty will be delighted when you know that the king is so sincere!"

Just then, a conversation was heard outside the yurt, and everyone looked outside the room.

Liu Ji looked at the expressions of the King of Wusun and others and it seemed that an emergency had occurred.

Seeing that the leaders of the Wusun tribes were silent, and looking at the Wusun King, Liu Ji knew that something might have happened that was not good for them to know.

Related to the Yuezhi people?

Liu Ji thought about it and took the initiative to say: "Since the king has important matters, we should deal with them first."

The King of Wusun shook his head and said, "The envoy does not need to do this. Since we have decided to establish diplomatic relations with the Qin Dynasty, how can we hide it from the envoy? The envoy may as well listen to us."

Following the order of the Wusun King, a Wusun soldier walked in from outside the felt tent.

His breathing was rapid and uneven, and his face was unusually red. It was obvious that he had just rushed in from somewhere.

The King of Wusun asked, "Were you the one who said outside the tent that you had something urgent to report?"

The soldiers saw that there were many people of different ethnic groups whom they had never seen before in the yurt, and did not answer immediately.

The King of Wusun said again: "This is a distinguished guest from Daqin, not an outsider, so just say so!"

The soldier then said, "Your Majesty, the Yuezhi have sent an envoy!"

The news brought by the soldiers made the King of Wusun and many leaders frown.

The Qin envoy has just arrived, and the Yuezhi envoy is about to come too?

The purpose of the Yuezhi people sending envoys here was obviously because of Daqin!

The Qin State is already stronger than the Yuezhi people. If it joins forces with the Wusun people, the Yuezhi people will be surrounded from the west and the east.

No, it's not just the one in the west and the one in the east, there's also the Huns, which will form a huge encirclement for the Yuezhi people.

Once this encirclement was formed, the Yuezhi people could not sleep well.

The Yuezhi people would certainly not sit still and wait for death, so they sent envoys to sabotage them and prevent them from joining forces with the Qin Dynasty.

Thinking of this, the King of Wusun and others felt happy.

Haven't you, the Yue clan, always been bullying us? Now you want to ask us for help?
Unfortunately, it was too late. Only the defeated Yuezhi were the good Yuezhi. This land could not accommodate another tribe that was good at grazing.

Without much hesitation, the King of Wusun informed Liu Ji and others of the news that the Yuezhi people had sent envoys.

After hearing this, Liu Ji said, "Your Majesty and all the leaders must not agree to the Yuezhi. The Yuezhi are now sending envoys here to promise you benefits in an attempt to seek peace because they are afraid. Once their predicament is resolved, they will definitely return to their old ways and do the same things they did in the past."

The King of Wusun nodded and said, "My Lord thinks the same as the envoy. The Yuezhi are cunning and cannot be trusted!"

"They sent envoys here not to let go of their grievances with us and to apologize to us, but because they knew that if we joined forces with the Qin Dynasty, they would be in trouble, and they came here out of fear. They have no intention of repenting!"

The King of Wusun looked at the leaders of the Wusun tribes and said, "What they fear is the Qin Empire, not us!"

They must recognize the real reason why the Yuezhi sent envoys here, and must not be confused and mistakenly believe that the Yuezhi are afraid of them, the Wusun, and thus make unwise choices.

Then, the King of Wusun gave the order without hesitation: "Pass on my order to kill the Yuezhi envoy!"

The leaders all looked serious and understood the intention of the King of Wusun: this order was specifically given to Liu Ji and others to show that they would firmly stand on the side of the Qin Dynasty between the Yuezhi and the Qin Dynasty.

But after issuing this order, it also means that it will be difficult for them to turn back and they will have to follow the path arranged for them by Daqin.

Liu Ji was not surprised that the King of Wusun made this decision. Wusun had long hated the Yuezhi, and Daqin was stronger than the Yuezhi. It was obvious which choice was better.

But since Wusun took the initiative to submit to the Qin Dynasty and demonstrate its loyalty, the Qin Dynasty should also make some gesture and not let the younger brothers who want to surrender be disappointed.

Liu Ji said: "If the king is interested, why not let us hunt down the Yuezhi envoys together?"

Hearing Liu Ji's words, the King of Wusun was delighted, but he pretended to be embarrassed and said: "This matter is ours, how can we let you take action?"

Liu Ji said: "Your country will establish diplomatic relations with the Qin Dynasty, and we will be considered one family from now on. Since we are one family, how can the king say two things?"

The Wusun King was still embarrassed, but soon, he readily agreed: "The envoy is right. If I refuse the envoy's kindness again, it would seem strange. In this case, I thank the envoy!"

At the same time, east of Wusun and northwest of Daqin, in a felt tent of Yuezhi, the king of Yuezhi and leaders of some Yuezhi tribes were sitting in the tent.

Looking to the west, a leader said worriedly: "According to the time, Kemoer and his men should have reached the land of the Wusun people. I wonder if their journey to Wusun will be smooth this time?"

The other leader shook his head and said, "I'm afraid it will be difficult. The hatred between Wusun and us is deep, and they will never agree to our conditions easily."

"As long as the Qin people offer them some benefits, they will definitely side with the Qin people."

Upon hearing this, an irritable leader shouted angrily: "I have long said that we should exterminate those bastards of Wusun, but you were unwilling to send troops. What's going on now?"

The leader shook his head and looked at him, saying, "If Wusun was easy to destroy, it would have been destroyed long ago. You wouldn't have to say that. Do you really think Wusun are livestock that we can slaughter at will?"

The irritable leader had a gloomy face: "Then what do you say we should do? The Qin people are obviously not good. Once Wusun and Qin people join forces, we will be surrounded by them. If we add the Xiongnu, what is the difference between us and the livestock raised by the Qin people?"

The leader cursed again: "Damn the Qin people. They have already occupied such a large area of ​​land, and they want to extend their hands to the grasslands and the Western Regions. And the Xiongnu bastards are spineless. The Qin people gave them a few bones and they became the Qin people's dogs."

The culprits who caused their current predicament are the Qin people!

If the Qin people had not accepted the Xiongnu as their younger brother, intervened in the grassland, and now planned to contact the Wusun, how could they be so anxious?
However, they could not do anything to the Qin people. According to the envoys who returned from Qin, Qin was not a country that the Yuezhi could defeat.

But they have to fight even though they cannot win. If the Qin people's plan is completed, they will really become livestock in the Qin people's pen. Then it will be easier for the Qin people to slaughter them than it is now.

At least now, they still have the opportunity to prepare, wrestle with the Qin people, and fight for that glimmer of hope!
(End of this chapter)