The revival of the Han Dynasty must start with Dong Zhuo

The envoy entrusted by Zhuge Liang to lead Li Fupo to Chang'an did not take the fastest Wuguan Road, but headed east after arriving in Nanyang and came to Yuzhou.

Afterwards, he headed north, passing through major cities such as Xingyang, and then suddenly turned west to Luoyang.

From Xiaomengjin in Luoyang, he crossed the river and headed to Anyi in Hedong.

After crossing the Pujin Ferry from Anyi in Hedong, you will reach the Guanzhong area.

Along the way, you can see almost all the most prosperous places in the Central Plains.

Mrs. Li's experience on the journey was exactly as Zhuge Liang had expected. She was overwhelmed at first, but then became numb and shocked.

There were big cities like Xiangyang and Xingyang, which could have been used as capitals in Kushan, but the Han Dynasty had dozens of them!
I thought Luoyang was already a fairyland on earth, but you told me that Luoyang is not the most prosperous capital of the Han Dynasty.

Arriving in Chang'an and stepping on the hard blue brick floor, Mrs. Li fell into self-doubt.

"Han and Kushan...are they really in the same world?"

We have walked thousands of miles along the way, but there is not a single desolate place.

The city must be bustling with people.

Outside the city, there must be thousands of miles of fertile fields and thousands of oxen working the land.

On the river, there must be hundreds of boats competing for the current and busy traffic.

At night, there are lights in thousands of houses.

During the day, there is the sound of reading.

Even this road was built with bricks and stones that only the Kushans could use when building their palaces...

"The frog at the bottom of the well."

Mrs. Li recently learned a new Chinese idiom.

Really a frog in a well!
In those days, the Kushans once wrote to Ban Chao, requesting to marry a Han princess, but were rejected by Ban Chao.

Later, the Kushans led an army of 70,000 to attack the Western Regions, but were easily defeated by Ban Chao.

Moreover, from beginning to end, Ban Chao did not know the name of the Kushan king, and only called him "the King of Yuezhi"...

When Mrs. Li first came across this historical material, she thought the Han people were lying again.

Kushan is a great country!

Although they were defeated, it was not to the point where the Han people didn't even know their names.

But now, Mrs. Li believes it.

Why would a dragon that could overturn the rivers and seas need to know the name of the thing floating beside it?

If you just move a county of the Han Dynasty to Kushan, you can easily defeat Kushan.

In addition, the Han Dynasty itself had a strong trunk and weak branches. The closer they got to Chang'an, the more suffocated Mrs. Li felt about the prosperity.

Such a country.

Such a nation.

Why do you want to know the name of a barbarian ruler?

Yes!

Barbarians!

This is how Li Fupo defined Kushan after witnessing the prosperity of the Han Dynasty.

He always thought that even if the Kushans were not as good as the Han, they were at least not much different and should be respected by the Han.

It was because of this idea that he believed he should be summoned by the Emperor of the Han Dynasty to open up a waterway between the Han Dynasty and the Kushan Empire on an equal footing...

But now, Mrs. Li can only laugh at herself.

Why would the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, who seemed like the king of gods, want to meet with a barbarian merchant like him?

There were also barbarians in Kushan.

The barbarians in the mountains in the south and the barbarians in the local states in the northeast.

If the barbarians from these places went to the Kushan capital "Hermit City", they would be despised, let alone be received by the Kushan king.

For a moment, Mrs. Li began to feel pessimistic about being summoned by the emperor.

Especially since the emperor had not summoned Li Fupo ten days after she arrived in Chang'an, this made Li Fupo feel extremely depressed.

Well, it’s the eleventh day!
The emperor finally summoned Mrs. Li!
And when they met, he was not as arrogant as Mrs. Li had imagined.

in contrast.

This man who should have been like a god actually said with a hint of apology: "My second son Shimin has caught a cold these past two days, so I have been accompanying him in the palace and have not paid attention to government affairs. I am really sorry for making you wait for a few more days."

Mrs. Li's throat trembled nervously.

Don't say it's ten days late.

Even if it was a hundred days or a year late, there would be no need for explanation for the emperor receiving someone like him.

After all, in Mrs. Li's logic, it was a great blessing for the emperor to see him, so why would any explanation be needed?
Especially when it comes to something like your offspring being sick, there's no need to explain it to yourself!
Mrs. Li burst into tears and spoke incoherently: "Respected great Emperor of the Han Dynasty, Tian Chanyu, you are so kind..."

"Um……"

Liu Xie listened to the other person speaking with a strong smell of curry and a translation accent, and he also showed a nostalgic expression.

"No need to be polite."

Liu Xie invited Mrs. Li to a banquet and asked her about the scenery he had seen along the way.

"Did you really arrive in Jiaozhou from the Annan Protectorate?"

"Absolutely true!"

When facing the emperor, Mrs. Li had no other thoughts at all. She just wanted to dedicate her body and soul to the emperor, and only hoped that the emperor would not despise her!

"Starting from Kongming City, the southernmost city in Annan Protectorate, heading south, you will reach a strait."

It’s the Strait of Malacca… Liu Xie added silently in his heart.

"After that, we headed south and arrived at Linyi... and then we arrived at the Han Dynasty's Rinan County."

It seems to be in Saigon.

"Then the road became much easier. We went up along the land and arrived at Jiaozhou!"

Hearing that what the other party said was exactly what he remembered, Liu Xie nodded happily.

The waterway through Malacca has finally been found.

Although the Annan Protectorate also has access to the sea, due to the influence of the terrain, it can only drive the development of Nanzhong and Shu areas at best, and at most as far as Jingzhou, and cannot radiate to the entire south.

But the Strait of Malacca is different.

From the Strait of Malacca to Jiaozhou in the south and Liaozhou in the north, these tens of thousands of miles of coastline can all be affected by trade!
In addition, there are two golden waterways, the Yangtze River and the Dahe River, which can be used to transport goods inland, driving the development of the entire Central Plains and the North!

The most important thing is that once this route begins to prosper, there will inevitably be a large number of Han people willing to move there.

Countless islands in the South Seas.

There is also a piece of land further south of the island that can be used to exile criminals...

Thinking of this, Liu Xie also smiled slightly.

And when this smile fell into the eyes of Mrs. Li, it melted his heart!
"Lao Li Fu... this name is a bit difficult to pronounce. How about I call you Li Fu?"

Mrs. Li Fu... No, now it was Li Fu who nodded desperately and then expressed his gratitude.

This is a name bestowed personally by the Emperor of the Han Dynasty. How can I refuse it?

Moreover, influenced by the Han culture in the past few months, he also felt that his transliterated name "Li Fu Po" was somewhat incompatible with the Han culture. Now that he saw that the emperor was willing to give him a name, he felt overjoyed!
"Li Fu, since you are a Kushan, you must know the origin of Kushan."

"I know!"

Liu Xie suddenly sighed heavily——

"The Yuezhi people are actually descendants of the Xia people back then."

"It's a pity that the Xiongnu and Yuezhi killed each other later, and the Yuezhi were forced to flee to Daxia. It's a pity."

ha?
The Yuezhi people...are they descendants of the Xia people?!

Also! When did the Xiongnu and the Yuezhi become brothers? Why did they kill each other?
However, Li Fu quickly forced himself to accept this reality!

nonsense!

This is what the Emperor of the Han Dynasty said! This is what the King of Gods and the Ancestor of All Buddhas said, could it be false?

Moreover, the ancestral land of the Yuezhi was the four Hexi counties of the Han Dynasty, which was very close to the Zhou royal family and the Qin State. Maybe they were really the descendants of the Xia people!

Besides...

Now the Emperor of the Han Dynasty is willing to elevate the Yuezhi people to the status of "descendants of the Xia people", which is completely to give face to the Kushans!

Otherwise, do you want the emperor to say that the Kushans are barbarians? They are beasts?

"It's just that the Yuezhi King has been too rampant recently. Not only has he protected the Dayuan King in the Western Regions who dared to be an enemy of the Han Dynasty, he has also attacked the fleet of the Annan Protectorate... Is this something a country of etiquette should do?"

Zhuge Liang's letters had already arrived in Chang'an, so Liu Xie had already read them.

But after saying these words, Li Fu's body trembled like a sieve, and he stammered: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."

"Don't worry, I won't vent my anger on you."

Liu Xie certainly did not come here to raise an army to demand punishment.

It is really petty for an emperor to bully a businessman.

"I just want Li Qing to tell the Kushan King not to do anything to provoke the Han Dynasty again after he returns."

"Otherwise, don't blame me for not considering the relationship between brothers. I will also send troops to fight against them as the eldest brother of the clan!"

"Yes! I understand!"

It turns out that I was just telling you something...

Li Fu felt relieved immediately.

Although I don't know why the Kushan King suddenly became the younger brother of the Han emperor, it's good to be a younger brother! From now on, the Kushans and the Han people are brothers, and there is no need to worry about the Han people calling the Kushans barbarians!

Liu Xie added: "The route opened by Li Qing this time is also crucial."

"But Li Qing also saw this time in Jingzhou. Jiangdong is not stable after all, so it is not possible to carry out large-scale trade with Kushan for the time being."

"But even so, I still want to have some envoys follow Li Qing to jointly manage the waterway and make plans for the future. Does Li Qing have any objection?"

"no!"

of course not!

Li Fu's original purpose was to seek the Han Dynasty's protection at sea, maintain the safety of the waterway, and reduce some of his commercial taxes...

Now that the emperor mentioned it on his own initiative, how could Li Fu have the heart to refuse?

"I will lead the Han envoy back to Jiaozhou and point out the route!"

"Not urgent."

Liu Xie waved his hand, signaling Li Fu to stay calm.

“The sea is vast and even the most experienced boatman can get lost.”

"I have something here that can help Li Qing and others keep their direction clear on the sea."

Forehead?
On the sea, isn't it true that three parts rely on strength and seven parts rely on luck?
Is there anything else that can point the way besides land?

However, when Li Fu thought about the artillery he had seen in Jingzhou and everything he had seen along the way, he wisely chose to keep his mouth shut.

The development of Han civilization has long surpassed his imagination!
Just a thing to point out the direction, is there anything else that can't be taken out? (End of this chapter)