Three Kingdoms: From Yinlin to Great Wei Xiongzhu

Chapter 516 No more than three generations, Hu will not be Hu, Hu will return to Han
The nights in Luoyang City in summer are a bit hot and dry.

Xun Yu waved his hand in Cao Cao's study, and the three attendants he brought each unfolded a scroll of pictures.

The first one is the picture of Yuan Tan fleeing to Nanpi City and Yuan Shang fleeing to Yecheng after Liyang City fell to the north of the Yellow River.

The second picture is a picture of an elephant sent by the Sun family in Jiangdong. Now the elephant is sending it by water and land, and it is being sent to Xudu City through the Ying River, and it will arrive in a few days.

When Cao Cao saw the two pictures, he didn't say a word, but nodded slightly to show that he understood.

But as soon as the third picture came out, Cao Cao's eyes narrowed.

This is a picture of a horse team marching in the wild yellow sand. A beautiful girl in the horse team is particularly eye-catching, and at the end of the horse team, the Huns have been waiting there for a long time, as if to welcome the girl.

"Zhaojun goes out!"

Cao Cao softly recited these four characters.

He caressed the picture of "Zhaojun going out of the fortress" with one hand, and stroked his beard with the other.

After a long time, he just spoke.

"The Southern Xiongnu Shanyu Huchuquan really said that?"

"That's right!" Xun Yu nodded and said, "Today, I was ordered to receive the envoys of the Southern Huns at the posthouse. They offered to make peace with Prime Minister Cao and follow the deeds of Xijun, Jieyou, and Wang Zhaojun among the Han girls in the past, so as to achieve the goal. The grand plan of making peace, Hu Han makes peace, eliminates the barriers, and puts an end to the chaos of war forever!"

Xijun, Jieyou, and Wang Zhaojun mentioned by Xun Yu are all "princesses" of the Han Dynasty!
Wang Zhaojun is well known, not to mention...

Princess Xijun is the daughter of Jiangdu King Liu Jian.

During the Yuanfeng period, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty married the princess of the Han family to King Kunmo of Wusun 'Liejiaomi' and granted the title of Mrs. You.Later, because of 'Lie Jiao Mi' old age, according to the custom, Princess Xijun gave her grandson 'Cen Zou' as his wife.

Princess Jieyou is a descendant of King Liu Jiao of Chu Yuan, the younger brother of Emperor Han Gao.

In the first year of the Tianhan Dynasty, because of the death of Princess Xijun, Princess Jieyou was ordered to marry Wusun Kunmi "Junxu Mi".

When 'Junxumi' died, she succeeded to the throne from her brother, the fat king 'Weng Guimi'. She remarried according to Wusun customs. After 'Weng Guimi' died, 'Nimi', the son of 'Junxumi' and the wife of the Huns, took the throne. She married him again.

To put it simply, these princesses have married three times on average, and they have married a big family!
And the wedding customs of the Huns are like this.

When the father dies, the son can take the stepmother as his wife, and sometimes even the grandson can marry the stepmother.

Princess Xijun is, when the old king of Wusun 'Kunshang' was there, he gave Princess Xijun to his grandson.

Wang Zhaojun also married the eldest son of Huhanxie Shanyu after the death of her husband "Huhanxie Shanyu".

Such a marriage custom is contrary to human relations in the eyes of the Han people.

Cao Cao naturally knew this.

call…

He took a long breath.

After pondering for a moment, he whispered softly: "Since Xun Lingjun received the envoys from the Southern Huns, can you find out who the Southern Huns are targeting?"

"Yes..." At the mention of this topic, Xun Yu paused, feeling a bit embarrassed.

After a while, he spoke.

"It's the eldest son of Huchuquan Chanyu, the Zuoxian King of the Huns, who wants to marry Cao Mu, the eldest daughter of the prime minister!"

Having said this, Xun Yu paused. "The Southern Xiongnu showed their sincerity by throwing out 20 good horses and [-] Huqi who helped the prime minister's northern expedition to Wuhuan in three years! Lu Ziyu said it face to face."

Huo…

20 good horses, [-] horses!
Cao Cao's eyes narrowed in an instant, it was so tempting...

You know, this is not just a number on paper, not just that Cao Cao can use the Southern Huns to contain Xianbei and attack Wuhuan...

This also means that Cao Cao has one less hidden danger in the northern border and one more strong support, which is extremely important for the unification and stability of the northern border!
Can…

"Mu'er..." Cao Cao turned around and his eyes narrowed. He naturally knew what Cao Mu meant to Cao Ying today!
The forge, this is the key to the invincibility of the "Long Xiao Battalion"!

嗏

Strictly speaking, Mu'er is not irreplaceable in the forge.

20 good horses, [-] Huqi, strong support from the northern border.

Faintly, Cao Cao saw the scene of sweeping Xianbei and Wuhuan, restoring the Western Regions, and rebuilding the Protectorate of the Western Regions. This was Cao Cao's childhood dream!
Once upon a time, his dream was to be a general who conquered the West like "Champion Marquis". A hundred years later, the words "Tomb of Marquis Cao, General of the Han Dynasty who conquered the West" could be engraved on his graveyard.

And... the marriage with the Southern Huns will undoubtedly shorten the time of his dream by at least 20 years, and it will also allow him to focus on other places without worrying about the future.

Many people subconsciously feel that Zhaojun went out of the fortress because the Huns were strong and the Han were weak, and the court humiliated and sought peace.

But this is inconsistent with the official history.

In the official history, the period of Emperor Han Yuan was the peak period of the Western Han Dynasty, and the Xiongnu had already lost their vitality after repeated attacks by the Han Dynasty. It was because the Han Dynasty was strong and the Xiongnu were weak.

The Xiongnu "Huhanxie Shanyu" had already surrendered to the Han Dynasty and became a vassal state of the Han Dynasty during the period of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty.

And "Huhanxie Shanyu" went to Chang'an three times to make a pilgrimage to the emperor "to fulfill the courtesy of a vassal!"

To put it simply, Zhaojun's going out of the fortress is a concrete manifestation of the policy of national harmony implemented during the Han Yuan Emperor's period, and the strong Han in the past and the weak Xiongnu are so similar to today's Cao Qiang and weak Xiongnu!

To know…

Zhaojun went out of the fortress in exchange for 40 years of peace for the Han court and the Xiongnu!
Both the Han Dynasty and the Huns benefited a lot from this!

Of course, 40 years of peace is too extravagant, Cao Cao doesn't want 40 years!

The stability of the frontier fortress for 20 years... is enough for him to rule this messy country.

Can…

Cao Mu, Mu'er, this is his eldest daughter!
This is the daughter of the late Madam Liu.

The three sons in the early years——Cao Ang, Cao Shuo, Cao Mu...

Shuo'er died of illness, and Ang'er withdrew from the battle of sons because of Yu'er. On this point, Cao Cao owed Mrs. Liu.

If even Mu'er... also married into the Xiongnu, he...he Cao Cao a hundred years later, what face will he have to meet Mrs. Liu under the Nine Springs!

"Ugh…"

A long sigh.

Cao Cao's complexion was extremely complicated, he turned around and planned to walk out of the study.

"Prime Minister..." Xun Yu immediately asked... "When will Prime Minister Cao receive the envoys from the Southern Huns?"

tread…

Cao Cao paused.

He pondered for a moment, then waved.

"Wait! Let me think."

"That…"

Xun Yu still wanted to ask, but he didn't blurt out when the words came to his lips.

Just looking at Cao Cao's leaving back and shaking his head slightly, he wanted to ask Prime Minister Cao where he was going?
But... is it necessary to ask?
He has already guessed where Prime Minister Cao is going——

——Baimahou Mansion!
Every time he encounters difficult decisions, he will definitely go to meet the eldest son who is good at "attacking the heart", not to mention... Strictly speaking, Lu Yu is still Cao Mu's immediate boss!

And often, Lu Yu's words can always dissipate the haze and see the sun!
Let's do the same this time!

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At this time, the night is full of stars, and the Big Dipper is countable, crystal clear and bright, and the Milky Way is like a shining white belt across the sky.

A dark night without a breath of wind.

Inside the Baimahou Mansion, there is a quiet courtyard.

"Kang..."

There was a light knock on the door.

Through the window, Cai Zhaoji could see that the person outside the door was her younger brother Lu Yu...

Her face was blushing, she didn't open the door, let alone speak.

"Sister Zhaoji, it's me."

"Bang bang..."

There were two more bangs, and with Lu Yu's yelling, the knock on the door became more and more urgent.

call…

Cai Zhaoji took a long breath, she frowned, bit her lips with her teeth, and opened the door.

Seeing Lu Yu's anxious look, Cai Zhaoji's tone was filled with anger.

"Spent the night here last night!"

"You still come today, are you addicted?"

There was no one around, so Cai Zhaoji simply said what was on her mind...

Uh…

This really embarrassed Lu Yu.

If you want to say that you are not addicted, the question has already been asked here, but if you want to say that you are addicted... I have forgotten what I felt yesterday.

This is very manly... The viewers understand everything.

"Cough cough..."

With a light cough, Lu Yu immediately groaned: "Sister Zhaoji, where are you going? I am here tonight. I have something serious to do?"

"Serious business?"

A trace of imperceptible disappointment flashed in Cai Zhaoji's eyes...

Faintly, there was a different voice hidden in her heart.

"Who wants you to be serious?"

But she couldn't say this no matter what, the education she received didn't allow him to say it.

"Yes...it's about some customs of the Huns." Lu Yu said truthfully. "Recently, an envoy from the Huns came to Xudu City. Before contacting him, I would like to ask Sister Zhaoji about the customs of the Huns."

Lu Yu sincerely asked for advice...

Of course, speaking of it, he also has some understanding of the Huns, but his understanding is too one-sided...

Before crossing, the Han nationality hadn't mastered the extensive and profound culture. Naturally, their understanding of these nomadic cultures was only a half-knowledge.

But Sister Zhaoji is familiar with thousands of volumes of books, and there are more than a thousand ancient books recorded in her chest. The northern country she lived in since she was a child is also close to the frontier. Under Cai Yong's ears and eyes, she will naturally have more feelings for the Xiongnu. To understanding.

Therefore, Lu Yu came to ask for advice.

"Then, come in! It's cold outside!"

Actually, Cai Zhaoji was a little disappointed, but...not obvious.

She opened the door and lured Lu Yu into the house.

One table, two bowls of tea.

Cai Zhaoji specially dug out a few volumes from the study, which she had silently written about the customs of the 'Huns'.

Her father, Cai Yong, once compiled the "Continued Hanshu" for the Han court, which would naturally record the customs and habits of nomadic people...

And this "Continued Han Shu" Cai Yong has only completed half of it.

The other half, Lu Yu knew, was a wish buried in Sister Zhaoji's heart, and she wanted to fulfill her father's...

Therefore, she memorized all the first half of the volume that her father had finished, just to wait for the moment when the world is peaceful and someone can bring up "Wen Zhi" again.

"What does Brother Yu want to ask?"

"Sister Zhaoji, there's no need to make the atmosphere so..." Lu Yu felt that the atmosphere was a bit weird...

"Are you asking or not!" Cai Zhaoji pretended to be angry. At this moment, she had the resentment that a little woman only has when facing her husband.

"Ask...Ask!" Lu Yu was helpless..."Sister Zhaoji, I know the changes of the Huns, but the language, customs, and habits of the Huns...I don't know anything about it."

This…

Cai Zhaoji's eyeballs rolled, she recalled a little before she spoke.

"Father once mentioned the Xiongnu to me on a special trip. Let me talk about their habits first. The Huns are nomadic tribes. They have no writing and are bound by language. They mainly live by animal husbandry. They have sheep, cattle, horses, mules and camels. Among them, horses are the most important. Valuable, a must for battle, transport, trade, and everyday life!"

Speaking of which...

Cai Zhaoji paused for a moment. She was in the Northland when she was a child, and she had seen too many Hu merchants before she was five years old, and Cai Yong would often mention some Hu people's customs and habits to her.

Cai Zhaoji was curious and wrote them down one by one.

"Slightly different from us Han people, the livestock property of the Huns is owned by individuals, and the pasture land of each tribe is shared by the herdsmen of the tribe. The Huns live in yurts, which they call 'Qionglu', eat meat, drink kumiss, and wear Leather, living a life of migrating water and grass."

"And their nobles also lived in palaces. Most of these palaces were built by craftsmen of the Han Dynasty. They also built military forts and castles, vehicles, boats, roads and bridges. In addition, their copper industry was very important. Developed, able to cast all kinds of weapons and horse gear, iron and pottery also have a certain scale, but far behind our Central Plains."

call…

Sure enough, Lu Yu thought about it, and it was useless to ask Sister Zhaoji for advice. Many knowledge points were too detailed and fragmented, and he didn't know it!
Not knowing means not understanding. It is very unwise to not understand the other party before dealing with the other party.

certainly…

In the previous life, when many people mentioned the barbarians, they couldn't help but say that there was a wave of "resentment" and "bitter hatred", and they wished that if they could time travel, they would slaughter all the barbarians.

Not killing 30 Huns seems to feel that it is not enough to quell the tragedy of the "five random Chinese"...

I feel sorry for my identity as a Han Chinese!

But... is it realistic?

Ever since the three princesses of the Han Dynasty married into the Xiongnu, Hu-Han intermarriages have continued to take place. The number of Han women married by the Hu people outside the Great Wall is unknown, and the number of orchids married by Han men is even more immeasurable!

Half of these people have Han blood in their bodies, how could they kill as soon as they say it, and kill as soon as they say it!
Besides... Throughout the ages, Lu Yu has never heard of any dynasty that could really wipe out the barbarians.

The reason is the land, the land outside the Great Wall is not suitable for farming.

The Han people are not interested in the land that cannot be planted...and cannot produce any value.

Therefore, during Emperor Wu's reign, the champion Hou Huo Qubing swept the Xiongnu and restored the Western Regions, but after that, the large amount of land seized from the land outside the Great Wall could not grow food, so he couldn't spend a lot of troops, money and food to just guard it like this, right?
then…

It is the comeback of the popular Huns!

They can be divided into three, becoming Southern Huns, Xianbei, Wuhuan...

It can also become a future Turk, a Tatar...

All in all, as long as the land here cannot produce food and the Han people look down on these lands, it is impossible to solve the hidden dangers of these nomadic peoples.

Many authors of novels always mention the "barbarians" problem, and drive Wushuang to kill them all the way... People block people to kill people, Buddhas block people to kill Buddhas, but in fact, this can't solve any practical problems at all!

certainly…

Strictly speaking, today's Southern Huns are completely different from the former "Huns"!
Similar to the "Huns have the habit of cannibalism" in the Qin Dynasty, the Huns locked Han women into sheepfolds, which basically did not appear in the southern Huns.

After all, the southern Xiongnu had already surrendered to the Han, and this is the Han's Fanbang!

And to solve the idea of ​​​​the Southern Huns, it is impossible to kill them all.

The only way is assimilation, so that they can continue to receive the education of the Han nationality through continuous reproduction, integrate into the Han nationality, and become a part of the Han nationality.

Of course it's hard...

The first thing to bear the brunt is to solve the food problem of "self-sufficiency" of the Southern Huns.

There is not enough food to eat, so it's no wonder they didn't go south to plunder!

In other words, there is no food here, no high-value methods... Even if Lu Yu asked the Han people to assimilate them, no one would go!extremely difficult...

As for the solution to this, Lu Yu has some ideas and ideas.

How to let the Han people occupy a dominant position outside the Great Wall!

How to make Hu people obey Lao Cao's discipline through food!
How to make Hu people forget that they are Hu people step by step...

certainly…

For the specific implementation, Lu Yu had to go outside the Great Wall to think about it.

Still the same sentence, assimilation... the greatest possible assimilation, but... all in all, the most urgent thing to solve is the issue of marriage.

It can be said that once they get married, the road ahead will go smoothly!
Once you refuse to make a kiss, the road after that will be difficult.

Cai Zhaoji didn't know what Lu Yu was thinking, but continued to talk about the habits of Hu people.

"The Xiongnu is dominated by tribal alliances. The leader of the alliance is called 'Shanyu', and there are left and right sage kings under 'Shanyu'. In these tribes, there are many surnames, such as Biru's surname and Huyan's surname. , Lan's, Xu Bu's, Qiu Lin's, Han's, Lang's, etc..."

"The current Xiongnu Shanyu Huchuquan belongs to the Suoda family. In fact, from the Qin Dynasty to the present, every Xiongnu Shanyu has been from the Suoda family. If he succeeds to the throne, the father will die and the son will succeed, or the brother will end up with the younger brother. The other four families such as Huyan, Lan, Xubu, and Qiulin were also noble, and they married Shanyu for generations. All major matters such as abolition, peace, and sacrifices were discussed and decided by the nobles of various ministries. Shan Yuting'!"

"The Huns have an unwritten rule. Stealers will confiscate their property. For major crimes, they will be punished with death, and for minor crimes, they will be punished. The maximum imprisonment shall not exceed ten days, and the number of prisoners in a country shall not exceed ten!"

"The Huns also worshiped the sun and the moon at night, marched when the moon was full, and retreated when the moon was short. Those who could behead the enemy on the battlefield were given a cup of wine. All the plunder was owned by themselves, and the captives were their slaves. They can be lucky in battle. Those who return the body of the deceased can get all the family property of the deceased. Every year in the first month, a small meeting will be held in Shanyu Court to worship the shrine; In addition, the fifth day of the first month, the fifth month, and the ninth month are often used to worship the gods."

Speaking of which...

Cai Zhaoji paused, and then told Lu Yu about the marriage customs of the Huns.

"The biggest difference between the Xiongnu and us lies in the marriage customs. After the death of the father and brother, the wife and stepmother, the widow and the widow, the Huns bury the dead with their heads facing east, and the nobles are buried deep. There are as many as three coffins. After death, only gold and silver In addition to the burial, there are as many as hundreds of ministers and concubines from the dead!"

Cai Zhaoji talked endlessly, and Lu Yu listened with great interest.

As expected of Miss Zhao Ji...

Before traveling, when Lu Yu saw the history of the Later Han Dynasty, he always wondered why Cai Wenji was completely different from other women's fate after being taken away by the Southern Huns. Beloved princess!What's even more exaggerated is that the entire Huns respect her extremely!
This is very unusual...

But... Hearing Sister Zhaoji say this today, Lu Yu understood...

Sister Zhaoji, who grew up in the northern grassland, is too familiar with the Huns. She knows everything about the Huns, and this knowledge makes her stand out.

Of course, in history, Cai Zhaoji was taken captive outside the Great Wall, and the tragedy of Huqin and Pipa was resolved by Lu Yu in this life.

It can be solved... the century-old conflict between Hu and Han, but there is still a long way to go!
I don't feel like time is passing by...

After chatting until midnight, Lu Yu's understanding of the Xiongnu also deepened a lot.

Even deeper, his strategy for the Southern Huns is by no means pure massacre...but assimilation!

The pattern needs to be opened, the blood of the Han nationality is flowing among the Southern Huns, they can be Hu people or Han people, as long as the Han people are interested in those lands...as long as the Han people can earn "wealth" from those lands!

As long as the Han people continue to take the initiative to go beyond the Great Wall...to open more schools, to infiltrate more...

Within three generations, Hu will not be Hu, and Hu will return to Han!

It's a great vision...

Just thought of this.

Cai Zhaoji blinked her eyes.

"After talking so much, why haven't you asked yet? Why are you suddenly interested in the Huns? Is it just because the envoys from the Southern Huns came to Xudu?"

"No!" Lu Yu waved his hand and replied truthfully: "This is one, and the most important thing is another one. The Xiongnu proposed to marry Prime Minister Cao...and has already selected a candidate?"

"Who?"

"Prime Minister Cao's eldest daughter—Cao Mu!"

When Lu Yu blurted out these words, Cai Zhaoji's face suddenly turned pale.

With a "click", the bamboo slip in her hand fell to the ground... her eyes widened. "How...could it be...could it be Mu'er?"

Yes…

Cao Mu is Cai Zhaoji's earliest and most beloved female disciple!

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(End of this chapter)