Chapter 30: Disruption

As it turned out, this was not a good thing. When a thousand prisoners were cut into pieces of meat by the 100 long horns led by Zhou Ben, everyone was stunned. The civil and military officials led by the emperor were surprised by the blood and cruelty brought by the Chang'an army. The envoys of the vassal state, especially the Xiongnu and Xianbei, were shocked by the unstoppable lethality of Chang'an. Even Xun Yun, who had more than a dozen long horns under his command, was stunned. It turned out that the long horns arranged in heavy armor had such power. The long horns that flew into pieces like death apertures, cutting all the living things in front of them into pieces.

Cao Chong was very satisfied with the performance of the hundred-long hand. He retreated to the emperor who was pale and almost vomited out, and bowed to salute: "Your Majesty, the prisoner has been offered, but it may be a bit troublesome to build Jingguan. It is really not easy to find a complete skull."

It’s not that the emperor has never seen blood, nor has he seen dead people. When he was in Chang'an, it was common to see dead people, and there were piles of dead people. He shouldn’t be afraid or disgusted. However, when he saw these thousand prisoners being cut into pieces of minced meat by the Chang'an army in a moment, his stomach still couldn’t help but surge upwards.

"Love, there is no need for Jingguan." The emperor stood up shakingly and waved his hand weakly: "I am a little uncomfortable. The next thing will be done by my father and son." After saying that, he held Wei Feng's hand, who was also pale, and hurriedly stepped down. From beginning to end, he did not have the courage to take a look at the blood and broken limbs in the audience.

Cao Cao killed more people, and the life and death junctures he experienced were far more thrilling than this. His nerves were so thick that he could not estimate. Although this scene was a bit shocking, he calmed down quickly and ended the grand celebration with Taichang Zhang Yin, who could not help but stretched out his hand to cover his mouth. The emperor walked for too long, and even saved the preparation of the navy review. Zhou Yu, the general of the navy, waited on the warship for a long time, but he didn't see the emperor coming. Fortunately, the general Cao Cao and others came and took the officials to watch the performance of the 10,000 navy masters, and finally did not let Zhou Yu go in vain.

"What's wrong with Your Majesty?" After finishing the performance, Zhou Yu pulled Xun Yun and asked.

"Don't mention it, everything is pretty good in front of you. Your Majesty is in high spirits, but he was scared by the prisoner performed by the General of the Cavalry." Xun Yun had already recovered from this place. Thinking about the emperor's appearance at that time, he wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh. He quietly told Zhou Yu about the situation at that time. Zhou Yu was a little disbelief. The emperor was not a child, and killing a thousand people could scare him? It was too outrageous.

"Don't believe it. The meat in the military field is still there. You can see it when you have time." When talking about the meat, Xun Yun's throat began to sore again, and his nose was full of stomach acid, so he hurriedly avoided it. Zhou Yu was half-believing and half-doubting. Seeing Xun Yun walking away hurriedly, he was scratching his head in confusion, and Cao Chong sent someone to invite him.

Zhou Yu saluted the general and the cavalry general, and stood respectfully in front of them. Cao Chong waved his hand, drove the idle people out, and asked Zhou Yu to sit down, then asked: "Is there any news over Zijing?"

"I just received the news yesterday that Zijing and the Jiaozhou Navy had arrived at Zhuya County and contacted General Zhang. According to General Zhang, Zijing was probably the defeated soldiers from Jiangdong. They hid in Zhuya County, controlled the natives above, and also opened up land and farmed. They lived a stable life. They didn't come out to rob each other very much. If it weren't for the overseas merchant ships and property that were too attractive, they might not have been discovered until now."

"Is that true?" Cao Chong smiled: "Since that's the case, tell Zijing that if they can be incorporated, try to incorporate them as much as possible. Tell them that we want to expand the navy, and our footprints are as far as the body poison. Daqin, they have great achievements, and it's boring to be a water thief. If they can surrender, Zhuya County will be the credit for their recovery."

"Here." Zhou Yu felt a little unbalanced when he heard this. Although Lu Su was the deputy governor, after he pacified Zhuya, he would escort the merchant ships to the Qin Dynasty to make achievements. He was the governor who had no war to fight. This was too frustrating. He originally said that he would participate in the Battle of Liaodong after the beginning of spring, but he didn't expect that before he went there, he had already done it. Then, his 10,000 well-equipped navy rested here?

"Governor Zhou, wait for two more days to see if the emperor is interested in seeing the navy. If he doesn't want to see it, you will go down the river and stationed in Guangling and Wujun. My Han goes to Sanhan. You will be responsible for the safety of the businessmen in Japan. At that time, some traveling students will also follow you. You can spend a few years to figure out the overseas affairs and draw them into a chart to prepare for the next step." Cao Chong smiled and said, "Don't worry, if you fight, don't always limit your vision to the place where I am a Han. The ocean is several times larger than that of land. There are many strange countries overseas, and there are many treasures in the sea. When you are dazzling."

"Thank you, General, General Cavalry." Zhou Yu was overjoyed and quickly agreed.

"Before you have not set sail, please reunite with your wife for a few more days." Cao Chong stood up and joked: "I can't come back in a year or two after you leave the sea."

"The general is joking." Zhou Yu shook his head embarrassedly.

"I'll give you a few years to conquer the world. When you don't want to fight, I'll go back to Xu County - no, it may be back to Luoyang or Chang'an, the three dukes and nine ministers are waiting for you." Cao Cao laughed and forgot to give Zhou Yu a promise. Zhou Yu turned out to be the Nine Ministers. If he made contributions, the Nine Ministers are just the duty, and the Three Dukes are the commendation. Zhou Yu knew it very well. Judging from the pattern of Cao Chong's new policy, he would definitely not be the prime minister. Ten ** is the successor of the Congzu and the third Grand Marshal of the Zhou family after Cong Bo, and thanked him quickly.

After the military parade with a few starts and ends, Cao Chong and his son rushed back to participate in the rewards of the vassal state. The emperor was a little frightened and handed over the matter directly to the Prime Minister's Office. Prime Minister Cao Cao, Deputy Prime Minister Cao Pi, and Han Song of the Great Lu attended the meeting. The prince's young tutor Zhang Zhao represented the emperor and Cao Chong, the cavalry general, attended. Of course, he was deliberately trying to disturb the matter. The emperor would not let him listen and he would find a reason to sneak in.

It turned out that these meetings were very simple. The Han Dynasty had always been very polite to these vassal states, giving some tribute gifts worth three cents, and then giving them ten times and a hundred times reward. Anyway, you will be happy to calculate, and the emperor of the Han Dynasty would not be less than this little money. However, this meeting had fundamental changes in the process of the meeting due to several proposals from Cao Chong, who was noisy in the host, which made the atmosphere of the meeting a little strange.

Cao Chong proposed that the rewards of vassal states should not exceed twice the value of the tribute. The premise is to determine that he is indeed an envoy from a vassal state or a foreign country, otherwise he can only return at the market price. His reason was that among the envoys from Western countries such as the Qin Dynasty, some of them were faked by merchants, and they wanted to give some things as tributes, and then get a lot of rewards, which was much more cost-effective than doing business. Such counterfeit and shoddy things cannot be tolerated, and losing some money is a small matter, and being regarded as a fool would not be possible.

As for the vassal states within the Great Han Dynasty, Cao Chong also divided the vassal states into different levels. Just like last year's relief, those who were registered as the Han Dynasty were slightly rewarded. Those who had a harmonious relationship with the Han Dynasty and had a high degree of submission were not bad, but those who only had a name and came to ask for rewards, such as the Xiongnu, I'm sorry, the rewards were very limited. As for the Xianbei, rewards could only be equal to prices, or even insufficient. At the meeting, Daming said that the purpose of this was to say, the vassal state is a vassal state, and don't think it was compared with the people of the Han Dynasty. If you want to enjoy the same treatment as the people of the Han Dynasty, then make the same contribution as the people of the Han Dynasty. He also told those envoys of the vassal state that in the future, the affairs within your tribe can be handled according to the rules within your tribe, but those involving my great men must be handled according to the laws of our great men, otherwise don't blame us for turning against each other.

His words were like a drop of water poured into a hot oil pan and it immediately fryed.

Several vassal states in Yizhou in the southwest are better. They have received many benefits from trade in recent years. In the snow disaster last year, they were treated almost as well as the Han people. Not only were ordinary people grateful, but even the leaders of their tribes are now jealous of the wealth of the Han merchants and wished they could have a household registration certificate for the Han people now, because they had to pay more taxes than the Han people when doing business with the Han people. If they became Han people, they could not only pay less taxes, but also enjoy more benefits. For example, they could eat better food by entering the Shiting Pavilion on the road and spend a lot of money.

As for the Qiang people in Liangzhou, they had long realized the difference between vassal states and becoming the people of the Han Dynasty. Although the snow disaster in Xiliang last year was not very serious, they were also helped by the court. The grain transported from Yizhou and Jingzhou continued to enter Xiliang along the Wei River. Under the arrangement of Liangzhou Governor Jia Xu, they entered all counties and counties in an orderly manner. The Qiang people soon discovered the difference in treatment. The relief received by the Han people could ensure that they survived until the next harvest. The elderly over 70 years old still had two kilograms of meat each.

Let them celebrate the New Year. The Qiang people got at most 70% of the Han people, and they could only barely starve to death. It was impossible to eat as full as the Han people. Some Qiang people were red in their eyes and wanted to rob them by the swords. But before they could succeed, they were hit by the Han people who were prepared. They sued Han Yin, the captain of the Qiang, and were scolded by Han Yin, and killed several people to establish their authority. They informed the whole country that if there were similar incidents, they would be killed without mercy! Not only were they going to kill and rob, but they even killed the entire tribe.

The Han people laughed, the Qiang people were afraid, and they weighed the situation. Compared with death, although the big Han's relief was not enough, they could finally starve to death. So they could endure it. Of course, in order to rely on the Han people, they also had the intention to just be naturalized like the Qiang people in Guanzhong. This would not only give you more relief food, but also enjoy the discount for sending a child to school. Anyway, the people of the big Han people are living a good life now. Although they are a little harder, they can still eat and drink enough, and have no worries about food and clothing. If they suffer from disaster, they can still enjoy a large amount of relief in the court. This is too important for the Qiang people who are half farming and half pastoral.

The Huns were very conflicted. On the one hand, they were unwilling to become part of the Han people. There were too many Han people. If the Huns integrated into the Han people, they would not have the Huns race for several generations. In addition, although they were devastated, they still felt that they were meat-eating wolves. Han people were grass-eating sheep. How could wolves become sheep? Chang Tian was born to curse. On the other hand, they were jealous of the treatment of the Han people. They could not stop tens of thousands of troops waiting to use their heads to obtain the merits. They did not want to become the minced meat in front of the Chang'an Army. If they didn't rob, they received the relief that they received was not as good as the Qiang people. If they did not use cattle and sheep and war horses to exchange food, they would be afraid that some people would starve to death this year.

Hu Chuquan was helpless and finally stated that the Huns could not integrate into the Han people for the time being. He asked the General and General Cavalry to give him some time to communicate with the people in the tribe. But he could assume more obligations like the Qiang people. If there was something wrong in the northern border, the Huns could obey the recruitment like the Han army, and handed over a considerable number of war horses every year in exchange for enough daily necessities. As for this year's difficulty, I would also ask the General to give me some kindness and help me a little more, otherwise it would be really dead. It would be difficult for him, the Shanyu, to return.

Cao Cao was very satisfied and decided to build a house for Huchuquan in Xu County. You should live here for a long time, let Goubei go back to supervise the country, and make up the war horses that owed us in three years. The first batch of war horses arrived at the tent, and the difference relief came. Huchuquan had no choice but to nod, even though he knew that he was under house arrest, he had to nod. Fortunately, he was quite comfortable living in the inn in Xu County these days, which was not worse than the royal court in Meiji. If he had his own house, his life would be better.

The Xianbei people have always been very calm because they felt that what they were talking about before was all about vassal states and had nothing to do with them. They were two equal countries and could not be handled in this way. Looking at the declining appearance of the Huns, they even laughed twice. Such a person can be regarded as a wolf on the grassland? Now they are lying in front of the Han people like dogs, and they are so devastated.

They came over to watch the ceremony excitedly, but in fact they were still a kind-hearted attitude. How about it, we Xianbei people will not beat you anymore, as long as you give us some benefits, marry a princess to us and give us some money every year, we don’t have to disturb the border every year as we do now. So after the affairs of the vassal state were discussed, the Xianbei envoy stood up with a proud pride.

"General, we Xianbei people are here to make peace. In order to show our sincerity to the Han Dynasty, we are willing to marry the Han Dynasty. I wonder what the General thinks?"

Cao Cao glanced at Cao Chong and said, "Boy, it's your turn to perform." Cao Chong stood up knowingly and said with a smile: "Good marriage? Good thing, welcome."

The Xianbei envoy smiled with satisfaction, and glanced at the somewhat depressed Huchuquan and Qubei, full of contempt. Qubei snorted, straightened up, and waited to see the Xianbei people's jokes. He knew in his heart that General Cavalry would not have good fruit for Xianbei people to eat.

"But I see you come, don't you bring women?" Cao Chong looked around pretending to behave and smiled, "Did we hide in the inn and not let us see it? I said, "Youxian King, you live next door to them, but you see them bringing beautiful women?"

Goubei smiled and said with a big mouth: "There is no beauty in Xianbei? Thirty years ago, there was a wind and snow. Now, probably no one can catch the eyes of the general. At least I, the Huns, went to the grassland so many times and snatched many Xianbei women, none of them were beautiful."

Before the Xianbei people could react, they said in a daze: "What does the general mean? What does it have to do with my relatives and whether there are any beauty in my Xianbei?"

Cao Chong was even more surprised: "Where do you get along with without a beauty? I, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, have a high vision, and I am not a peerless beauty, so he doesn't even look at it."

The Xianbei people became popular, and he lowered his face and suppressed his anger and said, "The general is wrong. We are going to marry the princess of the Han Dynasty, rather than sending our Xianbei women to the Han Dynasty to offer to your emperor."

Cao Chong smiled and shook his head and said, "You are a little bit of a toad that wants to eat swan meat. What is my great man's princess? Can you marry you Xianbei people? It's not absolutely impossible, but I'm afraid you don't have the capital. It's okay to marry our princess. There are only three conditions. First, our princess will marry a peerless hero. We must be able to make the man we princess look at, otherwise we won't have any talk."

"Are you a general considered a peerless hero?" The Xianbei people laughed coldly.

"Please force." Cao Chong asked with a smile without any modesty at all: "Do you Xianbei people have them?"

"Uh--" The Xianbei people were choked by Cao Chong's narcissism and did not react for a moment.

"Secondly, you must have a house as beautiful as my Han's palace. My Han's princess was spoiled since she was a child, so she could not live in the same tent as you Xianbei people. My Han's situation was not very good a few days ago, and Xu County and Luoyang cannot be compared. Considering that you Xianbei people are poor, the requirements should not be too high, just be as careless as the Xu County palace."

"You--" The Xianbei people's face turned pale, and the Xianbei people's royal court was similar to the ordinary officials in Xu County. Even a wealthy family like Cao's Mansion could not compare to how they could afford a house like a palace in Xu County. Besides, the Xianbei people are nomadic people, so how could they build such a beautiful house there?

Unreasonable trouble, this is obviously unreasonable trouble.

"Third, if you want to marry my princess, you must prepare enough betrothal gifts and betrothal gifts first. It doesn't matter if you Xianbei people don't have such beautiful gifts. Take your local products and go to my betrothal trade. I guess you will give me a betrothal gift first. As for the betrothal gifts, wait until you get all the betrothal gifts together." Cao Chong waved his hand very generously.

"One or 20,000 war horses are just betrothal gifts?" Xianbei people were extremely angry and laughed. He snorted: "Your princesses are too expensive, we Xianbei people can't afford to marry them." He was already in a daze, and was unknowingly led by Cao Chong and said unconsciously that he was still unconscious.

"I'll just say it." Cao Chong clapped his hands: "So, you'd better go back and choose and give me a few who are still eye-catching. Emperor, don't think about it. The prince is too young. Just choose a prince to marry you Xianbei. It's not easy for you to come from all the way."

"So, the great man has no sincerity to marry?" The Xianbei people stood up and looked around coldly, and their eyes fell on the faces of the prince's young master Zhang Zhao and the great Honglu Han Song. Han Song saw from the beginning that Cao Chong was trying to disrupt the situation. Since the general Cao Cao pretended to be sleepy and did not speak, he simply pretended to be confused and closed his eyes and listened quietly. Zhang Zhao was anxious. The emperor was looking forward to marrying the marriage. Cao Pi was even ready for his daughter. It didn't matter if he had a house like the palace to live in the emperor. What the emperor wanted was to subdue the arrogant Xianbei people and add a lot of money to his contribution. After being disturbed by Cao Chong, there was no hope in this matter.

"Well, General Cavalry, can you talk with me?" Zhang Zhao stood up, walked to Cao Chong, and signaled.

Cao Chong glanced at him, then glanced at the Xianbei people who were looking very beautiful, and followed Zhang Zhao to the side without saying much. Zhang Zhao stroked his beard and calmed down: "General, this marriage is the emperor's intention. If it can be exchanged for stability in the northern border, it will be a great thing for the country and the people. My Han Dynasty's northern border has been unstable in recent years, and countless women have been kidnapped by Xianbei people every year. If it can be exchanged for stability in the northern border, it will be a good thing. My Han Dynasty's wars over the years, it will take a rest time. What do the general think?"

"Mr. Zhang, I don't want to rest and recuperate." Cao Chong bowed and bowed: "But Mr. Zhang thought that this Xianbei people could make us rest and recuperate? What they thought was that I was extorting money and property from my great man, so that they could restore their vitality, and quell the civil strife first. When they recovered, they would still harass my great man."

"General, this is inappropriate." Zhang Zhao shook his head and disagreed: "General, if we marry their princess, our prince of the Han Dynasty will become the son-in-law of the Xianbei people. Even if we are not the prince, this matter is not appropriate. If we marry a princess, the Xianbei people will become the son-in-law of the Emperor of the Han Dynasty. In the future, the next Xianbei king will be the grandson of the Emperor of the Han Dynasty. How can the grandson beat the grandson? The general has not yet figured out the status of the noble and noble in this period."

"Madame?" Cao Chong suddenly said, "I think Mr. Zhang's words are similar to those of Liu Jing's words when he advised Emperor Gaozu to marry the Huns."

Zhang Zhao smiled and nodded: "That's right."

"Then were the Huns obedient later?" Cao Chong asked back, "Did you be safe from now on?"

"Uh?" Zhang Zhao froze. The Huns were not as happy as ever. They still disturbed the border every year. If there was something missing in their families, they would come to the Han Dynasty to rob them. There were no slaves at home, and they also came to the Han Dynasty to rob them. The Han Dynasty was their warehouse.

"Mr. Zhang, I heard that the emperor is unwilling to marry the princess to Xianbei. My Cao family is also reluctant to let him go. Didn't you look at the palm prints on my brother's face? It was beaten by the general. I wonder if Mr. Zhang has a suitable daughter or granddaughter?" Cao Chong stared at Zhang Zhao's eyes and said word by word. Zhang Zhao blushed, and he looked at Cao Chong with some anger: "General of the Cavalry, the marriage is the emperor's intention, let alone the deputy prime minister agreed to the emperor. Do you still want to disobey the sage and oppose the elder brother's opinion?"

"The emperor is wrong. I, a minister, have to give advice. If my brother is wrong, my old father is not satisfied. I, a brother, have to correct me. Mr. Zhang, don't you think so?" Cao Chong smiled faintly and waved his hand and said, "Mr. Zhang, I believe that my soldiers of the Han Dynasty would rather sacrifice their heads, sprinkle their blood, and bury their bones and grasslands than be humiliated. If you want to marry, let the Xianbei people send beauty. If Mr. Zhang thinks that this reputation is not good, it doesn't matter. I still have a few brothers who have not gotten married, and I can barely love one or two Xianbei women. I am not afraid of bad reputation." He paused and said, "The general is not afraid. Besides, Emperor Xiaowu also asked the Huns to be the minister of the regent back then. What's the shame of having a Xianbei woman as a concubine? Maybe it's a different flavor."

"You--" Zhang Zhao was almost so angry that he couldn't breathe in a breath because of Cao Chong's rogue appearance. His fingers were trembling and his body trembled. Cao Chong frowned and raised his hand to call the two guards: "Mr. Zhang is sick, send him back to rest, don't forget to hire a doctor."
Chapter completed!