"Interesting" The envoys of various countries have arrived in Guanzhong and are arranged in Chang'an City, Liu Yan listened to some reports from Yuan Qiao, Yuan Qiao mentioned the news that the Persians talked about the Huns, which is really very interesting.
Every nation will have some mortal enemies, that is the hatred accumulated after years of war, or because the war has brought great grief to every family, the sworn enemy of the Han people from the Western Han Dynasty is the Xiongnu, and the Xiongnu will be divided into two parts: the north and the south.
The Southern Xiongnu became a captive dog, that is, this dog was never obedient, even during the strong Han Dynasty, he would go south to fight the grass valley, waiting for the Han army to send a large army to come and be a grandson, and repeatedly for hundreds of years, waiting for the Han family to split and then to Sima usurped the throne of Cao Wei, shouting the slogan of revenge for the Han family and destroying the Western Jin Dynasty.
It must be said that the slogan shouted by Liu Yuan was still recognized by a considerable number of Han people, especially the people who could not stand the rule of the Sima clan responded, and the Hu people of all ethnic groups who were migrated to the hinterland by the Jin family also took the opportunity to rise up, ending the rule of the Jin family over the Central Plains, and the people of the Central Plains were also reduced to a status inferior to that of wild beasts after that war.
The Northern Xiongnu is the real mortal enemy of the Han people, they did not go far at the beginning, from time to time they will invade the territory of the Han family, and then they once grabbed control of the Western Regions with the Han family, the last fiercest battle between the Han and the Huns was fought in the Western Regions, Chen Tang defeated the Northern Xiongnu with a small number of Han troops and then recruited the servant army of the Western Regions countries, and did the great cause of "holding the banner of the Marquis and cutting off the head of the Zhi Branch", and announced to the Quartet that "although the strong Han will be punished far away", the remnants of the Northern Xiongnu no longer dare to stay near the territory of the Han family, It's a real sense of far-reaching.
"They are talking about the Huns, on the western side of the Caspian Sea, who are currently engaged in a big war with the Alans."
It is understandable that any ethnic group will add a "slave" to its own name, and the name of the Xiongnu has always been the name of the Central Plains Dynasty, in fact, they really call themselves the Huns, and the country name is the country of the Great Bear.
Alan is called Xiancai in the records of the Central Plains Dynasty, and is roughly located in the Don River valley of today's Russia, north of the Great Caucasus Mountains, and east of Daze in ancient Chinese books on the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
It was divided into east and west by the Don River, with the east dominated by yellow people and the west dominated by Caucasians, who lived a nomadic life for a long time.
Although the people are of different races, the people of the Don Valley have long formed a national identity, calling themselves Alans, and thus forming a unified nation.
The official name of the state established by the Alans is the Alan State, the Western countries are called the Alan Na State, and the Central Asian countries will be called the Alan Liao.
They were founded around the first century AD and often raided the northern part of the Parthian Empire and the Caucasian provinces of the Roman Empire.
The current Northern Xiongnu are indeed on the west side of the Caspian Sea, and in the early days, they first defeated and annexed the Taetea Dahe people, and cultivated and recuperated in the habitat of the Taetea people.
According to legend, the Dayi people are the predecessor of the Parthians, in fact, they are their respective branches after the division of the same ethnic group, such as the rumored that the nomads on the steppe and the farming people in the Central Plains are all descendants of Zhuxia Miao, and for example, there are mature Jurchens and Jurchens in the Northeast, and similar phenomena are very common.
The Northern Xiongnu continued to migrate westward, and the first ethnic group they encountered was called Xiancai.
And it must be explained that the "Xiangcai Kingdom" in the records of the Central Plains Dynasty is the tribe of the Xiangcai people, so the Alan and the Xiangcai people are actually two different things, given that the Central Plains Dynasty always does not understand the difference between different races, it seems not uncommon to remember wrong.
The Amcai were soon defeated by the Northern Xiongnu in their westward migration, and the next unfortunate targets became the Alvas.
Western historiography regards the Alva people as the Rouran people, that is, the Rouran tribal alliance in Outer Mongolia during the Wuhu Rebellion, although both sides are Caucasian, but in fact the two are not the same race.
The Northern Xiongnu successively defeated the Xiangcai people, the Alva people, the Lega people, and the Miaotes on the west coast of the Caspian Sea, and only then did they really bump into the Alans, and the Northern Huns were taught a lesson when they met the Alans in the early stage, and the Aran country at that stage was to punch the Parthian Empire and kick the Roman Empire, and the Northern Huns, who were also nomads, especially the Northern Huns were in the stage of escape, and the Alans were naturally able to teach the Northern Huns how to behave.
"Therefore, the Northern Xiongnu are now blocked by the Alans on the west coast of the Caspian Sea" Liu Yan did not know about this period of history, and asked: "Do you know what the current Xiongnu Shan Yu is called?"
Yuan Qiao was dumb when asked.
Today's Northern Xiongnu is actually a bit chaotic, there are leaders but there is no Shan Yu, because the defeat in the hands of the Alans also caused division, part of it retreated to the north shore of the Caspian Sea, and the other part is to stay with the Alans to continue to entangle, only the leaders of each department and not the overall Shan Yu.
In the decades that followed, the Northern Xiongnu were divided and divided, and it was only in 350 A.D. that the various tribes that had only been briefly united to once again confront the Alans and emerge victorious.
This war finally allowed the Northern Xiongnu to have a big single Yu recognized by various ministries again, and he was Baramber.
Baramber started the war again in 374 AD, only this time against the Ostrogoths.
The Northern Huns easily defeated the Ostrogoths, allowing the Northern Huns to occupy the Don region and forcing the Ostrogoths to defect to the Visigoths.
Subsequently, Barhamber continued to conquer the Visigoths, and a major war broke out between the two armies in the Dniester region, which made Europe and Rome appear a miracle, including the Goths, who rushed to the west, and they flocked into the Danube region, which had a very serious impact on the Roman Empire at that time, and the Romans were forced to accept the asylum request of the fleeing barbarians, but these barbarians were not grateful to the Romans, and disrupted the Europa part of the Roman Empire, creating conditions for the Northern Huns to invade the Roman Empire in the future.
"The Persians want to use this news in exchange for the Han Dynasty to form an alliance with them" Liu Yan is not a person of this era after all, and his hatred for the Northern Xiongnu is not so deep, and he needs to get the opinion of his subordinates: "What do you think?"
"The Persians seem to know the Han very well" Ji Chang was, of course, the first speaker after being asked, saying: "They know that we can only exist with the Northern Xiongnu.
Now that we know the movements of the Northern Xiongnu, it would be inappropriate to do nothing. ” The civil and military officers have expressed their opinions, and they are extremely unified that they should do something, if they know the existence of the Northern Xiongnu and do nothing, it seems that they have no face to face their ancestors after their death.
Liu Yan felt a little pain in his brain in an instant, the Han army was re-stepping into the Western Regions, but it was currently stopping at Shanshan, tens of thousands of miles away from the west coast of the Caspian Sea, even if it was intended to engage in the Northern Xiongnu, it was beyond the reach of the whip.
"Looking at the map, the north side of Sassanid is the west side of the Caspian Sea, where the Northern Xiongnu live, and the habitat of Rome and the Northern Xiongnu is across the sea."
Ji Chang obviously also knew that the current Han State could not do anything with the Northern Xiongnu, but he could not do nothing from the correct position of political 1 rule and 1, so he said: "Both countries can take action against the Northern Xiongnu." ” The Roman envoy Aulus Sextus Cicero and the Persian Sassanid envoy Kianush Arta Ardashir expressed their intention to form an alliance one after another, and the Han side was simply joking, without explicitly refusing and not giving any reply.
The Han State has a very indifferent attitude towards the alliance with other countries, it is normal for countries to have alliances due to the need for them, and now the Han State has entered the stage of military alliance with Rouran, that is, the Han State needs Rouran to take action against the West Gaoche, the East Gaoche, the remnants of Murong, and the remnants of Tuoba, waiting for the above countries to be destroyed or there is no threat, and the Han State should destroy Rouran will not hesitate at all.
Liu Yan is thinking and doing things with modern thinking, and the important ministers of the Han State are authentic Han thoughts, not thinking that who is qualified to be their allies, other countries can only exist as little brothers, and it is not shameless for the boss to kill the little brother later, on the contrary, it is a just cause to take the little brother to live a happy life, and the destroyed little brother should be grateful rather than resentful.
"So," Xu Zheng stood up and concluded: "Whether it is Sassanid or Rome, whoever is willing to make a move against the Northern Xiongnu is qualified to be our ally." ” Ji Chang nodded, and then continued the topic: "The minister thinks that it doesn't matter who the Han allies with, but the trade requests of various countries are a big deal. ” To be honest, they really don't care who they form an alliance with, and after forming an alliance, it does not mean that Han needs to join unnecessary wars, it means that what the allies do or don't do is just making demands and it is difficult to interfere, and the allies should not ask what the Han must do.
Liu Yan suddenly felt that he still belonged to the category of noble people, and compared to a group of ministers, he was simply honest and reliable.
He originally wanted to make trouble with the Northern Xiongnu, but the Persian Sassanid or Rome really did something to the Northern Xiongnu, and after the formal alliance, they would cooperate with the alliance object in some things, but the ministers only needed benefits.
Later, Liu Yan thought about it again and again, it seems that he can't do that, if he really forms an alliance with Persian Sassanid or Rome, at least some of the alliance obligations that should be carried out in the alliance stage still have to be done, and he must not take the alliance seriously, let alone damage the country's credit because of some petty profits.
It is very clear that Liu Yan appeared, changed the historical course of the Central Plains, and at the same time allowed the Han Kingdom to join the game of the world island.
Maintaining good credit is beneficial and harmless for the subsequent game, especially for Persian Sassanid and Rome, which are also great powers in the world, which is far more important than taking advantage of one or two advantages "Alliances need to be done carefully."
Liu Yan drew the attention of the ministers who were talking about trade, and said very seriously: "Congratulations, the Han Dynasty is far away in the east of the world, but it can use the sea route to interfere in distant wars, whether it is Persian Sasanian, Ang or Rome, in fact, they are all within the range of the Han Dynasty. ” The Han army was already invading the Gupta Dynasty, since it could enter the Asan Ocean, and then enter the Arabian Sea in later generations, it was to find the matter of the leading party, which was equivalent to being able to land on Sassanid in Persia proper, and also to land on Egypt under Roman rule from the Gulf of Aden into the Red Sea, but it is not clear whether the Suez Canal exists.
To put it bluntly, the Suez Canal currently exists, except that it connects the Red Sea to the Nile.
The Suez Canal was first dug during the Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt, the Egyptian dynasty from 2000 BC to 1786 BC, and the work was initiated by Pharaoh Sinusett III Senretiii, whose name is the source of the word "Suez".
It was not until the time of Ramses II in the 13th century BC that the canal was abandoned, and then reopened during the reign of Ptolemy II in 250 BC, where it remained in use until 640 AD.
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At present, the Romans have been using the Suez Canal to go out of the Mediterranean Sea, and some caravans of the Gupta Dynasty did not stop after arriving in Egypt, entering the Nile River through the Suez Canal, and then entering the Mediterranean Sea through the Nile River, and when they arrived in the Mediterranean, they could choose the Roman area they wanted to land on at will.
Of course, no one in the Han Kingdom knew that much, even Liu Yan thought that the Suez Canal would not be built until the end of the 18th century, and he did not know that the Egyptians had done such a big thing as early as 2000 BC.
Liu Yan said that the alliance should be cautious, and several important ministers did not bypass the bend at first, and it was not good to ask Liu Yan directly, so they could only think about it themselves.
Regarding national credit or something, in fact, the ancients did not have a relevant concept, but the Central Plains Dynasty has been "unified" for a long time, and there are no countries of the same strength around it for a long time, even if there is, it exists as an enemy, and diplomacy is actually very lackluster.
Liu Yan could see that they really didn't understand what was going on, and it was a matter of recuperation and recuperation for a period of time after the drought before the Han State could really intervene in Central Asia and even Europa, so he took the initiative to pull the topic to trade.
"Although it is incomprehensible, any country is extremely hungry for silk, and they not only buy all the silk in the market in Jiankang, but also leave pre-purchase agreements with merchants, and negotiate with the government for large-scale purchases."
Lu Yi really didn't know why those crooked nuts were so obsessed with silk, and in line with the idea that crooked nuts wanted to be a fist product, he said: "The minister thinks that the silk sales should be controlled, and they should not be sold on a large scale." ” Liu Yan understood what Lu Yi was going to say, not that he couldn't sell it, but in line with the truth that rare things are expensive, selling a small amount to ensure the price of silk could not be sold as cheap as Chinese cabbage.
"Countries are eager for the goods of the Han Dynasty, but they have no goods that they can get their hands on.
The Han Dynasty's current demand for gold is not urgent" Lu Yi did not lie, the Han State had to carry out the gold, silver, and copper three-base currency reform, but the Han controlled Japanese Islands had a stable and huge amount of gold and silver to dig up: "Our most urgent thing is grain, which can be purchased from various countries through trade":