As the envoy of Guishan, Wang Yuan was really not very happy in the past few days when he was an envoy to the Han Dynasty.
No matter what Guishuang said, whether it is economic or military, it can be regarded as a strong country, not much worse than the Great Han, but when he arrived here, the first reaction of the other party's reception staff when they heard him sign up was to treat him as a messenger of the Yue Clan.
Well, if you trace back to the roots, Guishan was indeed pioneered by the Yueshi people, so in terms of etiquette, the status of the Guishan envoys was not even as high as that of the envoys of Xianbei, Dawan, and Wusun, and they were arranged to be treated the same as the envoys of some small countries.
The envoys of Xianbei, Dawan, and Wusun still had separate courtyards to live in, while their dignified envoys of Kushan could only live in a room for a few people.
This made the Guishan envoy very dissatisfied, quite dissatisfied, he didn't know why the Han people always held on to people's origins, the Yue clan was weak, and even the era when they were once attached to the Han Dynasty was hundreds of years ago, how could it be put now, there were still people talking about this.
Depressed exhaled, Wang Yuan came out of the room, looking at the beautiful scenery of the sunset, but a touch of disdain flashed in his eyes, the capital of the Han Dynasty is nothing more than that, in terms of prosperity, it is far less than the capital of Guishan, and the people are also quite poor.
Arrogance, this is Wang Yuan's impression of the current Han Dynasty, except for arrogance and nostalgia for his past glory, it is useless.
I heard that the emperor of the Han Dynasty wanted to restart the Silk Road, and the King of Guishan sent him to coincide with the emperor's wedding, Wang Yuan also took advantage of the situation to celebrate as a reason, ready to send a congratulatory gift, by the way to discuss the cooperation, after all, the silk and porcelain of the Han Dynasty are in high demand on the Silk Road, if the two sides can reach a cooperative relationship, for both sides, there are huge profits.
But now it seems that Wang Yuan is a little helpless to find that judging from the attitude of the officials of the Han Dynasty towards him, even if an agreement is finally reached, Guishan may be unilaterally reduced to the status of a vassal by the other party in this cooperation, just like I am cooperating with you and giving you charity.
This discovery made Wang Yuan very depressed, and he had the heart to leave, but he came with a mission this time, no matter what, he should meet the emperor, as for the rest of the matter, it was a decision-making issue between the upper echelons of the two countries, and he didn't need to care.
Stomp and tread The sound of hurried footsteps came from a distance, and quickly approached this side, Wang Yuan watched suspiciously as a young palace man came to him with a few guards.
"But the Guishan envoy" Wei Zhong looked at Wang Yuan and said with a slight salute.
"Not bad."
Wang Yuan is a diplomat of the Kushan Empire, who has traveled to the countries of the Western Regions all the year round, and is no stranger to the words of the Han people.
"Messenger, forgive me."
Wei Zhong smiled and said: "The people of the government were mistaken, Your Majesty heard that the Kushan envoy was coming, and ordered the humble post to come and settle down in person, and the Guishan envoy should be received with the highest standard of etiquette, and we have prepared the best garden, and invite the Guishan envoy to live." ” "Thank you."
Wang Yuan's heart is finally a little more comfortable, it's not easy, the emperor of the Han Dynasty is finally a knowledgeable person.
In fact, this matter can't be blamed for Ding Chong's neglect of the Guishan envoy, after all, whether it was Chen Tang's pursuit of the Xiongnu or Ban Dingyuan's defeat of the Guishan's 70,000 expeditionary army with less than 2,000 people, Guishan is not a strong country no matter how you look at it, although there is also a legend that Zhang Qian sent an envoy to the Western Regions, but it is only regarded as an ordinary country in the Western Regions with Dawan, Wusun or Kangju, in the eyes of the Han Dynasty, it is barely a country, but it is not a big country.
Wei Zhong personally instructed the post house officials to rearrange the residence for Wang Yuan and his team, Wang Yuan found Wei Zhong and said: "I can't hide it, I came to the Han Dynasty two months ago on the order of my King Guishan, and I didn't know about the wedding of the emperor of the Han Dynasty, I hope to meet His Majesty of the Han Dynasty, I don't know if I can pass it on my behalf."
"This" Wei Zhong looked at Wang Yuan with some embarrassment: "I can't hide it, Your Majesty has been busy with the big wedding recently, and I am afraid that I will not have time to meet with the envoys of various countries." ” Seeing Wang Yuan frowning, Wei Zhong smiled and said: "It's rare for the envoy to come to my Han Dynasty, so it's better to spend more time on it, just to watch the ceremony, and it's good to see my Han customs." ” When Wang Yuan heard this, he could only nod helplessly, he was ordered to come to discuss cooperation this time, if he didn't even see each other and went back, he would be considered incompetent by the king.
There is no exact time for such a mission to another country, and it doesn't hurt to wait a little longer.
After the earthquake in the imperial court, many of the current buildings are renovated and newly built, in order to restore the people's livelihood as soon as possible, Liu Xie was the first to reply to the private houses and inns, wine shops and other buildings, but the buildings of the government are relatively lagging behind, and now the post house can live in people's gardens, which are a little damaged, if he hadn't seen Xianbei and Dawan's manor, Wang Yuan would probably think that Dahan was entertaining him, but now, although he changed his mind, but in the end he still felt that Dahan did not attach too much importance to diplomatic matters.
Wei Zhong said goodbye to Wang Yuan, and when he left the post house, he was meeting Ding Chong who was coming over, and after stepping forward to salute, Ding Chong couldn't help frowning and said: "This old man of Guishan Country has also heard of it, but I don't know why His Majesty attaches so much importance to it."
"The slave and maid don't know very well, but after His Majesty heard that Guishan was coming, he was a little surprised, as if to say that this Guishan is a big country in the Western Regions."
Wei Zhong is also not sure, Ding Chong has heard about it, Wei Zhong does not know the existence of this country at all, and it is completely according to Liu Xie's orders at this moment.
"Great Power of the Western Regions" Ding Chong raised his eyebrows, Guishuang is too far away from the Han Dynasty, what Ding Chong knows is how Ban Dingyuan beat Guishuang, it really has nothing to do with the big country, but Liu Xie personally ordered, he didn't want to ask more, he didn't continue the topic at the moment, and said: "There was an order from the palace just now, this big wedding, His Majesty seems to be intent on handling it personally, and a large number of craftsmen have been recruited into the palace, but why is this?"
Liu Xie said before that everything in the marriage is simple, so the budget allocated by the imperial court is also limited, and now Liu Xie is going to handle it in person, and Ding Chong is afraid that the cost of this budget is not enough, so he came to Wei Zhong to see if Liu Xie wants to allocate some extra money and food in the treasury.
"It seems to be because of these foreign envoys."
Wei Zhong thought for a while, and said uncertainly: "But I didn't say that I wanted to allocate additional money and food." ” "I hope so, the envoys of the princes have also come one after another, the old man came today, but he hopes that Wei Huangmen can inform His Majesty, this post house is afraid that it will also be renovated, after all, this is a major event of the imperial court, the princes come to congratulate, and they are all famous people, so they should not be neglected."
Ding Chong sighed.
"I don't know who there are, slaves and maids, so I can report to Your Majesty."
Wei Zhong hurriedly said.
"Guangling Zang Hong, is a man of integrity, this time is to represent Yuan Shao, in addition to Yingchuan Chen Qun, Runan celebrity Yan Feng, Shuzhong Liu Ba, Jingzhou celebrity Kuai Liang, Jiangdong celebrity Lu Kang, Qingzhou, Xuzhou also celebrities came to congratulate."
"I'm afraid this inn can't be entertained."
Wei Zhong couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this.
"It's not that you have to live in a post house, these celebrities have many old friends to receive in Chang'an, but the accompanying attendants have to be in the post house."
Ding Chong nodded.
"The slave and maid will go back to the palace and explain to Your Majesty."
Wei Zhong had no choice but to nod.
"Then there will be labor."
Ding Chong nodded, didn't say anything more to Wei Zhong, and after saying goodbye, he left in a hurry, there have been more things in Chang'an City recently, don't look at Liu Xie being idle, but officials all over Chang'an have been busy and crazy recently, especially the pigtails of the iron-faced man who is waiting to catch everyone there, so that people dare not slack off.
When Wei Zhong returned to the palace, it was already close to evening, and Liu Xie had already prepared for the princes' congratulations, but when he saw the gift list brought by Wei Zhong, Liu Xie smiled.
"It seems that if there is a chance in the future, this kind of thing should come a few more times."
Liu Xie smiled and handed the gift list to Tang Ji, who had not yet left, and said, "In that case, the current dilemma of the imperial court can be solved." ” Although there was no actual money and grain, they were all treasures, and if they could be sold, the wealth sent by the princes would add up to a considerable amount of wealth, enough for the court not to worry about money and food for the next three years.
"These are rare treasures, and Your Majesty always measures them by their wealth, which is inevitably tacky."
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Tang Ji glared at Liu Xie with some disgust, the princes sent some rare things such as jade and jade, or antique calligraphy and paintings, just thinking about it makes me feel elegant, Liu Xie's first reaction was to sell money, which made Tang Ji inevitably feel a little bit of burning the qin and cooking cranes.
"In the eyes of the people who have no food to eat, these things together are not as precious as a bag of corn, and now that the imperial treasury is empty, there is no time for me to squander and enjoy it."
Liu Xie sighed, he really didn't eat the fireworks in the world.
"Besides, where is this glass precious, if the imperial sister-in-law likes it, I will get a box for the imperial sister-in-law after a while, and give it to the imperial sister-in-law."
Looking at the list, there were a few princes who sent glass, Liu Xie felt a little crooked, isn't it natural glass, no matter how you look at it, this thing can't match the preciousness.
"Your Majesty's words, this palace has to take it seriously."
Tang Ji scolded with a smile.
"You don't have any jokes, the imperial sister-in-law is waiting, when the people's livelihood in this pass is completely solved, I will free my hands, and I will start to buy these things, when the time comes, not only to give the imperial sister-in-law a big box, but also to use them to go to the Western Regions and go to the vassal states in exchange for a lot of wealth" Liu Xie laughed.
He remembered that when he looked at some modern history in his previous life, many people in developed countries in the West liked to take some failed products in the manufacture of glass and go to backward countries in exchange for gold, which seemed ridiculous, but now that his soul is back in the late Han Dynasty, he can't say it, and he has to learn to plunder the capital first, and if he operates it well, the profits in it are even higher than that of salt and iron. t1706231537: