Viewed from a distance, the ice peaks on the Tianshan Mountains are like blooming snow lotus, graceful and beautiful.But it wasn't them who attracted Han Dang's attention, leaving the hinterland of Gumo Country and walking to the depths of the mountains, Old Han couldn't help but glance at what Ren Hong was holding tightly in his hand.The wooden handle is eight feet long, and the oxtail dyed red is its triple layer, and the yellow tassels are slightly swaying in the cold wind blowing on the snowy mountain.Although Ren Hong is an envoy of the Han Dynasty, because he undertakes a relatively "simple" task of escorting him into the court, and there is no mission, he did not give a festival, where did he come from?
Han Dangdang knew very well that Ren Hong had made it by himself only yesterday with the materials that the Sogdians had collected for him.After wading through another stream, he couldn't help but whisper: "Homemade scepter, Ren Jun, are you going to correct it?"
”"You still know about orthopedics?"
Ren Hong glanced at Han Dangdang.Lao Han gnawed on the dried mutton and said: "I mentioned it when I broke the Sui, I was originally a pawn in Chang'an, but it was because my boss believed in Prince Wei's correction and sent troops to help him when he was in the witch trouble, so he was implicated and exiled to Dunhuang, and he had already planted it once, how could he not know?"
Ren Jun, I advise you, don't do this. ”You must know that the runes of the Han Dynasty were pure red, and it was because Liu Ju also used red runes during the witch Gu, so Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty added yellow tassels to them to show the difference."
Who told you it was a scepter?"
Ren Hong raised the guy in his hand, and said with a heartfelt voice: "The scepter of the Han Dynasty is a heavy yak tail paid tribute by yak Qiang, with the bamboo cane of Shu County as a rod, and the lacquer produced in Shanglin is blackened, and finally the yellow tassel weeping tassel carefully prepared by the Shaofu weaving room, and there must be a pass note issued by the Imperial History Mansion, otherwise it cannot be called a scepter.""
So, this thing made from the yak tail of a wooden stick in a small frontier town, it's not a scepter, it's just a walking stick made for mountaineering!""
Is it illegal to use poplar wood as a cane?
Is it illegal to paint black on a walking stick?
Is it illegal to tie a few yak tails?
As a decoration, is it illegal to add yellow tassels to hang on it?
Which one is written in the Han Rules?
”Han Dangdang scratched his head, every step was fine, but the more he said this, the more he felt that there was a problem.Ren Hong comforted him and said: "If Kunmi of Wusun mistook my cane for a scepter, it was also their mistake, not my fault." ”"In the past, Zhang Qian, the Marquis of Bowang, hollowed out the Western Regions and became famous outside the territory, and later many envoys went abroad, and they also claimed to be the Marquis of Bowang, which was a lie, but the imperial court did not pursue it, because it could make the envoys win the trust of the countries and be beneficial to the Han Dynasty.I did this to make things go smoothly, let me ask, how can a Han envoy who doesn't even have a scepter convince Wusun Kunmi?
”Speaking of this, Ren Hong looked at Liu Yaoguang, who was silently climbing ahead: "After the princess arrives in Wusun, won't she pierce me?"
”"No, it won't."
Liu Yaoguang looked back and smiled: "Aren't I allies with Ren Jun?"
How can I stab you in the back?
”"But Ren Jun, I advise you, save some effort, say less, this mountain road is far away, and if you go up, I'm afraid you and the others will be out of breath.""
The princess is really joking!"
Han Dangdang was stimulated and shouted: "My old Han is the most powerful at climbing mountains, otherwise Ren Jun would not have picked me to follow!"
”Yes, they were walking on the shortcut path to Usun, the flat, wide valley of the South Muzart River had been left behind, and the road became more and more difficult to navigate after wading through three kne-deep icy rivers.Basically, they walk along the right side of the river valley, mainly on gravel roads, and the horse's hooves will step on the air if they are not careful, and in many places, Ren Hong and them can only get off their horses and hike.But compared to the road ahead, this is only a small meaning.As soon as Ren Hong looked up, he could see that the towering snow peaks were in front of him, one on the left and one on the right, all of them were above 6,000 meters above sea level, like giants guarding the border fortress.In the middle of the two peaks, there is a slightly lower pass, the Wusun people call it Gusur Ridge, and later generations call it "Hatamuz Daban", accumulating white snow, and below is a milky white glacier.The most difficult part of the journey was about to begin, going down the mountain, the Shata Ancient Road was 200 miles long, and they had to complete it in four days.Before Ren Hong got on the horse, he continued to say to Han Dang: "Besides, Jiao, Tuoye, and Tuo Feng will do it."
But when I go to Wusun, I will only state the interests and disadvantages, and I will never make up a sentence and say that it is an edict made by the Son of Heaven, so it is not a correction, you can rest assured. ”In fact, if you take 10,000 steps back, there may not be anything wrong with correction, because in Dahan, the sentence for this crime is quite flexible.When Ren Hong was waiting for Fu Jiezi to bake naan in Hecang City, he pondered the law and order, and there were three types of correctional charges, namely "great harm in correction", "harm in correction" and "no harm in correction".The correction system is sentenced to be cut in half, and the correction system is judged to abandon the city, as for the correction system is not harmful, guess what, it is only a fine of four taels and the official is removed!
And if it is the huge benefits that the correction system brings to the country, it will not even be investigated.Ren Hong knew an example, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's confidant Ji Di, was ordered to inspect the place, and found that the local floods were rampant, but the officials allowed the people to starve to death, and the displaced people were everywhere, so he used the Fu Festival as a basis to correct the local warehouse to open a warehouse and release grain.Afterwards, Ji Huang was also smart, and he was impeached first, but Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did not pursue the matter, but it only affected Ji Huang's future career and was abandoned in other counties.However, there are also counter-examples of painting tigers and not anti-dogs, also when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, there was a doctor Xu Yan who inspected the place to play the correction system, let the place cast iron by itself, and did not feel that he was wrong afterwards, and used Confucian theory to retort with Zhang Tang, the court commander.As a result, Xu Yan's theory was refuted by the final army of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, who was proficient in Confucianism, and sentenced to be beheaded.Liu Che still has a very good way of dealing with this group of Confucian students.From this point of view, the laws of the Han Dynasty simply encouraged the generals and envoys who were outside the country to act arbitrarily, after all, thousands of miles away, the situation is changing rapidly, and if you really want to return everything, then you can't do anything.Ren Hong doesn't know, this law is a loophole in the system?
Or is it the self-confidence unique to this dynasty called "Han": "Correction?
No problem, but you have to guarantee that you can make a profit for Dahan!
”So decades later, there was a matter of Chen Tang's correction and beheading.By the way, Chen Tang is born now, right?
Weaned or not, do you want to rob his famous quote another day!
Thinking like this, the radish under her was suddenly startled, because she heard a terrifying sound!
There was a huge "beast" that roared in the distance.The sound was sometimes loud and crisp, sometimes squeaky and seeping like grinding teeth.Han Dangdang was as nervous as a radish, thinking that it was some kind of beast, so he couldn't help but clench the knife.Ren Hong told him not to panic, it was just the sound of a glacier melting and breaking.However, Liu Yaoguang was very accustomed to it, and pointed to the vast glacier in front of him on the right and said: "It's the sea of snow crying, every year after March, she will cry, tears flow down the mountains, into the oases and deserts, all night."
When we stand on her tomorrow, the noise will be louder, don't be scared. ”No way, because the cliffs on both sides of the pass are impassable, and climbing over the glacier is the only way.After a day of climbing, people were sleepy and tired, and at the suggestion of Liu Yaoguang, they rested in a simple house made of pebbles in front of the glacier, which was sent by Gumo to repair it, in order to welcome Wusun Kunmi to send troops down the mountain every summer to collect tribute gold.Ren Hong's preparation was very sufficient, not only did he ask the Sogdians to help him in Gumo, but he also replenished a large amount of dried meat, plus thick felt clothes and hats, and even the shoes were worn by people in the snow-capped mountains, and the leather boots were thick and non-slip, and the hooves of the beloved horses should also be covered with a layer of felt.Liu Yaoguang became serious and told them about the rules of the Wusun people crossing the glacier by the fire."
Tomorrow we will wade through more than ten miles of snow sea, we can't wear russet clothes, we can't shout loudly, the slightest violation, there will be disasters immediately, the wind is strong, the ice and snow are like rain, the victims are lost, it is difficult to survive."
The next morning, just after dawn, everyone set out immediately.Looking at the glacier from afar, it looks like a jade belt, which makes people feel fresh and magnificent.But it wasn't until I stepped on its surface that I realized that this was really an adventure like walking on thin ice, like an abyss.Tens of thousands of years of glacial movement have caused the rocks on both sides of the ice valley to fall off, covering the glacier with a layer of stones, making it like a brown dragon, pouring down from the snow-capped mountains.The distance to cross the glacier is more than ten miles, and even if you look at this short distance, it can consume a whole day.Due to the squeezing of the ice, on the glacier with staggered cracks, there are hill-like ice towers, which are full of dangers, and from time to time the sound of the glacier cracking comes from the soles of your feet, and as an outsider, you have no idea where there are traps under your feet.Fortunately, Liu Yaoguang's Wusun escort has walked this road countless times, and she skillfully guides everyone along the most stable glacier, even so, they have to face deep and wide ice gullies, and if they miss and slip into the glacier, they will definitely die.Fortunately, there is no scene here where Ren Hongyi stumbles and becomes a thousand years of hatred, or a beauty reaches out to save the hero.Ren Hong used to hike a lot in his previous life, and he stepped very carefully at every step.However, it was the first time since Radish was born that she walked such a road, and she almost stumbled and stepped into a crack in the ice, but Yaoguang and Han Dang dragged it out with death, and the little girl, who was only more than five years old, was already frightened.After a day's trek, from morning to night, the glacier finally came over without danger, and when they camped under the leeward cliffs, Ren Hong looked back at the glacier that made them thrilling, and couldn't help but worry.According to Liu Yaoguang, this ancient road can only be walked from March to May every year, and from September to October.The rest of the time, either the snow on the northern slopes of the Tien Shan Mountains and Daban is thick and difficult to pass; Or the high temperatures of midsummer cause the glaciers to melt rapidly, and the rivers to swell, cutting off the ancient roads."
Even if I persuade Wusun to send troops, I'm afraid this ancient road won't be able to let the army pass?"
After Liu Yaoguang heard Ren Hong's words, he responded: "Right now, Kunmi and the tribe have transferred to the summer capital grassland, and you can see it when you cross the mountain.But the troops naturally can't take this road, but have to take a detour from the winter capital Chigu City, pass through Weitou and Wensu and then return to Gumo. ”"Even if the cavalry gallops fast, but it takes at least half a month to make a detour of thousands of miles, from Wusun to Qiuzi."
Ren Hong calculated the time, the iron gate of the Luntai Canal has been besieged for more than ten days, and the post envoy who sent the urgent report of the military situation is probably still trekking east on the white dragon pile, and the recent reinforcements of the Han army in the Western Regions still have to count on Ren Hong, the time is really extremely urgent!
This night, he had a strange insomnia.So on the third day, Ren Hong got up the earliest, woke up everyone who had only slept for three or two hours, and urged everyone to hurry up in the faint light.Today's goal is to cross the Gusur Pass.Although it is a pass in the saddle of the ridge, the terrain is slightly flat, but it is also nearly 4,000 meters above sea level, and the moraine is widely distributed, and people and horses walk on it, the height is twists and turns, and it is rugged and difficult to walk.Compared to crossing a glacier in fear, climbing a mountain looks much simpler.But the more he went up, the more Ren Hong felt that something was wrong.The air is getting thinner, the body is getting more and more tired, and there is a dull pain in the forehead.He knew what was going on, held the scepter and gasped, and said secretly: "It's over, I could talk and laugh for more than 4,000 meters in my previous life, and this body seems to be strong, but it's not good if it's only more than 3,000 meters?"
”And behind him, Han Dangdang, who has always been as strong as iron, is also out of breath, he has actually carried it for a long time, but seeing that Liu Yaoguang and a little woman are still alive, he didn't show it.Finally, after enduring it for a long time, he couldn't bear it anymore, so Han Dangdang held on to the cliff with difficulty, and said to Ren Hong with a grim face: "Ren Jun, I have a headache that is about to crack."
On this mountain, I'm afraid there is a miasma!
”PS: Chapters 2 and 3 are all at night.