Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 869 Xiahou Style Diplomacy

The terrain is undulating everywhere, covered with dense green forests, this place is like a green prison, those trees are extremely tall, tightly gripping the whole ground, standing on the ground, all you can see are trees, even if you look up. Not reaching the sky, even because of the staggering of these trees, it is impossible to move forward. This is Funan Kingdom. The north of Funan Kingdom is extremely rich in forest resources. The only disadvantage is that it is too rich. The rainforest here is a forbidden land for living people. There are humans who can successfully survive here, even the local barbarians can only operate in the marginal areas.

The rainforest in the northern part of Funan connects the Dian Kingdom. The Dian Kingdom’s arm is getting longer and longer, and it has extended from the trail to the territory of Shendu. The east side is bordered by the Nanyue Kingdom. The part bordering the Nanyue Kingdom is much better. It is a rare plain area. , suitable for farming, and most of the barbarians settled in this small area. As for the extended peninsula in the south, only some small tribes survived here in the past, because there are rainforests, few plains, and many mountains here, which are not suitable for too many people. Until After Zhou Shengzhi confirmed the route and discovered a lot of minerals here, it just became lively here.

At this moment, a mighty crowd of more than a hundred people gathered at the junction of the east and Nanyue Kingdom.

Although this is not a rainforest, when you look around, all you can see are some lush trees, the green almost covers the whole world, and the road that has just been opened is hidden in this dense forest. There are almost no carriages and pedestrians, and almost no one will come to this place. The roads and dangers here are more terrifying than those of the Northwest Three Kingdoms, and there is really no benefit on land, and merchants only use boats to pass by That's all.

The people gathered here are very strange. The three or four people in the head are from the Central Plains. This can be seen from their service and appearance. The natives who follow them are all kinds, and more than half of them are from the Central Plains. They are women whose faces are smeared with various pigments. These women are quite old, dressed strangely, and all have tattoos. Some tattoos almost cover the entire face. If it is in the dark night, it may scare passers-by to death. People, some even have their teeth blackened.

These women are all wearing weapons, their expressions are resolute, there is no trace of feminine tenderness in their eyes, few of them are complete, some have broken hands, some have lost their eyes, and their bodies are covered in tattoos. The tradition of the Funan area, the tattoo tradition of the Funan people is not for everyone. Those tattoos have different meanings, representing their achievements in hunting and war every time. Therefore, the more wars, the more people who win, the tattoo The more shit there is, the more frightening it looks.

At this moment, these people gathered together with bad expressions on their faces.

"Let us gather here so early to wait, who is it?"

"Who else is it? It's our new tribal leader."

"The previous tribal master was driven away by us, and they naturally want to send a new one."

They communicated in Funan's native language, and the leading Central Plains people probably didn't understand it, but their faces became more serious. In this Funan country, there are many conflicts between the natives and the officials sent by the temple, and the two sides get along very badly. Harmony, but there is no good solution for this. First of all, Funan Kingdom is a territory that has been surrendered, and it is one of the vassal states officially confiscated by the Han Dynasty. These natives are also the people under the rule. The Huns are different. Over there, the envoys and officials kill people casually. They are enemies anyway and will not suffer any criticism.

But in the face of your own people, you can't kill people just because the other party is disobedient. The laws of the Han Dynasty have clear regulations. Don't say that you are the local county magistrate, even if you are a Sangong, you can't kill people at will.

Moreover, this kind of conflict does not mean that the two sides directly fought, but a problem of obedience and execution. The other party did not directly confront you, but was not very obedient.

The officials were very dissatisfied, and similarly, these native leaders were also very dissatisfied.

The woman at the head, who was covered in tattoos, said coldly, "I only hope that the person sent this time is a person who understands the truth."

When the other people heard this sentence, they hesitated to speak. It was a South Vietnamese official who came to govern here, but after he came here, he behaved very arrogantly. He issued orders many times to forcefully relocate the natives. Let them reclaim the rainforest area, ask them to immediately change their way of life, switch to farming, and lead the army to collect the wealth of various tribes in the name of crusade against bandits. He also said that he would accept the leaders of these natives as his concubines , he regards this as a means of contacting the local area, but this is a naked insult to these local leaders.

This led to the outbreak of conflicts between the two sides, and they did not dare to do anything with each other. The officials were worried that they would turn against these people, while the natives were worried that they would attract the army of the big man.

They all have things they fear.

And the three people standing at the front are also looking at each other at this moment. They secretly looked at the natives behind them, and couldn't help but said: "Isn't these barbarians planning to rebel? Let them come to meet the Prime Minister in person, they How dare you come here with warriors? We don’t have any troops here. The South Vietnamese army has already withdrawn. It will take some time for the surrounding troops to come over. If these people suddenly become violent and take control of the Prime Minister, they will have to go out. Big deal."

Another tall official shook his head, "That's not the case. If you really have the intention of treason, you shouldn't come to this border in person. How could the Prime Minister come alone? He must have brought Nanyue The army came here, are they crazy? Dare to lead people to fight the South Vietnamese army??"

Just as the official thought, those natives also thought the same way. Since they surrendered to the big man, their lives have undergone great changes. When Liu Heng was still in Wu State, their lives were really good. Liu Heng He knew how to get in touch with these people, helped them build the city, and led them into the civilized world, but after Liu Heng went to Chang'an and was no longer in charge of the Southern Kingdom, the situation changed.

The Nanyue people's attitude towards the place is extremely rough, eager for success, completely unlike Liu Hengshi's step-by-step approach, wishing to complete their education today, and ignoring the reality at all. A very ridiculous decision. The South Vietnamese people think that they can reclaim the rainforest in South Vietnam into an area suitable for farming. Naturally, the people here can do it too. The person who issued this order has not even been to the rainforest once, and he does not understand it at all. How is the situation in South Vietnam different from that of South Vietnam, where it was reclaimed?The native leader can only sneer, if there is a mountain god coming to the world, it may be possible.

The local people showed great resistance to the management of the officials. Everything was deadlocked. They did not dare to openly resist. They also knew that there was a gap in strength between themselves and the big man. It was not that there were no newspapers here. They often read Some content, which made them completely open their eyesight, and truly realized how huge the world is, and how powerful the big man is, which made them dare not resist at all.

On the contrary, those low-level natives, who don't know anything, think about going to a showdown with the big man.

During this anxious waiting, a group of people slowly appeared in the distance.

I saw a group of knights, more than a dozen of them, walking slowly towards here. The leader was a tall man, chatting and laughing with the people around him. Immediately after the team, they slowed down, several people jumped off their horses, and came towards this place, the three officials hurried forward, greeted them with the leader's salute, and then asked, "When will Marquis Ruyin arrive? ?”

They regarded the people in front of them as scouts, but the tall man looked puzzled and said loudly, "I am the Marquis of Ruyin!"

The three people were taken aback, changed their attitude hastily, and saluted again.

"We have been famous for Marquis Ru Yin for a long time, and we never thought that we can finally meet each other today. We are really lucky."

The three of them spoke hastily, and exchanged pleasantries.

Xia Houzao nodded. He is not very interested in these things. Only the big fool in Chang'an likes to hear this kind of flattery. That is, women with weapons and tattoos all over their bodies.These women were also staring at Xiahouzao coldly. Xiahouzao laughed loudly, pushed away the chattering officials in front of him, walked quickly to these women, and looked at them.

This move immediately stiffened the atmosphere. Facing Xia Houzao's sizing up, these leaders felt offended and frowned. The three officials turned pale with fright. Deepen it, not to mention that the South Vietnamese army has not yet arrived. If there is a conflict now, Xia Houzao suddenly said: "It is true that the leader is a woman. The rumors are true. I thought he made it up on purpose to support his daughter." What a lie!"

A leader asked in a not-so-fluent dialect: "What do you think is inappropriate?"

"There is nothing wrong with it. Before our emperor ascended the throne, the big man was governed by an old woman. She managed well. Although she is not as good as my Majesty, it is a pity that she cannot come now. If there is a chance, you can go together. If Changan goes to pay a visit, the Empress Dowager must also attach great importance to you."

Several people froze for a moment, and immediately understood who the other party was talking about.

Although they are natives in remote areas, the cultural propaganda of Dahan has been quite good in these years. The newspaper is a big killer, which continuously spreads the internal situation of Dahan to various places, and these leaders have also learned a lot of knowledge. It was about the big man, and they knew a general idea about the internal situation of the big man. Even if they didn't know about Xia Houying, they definitely knew about the Empress Dowager. After all, she was one of the powerful figures in the empire, even now.

They didn't know how to answer for a while. They looked at the big man in front of them again. This man's face didn't have the fear that those officials saw when they saw them in the past, nor did they have the usual disgust from the Central Plains people. out any malice.

"You all came to welcome me? Hahaha, I didn't expect that I would get such a courtesy one day! Let's go, let's go! I'll treat you to a drink! This time I cheated a big car from Nanyue Kingdom Wine, for us people, probably isn’t enough to eat, but it’s okay, you can mix it with water!”

Xia Houzao pulled them and walked towards the front, and asked again: "Is there a place with such a beautiful scenery that is suitable for drinking?"

Several leaders were a little confused, but the leader murmured: "Yes, we also have wine here, but there is no need to mix it with water."

"Let's go, let's wait for me to drink, what's the matter, let's talk about it after drinking!"

Xia Houzao didn't feel restrained at all when he came to a strange place, and he mingled directly among the natives, as if he was the host, but these people were foreigners instead. The three officials followed at the end, looking at the natives. Xia Houzao, who was fascinated by the chat, was a little confused, what happened? ?

But the scribes sent by Liu Chang began to ask these officials about the local situation.

The situation in Funan seems to be even worse than what the embroidered clothes provided, even worse than what I thought when I came here.

But Xia Houzao didn't care about these things, he came to a simple tribe under the leadership of the crowd, and asked people to take out good wine, and sat here to eat, Xiahouzao never talked about the things here, just talked The anecdotes I had come along the way, and I asked about their own situation, it was really just to make friends, there was no other purpose, so everyone quickly became acquainted, and the conversation was very happy, and the chat was very happy , and even the leader and Xia Houzao began to hook up shoulder to shoulder.

After a few cups of wine, Xia Houzao complained to others.

He even took the lead in complaining about some arrangements of the temple. He thought that these people in the temple were eager for quick success and didn't care about the specific situation at all. In order to show their political achievements, they would do everything. Flattery, Xia Houzao's complaints made everyone afraid to answer at first because they were afraid that he was fishing, but after talking about it, these people immediately expressed their dissatisfaction hidden in their hearts.

"That's what you said. Previously, Nanyue sent people to govern us. They said that they were servants in Nanyue's country. He was in charge of many counties here. This person asked us to go to the north to reclaim land, saying that the rainforest there would be turned into cultivated land. How is this possible? Even if the arable land is opened, can food be grown there? The rain there can completely kill any crop. This crop is not the same as a tree. It also makes us burn mountains and clear forests. How is this possible? ??"

Xia Houzao's face was full of disdain, "What do these people know? When I was going to come here, the prince of Nanyue actually asked me to bring the army of Nanyue. Is your army coming? Nonsense!"

"These people are as timid as a mouse, they have no vision, they know it all day long and flatter them. I don't want to be friends with such people!"

The scene was suddenly different, everyone was no longer restrained, what to say, these leaders have spoken the rare truth, these thoughts are very real, including their own views and thoughts on various places, even some of their words He was rebellious, but Xia Houzao listened very seriously and echoed from time to time.

The three local officials were fidgeting. If these words were spread, it would be enough for the clan to be arrested.

The leader looked at the scribe, and said in fear: "Xiahou Xiang is drunk, let's remind him."

The scribes were very calm, and replied: "Aren't they all telling the truth? If you want to solve the problem, you must first know what the problem is. The previous officials let them sing meritorious deeds to the emperor all day long. What problem to solve? Why don’t you just tell the truth! You have been here for so long, have you ever heard them say this?”

The three of them were speechless for a moment.

The scene became more and more enthusiastic, and everyone seemed to be mobilized. Xiahouzao learned a lot from them. When Xiahouzao talked about the local thieves, these people said frankly: "We have nothing to do with those people. There is indeed a relationship, but they are not all bad people. Some of them are because they don’t want to go to the rain forest and obey the orders of the officials. They are called thieves by them, so they can only hide around. They have never harmed others. .”

"Well, in ten days, let them all go back."

"I don't need to hold them accountable in the past, as long as they can change their minds, you can probably see that I am not a person who likes to mess around. I have no hobbies, but I like hunting, making friends, and drinking. I came here, It will definitely not be like the officials in the past, you should persuade them all to go back. After a while, I will have to organize people to eliminate the bandits nearby. The temple still attaches great importance to this place. The new king, yes His Majesty's most beloved daughter is also his only daughter."

"It can be seen that His Majesty loves you very much. There is no such precedent for a big man. It is because of respecting the customs here that you have sealed the queen here,"

"Shortly after, the temple plans to set up a navy base here. At that time, there will be a lot of troops here, and there will be a very powerful person to help you drill the army. That person's ability is nothing compared to mine. Poor."

Xia Houzao said loudly, and the surrounding natives looked at him with more and more admiration.

"From now on, I will be your country's prime minister. During these days, you can drink with me at ease, and when you have finished drinking, follow me to kill people! I will kill all the thieves and water thieves of this generation." Clean! No one left!!!”

Xia Houzao spoke again, and with sudden force, he broke the sheep bone in his hand into two pieces.

At this moment, the eyes of everyone looking at him suddenly changed, and a little more fear appeared in the admiration.

Xia Houzao grinned.

This set of bone-breaking diplomacy invented by myself seems to be very good!
ps: I got home early in the morning, so I can code with peace of mind.

(End of this chapter)