Chapter 139 Banquet of Nations
The Kushan envoy also lived in Wanbangxuan. Kushan was a great power in the Western Regions. It might be a bit vague among the Han Dynasty, but in the Western Regions, Kushan was not only a great power, but also Wusun, Kangju and Dayuan, who were beside Kushan, were also great powers, and their deterrence was not low.
As soon as Sun Quan came back, he saw King Yiwu following the Kushan envoy, looking familiar, just like when he knew him. Although he had known him for a long time, he still felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.
After a while, there were bursts of sarcastic smiles coming from the other side.
What happened?
Sun Quan was a little curious. He remembered that Prince Yiwu's princess was sent to Kushan. The two sides should have some friendship, but at this moment, they were obviously ridiculed by the other party.
Then, in Sun Quan's astonished gaze, King Yiwu ran to him in shame.
Sun Quan: “…”
You'd better not come here.
"I heard that Hualazimo was recovered by Kushan again. Kangju, Dayuan, and Wusun are now so close to Kushan. Could it be that he is also going to join Kushan?" King Yiwu came out of nowhere. He wanted to get close to the Kushan nobles, but was directly humiliated by the other party. The trick of dealing with Sun Quan was obviously unbearable to the Kushan nobles, so King Yiwu returned to Sun Quan and revealed some things he knew to Sun Quan disdainfully.
If the big man fought with Kushan, that would be great.
King Yiwu looked at Sun Quan, hoping that he could go to Lu Bu to chew on his side, and it would be best to behead all the Kushan envoys who insulted him.
"I heard that his princess was rewarded by the Kushan King to the ministers in Kushan, and then was given to another minister a few months ago. In Kushan, many nobles had skin-related relationships with Princess Yiwu." Zhang Zhao walked back and said leisurely in Sun Quan's ear.
This hasn't started!?
He suddenly admired King Yiwu's heart. If he had been himself... If he had been any man, he would probably not be able to accept such insults, but King Yiwu would endure it.
However, he gave the woman himself, and such a person is not worthy of sympathy.
Sun Quan did not respond. The Kushan incident was too far from Jiangdong, so it was a headache for Lu Bu. It had nothing to do with him, so he didn't want to wade into this muddy water.
"I see, there are several cages in the tributes they brought, which look like beasts. I wonder which beast is among them?" Sun Quan asked curiously.
Today, when the Western Regions delegation passed by, he heard the roar of beasts faintly in the cage covered with cloth. These Western Regions delegations traveled thousands of miles to deliver this thing, and there would be a good show at the banquet of the nations tomorrow.
"Who knows, it's a tiger or something." King Yiwu said uncertainly.
Sun Quan did not say much and went to rest with Zhang Zhao. After the banquet of the nations tomorrow, it was time for Lu Bu to meet him. However, Sun Quan began to look forward to the banquet of the nations tomorrow. These Kushan envoys were not in a good position. I wonder if they would fight tomorrow. If Lu Bu was restrained by the Western Regions, it would definitely be an excellent opportunity for the princes of the Central Plains to invade Guanzhong.
There was nothing to say all night. The next morning, there were thousands of people in Chang'an City. Although most people could not participate in the banquet of the nations, it did not hinder everyone's enthusiasm. After all, there were many ordinary Western Regions people coming with the Western Regions mission, and these people came with money.
If you throw money on the ground and want us to pick it up, that's impossible. Why do the dignified Han people have to bow to the small foreign countries?
But if you make money and trade, then there is no problem.
In the palace, in order to show the importance of the messengers, Ma Jun led a group of fallen craftsmen to make some furnishings that echoed the Kushan envoys, such as the styles and patterns of the Kushan envoys' tables.
"Wen Hou, after all, he is an envoy of a great country. If you ask General Dian to compensate him, why bother to make trouble?" In the palace, Zheng Tai found Lu Bu and advised him bitterly, hoping that Dian Wei could pay a gift to the Western Regions mission because of yesterday's incident.
"Why do you have to pay compensation?" Lu Bu asked back: "Dian Wei is maintaining the laws. What's wrong with it to apologize to them?"
"He killed someone's camel and forced the envoy to dismount in public, which was a bit over." Zheng Tai sighed.
"This is your Honglu Temple problem." Lu Bu turned his head and looked at Zheng Tai and said, "You should understand the rules of Chang'an City. We welcome the mission of the Fan country, but we must let them enjoy the specifications of the emperor and the triumphal soldiers. Zheng Gongye, do you think they are worthy?"
Lu Bu would never ride a horse in the city without a triumphant success. This is the rule he set, so he naturally had to abide by it, but Zheng Tai's arrangement this time was equivalent to breaking Lu Bu's rules.
"After all, he is a Kushan envoy, representing the Kushan emperor!" Zheng Tai frowned and said, "This Kushan emperor can also be called the emperor."
"Zheng Gongye, you are the Great Honglu Temple and are in charge of the Honglu Temple. Please remember that there is only one emperor in the world, that is, the Emperor of Han, and the lords of other foreign countries can only be called kings! Not to mention the Kushan envoy, even if the Kushan King comes personally, he cannot treat him with the etiquette of the emperor." Lu Bu looked at Zheng Tai and said coldly.
"This..." Zheng Tai looked at Lu Bu in shock. This was too domineering.
But Lu Bu seemed to have always been so domineering. Zheng Tai was stunned for a while and said helplessly: "But if it is not resolved, what should the Kushan envoy attack at the banquet today?"
"That's because they are rude!" Lu Bu looked at Zheng Tai, patted his waist and said, "I am a great man treating others with courtesy. That is my great man's country of etiquette. But if someone comes rudely, don't blame me for showing mercy. My face is earned by myself, and I will give it to you. If you don't want it, I will even take off your bones!"
Facing the domineering and arrogant Lu Bu, Zheng Tai subconsciously took a step back, took a deep breath, and bowed and said, "The Lord understands."
There were already a buzz outside, and Lu Bu and Zheng Tai came out one after another. Lu Bu went to the hall to accompany Liu Xie, while Zheng Tai went to welcome the Western Regions mission.
The Kushan envoy had already met Zheng Tai last night. When he saw him, he did not see Dian Wei. He frowned and said, "Da Honglu, why didn't the rude person come to apologize yesterday? Is this your country's attitude towards me, Kushan?"
"Forgive me, I'm sorry, although General Dian was a little rash yesterday, he did it according to the law and had no fault. If there is any collision, he apologizes to the messenger in the next generation. As for the apology, I'll be exempted." Zheng Tai bowed slightly and smiled.
Although he was determined in front of Lu Bu, since he had already set the direction, he would implement it without hesitation.
"What do you mean?" the Kushan envoy frowned.
"If the messenger has not heard it clearly, I can say it again next!" Zheng Tai said with a smile.
"You..." The Kushan envoy looked at Zheng Tai and said angrily: "If your country has such an attitude, then the banquet will be abandoned. I am a Kushan noble and will never attend the banquet that humiliates me. "
"Oh?" Zheng Tai looked at the envoys of Kangju, Wusun, and Dayuan, and said calmly: "The other envoys mean the same?"
"this……"
The Three Kingdoms were just close to Kushan. Because the Kushan captured Hualazimo and was already bordering them, he did not want to offend this behemoth, so he came with him at the invitation of the other party. However, it was not their willingness to offend the Han Dynasty because of this, and he was a little embarrassed for a while.
"They came with me, so they naturally had to advance and retreat together!" The Kushan envoy was anxious when he saw this and shouted loudly.
"The official seems to have not asked you." Zheng Tai looked at the Kushan envoy.
The Kushan envoy suddenly felt his chest suffocated and stared at the Han diplomat who was very humble yesterday, not understanding why his attitude changed so quickly.
"If you don't speak, I will think you are going to attend the banquet." Zheng Tai said with a smile.
Why don't you say you don't participate!?
The Kushan nobles were not fools. Once these three envoys said directly that they would not participate, they would offend the Han Dynasty. But if they said that they would offend the Kushan Dynasty, they would not say anything. Zheng Tai said this, did not force them to make a choice? Moreover, this multiple-choice question was obviously beneficial to the Han Dynasty.
Besides, he couldn't really not participate, after all, this time the man came here with his purpose.
Seeing that the three of them were not speaking, the Kushan envoy shouted first: "Don't make things difficult for my friends. For them, I am willing to be wronged and attend your banquet."
Zheng Tai took a step back silently and reached out and pointed: "Please!"
"Hmph!" The Kushan envoy asked someone to pull his cages into the palace, and some guards wanted to stop him.
The Kushan envoy said, "This is my gift to your emperor!"
"It's too big, put it outside the hall first, and then it's time to offer the gifts, and then send it in." Zheng Tai said with a smile.
Until this moment, the Kushan envoy did not understand that the other party was not afraid of Kushan. In addition to being insane, he could only temporarily put aside his temper and let his soldiers look at the "gift" and follow Zheng Tai in.
The Kushan envoys were considered VIP guests, and they usually attended banquets in the hall, including Kangju, Wusun, Dayuan envoys and Jiangdong envoys. The envoys of other countries could only line up from the hall to outside the hall according to national strength. For this banquet of all countries, the entire palace was processed and formed a huge open-air banquet venue. Even outside the hall, the table was furnished very high-end, and the food was the same.
The Kushan envoy came to the hall, glanced at the hall, and his eyes fell on King Yiwu beside Sun Quan, and suddenly sneered: "Master Han, this should be the position of the envoy of the upper country?"
Liu Xie, who was looking at these foreign envoys curiously, listened to the awkward Chinese language for a long time before he reacted, nodded and said, "That's natural, what are the questions of the messenger?"
"When will the Yiwu Kingdom become a country of superiority? And..." The Kushan envoy came to King Yiwu and sneered: "A person who sells his princess for food can also have a meal with me?"
In an instant, everyone's eyes fell on King Yiwu, and Lu Bu frowned slightly. He didn't remember that he had arranged for King Yiwu.
"King Yiwu is now a retainer of my Sun family. I followed my Jiangdong envoy. Can the envoy have any objections?" Sun Quan stood up and looked at the Kushan envoy and asked.
King Yiwu held Sun Quan's hand, looked moved, and was thrown away by Sun Quan in disgust.
"No more." Looking at Sun Quan, the Kushan envoy sat down with a sneer.
Chapter completed!