The vermilion palace door slowly opened.

Under the leadership of two attendants, King Loufan cautiously crossed the steps and entered the main hall. Then, perhaps because he was too nervous, he did not follow the reminders of the attendants, but made his own decision. After entering the main hall,

, immediately knelt down on the ground and bowed: "Chief Beidi bowed his head and bowed a hundred times to greet His Majesty..."

Liu Che sat on the high throne, looking down from a high position, staring at the King of Lou Fan who was so nervous as soon as he entered the door that he forgot the rules and kowtowed directly at the door of the steps.

A sneer appeared on Liu Che's lips.

In fact, the performance of this Lou Fan Wang seems ridiculous.

But in fact, who knows whether he behaved this way on purpose?

Don't think that barbarians and barbarians all have well-developed limbs and simple minds.

There was Maodun before me, my superior, who made three generations of emperors of the Han family suffer.

Later, there were Yin Zhixie and Wu Wei, who were able to turn the tide in the wave of national subjugation and save the lives of the Xiongnu.

Even in the history of later generations, there are endless heroes and ninjas on the grassland.

In particular, An Lushan, who destroyed and ruined the prosperous age of the Tang Dynasty, remains fresh in Liu Che's memory.

As the saying goes, knowing people, knowing faces, but not knowing hearts.

Therefore, it is better to listen to his words than to watch his actions.

Liu Che stood up, holding the Emperor's Sword, and the beads on his forehead clattered.

"King Loufan, since he is your subject to me, you can call me a minister!" Liu Che said, "Come here and give King Loufan a seat!"

"No!" Da Honglu Gongsun Kunxie bowed respectfully, and then ordered someone to bring a seat, and invited King Lou Fan to the left side of the hall, where he knelt down and sat down.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Gongsun Kunxie quietly said to Wang Loufan: "Since the king has already paid homage to the emperor, why don't you immediately offer your loyalty?"

King Lou Fan was stunned for a moment, and then he immediately came to his senses. He quickly took out the royal seal, ring hammer and riding whip that he had prepared a long time ago. Holding these things in his hands, he knelt down in the hall and worshiped: "I am a barbarian. Fortunately, Your Majesty is not here."

I am willing to give you the royal seal of the King of Loufan, the sound of the hammer, the horse whip, and the more than 9,700 riders on Loufan to serve as His Majesty's eagles, dogs, and minions..."

Liu Che nodded and asked the eunuch's men to go downstairs to collect the things the king had offered.

This is of course an inevitable procedure.

The so-called names and tools cannot be faked.

This King of Loufan was once appointed by the Xiongnu Chanyu to become the leader of Loufan.

His royal seal, ringing dynasty and riding whip were all given by the Xiongnu Chanyu.

Now that he has surrendered to the Han Dynasty, how can he continue to use these things given by the Huns?

Of course, Liu Che was asked to give him a new set of artifacts of power, which would become the symbol of the Loufan tribe and the eagle dog of the Han family.

"Since you have surrendered to me, I will order you to serve as Loufan!" Liu Che said: "I will grant you 2,100 households in the city, and the cavalry will be organized into the Zhechong Army. I will use you as the Zhechong Captain, and I will still be the president of the entire army.

Up and down, be my wings..."

King Lou Fan was overjoyed when he heard this and immediately said, "I will die to thank Your Majesty!"

In fact, he was already prepared in his heart.

It is impossible for Emperor Liu to still let him retain the title of king.

It is a great blessing to be given a noble title.

Can't ask for more!

The Emperor of China still allowed him to command his cavalry. This was a real surprise.

He originally thought that even if his troops could be retained, they would probably be dispersed. It would be good to be able to command two to three thousand people.

Is it possible to imagine that I can continue to command the cavalry?

China is not the only one who knows that political power comes from the barrel of a gun.

The grassland tribes know better that the master appears on horseback.

The cavalry is the foundation of everything.

Liu Che sneered in his heart.

Originally, Liu Che had thought of dismantling Lou Fanren and dividing them into several tribes of princes that did not belong to each other.

This is also the successful experience of Emperor Wu.

Historically, Emperor Wu divided the surrendered Xiongnu tribes into several princes and commanders of different sizes.

On the one hand, it makes them unable to unite and their strength is greatly reduced; on the other hand, it allows them to give full play to their enthusiasm for surrendering.

Think about it, some nobles who used to be just Zuo Dadu Lieutenant or Dudu, Guduhou, etc., all of a sudden, separated many tribes from their former masters and became Han Dynasty ranks just like their masters.

Hou.

Then they will definitely not listen to their former master.

No one would want to live under someone else's roof.

Who wouldn't want to be a boss given the chance?

This was also Liu Bang's old trick back then. Liu Bang relied on this trick to set up his younger brothers to fight for power with his bosses, and to dismantle the huge Yue rebel force in the late Qin Dynasty's rebel army into parts.

The once huge Yue force collapsed and turned into four mutually hostile kingdoms.

As a result, the Yue people lost their common master and became headless flies.

But after careful consideration, Liu Che decided to give up this successful policy for the time being.

This is both a practical consideration.

Liu Che needed a sign, a sign for the Xiongnu, and spent thousands of gold to buy horse bones.

Afterwards, he treated King Loufan favorably and told the other Xiongnu tribes: When I come to fight, those who surrender will be heavily rewarded, and those who resist will have their entire families killed!

At the same time, I also had the idea of ​​doing experiments.

Liu Che wanted to see whether the nomadic people could complement the agricultural people economically.

Engage in a nomadic settlement plan similar to that of later generations.

Let them no longer live in pursuit of water and grass, but rather, graze and live in designated places.

Then, the cattle, sheep, horses and various furs produced by their grazing were exchanged for food supplies.

This is important!

Once this experiment is proven successful.

Then, in the future, Liu Che can promote it in Hetao, Hexi, and even the entire prairie.

In conjunction with the transformation of their beliefs and the system similar to the Eight Banners, an attempt was made to tame the prairie wolf.

To be reasonable, as long as it can be proved that nomadic people can settle down in a certain place, rely on grazing in spring and summer, and save money in autumn and winter, so that they no longer live in pursuit of water and grass.

Then, they are no longer a threat.

Think about it, in the past, the biggest advantage of the nomads on the grasslands over the Central Plains dynasty was not that they were cavalry.

In fact, after the rise of the Chinese dynasty, the entire grassland was defeated by cavalry and infantry, not once or twice.

But the problem with grasslands is that it is easy to defeat them, but difficult to control them.

The difficulty lies in the fact that people have no fixed residence, and the Central Plains dynasty is basically unable to monitor their behavior.

And once they settle down.

Cities will be formed, villages will be formed, and gathering points will be formed.

Just like later generations in China, they became provinces, cities and counties.

Are nomadic peoples who live a settled life still in danger?

The answer is no more!

As long as they settled down, they would be ruled by Chinese dynasties.

Liu Che could appoint officials, build pavilions, and even build straight roads.

In this way, within ten years, the nomadic tribes in the settlements will become Chinese.

There is no other reason. First, after settling down, they can be brainwashed and propagandized to turn the low-level herdsmen into Chinese people, so that they can switch from being loyal to their masters to being loyal to the Han Dynasty.

They used to have to bear extremely heavy burdens, and they even had no property except the food given by their masters every day.

But now, Liu Che generously allows them to have their own property and even personal freedom.

In this way, the lower-level herdsmen will not have the desire to rebel.

To be honest, all nations around the world are like this.

As long as they can survive, who is willing to go to war and fight to the death with others?

As for those nobles, they will also receive a better life, environment and treatment than before.

Relying on grazing, watching the sky makes a miserable living.
To be continued...