I imagined in my heart that wherever the Han army went, it was the land of the Han family.
Li Yunze couldn't help but laugh, thinking that anyone who openly offended the might of the Han Dynasty would be punished no matter how far away he was.
What else could the master father do here? He could only laugh along with me.
Now that the emperor has become the hands-off boss, he only has to take the direction of everything, and he, the prime minister, has to make arrangements for the specific arrangements. It's very tiring, okay?
However, for Zhu Fuyan who has realized his ideals and ambitions in life, this is both painful and happy.
Zhu Fuyan, who believed that a man should never lose power for a day, was very satisfied with these painful and happy days.
However, another political strategist, Zhang Qian, was not so satisfied.
Because he served as an envoy to Yelang Kingdom, but it was very unsuccessful.
Passing through the newly built highway, they arrived at the border of Yelang Kingdom. Then the mission had no choice but to abandon their carriages and travel over the mountains and ridges.
The torment along the way really made Zhang Qian wish he could go to the Western Regions.
After all, the environment of hundreds of thousands of mountains connected with mountains is really disappointing.
Finally, they entered Yelang Kingdom and met the local people. However, it took nearly a month just to pass on the news to King Yelang to them about the arrival of the Han Dynasty's envoy.
This made Zhang Qian, who was used to the Western Regions where a city was a country and where he saw the king as soon as he entered the city, very uncomfortable.
When he finally met Yelang Kingdom, Zhang Qian became even more angry.
The reason is very simple. When Zhang Qian submitted his credentials to King Yelang, indicating that he was an envoy of the Han Dynasty, King Yelang said something that was unbelievable in this era.
King Yelang asked Zhang Qian, "Which Han is greater than me?"
"The king's words are ridiculous!"
Zhang Qian angrily replied, "The Han Dynasty is rich in the world. Is it possible that all the people in the world are the Han people, and the people who lead the country are the Han officials! How dare you, a small country like Yelang, to ask the Han Dynasty who is bigger? You are overestimating your own capabilities!"
The so-called Yelang Kingdom is a country established by the Baipu people.
The Baipu people even participated in King Wu's conquest of Zhou a thousand years ago. They were not barbarians like the Tungus savages.
It was just that after being oppressed by the Chu State for so many years, he came to the Hundred Thousand Mountains through constant migration and established the Yelang State.
During the Warring States Period more than a hundred years ago, King Chu Xiang sent General Zhuang Yue to destroy the Yelang Kingdom and expand thousands of miles to the south.
But later the First Emperor attacked Chu and cut off the Chu army's return route southward.
After that, those Chu troops established the Dian Kingdom, and the Yelang Kingdom that was destroyed also came back to life.
Seeing Zhang Qian's anger, King Yelang asked again, "I have heard for a long time that Chu is great, but I wonder how the great Han compares to Chu?"
These words really stunned Zhang Qian.
Nearly a hundred years have passed since the Chu-Han struggle for hegemony, but there are still people in the world who don’t know about this?
He looked at King Yelang uncertainly, thought for a while and said, "The Kingdom of Chu has long been destroyed by my Han Dynasty."
After hearing this, King Yelang was immediately moved and his expression became respectful.
The reason is very simple. Their Yelang Kingdom was destroyed by the Chu Kingdom a hundred years ago. Of course they know this.
Since the Han Dynasty was able to destroy Chu, it was naturally a more powerful country than Chu, and it was natural that it should be respected.
Only then can the two sides really start talking about business.
King Yelang asked, "Why did the envoy come to our country?"
Zhang Qian replied, "By the order of the Emperor, I hold the letter of my country to King Yelang and order the Yelang Kingdom to submit to the Han Dynasty."
King Yelang was not that resistant to matters such as surrender, and the people around him did not appear to be filled with indignation.
After all, they had surrendered to the Chu State a hundred years ago, and the chiefs in these places basically had no strong obsessions, unlike the Central Plains, where they would immediately explode when it came to surrendering.
Seeing Zhang Qian and his party dressed in luxurious clothes, holding iron tools, and carrying a lot of supplies, King Yelang curiously asked, "Is this man so rich?"
"This is natural. The emperor of Han Dynasty is rich all over the world."
"How much benefit can I get if I surrender to the Han?"
When Zhang Qian was asked this question, he didn't know how to answer.
In desperation, he had no choice but to say, "If your Majesty is interested, he should go to Chang'an and he will naturally know."
Unexpectedly, King Yelang actually nodded "Okay."
Zhang Qian felt that such a small country was nothing to worry about. The leader of a country really ran to Chang'an City after listening to a few words from other countries' envoys. What should he worry about if he is so ignorant?
It would be great if the big and small kings in the Western Region could be fooled so easily.
Zhang Qian did not send King Yelang to Chang'an City, but asked his deputy to do so.
As for himself, he continued southward and went straight to Dian Kingdom.
At this time when human resources were tight, Li Yunze still spent a lot of manpower and material resources to build a highway to the south. His only purpose was to open a road to Shendu (India) from the south.
Maybe it’s because the locals have darker skin and look like they’ve been poisoned, so they’re called body poisoners?
Emperor Wu in history did the same thing. He sent batches of envoys into the deep mountains and forests, never to come out again. In the end, they were unable to find their poison.
The most important reason is that we don't know its specific location and direction, and we don't know whether the land of Shendu is as good as the legend says.
But for Li Yunze, these are not problems, he knows everything.
In ten years at most, the baby boom in China will reach maturity, and a large number of young men and women will grow up and urgently need living space.
Although the land of the Han Dynasty was large and could accommodate ten times the population, the problem was that there were not that many fields that could feed the population.
The existing fields have been divided long ago, and the newly cultivated fields, without technology and hard work, will not be as good as mature fields after being cultivated for decades.
Therefore, the body poison that has gone through thousands of years of land development is the best choice.
As one of the four ancient civilizations in Shendu, fields have been continuously cultivated thousands of years ago. There are as many mature fields in the territory as there are even in the Han Dynasty.
If we take this place, it will not be a problem to feed tens of millions of Han children.
Zhang Qian's mission to Yelang and Dian Kingdoms was to make preliminary preparations for the construction of the highway. As long as the highway could be built to the point of death, things would be easy to handle.
As for sailing in the past, considering the level of technology and materials of this era, sailing was more effective at transporting goods and transporting people over long distances. The losses during the journey were extremely terrible.
Zhang Qian continued south to the Dian Kingdom, while King Yelang went north out of the mountains on the border and arrived at the busy construction site.
King Yelang dared to swear to his ancestors that he had never seen so many people gathered together in his life.
Tens of thousands of people gathered together to build roads, they were literally carving mountains!
‘Boom~~~’
The deafening thunderbolt sound made King Yelang tremble in fear.
Halfway up the mountainside of a large mountain in the distance, large clouds of smoke and dust rose up, and rocks, soil and vegetation of various sizes poured down like a waterfall.
"This, this, this..." King Yelang was so frightened that he saluted repeatedly and shouted, "The mountain god is angry~~~"
It's a pity that everyone around him didn't pay attention to him, they were all busy with their own things.
Kaishan is Kaishan, but it is just Kaishan along the mountain.
After all, the black gunpowder produced by the alchemists was not very powerful, so they could only build winding roads according to the terrain. It was impossible to achieve the powerful effect of later generations, where I can drive wherever I want.
But even so, it shocked King Yelang to the extreme. His whole body's energy and spirit had undergone tremendous changes, and everything he faced the big man was filled with respect.
He spent several months observing everything along the way, and finally arrived at Chang'an City.
When King Yelang arrived at Chang'an New City, he almost fell to his knees.
Because he never thought that there would be such a huge city in this world, with such a huge population, and such a prosperous place.
Before he could calm down, he was taken to Weiyang Palace.
When he saw Weiyang Palace, King Yelang knelt down directly.
Such a majestic and huge palace complex, like a fairyland in the sky, brought an indescribable strong stimulation to it.
When Xiao He built the Weiyang Palace, he put forward the idea that "there is no majesty without magnificence", which was perfectly interpreted at this moment.
"The leader of the small barbarian country, King Yelang, pays homage to the Emperor of the Han Dynasty. The Emperor will be the emperor for ten thousand years, ten thousand years, ten thousand years~~~"
Following the words and actions taught by the people at Honglu Temple, King Yelang carefully came to the Xuanshi Hall and saluted Li Yunze.
As for calling themselves barbarians, this is something passed down from the Chu State.
When the Chu State destroyed Sui State, the king of Sui State said, "I am innocent, how can you attack me?"
The King of Chu's response was, 'I am a barbarian.'
From then on, Chu Yue in the south and even the local people further south were called barbarians.
This is the origin of the so-called Southern Barbarians.
Li Yunze, who was wearing a tiara, couldn't see clearly the face of Prince Yelang because the beads were blocking it, so he said, "Come forward."
This was something Honglu Temple had never taught before, so King Yelang subconsciously went to see the Minister of Honglu Temple.
The Minister of Honglu Temple was very straightforward and decisive. He lowered his head and looked at the ants on the floor. Only then did he realize that the ants on the Xuanshi Palace were really cute.
King Yelang was very frightened.
He wanted to get up and walk over, but he didn't dare.
No one could help him, so in the end he could only kneel on the ground and keep moving forward.
This scene really surprised everyone in the Xuanshi Palace.
Many barbarians from other vassals came to pay homage to the emperor, but he was the first to do so.
After Xiang Yu defeated the main force of Qin's Great Wall Army in all his might, he was so horrified by Xiang Yu's terrifying force that the princes knelt down to greet him, which became a very strong mark in the history books.
Li Yunze was also very satisfied and signaled King Yelang to stand up and speak.
He was not given a seat because all the seats in the Xuanshi Hall were owned by their owners. To have a seat here was not a treatment that a barbarian king could receive.
Li Yunze said a few gentle words, and then asked about the situation in Yelang Kingdom.
Including but not limited to population, geographical environment, culture, armaments, etc.
King Yelang didn't know whether he was bowed down or was frightened by the strength of the big man, but he just said whatever he asked.
When the questioning was over, Li Yunze nodded with satisfaction and asked the last sentence.