The Legend of the Long Room in the Red Mansion

Ning Shan frowned, sitting in the hall with her hands on her forehead, Jia She huddled on the left, trying to disguise the furniture, the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu stood profusely in the hall, resenting her aggressiveness—damn it, I knew it would be messed up With such a situation, why did he spend so much effort to stand out!

Things have to go back to the time when the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu first received the report from Beijing Zhongdi.

Knowing that the emperor intends to patrol the border and once again build a bridge to trade with the countries in the Western Regions, the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu slapped his thigh excitedly—his political achievements are coming.

Although the Silk Road has been abandoned, for so many years, there have never been many businessmen who still want to take this road to get rich. The sand bandits and horse thieves that have been growing for many years are also recruited by this group of people-and as the biggest leader here, the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu knows everything well.In the past, no one wanted to take care of it, so he didn't reach out. Now that the emperor is going to intervene, he should of course prepare information and wait.

The governor of Shaanxi and Gansu sent people to find several successful caravan leaders, and even coaxed and persuaded them to obtain information about the small countries in the Western Regions that they traded with. There are only five, and the rest either have feuds and fight all day long; or domestic political opinions and religions are not unified, and civil wars are endless; there are even lack of brains that have all kinds of civil wars and foreign wars, and several countries are subjugated in this way.

Today, there are less than [-] countries left in the Western Regions that can come forward to meet people. The strongest national power is Shanshan. The Han Dynasty was turned into Loulan by the Central Plains, and many small countries were annexed or ruled by it.Because of the strong financial resources and sufficient military strength, Loulan no longer deals with the Central Plains, and lives a comfortable life outside Yumen Pass.

In addition to Loulan, those who are relatively powerful or rich include Wusun, Qiuci, Ruoqiang, Xue Yantuo and so on.Among them, Qiuci refused to accept the Central Plains, and was eager to try to make trouble. At least six out of ten pairs of Central Plains caravans that passed through Yumen Pass would be robbed by them.Ruoqiang doesn't like to show their faces very much, and no one knows where their capital is.Wusun and Xue Yantuo are fools on the fence, they will attach themselves to any country that becomes strong, but they both have a fear of the Central Plains, never harass the border, and are willing to trade with the Central Plains caravan.

The governor of Shaanxi-Gansu sorted out the information he got, and he still wanted to go further, so as to show his ability and means, so he sent people to try to contact these countries.

With this contact, there was a problem.

Small countries have expressed their willingness to attach themselves to the Central Plains and expressed their sincerity. They even offered to offer the topographical atlas of the Silk Road in the past without the Governor of Shaanxi and Gansu asking. Kingdom, I implore the princess of the □□Shang Kingdom to marry to show the good of the country forever.

The governor of Shaanxi-Gansu made a frowning face, explaining this and that, Ning Shan understood, Jia Amnesty was dumbfounded, Yingchun and Xichun panicked.

Princess marriage is not a new thing, it has happened in all dynasties.Some were given away by the upper kingdom in order to win over foreign countries;But I have never heard of such a person who asked the Central Plains to marry a princess to deter them in order to fear the enemy's attack.

But no matter how I have never heard of it, the meaning of marriage is also clearly expressed.Yingchun regretted not agreeing to Yunhai for a moment, and then thought that if she agreed, Xichun would have to go to make a kiss.Don't do to others what you don't want to do to others, and I don't want to go to a strange country where people are unfamiliar, so how can I let my young sister bear the desolation of leaving home?

Ning Shan came back to her senses, looked around at her younger sisters who looked frightened and panicked, and smiled. "Don't you think I'm that incompetent? Anyone who wants a princess will give it to me?"

The governor of Shaanxi and Gansu was the first to come to his senses: "Your Majesty means... to refuse? The matter of trade..."

Jia She almost jumped up, clutching his twisted waist and said anxiously: "Don't, Shan'er, I only heard about your plan to open a trade route in the Western Regions along the way, and you wrote so many regulations and plans, so you can't die before you start. He felt sorry for his eldest son, who spent the middle of the night lighting the lamps and cooking oil to write the trade plan, covering everything, from the Ministry of War to the Ministry of Industry to the Ministry of Households to the responsibilities that need to be shared by the government offices in various places. After such a hard work, you can't just because the other party wants a princess. Just void it.I know that my son dotes on my sister, but I'm not willing to give it to my relatives. There are also cousins ​​and cousins. No matter how bad it is, it's okay to accept two righteous and dry ones. "Small countries in the Western Regions don't need to give serious princesses, just give them a princess."

Li Keming, who was standing in the hall and listening together, really jumped up: "The Supreme Emperor, the princess has already proposed marriage to the last general."

Jia Amnesty waved his hand: "I know, I know, I didn't say I want yours, just adopt someone else and make him princess."

Li Keming slowly stood back to his original place: "The last general is rude, I hope His Majesty will forgive me."

The governor of Shaanxi-Gansu didn't know much about the interpersonal relationship between Beijing and China. After listening for a long time, he finally grasped the key point: "Well, your majesty, minister... minister, that minister is guilty. When I talked with the other party earlier, in order to show my sincerity, I will... Tell the truth about the situation of the princesses and princesses in this court." They all complained that he was owed, but who knew that those barbarians from the Western Regions were seeking marriage, and they thought they wanted to take the initiative to proclaim themselves ministers, so they asked about the details of the royal family. Ready to pay tribute.

Ning Shan smiled again: "Do you all think that if I want to do business, I have to negotiate with the other party in a courteous manner? Or even make concessions? If it is really so troublesome, why don't you just call it down and become my Dugu Dynasty?" land, when the time comes, the Silk Road will not be able to walk however you want, and whoever is asked to walk will walk casually?"

The domineering words received Li Keming's fierce response: "The last general is willing to be a pioneer."

Yingchun tugged nervously at the hem of her clothes: "Mo, don't talk lightly about the war because of me. If it is beneficial to the family and the country, I... I... I can..."

Ning Shan stood up: "This has nothing to do with you. I just hate being blackmailed." After finishing speaking, she took Li Keming and went out to study the map. "Who threatened Shan'er/Brother Huang?"

Who threatened their Majesty?The governor of Shaanxi and Gansu did not understand it for a while, but Li Keming knew in his heart that the reason for His Majesty's dissatisfaction with the small country in the Western Regions who asked the princess to marry him.

If you admire the civilization of the Central Plains, send people to Beijing to ask for marriage after submitting, or do a lot for them to go to the country, such as resisting foreign invasion or something, and exchanging credit for the princess to marry, all can be discussed.But what they did was to take advantage of the time when His Majesty was leading the princess to patrol the border. It sounds nice to ask the princess to be a backer, so as to avoid being captured by the enemy country because of attachment to the Central Plains. The princess held it in her hand and asked the Central Plains to send troops to help them deal with their old enemy.

Who told their emperor to be the famous "God of War"? Everyone outside the customs has heard of this popularity.

It's no secret that the 36 countries in the Western Regions are feuds with each other. If it weren't for the feud that lasted for hundreds of years, they would have been unified into one country like the Central Plains.Guarding the richest trade route on the mainland, they stumbled and stumbled. Gein's perennial wars consumed their population and resources to the point where they could barely make ends meet. Many small countries finally perished precisely because young and middle-aged people were involved in the war. All of them died, leaving the old, weak, sick and disabled, with no way to survive.If someone makes statistics, they will find that in the past few hundred years, in the land of the Western Regions, the number of countries that perished due to river diversions and natural disasters was far less than the countries that fought each other until the internal space was exhausted and the country was destroyed.

So Ning Shan refused directly. His soldiers, his army, and his people would not sacrifice themselves for this kind of unexplainable feud between foreign races.Either they surrender without saying a word, and if Loulan really dares to send troops in the future, he will naturally send troops to repel them.Either they will come to block his plan to re-open business routes, and he will also send troops to fight whoever is ignorant. Once they are convinced, things will happen naturally. No matter how restless, they will directly destroy the country, just like Qian Like Xiang Xiang, it is even more prosperous now as their sea transfer base.

Ning Shan dislikes all those who play tricks on him, and even more disgusted by those who play tricks on women.As for the attitude of the rulers of those small countries, let alone his own sisters, he would not waste it on them even if he adopted an orphan girl and married them off.

As a general, it is a great shame and shame to exchange a woman's marriage in exchange for peace in the world and prosperity of the family and country.Of course, in times of peace, traveling abroad and getting married can also become a good talk, such as Wang Zhaojun, or Princess Wencheng.But that is based on the willingness of one's own side, the respect of the other side, and the close friendship between the two sides.Now this kind of person who tried to use the princess of their Dugu family to play "hold the emperor to make the princes" did not directly hit him, but he was already magnanimous and arrogant.

Li Keming called for a fight. He had already brought a lot of people here, so he couldn't beat the bandits. It would be good to clean up the small border country and warm up first.

Ning Shan instructed: "Don't resort to military force, go and scare it first, it's best if you can't be scared, and fight again if you can't be scared."

Li Keming took the order and asked, "Who should scare first?"

Ning Shan sneered: "Let's go to Kucha." This country has been following the powerful countries in the Western Regions and pretending to be a tiger. In addition, it guards the throat of the middle section of the northern Silk Road. It is famous for attacking it.