How should I put it? At least 300,000 strong slaves allowed the newly born Xia Kingdom to take its national strength to a new level.
Afterwards, the Great Chen Dynasty, yes, the Great Chen Dynasty that was secretly fanning the flames and almost taking the lead in the battle, stepped forward to mediate. Although the Liang Empire was extremely reluctant, it had no choice but to swallow its anger and in fact recognized the independence of the Northwest region.
In the end, in exchange for Xia's nominal submission to Daliang, Daliang regularly purchased war horses from Xia at a specified price, and most of this money flowed to the Chen Dynasty to purchase the food that Xia lacked.
However, the Liang Empire was not a country that would surrender after being beaten. In the following two hundred years, successive Liang monarchs hoped to regain the northwest, and Dachen, like the Liang Empire in the past, became a troublemaker.
Well, I can only say that these people who play politics have dirty hearts.
But the problem of Xia Kingdom still existed. After all, whether continuing to move west or north, the extremely cold climate at high altitudes was no longer suitable for human habitation. Therefore, at least at that time, Xia Kingdom could only have one neighbor, which was the Liang Empire.
Therefore, in the next two hundred years, the Xia Kingdom continued to ally with Liang to attack Chen, or ally with Chen to attack Liang. Its purpose was only one, which was to open up a land route with the Chen Dynasty and gain more geopolitical bargaining chips.
"Diversification of neighboring countries" became the national policy of the Xia State.
Now, the good days seem to have finally come. In the last war, in order to make the Xia Kingdom withdraw from the war as soon as possible and avoid the suppression of cavalry and armored infantry on the battlefield again, the Chen Dynasty gritted its teeth and ceded Hanzhong, which already had strong separatist tendencies, to the Xia Kingdom.
With Hanzhong, the Xia Kingdom was finally able to border the Chen Dynasty. This not only saved the trade from going through the Liang Empire, but more importantly, it added a neighboring country, doubling its sense of security.
As a result, Daliang obtained Xichuan and Xiangyun.
It is said that on the night when the news was received, the current king of Xia State, Wei Mingbu, cursed in the northwestern dialect in the harem for several hours and almost passed out, which made the prince who was kneeling beside him very happy.
However, things are unpredictable. After several years of observation, Wei Mingbu found that although Xichuan and Xiangyun nominally belonged to Daliang, Lin Hai, who actually controlled these two provinces, did not seem to be so obedient.
From the intelligence he received, Weimingbu felt that Lin Hai was an ambitious man like his ancestor Weiming Nanxiao, and that he was also funded by the Chen Dynasty and wanted to carve out a territory and become king.
Don’t you think this is a coincidence?
Wei Mingbu felt that Xia State had too many similarities with Qinghe State, and was a natural ally.
After receiving the news that Lin Hai had actually controlled half of Xichuan, the entire Xiangyun, and defeated the Khmer, the cautious Wei Mingbu could no longer sit still. He needed a neighbor who was hostile to Daliang, warlike, but did not seem so powerful. Lin Hai satisfied all his imaginations.
So, the envoys from the Xia Kingdom rushed and finally arrived before the New Year.
However, Lin Hai was not at all anxious about Xia Guo's urgency.
Damn it, everyone knows that I am a loyal citizen of the Daliang Empire. You contact me at this time, aren't you throwing shit on me in public?
Lin Hai threw back the letter, which read "From Wei Mingbu, Lord of the Xia Kingdom, to Lin Hai, King of the Southwest," and said to Ling Yan, who was in charge of foreign affairs, "Tell these horse breeders that I can't read their handwriting. Ask them to write it in a simpler way before sending it back."
Can't understand the words written?
Well, that's easy to understand. It's said that this Qinghe Earl also rose from humble beginnings, so it's understandable that he had little education. But it's impossible that there wasn't a single literate person in the entire Qinghe area, right?
The nominal highest leader of the Xia State delegation was Wei Mingyun, the nephew of Xia State King Wei Mingbu, who was granted the title of Guazhou Earl. This young earl, who was seven feet tall and had a waist circumference of seven feet, was puzzled.
Deputy envoy Zhang Yuan standing by couldn't help but secretly sigh: No wonder His Majesty (the King of Western Xia proclaimed himself emperor) wanted to let this cube out for some experience, otherwise it would not just be a matter of being ruined by alcohol and sex, it would probably lower the average IQ of the royal family of the Great Xia Kingdom.
Zhang Yuan watched Wei Mingyun pretending to ponder deeply, and he had to speak out, "Master, it's impossible that Qinghebo Lin Hai is illiterate. He must be dissatisfied with some of the wording in the letter, so he found an excuse to return it."
Upon hearing this, Wei Mingyuan said casually, "I've told you so many times not to call me Lord Chief Envoy, but Lord. Lin Hai also calls himself Lord. When the two Lords meet, they can each become a close friend and, by the way, seal the alliance between Daxia and Qinghe. Wouldn't that be a wonderful thing?"
"But how do you know he refused to meet with us because of the wording, rather than simply not wanting to form an alliance with us?"
All right. There were so many things to criticize in Wei Mingyuan's words that Zhang Yuan didn't know where to start.
After all, you're a mere earl, a figurehead granted by bloodline, possessing no power, and a mere Earl of Guazhou. Yet you're trying to be compared to Lin Hai, who commands tens of thousands of troops and practically controls two provinces. Could it be that the title of Guazhou Earl actually makes one turn into a melon?
Fortunately, this Gua Bo still knew that he had to reach an alliance with Qinghe, so he wasn't hopeless. So Zhang Yuan continued, "If he didn't want to see us at all, we would have been driven away long ago. He said he couldn't understand it, which meant he didn't agree with the contents of the letter. Not understanding it was just a pretext."
"Oh, that makes sense. What did you say when we set out? Don't do anything petty. But you guys just love to do it here. You even said you were testing Lin Hai to see if he really had treasonous intentions. Oh, Master Zhang, how can you test for treason? Wasn't our ancestor Weiming Nanxiao a loyal subject of the Daliang Empire before he started his rebellion?"
"Master, be careful with your words."
"There's nothing to be cautious about. I'll say it in front of my uncle. He'll just whip me if he gets angry. Do you think I'm someone who's afraid of a whip?"
"That's true."
"What?"
"What I mean is that if I have to go back to Zhongxing Prefecture to revise the letter, it would be very troublesome. Just before leaving, His Majesty gave you the authority to make adjustments. Is that acceptable to you?"
"You just want to ask me if I can cover up if something goes wrong while revising the imperial documents. You're just like my brothers. Every time we want to go to Yihong Courtyard, we have to say it's my own fault. We're just afraid of being caught by my uncle or father, so in the end, I still have to cover it up." Wei Mingyuan said nonchalantly.
"Don't worry, just revise it. It's just a few words, no big deal. We're asking for favors now, and you have to say a few nice words to your creditor when you go to borrow money. You can revise it, and use my seal. If anything goes wrong, I'll cover it."
The map has been updated to include markings for Hanhai and the current Hanzhong region. The color of Hanzhong remains unchanged, for reasons explained later...
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