Picked up a copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 373 General Yuan Shu
Zhang Jiao's death had a great impact on the national treasury. The original treasury was made up of the three most important parts: local taxation, Liangzhou foreign trade, and Yangzhou maritime trade. After Zhang Jiao passed away, Yangzhou Without the strength to organize large-scale shipping, this left another vacancy in the national treasury. Yuan Feng had no choice but to continue to increase the expenditure on Liangzhou's foreign trade. Up to now, when Liangzhou's foreign trade is being carried out, there is no need for horses and horses. Number, mighty.

Such a large-scale business trip naturally attracted the attention of others, such as Kangju, Dawan, Liule, Qiemo and other slightly powerful countries are also very interested in foreign trade. Of course, as a small country under the name of the Western Regions Protectorate , They are not trying to plunder merchants, but hope to participate in these merchants and conduct foreign trade together.

At that time, the Protectorate of the Western Regions was established in Luntai, with a garrison of [-] troops, headed by Cao Kuan, Lieutenant of Wusi, and Zhang Yan, Chief of the Western Regions. He is deeply respected and loved by everyone, and Zhang Yan is a rare talent. He has been in the Western Regions for many years and is proficient in the language of Yanqi, Cheshi, Shule, and Qiemo. Even his staff and subordinates do not know this long history. How many languages ​​do you know.

In short, as long as there is an accident in the Western Regions, no matter which country has an accident, he will first look for Zhang Yan. He is also warmly entertained, and he can communicate with visitors skillfully. Those who are proficient, with the two of them sitting in the Western Regions, there is little turmoil. Before, the Minister of Liule killed the King Liule, who was canonized by the Han Dynasty, and made himself king. Prince Liule came to look for Zhang Yan.

After Zhang Yan stated that he wanted to use force against Liule, the six countries responded immediately, formed a coalition of more than [-] people, defeated Liule, and made Prince Liule king. Here, the relationship between the small local country and the Han court is Those who are very close, they are all canonized by the temple. When the prince inherits the throne, he also needs to have a long history present, hold an edict, and canonize him. etiquette used.

And when the Han Dynasty crusade against non-officials and fought against Qiang, these small countries would also send troops to help.

When the ministers from various countries came to visit Zhang Yan, Zhang Yan was admiring some calligraphy and painting that he bought today in the study room. Zhang Yan was a learned man, and he only had two hobbies in his life, one was good at painting and calligraphy, and the other was good at beautiful clothes. When he was about to die, the long Shilian sent six officials to Luoyang to ask for Cai Yong's documents. Cai Yong, who had never met him, initially refused him, but after he repeatedly sent people to ask for an interview, Cai Yong also refused. Reluctantly, I wrote him a letter.

The letter was to persuade him that Confucian classics are the great way, and calligraphy and painting are nothing more than small skills, and he was asked not to miss state affairs because of these small skills. Unexpectedly, after Zhang Yan received the other party's letter, he was very happy and kept Cai Yong's letter Come down and appreciate it as calligraphy and painting, which is his first hobby, and the second is beautiful clothes. He has loved to wear some gorgeous clothes since he was a child, and he has been criticized for this, but he still doesn't care.

The ministers were brought into the study by the soldiers. After seeing Zhang Yan, they immediately called on them. Zhang Yan also communicated with them enthusiastically. The soldiers couldn't understand what they were talking about. Guessing, Zhang Jun probably wanted to show them his collection of calligraphy and painting again. Sure enough, just as he thought about it, Zhang Yan led them to look at his collection of calligraphy and painting.

Although Zhang Yan is inferior to Cao Kuan in terms of status, Cao Kuan concentrates on governing the army, and many important affairs in the Western Regions still fall into Zhang Yan's hands, and Zhang Yan has stayed in the Western Regions for nearly ten years. The ministers also spent a lot of time studying. Every time they went to visit Zhang Yan, they would wear gorgeous clothes, and at the same time spent years of energy studying calligraphy and painting.

Later, this became the latest trend in the culture of the Western Regions at that time, and even a lot of interesting things happened.

It is said that Zheng Xuan once visited Ma Rong, a master of Confucianism in Xiliang, and worshiped him as his teacher. After studying classics for three years, he asked Ma Rong about calligraphy and painting. Ma Rong was very angry at that time. Ao Ran, after studying the scriptures for three years, he wanted to get in touch with other miscellaneous things, so he asked Zheng Xuan to make a calligraphy and painting, and then dismissed Zheng Xuan's calligraphy and painting as worthless.

Ma Rong took him to a city in the county, grabbed a barbarian in gorgeous clothes from the Western Regions, and asked him to make a painting and calligraphy, and said that there would be a reward. The barbarian wrote on the spot with a pen and ink in his hand. Zheng Xuan was dumbfounded by the cleanliness of the battle. He didn't believe it, and found several barbarians from the Western Regions, but the results were all mediocre. The calligraphy and paintings he made were far superior to his own. Only then did he wake up and devote all his energy to In terms of classics.

In the end, he became Ma Rong's most proud disciple.

In the study room, after viewing the paintings and calligraphy, everyone sat down and began to discuss. These ministers came to participate in the next foreign trade event. There are also many commodities in the Western Regions that can be used for sale. They said: , if we can go together with Yizhou merchants, it will definitely be of great benefit to us. After listening to their narration carefully, Zhang Yan thought for a long time, the land of the Western Regions is different from Yizhou.

There are many small countries here. If you want to participate in foreign trade, some countries must participate, and some countries will not agree, and there are also conflicts between countries. If you want foreign trade, you have to go through the other party's territory. He really doesn't want to see himself expending a lot of experience. The stabilized Western Regions once again fell into chaos and turmoil. However, there is no solution. Today, Temple has [-] troops stationed in the Western Regions, led by the school lieutenant Cao Kuan.

This kind of force can quickly quell any chaos. As for the problem of crossing the border, you can modify the route of merchants going west, and let the Han merchant brigade directly hide them and take them away together, so there will be no major problems. However, this matter still needs to be discussed with the temple princes and listen to the emperor's order.

After the guests left, Zhang Yan also hurriedly played to express the affairs of the Western Regions.

In addition, he also wrote letters to Zheng Xuan of Liangzhou and Yuan Shu, the new captain of the infantry battalion of the Northern Army. One of the famous generals, won the trust of Zheng Xuan, and was responsible for the safety of business travelers going there. If he wanted to participate in foreign trade in the Western Regions, he had to ask the two of them for help. On that point, he is very clear.

These years, Yuan Shu stayed in the frontier fortress for six or seven years. After a long period of tempering, he gradually became a brave and skilled general. He also had warriors like Hua Xiong and Guan Yu under his command, which made him even more powerful. In these years, Yuan Shu has made many military exploits. , has never had any defeats, and the common people often refer to him as Yuan Jiming. Lieutenant.

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