A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 415 Northern Huns and Southern Huns

The sun still shines on the earth.

The sound of camel bells from the Western Regions set foot on Zhuque Street, bringing with it the wind and sand from the Western Regions and countless beautiful jade and jewelry.

Since Da Qian opened the Western Region, there have been more and more caravans heading to the Western Region.

In Changle Palace, Prince Wang Xin is handling political affairs. His Majesty is already quite old. Since he got sick two years ago, his energy is somewhat lacking. After all, he is still in his 50s, so he asked the prince to observe the affairs and help. Handling government affairs is also to pave the way for the prince.

The process of how Emperor Wen paved the way for Wang Jing was now used by Wang Jing on the prince.

After finishing the government affairs, Wang Xin stretched himself, and a chamberlain hurriedly served the tea that had been prepared long ago.

Wang Xin took a sip of tea, stretched his wrists, and then asked: "Are all the caravan managers here?"

"Your Highness, everyone is already waiting in the side hall." The chamberlain quickly replied.

"The political affairs have been dealt with, let's go see them now!" Wang Xin said, putting down his tea cup.

Changle Palace is not far from Changyang Palace. In fact, it is a neighbor. It is where the prince and the emperor respectively handle government affairs.Further ahead is the prime minister's office area.

Arriving at the side hall, there were already more than a dozen people waiting in the hall, including children from the clan, children from the public clan, and some people who had no blood relationship.These people are the business treasurers of the royal family.

The main sources of income for the Daqian royal family are partly from the Shaofu, partly from the imperial village, and partly from shops and caravans.

Part of the taxes collected by the imperial court went to the Taifu, and part went to the Shaofu. This was a rule set by Da Qian since the founding of the country. Part of it was to prevent future generations from acting recklessly and enjoying the money of the Taifu, and part of it was to keep the royal family secret.

There are imperial villages all over the country. The royal family used to recruit people to farm the fields to supply the daily needs of the royal family.Since the time of Huai Wugong, the Huai State has begun to recruit its own people for farming instead of requiring the court to allocate grain.

Part of this is to know the grain production in various places and compare it with the calendar, and part of it is to keep it secret. After all, these grain materials do not pass through the hands of the court, and outsiders cannot know how many people there are in the royal family. They are like secret guards, and there is a lot of money and grain in them. They all go from here.

Part of the Huangdian is for rent, and part is operated by oneself.The royal caravan not only engaged in traveling business, but also conducted business.

When Wang Xin arrived, these people immediately stood up and bowed.Wang Xin waved his hand and said: "This is not a court meeting, no need to be polite, just sit down."

Wang Xin chatted casually with these people for a few words, and then everyone began to report this year's income.

Everyone reported all this year's expenditures and income, and then calculated next year's expenditures. After Wang Xin saw that there were no problems, he was ready to hand it over to the Royal Audit Department for another review.

"Prince, this is the message from the Western Region caravan from the north." After reporting the work, a steward took out a letter and said.

These caravans conduct business all year round and are also responsible for collecting part of the intelligence, especially the information about the Hu people and the Western Regions, most of which are collected by the caravans.

The content of the letter was not very much, but Wang Xin's face looked a little ugly after reading it.

Then he slowly said: "Everyone, please read this letter." This letter was delivered from the north of the Western Regions. The imperial court gained a lot of wealth through the Western Regions, and was very concerned about this place. Although these people are businessmen, It is also an important force for the royal family to control the world.

The content of the letter was not long, and everyone quickly passed the letter around, and finally handed it to Wang Xin. After reading the letter, the stewards frowned.

The content of this letter is very simple, that is, King Zuoxian of the Xiongnu who escaped that year has returned.Originally, the last time the Xiongnu were defeated by the Daqian Army, they fled in embarrassment and hid in the North Sea and the northwest to recuperate. After these years of development, they have now returned to the Mobei grassland again.

Wang Xin saw that everyone had finished reading the letter and asked directly: "I have read the letter. Now that the Huns are back, please tell me what you think."

The appearance of the Xiongnu had actually been anticipated by the royal family. After all, Daqian could not occupy the grassland, the grassland was not suitable for farming, and grazing could not be fixed in one area. If the imperial court occupied it, it would be difficult to move the people there and even collect taxes.

But if you don’t come to occupy this grassland, others will come to occupy it. If the Huns leave, other barbarians will come.But before the other barbarians could rise up, the Huns actually came back.

"Prince, the letter says that the Huns are equipped with the same stirrups, saddles, and horseshoes, and are more powerful than the previous Huns. They have annexed most of the Hu tribes on the Mobei grassland. It seems that the newcomers are evil! "

"Although we have long been prepared to leak the three treasures of the cavalry, where did the Huns get them?"

"It's okay to say that saddles and stirrups can be roughly made by looking at and trying a few times. But you can't see the horseshoes without breaking them apart. How did they learn to shoe them?"

"There should be a caravan trading with them!" another person said.

"As far as I know, there are many caravans who also do business with the Huns, purchasing their cowhide, war horses, horns, tendons, etc. It is these people who most likely leaked the information."

"Now that the Huns have the three treasures of cavalry, our cavalry no longer has the advantage."

"The Huns still lack iron weapons, and their armor equipment is not high, so there is still a gap between them and us."

"I'm just afraid that these Huns will stop fighting head-on and start harassing us everywhere."

"It can block the trade routes going north and prohibit those merchants from trading with the Huns."

After hearing what these people said, Wang Xin began to think about it. After a moment, he said: "Order the caravans to pay attention to those caravans selling ironware when they are doing business. At the same time, raise enough money and food."

Although the three treasures of cavalry were learned by the Huns and the strength of the Huns improved, Dagan still had the advantage in terms of strength.

The Huns are already excellent in riding skills. With the three treasures of cavalry, how much better can their riding skills be if they improve?There is an upper limit to riding skills.According to Dagan's superiority in cavalry and armor, it is not difficult to defeat the Huns.

Wang Xin left Changle Palace, came to Changyang Palace, and handed the letter to Wang Jing. After reading the letter, Wang Jing frowned slightly, and then said: "The last time we defeated the Huns, the imperial court set up a captain to protect the Huns. This time against the Huns, we can mobilize those Huns to join the battle."

The imperial court settled hundreds of thousands of Huns in the surrender city of Monan. After these years of development, their strength has recovered a lot, and because of the system of Qian State, these Huns are living pretty well.

Wang Jing saw that the Southern Huns had regained some strength, and planned to restrict them so as not to lose their tail. Now that he saw the Northern Huns appearing, he just used these Huns to consume each other, killing two birds with one stone.

(End of this chapter)