At the end of Qin, I became a son of the plane

Chapter 685 A young boy who is just a classmate

After the initial negotiation, Ouyang Rong and Zhonghang Shuo understood that the Han Dynasty wanted to split the Xiongnu, but at that time they did not have the power to resist the Han Dynasty and could only acquiesce to this. However, they argued for war reparations, as the Xiongnu at that time really could not come up with so much money.

Chen Zhen didn't want to waste time with them, so he found the Seleucid envoy and the Huns to negotiate, and told them that the amount of money they could negotiate would be the amount by which they could reduce their debt.

This gave the Seleucids great motivation, and for the next month the three parties engaged in a constant war of words, and some even came to blows when they were excited.

But what made Chen Zhen speechless was that the Seleucid envoy was obviously a military man, but he was defeated in two battles, and was beaten by Ouyang Rong and Zhonghang Shuo respectively. With such strength, it can only be said that the Seleucid defeat was not unjust.

The outcome of the negotiations ultimately depends on strength. Although the Huns lost 20 elite troops to the Seleucid Empire, they were a military power after all. After their defeat, Yu Shan in Xin Qufu alone mobilized an army of . Not to mention their combat effectiveness, this number alone was extremely astonishing. After annexing the northern part of the Huns, Yizhixie also had an army of more than by taking in local county soldiers.

That is to say, there are now more than 300,000 troops in the Xiongnu country, which is an extremely powerful military force. Although the Allied Forces also have more than 200,000 troops, the Allied Forces were originally formed to help the Seleucids expel the Xiongnu. They had no plans to invade the Xiongnu country, and the generals of various countries had no plans to invade the Xiongnu country with hundreds of thousands of troops.

Even if the Han Dynasty really agreed, the Seleucids could not afford such a large-scale battle involving hundreds of thousands of people. The cost of internal operations is completely different from that of external operations. According to the Seleucids' own calculations, the invasion of the Xiongnu Kingdom would consume more than 30 billion military expenditures every month. If the war lasted for a year or two, the debt owed by the Seleucids would be truly unpayable for generations.

In fact, for them, war reparations were already an unexpected surprise, so after more than a month of tug-of-war, the war reparations that the Huns had to pay were reduced to 90 billion coins, of which the Northern Huns paid 30 billion coins and the Southern Huns paid 60 billion coins. This money was given to the Seleucids to repay a small part of the war bonds.

After paying 30 billion coins, the Northern Huns obtained the recognition of their status as a vassal state by the Han emperor, and the recognition of the six northern counties occupied by Yizhixie as his legal territory. The emperor also gave the Northern Huns 300 million pieces of cashmere, 50 billion worth of clothes, wool, shoes, milk powder and other orders.

Yu Shan of the Southern Xiongnu redeemed more than 50,000 of his captured Xiongnu people, and the Han Dynasty also gave them orders for cotton, oil, bluestone and other minerals worth tens of billions.

With the help of a great man as mediator, all parties generally accepted the peace agreement reluctantly.

On September 54, the 9th year of the Han calendar, the "Serbia-Hungary Armistice Agreement" was officially signed.

This war was everything the Han Dynasty wanted. Although it cost tens of billions, it defeated the world's second most powerful country and made countries around the world understand the strength of the Han Dynasty and recognize its hegemony.

It was an unexpected surprise for the Seleucids. They were on the verge of national destruction, but with the help of the Han Dynasty, they not only secured the integrity of their country’s land, but even reduced their debt by half. If the military supplies that had not yet been dispatched were also counted, they would have gotten even more.

Only the Xiongnu Kingdom suffered a complete defeat, lost 100,000 elite soldiers, had its country divided into two, and had to pay nearly 10 billion in debt. The Xiongnu Kingdom's expansion was completely blocked.

September 54, 9th year of the Han Dynasty, Seleucia, Allied camp.

After the armistice agreement was signed, the entire camp was filled with singing and dancing. Zhou Yafu also ordered people to transport a batch of wine and meat to reward the entire army. Members of the Datong Society from various countries gathered together, singing their own songs and dancing their own dances to celebrate this victory.

"We must wipe out all the wolves, tigers and leopards and let the flaming red sun shine over the entire world~~~~."

During the exciting part of the song, someone shouted: "Down with the reactionary aristocracy, the country belongs to the citizens."

Members of the Datong Society of various countries shouted: "Down with the reactionary aristocracy, the country belongs to the citizens."

Thales, a member of the Greek Mahaparinirvana, said: "Our combined strength will be invincible, and those nobles will only be able to flee howling like defeated dogs."

Other members of the Datong Society laughed loudly and said, "You are right. The power of the citizens is invincible. The nobles can only wail like defeated dogs."

Although the allied forces did not launch an attack on the Huns during this month, the Seleucid rebels did not sit idle. After gaining national power, the Seleucid nobles were ruthlessly purged by the rebels. Any adult male nobles who had contact with the Huns were hanged, the land was nationalized and then distributed to the meritorious officials among the Seleucid rebels, and the nobles' property was confiscated to repay debts.

After experiencing a crisis that almost led to its extinction, the Seleucid Empire actually became the first country in the entire Qin Continent to achieve public ownership of land.

The members of the Datong Society from various countries who remained in the Seleucid Empire also enthusiastically helped the Seleucids to divide the land per capita. Tang Yong Wanlang, who was proficient in mathematics, helped farmers divide the land. Thales, who understood the Seleucid language, led the members of the Datong Society from various countries to publicize the Seleucid Empire's new land policy.

After obtaining the land, the Seleucid citizens suddenly showed great enthusiasm for life. These citizens began to repair what had been destroyed by the war, repairing canals and roads. With the help of the members of the Datong Society, the land burst into vitality.

And everything that happened in the Seleucid Empire gave all members of the Datong Society great confidence. It turned out that it was not the country that needed the nobles, but the nobles who needed the country. On the contrary, a country could develop better without the nobles.

Thales said: "We, the Greek Universal Society, will promote the equal distribution of land throughout the country. Let those nobles die."

At this time, except for Rome, most of the members of the Datong Society in the countries of Daqin Continent still belonged to the minority. Because of the overlord of the Han Dynasty, the countries did not dare to arrest the members of the Datong Party easily, let alone label them as rebels. However, they were in a state of neither opposition, support, nor publicity, hoping to reduce the influence of the Datong Society in this way.

Under the oppression of the Han Dynasty, the nobles of Daqinzhou had to reluctantly abolish slavery. However, the industrialized society that Datonghui expected did not come immediately. In most countries and regions, the nobles were still nobles, the elders were still elders, and the commoners were still commoners, except that there was no slave class. Instead, there were more poor people who had nothing. These poor people were transformed from slaves and had nothing but freedom.

The nobles were pleasantly surprised to find that after they quit slavery, they could earn more by exploiting civilians than by exploiting slaves. The slaves were expensive, but the slave owners were reluctant to exploit them cruelly. They would find ways to treat them when they were sick, and even help them find wives so that their slaves could reproduce. After all, they were their property.

But the poor were different. As long as they were paid a pitiful salary, they didn't need to worry about whether the salary could support their wives, children, or even sickness. They only needed to worry about the civilians working for them and making money for them. They didn't need to worry about the lack of civilians working for them, because there were too many civilians, and even if they consumed some, they would be replenished quickly. They were shocked to find that after the abolition of slavery, their power did not decrease, nor did the benefits they obtained, but their responsibilities were completely eliminated. For the first time, they enjoyed the joy of not doing the work for them, but having others do it.

This simply made them overjoyed. If they had known that they would gain greater benefits after abolishing slavery, they would have abolished slavery long ago.

But for the members of the Datong Society, the situation in the country made them extremely disappointed. They pushed for the abolition of slavery because they wanted the country to progress, the citizens to be wealthy, and everything in their motherland to be in line with the Han Dynasty, rather than selling dog meat under the guise of sheep meat as it is now. Slavery was abolished, but the people at the bottom lived in poverty, and the whole country fell into depravity and even more despair.

Macedonius also said firmly: "Yes, only equal distribution of land is truly fair and just. Some nobles say they want to abolish slavery, but they are actually evading their responsibilities. Equality of power and responsibility is the truth. Those nobles should bear as many obligations as they enjoy rights. If they only want rights but do not fulfill their obligations, citizens have the right to drive them out of power."

"The descendants of the king of Daqinzhou are kings, the descendants of the elders are elders, and the descendants of the nobles are nobles, but the world should not be like this. The citizens of Daqinzhou should wake up and be like the citizens of Dahan. If the king is tyrannical, then overthrow the tyranny. If the nobles are cruel, then hang them. We should chop off the heads of several kings. Only the blood of these tyrants can make the citizens of Daqinzhou realize that even a noble king will die if he is beheaded. Those nobles claim that they are descendants of gods, but it is just a shameless lie." Then he shouted: "The flower of democracy needs the blood of tyrants to bloom."

"Wow, wow, wow, well said!" everyone cheered.

This allied alliance was not only a war, but also a place for members of the Datong Society of various countries to exchange ideas. Apart from the war, these young people would discuss and debate the systems of various countries. Compared with the princes of the Han Dynasty and the New World, the members of the Datong Society of Daqinzhou could be said to have suffered a complete failure.

They were still struggling on the brink of death and feeling complacent about the liberation of slaves, but the Han Dynasty and their princes were already making progress in how to build a prosperous society, and many vassal states had already achieved this.

Even in the eyes of the members of the Datong Society in various countries in the Qin Continent, they have already achieved their ideal Datong society. Even the ideal country described by the ancient sage Plato is not as good as the actual Han vassal states. With such a strong contrast, these young people naturally feel dissatisfied with the nobles of their own country.

These people are unwilling to give up even a little bit of their rights and interests, but they can neither bring development to the country nor push the country towards a world of great harmony. How can a good country be governed by these insects!

Faced with dissatisfaction with reality, these young people suddenly had the idea of ​​"something to replace them."

Tang Yong smiled and said, "You should learn from the Holy Emperor's approach and lead the army back to overthrow those nobles."

Wan Lang was even more excited and said, "Hang them all. Without the nobles, we will have a clean slate. You can give the land to farmers, build farms, grow cash crops to accumulate wealth, and then develop industrialization. This is what we did in the Han Dynasty. We worked hard for 30 years to achieve a well-off life."

"Your countries like Greece and Macedonia are few in number and have a small population, but it's easier to turn around if you kill all those blood-sucking nobles and develop a reasonable distribution system, even if it's just farming. You can achieve moderate prosperity in 20 years at most, and then integrate into the globalization of the Han Dynasty. After another 20 years of hard work, you may become a wealthy country."

For the young people who came from the Han civilization, they believed that the path taken by the Han Dynasty was the right choice, and they offered their suggestions. These citizens of the Han Dynasty were born in the new era and grew up in the wave of industrialization. Instead of reverence for aristocratic blood, they despised it and believed that people who came from poor backgrounds and started from scratch were worthy of respect.

Zhou Yafu, Li Ji, Fan Kang and Liu Ruyi were inspecting the camp. When they heard these young men gathered together, happily planning how to overthrow their country, they didn't know what to say for a moment when they saw such a chaotic scene.

Zhou Yafu shook his head and said, "It's really like one wave after another. I'm afraid it will be difficult for the Great Qin Continent to have peace."

Liu Ruyi said calmly: "The history of Daqinzhou is a time of war. Peace is too rare and precious to this world. It may not be a bad thing to have these young people to impact it. The aristocratic bloodline system is too stinky. Under their suppression, the entire Daqinzhou is like a pool of stagnant water."

Li Ji agreed: "The nobles of Daqinzhou are courting their own death. I just don't understand that the oppression of the nobles has reached a point that ordinary people can't bear. How can the people of Daqinzhou resist rebellion!"

The three of them have been working in Daqinzhou for many years and have a better understanding of the situation in this land. Not only has this civilization never established a large unified country, it doesn't even have a common ruler like the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties. War is the main theme of this civilization.

Fan Kang said with a smile: "If the members of the Datong Association of various countries were in power, it would be a good thing for our Han Dynasty."

Zhou Yafu sighed and said, "Report this situation to the emperor, but these people have followed the allied forces through thick and thin, so their severance pay must be adequate."

Then he looked at Liu Ruyi and said, "You must make this clear to the leader of the rebel army. We are not the Han people who want to take their money, but the allied soldiers have even sacrificed their lives. We the allied army cannot let them shed tears after bleeding."

Liu Ruyi said awkwardly: "The rebel generals are used to being poor, but they have good intentions. I will convince them."

The war ended very suddenly. The Allied forces still had a large amount of military supplies that had not been used up, and military expenditures were still over 40 billion. Rebel leaders such as Chillen wanted to gain control of these supplies and money. After all, they were burdened with a debt of billion, and the rebels were now spending every penny carefully.

However, Zhou Yafu only transferred the supplies to the rebel army, but told them that they had to pay severance pay to the allied soldiers first, especially the severance pay for the Datong alliance forces and soldiers of various countries. This made Qilin and others dissatisfied. Of course, they did not dare to say it, but Zhou Yafu could feel it.

Liu Ruyi thought for a moment and said, "Brother Zhou, can you comfort the leaders of the rebel army? They are in great need of confidence right now."

The Seleucid Empire was in chaos and chaos. If we count the time when Antiochus III was defeated by Rome and withdrew from the Mediterranean hegemony, the Seleucid Empire had been in decline for nearly half a century. This invasion by the Huns was an even heavier blow, and they almost lost their country. For every Seleucid, these two years were the most terrifying two years.

Originally, defeating the Huns could greatly enhance the national pride of the Seleucids, which can be seen from later generations, but it was Jin who played the role. The initiative of this war has always been in the hands of the Han Dynasty, and all they have had is continuous failures. So even if they have defeated the Huns now, the Seleucid people are generally not confident. The self-confidence of the Seleucid people as a great power has become fragmented by various collisions in the past few decades, and they are in desperate need of confidence now.

"Confidence? I understand!" Zhou Yafu said.

June 54, 9rd year of the Han calendar.

Zhou Yafu met with leaders such as Qilin.

Zhou Yafu first praised the importance of the Seleucid army to the victory of this war, especially their spirit of defending Antioch to the death. "The six months you have held on are extremely important. Not only did you buy time for the allies to train, but you also greatly weakened the morale of the Huns."

"I heard some people say that it was the Allied Forces that saved the Seleucid Empire. This statement is one-sided. The Allied Forces did play a certain role, but the main force of the Allied Forces was still the Seleucids. The reason why this war was won was that countless Seleucid heroes shed blood and sacrificed their lives to save the Seleucid Empire. Without your efforts and sacrifices, the Allied Forces would not have been able to defeat the Huns so easily. You are the greatest contributors to this war."

Qilun and his men were overjoyed to hear the words of Zhou Yafu, the chief general of the allied forces. For the rebels, this positive evaluation was exactly what they needed.

This war was too great and too devastating for the Seleucids, with hundreds of thousands of casualties and millions of civilians left homeless. The war burned all the Seleucid lands and the entire country was destroyed. Despite such tragic losses, everyone now believes that it was the Han Dynasty that saved the Seleucid Empire. Even among the rebels, most people agree so. However, such a conclusion is extremely unfavorable for the rebels. Don't forget that the Huns invaded Seleucid because of the war between the rebels and the Seleucid nobles. If they could have defeated the Huns, the prestige of the rebels would naturally be at its peak, and it might even become the foundation of their country.

But they were defeated, and completely defeated, which even shook the foundation of the rebel army. If it weren't for the equal-field system, I'm afraid the Seleucid people would have fled now. Who was the one who let the Huns in, the rebel army or the Seleucid nobles? It was extremely important for the rebel army that the Han Dynasty could recognize their achievements.

With Zhou Yafu's recognition, Qilin and other rebel leaders became generous. The expenses of demobilizing the allied forces were all in accordance with the standards of the Han Dynasty. The Seleucid rebels were even extremely generous and stated that the allied soldiers were willing to stay in the Seleucid Empire. Those with education could become Seleucid officials and advisers, and ordinary soldiers could be allocated 100 acres of land and become citizens of the Seleucid Empire.

(End of this chapter)