Chapter 3110 Accidental Gift

The ninth year of Taixing, the third day of the first lunar month.

The "messenger" that Cao Cao did not expect was not the officials of the Sanfu of Guanzhong, nor Pang Tong, but Duan Wei from the Duan family of Sanming in Xiliang, as well as some Semi people. These people did not come for Cao Cao, but were going to Xu County.

After hearing this news, Cao Cao was stunned.

The news was unexpected.

Old Cao didn't expect that Fei Qian was still thinking about tribute to the emperor until now.

Regardless of whether this behavior is a show or a bit of sincerity, if you can do such a move, you will be better than most local princes. Not to mention anything else, how many times did the grandson and the Jiangdong tribute?

Cao Cao asked again: "How many people have come?"

Cao Xiu, who ran back from the front line, replied: "More than 300 people came, half of them were cavalry and half infantry, and escorted 12 vehicles, all of which were tribute to the emperor..."

Cao Cao nodded.

He knew Duan Wei.

But why did Duan Wei become an envoy? Why didn’t he send other people, but Duan Wei? And there were 12 utensils, all of which were sent to the emperor?

Cao Cao didn't have any covetousness about these objects, nor did he want to be greedy for these tributes. For his current authority, money and utensils were nothing at all. He was just a little curious.

Cao Cao frowned and guessed Fei Qian's intention.

If it were Cao Cao's own mission, Cao Cao could naturally live in the central army tent and sit up and wait, but this was paid tribute to the emperor. It would be a little inappropriate for him to put on such a careless air. Therefore, he had to change into a formal outfit and meet the envoy.

So Cao Cao ordered: "Anmin will lead a thousand Wuwei people and come out of the camp to greet him."

Even if you don’t give Fei Qian a face, you still have to give the emperor a face. No matter what Fei Qian tributes, it can only be decided by the emperor. Whatever Cao Cao deals with now is a usurpation and can only welcome him.

In addition, Cao Cao ordered: "Gongren goes to Houying and arranges a reception banquet... In addition, the Houying area should be arranged in a regular area, clean and prepare horse materials... Don't slack off...

Cao Cao was righteously ordered by the emperor to fight against the thief, so no matter how he did, he could not throw this flag halfway through. He could not say that he slapped himself in the face halfway through the war?

Cao Hong said from the side: "Why do you have to treat it so favorably? It makes the lord look timid."

Cao Cao smiled and did not answer, so he got up to change his clothes.

After a while, he changed his clothes and came back, he said to Cao Hong, "Zi Lian, please come out to greet me."

Cao Hong muttered, but Cao Cao ordered and did what he said without saying a word.

When he heard that Fei Qian had an envoy, the generals and soldiers in Cao's camp also had different expressions. Some whispered to each other, some were careless and indifferent, and some were gritting their teeth towards the envoy. For a while, all living beings inside and outside the camp had their own appearances.

From afar, two flags were raised high and slowly coming.

One of the poles is higher, with a sling tail on it and a large character above the flag: "The Great Han Dynasty's Western Regions' envoys."

The other shot was lowered, and it read, "The Great Han General Annan Hou Duan, the Hou Duan of the Han Dynasty."

The high means where the messenger is, and the low means the identity of the messenger.

Cao Cao's eyes stayed on the word "Western Regions" for a moment, then smiled, and then stood in the middle.

The group of people on the opposite side gradually approached, and then stopped at 200 steps and stopped the war horses. The front army separated from both sides, and the high and low flags slowly moved, revealing Duan Wei's figure.

Duan Wei turned over and got off the horse, then walked all the way to Cao Cao, bowing and bowing to him: "Greetings to the Prime Minister."

Cao Cao stepped forward and helped him up, "No gifts and no gifts! Is Zhongming safe? "

Cao Cao grabbed Duan Wei's arm, looked up and down, and said with a smile: "In the past, in Heluo, I saw Zhongming's style and was very in love. However, Zhongming was in the mountains and rivers and did not want to worry about the work. Even after separation for many years, I always sighed with regret! Today I met again, and saw that Zhongming's style was not as good as that of the past, and I was worried about it! Compared with Zhongming, Cao seems much older now! Hahaha, it makes people sigh that the years are long and time passes!"

Guo Jia followed Cao Cao and heard Cao Cao's words clearly. The corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and he bent down with a smile.

Duan Wei was not a sharp-tongued person. After Cao Cao said this, he didn't know how to respond, so he just smiled bitterly.

Cao Cao did not make any progress. He laughed and introduced the generals to Duan Wei, and took Duan Wei into the tent of the Central Army.

Cao Cao asked Duan Wei to sit down.

Duan Wei was not willing to do so. The two of them gave in a fake manner, and then they separated the host and the guest.

Then the rest of the people sat down one after another and sat down.

Is it complicated?

Temporary.

Is it hypocritical?

hypocritical.

But this is how humans reflect high and low with cumbersomeness and obscure ugliness with hypocrisy.

He has been defeated repeatedly, but his crimes are unforgivable. He has been defeated repeatedly, and his courage is commendable.

The female student attends school during the day and goes to the club to make an announcement at night, which is self-deprecating and morally corrupt. The young lady works in the club at night, and goes to the school during the day, which is motivated and deserves praise...

Cao Cao and Fei Qian were fighting to death, but now they seemed to be unable to see the bloodstains and corpses everywhere in Tongguan River. They could also receive envoys and sit down to reminisce about the past.

Cao Cao smiled, "Zhongming has worked so hard along the way..."

Duan Wei smiled bitterly, "Prime Minister, I am a rough man... Just ask directly if you have anything..."

Cao Cao paused slightly and nodded, "Okay... I don't know where Zhongming came from, and what he wanted to worship to the emperor?"

"Report to the Prime Minister, Wei came from Xiliang...this is the case..."

Duan Wei talked about how Feiqian arrived in Xiliang, how did he hold a banquet in Jiuquan, and what happened one by one, then slapped his hands, "That's it... Wei has no other intentions, it's just a matter of fate."

Simply put, Duan Wei means that he is following Fei Qian's orders and does not want to engage in any large and small planes with Cao Cao.

After hearing what Duan Wei said, Cao Cao exchanged glances with Guo Jia, and then pondered without saying a word.

The ambushed stakes in Xiliang were solved by Fei Qian?

Moreover, Duan Wei came from Xiliang, which means that Fei Qian would soon arrive in Guanzhong...

Is this Fei Qian’s warning?

Or what other meanings?

For a moment, the central army's tent was silent, and everyone's breathing seemed much heavier.

Duan Wei accused him of guilt, then stood up, walked to the big tent in person, took a brocade box from the servant, held it in both hands, walked to Cao Cao's table with a heavy step, put the brocade box on the table, lifted the lid, revealing a brocade book inside.

"Prime Minister..." Duan Wei said softly, as if he was afraid of waking up something sleeping in the brocade box, "This is... the contract of Shanshan, the Western Regions..."

Cao Cao took a deep breath, stretched out his hand, took the Shan Kingdom out of the brocade box, and slowly unfolded it. The four ink words "The Great Han Empire" came into view, like four steel needles instantly piercing Cao Cao's eyes, making Cao Cao's face tense and his whole body tremble.

"The Han Empire..." Cao Cao recited, sighed, and asked, "Zhongming, what does the word "empire" mean?"

Duan Wei shook his head, "The cavalry has never said it."

The term "empire" is not exclusive to the West, nor is it imported. It appeared in the Sui Dynasty. However, some people in later generations always had weak legs and thought that everything was foreigners...

Fei Qian just let these two words appear a little earlier.

Moreover, above the empire, there is also the name of the imperial state in the concept of China.

"The Kingdom of Shanshan...The Great Han Empire..." Cao Cao narrowed his eyes and looked at the ink words on the brocade with a little greedily. He seemed to peel off the words one by one and swallow them into his stomach. "Oh... the monument was engraved outside the Great Han Empire's Xihai City, in front of the Shanshan Kingdom, in front of the Dingtao King City, in the back of the Shanshan Kingdom, in the Nicheng City, in order to show his confidence... erect the monument... This is a monument...

Western Regions.

Yellow sand.

The flags are like blood.

Cao Cao seemed to have seen the soldiers standing proudly above the head of Shanshan City, and also saw the King of Shanshan who was kneeling under the throne of Shanshan Kingdom in Shanshan Palace.

The cavalry...

Really done?

For a moment, Cao Cao didn't dare to believe it.

But he longed to believe in his heart, just as he himself had divided a part of his soul, followed the banner of the Han Dynasty, and planted it on the Shanshan Royal City, proudly looking at the people from the Western Regions in the Shanshan Royal City.

Cao Cao's hand trembled slightly, and then he quickly controlled this tremor, slowly closed the brocade, and gently put it back into the brocade box.

"The Shanshan Kingdom is divided into two..." Cao Cao told everyone about the content written in the national agreement.

The national agreement is for the emperor. As the prime minister, Cao Cao can naturally see it, but it does not mean that everyone can take it to see it.

Cao Cao could see it, but he could not seize it or damage it.

Everyone in the tent had their own thoughts, either pondering or whispering, and for a moment it was like Cao Cao's heart, and it was difficult to calm down.

This is a brand new model, a Chinese book that has never appeared in the history of the Han Dynasty for three or four hundred years.

The Han Dynasty’s original external strategy was to “determination”, and this “determination” was almost mandatory or beneficial.

The feudal dynasty after the Han Dynasty also inherited this "restricted" model, focusing on a "strong and weak relationship", so that no matter it is Central Asia, West Asia, or even more distant places, we all know that there is a magical land in the East, with people stupid and money, and gold everywhere.

This habit is even deeply engraved in the Chinese thoughts of later generations. Treating goodwill to outsiders and harsh family members seems to have become a stubborn disease that many families cannot solve...

And now, Fei Qian has shown another model.

Shanshan Treaty.

A treaty that the Han people felt like they were stuck in their throats but didn't know what they should say.
To be continued...