Strictly speaking, Aruikan is also a marriage kinship when marrying Liejiaomi.￥f.￥f The difference between Han and Huns is that Aruikan's status is obviously not something that the Han princess who married the Huns could hope for.

The fundamental reason lies in strength. Compared with Wusun, the Huns were stronger. Aruikan had the strength of the Hunxie King's tribe as support. He could influence the decision of hunting Jiaomi and also gain benefits for the Hunxie King's tribe. Aruikan's marriage was actually a rope for the Huns to control Wusun.

On the contrary, the Han princesses were not strong enough, and the Huns did not take the Han Dynasty seriously. No matter how generous the Han princesses' dowry was, they were just another form of tribute. It was obviously a bit wishful thinking to rely on marriage to maintain peace.

Emperor Wen and Emperor Jing may not not understand this principle, but at that time their strength was limited, and the hindrance in the court was strong, so they could only swallow their anger. Emperor Wu was not Emperor Wen or Emperor Jing, and his national strength is not comparable to that of the Wen and Jing world. The emperor had the will to revenge the Huns, and he would not be willing to let him bow to the Huns and surrender to the Huns.

The reason why hesitated was that he did not refuse was, on the one hand, the opposition of the old ministers in the court, and on the other hand, the emperor was not sure of winning. Li Guang won the battle in Longyou, and when he turned around, he was furiously revenged by the Huns. The northwest border was full of war, and the domestic controversy was raging, and the emperor had to worry about it.

Liang Xiao is different from them. He neither simply opposes marriage and does not simply support marriage. He recognizes marriage as a means of maintaining peace, but there is a premise: strong force must be backed up. Marriage should be a means to restrain the Huns, not a tribute.

This suggestion was made because Liang Xiao knew that if the simple face problem was abandoned, the benefits of marriage itself outweighed the disadvantages. Even after Emperor Wu of Han conquered the Four Barbarians, the policy of marriage was still implemented. In fact, in the entire human history, marriage was used to maintain relationships between different tribes and turn people without blood ties into blood ties. This has always been one of the most commonly used methods.

Since different families can marry each other, why can’t different ethnic groups? Whether you have face or not depends not on whether you have a marriage, but on whether the initiative of marriage is in your own hands.

Liang Xiao’s suggestions are most in line with the emperor’s current ideas. What the emperor opposes is not the marriage kinship, but the shame brought by the marriage. If there is a marriage kinship like the Huns and Wusun, the emperor will never hesitate.

Sure enough, before Liang Xiao finished speaking, the emperor nodded repeatedly, showing his approval.

"In this way, marriage and counterattack are not contrary to each other, but complement each other." The emperor nodded with satisfaction. "This jade from other mountains is good, it is indeed very good." He glanced at Liang Xiao: "This is the real jade from other mountains. The Greek system is just a trajectory to cover the car. Liang Xiao, do you think so?"

Liang Xiao was silent for a moment and bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I... I don't know if it's right."

When Mei Gao heard this, his heart suddenly picked up and winked at Liang Xiao. He was a close minister around the emperor, and he knew how much thought the emperor had spent on the Greek system and what attitude he had. Before that, he had already revealed it to Liang Xiao in detail, but he didn't want him to make mistakes on this issue. Unexpectedly, Liang Xiao didn't hear it in his heart. Facing the steps given by the emperor, he was so stubborn that he wanted to miss a great opportunity.

Sure enough, the emperor's eyes became stern and his voice became more majestic. Not only did Mei Gao complain, but Wang Hui, who was beside him, also frowned secretly.

"Then tell me, what are the advantages of this Greek system?"

"Your Majesty, I know very little about the Greek system. I dare not use superficial views to attract attention and make comments."

The emperor raised his eyes and was quite surprised at Liang Xiao's answer. "Do you think there is something good about the Greek system?"

Liang Xiao replied without asking. "I dare to ask Your Majesty, Alexander, with his weak body, led tens of thousands of troops, fought east and west, and established the Ten Thousand Mile Empire over several years. Is there any advantage?"

The emperor was speechless for a moment and his face turned slightly red.

When reading books from the Western Regions, I heard that Alexander's deeds were not moved at all. Alexander inherited the throne at the age of 20, which was the same age as his current age, but his career was beyond his imagination. When he thought about it carefully, when Alexander ascended the throne, his strength was comparable to that of the current great man. He could not do it if he had to discuss Alexander's greatness.

However, he could not do anything even if he had to admit that the Greek system was superior. Otherwise, what reason would he have to promote the reduction of the vassal states and strengthen the central imperial power?

"Then you mean, the Greek system..."

"Your Majesty, what I mean is that I know very little about Greece and dare not comment on it. Please be tolerant for a while, and wait for me to study Greek classics to dare to report to Your Majesty the advantages and disadvantages. If you have only a little knowledge of it, you will be self-righteous, and I am afraid that you will not only mislead yourself, but also mislead Your Majesty."

The emperor suddenly realized and nodded repeatedly. "Yes, your attitude is the attitude of learning for others, but I'm a little anxious."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

After leaving the palace, Liang Xiao let out a sigh of relief, but his mood was still heavy.

He had met many times before, but this was the first time he had met with the emperor and his subjects. The power of heaven was really unparalleled. He had already felt wealth and honor before. When he saw him today, he realized that the emperor had given him face before and was already low-key enough.

Liang Xiao walked into Weiyang Lang's office, and Weiyang Lang and others gathered over and talked to Liang Xiao. Liang Xiao didn't really know many officials. Many new officials were awe-inspiring when they saw Liang Xiao, the former Weiyang Lang, and they were not close to each other, but just looked from afar.

Liang Xiao did not deliberately get close to him. Weiyanglang is the emperor's servant, and if he intends to win over it, it is easy to violate the taboo.

After joking for a while, the friendship was just like that, and only a few old acquaintances were left. Liang Xiao asked about Li Guang's recent situation. The men and officials said that Li Guang is now at home and is in a bad situation. When he went to Longyou, he was recruited by the knights himself and sold almost all his property. Later, he was imprisoned and spent a lot of money to atone for his sins. Now he is poor and he is said to have to hunt on his own if he wants to eat meat.

Liang Xiao felt very uncomfortable when he heard this, but he didn't say anything. After leaving Weiyanglang's office, he walked to the city gate, looked at the way home, hesitated for a moment, and made a decision to stop the war horse.

"Dahu, take them back. Niu'er and I will go to find General Li."

When Liang Xiao found Li Guang, it was already dark. The Li family house was pitch black and there was no sound at all. Liang Xiao knocked on the door for a long time before he heard Li Guang slitting his shoes and complaining impatiently.

"Who is it? It doesn't make people feel at ease in the middle of the night."

Liang Xiao laughed: "General, you have just entered into meditation and you are asleep?"

The footsteps stopped and then became rapid. The half-old wooden door was opened, revealing Li Guang's surprised face. "Liang Xiao?"

Liang Xiao smiled and bowed. "General, you went to bed so early. Are you practicing sound shooting skills? You can hear my voice all at once?"

Li Guang also laughed and tightened his clothes on his shoulders. "What kind of sound shooting skills are you practicing? Your master is such a stingy person. How many times have I invited him to drink, he refused to show any sound of the wind. Why didn't you hear any sound of the wind?"

"I just arrived in Chang'an three hours ago, and I just came out of the palace half an hour ago."

Li Guang raised his eyebrows. "Boy, you have a conscience. After I was dismissed, the front of the door was very deserted."

Liang Xiao smiled and said, "It's not that the brothers of Lang's department don't come to see you, but because they are afraid that you will not have money to buy wine and meat. They will take it, but you say they look down on you."

Li Guang was embarrassed and his old face turned red. He stretched his head and looked at it. Seeing that there was only Tu Niuer behind Liang Xiao, he couldn't help but feel a little surprised. "Since you know that, why are you here?"

"I'm here, there are two things: First, I asked me to bring you some things, but I couldn't bring them because I was going to enter the palace. I thought I'd send them to you in two days, so I'll make an appointment first so that I won't be turned away. Second, I have some experience in shooting art recently, and I want to ask the general to go hunting and compete in archery."

"Little Master, dare to challenge me?" Li Guang was overjoyed and turned around and entered the house. "You wait, I'll go prepare a bow and horse."

Liang Xiao responded with a smile, but felt a little sad. Li Guang was so poor that he wanted to be a pants. He didn't even have a servant at home, so he had to do his own job. Taking advantage of Li Guang's chance to prepare the bow and horse, he called Tu Niuer and asked him to rush to Wei Qing's house, called Wei Qing, and asked Wei Qing to bring some wine. There was wild game to eat when hunting, but wine had to be prepared.

Tu Niu'er went. After a while, Li Guang changed his clothes and led the horse out. Seeing that Tu Niu'er was gone, he didn't ask much. When he went out, he saw Liang Xiao's mount at a glance and blurted out, "Good horse."

"Do you like it?"

"Who doesn't like such a good horse?"

"I won't give it to you if I like it." Liang Xiao laughed. "I earned it myself. If you like it, go to the Western Regions to grab it yourself. If you don't let the Grand Master grab one for you."

"Look at your proud face, a villain." Li Guang glared at Liang Xiao, and without saying anything, he stuffed his horse reins into Liang Xiao's hand, untied Mingzhu's horse reins, and turned over the horse. "If you don't want you, let me enjoy it." As he said that, he shook the horse reins and ran away.

Mingzhu spread his four hooves and rushed towards the inner door. His movements were quick and fast. Li Guang was proud, but he forgot that the horse was more than a foot taller than an ordinary horse. Before he rode out the door, he raised his body as usual. As a result, his forehead hit the inner door. With a loud "clang" sound, he fell from the horse's back, and fell to the ground with his feet facing the sky.

"Bao!" Dust was flying.

Liang Xiao was shocked and quickly turned over and dismounted, helping Li Guang up. "General, how are you?"

Li Guang pushed Liang Xiao away, stood up, put his waist on his back, and rushed out of the inner door with great strides. He looked at Mingzhu who had stopped and laughed.

"It's indeed a good horse, it hits smoothly and falls comfortably."—

(To be continued.)
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