Chapter 654 Unwarranted
How could you know? Even I don’t know, because all this is made up by me. Sima Ji, who lies as usual, always speaks righteously and looks sacred and inviolable. Don’t say that these little kings who are in a desert oasis and have a hidden news, even those who follow him every day are unpredictable.
As a person who regards himself as an equal, Sima Ji finally promoted his fraud career from the domestic to the international community. He first tried the waters with these small countries and people, and strengthened some business knowledge so that he could complete the transformation from the domestic to the international community.
Today, Sima Ji couldn't even deceive these small countries and few people. How could he deceive the Persians then? How could he rush out of Asia and go to the world? "I actually came here because Persia had an ancestor's token in his hand, which seemed to be a tripod. I don't know if it is still there. If it is still there, it would be a beautiful talk of exchanges between the two countries."
"What?" Tang Qiang and Zhou Rong looked at each other and saw a little shock in the other party's eyes. The tripod occupied an important position in the history of the Central Plains. The Nine Tripods were synonymous with the world, as well as a symbol of supreme royal power and a prosperous country. The Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties regarded it as a treasure for the national power symbolizing the state. During the Warring States Period, Qin and Chu all raised their troops to Luoyi, the Zhou royal city, to seek the tripod.
Even if the cauldron that was crisscrossed in Persia was not as precious as the nine cauldrons, it was definitely more precious than the golden holy fire that could blind the eyes of the king of Yan. The cauldrons were almost a magical weapon to them. This kind of emotion was not something that these little kings in the Western Regions could not feel. Listening to Sima Ji's cheating on the Western Regions, the little kings in the Western Regions had no reaction, but both of them could no longer hold back and wanted to ask what was going on.
Sima Ji's fraud today opened a new door for historians in later generations. This lawsuit has fought all over Asia. What future generations want to know is whether the tripod in Persia's hands really existed. The two sides were evenly matched and quarreled.
The opposing side believed that the King of Yan was a person who could do anything for the purpose, but had just found a bad excuse for the Western Expedition. The righteous side believed that the King of Yan had already had all the military and political affairs at that time, and was completely the actual controller of the Great Jin Empire. It must have been mobilized to mobilize troops with conclusive evidence, and might even want to usurp the throne with this, but it was not found in the end.
Of course, Sima Ji was not worried about what he said today and what impact it had on the later generations, but the first thing he influenced was the generals and schools in the Central Plains who followed him. Xiao Wang of the Western Regions didn't feel that it was them, but he heard it was a very important thing, and the meaning was incomparable.
They didn't care whether the King of Yan was appeaseing the Western Regions, they only care whether this tripod exists or not.
When these little kings left the Changshi Mansion one after another, Tang Qiang and Zhou Rong surrounded him, looked at Sima Ji with a gaze, and asked, "King Yan, did the Emperor Zhou give a tripod to the Persian emperor?"
"Yes!" Sima Ji pinched his waist with both hands, his face was not blushing, and his heart was still so righteous.
"Where is this tripod now, King Yan?" Tang Qiang asked these questions that the generals and schools are most concerned about.
"It should still be in Persia. After all, after so many years, I don't know the exact whereabouts, so there is nothing wrong with it!" Sima Ji said ambiguously, "I am also taking this opportunity to find something. One is trading, but the world is so big. I will take you to see it. Of course, the most important thing is to find this tripod."
After thinking for a while, Sima Ji finally felt that as a civilized person, he could not even bother to find a reason like a Mongolian, and just kill him with one head. This would be too resentful. Xiya is not a wild place, nor after he punches a small cannon, the other party remembers to eat or not. It would not be possible without a legitimate reason for the past.
"I am willing to follow King Yan to find a magic weapon!" The generals and schools knelt down and shouted. If it were something else, they might think that they would just walk around casually, but it was completely different when it came to the tripod. There was no need for Sima Ji to say anything, and they were willing to follow without any reason.
"Let the Chief's Mansion report the message to the capital. The situation in the Western Regions is complicated. I will need some time to sort it out, which may take half a year!" Sima Ji rolled his eyelids and ordered calmly, "The climate here is hot, and the army also needs to rest. The kings are worried about the Southern Expedition. Don't let me worry about it. The letter to Cao Gan Qian Ming explains that everything is still closely monitor the domestic situation. As for you?"
Sima Ji pulled a long voice and said, "Even if you can't find the whereabouts of that tripod, it will definitely not be a loss to come out to see the world. You should walk around. All the customs and cultures you see along the way can be recorded, so it is easy to do with Sima, but I have a word first. Some unsuitable things cannot be recorded casually, especially things that may endanger my face in the Great Jin Dynasty, so I turned a blind eye."
"The exact trend now is to keep the soldiers secret. After arriving in Wusun, I will announce this to all soldiers in the army." Sima Ji shook his sleeves and said with a calm voice, "If you understand, go down to do things and make complete preparations."
Even if Sima Ji found a reason for attack, Persia would not believe it. This was simply comparable to the United Nations laundry detergent incident. He said that a tripod was in Persia, and the Persian defenders put more than 100,000 unidentified armed personnel into their country? The Persians were not stupid, and a war was inevitable. If another person said this to Sima Ji, Sima Ji would not believe it. Maybe he would make arrangements to let these people enter the country and annihilate them in one fell swoop.
"Receive the order!" Sima Ji was very satisfied with this. He nodded his head and watched the generals leave. After a long time, he said to himself, "I still haven't embarrassed the big fools in my hometown, and I almost believed it myself."
While reporting the message to the capital, it also means that the slow march along the way, and the pretentious journey of scaring people without a single battle has ended. From now on, the war may break out at any time. Although Sima Ji has always claimed that he is very capable of civil war, as a fair person, he feels that the attitude of dealing with civil war is very fair to the outside world. If the other party can't bear it, it means that it is just a flower in the greenhouse and you can't blame him.
If Gaochang still has a little shadow of the Central Plains, when he arrived in Wusun, the scene seen by the Yan King army was completely in another world, and there were villages here, markets everywhere, bustling crowds, and cattle and sheep all over the mountains. Who made the commercial culture of the Western Regions far better than that of the Central Plains?
Chapter completed!