"Throw the blame on those three guys' heads, and let's just deal with it like this." Jia Xu came to the conclusion like a conditioned reflex after reading it.
"Hey, hey, hey, it's too much to blame. Although this covenant can be regarded as a personal covenant at most, even if it is not even a personal covenant, after all, it was signed by our Han Dynasty princes with the seal and ribbon of the talisman and Anxi. The blame is directly placed on Marquis Chiyang and the others are in trouble." After hearing Jia Xu's words, Chen Xi couldn't help but feel a little moved, but his only moral integrity still allowed him to deny Jia Xu's words.
"Your method is better than taking the blame directly. It is simple and effective. It is not good for this situation to be circuitous." Jia Xu said flatly. He knew very well that Chen Xi was definitely tempted, but a little bit of moral integrity made him deny it. his own words.
The problem is that conscience and integrity are completely meaningless for the civil servants of the empire when calculating outsiders. You can become stronger by letting go of your conscience, and you can live a better life by letting go of your integrity. In this case, there is basically no point in maintaining these. What are you doing?
"It's an alliance letter after all, and it's not easy for them. Besides, it seems that Anxi copied something from hundreds of years ago and made it. It can be regarded as a written convention." Chen Xi argued somewhat unconfidently. road.
In fact, when it comes to written conventions, it has actually been nailed down. Chen Xi actually does not recognize the legality of this alliance, because whether it is a written convention or an error in the covenant, it actually proves the invalidity of this covenant, because if the conventions are followed, Even if the alliance letter was signed by Li Jue, it would still be delivered to the Han Dynasty. After the emperor reviewed it, he would stamp it and return it to Anxi.
Of course, there is no emperor in the Han Dynasty now, only the eldest princess is the regent, so after stamping the seal, the regent Liu Tong stamps his own seal, and then returns it to Anxi.
In other words, no matter which one it is, the letter of credence is actually in the invalid stage, and even to say something shameless, how can Li Jue, the three temporary workers, be qualified to sign his name on the letter of credence.
"Do you mean to treat An'an as our vassal state?" Li You suddenly turned to look at Chen Xi and asked. He suddenly realized that this was also an explanation, and it was legally better than the previous one where Li Jue and the three guys were directly blamed. , which is more beneficial to the Han Dynasty.
"Uh..." Chen Xi couldn't answer this. After pondering for a long time, he fell silent and suddenly realized that there was another explanation. Isn't this the same as what Ban Chao did back then?
"That's not bad." Jia Xu touched his chin and acted as if he just understood what Chen Xi meant by what he said. In fact, everyone understood that Chen Xi's words did not mean anything like this. These two were just trying to create trouble. That’s all.
"You can do whatever you want, I don't care, those three guys are ignorant anyway, aren't they just what you say?" Chen Xi said slightly angrily after being blocked by the two guys.
"No, I really think what you said makes sense." Li You said with a solemn expression.
Chen Xi was silent for a while after hearing this, "Let's leave the last dignity to Xi'an. Even if this country is going to end, this country is an empire after all. Even if they die, they are still fighting to the death. There is no need to humiliate them like this. "
Li You and Jia Xu didn't speak when they heard this, and it was hard to tell from their expressions whether they agreed or disagreed with Chen Xi's proposal, but it was good that the two sides did not directly reject it.
In fact, after Chen Xi realized what he had said, he actually understood the benefits of doing so.
Just like Liu Zhang's statement of raising dozens of countries in the southwest, what Li Jue actually said about the covenant signed by the Han princes and Anxi was exactly the same as Liu Zhang's situation of raising dozens of countries in the southwest.
That is to say, the alliance letter was interpreted as the Parthian Emperor Vologis V's recognition that Parthia was a vassal state of the Han Dynasty. With this interpretation, anyone in the Han Dynasty could sign the alliance letter, and it had the corresponding legal basis.
For example, when Ban Chao was not a prince, he forced the countries in the Western Regions to sign various alliances. Such alliances can still be used as symbols of the submission and subordination of the Western Regions to the Han Dynasty.
Li Jue's current alliance can actually be viewed from this perspective. If viewed from this perspective, Li Jue and the other three are indeed qualified to sign it. After all, they are to accept vassal states. Anyone in the Han Empire is qualified for this kind of thing. .
As long as you sign the contract and report it to the state, the state will reward you when the time comes.
If the concept of Anxi as a vassal of the Han Empire existed, there would actually be no problem with what Li Jue and others did.
Of course, Anxi would definitely not agree to this. Vologis V would not agree to become a vassal state of another country even if he was afraid of death. Just watching Rome beat Anxi to death, and beat Anxi so many times, but Anxi did not say anything about it. When Rome bows its head and becomes a vassal of Rome, you know that this country still maintains the backbone of an empire.
Therefore, if the Han Empire mentioned this to Anxi, there is no doubt that Vorogis V would have turned against him directly even if he felt that the Han Dynasty had helped him several times. Even if the empire fell into the mud, it would not be so humble. bowed his head.
The pride that represents their backbone will only be crushed into powder and will not be bent by other countries. Therefore, theoretically speaking, it is impossible to use this alliance letter as an official document of a vassal state.
The problem is that Anxi is about to end. As long as the Han Dynasty gives up aid and does not involve Rome's energy, Anxi will definitely be over. By then, Anxi will be finished. No one can care about what the Han Dynasty says. Although there are grave consequences for doing so. Di's suspicion, but it has to be said that with such a vassal covenant, the Han Dynasty can really do whatever they want in the territory where they originally rested.
Legally speaking, the Han Dynasty really had an absolute advantage over Rome. Especially if Rome fell and Parthia was destroyed, another letter of credence from the Han Dynasty would inevitably be obtained from the Parthian treasury. Under this Manifest Destiny, even Rome We also have to admit that the Han Dynasty had the power to dispose of the Parthian territory.
After all, judging from the covenants with the vassal states, the Han Dynasty is undoubtedly qualified to deal with the vassal states. This may seem useless, but it is actually very important. With this alliance letter, if An Anxi dies, the Han Dynasty can remain calm. It's not good to say that bailout is good, but we can help Anxi and restore the country.
It's not like the Han Dynasty had never done this kind of thing to pick up a random person and let him continue the Anxi nation's destiny. After this person continued for a period of time, he admired the beauty of the Huaxia Zhangfu and attached it to the whole country. Isn't this very common? Normal thing?
Anyway, isn't it because the Ailao Kingdom is envious of the beauty of the Chinese uniform? Isn't it natural that this kind of unprecedented thing should happen again?
Besides, by that time, Anxi was already dead, and whatever the Han Dynasty said was whatever it was. Even when Rome looked at the alliance letters that they had found from the Anxi treasury, I was afraid that they would only have an old blood in their hearts. After all, once Anxi was confirmed, As a vassal state of the Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty was naturally given an absolute legal advantage in the territory of Anxi.
Under such circumstances, the Han Dynasty did not need any morality from Rome at all. They already possessed absolute morality and legal principles.
Whether it is to help the Parthian people to restore the country, or to occupy the Parthian royal family, it is reasonable to grant the descendants of the Parthian royal family to the Han Dynasty and move them to the Central Plains, and the Parthian land to be managed by the Han Dynasty.
As for what the people of Anxi think, it actually doesn't matter. As long as Rome and the Han Dynasty have confirmed that this covenant is a vassal declaration, then it doesn't matter what other people think.
In fact, if I really want to say it now, compared to the alliance document of the empire's alliance, An'an and Li Jue made this thing closer to the declaration of vassal state.
As for the slight differences, it can be explained away by saying that Parthia is a big country after all. Even if Rome gets the original, since Parthia has no proof and can only analyze it based on the original, I am afraid it can only hold its nose and agree with this fact.
It can be said that if viewed from this perspective, this covenant is very useful and can be used as a clear proof that the Han Dynasty will have legal principles and ruling power in Xi'an in the future.
The sovereign country intervenes in domestic affairs, haha, is this a thing? Isn't this a matter of course? Shouldn't the vassal state kneel down and thank the patriarch for personally intervening in state affairs?
As long as this thing is finalized, then lie down and watch Anxi die, and then make a righteous gesture for the sake of the vassal country to restore the country. Not only can it win the hearts of some Anxi people, but also gain great righteousness.
However, Chen Xi does not want to do this. Even if it has considerable political benefits and can easily obtain a large amount of inheritance, Chen Xi is still unwilling to do this. This is not just because of moral obsessiveness, nor is it just because it would save face for An Xi. He also has his own thoughts.
"Tell me your reasons. I don't think you are like this just because of your moral obsession." Li You said after a while, looking at Chen Xi.
"Because it's unrealistic. This idea that looks good is unrealistic, at least not for me." Chen Xi said slowly.
"There's no need to think so much, Zichuan." Jia Xu frowned and said, "Keep the covenant until Anxi and perish. Using this as a vassal declaration, we will have a great advantage."
"For this reason, we sit back and watch our vassal states die?" Chen Xi organized his words. He had sorted out his thoughts and could argue with Li You, Jia Xu and others.
"So what? The vassal country that was not rescued in time was wiped out, we fought back, moved their descendants to the country, and then we took care of that area. Is this kind of thing rare? How many things happened in Baiyue, South Vietnam back then Such a thing?" Jia Xu said calmly.
"It's completely different. It's completely different from the current situation in An'i. Those places are completely different from An'i." Chen Xi shook his head and said, "We followed our own right path and got as much as we did this way. , there is no need to go astray, realistically, the so-called legal principles and morals can't change anything."
