Gaochang was officially founded in 460 and has continued to this day. The monarch has changed four surnames. First, the Kan family was established by Rouran. Later, the Kan family was involved in civil strife in Gaochang and was destroyed by King Gaoche. The people of Gaochang then recommended the Dunhuang people to establish a foothold here. Zhang Mengming was king for the Zhang family of Gaochang. He only reigned for eight years and was killed by Ma Ru, so Gaochang respected the Ma family. However, Ma Ru's dynasty was even shorter, and he was killed by Qujia after reigning for only five years. die.
This Ma Nianzong is a descendant of Ma Ru. Although Ma Ru died in the coup, he had some political and military power. Coupled with Qu Jia's attempt to stabilize the situation, this allowed the Ma family to avoid the disaster of genocide. Although the Ma family His position in the Qu family dynasty was awkward, but he also made a lot of money with the help of the strategic channel of Gaochang.
Because Nichuchuluo Khan "fleeed in a panic", the Ma family based in Linchuan avoided forced eviction. When Yang Ji learned about Gaochangguo's grievances, he had Ma Nianzong brought here.
"Little citizen Ma Ninzong meets King Wei." Ma Ninzong is about fifty years old. He is tall and burly. He is two meters tall by visual inspection. He is about ten centimeters taller than Xue Ju. Although he looks timid, his voice is neutral. Full of energy.
Gaochang is a Han government, and its official system is higher than that of the Central Plains dynasties. Therefore, Han culture occupies a dominant position in Gaochang. Both Han people, Hu Han people, and Hu people all speak Chinese and write Chinese characters.
Of course, Gaochang is not an exception. All areas under the jurisdiction of the Anxi Protectorate of the Han Dynasty have descendants of Han soldiers who have been transformed into barbarians. Senior officials from various countries in the Western Regions are proud to speak Chinese and write Chinese characters.
It can be said that as early as the Han Dynasty, Han culture had influenced the Western Regions in a subtle and subtle way.
Yang Ji glanced at him and said pleasantly: "Master Ma, please take a seat."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Ma Nianzong secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this. At present, he is still a prisoner of the Sui Dynasty. It was only when he saw Yang Ji that he sweated a little. On the way to being captured by the Sui army, he felt really uncomfortable, especially because every time the Sui army saw their family members, they instantly sank. The expression on his face made him break into a cold sweat.
"Master of the Ma family, Qu Boya, who helped Jie to commit evil, has defeated Gaochang City. Is Ma Jinwen, the lord of Baili City, your Ma family member? He also left." Yang Ji glanced at Ma Nianzong indifferently and asked casually: "I don't know. What are the Ma family’s next plans?”
Ma Nianzong's heart was filled with worry again, and his forehead was instantly covered with sweat. The Ma family was one of the four major families in Gaochang and was quite influential in the land they occupied in Sui Dynasty. Except for his brother Ma Jinwen and his family, almost everyone Unluo was packed up by the Sui army and came to Hengjie City. From the moment he was detained, Ma Nienzong knew that the Ma family was facing this choice.
He said cautiously: "King Haojiao has learned that! The ancestor of the common people, Ma Rugong, once sent an envoy to the Wei Dynasty to pay tribute and requested the entire Gaochang Kingdom to move to the interior. Emperor Xiaowen of Wei accepted the ancestor's request, but Qujia encouraged various families and Gaochang The common people killed their ancestors. Although more than a hundred years have passed, our Ma family's ambition to be affiliated has always existed. Now that Qu Boya is helping Jie to do evil, and working with the Turks to expropriate violently, our Ma family has also suffered greatly. If we can Being a member of the Great Sui Dynasty is truly a blessing for the Ma family. Of course, if the king has other arrangements, no one in the Ma family would dare to disobey."
"I don't want to ask more about your grievances. If you are willing to become a subject of the Sui Dynasty, I also welcome it. But you must strictly abide by the policies of the Sui Dynasty. Among many policies, the equal land system is the foundation of the Sui Dynasty. Anyone No exceptions can be made, and no one can annex land. I will take back all the fields in your hands and redistribute them according to the rules. In addition to here, you can also take your family property to settle in the interior."
Yang Ji glanced at Ma Nianzong, who was dripping with sweat, and continued: "After you become people of the Sui Dynasty, you will also enjoy all the rights of the people of the Sui Dynasty. For example, if you have outstanding talents in your clan, you can also serve as officials. If you are really capable, you can It is not impossible to be the governor of a prosperous state in the interior. The jurisdiction and population are much larger than the small Gaochang Kingdom. Of course, you can also go to Gaochang City."
"This..." Ma Nianzong looked at Yang Ji in surprise. He didn't know how to make a decision for a moment. Based on his understanding of Yang Ji, he was a murderous demon who didn't blink an eye. If he made the wrong choice, I'm afraid the Ma family would have to play hard today. After finishing, he thought about it and asked again: "But I don't know what your Majesty means...?"
"What I mean is to stay." Yang Ji said leisurely: "Nipuchuluo Khan is afraid of the power of our Sui army. He just sent someone to send a letter begging for surrender and surrendered to the Sui Dynasty. Once the saint agrees, then the West The Turks are our vassal state in the Sui Dynasty, and the Silk Road will be unimpeded. When our Sui merchants go west to do business, the Turks will not dare to intercept or exploit them. The Ma family staying here may be an opportunity for development. "
"Really?" Ma Nianzong was surprised and happy.
Yang Ji nodded and said: "I heard that the Sogdians huddled together to keep warm. They did not walk the entire Silk Road, but had a clear division of labor and walked in sections. Some traveled between the Sui Dynasty and the Western Regions, and some traveled between the Western Regions and the Western Regions. Western Turks... They will also join a certain force, which is not only beneficial to the development of business, but also makes it difficult for other caravans to move forward. They will eventually dominate the Silk Road trade and make huge profits using goods from the east and west. I plan to form a group to go to Da Qin and Da Qin. Food and Persian caravans are also building several transfer stations on the Silk Road. Do you, the Chen family, have any plans to join them?"
The Huaxia people have been tied to the Central Plains for too long. They no longer have the spirit of exploration of their ancestors in the pre-Qin period. They only know how to live a small life of being rich and contented with the one-third of an acre of land under their feet. Even the businessmen who claim to be doing business in the world have stopped. In the Western Region, I don't want to go further. The ruling class is even more blindly respectful, not only denouncing the surrounding foreign races as barbarians, but also rejecting the advanced cultures of foreign lands. How can this continue in the long run?
This kind of thinking must be reversed, so that everyone can raise their heads, open their eyes, go out of the Western Regions, and go to the West to see how vast and wonderful the world outside is.
As more people go out, the advanced culture and technology they bring back will increase day by day; more elites talking about the West will not only make their remarks more convincing at home, but also drive more elites to go out and see the world.
Why are the Sogdians welcome wherever they go? Commodity is one of them, but it is not the key. The key is that they present an unprecedented and bizarre world before everyone's eyes.
Some Sogdians in the capital even became guests of powerful families. It can be seen from this that the powerful people representing the elites of the Sui Dynasty were also full of curiosity about the unknown world, but no one had the courage to take the first step.
To break this invisible cage, profit-seeking merchants are undoubtedly the backbone, but in the Sui Dynasty now, even the royal caravans that focus on foreign trade only stop outside the country, and others can be imagined.
Yang Ji and Nichuluo Khan reached a trade agreement. On the one hand, they hoped that the countries in the Western Regions under the control of the Western Turks would become more dependent on the Sui Dynasty and Yang Ji. On the other hand, they also relied on the power of Nichuluo Khan to make the princes and merchants The caravan has a stable transit station in the Western Turks, which provides road convenience and personal safety for further exploration of the West. As long as the royal caravan comes back after making a lot of money, businessmen from other families will go out one after another without encouragement.
Although Yang Ji hoped that his caravan would be active on the Silk Road, and despite the help of an important figure like Ni Chuluo Khan, he also knew that it would be almost impossible to achieve this in just a few years of exploration.
However, after the Ma family lost the royal power of Gaochang, they have been mainly engaged in business for several generations. Their connections and routes in various countries in the Western Regions, Western Turks, Persia, and Daqin were exactly what Yang Ji needed urgently.
Yang Ji believes that with his advanced knowledge and power in Liangzhou, coupled with the commodity resources controlled by my mother, if combined with the routes and connections managed by the Ma family, this time will be greatly reduced.
"Join the gang?" Ma Nianzong was almost knocked unconscious by the pie.
The Ma family was a large family and merchant in Gaochang. They had business in both the east and the west. Traveling to and from Guanzhong was a daily routine. They knew very well about the rare royal family of the Sui Dynasty. The King Wei in front of him was not only the most prominent figure, but also the youngest commander. , and there is an old lady who can be called the "Female Goddess of Wealth".
The Ma family's business was indeed a big one in Gaochang, but any county magistrate in the Sui Dynasty was better than him. As for the huge family business of Prince Wei and the goddess of wealth who had incredible ways to make money, he had never dreamed of competing with him. .
The financial resources and status of the two parties are completely unequal. How can they be compared?
But Yang Ji, who was unparalleled in power and financial resources, now invited the Ma family to join his family. Ma Nienzong almost suspected that he was old and foolish.
He was so excited that his beard was jumping up and down: "King Wei really wants me to join the Ma family and form a caravan together?"
Yang Ji smiled and said, "It's true."
"The common people are willing to follow the king's will, no matter it is people, goods or money, as long as the king says something, the common people will not dare to disobey!"
Ma Nianzong has been doing business all his life, how could he not see the huge business opportunities and huge profits contained in it?
If you can establish a relationship with the person in front of you and form an alliance of interests, even if you suffer miserably, the Ma family will be able to find a long-term guarantee.
Moreover, the Western Turks had to surrender to the Sui Dynasty because they were afraid of this King Wei. If the Western Turks' vassal states dared to collude with the Sogdians to deal with the caravan of the "King Wei of the Great Sui", I am afraid that the Sui Dynasty would not be the first to take action. , but Western Turks.
How could a caravan with such unimpeded traffic lose money?
What's there to hesitate about?
"Sogdia has been active on the Silk Road since the Han Dynasty and has formed a deep-rooted influence. If we want to shake their huge power on the Silk Road, we alone are not enough." Yang Ji looked at Ma Nienzong, who nodded in agreement. After taking a look, he continued: "If you want other familiar people, you can also let them join in and let us all make a fortune together."
"Can people from Yanqi, Qiuci and other countries do it?"
"Of course. If you can get in touch, ask them to send envoys after the year to discuss cooperation matters." Yang Ji was overjoyed. If the big families in the Western Regions were united in an alliance of interests, the big families in all countries would reap the benefits. , will naturally remain close to Sui Dynasty.
As a result, the Western Region strategy after the Sui Dynasty was much more successful.
"Here."
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