Liu Yu smiled slightly: "Just now you said you wanted to go back to the Helan tribe. This is the key step in your serial plan. The Helan tribe was really supported by Murong Chui behind the scenes, and it was also the one who never listened to the orders of the Khan Court on the grassland. Powerful tribes can be the guides and vanguards that lead the Yan Kingdom to attack the grasslands at any time. This is also the fundamental reason why the Central Plains Dynasty has been able to suppress the grasslands since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty defeated the Xiongnu. They can always find tribes willing to lead the way."
"If you want to be truly independent on the grassland, you must make the Helan tribe become subordinates who take orders from you instead of equal allies. To achieve this, you can only sacrifice your mother and the one who is both your aunt and your lover. My confidante, Tuoba Si, you are so cruel at such a young age, to be honest, I am quite afraid of you."
Tuoba Si said loudly: "You don't have to be afraid of me. I did all this for our grassland. We have been divided for too long and have killed each other for too long. Just like you in the Central Plains, now there are many countries and they are fighting endlessly. Do you want to Your Jin unified the whole country, why can't I restore the unity of the grasslands?"
Liu Yu sighed: "Because as long as you are unified, you will have ambitions and want to go south to rob us Han people. This contradiction cannot be reconciled."
Tuoba Si shook his head: "There can be decades of peace between the Han and the Hungarians. You think it is a humiliating marriage, but in fact we grassland people don't care about one or two Han princesses. What we want are items from the Central Plains." , you have also seen that on the grassland, it is difficult for us to even make a copper basin. We herdsmen depend on the weather for food. A snow disaster can destroy a large tribe. We cannot have grain storage like you in the Central Plains to survive. Years of calamity. It’s not that we prairie people are naturally fond of robbing and killing, but sometimes we just can’t survive.”
Liu Yu sneered and said: "You can't survive, so you come to rob others? This is not banditry. When there was a severe drought or disaster in the Central Plains, did we ever send troops to rob your cattle, sheep, and people on your grassland? "
Tuoba Si sighed: "If the Central Plains encounters military disaster or horse chaos, there will still be a large number of refugees coming to the grassland. Just like your friend Quin, every tribe will have such a Han camp, that is, the Han people from the Central Plains A dedicated area, I mean, if the overlords of the grasslands and the emperors of the Central Plains could take a long-term view and forge swords into plowshares, they wouldn’t have to fight to the death like this.”
Liu Yu said coldly: "Do you want us to open the Great Wall like Cao Cao and Sima Yan in the past, let millions of your tribes outside the Great Wall enter the Central Plains, and then have another Yongjia Rebellion?"
Tuoba Si smiled and said: "It doesn't have to be like this. Cao Cao and the others led the Southern Huns into the fortress, including the earlier Han Dynasty who appointed Zhonglang to protect the Xiongnu in the future to monitor and manage the Southern Xiongnu. The relationship was not equal. They treated us grassland people as slaves. , driven at will, you think marriage and paying tribute are a kind of humiliation. Isn't this kind of slavery a kind of humiliation? The Central Plains and the grasslands are both creatures of the world and the leaders of all things. Why should they be distinguished? Noble or humble? Wouldn't it be better if we could do business and cooperate with each other for mutual benefit?"
Liu Yu's heart moved. Although he had determined that what Tuoba Si said was a lie early on, it still sounded somewhat reasonable. He used to stand from the perspective of the Han people and rarely considered the feelings of the grassland people, but In the past few months, I have been living in the Dugu tribe, living with these grassland barbarians who I used to regard as savage beasts. I also feel that most people are no different from ordinary Han people and are not the kind of bloodthirsty beasts. .
But these words came out of Tuoba Si's mouth, but it felt strange. Liu Yu kept reminding himself that this was a ruthless character who could ruthlessly abandon his mother and lover, and who could sacrifice his closest relatives for his own dominance. , asking him to attach great importance to love and righteousness is just a fool's errand. Only absolute strength can intimidate this young wolf master. But if he is really allowed to dominate the desert and unite millions of grassland people, he will still do what he said. , live in peace with the Central Plains?
Tuoba Si looked at Liu Yu's silence and smiled slightly: "I'm just telling you this truth. Our Tuoba tribe has never done anything sorry to you Central Plains Han people since we left the Xianbei Mountains. Yongjiazhi During the chaos, the land of Shenzhou fell, and almost half of the tribes on the grassland ran to the Central Plains to follow the Hu people who raised armies to cause chaos. Only we, the Tuoba clan, rescued the Jin State time and time again. In terms of our loyalty to you, the Jin State in the Central Plains, No one on this grassland can surpass us, if you can’t even trust us, then who can you trust?”
Liu Yu curled his lips disdainfully: "But the Murong family was more loyal than you back then. At least you gave up aid to Liu Kun because of the civil strife. And the Murong family considered themselves ministers of the Jin Dynasty until they entered the Central Plains. Even when troops were sent to annihilate Ran Min, everyone at that time believed that Murong was the king of troops. Tuoba Si, you should know that there is no innate loyalty in this world. As your strength increases, your ambition will also expand. I don't believe it. In the future, when you truly have the strength to dominate the desert, you will live in peace with the Central Plains."
Tuoba Si laughed: "If there was no one in the Central Plains, maybe I would have ambitions. God wants to give it to me. If I don't take it, it would be disrespectful to God. But such a thing depends on the timing, and it is not something I can achieve. "
Liu Yu's heart moved and he asked: "What do you mean by this?"
Tuoba Si put away his smile and said seriously: "Then you said that now that Murong Chui dominates the north, why don't you annex the grassland yourself, but send you and me over to contain each other?"
Liu Yu said calmly: "Because he has just pacified Hebei, and the people's hearts are not yet stable, sending troops to the grassland at this time will only reduce the military strength, but the gains will be very limited. Even if the Dugu tribe is defeated, they will not be able to hold on for a long time. Instead, they will have grudges with various grassland tribes. worth."
Tuoba Si smiled and said: "Yes, that's the truth. Neither the Central Plains nor the grasslands are willing to accept the rule and enslavement of outsiders from other places, because we are all human beings, with our own dignity and pride, and thousands of years of experience." Tradition and their own way of life. Although the Murong family comes from the grassland, they have never been to the desert and have entered the Central Plains for nearly a hundred years. In the eyes of us grassland people, they are no different from the Han people and are not our own people. We can fight with our own tribe. You will live and die, but once such an outsider invades and wants to rule us, all the tribes will unite to become their enemy. This is the life of us grassland people, and it is also the reason why the Helan tribe will only dare to collude with the Murong family in secret, but will not Dare to openly accept the fundamental reason for his assistance. Liu Yu, help me become the master of the grassland, and I will help you unify the Central Plains in return."
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