Chapter 183

In the scene, the new Chanyu sent an envoy, Zhaojun's face was pale, and she shook her head repeatedly.

She could not accept this custom that violated human ethics.

【Zhaojun was full of sorrow, as if grabbing the last straw, she resolutely wrote to the newly enthroned Emperor Cheng of Han, "begging to return my bones and be buried in Han land", requesting to return to her homeland.】

The scene showed Zhaojun writing the memorial in tears under the oil lamp, every word crying blood.

The messenger took the memorial and galloped toward Chang'an.

【However, at this time, the Han Dynasty held a realistic diplomatic policy of "following Hu customs to achieve marriage alliance".】

Emperor Cheng of Han received the memorial and discussed it with his ministers.

Finally, he issued a cold edict: "Follow Hu customs."

Three words cut off all of Zhaojun's thoughts.

In the scene, Zhaojun, who received the edict, sat alone in the tent for a whole day and night, without a drop of water.

Finally, she wiped away her tears, stood up slowly, and accepted her fate.

For the sake of the overall situation of Han and Xiongnu, she sacrificed her personal emotions and dignity again.

【Zhaojun married Fuzhulei Chanyu, the two lived together for eleven years, their relationship was okay, and they had two daughters, the eldest named Shubu Jici, the second named Dangyu Jici ("Jici" means Xiongnu princess).】

The scene showed Zhaojun getting along with her second husband and raising her children.

She continued to work for Han-Xiongnu friendship, persuading Chanyu to maintain peace with the Han Dynasty and promoting border trade and cultural exchange.

【In 20 BC, Fuzhulei Chanyu passed away.】

Wang Zhaojun became a widow again.

According to custom, she could have married the next Chanyu (Fuzhulei's brother or son) again.

【This time, perhaps because she was older, perhaps because the Han Dynasty's attitude was subtle, or perhaps because the Xiongnu had internal considerations, Zhaojun did not remarry.】

In the scene, Zhaojun, whose youth had passed, lived alone in the tent, often looking south, holding the pipa, playing tunes of homesickness.

Her appearance was still beautiful, but it had been carved with wind and frost and vicissitudes.

【Around 19 BC, Wang Zhaojun, who had lived on the Mobei grassland for more than ten years, died of depression, recorded to be about thirty-three years old.】

【She was buried in the land of the Xiongnu, her tomb was worshipped by generations, legend has it that the grass outside the fortress is all white, only the grass on Zhaojun's tomb is always green, so it is called "Qingzhong" (Green Tomb).】

The scene finally settled on a lonely, but exceptionally eye-catching green earth mound in the wilderness.

The sunset went down, pulling the shadow of the tomb very long, as if it were connected to the southern homeland.

In front of the tomb, there were Hu people, and occasionally Han merchants, worshipping silently.

【Zhaojun going out of the fortress, her personal fate is certainly pitiful, but her historical achievements shine through the ages.】

【After Zhaojun's marriage alliance, the Han-Xiongnu border maintained peace for more than sixty years, history records "border cities were closed, cattle and horses filled the fields, three generations without the alarm of dogs barking, the people without the service of weapons".】

【She promoted the exchange and integration of Central Plains farming civilization and grassland nomadic civilization, Hu people began to learn weaving and farming, and Han people also introduced Xiongnu's good horses and animal husbandry technology.】

【She has become a cultural symbol, representing peace, sacrifice, integration, and resilience. Generations of poets and writers have sung about her endlessly.】

The scene flashed fragments of countless later poems and articles, Du Fu's "Once going to the purple terrace to the northern desert, leaving only the green tomb to the dusk";

Wang Anshi's "Han grace is shallow and Hu is deep, life's joy is in knowing each other's heart";

Dong Biwu's "Zhaojun has a thousand years, Hu-Han marriage alliance is wise"...

Finally settled on the evaluation of modern historian Jian Bozan,

"Wang Zhaojun is no longer a person, but a symbol of ethnic friendship; the green tomb is not a tomb, but a memorial tower."

【Heavenly Screen Commentary: "A thousand-year pipa makes Hu language, clearly resentment and hatred are discussed in the song."

Its resentment and hatred are not for one person, but for the homesickness of the homeland, for the fate of people.】

【"How about a pipa song, the whistling arrow is silent for fifty years."

Its merit and virtue lie in exchanging one person's sorrow for the health of all people and the peace of the border.】

【She is a sacrifice of political marriage, and also an envoy of peace mission;

It is the relief of a deep palace resentful woman, and also a pioneer of ethnic integration.】

【Beauty to her is a pass to embark on a tragic journey, and also a weak shoulder carrying the heavy responsibility of the country.】

Finally, an eight-character summary, vigorous and powerful:

Falling goose out of the fortress, green tomb for a thousand years

【Second place on the Beauty List: Wang Zhaojun, counting finished.】

Wang Zhaojun's story, without Daji's demonic blood, without Yang Yuhuan's extreme doting and sudden death, without Diao Chan's wisdom and danger, but has a kind of quiet and magnificent power, a kind of tragedy and sublimity that completely integrates personal fate into the torrent of history and carries the heavy burden of peace with a weak body.

This kind of beauty transcends the skin and reaches the depths of the soul and history.

The Xianyang drill ground was silent, and the eyes of many people were already wet.

Even the generals who were used to life and death were moved by this righteousness that transcended ethnicity and sacrificed the small self.

"A wonderful woman! A true national scholar!"

Ying Zheng sighed, his tone full of unprecedented respect.

"To secure the border, she requested to go out of the fortress herself. This kind of courage and insight surpasses countless men who talk big in the court! After experiencing Hu customs, she could not return, yet she could still perform her duties and maintain peace, showing her resilience and loyalty. I, respect her!"

As an emperor, he could best understand the preciousness of border peace, and could better understand the value and sacrifice of Zhaojun's move.

Li Si also sighed: "Zhaojun's merit lies not in the battle and peace of a moment, but in the peace of decades, in the integration of civilization. This is the true top strategy of 'subduing the enemy without fighting', benefiting later generations deeply. Her personal sorrow achieved the great fortune of the world, it is moving and tearful!"

Generals guarding the border like Meng Tian felt the most, they knew the tragedy of border wars and the difficulty of peace.

Princes and princesses like Fu Su were already crying into tears.

Princess Yinman sobbed: "Sister Zhaojun is so pitiful... she must miss home very much..."

Fu Su's eyes were red, tightly hugging his sister, and he had a more complex and profound understanding of the "marriage alliance" policy.

The commoners were full of sympathy and respect for Zhaojun, regarding her as a female hero and female Bodhisattva who understood righteousness.

Various dynasties had reached an unprecedented height of consistency in their evaluation of Zhaojun.

Han Dynasty.

Emperor Wu of Han, Liu Che, looked at the Golden List, his expression complex.

He fought the Xiongnu all his life, although his martial arts were brilliant, he consumed national strength, and countless soldiers died.

Seeing Zhaojun exchange marriage alliance for more than sixty years of peace, he couldn't help but reflect, is "gentleness" sometimes a good strategy?

Especially in his later years, he could perhaps better understand the preciousness of peace.

Tang Dynasty.

Li Shimin looked solemn and said to Empress Zhangsun and the ministers: "The policy of marriage alliance is not for cowardice, but for the great wisdom of cherishing the distance."

However, the first priority is that the country needs to be prosperous and strong, so that there is capital and dignity for marriage alliance.

Zhaojun could be respected in the Xiongnu, also because she had the strong Han as a backing.

If our Great Tang has a marriage alliance in the future, it should also be like this, the princess going out of the fortress is not to beg for peace, but to declare transformation and show the demeanor of the Heavenly Dynasty!

He was already thinking about the marriage alliance policy toward Tubo, Tuyuhun and other tribes, how to maintain the dignity of the empire and promote border stability.