Han Shizu

427 Marriage
"This Zhao Kuangzan, it's been three years! Has he presented to the court, besides asking for food, armor and equipment, does he have any other affairs?" Liu Chengyou was helpless, or he was used to it, and shook his head slightly: "Dignified King Yan, I see him He is also a handsome man, why does he look a little like Gao Manzi now? Do you remember, Zhao Kuangzan asked the imperial court for help several times?"

Wei Renpu has a quick memory, Wen Tianzi asked, recalled a little, and replied with a smile: "As far as I know, counting this time, in the past three years, King Yan has asked for food aid 33 times, and His Majesty and the court have agreed. Eighteen times."

"This time, let the Third Division and the Ministry of War dispatch it as appropriate!" This time, Liu Chengyou seemed much more generous: "This time, it will not be easy for them!"

"Yes!"

Speaking of this year, the "spring offensive" taken by the Khitan people in the lands of Ji and Yan has suffered the most serious damage, not the states under the jurisdiction of King Yan.The Liao army's key attack area is also the You-Zhuo-Yi area, and the raids that penetrated into the Han territory in central Hebei were only incidental.

After subsequent consideration and research, the monarchs and ministers of the Northern Han Dynasty had a clearer understanding of Yeluruan's plot.It is a bold guess that the biggest goal of its southward attack is probably to regain the land of Youyan.

The slogans shouted are, after all, just slogans and cannot be counted.As long as Liu Chengyou doesn't commit crimes by encroaching on the whole of Hebei and even entering the Central Plains, the current Khitan people don't have the appetite and strength.

And if Yelu Ruan didn't see this, the soldiers would surely be hated when they came to the south, and even died in the Southern Dynasty just like his uncle Yelu Deguang.Although they don't know much about Yeluruan, Liu Chengyou and all the officials feel that this person should have this vision. After all, he has gone deep into the Southern Expedition. Even if he can't see it, his ministers will remind him that the nobles in Khitan , Courtiers, there are still some wise men, especially those who have surrendered.

"How is the frontier defense?" Liu Chengyou asked suddenly.

This time it was Zheng Renhui who spoke up and answered the emperor's question: "Your Majesty, now along the three passes of Waqiao, Yijin and Yukou, the frontier guards have built 210 eight buildings, forming a criss-cross pattern, the soldiers guarding the fort. Over [-], all with enough food and equipment. After two months of rotation and replenishment, plus the defense, regiment training, and township soldiers in Hengji, Yingmo and other states, our dynasty has more than [-] soldiers."

"Can 50,000 people satisfy the defense of this line of defense?" Liu Chengyou asked abruptly, looked at Wei and Zheng, and sighed, "It's difficult!"

"With this line of defense, although it is difficult to completely intercept Hu Qi, if the Khitan cavalry dare to cross, then these checkpoints and fortresses will be like solid nails, staring at Hu Qi's back, making him feel like a thorn in his back. Be afraid!" Wei Renpu said, with a clear mind and accurate vision, which can be regarded as comforting Liu Chengyou: "This is also the goal of the imperial court's defense line!"

"I understand!" Liu Chengyou breathed a sigh of relief.

Weiji, Prime Minister Li Tao came to the palace to ask for an audience, saying that Xing and Ming prefectures reported that the two prefectures had taken over tens of thousands of households from the land of Youyan.After spending two months, those who still refuse to move inland are all "nail households".

Since Zhao Yanshou, the former king of Yan, led the Northern Expedition to regain Youzhou in the 12 years of Tianfu, after repeated killings, disasters, and successive escapes and inland migrations, the population of Youyan Land has dropped to an extremely low level.Originally, there were more than 700,000 households, and Dingkou Liu had [-] households. Although there is no detailed investigation, the number of military and civilian households under King Yan's rule is less than [-].

It is precisely because of this that even though Yan Wang Zhao Kuangzan has many "anti-Han" people under his command, Yan's dependence on Hebei and on the big Han is getting stronger and stronger.

Judging from the secret melodies given to Liu Chengyou by Lu Long's observation envoy Gao Fang, in the past year, the voice of "independence from the Han" within the Yan Army has been much smaller.One is that the strength is limited, and the other is that after several years of tug-of-war, the hatred between the Youyan army and the Khitan people is getting deeper and deeper. accept.

As time passed, the longer it dragged on, the more it became clear that Liu Chengyou's original whimsy and support for Zhao Yanshou's gambling-style Northern Expedition was a correct decision, and how much the subsequent big man gained from it.

Not to mention other things, if Youzhou is still in the hands of Khitan, the pressure on the northern border defense of the Han Dynasty is incomparable.In retrospect, because people with knowledge saw it, the court had such courage and courage to the emperor who was still a young man at the time, and praised him so much that he boasted.

Jia Wei and Jia Weng, the oldest official historians of the Han Dynasty, are compiling the "Records of Gaozu" in the National History Museum, in which the "Northern Expedition of the King of Yan" is mentioned.

After a while, Feng Dao also came and told Liu Chengyou the good news that the Wuyue mission came to Beijing and brought the married Wuyue Princess.

There was a smile on Liu Chengyou's face that he hadn't seen for a long time, and he put aside other concerns for the time being, and directly began to order: "Bring the envoy of Wuyue to see me, um, lead the princess of Wuyue to the Hall of Compassion, and let the Queen Mother take a look. How about the concubine chosen by King Yang?"

"Yes!"

"Your Majesty, Qian Hongchu, King of Wuyue, has always been respectful to me since he succeeded to the throne. This time, he sent the princess to marry me, which shows his heart of submission!" Seeing that the emperor's mood finally improved, Feng Dao said with a smile on his face.

Hearing his words, his smile was restrained. Of course, Liu Chengyou's real consideration was to invite Qian Hongchu to send troops to attack the back of the Southern Tang Dynasty during the Southern Expedition, so as to restrain his army in the south of the Yangtze River.Marriage is only to deepen the connection between North and South.

As early as the spring of the third year of Qianyou, Liu Chengyou and the Queen Mother had the idea of ​​choosing a concubine for Huaiyang King Liu Chengxun. At that time, there were probably two candidates, one from the Jingnan Gao family, and the other from the Wuyue Qian family.

Of course, the Qian family was chosen without much difficulty.An envoy was sent to contact this matter, and Qian Hongchu, King of Wuyue, responded happily and agreed on this matter.

As for the candidate for marriage, Qian Hongchu selected the young daughter of King Mu of Wenmu of Wuyue. It is said that her youngest sister is elegant, beautiful, virtuous and reasonable.I just don't know what kind of virtuous method a twelve or thirteen-year-old girl is.It was precisely because of her young age that it took more than a year for Princess Wuyue to turn fourteen, so Qian Hongchu ordered someone to come north to Tokyo with a dowry.

To show his importance, the place where Liu Chengyou met the envoys of Wu and Yue was in the Chongyuan Hall, and he called all those who wore purple clothes in the court hall to accompany him.After some exchanges, they naturally became harmonious.

At that time, Liu Chengyou issued an imperial edict to confer the title of Princess Xiuhua on Princess Wuyue, and the Ministry of Rites selected auspicious days to prepare for the celebration.

Of course, from the beginning to the end, this marriage was not approved by Huaiyang King Liu Chengxun, he only needed to be his groom.

At the beginning of June in the fourth year of Qianyou, Liu Chengxun, king of Huaiyang in the great Han Dynasty, officially married Princess Wuyue to show the friendship between the two countries.The emperor issued an edict to hold the wedding in the Long Live Hall in the palace, and at the same time, it was the ceremony for the emperor Liu Chengyou to accept the wife of Wei Guo.

Mrs. Fu of the State of Wei, stayed behind in Yedu, Jiedu envoy of Tianxiong Army, second daughter of King Fu Yanqing of Wei, granted in the second year of Qianyou.

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