Starting from the Western Han Dynasty

Chapter 112 The Huns borrowed power from my big man
"Your Majesty, all the strategies in the world are neither good nor bad, only whether they are appropriate or inappropriate for the time." Li Huan cupped his hands and said: "The Huns are originally a grassland country. From our perspective, and from their own perspective, there is no difference between them. It’s just two different things.”

Liu Che glanced at Li Huan and found that he didn't want to listen to this person at this moment.

On the surface, they all support their current war with the Huns, but in fact, they are all the disadvantages of starting a war.

"Okay, step back, I want to be alone."

"According to the decree!" This seemed to be the sentence that Li Huan was waiting for.

Outside the main hall, many officials and generals headed by Prime Minister Xue Ze stood on their feet and looked inside. When they saw Li Huan coming out, everyone immediately swarmed around.

Even Wei Qing is not exempt from vulgarity.

"Li Hou, what does Your Majesty mean?" Xue Zeli pushed everyone to the front, probably because he was the prime minister, and no one dared to squeeze him too embarrassingly.

The noisy voices suddenly quieted down, and many pairs of eyes were all looking at Li Huan.

Li Huan calmly bowed his hands and said: "I am just stating to your majesty the consequences of this Northern Expedition. The Huns will be even worse than us. As for whether your majesty decides to send troops, your colleagues still need to wait patiently to know the result." .”

Upon hearing this, many burly generals looked at Li Huan as if he was one of their own!

Although he didn't immediately come forward to greet Li Huan warmly, this one of his own couldn't get away no matter what.

Prime Minister Xue Ze looked resentful: "Li Hou, after the spring plowing of my Han Dynasty, there are places for employment everywhere, and even the food supply is in short supply. If there is another shortage of water, the Northern Expedition at this time... You, you also know very well Farmers, why don't you try your best to dissuade Your Majesty?"

Zhang Tang frowned and pursed his lips tightly, but his eyes already represented what he wanted to say. In fact, he meant the same thing as Xue Ze.

"Prime Minister, you are joking. You have argued with the ministers and His Majesty for so long, but you have never persuaded His Majesty to give up the idea of ​​the Northern Expedition. Now, how can you influence the Holy Judgment just because of my few words?" Li Huan shook his head and stepped aside, trying to find someone. Han Yan found that this guy just disappeared, and there was no trace of him in the crowd.

A burly general laughed and walked forward: "What the Prime Minister said, Li Hou is mainly military. Of course, he also hopes that my army can crush the Xiongnu and shock the outside world. Naturally, he will not think about sitting in Chang'an City. Listen to the cries outside, you can’t blame Marquis Li just because you have different political views, right?”

"That's right!" Another general stood up to speak for Li Huan: "I understand what you mean. The Huns want to herd, but if they fight with us, don't they not be able to herd? But haven't all our grains been grown? Going down? It will be harvested in autumn!"

"The general said it nicely, do you think it's a childbirth? Once the seeds went in, the belly got bigger on its own?" Behind Xue Ze, a man with a fair face and a beautiful beard couldn't stand the arguments of these generals and couldn't help it. Make mocking remarks.

Unexpectedly, the general said nonchalantly: "This is how I and a bunch of women in my family give birth to children. Besides, when it comes to farming, do you know how to farm? Do you think you are a doctor of agriculture?"

"Why don't I know how to farm..."

Seeing this posture, it was as if the outside of the main hall was a vegetable market. Li Huan quickly covered his ears and stepped aside.

He is very self-aware. If these guys escalate from talking to taking action, he will not be able to bear it!
He can't defeat military commanders, that's true; but he can't defeat civilian officials either...

"quiet!"

Seeing that the scene was about to get out of control, a loud shout suddenly came and suppressed everyone in an instant.

Wei Qing looked at Li Huan who had touched the corner of the wall at some point, with a flash of astonishment in his eyes.

Li Huan chuckled, feeling a little embarrassed. He was not a deserter. Is it appropriate for you to look at yourself like this?

"Prime Minister Xuan comes to the palace!" Chuntuo's long and high-pitched voice came from the main hall.

Xue Ze shook his sleeves, and it seemed that in his heart, he felt that the behavior of everyone just now was a bit inappropriate.Li Huan now understood why Emperor Liu Che liked to talk alone.

It's just because these people are too talkative... You say this, I have to say that; it's not appropriate not to tell you, after all, these people in the army have come to this point by virtue of their illustrious military exploits.

Let me tell you, but you were discussing the issue of having children outside the main hall...

Is this where we discuss having children?
Li Huan himself felt speechless...

Not long after it was quiet, everyone gathered together in twos and threes and began to communicate in low voices.

Li Huan naturally moved closer to Wei Qing.

"I thought it was General Li Xi."

"General Li, I'm sorry." Li Huan bowed his hands.

Li Xi, who had a square face, smiled honestly, cupped his hands and said, "How dare you, your majesty, agree to send troops according to Marquis Li's wishes?"

Li Huan:"……"

In the main hall, Xue Ze frowned as he listened to Emperor Liu Che finish his opinions.

"Anyang Hou said well. He was obviously talking about the benefits we would gain if we went to war with the Xiongnu. But in fact, he was warning me that once we started the war, we could have gained more benefits. In an instant, It will be reduced by half, or even reduced by more than half.”

Xue Ze's heart was filled with excitement: "Your Majesty, what Marquis Anyang said is not unreasonable. Food is the foundation of everything. I am sure to have a good harvest this year. It would be a pity for me to give up now."

"Then tell me, what disaster will happen to the Huns? Do you want to use the external power of my war to suppress their internal problems?"

Xue Ze smiled bitterly: "This move of the Xiongnu is indeed extremely abnormal, but it does not necessarily mean that there is an internal problem. It requires the pressure of our Han army to make all the contradictions within the Xiongnu unanimously exposed to the outside world. On the contrary, Wei Chen feels that it may be The Xiongnu in the north and the Southern Barbarians in the south were secretly connected, which is why the current situation was formed."

Seeing that the emperor was silent, Xue Ze immediately said: "It is said that during the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion in the past, some of the rebellious princes and kings secretly contacted the Huns..."

Liu Che shook his head, leaned back on the wicker chair, and said leisurely: "I can see that Aiqing just doesn't want me to go to war at this time. Even the rumor that Beirong and Nanman secretly colluded across thousands of miles. ”

Xue Ze just looked at the emperor Liu Che with a wry smile. His look really sounded like that of a wronged young daughter-in-law.

Liu Che said: "Where is Sang Hongyang? He hasn't calculated how much food the army will need for this northern expedition?"

"Your Majesty, how can this be figured out in a short while?" Xue Ze hurriedly said: "Anyang Marquis said that there was a big problem within the Xiongnu, and he wanted to use this method to use pressure from me, a big man, to reorganize the internal affairs. In fact, carefully Come to think of it, it's not impossible..."

Hearing Xue Ou's sudden change of conversation, Liu Che stopped making things difficult and just said: "Then you also think that it is a good idea to pay equal attention to kindness and power when sending an envoy to South Vietnam?"

"Inevitable." Xue Ze breathed a sigh of relief: "The north cannot rush into war, at least not just after spring plowing, which can easily lead to famine. Our dynasty's prosperity has just begun, so the best way is to send an envoy to South Vietnam with both kindness and power. This little minister coincides with the Marquis of Anyang."

Liu Che pondered: "Then who do you think is more suitable to be sent as envoy to South Vietnam?"

"Your Majesty, you still want to fight?" Xue Ze's face turned pale.

(End of this chapter)