Starting from the Western Han Dynasty

Chapter 155: Set up a drinking party and ask for some privacy

"Hahaha..." Li Huan's cheerful laughter echoed: "Since you have already guessed it, why bother showing off?"

"Li Hou is really as rumored, no one dares to go to express condolences, only Li Hou went there." Zhang Tang's eyes showed admiration.

"I do things and follow my own heart. Furthermore, I think Li Danghu died for his country and deserves condolences. As for what his father did, that belongs to his father and has nothing to do with me." Li Huan said with emotion: "When I recall the battle in Henan, my blood still boils with excitement."

Zhang Tang listened to Li Huan's words and knew that he should not continue to cover up anything.

"There are no clear rewards or punishments for Li Guang yet, but we have heard the news and will pursue Li Dang's household seal."

"Can his son Li Ling inherit his father's reward?" Li Huan turned sideways.

"The prince is joking. A posthumous title is a posthumous title. The reward given by His Majesty is the reward given by His Majesty. These are two different things..." Zhang Tang's smile was already a little forced. If it weren't for Li Huan's identity, Based on what he just said alone, he could accuse Li Huan of several serious charges.

"It doesn't matter." Li Huan waved his hand: "What about the situation there after the prime minister returned from his mission to Nanyue?"

Zhang Tang was Emperor Liu Che's confidant, and all the dirty and shady work was left to him.

Li Huan had reason to believe that there were some shady inside stories that could be gleaned from Zhang Tang.

Zhang Tang didn't want to leak it, but when he thought that the emperor told him that Li Huan intended to send troops south to pacify the South Vietnam Kingdom, he pondered: "The internal situation in the South Vietnam Kingdom is complicated. On the surface, it seems that the King of South Vietnam is in power, but in fact, he is not Because in the past, the political philosophy of the late South Vietnamese kings to unite the local natives to govern the country led to the Prime Minister Lu Jia’s family being too powerful, and their power seemed to be declining.”

Li Huan, a latecomer in history, knew very well about Lu Jia's rebellion; Li Huan felt that Zhang Tang was not a good friend, and he was still hiding what the emperor meant.

"The rest will wait for the court meeting to make a decision." After Zhang Tang said this, he suddenly smiled: "It's just that, Li Hou, you are waiting for this great victory in the Northern Expedition. His Majesty has ordered a break of half a month to celebrate."

Li Huan understood that Emperor Liu Che still could not make up his mind to use troops against South Vietnam before the Huns problem was solved.

Prime Minister Xue Ze and other old nobles, before the Battle of Henan, had already frightened Boss Liu like a child, saying that the South Vietnam Kingdom might be in secret contact with the Huns, and at the same time launched an attack on the Han Empire...

When the Han Dynasty has no problems, this sounds like a joke; but if the Han Empire is really stuck in the quagmire of fierce fighting with the Xiongnu, and the Nanyue Kingdom and other princes and kings attack, the Han Empire's regime will really be in danger. .

Of course, this worst scenario has never been possible; after all, the vassal states in the world have long been severely damaged after experiencing the Seven Kings Rebellion, and there may be many who want to rebel, but There are really no one who dares to jump out and rebel.

Zhang Tang continued: "Your Majesty is extremely happy about this battle and is already preparing to send envoys to various vassal states to promote military achievements."

"Oh!" Li Huan pretended not to know: "Is there such a thing? Doesn't that mean that my two words, Li Huan, can fill the ears of princes and kings? Hahaha..."

"Your name has already filled the ears of princes and kings after the Qu Yuanli of Junhou was sent down." Zhang Tang said with a smile: "But this time is different. Your Majesty's move is intended to show off and frighten those people. The princes and kings.”

Zhang Tang's eyes narrowed, as if a cold light was revealed through a crack: "Especially King Huainan..."

Li Huan looked at Zhang Tang's constipated expression and knew that he wanted to say something about Liu Ling, but he couldn't speak.

Fortunately, at this time, Liu Yan'er led the maid and brought food and wine.

Li Huan greeted Zhang Tang and Zhang Qian warmly. After drinking a glass of tiger whip wine, Zhang Tang's face instantly turned red, and he spoke with a breath of alcohol: "Li Hou, there is a saying, I don't know whether to say it or not. …”

"It's okay to be honest, it's been a long time since I saw you, why are you chattering like everyone else?"

Li Huan poured wine for Zhang Tang. Zhang Tang didn't dare to accept it, but looking at the amber tiger whip wine, Zhang Tang still hesitated for a moment and then said: "Don't get too close to Liu Ling, let alone have anything." connection……"

Li Huan twisted the wine cup with his thumb and forefinger, touched Zhang Tang's wine cup, looked into his eyes and said, "This is what I said from the bottom of my heart, I will bear it in my heart!"

Zhang Tang's words can actually be put more bluntly. The King of Huainan had the intention to rebel. His father Liu Chang died so tragically at the beginning, so it would be strange not to rebel!

However, Zhang Tang couldn't tell Li Huan directly. After all, they haven't rebelled yet, and you have no evidence, so just saying that the princes and kings rebelled is also a serious crime.

He was originally worried that Li Huan wouldn't understand what he said, plus he was greedy for Liu Ling's beauty, but he didn't expect that Li Huan would be so smart!

"Ding!"

The wine cups were touched again, and Zhang Tang and Li Huan drank the wine in one gulp. Then Zhang Tang laughed, put down the wine cup, bowed his hands, and walked away.

"It's rare!" Zhang Qian, who had never said anything, sighed: "It's already a huge hardship for him to reach the position of Tingwei and sit down and have a drink with you."

"Everyone looks like a thief, right?" Li Huan made a joke and poured wine for Zhang Qian.

Zhang Qian held Li Huan's hand and said, "Don't hurt me, I'll give you a cup."

Li Huan pushed Zhang Qian's hand away and insisted on pouring wine for Zhang Qian. Zhang Qian accepted with a wry smile: "It's just you and me here. If there are other people here, we don't dare to do this, otherwise I will play my memorial the next day." , it will be filled with His Majesty’s imperial papers.”

"What do a group of common people know?" Li Huan said with a smile: "After the wheat harvest, I will brew another new wine. Now I will leave you in suspense. That thing is lighter in taste than strong wine, but it is also a bit heavier than rice wine. "

Zhang Qian took a sip of the wine that was like a knife rolling down his throat, and said with a dry smile: "If this thing is sold to the bitter cold land on the northern border, it can be worth the price of gold. Most of the children of Guanzhong still like to drink rice wine."

"Rice wine moistens and nourishes people, and strong wine nourishes people, each has its own advantages." Li Huan also took a sip of tiger whip wine: "But the effect is still good. After I came back, I brewed another batch, not much. It’s only one or two hundred catties. You ask Ganfu to come over. He takes Xiong Daxiong Er and Bald Qiang into the depths of Lishan Mountain to shoot tigers. We have Tiger Whip Wine, and we can enjoy it together. I also promised Su We were building it, but after the manor here was built, the tigers learned their lesson and stopped coming here."

"Hahaha..." Zhang Qian couldn't help laughing: "Very good, very good! In the words of Lord Ting, you..."

"I listened." Li Huan handed the Teppanyaki stinky tofu to Zhang Qian: "Brother Ziwen, you said so, but Liu Ling still wants to follow me to Anyang County. If you have time, why not come with me?" Let's go to Anyang County together." "We want to build a marquis mansion!" Zhang Qian mused: "What if Liu Ling follows suit? Isn't your move just a matter of fact? Huh? You want to imitate the ancients and make a fool of yourself? That's not true, right? !”

He smiled: "Your Majesty is the Lord of the Ming Dynasty now. Although there will be treacherous villains in the court at any time, it is inevitable. Just like the sun shining, there will always be places where the light cannot reach..."

"I am going to make a new building material. If it is completed, it will be used to build my ancestral house first. Once it is completed, it can be promoted on a large scale. Liu Ling came here precisely for this purpose." Li Huan pondered. : "Moreover, Your Majesty and Princess Nangong will not refuse."

Zhang Qian frowned again and again, as if he wanted to say something, but when he reached his mouth, he was blocked by the tiger penis wine in his wine cup.

"Young Master Ting can tell me the truth, why is Brother Ziwen so hesitant?" Li Huan asked with a smile, making Zhang Qian look ashamed.

"Junhou, why don't you try and ask the two princes of the Chen family to come forward and stop Liu Ling?" After Zhang Qian said this, he couldn't help but cough lightly: "This is a bad idea. It can easily take you from your current position." You may be dragged away from your position, but if you have the protection of the old nobles, Liu Ling will not dare to trick you at all."

"You think I haven't thought about it?" Li Huan sipped the thorns of the grilled fish and said thoughtfully: "I still have six hundred followers in my hands. They are all warriors who followed me to fight to the death in Henan. But after returning from this battle, After that, all these people changed their names to Li, and I suddenly had a thick family tree. Who do you think I should talk to to reason with them?"

Zhang Qian took a deep breath: "Looking at it like this, His Majesty really wants to train you as the second Marquis of Wei, but isn't the Chen family suffering a secret loss?"

"Your Majesty's visit to Queen Chen again is already great news for them. In addition, the daughter of King Zhongshan has been granted the title of Princess Linqiong and will be married to me together with Princess Nangong.
Empress Chen is the daughter of Princess Linqiong. With this relationship, they will never feel resentment toward me. "

"This matter is too complicated." Zhang Qian sighed: "If you think about it carefully, if you had declined to lead the army in the northern expedition, you wouldn't have had so many troubles."

"Is this something I can refuse?" Li Huan rolled his eyes. Zhang Qian was stunned for a moment, and then burst into laughter: "That's right. Just like what he said when he recommended himself in the past, an iron awl placed in a bag will pierce it. The bag fell out, not as simple as revealing the tip. This iron cone fell with a clang in front of His Majesty, how could I not let Your Majesty take a few more glances?"

"Hahaha..." Li Huan couldn't help laughing: "Brother Ziwen still praises people for their level, unlike me, who can only say "Fuck" 666!"

"Hahaha..." Zhang Qian couldn't help laughing. He touched the wine glasses with Li Huan, and then said: "I have an idea. Since I could reach the Western Regions from the northwest, that means, I can How about another way, sending different people to the southwest, taking a detour to reach the Western Region?"

"What the hell?" Li Huan shouted instantly: "Towards the southwest? Have you already reported it to His Majesty?"

"No, I just had this idea in my heart, and I just wanted to tell you about it." Zhang Qian noticed that Li Huan's expression was a little stunned, and asked hurriedly: "But this method is inappropriate?"

"It's not inappropriate. Don't you know where the southwest is?"

"Should it be the Dian Kingdom?" Zhang Qian's voice revealed a hint of contemplation: "I heard that in the past, there was a general from the Chu Kingdom named Zhuang Qi. After leading troops to conquer the Dian region for the Chu Kingdom, he sealed off the mountains and established himself as king. According to legend, To this day, I still refuse to accept Wang Hua; but as a big man, I just borrowed a way from here and have no other ideas, so I can naturally pass by."

"What you think is so simple." Li Huan thought about it. He really knew that in the original history, Zhang Qian did do similar things, and he sent people more than one way, especially the way to Dian Kingdom. Property and horses were robbed, and people were subsequently killed.

Can Emperor Liu Che tolerate this?Later, the Dian Kingdom was included in the territory of the Han Empire.

This incident was an unremarkable record in the original history, but during the attack, how many Kunming clan members were left littered with corpses?
Just... stop it?

Li Huan felt that he could not stop it. This was a pain that the unified empire must experience.

"The people of the Dian Kingdom may not be convinced by the king. I'm afraid that no matter how many envoys have gone here, they will all end up being killed." Li Huan was very direct: "If we get [-] soldiers, we can bring peace to the southwest for your majesty."

"Your Majesty is warlike?" Zhang Qian was shocked.

Li Huan shook his head: "I have never been a fighter in my life, but I like to resolve fights. The South Vietnam Kingdom was originally a remnant of the Qin Dynasty, and the Dian Kingdom may not be the same. If you think about it carefully, when Qin Shihuang was powerful in the world, the leader of the Dian Kingdom also sent people to offer sacrifices. When he surrendered, he was like Wu Zhu, the leader of Min and Yue, who surrendered to the people of Qin.

The difference is that during the chaotic times of the late Qin Dynasty, the leaders of the Dian Kingdom clung to their own claims and did not lead their troops and other heroes to divide the Qin territory like Wu Zhu did. I even think that the Dian Kingdom borders the Nanyue Kingdom, and the two may not be inseparable. Is there some secret connection? "

After listening to this, Zhang Qian's face really showed a look of contemplation: "Then what should we do according to what the prince thinks?"

"Military strategy is the best strategy." Li Huan said bluntly: "South Vietnam has caused disasters since the founding of our country. If it is not swept away by military strategy, it will still be a disaster for future generations. Your Majesty went too far by bullying our country with the Huns, and It is my will to tolerate South Vietnam's embarrassment, and the conquest of Yunnan and South Vietnam is also part of the national policy. If Your Majesty promises, I am willing to march south and conquer the west!"

Zhang Qian thought deeply: "It's better to send people in advance to contact the Dian Kingdom..."

"This is sending sheep to the tiger's mouth." Li Huan didn't want the hundred or so members of the mission to become innocent ghosts, and persuaded him: "Brother Ziwen, our dynasty has been in dispute with the Xiongnu for more than a hundred years, and the envoys of the two countries can still communicate; but But it is impossible to conquer the Dian Kingdom, and the best strategy is to conquer it with military force."

"This..." Zhang Qian had never seen Li Huan be so warlike before, so he just smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, the land in the southwest, where barbarians belong, is a barren place, what is the use of it? Expeditions with troops are very inconvenient; as for South Vietnam was originally a land of disaster and had to be conquered as a last resort. During the Qin Dynasty, the First Emperor sent 50 troops to attack South Vietnam, but no benefit was seen."

"Ziwen, I am by no means a aggressive person. As I said earlier, Huan has never been a fighter in his life, only good at resolving fights. If Your Majesty is interested, I will take the initiative to volunteer."

Upon seeing this, Zhang Qian smiled and waved his hands and said, "If this is the case, I will give up the idea of ​​sending the envoy to the southwest."

In other words, it doesn’t matter whether you are a belligerent or not, Junhou. I won’t have any plans for Southwest, so as not to open the door for war again...

Li Huan laughed nonchalantly. This was not something Zhang Qian could decide. In the era of Emperor Liu Che, China's territory had already extended to the Indo-China Peninsula. At the beginning, when a country was wiped out, everyone was just like him. Damn awesome. 666; In the later period, destroying the country has become the norm. Everyone is numb and has become accustomed to it.

If not, how could the Han territory be so vast?

"Since Liu Ling's incident is inevitable, when will the prince set out?"

Li Huan couldn't help but grin: "Brother Ziwen is really my good big brother. In four days, we will set off for Anyang County!"

"Four days later?" Zhang Qian raised his head and drank the remaining wine in the wine cup, and suddenly his eyes lit up: "I suddenly have an idea that may solve your worries..."

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(End of this chapter)