The Six Arts of the Gentleman in the Bright Moon of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 451 Huang Lao’s An Qisheng [Please subscribe*Please vote monthly]

In addition to internal affairs, there is also Bingzhou's external war, which is also the most important thing for Bingzhou at the moment.

However, with the arrival of October, no matter Bingzhou, Dayuezhi, Xiongnu, or Donghu, they all had to shrink their formations and retreat to the middle of the country, Maodong!

Once it is covered with heavy snow, thousands of miles of snow reaches people's knees, it is impossible to start a war.

What's more, because of last year's war, none of the three parties actually prepared food reserves for the winter.

Bingzhou is a little better. There are three food routes from Qin, Zhao and Yan to provide them with blood transfusions, which can at least ensure that they can survive the severe cold weather in the next few months smoothly.

As for Dayuezhi, Donghu and Xiongnu, it may not be easy.

Fortunately, Dayuezhi did not have a deep war with Bingzhou. In addition, King Dayuezhi was assassinated, so they withdrew from the royal court early and could continue to migrate to Maodong westward.

But the Donghu and Xiongnu didn't have it so easy.

The bloody massacre of three thousand miles in Bingzhou brought disaster to the hinterland of Donghu again and took away a large amount of winter reserves. It was a bit difficult to survive the cold winter safely.

It was even more difficult for the Xiongnu. Although the battle was between Donghu and Bingzhou, they were the ones who were beaten. Zhao Chao and Gongsun Nu almost emptied their royal court's reserves before withdrawing from the Xiongnu.

Then Hu Dan and Tu He also received a message from King Donghu in advance and stopped their losses in time after the Xiongnu plundered. Although they could not withdraw to Donghu, they had enough reserves to ensure that they survived the winter.

Therefore, the number of people who will starve and freeze to death in the entire grassland this winter is very likely to exceed tens of thousands.

Except for those young adults and children who may survive, those old people and wounded soldiers on the grassland have almost no chance of surviving!

"Should we do anything?" An Qisheng asked.

This was an opportunity to promote Bingzhou and expand Bingzhou's reputation in the grassland. He did not want to miss this opportunity.

After all, it is not a good thing for Bingzhou to keep "picking people up". If they miss this opportunity to promote benevolence and justice, they will not be worthy of occupying a high position.

"Don't worry about Donghu. Gu has his own arrangements. Forget about Da Yueshi. It's beyond our reach. But the Xiongnu can do it!" Yan Yan nodded with a smile.

In fact, not many people died in the war. The natural disasters after the war were the most terrifying.

A large army can only kill as many as it takes to fight, but after this winter, the death toll on the grassland will definitely be more than the killings caused by the war.

As for rescue!
If they are not the people of Bingzhou, what does it matter to them how many people die?
However, they can set up relief points on the border between Bingzhou and the Huns to receive those Huns tribes who do not have winter reserves, disperse them to various parts of Bingzhou, and resettle them separately.

"I will order the four counties of Yunzhong, Jiuyuan, Wuyuan and Gaoliu to set up relief points under the Great Wall and let the tribes who fled from the Xiongnu write letters of allegiance!" An Qisheng suggested.

Relief? They will help, but they will not help those who are on both ends of the spectrum.

I am afraid that many of these people were sent deliberately by the Huns, just to receive the relief from Bingzhou in vain, and then rebel back to the Huns when spring comes.

An Qisheng would never allow this kind of thing to happen.

"A letter of allegiance?" Yan Yan looked at An Qisheng in surprise.

He didn't react to this for a while.

"Each tribe in the grassland has its own beliefs, and the Supreme Heaven is believed by everyone in the grassland. Therefore, if you want to get relief from Bingzhou, you must swear allegiance to me, Bingzhou, by the Supreme Heaven."

"But this is not safe, so I will ask the leaders of each tribe to write down some insults about Maodun Shanyu, and these insults will even include some unknown things about Maodun Shanyu. Therefore, I will We need intelligence cooperation from the military commander!" An Qisheng continued.

Yan Yan looked at An Qisheng in surprise.

Not only Yan Yan, but also the entire court officials and generals were shocked. In the past two years, An Qisheng has kept quiet and behaved like a good man. He always looks like a compassionate Taoist.

But now, people should not be judged by their appearance. When this guy is cruel, he is no worse than your Majesty!

I swear on high heaven that they understand.

But asking the leader of the grassland tribe to write a letter of allegiance and insults to Moton, as well as Moton's little secret, would cut off the way for these people to return to the Huns.

With these letters of allegiance and insults, no matter how brave Maodun is, he cannot ask for them again, especially since some of the privacy brought back by military commanders will be added to them.

It was like handing the handle to Bingzhou, and it was impossible for Maodun to trust them again.

However, as the prime minister, it is not a good thing to contact the military commander and the army.

Therefore, Yan Yan was a little hesitant. It wasn't that he couldn't trust An Qisheng, but that he couldn't use this example!

Otherwise, civilian control of the military and intelligence agencies will not be a good thing.

In the Song and Ming Dynasties, accidents occurred because civilian officials suppressed military generals.

Therefore, he cannot set this precedent, otherwise others will follow suit.

Civil servants can have greater power, which is okay, but they must not contact and command the army. This is the bottom line.

It's just that it's easy for military commanders to have accidents when doing this kind of thing. After all, military commanders are not good at such 800-minded things.

Seeing Yan Yan's hesitation, An Qisheng also realized that he had overstepped his bounds.

"The queen is in charge of the royal guards and the military. It is best for the queen to execute this matter!" An Qisheng changed his mind again.

Yan Yan nodded. It would be best for Shao Siming to do this, and the Prime Minister's Mansion and the Guo Wei Mansion should cooperate.

"Can!"

An Qisheng is actually a little confused. There is no clear distinction between civil and military officials in this era. Hundreds of years in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods have created a unique feature of this era, that is, almost all officials are capable of both civil and military affairs. The prime minister is also the yearning of all scholars and officials.

Therefore, he didn't think there was anything wrong with making such a suggestion. Seeing Yan Yan's hesitation, he never thought it was because he wanted to take charge of the army, but thought it was because he wanted to second the military commander!

After all, it was an intelligence agency directly under the king's royal family and should not be touched by their foreign ministers.

It wasn't until Yan Yan agreed that An Qisheng breathed a sigh of relief.

Bingzhou is no longer the grass-roots team it was before, and everything should be on track. It can no longer be like before, with just a few of them holding multiple positions for everything.

This is also a good thing. Although the power is smaller, the duties and responsibilities are also clearer, which is more conducive to the development of the state.

The court meeting lasted until the afternoon. After all, it was a big court and there were many things to discuss.

And in the next few days, Yan Yan, An Qisheng and other court officials and nine ministers will also meet with the governors of each county, accept their reports, and make specific work arrangements for each county.

What Yan Yan received was the report of Dan Lin and Lin Hu, represented by Meng Yi, and he also had to respond to Dong Hu.

"The Donghu will not set up any relief points!" Yan Yan clearly informed Meng Yi that Bingzhou's attitude towards the Donghu was different from that of the Xiongnu.

(End of this chapter)