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Queen Yin sneered, "I have no heirs, and now I am even more abandoned. Why waste my time harming those children."

"I have sent people to search, there is no need for you to defend yourself." Liu Zhao did not bother to listen to Queen Yin's words, and did not hide his annoyance.

For him, Queen Yin was already in the past. If it weren't for his kindness, Queen Yin might have died before.

"Take them down and interrogate them one by one, leaving Ban Zhao behind."

When everyone was arrested, Liu Zhao was furious that so many people in the palace were related to Queen Dou, the Queen of Yin.

Ban Zhao, who was the last to enter the palace, looked calm. After the eunuch escorted the others away, she slowly stepped forward and knelt down.

"Kowtow to Your Majesty."

"Ban Zhao, you have been in the palace for many years, have you ever heard anything related to the murder of your heirs?" Liu Zhao trusted Ban Zhao very much and asked straightforwardly.

Ban Zhao solemnly replied, "I have never heard of this. I am devoted to continuing to write the Han Dynasty and have never had any involvement with others in the palace."

This was a life-threatening matter, and she had to prove her innocence.

"The Ban family has always been loyal. Since you said so, I naturally believe you." Liu Zhao nodded slightly.

"I would like to ask if you have ever encountered anyone who has been in contact with Queen Yin and Queen Dou?"

Ban Zhao thought carefully, she really thought of someone, and looked a little hesitant.

Sensing that her expression was different, Xiao Ran said: "Just say it, don't worry."

"I met Queen Yin by chance last year and had a private meeting with Xu Guiren in the palace." Ban Zhao lowered his head and said.

Hearing this, Liu Zhao's face changed slightly, "Xu Guiren has been in the palace for several years and has never had any children. I don't have much favor, and I have never heard that Queen Yin and Xu Guiren know each other."

He recalled carefully and didn't have much impression of Xu Guiren at all.

"Come here, take Lady Xu here and order the Imperial Army to search her palace."

There was a search in the palace, which alerted all the concubines. Some people wanted to find the queen to find out the news, but they learned that the queen was in the emperor's palace.

The uneasy concubine subconsciously wanted to contact her relatives, but unfortunately Liu Zhao had ordered the imperial army to close the palace gates, and no one was allowed to enter or leave to deliver messages.

Everything happened so suddenly that Xu Guiren looked confused when he was caught.

While the palace was in chaos, Xiao Ran and Liu Bang sat quietly drinking tea.

Liu Bang looked at Ban Zhao, who was standing solemnly in the hall, and said in a deep voice: "I heard that the Ban family is loyal. Where do you start talking about this?"

"It would be a long story to talk about the Ban family." Xiao Ran said with a smile.

"Ban Zhao's father, Ban Biao, has been engaged in historical writing since the early Eastern Han Dynasty. He wrote more than 60 "Posthumous Biography", considered previous history, and corrected countless mistakes. He has two sons and one daughter, all of whom have participated in the compilation of history."

"The eldest son Ban Gu took over writing history books after his father's death, but was falsely accused of changing history. After being imprisoned, his younger brother Ban Chao helped defend his grievances, and was finally released from prison to continue writing. Until the first year of Yongyuan, Ban Gu followed Dou Xian Attacked the Huns and participated in the conspiracy. In the fourth year of Yongyuan, Dou Xian died. He was dismissed from office and died in prison. "

Liu Bang was slightly surprised, "Why are those family members so loyal?"

"Ban Gu is dead, but his younger brother Ban Chao is a loyal and capable minister." Xiao Ran said.

Ban Zhao, who heard this over there, looked at Xiao Ran out of the corner of her eye, feeling curious about Xiao Ran.

Xiao Ran continued: "Ban Chao was also writing history books, but later he was dismissed due to negligence, and he turned to join the army."

"At that time, the vassal states in the Western Regions were controlled by the Northern Huns after Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty. The Northern Huns gained the Western Regions, greatly increased their strength, and advanced many times, making the people in the border areas unbearable."

"In the 16th year of Yongping, Dou Gu, the captain of Fengche, and others sent troops to attack the Northern Huns. Ban Chao served as a fake Sima in the army. Ban Chao was talented in warfare. He led his troops to attack and fought with the Northern Huns, and won most of the battles. So Dou Gu sent him as an envoy to the Western Regions together with Guo Xun.

"They arrived at Shanshan Kingdom first. King Shanshan changed his attitude and realized that the Northern Huns had reached cooperation with them. He immediately led 36 people and used tactics to kill all the people sent by the Northern Huns. Then, in order to prevent them from letting go, Guo Xun was dissatisfied and attributed the credit to these two people."

Liu Bang was displeased, "Guo Xun has never done anything, yet he still wants to share the credit."

"Ban Chao and the others did not bring many people with them at that time, and he thought that civil servants were timid and fearful of trouble, so he did not tell Guo Xun in advance."

Xiao Ran was helpless, it was really hard to say this.

"Later, Ban Chao placed the head of the Northern Huns envoy in front of King Shanshan, forcing King Shanshan to choose to send the prince to the capital as a hostage."

"After the success of this mission, Ban Chao once again led more than 30 familiar people to various countries in the Western Regions and arrived at the Kingdom of Khotan. At that time, the Northern Huns sent envoys to Khotan and held great power. After Ban Chao arrived, the King of Khotan had a cold attitude . Even the Khotan wizard claimed that the god was angry and did not agree to submit to the Han Dynasty, so he asked Ban Chao and others to bring a good horse to sacrifice to the god. "

"How dare a small country in the Western Region be so arrogant in the face of my Han envoy!" Liu Bang shouted coldly.

"They were afraid of the Northern Huns and didn't want to succumb to the Han Dynasty, so they had this attitude."

"The King of Khotan sent someone to ask Ban Chao for the horse. Ban Chao happily agreed, but asked the wizard to hold it himself. When the wizard came, Ban Chao killed him directly and beat hundreds of people who came with him. Whip. He then returned the sorcerer's head to the King of Khotan and condemned him. "Seeing Ban Chao's toughness, the King of Khotan immediately became frightened when he thought of Ban Chao's killing of the Xiongnu envoys in Shanshan. He ordered the execution of the Northern Huns' envoys and returned to the Han Dynasty. Ban Chao succeeded in pacifying Khotan. News of this incident spread throughout the Western Regions, and the various countries in the Western Regions sent their princes to the DPRK as hostages. The relationship between the imperial court and the Western Regions, which had been interrupted for sixty-five years, was barely restored. "

"Ban Chao's mission trip did not end here. In the 17th year of Yongping, Ban Chao led his men to Shule Kingdom. They went to a place not far from Jialu City where Douti lived, and sent his officials to recruit him. In Under Ban Chao's guidance, his men robbed Toutia. Ban Chao immediately came to Jiulu City, summoned the civil and military officials of Shule, told them about various unreasonable behaviors in Kucha, and established a new king. Ban Chao also persuaded everyone to release him. It's a matter of time before Shule is settled."

"Ban Chao went on two missions and relied on his wisdom to make the three Western Region countries and the Han Dynasty become vassals. What's more, the Northern Huns controlled the Western Region countries at that time. It can be said that Ban Chao led more than 30 people to disintegrate the Northern Huns. part of the combat power.”

"However, something unexpected happened. In the 18th year of Yongping, Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty passed away. The Yanqi Kingdom took the opportunity of the great mourning to besiege and kill Chen Mu, the governor of the Western Regions. At this time, Banchao was isolated and helpless, while Kucha, Gumo and others The state also sent troops to attack Shule. Banchao and King Shule held the position in Panlu City and held on for more than a year. "

Hearing this, Liu Bang couldn't help but worry, "Has he returned to the Han Dynasty?"

Xiao Ran shook his head, "No, his great achievements are not over yet."

"In the first year of Jianchu, Emperor Zhang Liu of the Han Dynasty ascended the throne. The court was worried about Ban Chao living alone in the border areas, so he ordered Ban Chao to return to the country. Ban Chao wanted to leave, and the whole country in Shule tried to persuade him to stay. They claimed that if Ban Chao left, they would be destroyed by Qiuci. In order to The then captain Li Dan drew his sword and committed suicide, but Ban Chao still decided to return to Han Dynasty. "

"On the way back, Banchao passed by the vassal state of Khotan. The king and people of Khotan burst into tears and hugged Banchao's horse legs to try to persuade him to stay. Seeing this, Banchao decided not to return to the Han Dynasty for the time being and returned to Shule. After he left, two cities in Shule returned to Qiuci, and they joined forces with the Weitou Kingdom, intending to cause chaos. Banchao arrested the rebel leaders and restored stability to Shule. "

"In the third year of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Ban Chao recruited more than 10,000 people from various vassal states to attack the Gumo Kingdom and isolate Qiuci."

"In the fifth year of the founding of the Han Dynasty, Ban Chao wrote to Emperor Zhang, analyzing the situation and proposing a strategy of using barbarians to control barbarians. Emperor Zhang of the Han Dynasty knew that Ban Chao's achievements could be successful, so he sent Xu Qian, a like-minded man with Ban Chao, to assist Ban Chao, and at the same time led a thousand people to reinforce."

"Xu Qian arrived in Shule and killed Fan Chen with Ban Chao to quell the rebellion. After the end, Ban Chao wanted to march to Qiuci. At that time, the Wusun Kingdom was strong, and Ban Chao wanted to use the Wusun Kingdom's military strength. He wrote to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and mentioned that The princess married Wusun and wanted to borrow troops through this relationship, and Emperor Zhang of the Han Dynasty immediately agreed. "

"Emperor Zhang of the Han Dynasty had great trust in Ban Chao, which is why Ban Chao was able to guard the Western Regions for so many years."

Liu Bang was very pleased, "As an emperor, you should trust your capable ministers."

The rewards for trusting a capable minister are immense.

Without Ban Chao, the war between the Han Dynasty and the Northern Huns might not have been successful, let alone Dou Xian's useless achievements later.

Xiao Ran said: "In the eighth year of the founding of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Zhang of the Han Dynasty awarded Ban Chao and others who were stationed in the Western Regions a reward, and sent his envoy Li Yi to go. Unexpectedly, when Li Yi went, he was catching up with Qiuci to attack Shule, and he did not dare to go forward. In order to cover up his cowardice, he said that he had no merit in pacifying the Western Regions. He also said that Ban Chao embraced his beloved wife and enjoyed peace and happiness in the Western Regions without caring about the court. "

"Idiots like this should not continue to stay in the imperial court." Liu Bang knew the consequences of such a memorial, and he darkened his face.

Immediately, he looked at Xiao Ran and asked, "Does Emperor Zhang of Han believe it?"

Emperor Zhang of the Han Dynasty's trust in Ban Chao could not be destroyed by a memorial.

"Of course I didn't believe it. Emperor Zhang of the Han Dynasty told him that Ban Chao was a loyal minister. The court would never doubt his loyalty and achievements, and handed Li Yi over to Ban Chao."

Xiao Ran said with some admiration the following words, "Ban Chao resolutely sent his wife back to the Han Dynasty. He did not kill Li Yi and sent her back as well."

Feeling emotional, Liu Bang praised, "Ban Chao is a broad-minded person."

"When did he return to the Han Dynasty?"

Xiao Ran drank a cup of tea and saw that Ban Zhao was also listening attentively. He smiled and greeted, "Come here and sit and listen."

Seeing Ban Zhao's hesitation, Liu Bang said, "Sit down."

Before going to interrogate Queen Yin and others, Liu Zhao had already introduced the identities of Liu Bang and Xiao Ran.

Ban Zhao bowed nervously, "I don't dare."

"This is my order." Liu Bang said casually.

Ban Zhao then sat down nervously.

She had heard about her brother Ban Chao's affairs, but because Ban Chao was still in the Western Regions, she didn't know the details. Now she could hear that she subconsciously wanted to write it down and record it in the history books.

Xiao Ran pushed the tea in front of her and continued: "In the ninth year of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the imperial court reinforced Ban Chao, and Ban Chao was preparing to attack Yarkand. Unexpectedly, the king of Yarkand sent people to bribe Wang Zhong of Shule, and Zhong launched a rebellion. , occupied Wuji City. Ban Chao mobilized troops to attack Zhong, but because Kang Ju State in the Western Regions sent elite troops to help Zhong, Ban Chao was unable to attack for a long time. In order to solve the problem, Ban Chao immediately sent people to King Yuezhi after learning that Yuezhi had just married Kang Ju. After sending gifts, King Yuezhi successfully persuaded King Kangju to stop his army, Zhong was brought back, and Wuji City was recovered again. "

"The Western Regions were temporarily peaceful under Ban Chao's shock. It was not until the third year of Yuanhe that Zhong borrowed troops and horses, colluded with Kucha and conspired with Qiuci, but pretended to surrender. Ban Chao saw through the trick, chose to use his trick, and agreed to surrender. Zhong came to see Ban Chao. , Ban Chao ordered people to kill Zhong during the banquet, and took the opportunity to defeat his tribe. After the incident was successful, the southern route to the Western Region was unimpeded. "

"In the fourth year of Yuanhe, Ban Chao attacked Yarkand again, and King Qiuci mobilized 50,000 troops to rescue Yarkand. When the enemy was strong and we were weak, Ban Chao adopted the strategy of moving the tiger away from the mountain, deliberately pretending to be afraid that he would not be able to defeat him, and wanted to disperse the troops of all countries. , secretly let the Kucha prisoners escape to report the news. King Kucha immediately led his troops to intercept and kill Ban Chao and others. After learning that they were sending troops, Ban Chao ordered an attack and went straight to the unprepared Shache base camp. Ban Chao chased and killed more than 5,000 people. , Shache State surrendered, and King Qiuci and others dispersed immediately, and Ban Chao became powerful in the Western Regions. "

"After Ban Chao defeated Yarkand, King Yuezhi sent an envoy to see Ban Chao, paying tribute with treasures, lions, etc., and proposed to marry a princess of the Han Dynasty. However, Ban Chao refused, and King Yuezhi held a grudge. Therefore, in the second year of Yongyuan, Dayuezhi led 70,000 troops to attack Ban Chao. Ban Chao's army was at a disadvantage. Everyone was panicking, but Ban Chao was very calm. "

Ban Zhao couldn't help but wonder, "Why is my brother so calm?"

But Liu Bang gave the answer, "Ban Chao's location in Shule is far away from Da Yueshi. They must have traveled a long distance to attack. Under such circumstances, their food and grass are not enough to sustain them for a long time. Ban Chao only needs to continue to garrison." , Da Yuezhi’s army will definitely be defeated.”

Xiao Ran followed, "Yes, the Da Yuezhi army could not conquer it, so they chose to plunder food and grass, but failed. The soldiers were exhausted. Ban Chao guessed that they had no food and grass, so they would send people to Kucha for help, and arranged for the soldiers to go to Kucha in advance. An ambush was laid on the only road they passed. The ambush soldiers killed the envoys of Dayuezhi asking for help, and sent people to the generals of Dayuezhi. The generals of Dayuezhi were frightened and sent envoys to plead guilty to Ban Chao, hoping to let them return home. So he stopped attacking and chose to pay tribute to the Han Dynasty every year."

"In the third year of Yongyuan, Kucha, Gumo, Wensu and other countries all surrendered. Emperor Liu Zhao of the Han Dynasty appointed Ban Chao as the Protector of the Western Regions. Ban Chao and others ordered Kucha to depose the original king and replace him with someone appointed by the emperor. The original king brought back the capital, and Ban Chao was stationed in Kucha Tagan City. However, only the three countries of the Western Regions, Yanqi, Weixu, and Yuli, were afraid of the Han Dynasty because they had killed Chen Mu, the governor of the Western Regions. "

"Waiting until the sixth year of Yongyuan, Ban Chao dispatched a total of 70,000 soldiers from eight vassal countries. Before the attack, Ban Chao sent envoys to notify the kings of the three kingdoms to persuade them to surrender. Unfortunately, some people disagreed, so Ban Chao directly led his troops to capture. From then on, all the countries in the Western Regions surrendered. ." (End of this chapter)