A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 197: Recovering from good health, capricious

The second year of Han Yuan
Prime Minister Zhang Cang died of illness. The Emperor of Han appointed Shen Tujia, a native of Liang, as prime minister and named him Gu'anhou.

The Huns sent troops to harass the Han border many times. Although they could not enter, the Han maintained a large army at the border all year round. The Han emperor could not bear the Huns' repeated attacks and sent envoys to the Huns many times, hoping that the two sides could return to the border. As for the previous covenant, the Xiongnu Chanyu saw that he could not take advantage of the Han Dynasty many times, so he finally relented to the Han envoys.

When the Han Emperor put forward his idea, the officials had different reactions, some agreed and some disagreed. Among them, Prime Minister Shen Tujia said:
"Now that the Han Dynasty is in a critical period of recovery, it would be best if we could use an alliance to prompt the Han and Hungarians to stop fighting and make peace. However, judging from the dynamics of the Huns in recent years, they may not be satisfied with being friendly with us. "

Tian Guangyong, the imperial censor, said: "Your Majesty, whether it is an alliance or a war, it is not our choice, but the Huns' choice. Every time we passively respond to the war, right?"

Even if we send the princess to the Huns, according to the nature of the Huns, tearing up the alliance is as easy and casual as tearing off a leaf, so we still need to make more preparations. "

Taiwei Zhang Xiangru did not speak. He did whatever the emperor said.

The Emperor of the Han Dynasty sighed: "Why don't I know? But now the world is in ruins and waiting for prosperity. If the Huns invade one after another, it will definitely slow down the development of the Han Dynasty. The Han Dynasty cannot develop, and they will attack the Huns in peace talks to avenge Emperor Gao. Woolen cloth?
I am not wise enough to extend my kindness to distant places, so some countries outside the country cannot be stable and harmonious. The people in the remote areas of the four directions cannot live and work in peace and contentment, and the people in the territory work hard and have no rest. The faults in these two aspects are all due to the fact that my virtue is shallow and cannot spread far away.

In recent years, the Huns have come to harm the border, killing many officials and people. The officers and soldiers guarding the border cannot tell the Huns what I think, which makes my virtue even shallower. With such long-term feuds and wars, how will all the countries in the world rely on to maintain their own peace?

Now I get up early and go to bed late, working hard on the world's major events, worrying about hundreds of millions of people, and feeling anxious and uneasy in my heart. I have never forgotten this incident. Therefore, the envoys I sent kept coming and going, and there was an endless stream of carriages and horses, telling the Xiongnu Great Chanyu my thoughts.

Now the Xiongnu Chanyu is willing to return to the old path of friendly coexistence. Considering the peace of the country and the interests of the people, he will personally forget the small festivals with me, walk on the road together, and form a brotherly relationship to protect hundreds of millions of people in the world. Last name, this is very rare. Therefore, I have decided to get married starting this year. "

So the Emperor of the Han Dynasty selected a clan girl from the clan, adopted her as an adopted daughter, canonized her as Princess Heshuo, and sent a huge wedding convoy to the Xiongnu for her.

On the Chang'an city wall, four people stood side by side, watching the huge wedding convoy slowly heading north.

"Alas! A marriage, a marriage, it's useless!" It was Bai Qi who spoke.

These four people are Bai Qi, the lieutenant of the Northern Army Lieutenant, Bai Zhou, the internal historian of Guanzhong, Bai Qi's second brother and heir to Xiu Wuhou, Bai Fang, and one person, who is a Taixue student selected by Taibai Academy. Dong Zhongshu is as talented as Jia Yi.

Needless to say, Bai Qi and Bai Zhou already have rich political experience in Beijing for many years. Bai Fang is at the border all year round and serves as Bai Yu's personal guard, Sima. Dong Zhongshu is one of the ten Taixue students selected by Taibai Academy to enter Taixue this year.

Every year, Taibai Academy would provide ten Taixue students to enrich Taixue. This was one of the conditions for Bai Guo to agree to donate books, and it was also an important way for Bai Guo to exert influence on the Han Dynasty.

For example, the prince's young master, Jia Yi, the advisor to the Han emperor, was born in this way. He first received training from the great Confucian scholars at Taibai Academy, and then was sent to study abroad in Taixue. He defeated the graduates of the same class and continued to publish papers, so he was sacrificed by Taixue. Jiuzhu became a doctor, and finally successfully entered the Han Emperor's field of vision and entered the center.

Nowadays, there are sixty doctors from Taixue, twenty from Taibai Academy, and ten who have received funding or help from the Bai family. The number of people who enter the central and local areas of Han Dynasty through Taixue is more than ten or twenty every year.

This is also an important source of Bai's control over the Han Dynasty and the place. It is also why even if Bai Jun retreats to the second line, Bai is still one of the indispensable forces of the Han Dynasty, but it is not obvious enough.

"You can't say that. The big man is in a critical period now. The marriage can buy time. When the strength of my big man increases, the Huns will no longer be a problem." Dong Zhongshu said slowly.

"Hmph, even so, as military generals, we feel so aggrieved to see that we have to marry and give gifts even though we have not failed!" Bai Fang gritted his teeth and clenched his fists.

Baizhou looked at the three of them and said, "It's useless to complain here. It's better to improve yourself and enhance the national strength of the Han Dynasty. Otherwise, when the Han Dynasty needs us, we won't be able to stand up."

The three of them all agreed with Baizhou's statement. Baizhou turned around and climbed down the city wall, followed by the three of them.

"Bai Fang, what's the matter with your uncle's visit to Chang'an this time?" Bai Zhou asked the four of them as they walked on the street.

Bai Fang shook his head and said: "No, he just asked me to come to Chang'an to walk around with the Chehous, and to see the situation in the court, so as to cooperate with the next action. Now it seems that it is not the time to attack the Huns. !”

Baizhou said: "I think your Majesty's current intentions are no different from those during the days of Emperor Ren and Emperor Gao. You should focus on preparedness and accumulating strength!"

Bai Fang nodded, and Bai Qi next to him said: "Second brother, you are quite good. You kill enemies at the border every day, and you put me in Chang'an. My hands are so itchy!" He is a Marquis, and he also participated in the first two wars. I really have no chance to participate in such a war! I can only satisfy my greed by killing some horse bandits at the border."

"No, I would rather kill the Huns at the border than those rebels in the Central Plains. There is no challenge at all. If I didn't have to obey the family's strategy, why wouldn't I come here? In addition to training and patrolling every day, I have to Take care of the little things.”

Bai Fang smiled and shook his head, but did not reply.

"Zi Qiang, I never thought that the academy would be willing to select you. Wouldn't a great talent like you have better development in the academy?"

"Your Majesty, I signed up voluntarily!"

"Oh?"

"Even if we have read thousands of books and traveled thousands of miles, if we have not applied them in practice, what is the use? We are Confucians, not Taoists who think about hiding from the world all day long, but to join the world. We need to use what we learn to change the world, right? Isn’t that what you and your family do?”

Bai Zhou smiled and said: "It seems that you and your teacher are really different. Your teacher is such a mediocre person, but he actually taught a student with such high morale as you. It's really rare!"

Dong Zhongshu did not reply, but gave a slight salute. Baizhou said helplessly: "That's okay! I understand. In this way, I will introduce you to Jia Shaofu. If you have any questions or ideas, you can tell him yourself!"

Dong Zhongshu was overjoyed and saluted heavily: "Thank you very much, Your Majesty."

Baizhou helped him up and said with a smile: "You! You are still so polite, haha!"

Han Yuan four years
The old superior Shanyu Jizhou died, and his son, the military minister Shanyu, succeeded to the throne. The military minister Shanyu took the eunuch Zhongxingshuo who was dowed by the Han people as his confidant and actively prepared to attack the Han Dynasty. The Bank of China said that he was a dowry eunuch who was married to a Hun princess. Because the Han sent her to the Huns, he was full of resentment towards the Han emperor and actively persuaded the military minister Chanyu to attack the Han.

In the same year, Emperor Han wanted to build a terrace and summoned craftsmen to calculate the cost. The craftsman said: "After my calculations, it will cost about a hundred gold."

"One hundred gold?" Emperor Han thought for a while and sighed: "One hundred gold is equivalent to the property of ten middle-class families. I serve as the guard of the palaces of Emperor Gao and Emperor Ren, and I am often worried about bringing shame to the two emperors, so why bother building a terrace? What? That’s all, that’s all.”

The craftsman then gave up on the idea.

Han Yuan six years
The military minister Chanyu broke the peace treaty and launched a war against the Han Dynasty. He divided his 60,000 cavalry into two groups, with 30,000 in each group, and invaded Shangjun and Yunzhongjun respectively, killing many of them. The Emperor of the Han Dynasty appointed Lieutenant Bai Qi as General of Hussars to garrison the North; appointed Lieutenant of the Guard Ling Mian as General of Chariots and stationed at Feihu; appointed former Chu State Prime Minister Su Yi as General and stationed at Gouzhu.

He also appointed Zhou Yafu, the governor of Hanoi County, as a general and stationed at Xiliu; appointed Zongzheng Liu Li as a general and stationed the army at Ba Shang; ordered Dian Dianke Jianwen Marquis Su Jian as a general and stationed at Jimen to guard against the barbarians.

At this time, the Huns cavalry had advanced to the edge of Gouzhu, Daidi, and the beacon fire alarms on the border were constantly sounding. Bai Yu, the general of Zhenbei, led his army to block it and defend it to the death. However, the Han army only reached the border area after several months of mobilization. Seeing that the Han army had strengthened its defense and was unable to enter a city for many months, the Huns only wandered in the countryside, so they withdrew outside the fortress. The Han army also stopped its troops and withdrew the police.

The Emperor of the Han Dynasty was worried about the problem of grain and grass on the border. The prince's family ordered Chao Cuo to write a letter saying: "Everyone in the world brings millet to the border in order to be exempted from crime. If they are less than three years old, there will be too much millet." That is to say, the princes were sold at public bidding prices. This method was used to enrich the border defense army, and the Han Emperor agreed.

After the method of importing millet to worship the emperor was implemented, the grain accumulated at the border was enough to last for five years. Later, Chao Cuo suggested that after the grain supply at the border was sufficient, those who imported millet could be sent to the counties, so that the counties would also accumulate millet; the border and counties were both If it is sufficient, the land rent in the world can be exempted, which can reduce the burden of the people.

The Emperor of the Han Dynasty was very satisfied with Chao Cuo's suggestion and ordered that Chao Cuo be granted the title of Prince Shaofu and Jia Yi be promoted to Prince Taifu.

In the same year, there was a severe drought and a plague of locusts.

The Emperor of the Han Dynasty ordered the government to provide disaster relief and at the same time sympathized with the people and issued an edict:
"Order the princes not to pay tribute to the court, open up the mountains, forests and lakes, reduce the number of clothing, vehicles, dogs and horses, etc., reduce the number of ministers, open granaries to provide relief to the poor, and allow private individuals to buy and sell titles. Officials in various places must try their best to help the people. The censor must uphold justice and must not let officials use their hands to cause unnecessary losses to the people."

This year, Emperor Han suddenly became seriously ill, and the Imperial Hospital became busy.

(End of this chapter)