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

Chapter 294 Bai and Liu dance together, side affairs
Bai Shi had already expected Liu Xiu's request, and he came in person this time to completely dispel the Liu family's scruples about the Bai family, because Bai Shi felt more and more that the Liu family had firmly established the world.

Bai Shi knelt down and bowed slightly: "Your Majesty, as you said, you are the son of God, and I, the Bai family, bear the mission of God, and that mission is China, which was created by my ancestor Xia Yu.

Your Han is the successor of Chinese orthodoxy and a herdsman chosen by God. Bai's help to the Han is in compliance with the destiny of Heaven. Bai and Liu's support of each other is in line with the people's will, so you don't have to worry too much.

I, the king of the Bai Kingdom and the head of the Bai family, can hereby make a solemn promise to you. As long as the Han Dynasty does not do anything that harms China or harms the people, the Bai family and the Bai Kingdom will become your most steadfast allies, even if the sun and moon are upside down and the mountains and rivers are overturned.

In order to express our attitude, I decided to present to the library in Luoyang five hundred sets of unique classics from the Zhou Dynasty; a set of chimes cast during the Zhou Dynasty; a pair of flawless jade with dragons and phoenixes carved inside, excavated in Taihang and made by the Bai family; There are a total of 300 students from Bai Academy and Taibai Academy. "

Liu Xiu was very satisfied with Bai Shi's attitude and Bai's gifts.

The unique classics and ancient chimes represent the Bai family's recognition of the Liu family's rule and their willingness to continue investing in the Liu family to increase the Han's cultural heritage and produce more talents loyal to the Han in the future.

The dragon and phoenix flawless jade represents the recognition of himself, the queen and even the prince's status, ensuring that after Liu Xiu's death, the Bai family will continue to support the Han's various tasks.

The three hundred students of Taibai and Bai Academy are even more unexpected. Today, there are three top universities in the world, Taixue in Luoyang, Bai Academy in Chaoge (Bai Academy), and Taibai Academy (Bai Academy) in Taihang Mountain. Two of them Everything is in the hands of Bai Guo, and the Bai family's background can be seen.

Liu Xiu has always been open to talents, especially top talents from Bai Xue and Bai Yuan. They not only have talents, but also have outstanding conduct.

Although Liu Xiu abolished many government offices and counties, resulting in many redundant officials, Liu Xiu was still very lacking in elite talents.

Liu Xiu stood up, very happy, and proudly raised the wine bottle to the white room and said: "King Bai, I have received your gift and your kindness. I accept your gift. I can promise you here that as long as Bai Shi The Bai family will live up to the Han Dynasty, the Bai family will not oppose the Liu family, the Bai family will enjoy the glory of the Han Dynasty with the Liu family, and the Bai family will truly retire with the Han family.

Come, the descendants of the Liu family here, grab your wine. May the Han Dynasty be with the Bai family, may the Liu family and the Bai family prosper forever, and may the Han family never decline! "

After speaking, he drank all the wine in the wine bottle in one gulp.

"May the Han Dynasty be with the Bai family, may the Liu family and the Bai family be prosperous, and may the Han Dynasty never decline forever!"

The Liu family's descendants present stood up, followed Liu Xiu and finished speaking to the white room, and drank the wine in one gulp.

Bai Shi also stood up, raised his wine bottle and saluted Liu Xiu in return: "May the Bai family be with the Han Dynasty, may the Bai family and the Liu family prosper forever, and may the Han Dynasty never decline!"

He bowed slightly to the princes and kings on the field, and then drank it all in one gulp.

When Liu Xiu saw this, he laughed loudly and said: "Great benevolent man, come, play music and dance!"

"Dang! Dang! Dang!" The chimes sounded, followed by the music of silk and bamboo orchestras, and then the dancers filed in. They danced to the luxurious music, and the atmosphere on the field suddenly became heated. .

Jianwu twenty-four years
Continuous natural disasters such as drought, locust plagues and plagues successively attacked the grasslands of the Xiongnu country. There were countless dead and injured Xiongnu people, and almost half of the Xiongnu country was empty. Coupled with the cold weather, the strength of the Xiongnu country dropped again and again.

If the Xiongnu were still a unified empire like they were during the Maodun period, they would definitely go south to plunder the Han Dynasty and seek a way out to survive. But they were unable to do so. Years of internal struggle and the intervention of the Han Dynasty caused them to split into de facto Two parts.

One is the Southern Xiongnu who want to rely on the Han Dynasty. They jointly support Huhanxie Chanyu's grandson Rizhu Wangbi as the Xiongnu Chanyu. Most of the Xiongnu nobles believe that the Han Dynasty is powerful and it is not wise to fight against it. , only surrendering to them may be able to find a way for them to survive.

One group is the Northern Xiongnu who want to maintain their independence. They are mainly Punu Chanyu. They occupy the vast Mobei grassland. However, the farther north, the colder the climate becomes, so their development has been severely restricted.

They believe that the Han is the biggest enemy of the Huns, but now that the Huns are invincible, they can only use a slow-down strategy to seek peace with the Han. They will first rely on the Han to restore their strength, then annex the traitorous Southern Xiongnu, and finally restore the former glory of the Huns.

Beginning in the 16th year of Jianwu, the Southern Xiongnu continued to submit submissions to the Han Dynasty, but Liu Xiu refused to submit them because the strength of the Han Dynasty had not recovered.

Nowadays, the climate in the north is getting more and more difficult. If they don't agree, the Southern Huns will fall to the Northern Huns. Moreover, after several years of hard work, the strength of the Han Dynasty has been greatly developed. As of this year, the world's population has exceeded 30 million, and the cultivated fields have met the basic needs of the Han Dynasty.

Of course, these extra 10 million people did not increase naturally. The natural increase only accounts for a very small part. Most of them were the people who fled into the mountains and were reorganized by the imperial court into the common people. Those people who fled after Wang Mang's chaos We went down the mountain again and joined the mighty production.

In this case, Liu Xiu was prepared to accept the Southern Xiongnu's overtures and provide him with some basic materials, which would also set up a very strong barrier between the Northern Xiongnu and the Han.

August
The Xiongnu Ri Zhu Wang Bi once again asked the Governor of Xihe to annex him. Liu Xiu brought the matter to the court for discussion. In the end, Wu Guan Zhonglang rejected all opinions and advocated that Geng Guoli be admitted based on the "Xiao Xuan Story". As a great Han and A barrier between the Northern Huns.

Finally, Liu Xiu assigned the Hetao grassland to the Huns who surrendered to the Southern Huns for grazing.

September
Ri Zhu Wangbi, who was clearly accepted by the Han Dynasty, broke through the blockade of Pu Nu Shanyu and led more than 40,000 Huns all the way south to the Hetao Grassland. Relying on the Han Dynasty, he successfully repulsed Pu Nu Shanyu. The pursuers sent by Yu set up accounts here.

After the situation was stable, King Bi of Rizhu announced to the Huns that he would establish himself as Chanyu, take over his father's title, call himself Hanxie Chanyu, formally break with Punu Chanyu, and send his son to Luoyang to learn advanced techniques. culture.

In order to protect the Huhanxie Chanyubi from being destroyed by the Punu Chanyu, the Han Dynasty appointed Geng Gong as the Huns Zhonglang General and led five thousand troops to station in Gaoque City in the Hetao area.

Seeing that they could not do anything, the Northern Huns had no choice but to suffer the loss of being dumb. However, since Huhanxie Chanyu Binan surrendered, the situation in the entire north suddenly changed drastically.

Talents with forward-looking vision could see that the resurgence of the Han Dynasty was unstoppable, so they began to be in harmony with the Northern Huns.

First, a large number of Xiongnu tribes who could not bear the climate took refuge in Huhanxie Chanyubi and settled in the Hetao grassland. The strength of the Northern Xiongnu was once again damaged.

Secondly, the Wuhuan people who were controlled by the Northern Huns broke away from control and chose to defect to the Han Dynasty. Liu Xiu immediately sent the Wuhuan captain to protect Wuhuan, leading a thousand troops and stationed in Baicheng in the north of Yuyang County.

The Xianbei people who emerged in the eastern part of the Xiongnu also broke away from the control of the northern Xiongnu and began to continuously attack the northern Xiongnu. In addition, after retreating to Mobei, the social economy shrank greatly and their strength was greatly weakened. The Punu Chanyu had no choice but to send troops many times. The envoy asked the Eastern Han Dynasty for peace.

First, he was afraid that the Northern Expedition of the Han Dynasty would make the already poor Northern Huns even worse; second, he wanted to instigate and destroy the relationship between the Han Dynasty and the Southern Huns; third, he wanted to raise his reputation in the Western Regions, after all, the Han Dynasty was The Western Regions are still very prestigious; fourthly, they want to establish a mutual market with the Han Dynasty through marriage and exchange needed materials.

Faced with the humiliating attitude of the Northern Huns, Liu Xiu was not confused by it. He fully understood the wolfish ambitions of the Huns. Even the Southern Huns who had attached themselves to the Han Dynasty had no choice but to do so. If one day the Han Dynasty Weakened, they will definitely come forward to take a bite.

The twenty-seventh year of Jianwu
The Northern Huns once again sent envoys to request peace with the Han Dynasty. Langling Marquis Zanggong and Yangxu Marquis Mawu believed that this was the time when the Northern Huns were at their weakest, so they wrote: "Please take advantage of the split of the Huns and the weakening of the Northern Huns to send troops. Destroy them and achieve 'the merit of carving stones for eternity'."

But Liu Xiu had different opinions. First, the Han Dynasty was in the recovery stage at this time. If he rashly raised troops, it would inevitably interrupt a series of domestic policy measures and be detrimental to the long-term development of the Han Dynasty;
Secondly, Xianbei in the north is now on the rise, occupying a vast area north of Wuhuan and east of the Xiongnu Kingdom. If there had not been a Xianbei king, I am afraid that the northern Xiongnu would have been unable to withstand Xianbei's attack.

Therefore, Liu Xiu believes that not only cannot we send troops to destroy them, but we need limited support. After all, the Han Dynasty cannot reach that far. If the Northern Huns are destroyed, a new nation will inevitably occupy the pastures of the Northern Huns, and this nation has a large It may be Xianbei.

By then, the Xianbei will occupy vast pastures and will inevitably move south due to the influence of the climate. This will form a large nomadic empire that is more powerful and troublesome than the Northern Huns.

Now that the Northern Huns are at the end of their war effort, they can keep him until the big man frees up his hands and can easily destroy them. For the current plan, let him first curb Xianbei's further expansion.

So Liu Xiu issued an edict: "There is no good governance in the country today, disasters are endless, and the people can't protect themselves, and they want to go far away! It's better to calm the people."

He asked Yousi to reply to the Huns envoys and rejected their request for peace, but agreed to establish a number of mutual markets between the two countries' borders and did not prohibit the exchanges between the people of the two sides in the mutual markets.

However, the Han Dynasty still had very strict control over strategic materials. Only a small amount of iron products flowed into the Xiongnu country to prevent them from being destroyed by Xianbei.

(End of this chapter)