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After Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che succeeded to the throne, Princess Guantao became very powerful because of her meritorious support.

Her daughter Gillian was also successfully crowned queen.

He was favored by Emperor Wu.

It should be said that Princess Guantao is the winner in this battle for storage.

And the secret of her victory is to be good at judging the situation. This is a woman who can skillfully deal with different forces and maneuver to obtain the maximum benefit.

Moreover, he is good at investing in various aspects, and can change camps in time according to the situation.

Although in history Chen Ajiao was disliked by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty because she had no heirs and other reasons, she was eventually abolished.

But from the beginning, the relationship between Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Princess Guantao was very harmonious, and this harmony is the greatest capital of Emperor Wu Liu Che.

After Chen Wu's death, Princess Guantao raised a male favorite, Dong Yan, who was read by the court ministers (especially Dongfang Shuo), and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty still turned a blind eye.

Princess Guantao is the nobleman of Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

With her help, Emperor Wu was able to succeed in ascending the throne.Naturally, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty would not forget this kindness, so he condoned Princess Guantao's various irregular behaviors.

Princess Guantao can "do whatever she wants", which is essentially the result of winning the struggle for imperial power, which is actually the result of an exchange of interests
Let's go back and continue to look at Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

The dynasty founded by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was the most prosperous period of the Western Han Dynasty.It is also the first development peak of the feudal dynasty.

He deserves to be a great talent, literary and martial arts.

He also became one of the great emperors in Chinese history.In addition, Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty was the first emperor in China to use a year name.

During his reign, the reign titles used were: Jianyuan, Yuanguang, Yuanshuo, Yuanshou, Yuanding, Yuanfeng, Taichu, Tianhan, Taishi, Zhenghe, and Houyuan.

"Hanshu" commented on Liu Che's "great talent and general strategy".

"Posthumous Posthumous Law" says "Wei Qiang Ruide is called Wu".

At the beginning of his accession to the throne, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty continued the policy of preserving health and benefiting the people that his father had implemented during his lifetime.

To further weaken the power of the princes, promulgate the favor order proposed by the minister Zhu Fuyan, and use the legal system to promote the princes to divide the princes into princes, so that the princes' fiefdoms had to be reduced by themselves.

At the same time, he set up a governor to monitor the place.

Private businesses such as iron smelting, salt cooking, and wine making were compiled and managed by the central government, and vassal states were prohibited from casting money, so that financial power was concentrated in the central government.

He listened to Dong Zhongshu's suggestion, "Abolish all schools of thought, and only respect Confucianism" means to regard Confucianism as feudal orthodoxy.

Scholars who adhere to legalists, Taoism and other theories are all rejected.

Emperor Wu also vigorously promoted Confucianism education and held Taixue in Chang'an.

Taixue is the highest institution of learning in ancient China. It takes the Five Classics of Confucianism as its main teaching materials and does not study other theories.

"Abolishing a hundred schools of thought and respecting Confucianism alone" has dominated the stage of Chinese traditional culture for more than two thousand years and has been highly praised by rulers of all dynasties.

However, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did not restrict the development of other schools, but vigorously advocated the development of Confucianism and the combination of Confucianism and Legalism, which is the so-called "Confucianism and Law".

For example, Xiahou Shichang studied Confucianism and was familiar with Yin-Yang and Five Elements School; Prime Minister Gongsun Hong also ruled Confucianism and Legalism;

Under a series of policies, the political arena of the Han Dynasty showed a prosperous situation.

And for an emperor, after Wen ruled, it was martial arts.

Therefore, after Liu Che succeeded to the throne, he first quelled the turmoil in the southern Minyue Kingdom.

Set out to replace the humiliating peace with military means to completely solve the threat of the Huns in the north.

However, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty adopted both hard and soft means to the outside world. On the one hand, he ended the kinship policy towards the Xiongnu since the Battle of Mayi in 133 BC.

He began to formally declare war on the Xiongnu, sent Wei Qing and Huo Qubing successively to conquer, relieved the threat of the Xiongnu, recaptured Hetao and the Hexi Corridor, expanded the territory of the Western Regions, put the Xiongnu in a passive position, and guaranteed the economic and cultural development of the north.

In the sixth year of Yuanguang (129 B.C.), the Xiongnu sent troops to the south again, and the striker pointed directly at Shanggu (now Huailai County, Hebei Province).

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty decisively appointed Wei Qing as the chariot general to fight against the Huns.

When using troops this time, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty dispatched four groups to attack.

The chariot general Wei Qing went straight out of Shanggu, the cavalry general Gongsun Ao sent troops from Daijun (Zhidai County, now Datong, Shanxi, and Yu County, Hebei), and the light chariot general Gongsun He sent troops from Yunzhong (now northeast of Tuoketuo, Inner Mongolia). General Li Guang sent troops from Yanmen.The generals of the four routes each led [-] cavalry.

Wei Qing went out for the first time and went straight to Longcheng (the place where the Huns sacrificed their ancestors).When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty saw that only Wei Qing had returned victoriously, he appreciated it very much and granted him the title of Marquis of Guannei.

In the autumn of 128 BC (the first year of Yuanshuo), the Xiongnu cavalry went south in a large scale. They first broke through the west of Liaoxi, killed the prefect of Liaoxi, and defeated Han Anguo, the general of Yuyang, and looted more than 2000 people.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent Li Guang to guard You Beiping (now southwest of Lingyuan, Liaoning Province), while the Xiongnu soldiers avoided Li Guang and entered the fortress from Yanmen Pass to attack the northern border counties of the Han Dynasty.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent Wei Qing to go out again, and Li Xi sent troops from Daijun to attack the Xiongnu from behind.

Wei Qing led [-] cavalry to drive forward to the front line.Wei Qing himself took the lead, and the soldiers fought bravely to be the first.Killed and captured thousands of enemies, the Huns were defeated and fled.

In 127 BC (the second year of Yuanshuo), the Xiongnu assembled a large number of troops and attacked Shanggu and Yuyang.

Emperor Wu sent Wei Qing to lead an army to attack Henan (the Yellow River Hetao area), which had been occupied by the Huns for a long time.

This was the first major battle of the Western Han Dynasty against the Huns.

Wei Qing led an army of [-] from Yunzhong, went westward to the rear of the Xiongnu army, quickly captured Gaoque (now Inner Mongolia Hangjin Rear Banner), and cut off the Huns stationed in Henan.

Wei Qing led fine cavalry, flying troops southward to the west of Longxian County, forming a siege to King Baiyang and King Loufan.

Seeing that the situation was not going well, King Baiyang and King Loufan of the Xiongnu led their troops to flee in panic.

The Han army captured thousands of enemy soldiers alive, seized more than 100 million livestock, and completely controlled the Hetao area.

Because the water and grass in this area are fertile and the situation is dangerous, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty built Shuofang City (now northwest of Hangjin Banner, Inner Mongolia), set up Shuofang County and Wuyuan County, and moved 10 people from the inland to settle there. He also restored the building built by Meng Tian in Qin Dynasty. Frontier fortifications and fortifications along the river.

The Xiongnu were not reconciled to the defeat in Henan, so they sent troops many times within a few years, but they were all blocked by the Han army.

In the spring of 124 BC (the fifth year of Yuan Shuo), Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ordered Wei Qing to set off from Gaoque with [-] cavalry; , Zhang Cigong led his troops from You Beiping.

King Youxian of the Xiongnu thought that the Han army was far away and could not come for a while, so he relaxed his vigilance.

Wei Qing led the army to march six to seven hundred li in a hurry, taking advantage of the dark night to surround the camp of King Youxian.

When Emperor Wu received the battle report, he was overjoyed, and sent a special envoy to the army with a seal to worship Wei Qing as a general, and granted him Shiyi, and all the generals were under his command.Wei Qing's three sons were still in their infancy, and they were also named Liehou by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

Wei Qing was very modest, and resolutely declined, saying: "I am honored to be in the army, relying on your majesty's spirit, our army won the victory, this is all due to the hard work of the soldiers.

Your Majesty has sealed my Shiyi. My son is still young and has no merit, but Your Majesty divided the land and made them Marquis.

After several blows, the Huns are still rampant.

Entering Daidi, attacking Yanmen, plundering Dingxiang (now Dingxiang, Shanxi Province) and Shangjun (now southeast of Suide County, Shaanxi Province).In February of the sixth year of Yuanshuo (124 BC), Emperor Wu of Han ordered Wei Qing to attack the Xiongnu.

Gongsun Ao is the middle general, Gongsun He is the left general, Zhao Xin is the former general, Su Jian is the right general, Li Guang is the rear general, and Li Ju is the strong crossbow general. Departing from Dingxiang, they marched hundreds of miles northward and wiped out thousands of Xiongnu troops.

In this battle, Wei Qing's nephew Huo Qubing led 800 fine cavalry to participate in the battle for the first time and captured the Hetao area.