sweeping the world

Chapter 966 State Affairs and Family Affairs
Not long after Xie Ai left Liu Yan's resting place, he came back soon.

The scale of Miyagi is very large, about six out of ten is actually the office area of ​​imperial officials, only three out of ten belongs to Liu Yan's private palace area and Linyuan area.

The servants did not have a special official office. Their role positioning and scope of responsibility determined where the emperor often went, and the office location would move there.

Xie Aihui would come back again, and he was the one who was notified when he returned to the office. There was a new battle report from northern Xinjiang.

Attendant is the only official position who can freely walk around the palace city without a badge, and he can also meet the emperor anytime and anywhere.This is something that even the previous prime minister could not do, or if the prime minister dared to do this, a powerful or rebellious minister would be immediately labeled on his head.

"The battle happened seventeen days ago." Xie Ai stood aside respectfully, his eyes were not fixed on Liu Yan who was holding the memorial, but he lowered his head: "I congratulate the great man, and congratulate Your Majesty!"

This time the use of troops against the nomadic tribes in northern Xinjiang was not large in scale, but it did use two generals with the word "Zheng", and the first batch of organic firearms troops were put into combat. As the emperor, Liu Yan When news is sent back, you should review it as soon as possible.

"So, there is no Xianbei tribe in the world anymore?" After reading the joint report of Li Tan and Lu Tai, Liu Yan didn't get too obsessed with the details of the battle, and was more interested in other things: "Tuoba's remnants defected, Show the sincerity of surrender. Murong's remnants took the opportunity to attack the tribes behind the tribes, and fled to the northwest after looting?"

Regarding the matter of Tuoba Remnant's belonging to the Han Empire, Liu Yan needs to nod in order to proceed.He more or less accepted Tuoba Remnant's attachment for the sake of Tuoba Xiu, but he didn't make any promises, and repeatedly pointed out that even if Tuoba's remnant made contributions, it was only in exchange for a chance to survive.

"Your Majesty, Tuoba Han should have revealed it to Murong Ke in private." Xie Ai didn't use a guessing tone at all, but said with certainty: "That's why Murong's remnants made this move."

In the report, it was written that the remnants of Murong gave up the family name of Xianbei, and even mentioned that Murong gave up his original surname. Liu Yan's first sight when he saw Murong Ke choosing "Ashina" as the new surname of the family was actually A little dazed.

"Ashina means a noble wolf in grassland language." Xie Ai had to remind: "They are evil-minded, and still have wolf ambitions!"

Liu Yan didn't care too much about what Ashina meant in the grassland language family. The reason why he was stunned for a while was that he was the only one who knew what the surname "Ashina" really meant.

[Murong's changed to Ashina's? ] Liu Yan fell into deep thought: [Is it true that Murong Xianbei withdrew from the Central Plains in history and changed from the Murong family to the Ashina family?They used Turkic as their clan name, staged a comeback? 】

When Li Tan and Lu Tai joined forces, it was snowing season over there.

According to common sense, it is basically not suitable for military operations after it starts to snow. Be conservative and wait for the warm spring and flowers to bloom in the coming year, or even wait until the horses and livestock are fattened up again in the autumn of the new year.

This is not the first time that the Han army has continued to use troops in winter. After Li Tan negotiated with Lu Tai, it was decided that instead of the entire corps pressing in, the elite cavalry would first attack the coalition camp on the grassland, and then use the follow-up elite cavalry to block the enemy's retreat. style of play.

It was in such a snowy weather that the five thousand elite cavalry of the Han army launched a sudden attack on the garrison of the coalition forces on the grassland. After the battle started, the remnants of Tuoba did not respond immediately. The remnants of Tuoba received instructions from the commander of the Han army Take the lead in running away.

The remnants of Tuoba fled first because they thought of a role, one of which was to hit the morale of the grassland coalition forces, and the second was to let more grassland coalition forces subconsciously follow him.

The grassland coalition forces that were suddenly attacked subconsciously followed the remnants of Tuoba to break out in the same direction. They ran into the Han army who had been waiting for a long time before running ten miles. They fought against the other grassland coalition forces when they were dumbfounded. The sluggish and bewildered grassland coalition forces collapsed immediately.

The Grassland Allied Forces never thought that Tuoba's remnants would do that.

According to the understanding of Yu Jiulubati and A Fulijian, the remnants of Tuoba and the Han Empire are life and death enemies. The remnants of Tuoba, who were beaten so badly by the Han army, should have surrendered long ago. This time, the remnants of Tuoba are again Being chased and fleeing, coming to join them is to fight the Han army desperately.

What Rouran Khan and the leader of Donggaoche didn't even expect was that Murong's remnants acted even more ruthlessly. They actually attacked all the tribes they could find after retreating, plundered the population and livestock, and continued looting and looting along the way to the northwest. annexation.

What happened has already happened, and Liu Yan is not surprised that the Northern Expedition will win.

Now it seems that something unexpected happened?Murong Ke not only gave up the family name of Xianbei, but even changed his surname as soon as he wanted to.

"Interesting..." Liu Yan is not sure if this Ashina is that Ashina: "It is rumored that the places further north are shrouded in ice and snow all the year round. What about the northwest?"

The Central Plains Dynasty has always used a wide range of "grassland" to understand beyond the Great Wall, but in fact, the understanding of "grassland" is seriously insufficient.

Even the Western Han Dynasty, which once entered the grassland to a depth of more than [-] miles, was not particular about recording the grassland, and often used some specious descriptions, such as "a thousand miles away", "boundless", "extremely desolate", etc. adjective.

Liu Yan's knowledge of grasslands is more than that of current people, but the amount is relatively limited.In his impression, the so-called grasslands are Inner Mongolia and Outer Mongolia, and Siberia is farther away. Since he didn't go deeper in person, he needed to send someone to explore if he wanted to know more.

The so-called Monan and Mobei are because of the existence of that desert, referring to the southern desert and the northern desert.

The scouts of the Han army went deep into the grassland again and again, and found out that from the front to the north, you need to trek through a desert to get to Mobei. If you go northwest, you will be blocked by a swamp, and there are dense forests everywhere to the east.

"The remnants of Murong headed to the northwest?" Liu Yan recalled. It is Siberia in modern times, and the appearance is either mountains or swamps: "Is there any sign that they have conducted investigations beforehand?"

Xie Ai replied honestly: "The minister will send someone to confirm."

Liu Yan was silent for a while, mainly thinking about whether it is necessary to send troops to chase and kill.

"Your Majesty, Murong's remnants are heading northwest." What Xie Ai knew was that the northwest was Xigaoche's territory: "I'm afraid Xigaoche would not accept their actions."

"The speed of news transmission is not so fast." What Liu Yan said is also the truth. If the events that happened a hundred miles away at the beginning of this year had not been left to spy in advance, it might take three or four months to get the news.He hypothesized: "The remnants of Murong have already found a route through the swamp. When the news reaches Xigaoche, I'm afraid they've finished what they should do."

Liu Yan is now wondering why those nomads who were defeated in the east chose to migrate westward?The Huns did this in the past, and so does Murong Xianbei now.

Xie Ai understood it from Liu Yan's address.Since Liu Yan continued to address Murong Remnant, it meant that he had no intention of letting them go.He should have disclosed this matter to Zhongshu Sheng, and let Zhongshu Sheng plan the follow-up of the pursuit.

Changing a name means that everything that happened before has become a thing of the past?If Murong Ke wanted to express such a meaning, he was either stupid and naive, or he didn't understand Zhu Xia's culture at all.

No, it can't be called Murong Ke now, it should be Ashina Ke, or Ke Ashina.

Liu Yan thought for a while after Xie Ai left, and then drove to the concubine De of the harem.

Tuobaxiu was not at all psychologically prepared for Liu Yan's sudden arrival, and led Liu Yan into the palace after welcoming him.She prepared the tea set and tea leaves by herself, but did not ask Liu Yan what he was here for.

Liu Yan sat down, and after not sitting for a while, he changed to half-lying, quietly watching Tuobaxiu busy.

This palace is located in the north of the palace harem, and there is a river as the dividing line between the harem and the rest of the palace city.

Looking out from the tower, the farthest you can see is a city wall three miles away, and that side is actually one of the many corridors in the palace city.

Under the snow-covered weather, the guards on duty in Miyagi stood quietly outside covered in white snow. If they were assigned to be on duty above the city wall, they would have to drink some hot soup to keep warm after get off work.

Liu Yan's eyes have always been good. Although he is far away and there are snowflakes in the middle that obstruct his vision, he can still see the blurred silhouette of the guard standing on the city wall holding a halberd.

"Your Majesty." Tuobaxiu handed over the teacup in his hand, and said, "The spring water has been boiled three times, and the tea will be the most delicious. The tea is His Majesty's favorite Dahongpao."

Liu Yan was in a daze for a moment.

The tea comes from Piyang County, Luling County in the far south. It is produced in a mountain range (Wuyi Mountain), but whether it is the Dahongpao of later generations needs to be questioned.

"Your Majesty has something on your mind?" Tuobaxiu just asked casually, and sat beside Liu Yan, just because she didn't want to get an answer, she continued on her own: "Yin'er and Fu'er are playing outside, but Do you want them to come over?"

Liu Yin is the eldest daughter of Liu Yan, and also the eldest daughter of the emperor of the Han Empire, born of Tuobaxiu.

Liu Fu is Liu Yan's fourth daughter, and her biological mother is Sang Miao.

They are now an 11-year-old and a nine-year-old.

"En." Liu Yan has always been more casual when he came to Tuobaxiu's side, and he came as easily as he wanted.He asked curiously, "The imperial concubine came here just now?"

"It was Huang Cui who brought Fu'er to play with Yin'er." Tuo Baxiu said that Huang Cui was one of Sang Miao's female officials.She gave instructions to the maid next to her, poured a cup of tea for Liu Yan again, and said with a smile, "They get along pretty well."

Liu Yan now has as many as 31 children, the oldest is the 11-year-old eldest daughter Liu Yin, and the youngest is a daughter who was born just three months ago.

The birth mother of the youngest princess is Pars Alizoa, who was originally a saint of Zoroastrianism, and was dedicated to Liu Yan in the 11th year of Yuanshuo.

More than ten years have passed, but there are only 31 children. It can be said that Liu Yan's thoughts were all on the national war in the early years. Such achievements are difficult to conquer after the eighth year of Yuanshuo. The more the country is getting more and more On Tracks.

More than half of the 31 children were born after the ninth year of Yuanshuo. It can be seen that once the ruler is relatively idle, he will inevitably get close to women.

Not long after, the two princesses came over under the guidance of their respective maids.

When they came over and saw Liu Yan, they immediately showed surprise expressions, saluted decently and said, "Royal father."

Liu Yan stared at the past, his face didn't deliberately show any sensuality, he just looked calmly at his daughter who wanted to get close but didn't dare.

When Liu Yin was very young, Liu Yan loved her the most.That is a kind of feeling unique to a new father when he treats his first child.

Waiting for Liu Yin to grow up slowly, Liu Yan is also getting more and more busy, and the time for contact gradually becomes less and less.

"Come here." Tuobaxiu waved her hands: "You two have been talking about wanting to see the emperor, but today is gone."

With Tuobaxiu's encouragement, the two little girls plucked up the courage to approach.

"What were you playing just now?" Liu Yan smiled, and pulled the two girls to his side one by one: "There are snowflakes on your body, did you run outside?"

Almost as soon as Liu Yan's words fell, the maids who came in with the emperor all bowed their heads and knelt down, and those who were too timid even trembled all over.

It's snowing, the emperor's daughters with golden branches and jade leaves, if they go outside and catch the wind and cold, even if the maids serving them are not sunken, they will inevitably be sent to Yeting.

"Father, I'm going to teach my sister how to make a snowman." Liu Yin first spoke in a low voice, then thought of something fun and then slowly raised her voice: "It's fun."

Tuobaxiu waved her hand just now to let the kneeling court lady back out.

It was something that Tuobaxiu agreed to for the two princesses to go out and build a snowman.In her opinion, children should be wild, and if they are careful in everything, they will raise a bunch of pampered and frail children.

Liu Yan wants to say that it is impossible to get along with flesh and blood without warmth, but he usually doesn't show anything, not just because of his reserve as a father, but more out of protection for his children.

It may sound absurd, but the reality is often so absurd. Once Liu Yan shows more doting to a certain child, there will definitely be a large group of messy people around that child, and accidents are usually those who come together People get it out.

In the royal family, doting on the princess is one thing, but showing different love to the princes other than the prince will inevitably bring disaster to Xiao Qiang.

Liu Yan took the title of the country as "Han", and worried more than once whether it would be like the Han Dynasty, such as the eldest princess doing politics, so he should be more cautious.

"Your Majesty, empress. Concubine Shu, Concubine Gui, and Concubine Xian brought the princes and daughters to the outside of the palace."

As soon as Liu Yan heard this, he left and looked at Tuobaxiu.

Tuobaxiu also subconsciously looked at Liu Yan.

At that moment Liu Yan was frowning, he felt that those women were too deliberate.

Tuobaxiu couldn't laugh or cry, but she was more or less proud in her heart. If Liu Yan came to the harem, would she choose to relax?
(End of this chapter)