Hanhou

After the family members entered the palace, the Changle Palace sent people to teach them, and the Queen Mother couldn't intervene at all.Because Liu Che and Empress Dowager Dou had a tacit understanding, Wang Zhi felt unwilling and still had nothing to do.

The only thing to be happy about is that Tian Fu sent the news that all the beauties he found had entered the palace.After the family members have learned the rules, it is not difficult to try to let her see the emperor as the queen mother of Wang Zhi.

It's a pity that Wang Zhi didn't know that these beauties were found by Tian Fu, but behind them was the shadow of Liu Ling, the princess of Huainan.The eunuch who chooses gets his will early on, and the courtiers who teach are also given secret orders to strictly "care" them at all times.

Before Liu Che takes action against King Huainan, people will stay in Yongxiang, creating the illusion of muddling through.However, being labeled as a "spy" is destined to be confined in a remote place, unable to send news, let alone send it to the emperor.

There is no need to deliberately look for faults, there are so many beauties in the palace, there are so many beauties in the palace, there is no beauty, and you accidentally offend and teach the palace people, you are suppressed openly and secretly, and it is not uncommon to die of old age in Yongxiang.

"Maoshi is getting up, don't delay."

Among the sons of good families who entered the palace, the sons of the upper family and the middle family all regarded it as fighting food. Although they were not among the concubines, their status was higher than that of ordinary palace people.Give out silk clothes and reward delicacies, all before the next family.

The palace people taught the rules, distinguished the upper, middle, and lower families, and their attitudes were obviously different.To the sons of the upper family who are delicate in appearance, enchanting in figure, or have noble fathers and brothers, they are always somewhat polite.

All of this, the descendants of the next family saw it, but they dared not speak out.

They are often reprimanded by the palace people for not learning fast enough, and they are even punished for making mistakes.No matter how obedient Wei Zifu is, he is looked down upon by others because of his status. Even if the palace people don't find fault, the family members in the same room will vent their anger on her.

Overnight, she seemed to have returned to the Marquis Mansion of Pingyang, the days when her mother was a house boy and she was called around by others.

Lying on the couch at night, rubbing his swollen ankles and knees, thinking of all the things he had suffered in the palace, Wei Zifu felt regretful.But that's the end of the matter, and regrets won't help.The only thing she can do is climb up, no matter the cost.

But she overlooked one point, which of the family members entering the palace does not want to be favored by the emperor and be rich and honored?

The family background is not obvious, the appearance of the city is not beautiful, and there is no background behind him. The only brother who can be relied on is now divorced.Like a palace man who has been guarding Yongxiang for decades and whose hair turns into white hair, Wei Zifu's expectation may eventually be a big dream.

The wind blows through Yongxiang, rustling.

The cold moon hangs high in the sky, and the silver light falls on the Han Palace.

In the long night, I don't know how many beauties can't sleep, weeping in their dreams.

In Changle Palace, the lights are brightly lit at this moment.

Because of the envoy of the Huns, Liu Che summoned his subjects to discuss in the proclamation room, and all the meals were served by the palace servants.

When the lights came on, the door of the announcement room was still closed.The palace gate was about to close, and Wei Wan, Dou Ying, Zhi Buyi and Wang Hui walked out together.Zhao Jia, Wei Yue and Han Yan are still staying in the palace, presumably they want to have a long talk with the emperor all night.

Liu Che didn't go to Jiaofang Palace, Chen Jiao simply didn't go back, and stayed in Changle Palace to accompany Empress Dowager Dou.

After feeding, the advocates played new music, the singers sang new songs, comedians and dwarfs tried their best to show off the beauty of the Empress Dowager Bodou.

Advocates in the Han Dynasty specifically referred to musicians, which is completely different from the meaning after the Tang Dynasty.If not, Guantao would not dare to choose his daughters to contribute, let alone change their nationality.

The comedians danced and danced, accompanied by cheerful music, telling allegorical anecdotes, and imitating various birdsong and beast roars, which finally made Queen Dowager Dou laugh.

"reward!"

The palace people brought copper coins and silk, and the musicians, singers and comedians bowed down to receive the rewards, and then followed the eunuchs out of the palace.Unlike the performance, there was no sound at all during the action, and the footsteps were barely audible.

After everyone retreated, the palace people rekindled the incense.

Empress Dowager Dou leaned on the couch, moistened her throat with honey water, and said, "Jiaojiao, in half a month, Yongxiang should finish teaching the rules. What are your plans?"

"I'll listen to my aunt." Chen Jiao said with a smile.Neither the demeanor nor the tone of voice was forced at all, as if he was talking about trivial matters.

"You can't be too caring, it's easy to get separated from the emperor. You can't be too caring, it's hard to guarantee that someone will take advantage of the loopholes and become Shen Ji's generation."

The concubine Shen mentioned by Empress Dowager Dou was the favorite concubine of Emperor Wen. She was beautiful and capable of singing and dancing, and was named his wife.When he was most favored, he could even sit at the same table with Queen Mother Dou.

"Shenji is beautiful and obedient, and Emperor Taizong loves her very much. After she was named madam, she was very respectful to me, and she was even more filial to Empress Dowager Bo." Empress Dowager Dou closed her eyes slightly, with a smile still on her face, but it made people feel chills down the spine, "Respectful Respectful, gentle and filial, you can't find any faults. It's a pity that you have no sons and no daughters, so you can't go any further."

Chen Jiao didn't make a sound, her expression gradually changed as she carefully read what Empress Dowager Dou said.

"Jiaojiao, remember what I said today. The women in the Han Palace have two more faces. No matter how docile the surface is, they will not lack ambition."

"Beautiful and arrogant like Li Ji, it is not a worry to be favored. A little bit of manipulation will make her die without a place to bury her. Your mother was blinded by power and misunderstood Wang Zhi. Fortunately, she was not completely stupid. This time Most of the ones that come in are like this."

"The most difficult thing to control is the meekness and kindness on the surface, which makes people find no mistakes, but there is no shortage of calculations behind it. Like Wang Zhi, he can always seize the opportunity and let himself go one step further."

"Mother, will it be the same in Yongxiang?" Chen Jiao said.

"Yes." Empress Dou said firmly, "Jiaojiao, you are the queen, and you have the Dou family and the Chen family behind you. Salt and iron and the benefits of minting coins. When all this is over, you will face more difficulties than I did back then, and even more than Bo."

"Mother, please teach me." Chen Jiao leaned towards Queen Mother Dou and said softly.

"Have you seen the fighting beast?" Queen Mother Dou did not answer directly, but changed the subject.

"Beast?"

"Both dogs and pheasants can fight. Imprisoned in a cage, fight with their lives, the winner will get food and water, the loser will die, and even fall into the belly." Queen Dowager Dou caressed Chen Jiao's hair and said in a deep voice, " What you have to do is not to participate in it yourself, but to be a spectator, hold a thorn in your hand, control the situation, let it live, it will live, let it die, it will die."

Speaking of this, Empress Dowager Dou paused, and said: "As long as Dou and Chen are here, your mother will not be confused. Even if I am not here, for the sake of kinship, the emperor will still treat you kindly."

"Mother, what should I do if I don't have a child?"

"It doesn't matter." Empress Dowager Dou laughed softly, "The Bo family has no children, so they still sit firmly in the back seat. It's not that the Bo family fell, the late emperor wanted it, but Wang Zhi may not be able to fulfill his wish. The emperor is young, and sooner or later there will be children. Pick someone who is close to your eyes. Keep it by your side."

Another point, Empress Dowager Dou did not tell Chen Jiao immediately.

Liu Che is less than [-] years old. According to the age of his father and grandparents, if there are no accidents, he will have at least [-] to [-] years of age.The concubine who was the first to give birth to the prince may not really have the last laugh.Giving birth to the eldest daughter of the emperor, on the contrary, can enjoy wealth and honor more comfortably.

The candles in the hall are brightly lit, and the flame heart is swaying, with only a faint lingering fragrance, and there is no trace of smoke.

Chen Jiao leaned against Empress Dowager Dou's bed, her face was smiling, she spoke softly, her brows gradually relaxed.

In the second year of Jianyuan, August

After waiting for nearly a month, the Xiongnu envoys were finally summoned by the emperor of Han, and delivered the letter of credence, expressing their intention of marriage.

Liu Che didn't answer right away, showing some hesitation, as if he wanted to ask his courtiers for their opinions.

Seeing the performance of the emperor of the Han family, the envoys of the Huns became more and more determined that Chang'an would not refuse a marriage, and beauties, silk and food were readily available.

Back at the place where I stayed, I was writing a letter to my entourage and releasing the black eagle I brought.

Shortly after the black eagle flew out of Chang'an, it was intercepted by a golden eagle.The envoy's letter was delivered to the emperor's desk in an instant, and there was a burst of laughter in the publicity room.

At the court meeting the next day, the ministers discussed the policy of reconciliation.

Daxing ordered Wang Hui to get up first, and reported: "I heard that in the pre-Qin period, the country was small and small, but all the people in the country were soldiers, and they had old age, old and young. The warehouses were always full, the treasury was rich, and the Xiongnu did not invade lightly. Today, your majesty Wei, unified at home, but the Xiongnu invaded and plundered endlessly, I thought that there was no other way to attack them!"

After Wang Hui's words fell, Han Anguo got up and reported that it was necessary to attack the Huns, but it should not be rushed.Careful planning is required to ensure that everything is planned and that there is nothing left behind before we can deal a heavy blow to the enemy.

After the two men, Lang Zhongling Shi Jian, eunuch Gong Sun He, and Nei Shi Zheng successively submitted reports and seconded the strategy of attacking, but there were differences only in the timing of sending troops.

"Even if you are as careful as you are, it's hard to keep a hundred secrets. In front of the war opportunity, you have elite soldiers and strong generals. You can't put on a strong and sharp head, and you have to wait until the war opportunity passes and the Xiongnu retreat to the grasslands before stifling your wrists and stamping your feet?"

Wang Hui was born in Yandi and had been an official in Bianjun County for several years, dealing with the Xiongnu often.

In his opinion, to confront the Huns, it is most necessary to seize the opportunity and attack as soon as possible.It's good to plan a strategy, but it's too cautious to send troops before the Xiongnu notices, and [-]% of them can't even find the enemy, let alone gallop across and kill the soldiers.

"The envoys of the Xiongnu explicitly asked for peace until January in Chang'an. If they continue to delay, there will inevitably be omissions. If not, why should they grant their request and send their daughters to the grassland?"

Wang Hui's firepower was fully fired, and whoever came up to attack whom, his combat effectiveness was really amazing.

Seeing that the groundwork was almost done, Wei Wan, Dou Ying, and Zhi Buyi spoke out one after another, ordering Wang Hui to stand for Da Xing, and said in front of the hall that the Huns' army was going south. This battle was not whether they wanted to fight, but had to be fought.In order to hold the initiative, the action must be fast, so fast that the Huns have no time to react and step into the trap directly.

Knowing that the Huns' army was approaching the border counties, Han Anguo and others had no objections.

In the final analysis, regarding the evil neighbors on the prairie, the Han Dynasty was the main combat faction from top to bottom, with only slight differences in the grasp of fighter opportunities and military strategies.To fight the Huns with real knives and real guns, one counts as one, and they will roll up their sleeves and copy the knives, even the prime minister Wei Wan is no exception.

The strategy was set, flying out of Chang'an on flying horses, and Bianjun hurriedly mobilized troops.In addition to the main soldiers, tens of thousands of officials were recruited, issued with armor, bows and long knives, and rushed to Mayi in batches.

In order to prevent the Huns from finding out, the Hu tribe who had surrendered remained in place, pretending to be ignorant.

As a matter of fact, apart from Hu people like Xu Buli, who desperately embraced the thighs of the Han Dynasty and were about to be slaughtered when they returned to the grassland, all the ministries knew nothing about the pockets that the Han army opened up.

The Qiang and Xianbei tribes found out that the young and strong were recruited in the frontier, thinking that it was to prevent the Xiongnu from looting in autumn, but they didn't think too deeply.What's more, worried that the Xiongnu would come to snatch them if they couldn't grab the Han people, and all the ministries were willing to help the Han army hide the news.

The reason is simple, the Han army has increased and the combat effectiveness has increased. As a person who is backed by the Han army, he will naturally be safer.

At the same time, a businessman named Nie Yi entered the grassland with a large amount of goods. He met Shan Yu, a military officer who personally led the army to the south. After offering the goods, he confessed that he was bullied by the officials of the border county.

"My servant admires the great Shan Yu's majesty, and is willing to be my servant." Nie Yi burst into tears, and performed very devotedly, even pretending to be of barbarian blood, and suffered all kinds of embarrassments in the frontier.While crying and complaining, a bitter master who offended the officials of the border county and was oppressed was vividly interpreted.

"The servant was born in Mayi, and there are horse farms, livestock farms and barns in the magistrate county. There are two or three brave men under his command. If he is willing to take him in, he is willing to sneak back to the county, kill the county magistrate, open the city gate, and welcome the army!"

For Nie Yi's surrender, military minister Shan Yu was very moved.

Bank of China said that he stayed in Longcheng and guarded the lair for the military official Shanyu, and the counselors who followed him south were greedy and eager to make contributions. Hearing Nie Yi mention all kinds of things in Mayi County, he persuaded Shanyu to accept this surrender.

In their view, the [-] Xiongnu army, led by the military minister Shanyu himself, surrounded by the four corners of the royal court, was enough to sweep the powerful enemy and crush the Han army.

Only Yi Zhixie raised objections, but his arms couldn't twist his thighs, everyone in the tent was blinded by interests, and they unanimously agreed to press down on Yanmen County, his voice was quickly drowned out, and no matter how many doubts he raised, it would be useless.

At the end of August in the second year of Jianyuan, the Xiongnu army approached Yanmen County

Zhidu, the prefect of Yanmen, mobilized his army and set up ambushes in the fortress and the lower part of the city, making a desperate gesture.

After searching for information, Yu Dan ridiculed Yi Zhixie to his face: "A trap by the Han people? If it's really a trap, you shouldn't deploy heavy troops along the way. You should lead me to Mayi!"

Yizhi's slope sinks like water.

The closer he got to the destination, the stronger his premonition became.What is waiting ahead will not be cattle, sheep and silk, but probably the open pockets of the Han army.Helplessly, Da Shanyu refused to listen to his opinion and moved forward blindly.

Knowing that she would die but still going forward, Yi Zhi broke the arrow obliquely, wishing she could disobey the order of the Great Chanyu and directly lead his subordinates to turn around.

In the land of Chang'an, Zhao Jia and others are ready to go to the border county.

The generals of the fourth battalion have one man and three horses. After they leave Chang'an, they will not stop day and night.

Among the servants, apart from the merchants and sons-in-law recruited by the imperial court, many of them joined the army on their own initiative, including Wei Qing's eldest brother, Wei's eldest son, and young men whose ancestors were Marquis generals who wanted to make contributions on the battlefield.

In order to save time, before departure, Zhao Jia carried the logistics of the Fourth Battalion on his shoulders, took the clerks and clerks to prepare supplies, and mobilized craftsmen in the camp to refit the carts.

Everything was ready, and on the day the army set off, the Son of Heaven personally went outside the city to see him off.

The golden eagle took off on the wind and hit the sky.

The Han flag was torn by the wind, making a sound of hunting.

Thousands of Han soldiers wore black armour, their long soldiers stood on the ground, and their scabbards struck the round shields on their arms.

Liu Che raised a cup to serve the army, and the four battalions drank together, and the voice of Qianqiu Long Live was endless.

"I look forward to the victory of the army!"

"Respect!"

The Han army jumped on their horses and formed a long black dragon.Amidst the sound of desolate horns, under the fluttering Han flag, it surged to the north like a torrent.