The days when I pretended to be a cat in the Forbidden City[Comprehensive]

When he returned to the back hall, Liu Qi thought about the victory in the court hall and was a little elated.

While taking his son to the bathing pool in the back hall, he said to Liu Che, "Zhou Yafu is not bad in talent and learning, but he is too rough in his behavior."

"Didn't you see it? My father saw it once. He scolded those soldiers just like he scolded his grandson."

Liu Che frowned upon hearing this, "Father, then, those soldiers are still willing to listen to the prime minister?"

"Hey..." Liu Qizhan smiled. He was in a good mood at this time, and he felt that he had won a round, so he was willing to praise his own prime minister who was supported by him personally, "Listen, why don't you listen, Zhou Yafu has a bad temper Not good, but as long as he has come into contact with soldiers, he remembers them all. Moreover, he remembers clearly what the other party did, what good deeds they did, and what achievements they made."

"That's why the soldiers are willing to follow him even if they are scolded." Liu Qi taught his son, "This is the way of imperial servants."

Liu Che was stunned, "Che'er knows, my brother said that the benefits and sense of honor must be given to the subordinates."

"Huh?" The old father lowered his head in surprise, and looked at his son who was tall in astonishment, "Your brother still told you this?"

Liu Che blinked his big obsidian-like eyes, and said innocently: "Brother said that when he was re-setting the salary of Zhongshan junior officials."

"Your elder brother also set the salary?" Liu Qi frowned, and he asked while undressing himself: "How did you set it?"

The young boy thought for a while, and pulled out the events of several years ago from his memory. He was too young when this happened, and now he thinks about it a bit vaguely. The number is insufficient, so my brother thought of a new method of selecting talents."

Liu Qi nodded. He had already heard about this matter, but the reason he heard about it was because his doctor (yes, Han Ying) went to his son to apply for the job.Although there were elements of his acquiescence in it, Emperor Jing was more or less unhappy.

At that time, he listened to it and felt that his son was rushing to the doctor in a hurry, but he believed in the ability of the two thousand shi officials he sent, and in the end his son named Han Ying as two thousand shi, so he also agreed. No more attention.

how?Is there more to come after this?

Liu Che didn't know what his father was thinking, so he also took off his little clothes, then jumped off the bathing pool with a groan, rolled over in it and said, "At that time, when these officials were just in place, brother A system of performance subsidies and post allowances has been established.”

"What is this?" Liu Qi raised his eyebrows, and he followed into the water. The waiter next to him immediately brought handkerchiefs and bath stones, but he swung them all back.

"My brother said that there are differences in the positions of a court. For example, if you are also a street soldier, the workload of the street soldier in a busy downtown area is different from that in an empty area. If you give the same salary, it will make all the streets. Pawns want to go where they are free."

"So, according to the degree of hard work of the position, he gave a little subsidy in addition to the fixed remuneration. This is called the post allowance." The young boy repeated what his brother said to the old father verbatim.

Seeing Liu Qi frowning, as if he didn't quite understand, the young boy continued to explain: "Father, for example, is also the guard of a county. If they are sent to the border county, then they have to be responsible for people's livelihood besides the people's livelihood. The army trains to resist foreign enemies, and the environment is bitter and cold, and they eat less, so it is a bit unfair to give them the same two thousand shi as in rich areas. So according to my brother, we should give these people some allowances in addition to their salaries. to encourage people to go to these places and take office."

Liu Qi heard that he patted his son on the shoulder with a smile. He didn't express any opinion on this, but asked, "Then what is the performance bonus?"

"My brother said that this is a reward for those who work diligently in their positions and earnestly complete their own work."

"Why?" Liu Qi was a little puzzled, "Completing the job is his job, why should he be rewarded?"

Liu Che nodded, "Che'er was puzzled at first, but then my brother let Che'er try it for a month, and lived on the salary of a small official with less than a hundred shi."

"Oh?" Liu Qiwen said with a smile, "Is this money not enough to spend?"

The little prince heaved a long sigh, with a bit of vicissitudes in his eyes, "Che'er alone is enough, but Che'er also raises a few ducks. Ducks like to eat fish, snails and other things. If you exchange rice grains with others , it is a bit difficult. So my brother said, the petty official is an adult, eats more than Cheer, and the petty official has a wife and children to support, and they also eat more than ducks, if there is a red and white one in the family Things are not enough.”

"If the money is not enough, the petty officials will invade the common people in order to survive. So my brother told me that if you want the subordinates to do a good job for you, you must either give honor or money. At least, you must give them money. I can eat enough and have enough money to support my family.”

"Cheer understood the reason for giving money at that time, and only now understands the reason for honor."

Liu Che raised his head and looked at his father who listened carefully to his words, and said, "The prime minister's soldiers received all the money and rations given by the emperor. To them, the prime minister has no kindness to them. But because the prime minister can remember them and understand them, Teach them, so the soldiers will feel that the prime minister is no longer just a peak, but a master like a father."

"This is to give glory. Father, is this the truth?"

Liu Qi didn't answer this question, he reached out and touched his son's small bag, and said: "Then what is the effect after your elder brother adds money to these people?"

Liu Che didn't care that his father didn't answer his question. He thought about it carefully, "Brother didn't say anything, but seeing how empty he is, it should be pretty good."

"...Oh? Your elder brother became more and more empty later?" The old father pulled out a smile that was incomprehensible, and asked kindly, "When did you start to be empty?"

Liu Che knew right away that it was not good, and he tightly pursed his lips and refused to say any more.Seeing that Liu Qi couldn't press the question, he turned his head away as if he hadn't seen or heard it, anyway, his little mouth was tightly pursed, and he would never betray brother.

Xia Anran was busy with infrastructure construction for a while, but in the eyes of the mainstream society at that time, these things were looking for trouble, which did not conform to the mainstream cause of being a vassal king—although Xia Anran couldn’t figure out what else to be a vassal king Mainstream business.

However, for the sake of the old father's heart and blood pressure, Xia Anran still kept it a secret, and then wrote to the old father saying that the local manpower is not enough and busy, and the homework application is late.

Liu Che knew about this at the time, but Xiao Douding thought it was exciting to do this, so of course he would not betray his brother, but he accidentally slipped his mouth today!

Liu Qi's considerate son naturally agreed.Although it happened several years ago, when my father remembers the bad things his son did, he always has a good memory. If he thinks about it like this, he will remember it all of a sudden. A couple... Heh.

Seeing his son's stubborn appearance, Liu Qi knew what was going on, so he didn't ask any more questions. He changed the subject and talked about another thing that Xia Anran said in this letter.

The little king suggested that the Han Dynasty send envoys to the west to find the Yuezhi tribe who had a blood feud with the Xiongnu King, and find a way to join forces with them to oppress the Xiongnu and take back the land of Henan, so as to relieve the danger of the Hanwang City.

The land of Henan does not refer to Henan in the modern sense, but refers to the piece of land south of the "ji"-shaped bend of the Yellow River, that is, Henan in the Yinchuan area. This place was occupied by the Qin army during the Qin Dynasty. The imperial court used the vast grassland over there to build a defensive offensive, which means that this area is actually south of the Great Wall and should belong to the homeland of the Han people.

However, when the Qin State fell, the Huns seized the opportunity and went south to occupy this land.At that time, the main battlefield was in the Guanzhong and Guandong areas, and this piece of land on the northwest side of Chang'an City was leisurely occupied by the Huns.Afterwards, although the Han army intended to take back this place, but at that time everything in the Han country was withered and the army was exhausted, so it could only be temporarily put aside.

But this piece of land has become like a thorn on the back of Chang'an City in the Han Dynasty. One of the purposes of Liu Bang's mausoleum was to build a watchtower for Chang'an City with his mausoleum. What he observed and guarded against was this " "Henan Land"

However, when Liu Qi was 22 years old, something happened in this place, and that was when his father was in power.

At that time, the Xiongnu easily crossed the Qin Great Wall and drove straight in. They bypassed the Yanmen, Mayi, and Shangjun passes of the Han army from Henan to attack Chang'an directly, and burned the other palace and sweet spring.

At that time, the big Han was only a line away from the destruction of the capital of the country. Although the Han army launched a counterattack in time to drive them away, it was a fact that they lost face.A few years later, the Xiongnu invaded from almost the same route and attacked Shangjun.

Later, Emperor Wen learned from the pain and set up the three armies to defend Chang'an. This is the historical background of "Zhou Yafu's Army Xiliu".

For this place, Liu Qi naturally wanted to take it back.

Not only him, but almost everyone with a sense of strategy is aware of the necessity of taking back the land of Henan, and the Huns are also very aware of this.

On this piece of land, the Huns deployed a large number of troops.According to the investigation and interrogation of the captives by the Han army, there are two large tribes living in this small area, and the leaders of their tribes are also stationed here.

Although the exact number cannot be calculated, the Han army guessed that it was very likely that there were [-].

"One hundred thousand Huns." Liu Qipao said to his son who was humming and knocking on his back in the bathhouse, "Every Hun can be a soldier, excluding children, but the number of horses will not be less than [-] , [-] cavalry... The big man must deploy at least three times the number of infantry to defeat the enemy."

That is 21 infantry.

21 infantry means more than twice as many auxiliary soldiers, and there are countless horses for transportation of heavy weapons.

The number of people is nothing more than that, the premise of everything is that you can find the king tents of the Aries and Loufan tribes.No matter how fast the infantry walks, they can’t compare to the four-legged ones. The Huns will never choose to fight head-to-head when they see the Han army entering the country. At that time, the army will be as weak as lambs in the desert.

"The Huns are not particular about many things." Liu Qi wiped his face with a handkerchief, and took a deep breath, "And even if they occupy this land, the Huns are likely to go to war in order to retaliate against the big man. They The mobility is stronger than that of the big Han, and there is a plain outside the Great Wall. At that time, they will mobilize more points to bloom. Only the troops at the border pass will not be able to defend at all. They can only call the Northern Army to supplement the defense, and the manpower and material resources consumed by the frequent requisition of the troops inside the pass Not to mention, as long as one of them can't keep up, the Xiongnu can break through the border and enter the city, looting the food and grass of the defenders."

"They can support war with war, but we can't help it."

"It's not that father doesn't want to fight, but he can't fight. A bad father will burn all your grandfather's hard work for many years. It may even give the princes and kings a chance to stand up."

Liu Che was silent for a moment. Following his father's example, he smacked his cheeks, and then dipped the veil in water and put it on his head.Before the boy's baotou was removed, the wet handkerchief was placed between the two baotou, and the dripping water looked ridiculous, but neither father nor son was in the mood to laugh.

"Father, can't we do what the emperor said?"

"Not necessarily, but it's really not the time to get angry with the Huns, but there are still some things that can be done in advance." Liu Qi snorted while leaning against the pool, and then said inexplicably, "Cheer, You have been with King Zuoguli of the Xiongnu, what kind of person do you think he is?"

"Very smart." Liu Che turned his head to recall for a while, and nodded very positively, "He must be learning Chinese, but he has been pretending not to understand."

"Huh?" Liu Qi was suddenly curious, "How do you know?"

"Some words of the interpreter are beautified when they are translating." Liu Che rubbed his nose, "Every time at this time, Yi Zhixie always raises his eyebrows and sneers, so Che'er guesses that he actually understands Chinese."

Liu Qi nodded, suddenly felt wrong, "How do you know that the interpreter has been beautified?"

"Che'er has also learned a little Xiongnu dialect, but she understands it slightly, so Che'er can understand the words of the interpreter. At first, I thought it was just a coincidence, but after more times, I realized that it shouldn't be."

Emperor Jing was amazed, he adjusted his posture in the water, "You kid actually learned the Xiongnu dialect? I see that you have been clinging to your Uncle Liang Wang, and thought you were just looking at the swords people have."

Relying on his own thick skin, Liu Che, who tricked Yi Zhixie into a treasured sword from the Western Regions, was furious, "Father, Che'er is pretending, pretending! Che'er doesn't care about that knife!"

"Oh, what about the knife?"

"..." Of course the knife was hidden in the treasure house by Liu Xiaozhu.

This knife is forged in the Western Regions. In addition to the sharpness of the knife itself, it is also covered with sparkling gemstones. Regardless of the preciousness of this knife or the meaning of the knife itself, it can be used as a treasure for the little prince. !When brother came to Chang'an, he gave brother the knife.

This is something he snatched from King Zuoguli of the Huns, what a commemorative significance!

But Liu Xiaozhu couldn't say it at this time, otherwise what would happen if his father asked him to go there.He coughed dryly, and said in a particularly poised manner: "Knife, I'm tired of playing with it, so I just put it there."

Liu Qi snorted, and didn't expose his son's duplicity, the youngest son who wanted to save face was also very cute.He changed the subject and asked again: "Why did you remember to learn the Hun dialect?"

"Brother said it." Seeing that the old father didn't continue to stare at the knife and asked, Liu Xiaozhu heaved a sigh of relief. He blinked and buried his little face above the water level while spitting bubbles and saying, " My brother said, we must learn from the barbarians to control the barbarians, and those who can become our enemies must be stronger than us, we must learn from these strengths, and then come up with solutions based on these strengths."

"Cher is taking the first step, learning from them."

"No..." Liu Qi felt that he couldn't turn his head around for a while. Why did he suddenly feel that his youngest son spoke in a different way? These words were all novel and subtle. He leaned over to look at his son, "You What did you just say, learning from the barbarians to master skills to control the barbarians? Did Shenger say that? What else did he say?"

"A lot, my brother sometimes just said it casually, but I remember it all!" Liu Che said with a bit of complacent finger, "For example, despise the enemy strategically, and pay attention to the enemy tactically. A single spark can Start a prairie fire, do it yourself, have enough food and clothing, Taiping is originally ordered by the general, and the general is not allowed to see Taiping... There are many, many more."

What a mess.While complaining, Liu Qi silently wrote down all these things one by one. After savoring them again and again, he waved his hand to signal his younger son to follow him. They were going to have a serious conversation between men.

For example, let the youngest son explain to him what his elder brother said.

At the same time, a conversation between men is also going on on the prairie, but compared to the harmonious scene between father and son, there is caution and temptation in every sentence.

The summer in Chang'an City is sultry and hot, but the summer on the prairie is the most comfortable season of the year.The grass grows and warblers fly, and the flock of sheep, cows and horses are all fat. If you look carefully, you can see a few rabbits looking curiously at the edge of the small hole in the grassland.

And when they were curiously looking at the outside world, they didn't realize what the shadow passing over their heads meant.

Yizhi looked blankly at an eagle on the distant grassland rising up from the ground, holding a ball of white between its sharp claws, and the white ball was struggling. The high-flying eagle was unable to move. There was a tendency to affect the flight, so he simply loosened his claws and let the white ball fall from a high altitude. Almost at the same time as breaking the rabbit, Yingshou crouched down again and grabbed it.

This time, the white and soft ball was extremely well-behaved under its claws.

Military minister Shan Yu also looked at this scene, he said with a smile: "It's just a futile struggle."

"Yes, no matter how cunning a rabbit is, it will never escape the sharp claws of the prairie eagle." Yi Zhi looked back sideways, and he took a step behind, reporting the situation while walking behind his brother.

In July, the caravans on the Xiongnu prairie were preparing goods to go south. While the women were hoarding forage and grain for the winter, they were preparing goods for exchange for the annual Han-Hungary trade.

Especially the goats that are popular among the Han people, some careful women will comb their hair with a comb to remove the sundries in the wool, so that the clean and beautiful goats will be more popular and can be exchanged for higher s price.

This is a secret that only the women in the Huns headquarters know.

"This year the salt on the left side can be exchanged for less, and there is still some stock exchanged last year. At that time, we can exchange more goods on the side."

"Well, it's good for you to grasp your own propriety." The military minister Shan Yu didn't intend to ask this. He pondered for a while and asked, "I heard that some people think that the relationship between the royal court and the Han people is too close? Are you sure?" Did you hear this movement?"

Yi Zhixie was silent for a moment, then nodded, "Indeed."

"Someone on your left also said that?" Military Minister Shan Yu smiled, "I remember you thanked the big man for providing you with cheap salt not long ago."

Yi Zhixie looked indifferent, "But now the left side is too dependent on the relationship of Han."

The military minister Shan Yu chuckled, and said loudly: "The Bank of China said the same thing to me. He said that there are more and more women wearing silk in the king's account. Of course, I know that it's not all about someone secretly talking to the Han Dynasty. The reason for the foreign exchange, the Da Yan family also gave a lot to the wives before, I just remind you, don’t forget the previous lessons.”

Yi Zhi nodded obliquely, with a cautious expression on her face, "I see, I will tell the woman."

"You don't have to be too strict." The military official Shan Yu said kindly, "Women, all like beautiful things, Da Yan also likes the new silks and satins sent by the Han Dynasty very much. And women dress beautifully, we men also have To save face, you just need to be careful. It’s okay to wear it privately, but don’t show it in front of others.”

"I'll pay attention." Yi Zhi obliquely replied.

The military minister Shanyu stopped, and after a few more comforting words, he suddenly asked, "How do you feel about their prince when you go to Chang'an this time?"

Yi Zhixie was stunned for a moment, wondering why his elder brother came back to ask him this question after almost half a year had passed, but considering that it was going to be October soon, he wondered if Da Shanyu might be planning a congratulatory event this year For the new year's task, he dug out last year's little prince of Han from his memory.

"Very smart, but also very cunning." Yi Zhixie recalled it for a moment, and suddenly remembered those sly eyes flashing in her mind.

He frowned, "I don't think he will be a good Emperor to deal with in the future."

"Hahahaha... my dear brother, he is just a little boy who hasn't grown any hair yet." Hearing this, the military official Shanyu laughed out loud. Smart", don't worry too much, not to mention that the prince raised in the greenhouse is the same as the rabbit you saw just now, because he has been protected in the nest all the time, once he leaves the nest, he even loses the ability to run. "

"We Xiongnu don't raise children like Han rabbits. Apart from being able to give birth, they have no other advantages." Da Chanyu's speech immediately aroused unanimous applause from both left and right.

Yi Zhixie didn't answer the conversation, and now there is no chance for him to do so.After laughing, Da Shanyu turned his head and said to Yi Zhixie: "I remember he cheated you of your Dawan Sword last year? Don't let him cheat you this year!"

Yi Zhixie was taken aback when he heard the words, "Da Shanyu, should I go this year? Do you want to change to the person on the right..."

"Hey!" The military official Shanyu patted him on the shoulder, "Yi Zhixie, I only have you as my younger brother, and the emperor of the Han Dynasty only has one biological younger brother. It is most suitable for us to send younger brothers to each other. You went again last year. However, the Emperor of Han praised you well, no matter how you look at it, you are the most qualified candidate, so this autumn, you should go to replace Brother Wei again."

Yizhi opened his mouth sideways, but the look in Da Shanyu's eyes made him unable to say anything, he could only pat his chest to promise to his elder brother.

After a while, he returned to his king's tent, and all the hundreds and thousands of households on the left who had heard the news came to see him.Yi Zhixie knew what they were going to say, he made a silence gesture to his subordinates who were hesitant to speak, signaling them not to say anything.

How can this not be said?

On the left, Baihu and Qianhu were anxiously stepping on the soil in the tent.The matter of being an envoy to the big man itself is not good or bad. After all, the Huns have always been stronger between the Han and the Huns, so it is just a matter of running.

But last year, because King Zuoguli was sent as an envoy, the tribal people under King Zuoguli's tent took advantage of this shareholder wind to follow the Han-Hungarian mutual market, and many of them followed King Zuoguli along the way. Chang'an, relying on the output of the prairie and the Western Regions in exchange for a lot of special products of Chang'an City.

These commodities are much finer and more beautiful than the products in the frontier mutual market. Originally, they thought the commodities in the mutual market were already very beautiful, but compared with the goods in Chang'an City, they looked as obvious as the animal skins worn by slaves and the animal skins worn by nobles. .

The goods brought back by the caravan that came to Beijing with King Zuogu Li were almost robbed within a day, and the women went crazy without bargaining.

Originally everyone agreed that Zuoguli King's department went there last year, so this year it should be replaced by the right department, but now the Great Chanyu sent Zuoguli King to Chang'an, can the right department follow?

There is already a disagreement between the left and the right. The left is over the right, and the right is pressing the left with salt.However, now that the Han-Hungarian trade is fully open on the left side of the territory, the right side immediately turned into a weak position, and this tone has been holding back.

Now Yi Zhixie snatched away the fat in his mouth, I'm afraid he won't give them good looks when they meet in Longcheng next year.

And the most important thing is that the right part will definitely not think that this is the meaning of the big Chanyu, and most of them will think that they are playing tricks inside.To put it bluntly, Da Chanyu's clear eccentricity is actually making enemies for Zuo Gu Libu.

On the other hand, if Da Shanyu really wanted to send King Zuoguli out every summer and autumn, it would not be a good thing for the Zuoguli tribe. situation.Moreover, King Zuoguli will definitely take away a large number of warriors from the tribe when he travels. If there is an accident at that time, they can only be beaten passively.

It was just a simple move that completely exposed the power of Zuogu Libu to the eyes of all parties.

Yi Zhi sighed obliquely, feeling extremely stuffy in her chest and abdomen.

He said solemnly: "So Da Dan is targeting the Zuo Guli tribe."

He was completely on guard against himself.

Annoyed, Yizhi pushed the door sideways and left the tent. He looked at the tile-blue sky and the white clouds floating in the air like wool fluff, and took a deep breath.

"There is no need to say more." He stopped the words of his subordinates, "When we go back, we will gather tribal warriors and caravans, and follow me south to envoy Han."

He looked up at the eagle fighting against the clear sky and squeezed his fists.

One day, he will be free in the sky like this goshawk.

What Yi Zhixie didn't know was that not long after he returned to his account, a group of migratory birds consisting of nine whooper swans and two cygnets flew from north to south, and the wanton eagle saw this group of swans The team hurriedly flapped its wings to avoid it, but it still hovered around the swan troop, its sharp eagle eyes watching the last few young swans in the troop that hadn't shed their lanugo feathers.

Unexpectedly, when it was still thinking about how to hunt, it suddenly heard the sound of the swan troop making a short call while flying, and suddenly the sound of the swan troop in the lead flapped its wings and flew out. Immediately there was a whooper swan on the top, and the leading swan flapped its wings in the sky to raise its height.

What is it for?

The eagle looked at this rare sight rather inexplicably, and even forgot the thought of hunting.

It quickly knew the answer, the swan raised on the flat ground retracted its wings, and after locking its position with two peas, it swooped down on it from above.

The author has something to say:

Someone said yesterday that Xiliu seemed familiar...

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Let me recall

Six years after Emperor Wen, the Huns invaded the border.So Zongzheng Liu Li was the general, and the army was bully; Zhu Zihou Xu Li was the general, and the army was Thorny Gate; Hanoi Shouyafu was the general, and the army was Xiliu, to prepare for Hu.

Do you remember it?

In fact, Chang'an City was affected several times. It was the old Shang Shanyu who burned the Ganquan Palace, and Zhou Yafu's Xiliu's Wendi Emperor Six Years later was when the monarch and minister Shanyu had just ascended the throne and wanted to make some achievements. It affected Chang'an, so in such an emergency, Emperor Wen personally worked in the army, and then he passed away the next year.

Considering the time difference, Emperor Wen may have been in very bad health at that time, so the Xiongnu deliberately harassed the side. At this time, the relationship between the Han and the Huns was very tense, but because the Han army was still at odds this time, it laid the foundation for the reconciliation of Emperor Jing after he ascended the throne. .

For Chang'an City, the land of Henan is their back. Chang'an must defend the eastern vassal states, while defending against the Huns in the northwest, and be careful of the Huns in the north. This is not guaranteed until Wei Qing takes back this land. The peace of Chang'an.