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

The Hu tribe attached to the request is a tribe originally attached to the right side of the Xiongnu. The blood of their tribe is relatively complicated. Only a few belong to the upper class of the Xiongnu, and most of them are the Han people who went north to the grassland and the conquered Qiang people. Composed of Yuezhi people.

There are many tribes like them on the prairie, and they are usually at the middle and lower levels of the prairie ecological chain, that is, they can pretend to be on the scene by relying on their identities on weekdays, but they can easily become cannon fodder in wartime.

This time they became cannon fodder.

The two Xiongnu kings who came to surrender burst into tears when they mentioned this incident. The Xiongnu royal court was furious because of the exposure of the private embezzlement of tribute. This kind of behavior of handling tributes without consent is of course included.

Although from an objective point of view, such an exchange would make the total value of the tribute on the grassland even higher, and there are indeed reasons for doing so, Da Chanyu insisted that the grain and salt It is the most needed thing on the prairie, and the two messengers are actually destroying the foundation of the prairie.

In the thunderous wrath of the Great Chanyu, Yi Zhixie, who had been sent to the Han Dynasty many times, and the right-hand householder who was caught on the grassland for the first time, were severely punished. He paid a large amount of assets to atone for his sins. The Xiongnu Shanyu used this move to once again declare his undisputed status on this grassland and at the same time ingest a large amount of property.

Different from the economic model of the Han Dynasty, the tribes of the Xiongnu are arranged in a ladder, there is no support relationship, only exploitation, so after both the left and the right were hit, both sides reached out to the miscellaneous. Hands, in addition to money and food, people and livestock are all objects of exploitation.

In addition, the prairie raiding team, which had been quiet for a long time, was restarted, and the caravan was caught off guard and suffered heavy losses. The relevant chambers of commerce were all complaining. In addition to the loss of goods, they also had to bear the labor compensation.What's even more frightening is that occasionally a caravan escaped from a group of looters by chance, and would encounter a second group of looters within a few steps. The grassland to which both the first and the right belonged was quiet, and the bustling scene of caravans passing through in the past was no longer seen.

But neither the left nor the right were panicked about this, because the Huns guarded the only commercial line between the Han and the Western Regions, and as long as those merchants had a demand for the goods of the Han, they could only come here.Before the next commercial activity starts, these merchants will send a large number of gifts to seek the protection of the Hun tribe.

When the time comes, the left and right parts of the wallet will be refilled, so naturally you can give them another face after accepting the gift.No matter how dissatisfied the caravans are, the Xiongnu who guard the traffic throat are like the Somali pirates who occupied the Gulf of Aden in later generations, completely confident.

The merchants of the Han Dynasty suffered the least losses in this catastrophe. After the envoy left, the Central Committee of the Han Dynasty issued a notice not to recommend trade.Anyone with some connections can be keenly aware of the tense atmosphere, and stopped trading with foreign countries. After these years, these firms have made enough money, so they took the opportunity to give themselves a holiday, and let everyone in the caravan and their wives The kids are all together.

There are also shrewd businessmen who have formed friendships with some caravans during this period of foreign trade activities. Now that everyone is idle, how about a material exchange in China?It is also possible to switch from foreign trade to domestic sales!

The number of caravans coming and going dwindled, and the Xiongnu cavalry wandering outside had no income, and finally extended their hands to small tribes.When a small tribe is beaten, it will naturally file a complaint with the medium and large tribes it is attached to, and the medium and large tribes will naturally want to take revenge. Under the instigation and instigation of interested people, the infighting in the entire grassland will soon snowball. .

The interior of the big tribe is not peaceful either. Inside the Zuo tribe, King Zuoguli and King Zuoxian have completely torn face because of being scolded by the Xiongnu Shanyu. It has nothing to do with the Ministry, not to mention that he has the intention to seize the power of King Zuoguli's Ministry, so naturally he doesn't want to help.

The Zuoguli King's Department was also very dissatisfied with this. When Yizhixie was sent as an envoy to Han, the entire tribe on the left side of the Xiongnu benefited from it. What's more, there were also people from the left side who joined the team. All agreed.How can all the pressure and responsibility be pushed to Zuo Gu Libu now?

There was even a warrior from the Zuo Gu Li tribe on the spot pointing at Zuo Xianwang's men and saying that this was their conspiracy, that their father and son jointly plotted against the Zuo Gu Li tribe, how could the Zuo Xian Wang tribe recognize this.

The two sides quarreled violently, and finally Yu Dan said that he could morally sponsor some resources for his uncle to pay for compensation, but this does not mean that he thinks that he and King Zuoguli are in the same boat, let alone that he needs to take responsibility for it. It is family consideration.

Yi Zhixie did not refuse.

He took a deep, deep look at this nephew.

The dignity of the Huns is as high as the sky, but in front of the tribe, this is nothing but dust.

The left part of the Xiongnu was punished once for "attacking" Yuyang County. That time, the Zuo Guli part almost handed over all the profits.It is even more likely that the Zuogu Libu will be devastated because of this, and as long as they overcome this hurdle, they will be able to usher in the spring, and there is no room for recovery when they bury their heads in development.

People and livestock are the most important, so Yi Zhixie will not and cannot refuse his nephew's "charity", even if it is because of this, he will accept the bad reputation this time.But so what?Yi Zhixie pulled out a sinister smile in her heart, since when is the grassland a place to talk about fame?

Among the boundless green here, only the victor is king, but the one who has no voice is king.

Yu Dan only saw his forcedly lowered head, but didn't see his sinister look and teeth that were about to be crushed.

The relationship between uncles and nephews on the left is tearing apart, the situation on the right is pretty much the same. And for ", the Huns on the right quickly figured out who should be responsible - it was definitely framed by the animals on the left!They are innocent!

In addition, Da Shanyu was very reasonable in terms of punishment, there were much more on the left side than on the right side, so that the comparison and everyone gained peace of mind.

But it is useless for them to be calm. The warm and cold spring is the saddest season of the year for herdsmen.The new sprouts on the grassland have not yet grown, but all the stored grain has been eaten.People can go hungry, but animals cannot.Not only their own livestock, but also the predators on the grassland.

In the spring of this year, a small-scale beast tide broke out.

In the past few years, the Xiongnu imported grain from the Han on a large scale. While increasing their winter security, it also unknowingly affected another thing-the control of grassland carnivores.

In the past, the Huns and the carnivores were each other's prey and hunters in the winter of the steppe.Lone Huns and horses can easily become food for wolves, and when a large number of Huns encounter wolves, they will turn them into skins and a meal of meat.

For the grassland people, there are actually very few opportunities to eat meat. Even wolf meat, which does not taste delicious, is a very good meal in winter.But in the case of sufficient food and salted meat, the hunting of wolves has greatly decreased in the past few winters.

And there is an extra exotic animal on the grassland—burrowing rabbit.When early carnivores did not react, burrowing rabbits multiplied rapidly.

Those who can run faster than them can dig holes without them, and those who can dig holes can run faster than them.And the most important thing is that neither those who run fast nor those who can dig holes can live without them.

Just four years after Princess Nangong got married, the number of burrowing rabbits on the grassland was already considerable.In recent years, the growth space of prairie rabbits on the grassland has been occupied by burrowing rabbits, and the explosive growth of the number of bottom bait will naturally provide more food sources for carnivores, and the survival rate of cubs has greatly increased, and there is no human to control In recent years, the number of top predators such as prairie wolves has also expanded rapidly.

Hole rabbits also have a huge advantage over prairie rabbits—they have dens to hide from the cold.Although they don't hibernate, the rabbits will try their best to collect forage and seeds in autumn, and eat as much fat as possible. After the cold winter comes, they usually shrink in their nests to reduce exercise and spend the winter with minimal consumption. Leaving the nest less often.

Rabbits are difficult for even the best hunters to catch when they are hiding in their dens.

But wild rabbits are different. Wild rabbits are not good at digging holes. They usually find a place close to the color of their coats and dig a small pit to bury most of their bodies in. They are far inferior to cave rabbits in terms of concealment and warmth.For hunters, how to spot camouflaged prairie hares is also a compulsory course for them.

But as mentioned before, the growth space of wild rabbits is invaded by cave rabbits, so most carnivores accidentally find that there is less food that can be easily found in winter.

How fierce is a beast without food?They could attack small Hun tribes desperately, fight with multiple groups, and even hunt with other races if necessary.In previous years, the Hu people at the outermost layer of the tribe would be attacked by wolves at night.

These people are slaves with the lowest status. Their lives are not as good as the herds protected in the middle. If they want to survive, the slaves must resist the wolves in addition to resisting the cold winter.But no matter what they did, slaves would die every year, and this year the wolves' harassment was particularly frequent.

The slaves saw all this in their eyes, and some wise old men discovered the problem, but none of them said anything.They are all quietly waiting for the day when the problem breaks out.

The Huns were not completely unaware of these changes. If such a situation should have been discovered and taken seriously in the past, now the entire grassland was ignited by the beacon of civil war at this time.Everyone is too busy to take care of themselves, how can they be in the mood to pay attention to the mere pack of wolves?

In modern times, there is a well-established law about beasts - once a beast has eaten or bit a person, it must be executed.

It's not because of the addiction to cannibalism, but because animals have a certain respect for animals they haven't hunted before, and once they hunt humans and find out how weak the individual strength of this prey is, as long as they kill them It is very easy to eat the fact that the things in your hand are knocked into the air.

Humans would immediately become their easiest source of food.

Animals even invite their friends to hunt humans.

Therefore, no matter how precious an animal is, once it hurts or kills people, it will be killed immediately. Even if it is not killed, it will be isolated alone, and it will never have the opportunity to communicate with other animals.

The earliest wolves attacked people was not to eat people, they went to animals in captivity. Unless they were extremely hungry, they used poaching to avoid confrontation with humans.

But they soon discovered one thing—following these Twolegs, they had meat to eat.

The Huns are not used to handling corpses, speed is life, unless there is a strategic need, they will not deal with the scene.This grassland is very large and small, and a little smell of blood is enough to attract the hunters around.

So soon the wolves would follow the Huns and "clean up the mess" after they plundered and slaughtered.The wolves didn't understand why these two-legged beasts didn't eat their prey after hunting, but this puzzle was quickly forgotten by them, and the wolves were happy to follow at a safe distance to do the finishing work, eating themselves When he was fat and strong, he also helped the Xiongnu kill a few two-legged beasts that were not completely dead.

The Huns watched all this and laughed, and some tribes even consciously lured these wolves to follow.They thought it was funny, and they would never notice that the wolves were looking at them more and more deeply, nor would they notice that the distance between each other was getting closer-no, someone might have noticed, but they thought they had tamed the wolves. species of animals.

Facts have proved that this is not the case. With the completion of the re-division of the prairie forces, the prairie ushered in peace and at the same time declared that the wolves lost their free meals.

"I really can't live anymore." The leader of the Huns who surrendered couldn't stop crying when he talked about the process of being plundered by the headquarters, other departments, and over and over again, and finally he was besieged and attacked by wolves.He knelt down in front of Emperor Jing, "We ask to surrender to the Han, we are willing to be the most loyal vanguard of the Emperor of the Han, we swear to God, we will be loyal to you just like our father, if there is anyone who breaks the oath, curse him Swallowed by the wolves one by one!"

For a Hun king who had just witnessed his relatives being devoured by wolves, this was undoubtedly a very heavy oath.

Liu Qi really needed visitors from the prairie very much at this time.

During the reign of Emperor Wen, there were a large number of returnees, and Han Yan's grandfather, Han Tuidang, was one of the most famous.

Han Tuidang was the prime minister of a tribal king of the Huns back then, and his status was equivalent to that of the current prime minister.But he secretly returned to the Han with his nephew and relatives. It must be false to say that he was loyal to the big man. At that time, people did not have such a strict concept of loyalty. The main reason was that the Xiongnu had a hard time at that time.

That was the early period of Shan Yu's succession, when the battle for the throne was the most intense.

The Xiongnu did not have such a clear inheritance system as the Han Dynasty. Even if they said that they were inherited by King Zuoxian, there were no exceptions.Compared with his father and grandfather, the military minister Shan Yu was relatively mediocre in talent, but his advantage was that he was the smartest among the Hun princes at that time, so many things happened on the eve of his succession.

There are also rumors that he was not in the right position, so he went south to attack Han just after he became the Shanyu, so as to establish his prestige.The struggle for the throne of the upper class will naturally affect the lower class people. In those years, the Xiongnu grassland was filled with blood, and the herdsmen could not live at all, so they had to flee south.

At that time, the attachment of this group of people revealed the mysterious veil of the Huns for the great Han, but it is a pity that very few of these people knew the military official Shanyu, and none of them came from the royal court, but there was one in the royal court of the Huns. The Bank of China, who worked for Weiyang Palace, said that the asymmetry of this information has made the big man at a disadvantage for a long time.

Therefore, Liu Qi, who had suffered deeply in this regard, agreed as soon as he heard that the Xiongnu asked for surrender. He asked the two Hun kings who came to surrender to take them down to rest, and then began to draft the title of Marquis edict.

Those who returned from the Xiongnu to the Han were granted the title of marquis. This was a rule started by Emperor Wen. This was to encourage talents from the Xiongnu to return to the Han. Han Ying and Han Tuidang were all beneficiaries of this policy.If there is no accident, Emperor Jing wants to give these five Huns who returned to Han a resounding title, and then spread the news, and more and more people are willing to return to Han, wouldn't it be a joy?

As for what title is the best, and which place is the most suitable to reward as a feudal city... He thought about it a few times, and finally he wanted others to help him make a decision, so he summoned the ministers of the DPRK and China to get one. For reference, on the other hand, it is also a little show off.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Yafu stood in the lobby and said righteously: "Your Majesty, I think it is impossible."

The reason for Zhou Yafu's opposition is very simple. Even if the Hun King belonged to the Han, he is still a traitor after all.If a traitor is named a marquis, what will the people of insight in the country think of this matter?Isn't this just encouraging the broad masses of the people to follow their interests instead of morality.

To put it simply, it does not conform to Dahan's core values, nor is it conducive to image promotion.

As soon as Zhou Yafu finished speaking, Liu Qi's entire expression froze. He looked at Zhou Yafu quietly for a while, and said lightly: "I'm not in good health these days, and I often rest and recuperate. I've been worrying a lot lately, and I'm very tired."

"Well, the prime minister will go home to rest in the past few days, which can be regarded as my consideration for you."

Zhou Yafu froze in the center, his resolute face suddenly turned red, at this moment Zhou Yafu felt unprecedented shame.

After a while, he bowed slowly and said: "Thank you, Your Majesty." After finishing speaking, the man turned around and walked away with his head held high, leaving directly with his back to Liu Qi in front of the courtiers.

Although none of the courtiers opened their mouths, they gasped one after another.

Liu Qi looked at Zhou Yafu's seemingly handsome back with heavy eyes.

This day, Xia Anran was planning to tidy up his things, but his old father finally allowed him to return to Fengguo.Unexpectedly, Liu Che stormed into his mansion, and the first thing he said was, "Brother, Zhou Yafu was driven home by his father!"

Xia Anran couldn't help being silent after listening to the cause and effect.

How should I put it, show the emperor his back, Zhou Yafu is really a warrior.

Seeing his calm expression, Liu Che became a little anxious, "Brother, my father must be disgusting with Prime Minister Zhou, Prime Minister Zhou is just talking without intention..." He pursed his lips, "I, I think he is a good person. "

"But he's not a good prime minister." During the period when Emperor Jing was on vacation, the two sides were not happy to work together, and Xia Anran's original good opinion of him also dropped to eight points amidst this persistent arrogance and arrogance.Frankly speaking, Xia Anran has seen a lot of talented people, but although he is talented, he can't be a man to this level... He really only saw this one.

Strictly speaking, what he said was really not wrong.But just like what Xia Anran said to his younger brother before, to educate the people with the righteous way of the country, but as an emperor, relying on the righteous way is not enough, one must also have power and tactics.

Of course, power tactics are not too high-level. To be honest, Zhou Yafu’s words are indeed good in terms of righteousness, but there is power in case of urgency. The most urgent task now is to deal with the situation in the grassland of the Xiongnu. Are moral models useful?

It is true that the courtier has the duty to advise, but he did make a mistake in persuading this matter.

When Zhou Yafu said this, everyone would praise him for his integrity, but in the future Liu Qi would be accused of going out of his way and having a bad mind. Even if he did exactly the same thing as Emperor Wen, the comments would be polarized.However, Zhou Yafu took the responsibility of admonishing him. Since then, Emperor Jing is responsible for what Emperor Jing did, and he has tried his best.

If Zhou Yafu was an admonisher, no one could say he was wrong.But the problem is that he is the second in command of the imperial court, and his duty is to assist the emperor. Looking at the auxiliary positions in history, Xia Anran has only seen those who help the emperor take the blame, but he has never seen anyone who blames the emperor.

Sure enough, a warrior.

Seeing his younger brother's anxious eyes, Xia Anran groaned for a while and then said: "Tiao Hou is really not suitable to be a prime minister... If Che'er really has the heart, I'd better persuade my father to let him go to the border county."

He was so calm that he was even cold, "If you still want to save his life, he can't stay in Chang'an any longer. With his temperament, he might completely anger Father."

Liu Che was silent, and he thought for a long time, "Then become the prefect... Would you be willing?"

Xia Anran smiled, "Why don't you ask him? Maybe there are some people who would rather be with the sword than be friends with the copybook?"

Liu Che thought for a while.

Xia Anran suddenly stopped him before he turned around and wanted to leave, "Che'er."

"Tiao Hou is still in the prime of his life, you go here, think more carefully."

"... Che'er understands."

A few days later, Xia Anran left the customs together with Zhou Yafu, who was going to Yanmen County to take up his post.He will take over the post of prefect of Yanmen, the same two thousand shi, and now the central government will also give subsidies to counties and counties near the border, which can be regarded as resignation with glory.

The two sides did not go the same way, but they both had to go out of Hangu Pass first, and they met at about the same time when they left Beijing.However, Zhou Yafu's team was much lighter than the Zhongshan King's carriage surrounded by the front and rear. He only brought an ox cart with luggage, which mainly contained armor and weapons.

He himself was riding on a horse, and he only took an old servant to lead the ox. The whole group followed the Zhongshan Kingdom's carriage far away, somewhat shabby.

From the moment they left the capital, someone noticed the person behind them. Zhidu hesitated for a while, talked to the little king, and then turned his horse's head and went to the rear.

After a while, he came back with a strange expression, and said to Xia Anran: "Tiaohou said he came to thank His Highness."

Xia Anran blinked, "Thank you?"

Zhidu's expression was also a bit complicated, with a bit of embarrassment on his face, "Tiaohou said thank you for His Highness's intercession. He really likes the military camp better than the court."

Xia Anran was a little surprised, he felt that the prime minister's personality seemed to have changed.He smiled slightly, "He should thank the prince, not me."

If Liu Che hadn't gone to plead with Emperor Jing, Liu Qi would never let Zhou Yafu leave Beijing.Zhou Yafu is Zhou Bo's son, although he is not a direct son, he inherited Zhou Bo's position as Marquis, and broke the chaos of the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion. It can be said that the vassal kings can still be controlled by Emperor Jing thanks to him.He is talented, has great prestige in the army, and is famous among the people.

Although he almost became a lone minister when he was the prime minister, he did do a lot of things during his tenure as the prime minister.He is the sharpest spear in Liu Qi's hand, but now this spear has stabbed Liu Qi.Frankly speaking, Emperor Jing is not afraid of this small wound, what he is afraid of is that this spear raised by him will one day pierce his son.

If anyone other than Liu Che interceded, Liu Qi would not agree, but Liu Qi would consider his son's feelings if Liu Che asked, and at the same time, he didn't mind giving his son the favor that Zhou Yafu could recover.

A few years later, when Liu Che came to power, if Zhou Yafu disobeyed him, he would be ridiculed by the world.

But Liu Che's intercession is not so easy to ask, because Zhou Yafu just rejected the matter of granting marquis to Liu Che's uncles not long ago... Ahem, I guess Liu Xiaozhu will be spanked by the queen just after he returns from his pleading.

Thinking of this, Xia Anran felt in a very good mood. He turned his head and glanced at the person and the car from afar, and said to Zhidu: "If I remember correctly, Tiaohou has never been in charge of a place, right?"

Zhi Du nodded, bowed with a smile, "Your Highness, I'm about to discuss this matter with Your Highness, I have been friends with Tiaohou for a long time, I don't know if I can..."

Xia Anran waved her hand to approve, and even asked someone to prepare some snacks for Zhidu to bring over.Everything in Yanmen is quite complicated. Apart from military affairs, there are also civil affairs. Zhou Yafu has always served in the military system. Even if he became a prime minister later, he doesn't know enough about local civil affairs. It would be better if Zhidu went to talk to him.

And if Xia Anran didn't turn out to be born, Zhidu should be the prefect of Yanmen, starting his life of cheating so that the Xiongnu would never dare to approach Yanmen again.Now because Zhi is not there, the Yanmen, the northern line of defense of the big Han, is indeed slightly weaker than the left and right.

The little king made some rough calculations. Now Wei Shang is in the northern defense line, Zhou Yafu is in Yanmen, Li Guang is in Daijun, and Dou Wan is in Yuyang. Compared with the independent support of Li Guang and Zhi in history, he is much happier.What's more, Zhidu will be forced to death by Queen Mother Dou later. In the end, only Li Guang and Cheng Bushi moved in the north to barely defend.

Although Empress Dowager Dou has a good reputation in all aspects, her history of forcing Zhidu to death is indeed tragic. As soon as Zhidu died, Yanmen County was attacked by the Huns, causing almost the biggest casualty since Emperor Jing came to the throne. In the end, Emperor Jing had to break his previous vow to marry the princess again.

just now……

Xia Anran smiled slightly, the Xiongnu in the north could not afford to go south again.