When Liu Ju heard what Liu Che said, he realized that the Northern Border Country was not so safe anymore.
You killed the Xiongnu Chanyu, so won't his subordinates come to take revenge?
The first city to bear the brunt of the war was Shuofang City. Even if Wu Shilu had not died at the hands of the King of the Northern Territory, it would still be very dangerous there. Not to mention that the biggest enemy was staying in Shuofang City. Wouldn't he be trying his best to kill Liu Tan?
Liu Ju immediately said, "Then call my brother back first in the name of reward!"
Liu Che knocked on the imperial desk, pondered for a moment, and said, "Don't worry for now. Aren't Zhang Qian and Su Wu back? Let Zhang Qian go on another diplomatic mission to the Xiongnu. This matter was caused by them. But Su Wu has been with the Xiongnu for ten years, so don't let him take any risks."
Liu Ju: ????
He stared at his own father in amazement, not understanding for a moment what was going on in Liu Che's train of thought.
Wasn't this incident caused by Wu Shilu's illness? Why are they blaming Zhang Qian and Su Wu? They seem innocent, right?
Moreover, Zhang Qian had just returned from the Xiongnu, and he turned around and sent someone else. Isn't this obviously telling the Xiongnu to detain this person again? Anyway, the Han Dynasty will find a way to exchange him back.
Liu Ju thought of this and advised: "Father, please change someone. I finally got Marquis Bowang back. If you send him back again, I will be angry."
Liu Che snorted, "How dare you, little bastard, be angry with me!"
But what Liu Qing said was right. Zhang Qian could not be allowed to go anymore.
But Liu Che was just venting his anger. The culprit Wu Shilu was already dead, and he had no place to vent his anger. As for Zhang Qian and Su Wu... the embroidered robe envoy had just sorted out the documents of the whole matter and handed them to him. He took a look and realized that if it weren't for these two people, Liu Tan would have directly beheaded Wu Shilu in the Northern Border Kingdom and would never let Wu Shilu leave the territory of the Han Dynasty!
Although he also died at the hands of Liu Tan, the problem was that they could block the news. As long as they couldn't let the Huns find conclusive evidence, they could completely say that it had nothing to do with them, and the Huns would have to think twice before taking revenge.
Now, the Huns are fighting for power. After the new Khan comes to power, the first thing he has to do is to transfer the bloodshed and conflicts caused by the previous power struggle.
Isn’t revenge for Wu Shilu the best excuse?
It’s all Zhang Qian and Su Wu’s fault!
Liu Che knew that his anger was groundless, but when he thought about his son being so angry that he ran hundreds of miles to stab Wu Shilu to death, he couldn't help but get angry too.
Not to mention that when he was looking for a job in Wu Shilu, his son was still concentrating on making lighter and warmer clothes for him, for fear that he would have difficulty moving if he wore too much, or would get cold if he wore too little.
This is a disaster that came from the sky.
From here, he couldn't help but secretly curse Liu Dan, the little beast, for having nothing better to do than witchcraft and sorcery, and not doing any real work.
Unfortunately, Liu Dan also died, and his entire family, including his wife's family, was wiped out.
Liu Che hadn't felt so aggrieved for a long time.
As a result, just when he was feeling aggrieved, the Northern Border Kingdom reported the incident to the capital.
At this time, many people already knew that Wu Shilu died at the hands of the King of the Northern Territory. In order to win honor and reward for his brother, Liu Ju directly sent people to blur the key point and only said that Wu Shilu was too arrogant and ran to the Northern Territory to provoke the King of the Northern Territory, but was tricked by the King of the Northern Territory. Not only did he send back Zhang Qian, Su Wu and a thousand Han people, but he was also killed by the King of the Northern Territory near Guanshi.
For a while, the King of the North almost became a representative of both wisdom and courage in Chang'an. No one knew that Liu Tan stabbed Wu Shilu out of anger, nor did they know what dishonorable means His Royal Highness the King of the North used.
This is probably the art of language. The most important thing is that Liu Che almost let such statements go unchecked.
The entire Chang'an City was shocked when they learned that Wu Shilu was killed by the King of the Northern Territory. Since Wei Huo's death, the Han Dynasty had not achieved such great achievements for a long time.
At this time, new news of victory came from the Northern Border Kingdom - the King of Cheshi Kingdom was defeated and surrendered five days ago.
Everyone was praising the King of the Northern Territory for his bravery and strategy, but no one expected Liu Tan to be so straightforward and decisive. After killing Wu Shilu, he took advantage of the Xiongnu's inability to intervene and directly conquered the Cheshi Kingdom.
The atmosphere in Chang'an became more lively.
Compared with the death of Wu Shilu, the Cheshi Kingdom had a greater impact on many people in Chang'an.
Since Zhang Qian's mission to the Western Regions, the merchants of the Han Dynasty discovered new business opportunities and began to organize caravans to go to the Western Regions. On the one hand, they transported the Han Dynasty's goods there, and on the other hand, they transported those precious items from the Western Regions back.
This round trip is very profitable, but it is also accompanied by great risks.
Especially the existence of Cheshi Kingdom, which was the throat of the Han Dynasty leading to the Western Regions.
However, the Cheshi Kingdom was a particularly fence-sitter. When the Han Dynasty was powerful and had a tough attitude, they would be particularly friendly to the Han Dynasty's caravans, even to the point of flattery.
But if the Huns were tough, they would listen to the Huns and not only ignore the Han merchants, but even go so far as to refuse to let the Han merchants enter the city.
Cheshi State was the gateway to the Western Regions. If they could not enter the city for supplies, most caravans would not be able to make it to the next small country in the Western Regions.
Moreover, other small states in the Western Regions also listened more to the Xiongnu. Didn’t you see that the Great Wusun even married a Han princess, but what was the result? Didn’t they still lean towards the Xiongnu?
Therefore, due to the attitude of the Cheshi Kingdom, the trading routes of the Han merchants became particularly unstable.
It would be fine if it were just merchants, but the problem is that it is not just merchants who can organize caravans, but more often nobles.
The rich and powerful generally do not do business themselves, but they will let their followers do business. Those caravans seem to have nothing to do with them, but the money earned by the caravans has a lot to do with them.
This made many nobles in Chang'an and even the entire Han Dynasty hate the Cheshi Kingdom.
Therefore, the death of Wu Shilu only made the people of the Han Dynasty feel relieved. When it came to the top leaders, they began to worry about whether the Huns would launch a severe counterattack. They were not as optimistic as the common people. Even Sang Hongyang had begun to count the food and grass with worry.
However, he did not write a letter to blame the King of the North, because his son was still in the King of the North's hands!
If he were to report to the King of the North, the King of the North would probably dare to kill his son. He couldn't afford to offend him.
During this process, the most active person was probably Liu Qumao. Whenever he met someone, he would first praise His Royal Highness the King of the Northern Territory for his wisdom and courage, and praised him for his invincibility. But after praising him, he would worry like an elder whether the King of the Northern Territory would be retaliated by the Huns?
I wonder if the Northern Border Kingdom can withstand the Xiongnu's attack? If they can't, shouldn't Chang'an make preparations early?
So, unlike the people's celebration, the top leaders started to worry.
Liu Qumao was laughing while fanning the flames. Of course, the Huns could not be defeated, so he was just laying the groundwork. Once the groundwork was almost complete, the throne of the King of the North could be abolished.
The people he can influence the most are officials. It takes some time for his influence to spread from officials to the people, but that doesn’t matter, he can take it slowly.
If he said too much, it would leave everyone with the impression that the King of the North was too reckless, and then everyone would know that having a calm monarch was the most important thing.
However, his preparations for a long time had little effect. Only one-third of the officials felt that the King of the North was a bit impulsive, but even so, they would add, "He's a young man, that's normal."
There is no way. The halo of killing Wu Shilu is too great, so great that even though everyone knows that doing so may not be appropriate, everyone will still be very tolerant of Liu Tan.
Just when Liu Qumao wanted to make further efforts, the good news from the Northern Border Kingdom came, which directly ruined all his previous preparations - everyone may have various opinions about Liu Tan killing Wu Shilu, but no one will go against their own money.
Now that the Cheshi Kingdom has been taken over, it is their territory. Many people have not been to Tongda City but know how prosperous it is now. Moreover, the caravans do not have to worry there, but will receive all kinds of help instead.
The Cheshi State may be the next Tongda City.
After discovering that the tone in the court had instantly become unified, Liu Qumao was so angry that he smashed all the porcelain in the study. After smashing them, he felt very distressed - the celadon produced by the King of the Northern Territory was very valuable, so valuable that even he could only afford this set.
When Liu Che received the victory report, his brows relaxed considerably. He smiled and said to Liu Chuan: "This little bastard is quite good at seizing opportunities."
Liu Que said, "Yes, but now everyone says that my brother killed Wu Shilu in order to attack the Cheshi Kingdom, so that the Xiongnu would have no time to look south."
Liu Che couldn't help but laugh: "Who said that? How can you be so stupid?"
Are the two tasks equally difficult? Even with the Xiongnu's help, the Cheshi Kingdom would still be just that. Liu Tan had been preparing for this beforehand, so he was sure he could conquer it. But killing Wu Shilu wasn't going to be easy.
Liu Qi said, "Then... Father, do you still need to select envoys to go to the Xiongnu to express your condolences?"
Liu Che raised his eyebrows: "Why not?"
Liu Ju smiled bitterly: "This matter is too dangerous, I'm afraid no one dares to go."
Your child just killed someone, and you sent someone to express condolences. Wouldn't the other party be so angry that they would kill the messenger?
Liu Che said without comment, "Then let the messenger bring my apology and say that I have not raised my son well and have spoiled him a little. I have already punished the King of the Northern Territory."
Liu Ju looked at his father speechlessly. "Your so-called punishment is to go to Curry and choose things for my brother yourself?" That's not all. He even directly included the Cheshi Kingdom within the scope of the Northern Border Kingdom.
If the Huns knew this, they would be so angry that they would die!
But since his father said so, he might as well do it.
However, the messenger had just been chosen and had already written his suicide note. He told his wife to remarry after he left and not to wait for him. Then he was chased out two blocks by his wife.
Over there, Liu Tan quickly sent another letter to Liu Che: Dad! Help! Wu Shilu's men brought his son to me to entrust him to!
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