Chapter 633 [Second Update]
Everyone was excited when they heard the news. After so many years, this was probably the second or third time that a high-ranking Xiongnu official was captured alive and sent to Beijing.
The last time it happened was during the Wei Huo era. Since Wei Huo's death, they have been somewhat powerless in dealing with the Huns. This practice of directly capturing the enemy while they are sleeping and only leaving them with a pair of calf-nose pants is simply gratifying.
The more miserable the Huns' defeat was, the happier they were.
Liu Che was also very excited and said directly: "Make preparations. Once the Xiongnu Zuogudu Marquis is escorted to the capital, I will go to offer sacrifices to the Taimiao!"
After thinking for a while, he said: "If the King of the North is..."
None of the ministers thought that this order was excessive. It was truly a great achievement. If the King of the Northern Territory had not only recaptured their territory but not occupied the Xiongnu's territory, do you believe that their Majesty would have dared to prepare for the Fengshan ceremony?
After Liu Che was excited, he became a little worried - his son had made great contributions, how should he reward him?
To be honest, Liu Che himself was tired of giving away gold, silver, and jewelry, but as for the rest... he seemed unable to provide his son with anything else.
He was willing to hand over the State of Yan directly to Liu Tan, but after much thought, he decided that he could not do so for the sake of his son's safety.
Since Liu Ku was chosen to be the King of Yan, it meant that this matter was indeed inappropriate. Liu Che sighed and had to open Liu Tan's letter, hoping to see from the letter whether his son was still lacking anything.
Hey, this child is good in every way except that he never knew how to ask his parents for things since he was young.
It seems like he has a kind of tenacity in his bones. Everything he wants is obtained through his own efforts and has nothing to do with others.
But things have been better in the past two years. Before, Liu Tan only reported good news in his letters, and never mentioned any difficulties or unhappiness he encountered. He was always happy. But now that he has grown up, he has become more spoiled than when he was a child, and dares to express his dissatisfaction in his letters.
Liu Che had already prepared for Liu Tan's complaints, but he never expected that this time
While they were discussing, Liu Che was holding Liu Tan's letter and laughing uncontrollably.
Liu Tan dared to use the style of the Spring and Autumn Annals to omit the entire process in his memorial, but he did not dare to really hide it from Emperor Wu of Han. Moreover, what did he rely on to get to where he is today? Wasn't it because he was open and honest, reporting everything to Emperor Wu of Han, which made Emperor Wu of Han completely trust him and let him go?
Once the first thing is concealed, there will be a second and a third. Even if he himself does not have such thoughts, once the suspicion arises, it will not go away.
What's more, he didn't think there was anything to hide about this matter. He just wanted to maintain the face of him and the elite group, so he didn't want everyone to know.
Liu Che did not expect that Liu Tan would cause such a thing when leading troops to fight. It was strange. Why did his son have such an unruly temperament no matter what he did?
At this time, Liu Ju was standing next to his father and saw this scene. He was laughing so hard that he said casually, "My brother must have been very angry at that time. I wonder if he punished those people."
Liu Che said, "The Xiongnu haven't retreated yet, so I guess they won't punish us."
Liu Ju said, "Given my brother's personality, he might want to wipe out the Xiongnu in one fell swoop."
After hearing this, Liu Che put down the letter and said with some worry, "It's already very good that he was able to capture Zuogudu Hou alive. I hope he can take it easy."
Because the fall of Shanggu County directly cut off all news, and no one knew what was happening on Li Xi's side, Liu Che sent 100,000 troops there on the one hand to let Liu Tan vent his anger and on the other hand to support him. He never thought that Liu Tan would be so bold as to directly attack Wuhuan.
However, it also indirectly proves how angry his son is. Now the Huns have done something similar to the Wuhuan people. Liu Che is really worried that Liu Tan will directly start a war on two fronts.
In this way, even if Liu Tan is rich and has his family to support him, it may not be enough.
When fighting against the Xiongnu, Liu Che was at the top of the world. Didn't he subsidize himself? But he still couldn't hold on.
However, the money Liu Che had in his hands was all left to him by his father, and then there were various royal properties. Theoretically, his reserves should be richer than his son's, but the difference is that the money comes not as quickly. As for Liu Tan... his son requires him to worry about everything except making money.
This was the result of Liu Tan holding back and not wanting to compete too much with the people for profit, otherwise his son might have become the richest man in the world now.
But even so, the money needed to support a war was too much. When Liu Che thought of his son's palace, which looked very shabby among all the princes, he worriedly wanted to give money to Liu Tan.
Alas, this kid is good at making money, but he is also very good at spending money.
Liu Che thought about it and asked someone to count the account books. As an emperor, he rarely did such things, and even Chen Ajiao in the harem was alarmed - no matter what, the harem was also Liu Che's property, even if they were concubines, the queen did not count, because the queen was a wife who was married in a formal ceremony and was on equal footing with the emperor.
Worried about her son, Chen Ajiao ran to Weiyang Palace and asked, "What happened to Tan'er?"
Liu Che did not hide it from her. The main reason was that Chen Ajiao seemed to have opened some seal since she had guarded Chang'an City alone for a period of time last time. In addition, Liu Tan set up a beauty salon for her, which was now thriving and the queen's say was getting bigger and bigger. Liu Che was very worried that with Chen Ajiao's personality, if she used her imagination in the wrong direction, something might happen.
So he said, "I'm just worried that Tan'er doesn't have enough money. You know this kid. No matter how wronged he was, he never asked me for money. I have to keep an eye on him."
Speaking of this, Liu Che wanted to sigh. The other sons were really trying every means to get more benefits from their old father, but the son he cared about the most would rather lower his own living standards to the lowest level than ask him for money. Instead, he wanted to get some new toys for his old father from time to time to make him happy.
Liu Tan always thought that Liu Che liked him because he was honest enough. In fact, Liu Che had seen a lot of ups and downs and knew people's hearts. How could he be so good to him just because of this?
It’s because Liu Tan has a sincere heart.
Liu Che lacked nothing, but sometimes he lacked a sincere heart.
Chen Ajiao had treated him like that before, so as long as Chen Ajiao was not too excessive, Liu Che was willing to tolerate her.
As for Liu Tan, it’s much simpler. He just spoils his own son.
Chen Ajiao felt relieved after hearing Liu Che's words. She waved her hand and said, "I understand. You don't have to bother with this anymore. How much money do you have? If Tan'er needs money, I'll give it to him!"
The ruler of the Liu Empire: ???
After Chen Ajiao passed away, he began to doubt his life. He was the emperor, right? The richest emperor in the world, right?
How could someone say to him, "How much money do you have?"
However, in reality, in terms of total assets, Chen Ajiao is indeed not as good as Liu Che, but who can blame Chen Ajiao for having more liquid assets?
Many of the things in Liu Che's hands are unique in the world, the kind that are priceless and out of stock. Naturally, such things cannot be converted into money, and neither can other precious things. So when you really count them up, he can't give Liu Tan as much money as Chen Ajiao can.
Not only that, he had someone check and found out that the money he had might not only be less than that of his wife, but also less than that of his son - this refers to Liu Ju.
Liu Ju was indeed a bit poor in the past. All his money came from the pocket money given by his old father. In addition, he had supported many disciples, which led to his not being very wealthy.
Later, his brother couldn't bear it anymore and gave him a jade mine.
At the beginning, Dunhuang jade was not well-known, so his wealth was only slightly more than before.
Over the years, because Liu Tan always used Dunhuang jade for white jade, he successfully spread the reputation of Dunhuang jade. In addition, Liu Ju was too lazy to support those disciples, so he naturally had more money. Therefore, this time, the queen and the prince contributed the most to Liu Tan - not to mention them, even Wei Zifu contributed a little.
As for the princesses, they didn't pay this time because Chen Ajiao didn't let them pay.
Chen Ajiao thought a lot. It was not like she was short of money. If Liu Ju gave her money, she would give it to him. It didn't matter if Wei Zifu gave her money too. Strictly speaking, they were all family anyway.
But princesses are different. Even though there is no idea these days that a married daughter is like spilled water, they will not simply treat a married daughter as their own family member.
Chen Ajiao was worried that Liu Tan had collected too much money from them and would have to find a way to pay it back, which was tiring enough.
Now Liu Tan has gotten used to collecting money, and everyone in the Northern Border Kingdom is also used to it. The people in Yan Kingdom may not be used to it, but it doesn’t matter, they will get used to it sooner or later.
Liu Tan was just a little puzzled. Didn't he say in the letter that he didn't need money? Why did he send money?
It's fine if his parents and brother all gave him money, but why are you joining in the fun, Madam Wei? How much money do you have?
As the queen, even if Chen Ajiao did not have a beauty salon, she still had a fixed cosmetics field to provide income, plus she also had a dowry.
But Wei Zifu was just a concubine now, and the amount of money she received depended entirely on Liu Che's mood. Oh, although she had a son, Liu Ju, but... didn't Liu Ju also give her money this time?
The one who came to deliver the money was a eunuch beside Liu Che. They all knew that the King of the Northern Territory was generous and strict in his words and never embarrassed the palace servants like them, so they said calmly: "His Majesty said that he was afraid that Your Highness would be angry and attack the Xiongnu."
Liu Tan: ...
He felt that his father still didn't understand him very well. He was now anxious to return to Jicheng to see how Liu Ku was doing. He had no mood to fight to the death with the Huns. Of course, he had to record this account first.
So he hurried back to Jicheng. When he found that Jicheng was still the same as usual, before he could breathe a sigh of relief, Dou Sibo came out hurriedly, his voice tinged with tears: "Your Highness... His Highness the Prince of Yan... He's missing!"
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