25 The landlords have no surplus food
Huo Yan: I'm the one who's easy to pick on, right?
In the third year of Jianyuan, the Minyue attacked Dong'ou. Dong'ou appealed for help, but Grand Commandant Tian Fen ignored the matter. Yan Zhu, then a Senior Official, advocated for a military rescue. Ultimately, Emperor Liu Che dispatched Yan Zhu to Kuaiji to stabilize the situation.
In the sixth month of the sixth year of the Jianyuan era, the King of Minyue once again invaded Nanyue. Your Majesty again dispatched Yan Zhu to send reinforcements, forcing Minyue to surrender. Nanyue, fearing to deploy troops without authorization, sent a petition to the court. Emperor Wu of Han, as the superior state, mobilized a large force, dispatching Generals Han Anguo and two others to lead the attack on Minyue.
At the beginning of the sixth year of Jianyuan, the Xiongnu requested a marriage alliance. When large quantities of treasures, gold, silver, beauties and servants were sent out, the young ruler of the empire, Liu Che, was not happy.
Cutting meat to feed a tiger shows that the tiger's desire is insatiable.
The people in his court are too old and stubborn. Those old-fashioned people are preventing him from changing his country.
If we do not take the initiative to attack and allow the Huns to grow indefinitely, we will be unable to turn around.
Finally, on May Dinghai, Empress Dowager Dou passed away, and the tiger talisman kept by the Empress Dowager fell into his hands.
The most powerful restraint on the emperor was broken.
The young emperor was full of confidence, like a golden crow that had just flown into the sky. He couldn't wait to radiate his light and heat to the Han Dynasty.
So when the troops of King Ying of Minyue invaded Nanyue, he ignored the opposition and sent a large army to rescue.
He wanted to tell the world that the Han people were going to fight back.
"South Vietnam needs support. Do you understand?"
Only by fighting can you have a future; retreating into a cowardly state will only lead to destruction.
The emperor at the top looked into the distance and asked softly as usual, asking the young man beside him, who was carved into jade by him.
The map on the ground was clearly clean and new, but it seemed to have thousands of lines drawn on it. Following the emperor's gaze, it turned into the direction of the expedition against the Huns.
Wei Qing is not here.
The emperor released the white bird from his palm with his own hands.
He was thinking at the time that such a bright Wei Qing should fly out, weather the wind and rain, and soar into the sky.
But on the battlefield, a place of life and death, will his bird fly back and fly into his palm?
Because Wei Qing was not at home, the twins who were brought by him to study looked up when they heard the words. Their eyes sparkled under the lamp, just like Wei Qing's.
"Your Majesty, do we need to understand?"
Qubing always speaks first.
After Ah Yan looked at him, he lowered his eyes and turned the page of the book, but his ears were actually perked up.
"Do you want to?"
He never answers, but asking in return sometimes represents a tacit agreement.
Qubing always nodded.
A Yan would also put down his hand and say "hmm" softly.
A ball of childishness.
But inexplicably, Liu Che felt very happy, a happiness he had not felt in a long time.
He took the two children to look through the map, holding an ink pen, and talked about his vision, the vision of the Han Dynasty.
Each generation has its own mission. He wanted to defeat the arrogant Huns, conquer vast territories, straighten the backbone of the Han people, bring stability to the world, and let the glory of the Han shine brightly in all directions.
His fingertips kept moving across the map of the territory. They went out of Chang'an, then to Henei County, all the way towards Dingxiang and Shuofang, all the way north, across the Huns' territory, and towards the Western Regions.
Huo Qubing listened attentively. His eyes followed the fingertips. As Liu Che described, he saw the end of the sky and seemed to see the river made of gold that Liu Che mentioned.
Countless images flashed through Huo Yan's mind. The Mongolian sky was indeed connected into one piece, the wind blew the grass low, and the sky and the earth were connected.
The scenery is magnificent and picturesque.
The two of them became excited along with Liu Che, ambitions arose in their hearts, and their little faces turned red.
The three of them added countless beautiful ideas to this map.
"From now on, I will ride on horseback with Your Majesty, my uncle, and Ah Yan to fish for gold! We will bring it all back, and then whoever makes you upset will be thrown gold!"
Huo Qubing's eyes sparkled as he spoke loudly.
Huo Yan nodded in admiration.
Then he quietly considered the feasibility of opening up the Silk Road and doing business.
Liu Che was pleasantly surprised to see the two children kneeling and listening attentively.
"What's drawn in the picture, what I'm talking about, maybe you two understand?"
Huo Qubing nodded. This was a very simple thing. He had been looking at pictures with his uncle since a very early age.
Huo Yan shook his head.
He was not a genius like his brother, so he couldn't understand it, but he understood the general strategic direction that Liu Che talked about.
Maybe when he has time he can really travel along the ancient Silk Road and go to Rome to cheat people out of their money, otherwise what will happen if this group of people catch him alone and take advantage of him?
When Liu Che smiled, he was like the summer sun.
"It doesn't matter if you don't understand, as long as you two don't say I'm dreaming!"
Huo Qubing and Huo Yan frowned together and said in unison, "Why are you saying that? We can do it!"
Liu Che picked up the two children and rubbed their faces.
"Hahaha, it's hard to find a soulmate, it's time to make it clear!"
The young emperor laughed loudly, leaning sideways on the couch. If it weren't for the national mourning, he would probably have a drink with the two children.
His eyes were shining as he stared at the two children closely, like a newborn eagle basking in the sun.
His light was just beginning to shine, and the eagle he wanted to raise was growing its wings.
They have a long way to go.
Purple smoke from the hollow incense burner in the Weiyang Palace rose straight up, but only a wisp of fragrance remained in the air, just like the morning when my uncle took Huo Yan and Huo Qubing to see the farewell of the princess's marriage at the beginning of the year.
There seemed to be fog, and a lingering scent of a passing carriage.
I can't see anything clearly.
Huo Yan only saw dozens of carts of gold, silver, cloth and delicate girls with tears on their cheeks.
He cried because of it.
Huo Qubing didn't remember much either.
But he remembered the tears in his uncle and Ah Yan's eyes when only the wheel tracks were left of the carriage.
The men around him said that they were unable to defeat the Huns and that they had to offer the Han Dynasty's treasures to prevent the Han Dynasty from falling under the Huns' hooves. They said that the people on the border were still deeply troubled by them.
He doesn't like it.
He doesn't understand.
Because his uncle taught him and Ah Yan why not to fight them, but to give up his great treasure. How can you know you can't win without fighting? If you are afraid without fighting, you are a coward.
He pointed to the Xiongnu territory on the map, hoping to encourage Liu Che's courage and tell him not to be like those men. He said to Liu Che, "Uncle, fear the dog's claws and teeth. A dog's arrogance makes it even more frightening. Only by beating the dog into submission and breaking its claws and teeth can you truly train it. So don't be afraid. When it bares its teeth, it's just asking for a beating. When it grins, it's just asking for a blow."
Liu Che seemed to see a divine horse running towards him, and in an instant it was shining brightly.
Just like when he first met Wei Qing, perhaps there will be another general who can serve him.
With a thousand-mile horse by his side, Bole is delighted.
"Yes, but they are dog ears."
The emperor's eyes were clear and powerful. He hooked his finger and said to the twins in his arms, "I can fight a bear, so why should I fear a dog?"
He seemed to be speaking to his twin sons, yet also to millions of people, to his deceased relatives, to the ministers of the previous dynasty, and to the people of the present day. He seemed to be speaking to those who came before him, yet also to those who will come after him.
"When you two grow up, follow me, and remember, wherever my finger passes today is Han territory."
Huo Qubing's eyes became brighter and brighter. He never liked being passive and depressed.
The high-spirited and forward-looking Liu Che is the God of Spring that Huo Qubing admires.
"Okay! I'll go fight for my uncle!"
Huo Yan's expression was also somewhat moved, and his heart was beating fast.
"I remember."
Even though he knew that he was a bastard, Huo Yan had to admit that Liu Che had a fatal attraction to him at this moment.
Ambitions for hegemony and peace are too empty.
Perhaps just to avoid having a face covered in tears and resentment, he was willing to follow Liu Che.
He likes a peaceful world, but if there is a strong enemy nearby, he will fight back.
I would rather use my money on fire than give it to a robber.
This time, I have really gone down a wrong path.
Huo Qubing listened to Liu Che talking about the map and how to deal with the Huns.
One dared to speak, the other dared to speak, and they were all talking nonsense.
As an outsider, Huo Yan twitched his lips and moved aside, unwilling to admit that he knew them. He thought again and again, pinched his small hand that still couldn't pull the bow and arrow, and decided to save some more money.
War costs money, so next time his uncle goes to war, he should donate more.
Use the remaining money to make some weapons or something.
As he was thinking, he saw two pairs of big eyes looking at him.
"Ayan, come quickly, I'm talking about something happy."
Liu Che waved.
[Okay, everyone is in favor of war this time.]
[After listening to Tetsuko and Qubing, I think I am a conservative.]
[No, why do the three of them always look so silly when it comes to serious things, hahaha.]
[Bingbing, don't worry, when you grow up, you can not only knock teeth and hit heads, but you can also tear this dog apart.]
[The three of them are like the orphan and the widower, who can make something out of a broken bowl.]
[No, no, I'm going crazy over this pig.]
[Don't call me piggy, call me Your Majesty.]
[My dear husband, you were so handsome when you were little.]
[Where is my historian? Qubing's dog training theory, ahhhh.]
[Three sentences and she's got a huge crush! The big man succubus truly deserves the title.]
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In July, Wei Qing, the white bird, returned home.
He was a little darker and thinner, but his eyes were still clear and powerful.
Although the war ended with the Minyue King's brother Yu Shan killing the Minyue King and surrendering, the Han army withdrew.
However, this battle completely stabilized the southeastern part of the empire, and Nanyue, a country that had been isolated since the fall of Qin, completely surrendered.
This was a great encouragement to the young emperor Liu Che.
So when Tang Meng wrote a letter to the emperor to develop the Southwestern Yi, the emperor who pursued an active military policy agreed without hesitation.
After listening to the successive narrations of Liu Che and Wei Qing and the supplements from the barrage, Huo Yan realized that the cause of this earth-shaking event was actually a small plate of wolfberry sauce. Later, when he learned that Zhang Bowang had opened up the Western Regions only because of a rumor that there was a Dayuezhi after the Xiongnu, even he, a young man who had always been active and capable of making things happen, could not help but sigh that this track of daring to think and act, and actively finding ways to challenge others, has finally been squeezed into by our Han Dynasty.
Okay, let’s get back to the topic.
It is said that Wang Hui, who was sent to attack Yuzhang Commandery, now in Jiangxi Province, sent people to intimidate Nanyue. The person he sent was Tang Meng, the magistrate of Poyang County at the time. When he arrived in Nanyue, the Nanyue people treated him to a meal and served him a dish of wolfberry sauce. Wolfberry sauce was a specialty of Shu. Curious, he asked about it and learned that there was a river in the northwest of Nanyue called the Zangke River, which is today's Beipan River. If you follow that river, you can go all the way to Panyu, which is today's Guangdong Province. Lord Tang took this to heart and after returning to Chang'an, he visited Shu merchants and learned about the existence of the middle-road traders, the Yelang Kingdom.
This is really amazing to know.
The Yelang Kingdom was located in the north of Nanyue and south of Shu County. There was a river there, which was not like the Gan River and the Xiang River that flowed upstream every day. Instead, it could flow downstream directly to attack Huanglong. If his father built several roads directly to Yelang, it would be a super enclave for attacking Nanyue.
Little guy, I have finally managed to control the South Vietnam that has been running around like crazy every other day.
Lord Tang was delighted and wrote his outlook with a flourish of his brush.
Then, this prospect landed on Liu Che's desk, causing Liu Che and his group of young attendants to marvel at it.
What a talent! Why didn't I think of that?
The young people in the Weiyang Palace, even Huo Qubing who had just been tied to someone's waist, were said to be in turmoil. Don't think too much about it, it's not that spring has arrived, it's just that they are looking for trouble.
Liu Che immediately appointed Tang Meng as General of the Central Army, gave him money and property, and sent more than a thousand guards and a transport team of more than ten thousand people to search for the Yelang Kingdom.
Huo Yan, who was reading a book in the house, twitched his lips and silently calculated, almost in sync with Sang Hongyang, how much money it would cost to go back and forth.
Then the light in their eyes went out at the same time.
Wei Qing's heart also tightened.
Your Majesty will not go to A Yan to ask for money again, will you?
It turns out yes.
After staying in the house for three months, Sima Xiangru, who was about to finish the play "The Monkey King", finally got a cellmate.
That’s right, it was Dongfang Shuo that Liu Che found specifically for the owner of this toy house, and he had no choice but to find him.
Sima Xiangru was forced, and Dongfang Shuo came with the mission of exchanging money. Plus, he had been coveting the toy house for a long time and couldn't wait to get in. He would cry, make a fuss, and even threaten to commit suicide for no reason.
An old rascal who could urinate in front of people and was demoted to a commoner managed to get in by relying on his extremely thick skin.
Huo Yan was so angry that he gritted his teeth. The jewelry store had just opened, and you old bitch, are you crazy? There has to be a limit to how much you can take advantage of.
He only intended to give a percentage of the profit, but Huo Qubing blinked his big eyes and talked about their dreams again.
Huo Yan exploded with another wave of gold coins.
A full three points, including clothes and jewelry.
In the small compartment on the third floor, Huo Yan was calculating with a dejected look on his face.
Huo Qubing gave him a sip of water, fearing that he would be depressed due to lack of money and bite his tongue to commit suicide.
After wiping the plaque that was said to have been bestowed by Emperor Liu Che himself, the eldest son of the steward's family admired his work and smiled with his front teeth showing. Huo Yan, who was coming down the stairs, gave him a cat-fist on the shoulder.
"Does it look good?"
The voice is eerie.
The young man nicknamed Shi Ye didn't feel anything at all. After all, their young master couldn't even lift a bow, but he still subconsciously took a step back, probably alert to the danger.
"While we still have some money, let your grandfather set up a stage, perform opera, and sell merchandise."
Huo Yan's face was wooden as he stared intently at the lunatic who had shamelessly cut in line. Dongfang Shuo, with a chill emanating from him, asked the servant behind him word by word, "Can anyone tell me how he escaped?"
Huo Qubing fed him another mouthful of brick tea that he had traded with the Xiongnu. His little tiger teeth gleamed. "Go ahead. Don't delay making money. I'll catch him back soon."
Huo Yan shuddered with misery, glanced at him, and raised the corners of his lips, but his tone was still sinister.
"His master signed him a personal indenture, not a labor contract. He told him that if he didn't finish the 'Monkey King' card series, he would have his limbs ripped off, his flesh cut off, and sold to the Xiongnu as dry food."
【Author’s words】
Discussing how the brother persuaded A Yan.
A Yan: One percent profit.
Huo Qubing: Ah Yan, have you forgotten the Golden River?
Huo Qubing: Ah Yan, our dream, and my uncle's dream, is to defeat the Huns and the Nanyue people so that they can live a good life.
A Yan: 30% profit, no more, I need to pay for the rest.
Liu Che counted money, just like his father counted money, oh, he also sold people and wrote plaques.
Don't say that the imperial plaque is very powerful. It was the early period of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty. The foreign kings and nobles had not been dealt with yet. The imperial court should be weak. I remember that there was a period of time when Emperor Wu of Han had no money for fighting, so he borrowed from the nobles, but no one lent him money, so he issued the "Gao Min Order".
So it was purely A Yan giving him face.
A Yan is a high-spirited idealist, so he will be disappointed later.
Well, I have always been a nobody, and I write just because I want to write.
Well, there were suddenly a lot of people here, and it was different from before, so I was a little scared.
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