Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 167 Traitor, eat the old man with a cane! (Thanks to the leader of Nanyue Manlong)
After sending off the Hun envoy, Liu Ying was a little confused. He asked: "Why doesn't Chenhou allow it? A truce to negotiate peace, this is a good thing for both countries."

Chen Ping was silent for a moment, then looked at Cao Can.

Mortun sent the messenger here, not to negotiate peace, but to deal with Yuezhi and Ding Ling with peace of mind, and to solve the problems of Tang.Now that the Huns are fighting on both sides, there is no way to deal with the big Han, and the Tang State keeps making trouble for the Huns.

The biggest problem that troubled Modun was that there were too few Huns.Today, there are millions of nomads under the command of Maotun, but there are only hundreds of thousands of Huns, and the territory of the Huns is very huge. In order to control the various tribes under his command, Maotun arranged the Huns to serve as princes in various places, persecuting them. These Hu people used the language of the Huns and followed the customs of the Huns.

Scattering tens of thousands of people on such a huge territory, there are actually not many Huns in each place. The Xiongnu forces on the border of the Tang Dynasty are the original Linhu and a part of the conquered Donghu, and they are guarding them. The Xiongnu tribe in China has only more than 10 people.

Tang Dynasty went out from time to time, killing the Huns in those places, and even used food and cloth to buy the heads of the Huns from the conquered Linhu people and Donghu people.

This really caused chaos within the Xiongnu, and the Huns who took care of other tribes had an increasingly bad relationship with the local Hu people. There were often cases where the Hu people cut off the heads of their masters and fled to Tang.

This Tang state also does not refuse anyone who comes, and does not persecute those Hu people. As long as they come to vote for the Great Tang, they can become the people of the Great Tang. They are distributed in Shangjun Yunzhong and are protected by the Great Tang.

There were not many Huns in the first place, so how could they withstand such a cut by Tang.

In addition, there is the issue of the Yuezhi and other tribes. Since the Tang Dynasty began to vigorously support the Yuezhi, provide weapons and food, and accept the old and weak, the Yuezhi's combat effectiveness has improved a lot. If the Huns want to bite down, they have to break their teeth, which is the worst. What's more, Yuezhi gave other tribes another way.

The Huns bully us, can we go to the Tang Dynasty?

Therefore, the tribes outside the Xiongnu and even inside have secretly sent people to Tang to get in touch with Tang.

This gave Mo Dun an incomparable headache. He had to change his usual iron-blooded style and began to adopt a half-hearted policy to appease the clans in the country. If all these clans ran away, then he, the emperor on the grassland, would really become a dummy. .

Chen Ping saw through Mo Dun's idea at a glance, but he didn't say it.

Mao Dun treated each other with courtesy and demanded peace. Chen Ping knew that if he denounced the Xiongnu and opposed peace talks at this moment, then he would really become the target of the crusades of the ministers. Mao Dun's strategy was not to make Tang Kingdom become a war turmoil. The main culprit, making him the target of crusade by the ministers?In the future, when Maodun goes to war, he can declare war under the guise of King Tang's rude name, further ruining the reputation of King Tang.

When the whole country yearns for peace, whoever opposes it is the public enemy of the world.

Chen Ping looked at Cao Can across from him and said to Liu Ying, "The minister just thinks that the Huns may not be sincere to make peace, so I want to hear what the ministers have to say."

Liu Ying also looked at Cao Can and wanted to know what the prime minister thought.

Cao Can said indifferently: "This is Chanyu's treacherous plan. It is to provoke the relationship between the foreign king and the ministers, and by the way, weaken the Tang Kingdom, and ruin the reputation of the Tang king. When he has calmed down the domestic chaos, he will attack the big Han."

Chen Ping closed his eyes and stopped talking.

Hearing Cao Can's words, Shusun Tong stood up first and retorted: "Even if it is the Xiongnu's treachery, it is the great Han who is beneficial to the great Han. After five years of peace, the big man will have enough food, weapons, and war horses, and then he will no longer have to fear the Huns!"

"Correct!"

Liu Jing got up and said seriously: "The current big man is short of food, and the second is short of war horses. In the previous battle, we obtained a large number of war horses. In five years, it is enough for us to cultivate a cavalry team that is not afraid of the Huns. By then, the offensive and defensive situation will change!"

After Liu Jing, several other ministers stood up, all of them supported the negotiation of peace with the Xiongnu, and their rhetoric was the same, all for the stable development of the Han afterward. The Han is currently inferior to the Xiongnu, but if there is five years of development time , Even if the Han could not take the initiative to go out to attack the Huns, the Huns would not dare to come to attack them easily.

Fan Kuai was about to speak, but Zhao Yao said first: "Wuyang Marquis won't ignore the people in the world in order to get the title?"

Fan Kuai was speechless for a moment, and Zhao Yao added: "Though there are saints in today's great men, there are very few young and strong people, the farmland is barren, and there is no savings in the granary. Once we encounter disasters, we will be helpless. If we can Negotiate peace with the Xiongnu, send less people to the border gates, reduce food support to the border, and govern the country with all-out efforts.”

The people of Dahan often go to the border to serve, and at the same time, the food of the soldiers guarding the frontier is also a big expenditure of Dahan. The money spent on military equipment is much more than the money spent on internal affairs.

The generals were at a loss for words, and in the hall, the Peace Sect quickly gained the upper hand.

"enough!"

Liu Ying suddenly opened her mouth and scolded: "The princes only talk about the matter of peace, but don't mention the matter of King Tang. Do you want to harm the king of Tang alone and make the world safe?!"

"Your Majesty! I dare not wait!"

Everyone hurriedly paid their respects, and Shu Suntong said seriously: "This matter will not hinder Tang State. It will not implicate Tang King."

"How dare you deceive me?!"

Liu Ying stood up and said angrily: "It is rare for Tang to have the current situation. If I ask him to cut off contact with Yuezhi and dismiss the Hu people in the country, isn't this weakening Tang? When the time comes, the Huns will attack, you go. Stop it?!"

"Modun wants to lay the blame for the war on Chang... King Tang! If I allow it, how will the world view King Tang? Why do we fight? It's not because the Xiongnu robbed our people! It's not because of the risk. Did you write a letter to insult the mother of the country?!"

"Today the Xiongnu speaks eloquently and wants to put the blame on my younger brother? I will never agree!"

"Modun wants to make peace? Then apologize to my mother first! Admit to my previous looting trip! Who caused the war, who knows best!"

Liu Yingqi's face flushed red, and she reprimanded the ministers.

The ministers lowered their heads and said nothing.

Shusun Tong raised his head helplessly, "Your Majesty!"

"I don't listen! I don't want to make peace!"

Liu Ying left a sentence and left angrily, leaving only the ministers looking at each other.

Zhao Yao reluctantly walked to Uncle Suntong's side, "Your Majesty loves King Tang very much, but this matter is good for the big man. I want to persuade him again, but the Queen Mother also loves King Tang, I'm worried."

Shusun Tong raised his head and sighed, hesitating for a long time, gritted his teeth, "I'll go to persuade the queen mother!"

Zhao Yao was stunned for a moment, and looked at the important official who was known as the "villain" in front of him in surprise. Does he still have such courage?
Liu Ying left Jiaofang Palace and went back directly to Ganquan Palace. Seeing that Empress Cao was coaxing the little guy, his face became better. After taking the child, he shook with a smile, but the Empress saw the emperor. Her mood was not very good, she asked curiously, "What did King Tang do?"

"It's not the King of Tang, it's the Huns!"

Liu Ying told what happened in the DPRK and said resentfully: "I was almost deceived by Mo Dun, if it wasn't for Chen Hou's reminder, I would have made a big mistake! Mo Dun is vicious and actually wants to murder the eldest brother. !"

Empress Cao looked at Liu Ying and said with emotion, "Your Majesty loves King Tang very much."

With a straight face, Liu Ying said seriously: "I love him, but I also love the people of the world. I will never sacrifice anyone in order to achieve great things, even if the Huns did not want to murder the eldest brother, they wanted to murder one. I will never allow people I never know."

"The people of the Great Han are all my people. As the Son of Heaven, I must protect them. If the Huns want to attack because of this, I will go to fight in person. Even if I die in battle, I will never do harm to others!"

Empress Cao shook her head and said softly, "Your Majesty has a good heart. I'm afraid that the ministers will not just let it go."

"By the way, Queen, I have an idea."

Liu Ying hesitated a bit, lowered her head and said, "Empress, my younger brother Jian. I have been alone since I was a child without my biological mother. It has always been the palace maid to take care of me."

Seeing Liu Ying's reluctance to speak, Empress Cao laughed, "Your Majesty wants to take him over, let me raise him as a mother, and let him grow up with Xiang?"

Liu Ying nodded cautiously, and then hesitantly said: "It's just that the queen is also very tired now. My brother is very obedient, and he is very good and won't make us angry."

Empress Cao pretended to be serious and said, "That's not possible! Your Majesty is busy with state affairs all the year round. I'm tired of taking care of one child. How can I take care of another child?"

"Ah??" Liu Ying's eyes widened, at a loss.

Then Empress Cao laughed, "Hahaha, what is your Majesty still doing, go and bring Jian over!"

"it is good!"

"Great!"

Liu Ying was overjoyed, holding the Queen's hand, and said seriously: "But the Queen will make up for it."

"Your Majesty, don't say such things again. I am His Majesty's wife. No matter what His Majesty wants to do, I will support His Majesty, always."

Liu Ying looked at the virtuous wife in front of her, her eyes were full of tenderness, she could no longer contain the love in her heart, so she couldn't help but lean over and was about to kiss.
"Wow~~~"

Xiang suddenly burst into tears, Liu Ying got up helplessly, and scolded: "You stubborn, who is not good, but you are like your father Zhong!"

Uncle Suntong was sitting in front of the disciples at the moment, and the disciples sat on his left and right, listening to his lectures.

"Mencius said: People can do what they don't do, and then they can do things. He said: If you say that people are not good, why should they be troubled later? He said: Zhongni didn't do it. Only righteousness lies."

"Sometimes, some things that violate the bottom line have to be done, and we do it because there are more important things that we need to do. Sometimes, some things that cannot be done must also be done. Those who are virtuous in things that conform to our ideas, do not necessarily have to be faithful to their words, and do not have to be consistent in their actions, as long as the righteousness is there, they must go all out!"

After Shusuntong finished the last lesson, he slowly got up and said, "Now, I have something like this to do. If I am guilty of this, don't have any resentment, this is what I want to do myself. You should study with peace of mind, restore Confucianism, set up schools everywhere, recruit disciples widely, remember, teach without distinction, don’t be too harsh on students, don’t charge too much fees, don’t keep secrets, don’t attack other schools of Confucianism "

Hearing these words of Shusuntong, his disciples were shocked and were about to get up to ask, but Shusuntong frowned, "I just said, why don't you go to review?!"

Everyone hurriedly lowered their heads and continued to read.

Uncle Suntong did not go to say goodbye to his family, but directly ordered his disciples to drive towards the palace.

Soon after, he sat in front of Empress Lu.

"The queen mother, the minister has no talent, but is in the third position. The minister knows that this is because of the words of the king of Tang. Therefore, the minister respects the king of Tang very much, and often thinks about repaying his kindness."

Empress Lu had a cold face, she knew what had happened in the imperial court, and she naturally knew the purpose of Shusun Tong's coming to find her. As soon as Shusun Tong said something, Empress Lu scolded: "This is how you repay him Kindness? Do you blame an 11-year-old child for everything in the world?!"

Shusun Tong hurriedly said: "Please ask the empress dowager to see clearly, that's not the case."

"My son is not married yet, so the daughter of the Xiongnu should be the head of the family? How can there be such a reason!"

Empress Lu was even more angry than Liu Ying, and she said angrily: "If anyone else makes this statement, they will be executed!"

Shusuntong was so frightened that his legs began to tremble. He summoned up his courage and said tremblingly: "The Queen Mother, my Confucian disciple, is greatly used in Tang. I have no grievances with the Tang king."

"When Mo Dun wrote a letter to insult the Queen Mother, but the Queen Mother was unwilling to fight, why is this?"

Lu Hou had a stern face and did not answer.

Shusuntong added: "This is because the Queen Mother attaches more importance to the world than to her own reputation. How similar it is now to the original, the great Han has a sage king, a worthy minister, and everyone is of one mind. What is lacking is only the time to develop. As long as there are ten years of stability, the great Han will no longer have to fear foreign enemies, and the Huns will not dare to be easily humiliated."

"Does the queen mother love her son or the world more?"

"The reason why I dare to come to the Queen Mother is not because I am not afraid of death. This minister is very timid and most afraid of death in my life. I came to the Queen Mother because I know that the Queen Mother will not kill me. The Queen Mother is the mother of the Han Dynasty, although she loves her young son. , but love the world more, although it will affect the reputation of King Tang, but it will not kill his life, the queen mother was willing to endure insults and was not willing to fight easily, and now she is so tough for her young son?"

Empress Lu didn't speak, just looked at him coldly.

Shusuntong added: "We all know that the war was not because of King Tang, people in the world will not blame King Tang for starting the war rashly, and future generations will surely know that King Tang sacrificed his reputation for the sake of the world, so they will respect him even more and ask the Queen Mother. thoughtful."

Empress Lu hesitated for a moment, then stood up slowly, "Huns are cruel by nature, they will soon tear up the contract and start again."

"Even so, the people of the world know that my big man is unwilling to take the initiative to fight against the Xiongnu. If the Xiongnu comes again, the people of the world will be extremely angry, and they will understand that the fault lies in the war, so they are willing to fight to the death for Your Majesty."

Empress Lu was thoughtful.

"The Queen Mother, please order and persuade Your Majesty that he agrees to marry. The big man needs peace."

While they were talking, Liu Chang suddenly broke into the Jiaofang Palace. He slapped the snow on his body and scolded: "This weather is really bad? Uncle Suntong? Why did you come to Jiaofang Palace? "

Chang Liu sat carelessly and looked at them.

Empress Lv said: "It is for the purpose of negotiating peace. The Huns want to negotiate and marry you with a daughter."

"Hahaha, that's all? It's okay, grandma, answer him! After agreeing, contact Yuezhi as usual, and chop off the Hun dog's head as usual, I can still get a wife for nothing, how wonderful it is!"

Liu Chang said with a smile.

Empress Lu said again, "It's just that Mo Dun thinks that the battle is yours. If you do what you always do, I'm afraid everyone in the world will blame you."

"Blame your ass, the people of Tang Dynasty are eager to have a war, and they can still be promoted after a war!"

"The people in this world are not just the people of your Tang country."

"Ah? Is the mother talking about Zhao Guo? Hahaha, how can they blame them? As long as they dare to say more, I will let them know what the military merit system is!"

Empress Lu shook her head, "I'm talking about the people in the temple."

"The ministers of the temple? Except for Zhou Bo, Fan Kuai, Chen Ping, Guan Ying, Xiahou Ying, and Cao Thief, everyone else is a wine bag and a rice bag! Widows don't care at all!"

"Aren't you worried about your reputation at all?"

"Fame? How many war horses can that thing be exchanged for?"

Liu Ying sat in the upper seat and looked at the ministers angrily.

Liu Ying has never been so angry. After Shusun Tong met the Queen Mother, the ministers felt at ease. Facts once again proved that the ministers were not afraid of the emperor, but the one in the Jiaofang Palace.After the queen mother expressed that she would not object, the group of ministers became even more enthusiastic. They directly united and played together, hoping to negotiate peace with the Xiongnu in exchange for peace.

Cao Can's face was dark and he didn't say a word. He was against doing this.

It's just that when all the ministers are united, he, the prime minister of the country, really can't stand on the emperor's side. He must properly grasp the balance in the temple. If the ministers feel that he has completely fallen to the emperor, then he will. It is not good to command the ministers again.Therefore, Cao Can can only remain silent at this time, but he is also angry and his eyes are very bad.

Chen Ping didn't speak, he just watched the group of ministers discussing calmly, and had no intention of intervening in it at all. Like him, there were also generals headed by Zhou Bo. Most of these people bowed their heads and said nothing.

"Your Majesty, state affairs are the most important thing! The Queen Mother and King Tang both agreed, why didn't His Majesty allow it?!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, King Tang wrote the letter in person, hoping to negotiate peace, why don't you allow it?"

The ministers began to attack. When Liu Bang wanted to replace Liu Ying, he was besieged by the ministers. Even Liu Bang was unable to defeat the combined ministers, let alone Liu Ying.

Relying on Liu Ying's good temper, the group of ministers played on it one after another, making Liu Ying unable to refute it at all.

"Please, Your Majesty, put the affairs of the state first! Please put the world first! Your Majesty, please accept it!!"

Everyone please play again.

Liu Ying was trembling all over, her face was ashen, and she said nothing.

At this moment, a soldier suddenly walked in and said, "Your Majesty, Xiang Xiang is outside the door, asking to meet you."

"Ah? Xiao Xiang??"

Liu Ying was taken aback, and then her face became even more unsightly. Has even Xiao Xiang persuaded herself?

"Let him come in quickly! Help him in!"

However, it was freezing cold at the moment, and Liu Ying did not dare to let the sick Xiao He stay outside the hall.

Soon, Xiao He walked in.

At this moment, Xiao He has white hair, and his body is no longer as straight as before. He is hunched over, with snow on his shoulders, trembling all over, leaning on crutches, and two people beside him supporting him, he can't even walk. Now, I can only take a small step, a small step forward, and it is very difficult to walk.

The ministers stood up to pay their respects. Xiao He lowered his head and walked in front of Liu Ying with great difficulty. Just as he was about to salute, Liu Ying hurriedly said: "Xiao Xiang doesn't need to be too polite! Quickly help Xiao Xiang to sit down!"

Zhao Yao walked happily to Xiao He's side. He knew that as soon as Xiao He came, the matter would be settled. You must know that Xiao He is the one who attaches the most importance to the world.

"Xiao Xiang, I will help you."

"Stupid!!!"

Xiao He raised his head abruptly and hit Zhao Yao on the head with his crutch. Zhao Yao cried out in pain and looked at Xiao He in surprise.

Xiao He looked at everyone angrily and scolded: "Stupid! Stupid! They are all a bunch of idiots! Cao Can! You idiot!"

Being reprimanded by Xiao He, Cao Can said nothing, just bowed his head to accept.

Xiao He looked very excited, he shouted: "Who asked you to make peace with the Xiongnu!! The Yuezhi formed an alliance with the Han, which made the Huns have to make peace. Now all the tribes of the Huns rely on the Han and want to defect to the Han, This is the disaster of the Xiongnu! You idiots, you are negotiating peace with the Xiongnu at this moment, are you trying to scare away those countries that wanted to make an alliance with the big Han?!"

"The Huns are strong, and only the big Han can defeat them. Don't we make a contract so that the Huns can attack the big Han now? Is it possible that the Huns will not attack the big Han again after the contract is drawn up?"

"At a time like this, without showing the majesty of a big man and letting all the tribes outside the Great Wall return to their hearts, they still think about what peace they want! Fight when it is time to negotiate, and negotiate peace when it is time to fight!"

"Who said he wanted to make peace! Stand up! Let this old man see!!"

The ministers were silent, and no one dared to speak.

Liu Ying was overjoyed and said, "It's the words of the doctor's uncle Sun Tong!"

Shusun Tong's eyes widened, looking at the emperor, Your Majesty, it's a bit unkind of you to do this!
But before Uncle Sun Tong could explain, a crutch smashed into his head.

"Ah! Xiao Xiang, be careful, I'll do it myself, don't hurt yourself. Pay attention, can I do it myself?"

ps: Thank you very much for the leader of the Nanyue Manlong boss. I will write a little more today, and strive to add more updates for the two bosses tomorrow.

My favorite minister at the beginning of the Han Dynasty was Xiao He. Really, he spent the first half of his life creating the Great Han, and in the second half of his life he has been running around for the Great Han, serving the people all his life, and even risking being killed to persuade Liu Bang to lend the garden to the common people for farming. In the beginning, all the policies that benefited the people were drawn up by him alone. Before he died of illness, he had been compiling new laws at home, enduring the pain, and then he died after writing them. Alas, the first virtuous prime minister of the Han Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)