Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 436 How much military merit is a god?
The peninsula has been completely pacified. After Mahan's demise, the rest of the small tribes surrendered immediately, and no longer had the idea of ​​becoming an enemy of the big Han.

The entire peninsula has completely become the domain of the Great Han, and the war on the peninsula also ended, but the King of Yan continued to fight with the Fuyu people in the north. It is considered to be a remnant of Luli, and Luli is a man from Yin and Shang Dynasty. He is one of the ancient ethnic groups in Shandong, my country. After Zhou destroyed Shang, he began to flee and went to the northeast to establish his own country.

The Fuyu people thought they were the descendants of these people. Their capital was originally called Laicheng (now Changchun), and later they built a royal city next door, called Fuyu City (now Changchun Nong'an County). After a long development process Later, at the end of the Qin Dynasty, he gradually ushered in his high-light moment, which was probably due to Mo Dun, who beat the Donghu people and could not lift their heads, but gave the rest of them a chance to raise their heads.

This Donghu people is also relatively miserable. After the first rise, they tried to bully the country of Yan. Unfortunately, the king of Yan at that time was called Yanzhi, and historically known as the king of Yan Zhao, who was the one who bought horse bones with money.

He also has some good talents under his command, such as Guo Wei, Ju Xin, Zou Yan, Qu Yong, Le Yi, Su Dai, Qin Kai, etc. It seems that something is mixed in. Anyway, Yan Guo has eaten it for so many years. After losing the battle, a good king and a good general of the Tiantuan finally came, and the Donghu people came across it.

General Qin Kai fought Donghu but conquered a vast territory for more than a thousand miles.

But Qin Kai, a famous general, is not as famous as his grandson. General Qin Kai's grandson is Qin Wuyang, the one who murdered him at the age of fourteen.

The Donghu people suffered a loss, and the second time they saw the opportunity to attack Zhao, they wanted to bully Zhao. The time was right. At that time, the king of Zhao was incompetent, and he had a virtuous prime minister, Guo Kai, but he didn't choose the right person. , happened to meet Li Mu, who was here to fight the Huns, and was beaten by Li Mu again.

The Donghu people endured again, and the third time he decided not to go south, there are easy people out there, so it's better to bully and bully the unsatisfactory little brother next to him, so they set their sights on the half-crippled after being beaten by Li Mu. The Huns, after being bullied, met Mo Dun. Then they were slaughtered by Mo Dun, and the Donghu Alliance perished directly, and all the tribes became the ethnic slaves of the Huns.

Of course, the Donghu ethnic groups did not die out. For example, the Wuhuan people who retreated to Wuhuan Mountain and the Xianbei people who retreated to Xianbei Mountain were the main tribal groups of Donghu.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the people of Fuyu gradually rose up, actively attracted the refugees who fled from the Central Plains, absorbed advanced agricultural technology, and actively developed the Northeast. However, they were not too lucky and met a king full of ambitions , and an emperor who unconditionally trusted King Yan.

The King of Yan, Liu Bi, was a hero of the clan recognized by Liu Bang. He was in the country of Yan, and he couldn't stop.

The war on the peninsula has subsided, but the people of Fuyu are still at war with King Yan.

King Yan took the lead, and had already captured the King City of the Fuyu people, and the gains were huge.

But the general manager Xu Li couldn't laugh at the moment. He stood by the coast and looked into the distance, his face full of sorrow.

Fan Yan stood beside him, his face also not very good-looking.

King Ma Han ran away, but this was not what worried Xu Li the most, what worried him most was that Zhou Shengzhi was gone.

According to what the soldiers said, he took people to chase a few ships, and then there was no news, until now.

Xu Li could only be silent.

Who is Zhou Shengzhi?The son of the most senior general of the big man, the elder brother of the youngest general, the friend of the most disabled and the greatest emperor, he almost grew up playing together. If this guy is gone, then as the main general, he will use this to destroy the country. Can you atone for your sins? ? ?
It's over, now it's up to this Shuzi.

But Fan Yan comforted: "General don't have to worry, if you beat him, nothing will happen. I'll take Huangtou to look for it later."

"No, you go to rest first, I will send someone to find it myself."

"No problem, General, I'll find it myself."

"This is a military order! Go back and rest!!"

Xu Li said angrily, and Fan Yan was helpless.

Xu Li was also very angry. In the past few days, Mr. Fan has been taking the navy to find Zhou Shengzhi. The place he went to is getting farther and farther. Without a single Zhou Shengzhi, he would have already lost half his life. Then he doesn't have to think about atonement or anything, just give himself a decent one.

Fan Mian is even scarier than Zhou Shengzhi, the queen mother's nephew, the emperor's cousin, the king's uncle, Fan Meiren's brother, and the great Han's Marquis of Wuyang. Thinking about Xu Li makes me a little timid, don't go out again! ! !

At this time, a ship came from a distance.

There was a yellow head shouting something loudly, and the flag kept flying.

Xu Li looked at the flag and shouted suddenly, "Found it?! Found Zhou Shengzhi?!"

"This Shuzi! This dog entered! This."

Xu Li hurried away in the direction of the boat while cursing, Fan Yan also hurriedly followed behind him, the two ran to the shore together, Huang Tou landed, and hurriedly said: "General!! Found General Zhou. The ship is heading this way!!!"

"Yeah!!"

Xu Li was very excited, it's good that this guy is still alive!Just live!

Soon, Zhou Shengzhi's two warships appeared in the distance. The ships looked very dilapidated and seemed to be sinking in the next moment. Xu Li was a little frightened when he saw them. When the ships docked, a large number of yellow-headed soldiers happily left The ship came out and asked the surrounding soldiers to come in and help.

Immediately, I saw the soldiers came out with the heads. Those heads were all tattooed and moved continuously. The two warships were actually filled with heads and Xu Li was stunned. What does this mean?With the transport of the soldiers, Mr. Fan couldn't wait to get on the boat.

At this moment, Zhou Shengzhi laughed, grabbed one person in each of his left and right hands, and stepped off the warship.

Xu Li and Fan Yan didn't even bother to look at his prisoner of war, and they were relieved to see Zhou Shengzhi intact.

"You bastard! Who asked you to pursue privately?! Do you know martial arts?!"

Xu Li angrily reprimanded.

Fan Yan couldn't help but scolded: "In these days, you scared me so much, I even thought of a posthumous title for you!"

In the face of the reprimands from the two, Zhou Shengzhi did not panic, and pushed out the prisoner in his hand.

"Look, this is King Mahan! Captured by me!"

Xu Li was startled, and when he took a closer look, it was him, and he said displeasedly, "Even if you capture the king, your actions are too risky."

"Also, this is the immortal I caught! It can be quickly delivered to Chang'an and handed over to Your Majesty!!"

"Um???"

When Zhou Shengzhi pushed the old man in front of everyone, the old man looked at the people in front of him in horror.

Xu Li looked suspiciously at the old man in front of him. He was wearing Qi-style clothes and had a childish face, but he looked like a fairy.

Fan Yan was also taken aback, "You really caught an immortal?!"

Zhou Shengzhi asked proudly, "How much military merit is this worth?"

Xu Li carefully observed the terrified old man in front of him and asked, "Are you an immortal?"

Hearing this, the old man hurriedly shook his head and said in a strong Qi accent: "This old man is not a god! Not a god!!"

Zhou Shengzhi was furious, and suddenly drew out his long sword, "Old Immortal?! You say you're not?!"

The old man nodded his head quickly, "It's a fairy! I'm a fairy! Please don't fight the general! I am!!"

"That's right, in the future you will be responsible for keeping the big man in good weather, but if it doesn't rain one day, I will chop your head off as a military exploit!!"

"I"

The old man almost cried.

Xu Li ordered the two prisoners in front of him to take away and looked at Zhou Shengzhi, "Where did you go? What's going on???"

"Sanshenshan, it's Penglai or something, I chased after it and got there!"

"It's not bad Sanshenshan. I checked it, and there are three islands!"

"I chased and killed King Mahan all the way and came to Xiandao. There are a lot of military sins here. King Mahan's people brought these people to attack us and want to kill us all, so I can only helplessly fight back. The heads of the two ships are all proofs, and the other ones can’t fit, so we can only chop off the ears as proofs. Are these all military exploits?”

Xu Li didn't believe this statement at all, "Can King Mahan on Immortal Island still summon savages to attack you?? I'm afraid it's not that you're happy when you see it, forget it, forget it, you continue to say, what's going on with this old man? ?"

"We fought back all the way, fought back all the way, and chased down to a place. In the end, we found the city here. It must be where the immortals lived. For some reason, they all ran away and this old man was left sitting there. On the rock, waiting for us."

"I went to ask him if he was a local fairy"

"This old man said he was an immortal, and also said that this is Penglai. Anyone who uses a sword here will be cursed. He also asked me if I wanted to ask for a longevity medicine for the emperor."

"I was overjoyed when I saw that he was an immortal, so I immediately arrested him. I wanted to behead him, but he didn't admit that he was an immortal. In desperation, he had to bring him alive."

Listening to Zhou Shengzhi's words, Xu Li was thoughtful.

Xu Li quickly connected Zhou Shengzhi's experience with a certain incident. After ordering Zhou Shengzhi and Fan to rest, Xu Li went to see the old immortal.

Inside the prison, the old man sighed, his face full of helplessness.

Seeing Xu Li walk in and there was no Zhou Shengzhi around, he hurriedly said, "Shangjun! I'm not an immortal, I'm just an alchemist practicing there! The general took me as an immortal, but I'm not. !!"

"Of course you are not"

Xu Li coldly looked at the man in front of him, observing his age.

"This gentleman, you and I are probably from the same clan, right? Who is Xu Fu?"

The old man fell silent for a moment. After Xu Li heard Zhou Shengzhi's words, he connected everything. The one in front of him had a Qi accent, appeared on an unfamiliar island, and there were still a lot of traces of people's lives. He was afraid of Jia who came. He is also a self-proclaimed alchemist. All of this makes it hard not to associate it with Xu Fu who deceived the first emperor.

But it must be said that the person in front of him is Xu Fu, and Xu Li does not believe it. He is also a native of Peixian County, but Xu Li does not believe in ghosts and gods. He has no Chu style. When he first learned about Xu Fu, the old brothers sat down to chat, Liu Bang He once laughed at the first emperor in front of these old brothers. He thought that the first emperor was afraid of death, and even being deceived by some alchemists was nothing special!
According to what Xu Li knew, Xu Fu said that he had seen the immortal, but the immortal disliked the first emperor's gifts and refused to give the immortal medicine. , and lived there.

The old man in front of him said helplessly: "My name is Wang Qi, but he is his disciple. You and the general are not from the family."

"Okay, isn't it okay to admit it?"

"Tell me about it in detail."

"When we came to the island. We started to live here"

"After discovering that there were soldiers ashore, we were worried that it was the chasing troops sent by the King of Qin, so we hurriedly left and went to another city. I stayed and planned to use the power of alchemists to scare the people who came, and the general would break. When I asked if I was an immortal, I was overjoyed, and even more convinced that he was here to ask immortals to ask for medicine, so I lied that he was an immortal and wanted to deceive him.”

"I didn't expect this general to be even more happy than me, and he would chop off my head right now."

Wang Qi's eyes were full of panic. He had no idea what had happened in the past 50 years since he left the Central Plains. Where did those Qin people who believed in ghosts and gods go?Isn't it asking for immortals?Why do you want to chop off the head of the fairy?But if I explain a little slower, my head will be chopped off.
After hearing Wang Qi explain many questions, Xu Li nodded.

"Then you never founded a country??"

"Never, dare not"

"How many of you are there?"

"Mixed with the local barbarians, there are tens of thousands, and there are three cities."

"How's the climate land there?"

"How are the crops there?"

"Can there be gold, iron and copper?"

Compared with Zhou Shengzhi, Xu Li was more concerned about the value of the island. He asked about the customs and even the various resources there. Wang Qi only answered seriously. Xu Li asked people to record them all and copy them on paper. , Looking at the strange piece of paper, Wang Qi's eyes were full of confusion, but he didn't dare to ask.

After copying for a long time, Xu Li couldn't help laughing, "There are people, there is land, there is food. There is also gold and silver. Hahaha, not bad."

He raised his head and looked at the old man in front of him, but there was no cruelty in his eyes.

"This old man, don't be afraid, the Qin state has long since perished, and now I am a big man. I am a big man who runs the country with filial piety and conducts the government of benevolence and righteousness, which is completely different from the Qin state. Your past sins are not counted What a big sin, if your clansmen on the island are willing to submit to the big man, Your Majesty will certainly not embarrass them."

"Benevolence."

Wang Qi pursed his lips, and could see that he was indeed benevolent and righteous. You guys are more benevolent and righteous than the old Qin people. That young general, for military exploits, almost chopped off the heads of all the savages he found and brought them back as trophies. It's too benevolent!

If it weren't for the ship's capacity, it would be hard to say when he would come back.

In the years since they left, what happened to the Central Plains to become so cruel?Do you want to chop off your head when you meet an immortal?
Of course, he didn't dare to say that, just smiled and said, "Thank you!"

"Come here, take good care of this old man, don't let him make any mistakes. By the way, don't let the two generals Fan Yan and Zhou Shengzhi come in!"

"only!!!"

After instructing the soldiers, Xu Li hurriedly called someone and quickly sent the recorded content to Chang'an.

Today is the day that Liu Qi is going to the Western Regions, but his brothers have no way to send him, because they are all thrown to various places to enjoy the fun of being a farmer.

However, Chang Liu wanted to bid farewell to this son in person.

Liu Chang specially ordered the sheep to be slaughtered, and wanted to eat with You Zi, and the two chatted while eating, chatting with gusto.

"Father Zhong, should the Changle Palace change its name? It must be avoided."

"It's where your eldest mother lives. Even if he calls me longevity, I have to endure it. What's the taboo!"

"Does Chang'an also avoid taboos? It's not just a coincidence or destiny. You and An happen to be Chang'an. Now the long characters have to be avoided, and the An characters will have to be avoided in the future. It's better to give the capital a new name."

"Trouble, forget it, just use it, the name is what people call it"

Liu Changchang waved his hand and said again: "When you go to the Western Regions this time, you can't just think about fighting, you can't use military force, you need to develop more national strength, you know? Don't go to your uncle Zhao Wang to learn, learn more from you. Father, govern with your heart, you see that your father has been the king of Wu for so many years, and he doesn’t go out to fight very much, and the country is getting stronger and stronger every day.”

"His Majesty!!"

"His Majesty!!!"

Lu Lu hurriedly walked into the hall and said loudly, "Your Majesty, the King of Wu sent someone to say that the states of Funan and Zhenla in the southern part of Nanyue were disrespectful to the envoys of Wu, and they mutilated the people and drove wild beasts to kill the people of Nanyue. I hope Your Majesty will allow him to send troops to attack!!"

Liu Chang pursed his lips and looked at Liu Qi who was beside him.

Liu Qi was silent for a moment, "Father Zhong, it's okay, go ahead and talk."

"That's it. Since it is the other party who offends first, it can't be regarded as a military force, and it can't be regarded as bullying. You have to follow more, you don't need to learn from anyone, and you can develop yourself at ease. Your grandfather is also devoted to governance. After a long time, I decided to use troops, and you have to govern with your heart. Before the country is strong, it is wrong to send troops rashly. Well, you go!"

Liu Qi officially left Chang'an, and there were many people who went with him.

As for Liu Chang, he was listening to the report of the envoy of Wu.

"My fourth brother can't sit still so soon. It's just that the temple has no food."

"As long as His Majesty allows the troops to be dispatched, Wu's food will be enough!!!"

Liu Chang let out a long sigh and shook his head, "My brothers, why are they all scoundrels??"

ps: In fact, there is still a lot of controversy about Xu Fu's eastward crossing. Until now, historians have not had a convincing statement. Here, we will take the statement that he did not build a country.Because if the country was established, when the Japanese met the Han, it was impossible for the Han to not record it, and most of the ancient Huaxia relics unearthed in Japan belonged to the state of Yan. Some scholars speculated that these cultural relics were not brought by Xu Fu, but Weiman. The North Koreans brought it with them when they traded, because they were also Yan people.

(End of this chapter)