I am the Empress Dowager!

Chapter 236 Border Affairs

When Emperor Xiaowu was alive, if something like this happened, how would the Han Dynasty deal with it?
He would kill the Northern Huns, and he would have to chase them thousands of miles away to slaughter them!

Let alone not going to the rescue for half a year, the Han soldiers and horses were able to penetrate the Western Region in half a year!

Of course, Emperor Xiaowu did not have this opportunity when he was alive, but if Emperor Xiaowu had the heritage of the Han Dynasty during the reign of Emperor Ming and Zhang.

The Western Regions are now no longer called the Western Regions Kingdoms, but the Western Regions Counties.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty could do it, or in other words, the great Han Dynasty at that time could do it
This is not to say that Liu Long favored Emperor Xiaowu, or that Liu Long liked Emperor Xiaowu very much.

But because this kind of thing really happened.

In the third year of Jianzhao's reign, the Han Dynasty had already entered its final stage.

But in such a declining situation, the Han Dynasty still created a generation of legends.

In the third year of Jianzhao's reign, Chen Tang and Gan Yanshou went to the Western Regions as envoys. They saw how the countries in the Western Regions obeyed the Western Regions and showed a lot of disrespect for their Han envoys.

It can even be said that there is some killing.
After seeing all this, the two of them felt a little angry in their hearts.

In particular, Chen Tang directly followed the imperial edict and dispatched troops. The total of more than 4 Han soldiers and vassal soldiers almost penetrated the entire Western Region.

From then on, the Han began to officially replace the Huns in the Western Regions, slowly extinguishing the last hope of the Huns.

Although it is difficult to comment on the merits and demerits of what Chen Tang did back then, no one would find it unpleasant.

"Whoever offends my strong man will be punished no matter how far away he is!"

I don’t know how many big men in the frontier were supported by these words back then.

Therefore, if we talk about the Han Dynasty back then, this Western Region dared to unite with the Xiongnu and dare to encircle and suppress the troops stationed in the Han Dynasty.
Forget about national mourning, even if the court disagrees, the border troops can assemble on the same day and then massacre the opponent!

This is the Han frontier army and their backbone!
But such a big man is gone forever.

The reason why Geng Gong brought thirteen heroes back to Yumen back then was so tragic was not only because he encountered a national mourning and the Han Dynasty had no time to send troops.

This is especially due to the inaction of the border troops!
They don't even look at the chaos in the Western Region, or they don't want to know about it at all.

Pretending to be dumbfounded, he sat back and watched the chaos in the Western Regions.

Even after getting the order from the court, they did not send troops to rescue. In the end, they succeeded in saving themselves.

You must know that in the first month of the first year of Jianchu, Qin Peng and others from the imperial court led their troops to gather in Liuzhong, attack Che Division, and attack Jiaohe City and other places.

In the end, they won a great victory, forcing the Northern Huns to flee in embarrassment, and forcing the chariot division to surrender again.

But in the next two months, instead of continuing the offensive to rescue their own people, they prepared to return directly to Luoyang under the leadership of Wang Meng and others.
They don't want to continue to cause trouble for themselves!

Finally, one of Geng Gong's military officials, Fan Qiang, was in Wang Meng's army at the time. After begging hard, no one dared to follow him.

The coach couldn't stand it any longer, so he sent two thousand troops to him, and that was the end of the matter!

Two thousand soldiers and horses, along with 26 remaining defeated soldiers, retreated and fought all the way. In this way, thirteen strong men returned to the Jade Gate!

To put it bluntly, if it were the frontier army or the generals of those years, it would not be necessary for them to be famous generals like Wei Qing and Huo Qubing.

Even if it was Chen Tang back then, he would dare to lead his army to kill people all over the Western Regions. By then, he would no longer be the Thirteen Warriors returning to the Jade Gate.

But the Thirteen Heroes broke through the Western Region!How domineering would that be?

But now all that is left of the big man is tragic, and the ending of Geng Gong is very bad.

These things only made Liu Long feel something in his heart before, but when this topic was brought up today, Liu Long finally understood the problem of the army here.

Without the courage of the past, without the elite of the past, whether they are generals or soldiers, they have lost the essence of the big man.

As for why it becomes like this?

There should be many, many reasons.

In recent years, the Han Dynasty has emphasized internal affairs rather than external affairs, emphasized culture over military affairs, and even had children from aristocratic families joining, those from Wuhuan and Xianbei, and so on.

Liang Jin seemed to have completely let go.

He took this opportunity to carefully analyze the current situation of the Han Dynasty's frontier army, and Army Sima Liu Zhi on the side seemed to realize that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

If you catch it, you can even skyrocket. ,

Therefore, there were many thoughts and secrets belonging to the lower-level soldiers, and Liu Zhi spoke them all without any scruples.

After going back and forth, Liu Long also learned a lot about the border issues.

To put it simply, the Han Dynasty experienced a lot of civil strife. Although Emperor Guangwu revived the Han Dynasty, it was after all that it brought the world to war again and again.

Even Emperor Guangwu, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, acted like a divine help and quickly conquered the country and regained the glory of the Han Dynasty.

But in this process, it is not just as simple as chaos coming to peace.

This is a story from peace to troubled times, then from troubled times to the separation of heroes, and finally to the unification of the world.

According to Liu Long's own understanding, to put it simply, Wang Mang's usurpation of the Han Dynasty means that the Han Dynasty's basic foundation has collapsed.

Then Wang Mang came to power and usurped the Han Dynasty. This was not a very good process. At least for the Han Dynasty, this was not a very good and happy process.

Although Wang Mang may have many identities with Liu Long, there are still many possibilities.

But in the end, it was just a joke.

Are you really going to peel off this layer of jokes?
That's the bloody fact!
The ancient government restructured the system and ordered a reform. The land was changed to "king's land" and the number was limited. The slaves were renamed "private property" and the sale was prohibited!
If each family exceeds the land regulations, the land will be distributed to the nine tribes or neighbors; the landless families will receive land according to the standard of one man and one hundred acres; those who disobey will be exiled to distant descendants.

Implement five equalization and six management to control or even monopolize certain industries, thereby greatly increasing tax revenue.

The imperial court of the Han Dynasty was responsible for the five industries including salt, iron, wine, money making, and credit loans. Private operations were not allowed, etc.

Liu Long doesn't want to argue about whether these things are good or bad.

But there is one thing Liu Long is clear about.

These things are too advanced. How advanced are they?
If you ask a knife player to light mushroom bombs, this in itself is no different from nonsense.

Just like Liu Long doesn't accept concubines now, can he have children at his age?

Isn't this purely harming him?
In the same way, the big man was already collapsed, but after Wang Mang made such a fuss, he was completely in chaos!
(End of this chapter)