My father is Emperor Wu of Han, how can I be different from him?

Chapter 252 What do you do?
The grass and trees are sprouting, the temperature is gradually warming up, and before we know it, there are more green touches in Chang'an City.

At the beginning of spring, the General of Cavalry settled the Qiang people and returned to the capital from Longxi County.

It's also strange to say.

Chang'an, the power center of the Han Dynasty, was a place where people came and went. It seemed that there was never a shortage of ambitious people trying to climb up the ladder, and there were always people who wanted to come from behind and surpass them.

As the saying goes: Give it a try and a bicycle can be turned into a motorcycle.

On the day Huo Qubing returned to the capital, perhaps it was his own ambition that was at work in the court, or perhaps it was the successful case of the previous Imperial Censor Guo Wu.

There were a few smart people who stood up resolutely and impeached General Huo Qubing for being arrogant and domineering and having no respect for his emperor and father!

Where does this logic come from?
First, in the Battle of Fuhan, Huo Qubing allowed his soldiers to kill prisoners, which showed that he was cruel by nature and disregarded laws.

Second.

Judging from Huo Qubing's past record and behavior, we can see that he was arrogant and had a bad temper.

Thirdly, whenever a military general was suspected of having more merit than his master, the civil officials would impeach him, which would naturally carry a sense of correctness that came from the correctness bestowed by the emperor invisibly.

Taking this into consideration, isn't it reasonable and worthwhile to impeach Huo Qubing for being arrogant and disrespectful to his emperor and father?
You know what, Liu Ju just nodded his head after hearing that.

Nodded.

He glanced sideways at the doctor Zhongsan who was making fun of Huo Qubing. He looked unfamiliar and wondered where this virtuous and literary man had been recruited from recently.

But this is not important. What is important is that the prince gave a hint, and then the doctor who stood up was attacked by everyone...

Did something go wrong?
Anyone can take a bite? Can't you judge the situation?

Being stupid in the court is not scary, but being clever is taboo. One mistake will lead to ruin of reputation!

The Nine Ministers, including the Minister of Imperial Guards, the Minister of the Imperial Household, and others, spoke one after another. The Prime Minister and the General did not even utter a word, and the Chief Censor also watched coldly.

A false accusation was firmly placed on Doctor Zhongsan's head.

The ministers once again spoke in unison, and the emperor once again had no choice but to follow the crowd, waving his hand -

Exile to Lingnan!

Although it was just a small episode, it still caused some trouble afterwards.

After the court meeting, the Emperor, with a gloomy face, called the General of the Cavalry to the back hall alone. Judging from his disappointed look, he would probably repeat the same thing today:
"Stupid! Childish!"

"You haven't learned a thing from your uncle! You have such a bad temper, you are dreaming! How can I use you in the future? "

Ah, and so on, blah blah.

It has been performed once and everyone is familiar with it.

There are some things that don't need to be spoken out. If you don't speak out, it means you are showing kindness and love. If you speak out, everyone will be embarrassed. Why bother?

He had a very clear understanding of his classmate Huo Guang, the Shangshu Pushe who guided his brother.

This 'thorough' has two meanings.

First of all, Huo Guang thought that the emperor's way of admonishing his brother alone was very good, very good, and it was a manifestation of the emperor's favor.

Secondly, he believed that there was no need to listen to the emperor's admonitions, and Huo Guang felt that his brother's action of killing the prisoners was right, absolutely right!
"Brother is so skilled in martial arts at such a young age. If he doesn't make mistakes, how can His Majesty use him?"

"In the future, how will the prince use it?"

Let’s put aside for now how Huo Guang instilled political survival skills in his brother and talk about two things.

Let’s go back to the time after court was dismissed, outside the Xuanshi Hall.

On the palace road leading to the East Palace, the Crown Prince and the General walked side by side, while Eunuch Wei and other eunuchs followed far behind.

"I checked, the spy should have nothing to do with my family."

"Uncle, have you checked it carefully?" This matter was of great importance, and Liu Ju had to give an extra reminder.

Wei Qing frowned and replied, "Third brother may be a loner, but he is not cunning. I will ask him about it face to face. If he has any doubts, he will not be able to hide them."

In other words, it cannot escape Wei Qing's eyes!

As for the other sons and nephews of the Wei family, Bo Mai... is the eldest son's lineage, Bo, Zhong, Shu, and Ji. Wei Qing, whose courtesy name was Zhongqing, took the name 'Zhong', which meant he was the second oldest.

Back to the topic.

Wei Bomai had two male descendants who were in their prime and served under the Imperial Household Department together with Wei Qing's second and youngest sons.

During the period when the Qiang people rebelled and spies were active, they had been inspecting the post roads in Bashu. As for Shumai, Wei Guang did not act recklessly, and most of his descendants were mediocre.

They hold low official positions and have no elders to help them, so they do not have the power to negotiate with the North.

Ji's pulse died early, not to mention it.

After a round of calculations, there were indeed no problems. Facts proved that Liu Ju's caution was a bit unnecessary, and Wei Qing's heart was finally at ease.

"That's good."

Liu Ju nodded, but he also felt a little confused. Excluding his uncle's family, was there anyone else with the surname Wei in the Han Dynasty who was worthy of suspicion?
The uncle and nephew talked as they walked, and made some guesses and plans regarding the spies' activities, whether it was fishing or setting an ambush, all of which were expected.

But this matter cannot be rushed, it takes time.

"My uncle is busy with official duties, so there's no need to go to the Prince's Palace to teach today." When he arrived at the East Palace gate, Liu Ju put aside his solemnity, bowed and said with a smile.

Wei Qing returned the greeting, "Thank you for your understanding, Your Highness."

Liu Ju indicated that it was okay, and after watching his uncle's carriage drive away, he got into his own carriage.

The Grand Marshal and General will be very busy for a long time to come, because a small incident took place at the court meeting today.

The emperor also announced a major event - in mid-spring, he would lead the army in person again to attack the Huns!
This time.

It is no longer a small-scale fight to help Wuyuan County.

The emperor explicitly told his court officials to mobilize all the elite troops of the Han Dynasty, and that the number of combat cavalry must reach at least 150,000!

It should be noted that during the Battle of Mobei, the imperial court only assembled 100,000 cavalrymen. This time the number is even greater, and the scale of border troop mobilization and logistics and fodder involved can be imagined.

In fact.

Before the beginning of spring, when the Qiang people rebelled, in order to cover up the military movements of the eight lieutenants of the capital and the Wuwei and other counties, the emperor staged a furious drama and ordered the local counties to conduct the "capital examination" again.

Immediately afterwards, the garrisons in various counties took frequent actions.

That time, it was both a cover-up and not a cover-up, because the emperor secretly instructed the general to turn the fake into reality!
The purpose was to use military force after the spring. In other words, the emperor had already thought about it and was making preparations as early as last year when he returned empty-handed from the north.

He's going to make a big move!
See here.

Some people may ask, knowing that there are spies in the court, the emperor still makes such a big fuss. Isn't he afraid that the spies will leak the court's military movements?

Not afraid.

A few rats in the gutter will be nothing more than a group of chickens and dogs under the panic-stricken trend and hundreds of thousands of iron hooves!
Liu Che is now eager for his spies to deliver the intelligence to the grassland. He just wants to let the Huns know that I am coming!
Late first lunar month.

When the entire court was in high gear, the emperor ordered the Honglu Temple to send three envoys north to the Xiongnu's Julihu, Wuwei, and Zuo tribes.

In short, no matter how you are divided, as long as there are several great khans, the Han court will notify them all!

Yes.

The emperor was afraid that the spies would not be effective, so he personally sent envoys to tell the Huns in the north that he was leading a large army and asked them to come and fight if they had the guts!
There is a fire burning in the emperor's chest. When it is conveyed and expressed, the imperial court, Chang'an, and the entire Han Dynasty are all boiling with excitement.

The Weiyang Palace, the Crown Prince's Palace, the Sima Mansion, the Prime Minister's Mansion, no matter which government office it was, all of them have been working non-stop recently.

Political and military orders were quickly sent to various parts of the Han Dynasty through batches of messengers, awakening the entire empire!
at last.

At the end of the first month of spring, a pre-printed court bulletin was distributed to all parts of the country. One of the imperial decrees on it was particularly eye-catching:

In the early spring of the fourth year of Yuanding, the emperor personally led 180,000 cavalrymen to the north to attack the Xiongnu!

On the day of the expedition, the emperor led the military officers to offer sacrifices in the Taimiao, and then went out of the Xuanping Gate and held another grand flag-official ceremony in front of the three armies outside the city.

"Wu! Wu! Wu!"

Flags fluttered, drums thundered, and shouts shook the sky.

Wei Qing, Li Guang, Xu Ziwei, Lu Bode, Han Shuo, Li Ju, Gongsun Ao and other military generals, both known and unknown, are all on the list.

Emperor Liu Che, wearing black armor, stood on the chariot in front of the three armies.

"Boom! Boom!"

The drums stopped, the shouting ceased, and there was complete silence between heaven and earth.

Liu Che stared at the armor and military flags before him. He took a deep breath, drew the sword from his waist, and shouted, "Go to war!"

"The emperor has ordered us to go to war!"

"Go to war——!"

As the order was given, tens of thousands of cavalrymen outside the city moved in a roar. As the horses' hooves sounded, Liu Ju was watching this scene from afar on the tower of Xuanping City.

I don’t know whether to celebrate or sigh, as he once again took on the important task of regulating the country.

There was a roar outside the city, but there was silence on the top of the city.

After a while.

A man in embroidered clothes walked up behind Liu Ju and said respectfully, "Your Highness, I have received the order from His Majesty to investigate the Wei family."

"Great General Wei?"

"Your Highness, yes." The man in embroidered clothes bowed and said in a deep voice.

Liu Ju looked out of the city, folded his hands, and said calmly: "The general is gone, but the queen is still here, and Princess Pingyang is still here. If something goes wrong..."

Without him having to finish, the man in embroidered clothes clasped his fists and said, "Don't worry, Your Highness. We are only investigating secretly and will never damage the reputation of the Wei family!"

To investigate secretly is to not alert anyone.

The Empress, Princess Pingyang, and even the General of the Cavalry who remained in the capital were all easy to deal with, but the man in embroidered clothes was only concerned about the group of people traveling with him from the Crown Prince's Palace.

If I start the fight without warning and the prince finds out, it won't be a good scene...

"I know, let's go down."

"Yes."

Long after the man in embroidered clothes left, Liu Ju was still staring at the army slowly moving eastward outside the city. His father was as "rigorous" as ever.

But it doesn't matter. Liu Ju is more rigorous than him. He asked Wei to do a self-examination in advance. Since Wei is fine, he just checks it.

The army gradually disappeared in the rolling smoke and dust. Liu Ju retracted his gaze, turned around and went down the city wall. Unexpectedly, before he got on the carriage, a group of people suddenly came running from the south side of the street.

The leader, Wei Sheng, reined in his horse and stopped abruptly. He was still a few steps away when his knees began to bend, a smile spread across his face, and he howled at the top of his voice:
"Your Highness, great joy!"

"The imperial physician has just confirmed that Li Liangdi is pregnant!"

……

……

"Li Ling! Li Ling! Hurry up!"

In a camp east of Juyang City in Shanggu County, at this moment, war horses were neighing in the military camp, soldiers were constantly coming and going, and the bearded inspector who came out from the inner room shouted:

"If you keep procrastinating, you will stay in the county!"

"Bullshit!" The young man who had put on his armor and rushed out with a knife in hand said coldly, "Whoever stays behind, I won't leave them behind!"

"Hahahaha!"

Inspector Cao Chong lifted his belt and grinned, "I have been in the army for so many years, but this is the first time I have followed Your Majesty into battle."

"If I kill a few more Xiongnu bastards this time, and if they catch the eye of His Majesty, I, Cao, might be made a general and a marquis, and become rich!"

"Hahaha……"

At the other end, Li Ling climbed onto his horse and glanced at his colleague. He was about to argue and ridicule him subconsciously, but when the words came to his lips, he changed them to: "Then you'd better not stay too far away from me."

This is what I really think.

In this military camp, everyone is a comrade, and they usually laugh and joke casually. It seems that there is no difference in status. But once they leave the military camp, the difference in status becomes apparent.

And the higher you go in the empire, the more obvious the difference becomes.

A member of the Longxi Li family, the eldest grandson of General Wuyang and Marquis of Chariots and Cavalry, the direct heir to the Li family, the prince's 'brother-in-law', am I kidding you?
Now Li Ling is an ordinary Inspector of Shanggu County, but after he goes to Yanmen County and reunites with the emperor, he will no longer be an ordinary Inspector.

It is difficult for others to meet the emperor, but it is not difficult for Li Ling.

His Majesty might even summon Li Ling specifically to show his favor to Li. If you, Cao, want to show off in front of the emperor, wouldn't it be better for you to be as close to Li Ling as possible?

"Whoa!"

Cao Chong mounted his horse and said unhappily while holding the reins: "How vulgar, so vulgar. Am I that kind of person?"

"hey-hey."

Halfway through his speech, he suddenly changed his tone and grinned, "I asked the governor for permission. I don't have to follow him in this battle. The governor told me to protect you!"

"Oh no, I'm fighting alongside you!"

"Ha ha!"

"I heard that the general is coming for this battle. Great, great, I will follow the general to kill the generals and seize the flags, and then show my merits in front of His Majesty. It will be wonderful!"

The rough men of the frontier army were outspoken. After all, Li Ling came from Chang'an. Before he rode away, he gave a reminder:
"Your Majesty is personally leading this battle, so don't mention the general."

"drive!"

Cao Duyou, who was following closely behind him, changed his expression slightly, rolled his eyes, and immediately laughed, "Yes, yes, that makes sense..."

"Hey, I heard that your Li family is not getting along with that...?"

"Humph!"

The sound of horses' hooves and conversations gradually disappeared on the road out of the city. Also quickly leaving the city were teams of cavalrymen carrying swords and crossbows...

Similar scenes were played out across Shanggu County.

Not only this place, but also to the west of Yanmen County, there are Dingxiang, Yunzhong, Wuyuan, and Shuofang; to the east of Yanmen County, there are Dai County, Yuyang, Youbeiping, Liaoxi, and Liaodong.

South of Yanmen, Xihe, Taiyuan, Changshan and other counties all dispatched cavalry to the north.

Gather in Yanmen County!
Just wait for the emperor to arrive with the southern and northern armies, as well as the border troops from Longxi, Tianshui and other places, with a total of 180,000 troops, and then march north through the Great Wall together!
at the same time.

In Mobei, ten miles south of the Chanyu Court, an envoy group that had traveled through mountains and rivers finally saw the rolling mountains in the distance.

"Wolf Mountain, huh!"

Before the delegation could take a closer look, a tribe stationed by the Yuwu River spotted them. More than fifty riders approached quickly, and the strong man in the lead shouted:

"Hey! What are you doing?!"

Before the half-escorted, half-guarded Xiongnu man beside him could speak, Zhu He, who was sitting on his horse, smiled brightly and also replied loudly in the Hu language:
"Hi! Friends from the North!"

"I am an envoy of the Han Dynasty, and I have come to declare war on you—!"

(End of this chapter)