My older brother is Gao Huan.

Chapter 109 Who dares to oppose Gao Lang?

Yuan Yi, who gets paid to do things, is indeed very efficient.

The following day, Yuan Yi announced the news to the public at the court assembly.

"The Rouran have suffered a natural disaster, and the fields are littered with corpses of the starving. The Rouran king has submitted a memorial to the court, begging for grain and relief to alleviate their crisis. What are your thoughts on this?"

None of the ministers spoke; the court was currently controlled by Yuan Yi alone.

With a single glance from him, someone immediately stepped forward.

"Your Majesty is wise and decisive, and has your own ideas."

Yuan Yi smiled with satisfaction and said, "Since the Rouran King returned to the royal court in the north, the Rouran have paid tribute to the court with countless cattle, sheep and horses every year. Their loyalty is evident to heaven and earth. Now that the Rouran have encountered disaster, the court should provide them with grain and fodder. Only in this way can the imperial power be demonstrated, and the Rouran will surely serve our Great Wei loyally in the future. This is a golden opportunity to win the hearts of the Rouran!"

"Order the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Yuan Fu, to carry a banner and travel north on behalf of the court to comfort the King of Rouran. All prefectures along the way should prepare provisions and fodder to accompany the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel on his journey north."

The reason Yuan Fu was sent was because he and Anagui were old friends.

After all, it was Yuan Fu who escorted Anagui back to the Rouran royal court two years ago. At that time, he was the Northern Circuit Commissioner specially appointed by the court, the nominal highest official in the north. Although he started to act as a hands-off manager after arriving on the grassland, he was nominally the one who made the greatest contribution.

Yuanfu did not refuse, and with a long-term vision, he made the suggestion.

"The people of the grasslands are unpredictable. They have only weakened because of the natural disaster. When their army is strong and powerful, I fear they may harbor rebellious intentions!"

The Xianbei themselves came from the grasslands and established the Central Plains dynasty. No one understood the nature of the people on the grasslands better than the Xianbei.

The people of the grasslands are a bunch of ungrateful wretches who can never be satisfied.

Yuan Fu, genuinely concerned for the Great Wei, continued speaking.

"If we want to prevent the Central Plains from being harassed by the northern border troubles, we should follow the example of Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty and send important officials from the court to accompany the Khan to observe his movements, take over his idle land, let him farm and graze, and set up some government offices. Only in this way can we make the Rouran people be friendly to us, dare not deceive us, and dare not rebel against us. This is the best policy."

He truly deserves to be called a scholar, and he also possesses excellent learning abilities.

The Xiongnu were once the overlords of the grasslands, yet they were still subdued and at the beck and call of Emperor Guangwu, Liu Xiu. Yuan Fu suggested that the court learn from how Liu Xiu had controlled the Xiongnu and should now use the same methods to control the Rouran.

His words were reasonable and well-founded, and even Han ministers like Li Shao nodded in agreement.

Yuan Yi, however, did not take it seriously and instead refuted it.

"King of Rouran, if you are willing to submit to me, wouldn't it be an insult to the imperial authority if the court were to act as the Left Vice Minister did? Furthermore, our Great Wei is strong and well-equipped, and the Six Garrisons are filled with brave warriors. How could Rouran dare to harbor any thoughts of rebellion?"

Yuan Yi immediately made the decision, ordering Yuan Fu to leave the city and head north that very day.

The young emperor Yuan Xu remained a spectator throughout the entire process.

Yuan Xu is now fourteen years old and is no longer the ignorant young boy he once was.

He could tell that Yuanfu's opinion was a good one.

The people of the grasslands are inherently fickle, cunning as foxes and wolves and ferocious as jackals. How could they possibly submit completely just because the imperial court helped them when they were in trouble?

But he still didn't speak.

What he wanted was for this chaos to happen, preferably for the Rouran people to cause trouble!
Only by throwing the entire northern frontier into chaos can we severely damage Yuan Yi's political prestige, giving us the opportunity to overthrow him and take control of the government.

As for how to deal with the Rouran people who have become chaotic?

Yuan Xu did agree with some of Yuan Yi's words.

The Great Wei was a powerful and well-equipped army. The Six Garrisons were established to fight against the Rouran people, and everyone in the Six Garrisons was brave and valiant.

At that time, all I need to do is issue an edict in the name of the emperor, ordering the Six Garrisons to resist the Rouran and defeat and drive the Rouran people to the northern desert.

By then!

His political prestige stemmed from his strategic planning and ability to quell rebellions.

He will rule in his own right, no longer needing to delegate power, instead of being a puppet emperor with no prestige as before.

After the court session ended.

Li Shao, Li Chong, and others found Yuan Yi and kindly offered him some advice.

"Your Majesty, the words of the Rouran people should not be entirely trusted. What the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel said is indeed a good strategy."

Yuan Yi still ignored him.

He couldn't very well say that he had accepted money from Anagui, and that Anagui had sent him a secret letter in which he spoke earnestly and even swore to the heavens that he would be a subject of the Great Wei for all eternity, could he?

He certainly didn't take the Rouran people seriously.

If the imperial court hadn't helped Anagui reclaim the royal court, it's hard to say whether the Rouran would still exist on the grasslands right now.

Having occupied the rich lands of the Central Plains, why should we fear the ruler of a mere grassland herdsman?
………………

The grasslands of northern China.

Anagui had already gathered his people and left the Rouran royal court, and after they set up camp on the grasslands, they began their journey.

He summoned all the tribal chiefs to his Khan's tent.

"I have received word that the Central Plains will send a prince with provisions to offer condolences. This is a golden opportunity!"

As soon as these words were spoken.

The tribal chiefs were also extremely excited, and their gazes toward Anagui held an even greater sense of awe.

A Khan who can lead everyone to have enough to eat and even manage a little plunder on the side is a good Khan for the people of the grasslands, the sun in their hearts. After all, the current news is exactly as Anagui had planned with them before.

Someone immediately spoke up.

"If that's the case, why not head straight south? Woye Town is rich in resources and is a prosperous place..."

This immediately drew agreement from others.

If they're going to rob, they'll definitely rob rich lands. The harsh, cold lands are poor enough; what could they possibly have to rob?
Anagui rebuked, “How foolish, how short-sighted! Have you all forgotten that Woye and Huai Shuo are not far apart?”

"You all wish to plunder the fertile plains, fine... When Huai Shuo sends troops to support you, who among you dares to oppose Gao Lang, and who is willing to lead their men to intercept him?"

"look into my eyes!"

"answer me!"

Anagui slammed his fist on the table in anger and scanned the crowd.

All the chiefs bowed their heads, not daring to answer.

Although two years have passed, they have not forgotten how the Gaoche people lost.

On the grasslands, no matter how brave a person is, upon hearing the name of the peerless ghost god Huai Shuo, a second-year high school student, they must obediently admit defeat and dare not be his enemy.

Besides, there's Wuchuan nearby.

Although there is no peerless god like Gao Yu, the herdsmen on the grasslands have all heard that among the six northern towns of the Central Plains, Wuchuan is the strongest.

They went there to plunder and make a fortune.

It's not like I'm out of my mind to pick the toughest bone in the six towns to gnaw on.

That wouldn't be looting, it would be suicide!

It is human nature to seek advantage and avoid harm!
Anagui led the Rouran people on a huge loop around the map!
The Rouran royal court was located in the Genhe River Valley, which was northwest of Huai Shuo Town and north of Woye Town. However, he headed east all the way to the east of the six towns, specifically the three eastern towns of Rouxuan, Fuming, and Huaihuang, before turning south.

Their route on the map was roughly the shape of a '7'.

When Yuanfu received the news, he was completely dumbfounded.

He was in the clouds, originally intending to travel west into the fertile fields to comfort the Rouran people.

result……

The news that came was that the Rouran had fled to the east?
This inevitably made him very puzzled.

If a natural disaster were to strike and the tribe were filled with starving people, wouldn't the Rouran people have gone directly south from the royal court to Woye Town, since that would have been the shortest route?
Why would you go to such lengths to travel that far?
Is it because they're hungry, or because they're so full they have nothing better to do on the grassland and just want to wander around and digest their food?
The message that came through was...

King Anagui of the Rouran led his followers, numbering supposedly 300,000, southward.

Anagui arrived earlier than Yuanfu, and his troops were only three hundred miles away from Rouxuan Town.

To show his sincerity, he deliberately set up camp here to indicate that he had no ulterior motives. Even so, he still frightened Yu Jing, the commander of Rouxuan Town.

Yu Jing's father was Yu Lie, a trusted minister of Emperor Xiaowen. When Emperor Xiaowen was still alive, he appointed Yu Lie as the commander-in-chief to be in charge of the imperial guards.

Starting with Yu Lie, the Yu family began their decades-long reign in command of the Imperial Guard.

After Yu Lie's death, his eldest son Yu Zhong continued to serve as the leading general.

When Empress Dowager Hu launched her coup, she allied with General Yu Zhong to completely exterminate Empress Gao's entire family!

but……

Empress Dowager Hu played the role of discarding a useful tool after it had served its purpose. After the coup succeeded, she kicked Yu Zhong out of the key position of Commander-in-Chief, and put her brother-in-law, Prince Yuan Yi of Jiangyang, who was closer to her, in the position of Commander-in-Chief.

The phrase "discarding the donkey after it has served its purpose" doesn't mean putting away the bow after the birds are gone; it simply means kicking Yu Zhong out of Luoyang, the center of power, and sending him to serve as governor of another prefecture.

Yu Jing was also implicated and was assigned to Rouxuan Town as the town's general.

It has only been a short period of ten years or so for the Yu family to fall from its former prominence, which was closely connected with the Yuan family of the royal family, to its current state.

"General, please do not worry. My Khan's heart for the Great Wei is as clear as day. He has already instructed his troops to wait for the envoy's arrival in place and will absolutely not disturb Rouxuan. If anyone dares to do evil in private, General, you need not hesitate to kill them on the spot as a warning to others!"

Anagui also sent envoys, bringing cattle, sheep, horses, jade, gold and jewels to visit Yu Jing in Rouxuan Town.

They were very humble in their posture and demeanor.

Yu Jing also lowered his guard. Being sent to Rouxuan as a garrison commander was no different from being exiled. In this impoverished place, there was simply no way to squeeze any money out of the people.

Anagui also tasted success with Yuan Yi.

He was well aware of the principles of "Jade Throne and Golden Buddha" and "Stippenke," and knew that most of the officials in the Great Wei Dynasty, from the kings to the lowest officials, were "good people" who would definitely help others if they took money!
It's mid-May now.

Yuan Fu finally arrived in Rouxuan Town.

Yu Jing immediately sent his personal guards to inform Anagui.

After all, Anagui had already made it clear that he and Yuanfu were old acquaintances, and that he was able to regain the Khan's position because of Yuanfu.

So no matter how hard or poor the tribe was, Yuanfu would still hold a grand banquet to welcome him.

What does it matter if a few herders starve to death?
We must repay the kindness of our savior!
In Yu Jing's opinion, the Worm King is perfectly fine!

If the Yuan family had known how to be grateful like the Rouran king, how could Yu Jing have fallen to such a state?
Upon learning of Yuanfu's arrival.

Anagui then knew that the opportunity had arrived!
(End of this chapter)