Chapter 299: Living Up to Expectations
"Book of Han" contains: "Han Xing from the autumn of the first year of Qin II, the age of Chu Chen, at the beginning of the Pei Gong Marshal Xiongjun, three years and then the west to destroy Qin, the name of the Han King, five years of East Ke Xiang Yu, that is, the emperor's throne. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biqugeγ info eight years and the world is flat, the beginning of the merit and the seal. In the twelfth year, there were three out of one hundred and forty marquis. β
Except for a few who later rebelled, the rest of the 143 founding princes were with the Han Dynasty as stated in the oath of Gaozu, and many of the descendants of the heroes still had fiefs until the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
Many of the heroes later served as the three important positions, such as Xiao He, Guan Ying, Zhang Cang, and Shen Tujia were all prime ministers, and Zhou Chang, Zhao Yao, and Ren Ao were imperial historians. The Han Dynasty is known as the dynasty of cloth generals, which is indeed worthy of the name.
Even their descendants are not a few of the three dukes, such as Cao Ku, the son of Cao Shen, the Marquis of Pingyang, who was once the imperial historian, Tao Qing, the son of the Marquis of Kaifeng, who was the prime minister, and Zhou Yafu, the son of Zhou Bo, the Marquis of Jiangwu, who was the former captain and prime minister.
The Han Dynasty treats meritorious heroes favorably as rare in all dynasties, and His Majesty actually wants to blame the meritorious heroes for the sake of these two insignificant children.
Huo Quzhi held back his tears, and he didn't care about it. His uncle Wei Qing had just been crowned a marquis for his military exploits, and Ah Niang told him not to discredit his uncle. The family can't help him, it all depends on the trust of His Majesty and the Queen, and he can't pull his uncle's hind legs.
He was good, not long after he came to his uncle's side, he almost crippled the descendants of Zhao Yao, Marquis of Jiangyi, and Marquis Yang Xi of Chiquan Zhuang.
Huo Quzhi closed his eyes, and he could imagine how A-Niang would talk to him.
And the uncle, who is training outside Chang'an City, doesn't know the news yet. But most of them won't talk about him, and they will even say that they played well.
However, why is he embarrassed to drag down his uncle?
The boy lowered his long lupine-like eyelashes and swallowed back the tears.
At this time, Huo Quai, who was still just a child, was not the champion who became famous in the world a few years later.
Since Wei Qing was crowned the marquis in the first war, Gillian no longer wanted to interfere in the hands of the Wei family, and even gave Wei Qing the broken slave, but also when he remembered his previous life, he was a great general under Huo Quai. But when she saw the bloodstains on Huo Quai's and broken slaves' faces, her heart suddenly jumped out of her heart.
The little child, with a childish voice, said loudly, "Brother Huo is a hero!" It's a hero who fights the Huns! β
Liu Che's sigh sounded faintly in his ears, "If you are sick, if you are inβ"
A fire suddenly ignited in her heart, and this fire became stronger and stronger.
In the firelight, she seemed to see the Han people in Yanmen who were captured and enslaved, and they cried with joy when they were rescued, full of tears of fear. They knelt down and kowtowed to her, saying that she was a great good person, and that they would set up a shrine for her to worship her.
But that's actually what she's supposed to do, isn't it?
She is supported by the people, she is the queen of the Han Dynasty!
Gillian took a deep breath, raised her eyes slightly, and said categorically: "Your Majesty is right, if you don't say anything else, you will defeat the Huns against your uncle!" Whether it's a tiger or a bear, you have to lie alone! β
Liu Che looked at Gillian in surprise when she heard this, although Wei Qing was promoted by Gillian, she had already made it clear that she didn't want to form a gang behind her. He never expected that Gillian would speak for these two children in a clear manner.
He just called the two children in for Wei Qing's sake, and did not pursue it, so that these people in the court and the central government could see his attitude. But after seeing Huo Quai's illness and listening to him talk about the scheming strategy that the heroes played later, he suddenly had a strong premonition, this is another general Miao Zi who is as good as his uncle!
Therefore, he temporarily changed his mind, unreservedly revealed his appreciation for Huo Qubing and supported him.
Young man, don't let anyone lose his blood.
Huo Quzhi and Zhao Ponu were not so sensitive to the unspeakable subtle emotions of the queen towards the Wei family, they heard this and felt that as those big children shouted, Wei Qing was the queen's person, so the queen would protect them. It's just that there are still some surprises in the end, and the queen will be so loud.
The emperor and queen reached an agreement, and that night there was an edict to the family of the Marquis Zhao of Jiangyi and the Marquis Yang of Chiquanzhuang, reprimanding them for having no way to teach their children.
Huo Quzhi relied on the emperor and queen to give a resounding slap in the face to all the people in Chang'an City who ridiculed him as an illegitimate child!
Anyone who is sober-minded understands His Majesty's determination to establish the majesty and status of Wei Qing, but no one thought that as long as it takes six years, Huo Qu's illness will burst out in six years.
He would hold the hands of those who laughed at him and teach them how to write the word genius.
It's just six years ago today, when Huo Qubing and Zhao Ponu came out of the greenhouse hall in a daze. The two of them looked at each other with a sense of unreality like in a dream, and His Majesty and the Empress actually administered justice for them and reprimanded the two marquis.
There were still a little snow on the white snow, and the little yellow gate led them with a palace lamp. The cold moonlight entered the corridor, and the chill suddenly appeared. Huo Quai's heart felt hot and hot, and he also wanted to be valued by his uncle on the battlefield!
This kind of wanton life is what men want!
Huo Qu was sick and was going to go back, so he picked up the military book that his uncle taught him to read, and he had to practice martial arts hard every day. He looked at Zhao Ponu and laughed softly: "Ming'er called me along." β
Zhao Ponu bears the blood feud of the whole family, although his qualifications are not as good as Huo Qu's illness, but he is better than Wei Qing. When he heard this, he naturally immediately understood Huo Quai's thoughts, and nodded with a grin.
After the two left, Liu Che took Gillian to dinner. After dinner, I played with Haitang for most of the hour, and when she was sleepy, she coaxed her to finish washing, and personally carried her to the couch to sleep. He sat on the side of the couch for another two quarters of an hour before he came out, and then he went to the side hall and sat down, and the answer sheet sent by the Imperial Doctor's Office at dusk was unfolded and looked at it carefully. From time to time, I also picked up the pen to draw annotations, and I was very focused.
Naturally, the hour passed when he went to sleep that night, and he got up early the next morning.
Chun Tuo was distressed, but last night he persuaded His Majesty a little times, and he was a little unhappy, so he didn't dare to persuade him more.
What is Your Majesty going to do, how can it be his turn to speak as a slave?
It seems that this has to be transparent with the people around the queen, and ask them to talk to the queen. This other queen is pregnant, but her majesty is tired and sick.
He looked at His Majesty in front of the bronze mirror, and the palace people leaned over to smooth the side of the robe, and lightly withdrew to talk to Haitang.
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The sixth year of Yuanguang is destined to be a year of great color in the history of the Han Dynasty.
This year, Wei Qingchu burned Dragon City in order to set fire to the general, and finally swept away the haze of seventy years. And the good news of victory will continue to enter Chang'an City, the Han and Hungarian will attack and defend the situation, and the Han people will really stand up!
This year, Huo Quai, who was in the north of Zongma Mobei, saw Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty for the first time.
This year, Chen Ajiao, the queen of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, became pregnant again.
It was still this year, in the second year of Jianyuan, Zhang Qian, who went to the Western Regions and carried the ardent hopes of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, finally came to the Yueshi country.
Zhang Qian and his entourage took advantage of the burning of Longcheng and escaped from the Xiongnu on horseback. After passing through the division, turn to the southwest, enter Yanqi, and then trace the Tarim River to the west, pass through Kuqa, Shule and other places, cross the green ridge, and go straight to Dawan.
More than 2,000 years later, people sat in jeeps and looked at this endless desert Gobi and still complained, let alone at this time?
This is destined to be a difficult and arduous journey, when crossing the vast Gobi Desert, the yellow sand is all over the sky, and the heat is unstoppable; When you cross the steep walls of the mountains, it is icy and snowy, and the cold wind is biting. Along the way, there were few people, and the supplies along the way all relied on Ganfu, who was born in the Huns and was good at riding and shooting, to shoot birds and beasts to satisfy hunger.
Zhang Qian is nothing with Gan's father, how can he deal with himself. But their wives and children were so guilty that their two children were still young, and they slept with them in the open air, starving and cold, but they didn't say a word of bitterness. The wives of the two tried their best to give them and their children to eat, Zhang Qian cried silently in the dark countless times, he was sorry for his wife and children too much.
Fortunately, after half a year of difficult trekking, they finally arrived in Dawan. The exotic scenery came to the face, and the ragged Zhang Qian and Gan Fu each led a horse to carry their wives and children. The group looked curiously at everything in front of them, especially the two extremely tired children listening to Rewafu's warm and moving playing, watching many things they had never seen before become lively, and looking back to ask what A-Niang was.
They had never seen grapes, alfalfa, walnuts, pomegranates, flax, beans, courgettes, garlic, and carrots, which were common in later generations, and they were not sure whether they were fruits or vegetables. Further on, all kinds of fine woollen fabrics, camels, lions, ostriches, ...... They were all dazzled by what they saw.
The two children looked at the fruit and meat skewers in the bazaar, but neither of them shouted for food.
They all know that adults don't have money in their hands.
Zhang Qian naturally noticed the sensibility of the two children early, and he was sad. didn't speak, all the way to the front of the imperial city of Dawan Kingdom in silence, after being stopped by the guards, he took out the royal talisman of the Han family that he caressed day and night from his arms, held it high in his hand, and said in a loud voice: "I am the envoy of the Han Dynasty!" I want to see your king! β
In the cold sun, the talismans made of pure gold shine in the sun.
It's been dusty for too long, and it's time to see the sun!
Zhang Qian was holding the talisman highly, majestic, and his wife and children behind him looked at him with pride in their eyes.
In the Han Dynasty, the Dawan people naturally heard of it.
The rumored Han Dynasty was a big country, or a rich and comfortable country.
The guards at the city gate passed on the news of the Han envoy's visit layer by layer, and after half an hour, the city gate was opened. Zhang Qian, who was dressed in shabby clothes, led a group of people, as if he was wearing the best silk of the Han Dynasty, and walked in the glorious palace with his head held high.
After King Dawan confirmed the talisman in Zhang Qian's hand, he gave them a grand reception. The group finally bathed happily, and then changed their clothes and put on Dawan's clothes, and the two children finally had a full meal.
Zhang Qian explained his mission to King Dawan that night, and promised that if Dawan could escort him to Dayue, the emperor of the Han Dynasty would definitely reward Dawan heavily when he returned to the Han Dynasty in the future. King Dawan had heard about it from the mouths of merchants. The Han Dynasty in the East was a mysterious, vast and incomparably wealthy country.
His queen and princess have been yearning for cloud-like silk for a long time, but they have not been able to communicate with the Han Dynasty because of the Xiongnu in the middle.
The arrival of Zhang Qian and his entourage made King Dawan very happy.
Isn't it just to escort these people to the Otsuki Clan? It doesn't take much troops, and the Otsuki clan and them are friends, so there won't be any danger. King Dawan immediately agreed to Zhang Qian's request, raised his glass to Zhang Qian and said: "The Han envoy has worked hard all the way, and he will take a break in Dawan." Then the king will send soldiers, guides, and interpreters, and send you to the Otsutsuki clan. What did the Han envoy think? β
Zhang Qian also raised his glass and said: "This is very good, bother the king." He raised his head and drank all the wine in the cup, and lit the cup to King Dawan. Lang Sheng laughed, "Do it first for respect, do it first for respect." β
King Dawan also drank it all when he saw it, "Happy, come-Han uses the food, uses the food-"
For a time, both guests and hosts were happy.
After three rounds of drinking, take advantage of the good atmosphere. King Dawan also proposed trade, willing to exchange Dawan specialties for Han silk porcelain. Zhang Qian naturally couldn't ask for it, and immediately smiled: "Our Emperor His Majesty will definitely be very happy to trade with your country and make friends forever." β
Under the lights, Zhang Qian's smiling face was particularly bright, and the tail note was even more meaningful.
King Dawan was stunned at first, and after reacting, he laughed and said happily: "Naturally, naturally." Dawan is willing to be friends with Dahan forever! β
Zhang Qian stayed for two more days with the enthusiasm of King Dawan, and he couldn't hold back his yearning for the Dayue clan and insisted on leaving.
The king of Dawan sent two hundred cavalry to send them, and it took two more days to send them to the border between Dawan and the Dayue clan.
It was a sunny day.
Under the clear blue and cloudless blue sky, the grassland covered with snow makes people feel particularly bright.
There was snow as far as the eye could see, and the cold wind blew on the face like a knife.
Zhang Qian stopped Ma Liang and looked into the distance for a long time, he knew that it was the Da Yue Clan he had been looking for for ten years.
Decade! It's been ten years! He's finally found!
His nose was sour, and he slowly dismounted. Looking in the direction of the Han Dynasty, he lifted the corner of his robe and knelt down reverently on the ice and snow with a bang. He took out the royal talisman of the Han family with both hands from his arms, raised it above his head, and shouted hysterically: "Your Majesty! Your Majesty! The minister finally lived up to his mission and found the Yue Clan! Your Majesty! Did you hear that? β
Zhang Qian's shouts were heard far and wide in the vast ice field, but only the sound of the wind answered him.
Behind him, Gan's father, wife and children all listened to his roar immediately, and couldn't help but cry. It's been ten years, how many decades can there be in life?
The Dawan cavalry looked at this Han envoy who had been bowing deeply in the ice and snow for a long time with respect, and his face was full of tears when he raised his face, but no one laughed at him.
Envoy, be so! Don't change your mind in life, and live up to your hope in death!
In the sixth year of Yuanguang, Zhang Qian and his entourage finally arrived at Dayue's!
When he rode on a horse and was escorted into the palace by the cavalry of the Otsutsuki clan, a thousand things came to his mind.
When the team set off, there were more than 100 people, and at this time, only he and Gan's father were left. But they also had wives and children, and they had a home on the way.
In the past ten years, His Majesty must have looked forward to him countless times that he could bring back the good news of the alliance with the Great Moon Clan, so that he could flank the Xiongnu back and forth.
His Majesty, after a long wait, finally began to fight back. Moreover, His Majesty has won!
And he has finally arrived at the Otsuki Clan, and the next step is to convince the Otsuki Clan to form an alliance!
Zhang Qian looked up at the sky and muttered in his heart: May God bless my great man!
May God bless my great man!
(To be continued.) )