At the court meeting, Liu Ying showed the emperor's anger for the first time and almost lost his mind.

And Empress Lu also participated in this court meeting, there were not many ministers who came to the court meeting, only those important ministers who were deeply trusted by Liu Ying came to participate, they still didn't understand what was going on, looked at each other, Zhou Bo said angrily: "The Xiongnu Shan Yu sent a messenger to humiliate the Queen Mother, Your Majesty wants to kill it!" ”

Hearing this, the ministers exploded and made an uproar.

The generals all thought that troops should be dispatched, and most of the advisers felt that they should be patient.

Xiahou Ying roared loudly: "The king humiliates the ministers to death!" If you are afraid, hide in your house and go to the death with us! ”

Zhao Yao reprimanded: "Are we afraid? The Han Dynasty has experienced many wars, and now it has just recovered, and if he wants to go on the expedition at this moment, won't more than ten years of efforts be in vain? ”

"Isn't governing the country on weekdays just to defeat foreign enemies? Otherwise, what kind of country will you rule! ”

"You're going to fight, okay, do you have food? Do you have a war horse? What do you take to fight? Like the tyrannical Qin, who gathered millions of people as soldiers and crossed the mountains and mountains to attack the Xiongnu?! You want to destroy the big man! ”

The two sides immediately quarreled, and Empress Lu looked at the ministers coldly and said nothing.

At this time, Liu Ying couldn't bear it anymore, and he shouted: "This hatred is not shared!" I will not endure! I've made up my mind! Expedition against the Huns! Who wants to go?! ”

As soon as Liu Ying opened his mouth like this, the ministers immediately stopped arguing, Zhao Yao and the others were full of worry in their eyes, and just as they were about to speak, Liu Ying scolded: "If there is anyone who is patient, drag it out and behead it!" ”

The strategists were suddenly unable to speak, Cao Shen silently calculated the materials needed to go to the Xiongnu in his heart, and his face suddenly became not very good-looking. To crusade against the Xiongnu, at least four or five hundred thousand troops must be conscripted, and hundreds of thousands of people must escort materials, and the empty treasury of the Han Dynasty that needs grain and grass materials can basically not be supported, and can only be temporarily levied from the people, and the people may not be able to support it, and they have to levy taxes from various vassal states.

What's more, the Huns were all cavalry, coming and going freely, and their environment was harsh, and the Han footmen could only follow behind them, and if they caught up with them for two or three years and did not fight, the Han themselves would perish directly......

At this moment, Fan Xu got up abruptly and shouted: "I am willing to command an army of 100,000 and go to crusade against the Xiongnu!" ”

Fan Xu's voice really suppressed everyone else.

Fan Hao was already tall and loud, when he got up, he lowered his head angrily, and looked at the rest of the ministers, none of these people dared to look at him, The generals were very happy and agreed, Liu Ying said: "Okay, just take Wuyang Hou as the general!" ”

"I really should take this guy out and behead him!!"

Just as Liu Ying was speaking, someone suddenly shouted and interrupted Liu Ying's words.

Everyone was stunned for a moment, looked to the side, and it was the big Han Zhonglang general who spoke.

This Zhonglang will be called Ji Bu, he is a Chu person, once served Xiang Yu, after Xiang Yu was defeated, he was arrested by Liu Bang with a reward, and then under the intercession of Xiahou Ying, Liu Bang spared him, and worshiped him as Langzhong, after Liu Ying ascended the throne, worship him as Zhonglang General.

Because he is righteous, good at fighting grievances, and keeping his promises, so the Chu people often say: "It is better to get a hundred catties of gold than to get Ji Bu Yinuo", and this is how a promise of gold came from.

"What did you say?!"

Fan Hao walked in front of Ji Bu in a few steps, lowered his head, his fists clenched, and seemed to be about to make a move in the next moment.

Ji Bu's face was not the slightest fear, he said: "Back then, Emperor Gao led an army of 400,000 and was still besieged by the Xiongnu in Pingcheng, how dare you say that you can defeat the Xiongnu with 100,000 horses?!" ”

"Is your ability even greater than that of Emperor Gao?!"

Fan was stunned for a moment, held back his anger, and said: "At that time, the national strength was still weak, and it was not a mistake. ”

"The Qin State used millions of manpower to attack the Xiongnu, and finally led to the rebellion of Chen Sheng, Wu Guang and others in the country, and now the national strength of the Han Dynasty is not as good as Qin, do you think that there are no people like Chen Sheng and Wu Guang in the Han Dynasty? In order to welcome Your Majesty, you don't care about the world, who should you behead if you don't kill you?! ”

Ji Bu said loudly, Fan was stupid and resentful, but he couldn't refute it.

The rest of the generals were furious, and they asked, "How can such a shame be endured?" ”

Ji Bu said angrily: "Mao Dun previously attacked Wusun and other countries, exhausted the army, there is not much food and grass, so he continued to plunder the land of Yan and Tang before, and now there is the king of Yan, Tang Xiang joined forces to block the raid of the Xiongnu, so that the cavalry of the Xiongnu could not cross the Great Wall!" Maodun is using the method of agitation! ”

"He saw that the Tang State was gradually becoming stronger, and the strength of the Han Dynasty was constantly recovering, so he sent that messenger to send us to death, his purpose was to provoke us, I expected that at this moment, Mao Dun must be ready, waiting for us outside the Great Wall, as long as our army goes out of the Great Wall, we will definitely be ambushed by him!!"

"You and the others are all generals who have been fighting all year round, why can't you even see this?"

"Can personal honor and disgrace be compared to the prosperity of the world?!"

"Endure humiliation and cultivate for fifty years, the Han will be able to fight with the Huns with all his might, if you are in a hurry to fight at this moment, then the Han will never wait for the day when the Huns can be defeated!"

Ji Bu said, raised his head and looked at Liu Ying, "Your Majesty has only words, and those who dare to speak and endure will be beheaded!" The minister has finished speaking, please kill me, Your Majesty! ”

At this moment, Liu Ying came to his senses in an instant, he gritted his teeth, and his whole body trembled because of this huge shame, and he didn't say a word.

Empress Lu glanced at Ji Bu and said calmly, "Let's go back." ”

"Do not speak to the outside world about today's affairs."

"But the Queen Mother!"

"Needless to say."

The ministers reluctantly left, but Empress Lu left Ji Bu alone.

Liu Ying's eyes were red, she looked at Empress Lu on the side, and shouted in despair: "Mother"

"What to cry about! What problem can you solve by crying here? As the king of a country, you should take the letter of Maudun with the importance of the world, and get up every day in the future, go to see it again, and don't forget this shame."

Empress Lu threw the letter to Liu Ying, who trembled and lowered her head.

Only then did Empress Lu look at Ji Bu calmly and said, "General Ji is right, you want to take the world as a new person, and you will be rewarded with 100 gold!" ”

"The monarch is humiliated, the minister cannot take revenge, what face is there to be rewarded?" , Ji Bu's face was also very ugly, he gritted his teeth and said, "Please don't insult me like this, Queen Mother." ”

"When does General Ji think that he can crusade against the Huns?"

Ji Bu said seriously: "If you let the Marquis of Huaiyin"

"No!"

Empress Lu immediately interrupted Ji Bu, but turned around and said to Liu Ying: "In the future, you can often ask General Ji to inquire about major events in the world." ”

Liu Ying nodded.

"Ying, this matter, don't let the chief know."

"He's irritable and reckless, and if he finds out, something will happen, do you understand?"

Liu Ying nodded helplessly again.

Empress Lu looked at Ji Bu in front of him, thinking that he was not weaker than Fan Hao in terms of momentum, and suddenly had an idea in his mind.

It was drizzling in Chang'an, and the sky was becoming gloomy.

Liu Chang hadn't entered the Jiaofang Hall yet, but his voice had already entered the hall.

"Mother, I'm hungry!!"

When Liu Chang rushed into the Jiaofang Hall wet and rushed to Empress Lu's side, he noticed the difference, and his mother looked a little sad and angry? Liu Chang looked at his mother in surprise, he had never seen such an expression on his mother's face, "What's wrong?" ”

Liu Chang's expression became very serious.

"Where are you going crazy again? I changed my clothes. ”

"What's going on?"

"What can happen, what do you want to eat?"

"Mother, don't lie to me, is something wrong?"

"It's okay! Dine! ”

"Oh, it's okay!"

Liu Chang smiled, sat next to Lu Hou, the two ate together, quickly finished eating, changed clothes, Liu Chang wiped his mouth with his sleeve, got up and shouted: "Mother, I'm going to find Gai Gong to practice swords!" ”

"Wait!" , Empress Lu stopped him, took out the silk cloth and wiped his mouth seriously, "Go ahead, don't get sick if you play in the rain." ”

Liu Chang immediately agreed, and walked out of the Jiaofang Hall with a smile, the moment he walked out of the Jiaofang Palace, the smile on his face disappeared, he did not go to Tianlu Pavilion, but walked directly to the Xuanshu Palace, there were two attendants standing in front of the hall, and just as he was about to speak, Liu Chang broke in.

When Liu Chang came in, Liu Ying sat alone in the Xuanshu Palace, his eyes were red, and when he saw Liu Chang breaking in, he hurriedly rubbed his eyes and forcibly squeezed out a smile, "Why is the eldest brother here?" ”

When Liu Chang saw his brother's red eyes, he knew that something was definitely wrong.

Liu Chang stared at Liu Ying's eyes and didn't say a word.

Liu Ying smiled unnaturally, "What's wrong?" ”

"Brother still wants to hide it from me?! My mother told me!! ”

Liu Chang roared angrily.

Liu Ying was stunned for a moment, and then, holding her forehead with both hands, tears dripping, and her voice was mixed with crying, "Eldest brother I am incompetent, I can't even protect my mother."