After sending away the Xiongnu envoy, Liu Ying was a little confused, and he asked, "Why didn't Chen Hou allow it?" An armistice and peace negotiation is a good thing for both countries. ”

Chen Ping was silent for a moment and looked at Cao Shen.

Mao Dun sent an envoy to come, not to negotiate peace, but to be able to deal with the Yue clan and Ding Ling with peace of mind, and to solve the problem of the Tang State by the way. Now the Xiongnu are fighting on both sides, and there is no way to deal with the Han Dynasty, and the Tang State is making trouble for the Xiongnu again.

The biggest problem that plagued Maudun was that there were too few Huns. Now there are millions of nomadic people under the command of Maodun, but there are only hundreds of thousands of Xiongnu people, the territory of the Xiongnu is very large, Maodun in order to control the various tribes under his command, the Xiongnu people are arranged to serve as princes in various places, forcing these Hu people to use the language of the Xiongnu and follow the customs of the Xiongnu.

Sprinkle hundreds of thousands of people into such a huge territory, there are actually not too many Huns in each place, and the Xiongnu forces on the border of the Tang State are the original Linhu and some of the conquered Donghu, and the Xiongnu tribes who take care of them are only more than 10,000 people.

The Tang State went out from time to time, killed the Huns in those places, and even used grain and cloth to buy the heads of the Huns with those conquered Linhu and Donghu people.

This did cause chaos within the Xiongnu, and the relationship between the Huns who guarded other tribes and the local Hu people became worse and worse, and there were often cases where the Hu people cut off the heads of their masters and fled to the Tang Kingdom.

This Tang country also does not refuse to come, and there is no persecution of those Hu people, as long as they come to vote for the Tang Dynasty, they can become the people of the Tang Dynasty, distributed in Shangjun Yunzhong, and are protected by the Tang Dynasty.

There are not many Huns, where can they withstand such a cut by the Tang State.

In addition, it is the problem of the Yue clan and other tribes, since the Tang Dynasty began to vigorously support the Yue clan, provide weapons and food, and accept the old and weak, the Yue clan's combat effectiveness has improved a lot, and the Huns want to gnaw it down, but they also have to break their teeth, and the most terrible thing is that the Yue clan gave other tribes another way.

The Huns bullied us, we can go to the Tang Dynasty?

Therefore, the tribes outside the Xiongnu and even inside secretly sent people to the Tang State to get in touch with the Tang State.

This made Mao Dun extremely headache, he had to change the iron-blooded style of his daily life, and began to adopt a half-gentle policy to appease the tribes in the country, if these tribes are all gone, then he, the son of heaven on the grassland, is really a fictitious.

Chen Ping saw through Mao Dun's thoughts at a glance, but he didn't say it.

Mao Dun treated each other politely and asked for peace, Chen Ping knew that if he denounced the Xiongnu at this moment and opposed the peace, then he would really become the target of the ministers.... Isn't Mao Dun's strategy to make Tang Guo the culprit who started the war and make him the target of the crusade of the ministers? In the future, if you start a war, you can also declare war under the pretense of King Tang's rudeness, further ruining King Tang's reputation.

At a time when the whole country longs for peace, whoever opposes it is the public enemy of the world.

Chen Ping looked at Cao Shen on the other side and said to Liu Ying: "The minister just thinks that the Xiongnu may not be sincere in negotiating peace, so he wants to hear what the ministers have to say." ”

Liu Ying also looked at Cao Shen and wanted to know what the minister thought.

Cao Shen said indifferently: "This is Shan Yu's trick, he wants to provoke the relationship between the foreign king and the ministers, weaken the Tang Kingdom by the way, and ruin the reputation of the Tang King... When he quells the domestic turmoil, he will take action against the Han. ”

Chen Ping closed his eyes and said no more.

Hearing Cao Shen's words, Shusun Tong was the first to get up and retorted: "Even if it is a trick of the Huns, it is beneficial to the Han Dynasty... As long as there are ten, no, five years of peace, the Han can have enough food, weapons, and war horses, and when the time comes, there will be no need to fear the Huns! ”

"Yes!"

Liu Jing got up and said seriously: "At present, the Han Dynasty, one is short of food, the other is short of war horses, in the previous battle, we obtained a large number of war horses, five years is enough for us to cultivate a cavalry team that is not afraid of the Huns, at that time, the offensive and defensive momentum should change!" ”

After Liu Jing, several ministers got up, all of whom supported peace with the Xiongnu, and their rhetoric was the same, all for the stable development of the Han Dynasty in the future, the Han Dynasty is currently inferior to the Xiongnu, but if there is a five-year development time, even if the Han Dynasty cannot take the initiative to go out to crusade against the Xiongnu, the Xiongnu will not dare to attack easily.

Fan Hao was about to speak, but Zhao Yao preemptively said: "Marquis Wuyang won't ignore the people of the world in order to get the title, right?" ”

Fan Hao was speechless for a moment, and Zhao Yao said again: "Today's Han Dynasty, although there is a holy monarch, but there are few young and strong, the cultivated land is barren, and there is no savings in the granary, once we encounter a disaster, we must be helpless, if we can negotiate peace with the Xiongnu, send less people to the border to serve, reduce the food support for the border, and make every effort to govern the country..."

At the same time, the food of the soldiers guarding the border is also a major expenditure of the Han Dynasty, and the money spent on military equipment is much more than the money spent on internal affairs every year.

The generals were speechless for a moment, and in the hall, the peace faction quickly gained the upper hand.

"Enough!"

Liu Ying suddenly opened her mouth and scolded: "The princes only talk about peace, but don't mention the matter of the Tang King, do you want to harm the Tang King alone and settle the world?!" ”

"Your Majesty! Don't dare! ”

Everyone hurriedly bowed, and Shusun Tong said seriously: "This matter can't hinder the Tang Kingdom... It won't implicate King Tang..."

"How dare you coax me?!"

Liu Ying stood up and said angrily: "It is rare for the Tang Kingdom to have the current situation, if I let him sever the connection with the Yue Clan and dismiss the Hu people in the country, isn't this weakening the Tang Kingdom?" When the time comes, the Huns will attack, will you stop it?! ”

"Maudun wants to blame the war for a long time. On the Tang King! If I agree, then how should the people of the world view King Tang? Why do we fight? Isn't it because the Huns plundered my people! Isn't it because Mao Dun wrote a letter insulting the mother of the country?! ”

"Now the Huns are clever and want to put all the charges on my younger brother? I will not agree! ”

"Maudun wants to negotiate peace? Then I apologize for my mother! Admit your previous plunder! Who started the war and who knows best! ”

Liu Yingqi's face turned red, and he scolded the ministers.

The ministers bowed their heads and did not speak.

Uncle Sun Tong raised his head helplessly, "Your Majesty..."

"I don't listen! I don't negotiate peace! ”

Liu Ying left a sentence and left angrily, leaving only the ministers looking at each other.

Zhao Yao reluctantly walked to Shusun Tong's side, "Your Majesty is very fond of King Tang, but this matter is beneficial and harmless to the Han... I want to persuade again, but the Queen Mother also loves King Tang very much... I'm worried...."

Uncle Sun Tong raised his head and sighed, hesitated for a long time, and gritted his teeth, "I'll go and persuade the Queen Mother!" ”

Zhao Yao was stunned for a moment, and looked at the important minister in front of him, known as the "villain", he still has the courage?

.......

Liu Ying left the Jiaofang Palace, and went back to the Ganquan Palace directly, looking at Queen Cao coaxing the little guy, his face was a little better, took the child, and shook with a smile, but the queen saw that the mood of the Son of Heaven was not very good, she asked curiously: "What did King Tang do again?" ”

"It's not the Tang King, it's the Huns!"

Liu Ying told what happened in the court, and said angrily: "I was almost deceived by Mao Dun, if it wasn't for Chen Hou's reminder, I would have made a big mistake!" Mao Dun is vicious, and he actually wants to murder his eldest brother! ”

Empress Cao looked at Liu Ying and said with emotion: "Your Majesty loves King Tang very much. ”

Liu Ying made a straight face and said seriously: "I love him, but I also love the people of the world... I will never sacrifice anyone in order to achieve great things, even if the Huns either want to kill the eldest brother or want to murder a common person I don't know, I will never allow it. ”

"The people of the Han Dynasty are all my people, I am the Son of Heaven, I have to protect them, if the Huns want to attack because of this, I will personally go to fight, even if I die on the battlefield, I will never do anything harmful!"

Empress Cao shook her head and said softly, "Your Majesty is kind.... I'm just afraid of the ministers... I won't just give up. ”

"By the way, Queen, I have an idea..."

Liu Ying hesitated a little, lowered her head and said, "Queen... My younger brother Jian... I have no biological mother since I was a child... The lonely and miserable have always been taken care of by the palace maids... I thought... This..."

Seeing Liu Ying's appearance of wanting to speak and stopping, Empress Cao laughed, "Your Majesty wants to take him over and let me raise him as my mother, so that he can grow up with Xiang?" ”

Liu Ying nodded cautiously, and said hesitantly: "It's just that the queen is also very tired now... My brother is very obedient and well-behaved... won't us off..."

Empress Cao pretended to be serious and said, "That's not good! Your Majesty has been busy with state affairs all year round, and I am very tired from taking care of a child, how can I take care of another one? ”

"Huh??" , Liu Ying's eyes widened, at a loss.

Empress Cao laughed at this time, "Hahaha, what is Your Majesty still doing in a daze, go and take Jian!" ”

"Good!"

"Great!"

Liu Ying was overjoyed, held the queen's hand, and said seriously: "But it's hard for the queen... I'll make amends..."

"Your Majesty, don't say such things again... I am Your Majesty's wife... Whatever His Majesty wants to do, I will support His Majesty, always..."

Liu Ying looked at the good wife in front of her, her eyes were full of tenderness, she couldn't hold back the love in her heart anymore, she couldn't help but lean over, and was about to kiss...

"Wow~~~"

Xiang suddenly burst into tears, Liu Ying got up helplessly, and scolded: "You erection, who is not good, but like your middle father!" ”

At this moment, Shusun Tong was sitting in front of his disciples, and the disciples were sitting on his left and right, listening to his lectures.

Mencius said: People have not to do anything, and then they can do something, saying: If people are not good, what should be the future trouble? Said: Zhong Ni is not even worse, said: Adults, words do not have to be believed, deeds do not have to be fruitful, but where the righteousness is..."

"Sometimes, some things that go against the bottom line can't be done, and they are done because there are more important things that we need to do, and sometimes, some things that can't be done must also be done, and they are done because it's something that is in line with our ideas.... Virtuous people do not have to be trustworthy in their words, and they do not have to be consistent in their actions, as long as the righteousness is, they must go all out! ”

After finishing this last lesson, Shusun Tong slowly got up and said, "Today, I have such a thing to do... If I am guilty of this, don't be resentful, this is what I want to do, you should study with peace of mind, restore the doctrine of Confucianism, set up schools everywhere, recruit disciples, remember, teach without class, don't be too harsh on students, don't charge too much, don't hide privately, don't attack other schools of Confucianism..."

Hearing these words from Shusun Tong, his disciples were shocked, and were about to get up and ask, but Shusun Tong frowned, "What I just said, why don't you go and review it?!" ”

Everyone hurriedly lowered their heads and continued reading.

Shusun Tong didn't go to say goodbye to his family, and directly ordered his disciple to drive towards the palace.

Soon after, he sat down in front of Empress Lu.

"The queen mother, the minister has no talent, but he is the third duke, the minister knows, this is because of the words of the king of Tang, so the minister respects the king of Tang very much, and often thinks about repaying his kindness."

Empress Lu had a cold face, what happened to the court, she knew, and naturally knew the purpose of Shusun Tong's coming to find herself, as soon as Shusun Tong said a word, Lu Hou scolded: "Is this how you repay his kindness?" Do you have to blame an eleven-year-old child for everything in the world?! ”

Shusun Tong hurriedly said: "Please Queen Mother Mingjian, this is not the case. ”

"My son is not married, do you want to be the daughter of the Huns? How can there be such a reason! ”

Empress Lu was even more angry than Liu Ying, she said angrily: "If there is anyone who offers this words, he should be executed!" ”

Shusun Tong was so frightened that his legs began to tremble, he plucked up his courage and said tremblingly: "The Queen Mother, my Confucian disciple, is deeply valued in the Tang Kingdom, and I have no grievances with the Tang King. ”

"When Mao Dun wrote a letter to insult the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother was unwilling to fight, why is this?"

Lu Hou kept a straight face and did not answer.

Shusun Tong said again: "This is because the Queen Mother attaches more importance to the world than to her own reputation.... Now it is so similar to the beginning, the Han has a holy monarch, a virtuous minister, and all of them are united, what is missing is only the time for development... As long as there is a stable time of ten years, the Han will no longer have to fear foreign enemies, and the Xiongnu will not dare to be easily humiliated. ”

"Does the Queen Mother love her son or the world more?"

"The reason why I dare to come to the Queen Mother is not because I am not afraid of death, the minister is very timid, and I am most afraid of death in my life, I came to the Queen Mother because I know that the Queen Mother will not kill me... The Queen Mother is the mother of the Han Dynasty, although she loves her young son, she loves the world even more... This matter, although it will affect the reputation of the Tang King, will not harm his life, the Queen Mother was willing to endure the insult and was not willing to fight easily, and now for the sake of the young son, why is she so tough? ”

Empress Lu didn't speak, just looked at him coldly.

Shusun Tong said: "We all know that the war is not because of the Tang King, the people of the world will not blame the Tang King for going to war, and future generations will definitely know that the Tang King gave up his reputation for the sake of the world, so they respect him even more... Please consider the Queen Mother. ”

Empress Lu hesitated for a moment and slowly stood up, "The Huns are brutal, they will soon tear up the contract and do it again." ”

"Even so, the people of the world also know that my Han is unwilling to take the initiative to fight against the Huns, if the Huns come again, the people of the world will be extremely angry, and they will also understand that the fault of the war lies with him, so they are willing to fight to the death for His Majesty."

Lu Hou was thoughtful.

"Queen Mother, please give an order, persuade Your Majesty, let him agree to make peace, the Han needs peace..."

Just as they were talking, suddenly, Liu Chang broke into the Jiaofang Palace, he slapped the snow on his body, and scolded: "This weather is really... Yo? Uncle and grandson? Why did you come to Jiaofang Palace? ”

Liu Changda sat on the side and looked at them.

Lu Hou said: "I came here to negotiate peace... The Huns want to negotiate peace and marry you with a woman. ”

"Hahaha, that's it? It's okay, Mother, answer him! After agreeing, contact the Yue clan as usual, and go to cut off the head of the Hun dog as usual, I can still get a wife for nothing, how good is this! ”

Liu Chang said with a smile.

Lu Hou said: "It's just that Mao Dun thinks that the war is on you, and if you do it as usual, I'm afraid that everyone in the world will blame you." ”

"Blame the fart, the people of my Tang Kingdom wish there was a war, and they can be promoted to knighthood if they fight!"

"The people of this world are not just the people of your Tang Kingdom."

"Huh? Mother is talking about Zhao Guo? Hahaha, what can they blame? If you dare to say more, I will let them know what a military merit system is! ”

Empress Lu shook her head, "I'm talking about the people of the temple. ”

"The minister of the temple? In addition to Zhou Bo, Fan Xu, Chen Ping, Guan Ying, Xiahou Ying, Cao Thief..... Otherwise, everyone else is a wine bag rice bag! The widow doesn't care at all! ”

"Aren't you worried about your reputation at all?"

"Reputation? How many horses can that thing be exchanged for? ”

......

Liu Ying sat on the top seat and looked at the ministers angrily.

Liu Ying has never been so angry, after his uncle and grandson met the queen mother, the ministers were relieved, and the facts once again proved that the ministers were not afraid of him, the son of heaven, but the one in the Jiaofang Palace. After the queen mother said that she would not object, the ministers were even more energetic, and they directly joined forces and played together, hoping to negotiate peace with the Xiongnu in exchange for peace.

Cao Shen's face was dark and he didn't say a word, he was against this.

It's just that when the ministers are united, he, the prime minister, really can't stand on the emperor's side, he must properly grasp the balance in the temple, if the ministers feel that he has completely fallen to the Son of Heaven, then he will no longer be able to command the ministers. Therefore, Cao Shen could only remain silent at this time, but he was also angry, and his eyes were very unkind.

Chen Ping didn't speak, he just calmly watched the ministers discuss, and he didn't want to intervene at all, like him, there were also generals led by Zhou Bo, most of these people also lowered their heads and didn't say a word.

"Your Majesty, state affairs are important! The Queen Mother and the King of Tang both agreed, why didn't Your Majesty allow it?! ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, King Tang personally wrote a letter, hoping to negotiate peace, why don't you allow it?"

The ministers began to make trouble, when Liu Bang wanted to replace Liu Ying, he was besieged by the ministers, and even Liu Bang could not defeat the united ministers, let alone Liu Ying.

The ministers relied on Liu Ying's good temper and played one after another, so that Liu Ying couldn't refute it at all.

"Your Majesty, please put state affairs first! Please put the world first! Please Your Majesty's Permission!! ”

Again, the crowd asked for a song.

Liu Ying trembled, her face was pale, and she didn't say a word.

At this time, a soldier suddenly walked in and said, "Your Majesty, Xiao Xiang is outside the door, asking to see you." ”

"Huh? Xiao Xiang?? ”

Liu Ying was taken aback, and then, her face became even more ugly, did even Xiao Xiang come to persuade herself?

"Let him come in quickly! Help him in! ”

However, it was freezing at the moment, and Liu Ying did not dare to let Xiao He, who was riddled with illness, stay outside the hall.

Soon, Xiao He walked in.

At this moment, Xiao He, with gray hair, his body is no longer as straight as before, he is hunched at the waist, with snow on his shoulders, trembling all over, holding a cane, and two people around him are supporting him, he can't even walk, he can only take a small step, a small step forward, and it is very difficult to walk.

The ministers got up one after another to pay their respects, Xiao He drooped his head, and walked in front of Liu Ying with great difficulty, and was about to salute, but Liu Ying hurriedly said: "Xiao Xiang doesn't need to be polite!" Hurry up and help Xiao Xiang sit down! ”

Zhao Yao happily walked to Xiao He's side, he knew that as soon as Xiao He came, this matter would be stable, you know, Xiao He attaches the most importance to the Han world.

"Xiao Xiang, I'll help you..."

"Stupid !!"

Xiao He raised his head suddenly, and hit Zhao Yao's head with the cane in his hand, Zhao Yao screamed in pain, looking at Xiao He in surprise.

Xiao He looked at everyone angrily and scolded: "Stupid! Stupid! It's all a bunch of fools! Cao Shen! You idiot! ”

was reprimanded by Xiao He, but Cao Shen didn't say a word, just lowered his head to accept it.

Xiao He looked very excited, and he shouted, "Who asked you to negotiate peace with the Huns!" Yue's alliance with the Han Dynasty made the Xiongnu have no choice but to negotiate peace, and now the Xiongnu tribes will rely on the Han and want to come to the Han, which is the destruction of the Xiongnu! You fools, negotiating peace with the Xiongnu at this moment, do you want to scare away those countries that originally wanted to ally with the Han Dynasty?! ”

"The Xiongnu are strong, only the Great Han can defeat them, don't you draw up a contract, can the Xiongnu come to attack the Great Han now? Could it be that if a contract was drawn up, the Xiongnu would not come to attack the Han again? ”

"At such a time, I don't show the majesty of the Han Dynasty, so that all the countries outside the country are in my heart, but I still want to negotiate peace! Fight when it's time to make peace, and negotiate peace when it's time to fight! ”

"Who said to negotiate peace! Stand out! Let the old man see!! ”

The ministers were silent, and none of them dared to speak.

Liu Ying was overjoyed and said: "It's the words of Uncle Sun Tong, the imperial historian!" ”

Uncle Sun Tong's eyes widened and looked at the Son of Heaven, Your Majesty, it's a bit unkind for you to do this!

But before Shusun Tong could explain, a cane smashed into his head.

"Ahh Xiao Xiang, be careful, I'll do it myself, don't hurt yourself... Attention... Do I do it myself? ”

ps: Thank you very much for the alliance leader of the Nanyue Barbarian Dragon Boss, I will write a little more today, and strive to add more to the two bosses tomorrow.

My favorite minister in the early Han Dynasty is Xiao He, really, he was in the first half of his life in the creation of the Han Dynasty, the second half of his life has been running for the Han Dynasty, all his life for the people, and even at the risk of being killed, persuaded Liu Bang to lend the garden to the people for farming, all the policies for the benefit of the people in the early Han Dynasty were formulated by him alone, before he died of illness, he had been writing new laws at home, endured the pain, and died after writing.... Alas, the first virtuous minister of the Han Dynasty.