Liu Xijun's antidote was very effective, and Ruoyao detoxified it on the day she ate it.

And Ruoyao also formed an alliance with Liu Xijun on the surface.

Liu Xijun's move was to take advantage of Tu Jie's serious injury to Ruoyao to win over with an antidote.

And after the experience of the past few days, Ruoyao also deeply felt that these three women were destined to be strong opponents.

Gongsun Hong once again moved out of the lord's father's edict, but the effect received was that the vassal states were ready to move.

And Liu Che was even more worried about the secret note he received today, and he walked back and forth in Jianzhang Palace, waiting for Wei Qing, Gongsun Hong, and Zhang Ou, because the current situation had reached a very critical moment.

"Your Majesty, the prime minister is here." The chamberlain retribution.

Liu Che: "Xuan! ”

Gongsun Hong, Wei Qing, and Zhang Ou walked side by side towards the main hall of Jianzhang Palace and saluted in parallel.

Gongsun Hong was old because of his old age, so Liu Che allowed him to sit in a car except for the early dynasty: "Your Majesty, according to the report of the Yanmen County Shou, the Xiongnu invaded the Yanmen border city a few days ago. ”

"Prime Minister, I'm not worried about this issue now, I received Dong Xuanxu's secret recital." After Liu Che finished speaking, he handed a bamboo slip in his hand to the waiter, who presented it to everyone.

Liu Che got up and said anxiously: "Dong Xuanxu said that the king of Huainan and the king of Dujiang both sent people to the direct camp of the court to act as lobbyists, and there was a feeling that they wanted to win them over, and they also sent some generals gold, silver and jewelry. ”

"Can he dispose of it?" Gongsun Hong was very worried that such a situation must not intensify the contradictions, otherwise the Xiongnu would go south and the princes would rebel, and it would be difficult to control the matter.

Liu Che said: "He didn't ask anyone about the crime, but just confiscated the gifts received by his subordinates. ”

Wei Qing thought for a while after watching the secret music, this matter should not be underestimated, so he said: "Your Majesty, the minister's tiger army can go north at any time, and the outside must be at home, and Your Majesty must stabilize these vassal states at this moment." ”

The current situation is testing every member of Liu Che's new team, and it is also testing the combat effectiveness of the new team.

Gongsun Hong didn't seem to be in a hurry, he touched his beard and thought: "Your Majesty, what General Wei said is extremely true, it must be stabilized, Emperor Gaozu has divided more than 30 princes and kings from the beginning to the present. ”

Liu Che was a little unwilling, it seems that he really wants to abolish the Tui'en Order for the second time? This is the emperor's great shame: "Prime Minister, the Tui En Decree has just been promulgated, and it is the second time." ”

Gongsun Hong also knew that a decree was promulgated twice and was abolished under pressure twice, and if there was a third time, it would really be the emperor's nest: "Your Majesty, there is no other way." ”

There really is no other way to do things, and the core interests of the vassal states are the state.

"One more important thing!" Liu Che also thought of one thing around "stability", that is, the establishment of a national assassination history, which seems to have stopped.

The Tui En Order represents the imperial court and the vassal states, and the assassination history represents the imperial court is to compete with the local officials, and the vassal states have already moved.

Gongsun Hong and Wei Qing both understood what Liu Che meant, so they looked at Zhang Ou.

Zhang Ou stepped forward and reported: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the matter of assassinating Shi will be stopped for the time being." ”

In this way, Liu Che reluctantly made two decisions, and issued an edict to all the vassal states, pushing the order to only refer to and solicit opinions; Under the opinion, all the thorn histories in various places were recalled to stabilize the place.

It is equivalent to Liu Che's two most promising reforms in the early stage, but they died in this way under the situation of strong enemies outside and evil ghosts inside, which is Liu Che's second reform failure.

Unwilling to fill every cell in Liu Che's body, he punched the table hard, and vowed in his heart that he must achieve the goal of becoming a strong man and make these vassal states disappear sooner or later.

If you can't bear it, you will make a big plan, and the matter of Anne will be decided in this way, and the next thing is to get outside.

Wei Qing reported in detail the battle report sent back from the frontier:

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Zuoxian Wang Huhante, Zuogu Liwang Yizhixian, and Cumin King Powell in view of the impending winter, the troops went south to Yanmen, Yuyang and Youbeiping to loot supplies, of course, this is the norm, because winter is about to begin.

As mentioned earlier, the Xiongnu at this time were still in the period of slave society, and their productivity was limited, and every winter, in the face of frequent natural disasters, they could only go south to rob materials.

Although it was a matter of time before the Xiongnu went south, they did not expect that after the Battle of Longcheng, the Xiongnu still robbed step by step.

"Wei Qing, do you have confidence!" After all, it was the first time to use the Tiger Benjun, Liu Che was confident, but he still asked.

Wei Qing looked at Gongsun Hong very confidently, and was already excited in his heart: "The first battle will be won!" ”

Gongsun Hong nodded with satisfaction after hearing this, and said solemnly: "Wei Qing, all the vassal states are watching, as long as you are a little different, they will join forces to attack Your Majesty." ”

Chain reaction, Wei Qing knows the stakes well.

"And what do you think about this fight?" Liu Che confidently walked onto the dragon chair.

Wei Qing's idea is very simple, that is, to take the cumin king Powell.

Powell, the cumin king of the Huns, belonged to the Zuoxian royal department and belonged to the third-level king, but this king had an unusual situation.

After the reconnaissance of Yanmen County and Zhang Cigong, the Marquis of the shore of the vanguard of Weiqing, the territory of Powell, the king of cumin, was opposite Yanmen County, and the size of the army was 30,000.

Wei Qing took the King of Cumin to open the knife because he wanted to take the first step to overturn the bridgehead of the Xiongnu to plunder southward, and turn the Baili grassland where Yanmen exited the gate into a no-man's land and a buffer zone, just in case.

In the face of Wei Qing's battle plan, Liu Che was very happy, and immediately decided that all the 20,000 horses of the Tiger Ben Army were dispatched, plus 10,000 defenders of Yanmen County, to face off against Powell, King of cumin, one to one.

Liu Che's intention is also very simple, let all the soldiers of the Tiger Ben Army practice with King Cumin and train a group of grassland fighting wolves.

"Your Majesty, the old minister has one more matter!" Gongsun Hong got up and prelude: "The old minister feels that it is necessary to implement military merit throughout the country, so as to shake the general trend of the whole army and the people to resist Hu and improve the morale of the whole army." ”

Military merit, a knighthood system that rewards military merits. It was produced during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and was most fully developed in the Qin State, which played a positive role in the victory of the Qin Unification War. Those who obtain knighthoods can become officials, and can get field houses and other privileges, that is, marquis and bounties according to the number and weight of enemies killed.

After hearing this, Liu Che greatly agreed, this can be regarded as a reform.

"Zhang Ou, you can do this thing!" Liu Che felt that this was a set of laws and regulations after all, and it had to be done by the Imperial Doctor.

This incident was also the first major event at the beginning of Zhang Ou's tenure, and he was full of confidence and excited: "No! ”

In order to be just in case, Liu Che also asked Wei Qing to select two generals to go to Yuyang County and Youbeiping respectively to help prepare for resisting the enemy, and quickly urged Dong Xuanxu, a general who was already on the road, to enter the palace to see him.