Chapter 1 When the opportunity comes knocking on the door 2. Liu Yuan raised troops

Liu Yuan, Zi Yuanhai, Huns. He is a rich man, not a local tyrant, although he is dressed as a local tyrant (Xiongnu costumes), but he is a nobleman from generation to generation. It can be seen from the surname that in the Han Dynasty, ordinary people did not dare to have the surname Liu. The surname Liu of the Huns has a origin, a long, long time ago, when Liu Yuan's eighteenth ancestor was still alive, it was the Xiongnu Shan Yu named Mao Dun, I believe everyone must be familiar with it. Mao Dun is not surnamed Liu, but his descendants are born with Liu Bang's daughter, no way, Liu Bang and his children and grandchildren will send a number of clan women to the Xiongnu Shan Yu every few years, the beautiful name is called: and relatives. Even the widowed Empress Dowager Lu was warmly invited by the Xiongnu Shan Yu. In fact, it is to rely on a woman's chest for a few more days to have a peaceful birthday, and in the case of invincibility, there is really no way. However, when the Han cavalry was invincible on the grassland, the grandchildren obediently took their grandmother's surname.

As a result, Liu Yuan was not surnamed Liu, but it was passed down from generation to generation, and Liu Yuan really thought that his surname was Liu.

If you are accustomed to reading history books, you will find that the birth of a heroic character is often accompanied by some bizarre scenes to show that this character is unusual. When Liu Yuan was pregnant with Liu Yuan, she first dreamed that a fish jumped over the dragon gate, and then dreamed that she swallowed something called "Rijing", and then she became pregnant with Liu Yuan. Liu Yuan's father was the left commander of the five Xiongnu tribes, a tribal leader, and his name was Liu Bao, but there was really no mention of Liu Yuan's gestation process and Liu Bao's relationship in the history books.

I've always wondered why the "heroes" have a mortal mother just like us ordinary people, but the father is so different? Perhaps, it was also an era of fighting fathers, and bizarre things could always win in the confrontation with the men of the earth!

Liu Yuan, who was born in the aristocracy, is not worried about food and clothing, and there are herds of cattle and sheep in the family, and even people are herds. Of course, he didn't worry about being an official, the left marshal of the Huns (later renamed Du Wei), his father died and it was his turn, big enough!

Filial piety children have a future, when Liu Yuan died of his mother when he was seven years old, he was already able to "beat his chest and feet, cry and cry", even the people around him were moved by him, and the people of the clan and tribe praised him and had a good impression. The Huns may not have known the meaning of "the old and the old, the young and the young". But they must understand a truth: people who are not filial to their parents are no better for other people's parents.

Therefore, if you are looking for someone to be the boss, you must find a filial one.

This may be the reason why the Central Plains Dynasty has always wanted to "rule the world with filial piety"! A big brother who is not filial to his parents is not a good big brother; An emperor who is not filial to his parents is not a good emperor.

At the age of seven, Liu Yuan inadvertently used his excellent character to lay a solid mass foundation for himself. What are we busy with today's seven-year-old?

Later, Liu Yuan was more than seven years old, and Liu Yuan, who was born in the Central Plains and grew up in Han China, was very sinicized. I have to admit that what kind of environment will cultivate what kind of talents, otherwise the story of "Meng's mother's three migrations" will not be immortal.

The young Liu Yuan loved to learn, especially "The Biography of the Zuo Family in the Spring and Autumn Period" and "The Art of War of Sun Wu", and it is said that he can almost memorize it, which is very remarkable. Today's such favorable learning conditions, I can only recite the first four sentences of the "Three Character Classic": At the beginning of man, nature is good. Sex is similar, Xi is far away.

The nomadic horse's kung fu has not been discarded to Liu Yuan's generation, he is good at riding and shooting, and his physical strength is outstanding. As an official N generation and a rich N generation, it can be said that his excellence is enough to make the entire Sima family embarrassed.

Liu Yuan also once had a classic speech: "Every time I read a book, I often can't help but despise Sui He and Lu Jia's lack of martial arts, and Zhou Bo and Guan Ying's lack of literary talent." The Tao is carried forward by people, and if you don't understand one aspect of knowledge, you will be despised by a gentleman. Sui He and Lu Jia met Han Gaozu and were unable to establish the feudal, and Zhou Bo and Guan Ying followed Emperor Wen of Han and could not create the great cause of education, but it was a pity! ”

Is it deafening? At the very least, it should be initiated! Liu Yuan has said a lot of things, these sentences are particularly impressive, this is a unique insight, from which we can almost understand what is called the spirit of an emperor.

From this point of view, it is not easy to be a boss, and you have to be a compound talent. The end result of having a partial subject is that you can only work for others in the future. …… In the 21st century, the cruel reality tells us that if we don't speak English well, we will even be disqualified from working in a foreign company! State-owned enterprises don't want it either.

Liu Yuan is both civil and military. In that era when you didn't have to learn English, you should be called a generalist.

As an adult, Liu Yuan can be regarded as a beautiful man, tall and handsome, with fluttering hair. Not only did the girls see Liuha, but even the gentleman who saw the face was very surprised when they saw it, thinking that the world was strange.

The history of the ancients is like this, and those historical figures must always be portrayed as godlike, not only before they are born (my mother dreams), but also when they grow up, they will make people feel different when they walk on the street (Liuhalazi). Maybe it's really strange, a celebrity named Wang Hun in Taiyuan not only humbly received Liu Yuan himself, but also specially asked his son to go to visit. The ancients were very polite, unlike now, when they got on the bus, they didn't know how to give up their seats to the elderly and pregnant women. At that time, it was a great courtesy to let my son come out to meet guests, and it could be seen as a sign of the willingness to make friends for generations to come.

With courtesy does not mean that there is an opportunity, after the Jin Dynasty Wei, the whole world has changed color, the whole society from daily life to ideology is changing, perhaps imperceptibly, but absolutely can not be ignored. But the only thing that remains unchanged is the Central Plains Dynasty's precaution against the Xiongnu and other ethnic minorities who moved inward. Liu Yuan was a Xiongnu, and he was a well-known Xiongnu, and even Emperor Wu of the Jin Dynasty commented: Even You Yu in the Spring and Autumn Period and Jin Riyan in the Han Dynasty could not be higher than him. Awesome, right? But such a "powerful" doomed him to be unwilling.

Liu Yuan's youth and adulthood remained in Luoyang as a hostage. The reason is very simple, the Central Plains Dynasty needs to use him to make the Huns jealous and dare not make mistakes. The Huns also needed to use him to reassure their suzerains in exchange for peace. It can be said that Liu Yuan has shouldered the mission of his family and country since he was young.

At that time, although people did not have a complete concept of the Han nationality, they also knew that the Huns, who were the "Yidi" in the north, were not their friends. Hundreds of years of struggle have taught them to understand the truth that "those who are not of our race will have different hearts", which made the Han people wary of the Huns in every possible way, lest they be neglected. You must know that letting the tiger return to the mountains is very likely to cause a catastrophe.

In the first years of Tai, due to Wang Hun's repeated recommendations, Emperor Wu of Jin was ready to let Liu Yuan participate in the invasion of Wu, but was advised by the minister to give up, and Liu Yuan's first opportunity was lost.

In 278, the Western Jin Dynasty sent troops to Qin and Liang Prefectures to prepare to quell the rebellion of the bald Xianbei chieftain Bald Tree Function, but the Jin army was defeated in the first battle, and Emperor Wu of the Jin Dynasty was ready to use the five Xiongnu troops to quell the rebellion, and Liu Yuan's second chance came. But some ministers advised: When the dragon gets the clouds and rain, it is no longer a small thing in the pond that cannot exert its abilities. The sentence "Jiaolong gets clouds and rain" made Emperor Wu of Jin decisively give up the idea of using Liu Yuan. A second chance is lost, and, as if, lost forever.

Yes, Liu Yuan, just stay! Who let others say that you are a dragon!

However, opportunities don't disappear forever, they always come up in waiting, as long as you can endure it. In 279, Liu Yuan, who was silently waiting, finally waited for the third chance in his life, but it was not to lead the troops to fight, but to take the official position of the left marshal of the Huns, because the former left marshal of the Huns, Liu Bao (his father), died.

It seems that the legends about Liu Yuan's mother giving birth to Liu Yuan are all fake, and Liu Bao is his real father. It's just that we don't need to do boring research anymore.

Those who have the ability will not be buried anywhere, wipe away the tears of the dead father, and Liu Yuan will take office immediately. During his tenure, Liu Yuan did a very good job, strictly enforcing the criminal law, prohibiting evil deeds, and the order of the tribe under his leadership was in order, and at the same time, he was willing to give and treat people with sincerity. As a result, the five heroes of the Huns defected one after another, and Liu Yuan's prestige was so good that it exploded.

As the saying goes: the more friends there are, the easier the road to go. Without a broad mass base, the rebellion will never succeed. If you think about the reason why our party always puts the word "people" in front of the army, you can imagine how great Emperor Taizu Gao of our dynasty was.

In 290, with the succession of the new emperor of the Jin Dynasty, Sima Zhen, Liu Yuan's good fortune began to begin. The weak emperor often means that the era of power and ministers is coming, and in order to stabilize the regime, Yang Jun, who is an auxiliary government, has taken a fancy to the power of the five Xiongnu departments. For Yang Jun, who was anxious to find foreign aid, the official position belonged to the emperor, and the power was his own. How can you not do the good deeds of exchanging official positions for power? You don't have to be the commander of the left department, by the way, in 289, Emperor Wu of Jin also gave him the official position of the northern governor, and he didn't have to do it. General Jianwei, the governor of the five ministries, and the marquis of Hanguang. Liu Yuanle blossomed, and while thanking Dade, the corners of his mouth inevitably showed a sinister smile.

Since then, all the five Xiongnu departments have been under Liu Yuan's account.

As the saying goes, when good luck comes, you can't stop it. Just when Liu Yuan was proud that he was stronger than a cow, the rope that held the bull's ears and the nose of the ox gradually fell off with the occurrence of the Eight Kings Rebellion.

Liu Yuan just took a nap, and when he woke up, he suddenly found that the Sima family had blue noses and swollen faces, and they were embarrassed. Even if he was weak, he would tremble in front of his tendons and flesh. What else to say? It's just one time coming.

The bad days of the Han people are the good days of the Huns.

In 304, the Rebellion of the Eight Kings was in full swing, and the entire Central Plains was full of battlefields of corpses and blood. First Sima Ying defeated Sima Ying, then Sima Yue and Emperor Hui of Jin to conquer Sima Ying, and then Sima Teng and Wang Jun raised troops to fight against Sima Ying, afraid that they would not be able to defeat Sima Ying, Sima Teng and Wang Jun also invited Xianbei cavalry to come to help. At that time, Liu Yuan was Sima Ying's comrade-in-arms, worked very hard, and always stuck to the front-line post. Braving the rain of bullets, he carried forward the fine style of "not getting out of the line of fire for minor injuries and not entering the hospital for serious injuries". But Sima Ying, who has been fighting continuously, is under great pressure! The savage and fierce Xianbei cavalry was obviously not something that the two-legged infantry could compete with.

The gap between the farming people and the nomads on the battlefield was too obvious, and Liu Yuan's opportunity appeared when Sima Ying was scrambling to deal with the Xianbei cavalry. "Big brother, cavalry, we also have it, I'll go home and find it, all the "pride of the sky" are no worse than the Xianbei people! Liu Yuan's face was full of flattery when he said this.

The most touching thing is not the icing on the cake, but the charcoal in the snow.

At least, Sima Ying was very moved, the wind knew the strength of the grass, and the country was in turmoil to show his loyalty. The person who can still help himself at this crisis is the real comrade for Sima Ying. "What, buddy, hurry up. Go early and come back early! Sima Ying clenched Liu Yuan's hand, unwilling to let go for a long time. Liu Yuan was also very moved: "Brother! Let go, if I don't leave, you'll be too late. ”

Liu Yuan set foot on the way home without hesitation. I can finally go, the world is the biggest! It's good to do it yourself. As for that Sima Ying, buddy, you can do it yourself!

This time, Liu Yuan never looked back. Some roads, once you set foot on them, all you can do is go one way to the dark.

Liu Yuan, who returned to the old nest (Shanxi Lishi), immediately changed his ways, and turned into a big single Yu of the Huns, who had not used this title for a long time, looking at the subjects who were crawling on the ground, Liu Yuan seemed to return to the grassland in his dreams, and he was proud to rise from the ground, adding heroism out of thin air. Thanks to the Immortal Heaven, the great Huns are finally back!

With an excellent mass foundation, the Xiongnu Dadan gathered 50,000 people within 20 days of Liu Yuan, and the capital was set to leave the stone. Liu Yuan, who had 50,000 people, did not save Sima Ying, on the contrary, when Sima Ying was defeated and fled, and all the forces of the suzerainty had no time to take care of it, he stabbed a big knife in the back of the Great Jin Dynasty.

This knife has been used in ancient times, it is very famous, and the usurpers of the past dynasties are using it, the name is "rebellion", and the more it goes to later generations, the sharper it is. Liu Yuan's knife was very terrifying, and its final result was to kill the Great Jin Dynasty.

The ancients said that if the name is not right, the word will not be good, if the word is not good, the word will not be done, and if the word is not good, the thing will not be done. It's going to fight for the world in the Central Plains, so you have to have a suitable reason, and you can't always say with open fire: Brother is a Huns, and he is here to rob your Han people (called "Jin people" at that time) territory. Then defeat is not far away.

Liu Yuan understood this reason, in order to win the rationality of the Hu people's regime, relying on the surname of his grandfather's family and the blood of the Liu family, which even Liu Bang may not be able to recognize, in November of the first year of Yongxing (the first year of Han Yuanxi, 304), in the name of "brother died brother Shao", the Huns, who had been the sworn enemies of the Han Empire, brazenly raised the banner of "Han", granted amnesty to the territory, changed the first year of Yongxing to the first year of Yuanxi, set the country name as Han, and set up the three ancestors and five ancestors of the Han Dynasty to worship him, and formally established the regime. Even Liu Chan was posthumously honored as Emperor Xiaohuai, and it seems that Liu Yuan was a little desperate to mark himself as an orthodox Han person. But I think that for the Xiongnu Han Kingdom, the name of "brother deceased brother Shao" is not as high-sounding as grandma's grandson who died to inherit.

In any case, the Huns founded the country again, and the grief of the country's ruin and enslavement strongly stimulated the desire for the revival of the Huns, and the people of the Great Jin Empire faced the erosion and decadence of the whole society, and naturally had a yearning for the majestic Han Dynasty's martial arts, and unconsciously showed their closeness to Liu Yuan's "Han" state. Liu Yuan took almost all the advantages at that time.

The day of the arrival of the Huns' cavalry in the Central Plains has finally arrived.