Chapter 217: Martyrs' Shrine

An Dalang said: "The Dou family is indeed powerful!" Tell us more about it. ”

Wei Hongye continued: "Yigong: Dou Rong once served as the Great Sikong of the Eastern Han Dynasty; Two marquis: Dou Rong is the Marquis of Anfeng, Dou Gu is the Marquis of Xianqin, and the three princesses: Princess Neihuang, Princess Xiangyang, and Princess Nieyang.

Dou Xian's grandfather Dou Mu, because of this power, it was quite arrogant. His fief was relatively close to Lu'an, so he wanted to occupy Lu'an, forcing Liu Xu, the Marquis of Lu'an, to divorce his wife and marry his daughter instead. This blatant act infuriated the reigning Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty. Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty dismissed Dou Mu from office, and a few years later, he was imprisoned along with Dou Xian's father Dou Xun and uncle Dou Xuan, and died in prison.

In this way, Dou Xian became an orphan at a very young age. ”

Cui Daoshu asked: "Then how did Dou Xian get his fortune later?" ”

Although Dou Xian is an orphan, his family has a big business, and his life is still quite prosperous. If you want to talk about the difference, the difference is that there is less parental discipline, at a young age, the sky is not afraid, the earth is not afraid, he does whatever he wants, he does all kinds of evil, and he has become a generation of demon kings. Moreover, his heart is extremely distorted, he will take revenge, he hates the world, and he is uninhibited. Dou Xian has two younger sisters, the eldest sister became the queen of Emperor Han Zhang when she grew up, and the younger sister also became the concubine of Emperor Han Zhang. In this way, the Dou family soon prospered again.

Dou Xian successively served as a waiter and a tiger ben general, and his younger brother Dou Du served as a waiter in Huangmen. Dou Xian was rampant and domineering in the court, which was enough to make the prince look sideways. In the face of the Dou family's misdeeds, many upright people couldn't stand it anymore and wrote to impeach one after another. Dou Xian didn't take these impeachments seriously at all. He behaved more domineering than his grandfather Dou Mu, and directly occupied the manor of Liu Zhi, the princess of Qinshui. Princess Qinshui is the daughter of Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu, the sister of Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty, and the aunt of Emperor Zhang of the Han Dynasty. Emperor Han Zhang knew about this, and he only reprimanded him a few words and asked him to return the manor to the princess, nothing more.

Soon, Emperor Zhang of the Han Dynasty died, and Dou Xian's sister Empress Dou was promoted to Empress Dowager Dou, and Dou Xian's era came!

Dou Xian's internal secrets, external edicts, and authoritarian power, there is no difference for a while. During the funeral of Emperor Zhang of the Han Dynasty, Dou Xian did a very personal thing: he killed Liu Chang, the eldest son of Liu Shi, the king of Qi, and blamed Liu Gang, the second son of Liu Shi. Liu Chang and Liu Gang are both great-grandsons of Emperor Guangwu's brother Liu Xuan, and they are not small, and Dou Xian made things very big. In order to give the world an explanation, the Empress Dowager Dou had to confine Dou Xian in the inner palace, claiming that she wanted to kill her relatives in righteousness.

That being said, but after all, he is his own brother, how can Empress Dowager Dou be willing to kill if she says kill? She actively tried to find a way to give her brother a chance to atone for his sins. Dou Xian fully felt his sister's affection, and he was grateful, and he also thought of a way together. The emperor lives up to his wishes. The opportunity to exonerate was soon found by the brother and sister. ”

"What chance?" An Dalang asked.

"Stupid, it must be the Huns' civil strife." Na Zhe sneered.

An Dalang shook his fist at Na Zhe, and he was honest immediately.

Wei Hongye continued: "After the civil strife of the Xiongnu, Dou Xian smelled the fighters inside and found an opportunity to atone for his crimes. He recommended himself to Empress Dowager Dou, claiming that he was willing to lead the army to the northern expedition against the Xiongnu in order to atone for the death penalty. Some ministers objected, saying that the situation is capricious, and when its strength is strong, it invades the weak, and when its strength is weak, it submits to the strong. Since the Han Dynasty, the country has conquered the Xiongnu several times, consuming countless manpower and material resources. Now, my dynasty has been Xianbei to Shun, Xianbei new division, won the Huns tens of thousands, razed and attacked each other, Han sat and enjoyed great achievements, without spending a single soldier. And if you listen to the policy of the Southern Xiongnu and let it annex the Northern Xiongnu, the Xianbei people will inevitably be restricted. Xianbei could not invade the Xiongnu outside, and could not ask the Han Dynasty for merit inside, so it would inevitably invade the Han border. In order to make meritorious contributions to her brother, Empress Dowager Dou shielded these anti-war arguments, and in the autumn of the second year of Zhanghe (88 AD), she appointed Dou Xian as the general of the chariot and cavalry, and wore a purple ribbon with a gold seal, and closed the troops of the Southern Xiongnu to conquer the Northern Xiongnu. ”

Wei Hongye's mouth was dry, so he stopped and drank a few sips of water.

When An Dalang heard that there was going to be a war, he was immediately excited, "Second brother, hurry up, I'm going to die in a hurry!" ”

Wei Hongye scolded with a smile: "What are you anxious about, let me take a break, and I'll talk about it right away." He took another sip, put down the cup, and continued: "In June of the second year (89 AD), the Dou gendarmes divided into three routes, respectively from Shuofang Jilusai, Manyi Valley, and Pianyang, and attacked together, and agreed to meet in Zhuoyi Mountain, in order to annihilate the army of Beidan Yu.

The army led by Dou Xian encountered the Northern Xiongnu Shan Yu in Jiluo Mountain.

In order to expel Bei Dan Yu to Zhuo Evil Mountain, so that the three armies could be surrounded and annihilated in one fell swoop, Dou Xian sent more than 10,000 elite cavalry to start a big battle with Northern Xiongnu Shan Yu.

The unexpected happened.

The Northern Xiongnu army suffered from hunger, demoralization, and discouragement, and could not withstand the onslaught of the Han army. The Northern Xiongnu army was defeated, and Beidan Yu fled in the chaos. Dou Xian's whole army pursued, pursued and killed to the private canal Bibi Sea, killed 13,000 people below the famous king of the Huns, captured many people, and captured more than 100,000 heads of various livestock. The deputy kings of the big tribes and the kings of the small tribes led the people to surrender, and there were 81 people and more than 200,000 people.

Back then, the god of war Huo Qubing attacked Qilian Mountain, and no more than tens of thousands of people were captured each time. Dou Xian's achievements in this battle far surpass the heroes of his predecessors. Later facts proved that Dou Xian's success in this battle was not only unprecedented, but also unprecedented. Beidan Yu has already escaped, and Dou Xian sent people to carry gold silk along the road to find and recruit Beidan Yu. Soon, the Han army found traces of Beidan Yu in the West Sea, so they distributed leaflets to lure heavy profits and implement surrender.

The hearts of the Northern Huns were scattered, and Beidan felt that there was no way to escape, so he had to accept surrender, willing to go to Luoyang to meet the Son of Han Heaven, and follow the precedent of calling Han Evil Shan Yu to return to Han, to be a vassal of Han, and to protect the country and the people. In this way, there is no need to go to Zhuo Evil Mountain, Dou Xian and Geng Bing led the army out of the fortress for more than 3,000 miles and climbed Yanran Mountain in the hinterland of the Northern Xiongnu. ”

Wei Hongye paused, and when he saw that the people in the room were listening attentively, he smiled slightly and continued: "Back then, Huo Qubing led his troops to attack 2,000 miles, went deep into Mobei, pursued and killed more than 70,000 Xiongnu people, captured three Xiongnu princes, and 83 high-ranking Xiongnu officials. Dou Xian followed the example of his predecessors, and on the top of Yanran Mountain, which stood majestically, he not only sacrificed to the sky, but also asked a generation of writers to write an inscription and engrave it on the stone tablet, recording the great achievements of the campaign and invigorating the Tianwei of the Han Dynasty.

This place is nearly 3,000 miles away from Biansai. Kill the king below 13,000 levels, and get more than 1 million booty horses, cattle, sheep, and camels. The Northern Xiongnu nobles Wen Qianxu, Rizhu, Wenwu, Fuqu Wang Liu Ti and other 81 tribes led the people to surrender, about 200,000 people before and after.

This immortal feat, it is really magnificent. Dou Xian and his subordinates climbed Yanran Mountain, and immediately made a stone tablet on the mountain, so that the great historian Ban Gu made an inscription to record the merits and virtues of the Han family. ”

Du Dalei, who hadn't spoken for a long time, said: "I know that the Book of Han was written by Ban Gu. That's a great talent! He actually went to shoot Dou Xian's ass, which is really unexpected. ”

Zhao Zi saw that the good meeting had become a hundred forums, so he stood up and said, "Everyone, are we off topic?" There's still a lot to decide. Let's have a meeting first, and when everything is discussed, shall we continue to make small talk? ”

The meeting continued, and it was decided to immediately resume production and rebuild the salt pans, roads, farmland, and other facilities that had been washed away by the torrential rain.

Cui Daoshu proposed: "Give everyone some money, in the name of high temperature subsidies, so that people who are injured and hurt are also happy." ”

There was no objection to the decision, and it was decided that each person would be given three bills.

An Dalang asked: "Brother, the brothers who died in the escort team in battle, and the brothers who were injured, should we give some compensation?" ”

Zhao Zizhong slapped his head, "I was so confused by Du Dalei that I forgot about this matter." Isn't there a regulation for the convoy? Let's do it mutatis mutandis. ”

An Dalang asked: "Brother, the regulations of the escort force stipulate that each person who died in battle will receive a pension of fifty yuan, and each person who is disabled will receive thirty yuan, and three yuan will be given every month until he dies." But most of the brothers who died in the war have no families, so who do we give the money to? ”

Everyone's mood was very sad, the boys of the escort team, most of them were homeless, and the people in the family were no longer there. None of them have yet married and had children, and they have not even inherited incense.

Cui Daoshu stood up and said, "We should build a martyr's shrine to worship the guards who died in battle, and burn incense and pray for them every day." ”

Everyone said that this method was good, so they decided to allocate some materials first, and immediately let Hu Shuiyang start construction, and build the martyrs' shrine as soon as possible.

Zhao Zizhong asked: "Old Hu, it will be July 15 in a few days, can you fix it?" ”

Hu Shuiyang said categorically: "There is no problem, I can let the workers and craftsmen work around the clock, and it will definitely be completed on time." ”

Na Zhe asked, "Lao Hu, are you going to be a black-hearted bag foreman?" You can't tire everyone to death like this, right? ”

Hu Shuiyang shook his head and said: "You misunderstood, I asked them to work in three shifts, everyone is divided into three teams, and they take turns to work, so they won't tire the workers." ”

"Three shifts, this word is very new, who came up with it first?" Liang Daguan asked curiously.

"It was the method that was first implemented in the ironmaking workshop, and Mr. Wei came up with it."

Wei Hongye stood up and explained: "In our iron-making workshop, if we make a fire to make iron every morning and extinguish the furnace at night, it will be too wasteful of charcoal. So I divided the workers into three teams, and each team worked for four hours, so that people could stop the stove and fully save energy. ”