Li Yi really drew his sword and killed himself, "The Han envoy abandoned us, and sooner or later we will be swallowed up by the bastard country of Qiuzina." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info So I can only commit suicide to thank the countrymen" But his death still failed to stop Ban Chao. Ban Chao left the country of Shule and came to the country of Khotan. Here, Ban Chao can't walk.

The situation is like this: as soon as they heard that Ban Chao was going to return to China, the princes of Khotan all ran out to stop them, "The Han Dynasty is our parents, but now they are going to leave us, what should we do" They howled and cried while holding Ban Chao's horse legs. Ban Chao just wants to go, but he can't take a step!

Seeing everyone crying like a sea of mountains, Ban Chao felt extremely uncomfortable. He thought of Liu Zhuang and his dreams when he was young. Liu Zhuang is gone, but he is still alive! waited for many years before waiting for the opportunity to go to the Western Regions. Today, do you just watch the Western Regions slip out of your hands like sand?

Oh dreams, you are the whole of my life. What is life compared to dreams? Liu Wei said, Ban Chao, you are weak, and you can't mix in the Western Regions for long... But the question is: when Ban Chao went to the Western Regions twice before and after, wasn't he fighting alone? Looking and thinking, Ban Chao's heart was like a lightning bolt that brightened the dark sky, and his blood boiled again! People are drifting in the rivers and lakes, how can they not be knifed? If you are afraid of death, don't come out to mix, if you come out to mix, you must treat death as home, desperate!

Ban Chao decided to stay. He is eager to fight, in the name of dreams! Ban Chao knew that if he left, Khotan, Shule and other countries would surrender, and the Western Regions would once again fall into the hands of others. In this way, whether it is the Han Dynasty or Ban Chao himself, the previous efforts will be in vain! As a messenger of the Han Dynasty, Ban Chao believes that he has the responsibility to stand on the best post! And willing to bear the punishment that comes with all impulses... Ban Chao looked at the crowd who were still sad and crying for a long time. Western Regions, I have decided to stay, please stop crying.

At this time, I saw Ban Chao's eyes resolute, and his expression was serious and comforted the princes of Khotan, "Okay, don't cry, I decided to stay" The princes and princes of Khotan couldn't believe it for a moment. They raised their heads and looked at Ban Chao for a long time like looking up at a mountain, and then they cried again. But this time it's crying for life and freedom! Because they all saw it: Ban Chao has turned around and returned to Shule Country!

Shule Guo probably didn't expect Ban Chao to turn back. In fact, Ban Chao's trip was not in vain. Because when he came back again, he found that two cities in Shule had surrendered to Qiuzi. The two countries of Shule and Weitou have fallen at the feet of the Qiuzi country again!

The incident that happened in front of him made Ban Chao understand a truth: the Han Dynasty wanted to subdue the Western Regions with virtue? That's! Strength, only strength is the last word!

The sudden incident in Shule Country did not make Ban Chao panic. He told himself: I'm here to grab the land! I was able to snatch Shule Kingdom away from Qiuzi Kingdom before, and today I can snatch it back again! Sure enough, Ban Chao attacked fiercely, broke through the Weitou country, killed more than 600 opponents of the two countries, and finally stabilized the situation again! And that's just the beginning...

On the 12th, there was an earthquake in Shanyang and Dongping counties. On the 27th, Liu Wei issued an edict: order the Taifu, the three dukes, the two thousand stones, and the county and the state to recommend one virtuous and upright, outspoken and extremely admonishing person. Liu Cang, the king of Dongping, wrote a book, Chen was cheap for three things, and advised Liu Wei not to start the county for Liu Xiu's original tomb and Liu Zhuang's Xianjie Mausoleum. Liu Wei adopted them one by one. Since then, whenever the imperial court has doubts about the government, it often sends envoys to consult, and Liu Cang is also careful to deal with it.

On July 11, Liu Wei issued an edict: loan the imperial fields of Shanglin Yuan to the poor.

More than 7 years ago, when Liu Maung, the king of mourning, was attached, Emperor Liu Zhuang of the Han Ming Dynasty set up Yongchang County for him, and appointed Zheng Chun, the former governor of the western part of Yizhou, as the Taishou. Zheng Chun is clean and clean, and he is admired by the king. However, after his death, his successors could not be like him. So in September, the king of Ailao rebelled, killed the guard and order, and attacked Bonan County.

In October, the Northern Xiongnu Gaolin Wenyu Calf King, who was driven away by the sacrifice, led the crowd back to Zhuo Evil Mountain. The evil corpses of the Southern Xiongnu Lake chased Hou Shan Yu and raised troops, and united the border counties of the Han Dynasty and the soldiers of Wuhuan to attack it. Beheaded hundreds of levels, and descended three or four thousand.

More than 3 years ago, Liu Yan, the king of Huaiyang, was named the king of Fuling by Emperor Liu Zhuang of the Han Ming Dynasty because of his cunning and deceitful deeds. This deepened Liu Yan's resentment. Someone accused Liu Yan and his son Liu Yi of conspiring to rebel. So in November, Emperor Liu Wei of the Han Dynasty demoted this seventh uncle to the Marquis of Fuling, reduced the food from two counties to one county, and sent a messenger to his fiefdom to monitor, and he was not allowed to communicate with officials.

This year, the Southern Xiongnu suffered a locust plague and famine, and Emperor Liu Wei of the Han Dynasty issued an edict to provide relief.

On March 8, the 2nd year of the founding of the first year (77), Emperor Liu Wei of the Han Dynasty issued an edict to revoke the garrison of Yiwulu, and its land was restored to the ownership of the Xiongnu.

In March, the soldiers of the three counties of Yongchang, Yueshan, and Yizhou joined forces with Kunming Yilucheng and others to quell the rebellion of Ailao, and the king of Ailao was killed.

On April 22, Liu Wei issued an edict: More than 400 families who were implicated in the two rebellion cases of Liu Ying, the king of Chu, and Liu Yan, the king of Huaiyang, can be returned to their own counties.

In April, Emperor Liu Wei of the Han Dynasty came to visit his adoptive mistress, the Empress Dowager, and made an almost crazy request: "I want to make your three brothers marquis." Now I want to hear your opinion" Empress Dowager Ma's opinion is big, veto it on the spot!

Liu Wei was depressed. At this time, naturally someone will come to pat the emperor's ass. The relevant department said: "This year's drought is caused by the fact that Empress Dowager Ma did not agree to give her relatives a marquis. Now if you want to resolve the natural disaster, there is no other way but to follow the old practice of the Western Han Dynasty and give the relatives a marquis."

Liu Wei smiled. I've seen sycophants, but I've never seen anyone who has been photographed so coolly. So, Liu Wei took this report and came to see the Empress Dowager Ma again and asked for approval. As a result, Empress Dowager Ma sneered and directly returned the report!

There are so many women in the harem, you can fool anyone, but if you want to fool the Queen Mother, it is too self-sufficient. Empress Dowager Ma has rich experience, not to mention, but people have read "Spring and Autumn" and memorized "I Ching", and studied Dong Zhongshu's theory of heaven and man induction. What does the drought have to do with the emperor's refusal to seal his relatives? This is obviously sycophancy!

However, everyone's sycophants have been filmed into documents, and the Empress Dowager Ma can't just return the report. So she issued an edict and severely criticized the above sycophant report! Empress Ma has read a lot of books, and she writes articles endlessly, which can be summarized as follows:

1 First of all, I declare: Those officials who suggested that I give my relatives a marquis are all sycophants, but they just want to get something in return. Has anyone ever thought about it: When Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty Liu Biao sealed the five marquis in one day, what was the result? Because he went too far, he caused natural and man-made disasters and chaos in the world; 2 Since Guangwu Zhongxing Han, there has been no provision for sealing foreign relatives. Back then, the relatives of the Empress Dowager Yin, such as Yin Xing, Yin Zhi, and Yin Zhi, were all very capable, but the Empress Dowager Yin simply suppressed them. I am now the queen mother, and I must set a good example, and I can't just break the old rules; 3 Although the relatives of the Ma family are not marquis, they are all very rich. Even the servants of the Ma family are basically white-collar workers. If they are still not satisfied, and Your Majesty blindly indulges again, does he want to repeat the mistakes of the Western Han Dynasty's foreign relatives in the chaotic government?

Here is an explanation of what is the white-collar class? The so-called white-collar workers refer to the clothes worn by the servants of the Ma family at that time, and the sleeves and collar were snow-white. It is a status symbol, and the person who wears such clothes means that there is no need for manual labor. In today's words, it is to sit in the office and blow the air conditioner, type out documents, read the newspaper and drink tea... Who doesn't yearn for such white-collar workers?

Emperor Liu Wei of the Han Dynasty looked at the edict of the Empress Dowager Ma, and couldn't help but shake his head and sigh: Hey, this is simply the same tone as the Fifth Lun! What to do? The resistance is so great, is it just going to stop? As we all know: it's hard to get started. It must be even more difficult for Liu Wei to break the rules set by his father and ancestors. And when you meet a harem model worker like the Queen Mother, it is even more difficult than ascending to the sky!

It doesn't matter, Empress Dowager Ma has patience, Liu Wei has perseverance, then grind! So Liu Wei ran to the Empress Dowager Ma again to complain: "Why do you always stop me from giving my uncles a marquis?" You must know: since the Western Han Dynasty, it is normal for an uncle to be a marquis, just as a prince is a king. Now my three uncles, Ma Liao is old, Ma Fang and Ma Guang are seriously ill, in case they fail to be crowned in their lifetime, then won't I be regretted for eternity" Liu Wei sighed, and then said, "Queen Mother, don't delay any longer, let me pick an auspicious day of the zodiac and do this."

Empress Dowager Ma looked at her adopted son Liu Wei, her expression was heavy and she did not speak. After a long time, I saw the old man sigh and say slowly, "Child, do you think that I am for show, trying to gain a good reputation for myself, and let you bear the criticism of the outside world?" If you think so, you're wrong! Actually, I stopped you from giving your uncles a marquis, all for the sake of the Ma family and the country! At that time, Emperor Gaozu White Horse swore that 'unless there is military merit, he will not be crowned a marquis', so Emperor Jing wanted to be the brother of the queen, but was stopped by Prime Minister Zhou Yafu. Now that the Ma family has contributed to the country, how can it be compared with Yin and Guo after Zhongxing? When the first emperor was crowned the prince, he also said: 'How should my son be equal to the son of the first emperor?' Twenty million is enough to give 20 million a year'In addition, the benefit of the marquis is not that he wants to mine more? But aren't your uncles rich enough? As long as Luoyang City has long eyes, they know that they are rich. Since they have nowhere to spend all their money, why do they have to be marquised? I know you're filial. You are doing this just to make me feel at ease, and I feel that I haven't raised you for so many years in vain. The problem is that the more you do this, the more upset I feel. Do you know: In this drought, the price of food has doubled, and I can't eat or sleep sweetly. Besides, you have not been filial piety for three years, and you actually want to break the rules of the first emperor, if you really do this, what will the people of the world think" Finally, the Empress Dowager Ma said earnestly, "Child, I don't want to interfere in politics and embarrass you. It's just that you haven't been on the throne for a long time, you haven't had enough experience, and your wings are still tender. If one day, the weather is smooth and the border is fine, then I will give up and return the power to you. Then I'll wait to hold my grandson, and when you want to be a marquis, I won't stop you."

After Liu Wei listened, his head drooped. He finally heard it: Empress Dowager Ma didn't let him give his uncles the title of marquis, but the time had not yet come... In that case, then wait! The hard work paid off, and it didn't take long for Liu Wei to wait for a great opportunity: Xiqiang rebelled!

An Yi county official in Jincheng County robbed a Qiang woman from the Beiyan tribe and was killed by her husband. Zong Yan, the magistrate of Anyi County, led his troops out of the fortress to avenge his subordinates, but he was also killed. 18 years ago, the Eastern Han Dynasty surrendered to the Eastern Han Dynasty Qiang chieftain Dian Wu died at this time, so in June, his son Mi Wu led the Bei Nan, Le Sister, Wu Liang and other tribes to rebel together, defeating Jincheng Taishou Hao Chong. He also united with the fiefdom tribal chief Buqiao, with a total of more than 50,000 people, and invaded the two counties of Longxi and Hanyang.

The news soon spread to Luoyang, and Liu Wei hurriedly appointed Fu Yu, the Taishou of Wuwei, as the captain of the Qiang Protector, and migrated west from Anyi County to Linqiang County.

Then someone wrote a book, saying that he was willing to lead an army to conquer the Xiqiang rebels. The person who wrote the book is Geng Gong, who made a name for himself because of his adherence to the Western Regions!

Liu Wei urgently summoned Geng Gong into the palace and asked about the strategy. What did the two of them say behind closed doors? Nobody knows. Anyway, after chatting, Liu Wei felt that he had a good chance of getting Xiqiang and agreed to send troops!

Some people may guess: This idea was Geng Gong's idea, Geng Gong has been through a hundred battles, this Pingqiang task should be handed over to him, right? It's a pity! Geng Gong only became a deputy general, and the main general was left with a relative: Ma Fang!

Before, Empress Dowager Ma blocked Emperor Liu Wei of the Han Dynasty from making Ma Fang and others marquis, and there was an excuse for making it a grandiose one, that is, military merits! Those who do not have military merits shall not be crowned marquis. This is what Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, said when he founded the country! But we know: Liu Bang's rule became a as early as the time of Emperor Liu Qi of the Han Dynasty! But the problem is that Empress Ma doesn't think that's... In this case, then send an uncle out to make meritorious service, Liu Wei thought of Ma Fang, the captain of the city gate.

Prior to this, Ma Fang had never led his troops to fight with foreign enemies. But it doesn't matter, everyone has a first time. As long as this is the first time to make a name for yourself, it's easy to say anything. At that time, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sacrificed his blood and created brilliant military stars such as Wei Qing and Huo Quzhi. Today, I, Liu Wei, will also burn a lot of money to build a successful horse defense!

In August, Liu Wei named Ma Fang as the acting general of the chariot cavalry, and together with the deputy general Changshui Lieutenant Geng Gong, he led a total of 30,000 soldiers from the five schools of the Northern Army and archers from various counties to conquer Xiqiang! That's a lot of money! You must know that in the near future, Ban Chao, who was trapped in the Western Regions, wrote to ask Liu Wei to give him soldiers and horses, and Liu Wei gave him twice: once 1000, once 800, and the total was only 1800...