The corpse of the Southern Xiongnu Hulan chased the Hou Yu to take a look: yes! Lao Tzu thought that only he had no dignity, but he didn't expect that there was something worse than his own life. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoSo in July, he wrote to the Han Dynasty government to sponsor him to send troops, and in December at the end of the year, he destroyed the Northern Xiongnu in one fell swoop, completely liberating the Northern Desert brothers!

This letter naturally fell into the hands of the Empress Dowager Dou. Engaging in harem politics, Empress Dowager Dou is a veteran, but the matter of fighting can only be handed over to men. Shan Yu of the Southern Xiongnu listed a list of those who hoped that the Han Dynasty government would lead the army to send troops: Geng Bing, the ruling Jinwu, the general Deng Hong, the general of Duliao, Xihe, Yunzhong, Wuyuan, Shang, Shuofang, and the counties of Taishou... Geng Bing is the first.

So, Empress Dowager Dou summoned Geng Bing to inquire. We know Geng Bing, he is a famous hardliner in the Han Dynasty, and it was he who has been agitating in the ears of Emperor Liu Zhuang of the Han Dynasty, and he and Dou Gu have the opportunity to appear. After not fighting for several years, his heart has long been itchy. When Empress Dowager Dou handed him the book of Shan Yu of the Southern Xiongnu, Geng Shan's heart was already happy.

Geng Bing confidently said to the Empress Dowager Dou: "Back then, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty poured the strength of the whole country into destroying the Xiongnu in one fell swoop, but he did not succeed. Today's opportunity is here, a rare fighter in a thousand years, and you can't miss it! What's more, the Xiongnu are now divided, and we can destroy them. The cost is reduced, and the benefits are huge. I would like to lead my troops into battle."

Empress Dowager Dou nodded, and decided to find a few more people to ask and see what everyone's opinions were? However, some people, without waiting for Empress Dou to ask, they have already rushed to the palace with all their strength...

These people are the lords and factions of the Han Dynasty: Situ Yuan'an, Sikong Ren Kui, and Taiwei Song You. What needs to be explained is: on the issue of Hungary, not to mention the three dukes, almost the entire civil official group of the Han Dynasty is an out-and-out lord and faction... Now, the problem is big!

Soon, someone fired the first cannon and wrote to the Empress Dowager Dou, clearly opposing the expedition to the Northern Xiongnu! The reasons for Shangshu Song Yi's opposition are as follows: 1 Since the founding of Gaozu Liu Bang, the Han Dynasty has gone to the Xiongnu many times, but each time the gains outweigh the losses. Since the Southern Xiongnu were annexed and Emperor Guangwu adopted the policy of cessating war and supporting the people, it has been more than 40 years now, the border counties are peaceful, and the people are happy, and once the army is dispatched, it will inevitably destroy the hard-won happy life for decades; 2 Now that Xianbei is obedient, with them and the Northern Xiongnu restraining each other, we can sit back and enjoy great achievements without a single soldier. But if the Northern Xiongnu are destroyed, the Xianbei people, who have always lived by robbery, will not be able to grab things, so they will ask us. Can we be satisfied with today, can we be satisfied with tomorrow? One day, the Xianbei people will definitely come to the border to make trouble and become the second Northern Xiongnu, so aren't we lifting a stone to shoot ourselves in the foot? 3 The Northern Xiongnu are now in decline and fleeing to the west, asking for peace. Isn't that great? Why do you want to unify the whole Xiongnu for the Southern Xiongnu? This is equivalent to burning your own money, giving all the benefits to others, but you have to bear all the harm... No matter how you look at it, it's not cost-effective. Therefore, the Southern Xiongnu must not agree to this suggestion!

Song Yi's abacus sounded, but the decision was in the hands of the Empress Dowager Dou. In a word: the opposition is invalid!

On October 17th, the Empress Dowager Dou agreed to her brother Dou Xian's request to go to war to atone for his crimes, named him the general of the Che Cavalry, Geng Bing as the deputy marshal, and conscripted the elite of the five schools of the Northern Army, the Liyang Battalion, the Yongying Battalion, the cavalry of the 12 counties on the border, and the Qianghu troops to form a coalition army to prepare for the expedition of the Northern Xiongnu!

This year, the Sabbath sent envoys to offer lions and uproot.

Before the army set out, there was good news from the West. This year, Deng Yu's son, the former Zhang Ye Taishou Deng Xun, replaced Zhang Xun and became the captain of Huqiang.

Deng Xun doesn't like to read, and Deng Yu often teaches his son. But Deng Yu soon found out: Deng Xun doesn't like to read, but he has a very developed emotional intelligence and strong social skills. No matter where he goes, there is a fan group to cheer for him. Many scholars were willing to deal with Deng Xun.

Deng Xun, who doesn't like to read, is welcomed by scholars who like to read. There's a reason for that. The reason is rooted in Deng Yu's genetics - benevolence.

When Corporal Oxfam Deng Xun first debuted, he worked with Emperor Liu Zhuang of the Han Ming Dynasty. At that time, the Han Dynasty was building a large water conservancy project. The money flowed out in an uproar, and a lot of people died, and they couldn't finish it. So Liu Zhuang sent Deng Xun to supervise the work. After Deng Xun went to the construction site for a field visit, he made a report, saying that the project cost a lot of money, and it could not be repaired with the science and technology of the Han Dynasty, so it was better to withdraw...

Liu Zhuang thought about it, so he had to withdraw. But it was a wise decision. By striking down this bottomless pit project, the Han Dynasty saved hundreds of millions of money, and more importantly, let many people come back alive... From this incident, Liu Zhuang saw that Deng Xun was not only patriotic, but also loved the people, and was a talent who could be created. In order to cultivate Deng Xun, Liu Zhuang assigned him a new task: to deal with ethnic minorities and subdue Wu Huan, who likes to make trouble.

Not long after Wuhuan Captain Deng Xun took office, good news came: Wuhuan was dealt with by Deng Xun, and Xianbei did not dare to come out to make trouble. But soon bad news followed: at that time, the Liang family was convicted and fell, and Deng Xun was implicated in the removal of his official position because he had a letter with a certain son of the Liang family, and went home to farm.

Deng Xun stayed in his hometown for a few years, and now he is called out to work again. The Qiang rebelled, and the ministers unanimously recommended that when dealing with ethnic minorities, Deng Xun was an expert. As a result, Deng Xun was reinstated as the captain of the Qiang Guard.

Soon after Deng Xun took office, Mi Tang led his troops to the border, but he didn't dare to attack the training for a while, but thought about coercing the Xiaoyue clan to surrender first. Xiao Yue's refusal and swore to fight to the death. At this time, Deng Xun spoke, "You don't have to do this, our Han will protect you."

The generals came to see Deng Xun one after another, saying that let the two families fight, isn't it good for our Han to reap the benefits of the fishermen? Deng Xun said it was not good. All weapons against the enemy are not as powerful as one thing, and that is virtue! Convincing people with virtue is the real way to solve the problem.

Facts have proved that Deng Xun was right!

Deng Xun opened the city, took the wives and children of other local ethnic minorities into the city, and then ordered to strictly defend and not fight with the Qiang. Mi Tang went around the city, but he didn't dare to attack the city, so he had to withdraw his troops.

All the ethnic minority brothers in Huangzhong saw this scene, and they thought that Deng Xun was too kind to protect their wives and children at the most critical moment. So he came from all directions, willing to listen to Deng Xun's dispatch and stop causing trouble... After Deng Xun, who subdued the Hu people with virtue, he began to deal with the Qiang people.

First of all, he was rewarded and lured, and Uncle Mi Tang led 800 households to surrender. In addition to surrendering, Deng Xun also used force to strike. A total of 4,000 Qin, Hu and Qiang soldiers from Huangzhong were recruited to attack Mitang in Shugu, beheading more than 600 people and capturing more than 10,000 cattle, horses and sheep. After the defeat of the Tang Dynasty, he abandoned the Great and Small Elm Valleys and fled into the Poyan Valley, and the people were scattered.

In the spring of the first year of Yongyuan (89), Deng Xun requisitioned 6,000 soldiers in Huangzhong, ordered Ren Shang to be a general, let him sew leather as a boat, cross the river at night, sneak attack on the Mi Tang in the Poyan Valley, beheaded more than 1,000 people, captured 2,000 people, more than 30,000 horses, cattle and sheep, and collected the remnants of the Mi Tang who fled in panic, migrated more than 1,000 miles westward, and did not dare to invade the Han border again. The chieftain of the Qiang tribe surrendered to the Han Dynasty and returned to his fate. The rest of the tribes also paid money to give hostages.

After Deng Xun dealt with the Qiang tribe, he immediately ordered the troops to be dismissed and returned to their own counties, leaving only more than 2,000 prisoners to garrison the local Tuntian.

Empress Dowager Dou moved, and the civil official group of the Han Dynasty also moved! The three princes and nine secretaries all showed up and collectively went to the palace to petition. They all believe that although we have a distant enmity with the Northern Xiongnu, we have no close grudges. Why hit someone for no reason? And for the sake of the vain labor expedition, it's not worth it!

Zhongqing's advice was very hard, but the Empress Dowager Dou was like a huge rock, unmoved. Seeing that the collective petition could not be done, the secretaries changed it to a collective performance. The book flew into the palace like snowflakes, but it sank into the sea like a stone, and there was no response... Empress Dowager Dou is always a trick: No matter how you make trouble, I just won't ignore you!

As mentioned earlier, almost all of the civil officials of the Han Dynasty opposed the conquest of the Northern Xiongnu. The reason why I say "almost" and don't say "all" is mainly because a few people are also working with the mud.

When Wang Mang was in power, Wang Mang found a very obedient and very good bureaucrat: Kong Guang, a descendant of Confucius! At the beginning of Dou Xian's coming to power, he also found a character similar to Kong Guang: Deng Yu's clansman Deng Biao!

Deng Biao is a senior errand worker recruited by Dou Xian. Let's be honest: Deng Biao is very dedicated. If there is a meeting, it will be opened, and if there is mud, it will be peaceful. No matter how loud the choking behind his back, he has no regrets... The one who choked behind Deng Biao's back was the current lieutenant Song You. But this guy regrets it a little now.

Song You thought like this: The Manchu Dynasty has been choking up and down for so long, but he has not objected to any results. As a big leader in charge of the military, will the Empress Dowager Dou come to settle accounts in the future?

The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became, and Song You decided to quit the opposition. Even if you can't be as muddy as Deng Biao, you can at least protect yourself. This quarrel also requires passion, and everyone saw that the captain was no longer playing, and they felt bored, so they went home one after another...

Since the founding of Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty has never had such a quarrel as today. Back then, Lu Pheasant was in power, Chen Ping, Zhou Bo and a group of people pretended to be grandsons to protect themselves, and never dared to say a word; At the end of Wang Zhengjun, she had no autocratic power, and handed over the power to Wang Mang's agent, so she saved a lot of trouble; But why did the Empress Dowager Dou come to power this time and said that she would send troops, but the Han Dynasty ministers pounced on it and barked like mad dogs? I think there's a lot to learn about it! It seems to be arguing for war or not, but in fact it is for grabbing power!

The distribution of power in the Han Dynasty, before the emergence of eunuchs, was basically a three-legged tripod: the royal family, relatives, and scholars. Before Wang Mang appeared, the three parties restrained each other and basically balanced, but when Wang Mang arrived, everything changed! This comes down to this: Wang Mang is a special person!

Wang Mang was a relative and an outstanding representative of Confucian intellectuals. It is precisely because he represents the interests of both sides that when he acts as an agent for the Empress Dowager, few of the scholars in the Han Dynasty oppose it. The confluence of the power of relatives and scholars, and the weakness of the royal clan and the imbalance of the game led to the collapse of the Western Han Dynasty!

It can be seen from this: in the Han Dynasty, scholars were not easy to mess with! The royal family will win the world immediately, and if you want to rule the world immediately, you must rely on these people. The royal family can't afford to provoke them, let alone relatives, everyone is not barefoot, and they didn't grow up eating rice, so they should be the ones to fight!

It is precisely because of the terrible power of Confucian intellectuals that all intelligent relatives must do everything possible to please them. The relatives of the Western Han Dynasty, such as Dou Ying, Tian Wei, and even Shi Gao, the relatives of Liu Xun's era, would respect the scholars. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, from the Yin family to the Ma family, the relatives were also polite to the scholars. But when it comes to Dou Xian, you can see how he uses Taifu Deng Biao. Dou Xian hoped that all the ministers of the Han Dynasty should learn like Deng Biao, eat the country's food, but do all the work of the Dou family...

Dou Xian's thoughts are very plump, but the reality is very skinny. Taifu lacks calcium, that's Taifu's business. In addition, those aggressive roosters still insist on fighting for the good of the country at the scene of the quarrel!

Quarreling is like a big wave of sand, what is sifted away is not necessarily sand, but what is left is absolutely shining gold! Situ Yuan An, Sikong Ren Kui, and Shang Shuling Han Ling are the three pieces of gold that give Empress Dowager Dou the most headache!

Yuan An, born in filial piety, started from the grassroots level and walked step by step to today. Years of officialdom experience have trained him into a steel officialdom warrior who is not afraid of power!

Ren Kui, a typical second-generation official. Dad is Ren Guang, one of the twenty-eight generals of ZTE who followed Liu Xiu to fight the world. This guy is a good old man, pure in heart and has few desires, and is extremely low-key. But because of the spirit of Huang Lao's technique, he strongly opposed the blind tossing and conquering the Northern Xiongnu!

Among the three dukes of the Han Dynasty, Taiwei Song was noisy, but he was timid and did not become an example. Yuan An and Ren Kui are the real fierce people. The two went to the palace together, looking for Empress Dowager Dou to reason, and they couldn't help but pull off their official hats excitedly. That frame shows that he would rather be removed from his post and seek justice for the Northern Xiongnu.