Book of the Later Han Dynasty, Biography of Emperor Wuren of the Han Dynasty

In late October of the second year of Xiping, Murong, the king of Xianbei, sent 60,000 Xianbei elite cavalry under his command to fight to the death with the Han army, and pretended to return to the division to guard the Nenjiang River, but in fact, he made a detour to attack the Chinese army camp where Emperor Liu Hong was.

Hu Ben Zhonglang General Xu Rong had doubts, but there was no real evidence, so he had to report the doubts to Emperor Liu Hong, and Emperor Liu Hong was cautious and ordered the army to take strict precautions.

The Praetorian Guard Zhonglang General Wang Yue discovered the whereabouts of the Xianbei elite in advance, so that the Xianbei elite failed to carry out a night attack on the Chinese army where Emperor Liu Hong was located according to the plan.

The Xianbei elite is an elite cavalry, although Emperor Liu Hong's Chinese army also has cavalry, but the number is far inferior to the Xianbei elite.

In order to stimulate morale, Emperor Liu Hong took the lead, and the morale of the Han army soared, and repeatedly resisted the crazy offensive of Xianbei.

General Xianbei sent a dark arrow to shoot down the emperor's banner, but fortunately, the emperor's standard-bearer Dian Wei protected him and kept the banner intact.

Dian Wei, Chen Liuji and my people, outstanding strength, first for the Han Ling Wuren Emperor Liu Hong's corporal, and then Xianbei attack Emperor Liu Hong's Chinese army, Dian Wei to protect the banner is not lost, Jin to the emperor Liu Hong to protect the standard-bearer, and protect the emperor Liu Hong's safety, after the war was named a close school captain.

Then Emperor Liu Hong came to the battle array, and the Xianbei elite cavalry launched a decisive battle, the battle lasted for a long night, the fire soared into the sky, and the sound of shouting and killing shook the sky.

In order to ensure the morale of the soldiers at the front, Emperor Liu Hong took the lead in sending people to inform the officers and men of the four major army corps on the front line, using the pretext of a thousand-man squad attacking the camp at night to stabilize the morale of the three armies.

Immediately, the four major armies launched an offensive against the Xianbei army on the east bank of the Nenjiang River overnight, and crossed the Nenjiang River in just one hour.

Then, the three armies of Ding Yuanjun, Huangfu Song's army, and Xu Rongjun's army marched together, and the Xianbei army fled everywhere they passed.

After Huang Zhongzhi's cavalry corps crossed the Nenjiang River, it did not participate in the offensive, but hurriedly returned to the west bank of the Nenjiang River to aid Emperor Liu Hong.

After the cavalry corps arrived, the Xianbei elite had already retreated, and Emperor Liu Hong was stabbed several times, still sitting on the war horse, inspecting the camp.

Seeing this, the morale of the Han army was greatly boosted, and Emperor Liu Hong summoned Huang Zhong of the cavalry corps and ordered him to leave 10,000 elite guards to protect the Chinese army, and the remaining 40,000 iron cavalry to pursue the remnants of Xianbei.

Emperor Liu Hong immediately set up more than 10,000 miles of land in the grassland for the jurisdiction of the Anbei Governor's Office, and there were no civil ministers, only generals.

The first governor of the Anbei Metropolitan Mansion was held by Huang Zhong, with a rank of 2,000 stones.

The Anbei Governor's Mansion is full of 100,000 cavalry, in charge of the safety of the grassland, and has the right to kill the tribes of the grassland first.

Then Emperor Liu Hong led his army to cross the Nenjiang River, and at the same time, the three-way army was overwhelming.

Emperor Liu Hong held high the banner of benevolence and righteousness, abolished the slave system, released slaves in every city, and all slave owners who dared to resist were killed, and thirty percent of the property was handed over to the state treasury, and seventy percent went to meritorious soldiers.

The slaves of the Xianbei land were all overjoyed, and they joined the Han army with farm tools in hand, and their morale was high every time they charged forward.

After the war, slaves who had made meritorious contributions were rewarded with great sums of money, so that all slaves who had not made meritorious contributions were jealous.

In just half a month, the land of Xianbei was all included in the territory of the Han Dynasty.

According to post-war statistics, at the end of the war, the strength of the whole army was as high as 600,000, of which the Han army was only 200,000 and the slave soldiers reached 400,000.

In order to stabilize the land obtained, Emperor Liu Hong selected 100,000 elite soldiers from the 400,000 slave army, and established the Eighth Army Corps, which was commanded by Huangfu Song, the captain of the northern region.

and set up the post of corps commander with the rank of general, above the general, and below the four generals.

The remaining 300,000 slave soldiers will be selected to supplement the villages as garrisons.

The remaining 200,000 slave soldiers were given land to be unarmored and returned to the fields.

Just when Emperor Liu Hong was rectifying, the envoys of the former Fuyu State to the Han Dynasty came to Emperor Liu Hong's army on behalf of the Goguryeo Kingdom.

Goguryeo sent envoys to the Han Dynasty to pay tribute and pay grain every year.

In the end, Emperor Liu Hong agreed to Goguryeo's claim as a minister, but Goguryeo had to pay 5 million in money and 1 million stone in grain every year.

Goguryeo called the minister, there was no war in the north, Emperor Liu Hong set up Jianzhou in the east of the Nenjiang River, divided five counties, and moved Yang Biao to the history of Jianzhou as the history of Jianzhou.

Later, the class returned to the dynasty, and Emperor Liu Hong, with the power of great victory, rectified the official system, and set up three levels of state, county, and county rule.

The state has a state governor, a county governor in the county, a county governor, a county governor, a county governor, a county guard, and the county order shall not interfere in military affairs, and violators will be conspiracy.

The appointment of officials in the prefectures and counties is issued by the central court, and the officials of the prefectures and counties only have the right to propose and recommend, but not the right to appoint.

The central bureaucratic system was also reformed again, dividing the official hierarchy, with the rank of cabinet members being 10,000 stones, the rank of the six departments of Shangshu being 5,000 stones, and the chief officials of the six subordinate yamen, that is, the position of the squire, with 2,000 stones.

The military and political chiefs of each state are 2,000 koku in rank, and the military and political chiefs of each county are 2,000 koku.

The power of the reform of the imperial history has been greatly increased, and the imperial history has a rank of 6,000 stones, which can impeach cabinet members, and there are also imperial historians among the six ministries, and the rank of 2,000 stones can impeach six books.

Each state and county also has a royal historian, who reads outside the ministries, and is of the same rank as the chief of each state and county, and can impeach officials of the same rank.

Although the official system has not changed much, only the official hierarchy has been divided in detail, but it has also improved the efficiency of work, and the history is called "Xiping reform." ”

Immediately, Emperor Liu Hong rewarded the meritorious generals of the Northern Expedition, and Ding Yuan, the captain of the school, was the Marquis of Wuyuan County, and Xu Rong, the general of Huben Zhonglang, increased the number of households by 1,500 households. (Now there are 2,000 households)

Huangfu Song, the captain of Fengbeidi, is the county waiter of Chaona.

Sima Zhangji, the captain of the Iron Cavalry, was relocated to the captain of the Iron Cavalry and the Iron Cavalry was reorganized.

Sima Yanyan, the captain of the Qianbei District, was the captain of the Beidi, Sima Chengpu, the captain of the Qianbei District, Sima Zhoutai, the commander of the Liangzhou Prefecture, and Sima Huanggai, the commander of the Beidi, was the commander of Youzhou.

Sima Zumao, the captain of Qianbeidi, was the governor of Xuzhou, and Sima Handang, the captain of Qianbeidi, was the governor of Jiaozhou.

The rest will be rewarded.

Before the war, Emperor Liu Hong's issuance of treasury bonds had supported the war, and after the war, the cattle and sheep on the grassland were continuously transported to the territory of the Han Dynasty.

Immediately, the imperial court used cattle and sheep to repay the treasury bonds with interest, so that the merchants who were very skilled in purchasing the treasury bonds could not help but get knighthoods and make a fortune.

However, a large number of cattle and sheep poured into the Han Dynasty, although the lack of cattle in the Han Dynasty was alleviated, but the influx of a large number of sheep to be slaughtered caused the price of meat in the Han Dynasty to plummet.

In the states and counties with the most soldiers, there was even a scene of eating meat and stomach discomfort.

The teachers and students of Taixue have written books to praise, saying that this is the scene of the arrival of the prosperous era.

However, Emperor Liu Hong was not arrogant and extravagant, but made more efforts to implement the system of selecting talents through the imperial examination.

Many families disagreed, but the power of Emperor Liu Hong's great victory was not exhausted, and all the families that hindered it ended in raiding, beheading, and exile.

So far, no one dares to risk the Tianwei of Emperor Liu Hong, and the second year of Xiping quietly passed in the secret anger of the family and the songs and laughter of the people.

In the third year of Xiping, the queen Song slowly came to a good start with a dragon son. (To be continued.) )