The sky is vast and wild, and the wind blows the grass and sees the cattle and sheep. Yunzhong, located in the northwest of Hetao, was governed by Yunzhong County in the Qin Dynasty. At the end of the Qin Dynasty, Mao Dunshan took the opportunity to go south, and reoccupied Henan and Gaoque, Yangshan (now Wolf Mountain), Beijiao and other strategic places in Yinshan, Yunzhong was under the jurisdiction of Xiongnu Shan Yuting at this time.

Due to the special surname of the Xiongnu nomads, Shan Yuting is not a fixed location, and there is no city in Shan Yu, and I don't know why it is a country. If the front of the dome is a court, so the cloud court, so the Huns are only in the place where they are "courts".

In September of the first year of Emperor Jing, the Xiongnu military ministers set up a court in the clouds and held a forest conference.

The Xiongnu held three assemblies a year, all of which were attended by Shan Yu to convene the kings and ministers. The spring festival is held in the first month of the year, which is the small meeting dragon court; In May, sacrifices to ancestors, heaven and earth, ghosts and gods were held for the conference Dragon City; In September, for the sake of the school's personnel and livestock, the household registration and livestock multiplication of each clan and tribe in a year were inspected in the forest, the number of troops was verified, and taxes were collected. The three conferences are the most solemn in the autumn forest, and almost all the Xiongnu tribes will attend.

The so-called "wading forest" means to surround the forest. The shrines of the Xiongnu are roughly the same as the Mongolian Ao Bao of later generations, as well as the sacrificial grounds of the gods of heaven and earth of various ethnic groups in North Asia. It is the use of natural forests or man-made branches as a substitute for the gods. Therefore, it must be in a place where there are trees, and if there is no one, willow branches must be temporarily planted to replace the trees. The Huns' "Kicking the Forest" activity actually comes from the customs of Xianbei, since ancient times, "the autumn sacrifice has no forest trees, still erects willow branches, and the crowd rides around for three weeks, and this is also the law." "The main content is horse racing, which is a kind of sacrificial festival for nomads.

The number of people and livestock in the event will be more than that of the "conference" in Dragon City, and there needs to be a wider venue, which is different from the festival activities in New Year and May. This kind of large-scale gathering in which the Xiongnu tribesmen should participate should be in areas where water and grass are suitable, there are forests, and it is also suitable for arranging the lives of the tribesmen, and there is a better security guarantee in the big tent alone. Since Shan Yuting has a mobile surname, the "Quelin" will also change every year.

At the meeting, there will be a so-called "class school", that is, to inspect the household registration and livestock multiplication of various clans and tribes during the year, verify the number of troops, and collect taxes. This activity is arranged in the autumn, which is the harvest season of the year, which can more comprehensively reflect the increase and decrease of population and livestock products in that year, and all strata of the Xiongnu will be concerned about this matter.

In a sense, the Qilin Conference embodied the important functions of the Xiongnu regime in managing household registration and property, inspecting the army, and collecting taxes from the people.

The news came, Yanmen County and Dai County's border fortress was like a great enemy, and they implemented border bans and reorganized their armies for war. Dai County still has Baishan Mountain to rely on as a barrier, Yanmen County is the first to bear the brunt, Tai Shouzhi is facing the biggest threat since he took office, while strengthening the defense, while writing to the emperor, bluntly saying that if Yanmen is lost, he will repay the country with death.

In the imperial study, Emperor Jing put down the national book sent by the Xiongnu envoy in his hand, his face was pale, and he did not say a word.

The crown prince Liu Che picked it up and looked at it, and his face was full of anger, and he roared in a low voice: "This is blackmail, thoroughly, Chiguoguo's blackmail!" ”

Emperor Jing opened his mouth, but he never spoke. After a long time, Liu Che calmed down, thought for a moment, lowered his voice, and told what he was thinking. It was night, the door of the imperial study was closed, the father and son talked all night, and Liu Che did not leave quietly until the sky became brighter.

The next morning, Emperor Jing, who had not slept all night, sat on the main hall of Weiyang, his face was gloomy, and he instructed Sun Quan, the eunuch of the palm print, to hand over the Hun letter to the courtiers for circulation.

The courtiers didn't need the emperor to speak at all, and when they looked at the size of the wooden za in Sun Quan's hand, they knew that it was a national letter from the Xiongnu. The letters sent by the Han Dynasty to the Xiongnu Shan Yu were all written on a one-foot-one-inch wooden plaque, and the beginning words were "The emperor respectfully greets the Xiongnu Dashan Yu Ping'an", and wrote down the things sent and the words to be said. The Xiongnu Shan Yu wrote a letter to the emperor of the Han Dynasty with a wooden note of one foot and two inches, and lengthened the size of the seal and sealing mud, and said the opening sentence very arrogantly: "The Xiongnu Da Danyu, who was born in heaven and earth and placed in the moon, respectfully greeted the emperor of the Han Dynasty for peace." Then write down what you have given and what you have to say.

The courtiers who had circulated the letters of state were all flushed, gritted their teeth, and looked resentful. Seeing this, the ministers who had not yet been circulated whispered one after another, and for a while, the main hall was full of buzzing, and Emperor Jing became more and more annoyed.

"Sun Quan, don't pass it on, you come and read it to all Aiqing!" Emperor Jing finally couldn't hold it back, gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice.

When Sun Quan heard this, cold sweat broke out on his head, but he didn't dare to resist the decree, so he had to take the letter of state from the courtiers. "Born of heaven and earth, the Xiongnu Dadan placed in the moon respectfully greets the emperor of the Han Dynasty for peace" This sentence must not be read, he is not an idiot, he can only grit his teeth and start reading this vulgar national letter from the middle: "I heard that your country has a bumper harvest this year, and I hope to marry your daughter Princess Nangong, who is taking a million Huns to ride in the clouds at this time, and by the way, the dowry will be transported back, if your country's porters are insufficient, I can take the children to Chang'an City to get it in person." ”

Before Sun Quan's words fell, it was like lighting a powder keg, and the entire Weiyang main hall was instantly detonated, and the sound of cursing was endless, like a busy city. Sun Quan saw that the emperor's face was getting more and more ugly, and hurriedly said loudly: "There is no noise in the palace!" ”

The hall then fell silent, and then there was a dead silence, and the atmosphere was so oppressive that it was breathless. Princess Nangong is the second daughter of Queen Wang Wan and the second sister of Prince Liu Che, who is fourteen years old. Although the Han and Hun have been close many times, the Han Dynasty has never sent a true princess, all of them are replaced by palace maids or clan women with weak blood.

The crown prince Fu Weiwan and Liu Che have a master-apprentice relationship, and they naturally love Nangong and Wu, so they couldn't help but tremble with anger at this time, got up and left the table, knelt down in the middle of the hall, and shouted: "Your Majesty, please send a large army to help the border fortress, my Han can't be wantonly bullied for the barbarians!" ”

Emperor Jing half-squinted his eyes and did not answer, as if he was thinking about something.

Seeing this, Dou Jun's eyes wandered, hesitated for a moment, got up and said: "Your Majesty, soldiers are a major matter of the country, and now the Huns are powerful, so don't start a war lightly!" ”

When Liu Tong, an old Zongzheng who was over eighty years old, heard this, he barely supported himself with a cane, walked to the front of the hall tremblingly, and sighed to the sky: "The military minister has been on the throne for less than ten years, and he has been married twice, and this time he wants to marry again, and he is trying to marry the daughter of the Son of Heaven." Thinking that I am a big country, I can't protect a woman, it's already extremely humiliating! If even the daughter of the Son of Heaven has to be offered, how will the old minister face the ancestors of the Liu family a hundred years later! If Your Majesty agrees to the Huns, the old minister will kneel to death in the palace! ”

After saying that, he threw the cane in his hand at Dou Jun on the side, and fell to the ground with a thud, and his knees made a crisp sound, which frightened everyone in the hall when they heard it. Liu Tong is old and brittle, so he must be injured a lot. However, Liu Tong refused to come forward to support the inner servant, endured severe pain, and refused to get up, obviously the Huns' request touched the bottom line of Lao Zongzheng.

Dou Jun couldn't dodge, and was hit in the corner of his forehead by a cane, and suddenly swollen up a big blue and red bag, as if he had a horn. As the younger brother of the Empress Dowager Dou, Dou Jun is the most outstanding person in the Dou family's generation, how could he have suffered such grievances, he couldn't help but glare angrily, pointed at Liu Tong, and was speechless for a long time.

"Liu Tong hurt people in front of the palace, it is really rude, where will your majesty go?!" Daxing Shaoqing Chang Kun hurriedly jumped out and scolded loudly, he was pulled up by Dou Jun, so he naturally wanted to wave the flag and shout for his boss.

For a time, the court was divided into two factions, quarreling with each other, and the hall was full of spit and noisy. Obviously, the courtiers of the Empress Dowager Dou's family saw that the situation was not right, and they were afraid that Emperor Jing, under the instigation of the main battle faction, immediately decided to send troops, so they took the opportunity to jump out and stir up, in a vain attempt to delay the time of the court meeting, so that the Empress Dowager would know about it before making a decision.

Seeing Emperor Jing sitting upright in the hall, his lips pursed, without the slightest intention of stopping, the prince of the pawn country, Sun Kunxie, stood tall and shouted: "Woohoo! This humiliation for no reason! How can my Han not hate the Huns! The minister is willing to return to the army, lead the Han man, and drive the Huns for a long time. Abandon the edge of the blade, and the surname is Ankehuai? Parents don't care, how can they say a son and a wife? The name of the strong man is not allowed to take care of his own interests. Donate your life to go to the country, and see death as if you were going home! ”

For a while, the noisy hall fell silent, and only the aftermath of Gongsun Kunxie lingered for a long time.

Emperor Jing's cold eyes glanced at the main hall for a week, sighed slightly, but his heart was a little more firm, and said quietly: "You Aiqing don't have to discuss it anymore, I have a plan in my heart, Lao Zongzheng is recuperating for the time being, and retreat from the dynasty!" ”

Before he could finish speaking, he walked straight towards the apse, leaving the stunned ministers in the hall looking at each other at a loss. After a long time, the ministers who came back to their senses slowly withdrew from the main hall, Wei Juan saw Dou Jun hurriedly out of the east gate, knowing that he must have gone to Changle Palace to report the news, he couldn't help but sigh at the sky, his face was gloomy and terrifying.

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