In August of the first year of Hongwu, the whole court felt the sense of crisis caused by the shortage of wool, and in this case, Sima Shu decided to increase the trade volume of the Mobei grassland. At the same time, he also took this opportunity to send envoys to Mobei, and it was best to ally with the Tuoba tribes of Mobei to harass the Xiongnu from the north.

Luoyang City, Taiji Palace. On the majestic palace, the purple gas is swirling, and the emperor Sima Shu sits in the center of the hall.

A cadre of civil servants and military generals lined up on both sides, with a clean face and a solemn expression. There was little awareness of the sudden wool crisis, which had never been encountered by the traditional scholars. In the past, they were at most dealing with the problem of rising and falling grains, and they did not have a good response to the problems brought about by industrialization.

"Meng Sun, as the first assistant, how do you think you should deal with it?"

Zhang Bin said: "In the opinion of Weichen, the best solution is to buy wool from Mobei. ”

"Well, what Aiqing said is very agreeable! In addition, I plan to send an envoy to the Mobei grassland, if we can form an alliance with the Mobei royal court, we can not only threaten the Xiongnu from the north and south, but also contain the Xianbei people in Liaodong from the west. After Sima Shu finished speaking, he glanced at everyone, and some officials from the family heard that they were going to the cold Mobei, and they avoided the emperor's gaze.

According to the opinion of Emperor Sima Shu, the imperial court decided to send an envoy to form a good alliance with the Mobei tribes. Who will be sent? This has become a topic of contention among the forces of all parties. The risk of going to Mobei is extremely high, and the forces of all parties pass the buck to each other, and the emperor Sima Shu is silent, but in fact, he is like watching the fire.

"I understand that although the envoy to Mobei is not as good as the real knife and gun on the battlefield. But we also need people who are both wise and brave, I am a great Jin with a territory of thousands of miles and a lot of talents, is there no one who is willing to share my worries? ”

As soon as the words fell, a loud voice resounded in the court.

"Your Majesty, Weichen is willing to go!"

Everyone followed the prestige, and a young man standing at the end of Wenchen was full of spirit and took the initiative to ask for help, which was Pei Wei, the second assistant of the cabinet of the current dynasty-Pei Wei. At this time, Pei Wei had just graduated from Chang'an University Hall in Guanzhong, and after passing the exam. He was recruited by the imperial court to serve as the provincial governor of Shangshu under the Zhengqipin.

Originally, he was not qualified to enter the main hall today. Coincidentally, due to the large number of documents played by the cabinet today, he happened to be sent to assist the cabinet elders in managing the documents. Just hearing the emperor's urgent question, everyone didn't dare to speak, and the young man rushed out of his mouth with enthusiasm for a while.

"Huh? Who is this young handsome man? Sima Shu admired the young man's courage very much. But out of caution, he did not agree.

"Your Majesty. This person is from Hedong. The surname Pei Mingwei, the word Wen Ji, has just been levied by Shangshu Province as a seven-grade capital. Today, he is entrusted by the Ministry of Shangshu to assist ministers and other management documents. Zhang Hua hurriedly went out of class to explain, after all, Pei Wei, a seven-rank official, did not have the right to participate in the court meeting, and if he did not explain the person clearly, it would be easy to cause misunderstanding.

Pei Wei? Sima Shu looked at the young man who was about twenty years old standing at the back of the main hall, but he didn't expect that this person was the mastermind of the Xianbei people in history. Xianbei people were able to establish a country, and there were many people who helped them in history. It turns out that in history, Pei Wei once served as the Taishou of Xingyang, and later joined Xianbei Murong Diao, served as the chief of the military state, helped him run Liaoxi, recruited Han scholars, laid the foundation of the former Yan regime, and was later sent to the Eastern Jin Dynasty, reinstated as the minister of Liaodong and Lelang Taishou

"If Aiqing sends an envoy to Mobei, what is his plan?"

"Distant friendship and close attack, separation from the strong and weak, this is the basic policy of the envoy to the grassland, please correct Your Majesty!" Pei Wei is quite scheming and wise, he doesn't want to spend his whole life in a boring agency. He hoped to enter the Emperor's eyes as soon as possible, and this was his chance to make a splash.

"Good! Aiqing is really wise! Sima Shu couldn't help but praise.

Going to Mobei is a chore, and older people are really not suitable. And Sima Shu was afraid that he was too young to bear the burden, but now this kid was resourceful and took the initiative to jump out, so Sima Shu didn't mind pushing the boat down the river.

Everyone also saw the emperor's thoughts, only to see Zhang Hua arch his hand and smile: "Wenji is known as the most promising Dushi Lang in Shangshu Province, and he is also the leader of the recruitment and selection presided over by Shangshu Province this year. ”

"Wechen is also willing to sponsor!" Another minister came out to play, but it was the second assistant Pei Wei. For the younger generation of the Pei family, what he values most is Pei Wei, and through some understanding just now, he knows that this is an opportunity for Pei Wei and even the Pei family. If Pei Wei's trip is successful, the wealth of the Pei family for two generations will be guaranteed.

Sima Shu waved his hand and said: "Crowning Pei Wei as the head of the Ministry of Rites of the Sixth Grade, the main envoy of the mission, and the envoy to the Mobei Royal Court!" ”

Pei Wei took the holy decree and withdrew from the main hall with his head held high.

"The young man doesn't know the height of the sky, and this trip to Mobei is absolutely unpredictable!"

"Yes, this young man is looking for a fire pit to jump!"

After returning to Shangshu Province, when everyone heard the news, all kinds of schadenfreude were endless, but Pei Wei was unmoved and went back to his house to pack up.

In the early morning of the next day, Pei Wei led thirty-three retinues and left Luoyang City with the elite of the 1,000 guards led by Sima Zhi and came to Tongguan. In order to avoid the Huns, Pei Wei's mission had to make a detour through Guanzhong to the north.

The desert in August is the time of high autumn weather, after a month of long journey, Pei Wei and they finally walked to the depths of the grassland, the convoy went all the way, full of vitality.

Pei Wei was only twenty years old, and it was the first time he came to Biansai, so he was very interested in the scenery outside the Sai, and he was excited along the way, pulling the guide to ask this and that.

At this time, the Mobei grassland is the world of the Tuoba tribe, from the beginning of the Tuoba force, the Tuoba tribe has developed greatly, and the tribes of the desert grassland have become new members of the Tuoba Alliance.

After the disintegration of the Tanshihuai military alliance, one of the western adults of the "deduction" Tuoba Lin led the troops to move to the Xiongnu hometown (Inner Mongolia Hetao Yinshan area), Tuoba Lin died, and it was passed on to Zituoba Jiefen, Tuoba Jiefen died, and it was passed on to Zituoba Liwei. In the year when Tuoba Liwei succeeded to the throne, Tuoba was destroyed by the western adults, and Tuoba Liwei fled to the Wulu Hui Department.

This year is 220 A.D., which is the beginning of the exact year of the Tuoba Department, because Tuoba Liwei was later posthumously called the Emperor Shenyuan, so it is called "the first year of Shenyuan".

More than 30 years later, Tuoba Liwei returned to the adult Sudou Lingbin (surnamed Sudouling, Mingbin. In Yuan Hezhong, Sudouling changed his surname to Dou, so some history books called him Dou Bin) with the help of "recovering the country". Later, he killed the son of Dou Lingbin, fought against the Wulu Hui Department, and conquered Xianbei in the west, developing to "more than 200,000 people who control the strings".

In 259 A.D., Tuoba Liwei moved to Shengle City in Dingxiang County.

After the Wei Dynasty of the Western Jin Dynasty, Emperor Wu of the Jin Dynasty appointed Wei Qian as "the general of the expedition to the north, the military governor of Youzhou, the history of Youzhou Thorn, and the captain of Wuhuan". In order to pacify the north, Wei Qian designed to recruit the lords of the various departments under the Tuoba Alliance, killed Tuoba Liwei's eldest son, Tuoba Desert Khan, and killed Tuoba Liwei, and Tuoba Liwei was angry, and Tuoba Liwei was "obedient" and fell apart.

Tuoba Silu, Tuoba Xuan, and Desert Khan's son Tuoba Fu succeeded to the throne one after another, but failed to save the decline. In this context, the Tuoba Lu officer was elected as the chief.

Tuoba Lu officials regained their vigor and divided the territory into three parts: northern, central, and southern, with their own territory and coordination in the center. Let Tuoba Desert Khan's two sons, Tuoba Yihui and Tuoba Yilu, lead the south and north separately and develop separately.

Tuoba Liwei not only enjoys a long life, but his eldest son, Tuoba Desert Khan, will not be young. Tuoba Luguan is the young son of Tuoba Liwei, although he is an uncle, but he is estimated to be about the same age as Tuoba Yiyi and Tuoba Lu, which may be the real reason for the three-point tribe.

Tuoba Desert Khan's two sons are very powerful, Tuoba Yihua "Du Mo North Tour, because of the countries of Xiluo, where the accumulation of five years old, the subordination of more than 30 countries. ”

Tuoba Yilu "went out and merged with the state, moved to the north of Hu, Yunzhong, Wuyuan, and Shuofang. and to the west of the river, striking the Xiongnu and Karasuma tribes. Eighty miles north of Xingcheng, to the Great Wall Plain, the road is established, and the Jin Dynasty is divided. ”

Tuoba Lu was in the middle of the command, continued to be a vassal to the Jin, and at the same time married the Yuwen Department and the Murong Department in the East, and got married. Most of the tribes that had rebelled were taken under their command, and the Tuoba tribe gradually returned to the level of the Tuoba Liwei era.

The Book of Wei? The preface records that since Liwei, because of the reconciliation with the Western Jin Dynasty, at this time, the Tuoba Department "the people are safe, the wealth and livestock are rich, and there are more than 400,000 knights." ”

Pei Wei and his party crossed the Great Wall, and it took about three days to finally reach Shengle, the ruling center of Tuoba Yilu.

In Shengle City, the wolf's head military flag was hoisted high, and Tuoba Lu Khan was convening a group of fierce generals to discuss the matter.

The eldest son, Tuoba Liuxiu, pressed his waist knife and said: "This Great Jin Dynasty once set up a poisonous plan to kill my grandfather, and we must give them some color when we go to Mobei this time!" ”

The youngest son, Tuoba Biyan, has always been at odds with his eldest brother, no matter whether Tuoba Liuxiu's opinion is good or bad, he will oppose it to the end: "No, no!" We have made an enmity with the Xiongnu Han Kingdom, and humiliating the envoys will inevitably anger the Jin Dynasty. I have finally recovered a little bit of vitality in the south of Tuoba, and I can't tear the skin with the Great Jin! Don't forget, the materials we need are basically from the Jin Dynasty, if the other party cuts off the source of goods, I don't know how you feel? ”

Tuoba Yilu's gaze was like that of an eagle falcon, and he looked at his most beloved youngest son, Tuoba Biyan, and said, "Well, that's right, we really can't be enemies of the Jin Dynasty. How powerful the army of the Great Jin is, others don't know, but the tribal leaders in Yunzhong, Jiuyuan and other counties should be very clear, right? ”

Since Sima Shu recovered Shangjun, the Jin Dynasty strengthened the northern defense line, especially relying on the defense line of the Great Wall in the north, and strengthened the Shangjun Zhizhi City, making Shangjun the first barrier against the invasion of the Hu people in the north.

After listening to Tuoba Yilu's words, everyone's minds came to mind the powerful bows and crossbows arranged by the Jin army on the defense line of the Great Wall, and they thought of the tall walls of Fushi City, and the sharp Mo knife! Everyone shuddered!

Tuoba Yilu continued expressionlessly: "The Huns divided and annexed the state, Wang Jun stole the Youzhou, and Sima Rui defended the Yangtze River, these separatist forces did not listen to the dispatch of the imperial court, I am afraid that they have angered the new emperor Sima Shu, and it is only a matter of time before these separatist forces are used." We only need to temporarily make peace with the imperial court, and when the time comes, the two sides will fight head-to-head, and we can reap the benefits of the fisherman! ”

"The Great Khan is wise!" (To be continued......)