Liu Xun's eyes searched the faces of the ministers, these people did not have the conditions and foundation to become powerful ministers like Huo Guang.

It seems that I am really tired.

The crown prince has reached adulthood, and Huang's grandson Liu Biao is also well-behaved and loved, and he is definitely not as rigid and self-serving as Emperor Wu, and the Han family is stable and peaceful.

The Great Han Kingdom is now politically harmonious, and he has been exempted from taxes many times, but why is the sky different?

Huge hailstorms, earthquakes, and lunar eclipses followed, what the hell is going on, did I, the Son of Heaven, really do something contrary to the way of heaven?

……

No one knows what Liu Xun, the son of heaven of Lu Dao, is thinking, Prime Minister Bing Ji is not in the court, this will Huang Ba, as the biggest bureaucrat in the Xuanshu Palace, is playing loudly: "King Jiangbin of Qiuzi wrote to my Heavenly Dynasty, saying that he was fortunate to marry the granddaughter of the royal family of the Han Dynasty as his wife, and he was grateful to Ling, he is willing to go to Chang'an with the granddaughter of the emperor to meet my His Majesty of the Han Dynasty, swear to be loyal to our dynasty forever, and ask His Majesty to rule." ”

The wife married by King Jiangbin of Qiuci is the daughter of Weng Guimi, the lord of Wusun Kingdom, and Princess Xie of the Han Dynasty, so King Jiangbin of Qiuci is the son-in-law of Wusun Kingdom, and he is the grandson-in-law of Dahan Kingdom.

The princess of the Han Dynasty who was married by Weng Guimi, the lord of Wusun Kingdom, was named Liu Jiewu, and she was married to Wusun Kingdom when Emperor Wu was married.

And Princess Xie Wei is not the real princess of the Great Han Kingdom, she is not the daughter of Emperor Wu, but the granddaughter of Liu Wu, the king of Chu in the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion.

At that time, Liu Wu, the king of Chu, rebelled with Liu Bi, the king of Wu, and committed suicide in defeat, so Liu Wu's branch had long lost the demeanor of princes, and Liu Jiewu was married to Wusun under this circumstances.

In fact, Liu Xie was worried about marrying to the distant country of Wusun. is not the first "princess" to be sent out.

Liu Xun's thoughts were pulled back by Huang Ba, and he looked at the courtiers. asked Huang Ba: "What do you think of the affairs of Wusun Kingdom?" ”

Huang Ba responded: "The marriage between my Han and Wusun Kingdom began in the period of Emperor Wu, when Zhang Qian, Marquis of Bowang, sent his second envoy to various countries in the Western Regions. Didn't come back after thirteen years like the first time, everything went very smoothly, after Bo Wanghou returned to the Han Dynasty safely, he brought back a lot of rare treasures, so my Han country triggered a westward boom, many people flocked to Chang'an, wrote to Emperor Wu, and asked to go to the Western Regions to do business. And Emperor Wu approved all of them, allowing my Han people to communicate with the countries of the Western Regions. ”

"The purpose of this is to strengthen ties with the countries of the Western Regions, and also to allow the countries of the Western Regions to contain the Xiongnu."

"At that time, there were some people in Wusun who followed Bowanghou to Chang'an, they were attracted by the huge land, population and prosperity of the Han Kingdom, and after returning to Wusun King sent people to Chang'an, and I established diplomatic relations with the Han Dynasty to deal with the Huns together, at the same time. Wusun Guo proposed to marry a princess of the Han Dynasty to form a marriage and establish diplomatic relations forever. ”

At this time, the doctor, Kuang Heng catered to Huang Ba's words and said: "What Yushi said is extremely true! At that time, Emperor Wu convened his ministers to discuss peace matters. The ministers all agreed with the harmony. ”

"The so-called long-distance friendship and close attack, the Xiongnu are close to our Han Dynasty, and the Wusun Kingdom is far away from our Han Kingdom. This is conducive to us concentrating our efforts on fighting the Huns, so so. King Wusun sent a thousand good horses to our Han Kingdom as a dowry for marrying the princess. ”

Kuang Heng is telling the truth. At that time, after the Han Dynasty agreed to marry Wusun Kingdom, Emperor Wu Liu Che married Liu Xijun, the daughter of Liu Jian, the king of Jiangdu, as the princess of the Han Dynasty to Wusun Kingdom.

In fact, Liu Fei, the father of Liu Jian, the king of Jiangdu, is the brother of Emperor Wu Liu Che, so Liu Xijun wants to call Liu Che a grandfather, so Liu Xijun is not a princess of the Han Kingdom. The daughter of the princes and kings is called Lord Weng, and Emperor Wu Liu Che married Liu Xijun and Lord Weng to Wusun as princesses.

Liu Xijun was the first "princess" to be married to Wusun, which was before the princess of the Han Dynasty who was married to Weng Guimi, the current lord of Wusun State.

And there was a reason why Emperor Wu married Liu Xijun to Wusun at that time.

It is impossible for Emperor Wu Liu Che to marry his own daughter to the distant Wusun Kingdom in the Western Regions, he is reluctant, and besides, there is a precedent for using the daughters of other princes and kings as the princesses of the Great Han Kingdom to marry other countries.

In the era of Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, the Huns besieged Gaozu to Baishan Mountain, the form was precarious, Gaozu used Chen Ping's strategy to bribe the queen of the Xiongnu Maodun, and the Shan clan said to Maodun Shan Yu: "We have obtained a lot of land from the Han Dynasty, but we can't stay here after all, and hope to consider it for ourselves." ”

At the same time, Mao Dun Shan of the Xiongnu agreed with Wang Huang and Zhao Li on the date of the meeting at that time, and jointly dealt with Liu Bang, but the army of these two did not come on time, and Mao Dun Shan Yu suspected that the two of them had colluded with the Han army.

So after Gaozu Liu Bang got out of trouble, he looted almost all the country's property and gave it to Mao Dun, so that Mao Dun retired from the army, and at the same time, he wanted to marry one of his daughters to Mao Dun as a relative, so that Mao Dun would not come to harass the Han again.

However, the queen at that time, Lu Pheasant, was very reluctant for Liu Bang to do this, and resolutely disagreed to marry her daughter to the Xiongnu, so Liu Bang found another woman to pretend to be the princess of the Han Dynasty and married the Xiongnu.

Using a woman to marry abroad in order to seek temporary tranquility began with Gaozu Liu Bang.

Who knows what the impostor princess of the Great Han Kingdom will go through after she arrives in the Xiongnu?

A weak country has no diplomacy, and who can take care of what will happen to that "princess" in a distant foreign land?

From Liu Bang's siege of Baishan Mountain to the era of Emperor Wu Liu Che, for nearly 100 years, the Great Han Kingdom has always been under the high pressure of the Huns, and it is very aggrieved.

That's why Emperor Wu Liu Che later raised the strength of the whole country to attack the Xiongnu.

From Liu Xijun to Princess Jiewu, I don't know how many weak women have shouldered the mission of marriage and kinship in the Han Kingdom for more than 100 years......

Huang Ba heard Kuang Heng echo him at this time, so he nodded at him.

Seeing Huang Ba's approval, Kuang Heng felt quite complacent.

Kuang Heng and Xiao Wangzhi, the former imperial historian, were both from Donghai County, and they were studying under the same teacher at that time, but Kuang Heng was born in a poor family, but Xiao Wangzhi was a big family, and Xiao Wangzhi's ancestors had been the first prime minister of the Han Kingdom, Xiao He. And Kuang Heng's ancestors, except for the farmers who farmed the land. Or a farmer who farms the land.

Therefore, Kuang Heng and Xiao Wangzhi have different circumstances along the way. Xiao Wangzhi has always been smooth, until he has reached the position of the "Three Princes" Imperial Doctor, and now he is appointed as the crown prince and concubine, which seems to be the tone of the future Son of Heaven's auxiliary minister, but Kuang Heng is still an adviser who only talks and has no actual power.

Kuang Heng has always been depressed in his heart, especially when he saw Xiao Wangzhi, who was more handsome than himself, talking in the court, he was depressed.

Therefore, Xiao Wangzhi will not be in the court, and seize the opportunity to pat the new imperial doctor on the back. It's still going to be got.

Kuang Heng's idea is very simple, Xiao Wangzhi and himself are the same brothers, and the knowledge they have learned is similar, Xiao Wangzhi is always smoother than himself, that is because his ancestors accumulated virtue!

Xiao Wangzhi is now the prince and the prince, he has become famous, what's the matter, it's my turn to count, it's time for me Kuang Heng Kuang Zhigui to have a bright future, right?

The people in the hall were buzzing. Huang Ba didn't look at everyone, and then said: "Also, Weng Guimi, the lord of Wusun Kingdom, wrote to my Han Emperor, asking my Han Emperor to give him a princess to reconcile the princess's son Yuan Guimi as his wife. Whether it is gracious or not, please make a decision. ”

Huang Ba is really younger, and in the past, Prime Minister Bing Ji's tone was always very slow when he spoke. The sound was also small, but the hall was quiet. Bing Ji's voice can be heard, and Huang Ba's voice is loud. But when he spoke, someone was talking softly, so everyone sounded like Huang Ba's voice was buzzing like there was a discordant echo.

"What? Do you want us to send a princess to Wusun? What line is this? ”

"That's it, in that small place of Wusun, several princesses have been married since Emperor Wu, like the former princess of Jiangdu, and the princess who relieved worries, this is too much......"

Someone whispered, "The key is who to let go?" Those Wusun barbarians, their custom is that the elder brother dies and the younger brother, the old king has died, and the old king's women are all owned by the new king, that is, the elder brother is dead, and the elder brother's family will belong to the younger brother, and it is a mess, who can stand it. ”

"That's it, some of them are even more outrageous, if the old king is a grandfather, this grandfather dies, and the successor may be a grandson, as long as it is not a biological blood relationship, even the grandmother has to marry the grandson!"

"Huh?"

"How so? Isn't that a mess? ”

"That's it, they're all like that there......"

Some people also said: "If you want to give a princess, after all, Wusun is a big country in the Western Regions, and it also borders with the Xiongnu, and our Han Dynasty has a good relationship with him, and Wusun will be able to contain the strength of the Xiongnu, which is the national policy left by Emperor Wu." ”

There was a lot of discussion in the hall, Huang Ba frowned and coughed, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, this time Wusun asked my Han to give me a marriage is different from the past, Wusun Lord Weng Guimi intends to marry one of his daughters to our Han and intermarry with us, so as to strengthen the friendship between our Han and Wusun. ”

It seems that the king of Qiuzi, Jiangbin, brought the daughter of the king of Wusun and Liu Xie to Dahan, one is to meet the Son of Heaven, the other is to ask for a Han princess to be his wife for his brother-in-law Yuan Guimi, and the third is to marry the daughter of the king of Wusun Kingdom, that is, his sister-in-law, to Chang'an.

Everyone in the Xuanshu Hall knew that the real purpose of Jiangbin's visit this time was the second one, and the others were all serving the second reason.

There was another buzz in the Xuanshu Palace: "Wusun Kingdom wants to marry a princess of our Han Dynasty?" Those Wusun people look ugly like yakshas, with a nose so high, blue eyes and green eyes, like ghosts, who marries home, and it is good to talk during the day, and not to scare people out of their lives at night? ”

"Have you ever seen a ghost? God's God! ”

Everyone laughed when they heard it, Yu Dingguo frowned and said: "Everyone is talking about state affairs, don't go off topic!" ”

As soon as Yu Dingguo answered, the Xuanshu Hall was quieter.

King Jiangbin of Qiuzi wants to take the daughter of the lord of Wusun Kingdom, Weng Guimi, and the daughter of Princess Xie Wu of the Han Dynasty to Chang'an, which is nothing, but the king of Wusun Kingdom wants to marry a princess of the Han Dynasty as his wife, the son of Princess Xie Wei, Yuan Guimi, which is a bit of a trouble. (To be continued......)

PS: [The Han Dynasty resident in the local supervision of the imperial history, a total of thirteen people in the country, subordinate to the imperial history doctor, can be directly reported to the Son of Heaven, the power is large but the level is low, the rank is 600 stones, and it was built during the period of Emperor Wu.

Baishan Mountain: Mapu Mountain, northeast of present-day Datong City, Shanxi Province, China

阏氏: The title of wife, concubine and spouse of the king and kings, equivalent to the queen or concubine, the name is derived from the rouge flower, that is, the red flower. The Huns got their name for the beauty and loveliness of their women like rouge. 】