Chapter Twenty-Nine: Chang'an, the Imperial Capital

"Thank you, Your Majesty, and you will live up to Your Majesty's expectations!" Before the hundred officials could react, Wei Qing and Huo Quzhi had already come out of the ranks, and said loudly. "Ya * Wen * Yan * Love * First * Fa" (Pingnan Romance)

"Awesome, awesome...... This three monarchs and ministers are really the best combination, looking at this tacit understanding, no wonder it can create a prosperous era of Han Wu! Huo Guang looked at the three emperors and ministers of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty unconsciously, and finalized the matter in a few words, and he was also impressed in his heart, at this moment Huo Guang also paid special attention to Li Cai's face, and sure enough, the old man looked a little not very good.

As soon as the reward was over, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty boarded the royal car again and returned to Weiyang Palace, and the courtiers also had their own carriages to carry themselves back to the Chang'an Mansion. As for Huo Qubing and Huo Guang, they can also return to the Champion Hou Mansion at this moment, because the reward of the army has been completed, these non-commissioned officers have a short vacation, and Huo Qubing brought the army to Mobei this time, seven of which are also drawn from other armies, and these people naturally return to their original armies in the end, as for the promotion and transfer, it is a matter of subsequentity.

"This is Ah Guang, right? Very well, I have heard many things about you from your brother. Come to my house with your brother in a few days, and you may want to get to know some of your cousins. When almost all the officials in the court left, Wei Qing deliberately did not leave, but approached Huo Qubing and Huo Guang. It was also at this time that Huo Guangcai took a serious and careful look at the general who was famous for his illness with Huo Qu.

"Ah Guang to see his uncle." Huo Guang hurriedly took two steps back, knelt on the ground and bowed to Wei Qing. Now Huo Guang has really integrated into his role, and sees himself as a member of Wei Huo's relatives, and he is also very accepting of Wei Qing, not to mention that there is such a cheap uncle that many people can't think of. Therefore, when Huo Guang saw Wei Qing for the first time, he used the bow of bowing, which was reasonable.

"Hurry up, please, you kid is much more sensible than your brother when he was a child!" Wei Qing hurriedly stepped forward to help Huo Guang, although it was the first time he had seen Huo Guang, but through Huo Quai's letter, Wei Qing also knew Huo Guang a lot, and Wei Qing also greatly appreciated this nephew who suddenly appeared, and even someone who had nothing to do with him in the strict sense.

"My brother often admonishes Ah Guang that my uncle is my biological father to my brother Enbi, and my brother treats you like a father, and Ah Guang naturally treats you like a father." Huo Guang knew that Wei Qing had lived longer than Huo Qu's illness in history, and if he couldn't change the fate of Huo Qu's early death, then his biggest reliance in the future would be Wei Qing.

"Good boy! Your uncle knows what you want! This is not the place for us to talk, the soldiers are still waiting for you outside, remember to bring your children with you. Wei Qing looked at the two of them kindly like an elder, and now Wei Qing is actually only thirty-seven years old, but after years of court struggle and battlefield fighting, he has invisibly added a little more vicissitudes, plus he has three strands of long hair, which is very in line with the image of the elders.

"It's okay, then Ah Guang and I will come to visit my uncle in three days." This is indeed not a place for their family to talk, firstly, this is the Taimiao, and secondly, most of the soldiers under Huo Qubing have to go their separate ways, but before leaving, they must say goodbye to Huo Quai, the coach.

Watching Wei Qing board the carriage and slowly leave under the escort of the guards of the Changping Marquis Mansion, at this time Huo Qubing and Huo Guangcai returned to the army again. It is worth mentioning here that at this time, Princess Pingyang, the biological mother of Pingyang Hou Cao Xiang, has not remarried Wei Qing, but after serving as Pingyang Hou, Cao Xiang's father Cao Shou has been dead for many years, and the current Princess Pingyang is still married to Ruyin Hou Xiahoupo. As for the three cousins of Huo Guang that Wei Qing mentioned just now, they were born to Wei Qing's original wife, and now they are all in their teens, and they have nothing to do with Princess Pingyang.

Nearly 50,000 troops outside the Taimiao are still neatly arranged, and the front ones are generals such as Zhao Ponu and Gao Buzhi. Although nearly seven layers of the 50,000 army have to leave this time, but those who don't have to leave are Huo Quai's old team, these people and part of the army will still stay in Chang'an and nearby, including Huo Quzhi's headquarters More than 800 people have been stationed in a grange outside Chang'an, and it is Zhao Ponu who usually manages this army.

Of course, such a force is not available to any liege, only a general like Huo Qubing and Wei Qing who has been fighting all the year round will be specially allowed to have it by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, after all, people like them can't be a group of improvised patchwork troops every time they go out, and no matter how they are, they must have a descendant army to accompany them. Of course, this army is not considered the Hou Mansion Guard, because the Hou Mansion Guard is raised by the Liehou himself, while the garrison outside Chang'an City is supported by the state.

In addition, people like Gao Buzhi and Li Dang were originally guards and captains of the northern and southern armies, and as soon as the battle of Mobei ended, they had to return to serve in the two armies. The northern and southern armies are the central army of the Western Han Dynasty, the southern army guard is responsible for surrounding the royal palaces, and the northern military captain is mainly responsible for the city gates of all parties, which is an important armed force to defend Chang'an.

"Master Hou, the lower official will take the soldiers back to Youbeiping, and leave here. If it sends the Hou Ye in the future, just give orders! Lu Bode first said to Huo Quai, this time his reward was not small, and he was named Fu Lihou. He sincerely worships Huo Quai, and these words can be regarded as a formal statement.

"Fu Lihou cherishes all the way, and we will reunite in Chang'an in the future." Huo Quzhi didn't say much, but his sentence about the reunion in Chang'an in the future also explained a lot. After all, Lu Bode has made a lot of contributions this time, and he is newly promoted to Fu Lihou, so he is afraid that he has done a similar job in the right Beiping Taishou, and it is likely that he will be transferred to the court in the near future.

"Master Hou, the last general has also resigned. In my life, Weishan is only the life of the marquis, and the horse is the first to look forward. "The second person to say goodbye was Captain Weishan of the Northland, and his words were even more explicit than Lu Bode.

"Hehe, the Marquis of Yiyang is serious, and the Huns in Beidi County are also harassed from time to time, and the heavy responsibility of the Marquis of Yiyang is not small!" Huo Quzhi did not answer Wei Shan directly, and although these people were also ranked as marquises, they still habitually called Huo Qubing Marquis.

"Master Hou has also said goodbye!" Subsequently, more than a dozen officers at the rank of lieutenant colonel also bid farewell to Huo Qubing at the same time, most of these people were county soldiers with hundreds of people, and they naturally had to return to their respective counties after the battle.

Looking at the backs of these sergeants leaving, tens of thousands of cavalry raised a thick layer of dust, Huo Guang knew that if history had not changed, Huo Qubing would never have been on the battlefield again. After these people who were going to leave were gone, there were less than 10,000 cavalry left outside the Taimiao, and Huo Qubing also looked at these soldiers who were born and died with him with some loss, and waved his hand lightly and said, "Let's all go back to the camp!" ”。

After this is gone, there are only less than 100 people outside the temple. At this moment, not only Huo Qubing was lost, but even Huo Guang couldn't help but feel a trace of loss in his heart.

"Let's go, let's go home. I hope to live a quiet life for a few years! Huo Qubing turned his horse's head and said to everyone, those who are left now are all private soldiers belonging to Huo Quzhi, which naturally includes the twelve guards.

Huo Guang rode a horse beside Huo Quai, he didn't know why his brother would say something like that in the end? However, Huo Guang felt that with Huo Quai's status, even if he didn't go to the battlefield, it would be impossible to have a quiet day, and his battlefield had just shifted from the outside of the Jin Ge Iron Horse to the court of open and secret fighting.

Soon Huo Quzhi and his party saw the majestic Chang'an City, which was also the first time Huo Guang saw Chang'an City in the Han Dynasty. The tall city tower and the city wall that extended to the end of the field of vision made Huo Guang, who was used to seeing the so-called high-rise buildings in later generations, couldn't help but admire.

Although Chang'an City in the Western Han Dynasty was not as large as Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty a few hundred years later, it was already very large-scale at this time. The circumference of the city is about 60 miles, and the area has reached 36 square kilometers. However, nearly half of the entire Chang'an City is actually a royal palace, and the main ones are the two palace groups of Changle Palace in the southeast and Weiyang Palace in the southwest.

Of course, this is only the situation in the fifth year of Yuanzhen, and after more than ten years, in the early years of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the Mingguang Palace will be built in the northeast corner of Chang'an City, and the Jianzhang Palace known as 'thousands of households' will be built outside Chang'an City. At that time, Chang'an City was the Chang'an of the Western Han Dynasty!

As for the people of Chang'an, they mainly live on both sides of Gechengmen Street and the northwest of Chang'an City, where there are also two cities, east and west. Huo Quai's mansion was an exception, but his Chang'an Champion Hou Mansion was located in front of the north of Weiyang Palace, where there were less than ten important ministers of the court. Because of the special geographical location and the prominent status of the people who live here, it is said that "North Que Jiadi" is spread among the people.

However, in addition to Weiyang Beique, there is also a place where a large number of powerful people live, that is, Xuanpingli. The full name of this in the Western Han Dynasty is called Luli, which means streets and alleys. Almost all of them are the residences of the ministers of the court, and there is also a name here, called "Xuanping Guili". And Wei Qing's Changping Marquis Mansion and the current Prime Minister Li Cai's Anle Marquis Mansion are in Xuanping. There are still more than 160 Lu li in the rest of Chang'an City, but they are all ordinary people who live.

"Ah Guang, this is the galloping road, walking in Chang'an City in the future, you must not set foot on the galloping road. Only His Majesty's royal car can pass through here, and even the crown prince can't walk on it. Huo Quzhi pointed to the middle of the wide avenue, a road paved with bright stone slabs. Huo Guang saw that there was indeed no pedestrian on the road in this road, and everyone walked on both sides of the road very consciously.

"This is the legendary gallop? It seems that he doesn't want to go up in this life, the Western Han Dynasty is very strict with the management of Chi Road, there is indeed a record in the history books, once the emperor urgently recruited the prince to meet, but in the face of the Chi Road Prince can only go around two streets to enter the palace, and he does not dare to cross the Chi Road. "Chidao is only a very vague record in the history books, Huo Guang only remembers that he has seen such a story before, as for which prince is recorded in the story, he doesn't know, but from this it can be seen how strict the management of Chidao in the Western Han Dynasty is!

"Alright, let's go. After the front Jianyang, I arrived home. Huo Qu was sick and moved forward, it seemed that the family was getting closer and closer, and he was also a little anxious.

Soon Huo Guang saw that there were only a few pedestrians on a wide and tidy street. On both sides of this street are walls one foot high, and the gates of the two stone gates can only be seen from a long distance. Just this layout can be seen that this street is full of high-ranking households.

"Master Hou is back...... It's really Hou Ye is back......" Huo Guang was still looking around, when he suddenly heard an excited shout from the far side of the street, and then he patrolled and saw dozens of people looking forward to it under the two Han Que in the distance. At the front of the crowd, a child only three or four years old stood alone in the middle of the empty street!