The commercial tax, the asset tax and the death of the king of Jiaodong are in an uproar, like a boulder smashed into the deep and wide lake and sea, which may set off countless waves, but in the end they will be calm.

Emperor Liu Dan's actions are just a small break in the rules, and they are nothing to the people of the world, especially since the princes affected are not enough, and the people affected are not wide enough.

There are the virtues of the four emperors of Gao, Hui, Wen and Wu, and Emperor Ding is also not a person who causes trouble in the world, and the society of the Han Dynasty can be said to be as stable as Mount Tai.

As the situation gradually subsided, the focus of the world returned to the Southwest Yi War, although there were a lot of things done because of the tax collection, but Sang Hongyang did succeed in collecting the money, enough to support the needs of the army.

In the Changle Palace.

Liu Dan looked at the generals in front of him with shining eyes, his face was full of excitement, and he said loudly: "I have all gathered the money and food, and the rest will be handed over to the ministers."

If you can win, everything will be fine.

If I can't win, I will personally conquer the southwest and see what kind of Longtan tiger's den it is, so that I can return with a big Han heavenly soldier. ”

Emperor Liu Dan's tone was not harsh, but it was full of desire for victory, this war was personally presided over by him, vigorously supported, if it was victorious, his prestige would be greatly enhanced, especially the victory of the imperial conquest, which would completely make up for all his shortcomings.

After finishing speaking, Emperor Liu Dan was still a little uneasy, and said: "Whether it is Guanzhong or Guandong, most of the soldiers of the Han army were born in the Central Plains, and it is definitely not suitable to go to the wild land in the southwest.

The only thing that is better than the barbarians is the excellent armor of our Han army, strong personal ability, according to the strategy formulated by me, don't take risks, the Han can't accept another defeat, understand? ”

"Whoa!"

The princes and lords led by the general responded in unison.

There were about 20 lieges on this expedition, and there were 2,000 private troops alone, plus 3,000 janissaries, all of which were elite soldiers who could carry armor, plus the auxiliaries who cooperated with these armor soldiers, and the peasant soldiers who transported logistics, they could be called 100,000 troops.

The army set off from Guanzhong and headed all the way to the southwest.

……

Luo Sheng stayed in Chang'an City, quietly watching the army of the imperial court go out, and the housekeeper was also one of Luo Sheng's brothers who did not come out of the five suits, and asked with some curiosity: "Childe, do you think the imperial court can win?" ”

Luo Sheng smiled slightly and said, "As long as Han Ting is not greedy, he can win." ”

"Not greedy?"

Luo Sheng explained: "Could it be those Southwest Yi who hindered the victory of the Han army?

Since the unification of the Great Han, since the development of iron smelting, and since the Han Dynasty became martial arts, except for the Xiongnu, there is no Yidi who can threaten the survival of the Han Dynasty.

The east of the Han Dynasty is the sea, the north is the grassland Gobi, the west is the desert, and the south is the mountains, and it has always been these natural terrain barriers that hinder the victory of the Han army.

There is a map of the world in the family, and the terrain in the southwest is clear, it is a natural place of separation, if it is not possible to culturally let the natives living there recognize the unity of the imperial court, no matter how prosperous the Central Plains Dynasty will be dragged down there.

If you only want to maintain the county in the plain area, it is very simple, and the Southwest Yi is not qualified to fight the Han army head-on, so you can only retreat between the mountains and mountains.

However, at the court meeting that day, the emperor still knew about this matter, and there was a high probability that he would win. ”

In fact, before the modern society, the southwest region has always been semi-autonomous, the so-called Tusi rule, change the land and return to the stream is not that you can't think of this idea, but simply can't do it, the big and small Jinchuan battles, how much silver was smashed, how many artillery guns were used, how many Sauron soldiers died, not because the mountains are high and steep, not human can reach, that is really everywhere.

The housekeeper suddenly realized that this was the case, and asked again: "Childe, when will we leave for the Western Regions?" ”

Luo Sheng was originally for Liu Jin to enter the station, but Liu Jin was gone, so Luo Sheng decided to go to the Western Regions to meet his second brother, Wushuang Hou Luoshi, the protector of the Western Regions.

Luo Sheng waved his hand and said with some concern: "Don't worry, stay in Chang'an first, see the situation of the war in the southwest, and take a good look at the emperor, I hope it is not a reckless emperor who only knows martial affairs."

This great man finally has today's prosperity, if he is defeated in the hands of an emperor, then what the sages did for the great han has not become a joke? ”

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After the Han army entered the southwest, it changed the last time the enemy rushed forward, except for the march, never entered the mountains, but the southwest Yi side, because of the last victory, the Han army was quite contemptuous, because these troops from the Central Plains were not as strong as rumored, and as a result, they were taught a hard lesson by the Han army.

The Western Regions and the Xiongnu could get excellent armor, sharp bows and arrows, sharp swords, and even armor soldiers that were not inferior to the Han army at all, but the Southwest Yi absolutely did not have them.

In this era when there was no southward migration, only the Lingnan Kingdom had the culture and technology obtained from the Han family, and the generational gap between the weapons technology civilization between the Southwest Yi and the Han Dynasty was too great.

The so-called one Han is five hu, that is, these miscellaneous hus.

Without the emperor to hold back, the Han army regained lost territory like a bamboo, and blood and corpses were everywhere in the gentler terrain, between the babbling streams, and in the few farmlands suitable for cultivation.

The coarse cloth clothes on the corpse are all in tatters, and the stones scattered on the ground look like some agricultural tools from the sharp blades.

Seeing Yi Di fleeing towards the mountains, the general knew that it was time to put away his drastic means and change to Huairou, so he ordered: "Destroy all the habitable places, burn all the things necessary for survival, and then raise the banner of the Great Han."

Tell those Yidi who are willing to submit, and those who are willing to surrender to the court, come down the mountain, and swear in the name of King Su that General Ben will not kill them. ”

The soldiers of the Han army cheered loudly, this is what the Han army should experience, victory!

Constant victories!

……

"How can the Southwest Yi be able to stop the footsteps of the big man!"

Emperor Liu Dan laughed loudly, the laughter was so high that the roof of the palace was shaken to a trace of dust, and he waved the battle report in his hand to the minister in the palace and said, "This is the battle report that the general just sent."

After the army set out from Chang'an, after two consecutive months of marching, it crossed the Qinling Mountains, crossed the river, and reached the southwest territory.

Since the soldiers of our Han Dynasty entered the southwest, they have slightly repaired to adapt to the local area, and then immediately marched sharply to raid the city occupied by the southwest Yi.

After more than ten battles, all of which were victorious, and now that we have recovered all the lost territory in the last battle of the South, and recaptured all the cities, I can now declare that the southwest has returned to the territory of our Great Han.

After the army recaptured the city, it fought fiercely with the Southwest Yi who came to support, and the 8,000 Han army killed more than 50,000 people in the Southwest Yi against 100,000 Yi people, and also killed three Yi kings in the southwest, all of which were one of the tribes that caused the most damage to our Han soldiers last time.

The casualties of our army's armor were no more than 100, and the casualties of the soldiers were only 3,000, and the rest of the Yi people fled into the mountains in order to avoid the pursuit of our Han soldiers, and did not dare to appear again.

Ladies and gentlemen, I am delighted!

The soldiers of the Han Dynasty fought bloodily and got such results, how can I not be happy?

What do you think? ”

A victory can cover up all contradictions, let alone such a big victory?

There are even many people who think that if the last battle in the south was the current emperor, the 200,000 soldiers would probably not be bloody in the mountains and forests.

"Ten thousand years of the Great Han! Your Majesty Long live! ”

The first shouted like this, then a few others, and soon the whole palace chanted like this.

Liu Dan laughed a little rampantly, this was his goal.

Forcing my brother to death?

Raising taxes on the private sector?

Merchant bankruptcy?

Look at the eyes of these courtiers, only admiration, only awe, where there is still the slightest dissatisfaction.

Those things are all things that are covered by the incompetent emperor, as long as they create unprecedented feats, as long as they can push the Han to an unprecedented peak, what is the point of a slight mistake?

Where in this world is there anyone who doesn't make mistakes, thinking of this, Liu Dan even regretted that he had directly killed those who slandered before, and they should be allowed to see the present.

I am the most suitable emperor for the Han Dynasty!

Luofu.

Luo Sheng also got the news of the great victory in the southwest, shook his head with a smile and said: "It seems that this emperor is much more capable than we imagined, and every decision in the southwest war is not wrong."

It's really a good thing, as long as you are sympathetic to the people later, the Han will become extremely strong, go to the Western Regions. ”

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"Tyrannical emperor", this is the ancient Chinese name for Liu Dan, in fact, compared to the tyrants in Western history, this emperor who appeared in the middle of the Han Empire, was actually an effective emperor, he had military talents not inferior to his father, vigorously supported military merits, military spending increased sharply again, a series of military operations, and strongly maintained the empire's rule over the country. -- General History of the World: Qin and Han Dynasties, Vol. 5

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In recent years, some sensationalist people, under the pretext of different perspectives, cite the historical evaluation of Liu Dan by Western historians, which is not impossible, but the author needs to remind that the West's higher evaluation of Liu Dan is mainly due to the tolerance of military emperors in Western history for a long time, which is completely different from the focus of China's history. ——"The History of the Rise and Fall of the Han Dynasty"

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