Recently, the Xiongnu have made small moves on the border, burning, killing, looting and captive, in an attempt to test the bottom line of Liu Che, the ruler of the Han Dynasty.

But this kind of temptation to annihilate human nature, the Han Emperor Liu Che could not bear it anymore, and decided to probe in the treasury in order to prepare for the next step, whether to fight or continue to make peace, and only after this treasury can a decision be made.

"Li Kang, I ask you if the existing materials in the treasury can fight with the Xiongnu and win. You tell the truth, forgive you, forgive you not guilty! Liu Che suddenly asked Li Kang coldly.

In the face of the sudden explosive high-level question, Li Kang was also a little confused, and was stunned for a while. After a while, Li Dang boldly told the truth and told Liu Che his thoughts and opinions.

"Your Majesty's ninth brother, seeing so much grain, grass and ordnance, the last general also feels that he can fight with the Huns. The ministers knew that the Xiongnu lived as nomads, depended on the sky for food, and did not have the furnace and technology for forging instruments, and the sabers and bows and arrows were also captured and exchanged for the circulation of goods, which was their disadvantage.

And our Celestial Empire has a strong material support, a steady stream of grain, grass, weapons and soldiers, which can be quickly replenished, which is the advantage of our Celestial Empire, and the Huns cannot compare.

My grandfather Li Guang, the border pass and the Xiongnu fought several times, winning and losing. He later said to me that my Han Dynasty has a vast land, complex terrain, and martial arts training, and there is no shortage of people who can fight well. There are two shortcomings: first, there is a lack of excellent military commanders; Second, there is a lack of skilled cavalry. I think my grandfather was right.

Why did the Xiongnu dare to be so rampant on the border and dominate the various tribes of the steppe. There are three reasons for this;

First, the Xiongnu border our Celestial Empire for thousands of miles, and the various tribes of the grassland do not contradict the Xiongnu ethnic groups, because they eat and sleep the same, and they all want to live the life of our Han people, no longer nomadic;

Second, because they are nomadic people, their horse riding skills are indeed much better than ours, everyone can ride horses to hunt and shoot arrows, and women and children are the same, which is a regional characteristic of the nation.

Third, in the battlefield and even in life, hunting on horseback is a common thing, the knife technique is not exquisite, there are no moves, fast, accurate and ruthless, with the simplest and most practical methods to solve battles and problems, and exercise a strong and tall physique, I think this is the most important. “

Li Dare finished talking about the thoughts that he couldn't say for a long time, and beads of sweat suddenly appeared on his forehead, but he was not very nervous. Because you have no jokes, forgive me for my innocence, and His Majesty the Ninth Brother Emperor has always been true to his word, and then fell into waiting.

"Okay, Li Dare can say such a thing, worthy of your Li family's generations of generals, General Li is highly respected in the army, and what he says must be credible, and he will not be untargeted." Liu Che thought for a while and affirmed Li Kang.

"What you said to General Li, I will keep it in my heart, and I will take it to the military council to discuss and study it in the future, and we will go back." After Liu Che finished speaking, he walked outside the mansion, and Li Dang hurriedly followed.

"Drive back to the palace!" A sharp voice pierced the silent front of the treasury. After the Son of Heaven and Li Dang came out, Guo Sheren fulfilled his duties, did his job, and shouted back to the palace.

After returning to Weiyang Palace from the treasury, he had not appeared in the palace for two months. Except for the daily court meeting, I didn't go anywhere, staring at the map left by my father, Emperor Jingdi, watching, thinking, sometimes writing and drawing, sometimes reading classics. No one knows what Emperor Liu Che is doing, the Empress Dowager doesn't know, the Queen Mother doesn't know, the Empress Chen Jiao doesn't know, the harem eunuchs and maids don't know, Yulinjun doesn't know, the Manchu Dynasty doesn't know, the general Dou Ying doesn't know, and the eldest princess of Pingyang doesn't know, let alone the Huns who are far away in the sky.

Looking at the data compiled over the months, Liu Che was thinking. Suddenly, I heard, "Your Majesty, the Hun envoy entered Beijing, there is something important to discuss, and now the Manchu Dynasty civil and military are waiting for Your Majesty in Weiyang Palace, and the slave maid asked Your Majesty if you have received the Xiongnu envoy?" “

I was thinking about what else had not been sorted out, and when I was writing it on paper, I was sharply interrupted by the eunuch Guo Sheren. Closing the paper, he walked to the door with a displeased face, "When are you coming?" and didn't want to say anything more.

The eunuch Guo Sheren (I changed it to Xiao Guo in the future, Guo Sheren was the most trusted eunuch around Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty in the early days, and there would be no other references), and responded to the sentence "Your Majesty, this slave is not clear, General Dou Ying and General Li Guang asked me to tell Your Majesty that the Xiongnu envoy wants to enter Chang'an to face the saint." “

Eunuch Xiao Guo trembled, sweating profusely and stammering, obviously frightened by the emperor's expressionless face just now.

"Oh, I know, set up the Weiyang Palace, and immediately convene the court meeting" Liu Che dropped his sleeves, and went in to change his clothes after speaking.

took off his casual clothes, wore a black and gold dragon robe, a gold dragon pattern belt around his waist, stepped on dragon shoes embroidered with dragon lines, combed his long hair meticulously, slowly wore the exclusive crown of the God King, and walked towards the dragon chariot.

On the court floor, the palace maid stood behind the emperor and held up two feather-like objects similar to fans. Huangluo umbrella cover, when the emperor went out on patrol, the palace maid followed behind to play a kind of honor guard. The Son of Heaven is a magnificent carriage, with six white horses of the same height and short, as the so-called "Son of Heaven goes out on patrol and drives six horses".

The silk plate is one foot two inches long and seven inches wide, the front is round and the back is round, and the crown is painted black, and the inside is red and green. Whoever wears a crown must wear a crown. The crown dress is composed of Xuanyi and silk clothes, the single plain yarn, the red Luo fold accumulation, the leather belt Peiyu, the large belt plain surface Zhuli, the green on both sides, the upper Zhu brocade, the lower green brocade, the big ribbon has yellow, white, red, Xuan, ethereal, green six colors, and the small ribbon has white, Xuan, green three colors; Three jade rings, black group ribbons, white jade double wear, swords, red socks, red nine, red swords, constitute a complete set of clothing.

According to the system of the Han Dynasty, the emperor's crown is 12 pieces, the quality is white jade, and the clothes are 12 chapters; The three princes are seven, the quality is green jade, and the clothes are nine chapters; Doctor Qing is five, the quality is black jade, and the clothes are seven chapters; The crown of heaven is the emperor's regular clothes, and his clothes are made of deep clothes.

The courtiers were dressed according to the characteristics of the undergarment and attack. The undergarment is a knee-length cotton jacket that is shorter than the gown, "from the knee up." The hem of the undergarment reaches the knees. Since the Qin Dynasty, robes have been used as court clothes, and in the Han Dynasty, from the emperor to the lowly officials, they also used robes as court clothes, which were also the main regular clothes. That is, it is a robe made of deep clothing, but it has different names depending on the crown worn by people of different status. In the Han Dynasty, the color of the dress was with the five seasons, namely spring green, summer zhu, season summer yellow, autumn white, and winter black. The court clothes are all lined with the middle clothes of the leader of the fate.

Time flies like a white horse, and the ninth day of May is approaching in a blink of an eye. The sun is shining in the sky, there are no clouds, only the refreshing summer breeze blowing by.

Chang'an City, Weiyang Palace, Front Hall. In the majestic front hall, there is a lot of cigarette smoke. All the civil and military generals under Liu Che were all dressed in court clothes, holding a banwat in their hands, a kind of white ivory board, standing on both sides of the middle pavilion. The civil officials are on the left, and the military generals are on the right.

The civil officials are headed by Wei Juan, who is the prince teacher designated by Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, and Wei Juan is the teacher of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

There was silence in the hall, waiting for Liu Chedeng to make the dragon chair.

"Your Majesty has arrived" As the eunuch Xiao Guo shouted, Liu Che sat on the dragon chair steadily, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty shouted in unison, "Long live, the ministers will see Your Majesty!" “。

"All the secretaries are flat, what is the urgent matter for me to ask about the government, and report it quickly!" Liu Che let him kneel down in the hall and get up and speak, and his words simply went straight to the point, this is the habit that Liu Che has developed over the years, simple and clear.

"Your Majesty, the minister Dou Ying has something to do urgently, Your Majesty. Recently, I received an urgent report from Xue Zhenghu, the guard of the Golden Lock Pass, saying that the Xiongnu would send an envoy to Chang'an to discuss and negotiate on the border Yanmen Pass incident and the Han and Hun to live in harmony, please make a decision! General Dou Ying reported truthfully.