Chapter 19: Three Hostages

The thirteenth year of the Han calendar, autumn. A.D. 213.

Liu Xuan, who returned to Luoyang, didn't see a mountain of things to deal with, after all, there were three princes sitting in the court, and there was a communicator that could ask and solve at any time, so there was nothing piled up.

The rest of the trivial things, even the six Shangshu can make their own decisions, there is really no need to bother Liu Xuan in everything.

In this case, Liu Xuan himself is very happy to see, which means that he will be more relaxed in the future, especially as the entire Han gradually gets on the right track, as long as he formulates a big plan every few years and determines the general direction, he can not worry about things, and he has to deal with some emergencies, such as floods, droughts in a certain place and where there is war.

Bandits are mostly out of troubled times, in this period when they have just experienced decades of war, and the people prefer to live a stable life, there are not so many, and people at this time have just experienced a catastrophe, so they have an instinctive resistance to those things, so there are no ambitious guys yet. °

What's more, now that the Han army is strong, what can ordinary bandits do? It is estimated that even the forbidden troops stationed in various states do not have to work, and they can be wiped out with the help of county soldiers.

Pillowed on Zhen Mi's toned and elastic thighs, Liu Xuan opened his mouth from time to time to let Zhen Mi put the grapes in his hand into his mouth, and from time to time he would bring the wine glass to his mouth and let him take a sip.

"Drunk and lying on the knees of beauty, wake up and take charge of the world!"

Life, that's it!

This casual exclamation made Zhen Mi hesitate: "This seems to be said by the hussar general Huo Quai, but it is a little different!" After a pause, Zhen Mi smiled: "But it is more suitable for Your Majesty's identity!"

Liu Xuan just said casually, where did he know so many allusions? After hearing the words for a long time, he finally only held back one sentence: "Hmm!" and there was no follow-up.

Huang Yueying, who was playing cards with the Qiao sisters on the side, said, "Ha, I thought about what I wanted to say, and finally swallowed it back."

As soon as Liu Xuan heard her tone, he knew that this girl probably wanted to mock herself, but when she saw so many women around, she saved him some face and didn't speak.

Zhen Mi didn't know so much, so she just said to herself: "But Huo Huqi's words back then were also suitable for Your Majesty!"

Although Huo Qubing was a famous general in the history of the Han Dynasty and killed many enemies, Liu Xuan was the emperor of the Han Dynasty after all, and with a wave of his hand, countless people fell on their heads

Not to mention the far, just this expedition to Goguryeo, Cao Cao's army killed all the way, almost killing the prime men of Goguryeo, and the rest were either old and weak or women, but even so, everyone who wanted to fight against the Han was also killed, according to incomplete statistics, this number definitely exceeded six figures.

This is still because the population of Goguryeo is not large, and if there are more Goguryeo people, it is simply unimaginable what kind of number it will reach in the end.

But now this does not matter, the king of Goguryeo has officially expressed to Cao Cao a few days ago that he is willing to submit to the Han and become an ordinary subject under the rule of the Han.

He had no other choice, because his minister had put the blade in his hand on his neck, and if he continued to fight against the big man, then his head would be cut off and sent to Cao Cao's tent as a gift.

"Does destroying Goguryeo make you very proud?".

After playing cards for a while, Huang Yueying, who didn't know how bad luck was, didn't win, so she stopped playing in a rage, and then swapped with Zhen Mi and let Liu Xuan's temporary pillow go to rest. ..., but Huang Yueying didn't mean to replace Zhen Mi, but sat on the side and chatted with Liu Xuan about this 'world event,'.

Liu Xuan's concubines, Queen Cai Yan belong to everyone's ladies, like poetry and songs, although they also know a little about the major events of the court, but they usually don't participate in those things.

This made some ministers in the court quite admired, thinking that the current queen is a model for all queens - the Han is extremely taboo about the harem to interfere in politics, and now Cai Yan's performance has also improved Cai Yong's status and fame a little, and they all praise him for teaching a good daughter.

Diao Chan is the kind of bird that depends on people, after all, the growth environment is not very good, and she was raised as a kabuki, she thinks from the bottom of her heart that she can only find a man to rely on in her life.

So she is also the most obedient among Liu Xuan's concubines, basically what Liu Xuan says and what she does. And she knows how to be coquettish to please men, and more importantly, she is open to sexual affairs, so Liu Xuan loves her very much, and she can see anything when she thinks of her.

As for Zhen Mi, she is closer to Cai Yan, but her momentum is a little tougher. Compared with Cai Yan, Zhen Mi is more independent, otherwise she would not have agreed to the edict of the Son of Heaven to study in Taixue - although Cai Yan is good at reading, even if the Son of Heaven really gives an edict, I am afraid that she will not agree to enter Taixue.

And the Qiao sisters, although they are all gentle and lovely women, are still a little different - Big Qiao is calmer, while Little Qiao is more lively.

Therefore, Da Qiao has a good relationship with Zhen Mi and Cai Yan, while Xiao Qiao is more familiar with Huang Yueying and Diao Chan.

As for Huang Yueying...... This is not an evaluation.

Although these women have different personalities, they have one thing in common except for Huang Yueying, that is, they don't care much about the world's major events.

Anyway, as long as Liu Xuan is here, there will be no major changes in the Han Dynasty, so they don't need to worry about these things.

Only Huang Yueying, because of her thinking personality, will pay due attention to some 'world current affairs'.

For example, the 'big event' of Goguryeo's absence, of course, she needs to know something in detail.

"By the way, Goguryeo is gone, and if Samhan is destroyed again, will Korea not exist!"

Liu Xuan rolled his eyes back, and the meaning was obvious: "Aren't you talking nonsense?"

This is a matter of course, and now that place is almost completely occupied by the Han Dynasty, where else did South Korea come from? This is the same as after Liu Xuan occupies Dongying, Japan will not appear.

And not only that, because the annihilation of the predecessors of both countries before their own customs appeared, this resulted in the fact that not only did these two countries not appear, but even some local characteristics did not appear.

In particular, some special surnames are estimated to be difficult to appear - of course, some local people still drum up this kind of surname, such as the Murong family and the Xianbei family.

But if there are still surnames such as Panasonic and Tian Ye after being sinicized so early, then Liu Xuan can only sigh: "The inertia of history is too strong!" and then what should I do.

Anyway, even if those surnames come out, it won't change the status quo that they speak Sinicization and follow the Han etiquette law when writing Chinese characters.

"Oh, after that, I tinkered with the TV set, didn't I watch Korean dramas anymore?"

Liu Xuan's head is a black line, and Huang Yueying is worried about this?

"It's okay, there are a lot of idlers in the world, even if there are no Korean dramas, there will be Wei dramas, Wu dramas or something!"

Huang Yueying thought about it, it seems that this is also the case, it really can't be done, wouldn't it be good for her to find someone to take a picture for herself?

"That's right, that's right, after the Samhan Peninsula is defeated, which state are you going to be assigned to?"..., according to the current division of the Han Dynasty, the peninsula is under Liaozhou, and it seems that it is more appropriate to be assigned to Liaozhou. But in fact, the Han Dynasty occupied it at its peak, and only a small area at the southernmost tip of the peninsula was not occupied, and a county was established.

At that time, these counties were under the jurisdiction of Youzhou, maybe they should be returned to Youzhou?

"Let's put it under the rule of Liaozhou!"

"Wouldn't it be too big?" Huang Yueying had a map at hand, which was the current map of the entire Asian region, marking the various states and counties and the Samhan Peninsula, although it had not yet been completely typed, but on this map, it had been drawn under the control of the Han Dynasty.

"Liaozhou is a vast and sparsely populated place, and it is not too late to subdivide it again when it develops in the future!"

is also in this situation, Huang Yueying then remembered a question: "Then does this place have to be renamed?"

"Name change?"

Liu Xuan thought for a while: "Just give a few names, isn't it good to have Seoul County and Pyongyang County, just use it!"

Huang Yueying smiled, Liu Xuan looked at her like this, and immediately thought that she thought the same way, but she didn't say it explicitly but deliberately induced herself to think in which way.

"Do these names have any significance?".

Huang Yueying shook her head: "I just think that if I change too much, I'm afraid that this world will become too strange in the future!"

Liu Xuan sighed helplessly, in fact, this world will definitely change greatly, it is absolutely impossible to still develop like the future generations as it did in history.

If nothing else, will there be immortals in the later generations? Are there so many things made with the cultivation technology?

Now that these things have been gradually popularized, it is impossible to change the path back to the original! Unless a powerful mechanical civilization country suddenly comes now, completely destroys the Xiuzhen civilization that is still in its infancy, and kills Liu Xuan and his group of people, and then the earth will once again embark on the road of mechanical civilization development.

But even then, the future will not be Huang Yueying's familiar appearance.

However, he also understood why she was like this.

People will always have some uneasiness about the unfamiliar environment, so they will try to add familiar elements. Liu Xuan is also like this, so he was so energetic to make a lot of inexplicable things, except for the fun and his personal bad taste, there is no reason for this.

Now he is the same, so he understands Huang Yueying's idea very well, and even agrees with it.

"Then when we go to Europe, we will get Berlin, London, Madrid, Lisbon and other places?"

Seeing Liu Xuan say these words with a smile on his face, Huang Yueying was also very happy, nodded fiercely, and patted her chest fiercely, although it was not very full, but very straight: "Don't worry, I will let the army of the Han Dynasty reach distant Europe and America in the easiest way!"

Liu Xuan nodded, and his middle hand ravaged Huang Yueying's hair, but this time Huang Yueying did not puff out her mouth to express her dissatisfaction, and the corners of her mouth always had a smile on her lips.

The time spent with one's own woman was always so easy that the days passed almost in the blink of an eye, leaving no trace.

The old ministers of the court had no opinion on the fact that the Son of Heaven was with the concubine all day long, and even many people asked Cao Bao to inquire: "Your Majesty did you favor a certain concubine yesterday?"

Cao Bao also knew what these guys were worried about, and at the same time, he could only use all kinds of words to deal with it, but once or twice, after a long time, these people would always talk about it.

"Your Majesty is so pampered, why hasn't your mother's belly moved......?"

Everyone knows what it is, but it's hard to say it, so stop here. But this topic will not end like this, and after discussing it among the ministers, I feel that it is time for His Majesty to think about the issue of the heir. ..., "If the son is more than 30 years old today, but no child has been born, the minister thinks that he can inherit one from the clan to continue the bloodline of the heavenly family......"

I ran to Dongying to hide for a year, and a few months passed after I came back, and I thought I had hid this matter, but I didn't expect to be brought up again after all.

Liu Xuan was helpless for a while, but how should this matter be explained? Tell them that Lao Tzu is immortal, and there is no need for children? Don't say that these old ministers don't believe it, even the people closest to him just think that the Son of Heaven's exercises have a miraculous effect on prolonging life, but if you want to say immortality・・・・・・ you have to look again to know if it's true or not.

So this time, it wasn't the group of old ministers who spoke up, and even a few courtiers who had studied the exercises also opened their mouths.

Among them are Liu Xuan's fathers-in-law -- they are more anxious than ordinary people, and their own daughters have been married to the emperor for quite a while, why haven't their bellies moved?

It can be said that these few people are more worried than ordinary ministers, and they are even worried about whether their daughter has suffered in the palace?

In this way, a group of ministers joined forces to exert their strength, but Liu Xuan, who was in a hurry, was dizzy and depressed, and finally could only deal with the past in a few words.

But it can be paid once, twice, and the minister will not buy it if there are too many times.

Speaking of which, in the end, the topic of succeeding a clan to be an adopted son was mentioned, but everyone was not very unified in this matter.

It is said that the grandson of Liu Yu, the former great farmer, can succeed him as the prince.

It is also said that the son of the current emperor's uncle Liu Bei can succeed as the prince - Liu Bei lived a peaceful and stable life in the court, and there was no life of exile, so there was no accident with the child's wife.

At the same time, because the princess Mrs. Gan's health was not very good, and her physique became worse and worse after giving birth to a son, Liu Bei did not dare to let her continue to give birth and marry Mi Zhu's sister as his wife, and the second son was born to Mrs. Mi.

At this time, it was this second son who was mentioned - after all, he wanted to leave the eldest son to inherit Liu Bei's own incense

But this topic is too sensitive, as soon as Liu Bei heard someone mention him, the sweat on his head came down, but this kind of thing is not something he can say goodbye, so he can only sit there and do it in a hurry.

Fortunately, Liu Zhang was mentioned again - Liu Zhang's return to the imperial court is now an idle marquis in Luoyang, and he does not serve in the court. If it is here, it is estimated that it will react in the same way as Liu Bei.

What kind of role is today's son, these clan relatives are now extremely clear, this thing will not be soft with you just because you are a relative of your own family, if you really commit a taboo, not to mention the official position, whether you can save your life is two words.

And everyone's attitude was as if they wanted to snatch the throne from Liu Xuan.

Liu Xuan was still in the mood to cope at the beginning, but he would be unhappy when he was in a big mood, and he slapped the table in front of him fiercely, making a loud noise, which shocked all the ministers in the palace.

Turning his head, he immediately felt a sudden burst in his heart when he saw the face of the Son of Heaven, and then he didn't need Liu Xuan to say anything cruel, he automatically and consciously stopped the topic.

At this time, if Cao Bao is a little funny, he shouts: "Change the topic!" It is estimated that it will be very appropriate.

"Goguryeo has fallen, and the Three Kingdoms of Xianbei have been officially established, so tell the world!"

This matter must be announced to the world, one is to show the strength of the Han Dynasty, but also to let the people of the world understand the important 'current affairs', in fact, under the auspices of Liu Xuan, there has been a prototype of the newspaper, only limited by the knowledge level of the people today, so this so-called newspaper is not sold, but the local government issued to the next level, the lowest to the pavilion level, there are special officials regularly read aloud in a fixed place.

I don't force the people to listen, but the will of the imperial court is like this, and it is estimated that at the beginning, it will be necessary to use some strong means to get the people together and listen honestly. ..., of course, the common people are also curious, there will always be people who go automatically, and with this group of people, then some forced people will feel more comfortable, so as not to arouse the strong dissatisfaction of the people.

However, it is impossible to know how to ・・・・・・ just by looking at the reports of the people below, which is why Liu Xuan wants to go down and take a look.

After saying this, Sima Fang, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, made a suggestion: "Since these three kingdoms are subject countries of the Han Dynasty, it is reasonable to send their direct descendants to study in Luoyang and accept the guidance of the best teachers of the Han Dynasty!"

The so-called entering Beijing to study, and receiving teachings are all, that is, they say good things on the surface, and everyone present doesn't know, Sima Fang suggested that the Son of Heaven find the Xianbei Three Kingdoms to ask for hostages, and this hostage is also an attitude of the Three Kingdoms: We will not betray the Han, you see I sent my sons here!

Although everyone knows that they probably won't care about a son if they really want to rebel, but if they don't even give a son, the meaning of rebellion is too obvious.

Liu Xuan pondered for a moment, nodded and agreed: "What Sima Shangshu said is very true, it just so happens that the envoys of the three families are still in Luoyang, and when they are escorted back, they will be brought to Luoyang by the way!"

Liu Xuan didn't care about a hostage, he wanted to get in touch with the Xianbei people nearby, and then see how different their ideas were from the Han people...... ,