76 General Wei Qing

However, it was said that the land of Shuofang was originally under the jurisdiction of the Xiongnu Right Xian King, and now it was seized by the Han soldiers, and he was resentful in his heart, so he raised troops to enter the border one after another, killing many officials and people, and Emperor Wu became more and more angry. In the spring of the fifth year of Yuan Shuo, King Youxian came to invade Shuofang again, and Emperor Wu ordered Wei Qing, the general of the chariot cavalry, to lead 30,000 horsemen out of Gaoque. He also worshiped the guard captain Su Jian as a guerrilla general, Zuo Neishi Li Zhu as a strong crossbow general, the servant Sun He as a cavalry general, and the acting minister Li Cai as a light car general. All the generals are under the control of Wei Qing.

Wei Qing and the generals led the troops to the border, and the Xiongnu Right Xian King had already withdrawn from the outside of the Saiwai. Wei Qing ordered the generals to go out of the fortress and pursue. The generals were ordered, and the subordinates of each leader quietly advanced. After walking for many days, he was overtaken. It turned out that the right Xian Wang was drunk and drunk that night, and he was not equipped to meet more than 100,000 Han soldiers who swept by the night, only to hear the sound of shouting and killing shaking the heavens and the earth, and I don't know how many Han soldiers came.

King Youxian woke up from his dream, frightened, and hurriedly took his concubine to ride hundreds of people, desperately killing a bloody road to break through and go north. The Hu soldiers were captured and killed before they could escape, and the Han soldiers won a complete victory. Wei Qing led the generals to return to China. Emperor Wu was overjoyed when he heard the letter, and immediately sent a messenger to welcome Wei Qing with the general's seal, and read the edict in the army, worshiping Wei Qing as the general, and all the generals were under the control. Wei Qing received the seal and returned to Beijing. Emperor Wu added condolences to him, issued an edict to seal 8,700 households, and named Wei Qing's eldest son Wei Yan as the Marquis of Yichun, the second son Wei Bu undoubtedly as the Marquis of Yin'an, and the third son Wei Deng as the Marquis of Fagan. Wei Qing thanked him again and again: "The ministers rely on Your Majesty's gods, and the generals have been fortunate to defeat it, and they have been sealed by Your Majesty." The three sons of the ministers are all in infancy, and they have not been rewarded for their hard work, which is not enough to serve the hearts of the soldiers. The three of them did not dare to be sealed. Emperor Wu said: "I have not forgotten the achievements of the generals, and now I should be rewarded." So Gongsun He, Li Cai, Gongsun Ao, Han Shuo and others were all crowned marquis. Wei Qing saw that Emperor Wu was not allowed to resign, so he had to thank him and withdraw.

However, it is said that there is a person whose surname is the name of the master's father, who is from Linzi, and has learned the skills of Su Qin and Zhang Yi. The poor guest traveled to the princes, but he didn't meet him, so he entered Beijing to see Wei Qing. Wei Qing and Yu Dayue recommended to Emperor Wu. Who knew that after saying it several times, Emperor Wu did not summon it. The master's father has been in Beijing for a long time, and he borrows money everywhere to make people disgusted, and he can't think about it, so he has to write with Yan Xu Le and Linzi Yan An, all of whom talk about current affairs. Emperor Wu saw the book of the three and immediately summoned him, and they all worshiped Langzhong.

In the spring of the second year of Yuanshuo, Liu Xiang, the king of Liang (Liu Mai's son), and Liu Yan (Liu Zhangsun), the king of Chengyang, successively wrote a letter, willing to give his subordinate city to his younger brother, and Emperor Wu was undecided. The master father Yanjin said: "The land of the ancient princes is not more than a hundred miles, and it is easy to subdue; Today, the place is thousands of miles, usually arrogant and lascivious, and when there is something, they conspire against it. If the land is reduced according to the law, it will lead to changes in the masses. What went wrong can be a lesson for the past. According to the minister's humble opinion, the princes and princes have a few brothers, and more than a dozen, only the eldest son can be established, and the rest are flesh and blood, and there is no size of the seal, which is inevitably to the corner. May Your Majesty order the princes and kings to divide their lands and make their sons marquises. On the surface, everyone is happy with what they want, but in fact, they divide the country and make it weak and easy to control. "Emperor Wu listened to the praise, and issued an edict to allow the invitation of the king of Liang and the king of Chengyang. He also informed the princes that the king wished to share with his sons and belonged to the city, and allowed them to do so. As a result, the princes and brothers were all feuded, and the vassal kingdom was weakened.

However, it is said that Liu Dingguo, the grandson of Liu Ze, the king of Yan, inherited the knighthood, and was promiscuous day and night, and before his father died, he committed adultery with his mother and gave birth to a boy illegally. and took his brother-in-law as his own concubine. Later, he became more and more indulgent, and even his three daughters were forced to sleep, and it was better to take turns to have fun with birds and beasts. The Yingren wrote a letter to admonish, but he was angry, intending to condemn the Yingren. Yingren planned to enter the capital to denounce, but was killed by Liu Dingguo. Dingguo Mei is Mrs. Tian Wei. Tian Wei was favored, Dingguo was also rampant, Liu Wei died in the second year of Yuan Shuo, and the Yingren brothers were wronged, and entrusted the lord's father to plead on his behalf. The master's father had traveled to Yan before, and he couldn't see it, so he borrowed the public to help privately, and said that Liu Dingguo could not be punished with birds and beasts. Emperor Wu then issued an edict to give death. Liu Dingguo committed suicide, and the country was divided into a county.

Therefore, the grandson of the filial piety king Liu Jianglu is named Liu Cichang, Yuanguang succeeded to the king in five years, he is a young man, the mother Ji Shite will match the daughter of the younger brother with marriage, Liu Cichang is lustful, see the appearance of the Ji Nu is ordinary, of course, the white eyes look at each other, the name of the husband and wife are really the same enemy, the Ji Nu is not happy, so he cried to the aunt. Empress Dowager Ji cared about her niece, so she asked her daughter Ji Weng to mediate on her behalf, and did not allow the harem concubine to flatter Liu Cichang. Lord Ji Weng is already married, older than Liu Cichang, and is Liu Cichang's sister. Liu Cichang was restrained by his sister and couldn't get close to the concubine privately, so he simply flirted with his sister and played the story of Lu Wenjiang, the prince of Qi Xiang, only to hide it from his mother, and Ji Nu was still in the palace.

At that time, there was a Qi man Xu Jia who committed castration, and served as a eunuch in the capital, and had to enter Changle Palace as an errand. Changle Palace is the residence of Emperor Wu's mother and queen mother, and when she sees him articulate, she often orders her to serve on the side. The queen mother has a female cultivator, and a female name has been cultivated, and no one has yet been allowed. Xu Jiayu is the white queen mother, and she is willing to go to Qi to say goodbye to Xiu Chengjun's daughter. The Queen Mother naturally agreed, and ordered Xu Jia to go east on the same day. The lord's father also has a daughter who wants to marry the king of Qi, and when he heard that Xu Jia was ordered to go to Qi, he also asked him to take advantage of it. Xu Jia went as promised. When he arrived at Qi and saw the king of Qi, he told him the general idea, how could the king of Qi not want to hear it? But when Empress Dowager Ji learned about it, she was furious and said: "After the king is married, the harem is also complete, doesn't Xu Jia know?" Besides, Xu Jia is a eunuch, and he doesn't want to commit suicide but wants to mess with my Wang family, it's really a lot of things! What does the master's father want, and he also wants to put his daughter into the harem? "Speaking of which, I immediately ordered Xu Jia to drive Xu Jia away! Xu Jia immediately inquired about Qi and learned that King Qi had an affair with his sister, and he returned to the west. Queen Mother Fubai said: "King Qi and his sister are on good terms, and the minister did not dare to engage him. The Queen Mother was open-minded, and when she heard about it, she said casually: "Since this is the case, then there is no need to mention it again!" ”

Xu Jia suddenly came out and reported to the master's father. When the master father saw that King Qi refused to accept a daughter, he was very unhappy, and he was happy to take advantage of this and give him a hot hand. The plan has been decided, so he entered the court and said: "Qidu Linzi has a household registration of 100,000 yuan, and the city rent is thousands of gold, which is richer than Chang'an." Now the king of Qi and his sister committed adultery, and they should be sent to investigate and punish them. Emperor Wu made his master father Qi Xiang and told him not to be in a hurry. The master's father, Yanyang and Yin, disobeyed the yin, and as soon as he arrived in the Qi country, he would investigate the affairs of the king of Qi. A group of brothers and friends heard that the master father was returning to his hometown, and they all came to greet him, and the master father was overwhelmed, so he simply summoned them together, took out five hundred gold and distributed them according to each person, and said in a positive tone: "You are my brothers and friends, can you remember how you treated me in the past?" I am now Qi Xiang, I don't bother you, you can take the money and go away, and you don't have to enter my door again in the future! When they heard this, they were very remorseful, and they had no choice but to take the money and disperse.

The lord's father was happy and pure, so he summoned the palace attendants to ask the king of Qi about his adultery. The courtiers didn't dare to hide it, so they had to confess. The lord's father was about to detain the courtiers, and threatened to play Emperor Wu, intending that the king of Qi would beg him for mercy so that he could control the power of a country. How do you know that King Qi is young and timid, and when he is intimidated, he goes to seek death. The master father reported the truth. Emperor Wu was furious and ordered to go to prison to punish the crime. Gongsun Hong, the imperial historian, seems to have an enmity with his master's father, and he will want to put him to death. The book said that the king of Qi committed suicide without a queen, and the country was divided into a county, and there was no way to thank the world if he did not punish the lord's father. Emperor Wu issued an edict to kill the master's father and the whole family. When the master father was noble, there were no less than a thousand guests, because he was afraid that no one would dare to ask. The people of Duhu County collected the funeral for him. When Emperor Wu heard about it, he called Kong Che a loyal elder and did not blame him.

However, it was said that Han Anguo was stationed in Yuyang, and more than 1,000 people and a large number of livestock were captured by the Huns because of the defeat of the army, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent an envoy to reproach him and moved him to Youbeiping.

Han Anguo was demoted, felt very ashamed in his heart, and was often depressed, and finally vomited blood and died in the second year of Yuan Shuo. Emperor Wu issued an edict ordering Li Guang to be the right Beiping Taishou. Li Guang was ordered to take revenge for personal grievances, and asked Emperor Wu to transfer the commander of Baling with the army. Emperor Wu played on time, Captain Baling was transferred to the army, and Li Guang saw it and ordered him to be beheaded left and right. On the one hand, Emperor Wu stated the plot and pleaded guilty himself. Emperor Wu gave a letter to exempt him from prosecution and asked him to do his best to prevent Hu. Li Guang was ordered to take over in Youbeiping, and news had already reached the Xiongnu.

The Xiongnu originally planned to invade Youbeiping, but now they heard that Li Guang was the county guard, so they gave up this move.

One day, Emperor Wu had an edict and chose General Wei to use people as Lang officials. Wei Qing was edicted, and he did not ask whether he was virtuous or not, but more than ten people who were wealthy in the house were ordered to bring their own saddle horses and swords, and issued their names to prepare for the performance. Suddenly, Zhao Yu of Shaofu came to pay respects, and Wei Qingyan met and talked about it. Wei Qing summoned the selected housekeeper and asked Zhao Yu to see if he was qualified. Zhao Yu summoned them one by one to ask about things, but most of them couldn't answer, or they couldn't answer clearly, and asked more than ten people in a row, but none of them understood what was going on. Zhao Yu secretly thought in his heart that the general was too confused, as if how such people chose him to see the lord, so he said to Wei Qing: "There is an old saying: 'There must be a general among the generals', and the clouds: 'I don't know his king, depending on what he makes; I don't know his son, but I regard him as his friend.'" Now the lord has edicted the generals to sacrifice people, and they want to get the civil and military talents. If you take the edict of the rich man, you have no wisdom, like a puppeteer, and you have no practicality, how can you get it? Wei Qing was ashamed of what Zhao Yu said, so he summoned more than 100 people from his subordinates, gathered in one place, and asked Zhao Yu to choose on his behalf. Zhao Yu asked more than 100 people one by one, and finally pointed to the two and said to Wei Qing: "Only these two can be selected, and none of the rest can be used." Wei Qing raised his eyes to look at the selected person, it turned out to be Tian Ren and Ren An.

Speaking of Tian Ren, that is, Lu Xiangtian's uncle's young son, he has been in office with his father since he was a child. Uncle Tian died of illness. Tian Rennian has grown up, brave and strong, just because of his poor family, he succumbed to Wei Qingshe, and he was good friends with Ren An. Ren Anzi Shaoqing, a native of Xingyang, lost his father since he was a child, was poor and bored, and had to be a royal car. went to Chang'an to seek to be a small official, but it was difficult to succeed, but he was a martial artist. Soon, Ren An was promoted to make up for the three elders, and was promoted to the county magistrate. Suddenly, Emperor Wu traveled, and Ren An did not handle the supply well, so he was dismissed. Then he joined Wei Qingmen and met Tian Ren. The two were old friends, but now they are colleagues, seeing each other, telling each other about their recent situation, and becoming more and more intimate.

On that day, there were many guests from Weiqingmen, and they all returned home to supervise Cambodia and were assigned duties by them. Since the supervisor has the power to employ people, he regards a group of people as his subordinates, so he pretends to be a chief. Since a group of people are under their jurisdiction, they all look up to their breath. The supervisor does not ask how good the person is, but assigns the position according to the amount of money. Tian Ren was as poor as Ren An, and he had no money to flatter the family supervisor, so the family supervisor sent two people to raise horses. The two had to go on an errand, and although they were wronged, they were happy to have to meet each other, to raise horses during the day, and to settle down at night in a small grass hut next to the stable. The two were lying in the same bed, and Tian Ren thought of bending to his own servitude, and he was indignant in his heart. One night, he said to Ren An: "The family supervisor doesn't know anyone. ”

Ren An replied: "The general doesn't know anyone yet, let alone the family supervisor." When Tian Ren heard this, he sighed and was speechless.

Later, Wei Qing repeatedly attacked the Huns, and both of them marched with the army, and made small contributions, and Wei Qing was promoted as a horseman. One day, the two of them went to Princess Pingyang's house with Wei Qing, and the main family stayed for dinner, and ordered the two to sit at the same table with a group of riding slaves. The two of them were secretly angry in their hearts, and without saying a word, they suddenly drew their knives and cut off their seats, and moved to eat elsewhere. The public couldn't help but be surprised when they saw this kind of behavior, and felt that they had raised their own value and disdained to sit at the same table with everyone, which was very disgusting, but they did not dare to speak out to blame.

This time, the imperial court had an edict, choosing a person as a man, and Wei Qing choosing the children of the rich, and the two were already desperate. But when Zhao Yu came to choose another one, he actually took a fancy to the two. Who knew that Wei Qing was very dissatisfied when he saw that the two were poor, and after Zhao Yu went, he said to the two: "You have to prepare your own new clothes for the saddle horse." The two thought that the general knew that my family was poor, but he intended to ridicule me, so they replied angrily: "My family is poor and can't afford to do it." Wei Qing said angrily: "Since you two know that your family is poor, why do you have to say this quickly, it seems that I have a request for you" Wei Qing said with anger, waiting to be another candidate, and I don't know who is qualified, and I live up to Zhao Yu's kindness, I have to list the names of the two people, and at the same time give the two of them clothes to prepare for the summons.

Emperor Wu looked at the list, immediately summoned the two of them to the meeting, and asked, "What talents do you have for the two of you, you can recommend each other." Tian Ren said: "Raise the drum and set up the military gate, so that the soldiers of the three armies are happy to fight to the death, and the benevolence is not as good as Ren An." Ren An also said: "Decide suspicions, determine right and wrong, and govern official affairs, so that the people have no grievances, and they are not as safe as Tianren." Emperor Wu laughed and praised him when he heard it, and they all worshiped Langzhong, so that Ren An protected the Northern Army, and Tian Ren supervised the valley along the border on the river, and the two became famous. Readers try to imagine that once Wei Qing is rich and rich, he forgets his true face, but he thinks Tian Ren and Ren An are poor, which is really incomprehensible. But although he doesn't know anyone, he is still willing to listen to Zhao Yu's words, which is good.

However, it was said that Wei Qing was originally born as a slave in Princess Pingyang's family, and now that he is a general, he still greets the princess from time to time. A group of servants of the master's family were very envious when they saw him being obedient. At this time, the princess's husband Cao Shou was dead, and her son Cao Xiang was the marquis. The princess is nearly forty years old, and she can't bear to be lonely and widowed, so she wants to choose someone to remarry. He immediately summoned the servant and said, "Among the princes, who is the most virtuous and can marry him?" "Both the left and right are talking about the general Wei Qing. The princess smiled and said, "This person is in my house, and he often rides in and out of me, how can he be a husband?" Left and right: "General Fang Jin, my sister is the queen, the third son is the queen, the dynasty is extremely noble, if the princess wants to choose a husband, who else is there besides him?" Princess Pingyang listened to it and thought about it. And Wei Qingfang is in the prime of life, his figure is very majestic, very different from his ex-husband Cao Shou, if I marry this person, it will be a blessing in the second half of my life, but there is no one in front of me, which is embarrassing. Thinking about it, I thought that I could only go to Queen Wei to match, or I could get my wish, so I put on light makeup, dressed up neatly, and went to propose. At this time, the Queen Mother Wang had already died, and it had been about a year. The princess's husband has been mourned, and her mother's clothes are over, so she changed her glamorous clothes to ride into the palace. When Empress Wei saw her clothes, she had already seen through three points, and she felt more clear after sitting and talking for a while, so she simply uncovered it and made a match. Princess Pingyang didn't care about being ashamed, so she had to explain honestly, and Empress Wei agreed. Princess Tong retreated, while summoning Wei Qing to discuss with him, and on the other hand, informing Emperor Wu that he was a Yucheng, and the two sides agreed that they would issue an edict: Princess Shang Pingyang, the general of Lingwei. I don't know what it says in the edict, there is no record in the history books! On the day of the wedding, the auditorium was arranged in the general's mansion, and the beauty was not elaborated. When you arrive at the Fenglin Door, please come out of the princess of Zai Jiao, and pay homage to the general, the four guests and friends, male red, female green, all congratulate the two newcomers, which is not a happy fate! After the ceremony is completed, the night is turned, the jade quilt is unfolded, and the dream of the mandarin duck is realized, needless to say. Wei Qing didn't break the strings, and she was still Princess Pingyang, so she didn't know what to do with her deceased wife.

Wei Qing is married to Princess Pingyang, and Emperor Wu is each other's uncle, you call me brother-in-law, I also call you brother-in-law, and there is another layer of kinship between the monarch and the minister. On that day, a group of ministers in the DPRK and the Central Committee waited for each other, and when they saw Wei Qing, they all bowed their heads and bowed, and they did not dare to resist him. Wei Qing and Ji Di have always gotten along and don't care. When the others saw it, they said to Ji Di: "The Lord wants the ministers to respect the general, how precious the general is!" You can't fail to see him thereafter. Ji Di replied: "Otherwise, with the value of a great general, if you can be a virtuous corporal, will it not be more valuable?" When Wei Qing heard this, he felt more and more that he was a sage, and whenever he encountered a difficult matter in the court, he asked for it, and respected Ji Di more than in the past.