It was cold in January, but the sun was good.

In the study room of Weiyang Palace, it is warm.

The emperor's hand asked Huo to go to the sick and played, and he wanted to return to Chang'an from the Western Regions, and hooked the corners of his mouth.

When the minister returns from the expedition, he must first obtain the permission of the emperor and officially submit the recital before he can leave.

The emperor happily approved, and issued a number of holy decrees for this purpose, welcoming the general back to the court!

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Huns.

Under the high ground where the royal court was located, people and horses shuttled, and the shouts and shouts could still be heard clearly even in the king's tent.

The supplies sent from the Northland have regained some 'vitality' in Ulaanbaatar, and it is much more lively than before.

Yi Zhi leaned back from the window and saw Zhao Xin walking in briskly from outside the tent.

Zhao Xin was a general who surrendered to the Han and then returned to the Xiongnu, and with his understanding of the Han, Yi Zhixian handed over some relevant investigations about the Han to Zhao Xin.

"Yu Da Shan Yu, the newly obtained news, the champion Hou has set off from the battlefield south of the Western Regions to fight against the body poison and set off to return to Chang'an."

Hearing the news that it was Huo Qu's illness, Yi Zhi leaned and subconsciously straightened his waist:

"Han was in the battle with the body poison, and he withdrew back to Chang'an as the main general...... Without him in charge, he is not afraid of poison and takes the opportunity to attack and suppress the Han army.

His itinerary should be top secret, how did you find out? ”

"Champion Hou's itinerary, not only did not hide and keep it secret, but Pegasus also told all parties in the Western Regions, undisguised." Zhao Xin reported.

Syllable!

Yi Zhi thought for a moment, waved his hand and slapped on the low case in front of him, and said, "This champion Hou is really arrogant. ”

Huo Qu was sick as a general of the Han army, and when he returned to Chang'an during the war, the Han army lacked his command, which would increase the unstable factor.

Huo Quzhi went the opposite way, left openly, and made it clear to all parties.

This is obviously a warning, clearly telling all parties that he will hit whoever dares to make a move.

"He's so flamboyant, and he knows the news of his departure, but can he make a move?" Yi Zhi asked.

Zhao Xin smiled bitterly: "No, there is no movement in the body poison."

Another piece of news came not long ago, one of the seven Buddhas who entered the world with poison, Kong Samadhi was killed by Huo Quai's own hands. ”

"The whole country was shaken by the poison, and the deterrent effect of Huo Qu's illness was enough to make the poison person dare not act easily, because it was necessary to consider the consequences of angering him and weigh the gains and losses."

Yi Zhi snorted coldly: "The attack made by the body poison only killed a Taishou, which shows that it is incompetent."

If you can attack and kill Huo Qubing or Wei Qing, the situation will be completely different. ”

Zhao Xin secretly thought: Everyone knows that killing Huo Qubing or Wei Qing is equivalent to destroying half of the Han army, but how can it be so easy.

"The great shaman said that the empty samadhi cultivation of the body is extremely deep, and he was attacked and killed by Huo Quai, and my Huns should also be vigilant, improve the defense level, and ensure their own safety."

Yi Zhi leaned into his hand and touched his chest almost reflexively.

A year and a half ago, Huo Qu was sick and killed in the royal court, and the blow he stabbed in the chest was particularly scarred. That murderous fighting intent...... Yi Zhi's heart was slightly cold, and he waved his hand to let Zhao Xin retreat.

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Huo Qubing made arrangements, left Zhang Cigong, and the evil king of Hun led the soldiers and horses of the Western Xiongnu and Han armies in Puli respectively, and then set off to return to Chang'an.

On the Hexi Corridor north of the Qilian Mountains, a wide chariot was surrounded by more than 1,000 Han troops.

In the car, Dong Zhongshu and the old prime minister sat opposite each other.

The two humbled each other, and Huo Qu's main seat was seated.

Dong Zhongshu lifted the curtain and looked out.

The sound of tinkling along the way continues, and four counties such as Jiuquan and Dunhuang are being opened up and built along the Hexi Corridor, as well as horse farms under construction, which are very lively along the way.

The carts carrying all kinds of materials, the merchant teams traveling between the Western Regions and the Han Dynasty, are constantly in a stream.

There are also prisoners who were escorted to prison and were going to Dahan to serve as laborers.

Most of these captives were captured by the defeat of the Great Moon Clan, and the Lan Clan City alone captured 400,000 prisoners at one time.

Later, the rest of the Otsuki clan was swept away, and the total number of prisoners was astronomical.

Such a large number of captives will be escorted to various parts of the Han Dynasty in batches for several months, contributing to the prosperity of the Han Dynasty.

In this era, there is no so-called human rights to talk about, and prisoners are an adjunct of defeat and an inevitability under the social structure.

Along the Hexi Corridor, there will be nearly 200,000 captives to build four counties here and carry earth and rock.

These captives can greatly increase the progress of Han's construction.

Huo Quzhi and others came along the road, and the captives continued, and the number of people was spectacular.

"The first group of captives have arrived in the northeast mining area and started mining.

And the last group of captives are still in the Otsuki clan at the moment, and they haven't had time to leave. This journey has been thousands of miles, and millions of prisoners have been captured. ”

Dong Zhongshu lowered the curtain and retracted his gaze: "Huo Hou defeated the Dayue Clan this time, captured so many, and the crowd is of great benefit to our Han." ”

Gongsun Hong also said: "What the champion Hou did can be the benchmark for future generations of generals." ”

Commander Benchmark...... Counting the time, it's almost time to seal the wolf after the beginning of spring...... Huo Quzhi smiled.

The champion in history will be killed at the foot of the Wolf Juxu Mountain, where the flag will be planted, and the Huns who fought will lose their armor and dare not come back.

But in the later years of Emperor Wu, after Wei Qing and Huo Qu died of illness, the Xiongnu returned to their ancestral land of Ulaanbaatar after years of recuperation and national strength, resuming the threat to the Han.

If you go to war with the Xiongnu again this time...... Huo Quzhi will do it more thoroughly.

"There are so many captives, how to supervise them is a big problem, and we must avoid mutiny." Dong Zhongshu said thoughtfully.

"As for the captives, they can earn their share by working, and they can get more for their work.

Individual people who behave well can also be promoted to the foreman of the captives, their treatment improved, and they can even exchange centimeters for a reduced sentence. ”

Combined with the experience of later generations, Huo Quzhi casually gave suggestions:

"The advantage of this is that it gives them hope and reduces mutiny. Otherwise, there is no hope, and there will be many people who dare to resist desperately, and they will have to do hard labor until they die of old age. ”

"With the hope of freedom, no matter how small the hope is, the mutiny and desperate things will be drastically reduced."

"Secondly, the treatment of some prisoners can be improved, similar to the uncle's method of using Hungary to control Hungary.

Divide the captives and promote some of them to 'bureaucrats' among the captives, who do not have to work, but whose task is to supervise and supervise the other captives.

If the other captives do not behave well, they will deduct the centimeters of these 'bureaucrats' and equate their interests with ours. ”

He added: "In order to keep their positions and interests, these people will spend their minds on guarding and squeezing other captives.

As for the hard labor of the other captives, part of the value generated by the hard labor is due to the 'bureaucrats', who do not have to work, and monitor and exploit the other captives, and the two sides naturally become hostile and antagonistic, which in turn increases their internal contradictions.

To put it simply, it is to restrain the captives with captives and save a lot of our own consumption. ”

Dong Zhongshu and Gongsun Hong's eyes widened slightly, and they were amazed.

The two of them had been worrying about state affairs for some time, thinking about how to settle prisoners and other issues related to the defeated country.

But it only determined the general direction of related things, and the specific way to do it was not as clear as Huo Quzhi's proposal.

Huo Qu smiled secretly in his heart.

He combined the experience of later generations, and it took no effort to get it.

The team marched all the way and soon crossed the Hexi Corridor and entered Longxi.

After crossing the Xiguan Great Wall, it can be regarded as entering the hinterland of the Han Dynasty.

In the counties and counties of Longxi, some people along the way saw the Han Forbidden Army riding by, and they would show a look of sincere reverence.

The people's love and sense of identity for the Han army are increasing day by day.

This is directly related to the fact that the emperor has repeatedly reported to the world in recent years that Huo Qubing led the forbidden army, Wei Qing led the border army, and broke the news of the Xiongnu and other surrounding countries.

Doing so allows more Han people to keep abreast of the war situation, and by eating melons, they know that the Han army has repeatedly annihilated foreign enemies, and naturally they have a stronger sense of national pride.

This time, Xiguan Taishou was killed, and the champion Hou angrily broke through the enemy country, beheaded the king of the Moon Branch, and penetrated the Lan City. The emperor once again issued an edict to inform the people, but also to deter all parties.

When Hermes-Epitek heard this, he was greatly excited and ran to preach it.

In various parts of the Han Dynasty, all levels have been discussing related matters for a long time.

In Longxi, where the Taishouzhang army had governed, when the Han army returned from the expedition, the people were even more eager to watch the prestige of the Han army.

When the team arrived in Chang'an, it was the afternoon of early February.

The first snow in Chang'an.

In the snowflakes in the sky, hundreds of officials lined up to greet them and waited outside the city gate.

The 86,000 forbidden troops who remained behind also gathered outside the north city gate, wearing armor and fighting to greet each other.

There was a bit of excitement, pride and reverence on the faces of each of the forbidden soldiers.

Huo Qubing didn't know that the emperor had arranged such a grand ceremony to welcome him back.

When his car appeared in the distance, the Han army roared, and the sound shook the sky:

"The champion is mighty! The champion is mighty! The champion is mighty! ”

The uniform shouting made the snowflakes in the sky break into snow powder, and they fluttered one after another.

Outside Chang'an City, the crowd was boiling.

In fact, Huo Qubing broke the Dayue clan this time, forced Kangju to surrender, and destroyed Dawan, whether it was the harvest in the actual sense, or the influence on all parties, and the development of the border of the Han Dynasty, it was more than any time in the past.

It is not surprising that the emperor personally issued an edict and let hundreds of officials come out to greet him.

Most of the people in Chang'an spontaneously went out of the city after hearing about it.

In the era of many foreign ethnic groups, Huo Quzhi carried the hope of too many people that the Han country would be rich and strong, and the prestige of the Han people would be promoted.

At this point, the emperor, the officials, and the common people are the same.

Outside the snowy city of Chang'an, the crowd is surging.

Snowflakes condense on people's faces, heads, eyebrows, and eyes.

A father lifted his child high and looked at the team returning from breaking through the snow, and more eyes were on the chariot in the middle of the team.

"This kind of situation, meritorious service, since the founding of the Han Dynasty, is the first time, and it is estimated that there will be no more in the future."

Taichang Zhou Ping stood among the hundreds of officials, a little emotional, and his heart was also unconsciously throbbing.

The person who brought all this is only eighteen years old, and it has to be said that it is a miracle.

"This won't be the last...... To what extent will Champion Hou be able to achieve in the future and what feats he will make, can you be sure? Li Cai on the side glanced at Zhou Ping.

This year is Gengshen, the second year of Emperor Wu's Yuanzhen.

In the cold winter of this year, the champion Hou returned from the expedition, and the people greeted each other, and the team stretched ten miles outside the city.

In this year, the Han people invented the marquee lantern.

Weiyang Palace.

Huo Quzhi came to the study, Emperor Liu Che's eyes were blazing, and the smile on the corner of his mouth spread little by little.

Dong Zhongshu and the old prime minister Sun Hong came back together, but they didn't follow up as soon as possible, but waited outside and let the two of them talk first.

"Whatever reward you want, I will grant you." The Emperor smiled happily.

"It is a matter of duty to be loyal to the Han and His Majesty, and I dare not ask Your Majesty for a reward." Huo Quzhi said frankly.

"How about I seal the nine thousand households?"

Huo Quzhi said: "Your Majesty can't be like this, the ministers have today, mostly because of the cultivation and teaching of Your Majesty and your uncle." There are 9,000 households, 300 more than my uncle, and I dare not bear it. ”

Just because he was afraid of Wei Qing's feelings, he would rather not give a reward, this kind of heart made the emperor like it even more.

"Then I will write down your merits first, and when Wei Qing and you have made great contributions, we will reward them together."

The emperor said: "I first gave you the honor of entering the court. ”

In ancient times, when ministers visited the emperor, they needed to bend down and walk quickly, maintain humility, not be rude, not look directly at the emperor, and settle lightly.

After enjoying the privilege of "entering the court", you can straighten your waist, face the emperor in a dignified manner, and walk normally.

It's more of a symbolic honor.

Entering the court, going to the palace with a sword, and not being named in the edict are all the 'privileges' of the subordinates to meet the emperor, and the actual effect is not great, but there are very few.

It is usually given to those who have made great contributions to the world.

Later generations have summarized that there are four kinds of highest honors that vassals can have, and entering the court is one of them.

With a long history of 5,000 years, there are only a handful of famous ministers and generals who can be obtained by all dynasties.

The emperor took out another artifact and handed it to Huo Quai: "I have also rewarded you with this item." ”

Huo Quzhi got up and said, "The minister doesn't dare to take it. ”

"If you don't accept it, you can't do it."

The emperor said: "You went out this time and waved your army to break through the Dayue Clan, do you know what you have brought to me?"

After the news was disseminated to all parties, the South Vietnamese State in the southwest quickly submitted its credentials and asked for orders to come to Chang'an to see my ministers.

In ancient and modern times, when Siyi heard and claimed to be ministers, and thought that it was difficult to stop the front of our Han army, only under my rule, only to get sick, you did this, which made the foreigners fearful! ”

"South Vietnam is a vassal."

Huo Qu thought that this was good news, and half of the reason why I came back this time was because of South Vietnam.

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