Chang'an at night, the lights are dim.

In the palace, Liu Qing went to Qingchi to bathe.

In the study, Huo Quai's thoughts were perceiving the fearful dignity in the imperial tomb on the other side.

The Dread is the power of the Vedas, formed by differentiation, and is the master of killing and destroying.

He was coordinating the clearing of all parts of the Imperial Mausoleum.

Huo Quai's thoughts crossed the void and merged with the Fear Venerable.

Suddenly, in the pupils of the Dreadful Venerable, two rays of light flashed like blades.

Its form appears outside a temple in the Imperial Tomb.

The plaque above the temple reads the words 'Dianjiang Palace'!

This temple is the place in the royal tomb, where the figurines will be silent, waiting to be awakened.

Those imprisoned things attack the Imperial Tomb, and this must be one of the targets.

The Fearful Venerable walked into the Dianjiang Palace, and the prohibition at the door flowed like passing through a layer of water curtain.

On the mausoleum platform in the hall, there is nothing empty, and the figurines who were originally silent here have all disappeared.

The internal prohibition of the royal tomb has changed, and the figurines of the palace have also moved and changed their directions...... Huo Quai's illness passed through the fear of the Zun, and the observation point was the hall.

He recalled the map of the imperial mausoleum given to him by the First Emperor.

There are four halls of the royal tomb, which change with the change of the array within it.

Huo Quzhi also knew that there was a general's hall that was different from the ordinary point of the general's hall, which was hidden in the depths of the imperial mausoleum.

In the palace of the generals, it is said that there are generals of the Qin people waiting for recovery.

At this time, the Fearful Venerable looked around in the Dianjiang Hall and suddenly made a discovery.

He saw a crack in the void in the temple, oozing blood.

"Sure enough, the inside of this temple has also been attacked, and someone has entered."

The Dreadful Venerable stepped forward and touched the void rift.

It can cut a gap in the void and cannot be closed for a long time, and the power fluctuations contained in it are very powerful.

Through that fluctuation, Huo Quzhi sensed in the air, and suddenly saw a red-robed woman far away.

On the other side, the woman also had an induction for Huo Qu's illness.

She is the king...... Huo Qu's illness was secretly worried.

The other party left a void gap in the palace at the imperial mausoleum, like a war book. Whoever touches that trace will be marked by the 'king' on the other side and become the target of her declaration of war.

This is a unique half-saint level, reflecting the mutual feeling of heaven and earth.

A moment of mental confrontation.

The Dreadful Venerable reached into the gap in the space and dragged out the corpse of a figurine.

There is still no head, no heart.

Coupled with the previous royal general and the remains of another figurine, this is the third imperial tomb figurine general to be killed.

In the Imperial Mausoleum, the Fearful Venerable left the rear of the Dianjiang Hall and moved quickly in one direction.

He will go deep into the lower level of the Imperial Tomb.

After obtaining the map of the imperial tomb left by the First Emperor, Huo Quzhi asked the Fearful Zun to find out which area the 'Wang' escaped from.

There are a total of five places in the Imperial Tomb where the immortal lord and his command are imprisoned.

Except for the place where the immortal lord was imprisoned, the other four places, each with a king-level existence under the immortal lord, were imprisoned together with the powerhouses of other races.

Huo Qubing wanted to know which area was the imprisoned king who was freed from the shackles of the imperial tomb.

Or is this king an outsider who sneaked into the Imperial Tomb from outside the Great Wall beneath the Imperial Tomb?

The Fearful Zun marched in the imperial mausoleum, and in the study of the palace, Huo Quai's illness ended his brief contact with the Fearful Zun.

He returned to the dormitory from the study, and Liu Qing had not yet come out of the bath.

On the low seat next to the couch, there were a few things, which were Liu Qing's clothes.

Huo Quzhi found that these clothes were a little special.

He leaned closer and took a look.

Her Royal Highness the princess is so good at playing?

What is it?

Thin and cool silk products?

"Husband!"

Liu Qing came out of the clear pool in the apse, and after the bath, he was like a hibiscus out of the water, his complexion was fair and transparent, as if he was glowing, and his eyes were soft and charming.

She wore a lined mid-tunic with a slender figure, her smooth and well-proportioned calves exposed, and her bare feet pulling on embroidered shoes.

"What is this?" Huo Quzhi sighed at the silk products.

Liu Qingyan smiled lightly and said generously: "I heard that it was handed down from the Qin period, and the Qin Emperor asked the female workers to make it for the concubines to wear to please him, and it has been circulating in the palace since then."

Before I got married, a female official of the clan taught husband and wife how to get along, including some small ways to please their husbands. ”

Huo Quzhi said: "Then you don't use it earlier, we have been married for almost two years." ”

Liu Qingwaner picked up one of the silk products and said, "This is called silk shoes." ”

Then lift the delicate and sparkling end of the foot, tap it on the low mat on one side, form a graceful bow line on the sole of the foot, and wear the silk shoes from the end of the foot upwards on the delicate white foot.

The silk shoes were silvery-gray and very long.

The ancients were too good at it, to be precise, Emperor Qin, a traverser, was too good at it.

Huo Qubing didn't think about this aspect before, isn't this ancient gray silk?

"This is Qing'er, your birthday gift to your husband?"

"It's just a small part, and there are a lot of variety, tailor-made styles for female officers. Later, I slowly showed it to my husband, and the female officer said that I couldn't watch too much at once, otherwise my husband's sense of expectation would be gone. It takes a little bit to make the husband return to his heart. ”

Liu Qing said: "The birthday gift for my husband is not this, my husband comes over with my ear, and I will tell you." ”

Huo Quzhi poked his head over, and his eyes were still on Liu Qing's feet in silk shoes.

After listening to what Liu Qing said, Huo Quzhi's heart jumped suddenly, and he subconsciously asked: "Ling and Qingke, who else ......?"

Liu Qingbai said: "Who else does the husband want?" ”

Okay, silk shoes are enough surprises, and there are even more powerful ......

As for the future, with this time, every day for his birthday in the future, Liu Qing wants to celebrate his birthday once a year, and it doesn't exist.

In the evening, I played the pot throwing game again, this time the difficulty increased, and the pitch was a double pot.

Flying arrows in the air, Huo Qubing is very talented in this regard.

The next morning, he was in good spirits and felt that he was better than a god in the world.

He left the house to go to the court, Liu Qing and Zhuo Qingke slept at home until the afternoon.

Here, before Huo Qubing entered the main hall of the court, Zhang Cigong, who also came to the court, caught up from behind and shouted: "Da Sima, Da Sima!" ”

Huo Quzhi was still reminiscing about the pitching skills he learned last night, and looked back at Zhang Cigong: "Something?" ”

Zhang Cigong nodded: "In the battle of Parthia against Ctesiphon, I promised to come back and invite my troops to go to Nulu, five hundred people, but I couldn't all come back, and about two hundred people came back, so I thought about taking these two hundred people first." ”

Huo Quzhi glanced at the goods: "You want to take two hundred forbidden troops to Nulu?" ”

Zhang Cigong said: "The promise made on the battlefield, the brothers fought hard, and if you don't go, you can't do it."

If this matter is impeached by the civilian officials, my position will be removed, and I will admit it if I am lowered by two levels. ”

Huo Quzhi said: "If you really admit it, why did you come to me?" ”

"You want to pull me into the water, if I go with you, the official will know that most of the big things will be turned into small things, and small things will be turned into small things.

Even if I don't go, you greet me, and I will share half of the responsibility, and your majesty's stick will be beaten down, and you will be punished less. ”

Zhang Cigong said: "Da Sima is sharp-eyed, I really have these two meanings, and you have told them all." ”

Huo Quzhi asked in a low voice: "Do the people of Nulu know about silk shoes?" ”

"What?" Zhang Cigong was stunned and asked.

It seems that silk shoes are really circulated in the court, and in this era, the emperor can only enjoy high-level wear.

Huo Quzhi said: "It's nothing, let's go to court." Go as you go, don't pull me. ”

Zhang Cigong expressed his understanding: "I understand, there are many disasters in your family, and you can't look down on the women outside." ”

"Then it's decided, if something happens, you can protect me."

Huo Qu was silent and stepped into the court.

Zhang Cigong straightened his waist and imagined the heroic scene of leading his brothers to charter the women's Lu and celebrating three days.

I, Zhang Cigong, am also the first person in my Han dynasty in this regard.

This thing is quite looking forward to the arrival of the evening.

The sun is rising.

After the dispersal of the dynasty, Huo Qubing and the emperor, Wei Qing, Dong Zhongshu, Gongsun Hong, Li Cai, Zhang Tang, Zhang Cigong and others came to the study to hold a small court meeting, and the civil and military gathered to discuss the current situation of the Han Dynasty.

The current Han Dynasty is in an unprecedented heyday in terms of economy, people's livelihood, preparation, grain storage, etc.

Because there were many vassal states responsible for blood supply, although the Han continued to fight, the development of the country did not fall behind in the slightest.

You must know that the body poison is also the world's most important grain producing area in later generations, and it has always ranked among the top three, not to mention that Shenzhou itself is a fertile soil for abundance.

Therefore, all aspects of Dahan are developing rapidly with each passing day.

Everyone gathered, and the priority was to talk about the expansion of the army.

"The current land and borders of my Han Dynasty have indeed reached the time to expand the army."

"The country that has been beaten by the disease has broken through the strong enemies on all sides, and the borders that have been laid down stretch for thousands of miles, and some of the national borders to the west do not even have sufficient defenders, just because the powerful countries along the line have been defeated by the disease, so that they can be safe.

Otherwise, in the event of a war, there will be a big problem if the enemy comes to attack. ”

"At present, my Han Dynasty has divided and added nearly 20 counties on the land that originally belonged to the Xiongnu to raise cattle and sheep.

All kinds of minerals in the Northeast region are endlessly available and inexhaustible. ”

Li Cai said slowly: "Local taxes and grain production have increased year by year. ”

"The result of the overall calculation led by Master Dong and I is that the current national strength, tax revenue, and even food reserves of our Han Dynasty are enough to support 3.5 million to 4 million troops, without delaying the development of other aspects."

People who heard the news for the first time were shocked.

This is the most intuitive comparison!

Han was originally known as a million-strong army, but in fact, only half of the elite soldiers and horses could be mobilized for battle. One million is the total number of garrisons that cannot be easily mobilized in other places, including auxiliaries.

The figure Li Cai said shows that Han's national strength has increased three or four times in a few years.

And that's not the limit.

In the era of cold weapons, the number of troops is the most intuitive number, which can be equated with the degree of strength.

All the ministers were in a throbbing mood.

Even some civilian officials who are most opposed to the use of troops in wars are also excited when they think of having a strong army of three or four million.

Dahan is already a veritable behemoth.

However, Huo Quai, Wei Qing, including the emperor, did not want the Han army to be too bloated, which would lead to all kinds of problems.

The three of them had discussed this matter once beforehand.

But at present, the border of the Han Dynasty does need to expand the army to defend the country.

The final decision was to increase the number of troops by 600,000 first, bringing the total number of Han troops to 1.6 million!

Although the number of army expansions is far from reaching the upper line, it can strive for excellence and work the elite level of the troops.

The forbidden army will first increase its troops by 100,000, the border army will increase by 300,000, and the local garrison will increase by 200,000.

The scope of the increase in troops is not limited to the Han people, and all countries under their command will be incorporated into the Han military system according to a certain proportion. After that, the Han Dynasty will distribute military salaries uniformly, and it will become a community of interests, as well as de facto vertical management.

With the increase in troops and the expansion of the army, the authority of Huo Qubing and Wei Qing will also increase again, and the military power will skyrocket.

The number of forbidden troops directly under Huo Quai's direct command alone will be doubled.

"In addition to expanding the army, it is now the end of July, and the beginning of next month is the auspicious day that has been set, and I will personally seal the royal palace for the disease."

The emperor said, "You have to make some preparations when you get sick." ”

Li Cai said with envy: "Your Majesty is willing to confer the title of king in person, and the title ceremony of the champion king is equivalent to a small seal of Zen."

The news of the royal ceremony spread, and in the past few months, people from all over the world have rushed to my Chang'an. ”

"I have more than 20 subordinate countries in the Han Dynasty, and there are hundreds of tribes under my control, and they will all send people to watch the ceremony."

Huo Qubing is the first king of the Han Dynasty in the more than 80 years since the founding of the country, except for the founding merits.

And the Han is in the strongest stage, so this time the king has special significance. The emperor was taking the opportunity to gather all parties and show the power of the Han, so it was particularly grand.

Then the ministers withdrew.

From this moment on, all parts of the world will begin to recruit troops and expand their troops.

Of course, in the past few years, the number of armaments and soldiers has also been increasing, but there is no official this time, and the specific number of additional troops has been determined.

Including other levels of officials, the number has also increased year after year.

And Huo Quzhi also plans to take the opportunity to implement the military government system, first select some people from the army to study in the military government, and gradually popularize it.

The ministers dispersed, and the emperor left Huo Qubing and Wei Qing behind.

Take out a map of the border.

At present, there are no foreign enemies in the north and south, but there are still wars in the east and west.

"I want to let you be in charge of the war on the Western Front, the Western Front is thousands of miles away, you are fast, and it is more convenient for you to travel back and forth.

Wei Qing is in charge of the defense of the entire Han Dynasty, taking into account the coastal defense of the eastern front. The emperor said.

It seems that before I lead the troops to the west again, I must first get rid of the king who escaped through the net...... Huo Qu thought about it.

Wei Qing took over the coastal defense of the Eastern Front, and in the confrontation on the frontal battlefield, if the other party could not beat him, he would definitely use assassination and other means, Huo Qubing was going to slaughter the king first, so as not to threaten Wei Qing's safety.

The emperor said: "You killed the soldier in charge, I haven't asked yet, who is his specific identity?" ”

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