Duliao General Huangfu Gui has been very depressed recently, and the envoy sent by the imperial court to negotiate peace with Liaoxi is actually a eunuch.

Grabbing. The state assistant, who had just been promoted to the middle permanent attendant, rushed to Youzhou day and night, and was discussing peace matters with General Huangfu at this time.

"I don't know what General Huangfu said to the Xianbei tribes before, so I can be prepared."

Zhou Fusheng is white and fat, a ball of harmony, with a lovely smile when he speaks, and full of affinity.

Huangfu Gui was born in a family, and he was also filial piety and honesty, and he was a typical Confucian general, and he has always been tough on Xiqiang and Xianbei.

When Emperor Shun, he went to the court many times, asking for a combination of beating and fuming to completely solve the hidden dangers on the border.

This was incompatible with Emperor Shun's mild and perfunctory border policy at that time, so despite his brilliant military achievements, he was depressed for a long time, and he was deposed during this period.

巘戅vert戅。 After Liu Zhi became in power, he was promoted to the important position of General Duliao, which made Huangfu Gui feel hopeful.

He could understand that the imperial court was fighting with the Yaodang tribe and negotiating peace with the Xianbei tribes, so as soon as His Majesty's edict came, he immediately began to contact the tribes in Liaodong and Liaoxi.

Of course, I am a big man, even if I negotiate peace, I can't lose the demeanor of a great power, and the western Liaoxi tribe has always been a little scared of him, and when he got the news, he immediately said that he would keep to himself and would never form an alliance with the Xiqiang people.

After some arguing, the various departments of Liaodong also assured him that they would not act rashly, but only the old rival Wuhuan tribe ignored the people he sent.

Eight years ago, the Wuhuan tribe colluded with the Northern Xiongnu, one attacked the state, and the other took the opportunity to attack the Western Regions, starting a full-scale war.

At that time, the general Ma Xu and the captain Zhang Tan led the Xianbei cavalry of Bingzhou to return to Shun, crossed the Tianshan Mountain with a rope, parachuted into the nest of the Wuhuan tribe, killed the world, and recaptured the looted people's materials.

However, Ma Xu was impeached for recruiting too many foreign soldiers, and some people in the court suspected that he was colluding with Xianbei, so he was removed from his position and replaced by Wu Wu, the captain of the city gate.

As a result, in August of the second year, the Northern Xiongnu Shan Yuwusi colluded with Dian Qiantai Qi of the Wuhuan tribe, and Qu Bode and others again and made a comeback.

This time, they jointly plundered the Bingzhou region, Wu Wu was helpless, if it were not for the then Xiongnu Zhonglang general Ma Wei, sent assassins to the Wusi camp, and successfully brought his head to the capital Luoyang, I am afraid it would be difficult to end.

To say that Ma Wei is actually a fierce general, but unfortunately later in the Qingzhou rebellion, he was betrayed by Zhao Jie, and gave his life in vain, and the fifth battalion of the Northern Army also suffered heavy losses.

Six years ago, Ma Wei took advantage of the leaderlessness of the dragons to attack the Northern Xiongnu, killing 1,200 enemies, Huqiang and Wuhuan surrendered, and Saibei was pacified.

Prior to this, the imperial court also set up the former Proton Doulou Chu as the Southern Xiongnu Shan Yu, ending the situation that the Southern Xiongnu had no tribal leaders for a long time.

Doulou Chu came to the capital Luoyang under the escort of Ma Wei, and the then emperor Han Shun personally held a "enthronement ceremony" for him.

It is said that the scene is very formal, Da Honglu held the charm festival to pay homage to the single in the seal, led him to the palace, Emperor Shun also gave the single in the green cover car driven by four horses, and recognized his status as equal to the princes and kings of the Han Dynasty.

After rewarding him with a large amount of money and money, he sent a Zhonglang to escort him back to the court of the Southern Xiongnu Shan Yu.

When leaving Beijing, Emperor Shun issued an edict to let Taichang, Dahonglu and the servants of various countries gather outside the Guangyang City Gate to see them off, hold banquets and rewards, perform songs and dances, and play a hundred operas.

Emperor Shun also came to the Hutao Palace to watch, this time, the Han court gave enough face to the Southern Xiongnu, which was exchanged for a short period of peace.

In Huangfu Gui's view, this practice is tantamount to buying stability with money, not a long-term solution, and in the long run, the majesty of the Han Dynasty will be lost.

And those aliens who eat the marrow and know the taste, as long as they run out of money, they will make a scene, and exchange the lives of ordinary slaves for wealth.

Therefore, when the Wuhuan tribe took the opportunity to blackmail and asked the Han to exchange wealth for promises, he flatly refused.

Listening to what he said, Zhou Fu didn't make any comments, still smiling, "Dare to ask General Huangfu, what are the specific conditions proposed by the Wuhuan tribe?" ”

Huangfu Gui has been stationed outside all the year round, and he is not very familiar with the various forces in the court, so he doesn't know what the character of Zhou Fu is.

At this time, I couldn't guess what his intentions were, so I had to answer truthfully.

"The Wuhuan tribe wants His Majesty to personally give 2,000 horses of colored silk, 1,000 catties of gold, as well as white jade swords and ritual vessels, two carriages with tents, and so on."

No wonder Huangfu Gui refused, although there are not many things, but looking at this specification, he wants the court to recognize his treatment of princes and kings.

It seems that he is greedy for the Southern Xiongnu Shan Yu Doulou, and he also wants to be a prince, and he doesn't know where he got the confidence, even the Xianbei tribe in Liaodong can't handle it, so he wants to be a great khan, and his ambition is not small.

"Please General Huangfu send a letter to the Wuhuan Ministry, and ask them to send an envoy over tomorrow to talk again."

With such outrageous conditions, Zhou Fu has no different color, and listening to his tone, it seems that there is still room for bargaining.

Huangfu Gui couldn't help but feel angry in his chest, and when he saw that His Majesty was reusing these main battle factions and using troops against Xiqiang, he thought that he would be tough.

I didn't expect that now I sent a spineless eunuch to negotiate, what is the difference between this and the previous practice, isn't it a change of soup and not a change of medicine.

But he also knew that the other party was the emperor's confidant, and it was not appropriate to offend, so he had to hold back his anger and ask, "How do the state servants plan to talk?" ”

"The Wuhuan Department has always been difficult and greedy, I am afraid that if their conditions are not met, it will be difficult to get guarantees."

Zhou Fu sighed, and did not hide his plans, with a helpless face.

Hearing that Huangfu Gui almost got up from the case, he endured it and persuaded patiently.

"I have been fighting with the Wuhuan tribe for many years, and I am very familiar with them, this clan is greedy and aggressive, and does not pay attention to faith at all, even if he agrees to all his conditions, if it is profitable, he will turn his face and be ruthless."

Zhou Fu smiled, "I know, but the mission in front of me must be completed, and General Huangfu doesn't need to say anything." ”

At this time, Emperor Fu Gui could no longer hold back his anger, thinking that he was a minister who did not understand the border situation, so he would take it for granted.

Now it seems that he did it knowingly, which makes him not indignant.

"The state servant, if you don't like to say a word, if you ignore the long-term interests of the Han in order to complete the immediate mission, wouldn't it be a drink to quench your thirst?"

His tone was not stern, but his words were resolute, and Shusuke looked back at him with a smile, but there was a dangerous light in his eyes.

Grabbing. "General Huangfu, this is His Majesty's order, and it is necessary to stabilize Wuhuan at all costs, and the big man can't afford to fight on two fronts."

If Huangfu Gui retreated like this, it would not be the "Liangzhou Sanming" who would rather bend than bend, seeing that Zhou Fu actually opened his mouth to threaten, he immediately became angry, and he couldn't care about any forbearance and the like, and refuted loudly.

"The state servant is so bad, Your Majesty is high above the temple, how do you know the situation below, you should wait for the king's luck, you should share your worries for the king, and only think about perfunctory things, what is the benefit of the country?"

"Hahaha......"

I thought that Zhou Fu would definitely be annoyed and angry, but who knew that he laughed out loud, making the emperor inexplicable, His Majesty would not send a fool to come, saying this, he looked very happy.

"General Huangfu is really loyal to the country." Shusuke stood up and solemnly bowed his hand to him, "The general doesn't need to be angry, and listen to me slowly." ”

Seeing that he had something to say, Huangfu Gui was not a reckless man, so he naturally returned the salute and said, "Please speak." ”

"Before leaving Beijing, His Majesty specially summoned me, saying that Wuhuan was greedy and shameless, and would definitely take the opportunity to blackmail the imperial court.

If the general is adamantly opposed, let me hand over this secret decree to you. ”

After saying that, he took out a silk silk from his bosom, and Huangfu Gui hurriedly took it respectfully with both hands.

Liu Zhi has always admired Huangfu Gui, and his life's achievements are mainly in the fight against foreign races, especially the summoning of 200,000 Qiang people, which has contributed to the stability of the northern border.

In the secret edict, Liu Zhi roughly mentioned his big plan and told him to forbear for the time being, and after he pacified Xiqiang, he would come back to deal with Wuhuan.

"Your Majesty has given me two missions, to stabilize Wuhuan, it is best to let them be arrogant and underestimate the enemy, the more arrogant the better."

There are advantages and disadvantages to this summoning of the enemy to be weak, the advantage is that it can indeed temporarily hold back the Wuhuan tribe, but the disadvantage is that he has to constantly send things to satisfy his appetite.

It is also a heavy burden for the current big man.

"Obey."

Seeing the emperor's decree, Zhou Fu showed a treacherous smile, "Tomorrow, one of us will pretend to be a good person and the other will play a villain, and sing a play to the Wuhuan envoy, how about it?" ”

"This plan is very good, and everything is subject to the arrangement of the state attendant."

"Haha, it's just that I wronged General Huangfu, come, let's discuss the details first."

The two of them whispered about the steps to meet the Wuhuan envoy tomorrow, and Zhou Fu let out a happy laugh from time to time.

Of course, Liu Zhi, who was far away in Luoyang, the capital division, didn't worry about the task of the state assistant at all, don't look at him as a eunuch who didn't leave the inner court, if he was as treacherous as a fox, there were really few people who could catch up with him.

Sure enough, not long after the state assistant went to the state, there was good news, all the Xianbei tribes promised to keep to themselves, and the Wuhuan tribe asked for a bunch of ritual utensils with symbolic meaning greater than practicality, and asked for 2,000 horses of colored silk and dozens of jars of newly made liquor in Luoyang.

You must know that the temptation of spirits for the grassland people is stronger than that of the Han people, and I believe that after these dozens of jars of fine wine worth thousands of gold are sent over, they will definitely make several leaders of the Wuhuan tribe want to stop.

On this day, Liu Zhi was reviewing the chapter in the Zhongde Palace, and Zhang Rang came in to report, "Your Majesty, Hu Ben Zhonglang will ask Zhao Kai to see." ”

Zhao Kai?

Liu Zhi was slightly stunned, and then guessed the purpose of his trip, "Pass him in." ”

Zhao Kai is not very old, only in his thirties, and he can become an official at such a young age, and he is also named Hou, mainly because he sticks to his father's light, but he has not many merits.

This made his position in the DPRK somewhat delicate, the civilian clique rejected him, and the military clique also looked down upon, and neither side was a person.

If he wants to really gain a foothold in the imperial court, he must accumulate military merits, rather than hiding in Beijing and becoming a comfortable general.

"Your Majesty, please be transferred to Liangzhou to fight, and I hope Your Majesty will approve it."

Sure enough, Zhao Kai didn't go around in circles, but directly expressed his intentions.

Liu Zhi stopped the pen in his hand and looked at him with a smile, "You have to think clearly, although you are a tiger general, after all, you have never marched to fight, if you go to Liangzhou, you can only be wronged and obey Duan Cheng's command, are you willing?" ”

A child of a family like him is somewhat arrogant and refuses to be subservient, let alone a captain from a cold family like Duan Cheng.

But Zhao Kai didn't hesitate at all, and immediately hugged his fists and said, "As long as you can fight for the country, even if you let the minister be an ordinary guard, you are willing." ”

It seems that he has already thought it through, he wants to make meritorious contributions, but he will not be blindly arrogant, this opportunity is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, Zhao Kai, who is in the power center of the Beijing Division, has already keenly realized that another golden age of military generals has arrived.

If he misses this opportunity, he will definitely regret it for the rest of his life.

"In that case, then I will be approved, in addition to the Tiger Army, you can also select a group of people from the Yulin Army and the Guard, and I will give you an upper limit of 1,000 people."

The Tiger Ben Army originally had 1,500 people, and if another 1,000 places were given, it would be 2,050.

"No, thank you, Your Majesty."

Zhao Kai's eyes lit up, he guessed that His Majesty would allow him to go on the expedition, but he didn't expect that it would go so smoothly, and his heart was suddenly excited.

Liu Zhi smiled, the family of Jingshi, don't say that he didn't give them a chance, this time he let them sign up voluntarily, if he can't catch it, it will be useless to cry for his father and mother in the future.

These days, the court revolves around the theme of preparing for war, and Liu Zhi is not afraid of leaking the news, he just wants to make a big noise to attack the Burning Dang tribe and make the other Hu tribes relax their vigilance.

He has secretly arranged the conscription in Jingzhou and Yangzhou, and the state pastors of these two states are his confidants, so it is naturally convenient to do things.

Now the first priority in Jiangdong is to prevent the epidemic of plague, Dou Yun led most of the Tai Hospital, and the local doctors, day and night to make medicinal soup.

Due to the early start of prevention, so far there has been no large-scale illness, Liu Zhi repeatedly issued edicts to tell them not to relax their vigilance, and everyone naturally did not dare to perfunctory.

Liu Zhi was most worried about several major epidemics in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, which was called typhoid fever at that time, and he did not remember the specific number of years of occurrence, so he could only make every effort to prevent it after each catastrophe and prevent it from happening.

At the same time, medical research is encouraged, hoping to avoid this tragic typhoid fever of the century by manpower.

However, this flood was not without benefits, Chen Fan and Dong Ban coincidentally thought of a good way, that is, to re-measure the land of various families.

The flood had washed away the boundaries of the fields, and in some places even the rivers had been rerouted, making it impossible to make out the boundaries of the fields.

巘戅书仓网戅。 At the beginning, in order to pay less land rent, many of those wealthy families colluded with the local government to underreport or omit the number of acres of land, and now, retribution is coming.

The two state pastors not only deliberately changed the small scale, but also strictly measured the registered quantity, but whenever the geological conditions changed, they were directly deducted from the total.

This makes many heroes dumb and dumb, and they can't say what they are suffering from.