[Vol. 1] Chapter 173: Li Dang of the Storm

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In the first battle of Mobei, the Han army won a complete victory, and the two armies of Wei Huo killed a total of 90,000 Hu people, and almost killed the Xiongnu Shan Yu. After nearly a hundred years of war between the Han and the Huns, the Han finally won a decisive victory, defeating the Xiongnu, a neighbor with teeth and claws.

When the Xiongnu Shan Yu Yi Zhi fled, the Xiongnu thought that he had been killed, the Xiongnu's right valley Li Wang set himself up as a single Yu, the new single Yu did not have time to celebrate, Yi Zhi Xian appeared in embarrassment, the Xiongnu officials were at a loss, the right valley Li Wang could only take the initiative to go to Shan Yu, to avoid a storm.

The casualties of the Han army were not small, the casualties of the soldiers were 350,000, and the horses were 100,000, but these losses were worth it. Not only did he move the capital to Mobei, but in addition, he also sacrificed the signboard of harmony for the first time.

Under Zhao Xin's advice, Yi Zhixian specially repaired a letter and told Liu Che that it was not a way to fight and kill, so how about our two families and relatives? Liu Che was happy when he saw this letter of state, and scolded in his heart, you also have times when you lower your eyebrows and bend your waist.

Liu Che has already made up his mind that although he and Yi Zhixian have never met, he knows his opponent very well, how could Liu Che not know that Yi Zhixian can be forced to be soft, and the plan to make peace with his relatives must be the courtiers below him, and it is a matter of time before he turns his face and denies it, besides, according to the current situation, Yi Zhixian has lost the qualification to make peace with himself.

Liu Che made up his mind, but he still took the trouble to discuss the matter, and by the way, he tested the ministers' attitude towards the Hu people.

Liu Che has always felt that there is an unhealthy trend in the current imperial court, especially since the Mobei War, he keenly feels the undercurrent surging below.

He blamed this unhealthy trend on the current prime minister Li Cai, Li Cai is Li Guang's cousin, who is honest and afraid of things, and only promises.

However, then again, isn't this kind of prime minister what Liu Che wants? The more mediocre and incompetent he is, the less he will be able to share his power and be controlled by him.

At this time, he thought of Li Guang, who died at an inopportune time.

His death did not let Liu Che see the fierceness in him, but deepened his opinion of his unbearable responsibility. A veteran who has been in power for decades, he didn't die when he was a prisoner, he didn't die when he was dismissed, but he died when he won a big victory for the whole country, in Liu Che's opinion, what is this doing? It's fighting to the death, it's dissatisfaction with him!

Therefore, remembering Li Guang's past achievements, coupled with Li Guang's son Li Dang's military exploits, he later cared for the Li family, hoping that the big things would be turned into small things, but the troubles engraved in Liu Che's heart always lingered.

Liu Che announced Yi Zhi's letter begging for peace, and the ministers of the court, as usual, were directly divided into two factions, one could agree to peace, and the other thought that the Xiongnu should become vassals.

Prime Minister Shi Renchang said more bluntly, "The Xiongnu were defeated, let them be courtiers and invite them at the border." ”

Liu Che's heart naturally disagrees with harmony, now is the most beneficial time, if he still agrees to harmony, isn't that practicing himself? It would be great if the Hu people could become the vassals of the Han Dynasty, but with his understanding of Yi Zhixian, Yi Zhixian would definitely not do this kind of thing, but he still had to adopt Ren Chang's suggestion, first, to take advantage of the victory to continue to deter the Xiongnu psychologically, and second, to let the subjects always raise their vigilance against the Hu people, and there was no other way to deal with them except to subdue.

After the end of the court meeting, Ren Chang became an envoy to the Xiongnu, and sure enough, Yi Zhixian heard that he wanted to be subordinate to the Han Dynasty, so he was furious and detained Ren Chang in the Xiongnu.

Liu Che's goal has been achieved, but it is just a bitter Ren Chang.

Although Yi Zhixian said that he was angry, he only hated the wrong era, he reigned for thirteen years, suffered defeats year after year, and never dared to commit the border after the battle of Mobei, and died five years later, that is, in the third year of Yuan Ding (114 years ago).

Li Guang's death continues to ferment.

In the fifth year of Yuanzhan (118 BC), the second year after Li Guang's death, his cousin Prime Minister Li Cai had an accident due to the theft of Emperor Jing's mausoleum.

Of course, Liu Che understands that someone is contributing to this matter, and we will mention it later, but the anger left by Li Guangzhi's death, Liu Che found a reason for catharsis, and naturally he will not let it go easily.

The theft of Emperor Jingdi's cemetery can be big or small, which has a precedent when Liu Che's grandfather was born, but it has not yet reached the point where the prime minister has to take full responsibility for this.

However, Zhang Tang has his own set, this is a good time to bring down Li Cai and go further, he played a trick, he and Li Cai made an appointment to ask the emperor for guilt, so that the timid and fearful Li Cai took a reassurance, when he asked Liu Che for his guilt, Zhang Tang was like a nobody, and pushed the blame away.

Only then did Li Cai know that he had fallen for Zhang Tang, but it was too late to regret it.

He handed over the handle to Liu Che with his own hands, Liu Che was waiting, how could he let it go.

After thinking about it, Li Cai followed in the footsteps of his cousin Li Guang and committed suicide in fear of sin.

Li Cai committed suicide, but Zhang Tang did not get the position of prime minister he wanted, and the position of prime minister was held by Zhuang Qingzhai.

Among these incidents, the one who hurt the most was Li Guang's son, Li Kang.

Li Dare put all these accounts on Commander Wei's head, and waited for the opportunity to seek justice from Commander Wei.

In the sixth year of Yuanjia (117 years ago), Li Dang finally couldn't bear it anymore, he broke into the Wei Mansion, met Commander Wei, and after a few words, he punched Commander Wei in a mess.

The incident happened suddenly, Commander Wei was defenseless, and Li Dang was young and powerful, Commander Wei was injured a lot, if it wasn't for Commander Wei's guards to stop it in time, I am afraid that something big would happen.

Commander Wei did not publicize it, and strictly ordered the whole government not to spread the matter.

However, Commander Huo Xiao learned that the consequences would be serious.