Chapters 1 to 5

The first year of Ji Han Jianxing was not a good year for Cao Wei.

Since last year's defeat at Ji Han, Zhuge Kongming's eight-array Tuga mine artillery was beaten by wounded soldiers and broken generals, tens of thousands of elite soldiers were lost in Weinan, and a country's Shang Shuling and Shangjun generals were all caught in the enemy's formation, which was really an unprecedented fiasco since the founding of the People's Republic of China. I lost face and couldn't raise my head, and my vitality was so hurt that I couldn't straighten my waist. Cao Pi was afraid that Ji Han would take advantage of the situation to attack, so he didn't dare to stay in Luoyang, so he went back to Yecheng directly, and after returning to the city, he fell seriously ill. He was already arrogant and intolerant, so he demoted Cao Zhi, Cao Zhang and other brothers to various places, circled them, and did not give any power. At this time, he was defeated, and he felt that these brothers were watching their jokes, and he couldn't wait for God to make a thunderbolt and kill Ji Han and these brothers.

Before the trauma of the war could be recovered, it encountered a natural disaster. In July, groups of locusts covered the sky of Jizhou, like rolling dark clouds, raging storms, where they passed, chewing grass and eating trees, in the blink of an eye, the ground was as empty as a wilderness, and there was not even a single millet stalk left. The common people were eaten hungry and cold, and the wails were all over the field, helping the old and the young to flee to Sizhou, Qingzhou, and Xuzhou, and the people who starved to death along the way blocked the Yingqu. Cao Pi lives in Yecheng, Jizhou, and when he sees this tragic scene, he can't help but feel sad.

Historically, locust plagues have been regarded as moral and political failures, and the emperor should be condemned. As a result, people can't help but think of last year's solar eclipse, Cao Zhi's seven-step poem, and the inexplicable death of Emperor Xian after being deposed, and people can't help but doubt the return of the mandate of heaven, Cao Pi's accession, and even the orthodoxy of Wei.

In the court, there were also some problems. There is no prime minister in Dawei, and Shang Shuling will act as prime minister. But Chen Qun's captured people, although they have now been reinstated, how can they serve the public? Cao Pi was originally optimistic about Sima Yi, but now he automatically resigned due to the defeat of Weinan, and in this battle, he had a lot of suspicious things, which made people have to guard against it. Cao Pi asked about Taiwei Jia Xu, Taiwei closed his eyes and only said one sentence: "When Emperor Wu was there, he once said that Sima Yi looked down on wolves. "Eagle and wolf, how can such a person be reused? And Taiwei Jia, although he is a masterpiece of the world, he is too old and recuperates at home all day long, and he does not go to court unless he is edicted. Nuoda is a big Wei, a great talent, and a lot of talents, why is there not much available in just a few years?

For all this, Cao Pi was anxious on his face and hated in his heart. Since the beginning of this year, small-scale rebellions have begun to appear in various places, and the Xiongnu in Bingzhou have become more and more restless, but fortunately, Liang Xi's illness has begun to improve, and he will be as safe as Mount Tai as long as he is still alive - of course, this also requires Ji Han not to cross the Yellow River eastward. In the face of many crises, Cao Pi, who had been fighting with Cao Cao in the south and north when he was a teenager, decided that he must win a battle to stabilize his position, strengthen his prestige, and divert domestic contradictions.

So, he set his sights on Sun Quan in the south - although the strength of Wei was slightly weakened by the defeat, Sun Quan was not as good as himself, he was defeated last year, and this year he was blackmailed by Ji Han. Coupled with the fact that they are too dishonest, it is really justified to crusade against him.

This hateful Sun Quan! What was it like when he turned his face with Ji Han and surrendered to Great Wei? He sent the forbidden protector Hao Zhou and the army Sima Dongli Gon Jin to see him, express his loyalty, and speak deferentially, like a kitten. At that time, he asked Hao Zhou and others: "Is Sun Quan credible?" Hao Zhou believed that Sun Quan would definitely surrender, while Dong Ligon believed that Sun Quan would not necessarily surrender. How did he believe Hao Zhou's words at that time, thinking that Hao Zhou really understood Sun Quan, so he decided to crown Sun Quan as the king of Wu and send Hao Zhou back to Wu. The stupid Hao Zhou said to Sun Quan: "His Majesty Emperor Wen does not believe that the king will send Gongzi to be a hostage, and I guarantee that Gongzi will definitely go with the lives of hundreds of people in the whole clan." In front of Hao Zhou, Sun Quan was so moved that he was so moved that he stained his clothes, and swore to the sky that he would send Sun Deng to Luoyang as a proton. But Hao Zhou returned to Cao Wei, but Sun Quan didn't send his son, but just used beautiful words to prevaricate. He sent his servants Xin Bi and Shang Shuhuan to Wu to swear an oath, and urged Sun Quan to send his son on the road, but Sun Quan also refused. This Sun Quan, I was afraid that he already had a different heart at that time. As a result, he was defeated in Weinan, and his army began to move north. Immediately after this spring, he made an alliance between his son and Liu Chan of Ji Han to jointly attack him. I heard that in the covenant, they divided Cao Wei's land evenly, and half of the family was clearly marked with a price, fair and undeceived, what did they do with themselves!

What a hate!

However, even if he loses, he will not be bullied by the Jiangnan rats. Since they dare to make a move, then let them know that Great Wei is still the number one power in the world.

In September, Cao Pi ordered Cao Xiu, the general of the expedition to the east, and the general Zang Ba of the east to go out of the cave, the general Cao Ren to go out of the mustache, the general Cao Zhen of the upper army, the general of the expedition to the south, Xiahou Shang, and the left general Xu Huang to encircle Nanjun. Cao Wei's war machine is still the most powerful and effective of the Three Kingdoms, and Cao Wei's naval army has also practiced the law over the years, and for a while, Eastern Wu was in a hurry. Sun Quan sent Jianwei General Lü Fan to supervise the Fifth Army, to reject Cao Xiu and others with the Zhou Army, to save Nanjun with the left general Zhuge Jin, Pingbei General Pan Zhang, and General Yang Cang, and to reject Cao Ren with the general Zhu Huan. After more than two months of fighting, Sun Quan was a little unable to support it, and many barbarians in Yangyue had not been calmed down, and civil strife broke out again. So he humbly wrote and begged for self-improvement. The book wrote: "I have always obeyed Your Majesty, and even helped Your Majesty attack Ji Han. In the meantime, His Majesty did not trust me and repeatedly attacked me. I know that you have attacked me because I am guilty, and if you refuse to forgive, I am willing to return the people of the land and hand over my life to the state for the rest of the year. He also wrote to Hao Zhou: "I want to propose marriage to the Cao family for Zideng." Youyun: "Because Sun Deng is weak, he wants to send Sun Shao and Zhang Zhao to Yecheng with Dengju." Cao Pi tore the letter to shreds: "How am I in a blue-eyed child's play?" You are allied with Ji Han, why not mention the matter of surrendering me? When the army is moved, it will not be empty. At that moment, he wrote a book to Sun Quan and said: "Lianzhi and Jun, the righteousness has been decided." How can you be happy to work far away from the river and Han. If you arrive, you will call the soldiers back at night. "You have to force him to sacrifice the proton and admit defeat and surrender.

Sun Quan saw that it didn't work to say good things, so he also turned his face at the moment, smashed the seal letter of King Wu given by Cao Wei, changed the Yuan Huangwu, refused to defend Linjiang, and fought to the death with Cao's army.

The most critical battle of this battle was still in Jiangling (i.e., Jingzhou City). Cao Zhen and others surrounded Jiangling and defeated Sun Sheng, and Sun Quan sent Zhuge Jin and others to lead the army to relieve the siege, but was repelled by Xiahou Shang again. The city was cut off from inside and outside the city, and many of the soldiers in the city were swollen and sick, and only 5,000 were able to participate in the battle. Cao Zhen ordered the soldiers to pile up dirt and mountains, dig tunnels, and erect roofless high towers near the city, and release arrows into the city, arrows rained down, and the soldiers defending the city were shocked; At this time, thanks to Zhu Ran, the defender of the city, he was calm and calm, without the fear of Sihao, constantly motivating the soldiers, looking for the weak points of the enemy, leading the army to attack, and breaking through the two camps of the Wei army. The Wei army besieged Jiangling for six months, Jiangling ordered Yao Tai to lead his troops to defend the north gate, seeing that the enemy's strength was large, the army defending the city was small, and the food was about to run out, he was afraid that he would not be able to hold it, and conspired to be the internal response of the Wei army, and was executed after Zhu Ran found out. This is actually another major battle that can be compared with the Battle of Weinan, but in the end, Dajiang divided the two countries of Wei and Wu, and although the Wei army was strong, it finally failed to break through Jiangling, and Sun Quan bowed his head and conceded defeat, and ended with two strikes.

Compared with Wu and Wei, who were at war, Ji Han had a smooth ride this year, everything was safe, the crops were harvested, and the war was going well. However, the sixteen-year-old Emperor Ji Han had his own worries.

First of all, the illness of the Emperor Liu Bei was as serious as a day, and in October, he was unconscious all day long. On the one hand, I amnesty the world, pray for the emperor, on the other hand, recruit famous doctors everywhere, to treat Liu Bei's illness, and later dismissed the government, and supported him without clothes, but after all, it did not play its due role, Liu Bei finally died on November 3 of the first year of Jianxing, at the age of sixty-two, and was nicknamed "Emperor Zhaolie".

Although the emperor had already had an edict, he chose the cemetery by himself, and required the funeral to be frugal, not to use gold and jade, all to use pottery, so that the temple of the emperor was ordered to be in the book, the secretary, and the three mansions. But this kind of major event, how can it be light, since the whole country moves, the whole country mourns. I was in mourning, entrusted the government affairs with Kong Ming, cried three times a day in front of the coffin, hoarse and hoarse, and cried my eyes like a white rabbit. Before the funeral was over, the Empress Dowager Sun Shangxiang was critically ill, I heard it in front of the spirit, and hurriedly went to the Changle Palace to order the imperial doctor to concoct. It was appropriate for the Hu people to donate ginseng, which hung their lives, and gradually improved in the following year.

During this period, Shuzhong Huang Yuan led the rebellion of Hanjia County and burned Linqiong City. This Huang Yuan is a local hero, and he is not on good terms with Kong Ming. Ma Liang ordered to quell the rebellion to the pet, and led the 1,000 flying troops who were reviewing to the pet, winning more with less, and cleanly beheading Huang Yuan at the mouth of the Tsing Yi River.

In a blink of an eye, it was March of the second year of Jianxing, and the vigorous funeral came to an end. The spring breeze is blowing, swaying, and with a thick sentimentality.

However, outside the Weiyang Palace, the city of Chang'an is already full of joy, Kong Mingzhi Chang'an has been three years, and the once world's largest metropolis has been revitalized. Although it is far from the prosperity before the war, it has also healed the wounds of the war. Weiyang Palace and Changle Palace have been renovated several times, slightly restored the old system, and re-showed the royal prestige. Although the rest of the palace does not have the strength to renovate for the time being. However, Liushi, Dongshi, and Xishi have all restored their old views.

The death of my father made me feel like the mountains were devastation. Although when he was there, I often didn't think about him, and even thought that he had been sick in recent years and couldn't play a role, and without him, maybe it would be easier for me to govern, at least those old ministers who relied on the old and sold the old would not denounce me in front of my father's eyes, so that I would worry about being disciplined and scolded all day long. But one day of great hardship, it made me feel painful, and my liver and intestines were broken. Who else in this world can point out my shortcomings, rebuke me, criticize me, and tell me what to do at any time? Restrained my movements? Who else can I rely on when I am in trouble? My father was a mountain, and now that the mountain has fallen, I have no one to rely on.

I think of all the things he did to me, from the middle-aged son and the love he couldn't put down, to the big war, to the big war, to the quiet snub of me, to the decisive battle of Yongliang, the re-emphasis on me, and even to the support and teaching of me in recent years, until the world is in my hands...... I found out that I had never really known him, I had never understood him. But I never had time to get to know him anymore.

Sun Shangxiang finally forgave me, and she loved Xingcai very much, and regarded her as a woman. Her serious illness this time made me very bad. With the old system of the Han Dynasty, the Queen Mother had great power, and even more than once the Queen Mother listened to the government, and the Queen Mother was autocratic, and the Wu family didn't like me, besides, he had two biological sons, and the Wu clan, which had a huge weight in the court, was really a force that was enough to affect me. And I wanted to use Sun Shangxiang as a pawn against the Wu Clan, to counteract the influence she might have. It's not a good idea. But putting aside this thought, I also want to make up for her, she taught me to nurture me, loved me and cherished me, and even almost lost my life for me, if I don't filial piety to her, how can I be worthy of my conscience. So during her serious illness, I had almost no intention of going to work.

Let these two things be entangled, and I almost didn't do anything in the first year of Jianping. However, there are two things, I still wrote to Kong Ming and exchanged opinions. The first thing is to identify talents.

The Han Dynasty had a complete system of electing officials, mainly including inspection, recruitment, elimination, appointment, and election. From Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the inspection system was established, and since then, the inspection has become the most important system for electing officials in the Han Dynasty.

However, by the late Han Dynasty, both the investigation and expulsion focused on reputation, and the phenomenon of selling fame and reputation became more serious in the later period. Folk song of the late Han Dynasty: "Raise talents, don't know books; Cha Xiaolian, his father lives separately; Hansu is as white and turbid as mud, and Gao Diliang will be as timid as a chicken. This is a portrayal of this shortcoming.

During the Three Kingdoms period, people of insight deeply realized that the inspection was no longer suitable for social needs, so they looked for various ways to carry out reforms. First of all, Cao Cao's order to recruit talents, he recruited talents, did not seek fame, and even said that even if he was a thief, did evil, and disrespected his parents, as long as he had talent, he could still come to me as an official. Although Chen Qun's introduction of the "Jiupin Zhongzheng Official Law" was politically conducive to overcoming the situation of division and separatism since the end of the Han Dynasty, it caused the division of power and responsibility in the appointment and dismissal of officials. Zhongzheng manages the evaluation without using human rights, and does not take responsibility for improper employment; The government is useful for human rights, but it is constrained by the Zhongzheng Evaluation. "If the Dharma is corrected, the commentator is one person, and the adopter is one person. If the comments are not allowed, the promoter will not dare to go against his words; If it is hired or not, the commentator is not to blame. The system and context are not related, so there is no reason to punish the disadvantages of favoritism. "This system is limited by the limitations of the family, and the actual effect of selecting officials is not commendable.

Regarding the use of talents, I have taken it as the top priority since I first learned political affairs in Shuzhong, and asked Taifu Xu Jing to personally take charge of the management, and put forward the slogan that whether it is a commoner or a scholar, whether it has read a book or not, and even whether it is a Han or a Yi, a barbarian or a Hu, as long as you have talent, you can obtain an official position, and a large number of talents have been drawn from the common people; After that, every time you go to a place, you must first check its customs, visit its talents, and promote its use. But I'm not satisfied with that. Because all the inspections are horses, it is easy to be manipulated, and it is easy to make local officials form gangs, and what I want is horse racing, so that the world's talents will appear in the bag, whether they are outstanding or exposed, you can see at a glance.

I told Kong Ming my thoughts, and Kong Ming also thought deeply. However, when it comes to formulating the rules of horse racing, it is necessary to know that there are many talents in the world, and there is no way to restrain them. Naturally, I agree with him, and now we have a serious discussion about how to set this rule. First of all, the probation system is recommended by others, supplemented by examinations; However, the system we want to set should let the talents appear by themselves, and let the talented people in the world "carry themselves up", and make trade-offs by examinations. Second, we have expanded the number of candidates to take the examination: first, students from schools at all levels from the central to the local level, and second, ordinary people who have a clean net worth and meet the registration requirements and have passed the examination by the prefecture and county. In addition to several professions such as criminals, monks, and advocates, they can participate. In this way, the scope of people taking the examination is wider than before, which is conducive to the entry of ordinary people. The content of the exam, in order to be connected with the inspection, we have determined the subject of Maocai, in addition to the Ming Jing, Jinshi, Ming Law, Ming Zi, Ming Calculation, History, Wuju, Kewu...... Branches. Maocai is the most strict, so it is an all-rounder, so there are fewer scholars. The real important ones will be the Jinshi and Ming Jing. Jinshi Branch is the scriptures, poems and current affairs; The Ming Classics Section is the scriptures, the scriptures and the current affairs. The scriptures are a test of the basic knowledge of scriptures, the poems are the examination of literary and rhetorical chapters, the scriptures are the theories of scriptures, and the current affairs are political opinions. The disciplines of Ming Law, Ming Characters, and Ming Calculation belong to the nature of specialty. The new method of professional education is a test of specialized knowledge. For example, the Ming Law Examination of the Law and the Order, the Ming Character Examination of the "Shuowen" and the "Word Forest", the Ming Calculation Examination of the Ten Calculations of the Sutra, the Martial Arts Examination of the Bow and Horse Military and so on.

After Kong Ming and I discussed it carefully, he smiled with a hand-cranked feather fan and said: "In this way, all the talents in the world will be subordinate to the court, and the difficulties of the princes can be slightly calmed down." ”

Kong Ming was highly talented, and naturally saw at a glance that although the Han Dynasty's system of electing officials, which was dominated by inspection and elimination, solved the problem that the military merit system and the system of raising soldiers were not suitable for governing the country since the Warring States Period, it relatively successfully completed the transformation from seizing the world to ruling the world, and answered the difficult question of whether "immediate gain" could be "immediately cured". However, as a bottom-up method of recommendation, this system will lead to a downward shift in the use of human rights, and the elimination is a direct delegation of human rights. The long period of implementation has severely impacted the centralization of power. The wealthy families of the three princes of the past and the state and county guards who are entrenched in one side, "protégés and old officials are all over the world", forming a private power group. Fundamentally speaking, although the rebellion of the Three Kingdoms was a foolish bastard of the rulers, it also had a considerable relationship with the employment mechanism. Because whether it is Yuan Shao's own staff and confidants, or Cao Cao's strategists and generals, they are only loyal to their "lords" and do not have any feelings for the Han family. If we adopt our current method of selecting people, we can effectively solve this problem and bring the world to the center. In the future, I will gradually abolish the method of eliminating officials, and I will change the disadvantages of the decentralization of power in the system of electing officials, strengthen the need for centralized power, and completely return the power to select officials to the imperial court.

What should I call it? I muttered a little and said, "Then I'll call the new law of the jushi." ”

However, I didn't expect that what I thought well would not necessarily be executed smoothly. Among the government and the opposition, voices of opposition have come and gone, and there is an endless stream. The first person to oppose me turned out to be Zhuge Qiao, and he asked me: First of all, what should I do if the new law of the Jushi wants people to come to Beijing for the exam, and the poor students can't come? How to solve the problem of going to Beijing to catch the exam, the distance is far away, and it must take time to use the travel fee, plus the uneven road? If the people of Shu come to Chang'an, how long will it take to cross the mountains and mountains on the road? Secondly, what if the capable people don't want to come? You must know that most of the high-ranking hermits are reluctant to go out of the mountain, and the state and county recommend them, and the emperor recruits them, and they still push it again and again, not to mention what exams they want to take with ordinary scholars. Not to mention that Mr. Kong Ming is such an unborn genius, even the emperor himself has to come to the door three times. Again, time is too tight, how many people can come to this new law? If there are fewer people and some mediocre talents, won't it ruin the emperor's reputation? Moreover, the original major giants can directly select talents, and now that they have canceled this power, are they willing or not?

I said to Zhuge Qiao: In all fairness, your words are very reasonable. However, the emergence of any new thing must have its immaturity, not to mention that even if it is mature, people have a process of acceptance, and it is impossible to do it perfectly the first time. And people have a specific cognition of old things, have skilled operating procedures, naturally do not want to change, laziness is human nature, habits will affect people's thinking. At this time, Ji Han grass is created, Vientiane is renewed, and any change at this time is easy, but it is difficult to change in the future. Moreover, the system of probation has become a drawback, and it can no longer be sustained. For now, this change is normal and necessary. Otherwise, people will only be famous, not seeking truth, turning the country's canon of talent into a meeting to talk about mysteries, and turning meritocracy into a nominal example. If you think there is a problem with the system I mentioned, you can help me to improve it together and make it better at this stage, but if you reject it because it is not perfect, then you don't have to. The points you mentioned should naturally be solved, the students of Shuzhong can raise scholars in Chengdu and Yongliang in Chang'an, so as to avoid their fatigue; If the master does not go out of the mountain, we can still use the method of direct recruitment, but I hope that the new law of raising scholars will become the right way; For the first time, there may be fewer people, but we can choose strictly and operate carefully, and there will be no phenomenon of taking mediocrity. As long as it is done well the first time, it will naturally get better and better in the future. The major giants, not to mention that there are no big giants in Yongliangyi Sanzhou now, even if there are really them, don't try to stop my determination. In this matter, even if it takes a hundred years, Ji Han will make it a national policy!

After that, this paper edict shuttled back and forth between the Prime Minister's Mansion, Shangshutai and Yushitai to solicit opinions. I found that there were many people at the top who opposed the new law, but there were many people who supported it at the bottom, many people who opposed it in the states and counties, and many people who supported the schools and the people. The results of this investigation have strengthened my confidence in changing the probationary law to the new law.

To match it, I also issued an edict that if the economy allows, each township will set up Mongolian schools, and there will be county schools, state schools and even Taixue (in the early days of the Ji and Han dynasties, due to national strength, many Mongolian schools were too simple, there were only one or two teachers, and the state could not afford monthly payments, so it was common to take turns to eat at students' homes). Encourage study tours and encourage private schools. Ji Han established the country with martial arts, and the party has not decided today, and he must not abandon martial arts. Therefore, I founded the first military academy in the empire in Shanglin Yuan outside Chang'an City, with Kong Ming as the principal, and Zhang Fei, Ma Chao, Zhao Yun and Yu Ban personally served as sacrificial wine, and selected good talents and lower-level officers in the army for further study. And the first subject of all martial arts, you can directly enter the military academy to study. At the same time, I allocated special funds from Shaofu to set up the Zhang Changsha Xinglin Museum in Hanzhong for the late Mr. Zhang Ji, specializing in cultivating medical talents. In addition, I collected books in China, organized copying after arriving in Beijing, actively improved and promoted Caihou paper, and took advantage of the favorable conditions in Shuzhong to make a large amount of paper. Most of these things were thought of by me in the past, and now that there are conditions, although it is difficult to implement, one is that I am the new emperor ascending to the pole and implementing the first policy, so naturally few people will touch my mold; Second, once there was a controversy in the court, I set it up at my own expense. Although the money of the Shaofu is not much, it can still do these things by saving the cost of building the palace; Third, I took a strategy of advancing three and retreating two in some things that everyone disagreed with, and first brought the matter to the point where everyone disagreed, so the ministers came in one after another to oppose it, and I proposed a compromise plan, so everyone felt that I had given in and expressed my agreement, which was actually just the extent I wanted. However, this method should not be used too much, otherwise it will not only fail, but also affect my personal image.

Once he was the emperor, he found that the power was in his hands, and he was swaying as he wished, advancing and retreating freely, and no one was easily restrained, so he couldn't help but be happy.

On March 3, Chang'an City was very lively. This day is a festival, and the people have to go to the waterside and river to worship. Eight water circulations outside Chang'an City, all in and out of Shanglin Garden. Bashui flows out of Lantian Valley and enters Weishui in the northwest. Chanshui also comes out of Lantian Valley, and enters Bashui in the north to Baling. Jingshui out of the beginning of Jingyang Mountain, east to Yangling into Weishui. Weishui out of Longxi Shouyang County bird and mouse Tongxue Mountain, northeast to Huayin into the Yellow River. The abundant water flows out of the Fenggu of the South Mountain and enters the Weishui in the north. Pickaxe water in the north of Kunming Pond. The prison water flows out of the southwest of Ju County, enters the valley, and flows into Weishui in the north. The water is in Duling, flows west from the prince's time, and enters Weishui through Kunming Pond. These eight rivers are like eight beautiful girls, silently embellishing and moistening the land of Guanzhong. On this day, men and women, young and old, put on brand new clothes, bring bright jewelry, or ride in a sedan chair, or ride a horse, or walk, to the river. The river in spring is as bright as a mirror, sparkling and scaly, flowers bloom on both sides of the riverbank, green trees are lined up, new sprouts are sprouted in the fields, birds are singing and butterflies are dancing, and they are full of vitality. The young men and women also opened their arms and sang and laughed boldly without being blamed.

On this day, the provinces are on holiday, and the officials will also accompany their families out of the city, half for sacrifice, half for play. Even a dignified person like Mr. Kong Ming will accompany Mrs. Huang, take Zhuge Qiao, and go to the Wei River to pray in a green cloth sedan chair. Of course, when it comes to romance, in Ji Han, it has to be said that he is a great Honglu and a guest, Cao Shangshu Mengda, he was born elegant and elegant, and he is a talented man by nature, he loves to write poems and chant, dance and ink, and there are always a large number of romantic talents around him, of course, there are also beautiful Youling.

In fact, the festival is more prevalent in the south of the Yangtze River, and my subordinates, who have a large number of southerners, have also brought this custom to the north. And the Empress Dowager Sun Shangxiang is a person from Eastern Wu, and she attaches great importance to the festival. I rarely have time to accompany her in a year, and on this day, I naturally can't miss it, so I specially asked the queen Xingcai to arrange a sacrifice in Shanglin Garden. The Empress Dowager Wu didn't want to be with us, but I said that if she didn't go, it would be like a royal flesh and blood trouble. And she agreed.

From the Changle Palace, take the road through the flying pavilion to the northwest five miles is the Jianzhang Palace. ("Chang'an Zhi" cloud: "Han Weiyang Palace is fourteen miles northwest of the county, and Jianzhang Palace is twenty miles northwest of the county. Changle Palace is fifteen miles northwest of the county, and Gui Palace is thirteen miles northwest of the county. "The emperor in the Weiyang Palace to build a wide range of days, to the city as a small, is in the west of the palace across the city as a flying pavilion, through the construction of the chapter palace, the road above and below. The chariot road is a pavilion road, and you can take the chariot to walk. ）

Jianzhang Palace is located outside Chang'an City, and Weiyang Palaces face each other across the city, so it is a pavilion road across the city. There are four gates in the palace, the main gate is called Chang Closed, like the gate of heaven, 25 zhang (75 meters) high, also called Bi Gate. At a glance, the giant gate towers into the sky, majestic and magnificent.

I personally helped the Empress Dowager Wu, the Empress helped the Empress Dowager Sun, and Liu Yong and Liu Li ran back and forth on the side. I said: "The two queen mothers, after Gaozu got Chang'an, first built Changle Palace on the basis of Qin Xingle Palace, and later built Weiyang Palace on the basis of Prime Minister Xiao He, and established Donghao, Beihao, Qiandian, Arsenal, and Taicang. Emperor Hui built the Chang'an city wall in three and five years, and built the West City in six years. In the fifth year of Emperor Wu Yuanshuo, he built Taixue outside Anmen in the south of the city. In the second year of Yuan Ding, Bailiang was repaired. In the first year of Taichu, the chapter palace was built in the west of the city on the forest garden. When it comes to magnificence, Jianzhang Palace can be called the first, but its situation is also the most tragic. The gate in front of us has been destroyed in the war several times, and this gate is newly built, although it can be regarded as majestic, but it is far from the original magnificence. "Hanshu" said: "There is a jade hall in the south of Jianzhang Palace, three layers of Bimen, 30 zhang high, 12 doors in the inner hall of the jade hall, and the steps are all jade. The cast bronze phoenix is five feet high, decorated with gold perched on the house, there is a pivot under it, if it is flying towards the wind, the rafters are thin and jade, because it is said to be a door. We now see the golden phoenix on the top of the temple, but it is wooden, and it turns out that it has been destroyed by the hands of the red eyebrows. However, the production is also very exquisite, the direction of the phoenix's mouth is the direction of the wind, if the wind is strong, the wind passes through the phoenix's mouth, and the sound of the phoenix can be heard. Therefore, there is a song cloud in Chang'an: one Ming five grains are born, and then the five grains are ripe. Say that this golden phoenix is here, and you can bless the harvest in Guanzhong. ”

After all, Liu Li is young, compared to Liu Yong, he and I are much closer, listening to my story, he asked with great interest: "Brother Emperor, is this golden phoenix so amazing?" ”

I smiled at him and said, "Otherwise, in fact, this is just a very beautiful wish of the people for Jin Feng." Just as we pray for today. Although there is a spirit in heaven, it does not bless those who have no ambitions, and if we want to be happy, we must fight for it all over the country. Father is gone, Ji Han's burden falls on the shoulders of our brothers, and after that, we have to work hard. ”

Liu Li nodded sensibly. Liu Yong turned his back and looked at the golden phoenix dancing against the wind.

Xingcai smiled: "I didn't expect the emperor to know so much." ”

I also laughed: "Actually, I greeted my father in advance and then came to recite it to you." "I was joking, I wanted to shorten the distance with everyone, but unfortunately my joke is not ridiculous, Sun Shangxiang moved his lips slightly, indicating that he heard it, but the Empress Dowager Wu said: "Why bother the emperor, if you know, you know, if you don't know, what can you do, this is all your own family, who can you deceive?" "I said it like swallowing a fly, and I couldn't say it. She was clearly saying that I was incompetent and incompetent, and it was all up to Kong Ming's help to sit on this country. It's just an accident that I'm emperor.

Xingcai saw that the situation was not right, and hurriedly changed the topic: "It can be said that it is a matter of the world, if you don't pursue it, there will be God's blessing or not." I heard that there was a man in Tarzan who dreamed that he was destined to be rich and noble, so he fell on his bed every day and waited for the heavens to bring wealth and wealth. But year after year, he was poor until he died, and he was not developed. As he was dying, his bed collapsed and he fell to the ground. He was so angry that he said, 'God, you lied to me!' 'Unbeknownst to him, this hammer actually hammered out a large gold brick. It turned out that the gods had hidden the treasure under his bed, and he had never dug it up. At this time, it was too late. ”

The change of the subject of Xingcai has attracted a lot of people. Although Wu always likes to play his own little calculations, she is also an ordinary woman, and she has long forgotten the unhappiness of Shicai, and sighed: "What a pity." ”

I also nodded, "Although this story is simple, it also has some meaning. It is exactly what I am talking about. ”

Xingcai continued, "This means that there is a blessing from the gods, but you don't look for it. But there are also hard pursuits in the world, but there is always no result. Your Majesty knows that I have a righteous sister named Ling'er. ”

"I remember." In front of my eyes, the girl who was chanting poetry in front of the battle in Liangzhou Road immediately appeared, and when she saw me for the first time, she asked Jiang Wei where he was. I still remember her poem, the content of which is "Where is the most leisurely, the rivers and lakes are hanging." Ming Gong hit the building and blew my green robe. All things are in the bosom, and the four seasons change from the beginning. If you are homeless, you can have a family. She is Xu Jing's granddaughter, because of her heroic temperament, she is not liked by Xu Jing, but she recognizes Zhang Fei as her father-in-law, and she is a very talented and ambitious girl.

She once said that if she wants to marry, she will marry a strange man with unparalleled anger. Therefore, she disguised herself as a man and went to Liangzhou, joined Jiang Boyo's army, and became a strategist. In the conquest of the Western Qiang Kingdom, she actually made great achievements and outwitted a city. But it was after that battle that she was wounded and found out. However, after Jiang Wei knew her identity, he didn't agree to marry her, thinking that her behavior was too shocking and not a good match. And send her back to Chang'an. But because Mrs. Xu hated her for running away from home, she refused to forgive her and didn't let her enter the house until she died. You said that such a strange woman, but such a tragic thing, is it not blessed by the gods, too pitiful. ”

Is there such a thing? It's also the first time I've heard about it, and I can't help but be stunned.

Wu shook his head and said: "There are such women in the world, who are not at home to support their parents, and go to the border to show their faces, although the encounter is pitiful, but she also asked for it." It's not worth lamenting. ”

Sun Shangxiang stopped, and she took the initiative to ask me for the first time: "Emperor, don't you think what Xu Ling'er did is worthy of respect?" ”

I looked at the two queen mothers, nodded yes, and asked Xingcai, "Where is Ling'er now?" ”

Xingcai said: "She is now in the General's Mansion." Because of her business, her father fell out with his father Xu Qin. I heard Xingyi say that my father has been furious these days, scolding Xu Qin for a while and Jiang Wei for a while, and he was annoyed and had to give Ling'er to Zhang Bao. Speaking of which, this matter was too unexpected and shocking to the world, so the world could not tolerate it. However, a woman can live such a wonderful life, and the concubines envy her. The concubine knew her, and she once said that she did not want to live plainly in this life. She is most envious of Yu Ji, and is willing to help a talented husband who lives for Ji Han to defend the city, even if he is broken, he will not live a lifetime. I laughed at her for being naïve, but I didn't know that she really had to run to the frontier alone, really...... Really ......" said two truths, but it seems that I can't find the right words to describe it. But it can be seen that she also wants me to help a group of Ling'er.

I thought about it for a while, nodded and said, "Although Ling'er's actions are a little close to arrogance, they are due to Ji Han, and I naturally can't let her suffer because of this." Recently, I will let Jiang Wei return to Beijing to report on his work, and when the time comes, the Empress Dowager Gongci and the Empress will give marriage, and he will not refuse. ”

Empress Dowager Wu snorted dissatisfiedly and didn't say anything more. I just did it and didn't see it. Sun Shangxiang nodded to me. I was relieved.

In fact, I don't really care if the Empress Dowager Wu is satisfied with me, she is just a woman with no scheming, and I have a withdrawn temperament when I was a teenager, and I have not been friendly to her from the beginning, and I am not as obedient and well-behaved as in history, which causes her to have a relatively indifferent relationship with her; And after I succeeded to the throne, she was always dissatisfied with me out of her intention for her two sons. But her energy and means are extremely limited, and she can't even use a little roundabout and dark means, and she was not my opponent as early as when I first studied political affairs, let alone now. However, Ji Han rules the world with filial piety, and she is the queen mother, I am still very tolerant of such a person who is impossible and unworthy of being my opponent, even if she sometimes embarrasses me. What's more, I don't think about her, but I always have to think about Liu Yong, Liu Li and my own reputation. Perhaps, by doing this, she recognized that I wanted my own reputation as well......

The group walked to the edge of the pool. Taiye Pond is in the north of Jianzhang Palace, the water surface is extremely wide, to like the North Sea, from the three mountains, to like Yingzhou, Penglai, abbot, carved gold stone for the genus of fish and dragon, strange birds, and exotic beasts. There are three-zhang long stone whales on the edge of the pool, which are majestic and magnificent. Since you are at the water's edge, you naturally have to sacrifice and pray for blessings first.

I first put a pillar of incense and said: "The god dwells in the length of the five elements, which is the source of all kinds of blasphemy, hiding the dragon and the dragon, rejuvenating the clouds and rain, and moistening all directions." I am the Son of Heaven, the Prime Minister Heshan, the dying Ji Han, the virtue to the Quartet, the rebellion Huaiyuan, the merit is not overcome. I have an agreement with you, God can exhaust the sea, spit out the sky and Wu, drive the wind away, chase the whales, make the waves have no ripples, there are shallow and deep, the grains are abundant, the people are happy, and the world is peaceful. I don't care about the gift of the prison, and I encourage God to do so. "Say a little nod to show your respect.

Wu doesn't know how to write and ink, but Sun Shangxiang is known as a heroic martial artist and doesn't practice literature, so neither of them can understand what I'm saying. However, Xingcai has learned a lot, and he is also martial arts, listening to what I said, he chatted with the god of water, discussed with his peers, bargained, and did not have any respect, so he couldn't help but look at me with a smile and hatred, but he didn't say anything.

At this time, Wu, Sun Shangxiang and Xingcai began to sacrifice. They are going to be in a lot of trouble, I Xiaoli didn't realize it for a while, Liu Yong and Liu Li were already extremely depressed on the side. At that moment, I confessed to the two queen mothers, and took my two younger brothers along the edge of the pool. Along the way, I took the opportunity to be together to tell them the story of Emperor Zhaolie when he was a child, so that they could have some understanding of the world, and not think that as a child of the heavenly family, it was right to enjoy glory. My eloquence was practiced in the court, and the story was naturally colorful and exciting, which couldn't help but make the faces of these two little brothers full of longing and concern. Liu Yong, in particular, is extremely concerned about his father's story. I couldn't help but move, when I was a child, when my father cared for me, he once hugged me and told me a lot of stories, but I was afraid that Liu Yong and Liu Li had no one to enjoy such treatment. For a while, I couldn't help but feel proud and sad again. I thought to myself, should I find some masters for them to discipline. Although they are still young, it is not appropriate to live in Changle Palace for a long time, so they should find a suitable opportunity to let them live in separate palaces, and don't let Wu's doting spoil them. But it's best for me not to say these words myself, otherwise Wu's face must be ugly, and Wu Yi should share it with her.

As he was walking, suddenly Liu Li pointed to a group of halls outside the guards in the distance: "Brother Emperor, why are there so many people in cloth there?" ”

I told him that my father got up and made a living by weaving mats and selling shoes, and he learned to use the word cloth. I liked him to be smart, looked over there, knew the reason, and said: "The year before last, Ji Han won a great victory, the population surged, and it was snowing heavily, so my brother applied to my father to open some palaces to the people who had nowhere to live. But last year, most of those people have been settled. At this time, there lived poor students who had come to Beijing this year to raise their careers. ”

At this point, my heart was moved to see what my future talents were, but after thinking about it, I dispelled the idea. Since I have shown the world justice, I cannot easily meet these people before the trial. Although I knew that when the students were together, they would compare poetry and writing, talk about intelligence, and compete with each other, and they had endless fun, but they had to hide this impulse. Since I am the emperor, I will never be able to enjoy this kind of pleasure.

Now I will tell them what a priest is. My explanation is simple and interesting: "In the past, the examination was selected first, and then the examination, but now the new method of lifting scholars is to take the examination first, and then to take the examination. It's like a big orchard, we want to eat the fruit, and the inspection is the adults bringing the fruit. But some of the adults like to sleep, and with their eyes closed they can't see the fruit, and they hold the leaves of the trees. Some people don't have a wide range of knowledge, and they only know that dates can be known, but they don't know that peaches can also be delicious. So, this time, my brother let the fruits come up by themselves, and see which one was more delicious, so he was not afraid of being deceived by the adults with leaves. ”

Liu Li opened his round eyes: "The fruit can also come up on its own?" ”

Liu Yong said: "Brother Huang, I want to study." ”

I nodded and said, "Yes, Yin Mo and Li Wei are both knowledgeable people, I can let him teach you." ”

Liu Yong shook his head and said: "Brother Huang, I want to enter Mongolia like an ordinary person, I want to see my true level, I want to participate in science in ten years, compare with those people, and see what I am like, whether I am worthy of being a father's son!" ”

I heard one of his words, as if he had misunderstood my words of aptitude, and thought I was provoking him. Although it would only be of great benefit to him if he did so, in this era, if I really let my two younger brothers go to Mongolia like the children of the common people, I am afraid that everyone will be gold, and I will first become a sinner who cannot tolerate people. At that moment, I encouraged him: "You are right, but you were born into the royal family, and you have lost your freedom, so you are destined to not be able to follow the path that ordinary people can walk." If you really study very well, I can also let you take the big exam. Ji Han has a champion prince, but it is also a fortunate thing. ”

Liu Li clapped his hands on the side and said, "I want to learn, I have to learn." ”

I picked him up and ran forward, "Okay, let you little brothers learn together, see if you can be smarter than Yong'er." ”

Liu Li giggled in my arms, Liu Yong is also a child after all, he chased after him, and his face was full of happiness, not like he usually looked cold to me.

I took this opportunity to win over the two younger brothers, and my goal was achieved. I also thought that since I couldn't be with the students, I would go to the army to have a look, to see if my soldiers were also enjoying fun, and by the way, to see the grass-created Imperial Military Academy.

I sent Liu Yong and Liu Li back to the Taiye Pool, explained to Wu and Sun Shangxiang, and rode away. Ten miles north of Jianzhang Palace, it is the infantry battalion of the Northern Army, and this unit is in charge of Liao Hua. Speaking of Liaohua, it was a small blow to me, because my dream told me that he was a yellow turban thief who was recovered by his second uncle. But the dream went wrong, he is a native of Xiangyang, the word Yuanjian, his real name is Chun, he took refuge in his father in his early years, and once worked as the main bookkeeper under the second uncle (the adjutant of the assassin history, in charge of the examination records), and has been following the second uncle to guard Jingzhou, and is a civil official. After the defeat of the second uncle, Jingzhou fell into the hands of Eastern Wu, and Liao Hua had no choice but to surrender Eastern Wu. Later, Liao Hua made a wonderful story like his second uncle: Liao Hua was loyal to Ji Han and wanted to return to his father's side. When I was in Yong'an, he had fled first. His people can be described as courageous and knowledgeable, and "loyalty, righteousness, and filial piety" are all complete, which can't help but be amazing. After he returned to Chang'an, his father personally appointed him as Shangshu, but he wanted to abandon literature and follow the military, so he was appointed as an infantry captain.

The official position of the infantry captain is not low, when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, in order to strengthen the protection of Chang'an City, he placed the middle base, tun cavalry, infantry, Yue cavalry, Changshui, Hu cavalry, shooting, and tiger Ben eight captains. All of them are 2,000 stones (equivalent to Taishou), and the subordinate officials have Cheng and Sima. The middle base is in charge of the inside and outside of the north army base; Captain of the Tun Cavalry Captain and Knight; The infantry captain is in charge of the Yuanmen soldiers in the forest garden; Captain Changshui is in charge of Xuanqu Huqi in the northwest suburbs of Chang'an; Hu Qi Lieutenant is in charge of Chiyang Hu Qi, and he is not often placed. Captain of the Shooting Voice; Captain Tiger Ben is in charge of the light car. The army under the command of the Eighth Lieutenant is a standing army recruited from local or ethnic minorities. The eight schools are all elite journeys, and Hu Qi and Yue Qi are particularly important. In the Western Han Dynasty, most of the rulers were close associates of the emperor. When it came to the Eastern Han Dynasty, the lieutenant of the middle base was omitted, and the Hu cavalry was merged into Changshui, and the tiger was merged into the sound of incidence, and only the five lieutenants remained. This is the common "five battalions" or "five schools" in history books. As one of the leaders of the forbidden army of the Son of Heaven, the infantry captain took the garrison of the Beijing division as his main responsibility, and the captain of the Eastern Han Dynasty was mostly held by the clan, and he also served as the task of guarding the court, which was an important position. Ji Han established the army according to the official system of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and now the people who are ranked as the eighth captain, but there are only two people, Ma Dai, the captain of Changshui, and Guan Ping, the captain of the Tuncai, even if it is Jiang Wei, who has made great contributions, due to age limitations, he is only a captain of Huqiang and Wuji of the Western Regions. So for Liao Hua, this is also an exceptional trust and promotion.

Although I want to make a surprise inspection, I don't want to learn the story of Emperor Wen's ancestor who broke into Zhou Yafu's Xiliu camp, it is a time of war, and no matter how lax the camp is, no matter how lax the camp is, people will not be allowed to enter and leave at will. What's more, at this time, Liao Hua is in charge of all elite divisions, and I want to break through, and it will be troublesome if I am injured by mistake. At that moment I asked Hesse to enter the camp with my token, and asked Liao Hua to gather all the sergeants within half an hour and go to the grass pond. The grass pond is a scene of the forest garden, there is a coral tree, one zhang and two feet high, one book and three ke, there are four hundred and sixty-two on it, this is the Nanyue king Zhao Tuo dedicated, the number is the beacon fire tree, to the night scene is often refreshing. Unfortunately, it is impossible to see it at all, and the tree was broken and stolen 200 years ago.

I asked the servant to light a stick of incense, and then dismounted. Not long after, I saw an artillery cannon flying in the direction of the barracks, turning into tens of millions of fragments in the air. Immediately after the opening of the camp gate, a group of soldiers rushed out, quickly and silently galloped towards me, the Han army is still red, the infantry battalion as an elite soldier, this year has completed the change, the forward is like a neat beating flame.

Liao incarnate dressed in military uniform, walked straight in front of me, and saluted: "Your Majesty, the Xiyuan Infantry Battalion was ordered to assemble, and it should be three thousand and thirteen people, but it was actually three thousand and ten people, and three people were sick and on leave. Your Majesty, please! ”

I looked at the time, it was only about three quarters of an hour, glanced at the sergeants standing in order, and exclaimed, "Formation of threes!" "All the armies moved in unison when they heard the sound, and then I asked them to play into a five-five and seven-seven formation, using Han Xin's method of secretly ordering soldiers in their hearts, knowing that the number of sergeants reported by Liao Hua is not bad, and I like the army to change the formation quickly, in an orderly manner, and there is no name for the elite soldiers, and it can also be seen that Liao Hua's ability can not help but be very satisfied, and nodded and said: "Very good, General Liao has a good way to govern the army, assemble quickly, and command neatly, which is really good." Today is the festival, I am in Shanglin Garden, listening to the Queen Mother and the Queen praying to the sky, may I Ji Han country and the people be safe, may my Ji Han soldiers fight bravely to kill the enemy, safe and healthy. I have feelings in my heart, and I have come to see you, you are the most elite troops in Ji Han, shouldering the mission of protecting the family and the country, and directly protecting my safety. And wherever there is a battle, you will also be sent to the front line first, you are the sword and shield in my hands! For Ji Han, are you ready? ”

Liao Hua said loudly: "Our sergeants sleep day and night, think about serving the country every night, and dare to bear the trust of Your Majesty, the Queen Mother and the Queen!" ”

I nodded my head and praised everyone, and asked the marching Sima to take the whole army back to the camp, leaving Liao Hua and said: "Captain Liao returned to Ji Han, I was busy every day, and I never had a deep conversation with the captain. Lingtang is now in Chang'an, is he still well? I heard that she has been suffering from asthma lately, and I have given you medicine, but I wonder how it is now? If there is anything needed, the captain may as well say that he knows me, and I will not allow it. ”

Liao Hua said with tears in his eyes: "Weichen thank Your Majesty for your kindness." Although Jiaci has gone through great hardships and is still in good health, but as he gets older, coughing and asthma are always inevitable, and there is no major problem in spring and summer, but once in autumn and winter, he will have an attack. The medicine given by His Majesty was taken by Jiaci and said that it had improved greatly. Jiaci said: Your Majesty is deeply gracious, and there is nothing to repay, let me turn filial piety into loyalty, defend the country with the heart of protecting the family, and never disgrace her. ”

When I saw that he was emotional, I couldn't help but be moved, and said: "The place where I and the emperor took you is your loyalty and filial piety. If all the ministers are like you, then Ji Han is very lucky, and the common people are very lucky. Good students lead soldiers, I have my own place to use you. ”

Leaving Shanglin Yuan, I turned back to Chang'an, and couldn't help but think of the old things about Emperor Wen's patrol of the Xiliu Camp, when the Xiongnu were extremely strong, and the Han enemy could not resist it, so I had to garrison troops outside Chang'an City to passively defend. Now, the Northern Xiongnu moved westward, and the Southern Xiongnu secretly formed an alliance with me, and were making ghosts in the annexed states, and there were Huhe Pleiades in contact with us in the meantime, so it can be said that half of the annexed states are already ours. However, the entire Mobei grassland, the hometown of the Xiongnu, was in the hands of Xianbei at this time, "more than 12,000 miles from east to west, more than 7,000 miles from north to south, covering mountains and rivers, water, and salt ponds", and established a strong Xianbei tribal alliance. With 100,000 soldiers, it is more prosperous than the Huns. During the time of Emperor Heng, Xianbei was good at building a court in Danhan Mountain, defeated Fuyu in the east, attacked Wusun in the west, chased Ding Ling in the north, repeatedly disturbed Yunzhong, Yanmen and other border counties of the Han Dynasty, and refused to accept the title of king and the proposal of harmony. Now that the talented Tianzhong is good at stone acacia, he is dead, and Xianbei is divided into three parts, which do not belong to each other and attack each other. At present, although Ji Han is recuperating and recuperating, stabilizing the rear, and not moving swords and guns for the time being, this stabilizing the rear also includes the great plan of pacifying the Western Regions. Since the Eastern Han Dynasty, the 50 countries of the Western Regions have been officially incorporated into the territory of the Han Dynasty. I asked Jiang Wei to return to report on his work this time, and at the same time recalled You Chu. You Chu once said, as long as I give him an edict, I can pacify the Western Regions. Naturally, I will not only give him an edict, but also give him a general, Jiang Wei as his deputy, and the vast world of the Western Regions will verify their talent. However, Xianbei has often attacked the Western Regions in recent years, so whether it is for defensive considerations or offensive planning, I can't help but face this powerful tribal alliance.

To tell the truth, I have a very indifferent view of Huayi's defense, whether it is Nanban, Qianghu, Xiongnu or Xianbei and Karasuma, in my eyes it is the same as the Han people. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the people of the Central Plains said that Qin was a barbarian, and Chu was a barbarian. Hesse is Wulingyi, Wutu Gu is a barbarian in Southern Xinjiang, Ma Chao Jiang Wei has countless Qiang warriors in the army, and the eighth lieutenant of Xiyuan has two troops, Xuanqu Huqi and Chiyang Hucai, don't you still be loyal to protect me Ji Han? A Xianbei lord who is good at Shihuai dares to use the Han people to make proposals, make laws, and forge weapons and tools. Why can't I use Xianbei people as generals, build Xianbei cavalry, and recklessly dominate Mobei? Emperor Wu has a mind that tolerates the world, so he can make the Xiongnu prince an important minister. So, why can't I take the Xianbei Lord Budugen and Kirby under the account? Thinking like this, I couldn't help but laugh to myself, my ambition was inevitably too big, although the idea was good, but to accept these two, I am afraid that it would be difficult to reach the sky. You know, to despise your enemies is to look down on yourself. The Xianbei people were able to defeat the Xiongnu, and their vast territory, rough temperament and powerful attack force were really not easy to deal with. For these people, only outwitting.

Fortunately, although the Xianbei people are strong on the surface, they do not have a long and glorious history like the Huns, they are only a tribal alliance put together until now, there is no national concept, disputes between various tribes are frequent, vendetta against each other, and there is milk is a mother. They annexed 100,000 Xiongnu, but it was difficult to digest them at once. Compared with Ji Han's mature ideas of governing the country with Confucianism and internal law, they are still children. And that's what gave me the opportunity. As long as the methods are appropriate and the intervention measures are effective, in time, who says that I, the Emperor of Ji Han, can't be a Xianbei adult, can't be a Xiongnu Shan Yu, and can't be a heavenly khan under Kunlun Mountain?

Thinking of this, I flew with great pleasure, and added a whip to the horse, and the horse flew away. My horse is a good horse in Liangzhou, tall and long-legged, extremely tame, running smoothly like flying, running straight towards the Imperial Military Academy. The newly built Imperial Military Academy is located in the west of Chang'an City, between the garrison of the Su Guard Army and the Northern Army station, and close to the large school field. In front of the military academy, there is a three-zhang stone pillar, engraved with the words "Imperial Military Academy" written by me, and on the back is written by Kong Ming: "Soldiers, the major affairs of the country, the place of death and life, the way of survival, must not be ignored!" ”

The military academy was created, all the buildings were newly built, the project was still under construction, and the elite instructors and soldiers from each battalion were instructed to run around, erect wooden beams, push carts and carry earth, and were very busy.

Although it has not yet been built, there are soldiers guarding the school gate, which is no different from a regular military camp. We were stopped before the stone piercing and dismounted. Hesse handed the token to the camp gatekeeper, and the camp gatekeeper went in to report, and after a while, he saw the fourth uncle and Yu Ban coming out from inside, while the rest of the people were still busy with their own business, and were not affected by my coming. I nodded secretly in my heart, since Zhou Yafu, only military law is practiced in the barracks, only military orders are followed, and it is not affected by any factors, which has become a military rule. I don't feel that my majesty has been compromised. And a military school is a barracks, and everything must be strict.

As I walked inside, I asked, "Do you have all the textbooks now?" ”

Zhao Yundao: "There are more than ten books of war such as "Sun Wu", "Sun Bin", "Wu Qi", "Sima Fa", "Three Strategies", "Liutao", "Wei Xuanzi", "Guiguzi", etc., and a copy of "The Way of Soldiers" written by the prime minister, all of which are complete. ”

I thought about it for a while and said: "All the art of war in "Sun Tzu" has unpredictable opportunities for ghosts and gods, and all armies practice it, and their combat power can be greatly increased. However, the ancient is different from the present, but the ancient and the modern are different after all, and the ancient chariot soldiers are useless now, so the prime minister's writing, as the focus, the princes' conquest in the past 20 years, can also be analyzed in detail, and there will be something to be gained - but I don't know if the "New Book of Mengde" has been included? ”

As soon as I said this, Zhao Yun and Yu Ban were stunned and looked at each other. I said, "Fourth Uncle and General Wen Ze don't need to be like this. Although Cao Mengde brought the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and his son stole the Han family, he was a man and was very accessible. Although my Ji Han is very talented, he is comparable to others, except for the similarity between him, there is no one who can reach him. This person uses soldiers like a god, suddenly like thunder and lightning, making the enemy difficult to parry, suddenly like an undercurrent whirlpool, quietly but the opponent is unable to defend against it, and his people are stationed in the army to practice, all according to the rope and ink, and then they go into battle, but they are full of strange tricks. To the enemy, know yourself and know that the other side can win all victories, in order to learn the theory, there is no good or evil skills, and the only thing you hold is the general's heart. Therefore, the "New Book of Mengde" must be included as a textbook for our army. ”

Yu Banda sighed: "I didn't expect that Your Majesty is young and has far more knowledge than us, and the last general is full of admiration." It's just that not long after Cao Gong's book was written, Zhang Song went to Shuzhong, and he only read it once, and he could recite it. He lied to Cao Gong that this book was also known to young children in Shu, and Cao Gong thought that his book was in line with the meaning of the ancients, so he burned it with fire and did not save it. He was in Cao Ying, and he was deeply loved by Cao Cao, and among the generals with foreign surnames, he was also the only one who faked the festival, so he knew this old thing and couldn't help but regret it.

I nodded and said, "The general only knows one of them, but I don't know the other, and as far as I know, this book is still there." ”

Yu Ban's eyes widened in disbelief: "Won't it?" If so, don't I know? ”

I smiled and said, "This book may not be available in Wei, but what about the side?" ”

"Beside us?" Yu Ban's eyes widened for unknown reasons.

I gestured to Hesse, who had already held a yellow roll into my hand, and I opened it and said, "Yes." At that time, Cao Gong did destroy the book, but he forgot that there was a Zhang Song in the world. The fourth uncle has guessed, yes, Zhang Song used his brain to take the secretary away. He knew the importance of this book, so he wrote it on the road and collected it at home after returning to Shu. Later, Zhang Song was killed by Liu Zhang, and Liu Zhang read that his brother Zhang Su had made a meritorious report, and transferred all the property of Zhang Song's family to him, which naturally included this book. Later, his father broke through Yizhou and wanted to kill Zhang Su to avenge Zhang Song, Zhang Su said that although he denounced his brother, it was for the safety of the whole family, although he harmed Zhang Song, but he saved Zhang Song's young son. After his father pondered deeply, he confiscated Zhang Su into the army and returned Zhang Song's property to Zhang Song's youngest son Zhang Pu. However, although Zhang Pu was smart and remembered his father's tragic death, he never touched his father's relics. Zhang Pu is now working by Ma Liang's side, and this year I will inform the whole country to collect books and copy them. Ma Liang remembered Zhang Song's dedication to the picture and asked Zhang Pu, who went home to search for this book and was willing to dedicate it to me. I couldn't bear it, so I bought it with a lot of money. ”

Yu Ban couldn't help sighing: "I didn't expect this book to experience such ups and downs. Your Majesty, can this book be read by the courtiers? ”

I said, "This is the original book recorded by Zhang Song, and I gave it to the general; And this one was copied by my own hand, and I also handed it over to the general for the purpose of teaching. ”

Yu Ban trembled and took the two copies of "Mengde's New Book" and bowed to me: "Your Majesty's body is the heart of a minister, how can a minister not know." Cao Gong treats Yu Ban as heavy as a mountain, and Yu Ban never dares to forget. His Majesty handed over the original book stolen by Zhang Song to Yu Ban, and Yu Ban burned it to repay Cao Gong's virtue. His Majesty's book, which will be used by the forbidden generals to perform all departments, will live up to His Majesty's trust. ”

I know the forbidden loyalty, and I never dare to say anything bad about Cao Cao in front of him. In fact, I gave him Zhang Song's original book, thinking that the book was "stolen" from Cao Cao, so that he could think about people from books and give him a thought. I didn't expect him to be willing to burn the book back to Cao Cao, so I was naturally overjoyed. Such a one-time solution is naturally better than keeping it for him to read every day and want it every day, and the "New Book of Mengde" that I copied by hand, no matter what the content, has my mark on it, and it is impossible for him to just want Cao Wei not to think about me.

Perhaps, it is not impossible to let Yu Ban help me do things. Even if he refuses to lead the troops, if he really makes the effort to teach me a few disciples, it will not be much worse than him going out himself. I thought about it quickly, but smiled and said, "Come, let me see how our military school is." ”

The fourth uncle and Yu Ban accompanied me to turn around the military school, and looked at the school field, the instructor camp, the military tent, the shooting range, and the horse farm......

The fourth uncle said: "Your Majesty, now the military academy is grass-created, and there is a shortage of everything, especially horses and ordnance, our army has always been dominated by infantry crossbow troops, and the cavalry is only the Liangzhou Iron Cavalry under the Hussar General, but there are many losses in the first battle of Weinan. If our army has a foothold in the north, horses are indispensable, and horses in military schools are indispensable. If you want to line up the formation, without a thousand military horses, it won't work at all, why don't you think of a way? ”

A thousand military horses is not too much, but it is not too little. The establishment of Changshui Hu in the Han Dynasty was only 1,500 horses, not to mention the current Ji Han, although I attach importance to the military academy, and the prime minister and generals are directly responsible for handling it, but with the Liu Ba who lives a fine and tight life, it is very difficult to want these horses. I thought for a moment and said, "It's not that these horses can't be given, but I'm afraid that I won't be able to understand the Shangshu order, and I will have to pay for it." However, my money cannot be spent in vain, so I can only give you three hundred horses of the Xiliang army first, and at the same time give you two hundred foot soldiers, and after a month, they will have to fight against one hundred iron cavalry troops, if they win, the remaining seven hundred horses will be allocated, and if they are defeated, this war horse will have to wait for Shang Shuling's meaning. ”

The fourth uncle looked at Yu Ban and straightened his chest: "A hundred iron cavalry, no problem." ”

I shook my head and said, "Fourth Uncle is slow to agree, I have a few requirements: First, you and General Yu naturally can't fight, and all people must be these foot soldiers." Otherwise, these 100 iron horsemen, you will only be used as a warm-up, won't I fall for you? Second, don't think that General Meng Qi is also a military academy sacrificial wine, if you go out of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, I will definitely release water - these 100 Iron Cavalry, I will not use the Xiliang soldiers, I will use the Liaodong cavalry, wearing the armor of the tiger and leopard cavalry to confront you, and I will make a promise that if they win, they will be removed from their prisoner of war status, and then you will face a crazy army. ”

The fourth uncle was deflated and said unhappily: "Your Majesty, this is difficult for a strong man, two hundred soldiers, I am afraid that I can't even go up on horseback in a month, Liaodong is connected to Xianbei, Liaodong is in the world, and its soldiers have been born on horseback since childhood, and the two are not on the same grade at all, how to compare?" ”

I smiled and said, "It depends on whether General Yu can help or not." "With that, I left the military academy.

With Yu Ban's cleverness, he will understand what I mean, the tactics of the Liaodong cavalry are similar to Xianbei, and my next combat direction is the Xiongnu and Cao Wei, and the Liaodong cavalry can be used as the object of the exercise. And Yu Ban has participated in the Northern Expedition many times, and understands the tactics of Xianbei, Karasuma, Liaodong cavalry and tiger and leopard cavalry, although the time is relatively short, but I believe that they must have a way. But even if they fail, I will give them the war horse, the military academy, after all, it will also invest my heart and hope.

When I returned to Chang'an City, Li Yan was already waiting for me in the Xuan Room. I'm a little strange, today is a vacation, what is he doing alone on such a day? After Li Yan saluted me, he said, "Your Majesty, there is a major matter that the minister dare not report. ”

I rebuked the servant and said, "Sit down and talk." ”

Li Yan nodded and sat down: "Your Majesty, recently the minister has received reports one after another, these reports are all directed at one person, and what he said is not like an empty wind, the minister did not care at first, but the more later, the more surprised, and later, he was frightened, and he did not dare not report it to His Majesty." ”

I smiled and said, "I don't know who it is, but it frightened my Imperial History, could it be that which royal relatives can't do it." ”

Li Yan said: "No, these reports point to the prime minister. ”

"What?" I was taken aback, if I talk about others, I still trust it, but the prime minister, he is as famous as Ji Han, not even less than me; He was deeply used by Ji Han and the two emperors, and was the first minister who was indisputable; He is dedicated to the country, he works tirelessly, he must be respectful, honest and humble, he is the real pillar of Ji Han, and he is the most important part of my great achievements, how can anyone report him? The whistleblower doesn't have a long brain?

I said with a straight face: "Everything needs evidence, if you are suspicious of the minister because of the sourceless wind, wouldn't it be chilling, are you coming to see me because of these reports for no reason?" ”

Li Yan sat up straight and said: "Your Majesty, the Yushitai is the eyes and ears of the Son of Heaven, correcting hundreds of officials, pushing the prison, and the prime minister is the head of the hundred officials, although the responsibilities are heavy, they are also within the scope of Yushitai's supervision. Although Kong Ming is the teacher of His Majesty, but His Majesty is the son of Ji Han, An can abolish justice for personal feelings, and emphasize the prime minister and ignore the imperial history, so what is the use of His Majesty setting up the imperial history platform? ”

Listening to Li Yan's accusation, I had to say: "The positive dialect is heavy, I am just a little surprised, and I definitely don't mean to despise Yushitai." But you didn't come to see me alone, not just because of some rumors. ”

Li Yan took out a scroll of fine silk from his arms, handed it to me, and when he opened it, it was a catalog: "1. Play Zhuge Liang to control the government and make friends with ministers; Second, Zhuge Liang privately set up Cao Rafter, with bad intentions; 3. Playing Zhuge Liang to bewitch the emperor and change the ancestors into a law; Fourth, Zhuge Liang abused his power and privately built a ministry; 5. Impeachment Zhuge Liang connived at relatives and oppressed good deeds; Six 、......"

Li Yan stood up, moved a large pile of books, papers, and silk albums behind him, and said: "These are all originals, the handwriting is not done by one person, and the facts are always clear, and some of them are unknown to me, so Weichen does not dare to conceal them, and I have come to report to Your Majesty." Taking 'Playing Zhuge Liang's Private Cao Rafter' as an example, Zhuge Liang set up a knowledge office under the Prime Minister's Mansion and set up institutions in various places, and his personnel were kept secret from anyone, and the cost was quite huge, and in recent years, he could almost equip a force of 5,000 people; oppress good deeds', someone bought land in Hanzhong, and the subordinates below reported to Weichen, who was actually Kong Ming's brother......"

Listening to Li Yan's words, I was extremely surprised at first, because each one has a look, and it is not up to the owner to be moved. When I looked through it, I found that although these pieces seemed alarmist on the surface, there was nothing real about them.

said that Kong Ming befriended ministers and controlled the government, although Kong Ming was the head of a hundred officials, and his energy and official position were indeed very important in the court, but I knew his loyalty. In history, he was the prime minister of the book, the fake festival, and the commander of the school and the pastor of Yizhou, he still did his best, and he died, not to mention now; As for saying that he privately set up Cao Rafter and established the Zhiwen Office, in fact, that was my instruction, and the role of this office was to collect news from all over Wei and Wu, and others would naturally not know the secrets; As for bewitching the emperor and changing the law of the ancestors, what he refers to is naturally a system that is easier to detect, and it is clearly a joint act between me and him; As for his private construction of the department, it is even more nonsense, which counts the Hubu Battalion and even Jiang Wei's Young Tiger Battalion as Kong Ming's private soldiers; However, who is this Kong Ming's brother, and how could he acquire land in Hanzhong in the name of Kong Ming?

At this time, I was surprised, not only in the content of this article, but also in who wrote these things. I said to Li Yan, "These things will be left in my place." With regard to the case of land annexation, you should send someone to investigate it thoroughly, and if there is such a case, it will be dealt with strictly; If it has nothing to do with the prime minister, the prime minister must also be innocent. This matter is very important, and it must be kept secret, you know, I know, and you must not pass it on to others, otherwise, I will tolerate you, and the law of the land will not tolerate you. ”

Li Yan responded to the order.