Huo Guang's question is simply ridiculous, and it exudes a kind of madness that makes people laugh.

Because the answer to this question is too obvious, it's just that Huo Guang didn't think it clearly for a while.

If Liu He wants to answer, it is very simple, just one sentence: I am worried that after these three people will meet Chang'an, the middle father will be unfavorable to me.

It's just that Liu He's words really came out, which was tantamount to slapping Huo Guang in the face.

No matter how high Huo Guang's ability to do things on his own face is, it is estimated that he will not be able to get off the stage.

The gaffe on the spot is small, and in a fit of anger, he will really rebel.

Liu He is not afraid of going head-to-head with Huo Guang, but he doesn't want to go head-to-head now.

"Father Zhong may not have heard what I said just now, I understand the hard work of the soldiers, but I can say that I will not pursue this futile matter."

"Rewards and punishments are clear, this is the iron law of the army in all dynasties, and the middle father, as the great general of Sima, will not know this simple truth."

"The sudden drop in temperature in northern Cyprus may indeed be a thing, but it is not yet known how much impact it will have on the battle situation, and we can't listen to the words of Fan Mingyou and others."

"Ordinary soldiers, army commanders, even commanders, tun commanders, and even Du Hou lieutenants, they have their own rewards and punishments for leading the troops, so I don't have to worry about it."

"However, there are still some people who should be investigated first, and then see if they should bear the responsibility of retreating without a fight."

After Huo Guang heard these words of the Son of Heaven, his face was once again covered with dark clouds, and the killing intent that had just been suppressed rose again.

is a good "some people", it seems that today's Son of Heaven has made up his mind that he can't get along with him.

Huo Guang wanted to stand up and angrily reprimand the Son of Heaven's madness, and wanted to subdue the Son of Heaven with a strong momentum as before.

However, he found that his hips and feet seemed to be glued to the couch, and he couldn't move.

Because these words of the Son of Heaven are to the point, sentence by sentence.

When he first came to Weiyang Palace, didn't the Son of Heaven keep saying that he "didn't know soldiers"?

Why is it now the same as the Tao?

Could it be that the Son of Heaven now stops reading books such as "Analects" and "Zuo Chuan", but instead looks at the art of war?

Huo Guang had to ask in a calm voice: "The old man dares to ask Your Majesty, who is to be held accountable?" ”

"Naturally, it is the leading generals of these three armies - Tian Shun, Tian Guangming and Fan Mingyou."

Among these three people, except for Tian Guangming, the other two are from extraordinary backgrounds.

Fan Mingyou naturally doesn't need to say much, he is Huo Guang's son-in-law and the brother-in-law of the Son of Heaven.

Tian Shun is the son of Tian Qianqiu, the prime minister of the former dynasty, and Tian Qianqiu is Huo Guang's friend.

These are all hardcore Huo Dang, and the Son of Heaven does not shy away from investigating their crimes, isn't this an open fire that wants to shoot at the Huo Party?

"Then how will Your Majesty hold them accountable?"

"Find out the truth first, reward if you have merit, and punish if you have a mistake."

Rewards and punishments are clear, which is an iron law for governing the army in this era, even if Huo Guang can't say half a word.

"In this way, there is no conflict between His Majesty's thoughts and the old man......"

"Then Fan Mingyou and others can lead the army back to Chang'an City first, and then check it out well, the rewards and punishments are clear, which will naturally convince the soldiers."

The treacherous and cunning Huo Guang once again turned the problem back and threw it back to Liu He.

At this moment, Liu He suddenly felt a wave of boredom, as if he had swallowed a fly.

He didn't want to beat around the bush with Huo Guang anymore.

There is no benefit in playing back and forth like this, and I am afraid that the dispute will not lead to anything tomorrow.

Don't be ashamed of your face, then don't blame me for slapping you in the face.

"Father, don't you really know what I'm worried about?" Liu He asked with a sneer.

"Old man......" Huo Guang couldn't see that the Son of Heaven was already angry, and he had to argue with a shelf.

"General! Do you really want me to make it so clear!? ”

Liu He suddenly stood up, and his suddenly raised voice startled Huo Guang to swallow the second half of the sentence back.

What do you say?

Huo Guang couldn't turn the corner for a while.

He also found out that the Son of Heaven actually called him "Great General"? This does not bode well.

"Middle Father! There are a total of 100,000 troops under the command of Fan Minh You and others, and the temperature in northern Cyprus has plummeted, which may indeed be excusable, but as far as I know......"

Liu He deliberately paused for a moment, his gaze swept over Bingji and Cai Yi's faces, and finally stayed on Huo Guang's face.

"As far as I know, Tian Shun and the others have been plotting to return south to Sai on October 29!"

"At that time, not to mention the waterside of Wuyu, even the Ukrainian people further north had not yet snowed heavily, and the temperature was far from the point where it was impossible to march and fight!"

If Huo Guang, Bingji and the others just now were only slightly surprised by the Son of Heaven's "knowledge of military affairs".

So now, when the obscure place names of Wuyushui and Wuyuan came out of the mouth of the Son of Heaven, they were not only surprised, but simply stunned.

These place names from the Hu language, Mo said that it is impossible for the princes and kings who grew up on the coast of the East China Sea to hear of them, even Huo Guang and Bingji are not familiar with them.

Liu He looked at the stunned expressions of the three of them and felt very happy.

How can the map of this era be as accurate as the Tan map of later generations?

Liu He couldn't completely understand all the terrain in the north of Saibei, but the relative location of these important sites was still very precious.

Dare to question my "ignorance of soldiers"?

Then I'll cut my ass with a knife today, so you can take a look.

"Fan Mingyou's department is out of Zhangye, and it is 1,600 miles away, but the distance from Xijunji Mountain is only 600 miles......"

"Tian Guangming's department is out of the West River, and it is 1,300 miles away, but the distance from Xijun Ji Mountain is only 500 miles......

"The two of them knew that this expedition was a big battle that our Han had planned for a long time, but they couldn't move forward, and they had to return south without authorization."

"I naturally want to suspect that they have bad intentions, in this case, how can I let them lead their troops back to Chang'an, wouldn't that lead the wolf into the house?"

Liu He finally stopped when he said this.

Once again, the small Shang Shu Department lit up with swords and swords.

Only this time, this sword light and sword shadow was revealed by the Son of Heaven.

Bingji and Cai Yi had never seen such a-for-tat scene, so they didn't dare to interject at all.

And Huo Guang also sat motionless on the couch, not knowing how to deal with it.

A Son of Heaven, a pro-government Son of Heaven, a Son of Heaven who enjoys the support of courtiers and the people......

He named and said that the three main generals who were leading the troops abroad had committed rebellion.

Whether it's true or not, I'm afraid the three of them are more than lucky.

If they are loyal ministers, then they should immediately take matters into their own hands when they hear the news.

In order to prove his loyalty to the Son of Heaven, and in exchange for the safety of his family.

Any justification will be harbored with evil intentions.

The snow outside the hall was still falling all the time, and the soft voice covered up Liu He's anger, otherwise it would alarm the people in the wing room outside.

After a long time, Huo Guang finally came back to his soul a little.

He chewed on these words of the Son of Heaven repeatedly, and finally figured out many different tastes.

The Son of Heaven not only knows the soldiers, but also has eyeliner in the Han army, otherwise it is impossible to know more details than what he knows.

"The old man dares to ask Your Majesty, how did Your Majesty know that Fan Mingyou and others returned to the south without authorization on October 29?" Huo Guang asked.

"Father Zhong doesn't need to ask more, it's the Han army that went out, and I am the son of the Han Dynasty, so I naturally know."

Without the warrant of the commander-in-chief, no soldier can leave the camp without permission, otherwise he will be punished as a deserter.

But there are still people who send letters to the Son of Heaven, which means that the people who send messages to the Son of Heaven are either in high positions of authority or die.

Either way, it wasn't good news for Huo Guang.

Suddenly, Huo Guang felt that he was in a fog.

Fan Mingyou didn't tell Huo Guang the truth, and the Son of Heaven knew more about the front line than himself.

For a short moment, Huo Guang even thought that Fan Mingyou and the Son of Heaven were colluding to play tricks on him.

This thought was just a flash, but it hit Huo Guang hard.

Because at this moment, the two sides seem to be the Son of Heaven and Fan Mingyou, and he is just a tool used by both ends.

This feeling made Huo Guang, who was high above, unable to accept it for a while.

"Doesn't the middle father have any doubts?" Liu He asked.

"It's true that there are some unusual, but the old man didn't think much about it, maybe they have a reason?" Huo Guang said from the bottom of his heart.

"Okay, so now that I've said it, does Father Zhong still think that my suspicions are nonsense, or does Father Zhong already know about it?" Liu He asked sharply.

The big man is still the big man of the Liu family - this is a sentence engraved into Huo Guang's bones.

Even though he was an auxiliary minister who had been in charge of the government for more than ten years, he still could not afford to be charged with rebellion.

Therefore, under the pressure of the Son of Heaven, Huo Guang was terrified, as if he had fallen into an ice cave.

He suddenly remembered the thing that Huo Yu had hidden from him for a long time, and felt that his robe seemed to be cleaned up, and then stood in the courtyard full of snow for people to watch.

Shame, panic, fear...... Engulfed Huo Guang in an instant - his whole body froze on the couch.

The bluff that Huo Guang had been puffing up overnight was gone.

Fan Mingyou and Huo Yu, are they really going to make trouble?

Isn't he going to become a disloyal and unfilial man? Isn't it true that the Son of Heaven can destroy the entire Huo clan at any time?

In the past, the Son of Heaven had no excuses, so he couldn't move himself, the great general Sima who had contributed to the Han Dynasty.

But now, stupid people like Fan Mingyou and Huo Yu actually handed the knife to the Son of Heaven with their own hands.

Even if Fan Mingyou and the others could succeed, the Huo family and all the Huo parties would probably be dead a long time ago.

At this time, Huo Guang also remembered something.

Not long ago, that is, a few days after he was sick, the Son of Heaven issued an edict to let the northern counties renovate the cities in preparation for the Xiongnu.

It seems that this move to guard against the Huns is fake, and to guard against Fan Mingyou they are real.

This dizzy Fan Mingyou and Huo Yu are not doing well in Saibei, why do they want to do such a bad thing!?

If this was the case, Huo Guang's original plan would have been disrupted.

"Why didn't the middle father answer me?" The indifferent voice of the Son of Heaven came again.

Huo Guang hurriedly stood up from the couch, bowed down in front of the Son of Heaven, and expressed his loyalty in a trembling voice.

"Your Majesty...... This was the first time the old man knew about this, and he thought it was a little unusual before...... It's just ......" said that, the sweat on Huo Guang's sideburns trickled down

"Well, I believe that the middle father is unaware of this matter, and I hope that I am wrong to blame them, but I will not be at peace for a moment without finding out the truth."

"Father Zhong, I ask again, can I now let Fan Mingyou and others lead an army of 100,000 to return to Chang'an City?"

Huo Guang didn't answer and didn't dare to answer, because the answer was already coming out.

Now, if he says the word "can", then he will leave a truth, and the Son of Heaven will immediately send him to prison.

Huo Guang is probably not thinking about how to let Fan Mingyou and them come back as his help, but thinking about how to save their lives.

To save their lives, you must first save yourself.

"If the middle father doesn't speak, then I will decide this matter, is there anything wrong with the middle father?"

Is the Son of Heaven going to take away his military power?

Huo Guang's eyes darkened, and he finally nodded.

He had no reason to refuse, and to refuse was to rebel.

"Your Majesty, please give an edict."

"Okay, that's very good, Father get up, you don't have to kneel."

"No."

Now, there are three choices in front of Liu He.

The best strategy is to send three generals to seize the military power of Fan Mingyou and others.

But there is no more prestigious military general than Fan Mingyou and others in the current court, and sending a few people to just send them to death will only send them to death.

The middle strategy is to let Fan Mingyou and the others return to Chang'an alone first, and the soldiers and generals will be separated, seizing their military power in disguise.

But Pham Minh Woo and others will not sit idly by, and the moment they see the edict, they will immediately rebel.

The next strategy is to stabilize Fan Mingyou and others in the border county first, and then deal with them after Han Zeng's department and Zhao Chongguo's department come back.

But it also gave Fan Mingyou and others more contact time, and it was easy to change after a long time.

Compared with the upper, middle and lower strategies, the upper policy cannot be chosen, and the lower policy is too conservative, so only the middle policy can be chosen.

Since no matter what they do, they can't take away the military power of Fan Mingyou and others, what Liu He can do is not let them return to Chang'an City justifiably.

To put it simply and bluntly, it is to use the middle strategy to force them: it is of course good to come back obediently, but it is not necessarily a bad thing if it is really reversed.

"Bingqing, I'll come and write, and the middle father and Cai Qing will see if there is anything inappropriate." Liu He said.

"No." It comes from the mouths of three people, but the meaning conveyed is completely different.

"The soldiers of Fan Mingyou, Tian Shun, and Tian Guangming's subordinates slept in the open and went deep into the barren ...... Although it did not achieve a great victory, it still contributed to the Han. ”

"But this winter's wind and snow have plummeted, and the Hun thieves are afraid of cunning and changeable, and I am afraid that they will still intrude on the border of our Han Dynasty."

"Therefore, Fan Mingyou's department and Tian Guangming's department were stationed in Lingwu County, and Tian Shun's department was stationed in Wuyuan, in case of Xiongnu thieves."

"In order to reward the three armies and comfort the feeling of homesickness, when stationed in the border counties, three days of money and food should be distributed every day."

"Fan Mingyou, Tian Guangming and Tian Shun immediately returned to Chang'an to face the saint and state the military situation in the north."

"Military orders are like mountains, do not disobey, those who resist the order will be killed!"

In fact, Liu He didn't have much hope for this edict, and it was unknown whether he could make Fan Mingyou and others repent.

And Huo Guang listened carefully, and his jealousy and admiration for the Son of Heaven were a little more.

This edict was issued very cleverly, not only taking into account the face of Fan Mingyou and others, but also taking into account the benefits of ordinary soldiers.

The measure of "giving money and food for three days a day" can appease the hearts of most soldiers and allow them to stay in the border counties obediently without dissent.

These low-level soldiers are like this, they will be satisfied with a little profit, and they can't see the general trend at all.

"Three Aiqing, do you think there is anything else to change in this edict?"

Cai Yi and Bingji didn't know much about military affairs, and they didn't have any "bad intentions", so naturally they didn't have any doubts about the edict of the Son of Heaven.

And Huo Guang couldn't raise any other objections.

"Father Zhong is the Great General Sima, I also hope that you can write a letter to each of these three generals and let them act according to the edict, is Father Zhong willing?"

"This is the minister's business." Huo Guang said very reluctantly.

"Without further ado, write now!"

"No."

Huo Guang's reluctance was seen by Liu He, and he didn't say a word of exhortation.

Whether you want to do it or not, as long as you're willing to do it.

Soon, Huo Guang's three letters were written, and Liu He's edict was also finalized.

The edict was sent to Wei Xiang to be stamped with the jade seal, and he immediately sent people to send it in three directions along with Huo Guang's three letters.

Huo Guang, who suffered a "new defeat", did not stay in the Shangshu Department for long, and said goodbye to the Son of Heaven in some despair.

As he left the main hall, the midday chime rang.

The various Shangshu and Imperial History also came out of the small pavilion in the wing room.

They stood under the eaves and saw the scene where the Son of Heaven said goodbye to Huo Guang.

The Son of Heaven Qi Yu Xuanhang stood with his hands behind his back, although he still kept telling the general to walk slower, but he did not reach out to help him as usual.

And the general's footsteps also stumbled a little, and he hurried through the courtyard of the Shangshu Department, without responding to anyone's greetings, and exuding an air of aging all over his body.

The sky of the Han Dynasty seems to be really changing.

(End of chapter)