Chapter 205: Great Achievements? The people have no means of making a living!
Without the two generals Wei Qing and Huo Quai, the Han no longer had the opportunity to conquer the Xiongnu.
No one can win a hundred battles like the two of them.
Therefore, the Han Dynasty's conquest of the Xiongnu came to an end.
But then, Liu Che pointed in other directions and continued to expand his territory.
Two years after Wei Qing's death, Liu Che sent An Guo Shaoji and Zhongjun to South Vietnam, in order to persuade Zhao Xing, the king of South Vietnam, to make him attached.
It's just that like all his previous plans, this time it also failed.
LΓΌ Jia, the prime minister of Nanyue, was reluctant to return to Han, and in the following year killed Zhao Xing, the king of Nanyue, and his mother, who was also a Han woman, and killed Zhao Xing, the king of Nanyue, who also had a disagreement with him.
At the same time, Han envoys such as An Guo Shaoji and Zhongjun, who were sent to South Vietnam, were also killed by LΓΌ Jia.
Liu Che was immediately furious, so he sent generals such as Lu Bode and Yang Fu to dispatch troops and horses to destroy South Vietnam!
The result was a great success!
These people saw that the Han and the Xiongnu had fought for decades, and thought that they had the strength of the Xiongnu, but in fact they were fools' dreams, and they were about to collapse at the first touch.
As a result, the Han Dynasty set up nine counties, including Nanhai, and incorporated Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, and the central and northern regions of Vietnam into its territory.
The territory of the Han Dynasty has once again been elevated to an unprecedented level.
In the following years, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty also did not stop the pace of conquest, regardless of the livelihood of the people in the country, and sent troops one after another.
In the following years, he successively pacified the Xiqiang, Wei's Joseon, Dongyue, and Southwest Yi regimes.
This also means that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty completely incorporated the eastern part of Qinghai, the northern part of the peninsula, and the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau into the territory.
At this time, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's self-confidence was unprecedentedly improved, and he thought that he had accomplished a great cause that was difficult for his predecessors to achieve.
In fact, this is exactly the case, Emperor Wu of the Qin Dynasty, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty is called Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty precisely because of the outstanding military achievements made by the Han Dynasty under his leadership!
After such an achievement, Emperor Wu of Han did not think about recuperation, but prepared to continue to expand his territory and territory!
And before that, he had to go to Mount Tai to seal the Zen!
In June of the fourth year of Yuan Ding, that is, the year when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent troops to attack South Vietnam, Baoding was unearthed in Fenyin, which was considered an auspicious omen.
As for whether this auspicious rui is really auspicious or deliberately made by someone, it is unknown.
Anyway, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had really eaten the spirit fruit and seen the immortals, if even he himself said that it was true, where would others dare to object?
To put it bluntly, this so-called auspicious is actually just an excuse.
An excuse for Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to use this to seal Zen!
Anyway, this Baoding has nothing to do with Qin Tian.
Because at this time he is digesting what he has gained over the years and preparing for the next retreat!
And after the birth of that Baoding, Liu Che ordered someone to discuss the matter of sealing Zen.
Finally, after the conquest of South Vietnam, that is, in the third year after the birth of Baoding, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty completed the grand ceremony of sealing Mount Tai in Mount Tai.
Taking this opportunity, he also changed the yuan to the yuan seal.
Feng Chan Taishan is clearly a symbol of the success of governance, but Liu Che is not satisfied, he still did not stop the pace of using soldiers.
After sealing Mount Tai, South Vietnam was pacified, and there was almost no time for the people to recuperate, so he moved his troops to Dawan, which was more distant in the Western Regions.
So there was Li Guangli's western expedition to Dawan in the early years.
This battle was very hard, which further consumed a large amount of national strength of the Han Dynasty, and after several years of hard fighting, Li Guangli finally beheaded the king of Dawan!
And Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was finally satisfied with the Tuntian Yuluntai and the canal plow, and took the opportunity of eliminating Dawan to let the Han initially control the Western Regions.
But this series of expeditions also gave the Huns a chance to recuperate.
Since the evacuation of the south and the north, the Xiongnu have been recuperating and have not carried out large-scale military operations abroad.
Therefore, in the Western Regions at this time, the Xiongnu still retained great influence.
This led to many small states in the Western Regions, which brought great trouble to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to expand his influence in the Western Regions!
If Emperor Wu of Han had not been so eager to expand his territory, the Xiongnu would not have been any problem at all.
Or he is willing to recuperate for a few years, and the Huns will not dare to make a mistake.
However, the Han Dynasty fought for many years, the people's livelihood withered, and the two most powerful generals who fought against the Huns have also died, and they are several years earlier than the original history.
This led to the more serious consumption of the national strength of the Han Dynasty.
Finally, in the seventh year after Wei Qing's death, the Xiongnu refused to send the crown prince into the Han Dynasty at Liu Che's request, and from this, the Xiongnu began to become a border trouble of the Han Dynasty again.
After nearly ten years of recuperation, the vitality of the Xiongnu has recovered, and Wei Qinghuo and Huo have died, and the Xiongnu began to have some ideas.
Refusing to send protons is only the first step, and the next step is to constantly test the border of the Great Han.
So Liu Che used troops against the Xiongnu again, wanting to completely solve the Xiongnu problem.
However, what Wei Qing and Huo Quzhi had never done when the Han Dynasty was at its strongest, it was even more difficult for Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to do it now.
With the loss of Wei Qing and Huo Quzhi, coupled with these years of conquest, the strength of the Han Dynasty has long since lost the strength of Wei Qing and Huo Quzhi when they were alive to beat the Huns to the ground!
From the beginning of the war, Liu Che used troops against the Xiongnu several times, but several battles before and after were unfavorable.
What's more, Li Ling, Li Guangli and other generals who made great contributions to the Han Dynasty surrendered to the Xiongnu!
And this is only the beginning of the weakening of the Great Han.
The consequences of Liu Che's decades of using soldiers before and after finally began to appear.
The people are exhausted, and fourteen years after Wei Qing's death, the entire Han Dynasty has lost its glory fourteen years ago.
There are more than 2 million displaced people in Kanto alone!
In addition to these, the rule of officials collapsed, so that in the entire Kanto, there are 400,000 people who cannot be counted and cannot pay taxes just because they are not registered!
The city is empty, and many people are in exile......
The world is wasted, and people cannibalize each other......
The two simple sentences in the history books vividly describe the Han Dynasty at this time.
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Qin Tian just closed his eyes and cultivated for a moment, and it would be more than ten years later when he opened his eyes again.
He hadn't really started the retreat yet.
It's just that after opening his eyes again, he seems to see that Dahan has changed from a rising dragon to a dragon that is about to die.
Qin Tian frowned, and in the blink of an eye, he understood what had happened in the past ten years.
The current situation of the entire Han Dynasty seems to be caused by the great achievements of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, but Qin Tian knows that it has a certain relationship with the bad relationship between Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and the crown prince Liu Ju.
After all, paper can't contain fire.
Liu Che was finally a little skeptical about what happened back then.
Huo Qu died too lightly, and Wei Qing became very strange after that, and then he was sick for a few days before he suddenly died.
Liu Che couldn't figure out what was going on, so in the third year after Wei Qing's death, he began a secret investigation.
The paper can't hold the fire, although those people have been killed by Wei Qing himself, but only need to investigate Wei Qing's actions before his death, it is easy to see some suspicious points.
Before he died, Wei Qing continued to target many people, and many of these people were directly ruined!
And in the country, as many as 3,000 people have died directly or indirectly at his hands!
I didn't think there was anything at the time, but looking back on it now, it's really weird.
So soon, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty locked the suspicion on Liu Che.
After some investigation, although he didn't know what was going on, Liu Che was almost certain that the deaths of Wei Qing and Huo Qubing had an inseparable relationship with the crown prince Liu Ju!
Even Liu Che didn't know why these two people died because of Liu Ju.
But Liu Che doesn't need evidence, he just needs to suspect it!
In a country, the two people with the most power do not agree on the same opinions, and even the two sides have deep contradictions, and it is not surprising that the Han Dynasty has such a situation today.
From top to bottom, Liu Che doesn't like the prince, and there will naturally be pro-princeling factions and anti-princeling factions in the court.
This was the prototype of party strife.
In the midst of these struggles, the power of the state is further drained internally.
In addition to this, displaced people from all over the country also gathered together and launched a peasant uprising.
In order to solve these matters, Emperor Wu of Han issued numerous orders in an attempt to stabilize the situation in the country.
However, these orders had little effect, and even local officials, in order to avoid punishment by the law, would even collude with local bandits and conceal them.
At this time, the struggle in the palace also reached its peak.
When a powder keg is scorched by flames, any piece of rope can be the trigger that ignites the powder keg!
As a result, the witch case broke out.
It is not so much that the Witch Gu case detonated this powder keg, but that this powder keg needs to be detonated by the Wu Gu case.
Does Liu Che know that there are no spells in this world?
He may or may not know.
But it didn't matter if he knew it or not, when it happened, all of it was just an excuse for purging!
The crown prince Liu Ju would not wait for death willingly, or rather, in fact, all he needed was such an excuse.
So he resolutely raised his troops and prepared to seize power!
At this critical moment, Emperor Wu of Han actually saw the immortal again.
The immortal who haunted him and appeared in his dreams countless times.
"Immortal...... Immortals, how did you reappear? β
After not seeing him for more than ten years, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty has aged a lot, and the wrinkles on his face have spread all over his face, and there is almost only white hair left on his head.
When he saw the immortal again, Emperor Wu of Han found that the immortal was still exactly the same as the last time he saw him, without any changes and differences.
If he didn't know that this person in front of him was an immortal, I was afraid that Emperor Wu of Han would feel that he was dreaming at this time.
"That's enough, it's time to stop." Qin Tian sighed helplessly and said slowly.
Before Wei Qing died, he did not plan to meet Qin Tian.
But perceiving Wei Qing's death, Qin Tian still took the time to watch Wei Qing breathe from afar.
Although Wei Qing didn't say anything, as a friend, Qin Tian felt that if he could, he naturally wouldn't mind selling to help Wei Qing and help him fulfill his last wish.
The friendship between gentlemen is as light as water, and Qin Tian has long felt that he and Wei Qing are friends.
There were quite a few Wei family members involved in the rebellion this time.
After Qin Tian woke up, he only took a brief look at the Heavenly Dao and knew what was going on.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had a ten-out chance of winning, and the final result of these people was only one, that is, they were all killed by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
Although for the sake of Wei Qing's face, perhaps Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty can leave a spark for the Wei family, but the Wei family can basically be said to be completely finished.
In the midst of political struggle, it is so terrible to stand on the wrong side.
Qin Tian had no intention of paying attention to those fools who killed themselves, but he wanted to keep Wei Qing's bloodline that belonged to his sideline.
These people do not deserve to die in such a senseless struggle.
"Liu Che, as an emperor, you were qualified in the first half of your life, but now, you are definitely not a good emperor!"
Qin Tian said unceremoniously.
If it had been placed ten years ago, he would have been honored as Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
But today's Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty is just an old man who indulges in false honors, and he can no longer be said to be a Ming monarch!
Therefore, Qin Tian naturally would not give Emperor Wu of Han any good face.
"To this day, don't you know how guilty you are for what you did!"
"Look what the world has become!"
Emperor Wu of Han was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't expect that as soon as Qin Tian appeared, he would accuse himself of splitting his head and covering his face.
Qin Tian sighed.
In the first half of his life, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was once obsessed with cultivating immortals, and almost made a big mistake.
In the second half of his life, he did seek to expand his territory, and he held on to his hands and refused to relax.
Countless bad decisions came together to make it what it is today.
"I can bring Liu Ju to Ling, there is only one thing I want."
Qin Tian said softly: "I am friends with General Wei Qing, so I want to keep an incense for him." β
"This is also ...... Sort of it was the last thing I did to General Wei. β
After that, Qin Tian stretched out his hand, and the crown prince Liu Ju appeared in front of Liu Che.
"I don't want to pay attention to the filthiness of your father and son, but you shouldn't let the people of the world be responsible for your contradictions!"
"Let's stop here!"
Liu Ju was still confused at this time.
He was still discussing what to do next in the big tent just now, but his eyes were sparkling, why did he come to this palace!
In the next second, he noticed Liu Che in front of him, as well as the white-clothed Taoist not far away.
Liu Ju wanted to say something, but he was so weak that he couldn't even lift his fingers.
Qin Tian glanced at Liu Che, stretched out his hand, and two thoughts poured into the minds of the two of them.
It was the wailing and suffering of millions of people, their hunger and despair, their resentment before they died.
Liu Che had experienced this kind of thing once, and he already had some experience, so he came back to his senses early.
But it was the first time Liu Ju had experienced this feeling, and in an instant, he found that he couldn't breathe!
Even if this experience was only for a short moment, it made him lose his mind for a full hour.
When he opened his eyes again, Liu Ju saw his father sitting paralyzed without an image.
Seeing that he woke up, Liu Che showed a miserable smile.
"I thought that in this life, I could be regarded as a small achievement, and I could be recognized by the immortals...... But I never thought ......"
"That's it, that's it...... That's it! β
(End of chapter)