Han Shizu

On the [-]th day of the twelfth lunar month, Luoyang was also in the coldest time of the year, so cold that the air almost froze.There are still fireworks among the people, but in the imperial city, although Qionglou Yuyu is dressed up beautifully and cleanly by Feixue, the chill can penetrate people's hearts.

In the vertical arched hall, the old emperor was staying with his young grandson, sitting casually by the fire, playing with a puzzle.Accompanying Emperor Liu was the second son of the crown prince, Liu Wenji. Since Liu Wenhuan returned to Beijing from a business trip in Anxi, he has received more attention than before. It was filled by Liu Wenji.

On the ground, this is a set of new drawing boards made by the Shaofu. The content is about countries and forces in Anxi, Tubo, Nanyang and other regions. With the deepening and expansion of the influence of the Han Dynasty, the maps made are more clear and detailed.

Take the Tubo region as an example. In the past, apart from the large general area marked on the map, there were only a few cities, forts, and strongholds on the border between Han and Tibet, and the tea-horse passage. Now, It is more comprehensive.

The Tubo Conference was successfully held at the beginning of July this year, and ended perfectly. Jin Wang Liuxi went to Luoxie to preside over the conference on behalf of Emperor Liu, and reached a consensus with Tubo kings, religions, nobles, and leaders, and was recognized. "Minister in Tubo "Formally established, Liu Xi entered Luoxie City on behalf of the imperial court.

Of course, these were just official notifications. In fact, Emperor Liu still took things for granted when it came to the military and government agencies of the imperial court entering Luoxie City.Judging from the current results, the goal was achieved, but the process was not so harmonious and smooth, and followed by fierce resistance.

The anti-Han forces in Tubo revived after this conference, or in other words, it was just some Tubo tribal forces that changed their attitudes and positions towards Han.In the past, they did not resist, or even severely suppressed and massacred those tribes who resisted the Han, in order to consolidate their rule, expand their strength, and gain benefits from the Han.

After the collapse of the once prosperous Tubo dynasty, although it was torn apart and there were many tribes, it was generally divided into four major royal families, and this time, it was the cloth of the Ali royal family who raised the banner of anti-Han. King Rang and King Yaze belong to the lineage of King Yaze.

For a long time, the Han Dynasty's policy towards Tubo has been to give both kindness and power, and to suppress and appease. However, in the past ten years, it has changed to focus on appeasement and open the way for the economy.The tea-horse trade was also one of the most important means for the imperial court to exert influence on Tubo. Since the connection between Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan and Tibet was strengthened, the benefits generated also benefited related groups.

However, for the various forces in Tubo, the benefits of the tea-horse trade were not evenly distributed, and most of them were obtained by the tribes in the southeastern part of Tubo represented by King Luoxi and King Yalong.Of these two royal families, one is the political, economic, and military center after the unification of Tubo, and the other is the traditional agricultural and animal husbandry production treasure land. The inherent conditions are much superior, and the caravans of the Han Dynasty naturally have a tendency to choose trading partners based on this.

For example, the Ali and Yaze areas, not to mention their remote locations and poor output, naturally did not get the favor of Han merchants. Even if the tea-horse trade still radiated to the local area after many years, in the process of trading, they were still affected by the eastern royal family, Tribal squeeze, "protection fee" always have to pay.

Against this background, with the passage of time and the further widening of the disparity in interests, the attitudes of the eastern and western Tibetans towards the great Han became more and more diametrically opposed, and their internal divisions became more and more severe.

However, the court's appeasement policy refused to make great efforts to favor the Tubo forces in Ali and Yaze.The Han Dynasty under Emperor Liu's rule can be called the most modest of the central dynasties in all dynasties. It is not at all as generous and bold as the upper kingdom of the Celestial Dynasty. If you give some benefits, you have to make up for it in other ways.

Perhaps in Emperor Liu's view, it is already a great grace not to allow the Tubo tribes to make offerings every year.Not enjoying many benefits, for the Tubo forces in the southwest, naturally they will not have any closeness to the Han court.

The so-called court breaks the alliance and breaks the contract, and garrisons are just an introduction. The real reason is still a matter of interests.Raising the flag against the Han may not be the goal, but just a means.

Therefore, the first thing Liu Xi did after he settled in Luoxie City and established the ministerial institution stationed in Tubo was to extinguish the backlash from various forces in Tubo, so he didn't have to worry about his life in Tubo being boring.
Not only the two kings Burang and Yaze, but also the two kings Luoxie and Yalong. After all, they may not be happy to have Liu Xi stationed there, especially King Luoxie. This is his territory and he will be most affected .What's more, the news of the chaos in Tubo was reported to the imperial court together with the information on Tubo's national conditions collected and reported by Liu Xi.

The biggest rebellion happened in Tubo since it was attached to the Han Dynasty, but the response from the imperial court was a bit strange. There were many suggestions and suggestions, but in Emperor Liu's view, the "faithful advice" contained a hint of ridicule towards him , and even many people are just watching jokes.

Those people seem to be saying, Your Majesty, you are determined to go your own way and want to set up ministers stationed in Tubo. As a result, there is such a big disturbance that even the southwest is stable. With the rebellion, the people of dozens of states in the southwest will not have a peaceful life. Trapped His Royal Highness King Jin in danger.

Tubo is in chaos, but it threatens the safety of the southwestern hinterland. Is it possible to stop fighting in Nanyang? The support from Anxi should be reduced or exempted as appropriate.
When Emperor Liu had such a mentality, his reaction was naturally too radical, and he directly issued an edict to severely suppress and kill those Tubo rebels who raised their flags against the Han, no matter who they were.

The entire Southwest, including Shannan, Jiannan, and Yunnan, is under martial law in all frontier states, and the frontier troops are strictly prepared for war, ready to march westward at any time to support the counter-insurgency.Of course, in view of the special geographical and human conditions in Tubo, it is impossible to mobilize troops, and the logistics cannot support it at all.

If you want to solve the Tubo rebellion problem, it is best to solve it from the inside of the plateau. This is also the suggestion given by Liu Xi. He intends to fight the rebellion by convening the Xianghan tribe, and at the same time divide the rebel army.After all, not all the people on the plateau are anti-Han, there are also a lot of "leading parties" attached to the Han.

Considering that Liu Xi only had the "three thousand" guards in his hands, and his strength was weak, he still mobilized [-] troops from Jiannan Bianzhou to march westward.Moreover, Emperor Liu sent a secret order to Shangguanzheng, who was then the commander of the capital of Jiannan Road, to ensure the safe return of the King of Jin if things go wrong in Tubo.

Obviously, the death of the Eleventh Prince Liu Xiao still gave Emperor Liu a lot of thought, at least he began to actually consider the situation of those descendants who lived in difficult or even dangerous areas, and cared about their safety.

However, regarding Liu Xi's situation, Emperor Liu was barely able to hold on, and believed that with Liu Xi's intelligence, even if the rebellion could not be dealt with, it would be no problem to escape.Take ten thousand steps back, even if the situation is depressing, even if it is worse, those Tubo forces should not dare to harm Liu Xi if they are caught in it.

Facing the picture of Tubo, Emperor Liu's mind naturally focused on his third son.However, when he received the report that Prince Liu Yang and Prime Minister Zhao Pu had met together, before they entered the palace, Emperor Liu's heart twitched. fell.

"There won't be any bad news again!" Seeing the serious expressions of the two, Emperor Liu forced a smile and said lightly.

This is really bad news!Liu Yang couldn't help but exchanged glances with Zhao Pu, and the eyes of the two exchanged quickly in the air.In fact, before coming to the Chui Gong Palace, the two had already discussed the situation of Liu Xu's death, the key was how to report to Emperor Liu.

But dare not, this is the eldest son of King Qin and Emperor Liu of the Great Han Dynasty. Compared with him, Liu Xiao is not at the same level at all, and his influence is even worse.However, I dare not report it.
After discussing for a while, they still decided to come to see each other, and no one would be left behind. With the lesson of Liu Xiao's incident, Liu Yang did not dare to report Liu Xu's incident again.But at this time, facing the old emperor's question, it was still the old Zhao Pu, hunched over his old waist, and said almost word by word: "Your Majesty, Anton's condolences, His Royal Highness King Qin, is dead."

After finishing speaking, he stood there and pretended to be dead with Liu Yang.

The atmosphere in the Chuigong Palace was completely frozen, and Emperor Liu heard it sincerely. The bad news came quickly and suddenly, unlike thunder and thunderbolts, which were plain but directly hit people's hearts. Open an opening, bloody.

Didn't ask whether it's true or not, and didn't ask the reason. After a short period of trance, Emperor Liu, with tears streaming down his face, pointed at Liu Yang with trembling hands, and said, "So, you can feel at ease."