Hanhou

The news of the Yue people's change was sent to the palace. After hearing about it, the Queen Mother Dou did not ignore it at all, and immediately sent someone to Linyuan to deliver a letter to Liu Che who was hunting in autumn.

Zhang Cigong is now the company's Sima, because of his bold temperament, excellent skills, and crisp and neat actions, he is very appreciated by Wei Wei of Changle.After receiving the order, three guards were immediately selected, and with the copied memorials and the decree written down by the Queen Mother Dou, they flew to Linyuan to prepare to present themselves to the emperor.

At that time, dozens of tents were set up in the hunting ground, the open space in front of the tents was cleaned up, and a huge bonfire was set up.

The soldier held a torch and lit the standing trees erected.

In an instant, the flames soared into the sky, and the orange-red flames flew up and down like dancing golden snakes.

Yang Xin was drunk at the banquet, and after returning to the tent, he lay down on the couch covered with a brocade quilt, his eyes were half closed, and his cheeks were flushed.Cao Shi was sitting next to the short table, looking at the rare Yang Xin who showed a little weakness, his expression was slightly startled, and a look of complexity flashed in his eyes.

I don't know how long it took until Yang Xin had the illusion that Cao Shi felt sorry for him, but the other party suddenly spoke, but what she said was not what she wanted to hear, not a single word.

"Princess, the princess of Huainan has always been abusive, so she shouldn't get too close to her."

Every word flowed into my ears, my shaken heart became cold and hard, and Liu Ling's bewitchment came to my mind again.

Yang Xin clenched his fists and winked at the servant.The latter has served her since she was a child, and is a princess in every word and deed. As long as it is an order from Yang Xin, she will strictly implement it no matter whether it is right or wrong.

Not long after the maid left, she returned with hot soup.

Yang Xin sat up, took the lacquer bowl handed over, scooped it twice with a wooden spoon, raised his eyes to look at Cao Shi, and said with a sneer, "I will remember what you said."

Seeing the hot soup brought to him, Cao Shi did not move, and the smile on Yang Xin's face became mocking.

"Why, you don't even want to drink a bowl of hot soup with me, do you think I will be poisoned?"

Cao Shi frowned, feeling something was wrong with Yang Xin.What exactly is wrong, I can't tell for a while.Looking at the lacquer bowl held in front of the servant girl, his heart softened, and he took it and brought it to his mouth.

Yang Xin lowered his eyes.

Once things are done, there is no room for regret.

Unexpectedly, just when the hot soup was about to touch his lips, a voice suddenly sounded outside the tent. It was Liu Che who sent eunuchs to summon Cao Shi to discuss matters in front of the imperial court.

The lacquer bowl containing hot soup was put down again, Cao Shi got up and left the tent, his back quickly disappeared behind the curtain.

Yang Xin was silent for a moment, then suddenly left the wooden couch, waved his hands vigorously, the lacquer bowl was swept off by the long sleeves, and the hot soup splashed on the ground.

"Useless things!"

Seeing that Yang Xin was furious, the servant girl immediately fell to the ground, letting the hot soup splash on her body, she remained motionless, let alone defending herself.

After venting his anger, Yang Xin sat down on the couch with one hand pressed on his chest, feeling the ever-increasing heartbeat, and ironically found that apart from the anger of things not going to work, he was actually somewhat afraid.In addition to her fear, there is also a little "relaxation" that makes her unhappy.

"Remove it." Yang Xin waved his hand and said tiredly, "Get rid of the things, you do it yourself, don't let others know."

"promise."

The servant stood up carefully, cleaned up the mess everywhere, and carefully exited the tent.

After about two incense sticks, another eunuch delivered an edict that this year's autumn hunting ended early, the emperor got up and drove back to the palace, and the kings and ministers drove back to the city.

"What's going on?" Yang Xin couldn't help frowning deeply as he put aside his private thoughts and thought about the affairs of the court.

"Return to Your Highness, Your Majesty only ordered you to go back to the city." The eunuch had conveyed his will, that is to say, he bowed and retired without saying a word.

The servant girl came back from outside the tent, and whispered in Yang Xin's ear.

"There are people coming from the city, or people from Changle Palace?"

"Returning to Your Highness, this servant has seen the truth clearly and cannot be mistaken." The servant servant whispered, "And..."

"and?"

"The servant saw that before the visitor left, the princess of Huainan stopped him. The servant was far away, so I couldn't hear what the princess said."

"Liu Ling, she stopped the people from Changle Palace?" Yang Xin muttered, several thoughts flashed in his mind.It's a pity that I couldn't catch the momentary inspiration, so I had to put it aside temporarily, and ordered the servants to pack up and go back to the city first.

"After going back, the Huainan princess came to the mansion and said that I was unwell, so she never saw me."

"promise!"

Liu Che returned to the palace in a hurry, and did not hesitate to end the autumn hunting ahead of schedule.

When the procession was moving forward, Chen Jiao pushed open the window and looked at the emperor's car in front of her, contacting various affairs in the court, and vaguely guessed in her heart.

Xu Liangren was a little lethargic, and sat in the car with his back, his eyelids still clenched unconsciously.

"It's hard for you to come and return that day." Chen Jiao turned her head, looked at Xu Liangren, and said with a smile, "Your body is important, lie down and sleep."

"His Royal Highness..."

"Listen to me." Chen Jiao unfolded a book of bamboo slips and said, "Don't make me say it a second time."

"promise."

Outside the car, Wei Zifu was walking among the palace people, feeling both unwilling and a little apprehensive.

Stepping on Xu Liangren's favor, they are destined to turn against each other.

The queen took care of Xu Liangren and didn't care that she was pregnant first.On the contrary, she was disgusted with herself, and the courtiers and eunuchs saw it and deliberately tripped her up. She was entitled to ride in a car, but in the end she had to follow her on foot.

After returning to the palace, if he could not be favored again, his life would be even more difficult.

It would be great if I could see Ah Qing.

Wei Zifu knew that he was in a hurry and not careful enough. In the eyes of others, it was tantamount to taking death.

But she is not willing to die of old age in Yongxiang, so she must take a gamble.

Turns out she was right.

Using the names of Ah Qing and even Zhao Xiaowei, the emperor did feel pity for her.It's just that this kind of sympathy is unreal and difficult to last long, just like flowers in a mirror and moon in water, there will be a day when it will be broken.

If I can see Ah Qing, even if I beg him, I will ask him to change his mind.

Otherwise...

Wei Zifu bit his red lips lightly, pressed his hands on his abdomen, and a look of determination flashed in his eyes.

When the emperor returned to the palace, he first went to Changle Palace to see Empress Dowager Dou.

Afterwards, Chen Jiao was left behind by Empress Dowager Dou, while Liu Che went to the Proclamation Room to summon important ministers to discuss the changes in South Vietnam.As those who knew the purpose of the Southern Expedition, the Kings of Changsha, Chu and Jiaodong received the edict and went to the Proclamation Room to play against each other.

Zhao Jia, Wei Yue, Cao Shi and Li Danghu were summoned from Lin Yuan. Han Yan sat among the officials and signaled the four of them with his eyes that it was related to the Southern Expedition, and there were many courtiers present, so they should be careful.

"The prefect of Kuaiji played, Minyue besieged Dongou for a long time, but they couldn't attack for a long time, and internal chaos gradually arose."

"South Vietnam suddenly deployed heavy troops to garrison the border, threatening Changsha."

"Zhao Tuo is old and cunning, but since Emperor Taizong, he has lived in peace for decades, so he must have a treacherous heart to do this suddenly."

The news from the south was announced in the hall, and all the officials discussed it.

Liu Che made a decision early on, Minyue must fight, and troops will only be dispatched sooner or later.And it's not about withdrawing troops after defeating them, but completely annihilating them.

In the eyes of the officials, Minyue is destined to cease to exist, the higher he jumps now, the faster he will die in the future.

As for the internal turmoil in Minyue, no one was surprised.

According to the memorabilia of the prefect of Kuaiji, during these days when Minyue besieged Dongou, he didn't get much benefit, but was bitten a few times by Dongou, who had no way to retreat.Moreover, officials of the Han Dynasty denounced him for his audacity, and the King of Minyue could no longer hold back.

Liu Ju's ability to work hard was limited to the upper class of Minyue. When people who were dissatisfied with the king of Minyue gathered after a long battle without success, Minyue would be in chaos before Dongou was wiped out.

The root of it is that Minyue is a vassal of the Han Dynasty after all, and it is fundamentally untenable to attack another vassal without the imperial court's will.

If Chang'an had put on a stern posture from the very beginning and issued an order to reprimand Minyue, Minyue would never be able to survive now, and would have retreated in chaos.

However, Chang'an didn't make a decree, and Kuaiji County's reprimand was not painful.

This made Minyue lucky, thinking that the sky is high and the emperor is far away, if he destroys Dongou and then pretends to continue to surrender, Chang'an will turn a blind eye as before, and will not pursue too much.

Prince Wu Liu Ju sensed that something was wrong, but he was eager for revenge and would never remind the King of Minyue.Coupled with his limited vision, it never occurred to Liu Che that he was looking at this wild land in the south and was about to include it in his territory.

Liu Che has never issued an explicit order, in order to let Minyue continue to dance and attract the attention of other tribes.Chang'an took the opportunity to mobilize troops to accumulate strength, and then led his troops to the south, recreating the domineering Qin soldiers in those days, unifying Lingbei and sweeping Baiyue.

Compared with Qin, Liu Che had to do it more thoroughly.

Taking the land into the territory is not counted, and it is necessary to vigorously develop it. The natives are obedient, and if they are not, they will use force to speak.

Fertile grain-producing land must be held in hand.

The number of Han people was insufficient, that is to say, some moved from other counties.The natives refused to be disciplined, so they recruited special "talents" from the north, and when the whip was whipped, no matter how rebellious they were, they would become submissive.

The barbarians fear power and do not obey virtue.

Like the prairie tribes in the north, they only pay attention to benevolence and morality, and they will never be able to make the border land safe.Only by frightening them so that they dare not surrender and rebel, and dare not kill and plunder the Han people easily, can we gradually adopt Huairou and implement enlightenment in batches.

During Zhao Tuo's reign as the king of Nanyue, he used Yue people a lot.

With his prestige, no one dared to easily provoke trouble.But when he died and the curse on his head was removed, it was self-evident how the native tribe would react if his successor showed any weakness.

When the ministers were discussing Nanyue's intentions, Zhao Jia remained silent.

It is now the third year of Jianyuan. If he remembers correctly, Zhao Tuo will not live long.This large-scale deployment of troops is probably to guard against the Han Dynasty, and also to sort out the internal native forces, in order to pave the way for the successor.

It's no wonder that you guys didn't think of this, it's really that Zhao Tuo lived too long, from the time of Qin Shihuang until Emperor Wu of the Han ascended the throne, every time he thought he was going to die, it turned out to be false news afterwards.

As a result, everyone thought of many possibilities, but they just didn't expect that this old man who was over a hundred years old would finally put out the oil lamp.

After the discussion in the room came to an end, Zhao Jia finally said, "Your Majesty, I have something to report."

"Talk." Liu Che was suffering from a headache due to various guesses. Seeing that it was Zhao Jia who spoke, he immediately cheered up, hoping that he could say something different.

"Your Majesty, I heard that Nanyue Zhao Tuo was originally an official of Qin, and later descended to Han, and his lifespan is over a hundred years." Zhao Jia paused, and said in a louder voice, "Such a long-lived person is rare in the world."

Zhao Jiazhi's words seemed to have nothing to do with what was being discussed in the palace, but after thinking about what he said, and contacting the matter of South Vietnam's troop deployment, all the bigwigs at the scene cleared the fog and came up with the answer.

"Your Majesty, I ask you to investigate the reality of South Vietnam again." Da Xing Ling Wang Hui raised his voice.

Through hard work, medical craftsmen have produced medicines that can fight miasma and diseases.

Now that there is chaos in Fujian and Vietnam, and the internal power changes in South Vietnam, it is a great opportunity for war.If it can be caught, Baiyue will be included in the territory of the Han Dynasty in advance and become the land of grain production in the Han Dynasty!