Chapter 1208: The Situation in Northern Xinjiang
Liu Yu was of course satisfied with Liu Xuan's performance.
Being able to plan ahead and avoid putting yourself at a disadvantage is indeed a necessary ability for a king.
Liu Yu can believe that the wine they drank was not wine at all.
"Mengde, your yellow-bearded son is good. He also understands the reality and is a talent. You've got your style. Liu Yu said jokingly.
Cao Cao was very satisfied with Cao Zhang's wit at the last moment.
But in front of people, Cao Cao couldn't praise his son too much, pretended to be a strict father, and scolded: "This stinky boy is full of cleverness, and he can't get on the stage." ”
Liu Yu smiled and said, "Meng De, don't pretend." The smile that looms at the corner of your mouth has betrayed you deeply. ”
Cao Cao glanced at Liu Yu a little depressed, you just don't pretend, the pit people have been pit on your son's head, and you can still laugh.
The banquet proceeded slowly, until Liu Yu felt that it was almost over, so he announced that it was over.
And Liu Xuan had already been sent into the cave room and accompanied Ma Yunlu well.
The Manchu civil and military people ate and drank well, and left the palace respectfully with their friends.
Of course, there are some people who feel that they don't drink enough, such as Dian Wei and Zhang Fei, the two of them feel that they really haven't drunk well afterwards. Like them, they found several friends and fellow travelers to Luoyang Tower. They decided to have a good drink.
Dian Wei and their behavior were all seen by Liu Yu, Liu Yu was originally angry, didn't this obviously mean that he was unhappy in the palace. But Liu Yu didn't have time to blame them. Liu Yu is now counting the congratulatory gifts sent by the courtiers.
This time Liu Xuan got married, Liu Yu did not use the money from the treasury, and it was all taken out of his own small treasury. The imperial court was spending money every day, and Liu Yu thought it was better not to use the money from the treasury. If there is a case, the treasury runs out of money, it will cause a lot of chain reactions.
The last expedition to Yuzhou used a large amount of money and grain from the national treasury. After the end of the war, he had to reward the civil and military forces, and restore the people's livelihood, and the pressure on the treasury was very great, and Liu Yu did not dare to touch the money of the treasury at all.
When his son got married, Liu Yu took money from his own small treasury.
But this time, the expenses were too big, so big that Liu Yu's small treasury felt struggling.
Only then did Liu Yu understand why in later generations, it was said that a marriage would return a family to poverty. Liu Yu's small treasury accumulated by so many royal industries can't bear it, let alone half of the rich people.
Fortunately, this time, the courtiers all sent huge congratulatory gifts, so Liu Yu's heart would not hurt.
The most gifts were given, and once again it was Liu Yu's brother-in-law Huang Chong, whose shot was the biggest, and he was really generous. Liu Yu has become accustomed to Huang Chong's generosity. As an uncle, it's normal to give more gifts. Besides, Liu Yuke knew that Huang Chong's net worth was too much. There are too many to count.
Liu Yu, as the son of today, really can't look down on these gifts. He paid so much attention to these gift lists because he wanted to see what these people were giving.
Why should we care? Regardless of the dynasty, officials are most likely to abuse power for personal gain, embezzlement and corruption. Throughout the ages, corrupt officials and corrupt officials have been like carp crossing the river.
Liu Yu gave the officials enough money to live a prosperous life. It's hard to guarantee that some people eat from the bowl and look at the pot.
If an official gives a gift that is too valuable to exceed his income, then there is a problem.
For example, if an official's annual salary is 500 stones, but the gifts he gives are priceless treasures, even if they don't eat or drink, they can be bought for decades, then Liu Yu will have to send someone to investigate.
It's not that I'm not at ease with my courtiers, but because I'm not at ease with people's hearts.
Not to mention, with such a concern, Liu Yu found out a few problematic officials.
These officials come from ordinary families, but the gifts they give are actually rare. Unless it was handed down from their ancestors, there was no other excuse.
After Liu Yu counted them, he drew a circle of these problematic names, and then let the gift list and all the gifts be moved to the Prince's East Palace. After all, these gifts were all given to Liu Xuan.
Liu Yu wants to see what Liu Xuan does? It is also Liu Yu's way of educating Liu Xuan.
When the entire Han world was happy for the prince's wedding, a "shadow" spy rode a war horse and galloped towards Luoyang City.
After Li Gui drank Liu Xuan's wedding wine, he returned to his home and warmed up with his wife.
In front of outsiders, Li Gui is insidious and vicious, but when he returns home, Li Gui is a proper and good man, and he is very good to his wife.
Usually, except for the office, Li Gui will not leave his home.
Just when Li Gui wanted to do something with his wife, a "shadow" spy came to disturb him in a panic.
"What's the matter?!" Li Gui was disturbed by a good thing, and his temper was very short-tempered.
The spy took the parchment in his hand to Li Gui and said in a panic: "Chief, the brothers outside the northern Xinjiang have received news that the Huns and Xianbei people are moving and are killing our Han border!" ”
"What! How many centaurs are there? It was like a basin of cold water poured on Li Gui's head.
Huns! This existence, which has been fighting with the Great Han for hundreds of years, now has the courage to attack the Great Han.
Li Gui opened the parchment and looked at it, his heart sank to the bottom, and then he said loudly: "Bring all the information about the Saiwaihu people to this official." Prepare the horses! The official should immediately enter the palace to meet His Majesty. ”
Why did the Xiongnu and Xianbei join forces to go south? This is the case.
The Huns, no, should be accurate to say the Southern Huns.
When Liu Yu attacked Yuan Shang that year, Yuan Shang tried to lure the Saiwaihu people to try to regain the territory occupied by Liu Yu. Those Hu people were not stupid people, they were all worried that they were being used by Yuan Shang, only a part of the Hu people of the Southern Xiongnu could not withstand the temptation and launched an invasion of the Han Dynasty. In the end, these Huns were exterminated by Liu Yu. Liu Yu even sent troops to reach the Hetao area where the Southern Xiongnu were stationed, almost causing a major war between the Southern Xiongnu and the Han.
Fortunately, Shan Yu Hu Chuquan of the Southern Huns was very aware of the strength problem on his side, and decisively chose to admit it. Liu Yucai had no excuse to destroy all the Southern Xiongnu.
But this also made Liu Yu deeply understand what is called wolf ambition. After that, Liu Yu began to slowly infiltrate the Southern Xiongnu, constantly overstocking the living space of the Southern Xiongnu in the Hetao area. In order to stabilize the Huns, Liu Yu deliberately opened the trade point, but it was also slowly closed.
Because Liu Jun was invincible in the world at that time, specifically targeting the Huns, the Huns can only be described as pathetic.
Hu Chuquan was forced to have no choice, and in the end he could only slowly lead his people to the outside of the fortress. The Huns are nomadic and can survive as long as there is water and grass. Hu Chuquan hated the leader who rashly attacked Liu Yu at that time. Liu Yu is now targeting the Huns, which was caused by that guy. Hu Chuquan was not without ambition, he wanted to lead the people to slowly multiply in the Hetao area, when the Han Dynasty was in chaos, and no one noticed the Huns. When the strength of the Xiongnu becomes stronger than that of the Han people, then the Xiongnu can instantly seize the flowers and rivers of the Han people.
In fact, the Huns' plan was still successful. Historically, after the rebellion of the Eight Kings of the Western Jin Dynasty, Liu Yuan, a Xiongnu nobleman, raised an army against the Jin Dynasty and established the former Zhao regime, especially his son Liu Cong, who defeated the Western Jin Dynasty and seized the Han people.
Now this perfect plan has failed, the Han court continued to compress the living space of the Huns, and even used the policy of reducing Ding, and the Huns had to leave behind the fat Hetao and come to the bitter cold land outside the Saiwai.
After staying in the comfortable Hetao for a long time, he suddenly came to a bitter cold land, and the Huns couldn't stand it. If you change it, you can't stand it. In addition, the land of Saibei has long been not the world of the Huns, and the Xianbei people, with the support of Liu Yu, have occupied the fertile grassland area of Saibei. What made the Huns even more unbearable was that Tutu, the leader of the Xianbei people, was made a khan by Liu Yu. You must know that this is a new name, and in the past, even if the Hu people of the grassland occupied the grassland, they were called Shan Yu.
Perhaps unintentionally, the Huns believed that the Han court was intending to completely eliminate the influence of the Huns.
Hu Chuquan originally wanted to go to the Northern Xiongnu. But he couldn't find out the news of the Northern Huns, which made Hu Chuquan's heart cold.
The Northern Xiongnu were defeated several times by the Han Dynasty and had fled far away.
The Huns have reached a very pitiful point. The Huns suddenly found that the Huns, who had bullied the Han people to death, were no longer there, and now they were like a pitiful worm, driven by the Han people to a place surrounded by strong enemies, and survival became a problem.
For the sake of the continuation of the race, Hu Chuquan made a decision to lead all the Huns to submit to the Xianbei people. Xianbei people are now the overlords of the grassland, and the implementation principle of respecting the strong of the grassland, Hu Chuquan is extremely correct to make this principle.
Maybe it's providence. The Xianbei people have long been divided into two camps. The two major forces of Khan Tutu and Murong Guang are constantly fighting among themselves, and the strength of the Xianbei people is constantly weakening. The Huns who appeared rashly immediately became the target of Tutu and Murong Guang.
The sudden surprise made Hu Chuquan more calm. After weighing it up again, Hu Chuquan decided to submit to Tutu's command. The reason why Hu Chuquan made it was because he was afraid of the Han people in the south. The Huns were squeezed out by the Han people, so the Han people must be paying attention to the Huns' every move. If they had made the wrong choice, the Huns might have to face an actual blow from the Han Chinese.
Indeed, this choice was the right one.
Liu Yu originally supported Tutu, which was to use Tutu to suppress all ethnic groups in the grassland. When the Xianbei people slowly became stronger, Liu Yu asked people to secretly support Murong Guang and let him work against Tutu. The strength of the Xianbei people was consumed by infighting, and in this case, it would definitely be good for the Han people. Murong Guang is not a fuel-efficient lamp, he is a man with brains, he knows that Tutu has the support of the Han people, and it is very unfavorable for him to fight, so he immediately found foreign aid Wuheng people.
For a variety of reasons, Tutu's strength has been constantly weakened. On the Xianbei side, Murong Guang temporarily gained the upper hand.
After the Huns joined, the strength of the Xianbei people returned to balance.
These things were investigated by the "dark department" spies and passed them back to Luoyang.
Liu Yu felt that it was a good thing for the Hu people in Saibei to maintain balance, so he didn't pay too much attention to it, and just let the "dark department" continue to monitor.
The Huns became the thugs of the Xianbei people, and under the cover of the Xianbei people, all the forces in the steppe did not dare to bully them. The Huns began to grow and develop slowly.
Hu Chuquan had a deep fear of the existence of the Han people and did not dare to approach the border of the Han people. But for the small-scale Hu people other than the Xianbei and Wuheng people, he was very polite. In order to keep a low profile, Hu Chuquan will ask Tutu for instructions every time he uses soldiers. Someone sent troops to fight for himself, and if he disagreed, he gave instructions very happily every time.
With the approval of Tutu, Hu Chuquan led the Huns to continue to fight, and constantly absorbed other Hu people to increase their strength.
Over time, under the leadership of Hu Chuquan, the Xiongnu had grown to a force that could threaten the rule of the Xianbei people. How could Tutu and Murong Guang tolerate the re-emergence of the Huns. Especially Tutu, he thinks that a Murong Guangdu has already made him dizzy, and if there is another Huns, then Tutu Khan's position will not have to sit.
As a result, Shan Yuhu Chuquan, who led the Huns to the road of rejuvenation, died violently in one night.
The Huns were grieved from top to bottom, and behind them in danger, it was Shan Yu Hu Chuquan who led them out of the predicament. But the good days were still a few days away, and Yu Chuquan alone died violently.
The ruling layer of the Huns knew that this was the poisonous hand of the Xianbei people, because the Xianbei people openly assigned a Xianbei aristocratic leader to receive everything from the Huns under the pretext that Chuquan was dead and the Huns had no leader.
To be honest, Tu Tu was dizzy with this move. The reason for this was also because Murong Guang put too much pressure on Tu Tu, and Tu Tu had to absorb the strength of the Huns so that he could deal with Murong Guang.
This instantly ignited the anger of the Huns. Liu Bao, the king of Zuoxian, immediately led his men and horses to kill all the Xianbei people sent by Tutu, and then he immediately assumed the position of Shan Yu of the Huns. According to the rules of the Huns, when the old Shan Yu died, King Zuo Xian was the heir. Liu Bao had absolutely no problem with the appointment of the Xiongnu Shan, his father used to be Shanyu, but unfortunately he was defeated at the hands of the Han people.
After Liu Bao took office as the Xiongnu Shan Yu, he set off an anti-flag against the Xianbei Khan Tutu!
Life in Saibei is cruel, and the weak will be eliminated. After continuous survival of the fittest and absorption of the fresh blood of other Hu people, the strength of the Xiongnu people was very strong.
The Xianbei people were already weakened because of the infighting, and now there is a Hun rebellion, and the head of the Khan Tutu is big.
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