"I have long said that if you let Mao Dun go unchecked, you will let the tiger return to the mountain."

At the beginning of September, after returning to Yiqu City in Beidi County, Heifu informed his Changshi Chen Ping of the news obtained by the guards of Juyansai.

As King Yueshi was forced to open the Hexi Corridor last year, the Qin people also figured out that there was originally a vast land west of Yueshi and Wusun, named the Western Regions. There are mountains in the north and south of the Western Regions, there is a river in the center, more than 6,000 miles from east to west, more than 2,000 miles from north to south, its size is equivalent to half of the territory of the Qin Dynasty, but the land is vast and sparsely populated, not as good as a county of Qin. There are Chengguo countries in the desert oasis, and to the north of the Tianshan Mountains, there are some nomadic countries, and at present, the Wushi merchants have only gone to Loulan and Ruoqiang, ready to continue to explore westward, looking for the whereabouts of the Western Queen Mother State......

Listening to the Yueshi and Wusun people, further west of the Western Regions, there is a small country called "Kangju", the Kangju people are good at doing business, often go to various places to trade, go back and forth to the whole territory of the Western Regions, and even as far as Yueshi and Xiongnu.

In the last war, the Qin army also captured some Kangju merchants who served the Xiongnu Shan Yu, and used them as intelligence dealers to inquire about the situation after the Xiongnu moved north.

They intermittently sent back news to the Xiongnu, for example, last year, after Mao Dun deceived the king of the Yue clan and braved the cold wind to escape to the north of the desert, he immediately attacked the garrison pasture, made his stepmother martyr for Touman, and let his younger brother die in a hunting accident, eliminating the trouble.

"According to Kangguo Shangjia, who was bribed by the government, Mao Dun only rested for a few months, and in the spring and summer, he sent troops to the north to subdue the Hun Yu and Qu Chuan tribes, and formed troops with Ding Ling, plundering many of his population and livestock."

Hun Yu, Refraction, Ding Ling, their size, population, the Qin Dynasty does not know, only know that in the north of the Xiongnu, according to Heifu's guess, probably in the later Baikal Lake, near the Yenisei River, is also a nomadic hunting tribe, compared with the Donghu, Yueshi, Xiongnu steppe three strong, undoubtedly extremely weak.

The Xiongnu were beaten by the Qin army, losing one-third of Ding Zhuang and almost all the fine pastures, and their strength was not as good as Yue's and Donghu's, and it was not advisable to be an enemy with them, but a cowardly and incompetent Shan Yu would never rule for long, so Maodun's dispatch of troops was a military operation to stop losses and establish authority.

Kangju merchants described that after Mao Dun wiped out the Hun Yu and Qu Shot tribes, and plundered Ding Ling, he did not take a single person or animal, and they were all distributed to the three noble races of the Lan clan, the Xu Bu clan, and the Huyan clan, which had lost more in Henan last year, so the three adults all obeyed, with Mao Dun as the maven.

In this way, the uneasiness and turmoil of the Mobei Xiongnu have temporarily stabilized by relying on this small military victory, and with the big Gobi as a screen, Mao Dun can lick his wounds with peace of mind.

Heifu didn't want Maodun to be so stable, and in the past six months, he wrote to the First Emperor several times, proposing a "Battle of Mobei". As a result, he and Meng Tian, who advocated the construction of the Great Wall, fought a protracted air cannon......

Heifu said to Qin Shi Huang in the song: "Tree virtue and business, eliminate evil will be exhausted, although the Xiongnu left Juyanze, but can not let it recover, it is advisable to take Yu Yong, in order to chase the poor." When the cavalry troops were dispatched, they attacked the Huns in the north, ploughed the court and swept the holes, beheaded the head of Mao Dun, and hung in the Xianyang Palace! Seeing that the Xiongnu are dead, the Yue clan and the states of the Western Regions will surrender. ”

Meng Tian objected in a letter: "Although the Xiongnu were defeated, thousands of Qin soldiers died, and more than 10,000 Qin horses died. And the barren land in the north of the desert, the lone army is deep, I am afraid that the Huns will wait for work, once they lose, the whole army will be annihilated! It is better to make the head of Qian, Qin, Yan and Zhao Great Wall, because the river is the pool, the Yin Mountain is the plug, the Great Wall is guarded by Tuntian, and the strong bow and crossbow guard the key places, then the Xiongnu will never dare to return south. ”

Hefu wrote again: "Although the road is far, it must be reached." If you can go, so can I! Heifu is willing to enter Mobei in person, take Kangju merchants as guides, and don't let the Xiongnu have a chance to recover......"

Although the slogan is enthusiastic, but the army generals, there are very few people who support Heifu, Li Xin needless to say, he hopes to defend the north and attack the west, and concentrate on running Jincheng in the next few years, so as to prepare for crossing the river to attack the Yue clan and seize the west of the river.

Qin Shi Huang was full of joy about the different opinions of the border generals, he first deliberately let Heifu and Meng Tian fight for the whole spring, and then went to Bashu to inspect, and after he came back, he asked the courtiers to discuss the matter.

The same is true of the DPRK and China, both of which are one-sidedly opposed to sending troops, and Li Si, the court lieutenant who once had a holiday with the Montessori, even came forward to echo Meng Tian's proposal:

"The words of the Northland County Lieutenant only seek meritorious service and reward, regardless of the overall situation. The Xiongnu had no residence in the city, nor did they have a guard of accumulation, migrating like a bird, and it was difficult to capture their traces. And it has retreated to three thousand miles away from Mobei, and the light troops are deep, and the food will be extinct; If the army carries grain together, it will be heavy and difficult to transport, starting from Guanzhong, transferring to Mobei, transporting 30 stone of grain to 5 stone. It is not enough to gain the land for the benefit of the country, and the captivity of its people cannot be made into households. Attacking the north of the desert, this is a move to cover China and be happy with the Huns, not a long-term strategy! ”

Even Gongzi Fusu also sent a letter from Xianyang to persuade Heifu: "Sima Fa" cloud, although the country is big, the warlike will die. The husband defeats the poor martial arts, and there is no one who does not regret it, and he hopes that the general will think twice......"

Under the discussion of this side of the court, Heifu has always insisted on his own opinion, which is the most incomprehensible place for his mastermind Chen Ping, although Chen Ping also knows that Mao Dun is by no means a mediocre master, and there will indeed be hidden dangers if he is left alone, but Heifu does not have to be so stubborn, and does not hesitate to disagree with the Manchu Dynasty, right?

"Unless ......"

Chen Ping peeked at the Heifu who was a little unhappy after being dismissed by Qin Shi Huang, and said secretly: "Unless, the county lieutenant did it on purpose!" ”

……

The smart people who saw the difference in Heifu's move were not only Chen Ping, but also Ye Zijin.

Although his beloved is a veteran of the army, his personality has always been cautious and cautious, and he can be stable and never wasteful, and he proposed to attack Ju Yanze last year, and he also strongly supported Li Xin as the commander. Why did you suddenly change your personality this year, with a posture of sacrificing your life for the country and a horse leather shroud? The people in the court believed it, but Ye Zijin didn't believe it.

On this day, after Heifu was dismissed by the emperor, he was in a good mood and stopped doing official business, returned home, changed his unhappiness in the official mansion, hummed a small song, cut the wooden horse for his son during the day, played games with him, and after dark, he and his wife warmed up for most of the night......

After the incident, Ye Zijin finally seized the opportunity and asked her husband: "The lover has been unusually this year, and he is strongly advocating the attack, except for worrying that Mao Dunshan will recover to sit big, is there any other hidden intention?" ”

The black man looked at his wife, they had been married for four years, and the novelty of their good looks had long since faded, and at this time, the benefits of courting a smart wife came to the fore. When Heifu was away, she was able to take care of Heifu's house, had close contacts with the families of county officials, gave small favors to the families of her subordinates, and made Mrs. Diplomacy very good. She also took the lead in knitting sweaters, making it the most popular thing among Qin women in Northland County, subsidizing the military.

And when Heifu returned, she was able to mention Heifu from time to time and help him pay attention to some political details.

So Heifu said: "When dealing with the Huns, Your Majesty hopes that the border generals will work together." But now that the Huns are far away and there is no great enemy, if the border generals with heavy troops are harmonious again and call them brothers, is this what Your Majesty wants to see? ”

"So the beloved deliberately proposed a plan that Meng Tian and Li Xin would inevitably oppose, and His Majesty and the imperial court would not be able to support it?"

Ye Zijin understood, so Heifu's seemingly stubborn actions were still doing what the emperor was happy to see, and he took the initiative to stir up different opinions.

But in this way, the emperor is happy, what good is Yu Heifu?

Heifu sighed: "Since last year, His Majesty's intention to support the Mengshi has been very obvious, and he appointed Meng Tian as the commander of Shuofang, allowing him to monopolize the military and politics and become the head of the border generals. And I, just continue to be the lieutenant of Beidi County, but the jurisdiction has expanded to Helan. ”

Although outsiders seem to believe in Heifu, Heifu senses that Qin Shi Huang is suppressing himself intentionally or unintentionally.

On the bright side, perhaps he was afraid that Heifu would be young and high, and repeat Li Xin's mistakes.

At worst, the emperor deliberately let Heifu be suppressed by Meng Tian all the time, and after Meng Tian, Li Xin Heifu chased after him, forming a delicate balance.

Then, His Majesty decided to adopt Meng Tian's strategy, build the Great Wall in the north, and stop attacking the Xiongnu. As for the Fayue clan, it must be led by Li Xin of Longxi County, and the northern land will send at most a few thousand partial divisions to assist, and I won't even have the opportunity to go out in person. In this way, no matter how good I am in Tuntiantun, it is unlikely that I will have the opportunity to make meritorious contributions. ”

If he was allowed to farm in the north with peace of mind and cultivate a new lineage, Heifu would be happy, but the system of the Qin Dynasty would not allow the border generals and county lieutenants to have such an opportunity. If you have been happy for six or seven years, but at the most critical moment, Heifu was transferred away by a paper order, then it is called crying without tears.

"Although the three caves of the cloud and the rabbit, but the cave of the body, in fact, the more the better, rather than stick to a corner, it is better to take advantage of the time is still early, and make a few more holes for backup...... "Heifu secretly pondered.

It is better to leave late than early, as the time is about to enter the 31st year of Qin Shi Huang, Heifu knows that the history of "the pit ash is not cold Shandong chaos", only six or seven years away.

It's also time for him to go to the center of this storm, the Kanto region.

Moreover, judging from the news that Nei Shi Teng secretly handed him, Heifu knew that when the Xiongnu fled north and had to wait a few years to defeat the Yue clan, Qin Shi Huang's focus in the next few years would also be placed in Kanto......

The large-scale eastern tour and sealing of Zen, I'm afraid it will be next year!

So Heifu also figured it out and said with a smile: "Now, the foundation of Tuntian in Northland County has been laid down, and it only takes a middle-of-the-road talent to manage it, and it can go on logically, so I want to change my position." ”

The black dog's duty to guide Qin Xituo has been completed, and next, it's up to the white horse......

"If I am transferred out of Kansai, Your Majesty will make compensation and let me serve as the county guard of a large county, and after there is no danger of internal and external collusion, I will even let the woman with enough qualifications enter the Jiuqing ......."

"Where will the beloved be transferred?"

Ye Zijin looks like you are going and I will go wherever you go, and even she is even happier to be able to leave the bitter cold north and let her son live in the Central Plains.

Heifu smiled: "Soon, Your Majesty will definitely ask me this question on purpose, and I have already thought about how to answer!" ”

……

Heifu expected it to be true, after Heifu and Meng Tian disagreed, and the imperial court chose to support Meng Tian, Heifu's Beidi County Lieutenant also came to an end.

In mid-September, Qin Shi Huang specially gave Heifu an edict, but he did not mention the dispute between him and Meng Tian, only said that the Qin officials sent to Kanto recently were seriously corrupt, and there were often "thieves" in the place.

He also half-jokingly asked Hef, "Where do you want to go?" ”

On the first day of the first month of the 31st year of Qin Shi Huang (the first day of the tenth month of the lunar calendar), Heifu's reply to the first emperor was also sent to Xianyang Palace.

When the emperor opened the seal, between the lines, Heifu did not complain, and said a sincere word at the end that moved the emperor.

"The minister is a brick in Daqin, where you need to move it!"

Qin Shi Huang couldn't help but praise:

"Good black man, it is really the brick and stone of the country! Make it a guard, after several years of training, ten or twenty years later, not only can it be a general, but also a phase! ”