Changan.

Nearly a month has passed since the departure of the army.

It's September.

Mid-autumn reaches its peak.

Countless people began to devote themselves to the autumn harvest work.

Countless women and elderly people, with their children, toiled in the fields, harvesting ears of corn, threshing them, and returning them to the barn.

But everyone's hearts have drifted to the far north, the battle at the foot of the Great Wall.

The wife is worried about her husband's safety.

Father, worried about the news of his son.

Children, with their necks stretched, waited for their father to return from the battlefield.

In this expedition to the north, although Chang'an only mobilized no more than 30,000 regular troops.

However, in order to support these armies to fight in the north, there were more than 100,000 people and young men who were mobilized for this purpose.

And that's just the mobilization of Guanzhong.

In the entire north, in order to support this campaign, the Han court has mobilized as many as 300,000 people through all levels of political power.

Just to supply the Flying Fox Army and the Juzhu Army to fight in Yanmen, on the road from Yanmen to Mayi, there are as many as 10,000 people every day, delivering supplies to the army.

Behind Yanmen, in order to transport supplies to Yanmen Pass.

A 100,000-strong people's transport team worked day and night along the ancient roads and straight roads, carrying truckloads of materials, carrying them on their shoulders and pulling cattle to Yanmen Pass.

In order to allow the hussar army, there can be enough provisions.

After the start of the war, the Han army was in the path at the foot of the Wuzhou Mountains, transporting supplies day and night.

Countless resources and massive amounts of money disappeared into the books of accounts like a stream.

From Taiyuan to the north. In the past 30 years, the Han dynasty has hoarded grain and grass materials in warehouses. One by one, they were emptied.

Even in Weiyang Palace, these days. There are also countless people who are worried about the changes in the battlefield.

Many people know what this battle, once lost, means.

With so many supplies and so many savings, put into the battlefield, once it is lost, the consequences will be extremely serious!

But the Son of Heaven in Weiyang Palace didn't seem to be worried at all.

Eat every day. It's time to sleep.

There is even leisure and elegance, taking the eldest son and the eldest princess to play in the imperial garden.

The calmness of the Son of Heaven has reassured many people.

The hearts of many nobles, princes, and ministers were thus put back in their stomachs.

Since the Son of Heaven who proves that the 'Heavenly Authority of the Monarch' is in his hands is in his hands, I think about it, the battle ahead should be smooth.

On this day, when the people of Guanzhong, under the organization of political power at all levels, began to prepare for the repair of roads and transportation.

One of the horsemen is inserted with a knight who symbolizes the emergency military situation. Horses came from the north.

His young face was full of excitement and passion.

Da Da Da, Da, even the sound of the hooves of the war horse. It's also very cheerful.

Countless people saw this knight.

A large number of people have dropped their tools, and countless officials have heard the news. Leave the business at hand.

From Xiaoguan to the east, Tingli Township. Under each piece of exposed cloth, the crowd began to slowly gather.

Soon. These places are crowded.

The gentry, regardless of class, stretched their necks and waited for the messenger from Chang'an to paste the good news or bad news on the cloth.

Countless people were nervous.

Is it another flat castle?

Or an unprecedented victory?

No one is clear.

………………………………

At this moment, Liu Che was sitting in a side hall of Weiyang Palace, playing Go with Liu Xi, the king of Chengyang, who came to Chang'an according to the edict and made a routine court.

Since its birth, Go has been widely popular among the aristocratic and scholarly classes.

As an emperor, of course, Liu Che will also do a little.

But the art of chess stinks.

It's not Liu Xi's opponent at all.

If he hadn't been the emperor, Liu Xi would have killed him a long time ago.

But alas, Liu Che is the emperor.

And his father also did the terrible thing that he couldn't win in chess, and when he lost face, he lifted the chessboard and smashed the opponent to death.

Therefore, Liu Xi was trembling and did not dare to 'accompany the Son of Heaven' without changing the law.

For this reason, he had to drop his chess skills by N levels, from a golden player to a human player.

Even so, he still has to think of the law to 'leave chess' for the Son of Heaven, and deliberately set up some routines, so that the Son of Heaven can naturally eat some of his chess pieces.

This is a test of Liu Xi's wisdom and prediction.

Liu Che pinched the chess pieces very easily and played casually.

Of course he knew that Liu Xi was stammering himself.

But it doesn't matter.

Emperor, sometimes it is necessary to pretend to be confused.

Moreover, from these hand-to-hand conversations with this Uncle Wang, who had never met before, Liu Che could see that this Uncle Wang, his mind and ability, were above the level.

is a worthy king.

You can entrust him with some big things.

At this moment, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps outside the hall.

"Your Majesty!" Wang Dao almost stumbled in, knelt down and bowed: "Emergency military situation on the front line!" ”

"Oh......" Liu Che barely held back the excitement and apprehension in his heart, pretending to be 'I already knew', and said, "But the sons have broken through the Beiyu? ”

When he said this, Liu Che also recalled the allusions to Xie An that he had seen.

This kind of thing of pretending to be X to brush up on prestige, Liu Che naturally knows that he must learn!

When Wang Dao heard this, he raised his head, looked worshipful, and bowed: "Shengming has no fault with Your Majesty!" ”

"Tell me, what's going on in the battle ahead?" Liu Che looked like a light and breezy look, sat down again, and said to Liu Xi opposite: "Uncle Wang, let's continue to play against ......"

But his hand with the chess piece betrayed him deeply - he couldn't hold the chess piece anymore.

Fortunately, at this moment, in front of this bombshell, no one can observe carefully.

Many of the attendants and eunuchs all looked like His Majesty was so powerful, with two eyes. They are all stars of worship.

The big guy only thinks that there is such a son of heaven in charge. We are so blessed!

Wang Dao knelt on the ground and took out the emergency military intelligence report that had just arrived. spread it out and read: "The hussar general Zong, the minister Hu Benwei Captain Ran, the commander of the Southern Army of the Chennan Army, and the captain Wu of the Southern Army, are all dead, and worship Your Majesty: Lai Sheji God relies on the power of His Majesty, and the ministers and others are arrayed from outside Wuzhou, and they will fight with the king of Zhelan in the north, and they will be broken!" ”

Wang Dao looked at the words on the newspaper and said in a trembling voice: "Kill the prince of the king." Four thousand one hundred and eighty-two, three thousand two hundred and seventeen people were captured from the king of Zhelan, 7,121 war horses were captured, the head of the northern captives was piled up like a mountain, and the Ji Congee clan had a broken arm! ”

"Hooray! Banzai! Hooray! ”

Before Wang Dao's words were finished, there were countless fanatical attendants and officials inside and outside the entire hall. They knelt down and shouted loudly.

Since the peaceful city, it has been fifty-six years.

From the fall of Chaonasai to the present, Van eighteen years.

The remnants of the Han Dynasty Fen IV. Monarchs and ministers are up and down, enduring humiliation and burden.

The soldiers and civilians of the border Cypriots have made countless sacrifices. Countless costs.

From the Great Wall to the north, to Guanzhong. Until Chang'an, until the court of Weiyang Palace.

How many siblings. Relatives and friends, sleeping on the battlefield of the war with the Huns, how many people's ancestors and ancestors died heroically in the fight against the invasion of the Hun cavalry!

For fifty-six years, the hatred of the Xiongnu flowed restlessly in the Han family's government and opposition like magma in a volcano.

Today, finally, the great revenge has been avenged! Hold one's head high!

How can this not be exciting? How can this not be exciting?

This emotion, this surging emotion, was transformed into the simplest patriotism and nationalism in an instant.

Many people hugged their heads, cried and laughed.

Cry for the ancestors and laugh for today's victory!

Wang Dao continued to read: "Today's ministers and others led the army to prevent the Huns and Aries and Lou Fu from riding 30,000 horses in the south of Wuzhou, and the former general's headquarters intercepted them in the north of Mayi, and the thieves have been like turtles in the urn, and the period of defeat is just around the corner!" ”

"Please Your Majesty, wait for the good news, and the ministers will offer the Right Virtuous King of the North to your Majesty!"

"Hooray! Banzai! Hooray! Even Liu Xi couldn't bear it anymore, bowed his head respectfully, prostrated in front of Liu Che, and bowed: "Your Majesty Fuwei, Shengming, strategizing, and facing the world with the holy king, is to order the northern captives to throw themselves into the net, and the ministers congratulate the world!" ”

Liu Che was also excited.

Zhelan tribe!!

As the emperor, he had seen this notorious and brutal terrible enemy from the countless archives of Shiqu Pavilion.

Today, this great enemy, who has slaughtered and ravaged countless counties and countries in the past, and bears the blood feud of countless Han soldiers and civilians, is defeated in front of the Han army, like a chicken and a dog!

Liu Che has already seen that the entire grassland, the entire ******** of Northeast Asia, will be changed by this war.

The defeat of Zhelan heralded the decline of the Xiongnu hegemony.

In Northeast Asia, the Han Dynasty, the ancient old empire, the former world center, the **** kingdom, is finally about to return to where he should be.

May I see you reigning in the world in my lifetime!

Liu Che remembered a comic he had read a long time ago, and his eyes felt a little moist.

But as an emperor, he knew that he needed to be calm.

Everyone can be excited, they can be excited, they can all dance.

But the emperor can't.

The Emperor needs to be calm at all times so that he can think about strategy from a more objective perspective.

Therefore, he forcibly suppressed his urge to run naked to celebrate, and waved it lightly with an almost trembling hand, saying: "This is all the soldiers' lives, the ancestors bless, and the society has a spirit!" ”

"Besides, the main force of the northern captives is still there, and I am still waiting for the soldiers to annihilate the invading enemy, and then have a good time with Uncle Wang!"

But the next moment, Liu Che's words betrayed his heart deeply: "Immediately send someone to report this good news to the two queen mothers of the East Palace, in addition, gather the ministers again, I will hold a banquet in the Xuanshu Hall of Weiyang Palace tonight, and celebrate the great victory of the soldiers in front of me with the ministers and marquis!" ”

The two queen mothers of the East Palace have been restless since the army set out.

After all, such a big war, even for the current Han court, can almost be regarded as a battle to gamble on the fortunes of the country.

Once defeated, the consequences are simply unimaginable.

But they can't stop Liu Che, the emperor, and there is no way to stop Liu Che's decision.

Therefore, I had to learn from the Empress Dowager Bo when she was in the Henan Campaign, every day in the palace, praying to all the gods, praying for the blessing of the gods and the victory of the army.

Now, this good news has come, and it is time to make the two queen mothers happy and happy.

"Then order the Yamen of Yousi to announce this good news to the world, so that the world will know about it!" Liu Che then commanded.

Such a big victory, of course, has to be hyped and hyped up.

Boost the morale and morale of the people.

At the same time, through this great victory, I tell the world that I am the true destiny of the Son of Heaven who is moving from one victory to another.

This is important!

In China, since ancient times, no force or political group has dared to have any crooked ideas during the rise of a dynasty.

Not to mention daring to stand up to the central government!

For Liu Che, the greater significance of this big victory lies in politics.

With this great victory, his authority and prestige will rise to a higher level.

As a result, he was able to untie the shackles and seals more and make some bolder reforms.

In addition, under this great victory, the centralization of power will be further strengthened, and the country's credibility and prestige will be further rooted in the hearts of the people.

Moreover, after this war, a new group of military nobles will be born.

Under the leadership of Liu Che, they achieved military merits and glory, and were canonized for Liu Che.

They are natural supporters of Liu Che and brain-dead fans.

Their participation will greatly strengthen Liu Che's administrative ability and policy implementation.

The so-called decree will never happen if it does not come out of Weiyang Palace.

What's more: after this battle, Liu Che has no doubt that he will become a ruler who is worthy of being on a par with the three kings and the five emperors.

Truly become the emperor who has a heavenly constitution in his mouth and thinks that he is the law of the world.

This is why, in all dynasties, all Chinese emperors who are a little prosperous and a little conscious will inevitably expand to the outside world.

The reason is simple.

As long as he wins, the emperor will make a lot of money, and break free from the shackles of bureaucrats and magnates, and really do what he wants.

Whether ancient or modern, Chinese or foreign, a country, wants to solve internal and external problems?

The best shortcuts are war.

Winning the war, not to mention transferring the contradictions and burdens to others, can boost the morale of the people, so that all classes, voluntarily or forcedly, will unite under the banner of the central government.

For example, in World War II, the Nazis in the early stage, the whole of Germany, was crazy for the Nazis.

It could even be argued that no one was not a Nazi adherent - not even Jews.

At this moment, Liu Che, who had just unlocked the seal, gave his order with great ambition: "Edict Shaofu and Neishi and Taichang, and order them to mint five baht million pieces of gold for the purpose of rewarding the soldiers and the people!" ”

"No!" The ministers bowed their heads.

Under such a brilliant victory, all political forces, all ideological factions, and all internal mountains have all bowed down and fallen at Liu Che's feet.

Victory is indeed the best recipe for resolving all problems, contradictions, and disputes.

In the face of victory, all the emperor's orders will be like heaven.

Only Liu Che knew what his edict meant.

This is the precursor and temptation of the gold standard.

A new era of finance, along with this great victory, this sacred war, slowly kicked off. (To be continued.) )