Time has entered the seventh year of Kaibao. It is the beginning of a new year and it is also the first time that Emperor Liu celebrates the New Year in Luoyang. Although the place has changed, all the ceremonies remain the same.
On the first day of the first lunar month, Emperor Liu held a New Year's meeting in the Qianyuan Hall of Xijing to summarize the gains and losses and look forward to the future. At the same time, he accepted the worship of foreign ministers at home and abroad, leaders of various ethnic groups and envoys from various countries.
When many envoys and leaders set foot on the majestic and magnificent Qianyuan Hall for the first time, they were all frightened by it. They basically bent their knees and surrendered unconsciously.
The envoy of the Liao Kingdom was Xiao Siwen, who had made a comeback in the political arena of the Liao Kingdom. He did not fall to the ground, but his expression was extremely solemn. The strength of the Han Dynasty was already reflected in all aspects, which was visible to the naked eye. As the northern overlord, the empire only had
The stronger the Han Dynasty, the greater the international pressure the Liao Kingdom will bear.
As for the Goryeo Kingdom, which in recent years began to play both sides of the Han and Liao dynasties, swinging wildly, perhaps because of a guilty conscience, its envoys behaved tremblingly.
Just last autumn, the Laizhou navy organized a cruise training, sending fifty large and small ships with more than 3,000 officers and soldiers to the coast of Korea, and anchored in Shaocheng County for rest.
It is almost conceivable that the conflict between the two parties occurred unexpectedly. Even if it was just the navy, the land battle was also fierce enough. Under the command of the commander Guo Yang, the navy landed ashore and attacked Shaocheng County in one fell swoop, and then killed
After a plunder, they returned. Later, the Goryeo Navy came to help, and the two sides also fought a small-scale naval battle outside Shaocheng Port. It also ended in victory for the Han army, and they returned to the sea with great pride...
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This was the first violent conflict between the Han Dynasty and Goryeo. Afterwards, the two countries continued to exchange envoys and negotiate on the matter. The result of the negotiation was that both sides agreed that this was an accident and a misunderstanding.
The army is full of muscles, they only know how to fight and kill, and they are also very angry. Under this tone, it has calmed down. The big man did not apologize, and Korea did not continue to pursue it. The court, on the other hand, responded to the navy soldiers who recklessly provoked trouble.
General Guo Yang gave him a serious warning as punishment, and then nothing more happened.
As for the dead and injured soldiers and civilians of Goryeo, and the loss of property, the Han government did not consider it. In fact, both sides also knew that this was an incident provoked by the Han consciously and proactively, and it was a warning to Goryeo that the Han had plans to attack in the sea.
Capable. Under the guarantee of the powerful navy, your peninsula is not that safe.
On the Han side, the warnings and lessons are on the one hand, and the opportunity to test the strength of Goryeo is also on the other hand. The results are very ideal, just like the reports on Goryeo's military strength that were received back then. It has a lot of military strength, but its combat capabilities are...
Really weak.
The Goryeo army in Shaocheng County also fought in the civil war and had some battlefield experience, but they were beaten randomly by the Han navy. If it had been replaced by those elite land divisions, I am afraid the gap would have been even greater.
As long as the control of the sea is in hand and the Han army can be successfully delivered to the peninsula, it may not be difficult for the Han army to sweep it across.
There is only one word difference between Goryeo and Goguryeo, but in fact they are worlds apart. When Goguryeo was strong, it could challenge the Sui Empire. As for Goryeo, hehe...
After so many years, Emperor Liu has basically seen clearly that there is basically no extravagant hope for Goryeo to fully cooperate with the Han Dynasty to deal with the Liao Kingdom. In contrast, the lack of knowledge of the Goryeo Kingdom actually stimulated Emperor Liu and faintly threatened to destroy him.
The country's thoughts. However, in the presence of the Liao Kingdom, it tolerated it.
After the warning last year, Korea seemed to have woken up, and its attitude became respectful again. Only after being beaten did it realize that it hurt...
The first month has always been a festive and lively month. After the New Year's Day gathering, there is the Shangyuan Festival. Two new programs have been added to the Shangyuan Festival in the seventh year of Kaibao.
First, the imperial city of Luoyang presented prisoners. Wang Quanbin, the envoy from the southwest, succeeded in the southern expedition and destroyed the country of Dali. He captured its monarchs, ministers, and ministers and returned them to the palace, and presented them to the palace. For Wang Quanbin, he had been in the southwest for ten years, and he had prepared his troops and horses.
Victory, the achievement of destroying the country, and return to the court in victory can be said to be a complete merit and virtue, and there will be no regrets in this life.
The prisoner presentation ceremony was naturally spectacular and huge, with up to 200,000 onlookers. For the people of the ancient capital, there was also an inexplicable excitement and impulse. They had witnessed such a scene for countless years and enjoyed being a powerful person.
The glory of the people of the empire. Many of the prosperous times that were only recorded in history and spread by word of mouth, they saw with their own eyes.
Of course, this was also a political show. Emperor Liu intended to use this to unite people and inspire people. Judging from the specific results, he succeeded.
As the first supporting role, Wang Quanbin also received great attention. He also enjoyed the cheers of the crowd, and the emperor lowered his rank to welcome him. Not only because of his achievements in conquering the country, but also because of his ten-year persistence and loyalty in the southwest.
, dedicated, and for this already very old veteran, this is the highest honor.
The second one is the reward for those who have made meritorious service in the Kaibao years. As mentioned before, Emperor Liu did not confer titles or rewards on the civil and military officials of the empire during these years. Of course, this excludes special bribes like the Cao family of the Guiyi Army.
Therefore, many people inside and outside have discussed that after all, meritorious service cannot be rewarded, everyone has their own ideas. And Emperor Liu spent so much thought to make the title of the Han Dynasty so important, and there are many people who are determined and meritorious.
Have expectations.
Now, it can be regarded as fulfilling his wish, and the method of collective conferment has been adopted. After verification by Yousi, a large number of influential figures have indeed emerged in the field of civil and martial arts after the Kaibao Year, and they are worthy of being conferred or even promoted.
Quite a few.
Of course, some of them also include those who lacked merit and qualifications during the Qianyu era, and now they have made up for it. However, this time, most of the knights were awarded to military ministers, and nothing is easier and more convincing than military merit.
The most dazzling ones are naturally Wang Quanbin and Pan Mei. One destroyed Dali and the other captured Annan. The rest, such as Yang Ye, Wang Renfan, Yang Tingzhang, Liu Guangyi and other senior generals who had outstanding achievements in several expeditions, also
in its column.
In contrast, among the civil servants, there are only Wang Pu, Zhao Pu, Lu Duoxun, Wu Tingzuo, and Lu Yin. After all, in governing the world, it is not easy for civil servants to make meritorious deeds and win titles. Even so, they
Most of them are related to martial arts.
In addition to conferring titles, there are also conferring honors, which are purely for military merit. In previous battles, a large number of officers and soldiers have emerged, especially those middle and lower-level officers who have survived hard battles. Their merits are not enough to be conferred.
But it is still okay to give them a title. Emperor Liu ordered that fifty of them be selected and rewarded in the Qianyuan Hall.
A ceremony of conferring titles and honors also greatly stimulated the Han Dynasty's ambition to make contributions.
