October 26, the 16th year of Jianxing of the Han Dynasty (238 AD).
Jinyang City, Prefect’s Mansion.
A burst of hearty laughter sounded in the prefect's mansion.
"Congratulations, Your Majesty!"
"Congratulations, Your Majesty!"
Xu Shu, the imperial censor, bowed his hand slightly to Liu Chan and said with a smile: "With one Cao Rui, I bought seven counties and three hundred carts of fine iron for my big man. It's worth it."
"Hahaha!" Liu Chan laughed and said, "It's worth a thousand dollars!"
Just two hours ago, Fei Yi sent someone to travel a long distance, day and night, to Jinyang to report the news.
Collaboration between Han and Wei - reached.
After some verbal fighting, the Wei State finally accepted the Han's release conditions, in exchange for a total of seven counties in Taiyuan, Hedong, Leping, Shangdang, Xingxing, Yanmen, and Dai, and three hundred carts of refined iron. In exchange for the monarchs and ministers of Wei who were captured by the Han army.
"Fei Yi should take the lead in this negotiation!"
"Your Majesty is wise!"
Liu Chan then said to Xu Shu: "Xu Aiqing!"
"Wei Chen is here!"
"Send people to Yanmen County quickly," Liu Chan said: "Let Wei Yan immediately send troops to take over Dai County. Don't let Cao Wei move a single citizen of Dai County."
"I obey the order!"
Xu Shu immediately agreed. This matter must be done quickly. Since Cao Wei has agreed to the release conditions, in order to avoid long nights and many dreams, Cao Wei will regret and cause trouble.
Let’s take over Daijun first.
Before Xu Shu left, Liu Chan said again: "The counties in Hedong in central Jin Dynasty also need to immediately send more troops and horses to garrison."
Now it seems that the Han Dynasty has won this war, but it is absolutely impossible for Han and Wei to live in peace because of this.
In order to prevent Wei from going back on his word, he took the opportunity to send troops to Jinzhong.
"No!"
Xu Shu immediately responded: "Wei Chen sent someone back to Chang'an the day before yesterday.
Ask the Prime Minister to mobilize more troops and horses to Jinzhong to set up defenses."
"Okay!"
"Okay!"
"Okay!"
Liu Chan kept cheering, his nerves were tense all the time,
At this moment, I finally relaxed.
"Your Majesty!"
Xu Shu suddenly said: "The war in Jinzhong is over.
Your Majesty, why don't you return to Chang'an first?
All affairs in Jinzhong should be handled properly by the ministers."
After struggling for so long,
Xu Shu has actually been a little uneasy.
The emperor is on the front line. This will definitely not last long. Now the war is over.
Han and Wei have also reached a peace agreement, so there is no need for the emperor to stay on the front line in central Jin.
"Okay!" Liu Chan did not shirk, and immediately agreed: "I will follow Aiqing's wish, tomorrow...I will return to Beijing tomorrow!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Xu Shu breathed a long sigh of relief,
As long as the emperor returns to Chang'an,
He can also handle the aftermath of the Battle of Jinzhong with peace of mind.
......
The next morning,
Emperor Liu Chan of the Han Dynasty and Princess Yuanqi of the Kingdom of Dawan, the imperial concubine of the Han Dynasty,
Under the protection of the old general Zhao Yun,
Return all the way west to Chang'an.
Zhao Yun did not carry many soldiers and horses,
There are only five thousand people in total,
Mainly cavalry.
Returning to Chang'an with Liu Chan,
And Cao Rui, the emperor of Cao Wei,
Because according to the peace agreement reached between Han and Wei, Wei needs to withdraw all garrison troops from Dai County within one month, and at the same time provide the Han with 300 carts of refined iron.
After Cao Wei fulfills their obligations, the Han Dynasty will need to release Cao Rui and others.
But——
Although the counties in central Jin are now occupied by the Han Dynasty, after all, they had always been subordinate to Cao Wei before that.
Therefore, Cao Rui was left in Jinyang.
There are still too many unsafe factors.
Chang'an is different,
That was the imperial capital of the Han Dynasty.
As long as Cao Rui is in the hands of the Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty will hold a trump card.
However, only Cao Rui and Sima Shi were taken away, and the rest of the captured Wei generals were taken away.
Then they all stayed in Jinyang.
......
Half a month later.
Chang'an.
Weiyang Palace.
"Your Majesty!"
The Han Dynasty's imperial concubine Cao Ling looked haggard and brought a three-year-old boy with her.
As soon as I entered Xuanshi Hall,
Just kneel down on the ground.
"My beloved, get up quickly!"
Liu Chan immediately stepped forward to help Cao Ling up.
"What are you doing, my beloved concubine?"
"Get up quickly."
Although Liu Chan said so,
But she naturally knew in her heart why she was doing this.
"Your Majesty!"
Cao Ling did not get up.
The pear blossoms were already crying like rain,
The little boy next to me was so frightened that he also cried: "Mother, mother, don't cry."
This little boy, his name is Liu Rui, he is the fourth son of Liu Chan, and it was Cao Ling who gave birth to him. Liu Rui is exactly three years old this year.
Cao Ling didn't pay attention to her son's persuasion. She begged Liu Chan: "Your Majesty, please have mercy on Your Majesty, please have mercy on Your Majesty, please forgive your royal brother..."
Cao Ling and Cao Rui are siblings. Cao Ling had already learned that her brother was captured alive by her husband Liu Chan in Jinyang.
This is a bolt from the blue.
As a princess of the Wei Kingdom, Cao Ling had no choice but to marry to Chang'an and became Liu Chan's concubine, although it was through marriage.
But, she is the princess of Wei after all.
My brother became a prisoner of the big man. How could the big man forgive him so easily?
She is very anxious these days.
Although she had also heard that the Han Dynasty and the Wei Dynasty were in peace talks, she would not feel at ease if her brother did not return to the Wei Kingdom.
After all, Cao Rui is the emperor of Wei.
"Your Majesty!"
"I beg you!"
Now Cao Ling has no other choice but to plead with the emperor, hoping that he will remember them as husband and wife, and hope that Liu Chan will not harm his brother's life.
It was also for this reason that she deliberately brought her son Liu Rui to beg Liu Chan.
"Father!"
"Father!"
Naturally, little Liu Rui doesn't understand these adult things, but seeing his mother crying like this, he can only hope that his father will take action to prevent his mother from crying.
"Rui'er don't cry!"
"Rui'er don't cry!"
Liu Chan held Liu Rui in his arms,
Then he held Cao Ling’s hand,
He said affirmatively: "My beloved concubine, please do not be sad.
I will not hurt your brother."
"Now that Han and Wei have reached an agreement, I will naturally release your brother and return to Wei soon."
Seeing that Cao Ling was still crying, Liu Chan added: "My dear concubine, now I least want anything to happen to your brother. Do you understand?"
"???"
Cao Ling was stunned when she heard this, as if she didn't understand the meaning of Liu Chan's words.
After all, Han and Wei have been at war for many years, and there are still opponents who don’t want the enemy’s monarch to die. If it were her, she would wish that the enemy’s monarch died as soon as possible.
"My beloved, please get up and listen to what I have to say to you."
"Mother, get up."
"Mother doesn't cry!"
Liu Rui is very smart. Although he doesn't understand adults' things, he can naturally tell that his father is also comforting his mother.
When Cao Ling stood up slowly, Liu Chan asked him to sit down next to him, and then said seriously: "Brother Ru is the emperor of Wei. If he is fine, Wei will be fine. If something unexpected happens to him, Wei will be in chaos."
As soon as Liu Chan said these words, Cao Ling was even more frightened.
‘Don’t your Majesty hope that Wei will be in chaos?’
‘The Wei Kingdom is in chaos, and the Han Dynasty can take the opportunity to send troops to attack Wei and then unify the world.’
Liu Chan naturally saw Cao Ling's doubts, smiled and said: "Now I have just experienced two Western expeditions, and now I have a big war with Wei in Jinzhong."
"Now..." Liu Chan said helplessly: "Nowadays, big men urgently need time to recuperate."
"If something unexpected happens to your brother..." Liu Chan deliberately stared at Cao Ling and asked, "Am I the only one who covets the territory of Wei?"
"Soochow?" Cao Ling blurted out without thinking: "Your Majesty, are you talking about Soochow?"
"Yes!" Liu Chan nodded and said, "What my beloved concubine said is true. If there is chaos in the Wei State at this time, although I, the Han Dynasty, can send troops to the Central Plains, due to the huge consumption of the previous war, even sending troops to the Central Plains seems a bit risky.
It’s too short-sighted.”
"But Soochow is different. Sun Quan has been coveting the land of Wei for these years."
When Liu Chan said this, Cao Ling naturally agreed.
Let alone other places, Sun Quan has sent troops to attack Hefei several times. If Wei itself is in chaos now, wouldn't Sun Quan take advantage of it immediately and send troops north to attack Wei?
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This chapter has been completed!