"I have never heard of any pastures or fine horses in Shendu..."
When the Taipu brought the Taiwei's order back to the Taipu Mansion, the officials above and below expressed some incomprehension.
The servant is sitting in the upper position. This foreign servant from the Yuezhi family is now over fifty years old. He is considered to be a high-ranking official in the Han Dynasty. He is responsible for the horse administration of the world and the animal husbandry is also under his control. Probably because of the early Han Dynasty.
Fed up with the pain of not having war horses, Liu Chang raised horses for a long time and became the consensus of the world. With Liu Chang's unremitting efforts, the temple set up priests in eight counties including Wuwei, Longxi, Tianshui, Anding, Beidi, Shangjun, Xihe and Shuofang.
Official, raise 300,000 horses.
Today's Han Dynasty has no shortage of war horses. With all its strength, it can mobilize a cavalry army of 100,000 people, which is enough to sweep the world. Of course, there is no enemy worthy of mobilizing such a large army.
At the same time, animal husbandry is also developing rapidly. The initial development of animal husbandry was not smooth, because in the past, the development of animal husbandry relied on sacrifices... Sacrifice requires the use of a large number of cattle and sheep, and temples will prepare cattle and sheep in various places to prepare for the annual festival.
Sacrifice. However, after Liu Chang came to power, he banned a series of sacrifices. "Wu Zui Yi" is still on the emperor's lips. Many people who proposed to restart sacrifices were accused of such crimes and were directly exiled to the northwest. Until now, they have not
Who dares to talk about sacrifice anymore?
On the contrary, Liu An secretly held several spring planting sacrifices and autumn harvest sacrifices while Liu Chang was away, which made all the officials feel a little at ease. It seems that the current terrible situation of "the emperor does not sacrifice" is only temporary. When the tyrant waits,
It will get better if it is gone.
The ban on sacrifices caused a blow to the animal husbandry industry. However, when commerce developed, the animal husbandry industry began to take off rapidly. The textile industry drove the entire animal husbandry industry, and the affluence of the people caused a greater gap in the meat market. Regions such as the Tang Dynasty
It has become the most important meat supplier for the Han Dynasty. The animal husbandry industry has become increasingly prosperous and has become an indispensable and important pillar for the Han Dynasty.
With the development of horse administration and animal husbandry, the status of this servant has become higher and higher.
The servant's back is already a little stooped, but his figure is still strong, with a thick beard, a straight nose, and deep eyes. He sits tall and tall, giving him the appearance of a "Great Chanyu of the Yuezhi".
The servant is from a different race, but he is not a rough man. He is not a reckless man outside the Great Wall. He is a serious member of the Huang Lao family. He and Liu Chang are from the same school.
With brand-new research, he probably lived in a completely different environment from childhood to adulthood. Many ideas in the Huang-Lao school can always be interpreted differently by him. Within Huang-Lao, he is also recognized as the master of Huang-Lao.
A virtuous person has a high status.
Liu An had a very good relationship with him. Liu An once studied "Pan Yu Pian" with him, and even now, he visits him from time to time to discuss knowledge together.
Among the Yuezhi people, the status of Taipu is unimaginably high. His influence even exceeds that of the Yuezhi King of this generation. The Yuezhi King is the officially appointed king within the Han Dynasty, but this vassal king is a bit special.
, without his own subordinates, he is more like Marquis Che, who is nominally the commander-in-chief of the Yuezhi people, but his influence is still not as good as that of this servant. The servant is like the "immortal ancestor" of the Yuezhi clan, protecting him.
The kind of people who have been in this clan for several years... Because of the unique atmosphere of the Tang Dynasty, the Yuezhi people were Chineseized very quickly.
After decades of marriage and mixed living, these Yuezhi people living in the Tang Dynasty could hardly see the difference from other people. They began to adopt a large number of Chinese names, choose characters, participate in assessments, etc. The South Vietnamese King Zhao Tuo once
Write a letter to inform Liu Chang.
He said that the first Yuezhi person to serve as a county magistrate appeared under his command. In his lifetime, he could see the Yuezhi people living outside the Great Wall come to South Vietnam to serve as county magistrates, which made him feel the supreme benevolence of the Han emperor. Now the Han Dynasty is powerful and broad.
, so he wrote a letter stating the situation.
There were many Hu people in the Han Dynasty, and the most powerful among them were the Yuezhi people.
Compared with the Yuezhi people, the Wuhuan people living in the Yan Kingdom are a negative example. This group of people are always rebellious, resisting taxes, etc. Some people in the temple said that this was because the King of Yan was self-respecting in raising bandits and targeted them in order to highlight the necessity of the princes and kings.
They rebelled. Some people say that King Yan was tyrannical and imposed heavy taxes in order to maintain a huge army.
This led to such a situation, but such rebellions were still minor in the Han Dynasty and did not cause any waves.
The servant gently stroked his beard and said seriously: "Since the Taiwei has given an order, we must obey it regardless of whether we know it or not. The Taiwei's talent is not something we can understand. He wants us to set up a new one."
The priest officer must have his own reasons."
"The area from Xiting Kingdom to Peacock Kingdom is also a good pasture, although it is not as good as Beidi and other counties. If it is established here, it will need the help of Xiting Kingdom. I will write to the servant of Xiting Kingdom to express it
If the situation arises, you should go ahead and make preparations."
Everyone stood up and hurriedly agreed.
The servant frowned and had some vague guesses of his own. Did the captain want him to appoint more herdsmen to occupy the pasture in the corridor, thereby strengthening the connection between the big man and the body poison?
Who is the servant of Xiting Kingdom?
I remembered that it was Dou Guangguo, the uncle of King Xiting.
This man is quite talented. He was personally recommended by King Wu and sent by His Majesty to assist King Xiting. He should be able to cooperate well with him.
The servant lowered his head and started writing the letter. While he was writing seriously, a soldier suddenly came in and reported: "Servant! Your Highness, please see me!"
The servant was stunned and hurriedly dropped the pen in his hand, "Hey, how can a minister ask the king to ask for an audience? Follow me to see His Highness!"
When the servant hurriedly went out to visit, Liu An rushed to salute first. After the two saluted, the servant and the prince returned to the inner room. Liu An looked at the pen and ink on his case and said, "I have delayed your important event.
It’s really rude.”
"I dare not, Your Highness, please take a seat."
The two sat down and exchanged simple greetings. Although Liu Chang suppressed many Confucians, he also influenced many Confucians and Legalists. On the contrary, he promoted not many Huang Lao. Liu An was the opposite.
, was born to be an accomplice of Mr. Huang and the others, and the servant was also the first minister Liu An attracted. During Liu Chang's absence, the servant was of great help, and helped Liu An cover many times during the court meeting.
The other ministers were speechless and were called capable ministers at that time.
After chatting for a while, Liu An smiled bitterly and seemed hesitant to speak. Upon seeing this, the servant ordered the officials to go out and closed the door.
"Your Majesty, I didn't mean to bother you, but... my father has left a hot topic to me again. I can't discuss this matter with outsiders, so I can only talk to you."
In addition to being fellow Huang Lao, the Taipu and Liu An were also related. The Taipu's son Tutang married Cao Jiang, the youngest daughter of Cao Chang, the Marquis of Pingyang. This was the prince's biological uncle's family. Logically speaking, the Taipu
His son Tutang had to call the prince his elder brother... However, Tutang was not very close to the prince. He was different from the servant. This guy was born in Huang Lao's family since he was a child. When he grew up, he began to study Confucianism.
He became a teacher of Shen Pei, who was also Fuqiu Bo's disciple. He got along well with Dai Wang in Taixue. Later he entered the Shihuofu and was promoted to Tingwei with merit. He is currently serving as Tingwei Shi in Tingwei.
Of course, Liu An's words were still somewhat heartwarming. The servant smiled and replied: "If your highness has something to do, there is no harm in speaking up."
"My father asked me to deal with the aftermath of the Zhao Yu case, but there were too many people involved in it."
"My stupid... ahem, the Han Hou Lu Chan, because of Zhao Buhai's plea, actually helped him secretly let the villain into the city... He still thinks that he killed him because he was humiliating him
His parents were wanted and could not enter the city. He just wanted to go to the city to have a look... and Yushi Zhongcheng and Qu Zhouhou, who clearly knew about Zhao Yu's behavior but actually pretended not to know, can be regarded as
The most difficult person to deal with is my brother, King Qi... This man even sent an assassin to kill Chao Cuo..."
"My father felt it was difficult, so he asked me to take care of it... But what should I do? Lu Chan is my elder, and according to the law, he should be executed, but... with my eldest mother here,
Who dares to execute him?"
"My eldest mother never favors her own people, but Lu Chan is different. His father, Lu Ze, is my elder brother and the person whom my eldest mother values the most. My eldest mother has told my father many times that I want to
My father made Lu Ze king... Lu Chan is Lu Ze’s only heir, can he still be executed??"
"As for Qu Zhouhou, he
My father is close friends with many people, such as Xia Houying, Zhou Bo, Guan Ying, Wang Tianqi, Lu Jia, Chai Wu, Liu Jing and others... If we kill him, how will we face those group of founding veterans?"
"King Qi is even more troublesome. That's my brother... Nowadays, there is a lot of turmoil in various places to cut down the feudal vassals. If we kill him..." Liu An's face was full of helplessness, "Father, I don't think it's good for me to show up.
Just let me take care of it."
The servant listened attentively and then laughed, "I thought that was not entirely the case."
"If your Majesty is determined to deal with it, even if he is as close as Lu Chan, as noble as Liu Xiang and as famous as Li Ji, he will not be able to escape, and he will definitely be executed together. Lu Chan is Lu Ze's legitimate son, so what about Lu Tai? Liu Tai?
Xiang is your majesty's only son. He can destroy the country even if he can't kill him. King Qi doesn't have only such a son... As for the old minister, your majesty doesn't care even more."
"Your Majesty asked Your Highness to take care of this matter. He doesn't want you to kill them, but he wants you to recover them."
"When Your Majesty left, you offended many ministers, and your relationship with the Lu family members was not as close as Your Majesty's. This time you cut off the vassalage, which offended the princes and kings even more. Your Majesty wants you to be on good terms with them again...
Isn't this a good opportunity? Your Highness can hold a banquet and summon these people. I think there must be some rough guys under your command... Your Highness should know how to do it."
The servant said with a smile, Liu An was stunned, and then asked: "My father asked me to deal with these people, but I use this to win over them. Will I offend my father?"
"If Chao Cuo is really dead and you still do this, of course it will completely anger His Majesty, but Chao Cuo is fine now. Your Majesty is a person who values the present and does not care about your selfishness. If you can turn bad things into
He won't care about good things. Of course, if you don't handle it well and turn bad things into something worse, it will be hard to say."
Liu An laughed and then shook his head, "As my father's son, I can't see as clearly as you." The servant gave him a thoughtful look, couldn't you tell?
It can't be seen. It must be awakened by someone who will not be easily punished by His Majesty, right? Otherwise, among the thousands of talents around the prince, wouldn't even one of them be able to see it?
Of course, the servant still didn't point it out. It's good that the two of them knew some of the words.
There is some theory that the servant is close to Liu An. Although the servant is a foreigner, he has a very good relationship with His Majesty. Every time His Majesty sees the servant, he always calls him brother. In private banquets, Liu Chang even
He took his sons and asked them to call the servant Zhongfu... What a kindness. Anyway, the servant was moved. He knew that he had a special status. The Han Dynasty had always had a tradition of despising the barbarians. In the Han Dynasty,
, the only foreign race worthy of attention is the Huns, the rest are called Zahu, of course, the same is true for the Huns, both of them look down on the other Zahu, and the Yueshi are within the scope of the Zahu.
Although he has already reached the rank of Jiuqing, and is even a legitimate candidate for Fengchang, he will wait for Lu Jia to resign, and after assuming the position of Fengchang, he can look at the position of Yushi doctor, and then look at the left and right ministers from Yushi doctor.
Some people still look down on him.
When Liu Chang was away, the servant participated in the court meeting. The minister couldn't talk to him, so he whispered, "It's all nonsense, don't talk to him."
Of course, the minister who said this was pulled out of the market the next day because he had hidden armor at home, but there were not many people who thought this way.
His Majesty was the only one who would not despise him so much and could entrust him with important tasks. Before leaving, his Majesty summoned a total of three people.
Lu Lu, Zhang Buyi, the servant.
The servant is only responsible for the horse administration and the royal carriages and horses, but his role is not many.
It was also Liu Chang who asked him to help this incompetent prince. His son's marriage was planned by His Majesty.
After receiving the "advice" from the servant, Liu An seemed to feel much more comfortable. He no longer talked about these government affairs, but instead talked about home affairs again.
After chatting for a long time, Liu An stood up and left, while the servant continued to finish writing his article.
At this moment, the sky was already getting dark, but the servant was not in a hurry to rest. Instead, he asked someone to prepare a carriage and left home.
The servant’s goal is the Northern Army’s
School grounds.
Zhou Yafu is now the commander-in-chief here. When he learned that the imperial servant had come, everyone was very polite. The importance of war horses to the army is self-evident, and rewarding the three armies is inseparable from the imperial servant. Even if he is as arrogant as Zhou Yafu,
He is also polite to the servants, and even a little enthusiastic. The people in charge of logistics cannot be offended. Once the army is marching, cattle and sheep are the best supplies, and war horses are the most important thing. How can the generals dare to be responsible?
What about the rudeness of the ministers of these two things?
The servant came here to bring some rewards to Zhou Yafu and distribute some meat in the name of the emperor.
"Thank you for your hard work... During these days, the Northern Army has been training hard and there is no shortage of meat. This is all because of your contribution..."
"No, it is His Majesty who values you and specifically told me that I cannot live without your carnivorous war horses. I am only acting according to His Majesty's orders. There is no need to be polite."
"That's still your credit."
Zhou Yafu said, smiled, and said: "Wait here for a moment, I will go out to count the recent consumption...
He then looked at the military lord behind him and said, "You are here to protect the servant!" The young military lord hurriedly said Wei.
As soon as Zhou Yafu left, the servant hurriedly looked at the young military lord, took out a few snacks from his sleeves, and handed them to the young man with a smile.
"Come on...come on, what I brought specially for you are snacks sent from the Tang Dynasty...eat!" Wang Ji didn't look away, "Your Majesty! The general is..."
Before he finished speaking, a piece of snack was stuffed into his mouth.
Wang Ji pouted, like a squirrel, staring at the servant of the court, his eyes filled with shock, grievance and anger. "Uncle!! Why are you here again!!"
"Didn't I tell you that I didn't want others to know that I joined the Northern Army by virtue of my riding and archery skills? If others knew about it, wouldn't they say that I relied on the power of the servant?"
The servant didn't care about this and took out some snacks again, "Don't worry, no one else will know. Eat quickly, your general will be back soon!"
"Father! I am already eighteen years old! No, nineteen years old! You..." Wang Ji almost jumped up in anger.
"You have outstanding military achievements. Even if you know it, who dares to say that you rely on me to hold such a position? Is your general or Zhou Bo's son? Some people say that he became a general based on his family background? Don't think wildly!"
Wang Ji could only stare straight ahead numbly, letting the servant stuff the snacks into his mouth piece by piece. Zhou Yafu cleared his throat outside the tent and walked in immediately.
The servant was smiling as before. The military prince beside him had chubby cheeks. Zhou Yafu tried not to stare at his face, "Servant, everything has been done. Can you go and take a look?"
"Okay, okay, then I'll go back."
The servant said and followed Zhou Yafu out of here, while Wang Ji walked back to his tent angrily.
Just after he came back, several soldiers stood up to greet him. They looked at Wang Ji's face for a moment, and then someone asked: "Marquis? Is the servant here?"
"I have no idea!"
Although Junhou has military merit and is brave and good at fighting, he is still young. These soldiers get along well with him. There is not much difference between them. They are like good friends on weekdays. One soldier couldn't help but said: "Since Junhou
After arriving at the Northern Army, our supply of beef and mutton has skyrocketed..."
"Rumors, these are all rumors!"
"I can become a military prince because I am good at riding and shooting. My uncle is an ordinary military prince!!" Wang Ji said firmly.
The soldier was convinced, nodded, and then pointed to the corner of his mouth. Wang Ji wiped his mouth hurriedly, and then said again: