After returning to Chang'an from Yong County, Liu Che received a series of "surprises".≥,
The first 'surprise' is: the Korean Dongyi mission led by Yi Zong has arrived at Xiaoguan and is about to return to Chang'an.
The commander-in-chief attacked the country, and the commander-in-chief was responsible for questioning the crime before the emperor.
In ancient China, this was a great achievement of military commanders anyway.
Even if it was just a simple armed game like Yi Zong, the result of destroying the country would be real.
Liu Che summoned the officials to discuss the reward.
The Han Dynasty valued military merit the most. It can even be said that in the Han Dynasty, military merit was everything.
What's more, Yi Zong was Liu Che's brother-in-law, and there was no evil among the ministers. As soon as the emperor summoned everyone, everyone would hear the elegant music and know the elegant meaning.
Therefore, the awards for Yi Zong and Habayashi Wei were unanimously approved almost without any doubt.
Yi Zong was granted the title of Marquis of Dongcheng, with a settlement of 1,300 households, and was worshiped as Lang Zhongling.
For the former, it was a matter of course to be granted the title of marquis, with a settlement of 1,300 households, which was only a small amount. Among the relatives of the Han Dynasty, the number of households in Yi Zong should be relatively small.
In other words, even if he does not have this merit, as long as he persists for a few years, he will be able to become a marquis sooner or later.
The key thing is the appointment of Lang Zhongling.
Lang Zhongling was the well-known Guang Luxun of later generations, and was roughly equivalent to the head of the Central Guard Corps of the later dynasty. He had always been the emperor's confidant.
After Liu Che came to the throne, Lang Zhongling had been in limbo. At this moment, it finally welcomed its owner.
After Yizong, naturally all the Yulin Guards officers and soldiers with meritorious service were promoted to the rank of nobility. The rewards were generous.
Yi Zong's two outstanding captains took this opportunity to soar into the sky.
A man who was appointed as an emissary and bodyguard for the Union Army
What is the envoy guarding the army?
In the Han Dynasty, anyone with the character "envoy" could automatically be imagined as an imperial envoy, holding the emperor's festival, and sitting in some key and sensitive positions.
As for the envoy guard army, you can understand it as a role similar to the supervisory army and political commissar in later generations.
The main task is to supervise and supervise a certain army.
However, unlike later generations, the Han Dynasty did not regard eunuchs as military guardians, but the emperor chose them from among his own attendants.
For example, during the Witch Gu Rebellion in history, Ren An, the protagonist of the famous "Report to Ren An", was serving as an envoy and guard officer of the Northern Army at that time.
As for Ren An's path to success, one can clearly see the shadow of the emperor's servants and confidants.
This position is said to be important, but not important. In the situation where there are guards at the top and generals, school captains and captains at the bottom, in fact, the envoy guard officer is often ignored.
After all, no matter whether it is a guard, a general, a captain, or a school captain. In the northern and southern armies of the Han Dynasty, everyone has a background and a backstage. An emperor's personal servant just wants to command these guys.
.It’s also a bit too naive.
But, even if it is not important, it is still very important.
Back then, Zhou Bo used Li Ji to coax away Lu Lu, who was in charge of the Northern Army, and then encouraged the Northern Army to rebel against Lu. At that time, if the Lu family had such an envoy in the Northern Army to protect the army, they would not be caught off guard. At least, they would not be caught off guard.
Can we have some warning in advance?
Therefore, after Emperor Taizong Xiaowen took power, he learned the lesson from Lu's defeat and set up envoys and guards in the northern and southern armies, with trusted servants or confidant generals serving in this role to prevent the northern and southern armies from walking alone or being deceived by others.
Over the years, the Han Dynasty has been strengthening the authority of the military envoys.
To this day, envoys protecting the army already have the authority to act expediently and supervise military camps according to discipline.
Appointing a captain from the Habayashi Guards as the envoy to protect the army meant that Liu Che no longer was secretive, but made it clear that he wanted to firmly control the northern and southern armies.
And this school captain was none other than Zhang Cigong, a green forest hero who worked with Yi Zong in Hedong.
Another school captain, Wang Yong, was also worshiped as a Weiyang Palace Sima Gate Guard because of his military merits.
Sima Gate is the key to entering and exiting Weiyang Palace. Except for the emperor, other eunuchs, ministers and even relatives are the only legal passages to enter and exit.
Worshiping him as a Simamen guard was actually Liu Che's attitude to strengthen the security work in the palace.
Other Habayashi Guards sent out to serve as generals and were promoted to upper-middle-level officers in both the Northern and Southern armies.
Naturally, this strategy of mixing sand cannot be hidden from others, and there is no need to hide it from others.
Through this series of measures, Liu Che was able to fully control the northern and southern armies from all aspects, and truly commanded them like an arm.
In addition, Liu Che did not relinquish his official positions as the Captain of the Yulin Guard and the Commander-in-Chief of the Prince Consort, Yi Zong. Yi Zong was still in charge of the Yulin Guard and at the same time increased the size of the Yulin Guard to 3,000 people.
Turn it from an emperor's bodyguard into a regular field army.
The expeditionary fleet led by General Xu Han, another force that attacked the dynasty, also received a large number of rewards.
Xu Hanyi granted 2,300 households, bringing the total number of households in the city to nearly 5,000, making him an important member of the feudal class of the Han Dynasty.
And three of his subordinates were granted the title of marquis.
At the same time, Liu Che officially appointed Xu Han as the General of Buildings and Ships, making it clear that he could command "the large and small ships and ships of the world's prefectures and countries" and be the governor of "everything in the rivers, lakes and seas, arresting bandits, transporting grain and grass, etc."
This is probably the first time in Chinese history that a new branch of arms independent of the army has appeared.
The new Louchuan Jiangjun Yamen immediately contributed hundreds of new public jobs to the Han Dynasty.
After the Louchuan General Yamen was established, the first thing Xu Han did was to ask the court for military expenses.
Xu Han's reasons are high-sounding and almost impeccable.
Xu Han said in his memorial that his expedition to Korea this time was an attack across the sea, but there was almost no response from the Korean monarchs and ministers.
The coastline of the Han Dynasty is much longer than that of Korea. What should we do if one day enemies come from the sea?
Therefore, coastal defense is very important.
In addition, rivers and lakes are also home to bandits. Only with enough ships can the safety of rivers and lakes waterways be ensured.
In addition, Xu Han also proposed that the taxable grain and silk materials in the south of the Yangtze River can be transported by sea to the Yanji area, and then transported to the Great Wall and the north via Yanji. In terms of efficiency and loss, sea transportation is safer and faster than river transportation and land transportation.
many!
If someone else says this, the courtiers will think that this person is fanciful and talking nonsense.
But Xu Han said this, there is a picture and the truth.
He listed the expedition fleet's journey from Qi to the coast of Korea, as well as several experiences of transporting supplies by sea.
More importantly, he produced a complete chart.
There are hundreds of detailed charts describing all the reefs, wind and waves in the Jiangqi-Liaodong coastal area one by one.
With these charts, Xu Han proved that sea transportation is not a fantasy. It is feasible.
Through sea transport, it only takes less than a month for the southern grain tax to arrive at Yanji Port in the north, and there is no need to collect a large number of civilians for transportation, which can further reduce losses.
Supported by so much evidence and Liu Che's intentional bias.
In the end, the Louzhou General Yamen received 111 million yuan in military expenses and 30 million yuan in shipbuilding expenses.
However, Liu Che rejected Xu Han's proposal to continue building large-scale building ships.
All this shipbuilding cost will be used to build small ships for patrolling rivers.
Half of the original large-scale ships of the expedition fleet will enter the dock and undergo transformation. After transformation, they will become transport ships and undertake the task of transporting materials from the south of the Yangtze River to the north.
The main responsibilities of Louchuan Jiangjun Yamen in the future will also be to be responsible for the transshipment of grain and tax, clearing out inland river bandits and other public security tasks.
Liu Che really wanted to build an ocean-going fleet.
But now, neither the technology nor the time is mature.
The second surprise came from Canghai Jun Nangong Xin who arrived in Chang'an with Tong Yi Zong, as well as Zhenfan King Liu Zhonghan, King Ma Han and others established by the descendants of Qi Zi Joseon.
Originally, these small countries with a population of only two to three hundred thousand, or even tens of thousands, were nothing more than ants in front of the Han Dynasty.
But these guys coyly suggested to Liu Che that there were a lot of savages in their country.
I hope Master Wang can help with the cooking!
When Liu Che heard this, he almost couldn't help but want to laugh!
Savage?
Yi Zong and Xu Han went to Korea, and of course Liu Che knew that the savages on the Korean Peninsula were those people.
Well, they are those primitive tribes hiding in the ravines.
Most of these tribes remain in the era of primitive clan society.
Generally, it ranges from several thousand to several dozen or hundreds.
Of course, there are also tribes like Woju that have initially entered the era of primitive tribal alliances.
Whether it was the previous Qi Zi Korean regime or the later Wei regime, these primitive tribes were extremely troubled.
Send an army to conquer?
If you hide in the virgin forest, you won't be able to find these guys, let alone catch them.
Moreover, these tribes have been fighting against the sky and humans for a long time, and there are even some cannibals. Although they rarely fail in fighting them, once they fail, the whole army will be destroyed...
If you don't fight them, these guys will harass the villages and towns living on the Korean Peninsula.
For primitive tribes, no matter what method they use, it is always a good method to get food.
However, North Korea, eastern Liaoning and western Liaoning are mountainous. Among the high mountains of the Greater Khingan Range and the Lesser Khingan Range, there are many spaces for these primitive clans to survive and hide.
Not to mention the small countries such as Yiren, Zhenfan, and Mahan on the Korean Peninsula.
Even the Jurchens and even the Jurchen slaves, who were very powerful in history, could do nothing against them.
Before the rise of the Jurchens and Jiannu, they had had enough of the torture of their relatives and distant cousins hiding in the mountains and forests.
But this was not a difficult problem for the Han Dynasty.
Liu Che immediately agreed to the demands of these "loyal ministers" and ordered Liaodong, Liaoxi and the Han army stationed in North Korea to coordinate with various military units to launch a net-like cleanup of the Korean peninsula.
Whether it was the Shengfan Nvzhi tribe in the Song Dynasty or the Shengfan Jianzhou in the slave-building period, after the two became strong, they became each other's slaves and thugs.
Liu Che couldn't believe it. A group of primitive tribes whose weapons were only made of stones, wood and bones could somehow defeat the Han army fully armed and using iron weapons.
Especially when Liu Che also ordered to dispatch a cavalry force of 2,000 people from Yan State to assist.
No matter how powerful you are at running on two legs, can you outrun a cavalryman equipped with horseshoes?
To Liu Che, these primitive tribes were pie in the sky.
The total population of the Han Dynasty was only over 40 million.
These more than 40 million include the elderly, children, women, soldiers, officials, slaves, maids, eunuchs, and emperors.
In the future of the Han Dynasty, whether it was mining or hydraulic construction, it would be inseparable from labor.
Especially mining and iron smelting. These jobs are extremely dangerous, and you will lose your household registration at every turn.
Why did the Qin Dynasty perish?
There are many reasons, but one of them is that excessive overdraft of national power, especially excessive conscription of the people, will never lead to failure.
If he could capture a hundred and eighty thousand young men from the Korean Peninsula, Liu Che would not need to worry about miners and iron smelters.
Although the adopted sons-in-law and prisoners did not have human rights, they were still citizens of the Han Dynasty, and they could still pay taxes to the country, right?
And if all the sons-in-law and prisoners are dead, how can we force the farmers to mine?
And if the current technology develops for another hundred years, Liu Che estimates that mining will also be a job that requires human lives.
Since the Han people cannot die, they can only trouble the Yi Di to die.
Anyway, in China's current traditional values, Yi Di are similar to animals that walk on two legs.
Even if one million people died or ten million people were left in the mines, the Han Dynasty public opinion would not feel any guilt.
What's even better is that the mines in this era are very dangerous, and the mortality rate is extremely terrifying.
In other words, in the future, even if a large number of monkeys are captured and come back to mine, there is no need to worry about China being occupied by doves after hundreds or thousands of people.
Just digest all the slaves transported back in the mine tunnels and high-platform steel-making furnaces.
This is indeed cruel and inhumane.
But this is the only way for the Chinese civilization to take over the world.
Just like the Western civilization of later generations was built on the disasters and sufferings of various ethnic groups in Africa, America, and Asia.
If a country wants to become strong, it must exploit other countries and nations.
"The primitive tribes in Northeast China and Korea may not be enough for the current needs of the Han Dynasty..." Liu Che thought to himself.
How many more primitive tribes could we catch? One hundred thousand people died?
What to do after the arrest?
Liu Che couldn't help but feel worried.
Fortunately, the world is big enough. After catching the ones on the Korean Peninsula, you can go to Indochina or other places to catch them.
And this third surprise caused the civil and military officials of the whole court to rush to tell each other, and everyone celebrated.
On November 11, the second year of Yuande, Mrs. Yi gave birth to a pair of twins, a dragon and a phoenix, for the emperor. Mother and son were safe, and the country had offspring!
To the ministers and nobles, nothing such as marshaling troops to conquer the country, opening up territories, or having thousands of nations come to court are not as important as the emperor having a wife!
And they are descendants with handles!
Although Mrs. Yi is not a queen, the child she gives birth to may not necessarily be a prince.
But whether the emperor has a son and whether he has a prince are two different things.
If there is a son or not a prince, no one will care. After all, there will always be a prince. It is just a lack of someone to bet on in advance.
But without a son, this matter would be very serious!
This is a major event related to the future of the family and the rise and fall of the country!
Historically, piglets have never given birth to sons.
As a result, the people in the court and the people were panic-stricken. Even Xiaozhu's uncle Tian Fu was flirting with Liu An. All the civil and military officials in the court, and I don't know how many people were worried about Xiao Jiujiu.
In the Han Dynasty, it was said without politeness that an emperor was only a complete emperor if he had a son!
If the emperor has no heir, let alone his ministers, he will be upset in his heart.
Therefore, one can imagine how excited Little Pig was after Liu Ju was born in his previous life.
Almost as soon as Liu Ju was born, he was established as the prince, and there were edicts issuing amnesty to the world and rewards to his subjects.
Liu Che is now not as excited as Xiaozhu and is at a loss.
But I was so happy that I almost danced.
He squatted on the ground and looked at the two cute little babies, with infinite love and care in his heart.
Logically speaking, he had seven or eight children in his previous life, so he shouldn't be so excited.
But he himself didn't know why.
He was like a child, kissing the two little guys' faces on the left and pinching them on the right.
Even the eunuchs in the palace couldn't help but lower their heads and suppress their laughter when they saw it.
After the excitement, Liu Che calmed down. He knew that this father's love and emotion would have to be buried deeply from now on.
Since ancient times, the dangers of palaces have far exceeded people's imagination.
Especially, the current queen’s mother is Guantao.
Liu Che knew that if he doted on his children too much, God knows what Guan Tao could do if he went crazy.
Even Liu Che himself is not sure about the integrity of the old Liu family, let alone others?
In the history of the Liu family, there have been tragedies such as human pigs, tragedies of father and son killing each other, and even the case of the emperor strangling his only flesh and blood to death with his own hands.
It is no exaggeration to say that the Liu family is a mixture of madmen and geniuses.
Lying on the couch, Yi Nu, who was still weak, probably felt something strange about Liu Che, so he struggled and said: "Your Majesty, please give the prince and princess a name..."
Looking into Yi Nu's eyes, Liu Che also showed some tenderness.
He walked over, held Yi Nu's hand, and said gently: "Prince... just call it a day and let it go..."
The name Bing Ji is the nickname or even the nickname of many children of ordinary families among the people.
Yi Nu comes from the common people, so he naturally knows how widespread the name of illness has become among the people.
But she is a smart person, and she is not disappointed. Instead, she smiles and says: "The illness is over, the illness is over, no illness, no disaster, very good, very good..."
But how did Yinuo know that the name Bingji itself placed Liu Che's infinite hope on his eldest son.
Historically, the most famous king in the middle and late Han Dynasty, Emperor Zhongzong Xuan Liu Xun, was named Liu Bingji before he became emperor.
"What about the princess?" Yi Nu looked at Liu Che hopefully.
Liu Che smiled slightly. He wanted to protect his son and not go too far or even try to hide it, but his daughter didn't need it.
Since ancient times, daughters have been expected to be wealthy.
Liu Che thought for a moment, then said: "Just call her Taotao, Taozhiyaoyao, Zhuozhuoqiqihua. I hope she will be beautiful and happy forever when she grows up..."
"Thank you, Your Majesty..." Yi Nu was immediately overjoyed.
Liu Che held Yi Nu's hand, smoothed the hair from her forehead, and said softly: "It's just my dear concubine who has worked hard..."
"I am not miserable. With His Majesty's favor, my life will be worth it. What's more, I can give birth to a prince and princess for Your Majesty. This is my blessing!" Yinu snuggled into Liu Che's arms and said.
Liu Che patted her shoulder and said, "My beloved, please have a good rest. I will go to the East Palace first..."
For some things, it is better to prepare for a rainy day. (To be continued...)
ps: ps: I’d like to correct an error in the previous chapter. After the water virtue, it should be the earth virtue, not the fire virtue. There was a place where I wrote it too smoothly and I made an error. I’m sorry~
Also, when I was writing today’s chapter, I actually forgot that Yi Nu was pregnant by Shen Ma. I only remembered that my outline was to give birth after November~
I checked the previous manuscripts and couldn’t find it~ Let’s just follow the outline and write like this~
