Li Xingchen picked up the handkerchief on the bedside and wiped Yu Chizhen's sweat, and asked:
"What did you dream about?"
Yu Chizhen raised her head: "I just dreamed of killing, and I dreamed of being separated from His Majesty. No one could protect me. But now I can lean on His Majesty's arms and know that everything is not real. It's really good."
Li Xingchen smiled, stretched out his hand to scratch her cheek, wiped away the tears on her face, and lowered his head to kiss her eyes.
This girl bears huge pressure for the survival of the family, and she is also young. Naturally, she is different from the more mature Yuchi Chifan. She is naturally stressed when she has things on her mind.
Now that Yuchi Chifan is no longer around, Li Xingchen has naturally become her only support.
"Don't be afraid, I'm here." Li Xingchen whispered in her ear.
Yu Chizhen responded, kissed Li Xingchen on the cheek, and then lowered her head shyly. Just when Li Xingchen wanted to coax her to sleep well, Li Ping's voice suddenly came from outside: "Your Majesty!"
Li Xingchen frowned, rubbed his eyes again, and pricked up his ears to make sure he heard correctly.
"Did someone call me?"
"Is that General Li Ping Li?" Yu Chizhen said, "The voice sounds very similar."
"Isn't this kid supposed to be with the front troops of the Imperial Guard? Why did he go on duty outside the camp again?" Li Xingchen was a little helpless.
The chamberlain who was guarding the door had turned back and whispered through the curtain: "Your Majesty, the general of the central army has reported that there is good news. The generals of all armies have already informed. Now the hussar general is asking your majesty to make a decision."
Li Xingchen stood up suddenly and announced that it was either Jinyang or Youzhou at this time!
No matter which battlefield it is, it is not a bad thing for me.
Finally, this good news has come.
"Your Majesty, are you going?" Yu Chizhen, who couldn't sleep at all, also got up at this time.
Li Xinchen nodded, of course he had to go. He glanced at Yuchizhen again. The little girl obviously hadn't recovered from the nightmare just now. Li Xinchen couldn't bear it: "Hurry up and help me grind ink."
Yuchizhen was overjoyed and stood up hurriedly.
Li Xingchen watched her put on her clothes and couldn't help but smile. Among all the troops, it was normal for a little girl to feel insecure by herself. Of course Li Xingchen didn't mind taking her with him, otherwise he would be with a group of big men in the middle of the night.
It doesn't make sense for them to get together.
He specially took out another of his big cloaks and wrapped Yuchizhen tightly, and then Li Xingchen walked out of the tent. When Li Ping saw His Majesty coming out, he hurriedly bowed and saluted.
Li Xingchen just took one look at the embarrassed expression on this boy's face and already understood something in his heart. It was rude to wake up His Majesty in the middle of the night, especially if it disturbed His Majesty's rest, he might get hurt.
After being scolded, Xiao Shilian, as a hussar general, would naturally not be scolded if he came in person, but he would inevitably be laughed at later, so Li Ping, Li Xinchen's old follower, was naturally pushed out by everyone.
Obviously this kid is not willing, but he has no choice. In terms of familiarity with His Majesty, no one here can compare with him.
"Youzhou or Jinyang?" Li Xingchen didn't intend to embarrass him.
Li Ping breathed a sigh of relief quietly: "It's Youzhou. The navy just conveyed the good news from Youzhou. The Marine Corps captured Yan County and the Fenwu Army captured Juyong Pass. Now they have joined forces with Yan County to resist Dugu Yongye's attack from Fan Yang.
Fight back.”
Li Xingchen was also relieved. The Youzhou strategy that Taiwei Mansion had been planning for so long was finally settled. Even if Youzhou was recaptured by Dugu Yongye again with superior force, I am afraid that various smelting workshops and the like would also be captured by the navy and army.
The team was completely destroyed.
The Marine Corps, a brand-new branch of the military, has proven its significance, and even the Navy has proven that it cannot only do tricks in Southeast Asia.
Dahan has invested a lot in the Navy and Marine Corps over the years, and it has even aroused criticism from the Army Division, not to mention the civilian officials, as to whether it is necessary to invest so much money in the Navy, and whether these funds can be exchanged for
Civil and military officials often have disputes over the corresponding value.
However, Li Xingchen insisted on developing the navy despite all opinions, and the navy's performance in Nanyang was pretty good, so it did not lead to the demise of the navy and marines.
Li Xingchen would rather spend money that would make the court feel heartbroken at present, but also vigorously develop the navy. Naturally, this is to prepare for the Han's future ocean strategy, from nearby Southeast Asia to Australia, to distant Europe, Africa and the Americas.
It was firmly fixed on the trade network and even the colonial network of the Han Dynasty.
The successful capture of Youzhou by the navy and marines meant more to the Han Dynasty than just the iron smelting workshop and the exploration of trade routes in Liaodong.
Xiao Shilian was already discussing with Chen Zhishen, Zhang Xutuo and others in front of the map. When he saw Li Xinchen coming in, he hurriedly bowed his hands and saluted.
"The army's armor is with me, so there is no need." Li Xingchen waved his hand directly, "Where is the memorial?"
Xiao Shilian hurriedly handed over the memorial, and immediately saw that Yuchizhen had gone to Li Xingchen's desk to polish ink, and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. His Majesty actually brought the little girl of the Yuchi family with him at this time. It shouldn't be a big deal for the Yuchi family to make a comeback.
Problem, and may even become a model of the Han Dynasty's tolerant policy towards Xianbei together with the Changsun family.
The hatred for Xianbei within the Han Dynasty is not so strong that it has to be divided and killed. The people who have more hatred between the two sides should be the civil and military officials in the south. In any case, after so many years of confrontation between the north and the south, who is in charge
There is no blood debt from the other party? And the civil and military forces in the north had served as officials in the same dynasty as these Xianbei people, so naturally they would not have to put them to death.
Because the mentality of all parties must be taken into consideration, Li Xingchen's attitude towards the Xianbei people has always been ambiguous and vague. Most of the Xianbei people are still gathered in the Hebei area. How to deal with them after the success of the Han Dynasty's Northern Expedition is a matter that has been debated many times within the court.
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Treating everyone equally is obviously not enough to appease some people's mentality. However, if the Han Dynasty treats the eight tribes of the Ba people, the Lingnan tribes, etc., and treats the Xianbei people as inferior, it will undoubtedly arouse the dissatisfaction of the Xianbei people, and it is very likely to
The Xianbei people caused chaos and created hidden dangers.
Looking at it now, His Majesty has not hesitated to express his views. His Majesty himself should be inclined to treat the Xianbei people as equals and assimilate them.
This is also a strategy that Xiao Shilian, Pei Zilie and other important officials in the court have adopted before.
After the reforms of Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Xianbei was already on the road to sinicization. Who knew that the Northern Zhou Dynasty would bring about another "Xianbeiization", abruptly interrupting the path of sinicization, and even deliberately creating ethnic classes and antagonisms.
Emphasize the superiority of Xianbei as the ruling class over other ethnic groups to strengthen the Xianbei people's sense of belonging to the dynasty.