Huang Qiong naturally knew this. Huang Qiong has always been vaguely worried about the real combat power of the Jurchens, who had destroyed two seemingly powerful dynasties a hundred years later. He didn't expect that his descendants would encounter him a hundred years later. The descendants of the dynasties that were supposed to exist in history were almost wiped out in one fell swoop. Not only were the two emperors forced to hunt north, they were unable to return home until their death. The princess, concubine, and eldest daughter have all become the playthings of the powerful people of that tribe. The queen was unwilling to be humiliated and committed suicide, and the queen mother and the princess entered the clothing bureau.
And this Huanyi Bureau is just synonymous with a government-run brothel. Even when entertaining envoys from the Southern Dynasties, in order to humiliate the Southern Dynasties who moved south, the princess was even asked to come out to accompany them to drink and sleep with them. The envoys from the Southern Dynasties refused to accept it and were ridiculed. The imperial family has been so devastated. Ordinary Han people. During the transition between the two dynasties, some places were wiped out. What's more, there will be a more powerful nation that will rise on the northern plateau and make outstanding contributions to the rapid and rapid decline of the world's population.
Huang Qiong, who didn't want his children to make the same mistake again, was planning to destroy Liao and bring that fertile black land into Daqi's territory. The somewhat barbaric nation should be civilized and utilized as much as possible. If it doesn't work, just like the party members, letting them disappear is also a good choice. Just thinking about this, Huang Qiong couldn't help but smile. Even if he annihilates a certain barbarian nation, more ferocious nations will emerge in the vast black land to the north and on the other side of the Great Wall.
From the Xiongnu, Xianbei, Rouran, Turks, to today's Khitan, in Mongolia two hundred years later, new tribes will continue to breed in the vast Mobei Plateau. The Han Dynasty was depleted of national strength for hundreds of years, forcing the Huns to move westward. The Xianbei people rose up again and went south to the Central Plains, establishing nearly half of the Sixteen Kingdoms of the Five Hus. When the Xianbei people went south to the Central Plains, the gap left by Mobei was followed by the rise of Rouran. Until the end of the Northern Wei Dynasty, when the two countries were split into the East and West, they still failed to solve the problem of the same nomadic people and semi-homogeneous people. The Rouran Khanate was finally destroyed.
But the emerging Turks gave the Sui and Tang Dynasties a headache for more than a hundred years. Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty was a wise man, and his martial arts surpassed all previous emperors. The Tang army, at its peak, drove thousands of miles from the desert north, eventually forcing the Turks to abandon their homeland and follow the path of the same powerful tribe that had been there for hundreds of years. After the Turks, the Tang Dynasty supported the Uighurs to control the desert grassland in order to jointly fight against the then powerful Tubo Kingdom. However, the Uighur Khanate and the Tang Dynasty were at war and at peace, which gave the Khitan people the opportunity to rise and establish the now powerful Northern Liao.
These nomads are born cavalry warriors. Once a tribe in the ruling class is in civil strife or suffers excessive losses in battles with the Central Plains dynasty, a new tribe will appear at any time to replace it. The biggest problem of these grassland peoples is that they are not united with each other. They fight against each other for pasture, women, and wealth. But if a talented and strategic lord appears, he can unite the tribes on the Mobei Plateau. At your fingertips are hundreds of thousands of string masters. However, these nomadic peoples have plenty of war horses.
The tribes on the Mobei grassland were like cutting leeks. After cutting the next crop, a powerful tribe soon emerged. The desolate yet fertile plateau nourishes these extremely tough nomadic tribes, who have always respected the strong. The cruelty of the desert plateau makes these tribes brave and good at fighting, and they are not afraid of death. And the Central Plains Dynasty, even if it achieved a major victory on the battlefield, even if it really broke the backbone of these peoples and completely destroyed their will to resist, it still could not stand on the grasslands.
The desert and plateau are vast and vast, and the nomadic people have always lived in pursuit of water and grass. The cattle, sheep, and horses in the tribe all have legs. One bullock cart can carry all the belongings. Once you face a powerful opponent, you can always break away and run thousands of miles away. The long grain road has become the most vulnerable place. The highly mobile nomadic tribe cavalry can cut off at any time. The huge consumption of the Northern Expedition would even bring down the country. Although Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was almost a Central Plains dynasty, he solved the Xiongnu problem once and for all. However, the huge military expenditure and huge casualties almost brought down the powerful Western Han Dynasty, and hundreds of years of accumulation were wiped out.
These northern expeditions, on the contrary, brought favorable space and opportunities for the rise of a new tribe. Even if stability is achieved on the northern border, it will only last for more than a hundred years. The battles between the nomadic peoples in the north and the Central Plains dynasties almost continued throughout the annals of China. Tang Taizong, who had the most military achievements of all emperors at that time, failed to completely solve the northern border troubles. How could he really surpass Tang Taizong? Even if he destroyed Bei Liao, he would probably be making wedding clothes for others and creating opportunities for new tribes to rise.
What's more, although I have now eliminated the border troubles in the northwest. But more than a hundred years later, the nation that had killed off the descendants of a certain dynasty that should have appeared at this time was nourishing its strong body in the white mountains and black waters of the northeast. Once Bei Liao declines, its ferocious fangs will be exposed at any time. What can I do if my descendants are as useless as the descendants of that dynasty? No matter how large the territory is, they may not be able to defend it. If you can control your son, can you control your grandson?
Thinking of this, Huang Qiong put down the pen in his hand, walked to the door of Wende Hall, and looked at the continuous drizzle outside the door. After being silent for a long time, I could only think of the words "try your best". Back in the palace, Huang Qiong picked up a booklet and was about to approve it. His train of thought was interrupted by his two sons and eldest daughter. Looking at the three children who have grown up, Huang Qiong can only lament that time is like water. In the blink of an eye, the three children are already more than ten years old. Especially his eldest daughter, who has become a grown-up girl.
Huang Qiong only remembered when he saw three well-behaved children greeting him. The two sons were brought in by themselves. The eldest son of the emperor is already thirteen years old, and his birthday will be in one month. According to the ancestral system, he will be at the age to leave the palace and live in the palace. The second son of the emperor still has half a year left, and he has also reached the age where he should retire. Out of habit, Huang Qiong pinched the bridge of his nose and looked at his two sons, who were slender and elegant. Huang Qiong said softly: "These days are really not enough. You have all grown up in the blink of an eye." ”
"Jin'er and Feng'er are both about to leave the palace and live in the palace. They are also at the age where they should practice hard. I want to ask you, do you have any ideas in your mind about what to do after leaving the palace? . Today we, father and son, have any ideas that you can discuss with me. For example, go to the military camp, or to the Imperial College, or to which state capital to exercise? If you have this idea, as long as it is not too biased, I will I will definitely give you my full support. Of course, no matter where you go, you can only start from the beginning.”
"Whether you are going to the military camp or the Imperial College, you are not allowed to reveal your identity, let alone be superior. When you get to the military camp, you will eat whatever the soldiers eat. When you get to the Imperial College, you will live how the other guards live their lives. Of course, if you don’t want to go there and just want to leave the palace and live in peace, it is not impossible to live peacefully in the palace I have given you. I don’t need you to answer me now, but I hope You should think carefully about what to do in the future."
In response to Huang Qiong's question, the two children shook their heads almost simultaneously. As the eldest son of the emperor, Huang Ruijin spoke first: "Father, my son heard that a Taiyi Academy was built in Songshan. The people who taught scriptures and taught Taoism in it were all great Confucians of the time, and the collection of books in the academy was no worse than in the palace. . My son wants to study at Taiyi Academy for a few years so that he can read more books. The Imperial College in Jingzhao talks about those things over and over again. The explanations of many things by those gentlemen are a bit far-fetched and far-fetched compared to those of his father. Still a long way to go.”
"And if you stay in Jingzhao, even if you go to the Imperial College, you will be easily recognized. There are quite a lot of children from aristocratic families there. Especially Meng En's students, many of whom are my companions studying in the palace. .My son secretly went to the Imperial College before and found that their progress was not as fast as my son's progress in studying on his own. I thought that after going to the Imperial College, it was better to stay in the palace and study. Since the father promised his son, he could choose the life he wanted. , the son wanted to request an order to study at Songshan Taiyi Academy."
After the eldest son finished speaking, Huang Ruifeng, the second son of the emperor, said: "Father, the eldest brother wants to study, but the son is not as interested in reading as the elder brother. The son has always heard from Brother Yu that the emperor left the palace not long ago. , they sent troops to quell the rebellion. With only a few hundred light cavalry, they captured Hulao Pass, which was controlled by the rebels. After that, they defeated Ningxia with three arrows. He can be called the emperor with the most military merit in Daqi except Emperor Taizong. My father The emperor also knows that his son likes the military life. Therefore, he begs the father to agree to allow his son to go to the military camp for some experience."
But after the two sons finished talking about where they wanted to go to experience, Huang Qiong's eldest daughter sneered and sneered at the place where the two brothers wanted to go. But then, he walked to Huang Qiong's side, smashed, smashed his big watery eyes, and said "Father." And this sentence "Father" is soft and cute, and it can be said to be extremely sugary.
As soon as the girl opened her mouth, Huang Qiong knew that this ghost girl must have something to ask of him when she put on such a posture. I could only pinch it helplessly. This girl had a very straight nose. Then he said: "Looking at your attitude, you must have somewhere you want to go. However, I have to remind you that they are all boys. As long as they go to other dirty places, they will definitely not suffer. . You are the eldest daughter of the emperor whom I love most, so don’t even think about academies or military camps."
"That's not a place for girls at all. Don't even think about leaving the palace. Forget about your mother, you can't even get through here. You should stay in the palace honestly and accompany your father and the emperor. Your mother and concubine. Isn’t such a big palace and so many brothers and sisters enough for you to play with?"
However, as soon as Huang Qiong finished speaking, the girl said to Huang Qiong: "Father, Yuyang is not leaving the palace. The two brats are gone, and the other siblings are still young. Father should feel that Lonely. Rui'er still wants to stay in the palace to accompany her father and mother. Rui'er just asks her father for one thing. In the past few years, my mother either forced Rui'er and Aunt Lin to study, or asked Yuyang and Qin Aunt and Aunt Wu, learn about female crafts and embroidery. Learning those boring things all day long makes Yuyang suffocated to death. "
"Yuyang heard that the Queen, my mother, Aunt Duan, and Aunt Han are all martial arts masters. I know that my mother doesn't have the energy to teach me. Can my father please talk to my mother and let me have a relationship with Aunt Duan or Aunt Han? Is it Aunt Han who wants to learn martial arts? If Aunt Duan and Aunt Han really don't have time, I can learn from Aunt Shouyang. Grandma is partial and only teaches Aunt Shouyang and my sister martial arts. I don't dare to hurt her. , I also learned martial arts from a group of people. But Rui'er really wants to learn martial arts so that she can protect her father and mother in the future."
