To anyone, Huo Qubing is undoubtedly an olive branch.
He was not only the top military general of the dynasty, but also had outstanding military exploits. He is also the emperor's most valued confidant, brother-in-law, and 'son'.
Well, describing him as a godson is not quite accurate.
The emperor trusted Huo Qubing more than his own children.
This is the answer given by history.
"I am very grateful to Huo Hou for his attention, but there are many military generals in the Han Dynasty. General Wei and Huo Hou are both world-famous generals with great talents. My talent and ambition are not on the battlefield." Su Wu refused simply.
Huo Qubing was not surprised. He nodded slightly and did not mention the topic again.
In recent years, the Han Dynasty has conquered neighboring countries, large and small, and the number of tribes, ethnic groups, and vassal states under the Han's command has continued to increase.
The emperor has increased the power of the 'subordinate states'.
The official position of a subordinate country is specifically responsible for handling affairs related to the subordinate country, which is equivalent to the foreign minister of the Han Dynasty.
According to the historical route, Su Wu will worship Dian as a vassal state in the future and control the Nine Translation Orders.
However, because he delayed the most important twenty years of his career as an official, he herded sheep in the Xiongnu. After returning to China, he became a Han official and did not accomplish much.
Now that he no longer has to go to the Xiongnu to herd sheep, Su Wu should be able to go further in the future.
Huo Guang and Su Wu took their seats at the bottom.
Before taking his seat, Huo Guang quietly measured the distance between the kneeling mat and the left and right corners of the table. He made sure that the kneeling mat was placed in the middle before he took his seat with confidence.
Several people were chatting and eating.
Huo Qubing noticed that after Huo Guang took his seat, his eyes fell on the dishes on his side several times, his expression unspeakably uncomfortable.
Huo Qubing glanced at his bowls and chopsticks, thought for a moment, raised his hand and adjusted the chopsticks one high and one low, placing them randomly.
Huo Guang suddenly let out a long breath and looked relaxed.
The obsessive-compulsive disorder is at an advanced stage and there is no hope... Huo Qubing thought to himself.
After dinner, Huo Guang and Su Wu went together.
Huo Qubing took Liu Qing's chariot to the military mansion on the outskirts of the city, and told Ji Qiu to start trying to make some artifacts for the secret army, such as horseshoes, arrow clusters and other small things.
Liu Qing was a little surprised when he came over.
Because on the outskirts of the city, there is a lot of construction work going on between the Forbidden Army camp and the military mansion.
The official road from the northeast to Chang'an was full of cars and horses. Carloads of copper and iron raw materials were transported.
The ore veins previously explored in the Northeast have been mined by Mo Gong. After preliminary processing, part of them was transported to Chang'an for Ji Qiu and others to cast ordnance.
In the first floor of the secret realm of the Military Mansion, the Imperial Guards were practicing day and night, sweating like rain.
On the second floor of the secret realm, Ji Qiu was walking and talking with a few people:
"You blame me now, but you might thank me later."
"As a Mohist practitioner, we can only have the opportunity to forge national weapons by being attached to a country.
If you can build a city or forge weapons to defend against foreign enemies, you can earn Qi points. Isn’t it a good thing to improve one’s spiritual practice? "
Several people around him refuted: "You didn't say that before, clinging to the current dynasty is inconsistent with my Mohist practice.
I really fell into your trap this time! "
"Ji Qiuyou deceived us, how can we feel at ease?"
These people were all cultivators of the Mohist family. They were originally scattered all over the world. Some lived in seclusion, and some made a living by taking over sects, forging artifacts from powerful families, and installing mountain gate protection.
There are many children of the Mohist family who are unwilling to serve the imperial court.
When Ji Qiu first joined Huo Qubing, he was one of the reformed and re-employed people rescued from Zonghengdao.
But he worked for Huo Qubing for a period of time, and found that he could give full play to his talents, and the things he produced could enhance national power, resist foreign enemies, repay the energy he received, and improve his spiritual practice.
A virtuous cycle fully reflects the value of life.
Ji Qiu now feels that working as a laborer is really fun.
The Han Dynasty was currently undergoing drastic development and was in urgent need of Mohist talents.
Huo Qubing then asked Ji Qiu to summon more Mohist cultivators to be used by the Han Dynasty.
Ji Qiu readily agreed and contacted many of his acquaintances, and all the Mohists from all over the world came to Chang'an.
These calligraphers came as promised. After arriving, they discovered that the imperial guards were following them closely and would not let them go once they arrived.
Ji Qiu acted as a lobbyist and said from his own experience: Look how good I am now and working hard.
Only part of the Mo family's team that he had tricked into coming here to work was still arriving. Mo cultivators from various places who didn't know the details were still arriving one after another.
At this time, there was a steady stream of carriages and horses inside and outside Chang'an City, and people of all kinds gathered together.
When Huo Qubing and Liu Qing returned to their house, it was already dark.
The fiery sunset converged the last ray of afterglow and set quietly on the mountain.
After the couple returned home, they bathed in a clear pool and did their favorite things.
Liu Qing diagnosed a happy pulse, but there was no fetal movement yet and he couldn't feel anything abnormal.
However, the couple was already overjoyed and studied the origin and evolution of life in Bansu.
The night is getting darker.
Liu Qing is wearing a warm apricot-colored inner lining with a silky and thin texture. The middle shirt is slightly open. There are two playful shoulder sockets on both sides of the delicate collarbone. Her skin is like cream, and her chest forms a full slope.
"Husband, the doctor said that if you are pregnant, you will not be able to have sex for at least three months.
How about letting my two maids who accompany the room serve my husband? "
Large families have maids to accompany them. When the master is inconvenient, they are responsible for taking off the Diao Chan from his waist and finding another place to put it.
If the male master is willing, they can be given the title of concubine after gaining favor.
As Princess Liu Qing, the girls she serves are carefully selected and charming.
Waiting outside the bedroom is the maid who is ready to attend the bedroom at any time.
Liu Qing's eyebrows were charming and she added: "If your husband has your heart set on something and doesn't like my maid, you can take a concubine on his own."
Huo Qubing said, "I'm going to teach you some new skills first."
"?" Liu Qing looked puzzled.
This night, Her Royal Highness the Princess indeed learned many new things and deeply understood the essence of human relations and culture.
For example, being unable to speak or being unable to carry something on one's shoulders are all categories of non-Kun Yin Yang techniques.
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The whole next day, Liu Qing's face was rosy and he gave Huo Qubing several rolls of his eyes.
She brushed her teeth and took a shower before changing her clothes and going to Liang Garden where the embroidered clothes were.
Huo Qubing went to court early, and then returned to the Forbidden Army Hall to handle military affairs.
On the morning of early November, the sun outside the window was clear.
Huo Qubing took a list of the generals of the Forbidden Army and looked at it carefully.
There are 100,000 forbidden troops, including more than 300 generals and above.
Huo Qubing is considering adjustments to the military system.
And these officers above the rank of general and colonel are the first batch of targets for adjustment.
If you want to make the Han army stronger, you must not only have good training and equipment. The military system, including people's livelihood, must keep up and be used as back-up.
After the Spring and Autumn Period, the most important military reform was Hufu riding and shooting, which came from Zhao during the Warring States Period.
At that time, King Wuling of Zhao found that the Hu people wore narrow sleeves and short coats, which were more convenient for daily life, hunting and fighting.
The cavalry and bows and arrows used in combat were more flexible and maneuverable than the chariots and spears of the Central Plains.
At that time, the Zhao army mainly consisted of infantry and chariot troops. Often, before the army could react, the barbarians had already finished fighting and ran away, making it impossible for them to catch up.
So King Wu Ling proposed to learn the simplicity and speed of Hufu riding and shooting, and carry forward the cavalry.
This is the most important innovation in the concept of cold weapon combat in history.
When Zhao Jun began to be lightly armed and simple, through standardized and hard training, he formed a cavalry formation, and soon surpassed the Hu people.
Later generations also continued this reform system, building strong armies one after another in different periods.
The common aspiration of the emperor, Huo Qubing, and Wei Qing was to make the Chinese language, Chinese culture, and the glory of the Han people deeply imprinted in the bones of generations of descendants and passed down forever.
To achieve this, the most important foundation is to strengthen the country and the army!
Huo Qubing's primary goal was to clarify the military merit system and make the promotion method of the Han army clearer.
To put it simply, meritorious deeds must be rewarded and delinquencies must be punished, further encouraging the troops to fight bravely.
Of course, a strong military must echo the national strength, national policy, and the monarch's ideas in order to achieve good results.
Huo Qubing planned to adjust some of them first to see the effect.
After looking through the list of generals and commanders at all levels of the Forbidden Army, Huo Qubing took out the cultivation methods left by his son.
Zi's political and family practices are both very profound.
Huo Qubing inspected his practice in order to further dig out the secrets hidden behind him.
Some of its methods of transmitting messages through bamboo slips require special training to be used, and Bai Nanyu was unable to handle the transmission.
Huo Qubing took out his free time to study Zi's practice, just to see if there was any secret behind this part.
In the afternoon, Huo Qubing was summoned by the emperor and came to the study of Weiyang Palace.
Dong Zhongshu, Li Cai, Zhang Tang, Wei Qing, Cheng Bushi and other civil and military officials gathered together.
The emperor looked around at everyone: "Recently, I, Prime Minister Gongsun, Li Yushi, Zhang Tang, Master and others have worked together to formulate the 21 New Policies.
These new policies will be promulgated one after another and spread throughout the world. Inviting all the ministers to come over, I want to hear your opinions. "
The chamberlain Dong Xu presented each scroll to everyone.
What is written on the volume is a series of new policies implemented by the emperor, totaling twenty-one. Involving civil, legal, commercial and other aspects of people's livelihood.
The so-called people's livelihood refers to the daily life of the people, including clothing, food, housing, and transportation.
In governing a country, in addition to the control of the emperor and ministers, things that can affect the ups and downs of people's livelihood also include natural disasters, floods and earthquakes.
Floods are especially severe.
The past dynasties have carried out governance in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, Huanghuaihai Sea, lower reaches of the Liaohe River and South China.
The country's huge financial needs and excessive currency issuance may also lead to rising prices and affect people's livelihood.
How to adjust these things is what ministers and emperors need to do.
The policies issued by the emperor are to regulate these matters, and all subordinate ministries must cooperate with them.
After everyone had read the scroll, the emperor asked: "What do you think?
Da Sinong, you speak first. "
Da Sinong, one of the Nine Qings, said: "After the founding of the Han Dynasty, we followed part of the system left over from the Qin Dynasty and farmed twice a year in the Guanzhong area, and now it has expanded to all local counties.
This year's earth veins will be abundant and there will be no major disasters, ensuring a good year.
After the autumn harvest, a preliminary inventory of the state treasury showed that compared with last year's grain preparations, the income from products increased by 10%.
His Majesty proposed in the New Deal that two new dams will be built next year, and the increase in revenue will be enough to support them. "
An increase of 10% means an income increase of more than 10% compared to last year, which is not bad... Huo Qubing calculated it into the income increase ratio for future generations and secretly calculated it.
The emperor asked: "How is the progress of the salt and iron affairs?"
Products and grain supplies can ensure that the people can have enough to eat, while salt and iron are a major factor in whether the national treasury tax revenue will increase or not, and are the foundation of the national treasury.
A smile appeared on Da Sinong's slightly fat and rich face:
"Your Majesty has been preparing for the rectification of the salt and iron affairs for two or three years. Now that the salt and iron private sector has been taken back to the local area, the resistance is not great. General Wei, Huo Hou has been able to defeat powerful enemies with troops in recent years, and has suppressed many things. Down, so that the place does not have the courage to rebound.
Therefore, I can carry out the new policy according to His Majesty's orders and achieve initial results. "
Da Sinong spoke very tactfully and praised everything.
The emperor also had a slight smile on his face. He turned his gaze to Wei Qing and Huo Qubing and pointed at a border map not far away.
On the picture, the emperor drew two large scarlet circles and one small circle.
The large circle is in the west and the north, and the small circle is in the extreme west of the Western Region.
The large circle to the west is the Qiang and Di, including the South Vietnam land to the south, which is the border trouble west of the Han Dynasty that has not been eliminated.
To the north are the Huns.
The westernmost small circle is Dawan to the west of the Western Region.
These three circles marked by the emperor himself are what he plans to do in the next stage, and they are also the goals that the Han Dynasty will solve in the next stage.
The first is to eliminate border troubles, and the second is to continue to expand territory.
The small circle is the interest of the emperor.
The emperor said: "Mr. Zhongling, you conquered the Western Region, and you will be responsible for supervising everything. I heard that there is a country in the Western Region called Dawan, and its horses are very good."
Huo Qubing looked at the small circle on the map, which was the location of Dawan: Your Majesty has set his sights on Dawan's horse.
This matter was quite famous during Emperor Wu's reign, but it was obviously advanced.
Historically, after Liu Che took back the Western Regions, he hoped that Dawan would pay tribute to horses.
Dawan relied on the fact that it was far enough away from the Han Dynasty and although the country was small, it did not take the emperor's order seriously and wrote back sarcastic letters, completely ignoring the emperor's orders.
At that time, Huo Qubing and Wei Qing were dead, and the country had no generals. They sent a mediocre general of the Second Division, Li Guangli, to conquer Dawan, but he lost his troops and generals.
(End of chapter)
