Without the two generals Wei Qing and Huo Qubing, the Han Dynasty had no chance to conquer the Xiongnu.
No one can be as victorious as these two.
Therefore, the Han's conquest of the Xiongnu came to an end.
But then, Liu Che pointed his sword in other directions and continued to expand territory.
Two years after Wei Qing's death, Liu Che sent Anguo Shaoji, Zhongjun and others as envoys to South Vietnam, with the purpose of persuading South Vietnam King Zhao Xing to annex him.
But just like all his previous schemes, this one also failed.
Lu Jia, the Prime Minister of South Vietnam, was unwilling to return to the Han Dynasty, and the next year he killed the South Vietnamese King Zhao Xing and his mother, who was also a Han woman.
At the same time, Anguo Shaoji, Zhongjun and other Han envoys who were sent to South Vietnam were also killed by Lu Jia.
Liu Che was furious immediately, so he sent generals such as Lu Bode and Yang Pu to dispatch troops to destroy South Vietnam!
The result was naturally a great success!
These people had seen the Han and the Xiongnu fighting for decades, and thought that they had the same strength as the Xiongnu, but in fact they were just wishful thinking, and they collapsed at the first touch.
So the Han Dynasty established nine counties including Nanhai, and incorporated Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan and the central and northern parts of Vietnam into the territory.
The territory of the Han Dynasty has once again been improved unprecedentedly.
In the following years, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty also did not stop the pace of conquest, and sent troops one after another without caring about the people's livelihood in the country.
But his achievements were also remarkable. In the following years, he successively pacified the Western Qiang, Wei's Korean, Dongyue, Southwest Yi and other regimes.
This also means that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty completely included eastern Qinghai, northern Peninsula, Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau and other areas into his territory.
At this time, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's self-confidence was unprecedentedly enhanced, and he believed that he had accomplished a great feat that was unmatched by his predecessors.
This is also true. Emperor Qin, Emperor Wu of Han, and Emperor Wu of Han are called Emperor Wu of Han precisely because of the outstanding military achievements achieved by the Han Dynasty under his leadership!
After such achievements, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did not think about recuperating, but was preparing to continue to expand his territory and territory!
Before that, he had to go to Mount Tai to become a Buddhist monk!
In June of the fourth year of Yuan Ding, that is, the year when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent troops to attack South Vietnam, a treasure tripod was unearthed in Fenyin, which was considered an auspicious sign.
It is not known whether this auspiciousness is truly auspicious or whether someone deliberately created it.
Anyway, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty really ate spiritual fruits and saw immortals. If even he said it was true, how could others dare to object?
To put it bluntly, this so-called auspiciousness is actually just an excuse.
An excuse that allowed Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to grant Zen status!
Anyway, this Baoding has nothing to do with Qin Tian.
Because at this time, he is digesting what he has gained over the years and preparing for the next retreat!
After the tripod was born, Liu Che ordered people to discuss the matter of granting Zen status.
Finally, after the conquest of South Vietnam was completed, that is, in the third year after the birth of Baoding, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty completed the grand ceremony of consecrating Mount Tai in Mount Tai.
Taking this opportunity, he also changed his Yuan Dynasty to Yuan Feng.
Fengchan Taishan was clearly a symbol of success in governance, but Liu Che was not satisfied, and he still did not stop using troops.
After Fengchan Taishan, South Vietnam was pacified, and with little time for the people to recuperate, he moved his troops to the more distant Dawan in the Western Region.
So there was Li Guangli's westward expedition to Dawan in the Taichu period.
This battle was very difficult, which further consumed the national power of the Han Dynasty. After several years of hard fighting, Li Guangli finally beheaded the King of Dayuan!
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was finally satisfied and settled in Luntai and Quli. Taking advantage of the opportunity of annihilating Dawan, the Han Dynasty initially took control of the Western Regions.
But this series of conquests also gave the Huns a chance to recuperate.
Since the evacuation of Monan and Mobei, the Huns have been recuperating and have not launched large-scale military operations.
Therefore, at this time in the Western Regions, the Xiongnu still retained great influence.
This caused many small countries in the Western Regions to be at both ends, which caused great trouble for Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to expand his influence in the Western Regions!
If Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was not so eager to expand his territory, the Xiongnu would not be any problem at all.
Or if he is willing to rest and recuperate for a few years, the Xiongnu will not dare to make a mistake.
However, the Han Dynasty had been fighting for years, and the people's livelihood was in decline. The two most powerful generals who conquered the Xiongnu had also died, several years earlier than in the original history.
This led to a more serious consumption of national power by the Han Dynasty.
Finally, in the seventh year after Wei Qing's death, the Xiongnu refused to send the prince to the Han Dynasty as requested by Liu Che. As a result, the Xiongnu began to become a border threat to the Han Dynasty again.
After nearly ten years of recuperation, the Xiongnu's vitality had recovered, and Wei Qing and Huo Qubing were dead, so the Xiongnu began to have some ideas.
Refusing to send protons is only the first step. The next step is to constantly test the big man's borders.
So Liu Che once again used troops against the Xiongnu, hoping to completely solve the Xiongnu problem.
However, what Wei Qing and Huo Qubing had not been able to do when the Han Dynasty was at its most powerful, it was even more difficult for Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to do it now.
After losing Wei Qing and Huo Qubing, coupled with these years of fighting, the strength of the Han Dynasty has long lost the strength that Wei Qing and Huo Qubing had when Wei Qing and Huo Qubing were alive, beating the hell out of the Xiongnu!
From the beginning of the war, Liu Che used troops against the Xiongnu several times, but all the battles were unsuccessful.
What's more, generals such as Li Ling and Li Guangli who had made great contributions to the Han Dynasty surrendered to the Huns!
And this was just the beginning of the big man's decline.
The consequences of Liu Che's decades of military use finally began to show.
The people's strength was exhausted, and fourteen years after Wei Qing's death, the entire Han Dynasty no longer had the glory it had fourteen years ago.
The number of refugees in Kanto alone exceeds two million!
In addition to these, the official system has collapsed, so that in the entire Kanto, there are 400,000 people who are not registered and cannot pay taxes!
The city walls and warehouses are empty, and many people are in exile...
The world is in vain, and people eat each other again...
Two simple sentences in the history books vividly describe the Han Dynasty at this time.
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Qin Tian just closed his eyes for a moment to recuperate, and it would be more than ten years before he opened his eyes again.
He hasn't really started retreating yet.
But when he opened his eyes again, he seemed to see that the big man had transformed from a rising dragon into a dragon that was about to die of illness.
Qin Tian frowned, and in the blink of an eye he understood what had happened in the past ten years.
The current situation of the entire Han Dynasty seems to be caused by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's great achievements, but Qin Tian knows that this has a certain relationship with the poor relationship between Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Prince Liu Zhi.
After all, paper cannot contain fire.
Liu Che finally had some doubts about what happened back then.
Huo Qubing died too lightly, and Wei Qing became very strange after that. He was sick for a few days and died suddenly.
Liu Che couldn't figure out what happened, so he began a secret investigation three years after Wei Qing's death.
Paper can't stop the fire. Although those people had been killed by Wei Qing himself, some doubts can be easily seen by just investigating Wei Qing's actions during his lifetime.
Before he died, Wei Qing targeted many people one after another, many of whom had their families destroyed!
And as many as 3,000 people have died directly or indirectly at his hands in the country!
I didn't think it was anything at the time, but now that I think about it, it's really weird.
So soon, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty focused his suspicion on Liu Che.
After some investigation, although he didn't know what happened, Liu Che was almost certain that the deaths of Wei Qing and Huo Qubing were inseparably related to the prince Liu Zhi!
Even though Liu Che didn't know why these two people died because of Liu Zhi.
But Liu Che doesn't need evidence, he just needs suspicion!
In a country, the two people with the most power do not agree on the same opinions, and even have deep conflicts between the two parties. It is not surprising that the Han Dynasty is in such a situation today.
What goes up and what follows, Liu Che doesn't like the prince, naturally there will be pro-prince faction and anti-prince faction in the court.
This is the prototype of party struggle.
In the struggle between these people, the power of the country is further consumed internally.
In addition, refugees from various places also gathered together and launched a peasant uprising.
In order to resolve these matters, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty issued numerous orders in an attempt to stabilize the domestic situation.
However, these orders had little effect. In order to avoid the punishment of the law, officials from various places even colluded with local bandits and concealed the truth.
At this time, the struggle in the palace also reached its peak.
When a powder keg is burned by fire, any rope may become the fuse that detonates the powder keg!
As a result, the witchcraft case broke out.
Rather than saying that the case of witchcraft detonated the powder keg, it is better to say that the case of witchcraft detonated the powder keg.
Does Liu Che know that there is no magic in this world?
Maybe he knows, maybe he doesn't.
But it doesn't matter whether he knows it or not. When this happens, everything is just an excuse for the purge!
Prince Liu Zhi would not wait for death willingly, or in fact, all he needed was just such an excuse.
So he decisively raised his troops and prepared to seize power!
At this critical moment, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty actually saw the immortal again.
The immortal that haunted him and appeared in his dreams countless times.
"Immortal...immortal, why did you appear again?"
After not seeing each other for more than ten years, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty has aged much. The wrinkles on his face have spread all over his face, and almost only white hair remains on his head.
When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty saw the immortal again, he found that the immortal was still exactly the same as the last time he saw him, without any changes or differences.
If he hadn't known that the person in front of him was an immortal, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty would have thought that he was dreaming.
"That's enough, you can stop." Qin Tian sighed helplessly and said slowly.
Before Wei Qing died, he had no intention of meeting Qin Tian.
But sensing Wei Qing's death, Qin Tian still took time to watch Wei Qing die from a distance.
Although Wei Qing didn't say anything, as a friend, Qin Tian felt that if he could, he wouldn't mind selling Wei Qing to help him fulfill his last wish.
The friendship between gentlemen is as light as water, and Qin Tian has long thought that he and Wei Qing are friends.
Many Wei family members participated in the rebellion this time.
After Qin Tian woke up, he just took a brief look at Tiandao and knew what happened.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had a 10% chance of winning. There was only one final result for these people, and that was to be killed by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
Although for Wei Qing's sake, perhaps Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty could leave a spark of fire for the Wei family, it can basically be said that the Wei family is completely finished.
In a political struggle, it is so terrible to be on the wrong team.
Qin Tian had no intention of paying attention to those idiots who were seeking death, but he wanted to preserve his bloodline for Wei Qing.
These people do not deserve to die in this senseless struggle.
"Liu Che, as an emperor, you were qualified in the first half of your life, but now, you are definitely not a good emperor!"
Qin Tian said unceremoniously.
If it were ten years ago, he would respectfully call Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty the emperor.
But today's Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty is just an old man addicted to false honors, and can no longer be said to be a wise king!
Therefore, Qin Tian naturally would not give Emperor Wu of Han any good looks.
"To this day, don't you know how guilty you are for what you did?"
"Look what the world has become!"
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was stunned for a moment, as if he did not expect that Qin Tian would accuse him all the time when he appeared.
Qin Tian sighed.
In the first half of his life, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was obsessed with cultivating immortals, which almost led to a big mistake.
In the second half of his life, he really began to seek to expand his territory, and he firmly held the power in his hands and refused to let go.
Countless wrong decisions combined together led to what it is today.
"I can bring Liu Ju to you. There is only one thing I want."
Qin Tian said softly: "General Wei Qing and I are friends, so I want to keep a piece of incense for him."
"This...is probably the last thing I do to General Wei."
After saying that, Qin Tian reached out and made a move, and Prince Liu Ju appeared in front of Liu Che.
"I don't want to pay attention to the nastiness between you and your son, but you shouldn't hold the world responsible for your conflicts!"
"Let's end this matter here!"
Liu Ju was still confused at this time.
He was still discussing the next step in the big tent just now, but his eyes were dazzled by how he ended up in the palace!
The next second, he noticed Liu Che in front of him and the Taoist in white not far away.
Liu Ju wanted to say something, but he was so weak that he couldn't even lift his fingers.
Qin Tian glanced at Liu Che and waved his hand, and two thoughts poured into their minds.
It was the wailing and pain of millions of people, their hunger and despair, and their resentment before death.
Liu Che had experienced this kind of thing once and already had some experience, so he came to his senses early.
But this was the first time Liu Zhi experienced this feeling. In an instant, he found that he couldn't breathe!
Even though this experience only lasted for a short moment, it made him lose his mind for a full hour.
When he opened his eyes again, Liu Zhi saw his father slumped aside without any image.
Seeing himself waking up, Liu Che showed a miserable smile.
"I thought that in this life I would have achieved some success and be recognized by the immortals...but I never thought..."
"That's all, let's... stop it here!"
(End of chapter)
