The commercial tax, asset tax, and the death of King Jiaodong caused an uproar. Like a huge stone dropped into a deep and vast lake, it may cause countless waves, but it will all calm down in the end.
Emperor Liu Dan's move was just a small violation of the rules, and it was nothing to the people of the world, especially since it did not affect enough princes and the people were not wide enough.
With the legacy of the four emperors Gao, Hui, Wen, and Wu, Emperor Ding was also not a person who brought trouble to the world. The country of the Han Dynasty can be said to be as stable as Mount Tai.
As the situation gradually calmed down, the world's focus returned to the war in the southwestern barbarians. Although a lot of things happened due to tax collection, Sang Hongyang did successfully collect the money, which was enough to support the needs of the army.
In Changle Palace.
Liu Dan looked at the generals in front of him with shining eyes, his face was full of excitement, and he said loudly: "I have collected the money and food, and I will leave the rest to your ministers.
If you can win, everything will be fine.
If we can't win, I will personally conquer the southwest with my imperial chariot. I want to see what kind of dragon, pond, and tiger's den there is, so that my Han Dynasty's heavenly soldiers can return in defeat. "
Emperor Liu Dan's tone was not harsh, but full of desire for victory. He personally presided over this war and strongly supported it. If it wins, his prestige will be greatly enhanced, especially if the imperial commander wins the battle himself. will completely make up for all his shortcomings.
After finishing speaking, Emperor Liu Dan was still a little uneasy, and said: "Whether it is Guanzhong or Guandong, most of the Han army officers and soldiers are from the Central Plains, and they will definitely not be suitable for going to the wild southwest. The mountains, rivers, hydrology and geography, the ministers may also I’m not very familiar with it, but our army is not in the right place at the right time.
The only thing that is better than the barbarians is the excellent armor and strong personal abilities of our Han soldiers. According to the strategy I have formulated, don't take risks. The Han can't accept another defeat. Do you understand? "
"Here!"
The princes and ministers headed by the general responded in unison.
There are about twenty princes who are going on this expedition. There are two thousand private troops alone, plus three thousand imperial guards. These are elites who can bear armor, plus auxiliary troops who can cooperate with these armor soldiers and transport logistics. Peasants and soldiers can be called an army of one hundred thousand.
The army set off from Guanzhong in a mighty manner and headed southwest.
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Luo Sheng stayed in Chang'an City, quietly watching the imperial army march out. The steward, who was also one of Luo Sheng's brothers who had not yet entered the fifth server, asked curiously: "Master, do you think the imperial court can win?"
Luo Sheng smiled slightly and said: "As long as the Han court is not greedy, it can win."
"Not greedy?"
Luo Sheng explained: "Are it the southwestern barbarians who hindered the victory of the Han army?
Since the unification, since the development of iron smelting, and since the martial arts became common in the Han Dynasty, no barbarians except the Xiongnu can threaten the survival of the Han Dynasty.
To the east of the Han Dynasty was the sea, to the north was the grassland Gobi, to the west was the desert, and to the south were the mountains. These natural terrain barriers had always hindered the victory of the Han army.
The family has a map of the world, and the terrain in the southwest cannot be clearer. It is a natural place for separatism. If the indigenous people living there cannot be culturally recognized as the unity of the imperial court, no matter how prosperous the Central Plains dynasty is, it will be dragged down there. .
If we only wanted to maintain counties in the plains, it would be very simple. The southwestern Yi were not qualified to face the Han army head-on, and could only huddle among the high mountains.
However, at the court meeting that day, the emperor still knew about this matter and had a high probability of winning. "
In fact, before modern society, the southwest region has always been semi-autonomous. The so-called chieftain rule, and the idea of reforming the native land to the locals was not an inability to think of it, but simply an inability to do it. How much money was spent and how much money was used in the battles of Jinchuan and Jinchuan. How many Sauron soldiers had to be killed by the artillery before it was taken down? Isn't it because the mountain is high and steep and cannot be reached by human power?
The steward suddenly realized that this was the case and asked again: "Sir, when will we leave for the Western Regions?"
Luo Sheng was originally there to stand up for Liu Jin, but when Liu Jin disappeared, Luo Sheng decided to go to the Western Regions to meet his second brother, Wushuang Hou Luoshi, who was the current Protector of the Western Regions.
Luo Sheng waved his hands and said with some worry: "There is no rush yet. Let's stay in Chang'an first to see the situation of the war in the southwest. We also need to take a closer look at the emperor. I hope he is not a reckless man who only knows martial arts. emperor.
It took a lot of effort for this big man to achieve today's prosperity. If he were defeated at the hands of an emperor, wouldn't everything the sages did for the big man become a joke? "
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After the Han army entered the southwest, they changed from their previous attitude of underestimating the enemy's advance and never entered the mountains except for marching. Instead, the southwestern barbarians, because of their last victory, looked down upon the Han army because these troops from the Central Plains were He was not as powerful as the rumors said, but he was severely taught a lesson by the Han army.
The Western Regions and the Xiongnu could get excellent armor, sharp bows and arrows, sharp swords from places in Central Asia, and even had soldiers who were not inferior to the Han army, but the southwestern Yi absolutely did not have them.
In this era when there was no southward migration, only the Lingnan Kingdom had the culture and technology obtained from the Han Dynasty. The generation gap in weapons, technology, and civilization between the southwestern Yi and the Han Dynasty was really too big.
The so-called "one Han is equivalent to five barbarians" refers to these miscellaneous barbarians.
Without the emperor to hold him back, the Han army regained the lost territory with overwhelming force. In the relatively gentle areas, between the gurgling streams, and in the small amount of farmland suitable for farming, blood and corpses were everywhere.
The coarse clothes on the corpse were all in tatters, and the stones scattered on the ground seemed to be some farm tools from the sharp edges. When iron tools were basically popular in the Central Plains, these southwestern barbarians were still using stone tools, as if they were in a Three thousand years ago, there was a feeling of traveling back in time.
Seeing the Yi and Di people fleeing towards the mountains, the general knew it was time to put away his harsh tactics and be gentle, so he ordered: "Destroy all habitable places, burn everything necessary for survival, and then erect the banner of the Han Dynasty." .
Tell those Yi Di who are willing to surrender to the imperial court to come down the mountain and swear in the name of King Su that I will not kill them. "
The soldiers of the Han army cheered loudly, this is what the Han army should experience, victory!
Continuous victory!
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"How can a mere southwestern barbarian block the steps of a big man!"
Emperor Liu Dan laughed loudly, the laughter was so loud that it even shook the roof of the palace so that a trace of dust fell. He waved the battle report in his hand and said to the ministers in the palace: "This is the battle report just sent by the general.
After setting off from Chang'an, the army marched for two consecutive months, crossed the Qinling Mountains, crossed the river, and arrived in the southwest.
Since my Han soldiers entered the southwest, they made some adjustments to adapt to the local area, and then immediately marched quickly to raid the city occupied by the southwest Yi.
After more than ten battles, both large and small, we have won all the battles. Now we have recovered all the lost territory in the last battle of the Southern Kingdom and recaptured all the cities. I can now announce that the southwest has returned to the territory of our Han Dynasty.
After the army recaptured the city, they fought fiercely with the southwest barbarians who came to support them. Eight thousand Han troops fought against 100,000 barbarians, killing more than 50,000 southwestern barbarians. They also beheaded three southwestern barbarian kings. They were all the same people who attacked us last time. One of the tribes where the Han soldiers caused the most damage.
The casualties of our armored soldiers were no more than a hundred, and the casualties of our soldiers were no more than 3,000. In order to avoid the pursuit of our Han soldiers, the remaining Yi people fled into the mountains and did not dare to appear again.
My dear friends, I am delighted!
The soldiers of the Han Dynasty fought bloody battles and achieved such results. How can I not be happy?
What do you think? "
Victory can cover up all contradictions, let alone such a great victory?
Many people even thought that if it had been the current emperor during the last war in the Southern Kingdom, the 200,000 soldiers might not have shed blood in the mountains and forests.
"The great Han will live for ten thousand years! Your Majesty will live for ten thousand years!"
The first person shouted, then a few people, and soon the whole palace was chanting.
Liu Dan laughed a little wildly, this was his goal.
Force your brother to death?
Increase taxes on the private sector?
Merchant goes bankrupt?
Look at the eyes of these courtiers. There is only admiration and awe, but there is no trace of dissatisfaction.
Those things were all built on the incompetent emperor. As long as he created unprecedented achievements, as long as he could push the great man to an unprecedented peak, what did a few mistakes mean?
There is no one in this world who doesn't make mistakes. Thinking of this, Liu Dan even regretted that he directly killed those who slandered him before. They should be allowed to see now.
I am the emperor most suitable for the Han Dynasty!
Luofu.
Luo Sheng also received the news of the great victory in the southwest, smiled and shook his head and said: "It seems that this emperor is much more capable than we thought, and every decision he made in the southwest war was correct.
It's really a good thing. As long as you show some sympathy to the people in the future, the big man will become extremely strong. Let's go to the Western Regions. "
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"The Tyrannical Emperor" is what the ancient Chinese called Liu Dan. In fact, compared to the tyrants in Western history, this emperor who appeared in the middle period of the Han Empire was actually an accomplished emperor. He had His military talents were not inferior to his father's, and he vigorously supported the army with great merits. Military expenditures increased significantly again, and a series of military actions effectively safeguarded the empire's rule over the land. ——"General History of the World·Qin and Han Dynasty Volume 5"
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In recent years, some sensationalists have used different perspectives as an excuse to quote the historical evaluation of Liu Dan by Western historians. This is not impossible, but the author needs to remind that the Western evaluation of Liu Dan is higher, mainly because the Western History has long been determined by the tolerance of military emperors, which is completely different from the focus of our country's history. In this chapter, the author will give a detailed account of Liu Dan, an extremely critical emperor of the Han Dynasty. ——"The Rise and Fall of the Han Dynasty"
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