Throughout a person's life, no matter what his status is or whether his character is good or bad, he is always competing with human nature.
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"Mother, uncle, do you really think you can defeat me?"
In the dark palace, Liu Che sighed quietly!
Ever since he had memories, he had been with his mother, the Empress Dowager Wang Nuan, and his uncle, Wu'anhou Tianfu.
He first became familiar with the two of them, and then became familiar with the world.
In the beginning, when he was in the palace, he, the tenth prince who was not qualified to inherit the throne, was almost the most humble existence, and no one cared about him.
Until one day, an earth-shattering change occurred in the world outside the palace.
His brother, the original crown prince Liu Rong, and his mother Li Ji were both defeated and lost their original positions of power.
However, what made him feel very strange was why his place became more and more lively after his brother was killed.
The previous coldness completely disappeared, and people began to keep giving him gifts and trying different ways to please him.
Later, finally, he understood that it turned out that under the operation of his mother and uncle, he had reached the position of prince.
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In the future, after his father Han Jingdi dies, he can still be emperor.
It is said that it represents the orthodoxy of the world, is the supreme position of the Han Empire, and is the master of the world.
Before this, Liu Che had never thought that he would have anything to do with that supreme position.
Until that day, his father Liu Qi, Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, went to the palace wearing armor and declared him the crown prince on the spot.
From that day on, everything changed.
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Power is the most poisonous poison in the world.
Because while power brings everything to people, it also brings them selfishness.
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When he realized this, his mother, the Empress Dowager Wang Nan, and his uncle Wu'anhou Tianfu also realized it.
Everything seems to be as usual, but he and his mother, the Queen Mother Wang Nuan, and his uncle, Wu'an Hou Tianfu, can never return to the closeness they once had.
Liu Che began to consciously be wary of his mother, the Empress Dowager Wang Nuan, and his uncle, Wu'anhou Tianfu.
The Empress Dowager Wang Na and Wu'an Hou Tianfen also wanted to control Liu Che.
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Power, power...
Once they have tasted the taste and beauty of power, how can anyone be willing to let it go?
Mother? uncle? son? nephew? so what?
The nature of power is illusory. The extent of power lies in how many people it can control.
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For example, the reason why the emperor is supreme is because he has been recognized by a large group of people.
Moreover, the emperor could mobilize part of this large group, or most of the manpower and material resources.
"Power" is the most illusory and harmful thing in the world.
Whether it is the temples and courts that are as vast as the sea, covering everyone in the world, or the rivers and lakes that are as vast as a pond, there are only one in the world.
From the emperor and prime minister, to the heroic family, to the common beggar, no one in this world can escape the shackles of power.
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The word power has killed so many people, and how many people have spent their whole lives pursuing these two words.
Emperors, generals, heroes, monks and Taoist priests cannot avoid it.
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Let’s not talk about the internal fighting on the Liu royal family’s side for now.
the other side!
Daijun was one of the major frontier counties of the Han Empire. It was close to the Huns and Zahu. It was mostly mountainous and had few plains.
Yanling in Daijun.
The name Yanling comes from the fact that the mountain is high and close to the river.
As the name suggests, Yanling is a river valley corridor running from southwest to northeast.
The widest part of Yanling is only four or five miles, but from north to south, it is nearly one hundred miles.
Yanling connects the official roads of five counties, including Houtu County, Sangqian County, and Judai County, and is located on the border between the Han Empire and the Huns nomadic empire.
Geographical location is very important.
Therefore, the Han Empire established a large camp nearby, as well as dozens of military camps, scattered here and there, with an army of 40,000 to 50,000 people.
In several nearby counties and military villages, the officials, soldiers and civilians have their own departments, and they are all under the command and control of the Yanling camp.
It can be said that Yanling is a military region that governs several counties and military strongholds. The general who guards it has the highest military and political command in the surrounding areas and is a fourth-rank admiral.
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In the morning, the morning fog lingered, and the bright sunshine shone directly down.
In the plain between the mountains and valleys, there is a gurgling Sanggan River that is constantly flowing.
The plains between the mountains and valleys are all high-quality floodplains left behind by the water of the Sanggan River for hundreds of thousands of years.
This kind of high-quality paddy field is suitable for the growth of various crops and is so fat that oil can be squeezed out with just one hand. Just looking at it makes people greedy.
However, after walking for dozens of miles, apart from dozens of military villages, there were hardly many families in sight.
Even if there is some human habitation, it is only a small village with dozens of short thatched houses. It does not show much popularity at all, let alone liveliness.
Wei Qing, who had just arrived here, couldn't help but curiously asked others about it when he saw the sparse and desolate scene here.
Why is it that no one wants to cultivate such good land...
You know, if this were in Guanzhong or in the Central Plains, people would fight to their death for these high-quality river beaches...
Landowners and gentry will red-eyed and try every means to transfer these high-quality river floodplains to their own households through land annexation!
In this era where farming is the mainstay, land means everything to the people.
Land is the lifeblood of the people, and it is more important than houses and money.
As long as the people have one-third of an acre of their own land, they can live a subsistence life and the whole family can live a happy life.
Wei Qing heard from one of his subordinates, a corps commander named Sun, that when his grandfather's generation moved here, it was still a famous treasure land in Dai County.
The wheat grown in this place was so famous that even the emperor knew about it and selected the wheat here as a tribute.
Until now, the name of Yanling wheat is still included in the folk songs of Daijun...
A place of water and soil can support a person!
It's just that today's Yanling wheat is no longer the golden wheat waves with the autumn wind, one ear and a thousand grains, the grains are full and the grains are bulging.
Ever since Maodun Chanyu unified the desert steppe and established the powerful Xiongnu Empire more than a hundred years ago, it has posed a great threat to the Han Dynasty.
The territory of the Xiongnu Empire was very vast, and it was one of the most extensive empires in the world at that time.
Its territory reaches the Liaodong River Basin in the east, West Asia in the west, the Great Wall of Hebei in the south, and Lake Baikal and Siberia in the north.
