Chapter 72 third quarter

Things turned out as Yu Lishou expected, Ji Houxuan's Lizi got countless benefits from the Han Dynasty.According to the report of the spies I sent in the Han Dynasty, this year was the third year of Ganlu in the Han Dynasty. On the first lunar month of the new year, Ji Houxuan took more than two hundred of his cronies and dignitaries to the Ganquan Palace in Yunyang County of the Han Dynasty. Congratulations on the New Year to the Emperor of the Han Dynasty.The emperor of the Han Dynasty received him in the Ganquan Hall, treated him with courtesy, and listed his position ahead of the princes and kings of the Han Dynasty. Although he still had to be a minister in front of the emperor, he did not have to call his own name.The emperor also gave him a golden seal with a green ribbon, swords, chariots and horses, and a huge amount of property, including 8,000 horses of silk and silk, 6,000 catties of cotton wool, and countless grains and rice.Ji Houxuan and hundreds of barbarian kings and dignitaries from the Western Regions followed the Han emperor back to Chang’an. On the Wei Bridge near Chang’an, the chariots and horses of the Han emperor were about to arrive. Greetings, when the emperor's chariots and horses boarded the Wei Bridge, the barbarians and elders all cheered "Long live" in unison, and the voice shook the sky and the earth.Ji Houxuan and others lived in Chang'an for a few months, and did not leave until the willows outside the Great Wall turned green. When he left, the emperor specially sent Changle Wei Wei Dong Zhong and Che Qi Du Wei Han Zhang to send 16,000 cavalry to see him off. , has been sent to Jilusai in Shuofang County.Later, Dong Zhong received an edict ordering him to lead his troops to station on the spot to help Ji Houxuan suppress the rebellious Huns at any time.

The spies talked endlessly in front of me, with an involuntary look of envy on their faces. They seemed to admire the grand event of the Han Dynasty very much, and completely lost their position as a Hun.But my lungs were about to explode. I glanced left and right at the nobles who were accompanying me twice, and all of their faces were dull and very depressed.Apparently, the great possession had captured their souls.It's winter now, and the cold wind is howling outside the dome. The nobles are all covered with thin animal skins. Who doesn't want to wear the thick silk clothes of the Han Dynasty?When the Xiongnu were prosperous, we could go into the fortress to rob them, and if we couldn't get them, we could exchange them for animal skins at the border market.Now we can only timidly stand alone in this northern sandy land, suffering from hunger and cold.

I sighed and asked the nobles around me: "What do you guys think?" Everyone looked at each other, and Zuo Guhou said: "Ji Houxuan has the audacity to go to Ganquan to congratulate the Han Dynasty on the new year. It is really shameless. It used to be the place where we Huns worshiped the ancestors of heaven and earth, and it was later replaced by the Han Dynasty. It has always been the biggest shame for us Huns to snatch it from others..." I frowned, saying all this nonsense is useless.It was hundreds of years ago that the Xiongnu lost Yunyang Ganquan. Back then, Maodun Shanyu did not take that place back. Do we still have that ability now?

Seeing my displeasure, Xu Bushi, the general of the left, hurriedly said, "Shanyu, just now the spies said that the Han Dynasty had ordered Dong Zhong's cavalry to station at Jilusai, ready to help Jihouxuan suppress the rebellion at any time. It seems to be true. I have decided to support him with all my strength. A hero does not suffer immediate losses. Maybe Ju Yu Lishou is right. We can also learn from the cunning of the Qin people and pretend to submit to them. Even if we get some food and cloth, we can solve our current urgent needs. .” I secretly agree in my heart.To be honest, I was really tempted when I heard that Ji Houxuan had received so many gifts.Surrender is just a reputation, compared with actual benefits, what is it?

"General Zuo is right," I said, "but Ji Houxuan's Li Zi has already taken the lead. Even if we want to pretend to serve the Han Dynasty, it may be too late." The nobles also nodded one after another. I pretended to be helpless: "However, for the future of the Xiongnu, we have to take this expedient measure temporarily. Ladies and gentlemen, who has the courage to go to the Han Dynasty to act as an envoy?" The nobles all looked at each other without saying a word.Obviously they were worried that they would lose their lives there in the Han Dynasty.Now that the Han Dynasty has accepted Jihouxuan, is it willing to accept Jihouxuan's enemies?

I felt a burst of disappointment in my heart, relying on these people as assistants, I am afraid that the revitalization of the Xiongnu will be powerless. Repelling all the nobles, I walked around the dome sullenly.Suddenly I thought of my son Ju Yulishou. He was injured by my order a few days ago. I don’t know what happened now. Maybe I really felt sorry for him last time. He was also doing it for the Huns. Before I knew it, I stepped out of my Shan Yuting and walked to Ju Yu Lishou's dome.The guard outside the door saw me and hurriedly knelt down to see me.I waved my hand and told them not to disturb Ju Yu Lishou.I opened the animal skin curtain, bent down and entered the vault.

Ju Yu Lishou was lying on the bone bed, and when he saw me coming in, he curled up and was about to get up.I took two steps forward and held him down. "Father," he choked out. "We Hun men, don't cry like the Qin people." I said. He wiped his eye sockets with his sleeves. I said to myself: "Ji Houxuan went to the Ganquan Palace of the Han Dynasty to have an audience with the emperor." He was silent. I looked at his face: "If we go again, will it be too late?" He immediately replied: "No, it will not be too late, the Han Dynasty will definitely accept us."

"Why are you so sure?" He said: "Father, when you led us to live in seclusion in the Juyanze Forest to shoot and hunt, I often went out to play with the children of the border soldiers of the Han Dynasty. We got along well when there were no wars. People’s temper is very understandable. They fear and hate us Huns. Day and night, they hope that we can reconcile with them forever. Although we are weak now, there are tens of thousands of people. If the Han Dynasty cannot pursue Mobei, it will never be at ease. , if we are willing to take the initiative to surrender, they will definitely be overjoyed, so how can they care about it sooner or later?"

"But all the nobles are unwilling to go to the Han Dynasty." I nodded and sighed again. He blurted out: "I can go." "Aren't you afraid?" "There is no need to be afraid."