Chapter 11 Five, marriage

In December, the Huns swept again.The Xiongnu really deserved to be white wolves in the snow, free to come and go, and unhindered in all directions. Soon, Maodun captured Daijun (Yuxian County, Hebei Province) without much effort. Before Liu Bang left Daijun, he left behind two important people: one is his elder brother Liu Xi (Liu Zhong), and the other is his brother-in-law Fan Kuai.Fan Kui was left to clean up the mess, while Liu Xi was left to be king, and Liu Bang named him acting king.To be honest, Liu Xi is not bad as a farmer guarding his family, but he is far from guarding his country.Liu Bang heard that when the Xiongnu attacked Daidi, his second brother not only refused to stick to it, but even refused to ask for help, and even fled back to Luoyang by himself from the trail.

What a shame, what a shame! But you have to bear the shame.After all, this is a real brother, and killing is not allowed. In order to rectify the law of the country, the only way is to abolish the king and cut down the throne.Therefore, Liu Bang demoted Liu Xi to be Marquis of Heyang, and made his favorite son Liu Ruyi the acting king. It's not okay for Liu Xi to be king, but it's okay to have a son.His son, Liu Bi, was granted the title of King of Wu. Later, he used the country's favorable resources to mine copper coins and cook salt to get rich, and immediately became a leader among the vassals.It even developed to the end, raising troops and causing chaos, and became the mastermind of the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion in the Han Dynasty.

Let's leave the matter of Liu Bi to his own sons to take care of it slowly. Liu Bang's biggest headache now is the Huns. The word Xiongnu is like two sharp knives inserted into the heart.After much deliberation, the only way is to fight until he is convinced.But the problem is that Mao Dun's head is no worse than Liu Bang's. If you plot, he will plot even more. If you want to fight, he will not fight you to the end. He seems to be Liu Bang cloned by a foreign race. If he can't win, he will run away. If you run away, you will come back to attack again. As a result, the war between the Han Dynasty and the Xiongnu seemed to be endless, and it seemed that the war between the Han Dynasty and the Xiongnu was endless, and one year passed.

199 BC, September.Liu Bang went east to kill the remnants of Han Wangxin and returned to Luoyang.Luoyang has tall and spacious palaces, delicious wine to moisten the stomach, and jade bodies to warm the body and keep out the cold, but Liu Bang is still worried. Liu Bang's head is getting bigger.All over the court, it seems that Lou Jing is the only one who has some tricks against the Xiongnu.So Liu Bang approached Lou Jing and asked, "This Maodun, do you have a way to deal with him?" Lou Jing remained silent. What drove Liu Bang the most crazy was this trick of not nodding, let alone shaking his head.Ask again: yes, or no, you can say something.

The above words seem to have become Liu Bang's talk show, as classic as he was in a hurry to escape for his life.Before hearing this, Lou Jing certainly didn't know that he was as silent as Chen Ping was in Baideng City, and he didn't know that Liu Bang also asked him the same sentence as he asked Chen Ping. However, Lou Jing's act of being silent for a while is not for show, but it is really difficult to speak. He is afraid that if he speaks out what he thinks in his heart, it will not only be unflattering, but also cause trouble to his upper body. However, the emperor was so anxious that he couldn't do without opening his mouth.Lou Jing then made a fool of himself and said slowly: Your Majesty has just conquered the world. Both the people and the soldiers are exhausted. If you use force to conquer the Huns in the distance, it will not work.What's more, Mao Dun just killed Lao Die, and took all of Lao Die's wives as his own. It's impossible for such a beast to lobby him with benevolence and righteousness.

Liu Bang's heart is mostly cold, he can't do it hard, he can't do it softly, isn't that the way to go? Lou Jing went on to say: Our only solution is to put aside the conflict for the time being, bear the burden of humiliation, and take a long-term view, so that the descendants of Maodun will surrender to the Han Dynasty! Liu Bang didn't know what Lou Jing was talking about for a while.Endure humiliation?Could it be that the responsibility is shifted to the next generation and let them solve the Huns?This is too unkind, how can there be such a father in the world, who does not work hard to clear the way for future generations, but still wants to throw stones to future generations to carry.

Even if we don't care about the life and death of future generations, the Huns have repeatedly violated the border and are arrogant.Hun horses don’t have wings, but no one can stop them from running. Maybe one day when I step into Luoyang City, it’s not just a big head problem. At that time, I might die a normal death. Woolen cloth. Lou Jing seemed to see Liu Bang's concerns, and he continued: Don't worry, Your Majesty, as long as you are willing to give up your children, you are not afraid of being caught by wolves. When Liu Bang heard it, he seemed to see a glimmer of hope.I have plenty of children, but I am afraid that if I lose the children, I will not be able to catch the wolves.

Lou Jing continued: Your Majesty, please pay attention, what I told you to want is a girl, not a boy. Liu Bang was even more puzzled. I, a member of the Liu family, Ding Fawang, couldn't bear a boy. The only girl was Princess Lu Yuan, who would have married Zhang Ao long ago.But Lou Jing, your words are so eloquent, I can't figure out what kind of medicine is sold in your gourd, can you explain it to me clearly! The leader is in such a hurry, so let's explain it once.At this time, Lou Jing revealed his plan B in full, and the core of this plan is the marriage.The reasons are as follows:

If Your Majesty is willing to marry Princess Lu Yuan to Mao Dun and give you generous gifts, Mao Dun will definitely admire your status as the emperor of the Han Dynasty and make Princess Lu Yuan the queen.Then, Princess Lu Yuan will definitely have a son in the future, and your grandson will naturally become the prince.Your Majesty will send some gifts to your grandson during the holidays, and secretly send some eloquent, well-educated and qualified people to teach your grandson to let him know how good his grandfather is to him, and how to treat him with courtesy. The advantage is not only here, Mao Dun was your son-in-law when he was alive, so naturally he would not dare to fight against each other.As long as Mao Dun dies, your grandson will naturally become the Chanyu of Jurisprudence.Since ancient times, I have never heard of a grandson who dared to make trouble with his grandfather. In the future, your grandson will not only not make trouble with the Han Dynasty, but will obediently obey without going through a war.

However, please note that if the emperor wants to marry, he must marry the genuine Princess Lu Yuan.If the emperor is reluctant, don't act, otherwise, once Modu finds out that what you sent is a counterfeit, the consequences will be disastrous. High, really high.Not only is it tall, but it also hurts people.I really don't know how Zhang Ao's weak king offended Lou Jing, and let him come up with such a scheme to break up a couple who have been together for a hundred years. Liu Bang really didn't expect that when he kicked Princess Lu Yuan out of the car, he didn't expect to be carried into the car by Xia Houying, just to save the country from danger today.Thank God, Xie Xia Houying and Lou Jing's foresighted plan, the road to marriage is imperative.Daughter, this is an arrangement of heaven, not what father wanted, so father can only wrong you to go.

Liu Bang promised Lou Jing on the spot that he was willing to marry his daughter to the Huns, and at the same time signed a contract of exchanges between the two countries for peace and safety! There are a lot of reasons why Liu Bang is convinced of Lou Jing's kinship theory, and a lot of reasons can be found, and it can be written into an eloquent feasibility analysis report with tens of thousands of words.However, it boils down to two things: First, Liu Bang once tasted the sweetness.The night before the Hongmen banquet, it was precisely because he and Xiang Bo agreed to get married that Xiang Bo rescued him again and again afterwards.As long as you are a human being, there is always a problem. If you are not afraid of enmity, you are afraid that you will not get involved, especially if you get involved with seniority and blood relationship.As long as there is a relationship, so much hatred can be gradually dissolved even if it cannot be resolved temporarily. Second, Liu Bang is old.He is fifty-nine years old this year, and he can't stand the toss of many years of war.Lou Jing is right, don't say that soldiers are tired of war, even Liu Bang himself is tired of it.The world is tentatively set, and the country is still in crisis. Judging from the two cases of Chu Wang Han Xin and Han Wangxin, these kings with different surnames are not very reliable. He still wants to save more energy to deal with the remaining kings with different surnames.If you want to fight against the outside world, you must first secure the inside.Therefore, in the battle with the Xiongnu, fight as little as possible, it is best not to fight, maintain a stalemate, and when the time is right, it will not be too late to deal with them. Lou Jingzhi's opinion is not perfect, but one thing is for sure, Lou Jing invented an ancient diplomatic strategy to ease the confrontation between the Han people and the Northwest enemy.It turned out to be a nifty stop-gap trick.