My father is Emperor Wu of Han, how can I be different from him?

Chapter 202: Talk if you can, but not about killing
Although Huo Qubing was young, only in his twenties, he was much younger than the old ministers who were in their forties, fifties, or even sixties or seventies in the hall.

But he just stood there and drank.

Everybody needs to shut up.

The Marquis Wanhu, who was promoted to the rank of Grand Marshal and General Huoqi, who was a higher official than the Three Dukes, was promoted based on his actual military merits. He was just that tough!

Huo Qubing had finished pretending to be so cool and now he was a real man.

Right now, all the court officials are silent and no one is talking. Does that mean they are really going to start fighting right away as Marquis Guanjun said?
No.

If we can just start fighting, the emperor would have made the decision himself when he was in Hedong County. Why push the decision to Chang'an? We cannot treat the Nanyue Kingdom as harshly as we treat other ethnic minorities like the Xiongnu. There must be some rules and regulations.

The reason.

We have to start with the country of Nanyue.

The founding king of Nanyue was a general of the Qin State. Qin Shihuang sent him to attack Lingnan. As a result, he conquered the territory, but when he looked back, the Qin State was gone!

During the chaotic times at the end of the Qin Dynasty, there were wars everywhere. When the generals who controlled Lingnan saw this, they thought, forget it! How could kings, princes, generals, and ministers be considered as such?
Secede and become king!
Then there was the Nanyue Kingdom. According to the regional division of later generations, this country dominated Guangdong, Guangxi, and parts of Fujian...

When Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang pacified the world, the King of Nanyue accepted the seal of Emperor Gaozu and became a vassal state of the Han Dynasty.

During the reigns of Empress Dowager Gao, Emperor Wen, and Emperor Jing, the Nanyue Kingdom sometimes rebelled and sometimes submitted, and when the mood was good, they would give themselves honorific titles and proclaim themselves emperors.

When he is in a bad mood, he comes to the big man and bows down and acts humble. So when is he in a bad mood?

When you get beaten!
In the sixth year of Jianyuan, the Minyue Kingdom sent troops to attack the Nanyue Kingdom. Nanyue was defeated and sought support from the Han Dynasty. Emperor Liu Che immediately ordered troops to attack Minyue and forced it to surrender.

afterwards.

At Liu Che's polite invitation, the King of Nanyue sent his crown prince to Chang'an to serve as a guard, or simply a hostage.

In the first year of Yuanshou, the previous old king was about to die, and the emperor released the hostage who had served as his guard for more than ten years.

That person is none other than the contemporary King of Nanyue, Zhao Yingqi!
Having been by Emperor Wu's side for more than ten years, no one would believe him if he said he did not do anything or use some tricks.

That's right.

The emperor added some sand in the sand - he found a Han Dynasty wife for Zhao Yingqi, Handan Qin, and she gave birth to a son for him!
Before Zhao Yingqi came to Chang'an as a hostage, he had a wife in Nanyue and even had an eldest son.

But the emperor doesn't listen, doesn't know, and I don't care. Anyway, the person I appoint cannot be a concubine.

Soon after Zhao Yingqi returned to the country and succeeded to the throne, he made Handan Qinshi the queen, deposed the eldest son and made the youngest son the crown prince.

well.

The emperor was satisfied.

After so many years of infiltration and sabotage, the Kingdom of Nanyue was like a duck about to be cooked, waiting for the right moment to be eaten.

Hey, didn't you think it would fly now?

"According to what Shangguan Shizhong said just now, combined with the information I know, the King of Nanyue is ill, so there are only two forces left in charge of Nanyue."

Grand Chancellor Zhang Qian said slowly: "One is Queen Qin and Crown Prince Zhao Xing. Zhao Xing is young and inexperienced, so Queen Qin is the dominant one."

"The second one is Lu Jia, the Prime Minister of Nanyue."

Coincidentally.

This Nanyue Lu family is exactly the same as the Lu family of Empress Lu during the founding period of the Han Dynasty. In this family, all men marry princesses and all women marry members of the royal family.

"Queen Qin is a daughter of the Han family. She has always been loyal to the Han Dynasty. She refused the envoys' homage this time. It is probably because the Prime Minister of Nanyue tried to stop her." Imperial Censor Shi Qing stroked his beard, thought for a moment, and suggested to Liu Ju:
"Your Highness, the Nanyue Kingdom is in turmoil, and the court must send envoys to negotiate. Your Majesty has been working for a long time just to win without fighting."

"If you can send an envoy, it's best to send one!"

The first sentence is a suggestion to the prince, and the second sentence is obviously directed to the rising Marquis Guanjun.

Huo Qubing...

Since His Majesty has made the arrangements, I should be a manly man now, so I'll just take a step back.

Seeing that the Grand Marshal and General Huoqi stopped talking, the Crown Prince on the main seat also nodded in approval, and a buzz began to arise in the court.

"Your Highness." At this time, the Grand Secretary Dongfang Shuo stood up and said, "I heard that Queen Qin was very beautiful. Before she married to Nanyue, she had a relationship with a man from Ba Ling. I think we can send him as an envoy, maybe it will have a miraculous effect!"

"Hahahahaha!"

As soon as Dongfang Shuo finished speaking, everyone in the hall burst into laughter. What kind of friendship is this? Is it probably an adulterous affair?
Many people knew about this. When the emperor was arranging wives for the King of Nanyue, he only considered her character and appearance, and inevitably she was lacking in moral character.

The current King of Nanyue, Zhao Yingqi, also knows that he might be cheated on, but what can he do?

"Hahahaha!"

The hall was filled with laughter. Dongfang Shuo saw the prince frowning and quickly shouted, "What's so funny? I was giving a serious suggestion!"

"All right."

It was the more serious Imperial Censor who spoke up to stop him. Shi Qing thought about it seriously and said, "The suggestion of the Imperial Censor is not impossible."

Upon hearing this.

Liu Ju's brows relaxed and his face became more serious.

When Dongfang Shuo made this suggestion, Liu Ju would just think he was joking, but the fact that the former Taifu, who had always been old-fashioned, also thought so, showed that it was indeed feasible.

Later discussions among the ministers also confirmed this point. It is easier to gain the trust of an acquaintance than a stranger when trying to persuade the queen.

That's right.

The more this group of guys discussed, the more explicit they became, talking about all sorts of things like palace fighting and supporting a new monarch who was pro-Han. In the end, the emperor's ideas, which he had been planning for years but had never expressed aloud, were shouted out in public.

I saw.

An official in his thirties on the right side of the hall stood up and said in a loud voice: "Your Highness, I am willing to accept the long rope, tie up the King of Nanyue and bring him to the capital, and take over his territory!"

Hey, the term "qingying" comes from here.

The man who stepped forward to volunteer was the Imperial Counselor, Zhongjun. Liu Ju had been in power for a long time and had made a intensive review of the background of court officials a few days ago, so he recognized this man.

But I have to admit it.

Liu Ju was still somewhat shocked by the arguments in the hall about sending troops and annexing other states at will, and thought to himself: "Old Liu has been on the throne for so many years, promoting Confucianism and attacking the Huns, and his efforts have indeed not been in vain."

you do not say.

During the reigns of Emperor Wen and Emperor Jing, there would definitely not have been such a scene where all the civil and military officials in the court were shouting for war and killing.

But nowadays, influenced by the emperor for decades, people hear "Don't be timid, just do it!" every day.

After hearing it so many times, the court officials also became more tough.

If one soldier is cowardly, the generals will be cowardly as well. On the contrary, if the emperor is powerful, the entire court and even the people of the world will be powerful as well!

In this context.

Whether it was Huo Qubing or anyone else, their remarks just now were actually reasonable. The Kingdom of Nanyue was almost becoming a tamed territory of the Han Dynasty, so how could they still be allowed to jump around?

If you dare to jump, I’ll get you!

Because of this mentality, a strange phenomenon has emerged: Han officials are extremely confident. Once they become envoys and go on a diplomatic mission to a foreign country, they will automatically activate the skill of "making trouble"...

Like this moment.

Liu Ju was very satisfied with Zhongjun's attitude and his firm words, so he smiled and asked, "Yes, you are brave enough to take on the task!"

"You want to go on a diplomatic mission to South Vietnam. Do you have any plans in mind?"

Zhongjun bowed and said solemnly: "Your Highness, the Imperial Censor and the Grand Executive have already pointed out that since Nanyue is now controlled by two forces, I will go and meet the Prime Minister of Nanyue who has ulterior motives towards the Han Dynasty."

"If he is willing to submit, then fine. If he is not willing, I will take his head. If I kill him, I can easily seize the country without using any weapons!"

in short.

We can talk, but we can’t talk about killing!

The Han envoys are so direct and tough!
(End of this chapter)