The most arrogant in history

"Marriage?"

Ye Kun was stunned for a moment, then nodded and smiled: "This is quite interesting. I wonder how your Chanyu plans to marry?"

The Xiongnu envoy said in a loud voice: "In the past, many princesses of the great Chinese nation were married to the Xiongnu. Therefore, our Chanyu begs the Emperor of the Han Dynasty to choose your adult daughter to marry into the Xiongnu and become the woman of the Tianxian Chanyu."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone in the hall changed color!

Tan Bamao and Lu Kaijiang were almost drawing their swords!

Ye Kun's expression also changed, but he held back.

Sang Buyi looked at the Xiongnu envoy and sneered:

"Poor Tuqigu, have you been blinded by the eagles on the grassland? We are the Han Chinese, with thousands of miles of territory and tens of millions of people. We have millions of soldiers in armor and ready to fight at any time. It only takes a snap of a finger to destroy you. How dare you be so foolish as to come and ask to marry a Han princess?"

The Xiongnu envoy smiled and said, "We are here to ask for marriage, why not? It is common for princesses from the great Chinese nation to marry the Xiongnu."

Tan Bamao pulled out his pistol and pointed it at the Xiongnu envoy: "Shut up! How can a princess of the Han Dynasty marry a barbarian from outside the Great Wall?"

"Ba Mao, do not be rude."

Ye Kun stopped Tan Bamao and said slowly: "One family has adopted a daughter and hundreds of families have asked for her. It is not a sin for them to come and propose marriage. As for whether we agree, we will discuss it later."

Tan Bamao put away his pistol and glared at the Hun envoy again.

Ye Kun said: "The marriage is a state affair as well as a family affair. I still need to discuss it with the ministers and the Queen. The envoy will withdraw first and will come to court in three days to give you the news."

The messenger bowed and left.

He Kangju clasped his fists and said, "Your Majesty, the reason we married the princess to the Xiongnu before was because the Xiongnu were strong and we Chinese couldn't afford to offend them. Now we have a strong army and horses, how can we marry the princess to them? This is a disgrace to the state, and we must not agree to it!"

Other ministers also agreed with He Kangju's opinion.

Ye Kun remained silent.

Tan Bamao said: "Your Majesty, the Xiongnu Tianxian Chanyu is already over fifty years old, you must not..."

"okay!"

Ye Kun shook his head and stood up: "Let me think about this matter again. We will discuss it again in three days. I will adjourn the court."

Everyone frowned, but didn't dare to say anything.

Because this matter is also Ye Kun’s family affair.

Ye Kun withdrew from the court, but ordered Huang Ye to keep Sang Buyi, Guan Bao, He Kangju and Tan Bamao.

Sang Buyi and others came to the imperial study to meet.

Ye Kun smiled and said, "The Northern Huns are like tigers and wolves at my side. I have long wanted to deal with them. However, the grassland is too large and we are not ready yet. I originally planned to capture the Greater and Lesser Khingan Mountains to encircle the Northern Huns and then sweep across the grassland to prevent the defeated Huns from hiding in the mountains. But I didn't expect the Huns to propose a marriage."

Sang Buyi asked in a low voice: "How does the emperor plan to deal with this?"

"Of course I will not marry my teenage daughter to the Xiongnu's 50-year-old Tianxian Chanyu."

Ye Kun sneered: "But, I want to use their strategy against me and set up an ambush! But just now in the hall, I couldn't say it, for fear of the news leaking out."

He Kangju breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Your Majesty, do you mean to first agree to the Xiongnu's request so that they can relax their guard, and then launch a surprise attack?"

Ye Kun pondered and said:

"No, I plan to agree to it, and then pretend to prepare a dowry for the princess. Then I will send the wedding procession across the Yinshan Mountains and let the Xiongnu send princes and ministers to welcome them. Then I will capture the Xiongnu wedding procession, and then go back and capture all the Xiongnu people in the border market alive!

In this way, Tianxian Chanyu will be furious and will raise an army for revenge. We will fight another ambush and annihilate the Xiongnu's living forces. As long as we fight a good battle and kill 20,000 to 30,000 Xiongnu, we can seriously injure their vitality!

The next step is to wipe out the Xiongnu, which will be much smoother."

This was a move that Ye Kun came up with on the spur of the moment in the hall.

I can’t say we will achieve a big victory, but we will definitely achieve small victories.

There’s no problem in grabbing tens of thousands of cattle and sheep and coming back to have a prosperous year!

Sang Buyi thought for a moment and said with a smile: "Your Majesty's plan is certainly feasible. However, it hurts the reputation of the royal family. After all, we agreed to the marriage, but it turned out to be a sneak attack..."

"Remember, history is written by the victors."

Ye Kun smiled and said, "After I completely wipe out the Huns, who will remember this incident? If you are worried that the princess will be wronged and her reputation will be damaged, we can plunder the Huns and give her some property as compensation."

Tan Bamao smiled and said, "That's fine."

Sang Buyi and others also nodded.

Ye Kun added: "This matter is to be treated as top secret. Only a few of us know about it and it must not be leaked. The performance must be realistic!"

Sang Buyi and the others clasped their fists together: "Understood!"

Ye Kun nodded, and went to Fengyi Palace again to invite Dai Xi and his daughter Princess Mingzhu over.

Princess Mingzhu is Dai Xi's daughter. She is only a few months younger than Ye Feng. She is now a young girl. She is graceful and looks quite like her mother when she was young.

Dai Xi didn't know what was going on, so he smiled and said, "The emperor asked me to come here. What do you want me to do?"

"It's okay, just chat."

Ye Kun pulled his daughter to sit beside him and said with a smile: "Today, the Xiongnu envoy came to ask for marriage. They hope that our Han Dynasty will marry a princess to them so that the two families can make peace."

Dai Xi was stunned when he heard this, as if he was struck by lightning, with his mouth wide open.

Obviously, she realized something.

My daughter Mingzhu was also shocked, and then she cried out in horror: "Father, we sisters are all young...what are you going to do..."

"Good child, don't be afraid. Father will never marry his daughter to the Xiongnu."

Ye Kun stroked his daughter's hair and comforted Dai Xi: "Don't worry, Concubine Xi, it's not what you think."

Dai Xi breathed a sigh of relief and covered his chest: "Your Majesty, you scared me to death, I thought you were going to take Mingzhu..."

"How could that be? My Princess Mingzhu, I can't bear to let her go."

Ye Kun waved his hands and laughed softly, "But we have to put on a show, paralyze the Xiongnu, and then fight a surprise attack. Listen to me, this is just a show, you just need to cooperate."

Dai Xi and Ming Zhu listened together and were still a little scared.

Ye Kun promised again: "I will never send my daughter to the Xiongnu. With our current national strength, we can destroy the Xiongnu. Why should I let my daughter suffer? This time, the purpose of the play is to ambush, anger the Xiongnu Chanyu, and then annihilate them all.

Mingzhu's reputation has been wronged, and I will make up for it."

Princess Mingzhu has been well educated since she was young and is very sensible. She nodded and said, "Since it is for the sake of the country, it is okay for my daughter to suffer a little injustice. Father, rest assured, we will cooperate."

"Good boy, you are so sensible."

Ye Kun nodded and gave some instructions in a low voice.

Jiang Yourong and Weiwei were listening on the side, and said with a smile: "Mingzhu, don't worry, I guarantee you that I will never let you marry into the Xiongnu."

Mingzhu bowed and thanked: "Thank you, mother."

Because Dai Xi and Jiang Yourong have always been together, Mingzhu is equivalent to Jiang Yourong's daughter, so she always calls Jiang Yourong mother and Dai Xi aunt.

After arriving in Zhuo County, Mingzhu changed his words and called his biological mother "Mother Concubine", but still called Jiang Yourong "Mother".

Ye Kun nodded, ate with everyone and talked about some happy things.

Jiang Yourong said, "Your Majesty, let's acknowledge Weiwei as our daughter as well. There are so many children in the palace, and she won't be one more."

"Yes, I like this kid very much."

Ye Kun nodded and said with a smile: "But since Weiwei is our daughter, she has to have the surname Ye and can no longer have the surname Jiang, right? Otherwise, wouldn't it be weird?"