Wait, please don't call me Emperor Zhaolie

Chapter 388: Forced Summoning of the Hun Kings
In July in Guanzhong, the people of Qian started a new round of autumn plowing. This matter concerns the harvest of the coming year and cannot be taken lightly.

The rural officials of Youfufeng, Jingzhaoyin, and Zuofengyi counties led the people to reclaim wasteland, dig canals for irrigation, and sow soybeans, adzuki beans, and wheat.

Liu Bei, who was busy in Chang'an, did not know that Bao Xin was sent as an envoy to Jiangdong. He not only asked Cao Cao to take the initiative to submit the land, household registration, tax and other books of the four counties of Jiangdong, but also sent Cao Mengde's eldest son Cao Ang to Luoyang.

At this moment, Liu Bei was paying attention to the battle between Ma Teng and Han Sui, while asking Zhang He and Gao Lan to contain the counties of Youfufeng and Zuofengyi that were close to Liangzhou to prevent the Qiang and Hu from plundering Guanzhong.

He planned to wait until the two men were exhausted in battle, then take away Ma Teng's military power and destroy Han Sui.

In order to appease Ma Teng's heart, Liu Bei took time out of his busy schedule to summon Ma Chao, and praised him with a chuckle. Ma Mengqi was delighted and ecstatic. He never expected that the King of Han, who was thousands of miles away from him, had also heard of his bravery.

Liu Bei talked with him for half an hour, and then properly placed him in a courtyard in the suburbs near Chang'an, closer to the military camp.

Unexpectedly, Ma Chao was flattered and bowed repeatedly, thinking: "I didn't expect that the King of Han also knew that I don't like reading, but like to fight against ten thousand enemies."

At this time, Ma Chao never imagined that the reason why Liu Bei placed him next to the military camp was, firstly, to use the Han army to intimidate Ma Teng, and secondly, to allow the military scouts to secretly monitor Ma Chao and the more than one hundred Qiang followers he brought from Liangzhou when they came in and out.

Although he split it into three parts, Liu Bei still planned to take precautions against disaster. After all, to some extent, Ma Chao was more uncontrollable than Lu Fengxian.

Especially when he came to Chang'an as a hostage, he dared to bring more than a hundred Qiang people with him. I don't know whether Ma Teng was cautiously testing Liu Bei's tolerance or Ma Chao had no reverence in his heart...

It didn't take long for Liu Bei to understand a little bit. This might not be a suggestion from Ma Teng. It was very likely that Ma Chao had single-handedly gathered more than a hundred followers and followed him to Chang'an.

Because Liu Bei saw Ma Chao, who was brave and fierce in fighting with a spear, when he left, he still looked at Dian Wei and Xu Chu with a gaze in his eyes.

Although there was no chance to fight, Ma Chao's instinct of fighting for life and death made him wary of the two people beside the King of Han.

Compared to the King of Han who was clapping his hands and laughing, the words between the two men made him feel relaxed, while the eyes of those two men not only contained murderous intent, but also a kind of indifferent glance.

Ma Chao almost wanted to ask who this person was from Guandong, but after taking a look at the majestic King of Han, he chose to remain silent, bowed and left.

When Liu Bei saw his figure disappear behind the door, he shook his head and laughed, saying, "This is really a Hu boy."

Even the barbarians did not dare to behave like this in front of him. Not to mention the Xiongnu Khan Huhuxuan, who originally wanted to come to Chang'an to pay a visit to him, was ordered by him in a letter to bring the nobles of his tribe with him.

Huochuquan, who was about to cross the river, turned back to Pingyang and took all the tribal nobles with him.

Not only that, Liu Bei also wrote letters to the kings of the Xiongnu tribes grazing in Bingzhou, severely reprimanding the Xiongnu for not responding to the Han edict and instead rising up to rebel against the former Chanyu Qiangqu. Was he preparing to become an enemy of the Han?
He said bluntly: "Now that the world has just been settled, the Xiongnu are vassals of the Han Dynasty, and they do not want to see the kings. Are they not afraid of the wrath of the mighty Han Dynasty? They will mobilize a million troops, march forward, burn their nests and destroy their nests, and wipe out all the remaining nobles."

"The hundred-year conflict between the Han and the Xiongnu ended with the Xiongnu becoming our vassal. If they dare not submit, we must follow the example of Emperor Gaozu and Emperor Xiaowu and personally defeat the barbarians and recover our Han territory. Anyone who dares to raise weapons will be killed, leaving no trouble for our descendants."

Liu Bei sent the document to the Xiongnu tribe, and then ordered Zhang Yan, the Prime Minister of Changshan, to lead an army to attack Taiyuan County in Bingzhou, and Lu Bu, the Marquis of Wen, to send troops to Shangdang County, which shocked the officials of Bingzhou and many Xiongnu tribes. Unexpectedly, the King of Han acted immediately and dared to say that he would not submit, so he led the army to attack directly.

It is totally different from the time of Emperors Huan and Ling, when the court was powerless and could only resort to appeasement and fight against the Hu people.

Just as Liu Bei was preparing to intimidate the Huns in Bingzhou, Liu Yu, who was living in Luoyang, wrote a letter to him, sincerely urging the King of Han to think twice before acting. Now that the people's livelihood in the states and counties of Hebei had not yet recovered, another attack on the Huns would only increase the burden on the people.

Liu Yu asked to be an envoy of the Han Dynasty to go to the various Xiongnu tribes to persuade the kings to submit to the Han Dynasty. If the other party still refused, it would not be too late to send troops then.

When Liu Bei in Chang'an saw the document, he did not know whether to laugh or cry. Who said that he would send troops now? Now he had to make full preparations and let the Hun tribes weigh the consequences.

If he really wanted to attack the Huns, he had to wait until he had dealt with Guanzhong, Yongliang and Yizhou, so that he could free up his other hand to attack the old Huns from both sides with a pincer attack.

At that time, the Xiongnu tribes under the command of Huchuquan who had surrendered would also be brought along, and the "Northern Xiongnu" would be defeated again with the "Southern Xiongnu".

Xun Yu, Xun You, Guo Jia, Lu Su, and the newly appointed secretary Fa Zheng had a vague guess about Liu Bei's thoughts. Although many other officials did not know why the King of Han suddenly forced the Xiongnu tribe to surrender.

But everyone in the world knows that the King of Han is about to succeed the throne, continue the work of his ancestors, and revive the Han Dynasty.

This dog with a broken spine was broken by the Han people a long time ago. If the Han people had not taken it in until today, you would still be grazing it in the wind and snow outside the Great Wall. Now you dare to disobey Luoyang and refuse to go when forced to do so. This is simply rebellion against heaven.

When this news came out, there was no doubt that many scholars were indignant and filled with anger. Even if the Han Dynasty was in decline, it was not a place where the Hu people could be allowed to run rampant and be rude.

Moreover, at this time, the provinces in Kanto were almost pacified, with no wind and no rain.

The whole country is quickly resuming production, how can we allow the Hu people to be so bold and presumptuous?
Ni Heng, who had previously gone south to Jingzhou and was treated as a guest by Liu Biao, and who later went on a diplomatic mission to Jiangdong on behalf of Liu Biao to inquire why Cao Cao sent troops to attack Jingzhou, heard that the King of Han had sent an envoy to question whether the kings of the Xiongnu were disloyal, and he could not help but sigh to the sky in the inn. Zhang Hong happened to hear him, so he curiously asked the reason.

Ni Heng sighed and said, "The Hu people are barbarians who live by plunder and do not know the majesty of the Han Dynasty. If the King of Han appoints me as an envoy and I carry the imperial seal to travel to the Xiongnu tribes, I will surely make the Xiongnu kings look at the red flag in fear, bow their heads and cry loudly."

Zhang Hong had heard that Ni Heng had listed Cao Gong's crimes in Huangtang and that his life was saved only after everyone pleaded for him. Knowing the details, Zhang Hong could not help coughing.

Zhang Hong stroked his beard and thought angrily, "If it were you, Ni Zhengping, who was sent as an envoy to the Xiongnu, the Xiongnu would be so angry that they would draw their swords to kill you. Then, they would suddenly remember their guilt of killing the Han envoy without authorization and bring disaster to the Xiongnu. How could they not fall to the ground and cry?"

Although Ni Heng was a famous scholar in the world, his mouth was really unbearable. Even the Han people who followed Confucian etiquette could not tolerate it, let alone the unfaithful Hu people?

If Ni Zhengping were to be an envoy of the Han Dynasty, he would certainly leave and never return.

(End of this chapter)