Wait, please don't call me Emperor Zhaolie

Chapter 463: The Han Dynasty is full of martial virtues!
The Huben Cavalry marched into the outskirts of Juyang County in Shanggu in a mighty force. Liu Ye vacated his own mansion to use it as a temporary palace for the emperor and the crown prince.

He moved into the nearby Hucao office with his Gongcao, Zhubu and other clerks. Fortunately, he did not bring his family with him, so he could move in immediately.

According to Han law, a prefect could bring his family with him when he traveled thousands of miles to take up his post. However, Liu Ye settled all his relatives in Luoyang City and went to take up his post alone, taking only two concubines in Youzhou.

Unlike other places, the governors of border counties face the risk of being invaded by the Hu people and their counties attacked and their people looted every year.

In recent years, the disputes between the Han and Xianbei peoples have intensified, with small-scale conflicts constantly occurring between them.

Ke Bineng was more courageous. In August of the second year of Jianxing, he once led his troops to the city of Juyang, riding his horse and waving the whip to intimidate the Han army.

The Hu people outside the Great Wall will not talk about benevolence and righteousness with the relatives of Han officials. Even the prefect may die in battle, not to mention his family.

When the Tuqi of Youzhou was formed, the situation of the Hu people invading from the north gradually improved.

Liu Bei listened to Liu Ye carefully describing the situation in Shanggu County over the past few years, as well as the changes in population, taxes, and arable land before and after he measured the land, and the frequency of looting by nearby Hu people.

After saying this, Liu Ye looked solemnly at the officials and soldiers, saluted and said, "Your Majesty, I have something important to tell you. I hope you can ask the officials to step back ten steps to prevent the news from leaking out."

Liu Bei couldn't help laughing when he heard this. He waved his hand and asked everyone to step back ten steps. He wanted to hear what Liu Ziyang had to report.

"You guys please step back for now."

"I will obey your majesty's orders!"

The officials in Shanggu and the heads of the powerful families bowed and kowtowed, then slowly retreated to the door, bowing their heads respectfully and waiting for the emperor to summon them.

No one dared to whisper to each other in private, because the ferocious-looking Dian Wei was standing at the door, leading the guards to look at them from head to toe.

Inside the gate, Xu Chu always stood beside the emperor, outside the gate, Dian Wei was cautious, and Zhao Yun led the central army to be on guard beside the mansion to prevent anyone from joining forces with the Xianbei to plot evil.

Liu Ye turned around and glanced at the people who were retreating, and saw that Xu Chu's sharp eyes were also looking away, but his hand was quietly holding the sword without shaking.

This immediately made Liu Ye's scalp tingle, and he quickly bowed and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, Kebineng is different from Budugen. This man has the spirit of a hero and can be loved and respected by the Xianbei people. If you leave him alone, it may lead to a disaster."

"I have sent a dozen rangers who are fluent in Xianbei language to join Kebi Neng's army. As long as they can get close to the Khan's tent, they can kill Kebi Neng inside."

"Once Kebi Neng dies, his tribe will surely scatter like birds and beasts, and the eastern and western Xianbei will no longer be afraid of him. The Han Dynasty can use money, silk, salt, sugar and other materials as inducements, and then redistribute the pastures of each tribe, so as to win over and divide the Hu people, and make the Xianbei tribes, big and small, hate each other and attack each other."

"After four or five years, the Han army will have completed the land measurement in the fourteen states and restored its national strength. With the Han's prosperity, it will attack the Hu's weakness, win over the Hu people and launch an attack in multiple directions. With the force of thunder and lightning, the Han army will win in one battle. Therefore, the Han army will win without fighting!"

"By the twelfth year of Jianxing at the latest, we can completely wipe out the northern barbarians, transform them into Han people, use the border areas outside the Great Wall as a permanent solution to the border problems of our great Han Dynasty."

"Your Majesty can spend another twenty years to rest the people and work hard to restore the registered population, then you can create prosperity and usher in a glorious era!"

"In the annals of later history, this will surely be called the reign of Jianxing!"

Liu Ye perked up and said with a smile, cupping his hands a little excitedly.

He had thought it over again and again in his mind. At that time, he was not yet fifty years old, while important ministers such as Xun Wenruo, Xun Gongda, and Guo Fengxiao were already very old.

Since he doesn't have the energy to take charge of the affairs of the Shangshu Tai and Zhongshu Tai, it's just right for him to take over.

Following the path of the two Xuns, he pushed the Han Dynasty to its heyday and became the most brilliant and outstanding minister during the Han Dynasty's revival.

Even if we take a step back, he would accept it even if it meant going against his will.

Not knowing what Liu Ye was hoping for, Liu Bei was thinking seriously about his words. He had to admit that sending assassins to kill the Xianbei Khan was indeed a low-investment, high-return strategy.

Compared with Budugen, Kebineng is undoubtedly several levels stronger. Budugen couldn't even control the Xianbei in Hexi.

If it can be solved, it will reduce some of the difficulty for the Han army to sweep across the grassland. The key to destroying the Xianbei Khan's troops is to quickly attack, first use the tactics of breaking through the center, then use several routes to encircle and continuously attack without giving the opponent time to react.

Before that, it is necessary to divide the various tribes on the grassland, reduce the vassal army of the Xianbei royal court, and weaken the enemy's strength.

The war with the Hu people cannot last long, as the consumption will double if it does.

Liu Bei looked at Liu Ye and chuckled, saying, "If Zi Yang can really get an assassin to kill Ke Bineng, it can be said that he has made great contributions to the Han Dynasty and he must be rewarded with the title of Marquis of Guannei County!"

Seeing that the emperor had also made a promise, Liu Ye became even more excited.

He liked the Liu emperor's principle of rewarding merit and punishing faults.

With this sentence in hand, once I succeed in the future, I will be able to use the head of the Hu chief to redeem myself as a marquis.

"Your Majesty, it will take time to divide the Xianbei tribes, but at the moment there are still threats in the border counties. The Wuhuan in the three counties have occupied Youbeiping County, Liaoxi County, and Liaodong County for a long time. I am afraid that this will cause trouble for generations."

"We should bribe them with gold and silk, grant them small favors, so that the Wuhuan will become complacent, relax their preparations for war, and become arrogant and self-indulgent. When they are in disarray, the Han army will attack them unexpectedly and destroy them."

After organizing his thoughts, Liu Ye continued speaking with a bow.

It is common for subordinates to follow the example of their superiors. The emperor was keen on attacking the Hu people, so their officials spent all day thinking about how to more efficiently eliminate the Hu people, and everyone they saw was a target for them to make achievements.

After pondering the head of the Xianbei Hu chieftain, he turned his attention to the head of the Wuhuan Hu chieftain in the northwest of Youzhou.

Who has caused so many vacant positions for marquisates in the world, and so few heads of the Hu leaders left? If they are beheaded, they cannot be resurrected, and if they are killed, they cannot be resurrected.

Not to mention their prefect, even Guan Yu, who was in charge of the military affairs of Youzhou, was somewhat tempted.

As long as it is confirmed that the Hu people are hostile to the Han people, their heads will become a walking merit.

Apart from the officials, the soldiers and auxiliary troops of various military offices also wished that the Han Dynasty would declare war on the nearby Hu people.

Now that the empire has been settled, there are only a few places where the Han army can make achievements. Many soldiers from the Ji, Qing and Yan military offices want to take two or three sons and daughters with them to guard the border in turn, just to behead more enemies and buy more land and houses.

Many soldiers have suffered from the lack of arable land, and they dream of increasing the amount of arable land. They become more and more skilled in killing and fighting, but if they rest for a few years without fighting, their skills become unskilled.

The reason they train in the art of fighting full-time is, of course, to get a higher return. There is no gain without fighting.

Unlike the soldiers in the central army, the soldiers in the military office can follow the emperor on tours and receive rewards.

Although there were soldiers in the Central Army who retired due to old age or combat injuries, and soldiers were recruited from military offices across the country to join the Central Army, the competition was too fierce, and rewards could not be obtained faster than fighting and making contributions.

At this moment, the Han people, from the common people to the officials and soldiers, had no fear of the surrounding barbarians.

If the emperor had not ordered the people to store up more food, I am afraid that the ministers would have been eager to fight.

The current Taifu fought his way up to the throne through military exploits, Taichang Kong Rong also helped pacify the Yellow Turbans in Beihai, and Zongzheng Liu He followed the emperor in conquering Yuzhou.

Not to mention General Guan Yu, General Zhang Fei, General Zhao Yun, the four expeditionary and four garrison generals, and the four peace generals, all of them are veterans.

Other important officials, provincial governors or prefects, such as Jian Yong, Qian Zhao, Sun Qian, Cui Yan, Bao Xin, Cao Hong, Cao Cao and others, and even Liu Yu also had some knowledge of military affairs.

Moreover, recently, Liu Bei ordered the expansion of the recruitment of officials in the Secretariat, and recruited Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue, who had been idle at home for many years, as well as Xu Shu, Pang Tong, Zhuge Liang, Dong Yun, Cao Ang, Cao Zhen, Cao Xiu, Sun Quan, Liu Ba, Yi Ji and others as subordinate officials to fill the vacancies left by the officials of the Secretariat who were transferred to various places.

The big man at this moment can be said to be full of martial virtues.

(End of this chapter)