Wait, please don't call me Emperor Zhaolie

Chapter 481: The Han Dynasty cannot be destroyed for the second time
Cai Gu and Cao Cao talked for a long time by the river, until it was getting dark, and then they bowed and said goodbye.

Cao Cao looked at the carriage going farther and farther away and fell silent.

When Chen Gong and Cheng Yu saw the other party saying goodbye and leaving, they walked up. Cheng Yu couldn't help but ask curiously: "When did Meng Degong become so familiar with Cai Maoshi?"

Hearing this, Cao Cao shook his head, clapped his hands and laughed, saying: "When I often went in and out of Bo Ji's house, I met Cai Maoshi many times. This man likes fame but does nothing, and forgets righteousness when he sees profit. He is not a gentleman."

"Now I heard that he asked Lady Cai to recommend the emperor to be an official in the capital. His smugness is hard to conceal. It is really because there are no famous people in this era that this young man can become arrogant and successful!"

Thinking of Cai Yong who died in prison, Cao Cao looked up with deep emotion.

If Cai Bojie had the good fortune to see the world peaceful and prosperous, with dogs barking without alarm, he would surely have taken up his pen to compose a poem to express his feelings, as this was a sign of long-term peace and stability.

"What a pity, what a pity."

"I am already fifty, and my old friends have gradually died. Qiao Gong and Bo Ji are no longer in this world."

"Life is fleeting, and joy is wasted in my prime."

Cao Cao looked at the bright moon that had risen in the sky at some unknown time, and could not help but think of Xu You, Yuan Shao and others. At that time, they had become friends in Luoyang, and they traveled around with swords and chivalrous spirits.

At that time, Yuan Gonglu and Yuan Benchu ​​had a good relationship, and there was no tension as later on.

Then he came to his senses and said to Chen Gong and Cheng Yu beside him, "Gongtai and Zhongde, let's go. It's getting dark and we should find a place to stay."

"In addition to reporting on my work, I can also take this opportunity to visit old friends and their descendants..."

After saying this, Cao Cao looked up at the bonfire burning on the wall of Luoyang City and silently said, "Luoyang... the cavalry captain Cao Mengde is back."

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On the sixth day of October, Liu Bei stayed for another ten days despite the repeated requests from the nobles, common people and retired soldiers of Pingyuan County.

The original residence of the prefect of Pingyuan County was where the emperor once lived, and neither Xun Yu nor Wang Xiu dared to use it as the prefect's official residence.

He originally planned to build another palace, but later the court abolished the princes and vacated the palaces all over the world.

Even though King Pingyuan Liu Shuo was extremely sad, he had to obey the order and move out of the palace. Otherwise, he would not be able to do what an ordinary rich man could do, and he would be imprisoned in the county prison and punished for disobeying the emperor's edict.

Liu Shuo didn't dare to say it openly, but secretly cursed Liu Bei for being harsh on the royal family. The royal family of the First Han Dynasty was abolished by the traitor Wang Mang. What does it have to do with Emperor Guangwu?

You, Liu Xuande, became the emperor, but instead of following Emperor Guangwu's example and treating your relatives well, you followed Wang Mang's example and abolished the princes and marquises of the Liu family in various places.

We are all descendants of Emperor Gaozu, and now we have no real power. We just enjoy some fiefs and take more concubines to give birth to some children. Isn't this also to strengthen Emperor Gaozu's bloodline and thus consolidate the Han Dynasty.

You yourself used to make a living by selling shoes and weaving mats in your early years. Now, do you want your relatives from the Guangwu lineage to suffer with you?
Thinking of this, Liu Shuo could not help but angrily curse all the Han royal relatives living in Youzhou. If the descendants of Guangwu had helped Liu Xuande decades ago and let him feel the kindness of Guangwu's lineage, perhaps everyone would not have become commoners now.

The former King of Pingyuan, Liu Shuo, was secretly angry for a moment, then turned around with a smile and asked the governor Wang Xiu to give him more time so that he could move the fine wine he had collected for ten years out of the palace.

Now that he is old, beautiful maids are no longer important to him, and only fine wine is his true love.

Seeing such a request, Wang Xiu naturally nodded in agreement. He also didn't want to force the royal family too much because of some wine and make Pingyuan County famous throughout the world.

After Liu Shuo moved out of the palace, Wang Xiu immediately wrote to the emperor, requesting that the agricultural school outside the city be moved to the palace, that all government offices in Pingyuan County be moved here, that the gardens be reclaimed into vegetable plots, that more wells be dug, and that officials and their families living here be self-sufficient. The former prefect's residence be used as the emperor's temporary palace, which was guarded by guards on weekdays and no outsiders were allowed to enter.

So when Liu Bei was in Pingyuan County, he actually lived in his original mansion, and Liu Yong was very happy to see the familiar place, after all, this was where he really grew up.

If he had a choice, he would rather live in Pingyuan forever than go to Chang'an or Luoyang.

Because when he got there, he could see from afar the palace walls of Pingyuan Mansion, which were taller than the ones he had seen when he was a child, and the people around him kept an even tighter eye on him.

"Aunt, after Emperor Guangwu established his rule over the world, he made Luoyang the Eastern Capital, Chang'an the Western Capital, and Nanyang the Southern Capital, and thus ruled the world."

"Why don't we follow the example of Emperor Guangwu and make Chang'an the Western Capital, Luoyang the Eastern Capital, and Pingyuan County the Northern Capital to govern the people?"

Liu Yong asked in confusion.

When Liu Bei heard that the prince would ask for details when encountering something unclear, he frowned and thought about what Zhang Fei said about the many difficulties the Han army encountered when conquering the Qiang people in Shu.

After the Han army's reinforcements arrived from Jingzhou, they immediately crossed mountains and rivers to pursue the Qiang people. However, before they had gone 200 miles, the army began to vomit and have diarrhea.

Tens of thousands of foreign Qiang people fought back from all directions, but the 5,000 Han troops suffered a minor defeat due to poor health and disadvantageous fighting skills.

This was the first time since the Han army reaffirmed the military system in Qingzhou that it led troops to fight the enemy but was defeated and lost to the barbarians.

Zhang Fei was immediately furious and no longer listened to the advice of the military officer Zhang Cheng, and handed over the command to Zhang Cheng and other military officers.

He ordered the military flag of the General of Chariots and Cavalry to be pushed forward, and personally supervised the battle in armor. He even led the central army to charge into the enemy's formation to kill them when the front army was defeated and retreated. He was hit by several arrows and suffered many wounds before he defeated the Qiang people and successfully retreated back to the camp.

"Yide, there is no army in the world that is always victorious. Moreover, the west of Yizhou is a plateau with high mountains and steep ridges. The soldiers may seem to be used to the expedition here, but once they cross the mountains and ridges, they will definitely feel unwell."

"Why don't you report this to the Secretariat? I will definitely be able to stop this..."

Liu Bei also understood that Zhang Fei put on armor and went into battle in order to maintain the Han army's ever-victorious momentum, and that he pursued the Qiang people so deeply just to vent his anger, but he was not aware that the local mountains would have a fatal effect on the Han army that came from afar.

This was also Liu Bei's negligence. He did not expect that ordering Zhang Fei to supervise the military affairs of Yizhou would actually lead to pursuing the enemy to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in the future. If he had known this, he would not only instruct Zhang Fei to pay attention to the miasma and not pursue the enemy to the south, but also to the west.

Liu Bei immediately picked up his pen and wrote an edict asking Zhang Fei to return to Chengdu to recuperate, and let General Zhou Yu of Andong take over the mission of suppressing the foreign Qiang. The Han army retreated to Hanjia County to rest, and General Sun Ce of Annan led 6,000 troops to Nanguan in Jianwei County to prevent the barbarian rebels in the south from invading the plains of Shu.

As for Zhang Fei, Liu Bei took back his military power over Yizhou, fined him one year's salary, and asked him to rest and recuperate in Chengdu. Although he suffered a minor defeat due to carelessness in this battle, he managed to stabilize the situation in time and avoided a major defeat.

Just focus on healing your arrow wound. There may be a chance to go on an expedition in the future. Otherwise, just come to Luoyang and do your job as the Inspector of the Capital Region. This way, the two brothers can see each other more often.

After finishing everything, Liu Bei suppressed his annoyance, looked up at Liu Yong, and said to him with a smile: "The plain is vast and has no strategic location to defend. It cannot be the northern capital of the Han Dynasty. If Jing, Yang, and Jiaozhou reclaim a lot of arable land in the future, we can slowly repair the river in Zhuo County and connect the river into one, so that the counties of Hebei can provide for Zhuo County."

"Using Zhuo County as the northern capital, as the key point for the Han Dynasty to defend against the northern barbarians, this important matter can only be implemented slowly after at least 30 years, otherwise the Qin Dynasty will be a lesson for us."

Liu Bei was also afraid that the Han Dynasty would die suddenly in the second generation, and all his efforts over the years would be wasted.

Therefore, he took great pains to train the prince.

(End of this chapter)