140 BC.

Gengzi, autumn.

Emperor Xiang Yanran of the Great Chu emperor went to Danyang to quell the rebellion of King Xiang Bi of Wu, but he was unhappy and returned to Jinling. He died a month later.

In the palace.

The ministers, concubines and eunuchs lay on the ground in front of the dragon couch, wailing and crying.

"Emperor Xiang Yanran of the Great Chu.

The will says:

Since taking power, I have respected the heaven and the ancestors, worked hard all day long, worked diligently all day long, worked hard all day long, and stayed asleep. But my lifelong wish was gone, but I had not fulfilled my wish, and I had no regrets.

Today, the prince Xiang Tiange, who was young at the age of fourteen, was brave and diligent, and had the legacy of Taizu. He was ordered to ascend the throne of Emperor Chu and work diligently on national affairs.

The Grand Marshal Li Rong, Prime Minister Kong Hanyou, Censor Wang Su, Cavalry General Chu Tianxiu, and Nine Ministers Xie Anran were appointed as the five ministers of the regents. Whenever there were disputes in the court, the five ministers discussed it together, and the more were decided.

When the Shao Emperor was eighteen years old, he was the five ministers of the regents, he returned to the Shao Emperor.

The nine ministers and above each held a copy of the will and gave it to him!

He informed the world and made all the people know.”

Cai He and the eunuch wiped their tears and read out the last emperor's will.

The three ministers and nine ministers then opened a volume of edicts in their hands and compared them with each other, without any difference with the last edicts that Cai He had recited.

But they were still shocked.

A total of five auxiliary ministers were selected in the emperor's will.

It is naturally not surprising that the three dukes are among the ministers of the regent.

They are all senior officials who have been standing in the court for decades and years old between the ages of fifty and sixty and over seventy. They have great prestige inside and outside the court and are all faction leaders.

Only, Xiaohunhou and Xie Anran were promoted to the nine ministers at the age of 20 or 30, and were the assistant ministers of the Shao Emperor.

The two of them were more than thirty years younger than the other ministers, and they were among the nine ministers, as the auxiliary ministers of the young emperor.

This is extremely rare in the entire Great Chu Dynasty.

...

Next, the ministers were busy for several days when they were mourning the emperor.

However, the country cannot be without a lord for a day, and the prince will immediately ascend the throne.

With the assistance of the four auxiliary ministers of Jinling, the Prime Minister Kong Hanyou, the Crown Prince Wang Su, the Censor General Xiaohunhou, and the Shaofu Xie Anran, the Prince Xiang Tiange quickly ascended the throne and began to govern the national affairs of the Great Chu Dynasty.

Xiang Tiange suddenly ascended the throne overnight from the prince, and was obviously not adapted to this change and was helpless in how to deal with the government.

The ten princes were newly defeated, and the top priority of the court was of course to deal with these defeated princes, their relatives and subordinates.

In the morning court, hundreds of ministers submitted their opinions and made a fuss.

Xiang Tiange sat on the high throne in the Golden Palace, looking at the dark quarrels below, feeling his mind buzzing and a daze.

When his father was on the throne, he sat on the crown prince's throne and felt that the national government was simple, boring and boring. It was obviously very simple, and the ministers insisted on arguing endlessly.

Now that he is sitting in his father's seat and has to make a decision, he feels like he has a lot of tricks and countless tricky things.

During the rebellion of the princes, there were still a large number of remnants who fled and needed to be hunted down.

The soldiers who fled the rebels caused chaos in various counties, and the number of bandits increased greatly. They needed to be cleared out immediately.

The autumn grain harvest is imminent, but many county towns, even the county magistrates were killed by the princes. The small county towns captured by the rebels of the princes were even more difficult, and local finances were extremely difficult.

One after another, they rushed towards him together, like a mountain pressing on the top of the mountain.

Xiang Tiange just realized how difficult the national government is. Every decision involves thousands of households and needs to rack his brains to consider countermeasures.

Of course, it's not his turn to make the decision.

The Grand Marshal Li Rong was still in the Shuofang area of ​​the northern border, and the other four auxiliary ministers presided over the national affairs. As long as they discussed the plan and finally reported it to the Shao Emperor, he would nod.

Xiang Tiange sat in the Golden Palace, his face full of confusion, and he was confused by the large number of memorials. He could only watch the four auxiliary ministers ask them to make up their minds.

Chu Tianxiu rarely speaks in the court.

It's not that he doesn't have the say.

With his great military achievements and soaring prestige among the army and the people, the ministers felt distressed when they saw him.

Although he was still a "minority" in the court, there were only a handful of ministers who dared to challenge him. Among the five ministers of the regent, except for the Grand Marshal Li Rong, the other three were not enough to fight him.

These court memorials seem to be important, but for the Great Chu, most of them are trivial matters and have nothing to do with the general situation. He is too lazy to bother with it.

The real big thing was that the princes rebelled, and this was solved. Another thing was the Huns. The northern expedition to the Huns was a major project.

For minor internal affairs, just let Prime Minister Kong Hanyou, Censor Wang Su, and Shaofu Xie Anran go to make an idea.

He was also a little low-key, and was jealous of the ministers.

...

Three thousand miles away.

In ancient times, news was slow to pass, and it took a long time for the southern news to reach the northern border. Even for carrier pigeons, it took about five or six days to ten days.

Shuofang City, a distant northern border city of the Great Chu Dynasty.

Shuofang is a strong city at the forefront of resisting the Huns, with 30,000 households. Although it is a household, the border residents have always been fierce.

There are also 50,000 elite cavalrymen in the court.

A total of 80,000 military and civilians.

After the Taiwei Li Rong arrived in the northern border, he directly took charge in Shuofang City, the most border, and monitored the movements of the Huns' army.

There are not many soldiers stationed in Shuofang City.

But I saw huge tents tens of miles outside Shuofang City, densely packed with troops of up to 500,000.

Although the Huns were extremely large, they did not attack the city.

There is no meaning to attack Shuofang at all.

The Huns were all light cavalry, good at fighting on the plains, fighting on the enemy's march, cavalrying and robbing food and grass. However, they were not good at siegeing the city. If they wanted to capture the Shuofang City where the Grand Marshal Li Rong was personally stationed, it would be not enough to kill 100,000 Huns in the battle.

This is a sparsely populated Huns and they are absolutely unbearable.

It is meaningless to attack Shuofang City, but the price it pays is huge.

After all, the Great Chu Dynasty was full of strong cities and heavy forts.

After attacking Shuofang, there is a taller city in Taiyuan, which is still far from Chang'an and Luoyang. I am afraid that if two or three such strong cities will be killed or injured by the Huns, 200,000 to 300,000 will be killed or destroyed.

The 500,000 Xiongnu army besieged but did not attack, and Shuofang City was safe and sound.

Under the city, the King of the Huns, the military minister Shanyu and his subordinates were watching the city.

On the top of the city, Li Rong and his soldiers were watching the city.

"King Ping, you have been surrounded for two months and the food in the city is gone, right?

More than ten princes rebelled heavily, and the Great Chu Dynasty was in chaos. The entire Central Plains was styled by a million troops of princes. Even if the Jinling court wanted to support you, it would be powerless. The food and grass supply were even less powerful.

The Great Chu Dynasty is no longer available.

You should surrender as soon as possible. My Shanyu has been dealing with you for a lifetime, giving you a chance to surrender, and appoint you as the King of Ping of the Huns! In the territory of Great Chu, we will cut a thousand miles of land for you."

Junchen Shanyu laughed and said.

Surrounded by the 500,000 Huns, Li Rong's 50,000 cavalry did not dare to leave the city. If he surrounds like this, he will undoubtedly die once the food is exhausted.

Li Rong smiled and said lightly: "I had expected that the princes would rebel, and you, the Huns, would definitely take advantage of the opportunity to attack. They had more than a year of food and grass in Shuofang City in advance, which was enough for my soldiers to eat horses. I will stay with you as long as you want."

The military ministers and the Xiongnu generals frowned.

Did Li Rong prepare food and grass for one year in advance?

Li Rong has always been cautious in using military forces and dared to take charge of Shuofang himself. This is most of the true statement.

This is a troublesome.

Li Rong can hold on for a year, but they can't hold on for a year. Horses need a lot of forage, and two months have consumed a lot of money for them.

Autumn has arrived, and for a while, they will go back to the grassland to gain weight for horses and sheep.

"Besides, have you not received the latest news of the rebellion of the princes?! It seems that your spies are not very good!

Come and show our Xiongnu Khan the information we received and the news of the defeat of the princes."

Li Rong said loudly.

Immediately, a soldier shot a piece of information down the city with an arrow.

Junchen Shanyu immediately ordered his soldiers to take them. When he opened them, his face changed drastically.

It clearly stated that Xiao Hunhou led his army to cross north, the Wujiang camp was captured, the ten princes were killed and injured, and the 500,000 troops were destroyed.

The rebellion of the princes has quelled?

Damn it!
Chapter completed!