84Chapter 84: The Seven Sages of the Chen Family, the Two Pillars of the Han Family
The turmoil on the border did not make Emperor Wu panic for the time being. After all, the Huns' visits to the border had become a common occurrence in recent years. Just as Chen Xi said before his death, while the Han Dynasty was recuperating and recovering its strength, the Huns were also recuperating.
When the reputation of "Guandu Marquis Chen Xi" gradually faded, the Huns became more and more daring, and finally developed from invading the border to knocking on the border.
With Chen Qing and Zhou Yafu on the Han side, dealing with the Huns is not a problem.
What Emperor Wu was hesitant and entangled about now was not who to send into battle, but how to propose to these two big men the issue of letting a horse slave go to the army for training.
Yes, a horse slave.
"well--"
Emperor Wu sighed and rubbed his forehead, with hesitation and hesitation on his face.
"Why did I foolishly agree to this?"
The story begins last month.
At Princess Pingyang's banquet, Emperor Wu got a new beauty named "Wei Zifu". This woman was beautiful and very much to the emperor's liking, so she was also loved by the emperor.
And it's the kind of love that I really like.
Many emperors of the Liu family were infatuated with each other - Emperor Wu was actually one of them.
For example, Liu Bang. If you say he was unfaithful, in the original history, he was able to get up from the bed and kill people even when he was sick and dying because of Lu Zhi's crying.
For example, Emperor Xuan, Liu Bingyi, even though he knew that his child was not suitable to be emperor, he still pushed him onto the throne because the child was born by his queen.
But for Emperor Xuan, love is a very long-lasting emotion, but for Liu Che, love is love, it can be short or long.
His love is not "exclusive love", or it is not a long-term, single love.
If you study the history of Emperor Wu's period, you will find one thing: the birth of the emperor's offspring was very regular - in a certain period, Emperor Wu would only concentrate on favoring a certain woman, which can be seen from his offspring.
At a certain period of time, only one woman would bear his child, which was proof that he was only devoted to one woman at that stage.
And when this woman falls out of favor, the next favored woman will repeat this "old pattern".
So it can be said that Emperor Wu was a lovesick man - just like his father Emperor Jing. During a certain period of time, Li Ji gave birth to several children one after another, and then Wang Zhi appeared on the scene.
When they were in love, these emperors would always agree and do it with all their heart.
But once the so-called love fades, their indifference will be as cold as ice in the coldest days of winter. This is why some women cannot forget the emperor and even covet the emperor's love.
Because at a certain time in their lives, they really received the love of this supreme man with all his strength and heart.
Emperor Wu was at this stage at the time and had gotten himself into big trouble.
He promised Wei Zifu and sent Wei Zifu's younger brother "Wei Qing" to the army for training.
But... now that he had calmed down, he discovered a problem.
How should he convince Chen Qing and Zhou Yafu?
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In fact, the emperor didn't need to persuade Zhou Yafu and Chen Qing at all, because these two old foxes were not prepared to refuse the emperor at all - wasn't it just about letting the emperor's favorite concubine's brother join the army?
It's not like they are asking to give military merit to this person for free.
Whoever comes doesn't come.
What's more, he is the emperor's brother-in-law?
Chen Qing's thinking was relatively simple - he would try his best to meet the emperor's requirements without violating morality and laws.
As for Zhou Yafu? He did the same thing, but he thought more than Chen Qing.
His idea was that the position of prime minister was still too dangerous, so he would push someone from the Chen family up when the time was right. However, the prime minister and the general could not both be people from the Chen family, otherwise the emperor would go crazy. At this time, the person most likely to become the general was Zhou Yafu.
In this case, wouldn't he be asking for trouble if he took command of the army?
I finally got rid of this trouble, he won't carry it on my back again.
At this time, a person named "Wei Qing" happened to appear. Why not let Wei Qing make military achievements and then become the Taiwei to take charge of military power?
Wei Qing is the emperor's brother-in-law.
This is the real power of foreign relatives.
The emperor must be satisfied, right?
With this in mind, Wei Qing officially joined the army.
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It was also in this year that Emperor Wu successively promoted Chen Xi's children "Chen Yu" and "Chen Rui", two members of the Chen family, into the court, and made them Langzhongling, which was a relatively powerful official position.
In addition, Chen Qing's son "Chen Ding" also came into Emperor Wu's sight.
Among them, Emperor Wu particularly loved Chen Qing's child "Chen Ding", and even specially gave him a name, called "Qu Lu", which means to pacify the world and drive out the Tartars.
With such kindness, Chen Ding successfully joined the temporary war team against the Huns.
Chen Yi, Chen Yi and Chen Qi were temporarily placed by Emperor Wu in the newly established Imperial College to promote their own thoughts and theories. At this time, people from various schools of thought were slowly gathering towards Chang'an City from all over the world.
They all had a premonition that the emperor would definitely make a big move!
How could such an emperor develop peacefully like the previous two, or even three or four emperors?
It is necessary to expand the territory!
And the expansion of territory must also be accompanied by huge reforms.
This is their chance to make a breakthrough.
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The eighth year of Emperor Wu passed quickly, and the Han Dynasty's war against the Xiongnu on the border was very successful. In just one year, the strength of Chen Ding and Wei Qing was demonstrated.
They both made great contributions.
It was just that Emperor Wu temporarily suppressed the merits of the two and did not reward them.
As time went by, the reputations of several people of this generation of the Chen family gradually spread, and gradually a saying was formed.
"The Seven Sages of the Chen Family, the Twin Pillars of the Han Family."
Among them, the Seven Sages of the Chen Family refer to Chen Rui, Chen Yu, Chen Yi, Chen Yi, Chen Ding, Chen Qing, and Chen Qi, with their generations staggered, including old and young.
The two pillars of the Han Dynasty refer to "Chen Ding" and "Wei Qing".
However...soon, the theory of the Han family's twin walls gradually disappeared, and was replaced by another theory.
That is: the three heroes of the Han Dynasty.
Because of the appearance of a very ordinary yet very extraordinary character.