Can I get to the other side?

Due to excessive grief and catching a cold, Zhen Mi fell ill that night.

After Liu Xie learned about this, he put down his government affairs and came to visit her in person and stayed by her bedside.

After all, the two had been together for almost five years.

Liu Xie still had deep feelings for Zhen Mi.

The blow of her mother's death was not small, and Liu Xie did not want to see Zhen Mi become sick and die because of this.

In the Qingli Palace.

Zhen Mi was lying on the bed sleeping soundly, with her eyes closed, her face red, and her breathing slightly hurried.

Liu Xie sat on the edge of the bed without saying a word, looking at Zhen Mi's sleeping face in a trance, wondering what he was thinking.

Queen Guo on the side whispered, "Your Majesty, you have been guarding for a whole night, you should go back and rest first."

"My dear, I will guard you here, you should still focus on the emperor's health and don't overwork yourself."

Liu Xie shook his head slightly and said, "It's okay."

Queen Guo had no choice but to stop talking.

Liu Xie held Zhen Mi's slightly hot hand, his eyes were a little complicated, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Among all the concubines in the harem, Zhen Mi had the deepest affection for him and the deepest feelings, but he owed her too much in this regard.

This is why he tolerated Zhen again and again.

But he also knew that what Zhen Mi wanted was not how prominent her family became, but his favor.

But this was exactly what he found most difficult to satisfy.

The harem is a microcosm of court politics, and the favor of the concubines in the harem can directly affect the court structure.

And the emperor's every move is watched by others. If he showed extraordinary favor to Zhen Mi, many people would guess what he was thinking.

For example, whether he wanted to depose the queen, whether he wanted to make Zhen Mi the queen, and whether he was going to further use Zhen... and so on.

At that time, some balances would be broken.

So sometimes he often knew Zhen Mi's intentions but could not satisfy them, such as asking him to stay overnight or cook for him to eat, he would sometimes refuse.

In order to keep a certain distance.

With this in mind, Liu Xie secretly made up his mind that he would take time to accompany Zhen Mi after she woke up and make up for it.

"Your Majesty--"

Just as Liu Xie was thinking about a thousand things, an eunuch walked into the palace and bowed to report: "Bingzhou has reported back military information, and the Secretary of State asked Your Majesty to go to the Xuanshi Hall for discussion."

Hearing that it was news about the front line, Liu Xie hesitated for a moment, but still felt that he could not ignore it, so he ordered Queen Guo: "You are here to take good care of Concubine Zhen on my behalf."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Queen Guo bowed her head and accepted the order.

Then Liu Xie took a cold towel from the maid next to him and put it on Zhen Mi's forehead, and then tucked her in before leaving Qingli Palace.

Watching the emperor leave, Queen Guo breathed a sigh of relief, and her eyes fell on Zhen Mi who was still unconscious on the bed.

"Your Majesty is so concerned about her. Concubine Zhen is indeed the most favored concubine in the harem."

Queen Guo thought to herself.

When Zhen Mi fell ill, the emperor stayed by her bed all night and took good care of her. She had never seen any concubine treated like this by the emperor.

Even Concubine Lu did not receive such treatment when she was pregnant and unconscious, which shows how much the emperor valued Zhen Mi.

Putting away the envy in her heart, Queen Guo went down to boil medicine for Zhen Mi, and at the same time asked someone to burn the earth dragon more vigorously.

Not long after, when she returned to the palace with the medicine bowl, Zhen Mi had woken up from her coma.

"Ahem..."

Zhen Mi couldn't hide her weakness. She covered her dizzy forehead and asked in a hoarse voice, "What happened to me?"

"Are you awake?"

Queen Guo couldn't help showing a hint of joy on her face. She put the tray aside and said to her, "You caught a cold outside yesterday and fell ill."

"Your Majesty stayed with you all night and left not long ago."

Hearing Queen Guo's words, Zhen Mi recalled that she had indeed stayed in the snow for a long time yesterday and fell asleep in a daze after returning to the palace at night.

I never thought that I caught a cold and fell ill.

But what concerned her most was the last sentence of Queen Guo. She asked tentatively, "You mean... Your Majesty has been here to guard me all night?"

"Yes, my lady."

Queen Guo smiled and said to her, "Your Majesty took care of you personally last night and didn't let us interfere."

"I just heard that there was military intelligence from the front line, so I left temporarily. Before leaving, I asked my maids to take good care of you."

"Your Majesty is really favored by your majesty."

Hearing this, Zhen Mi felt a strong sense of warmth and happiness in her heart; but when she thought of her mother's death, she couldn't help but feel sad.

Queen Guo naturally understood why Zhen Mi showed such an expression, so she comforted her, "Your Majesty, you should take good care of yourself anyway, don't let your majesty worry too much, drink this bowl of medicine first."

Zhen Mi sighed, didn't say much, took the jade bowl from Queen Guo and drank it all.

She didn't want to drag Liu Xie down because of herself.

At least, don't let him worry too much.

…

On the other side, in the Xuanshi Hall.

Jia Xu bowed and reported: "Your Majesty, Cao Cao has sent people to contact Ma Chao and wants to form an alliance with him to fight against the court."

"I think we should send more troops to defend Yanzhou and not let Cao Cao find an opportunity to lead his troops north while the army is on the westward expedition."

Ma Chao's letter has been sent back to Yecheng.

No one will take his threats in the letter seriously, and no one will compromise with him, but the information revealed in the letter is still worth paying attention to.

Cao Cao wants to form an alliance with Ma Chao, which means that Cao Cao may also intervene in this war and take advantage of the opportunity to fish in troubled waters.

Liu Xie put down the letter from Ma Chao in his hand and threw it into the stove, then ordered: "Send an order to General Huang Lao, order him to lead troops to guard Yanzhou and keep an eye on Cao Cao's movements at any time."

Cao Cao's intervention in this war was completely within his expectations.

After all, this guy's vision is not comparable to Ma Chao's. If they want to fight against the court, the only way is for both sides to join forces, otherwise they can only wait to be defeated one by one.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Jia Xu respectfully accepted the order.

Then Liu Xie asked Zhuge Liang and others: "How is the disaster situation in various places this winter? How are the Wuhuan people who moved to Youzhou?"

Winter is often difficult to endure. Many people freeze to death or starve to death every winter. Although he has ordered all places to prepare relief for the victims in advance, the difficulty is not ordinary.

Especially after the Wuhuan were defeated and Goguryeo was conquered, hundreds of thousands of Wuhuan people were moved to Youzhou and other places to live.

These people cannot be neglected.

Whether for the reputation of the Han court or for the convenience of annexing and conquering various ethnic groups in the future, it is of great significance to properly settle these people.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the Ministry of Revenue has made full overall coordination to respond to the disaster and minimize the impact of heavy snow on people in various places."

"In addition, the captives have been properly settled, please rest assured, Your Majesty."

Zhuge Liang replied that he spent a lot of thought and effort in this regard and made preparations in advance.

Liu Xie trusted Zhuge Liang's ability to do things. He nodded and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Kong Ming. If you need any materials, you can dispatch them directly without reporting to me."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Zhuge Liang bowed deeply. He could dispatch materials without reporting to me. This was the great power and deep trust given to him by the emperor!

After Zhuge Liang finished speaking, Fa Zheng hesitated for a moment and stood up and said, "Your Majesty, these Wuhuan people are foreigners after all. If they make trouble again, wouldn't it be..."

Fa Zheng's words were very obscure, but Liu Xie understood what he meant - this was the long-standing resistance and vigilance of the Han Dynasty against foreigners.

The relationship between Wuhuan and the Han Dynasty has always been bad. After the Wuhuan were defeated, the Wuhuan captives were placed in the territory of the Han Dynasty. To be honest, many ministers in the court had opinions on this.

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After all, foreigners are foreigners. As the saying goes, those who are not of my race must have different hearts. When dealing with foreigners, we should kill them all.

Liu Xie gave them a way out.

If one day these Wuhuan people become disloyal again and take the opportunity to cause chaos, it will be a huge hidden danger for the Han Dynasty.

"What do you think, Xiaozhi?"

Liu Xie did not express his thoughts at the first time, but looked at Fa Zheng and asked for his opinion.

A wise monarch should be good at listening to advice.

Fa Zheng had expected that the emperor would ask him this before he asked this question. Hearing this, he was refreshed and took out a memorial from his arms.

"Your Majesty, this is the "Three Strategies and Twelve Memorials on Governing Wuhuan" written by me. It contains some of my humble opinions on governing the people of Wuhuan. Please take a look."

Fa Zheng held the memorial in both hands and presented it to Liu Xie.

Liu Xie took the memorial and said to Fa Zheng with a smile: "It seems that Xiaozhi has been prepared for a long time."

Fa Zheng bent his waist a little deeper.

He was a little uneasy in his heart.

And Liu Xie did not care. He understood Fa Zheng's little thoughts, which were nothing more than wanting to show more in front of him, win more trust and higher status from him.

There are many talented people in the court. Although Fa Zheng has talent, Zhuge Liang, Sima Yi, Lu Su and others are more talented than him, so he naturally wants to show more.

Liu Xie is not opposed to this kind of healthy competition. The more the competition is, the more beneficial it is to the country.

Just don't attack each other.

After opening Fa Zheng's memorial, Liu Xie carefully read the contents of the memorial, frowning and relaxing, and finally closed the memorial, nodded and said: "Xiaozhi's words on governing foreign captives are very insightful."

"But there are a few places that I think are not appropriate."

Fa Zheng was very happy to hear the first words, but the latter words made him nervous in an instant, and he hurriedly said: "Please correct me, Your Majesty."

Liu Xie was not polite and said directly: "The three strategies written by the left prime minister are to calm the people's anger, calm the people's hearts, and collect people's use."

"There is no problem with the first and third strategies, but there is a big problem with the second strategy."

The three strategies written by Fa Zheng actually represent three steps.

First, calm the public anger.

That is, deliberately provoke these Wuhuan people, such as letting the soldiers or people of the Han Dynasty actively discriminate or show hostility, etc.

Although this kind of thing has always existed, it has always been a small fight. Fa Zheng's meaning is to take the initiative to turn a small fight into a big conflict.

When the conflict escalates and the matter becomes a big one, the court will come forward to appease it, such as punishing the soldiers or Han people who caused the trouble, and appeasing the Wuhuan people with kind words to show the attitude of the court.

Then the second strategy is to distribute land to these foreign people. This is the fastest and best way to win people's hearts.

The third step is to recruit young and strong people from these Wuhuan people to join the army, and use them for their own use to fill the shortage of troops.

Fa Zheng's three strategies are not complicated.

As for the other twelve memorials, they are some suggestions and specific implementation methods in other aspects, which are supplementary suggestions.

In Liu Xie's opinion, there is no problem in other aspects, and the problem lies in the second step.

"This Han Dynasty is the world of my Han people. These Wuhuan people are just outsiders. If I give them land directly, what will the people of the Han Dynasty think?"

"I have treated these Wuhuan people well enough. Things like benefits are too much, and people's hearts are difficult to satisfy."

"If I treat them too well, they will want more."

"If the court does something that is not good for them or makes them dissatisfied in the future, they will seize this opportunity to make trouble. Do you believe it?"

Liu Xie said slowly.

Fa Zheng's idea is to win the hearts of the people by showing the tolerance and preferential treatment of the Han Dynasty to foreign races, reduce the hostility of Wuhuan to the Han Dynasty, and facilitate assimilation.

This strategy is not bad, but it does not understand human nature well enough, so there will be mistakes.

"Your Highness..."

Fa Zheng opened his mouth slightly, not knowing how to answer.

Liu Xie put the memorial on the dragon case and said, "It is true that I want to bring these foreign people back to the Han Dynasty, but my Han Dynasty conquered the Wuhuan by force, and I cannot reduce the majesty of the court in their hearts. It is necessary to make them afraid."

"I will not treat these Wuhuan people harshly, but it is impossible to treat them too well, because that is unfair to my Han people."

"I am the emperor of the Han Dynasty, I have enough heart to tolerate them, but if they don't listen, I don't mind killing them all."

Liu Xie said in a flat voice.

There was a bloody smell in his words.

Fazhen was even more awed, and Liu Xie slowed down his tone when he saw this, and said with a smile: "And the matter you mentioned about recruiting young and strong men from the Wuhuan army, Kong Ming has already implemented it, and there are Wuhuan cavalry in the army of this western expedition."

"Go back and study this memorial carefully, and then bring it to me for review."

Fazheng responded respectfully.

After discussing these things, Liu Xie asked the ministers to continue to handle government affairs, and then went to Qingli Palace to visit Zhen Mi.

When he arrived at the palace, Zhen Mi was standing by the window with her clothes on, staring at the snow scene in the yard in a daze.

"When did my beloved concubine wake up?"

Seeing that Zhen Mi woke up and was fine, Liu Xie was relieved, and then asked softly.

"Your Majesty."

Zhen Mi leaned in Liu Xie's arms, and did not answer what he just said, but bit her red lips and said: "I... want to go home."