After the news of the great victory at Hetao reached Chang'an, it quickly spread throughout the world.
At first, Qin Wen took the initiative to lead the army out of the fortress, but he encountered a lot of criticism. Many people thought that this was causing trouble for the Han Dynasty.
But Qin Wen not only captured the Hetao, but also killed 100,000 foreigners. This achievement was a slap in the face, and it really shocked everyone.
As we all know, passive defense and proactive attack are two different concepts.
In the battle in Hetao, cavalry was the main force.
During the period of Emperor Wu, the Han Dynasty concentrated the power of the whole country, so that it could support the exodus, but the consequence was that all the savings of the Wenjing rule were wiped out.
The Jin army only has the barren state of Bingzhou, and there are four counties that are not under its jurisdiction. In this way, they can defeat the Xiongnu and seize the trap. Isn't this too cruel?
Next, everyone seemed to have agreed upon it, and all came together to praise Qin Wen's merits. Public opinion directly turned to Qin Wen's side.
How many people were scolding Qin Wen at the beginning, but now how many people are praising him and even wishing to praise him as a saint.
Life is so wonderful.
Qin Wen led the attack on Hetao, and his reputation once again spread throughout the world, and even Dong Zhuo had to temporarily avoid the spotlight.
As Qin and Wen conquered Hetao, Dong Zhuo occupied a large area of Qiang land, and Liangzhou and Bingzhou were officially bordered on a large area.
The Jin army can enter Liangzhou from Hetao, and the Liang army can also advance from Qiang land to Hetao. Both sides must consider their diplomatic relations with the other party.
Dong Zhuo originally planned to take 400,000 prisoners of war for himself, but now Qin Wen is also eyeing them. If he still takes them for himself, it will be too ugly.
In the end, the two families reached an agreement to share 400,000 Yellow Turban prisoners of war equally, but the requirement was that the border garrison should not exceed 5,000.
After the issue of Yellow Turban prisoners of war was peacefully resolved, what made the court even more troublesome was the reward for Qin Wen.
If we don't award a reward for such a great victory by seizing the land thousands of miles away from the Hetao, wouldn't it mean that the imperial court has no profit to grant to the princes? Then will the princes from all over the country still obey the imperial edict?
But if you want to reward him, Qin Wen is already a Marquis of Jin. If the title of Marquis is further promoted, he will be a Duke.
Liu Bang's White Horse Oath stipulates that "no one with the surname Liu can be king", so the dukedom has become the pinnacle of promotion to titles with other surnames.
There is not much difference in status between the king and the duke. They are both the masters of a country and have all the power of life and death in their country. They just have different names.
The influence of the title of duke is too great. Even if Qin Wen is a relative, Liu Hong will not give Qin Wen the title of duke, but it is unjustifiable not to reward him.
At this time, Zhao Zhong gave Liu Hong a bad idea, that is: the father works hard and the son suffers.
After Liu Hong adopted it, he decided to reward Qin Wen with thousands of gold, increase his settlement, and named his son Qin Hao the "Marquis of Qin".
The reason why Qin Hao is named Qin Hou is because the Qin family comes from the Qin region in Guanzhong, but Qin Hao's 'Qin Hou' and Qin Wen's 'Jin Hou' are not the same concept.
Qin Wen's Marquis of Jin was the highest stage of Marquis, the highest stage of Marquis, while Qin Hao's Marquis of Qin was just a county Marquis.
The champion prince is actually a county prince, but the fiefdom is "lower" county, and now it is changed to "upper county".
After receiving the reward, Qin Hao expressed his gratitude, but in his heart he couldn't help scolding Liu Hong for being shameless. It would be too shameless to try to offset his father's contribution. In this way, Qin Hao has been with him for four years.
The champion prince was finally changed to the title of Qin Hou when he was eighteen years old.
After the prisoner of war issue was resolved, Qin Hao had no reason to stay in Chang'an, and before leaving, he even visited Cai Yong.
Cai Yong was once again demoted to civilian status due to the 'Deposed Emperor Rebellion', and after his identity as the leader of the novelist was exposed, his best friend Wang Yun also cut ties with him.
Nowadays, Cai Yong has been writing books at home, and Qin Hao has come to invite him to come back and serve as the dean of Nanyang Academy.
Novelists belong to a peculiar school, the only school among hundreds of schools that does not practice martial arts, and Cai Yong is also the only true scholar among the leaders of hundreds of schools.
Although Cai Yong is a commoner now, he is the leader of a school after all, so how can he be loyal to Qin Hao, a junior?
In order to convince Cai Yong, Qin Hao struggled with his words, and finally brought out the powerful weapon of 'paper', and promised not to disturb Cai Yong's learning. Only then did he finally convince him and agreed to return to Nanyang with Qin Hao.
Cai Yongde is highly respected, with students all over the world, and he also occupies the fourth seat in the list of literati. Only with him in charge can Nanyang Academy develop at the fastest speed.
Of course, it was precisely because of this visit that Qin Hao learned that Cai Yan was still unmarried.
When the Yellow Turbans bloodbathed the Sizhou family, the Wei family was also among the bloodbaths.
Although the Wei family had a great business, they did not dare to confront the Yellow Turbans, so most of them hid in Guanzhong.
As for Wei Zhongdao, the medicine jar, he died of illness on the road before he could make it to Chang'an, and the engagement between the two parties was naturally terminated.
Although Wei Zhongdao died, the Wei family still wanted to marry the Cai family. After all, the reputation of Cai Yong's son-in-law was also extremely rich in political capital.
As one of the leaders of hundreds of families, Cai Yong could not have guessed the Wei family's plan. As soon as the Wei family member announced his intention to come, he was kicked out by the furious Cai Yong. From then on, the two families never had any contact with each other. "Sister Yan is so pitiful. If not, husband, you should marry Sister Yan too."
Hearing Liu Mu's words, Qin Hao, who was drinking water, spit it out and said with a bitter smile: "Mu'er, don't make such a joke randomly."
But Liu Mu looked serious and said: "I'm not joking. Husband, in fact, Sister Yan has liked you for a long time..."
Liu Mu and Cai Yan were close friends. They always talked about everything, so of course they could figure out Cai Yan's secret.
Liu Mu knew that while he still hated Qin Hao, Cai Yan had already fallen in love with Qin Hao. This also made Liu Mu feel guilty about Cai Yan, thinking that if it weren't for him, it would be possible for the two of them to be together.
Liu Mu is not a jealous woman, and she also knows that her husband cannot marry just her, so instead of letting in those women who don't know the details, it is better to let in the sisters who she knows well.
Qin Hao didn't know Liu Mu's true thoughts. If he knew, he would definitely shout "good wife". This kind of wife is really hard to find even with a lantern.
"Okay, stop thinking about it."
Qin Hao pinched Liu Mu's face lovingly and said seriously: "There are not eight million but five million women in the world who like your husband. Do you have to marry your husband and go home?"
Such shameless remarks made Liu Mu laugh.
"Husband, you are so narcissistic."
"This is called confidence."
Liu Mu smiled even more happily and seemed to have forgotten what he mentioned. Seeing this, Qin Hao finally breathed a sigh of relief, and then felt a little proud in his heart.
Cai Yan has always liked himself? Qin Hao never expected this. At least he didn't notice it at all when he and Cai Yan got along.