The Xiongnu looked at the land of the Great Han, took the initiative to provoke a war, and trapped Han Gaozu for 7 days and 7 nights, but did not expect that Han Gaozu not only did not blame, but also let the Xiongnu become his son-in-law.
As a commander, who did not want his territory to be large, shan Yu Mao dun of the Xiongnu was this unwilling person, and did not want what he saw to be limited to the barren land of the desert. So he gathered an army of 400,000 and led them to besiege Mayi (马邑; present-day Shuo County, Shanxi).
Mayi was the fiefdom of Han Wangxin, the Xiongnu were brave, and Han Wangxin could not defeat it, so he softened and asked For peace with Mo Dun. When the news reached Han Gaozu's ears, he was so angry that he sent emissaries to rebuke Han Wangxin.
Han Wangxin was frightened by the two forces of war, some of them were afraid, and they were afraid of what punishment they would have, which would lead to irreparable results, so they simply did not stop doing anything, directly turned against the Xiongnu, and offered their fiefdom of Mayi as a letter of surrender.
Mo dun was overjoyed to accept it and continued to march south. As a last resort, Han Gaozu could only get on his own horse and ride the imperial conquest. However, he despised the Xiongnu and felt that they were a bunch of barbarians, so when he led a group of men and horses to Pingcheng (平成, in present-day northeast of Datong, Shanxi), he was accidentally surrounded by the Xiongnu. They were trapped on mount Baishan, east of Heisei, and waited for 7 days and 7 nights before waiting for reinforcements to save them.
Han Gaozu suffered such a big loss, reflected on his mistakes, and no longer underestimated these northern barbarians. But the Xiongnu invasion had to be solved, and he hurriedly summoned the strategist Liu Jing and asked him what to do?
Liu Jing thought of a way: "In this world, the marriage relationship is still relatively strong, it is better that we marry the Xiongnu, you marry the princess to Mo Dun, he as your son-in-law, will definitely be grateful to Dade." If he makes the princess empress, the future child will naturally be the heir to the throne, and we can take the Huns without bloodshed. ”
Han Gaozu thought about it, this method is really good, if you give them some preferential treatment from time to time, send some precious things, no matter how ferocious they are, they will also subtly assimilate. Even if the Huns used to be tigers, they would have to lie on their stomachs when the time came!
But the only thing to worry about is that the face can't be erased, how can the noble princess be given to those Fan state barbarians, especially they are full of sheep smell, this is not to let those surrounding countries see jokes.
Liu Jing was not worried and said, "It's okay to drip, we can think about it from another angle." I know that the emperor is not willing to send your beloved daughter out, but there are beautiful and beautiful palace girls in our palace, and if you crown her as a princess, you can't marry out instead of a real princess. ”
When Han Gaozu heard it, he turned from anger to joy, slapped his thigh, and did just like that!
After a series of operations, Han Gaozu appointed Liu Jing as an envoy, responsible for sending the selected beauty princess to the Xiongnu. After Mo Dun saw it, he really liked it very much and agreed to marry the Han Dynasty and be a son-in-law.
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Since then, Han Fan has been married for generations, living in peace with each other and living in harmony for many, many years.
So when we encounter difficulties or setbacks, don't be afraid, sink your heart, and think of solutions from another perspective. Don't let fixed thought patterns limit our imagination.
As long as we make up our minds to do it, we will certainly be able to activate our clever brains and always come up with workarounds. Know that all roads lead to Rome, as long as you don't drill the horns, you will find that things are not so bad. Instead of stumbling there, it is better to turn around and change your mind, you say why go all the way to the black?