As we said in the last episode, Wei Zifu's entry into the palace introduced an important talent for the Han Dynasty, and this talent was Wei Zifu's younger brother Wei Qing. What kind of person is Wei Qing? How did he get the special appreciation of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty? This matter should start with a lynching case in the harem of the Han Dynasty. The history of Wei Qing's entry into the palace is not recorded. It is estimated that there are two possibilities. First, in the second year of Jianyuan, Wei Zifu was taken to the palace from Princess Pingyang by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and Wei Qing followed him. This is a possibility. Another possibility is that Wei Zifu entered the palace first. A year later, as we said in the last episode, Wei Zifu didn't see Emperor Wu, and he didn't get his love. Wei Zifu met Emperor Wu for the second time when he was cleaning up the harem and preparing to send maids. At this time, Wei Zifu was favored by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, so after being favored, her younger brother Wei Qing might be transferred to the palace. So there are two possibilities for Wei Qing to enter the palace. But there is no exact record in history. After Wei Qing entered the palace, he became an ordinary attendant in Zhangjian Palace, a palace in the Han Dynasty. But then something happened. Is Wei Qing suddenly arrested and locked up to kill him? Wei Qing is just an ordinary retinue in Zhang Jian's palace. Who will he offend? Who caught him and had to kill him? Let's assume that if Wei Qing is caught and killed, who should be the most painful person? It's Wei Zifu. So who hates Wei Zifu the most? It should be Queen Gillian of chenchen and her mother princess royal Liu Pu. Therefore, it is likely that this matter was done by their mother and daughter. According to the historical records, "princess royal Wenzifu was so jealous that people caught the blue." When I was young, I built a chapter for things and was unknown. Big princess royal has a prisoner and wants to kill him. "When we read history books, we can see such a record, which is clearly written. It is princess royal, and chenchen Gillian's mother Liu Pupa sent someone to catch Wei Qing. There are two reasons for his arrest: First, Wei Zifu was lucky. Second, Wei Zifu is pregnant. This pregnancy was a great threat to Gillian, because it was impossible to detect that she was pregnant with a man and a woman without B-ultrasound at that time, but the news that Wei Zifu was pregnant was very exciting for Gillian. She has been a boy all her life, and her mother is the apple of her son's eye, which may threaten the status of Queen Chen Ajiao. So princess royal arrested Wei Qing and tried to kill Wei Qing, but Wei Qing was as lucky as Wei Zifu. Just as Wei Qing was about to be killed, a man came out. This man's name is Gongsun 'ao. We will mention him many times in the future. Sun Ao was a friend of Wei Qing when he was young, and he had a very good relationship with Wei Qing. At this time, Gongsun Ao was riding beside Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty. Riding a pheasant is a cavalry follower. So after knowing this news, Gongsun Ao took people to rescue Wei Qing forcibly, and Wei Qing escaped and was killed. Of course, the fact that Wei Qing was rescued must be known by three people. First, princess royal found out and sent someone to arrest her. Later, she was saved. However, princess royal didn't follow up, because what happened in princess royal was very unpopular, so he couldn't get on the stage. The second person who knows about it is Wei Qing's sister Wei Zifu, and he will definitely know about it. The third person to know about this should be Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, because after knowing that Wei Qing was arrested and rescued, Emperor Wu did not punish Sun Ao, but promoted Wei Qing. Wei Qing was promoted to supervisor of Zhang Jian Palace, who was originally a staff officer of Zhang Jian Palace. Zhang Jian Palace Supervisor is the head of this Zhang Jian Palace. Is to give him a steel seal, and give him another seal called a stone clock. In the Han dynasty, this official was usually an official. After the official was blocked, it was equivalent to saying that he was the emperor's attendant, so that every cloud in Wei Qing had a glimmer of hope to be protected by Emperor Wu. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did not pursue and handle this matter because it was not easy to handle. The background of this matter is her aunt and his wife, and he is also difficult to deal with. But he named Wei Qing, which is equivalent to giving princess royal and Chen Ajiao a red card, and I, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, am the backstage of Wei Qing. A strange thing, such a shocking case, is a life-threatening case for Wei Qing. After Wei Qing was released, he never mentioned it again. Wei Qing didn't mention it because of generosity? Or is he waiting for a chance for revenge? Or does he feel helpless? For these reasons, I think the most likely one is his helplessness. Because the mastermind of this matter is princess royal, how can Wei Qing find fault with what princess royal has done? This is one reason, and another reason is Wei Qing's character. Wei Qing's character determines that he is not a vengeful person. Wei Qing's humble and peaceful character is closely related to his early circumstances. Voice-over: Wei Qing's sudden arrest made him have a bright future, and he found himself a big backer. But Mr. Wang Liqun believes that even if Wei Qing gains power, he will not retaliate against others. So, why did Mr. Wang Liqun say that? What kind of background did Wei Qing have to create his character?

Mr. Wang Liqun thinks that Wei Qing is a peaceful man, and he will not retaliate against others for his own selfish interests. This can also be seen from Wei Qing's later experience. Even though Wei Qing is a very important minister, he still maintains a calm and humble character. And Mr. Wang Liqun thinks that Wei Qing's character has a lot to do with his early circumstances. So, how did Wei Qing's character come into being? What was his early life like? The formation of Wei Qing's character is related to his two identities in his early years. First, Wei Qing is an illegitimate child. Wei Qing's father is called Ji Zheng. He used to be a small official in Pingyang county, but there is a big man in Pingyang county, that is Princess Pingyang, so as usual, some county officials will be sent to Pingyang Hou's house to help with some things. In this way, Ji Zheng was sent to Pingyang Hou's home. When he arrived at Pingyang Houjia, his father Ji Zheng was a Pingyang Houjia woman. The record of this woman's history book is Wei Wei. "Ai" is a general term for women. A woman named Wei had an affair and was born in Wei Qing. So Wei Qing is an illegitimate child, but who is Wei? Historical Records is different from Hanshu. We read the history books and recorded it as "Hou's concubine Wei" in Biography of General Wei. It feels like a concubine of Hou Pingyang. But if you look at The Biography of Han Wei Qing Huo Qubing, it records "Master, Servant and Guardian". So, is Wei Qing's mother a concubine or a servant? We can see that Wei Qing later had an expression of his own. When Wei Qing was young, he went to Ganquan Palace to see a prisoner, who was repairing Ganquan Palace at that time. The prisoner will face arraignment. After seeing Wei Qing's face, the prisoner said, Your face is very rich, and you can be sealed in the future. Wei Qing laughed after hearing this, and Wei Qing said, "He said that being a slave is enough, and being a slave is enough. What about being a servant? "He said that as the son of a slave, I was born a slave. As long as I don't get beaten and scolded, I'm satisfied. Why did I think of Feng Hou? From Wei Qing's self-expression, Wei Qing admitted that he was a slave. Therefore, the concubine Hou recorded in Historical Records and the servant girl Jia recorded in Hanshu are the same thing, and both of them are domestic servants of Pingyang Hou's family, so Wei Qing's mother Wei Wei is actually a domestic servant of Pingyang Hou's family. Wei Qing was born in such a family, and his mother was a servant and illegitimate child, not the husband of Wei Tuo and Wei Tuo, so Wei Qing's status was very low. So he sent Wei Qing to his biological father, the Zheng family, but it was embarrassing to send him to Wei Qing. Wei Qing's father, Ji Zheng, gave birth to many children, and Wei Qing was sent home as an illegitimate child, so Wei Qing's first mother treated him badly, and several sons of his biological father's family treated him badly and always bullied him. His biological father was very helpless, so he asked Wei Qing to herd sheep, so Wei Qing was such an identity since he was a child, so his first identity was that of an illegitimate child. But when Wei Qing grew up, he was sent to Princess Pingyang's house and became Princess Pingyang's riding slave. Riding a slave, the identity is a domestic slave, and the position is the cavalry attendant of Princess Pingyang. This identity is a domestic slave, but this identity shows that Wei Qing has superb riding skills and martial arts, so she became Princess Pingyang's riding slave, that is, her bodyguard. Wei Qing, who grew up as such, left a deep shadow in his heart, so such a person must not be a very ostentatious person when he grows up, but a more introverted person. Therefore, although Wei Qing later became a general, he was not domineering, which had a lot to do with his early background and circumstances. Voice-over: The unclear life experience in his early years gave Wei Qing an introverted and unassuming character, which may also make Wei Qing more calm and rational. But only by these, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty can't entrust an important task. Although Wei Qing's sister, Wei Zifu, was very popular with Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty, one thing later changed Wei Qing's fate and made Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty sit up and take notice of Wei Qing. What is this? Because Wei Zifu was favored by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty three years after the founding of the Yuan Dynasty, and he gave birth to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty one after another. The first three were daughters, but even so, Wei Zifu's status was rising. Therefore, after Wei Zifu's status was improved, the Wei family was improved. As a result, who did Wei Qing's sister Wei Junru marry? She married GongSunHe, a servant of JiuQing and a senior official. His second sister, Wei's children, was having an affair with Liu Bang's important counselor, whom we mentioned earlier. Later, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty reused it, and Wei's children were married. As for Wei Zifu, she is the emperor's favorite concubine, so the Wei family's status is rising step by step. But this promotion is only temporary. If Wei Qing wants to get further promotion, she can't just rely on her status as a consort. In this case, the courtiers will not be convinced. Therefore, if Wei Qing wants to get further promotion, he must make a contribution to the Han Dynasty. So, what is he going to do? What is he going to do? Where is this opportunity? In the six years of Yuanguang, a more important thing happened this year. We talked about the battle of Mayi earlier. The battle of linen took place in the second year of Yuanguang. This time, the battle of Mayi was originally set up by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and the Xiongnu Khan jumped in. As a result, Xiongnu Khan was discovered, so this matter failed. Therefore, after the battle of Mayi in the second year of Yuanguang, the relationship between China and Hungary turned completely against each other, so the Huns kept burning and killing in the third year, fourth year and fifth year of Yuanguang, because they angered the Huns. Therefore, in this case, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty couldn't stand it any longer and had to take the risk that Han Anguo said. He decided to fight a six-year war in Yuanguang. In this campaign, Emperor Wu chose four generals and four war generals. Among these four men, Li Guang, GongSunHe, Wei Qing's brother-in-law, GongSunAo, a strong man who once saved Wei Qing, and Wei Qing sent four men, each with 10,000 soldiers. Therefore, this time in the sixth year of Yuanguang was the first time that Emperor Wu sent troops to fight in Xiongnu after the Mayi War. As can be seen from this time's troop arrangement, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty matched the young and the old, Li Guang was a veteran, Wei Qing was a teenager, and Gongsun Ao and Gongsun He were teenagers. Moreover, the configuration of the army is very equal, with 10 thousand troops per person, so I estimate that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty has several intentions in sending troops this time. First, he wants to give the Huns some color to see see. In the second year of Yuanguang, you repeatedly committed crimes, and I had to fight back. This is a, what's the second intention? He is not sure which of the four men will be worthy of the big post in the future. I'll give each of you 10 thousand, and you all go out to fight. I'll see which one of you can show off. As a result, four people each led 10 thousand troops and set out from four places at the same time. As a result, these four people brought four different results after they set off. The first one is GongSunHe, a servant. In his personal capacity, he is Wei Qing's elder brother-in-law. So, GongSunHe responded to Han Anguo's prediction and took ten thousand soldiers to the Mongolian grassland village. He came back without meeting anyone. Gong Sunhe returned in vain. The second man, Gongsun 'ao. Fat Sun Ao is the man who rescued Wei Qing with a strong man. He is Wei Qing's benefactor. Where's Gongsun 'ao? Gongsun 'ao is an unlucky man. He took ten thousand soldiers out to meet the main force of Xiongnu. After a deadly battle, 10000 soldiers died 7000, leaving 3000 people to escape. The third person, Li Guang. Li Guang is a famous soldier and a veteran, and Li Guang is even more unfortunate. He went out with ten thousand people and met the main force of Xiongnu Khan. Completely annihilated, Li Guang was captured, which added insult to injury. But the magic of Li Guang is that Li Guang escaped after being captured, but he escaped alone. Ten thousand troops were wiped out, which were the three routes sent out. The fourth person, Wei Qing. Wei Qing didn't travel around the world like GongSunHe, nor did he lose 7,000 soldiers like Gong, nor was he defeated and captured like Li Guang. Wei Qing won a battle. Although he didn't kill many enemies and killed 700 people, he was the only one who won this time. Where did Wei Qing call? Wei Qing fought all the way to Longcheng this time, so this battle is called the Battle of Longcheng in history. Where is Longcheng? Longcheng is the political center where the Xiongnu worships heaven and holds important meetings, so Wei Qing is the only winner in this battle. After he came back, Emperor Wu rewarded him. For Wei Qing, the battle of Dragon City can be said to be budding, and he won the first invasion. It was risky for Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to send Wei Qing this time, because Wei Qing had never led a soldier or fought in a war, but because he was his brother-in-law, I let him out. Whether we can win or not, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty held the scepter, and Wei Qing did not bear the great trust. It was a very smooth move and won a victory. Moreover, this battle was a great shock to the Xiongnu, because Longcheng was in the hinterland of Xiongnu, hundreds of miles away from the Sino-Hungarian border, where the Han army had never reached. Wei Qing's daring to hit this place is tantamount to giving the Huns a warning, that is, from now on, any hinterland of the Huns is no longer a place of peace, and any hinterland may have the main force of the Han army, so this campaign is very shocking to the Huns. After this battle, in the first year of Yuanshuo, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent Wei Qing to war for the second time, but this time, no one who was defeated last time was needed. Without GongSunHe, GongSunAo and Li Guang, only one lieutenant, named Li Xi, changed Wei Qing's ten thousand troops to thirty thousand. From the comparison before and after, we should see that the attitude of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty is changing. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty has recognized Wei Qing's military talents, so he abandoned those he didn't meet and lost the battle. He doesn't need it at all. He only used Wei Qing to bring a deputy, Li Xi, and thirty thousand people to the fortress. This time, Wei Qing succeeded in one fell swoop, killing thousands of enemies. So these two years' expeditions, one was the battle of Liuzhou, and the other was the battle of fortress. Wei Qing succeeded year by year, which made Emperor Wu very happy. Therefore, after this war, the trust of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty in Wei Qing was greatly improved. This is what we agreed. Wei Zifu's entry into the palace brought in an important talent for the Han Dynasty, that is, her younger brother Wei Qing. Voice-over: The success of the Battle of Dragon City not only highlighted Wei Qing's military talent, but also greatly enhanced the trust of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty in Wei Qing. As can be seen from the background of Wei Qing, Wei Qing is a slave rider of Princess Pingyang. He has never fought a war and has never studied the art of war. Why can he stand up when everyone else has been defeated?

Just now, Mr. Wang Liqun said that the Battle of Dragon City made the name Wei Qing stand out, and Wei Qing won the appreciation of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty by virtue of his own strength. However, judging from Wei Qing's background, he has never studied the art of war or fought in a war. Why can he stand out in front of veterans who are used to fighting? What contributed to Wei Qing's success? I think the reasons here are more complicated. The first reason is that Emperor Wudi doted on him. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, as we said in the last episode, is a lover. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty once doted on a woman. He was doted on by her brother, brother and family, and they all liked him very much. But his luck is very short. After a while, he changed another one, and he liked it very much. After a while, he continued to like it. That is, he likes a person deeply, but his love time is short, which is a major feature of Emperor Wu in his emotional life. So because I like Wei Zifu, I am very lucky for Wei Qing. He dared to let Wei Qing lead the troops to fight. We can see the degree of luck and the adventurous spirit of Emperor Wu. A man who has never led a soldier to fight, you let him lead a soldier to fight. Of course, this is Wei Qing's chance, so it is Emperor Wu's luck to make contributions to Wei Qing. That is to say, as the saying goes, "There are people in the DPRK", and it is because there are people in the DPRK that Wei Qing is constantly favored by Emperor Wu. This is the first reason. The second reason is Wei Qing's luck, as the ancients often said. We have to believe in luck. There are indeed lucky opportunities in one's life. Wei Qing is a very lucky man. Where is Wei Qing's luck? Wei Qing's luck is that he took 10,000 people out, and others suffered differently. Gong Sunhe is a grassland tourist and has never met Xiongnu. Sun Ao and Li Guang met the main force and suffered a crushing defeat. Seven thousand soldiers were either lost or defeated and captured. Wei Qing didn't meet the main force, this is not other reasons, providence, luck. On the other hand, we can imagine that if Wei Qing and Li Guang switch, it is not Li Guang who meets the main force of Xiongnu, but Wei Qing, then Wei Qing is also in the same fate, defeated and captured. If defeated and captured, whether Li Guang can escape back and whether Wei Qing can escape back is a question mark. Lucky. Third, talent. However, we have to admit that Wei Qing is a general, although he has never led a soldier, fought a war, studied the art of war and has no rich combat experience. Where is the most outstanding talent of General Wei Qing? The performance is that he chose an attack target, Longcheng. Wei Qing went out like the other three. One led ten thousand soldiers to the middle of the vast grassland and desert to find the Huns to fight. There was no satellite guidance at that time. How do you know where the main force of Xiongnu is? How do you know where there are Huns? But Wei Qing chose a very good goal, which is positioning. He chose Longcheng. Where is Longcheng? As we said just now, the Xiongnu in Longcheng is a place to worship ancestors and heaven. Since this place is a political center and a religious shrine, there must be Huns. So when you hit this place, you won't run around with soldiers like GongSunHe and see no one. It won't be like this. Second, Liuzhou is not only a political center, a religious shrine, but also the hinterland of Xiongnu. It is hundreds of miles away from the Sino-Hungarian border, and the army of the Han Dynasty has never fought Liuzhou, so Liuzhou will not be heavily guarded. Finally, Wei Qing's success is influenced by the times. Wei Qing lived in this era, just as we said earlier when China and Hungary established diplomatic relations. At this time, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty has changed from passive defense to active attack, and Wei Qing, his demeanor, what kind of play is he? He chose a goal, went deep into the hinterland of Xiongnu, concentrated his forces to attack its key points and caught it off guard, which just met the needs of this era. Therefore, in this era of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the policy of using troops changed from passive defense to active attack. In this era of initiative, Wei Qing seized the opportunity. This is an opportunity of the times, and Wei Qing seized it. Therefore, Wei Qing's success is due to the emperor's favor, fate and personal talent. At the same time, he also grasped the pulse of the times. Therefore, Wei Qing's victory is the result of a combination of many factors. And in the subsequent battle against the Huns, Wei Qing also repeatedly made meritorious military service, sealed the Hou, worshipped the general, and rose to the rank. Wei Qing can be said to be the luckiest general in the fight against Xiongnu, but not all generals are as lucky as Wei Qing. For example, Li Guang, a generation famous soldier, was called "General Fei" by Huns, but he never won this title. What is this for? Please watch the next episode "Hard to Seal Li Guang".