I, Liu Bian, Sanxing Han Dynasty

Chapter 256 The Western Region is over
The envoy of Shanshan State bowed and retired with tears in his eyes.

His longing for Master Wang seemed profound.

After the envoy left, the court became lively again.

Many courtiers agreed with Zou Jing's suggestion and believed that it was entirely possible to send only Han envoys with great righteousness to defeat the disloyal ministers.

There are those who support it and those who oppose it.

Sending Han envoys to contact other countries seems to be a good idea, but what if it fails? Do we have to send troops to the Western Regions across Hexi, which has not yet been completely pacified?
For a time, the quarrel in the court turned into a vegetable market.

Tingwei Dong Zhuo even ignored that he was one of the nine ministers who won two thousand stones, and generously requested: "Your Majesty, I once served as the captain of Wuji School in the Western Regions. I know the customs of the Western Regions. I am willing to follow Ban Dingyuan and stabilize the Western Regions for your Majesty."

Ban Dingyuan refers to Dingyuan Hou Banchao. He led more than thirty envoys to the Western Regions twice, and used the remaining power of the Han Dynasty in the Western Regions to restore the connection between the Western Regions and the Han Dynasty.

Liu Bian saw that although Dong Zhuo's words were pleasant, he still wanted to find an opportunity to speak out. He probably still wanted to contact the military power. He immediately became dissatisfied and only said: "Ting Weiqing's thoughts are commendable."

Then there was nothing more to say.

The Han army was the Han envoy's confidence to deal with unexpected events.

"Your Majesty, I have reported that in the past, Ban Dingyuan was able to lead an envoy to stabilize the Western Region. Firstly, the Northern Huns were unpopular, and we, the Han family, were concerned about it. Secondly, whenever necessary at that time, the imperial court could send troops to the Western Region at any time to quell the chaos. . Today's Xianbei cannot be compared with the Northern Xiongnu, but today's Hexi is also different from the past."

"Only those from three countries came to court this time, and there was no news from Shule, Yanqi and other countries. Moreover, before the traffic in the Western Region was cut off, there were kings of Shule who killed each other and could not stop it. The Khotan Kingdom destroyed the Miyuan Kingdom, and all the countries were already arrogant. Dan. Those who have evil intentions cannot send troops from Hexi to quell the rebellion, for fear that the dignity of the Han family will be destroyed."

Therefore, although the envoys from the Three Kingdoms who came here were very respectful, and the elephants in Khotan had been trained for several years, in fact, the situation in the Western Regions was not that as soon as the Han envoys arrived, all the countries paid their respects.

Jianzi Anguo became the king of Khotan, and later found an opportunity to send troops to attack Miyuan Kingdom and complete his revenge. Before the road to the Western Regions was cut off, although the Dunhuang governor united with the Western Regions' long history to support the reconstruction of the Miyuan Kingdom, it was eventually annexed by Khotan.

Wang Jing was subsequently killed by the angry Khotanese. The imperial court at that time transferred Ma Da rationally and did not send troops to investigate the Khotanese's crime of killing Chang Shi. They only demanded that the mastermind be handed over.

The Shule Kingdom attacked each other for the throne, which was a civil strife, and the Han army also helped to put down the rebellion. However, when the Khotan Kingdom destroyed the Miyuan Kingdom, the Han people played a less honorable role in it.

Dong Zhuo was shocked when he saw Liu Bian's dull reaction. He couldn't help but wonder, could it be that he had patted the horse's leg?
But according to the information Dong Zhuo knew, the emperor should be very interested in the Western Regions!
Before Dong Zhuo could think about it, he heard Han Rong, the minister from the other side, stand up and object righteously——

To put it simply, Ma Da, the prefect of Dunhuang, who wanted to create opportunities for himself to make progress, sent Wang Jing, the governor of the Western Regions who also wanted military glory. He listened to the slander of the king of Miyuan, a small country near Khotan, and killed the Han Dynasty at a banquet. King Jian of Khotan.

The people of Khotan readily agreed, because the man who killed Wang Jing wanted to establish himself as king, but he had been killed long ago and was left dead.

However, the Han envoys did not understand the specific situation of the Western Regions and rashly participated in it. They would only make mistakes like Wang Jing and damage the dignity of the Han family.

Hu Zhen, who had personally traveled to the Western Regions, also attended the meeting, but had not spoken a word before.

Liu Bian suddenly thought of him and named Hu Zhen. Hu Zhen experienced this experience in the Western Regions and made great achievements. Along the way, he had already had ideas in his mind. Before, he was only worried about people's slight words and did not dare to speak. When Liu Bian asked him to speak, he immediately explained what he had thought about. Come.

"What I have seen and heard in the Western Regions is that the former garrison cities were either abandoned or occupied by countries in the Western Regions. Only the city of Haitou was preserved. I believe that if we want to conquer the Western Regions, we should use Haitou City as the base. It was used as Liuzhong City in the past and cannot be left abandoned, otherwise it will take a lot of time to rebuild in the future."

"As for the enmity between Shanshan Kingdom and Che Shi's rear, it depends on the general situation whether to contact other countries to put an end to the chaos."

After all, Hu Zhen had spent time in the Western Regions. He was not as bold as Dong Zhuo and dared to speak big words. His words were more practical than Zou Jing and Dong Zhuo.

After all, it was a large court meeting with too many courtiers. Liu Bian originally wanted to decide the strategy directly, but the matter would not be finalized until the next court.

After going to court, Liu Bian called Han Rong, who was dedicated to opposing people's entry into the Western Regions.

Liu Bian was actually a little speechless. He couldn't sense Han Rong's attitude in recent days. In the eyes of these ministers, did he have a radical image of overachieving regardless of the current situation?

Liu Bian said frankly: "Not to mention that the Western Regions are beyond our reach, but now it is the time when the people are recuperating, and the country is still unable to make ends meet. I worry about where the military expenditure will come from every day. As for having neither spare power nor leisure, at most, according to what Hu Zhen said, Let Dunhuang County send some armor rewards to the troops stationed in Haitou City to prevent Haitou City from being abandoned and to protect the merchants."

But he didn't want to think about it. Whenever he encountered trouble, he thought of using weapons to solve it, but he was still able to solve it. It was the time when the young man was full of energy.

And on the one hand, he completely ignored Shi Yushi's impeachment of Zhao Qizhen, who was mature, capable of literary and military skills, based on solid evidence. On the other hand, Zhen Yan and Mi Zhu had no idea of ​​confidentiality when they went to inquire about businessmen who had been to the Western Regions in the past.

Anyone who knows it will think that he must have some ideas about the Western Regions. No wonder Han Rong, Dong Zhuo and others made this interpretation.

Han Rong simply raised his hands to Liu Bian and said, "Now that your Majesty has said this, I have no objection."

The original intention of his objection was that he was afraid that Liu Bian would invest the already scarce money and grain in the Western Regions where there was little return. After all, the current Xianbei people were far less destructive than the Huns, and there was no need for the court to control the Western Regions at all costs, especially There was also a great victory over Xianbei.

In the subsequent internal meeting with Lu Zhi and others, Liu Bian decided to make Hu Zhen the chief historian of the Western Regions and move the location of the chief historian's office of the Western Regions to Haitou City. First, it was nailed to the Western Regions as a chess piece. Shanshan where it is located is very close to Dunhuang.
As for how to deal with the rear of Cheshi and the western Xianbei in the direction of the Western Regions in the future, it depends not only on the counter-insurgency situation in Hexi, but also on the true attitude of the countries in the Western Regions.

The latter depends on the ability of Hu Zhen, who has made great achievements in this trip.

Those soldiers who followed Hu Zhen on his return journey, whether they wanted to return home or were willing to continue serving in the army, were properly placed after being rewarded.

After making the decision, Liu Bian had the idea to take his three nobles to the Western Garden to take a look at the Indian elephants paid tribute by Khotan.

Although there are elephants in the south, this is the first time for the three people around Liu Bian to see them.

Seeing their interest, Liu Bian suddenly asked, "Who knows how much this image weighs?"

(End of this chapter)