Although Cao Ren had such an awareness, it was useless for him to feel worried about this kind of thing.

This kind of thing needs to be reacted to by the entire Cao clan and even the Xiahou clan.

Cao Ren was worried while preparing for the Wei army's westward expedition.

And in its Qiancheng, Cao Xiu and Ma Yuan were also in full swing preparing to make excuses for the Wei army.

In fact, excuses are easy to find, mainly to see when the party that occupies the initiative needs it, to what extent, and whether it can accept the shameless situation, accept the situation that everyone knows but everyone dare not say.

As long as it's acceptable, it's fine.

Whether it's a weapon of mass destruction or laundry detergent, the excuse is already in hand anyway, as long as you have an excuse, it doesn't matter who he is, just hit it.

I'm strong, I'll hit you, and I just have a point.

The countries of the Western Regions have been dizzy in making money over the years.

In order to obtain more profits, many people quietly raise tariffs, or engage in tariff differentiation, specifically targeting certain groups that are easy to bully and collect more taxes.

For example, the official caravans of Wei were given preferential treatment, and symbolic taxes were collected, which was not much, in order to curry favor with the emperor of Wei and make the emperor happy.

As for making money, of course, I went to the private caravan, and the tax on the private caravan was high, and the official agencies of various countries would also specifically arrest those private caravans to collect taxes, and there would be various tax increases in the name, and there was no limit to the money.

On the Wei side, Guo Peng sent a secret letter to Cao Xiu to inform him that turning a blind eye to this kind of thing would be good for everyone if he didn't see it, so that Cao Xiu felt that Guo Peng was happy to see this kind of thing.

If it is not investigated, it will not be a problem, if it is investigated, the matter will be big, and all of these small countries have problems, and each of them is worth picking up, and it is also a big piece of money to ask for the guilt.

After the discussion between Cao Xiu and Ma Yuan, it was decided to play Yangmou, anyway, it was the last time, and it was the end of all annihilation, the international will disappear, there is no international reputation to worry about, just a real Yangmou.

You overcharged me, and I'm going to beat you.

It's as simple as that.

So Cao Xiu sent a letter of inquiry to the countries of the Western Regions as the protector of the Western Regions.

said that they had received a complaint that the countries of the Western Regions were suspected of collecting customs duties and poll taxes when the caravan of Wei was transiting, and now they want to investigate.

The Protectorate of the Western Regions ordered the countries of the Western Regions to submit the accounts of the taxes collected over the years to the Protectorate of the Western Regions, and the Protectorate of the Western Regions to verify the existence of the matter before proposing a solution.

If there is no problem with the verification, it is better to say, if there is a problem, hum, you wait and see.

Cao Xiu's words were particularly subtle, and the feeling of threat was overflowing, so the countries of the Western Regions that received the letter of inquiry from the Western Regions Protectorate then cracked apart.

They didn't know what the Western Regions Protectorate was pumping, and how they suddenly became interested in the ledger.

Isn't that a joke?

This kind of thing is the internal affairs of the state, even if the Wei State is the suzerain, it has never blatantly asked them to hand over the national tax accounts to them for review, this is a clear violation of internal affairs, how can this work?

Do you really think of them as colonies rather than as sovereign states?

Although we were canonized by you, it was a symbol, a symbol, who made you take it seriously?

So they sent people to its Qiancheng to meet Cao Xiu, and presented Cao Xiu with the king's handwritten letters and doubts.

"The tax accounts have always been for our country's internal affairs, and the kingdom is our country's suzerain, and I have never questioned our country's tax accounts, and there was no such thing in the past, and there was no such act as the emperor's majesty?"

They asked Cao Xiu so.

Cao Xiu was furious.

"How could I do such a thing without the authorization of His Majesty the Emperor? Since I, Wei, am the suzerain of your country, I have the right to ask about anything in your country, and the reason why I didn't ask before was because there was no need.

But now these things are already related to the interests of my Wei people, and I have to ask, this is what His Majesty the Emperor meant, do you want to disobey His Majesty's orders? ”

was reprimanded by Cao Xiu, and the envoys were worried.

"This kind of thing is nothing, my country's tariffs and poll taxes have always been fixed, how can there be such a thing as overcharging and undercharging?"

The messengers also wanted to quibble.

Cao Xiu was very angry, and called the business travel officials who [complained], confronted these envoys face to face, and took out the tariff accounts handed over to which country in which year, month, and day, and the accounts were clear in black and white.

In front of Cao Xiu, the two sides began to quarrel.

The caravans demanded justice from them, and the envoys quibbled that the accounts were suspected of falsification and could not be taken seriously.

So the business travelers asked these to try to bring their own accounts and compare them with each other to see if there was a problem and what the problem was.

"Since you say that their accounts are false and not credible, then bring out the credible accounts and ask me to see what is true and what is false."

Cao Xiu forced these envoys into a corner, and the envoys could not say a word, so they could only retreat and go back to their respective kings to ask for a solution.

But Cao Xiu didn't plan to give them time to figure out the problem, the Wei army's preparation was very fast, and he had already sent someone to tell Cao Xiu that in half a month at most, they would be able to get the armament ready, and they could send troops at any time, and even now they have begun military exercises.

After getting such news, Cao Xiu began to put pressure on the countries of the Western Regions.

The letters of interrogation were one after another, the tone of the interrogation became more and more intense, and the attitude was tougher than the other.

This state of affairs made the kings of the Western Regions realize that this time it might not be a joke, and that Wei really wanted to understand this matter with them, and really wanted to settle the account with them.

What the hell this is!

I didn't care about it for so many years, and now I suddenly have to take care of it, what are you doing?

Play us?

This kind of thing has been done for several years, and it is almost a routine, once you check the accounts, there will definitely be a problem, and if you have to pay a fine when the time comes, the ghost knows what kind of lion will open your mouth in the Wei country.

This can't work, if this really becomes a reality, isn't everyone finished?

In desperation, these kings thought of such a thing as a fire.

Since the problem cannot be solved, then let the problem disappear, directly pretend that this matter does not exist, destroy all the accounts over the years, and do not keep them, as if the previous accounts do not exist, and there is no proof of death, and then a few more scapegoats will be introduced, and everything will be solved.

They were really pleasantly surprised by their wit.

So for several days in a row, Cao Xiu learned that fires had broken out in the capitals of several countries around Qiancheng, and he was impartial, and he happened to burn all the accounts that recorded taxes.

The kings of the Western Regions felt that as long as this was the case, Cao Xiu would have no way to take them, and the emperor of Wei would have no way to take them.

That's the end of it.

It's a really beautiful idea, it's a good idea, but it's a little bit flawed.

Fatal blemish.

Wei doesn't really want their accounts, Wei wants all of them.

So Cao Xiu informed Cao Ren of the news.

Cao Ren also received Guo Peng's secret edict, and once the excuses were ready, he immediately announced that he would raise troops to ask for guilt, and not wait for his order again.

So, at the beginning of September of the eighth year of Yande, Cao Ren officially announced that there was a rebellion in the Western Regions and a large army was needed to crusade.

Not only that, this time the one who led the army to crusade against the Western Regions was the crown prince of the dynasty, Guo Jin!