Most of the envoys of the fifty-five countries, Liu Bei is familiar. When the embassy was established in the Western Regions a few years ago, a group of people and others had already settled in batches. Each of them is the master of handling foreign-related matters. Goodbye Lord Duhu, it is already the country of thistle thousands of miles away. Du Hu has been called the king of thistles.

As an envoy, Han Li should be at his fingertips.

"Ministers, wait for you, meet King Thistle."

"Excuse me." Liu Bei stretched out his hand to help.

Although the palace of the king of this is far from being as gorgeous as the palaces of the Western Regions, it is resplendent and splendid. But it is better than the weather in Shangbang. What I saw along the way, the country of thistle is full of treasures, and the people are outstanding. Outside the city, the clear water is like a belt, and the water and sky are the same. There are many high-rise buildings in the city, and there is a lot of traffic. All kinds of traps are unheard of. When they learned that there was a barn for grain in every courtyard, the envoys were amazed. Wearing gold and silver, and wearing silk all over it, it is not unusual. Every family eats horses and chews, and there is surplus food, which is the real wealth.

Is there a surplus of food to be abundant?

The officials of the Ji State who accompanied him were convinced when they thought about it.

Classification by posterity. Gold and silver silk are consumer durables. Grain, on the other hand, is a fast-moving consumer good. Gold and silver jewelry can be worn for a long time, but food is consumed every day. If you can bring in more food than you can give out, you can keep it in your home. The countries of the Western Regions are limited by conditions, but not every family has surplus food. Otherwise, countries would not have borrowed money from the treasury, and most of it would have been used to buy winter rations.

One of them is that there is not enough fertile land for farmers. Farming is far less profitable than doing business.

This is the disadvantage of the Silk Road city-state. Ten times the profit of farming, and 100 times the profit of doing business. Needless to say, how to choose.

Later feudal dynasties emphasized agriculture and suppressed commerce, which is the reason. Everyone goes to business, who farms to make a living?

In accordance with the process agreed upon by the two ministers and the envoys of the 55 countries, the ceremony was concurred. It is similar to when taking Wulian and Vice-Voroche. The princess of the fifty-five countries got married from Chang'an City, boarded the ship in Yishui Port, and arrived at Nangang in Laishui. Liu Bei personally led a convoy to welcome relatives from Nangang to Miyagi. When entering the city, you need to go around the city before you can enter the palace.

Then the Han-style wedding ceremony. The prayer is unveiled before the bowing ceremony. Taking off the princess's head is a fixed ceremony for the wedding of the thistle country. It is also vulgar and sinicized.

Hundreds of officials congratulated, the whole world celebrated, rejoiced, and sent to the dormitory.

In order to embody the feudal etiquette system. The princesses of the fifty-five countries will be divided into teams of eight in groups of seven. Liu Bei's one-day gift cannot be more than seven people.

As a result, it takes a long time to get married to an ordinary wedding. This time, it took eight days. The last group of seven princesses needs to wait patiently for a few days. The thistle king has a skill. Rushed to uncover the power, and then went to the same prison and became a husband and wife.

In other words. The first half of the wedding is the same, but when it comes to the unveiling ceremony, it is divided into eight times. And so it goes. Not only to marry all at once, but also to avoid arrogance.

It is different from the ordinary people of the Ji country, which is lively and joyful. The family is proud, but it is the huge interests behind the relatives. Liu Bei was originally the general of the Auxiliary Han Dynasty who protected the Western Regions, and the fifty-five countries of the Western Regions all looked to the capital to protect the horses. Now that I am married, the relationship is even stronger. If Liu Bei and the princess give birth to Lin'er, they will be the best successors to the countries of the Western Regions and even the Protectorate. If Liu Bei is the son of the princesses of the countries, he will succeed the countries of the Western Regions. Then the entire Western Regions will become a vassal state of the Ji Kingdom.

The Western Regions and even the entire Western Liang are not in the eyes of the empire, they are all chicken ribs. It's a pity to discard it. Today, "Xiqiang is opposed, Bian Zhang, and Han Sui are chaotic and right, and the world is requisitioned." See "No Servitude". Situ Cuilie thought that "it is advisable to abandon Liangzhou". When His Majesty issued an edict to the ministers and hundreds of officials, three subordinate officials of the shogunate, the general of the Han Dynasty, were specially appointed to attend. (Cui) Lie insisted on the first discussion. Fu Xie said sharply: "Kill Situ, the world is safe." “

Emperor Yi asked Xie. Xie said: "In the past, Fan Xu was the general, and he was willing to get 100,000 people to run rampant among the Huns, and he was angry and excited, and he did not lose the festival of the ministers. Today, Liangzhou has to rush the world, and the country is guarded. Gaozu was at the beginning of the rise, so that Li Shang did not set Longyou; Zongshi expanded the realm, listed four counties, and the speaker thought that the right arm of the Xiongnu was broken. The loss of peace in the Imaki Imperial Court made a state rebellious, and the sea was in turmoil, and His Majesty could not sleep. (Cui) Lie is the prime minister, and he does not think about the strategy of the country, but wants to cut off a piece of land for thousands of miles, and the ministers steal it. If the captives of the left are allowed to live here, the morale will be strong, because they think that they are chaotic, the world is worried, and the society is deeply worried. If the martyrs do not know it, it is extremely hidden; Knowing what to say is disloyal. ”

Emperor Yixie.

Fu Xie's fame was greatly resounded throughout Gyeonggi. Only then did everyone see the wisdom of the thistle king. The world's talents have been exhausted.

And as far as Liu Bei knows. Abandoning Liangzhou is not Cui Lie's thought alone. Above the court, many people agreed. A hundred years of chaos, the imperial court cost hundreds of millions. It has just been calmed, and now it is the opposite. At that time, the people and money were lost, and the war in the land of Sanfu was long in tatters. If you can't make ends meet, you still need to pay for it every year. Kanto is rich and is the heart of the empire. As long as Sanfu Gyeonggi is held, it is not a pity that Liangzhou will abandon it. To clean up the chaos in the eastern part of the country, rest and recuperate, the soldiers will have enough food, and then move westward with the strength of the whole country. Recover the Western Liang and reopen the Western Regions. It's not too late.

That is to say, this is the strategy of a strong man to break his wrist.

Now that the Kansai and Kanto regions are sown chaos at the same time, with the current strength of the empire, it is no longer enough to fight on two fronts.

Therefore, he abandoned the Xiliang that had become a "chicken rib" and went all out to look eastward. Sweep away the Yellow Turban thieves and regain the rule of officials. When the land of Kanto creates enough fresh blood for the empire, he will move his army westward to recover the old rivers and mountains.

Cui Lie just picked a head.

Truth be told, it works. It's just that it's too big, not to mention breaking the wrist, it's obviously cutting off the flesh of the chest and abdomen. For the people of Xiliang, who is willing to be abandoned.

What's more, in addition to Xiliang, there are also the fifty-five countries of the Western Regions that are protected by the generals of the Auxiliary Han Dynasty.

That night, Huangmen ordered Zuo Feng to go to the Fu Han General's Mansion in person, and asked Jia Xu, Changshi Gaixun, and Fu Xie, who was engaged in Zhonglang.

Zuo Feng and the King of Thistle have a good relationship, and they are not outsiders. This got straight to the point: "The saint sent a slave and maid to the starry night to ask, what should be the solution to the rebellion in Huangzhong?" ”

Youcheng Jia Xu asked rhetorically: "Dare to ask Shaoling, does Your Majesty really have the intention of abandoning Xizhou?" ”

"The land of the ancestors, how can it be abandoned!" Zuo Feng was angry: "If you lose the land of your ancestors in the hands of Your Majesty, after a hundred years, what face will you see the first emperor!" ”

Jia Xu asked: "If you send the soldiers and horses of the Western Regions Protectorate into the customs to quell the chaos, I don't know what the young commander thinks?" ”

Zuo Feng was overjoyed: "The traitors in Huangzhong have gathered 100,000 soldiers and horses. Metropolitan ...... Are there enough soldiers and horses to confront him? ”

Jia Xu shook his head: "There are only thousands of soldiers and horses in the Duhu Mansion, and there are less than 10,000 people, so how can there be 100,000." ”

"A drop in the bucket, as it is!" Zuo Feng sighed.

Fu Xie, who was engaged in Zhonglang, said: "The Protectorate can bring the alliance of the fifty-five countries in the Western Regions into the customs and break the thieves. ”

"How many people can the countries of the Western Regions put together?" Zuo Feng asked again.

"Tens of thousands of soldiers." Chang Shi Gaixun replied.

Zuo Feng hurriedly asked: "Can it withstand 100,000 thieves?" ”

"Maybe you can give it a try." Jia Xu smiled deeply.