The army wants to pacify the Western Regions?

Going to war?

Zhuge Liang was stunned.

It took a while to react.

"Right away?"

"Right now, it won't be long."

Guo Jin gave an accurate reply: "Once the Western Regions are pacified, Dunhuang County will become the mainland, and there will no longer be so many people in the Western Regions to do business, and more of our people will go out and go to the west of the Western Regions to do business with merchants from the Kushan Kingdom, the Anxi Kingdom and even the Great Qin Kingdom."

The small countries in the Western Regions really don't have this trading volume in the eyes of His Majesty, the money that the small countries in the Western Regions earn from the silk trade routes every year is much higher than what they pay, and pacifying the Western Regions will only make our business bigger and more profitable, but the situation in Dunhuang County will be difficult to maintain. ”

Zhuge Liang pursed his lips unconsciously.

Guo Jin continued: "In this way, it is impossible for all of these liquor stores and hotels in Dunhuang County to exist, and a considerable number of them will have no business and cannot continue. ”

Zhuge Liang frowned.

"Your Highness, the ...... of Dunhuang County"

"For the sake of the entire Wei State, a Dunhuang county is not in the eyes of my father, my father is the emperor, with an eye on the whole country and the future, it is impossible and should not focus on a county or a county, that is unfair to other people."

Zhuge Liang sighed slightly.

"But this is too cruel for Dunhuang County."

"There is no two-pronged law in the world, and the lesser of two evils is the lesser of two."

Guo Jin did not hesitate to refute the hesitation in Zhuge Liang's heart: "The plan to pacify the Western Regions was formulated very early, but because the road was not repaired and the army was unable to move, it has been delayed until now.

Otherwise, according to His Majesty's thoughts, the small countries in the Western Regions will not be able to have the scenery they have today, and their scenery is unreasonable and rich, and it will definitely not last long. ”

Guo Jin's determination is the same as Guo Peng, Zhuge Liang can only sigh, and there is no other way.

In the face of national policy, what can he do with a small county guard?

"In fact, it's not just Dunhuang County that has to pay losses, the entire Liangzhou has to face losses, including Yizhou, including Guanzhong, because the magnates of the Western Regions who are willing to buy goods in large quantities will be destroyed, and these people are gone, and those orders are gone."

Guo Jin took a deep breath: "But these losses are not in the eyes of my father, my father has an eye on the more distant future, taking the Western Regions, controlling the Western Regions, and promoting the further westward expansion of the silk trade route, which is a good thing for most people."

The bad impact is temporary, but the good impact is long-lasting, ordinary people may only be able to focus on the present, but Kong Ming, you are the person your father fancies, you should know how much such benefits will be in the long run. ”

Of course, Zhuge Liang can't see how much benefit there is to winning the Western Regions, but the development of Dunhuang County so far, it is all his hard work, and once most of it is abolished, how can he bear it?

Guo Jin naturally understood Zhuge Liang's ambivalence, so he appeased Zhuge Liang.

"Kong Ming, let me explain this matter to you clearly, our goods go out from us, through the small countries of the Western Regions, and then to the real buyers, the Guishan Country and the Sabbath Country, the price is actually different, because the countries of the Western Regions have tariffs.

This tariff was used by His Majesty to appease the countries of the Western Regions to obey orders, and it is an interest that must be transferred, and it is certainly okay not to give these benefits to the countries of the Western Regions, but the countries of the Western Regions will secretly make trouble on the trade routes, and as far as I am concerned, I will not be able to make ends meet.

Because of these tariffs, the price of goods will rise, and the price of selling to the Kushans and Sabbaths will be higher, but we will not get a part of this increase.

It is the countries of the Western Regions that get this part, and this part of the money is obtained by the countries of the Western Regions, which means that they don't have to do anything, as long as they lie there and exist there, they can collect money. ”

What Guo Jin said is very simple and easy to understand, and Zhuge Liang can quickly understand.

This is indeed very unsatisfying, I feel that there is a feeling that the lifeblood is held in the hands of others, and there is a strong unhappiness, unwillingness, unhappiness, and quite anger.

I worked so hard to build the Silk Road, but you lie here as a middleman, lying down to make money, lying down to spend money, there are still such good things in the world?

Not to mention that the journey is not without risk.

Therefore, maintaining the safety of trade routes is also one of the responsibilities of the Western Regions Protectorate, and if something goes wrong, it will be difficult for the Western Regions countries to blame each other, and it will be difficult for the Wei State to pursue it.

This kind of thing has not happened before, and in the past few years, there have been a few caravans that have had bad luck and encountered unknown robbers on the way, killing people and stealing goods, and they do not know how to hold them accountable after the incident.

Rather than being held by others at the root of the trade route, it is better to solve this problem once and for all, recover all the costs that need to be spent, swallow the countries of the Western Regions in one go, and solve any problem.

This is indeed a good thing for Wei and for the merchants.

It's not good for some of the people who make the money in this business.

But their interests are not destined to be protected and denied.

Zhuge Liang soon knew that the matter was irreparable.

So he began to think about how to compensate the locals of Dunhuang County who had lost their source of business.

"Finding it hard to compensate?"

Guo Jin saw Zhuge Liang's embarrassment.

"Naturally, if you are not careful at this time, the people will be angry, and it will not end well."

Zhuge Liang nodded.

"Well, that's true."

Guo Jin agreed with Zhuge Liang's opinion, and after thinking for a while, Guo Jin suddenly had a bold idea.

"Kong Ming, when the war is over, are you willing to go to the Western Regions to be an official for a while?"

"Huh?"

Zhuge Liang felt strange and couldn't help but have questions.

Going to the Western Regions to be an official?

How could the prince have such an idea?

After that, after Guo Peng told Zhuge Liang the method he had come up with, Zhuge Liang fell into deep thought.

"Because the Western Regions are vast and sparsely populated, after my father conquered the Western Regions, he planned to divide the Western Regions into two roads in the north and south for governance, Shannan and Shanbei were divided into two capitals, the south of the mountain is the Annan Metropolitan Protectorate, and the north of the mountain is the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate, respectively, commanding half of the Western Regions, and the level is 2,000 stones."

Guo Jin revealed Guo Peng's idea of governing the Western Regions after the war.

This deepened Zhuge Liang's thinking.

After sending Guo Jin away, he was still thinking about it, thinking for several days, and finally realized that this was the best way to avoid the unrest in Dunhuang County with a high probability.

Business just can't be done in Dunhuang County, but it's not that it can't be done elsewhere.

The prince is right, the trees are dead, the people are alive, and the places that cannot survive must be moved, and even if they return to their old business in other places, they may be able to usher in a new life.

As long as the prestige he has accumulated remains, everything is possible.

Moreover, after the war, the Western Regions will definitely increase its population, and if you first seize a position and seize the opportunity, you will be the first to enjoy the development dividends.

After Guo Jin left Dunhuang County, it didn't take long for him to arrive at Cao Ren's residence in Dunhuang County, Yumen Pass.

Cao Ren has been guarding the Yumen Pass for several years, while building roads, while fighting the border, while planning the offensive route of the army after the war started, after a few years, the offensive route is about to be completely reproduced in Cao Ren's head, Guo Peng finally decided to start fighting the Western Regions.

Seriously, Cao Ren once thought that attacking the Western Regions would become something that could only be encountered in his lifetime.

Finally, in the eighth year of Yande, he got the news that the war was about to begin.

According to Guo Peng's order, he sent the news to its Qiancheng, where Cao Xiu, the capital of the Western Regions, was located, and asked Cao Xiu to arrange a way to provoke a stand, so as to give the army an excuse to attack the Western Regions.

After the excuse is found, it is the final march.