A delegation of hundreds of people is basically civilian officials and accompanying attendants, how can such a division not be protected by the accompanying army.

Li Ye appointed Li Wenzhong with 2,000 cavalry of the Right Shence Army to be responsible for protection.

After Li Wenzhong is a clan, although he is separated by a distant blood relationship, he is relatively outstanding among the younger generation.

After all, at this time, after the Li Tang clan at this time, after captivity and several turmoil, there are really not many people available.

Although Li Ye said that he didn't mind entering the clan, he didn't have any skills, and he wouldn't use it, so as not to embarrass the clan.

The leader of the team is Li, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and the deputy envoy is Honglu Siqing.

The former Honglu Siqing was directly exiled because of his participation in the case of King Ji's forced palace. The new Honglu Siqing is called Sun, the champion of Qianfu for five years, and he is also in his forties this year.

Although Honglu Temple belongs to the soy sauce department, Honglu Temple Qing is an official position from the third grade after all, and it can be regarded as the threshold of officially entering the third grade.

I will go to Hexi for at least half a year.

And I heard that Hexi is more chaotic, so for the Hexi line, some people are happy and some are worried!

On the day of departure, the families of the travelers rushed to see them off outside the city, although they were reluctant, but this was a holy order, and they could only obey it.

Compared with several senior officials who all rode in horse-drawn carriages, other middle- and low-level officials and entourages were at least on the line.

A mission of several hundred people, plus two thousand escorted cavalry, the whole team is still relatively large.

Since it was the first time to go to Hexi, whether it was Zheng Zhongyi or Zhao Changhan, they were very excited.

The two are acquaintances, both of them were raised in the first year of Qianning, one was third in Jinshike, and the other was fourth.

It's just that later, the careers of the two were a little different, Zheng Zhongyi went to the local government to serve as a county magistrate for more than a year, and was transferred to Zhongshu Province as a resident not long ago.

And Zhao Changhan is different, after the imperial examination, he has been serving in the Ministry of Rites, and he was also the host and guest secretary of the Ministry of Rites not long ago.

As for the former home-guest secretary, Songbo Li Wangjie, who is the former home-guest secretary, has been promoted to the home-guest secretary.

In the past, Zheng Zhongyi and Zhao Changhan did not have much contact, after all, they did not serve in the same place, but this time they did not expect to go to Hexi together.

Since they were fellow Jinshi, both of them knew that there was no harm in getting a good relationship, so they hit it off and chatted with great interest along the way.

"Brother Zhao, I didn't expect to meet here, but I can meet a lot of former classmates along the way. Brother Wen Xian served as the governor of Weizhou, and Zheng Gu also served in the Dadu Protectorate in Lanzhou, and it seems that Brother Kong was also in Longyou. ”

In the eyes of others, the mission to Hexi is a chore, and the trip takes at least half a year and thousands of miles.

But in Zheng Zhongyi's view, this is undoubtedly an opportunity, His Majesty attaches great importance to Hexi, otherwise he would not have sent such a large mission.

This time to Hexi, although he can't be famous for historical figures like Zhang Qian and Ban Chao, as an entourage, it can be regarded as an honor.

And through this mission, I can also increase my knowledge.

Brother Kong is naturally Kong Chongbi, although Zhao Changhan's background is not as good as Zheng Zhongyi, but he has been in the court because he knows the current situation of the Kong family.

Once, in the eyes of these scholars, Kong Chongbi's father was a three-jinshi, which could be described as envious.

But now, the three brothers of the Kong family, two of them have been demoted, one of them is in name only, and because of the two brothers, they are implicated, and there is no hope of promotion in a short time.

Zhao Changhan is not the kind of stubborn person, and he also knows how to pursue advantages and avoid disadvantages, so he doesn't want to mention Kong Chongbi.

"Brother Zheng is right, those people we raised in the same year, I didn't expect Brother Wen to go the fastest, and he has been the governor of Weizhou for a year, I can't wait!"

Zheng Zhongyi is not a fool, he heard the intention of Zhao Changhan's words, and nodded, "Brother Wen has an unlimited future. When you arrive in Weizhou, you must let Brother Wen treat you and me well. ”

"That's right." Soon Zhao Changhan's attention was attracted by the caravan passing by, but he didn't expect that in less than an hour, there were three or four waves of caravans of different sizes passing by, "I didn't expect that Longyou had only recovered for a year, and there were so many caravans." ”

Just behind them, a larger caravan followed.

For that caravan, everyone in the group knew that it was the caravan of the imperial merchant Zhang family, and since it was not 100% safe along the way, with such a mission protected by the army, the security could also be increased a lot.

"Brother Zhao is reasonable, in the second year of Qianning, after His Majesty sent a large army to recover Longyou, the Hexi Corridor also began to be unblocked.

Our Majesty is very ambitious, and sent such a large delegation to Hexi, not just to see, but to advise the imperial court on the strategy of the Western Regions.

Perhaps, in our lifetime, we can see that the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate can return to the four towns of Anxi, and when the time comes, the Quartet will come to the dynasty and reproduce the prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty! ”

Thinking of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, Zhao Changhan also yearns for it.

But the prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty ended after the Anshi Rebellion, and they could only reminisce about the Tang Dynasty in the prosperous period from the poems of Li Bai, Du Fu and others, but they could not really see it.

"Brother Zheng, I don't approve of this, with Your Majesty's eloquence, maybe a new prosperous era will be created, if Tubo, Nanzhao, and the entire Western Regions can become the territory of the Tang Dynasty, it will be an unprecedented prosperous era!"

Zhao Changhan's words made Zheng Zhongyi's heart suddenly full of pride, but thinking of the situation of the division of the feudal towns, the four towns of Anxi, which no longer belonged to the Tang Dynasty, were also a little depressed.

However, thinking of His Majesty now, perhaps it is really as Zhao Changhan imagined, creating an unprecedented prosperous era, and these people will undoubtedly become part of creating this prosperous era.

。。。。。。

Chang'an to Lanzhou nearly 1,500 miles, this road is very boring, in addition to a short stop in Fengxiang, Qinzhou, Weizhou, basically in a hurry, and finally arrived at Lanzhou also took fifteen days and ten days, went out to rest in the three cities for a day, the average daily speed is maintained at more than 100 miles, not fast, not slow, the burden of horses is also within an acceptable range.

Lanzhou is the center of Datang in Longyou at this time, and of course it is still the largest city in Longyou, but compared with Liangzhou, Ganzhou and other places in Hexi, it is still a lot worse.

When the imperial army recovered Lanzhou, the population was no more than 10,000 households, and in terms of population, it was only Xiazhou.

However, because of the geographical location of Lanzhou, it was designated as Shangzhou, and the history of the assassin was a member of the three products.

With the opening of trade routes and the fact that Lanzhou was the last stop on the way to Hexi, the population has increased a lot in the past year, mostly garrisons and merchants.

At present, the population of Lanzhou Prefecture is only 5,000 households, but with the addition of garrisons and merchants, there are 50,000 people.

50,000 people is not much, but it is also the largest city since the delegation entered the jurisdiction of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate.

As soon as you enter Lanzhou City, you will find that it is extremely prosperous, and there are many ethnic groups such as Tibetan, Uighur, and Wenmo, which have a unique exotic style. I want to talk about "Rebirth of Tang Zhongxing" with more like-minded people, and pay attention to "excellent reading literature" on WeChat, talk about life, and find confidants~