Li Guangli temporarily let go of the uneasiness and jealousy in his heart, he bowed slightly, and said to Liu Jin: "Your Highness can know that since the Tianhan Dynasty, the Huns have sent their servants to Tu Mi, and the city is stuffed in Yanqi, and the Han is confronted......

"They used the Cheshi, Shache, and Pu countries as barriers, and repeatedly invaded Loulan ......"

"And the location of Loulan is extremely important, since the collapse of the aunt, Loulan Kingdom is close to Bailongdui, when the Western Regions Road, control the throat of the Silk Road!"

"If Loulan is obtained by the Xiongnu, not only will the Silk Road be severed, but the connection between the Han and Wusun and Dawan will also be cut off!"

"The system of the Western Regions of the Han Dynasty began after the Marquis of Bowang hollowed out the Western Regions, and the temple made the policy of 'cutting off the right arm of the Huns', which was later modified by His Majesty's holy will, and was set as 'to belong to righteousness, heavy nine translations, to the special customs, and to add Weide in the world' is also ......"

He was about to carefully introduce to Zhang Yue and Liu Jin the strategy and system of the Western Regions of the Han Dynasty, which 'belongs to righteousness, emphasizes nine translations, is customary, and adds Weide to the world'.

Listening to Zhang Shizhong, who had been silent, he suddenly asked, "Dare to ask Jun Hou, how is King Loulan's health now?" ”

Li Guangli was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then he looked at an officer behind him, and the other party replied respectfully: "Back to Zhang Shizhong, as the last general knows, Loulan Wang An Mi is now in his sixties, and his health has not been very good......

Zhang Yue listened, sighed, and said to Li Guangli: "The lower officials persuade the general, don't rush to start the battle of the Cheshi first, and stabilizing Loulan is the right way!" ”

"Huh?" Li Guangli looked at Zhang Yue puzzled, with some disdain in his eyes.

The Kingdom of Loulan once jumped very much, following the Huns to make waves, killing Han envoys and plundering Han merchants.

As a result, because he was too happy, the emperor of the Han Dynasty was angry.

So, in the third year of Yuanfeng, when today's son sent Zhao Ponu, the general of the Hun River, to take command, and Zhonglang made Wang Hui the deputy general, personally commanding the elite of the Han army, and broke into Loulan and Gushi.

In this battle, Zhao Ponu made a surprise attack, led less than 800 horsemen, went straight to the capital of Loulan Wang, broke through the palace, and killed the contemporary King of Loulan.

At the same time, the deputy general Wang Hui commanded the main force of the Han army, broke the alliance of Gushi and Xiongnu head-on, and destroyed the Gushi country.

After the demise of the aunt, his remnants moved north with the Huns, and stayed in the north of the curtain for a few years before daring to return to their hometown.

However, the descendants of the royal family of the Gushi Kingdom have all been killed by Wang Hui, so the surviving Gushi royal family has become self-reliant and have become the current Cheshi, Shache, Pu Qianguo, Pu Hou Guo and other kingdoms of different sizes.

And the people of Loulan are not so lucky.

The soldiers of the Han army were approaching the country, and they couldn't run away, and those guys in the country who had jumped with the Huns were all killed.

Then, Zhao Ponu supported a pro-Han nobleman as the king of Loulan, and led the army to return to the court.

It's a pity that as soon as the Han army left, the Huns made a comeback, entangled the nobles in Loulan, killed the king set up by Zhao Ponu, and supported a prince sent by the old King of Loulan to the Xiongnu as a proton.

However, Zhao Ponu killed him really ruthlessly.

Therefore, although this king of Loulan ascended to the throne by relying on the Hun soldiers.

But he didn't dare to follow the Huns like before.

So, His Majesty came up with the best thing a ruler of a small country could think of - riding the wall.

He sent his two sons, who were eligible to inherit the throne, to Shan Yuting of the Xiongnu and Chang'an of the Han Dynasty.

Every year, they also paid tribute to the Xiongnu and Chang'an.

Not to mention, it really made him break out of the cracks.

Moreover, because of the demise of the Gushi at that time, a huge vacuum was left in the Puchanghai and Bailongdui areas of the Western Regions.

The people of Loulan were blessed by misfortune and took the opportunity to annex Bailongdui, which became the most important transit hub on the Silk Road.

Relying on the wealth and flow of people brought by the Silk Road, the small life of the people of Loulan is quite good.

Moreover, at that time, the high-level leaders of the Han and Hungarian countries were afraid that if the Loulan people were forced to be in a hurry, the other party would completely fall to their enemies.

Therefore, for Loulan's practice of riding on the wall, it is to turn a blind eye.

So much so that in the past few years from the fourth year of Yuanfeng to the third year of Taichu, the small life of the Loulan people has been very happy.

The Han and Hungarians were all co-opted, and sugar-coated shells were smashed one after another.

He also took advantage of the Silk Road trade, counting the money until his hands hurt.

The people of Loulan then swelled up again, thinking that Han and Hun would not dare to offend themselves, and their actions became more and more bold.

Then, he crashed headlong into his hand on the expedition to Dawan.

Thinking of this, Li Guangli showed a smug smile.

This was one of the proudest things in his life.

In the third year of Taichu, when his troops were besieging Guishan City, he heard that the Loulan people, under the command of the Huns, made people dress up as horse bandits and thieves to sneak attack and harass the Han army.

What's more critical - also caught in the current.

A Han army soldier named Ren Wen (military judge) led a cavalry of the Sima Department and stationed it at Yumen Pass as a cover.

He caught the horse bandits in the guise of the Loulan people.

Now the stolen goods are seized.

Li Guangli unceremoniously led his troops to Loulan on the way back to his division after the victory of the Dawan War.

Then he arrested the king of Loulan to Chang'an, sacrificed Beique, and asked him in front of the steps of the Son of Heaven.

However, this King of Loulan is very clever, and when he arrived in Chang'an, he cried and said to the Son of Heaven: "A small country is among the big countries, and there is no peace between the two belongings."

……”

The Son of Heaven took pity on his difficulties, and also liked this honest Yidi monarch, so he put him back and continued to be his king of Loulan.

Since then, this King of Loulan has become the most loyal lackey raised by the Han family in the Western Regions.

Hit wherever you point, let you bite whoever bites.

In the past, the Han family soldiers in the Western Regions would send Loulan soldiers.

Because Loulan is too close to Hanyumen, the Han family can rescue Loulan at any time, so the Huns have no problem with the Loulan people.

can only instigate the Che Shiren to mix doubles with the Loulan people.

As a result, from the Tianhan Dynasty to the present, the Han-Hungarian hegemony in the Western Regions has become a proxy war.

Today, the Loulan army supported by the Han family broke a Cheshi tribe, and tomorrow, the Cheshi army supported by the Huns entered the territory of Loulan, burned and looted.

Sometimes, when a certain side is beaten too hard, there may be Han cavalry or Hun cavalry pretending to be Loulan or Che Shi to pull the bias.

After more than ten years of entanglement, Loulan gradually became the base and cornerstone of the Han family in the Western Regions.

Through Loulan, the Han Dynasty had stable and direct contact with Dawan, Wusun and other countries.

Han envoys and Han merchants also get a safe, reliable and stable transit station.

In order to help and support Loulan, Li Guangli even directly set up three school captains in the area of Yumen Pass.

One of them is called Captain Loulan, who specializes in Loulan.

He also organized the nobles and military officers of Loulan many times, went to Juyan, Jiuquan, and Zhangye for training, and even organized them to travel to Chang'an.

Therefore, in Li Guangli's view, this Loulan Kingdom has long been in the bag of the Han family.

Can a boiled duck still fly?

Moreover, the captains stationed outside Yumen Pass are not vegetarians.

Zhang Yue looked at Li Guangli's expression, and also sighed faintly.

The current Han family's control over Loulan is of course very strict, and it can even be said to be very powerful.

In the historical materials that Zhang Yue traced, it was even recorded that at this point in time, the Loulan people could be said to sell their kidneys and livers to support the Western Regions strategy of the Han family.

For this reason, the Loulan people even set up a nobleman named 'Commander of the Driver Division' to be responsible for commanding the army to attack the Commander of the Driver.

Soon, however, everything will change.

Because......

"You know...... Loulan Proton has already been sent down to the silkworm room by the court captain in Han because he has committed too many crimes......" Zhang Yue sighed and said: "If the old king of Loulan dies of illness, the situation in Loulan will be turned upside down immediately!" ”

"Ah......" Li Guangli was stunned when he heard this, and he couldn't believe his ears.

Zhang Yue didn't want to believe it either.

But however, whether it is the historical materials he traced back, the archives of Lantai and the report of Da Honglu, it is true that this thing is true - the prince of the Loulan Kingdom in Chang'an was cut off by Ting Weiqing and became a eunuch......

Is good diplomacy no small matter?

What about the good friends who are surprised?

But this doesn't seem to blame Ting Weiqing, because in the Han family, Ting Wei's law enforcement is always 'criminal no rank'.

It means that everyone is equal before punishment.

The prince broke the law, should he be spanked or spanked!

Even under certain conditions, the higher the status, the greater the punishment for breaking the law.

Although over the years, with the impact of the five-baht god, this rule has gradually become 'everyone is equal in front of the five-baht coin'.

As long as you have money, let alone a small hook, the death penalty of beheading can also be waived.

But...... You can't make mistakes again and again, and you can't be obsessed.

Although the five-baht money god is mighty and domineering, he has unstoppable power, but if you break the law repeatedly, this is a provocation to the law, and no amount of money can buy your life!

And this prince of Loulan belongs to the kind of diehards who can't be carved with rotten wood.

is reasonable, just cut off the small hook, and it is really Tingwei who shows mercy to the other party's special identity and raises his noble hand.

Otherwise, judging from the things committed by His Royal Highness the Prince, the halving is light.

After all, this prince is guilty of the capital crime of 'passing X' and 'fornication'!

And not once or twice, but as many as seven or eight times when he was warned by Ting Weiqing.

So, his little hook was cut off a few years ago.

To be reasonable, this matter is actually due to the fact that the Han Empire did not learn the routines of imperialism.

Otherwise, I wouldn't be so passive.

Li Guangli was covered in a cold sweat.

He knew very well the importance of the Loulan Kingdom to the strategic territory of the Western Regions of the Han Empire!

Once Loulan fell to the Xiongnu, then the Han family would lose a loyal lackey.

What's even more troublesome is that the Silk Road may be cut off again, and Han's connection with Wusun and Dawan will also be interrupted!

You must know that the king of Loulan has more than one son.

He also had a son as a hostage in the Xiongnu.

With the Han family's control of Loulan, it is reasonable that if the old king dies, he will definitely give priority to the prince who is hostage in the Han Dynasty.

But herein lies the problem!

If this Zhang Zizhong is not lying, then the proton who is now in the hands of the Han family cannot inherit the throne at all - someone who doesn't even have a small hook to be the king? Even if the people of Loulan don't object, the Han family won't agree!

Because this will reverse the rules and corrupt people's morals!

For the Chinese Son of Heaven, for the Chinese scholars, this is absolutely unacceptable!

I'm afraid that it is 10,000 times better to enthrone a pro-Hun King of Loulan than to send a eunuch back!

Besides, it was the Han family who cut off this prince's little hook!

Even the small hook has been cut off, will this prince be pro-Han?

If you think about it with your ass, you will definitely become a crazy hysterical anti-Han slut!

Just like the current Che Master, Shache and Dangerous Beard and other countries, it is impossible to correct it without cleaning it with blood and fire.

However, after listening to Zhang Yue say what Prince Loulan did, Li Guangli could only sigh in a deep voice: "You can't live if you do your own evil, Ting Weiqing is right, if I change it, I will be sentenced like this!" ”

For the nobles and scholars of the Han family, under normal circumstances, they would take the initiative to uphold the Han law.

Because, to maintain the Han law is to defend themselves.

Moreover......

A mere barbarian prince, a proton of the country, has a status in the eyes of the Han people who are about a little higher than that of ordinary cloth people.

It can't be said that even the princes and kings who violate the law will be punished, but Yidi can be opened for breaking the law, right?

Isn't that a slap in the face of an entire country?

It is even more blasphemy and insult to the sages and kings!

As long as this kind of thing happens once, people from mainstream schools such as the Ram School, the Guliang School, and the Simeng School will probably carry the gods of Confucius, Mencius, and Zhou Gong to the Crying Temple!

This man, they can't afford to lose!

Don't dare to lose it!

In particular, those young Zhuang factions of the Ram School who shouted 'Spring and Autumn Punishment' as soon as they disagreed, maybe they would draw their swords and use their own blood to maintain the discipline and law.

Liu Jin also nodded solemnly in agreement when he heard this: "Shang Jun said: The so-called one punishment has no rank, and the first emperors of the Han family have made laws based on this, and the emperor's grandfather has been in harmony with the righteousness of the Spring and Autumn Period, so the law and discipline are strictly enforced, so that the people are saved from the disaster of fire and water!" ”

After being educated and baptized by the three scholars in Lantai, Liu Jin is now between the Legalists and the Huang Lao School in terms of legal attitude, almost close to the legal ideology of the Han Emperors of the past dynasties - since the law is enacted, it should be enforced.

It is not possible to change the law overnight, let alone change the law temporarily because of the will of the individual.

Taizong still wants to take off his hat to Zhang Shizhi for the first emperor to apologize, how can other people dare to say that they are more wise than Emperor Taizong? More noble than the first emperor?

"What His Highness said is extremely true!" Li Guangli glanced at Liu Jin meaningfully.

But he no longer has the time to think about what Liu Jin has changed.

Because, he knows, now he's in big trouble!

As the Han family's most stable vassal state and the most obedient client state in the Western Regions, and at the same time the strategic cornerstone and advance base of the Han family's Western Regions, the Loulan Kingdom is about to usher in great changes!

A prince of Loulan, who grew up in the Huns, was educated by the Huns, and may have even married a Hun wife, is likely to return to China under the escort of the Huns.

However, the chess piece in the hand of the Han family has been broken by himself.

The relationship between the Loulan Kingdom and the Han Empire is about to usher in a earth-shaking change.

He had to plan ahead!