The next day after learning the news, Liu Bei dressed up carefully, took the gadgets collected in the past few days and took Zhou Cang Pei Yuanshao to the West Market, and at the same time kept asking people to report Cai Yan's location, and the hard work paid off, and after a while, Liu Bei and Cai Yan "met" together.

Seeing Liu Bei, Cai Yan couldn't help but speed up his heartbeat, and Liu Bei also took his cheekiness to the extreme, and gave Cai Yan all the gadgets prepared in the past few days, and the three of them became Cai Yan's flower messengers, but the poor strong man Zhou Cang became a guy who carried things, Liu Bei was not bad for money, as long as Cai Yan liked to buy and buy, accompanied Cai Yan for a long time, and finally selected a set of good study three treasures for Cai Yan to take back to his father, the two and made an appointment to go to the White Horse Temple outside the western suburbs to worship incense after a few days, the two were reluctant, Liu Bei kept sending Cai Yan to the door of Cai's mansion.

The women of the Han Dynasty are a little better than the women of other eras in China for five thousand years, although the three from the four virtues are indispensable, but they can still occasionally go out and show their heads, the same, they can remarry, they can take the initiative to pursue their own happiness, of course, this is a powerful family. Liu Bei's private meeting with Cai Yan has already crossed the line. But Liu Bei, as the soul of a modern person, doesn't care about this at all, and at the same time, he can't compete with Cai Yan is a feminist of that era!

With a happy mood, Liu Bei spent another day. In the second year of Guanghe, on the first day of October, Liu Bei got up early on this day, and then went to the palace gate to wait for the emperor to summon him.

About the end of the day, the ministers of the previous dynasty walked out of the palace one after another, and then saw a middle-aged eunuch trotting to the palace gate: "Liu Bei of Zhuozhou, Liu Bei of Zhuozhou of Shengshangxuan is here." ”

Hearing this, Liu Bei trotted to the eunuch's door: "The grass people are the matter of Liu Bei in Zhuozhou, after King Jing of Zhongshan." ”

"Alright, you can come with me. Go and meet the Holy One."

So Liu Bei trotted all the way to the inner courtyard of the palace with the eunuch. While trotting, admiring the imperial palace of the Eastern Han Dynasty at this time. At this time, the Luoyang Palace was divided into two palaces, south and north. The time of the two palaces is connected by a double road covered by a roof, about seven miles long from north to south, the so-called double road, is three roads in parallel, the middle one is the special royal road taken by the emperor, and the two sides are the road taken by the ministers and attendants. There is a guard every ten steps, standing on both sides, very powerful. Of course, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty announced Liu Bei's audience in the South Palace today, so Liu Bei was not able to visit the North Palace. The south palace is the place where the emperor and the bureaucrats discuss politics, the building layout is neat and orderly, and the palace pavilions are lined up one after another. The theme palace is located on the north-south axis, and the palaces are arranged one by one from north to south.

This time, the emperor summoned Liu Bei alone, and in the Chongde Palace, only Zhang let a eunuch serve by his side. The previous little yellow gate led Liu Bei to the gate of Chongde Hall and shouted: "Holy Shang, Zhuozhou Liu Bei brought." ”

Then he heard another sharp voice in the hall: "Holy Xuanzhuo Prefecture Liu Bei is here." ”

Hearing this, Liu Bei also bowed his head and walked into the hall, when his eyes saw the man in a dragon robe kneeling behind the case, Liu Bei bowed, and shouted in his mouth: "Your Majesty, long live, long live, long live." But he took out a pair of servants from the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty to please Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty.

As soon as Emperor Han Ling heard Liu Bei's words, he was immediately happy, that emperor didn't want to be immortal, so that he could always enjoy supreme imperial power, and Liu Bei's long live suddenly made Emperor Liu Hong of Han Ling feel that he could really live forever and enjoy supreme imperial power forever. hurriedly said: "Aiqing, please get up, you and I are from this family." You don't have to make this big gift. ”

Liu Beikou thanked His Majesty, and then knelt down in the hall.

"Liu Bei, you are the first generation of great-great-grandsons after King Jing of Zhongshan, but there is a genealogy, so let me see what generation we are?" Emperor Han Ling opened his mouth and asked, King Jing of Zhongshan has more than one hundred and twenty sons, and the grandchildren and great-grandchildren behind the road do not know how many, and there will even be people who pretend to be. Emperor Liu Hong of the Han Dynasty is not stupid to be the emperor, the royal bloodline is not so easy to pretend.

Hearing this, Liu Bei respectfully took out a genealogy from his arms, handed it to the eunuch, and forwarded it to Emperor Ling of Han. The genealogy of the big families in the Han Dynasty was all genealogy belonging to the official cultivators, and the general scholar families would have official genealogies. The genealogy that Liu Bei took out basically proved that Liu Bei himself was a descendant of the Liu family.

Emperor Han Ling studied the genealogy a little, and unexpectedly found that Liu Bei was actually the same generation as himself, and he was much older than Liu Bei, coupled with the proof of the genealogy, Emperor Han Ling immediately felt a lot closer to Liu Bei!

"Xuande, right, I heard that Zhang Rang said, are you willing to spend money to buy an official position in Jiaozhou Assassin History?" Emperor Liu Hong of Han Ling asked.

"Back to Your Majesty, you have to be funded by Moling merchants, you have family resources, and you have studied under Lu Zhi since childhood, and then you have learned martial arts, and now you have learned and learned arts, and you want to dedicate your talents to Your Majesty and serve the country. Liu Bei bowed again and said respectfully.

"I know that you are loyal to me and to my country, and since you are of the same clan as me and a brother, then I will not be stingy with an official position. But Jiaozhou is a barren land, there is no oil and water, these days I have thought about it, there is no vacancy in the history of Jiaozhou Thorn at the moment, I have found a good position for you, the long history of the Western Regions, the Western Regions is just an important pass for my Han and Western trade, you guard this pass for me, so that you can raise more money for my West Garden every year. I manage the world, and this big harem, I need a lot of money, this place in the Western Regions is handed over to you, I can rest assured, and every year you can give 20 million money to my West Garden. Emperor Han Ling told Liu Bei the idea he had discussed with Zhang Rang a few days ago.

As soon as Liu Bei heard this, his face immediately darkened, the Jiaozhou Assassin History that he was asking for was to change the history of the Assassin in the future to change the state pastoral, so Liu Bei could realize the whole city under his actual control, and now Jiaozhou refused to give it to him, so that he could go to the Western Regions, a place far away from the national weapon, how would it develop in the future? But if it is not good to refuse directly, I will think about how to increase my chances and chips on the existing basis over and over again in my heart!

Thinking about the Anxi Protectorate during the Tang Dynasty, Liu Bei paid attention to the fact that now the entire Han Dynasty has not begun to implement the state pastoral system, and the governor of each place is the Taishou, and the main military affairs are the county captains. If you can't go to Jiaozhou, then you can only take all the military and political power in the entire Western Regions first, and then slowly figure it out.

So Liu Bei said: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty will hand over the Western Regions to your ministers, and your ministers will govern them well, but Your Majesty has a suggestion, and if Your Majesty believes in your Majesty, your Majesty can give an extra 10 million dollars to Your Majesty's West Garden every year." ”

"Oh, and such a good thing? Say it. ”

"There are thirty-six countries in the Western Regions, and the minister wants to ask His Majesty for an official position as the protector of the Western Regions, so as to coordinate the countries of the Western Regions, and at the same time, he can also arrange for the merchants in the hands of his subordinates to carry out more trade in the Western Regions, and have enough soldiers and horses to deter the countries of the Western Regions so that the countries of the Western Regions can pay tribute every year, I don't know what Your Majesty thinks?"

"Oh? Although the long history of the Western Regions does not have the right to supervise the army, but since entering our Chao Banchao, the Western Regions Protectorate has been changed to the Changshi Mansion, mainly because our dynasty does not have strong control over the Western Regions. ”

"Your Majesty, the ministers will never give up, but you need Your Majesty to give your subordinates an army of 10,000 soldiers and horses to control the entire Western Regions, Your Majesty can rest assured, the army expenses will be collected from the Western Regions countries, and the source of soldiers will also be recruited in the Western Regions countries, and Your Majesty will not use a penny, nor will you ask Your Majesty for any support. I just ask Your Majesty to give me this right, so that I can plan more for Your Majesty! Liu Bei suggested again!

"If it is really as you said, I can appoint you as the protector of the Western Regions and be in charge of the military and political affairs of the entire Western Regions, but in a year, I will see the countries of the Western Regions coming to the court, and the West Garden must not be less than 20 million dollars, of course, the more the merrier. Is it feasible? "Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty was immediately raised, the emperor did not have the dream of expanding the territory, the countries of the Western Regions at this time because of the weakening of the national strength of the Eastern Han Dynasty, have not come to pay tribute for many years, and the Guishan and other countries in the west are becoming stronger and stronger, and the Changshi Mansion is only to maintain the safety and supply of the trade routes between the Eastern Han Dynasty and the Western Regions, in fact, it does not have much effect! If Liu Bei can win the Western Regions countries again for himself, he will undoubtedly greatly help himself in terms of political achievements, and he will gain a lot of money. "Zhang Rang, the intended purpose, Liu Bei of Zhuoxian County, Youzhou, the word Xuande, after King Jing of Zhongshan, known as a virtuous person, is now specially promoted to the protector of the Western Regions, in charge of military and political affairs in the Western Regions, with a rank ratio of two thousand stones. Kaifu Yi is the same as the three divisions. Emperor Han Ling then instructed Zhang Rang!

"Xuande, what do you think? As long as you take charge of the Western Regions for me and make more money for me, I will not be stingy with my official position Last time, you also saw that even if I opened the West Garden, there are almost no people who get 2,000 stone official positions from civilians at once, so don't let me down! ”

"The minister must do his best and never give up! Let's ask the Holy Lord, can the people who are promoted by the Western Regions Protectorate be dealt with by the ministers? Liu Bei asked.

"Of course, it's up to you."

"Thank you, long live the saint, long live the saint!" Liu Bei shouted again, which caused Emperor Han Ling to be happy again.

In this way, although Liu Bei failed to win the official position of Jiaozhou Assassin, he won the position of the protector of the Western Regions in charge of the military and political affairs of one side, and what role he can play in the future struggle for hegemony still needs to go back and discuss with a group of strategists. With a melancholy mood, Liu Bei left the palace and returned to the inn, where the eunuch would come to the inn to announce the decree later.