Li Wenyuan stood outside the door with his hands down and waited for Yang Guang's summons, and after a while, a little eunuch came out and said to the door: "Which one is General Li Wenyuan, summoned by the Holy Lord." ”

Li Wenyuan hurriedly straightened his clothes and followed the little eunuch into the main hall. Yang Guang was looking at the map hanging on the wall with his hands behind his back, as if he was thinking about something. At this time, he heard footsteps behind him, and then the little eunuch said, "Your Majesty, General Li has arrived." ”

Yang Guang turned around at this time, slowly sat back behind the table, and said to Li Wenyuan: "Aiqing, you have lived in the northwest border for a long time and often deal with the Hu people, what do you think is the key point in dealing with the Hu people?" ”

Li Wenyuan learned from the eunuch who came to deliver the decree that Yang Guang was worried about Beihu recently, and he had already thought about it all the way just now, and now he can naturally answer it like a stream: "Your Majesty, the Hu people have little iron, and they lack skilled ironcasters, and they are not good at farming, so we can idle the Hu people in these aspects to suppress the Hu people's ambition to go south." ”

Yang Guang heard Li Wenyuan's words but did not continue, but changed his style and said: "Aiqing defeated the bandits in a few days and fled westward, he is really a tiger general." ”

Li Wenyuan didn't know what Yang Guang was thinking, so he said truthfully at the moment: "Your Majesty's heavenly power is there, how can some bandits stop it." This time, the ministers fought side by side with General Qu Tu, and the soldiers worked hard, which forced the bandits to the west. The last general is to pursue with the whole team of the old general Qu Tu and completely exterminate the bandits. ”

Yang Guang nodded, picked up the fold in front of him, and opened it in front of Li Wenyuan. After reading half of it, he asked Li Wenyuan: "Jincheng County is close to Wuwei County, and every year in the winter, the Hu people invade me in the south, and the Great Sui has ever entered the territory of Jincheng County?" ”

Li Wenyuan said truthfully: "The Western Regions have lived together since ancient times, and it is not easy to detect the entry of some Lakers. ”

Yang Guang said: "In the fifth year of my great cause, I set up four counties in the Western Regions: Heyuan, Xihai, and Shanshan. Then he led the army back, he had not been there for a long time, and he had swept away many bandits this year, and in the coming year I wanted to conquer Goguryeo again, and after the victory, I took the king to the Western Regions to shock the countries. ”

Li Wenyuan knew in his heart that Yang Guang's Eastern Crusade would fail next year, but there was no reason to admonish, he couldn't say that I knew that your Eastern Crusade would definitely fail, so Your Majesty wouldn't want the Eastern Crusade, right? Not to mention Yang Guang, any emperor in history will drag himself out and cut him.

But after the Third Eastern Crusade, the Great Sui will soon fall apart, and he involuntarily participated in the Second Eastern Crusade, although he hugged Xue Ju's thigh, but there are still many things that are too late to arrange.

Li Wenyuan was anxious in his heart, and heard Yang Guang say: "There are countless tiger generals in my dynasty, but they are all from a family of scholars, and they dare not easily entrust military power, you are a general promoted by me from the army, and I hope that you will only be loyal to me alone." ”

Li Wenyuan hurriedly knelt down: "Your Majesty is kind to the minister, and it is difficult to repay the minister even if he is broken." ”

Yang Guang's expression was not happy or sad, he had heard a lot of this kind of loyal words, this whole Great Sui he would not believe anyone except Yushitai, but the short man picked the general, if it didn't work, it would be okay, the young man in front of him did not have a strong background, and he was a relatively good candidate.

Thinking of this, Yang Guang was not in a hurry to ask Li Wenyuan to get up, but said directly: "The Western Regions are not quiet, and Guanzhong is not restless." I now appoint you as the governor of the four states of the Western Regions, and command the troops of Liangzhou, Ganzhou, Yizhou, and Guazhou. The military can be cut first and then played, and it is necessary to prevent the attacks of Hu people from all sides. ”

After Li Wenyuan received the order, he did not get up to leave, Yang Guang saw that Li Wenyuan did not leave, so he asked: "What else is the matter with Aiqing?" ”

Li Wenyuan gritted his teeth and said with a heart: "Your Majesty, the four states of the Western Regions are bordered by the Turks in the north and Tibet in the south, and most of the residents live in a mixed Hu and Han manners. ”

Yang Guang lowered his head and groaned when he heard this, thinking about the benefits and losses in his heart.

The four states of the Western Regions are a relatively closed area compared to the Central Plains, and there is only one gallop road in the Longxi Plain that can contact the Central Plains, but there are times when the delivery of materials is not timely. But if the right to build weapons is handed over to Li Wenyuan, will he support the army and stand on his own? But after thinking about it, his plan is about to reach the last step, and this last step will definitely cause extreme dissatisfaction among the Guanlong nobles, and having such an unclear position in charge of the Western Regions can also divert the attention of some Guanlong nobles.

What's more, the Western Regions are thousands of miles away from the south of the Yangtze River, and the south of the Yangtze River is where its foundation lies. In Yang Guang's mind, a bigger gamble emerged than before, winning the Great Sui Prosperity and losing the Great Sui Break.

Yang Guang looked up at Li Wenyuan, and saw that he had been kneeling on the ground, motionless, so he said: "The four states of the Western Regions are many closed places, and they do need some power to respond to emergencies, and the newly established and last four counties have been a little unstable recently, and even more have not reported to the imperial court for more than a year, I also entrust you to ensure that the old four states in the Western Regions, and the new four counties, a total of eight states, will be under the king of the Great Sui." If there is anyone who does not obey the king, I will allow you to act cheaply. ”

Li Wenyuan was taken aback when he heard this, the entire Western Regions? This Yang Guang won't want to set himself up, right? Then he said: "Your Majesty is angry, your subordinates are only to resist the invasion of the Hu people, not to plot the entire Western Regions. ”

Yang Guang stood up from the chair at this time, bypassed the table, and personally helped Li Wenyuan up and said, "When I saw you leading the army to serve the king, I knew that you were loyal. What I just said is the truth, the newly established four county guards did not want to be loyal to me, but secretly colluded with the Hu people and Tubo, and they already had a heart of disobedience. I really need you to stabilize the entire Western Regions for me. ”

Li Wenyuan felt a little relieved at this time, and hurriedly said: "The minister is willing to share the worries for His Majesty." ”

Yang Guang nodded and said: "You don't have to participate in the next crackdown on bandits, the overall situation has been decided, you first lead the army back to Jincheng to do a good job of handover, and then go directly to the Western Regions to take office." ”

Li Wenyuan received the order, left Yang Guang's palace, and returned to the team to call Zhang Juntai: "Juntai, I will go to the Western Regions to serve today, what are you going to do?" ”

Zhang Juntai was silent for a while and said: "I have already received the news on the way to Liaodong that my father died and was buried by a kind neighbor, and now I am alone, but I also went to the Western Regions to seek some wealth." ”

Li Wenyuan heard that Zhang Juntai's father had died, and he didn't know what to say, so he simply remained silent. Zhang Juntai saw it and said: "I joined the army for my father, and my father died at home. I have also done my filial piety, and the next thing is to break into a career and leave a name in history. ”

Li Wenyuan saw that Zhang Juntai could see it, and then smiled and said: "The wealth must belong to you and my brother, and it is definitely indispensable to leave a name in history." ”