Chapter Ninety-Three: The Protectorate of the Western Regions
"Your Majesty, it has been more than 70 years since Emperor Xiao'an abolished the Western Regions Protectorate, but the countries of the Western Regions have always been committed to the Great Han, and now my Han is thriving under the governance of Your Majesty, and I beg Your Majesty to re-establish the Western Regions Protectorate and raise the prestige of my Han!" After speaking, Yao Jie bowed again.
As soon as Yao Jie's words fell, the ministers below were in an uproar, and no one expected Yao Jie to mention this matter.
"Your Majesty, the Western Regions are far away from my Han Road, and it is a barren land, and the establishment of the Western Regions Protectorate costs a huge amount of money, and the gains outweigh the losses!" Yuan Feng stepped forward and said.
"My Han has just put down the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and not long ago he broke the Wuhuan, it is the heyday, does the servant have a different opinion!" Zhang Rangyin and Yang smiled weirdly, Yao Jie had already been angry with him in this matter, although he wanted to restrict Yao Jie, but he still couldn't stand wrong in the political struggle.
"This ......" Yuan Feng has nothing to say, this is a heart-wrenching word, if you object again, it means that the Han Dynasty is not strong now, and that Liu Hong has no way to govern, seeing that Emperor Han Ling is staring at him, Yuan Feng can only stubbornly say: "The minister has no objection!" ”
"That being the case, then I don't know what your Aiqing suggestions for the candidates for the protector of the Western Regions?" Emperor Han Ling glanced at the lower Dao with satisfaction, his heart was full of excitement, which emperor didn't want to establish more meritorious deeds, the former Han had to give up the Western Regions because of internal and external troubles, but now he is re-intervening in the Western Regions in his hands, and there will inevitably be a record of him in the history books in the future.
"Your Majesty, the minister recommended Cao Cao, the captain of the military academy, to serve as the protector of the Western Regions, one of which is that the military captain of the military academy bravely killed the enemy in the counterinsurgency and made great contributions, and second, the minister had heard that the ambition of the military captain was to be engraved on the tomb of the general of the Han Dynasty after his death, and his loyalty to the Han Dynasty can be seen by the sun and the moon, and now the situation in the Western Regions is unstable, Wusun and other countries are not subject to control, and they urgently need a capable person to sit in the Western Regions like Ban Dingyuan, and Captain Cao is the most suitable person!" Yao Jie said this for two purposes, once Cao Cao was transferred to the Western Regions, he could have one less competitor, Yao Jie is not as stupid as other protagonists, he has the opportunity to kill this competitor but let the tiger return to the mountain because of sympathy, he wants this world, he is destined to be a hero, not a hero, and secondly, Wusun in the Western Regions has long been under the control of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and there is a stronger Kushan Empire in the west, and the situation in the Western Regions is not stable at all, but Cao Cao has this ability.
Listening to Yao Jie's words, Emperor Han Ling also fell into contemplation, as for the other ministers, they did not recommend it, although the family is not profitable early, but it does not look down on the barren land in the Western Regions at all, although there is the Silk Road, but the people who also sent themselves in the past must have cost a lot, not to mention that the situation in the Western Regions is unclear now, and all the investment will be wasted if it is not good.
"Your Majesty, the dog Mengde is young and vigorous, and he is not the best candidate to go to the Western Regions!" Dahonglu Cao Song was in a hurry, he didn't want Cao Cao to be sent to the place where birds don't in the Western Regions.
"Your Majesty, I think I have to ask the lieutenant for advice on this matter!" Yao Jie saw that Emperor Han Ling hesitated, afraid that this matter would be yellow, so he hurriedly stepped forward and said, Cao Cao at this time has no ambitions, he just wants to be a loyal minister, so the probability of him agreeing is very high, anyway, now he has no other way, he can only bet that Cao Cao will agree, even if he doesn't agree, there is not much loss.
"Yao Aiqing is reasonable, quickly recruit the military captain to return to Luoyang!" Emperor Han Ling no longer struggled, and decided to give Cao Cao the choice himself.
Five days later, Cao Cao, who got the news, hurried back to Luoyang.
"Minister Cao Cao knocks on Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live long live!" Cao Cao saluted Emperor Ling of Han.
"Let's be even, Aiqing has already known about this matter, I don't know the proposal of the general, what about Captain Cao?" As soon as Emperor Han Ling finished speaking, dozens of pairs of eyes in the court stared at Cao Cao tightly, waiting for his decision.
Cao Cao didn't let everyone wait long, and soon said with a resolute face: "Minister Cao Cao is willing to go to the Western Regions, follow Ban Dingyuan, expand the territory for my Han, and raise the prestige of my Han!" After speaking, Cao Cao's heart also became excited, this is moving in the direction of his dream.
"Good! Cao Cao listened to the seal! Emperor Han Ling stood up directly and said, "Cao Cao has a meritorious role in pacifying the Yellow Turban, and now he automatically invites Ying to sit in the Western Regions, and the heart of serving the country can be seen from the sun and the moon. After Emperor Han Ling finished speaking, he caused a shock among his loyal ministers, and he was promoted from the captain of the military academy to the general of Pingxi, which is how many levels he has jumped, which also shows the high hopes that Emperor Han Ling has for Cao Cao.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Cao Cao was also excited, General Pingxi, if you go up two levels, you will be the general of the Four Expeditions, which shows Emperor Han Ling's expectations for himself, and he secretly made up his mind in his heart to be loyal to the Han Dynasty, and Yao Jie on the other side also smiled, he knew that he would lose a strong competitor from now on, which reduced the difficulty for him to seize the world.
Yao Jie didn't stay in Luoyang for long, and soon led his own soldiers to chase after the large army, at this time he also learned the news of the Wuhuan civil war, and his heart was very excited, although the soldiers who had just returned north still needed to rest after a long time of fighting, but the first 50,000 people who went north with Guan Yu had already finished resting, and they had been training for more than half a year, just ready to go on the expedition, and a new step of army expansion had begun, since it was determined to start a war with Wuhuan and Goguryeo, the 100,000 people were definitely not enough, not to mention anything else, Goguryeo alone had more than 200,000 troops, Although Wuhuan experienced the defeat of Qiu Liju, he was able to gather more than 200,000 cavalry, which should not be underestimated.
More than 80,000 people were selected from the captured Yellow Turban Army for training, and the number of the captured troops approached 200,000.
Three months later, Yao Jie finally returned to Tuyin County.
"Big brother!" Guan Yu greeted the returning army outside the city.
"Xiaguan congratulates Lord Taishou on his triumphant return!" Other officials in Youbeiping also welcomed Yao Jie's return under the leadership of Xun You and Xun Yu.
"You don't have to be polite, let's wait for the first city, Yun Chang, how is the arrangement of the military camp?" Yao Jie smiled.
"Big brother, rest assured, the military camp outside the city has been expanded, enough to station 150,000 troops!" Guan Yu said proudly that he personally supervised the expansion.
"Okay, soon I'm going to check the training of the soldiers, I hope I won't be disappointed!" Yao Jie said again.
"Big brother, don't worry, you just have to review!" Guan Yu is still quite confident in the soldiers he has trained.
"Enter the city!" Yao Jie nodded.
Walking into Tuyin County, Yao Jie found that there was a prosperity here, and the Xun family really lived up to their reputation, and several other counties in Beiping did not know, but Tuyin was indeed thriving by them, a prosperous scene.