"The Protectorate of the Western Regions?"

Han Gang didn't look at the list anymore, and looked up and asked.

"It's okay to call the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate." Han Jiang said, "Fang Cai also said, Yukun, you are the most familiar with the Western Regions, let alone Wang Sunchen. ”

"There is indeed a need to set up a yamen to rule the Western Regions. However, it is okay to protect the palace and appease the envoy. ”

Zhang Qi shook his head: "The pacification envoy is too high, and Wang Sunchen is not old enough." ”

Han Jiang also said: "If he wants to do it, it will take at least another ten years." ”

Wen Chen said that the military generals wanted to appease the envoys all the way, but Wang Sunchen was too young at this age. However, with his merits, ten years later, maybe he may still be able to enter the Privy Council and follow in Guo Kui's footsteps.

After all, Wang Sunchen was an independent leader and conquered the Western Regions. The three armies are easy to obtain, but one general is hard to find, and the commander is even more rare.

Zhang Qi asked Han Gang: "Yukun, Wang Sunchen's expression is Jingsheng, right?" ”

"That's right, I don't know when Brother Di Ming heard about it?"

Even if Wang Sunchen can be classified as a famous general in the world, as Zhang Qi, he will not deliberately inquire about his words, and Wang Sunchen's words are not widely circulated.

"The folklore in Beijing is saying that there is a Wang Jingsheng who can determine the Western Regions. When it comes to the martial arts of the Han and Tang Dynasties, it is the Western Regions, and now the dynasty can be compared with the Han and Tang dynasties among the people, and Wang Jingsheng has a lot of power. ”

"Many folk rumors are exaggerated, and most of them are the work of storytellers." Han Gang was silent for a moment, and then sighed, "His watch was still given by Wang Xiangmin back then. ”

Han Gang's words made Han Jiang and Zhang Qi silent, and after a while, Han Jiang sighed: "...... The prince is a pure pity. ”

Han Gang nodded heavily.

This was not the first time he had heard someone say this, Han Gang had heard the same thing many times over the years.

Because Wang Shao's early death is indeed very regrettable.

A coach who can lead the team and win is not so easy to find. In particular, Wang Shao led a detachment of divisions to kill under the condition of internal and external difficulties. If Wang Shao hadn't died of illness early, he would have been at least a privy envoy now, and maybe the prime minister would have to do it.

"Fortunately, Wang Zichun still left a Wang Hou. This time, he has a lot of credit. Han Jiang said.

Han Gang said with a smile: "The credit is indeed not small, but the imperial court did not treat him badly. ”

The envoy of the cabinet in the west, the observer envoy of Lanzhou, brought the imperial equipment, and promoted the imperial city division, which is Wang Hou's current official position. In the past, the envoy of the West Pavilion was only the official rank of the official, but now it has become a dispatch. In other words, he is in charge of the Imperial City Division, and at the same time, he is also in charge of the Xishang Pavilion Division, one of the five divisions that are rampant. In his hands, one-third of the military power in the forbidden period is in his hands, and he manages a series of ceremonial affairs, and the real power is in his hands, and he is in hot demand. In the future, it will be either Sanya, or Xifu.

It's just that Han Jiang and Zhang Qi both understand that Han Gang said that the court did not treat Wang Hou badly, but it was not to say that the court was interesting enough to Wang Hou.

"Wang Sunchen is now the envoy of the East Dyeing Institute and the training envoy of the Ganzhou regiment." Zhang Qi was very familiar with Wang Sunchen, "Can he be the protector of Anxi now?" ”

Anxi Duhu, whether in the Han or Tang Dynasty, has a very high status. Before the Anshi Rebellion in the Tang Dynasty, the protectors of Anxi were either princes or ministers.

Moreover, the position of the protector is also in charge of civil and military, this position cannot be equated with the pacification envoy, it is closer to the propaganda envoy. Due to the vast territory of the Western Regions, and at the same time, the roads are separated from north to south due to the Tianshan Mountains, so it is not convenient to arrange them as a place for one road, at least divided into two roads.

Wang Sunsin was a military general, not a civil servant.

From the people, from the place, from the officials, from all angles, Wang Sunchen is not suitable to become the protector of Anxi.

But judging by merit and prestige, there is no one more suitable for him.

And if a civil official is sent over, who should be supported when the civil and military fight?

Han Gang looked at Han Jiang. Since it was Han Jiang who mentioned Wang Sunchen's matter first, he must have already had some ideas.

"If Wang Sunchen can be at ease in the Western Regions for ten years, he can let him have the right to send Anxi to protect him." Han Jiang said.

The Western Regions were chicken ribs for the imperial court.

Looking at the breadth of the area, comparable to the Central Plains, it is actually a hole, which requires a large amount of investment from the imperial court every year. This is the result of taking advantage of the situation after conquering the land west of the river. However, it is a good thing to be able to keep the enemy out of the country and let the Central Plains have an extra layer of defense on the periphery.

It is better to expand externally than to defend against the enemy at home. How many Confucian ministers said before that they were in the middle of the void, and many of them were because since the founding of the country, the Great Song Dynasty has always been in a weak position, but it is just a fox who says that grapes are sour. Now that the national situation is recovering, there are more and more people shouting and killing to the outside world. Even in the poems sung by ordinary scholars, Wei Huo or Ban Dingyuan are mentioned many more times.

"But Wang Sunchen's seniority is still too shallow."

Han Gang stared at Han Jiang. He didn't mind agreeing to come down on behalf of Wang Sunchen, and within three or five years, Wang Sunchen would not be able to leave in the direction of the Western Regions. Three or five years later, Han Jiang and Zhang Qi may not be able to stay in their current positions.

But Han Jiang just said that it would take ten years to appease the envoy.

"If Wang Sunchen is transferred back, the morale of the army may be maintained?" Han Jiang asked Han Gang rhetorically.

Of course not.

Han Gang shook his head and said, "The hearts of the people in the Western Regions have not yet been attached, so Wang Sunchen had better stay there for a while." After the fiasco of the Black Khanate, it must be unwilling. After the snow melts in the spring in the Western Regions, troops will definitely be sent east to recover the lost territory. ”

"If you are bound to stay in office, why talk about seniority?" Han Jiang said: "Since the founding of the Emperor Song Dynasty, Anxi has never been given to anyone. ”

Because the Western Regions were lost after the late Tang Dynasty, and after the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, they failed to recapture the Western Regions.

But Han Jiang said that Han Gang also understood.

Since it has never been established before, whether the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate is high or low depends on the political affairs hall. And the position of the pacification envoy has long been determined.

Wang Sunchen will only be able to serve as a pacification envoy all the way after ten years, but he can now be the protector of the capital, albeit with the right to send out.

The Western Regions Protectorate was established, and Wang Sunchen was appointed to send the capital to protect it.

This seems to be a bill prepaid by Han Jiang and Zhang Qi.

But it's not enough.

"I remember that the imperial court sealed Yizhou Observation and Xizhou Observation before." Han Gang said.

For those local officials who served the Great Song Dynasty, the imperial court has always been willing to give official positions. Just one Xizhou Uighur is an observer and a defense envoy who has sealed a bunch of Uighurs. And Wang Sunchen is now a training envoy of the Yaojun regiment, and there is a huge gap in his position.

"The seal of the remote county appointed by the military minister can only be until the observation envoy." Zhang Qi said.

Don't count on the knots to make and stay behind.

He looked at Han Gang and smiled meaningfully: "And this matter has to be discussed with Zhang Zihou." ”

The dispatch and appointment of military attachés shall be under the jurisdiction of the Judge West Court and the Third Class Court, and shall be under the jurisdiction of the Government Affairs Hall. However, the promotion of military generals is under the authority of the Privy Council.

The imperial court set up the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, and even if the status of the Imperial Protector was comparable to that of the pacification envoy, it exceeded the scope of the personnel authority of the Political Affairs Hall, and the power to recommend was still in the hands of the Prime Minister and the Governor. However, if you want to add an observer to Wang Sunchen, you have to ask Zhang Duan and Su Songtong if they agree.

Han Gang nodded: "Han Gang understands. ”

That's easy to say.

Even if Zhang Dian wanted to oppose himself, he would not put the matter on Wang Sunchen's head.

The Western Regions are too far away from the Jingshi, and it is completely unnecessary. Destroying his reputation among the generals is not a good thing for Zhang Dian himself.

Seeing that Han Gang was confident, Han Jiang and Zhang Qi had nothing else to say. All they had to do was to set up the Anxi Protectorate and let Wang Sunsin take office and send the Protectorate. As for Wang Sunsin's Yao County, it was up to Han Gang to deal with Zhang Dun.

After the matter in the Western Regions was over, Han Jiang took two sips of warm tea. Suddenly, he sighed, "If it weren't for the five serious diseases, this time I would have let him do the Dadu Protection." Presumably, Wang Sunchen didn't dare to say anything. Seed five should also be happy. ”

Would definitely be happy.

It is impossible for the imperial court to go north to attack Liao in recent years, and there is nothing unclear about this matter among the high-ranking generals.

How could a person like a person who would be uncomfortable without war not be willing to take the time to go to the Western Regions to fight the Black Khan?

It's a pity that Chong Ge was seriously ill, and Chong Jianzhong wrote a letter to Han Gang for medical advice, Han Gang had already applied to the Queen Mother before, and selected a Hanlin medical officer from the Tai Medical Bureau to diagnose and treat Chong Ge, and also specially gave a lot of precious medicinal materials.

"I hope to plant five good people. There are three theories in the Western Army, but they can't support the family by relying only on the kind of scorn and the kind of friendship. ”

Ten years ago, Han Jiang was the Xuanfu envoy of Shaanxi and led the army to attack Hengshan. Although he returned from a fiasco, his understanding of the Western Army is not comparable to that of ordinary auxiliary ministers.

Chong Yu once complained about Pang Ji's greed, and he was so bold and reckless that it touched the nerves of every civil official, so he has not been reused in his life, and he has always been in the border county. Seed five can be promoted to the three government management army, but seed can never be. And the kind of friendship, both in terms of fame and merit, is too far from his brother.

"Among the sons and nephews of the seeds, there are also a few who will be planted. The three people in the planting, the planting, and the planting. Han Gang said, "Among the young generals of the Western Army, it can be regarded as outstanding." ”

"Planting?" Zhang Qi seemed to remember something, "It seems that I have seen this name before." ”

"Seed Jianzhong was born in the Ming Law Branch, and he used to be a military counselor by the side of Seed Zheng with the army. Now it has been transferred back to Wenzi, Lingwuzhi County in Lingzhou. ”

The magistrate of the border state is not worth much, and he transferred the military capital back to the civil capital in the middle of the building, and served as the Lingwu Zhi County from the Jingguan Dali Temple of Bapin, and no one competed with him for this new county that was recently established from the old site of Western Xia.

"That's right! That time I saw Ningxia Road. ”

"These three people can be used for northern affairs?"

"Planting Pu and planting teachers are also on Ningxia Road? Isn't the imperial court using them to defend the northern frontier now? ”

Sooner or later, the Liao State will have to be resolved, but by no means now, this is the consensus of all the Zaifu in the DPRK and China.

At least until Yelu Yixin plotted to usurp the throne and the people in the Liao State were unstable. At that time, there was a banner to set things right.

The two royal families are related, and in the alliance of Lanyuan, Song Zhenzong and Liao Shengzong are about brothers. Just 'died of illness' Liaozhangzong Yelu Yanxi, and Zhao Xu happened to be brothers.

If Yelu Yixin usurped the throne, the Empress Dowager had every reason to rebuke the traitor for her nephew.

But before that, holding the newly expanded northern frontier was the most important thing for the northern border army.