Liu Xin is actually against the use of eunuchs, and these people's mutilated bodies often bring psychological perversion. But when he really arrived in Chang'an and saw this majestic palace city, he knew that palace maids and attendants were indispensable, so he summoned Li Ming and Zhang Gou'er, the two eunuchs in the old palace, back.

Li Ming was originally a eunuch who raised birds in the palace, and the carrier pigeon was trained by him, and his status in the palace was not high in the past, but he had been in the palace for a long time and was more familiar with the rules of the palace, so he was transferred to Liu Xin's side.

"Let him in." Hearing that Cai He was back, Liu Xin waved his hand and continued to say to Fu Zhu: "Gonghe, you sent someone to keep an eye on Cao Cao, and also informed Gongming that Yuan Shao's grain must not fall into Cao Cao's hands. ”

Frustrated, he said: "Wei Chen thinks that the grain and grass on Yuan Shao's front line are stored in Neihuang, and if he wants to send grain and grass to Cao Cao, he must transport it from Neihuang." A few days ago, General Guan failed to attack Neihuang, and instead attacked the grain route of Yuan's army, but Yuan's army did not transport grain, so General Guan has not made any achievements. Weichen asked His Majesty to issue an edict and send some more troops and horses to General Guan, so that he could block the passage of Yuan's army's grain and grass to the south. ”

Liu Xin shook his head and said, "Cao Cao is not without any food, he can send an army north until Neihuang can get grain and grass." So, I can't give him this chance. Spread the decree, send another 30,000 horses and 200 trebuchets to Guan Yu, and take down Neihuang for me within two days! ”

At this time, Cai He walked in, finished the ceremony, presented the letters of Dawan and other countries, and said: "By the will of Your Majesty, the envoys of the five kingdoms of Dawan, and now the kings of Dawan, Wusun, Shenfu, and Guishan have signed an agreement, agreeing that our Han caravan will pass freely within its territory, and the treatment will be equal to that of its citizens. Only in Kangju country encountered a little trouble, I need to report to Your Majesty in person, and ask Your Majesty to retreat. ”

Liu Xin glanced up and said, "Gong You is not an outsider, there is no need to hide it from him." ”

As soon as he said this, it showed the greatest trust in the frustration, and the frustration who just wanted to take the initiative to say goodbye was inexplicably moved. Li Ming quietly retreated, he was a person who had experienced the rebellion of the Ten Standing Servants, and now he was not young, he only hoped that he could live this life in peace, but he didn't dare to think about anything.

Cai He then arched his hand and said: "When the minister arrived in Kangju, there was just a civil strife in Kangju. Uncle Kangju rebelled and killed King Kangju, who was later suppressed by Queen Kangju and the Minister of Central Affairs, and the uncle also fled from the capital. But this uncle Wang is quite powerful in Kangju, he has a large territory in the south of Kangju, and he still has tens of thousands of remnants of the army, and he will definitely make a comeback soon. And ......"

Speaking of this, Cai He quietly glanced up at Liu Xin, but saw that Liu Xin's face was not shocked. In fact, Liu Xin doesn't take the rebellion in these foreign countries to heart, and he also has a dark idea, the more chaotic these countries are, the better, and he can fish in troubled waters when they are chaotic.

Cai He hurriedly lowered his head and continued: "And when the minister was in Guishuang, he accidentally ran into that Kangju Wangshu's subordinates, if the minister's expectation is good, that Kangju Wangshu must have gone to Guishan to borrow troops." ”

Liu Xin nodded and said: "The civil strife in Kangju is nothing more than the struggle for the throne, but no matter how chaotic they are, and whether Guishan interferes or not, they are not allowed to damage the interests of my Han caravan." Have you ever stated this to them? ”

Of course, Cai He couldn't think of such a far-reaching thing, so he couldn't help blushing, and whispered: "The minister is not thoughtful, please punish Your Majesty!" ”

Liu Xin waved his hand and said, "It's okay, you continue." ”

It is said that a companion is like a companion tiger, although it is his brother-in-law who is on the throne, Cai He is still a little nervous, wiped the sweat on his forehead, and then said: "According to the minister's observation in Guishan, King Guishan seems to have agreed to the conditions offered by Uncle Kangju. When the minister returned to China, he passed by Kangju, met the queen Kangju again, and told the truth what the minister saw in Guishan. That Queen Kangju begged Her Majesty to send troops to help! ”

Liu Xin's face was angry, and he said: "The civil strife in Kangju is their own business, how can you be suspicious of it based on your own opinion, if it causes a war between Kangju and Guishan, it will inevitably affect the trade routes of the Western Regions." Didn't you take a fancy to Queen Kangju's beauty and see it? Honestly, did you promise her privately? ”

Cai Zhong hurriedly prostrated on the ground and kowtowed: "Queen Kangju's face has been covered with black veil, and the minister has not seen her face clearly, nor does he know whether she is beautiful or ugly. ”

Since Liu Xin took Minchan to the Western Regions for a walk, and Minchan's face was always veiled, the reason given was that this could be done to prevent the invasion of wind and sand in the Western Regions, and later added the propaganda of Princess Liya of Loulan, which set off a trend of wearing veils among women in the Western Regions. Cai He said that Queen Kangju always wore a veil, which is quite credible, but most women in the Western Regions wore a light-colored veil, but they didn't know why the queen wore a black veil.

Liu Xin raised his hand and said, "I believe you once, and you get up and talk back." ”

Cai He got up from the ground, bowed his head and said: "It is Your Majesty's right to make a decision to kill, how dare the minister be arrogant." It's just that the minister felt that if His Majesty could help Queen Kangju quell the rebellion, Kangju would be grateful, and it would be very beneficial to consolidate the position of our Han in the Western Regions, so the minister promised to come back and ask Your Majesty. ”

Fu Zhu suddenly said: "The surrounding countries of the Western Regions are all afraid of my big man, and if I use swords and soldiers again, it will inevitably arouse the suspicion of all countries. The minister thinks that it is better to go with the flow. ”

To go with the flow is to ignore it.

Cai He said again: "That Queen Kangju also asked her ministers to bring back a letter to Your Majesty, saying that if Your Majesty reads this letter, she will naturally agree to send troops." ”

"Oh." Liu Xin was slightly surprised, and said, "What kind of letter, take it with me." ”

Cai He took out a sheepskin pouch from behind him and presented it with both hands. Liu Xin took a look, this sheepskin bag is hand-sewn, the workmanship is very fine, the seal is coated with wax, and the leather bag is written with a brush with a few words, "Lord Liu personally opened". When Cai He went to the countries, Liu Xin had not yet been proclaimed emperor, so there was nothing wrong with writing it like this.

In fact, Liu Xin only proclaimed himself emperor, and did not hold any ceremonies, nor did he edict the world, and even Ma Yun and the others were not canonized. However, the heirloom jade seal had been handed over to Liu Xin by He Lian herself, and Liu Xin also called He Lian the imperial sister-in-law and let her live in the palace.

Liu Xin carefully checked the seal to confirm that there was no trace of opening, and then opened the sheepskin bag, but there were two pieces of yellow silk inside, the first piece of yellow silk only had three words written on it - my surname was Ban, but the second piece of yellow silk had two days written on it.

These contents are all written in Lishu, the handwriting is graceful and upright, obviously from the hands of women, and they are written with a brush, especially the three words of my surname Ban, which reminds Liu Xin of the black whirlwind.

If it's a black whirlwind, it's easy to explain. Black Whirlwind is a woman, and she is half Han Chinese, and although Liu Xin has never seen her write, she can speak fluent Chinese and write Chinese characters.

As for the two days written on the second yellow silk, Liu Xin was puzzled, frowned and thought for a long time, and suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and then he remembered that one of the days was the day at the bottom of the mud cave.

Thinking about the crazy experience at the bottom of the cave and the bad relationship with the black whirlwind, Liu Xin couldn't help but shake his head, and then carefully compared the two days, and suddenly made an astonishing discovery, the difference between these two days is 290 days, which is the time that the ancients often said that it takes to conceive a baby in October. Liu Xin couldn't help but be dumbfounded, could it be that the madness of that night made the black whirlwind beads secretly knotted?

Originally, Liu Xin didn't plan to pay attention to the civil strife in Kangju.

As Fu Zhu said, the value of the Western Regions to the Han is that the trade route can bring a steady stream of wealth to the Han Dynasty, but the surrounding countries of the Western Regions are all wary of the Han Dynasty, especially the two countries of Dawan and Wusun. When Liu Xin planned to rebuild the Western Regions Protectorate, Dawan intended to send troops to destroy it, although after the defeat to the Han army, it had to be temporarily softened, but it, like Wusun, was one of the Western Regions countries under the jurisdiction of the Western Regions Protectorate a long time ago, and what they were most worried about now was whether Liu Xin would put them back under the jurisdiction of the Western Regions Protectorate.

No country does not want to maintain its independence, not only Dawan and Wusun, in fact, Kangju, Guishan and Shenzhi must also be full of vigilance against the Han, some time ago they behaved so actively, it is because of the strong military power of the Han that they have to put their posture a little higher. If the Han Dynasty strongly intervened in the civil strife in Kangju, it was likely to cause dissatisfaction among the surrounding countries.

But seeing what was written on these two yellow silks, Liu Xin changed his mind and said: "The stability of the Western Regions is very important to the Han Dynasty, that is where the interests of the Han Dynasty lie, and they will never be allowed to cause chaos, let alone allow any country to meddle in the internal affairs of other countries under any pretext!" I decided to accede to the queen's request and send troops to Kangju! ”

Frustrated and surprised, he hurriedly dissuaded: "Your Majesty, my Han has just restored the Western Regions Protectorate, and the surrounding countries still haven't understood Your Majesty's intentions. ”

The real reason, Liu Xin can't say, he smiled and said: "I know what the public said." But the lesser of two evils, if it was only Kangju's own internal strife, I would naturally ignore it, and now with Guishuang's intervention, I can't be underestimated. I will never allow Guishan to meddle in Kangju's internal affairs! ”

Fu Zhu thought for a while and said, "The war in the Kanto region has reached the most critical juncture, and now I am afraid that there are no troops to send. ”

Liu Xin said without thinking: "Isn't there still 20,000 people left in the Western Regions Army as a reserve force in Yiwu? This army was originally going to be stationed in the Western Regions, and now sending them there can be regarded as letting them adapt to the environment there in advance. ”

Frustrated and persuaded: "None of the generals in the DPRK and China can be left lightly, but who will lead the army?" ”

Liu Xin laughed and said, "I am the emperor and the emperor!" ”