In the first year of Taining, in late October, Wei Shuo handed over all the affairs of the Internal Affairs Office to Zhu Wen and Zhang Dalang to be responsible, and he himself set off to return to Luoyang. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

To this day, he can't go back, the cabinet urges three times a day, constantly asking Wei Shuo to return to Luoyang as soon as possible, and a large number of government affairs are waiting for him to deal with.

"Boshan, Daohe, let the two of you wait for a long time! Originally, I should have met with the two generals a long time ago, but I didn't have time to take time for the complicated affairs, so I had to summon the two on the way back to Beijing, please forgive me! ”

"The last general is waiting for the poor to vote, the king is magnanimous, regardless of the past suspicions, not only did not investigate our crimes, but entrusted us with a heavy responsibility, so that the last general and others are all remembered within the five, how can you forgive me?"

In the spacious and bright exclusive king-driven carriage, Zhou Fu and Deng Yue finally met the world-famous King Yan, and the original nervous mood was even more nervous and cold sweat.

Looking at Deng Yue and Zhou Fu, who were a little nervous, Wei Shuo smiled and comforted: "Don't be nervous, although you have a feud with the general Wang Dun, it has nothing to do with the two. Although you can rest assured that you will stay in Yan Kingdom, as long as you do not violate the laws of Yan Kingdom, no one can touch a single hair of your hair. ”

"Thank you for your kindness, in the future, you will take the king's only horse as the leader, go to the soup and go to the fire, and you will not give up." Deng Yue and Zhou Fu immediately became excited when they heard this, with Wei Shuo's statement today, they don't have to worry about being sent to the imperial court for punishment in the future.

"Well, it's good to have this heart, call the two generals over today, in addition to talking about family life, what else to talk about is where the two will go in the future. I wonder what you guys think about this? If so, you might as well hear it. ”

Deng Yue and Zhou Fu, as talents who had just been invested, dared to have other ideas, and repeatedly expressed their willingness to obey King Yan's orders.

Seeing that the other party was so knowledgeable, Wei Shuo was very satisfied. Although he was asking for the opinions of the two of them, in fact, he had already made a plan for where Deng and Zhou would go.

"The widow doesn't hide it from the two generals, I really hope that you will go to the Western Regions to make contributions."

"The Western Regions?" Zhou Fu and Deng Yue looked at each other, the Western Regions have not been connected to the Central Plains for nearly a hundred years, which has made many people forget the Western Regions.

"That's right, since this year, the strategic center of gravity of Yan has shifted westward, and this move is aimed at regaining hegemony in the Western Regions. This summer, the cabinet authorized the Liangzhou Governor's Mansion to rebuild the Western Regions Governor's Mansion in the ancient city of Loulan, and the new Governor Shi Fu Hong personally led 6,000 cavalry, as the vanguard of Yan's return to the Western Regions, he had crossed the Yumen Pass and advanced into the vicinity of the Prison Lanhai. ”

"The return of the Yan Kingdom to the Western Regions will definitely be counterattacked by the local indigenous forces, and in serious cases, there may be a war. In order to strengthen the strength of the Liangzhou Governor's Office, although the cabinet has mobilized a large number of materials and personnel to the northwest, on the whole, the strength of the Governor's Office is still slightly inferior. Liu Yao, the governor of Liangzhou, wrote to the Privy Council and the Cabinet many times, asking for helpers to be dispatched as soon as possible. ”

"The two generals are both talents in their own right, and they are exactly the talents that the northwest urgently needs, but I don't know if the two generals are willing?"

Zhou Fu and Deng Yue glanced at each other, and they both saw irrepressible joy in each other's eyes. Since Emperor Wu of the former Han Dynasty opened the Western Regions, all those who have made contributions to the Western Regions in later generations have all been famous in history. They didn't expect to encounter such a good thing as soon as they took refuge in Yan Guo, so they hurriedly agreed.

"Okay, since the two generals have no objection, then the matter is settled, and when you go to Luoyang to get the documents, you will report to the Liangzhou Governor's Mansion."

"No! The last general commanded. ”

Getting down from the Yan King's seat, Deng Yue couldn't help but sigh to Zhou Fu: "After seeing the abundance of Yan Wang, I know that there is no vanity under the fame. It is not unreasonable that King Yan can use a corner of Liaodong to turn the tide and save the people from fire and water! ”

"Yes, King Yan has a magnificent bearing and lofty ambitions, which is not comparable to ordinary heroes." Zhou Fu also admired.

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Because he didn't have to be in such a hurry to return, it took Wei Shuo more than half a month to return to Luoyang, and as soon as he came back, he was blocked by the cabinet, and the major bachelors were extremely dissatisfied with his abandonment of government affairs and running to Laoshan.

"The king, you can be counted as coming back, if you don't come back, the ministers really have to go and invite you in person."

In the face of the reproaches of the cabinet scholars, Wei Shuo could only bow his hand again and again to express his apologies, "It is the widow Meng Lang who has embarrassed your family." Please rest assured, I promise not to take the next example, not to take the next example. ”

Looking at Wei Shuo, who knew his mistakes and changed them, no matter how dissatisfied the cabinet was, they could only turn into a few sighs.

"Recently, a lot of government affairs have been delayed, let's pick up the urgent ones first, Wen Ji, you can talk about it first."

"No! The most important thing in front of us is related to the Western Regions. According to the Liangzhou Governor's Office, since the establishment of the Western Regions Governor's Mansion, it has been closely watched by various countries in the Western Regions, including those who maintain goodwill towards the Yan State, such as the former country of Cheshi; There are also those who remain hostile to the Yan Kingdom, such as Cheshi Houguo, Qiuzi, Shule and other countries. ”

"In general, those who maintain goodwill towards Yan are all weak and small countries in the Western Regions, and they have been oppressed by powerful countries such as Shule, Qiuzi, and Cheshi Houguo for a long time, and the country is precarious, and they are eager to use the strength of Yan to regain their strength."

"The other powerful countries in the Western Regions are extremely vigilant about Yan's westward expansion, and they also know that once Yan restores its hegemony in the Western Regions, it will definitely affect their interests."

Wei Shuo touched his chin and muttered: "Well, it seems that the situation in the Western Regions is not very optimistic, and there will be a big war in the future to determine the ownership of the hegemony." Wen Ji, did Zhengchang send the details of the Western Regions? ”

"Hui Zhugong, according to the report of Governor Liudu, there are now seven powerful countries in the Western Regions, which are separated from the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, of which the two countries of Cheshi Houguo and Wusun are located in the north of the Tianshan Mountains, and the rest of the five countries of Yanqi, Qiuci, Shanshan, Khotan and Shule are all in the south of the Tianshan Mountains."

"In addition, further north and west of the Western Regions, there are several large and small forces such as Rouran, Eile, Gaoche, Dada, Kangju, and Dawan, among which there are powerful nomadic peoples such as Dada, Rouran, and Kangju who are eyeing the Western Regions, as well as weak countries such as Dawan, which depend on the countries of the Western Regions."

"The situation in the Western Regions is complicated, do you have any suggestions for this?"

"Back to the king, after deliberation in the cabinet, it was unanimously determined that in a short period of time, Yan Guo could not fundamentally change the situation in the Western Regions by only making small fights. Unless a large army is sent to conquer and subdue the countries of the Western Regions by force, and then supplemented by political, economic, and diplomatic means, it is expected to re-establish hegemony. ”

"It is necessary to send a large army to conquer the Western Regions, but the time has not yet come, the Yan army is trying its best to eliminate Cheng Han, and it can't spare more energy to pay attention to the Western Regions for the time being. Moreover, the countries of the Western Regions are thousands of miles away from the Yan Kingdom, and the westward expedition of the army is full of difficulties, among which the transportation of grain and grass alone is a major problem. ”

Wei Shuo very much agrees with the judgment of the cabinet, and history has proven that it is difficult to completely recover the Western Regions without using force. But at the same time, he also knew very well that it was not easy for the army to go west, and unless the whole country of Yan was strengthened, it would really not be possible to complete the westward expedition.

"However, before sending a large army to the west, the Western Regions Governor's Mansion should not do nothing, and in the coming days, the Western Regions Governor's Mansion should prepare for the future westward expedition. First of all, it is necessary to conduct a detailed investigation of all aspects of the countries in the Western Regions, and in addition, it is necessary to establish a Tuntian stronghold near the Gaolanhai, so that Loulan City will become the strongest fortress of the Yan Kingdom in the Western Regions. ”

"Isn't that Cheshi Qianguo very fond of Yan Guo? The Western Regions Changshi Mansion can also take the opportunity to enter Gaochang City, wasn't the Wuji Captain's Mansion in Gaochang back then? If the Wuji Captain's Mansion is rebuilt, the Yan Kingdom will have a foothold in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains. ”

Hearing this, Pei Wei smiled bitterly: "Now the Liangzhou Governor's Mansion is even more bitter, originally Liu Dudu has been shouting to the cabinet that there is a shortage of talents in the Western Regions, and he can't wait to use one person as two people." Now the king not only did not send reinforcements, but also increased the responsibility on the shoulders of the Western Regions Governor's Mansion. ”

"Who said I didn't send a helper to the Liangzhou Governor's Mansion?"

Wei Shuo Zhenzhen said: "The widow returned from Laoshan this time, and brought back two helpers to Zhengchang, both of whom are talents who can take charge of themselves, and they just went to ****** Zhengchang to run the Western Regions." ”

"These two people are not outsiders, they were the generals under the command of the general Wang Dun - Deng Yue and Zhou Fu, after Wang Dun was defeated, in order to escape the retaliation of the imperial court, the two of them traveled thousands of miles to join my Yan country. The widow took pity on the two of them for being talented, and couldn't bear to bury them, so he took them in. At present, there is a shortage of talents in the northwest, so it is time to send them over. (To be continued.) )