Chapter 257: Contacting Sula
The breach of the Yellow River was blocked, and the water level in the submerged places slowly receded. When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty returned to the palace of King Liang again, those homeless people had already begun to support the difficult return to their former homeland. The mud on the ground makes it impossible to distinguish the roads and farmland, and it is not known how these people will survive next, but they are still heading towards their homes that no longer exist.
"Your Majesty, the Metropolitan Governor Huo Guang's recital." Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was discussing the post-disaster reconstruction with several important ministers in the palace of the Liang Dynasty, and a waiter walked to the palace with a copy of the recital stamped with fire paint in his hand.
Huo Guang is qualified to go directly to the heavens, and his recital does not need to be seen by the monks of the Prime Minister's Mansion in advance, and no one is even qualified to view it privately except for Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
"Bring it in." Emperor Wu of Han hurriedly commanded. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was also curious about why there was only a document from the Dadu Governor's Mansion in the front, and now there was Huo Guang's separate recital. Moreover, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty remembered that this should be the first note presented to him by Huo Guang since he became the governor of the capital for two years.
After getting the sealed song, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty opened the song in front of the ministers in the palace and began to look at it.
"Bang ....." After a while, Emperor Wu of Han closed his music heavily, and said without raising his head: "You all retreat first." ”
The ministers were surprised in their hearts, and they also saw that Emperor Wu of Han's face was extremely gloomy, even though they were curious about the content of Huo Guang's song, the ministers still respectfully accepted the order and withdrew from the main hall. Even those attendants consciously retreated, and a moment later, there was only Emperor Wu of Han in the empty hall.
When the ministers left, Emperor Wu of Han frowned again and opened the song, and once again looked at it word by word.
"The right of the king...... Do you really want a different surname to be king? Emperor Wu of Han slowly closed the song, this was the second time he had seen the content of Huo Guang's song, and it seemed that he was not as shocked and angry as the first time.
"The Empire of Rest...... Ironclad Cavalry...... If you want the people of the Western Regions to serve, you need the right to be a king...... There seems to be some truth in what he said...... "Emperor Wu of Han muttered to himself, and his heart had changed from anger at the beginning to indecision.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty slowly stood up with the music and paced back and forth in the hall alone. Huo Guang not only asked Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to grant the right to be a feudal monarch, but also described the strength of the Anxi Empire and Great Qin. And now that most of the Western Regions have been included in the territory of the Han Dynasty, as long as Dawan is captured again, it will officially border with the Anxi Empire.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did not dare to make this decision easily, even with his courage, he was afraid of setting this precedent. Once Huo Guang has the right to be a feudal monarch, he will be the de facto king of Hexi and the Western Regions, and all that is lacking is an official title!
Emperor Wu of Han stayed alone in the hall for a quarter of an hour, and finally he walked to a brazier, and threw the song in his hand directly into the brazier, and a burst of flames rose, but a few breaths turned into ashes.
Half a month after the Yellow River burst was blocked, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty finally left the Yellow River and returned to Chang'an. For a long time to come, the focus of the entire Han Dynasty will still revolve around disaster relief and reconstruction, as well as more protracted governance of the Yellow River!
Huo Guangyuan was in Dunhuang, Hexi, and the letter requesting the right of the feudal monarch seemed to sink into the sea, without the consent of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, nor did there be any trouble. And Huo Guang seems to have forgotten about this, and the construction of the entire Hexi is still in full swing. Without food, they still have cattle and sheep, as well as the abundant melons and fruits in the land of Hexi and the Western Regions. The disaster of the Yellow River did not affect the construction of Hexi and the conquest of the Western Regions.
More and more fertile fields appeared in the four counties of Hexi, and the small cities and city-states in the Western Regions were swept away by Bai Zheng, and during this period of time, two unexpected guests appeared in the land of Hexi, and the arrival of these two people did not attract much attention, but it attracted Huo Guang and let him personally meet these two people.
"Xiaguan Sima Qian (Su Wu).... Meet the Grand Duke. "On the main hall of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, Huo Guang personally greeted Sima Qian and Su Wu who came from Chang'an.
These two people were the first people Huo Guang knew, but because of Huo Guang's excitement when they met for the first time, they were a little snub to the two of them in terms of etiquette, which led to Huo Guang having no contact with these two people later.
At that time, Huo Guang was only a young man who had just returned from the Battle of Mobei, and Sima Qian and Su Wu were already the attendants of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. However, in less than ten years, Huo Guang has become the governor of the capital with heavy troops and the world, while Sima Qian is only the Taishi Ling of Qianshi, and Su Wu is even more unbearable, and he is still a small Lang official.
"The two of you came all the way from Chang'an, and you have worked hard all the way!" Huo Guang said with a pleasant face, and did not snub the two because of the unpleasantness of many years ago. Greeting the two in person is already extremely elevated.
Sima Qian and Su Wu were courtiers with official positions, but this time they did not come to Hexi on behalf of the imperial court and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Sima Qian only came because he needed to understand the situation in Hexi and the Western Regions and used it to compile historical records, while Su Wu had nothing to do and accompanied Sima Qian.
Of course, when they came to Hexi, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty also knew about it in private.
"The Governor of Taishi Ling's intention has already known, and the correspondence documents of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion can be read freely, and if Taishi Ling wants to go anywhere, the Governor of Bendu will arrange someone to escort him." Huo Guang was in the top position, and said to Sima Qian with a smile on his face.
Huo Guang was very happy that Sima Qian wanted to write the affairs of Hexi and the Western Regions into the annals of history. After the last flood, the prestige of Huo Guang and Liu Xiang, the king of Liang, also reached an unprecedented height, Liu Xiang, whether in the court or among the people, his prestige has been directly following the trend of his grandfather Liu Wu, and even after Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty returned to Chang'an, nearly half of the Shanglin Yuan collection was given to Liu Xiang.
In this regard, the crown prince Liu is also worried in private!
And the most direct benefit that Huo Guang got was that a large number of displaced people and homeless people in the disaster area came from Liangchu to Hexi to join Huo Guang, and Huo Guang did not refuse these people, not only trying to resettle but also allocating land for them.
"Thank you, Governor!" Sima Qian is the Taishi Ling of the imperial court, he will not call himself a subordinate or anything like that, and Huo Guang has no right to order him here, and Huo Guang is only higher than him in terms of official position.
"I don't know what Su Shilang is doing when he comes to Hexi?" Huo Guang knew Sima Qian's intentions, but he was also curious about Su Wu. Although Su Wu was still not famous at this time, and his age was only in his early thirties, Huo Guang's preconceived ideas made him unable to despise Su Wu.
"The lower official has nothing to do, and he came with Brother Sima." Su Wu bowed to Huo Guang, and now they could no longer brush their sleeves away from Huo Guang like they did back then. And Huo Guang's achievements and deeds over the years have long been admired and admired by Su Wu.
"Actually...... The Governor of Pontus has always had a very important thing to do, but there has been a lack of a suitable candidate, I wonder if Su Shilang is interested? Huo Guang said with a smile, and at the same time slowly stood up and walked towards Su Wu and Sima Qian.
"I don't know what the Metropolitan Governor is talking about? What can the lower officials do? Su Wu didn't directly refuse, and there was still some expectation in his heart.
"Come, I'll show you." Huo Guang took Su Wu and Sima Qian and walked towards the sand table on the side of the main hall. Now there is an extremely large and detailed sand table in the main hall of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, on which not only has the terrain of the entire Hexi Land and the Western Regions, but even the Sabbath Empire further west has a rough outline, but further west of Daqin is still a vague terrain.
"Presumably, the two of you already know that this is the Resting Empire with ironclad cavalry. And to the west of them was Daqin, and Pontus needed a messenger to go to Daqin, to find a man, and his name was ...... What's it called? Huo Guang pointed to the location of the sand table and Daqin, and explained to Su Wu and Sima Qian, and finally couldn't call the name, and turned to Dongfang Shuo beside him to ask.
"Lucius. Cornelius. Sula "Dongfang Shuo has always been known for his erudition and strong memory, this is a strange and extremely long name, even Huo Guang can't remember it, Dongfang Shuo is very easy to remember.
"Right..... That's the man...... Forget it, in the future, whether it is an official document or a verbal title, it will be directly changed to Sula. Pontus needed someone to find this man named Sula on his behalf. "Huo Guang has always wanted to contact Sula, and even a year ago he had sent many businessmen. However, a merchant is a merchant after all, and it is okay to do business and trade goods, but it is not okay to be a messenger.
Not to mention whether these merchants can find Sulla, even if they are summoned by Sulla just by virtue of their identity as a businessman, it will be difficult to gain his attention, let alone form an alliance with Sulla on behalf of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion and Huo Guang. Therefore, Huo Guang has always hoped to find a real envoy to contact Sula over the rest.
"Who is this Sura? What will the Governor do when he finds him? Su Wu was very curious about all this, and went to the legendary Great Qin, although Su Wu still had many concerns, he had already begun to look forward to it in his heart.
The smile on Huo Guang's face became more and more obvious, Su Wu's expression, he naturally understood the meaning of the representative, as long as Su Wu agreed to send an envoy to Great Qin, Huo Guang believed that he would be able to really contact Su La.
"This Sula is the commander of the Eastern Legion of the Great Qin Empire, and his status in Great Qin is very similar to that of the Pontus Governor now, as if we are about the same age. Hehe, when the time comes, the Pontus Governor will personally repair a book, and I will form an alliance with him, telling him that as long as the time is ripe, the Pontus Governor will personally lead a large army to attack and rest in peace, and when the time comes, I will fight with him and share the territory of rest! Huo Guang didn't hide anything from Su Wu, and told him the plan he had been planning for a long time.