Chapter 260: Nine Monarchs of the Western Regions

The Metropolitan Governor's Mansion has the right to be a feudal monarch, and there is a lot of discussion in the world for a while, but because of Huo Guang's great achievements in disaster relief and seizing the Western Regions, at this time when his prestige is at its peak, some negative discussions have been offset to some extent, and in the end, they are more concerned about how Huo Guang will use the power of this feudal monarch.

At present, under the rule of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, except for Shangguan Ji and Li Ling, only Lu Shu has a marquis, and the others, whether Dongfang Shuo or Zhao Ponu, have lost their titles.

In the main hall of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, the high-level officials of Hexi gathered again, and even Bai Zheng, the commander of Wu'an, who was far away in the Western Regions, and Gao Buzhi, the commander of Wusun, were recalled to Dunhuang, and everyone was full of expectations, because everyone knew that it was likely that Huo Guang was going to exercise the right to be a feudal monarch this time, but no one knew how to seal it.

"Dadu, the three oases have been basically renovated, and the fields have either been distributed to meritorious soldiers, or the official fields have been rented to the people for cultivation. Today, there are 73,564 households registered in the four counties, with a population of more than 273,500. Du Yannian had already completed the transformation of the three oases, and now he returned to Dunhuang to report to Huo Guang on the most basic situation of the four counties in Hexi.

In the past few years, the population of the four counties in Hexi has already increased several times, and Du Yannian is only talking about the number of ordinary people, because Huo Guang's metropolitan governor's mansion is separated from the military registration. That is to say, there are now nearly 300,000 people in the four counties of Hexi, and the Hexi Army has reached as many as 80,000 after several years of development. This is only the population and army of the four counties of Hexi, if you add the population and army of the Western Regions, the population under Huo Guang's rule has exceeded 500,000, and the number of soldiers who can fight has reached 150,000.

"Very good, now that most of our Metropolitan Governor's Mansion has some foundation, even if it is alone against the Huns or rest, it can be regarded as having the strength to fight. What is the current situation of Sima Qian and Su Wu? Huo Guang twisted his beard and nodded with satisfaction.

Dongfang Shuo stood up and bowed, and then replied: "Taishi Ling is now in the Wusun area, listening to the reports of his accompanying subordinates, Tai Shi Ling is compiling the biography of the countries of the Western Regions. Su Sicheng's words should still be in the resting territory according to the itinerary. ”

Sima Qian plunged headlong into the Western Regions, and was deeply attracted by the long history of the Western Regions, he was only interested in these as Taishi Ling before, but now most of the Western Regions countries have become the territory of the Han Dynasty, Sima Qian felt that it was his life's mission to record these disappeared ancient kingdoms, so he set foot all over the land of the Western Regions, and no one knows how many years it will take?

Since Huo Guang wrote to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty withdrew Su Wu's official position, and then Huo Guang officially appointed Su Wu as the Foreign Affairs Secretary under the Metropolitan Governor's Office, and the plenipotentiary representative Huo Guang sent an envoy to Daqin to contact the commander of the Eastern Army Sura.

Huo Guang nodded in understanding, and then slowly stood up. The moment Huo Guang got up, everyone in His Royal Highness also got up, and now Huo Guang already has a kind of momentum that dominates the world, and his every move makes people feel awe.

"Come with me to see this sand table." Huo Guang said to everyone while walking to the sand table on the side of the main hall.

Before the sand table, Huo Guang picked up a wooden stick and pointed to the area reclaimed in the oasis under Wuwei County. "The population here is already quite large, and the governor of Pontus intends to set up a new county here and build a city called 'Cangwu'."

"Dongfang Shuo" Huo Guang pointed to the sand table and said his intentions, and then called Dongfang Shuo's name.

"The subordinates are here." Dongfang Shuo came out of the crowd and bowed down.

"Today, Dongfang Shuo is the king of Cangwu, leading 500 households in Cangwu County. After that, you will be in charge of the construction of Cangwu City. Huo Guang turned to Dongfang Shuo and said solemnly, unexpectedly named Dongfang Shuo the first feudal monarch under the Dadu Governor's Mansion.

"Subordinates, thank you to Metropolitan Governor Longen!" Dongfang Shuo's robe was lifted, and he bowed to Huo Guang.

"Yi Jixuan" Huo Guang named Dongfang Shuo as Cangwu Jun, but the next one to be called was Juyan Duwei Yi Jixuan.

"The subordinates are here." Yi Jixuan's heart was excited, and he hurriedly knelt down on one knee and hugged his fists.

"This is located in the southwest of the Western Regions, and then in the past is the body poison, there is a city called Lucheng, the governor of Bendu named you the king of Lucheng, from now on you will be stationed in Lucheng, and lead the soldiers of the surrounding original Shache, Xiye, Puli, and Yinai countries. The 300 households in Lucheng are the food of Lucheng Jun. Huo Guang pointed to the southwest of the Western Regions, a place close to the poison, and then named Yi Jixuan as Lu Chengjun, his intention was to let Yi Jixuan defend the southwest of the Western Regions against the poison.

"I don't know."

"The subordinates are here." As soon as Huo Guang shouted his unknown name, he had already knelt down on one knee. At this time, no one knows that Huo Guang is going to give the title to whom.

"Change the location of the Wusun Governor's Mansion to Yancheng, and the governor of Bendu will make you the king of Yancheng, and you will receive 300 households." Huo Guang named Gao Buzhi as the king of Yancheng, and his responsibilities remained the same.

"Xie Dadu Governor Longen, his subordinates are willing to repay the Dadu Governor with death in this life!" Gao Buzhi has experienced several ups and downs, and his gratitude to Huo Guang is even greater than that of others.

"Bai Zheng." Huo Guang continued to call Bai Zheng's name.

"The subordinates are here." Bai Zheng was slightly stunned and then knelt down on one knee with a look of disbelief. He never expected that he would also have the opportunity to be crowned, Bai Zheng had followed Huo Guang for more than a year, although he had also made a lot of contributions, but after all, the time was still short, and even Bai Zheng himself did not have the idea of being crowned a monarch at first.

"The governor of Pontus named you the king of Wu'an, and led 300 households in Wu'an City. Ordered you to lead your men and horses, together with the troops of Wusun Kingdom, to attack Dawan, and this time you are the commander. Huo Guang gave Bai Zheng the title of Wu Anjun a hundred years ago again, and asked him to be the commander to control Wusun's army to attack Dawan.

"Subordinate..... The subordinates only have their livers and brains to repay the favor of the governor! Bai Zheng wanted to say something, but after a pause, he seemed to find that saying nothing was enough to express his loyalty, and in the end he could only say that he was willing to repay him with death.

"Haha, Pontus is reluctant to let any of you die, so give me a good life. There is still a long way to go, and Pontus has a lot of work to do! Huo Guang laughed and said to everyone, his words made the originally serious atmosphere a lot easier.

At this time, Huo Guang had already sealed four feudal monarchs, in addition to Dongfang Shuo, there were three military generals, and the fiefs of the three military generals were all placed in the Western Regions.

"Zhao Ponu. Fulu Branch" Huo Guang then shouted, but this time the names of the two people were called out at the same time.

"The subordinates are here." The two of them went out together and bowed down.

"The two of you built two cities in the Jiuquan Oasis, Qilian and Lejun. Zhao Ponu is Qilianjun, and Fulu is Lejunjun, each with 400 households. "Zhao Ponu and Fulu Zhi are now the Taishou of Dunhuang and Jiuquan, but Huo Guang still gave them the titles of Qi Lianjun and Le Junjun.

"Thank you, Governor Longen."

"Shangguan Ji, Li Ling." Huo Guangyou called out the names of two people at the same time, but this time it was Cong'an Hou Shangguan Ji and Yi'an Hou Li Ling, who already had the title of Marquis.

Shangguan Ji and Li Ling glanced at each other, both of them saw each other's doubts and puzzlements, but they still bowed down respectfully to Huo Guang.

"The governor of Pontus wants to crown you as Cong'an Jun and Yi Anjun, are you two willing to accept it?" This time, Huo Guang did not directly canonize him, but first asked Shangguan Ji and Li Ling what they meant.

Huo Guang's words not only made Shangguan Ji and Li Ling speechless for a while, but even the others in the hall felt embarrassed. These two people are already the titles of the marquis, and it would be a bit nondescript to accept Huo Guang's title of prince again, but if they don't accept it, how will the two of them gain a foothold in the Dadu Governor's Mansion in the future?

"Subordinate Xie Dadu Governor Longen." Just when the atmosphere was about to become awkward, Shangguan Ji, a person who usually looked very arrogant, took the lead in thanking Huo Guang and officially accepted the title of Cong Anjun.

"Subordinate Xie Dadu Governor Longen." Immediately afterwards, Li Ling also made up his mind and thanked Huo Guang to accept the title of Yi'an Jun.

"The title of the imperial court belongs to the imperial court, and the metropolitan governor's mansion belongs to the metropolitan governor's mansion, in fact, there is no conflict between the two, you don't have to worry too much." Huo Guang saw everyone's doubts, and said with a consistent smile on his face. As for Shangguan Ji and Li Ling, Huo Guang only gave them titles, but did not have specific food titles.

When Huo Guang said this, everyone was relieved in the end, but after a while, everyone's eyes fell on Du Yannian, because Huo Guang canonized eight feudal monarchs, and even Bai Zheng, who had followed Huo Guang for a short time, was named Wu Anjun, but Du Yannian, as Huo Guang's closest comrade-in-arms, was even more desperate to complete the things that Huo Guang explained when Jing Zhaoyin was in high position, it can be said that the two have long been like brothers, and the love between the two is almost unmatched in the world, but only he has not been canonized.

"The Governor of Pontus intends to set up a county in the Zhangye Oasis, and the name of the county is ..... Yin Hua. I gave the thousand households in Yinhua County as a food yi to my disciple Zhao Yinhua...... In addition, Du Yannian was canonized as Yin Huajun. On the second day of the first lunar month next month, I will personally hold a wedding for Du Yannian and Zhao Yinhua in the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion! Huo Guang looked at the smiles on everyone's faces and became more and more obvious, and finally looked at Zhao Yinhua and Du Yannian and said.

"How? My good apprentice, are you satisfied with the dowry given to you by your teacher? Huo Guang looked at Zhao Yinhua, and for the first time a father-like smile appeared on his face.

Zhao Yinhua's heart was already overjoyed, and at this moment she felt that long-lost love in Huo Guang, the feeling that Zhao Guang loved her. And Huo Guang canonized Du Yannian with the word Yinhua, which is even more well-intentioned, in the final analysis, the thousand households are Zhao Yinhua's dowry, even if Du Yannian marries a wife and concubine in the future, Yinhua Junfu will always be Zhao Yinhua's final say!

"Thank you....." Zhao Yinhua looked at Huo Guang, she had a lot of things to say to Huo Guang in her heart at this moment, but she hesitated for a moment, and finally only said the simplest word thank you.

"Governor Dadu, when Lu Chengjun leaves Juyan, who should be sent there? Juyanze is a strategic location, and it may not be appropriate to have a capable general in charge! When everyone was still immersed in the joy of Fengjun, only Cangwu Jun Dongfang Shuo thought of the hidden danger after Lu Chengjun Yi Jixuan left Juyan.

"I have already planned this matter, the governor of Pontus plans to let Wuya go to Juyan, and all the Xiongnu remnants in Hutu and other places will go to Juyan, and Wuya will lead these Xiongnu remnants." Huo Guang had already made arrangements in his heart, but his arrangements greatly exceeded everyone's expectations.

"Woman...... Or a Hun woman? Shangguan Ji was the first to express doubts, but he didn't question Huo Guang's decision, just out of subconscious distrust.

"Don't look down on her, Pontus can make a bet with you in less than three years...... After three years, you will find that even if any of you go to Juyanze in place of Wuya, you will not be able to do better than her! Huo Guang didn't care about everyone's doubts, but was extremely confident to bet with everyone.

"The subordinates don't dare!" Everyone bowed in unison and said. No one will question Huo Guang's decision in Hexi and the Western Regions, but it is unprecedented to let a woman dominate the land, and it can't help but make people suspicious.

Since then, Huo Guang's Western Regions Governor's Mansion has canonized a total of nine feudal monarchs.

They are:

Cangwu Jun Dongfang Shuo

Yin Huajun Du Yannian

Wu Anjun Bai Zheng

From Anjun to Shangguan

Yi'an Jun Li Ling

Qi Lianjun Zhao Ponu

Le Junjun regained the land branch

Lu Cheng Jun Yi is Xuan

Yancheng Jun Gao didn't know