The next morning, the ministers were still discussing whether to withdraw or not, and Emperor Zhang of Han looked at each other coldly and did not say a word. At this time, the guards came to report to the general Geng Bing of the West to report back to the court, and there was something to present to His Majesty. Emperor Zhang saw that another western general had come, and he also wanted to hear Geng Bing's opinion again, so he announced that Geng Bing would come to see him. Geng Bing knelt down and shouted three long live. Emperor Zhang said: "The general is flat, what is the matter?" Geng Bingdao: "Weichen returned to the dynasty to report on his work, and he has explained it to the Taiwei Mansion. I want to see Your Majesty today, especially for the history of the squad leader in the Western Regions. Emperor Zhang said: "The ministers are discussing the Ban Chao recital, or say that it is withdrawn, or that it is still inconclusive, what is the high opinion of the Qing, please talk to Yu Zhen and the ministers to listen." Geng Bingdao: "Your Majesty, in the opinion of the micro-ministers, Ban Chao can not be withdrawn, Ban Chao led 36 people in the Western Regions to repeatedly perform miraculous feats, contain Hei Batian, so that Hei Batian does not dare to go south to loot, Hexi has not been wolf smoke for several years, and the border is too peaceful to work with Ban Chao. Please ask Your Majesty to reuse Ban Chao to determine the Western Regions. Emperor Zhang laughed and said: "What the general said is very satisfying, I have made up my mind, and I have the right to arbitrarily teach Ban Chao the long history of the Western Regions, and if there is a transcript, I will send it directly to me for reading." The ministers said in unison: "Your Majesty is wise. ”

Emperor Zhang said again: "Ban Chao came to play this to invite soldiers, what do you think?" Gongsun Miao saw that Emperor Zhang had decided to stay in Ban Chao, and his eyes rolled out of Ban Chao and said: "Your Majesty is wise, leave Ban Chao to pacify the Western Regions and conquer the Black Tyrant, and the ministers are very admired." Ban Chao invited troops, and the minister thought that he could order the general Ma Fang to lead an army of 100,000 to level the Che Division, meet Ban Chao, set up the Western Regions, and exterminate the Black Tyrant, so as to ensure the long-term peace and stability of the Han Frontier. Emperor Zhang snorted and said, "The ministers will see if Guo Guoxiang's words are okay." Captain Deng Biao came out of the squad and said: "Your Majesty, the soldiers are fierce and dangerous, there is nothing to do in the Western Regions today, the black tyrant is far away, and the army is afraid that the world will shake for no reason, I hope Your Majesty will be cautious." Dasi Nong also went out to play: "This year, there is a lot of drought and little rain in Guanzhong, and the agricultural harvest is poor, and the army needs to transport grain from Shu County and Guandong, so it is very inconvenient to hope that Your Majesty will cut it." Gongsun Miao glared at Da Si Nong and said: "The general Ma Fang is the uncle of the dynasty, brave and good at fighting, and led the army to break down last year. Now the soldiers are strong and the horses are strong, and the grain and grass can make the four counties of Hexi and the support of Khotan and other countries, and the Han army is really the Western Regions when it attacks the black tyrants. It is natural for the countries of the Western Regions to send troops and food. When Emperor Zhang heard that he was asked to send troops and grain to the Western Regions, he thought that Chen Mu was charging for grain from the Che Shi to fill his own pockets and force the Che Shi, Chen Mu was the person strongly recommended by Gongsun Miao, and he was furious when he saw that he was bullying himself at a young age and came to make a bad idea: "Gongsun Miao! Are you guilty? Seeing that Emperor Zhang was angry, Gongsun Miao was so frightened that his heart cracked, and his black face suddenly turned purple, "Plop!" Kneeling down and trembling, he said: "Weichen doesn't know how to ask the emperor to show me." ”

Emperor Zhang stood up and pointed at him and said, "You have five sins. First, when you were drunk in Shanshan, you didn't participate in Ban Chao's burning of the enemy, but when you returned to the dynasty, you showed your merits, deceived the emperor, and won a heavy reward and an official knighthood. Second, he strongly recommended the incompetent Chen Mu and coveted him to bribe 200,000 taels of silver. As a result, Chen Mu was killed, and the Che Shi rebelled, which greatly damaged the prestige of our Han Dynasty. Third, you and Ban Chao used to be the same history in the past, and you knew what it could do, but you were jealous and jealous, and you were innocent and slandered many times. Fourth, turning over the hands for the clouds and covering the hands for the rain, yesterday I also strongly persuaded me to recall Ban Chao and only guard Hexi. Today, I watched me stay in the Western Regions, and you slapped the general's sycophants again, bullied me young, and persuaded me to raise the country's troops to expedition against the black tyrant without understanding the national conditions, and you treat the country as a child's play, which is really hateful. Fifth, you relied on the fact that you had preached the Five Classics for me several times, so you regarded yourself as an emperor and colluded with powerful ministers to bully and oppress your ministers. Are you guilty? ”

Gongsun Miao was heartbroken when he heard this, and kowtowed again and again: "Weichen is guilty, the crime deserves death, read me for the old ministers of the two dynasties to spare me." "Crying. Emperor Zhang said: "What do you think should be done with this person." Taiwei said: "The emperor declared that Gongsun Miao's crime is unforgivable, but Chen Mu is dead, and his bribery needs to be investigated in detail. Emperor Zhang nodded. Weihou Li Yi saw that Emperor Zhang's anger had decreased slightly, and he went out to play: "The emperor is wise, and he found that there is such a traitor in the court, this person's face has been revealed, no one believes his evil words anymore, and he can no longer be harmed. Emperor Zhang said hatefully: "Remove Gongsun Miao from his official position, and drive him out of the court after he raids his house, and never hire him!" Li Yi saw that Gongsun Miao's life was saved, so he kicked Gongsun Miao: "Don't thank you yet." Seeing that Gongsun Miao did not move, the guards stepped forward and saw that Gongsun Miao was so frightened that he had fainted with feces and urine, and hurriedly carried him out of the hall. Emperor Zhang said: "This kind of villain, in other words, is an official in two dynasties, it seems that there are gentlemen in which dynasty and which generation, there are villains, I hope that Zhongqing will be a gentleman, not a villain." All the ministers shouted in unison: "Your Majesty is wise." ”

Emperor Zhang said: "It is unfavorable to send troops to the Western Regions, and it is the best policy to raze and control the country. I intend to recruit thousands of aspiring men to go to the Western Regions, with Ban Chao, Ban Chao in Shanshan and other countries can already mobilize 10,000 troops, these people are for the people in peacetime, the army in wartime, no food and salary, can determine the Western Regions is really the best policy. All the ministers shouted in unison: "The emperor is wise." Emperor Zhang said to Geng Bing again: "You guard Hexi, you can send a general to lead thousands of people out of Tun Yiwu and Liuzhong, and form a distant echo with Ban Chao, and respond to Ban Chao to show that my Han will not give up the Western Regions." Geng Bingdao: "Your Majesty's move is very wise, and the minister sent Sima Zhang Feng to lead 2,000 troops out of Tunyiwu to respond to Banchao." Emperor Zhang agreed.

Kunlun smiled and saw that the big thing had been decided, and resigned to Dou Dan, Banxiong, and Geng Bingyi one by one, and didn't know where the Hegong family was for a while, so he didn't have time to look for it, so he rushed from riding to Shule.

On Luoyang Street, the emperor announced that people with lofty ideals would go to the Western Regions to help Ban Chao.