Liu Che was not in a hurry to summon the envoys of the Western Regions, and naturally he also had his considerations.

The time is about to come to Zhengdan, and Liu Che plans to summon them again during the Zhengdan court.

And before that, Liu Che decided to let them see the strength of the big man first.

Liu Ponu's proposal to build the national pride in the hearts of the Han people Liu Che thinks it is still very good, and in the same way, he thinks that this method can also be used for the people of the Western Regions.

Only when they truly realize the strength of Dahan from the bottom of their hearts will they be more willing to accept themselves as a member of Dahan in essence.

The twisted melon is not sweet, in Liu Ponu's words, if you want to eat the melon, you have to twist it, then it is better to cut the melon directly and replant a melon yourself, when the time comes, not only the melon is sweet, but you can eat it as much as you want.

As for what a melon is?

Liu Che said that he was confused, but this did not prevent him from understanding the meaning of Liu Ponu's voice.

Although it was not the first time for some of them to participate in the Zhengdan court, after seeing such a large-scale court, many of them were still trembling with shock, and they couldn't help worrying that they would make a mistake and lose someone.

"Your Majesty, the ministers have been devastated by the Huns, and they have come to submit their credentials on the order of our king, hoping that the whole country can join the Han and become a member of the Han Dynasty......"

There are too many small countries in the Western Regions, and there are also one or twenty representatives who came this time, so it is naturally impossible for each of them to stand up and say a few words.

According to past experience, a representative was directly selected, and everyone's purpose was the same anyway.

Although they were forced at first, things have developed to this point, who cares if you are forced or not?

"Prince, what do you think?" Liu Che did not rush to agree, but first asked the crown prince Liu Ponu, who was between himself and the ministers.

Liu Ponu couldn't help rolling his eyes in his heart, and secretly scolded the bad old man for being really shameless.

I originally made this thing up, and now you're asking my opinion?

I'm not that rotten Confucian, you ask a chicken?

Well, it's not like we're talking bad about people behind our backs.

If it is Liu Ju who is sitting here now, Liu Ponu thinks that he will most likely say that the friends of the Western Regions have been persecuted by the Xiongnu, and the Han should be deeply sympathetic, in order to strengthen the friendship between the Han and the friends, the imperial court can increase military assistance to it as appropriate, and if the Han accepts the other party's request at this time, what is the difference between it and taking advantage of the fire to rob?

This is not a gentleman's policy, the Han Dynasty pays attention to etiquette and diplomatic relations, and should be honest with each other, and should let the Wan Dynasty come to congratulate willingly, rather than taking advantage of the danger of others to include it in their own territory.

"Yes!" Liu Ponu learned from Liu Che's pretending to be forced and responded slowly.

Can?

I give you the right to express your opinion, so you can give me a may?

Did you know that I was here to help you establish authority?

I'm ready to even hold my heels, and you're going to send me away?

"Then how do you think the kings of the Western Regions should be placed?" Liu Che endured the thought of wanting to beat people, and said tightly with his teeth.

Liu Ponu glanced at Liu Che, this question is a bit interesting.

How were these kings of the Western Regions housed in history?

Liu Ponu didn't really understand it seriously, but judging from some things in the Western Regions Protectorate, there was no so-called resettlement in the Western Regions in history.

The Western Regions are still the Western Regions, the kings are still the kings, and the power in their hands has not changed from before.

But nominally, they need to accept the supervision and management of the Western Regions Protectorate, and the explanation is more colloquial is that the various forces still have great autonomy among themselves.

The role of the Protectorate of the Western Regions is similar to that of the government during the armed battles between villages in the early years of the Central Plains, but the power is not so great.

How can we say that the root of "one country, two systems" seems to appear here?

"Your Majesty, the minister feels that the identity of the kings of the Western Regions should not be changed, this should be the same as the management of the princes and kings of the Han Dynasty, and all kinds of rules and regulations should also be unified, and at the same time, the Western Regions Protectorate should be established to take charge of the entire Western Regions!" Sang Hongyang squinted his eyes slightly and stood up and said.

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Hearing Sang Hongyang's explanation, the Western Regions Mission couldn't help but feel overjoyed.

What they fear most is to deprive them of their throne, and without it, how can they ensure their luxurious life?

Although they were coerced into making this decision by the great power of the Han Chinese, no one wanted to lose their original power.

It's not impossible to join the Han Dynasty, but more people still want to allow the Han people to garrison, and even ask the Han people to garrison the army, how can they protect their safety if they don't garrison?

Even if they nominally joined, if there was no garrison of the Han people, what if the Huns came to the Han and then went to the Huns to take revenge?

Don't they still need to suffer this loss?

They can join the Han Dynasty, they can make some compromises appropriately, and they can even obey the command and arrangement of the Han people in some things, but they don't want to give up the most basic independent power, and at the same time hope that the Han people can stand in front and shelter them from the wind and rain.

After all, for them, this is an act of betraying the country to seek glory, and since your Han Dynasty has annexed our territory, you can't not think of it at all, right?

Of course, the envoy group did not really understand what Sang Hongyang meant.

They had only heard about the conditions and treatment that the kings of the Western Regions should be treated like princes and kings, but they obviously didn't understand what kind of treatment the princes and kings of the Han Dynasty were treating now?

Princes and kings who own one county, half a county, or even only a few townships abound.

And what power do they have?

Except for the former crown prince Liu Ju, the king of Jiaoxi, all the other princes and kings are not far from being a Chihuahua now.

Sang Hongyang's purpose in making this suggestion was that the city belonged to those princes and kings, who had the right to manage themselves, but the imperial court still had to send the prime minister to assist in the management.

In addition, the territory outside the city is the real territory of the Han Dynasty.

The Han can garrison troops there, build cities there, and do whatever he wants there, and its original owner has no right to intervene.

Sang Hongyang wanted to use the art of words to solve this problem, exchanging a city for the rest of the wider land, and using their own city.

As for whether there will be any caution between the princes and kings, then there is no need to worry.

According to the Han law, princes and kings who have not been recruited by the emperor are not allowed to leave the fiefdom for half a step.

And in a place like the Western Regions, where he leaves his fiefdom is the territory directly under the imperial court, whoever dares to disobey will wait to be punished!

Just when Sang Hongyang thought that the suggestion he put forward would most likely be adopted, Huo Guang stood up with a determined face.

"Your Majesty, when you were a high ancestor, you should not be called ......a king if you are not Liu."