Through a series of personnel appointments, Gao Cheng set up an iron curtain against the Western Wei regime in Shudi, composed of Liangzhou governor Xi Digan, Jingzhou governor Duan Shao, Yingzhou governor Wu Mingche, Xiangzhou governor Hu Luguang, and Hengzhou governor Gao Jishi.

Each of the five governors has a heavy army, waiting for the unification battle in the coming year.

Gao Cheng set the time to seize Shu after the autumn of next year, the first battle to destroy Chen, the loss is huge, and the post-war rewards and pensions make the treasury empty, and it takes two harvests this year and next year to launch the war again.

Of course, small-scale wars can still be supported, for example, during Gao Chengnan's expedition to destroy Chen, the general Hu Lujin received a secret report from Gao Cheng's sworn brother Bald Tujia, informing Rouran Khan that Luo Chen had different intentions.

The governor of the six states, who was nearly seventy years old, led ten thousand horses to attack the north of Daqing Mountain, and with the cooperation of Bald Tujia, he captured Luo Chen alive and sent him to Luoyang to wait for Gao Cheng to deal with it.

Gao Cheng learned the news on the way back and couldn't help but feel emotional.

An Luochen's daughter Qi Dilian has entered the palace, and is the concubine under the fourth lady Zhu Ying'e, Yuan Zhonghua, Song, and Xiao Miaochun, and has a very good relationship with Gao Cheng.

I never thought about this, but Luo Chen refused to settle down.

Of course, Gao Cheng understood that Rouran had been respite in Daqingshan North for a few years, and his strength had recovered, so An Luochen tried to get rid of his control, and took advantage of his southern expedition to plan to move the royal court back to Mobei.

From An Luochen's point of view, there is naturally nothing to blame, but Gao Cheng can't let Rouran people break free.

Can't wait to return to Luoyang, Cui Che issued an edict on the way, abolished the Khan position of An Luochen, imprisoned him in the Yanran Pavilion in Luoyang, and appointed his uncle Tu Bald Jia as the Khan of the central part of Rouran.

King Xiao Gao never treats people who have merit.

Tiefa, who was stationed in Huaihuang Town, was also the eastern khan, and Deng Shuzi, who was nomadic in Hetao, was named the western khan.

Completely divide Rouran into three parts, which is easy to control.

Tu Bald Jia, Tie Fa, and Uncle Deng were enshrined, and they sent envoys to the court one after another to show their gratitude.

At this time, there was also a split within the Turks, after the death of Ashina Tumen, his eldest son Ashina Koro was not long on the throne of Khan, but also died early due to illness, and the throne was inherited by his younger brother Ashina Jin.

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But news came from Mobei that Ashina's younger brother, that is, Tong Jin's uncle, Mo He Lu Yehu, had led 100,000 people to the west earlier this year, and he was separated from Tong Jin.

Of course, Gao Cheng knew that Mohe's expedition to the west would make great achievements, subduing the tribes of Chuyue, Chumi, Turgish, Qarluq, and Basimi along the way, and dividing the territory of the Bada people with Persia, and he would also be canonized as the Western Khan, that is, the Khan of Murodimi.

Nominally, the Turkic Khanate was still a single entity, but in reality it had split into two forces.

Mo He took away 100,000 Turkic people, which undoubtedly reduced the military pressure on northern Xinjiang, and with the three Rouran as buffers, it was enough to resist the threat of the eastern Turks, so that Gao Cheng could rest assured that he would start a unified war.

The three of Tu Baldjia, Tie Fa, and Uncle Deng knew very well that Northern Qi took Rouran as a vassal, but the Turks wanted to completely annex them, so that the name of Rouran disappeared in the grassland.

Even An Luochen, who tried to move back to Mobei and get rid of the Northern Qi Dynasty, never thought of uniting with the Turks, not to mention the death of Anapu, no one was willing to bow his noble head to the former forging slave.

Gao Cheng returned to Luoyang City in the autumn, and Gao Xiaozhang, the king of Jin, hugged the eldest grandson who had just completed the moon to greet him, and Gao Xiaoyu, the king of Qin, did not have a very good face.

He was born a few hours later than his eldest brother, and he didn't expect his son to be a few days later than his eldest nephew.

But fortunately, the eldest nephew is a concubine, and his son was born to a concubine, and he is a concubine.

It's just that Gao Cheng doesn't value the concubine in his heart, and he will still abide by this rule on the surface, and when he becomes the Son of Heaven, if it is not necessary, he should not take the initiative to break the rules of etiquette.

Except, of course, the heir to the throne.

When Gao Cheng saw his two grandchildren, he also forgot about the fatigue of the journey, one in each hand, held them in his arms, and after looking carefully, he laughed loudly at Cui Jishu:

"Cui Fu shoots, but there is a caramel to prepare, today I want to make fun of Sun!"

I never thought that Cui Jishu actually took out a box of caramel candy, but I can only say that it is no wonder that it is the person who served by Xiao Gaowang's side at the age of seventeen, and his habits are simply clear.

Back in Luoyang, the first thing Gao Cheng faced was the candidate for Shang Shuling.

Shang Shuling Gao Longzhi is already sixty-three years old, and not everyone is like Hu Lujin, who is nearly seventy years old and can still lead troops to fight.

If Gao Cheng remembers correctly, Hu Lujin lived to be eighty years old, and in this era when he can be called a husband in his thirties, eighty years old is enough to be called a long life.

Sixty-three-year-old Gao Longzhi became more and more lacking in energy, and finally decided to resign from Gao Cheng.

Gao Cheng said to keep it, but Gao Longzhi was already determined to say goodbye to old age, his life has been completed, he was named the king of the county, was included in the genealogy of the clan by Gao Cheng, and held Shangshu Province for more than ten years.

At least today's Yang Su, Cui Jishu, Cui Xian and others cannot be compared with them for the time being.

Gao Cheng saw that Gao Longzhi had made up his mind, so he also approved his resignation.

Shang Shuling has already been selected, and it is nothing more than Cui Jishu and Cui Xianam.

But it's not easy to make a choice, both of them are their own cronies, coveting the position of Shangshuling for many years, and the palms and backs of their hands are full of meat, so it's really hard to decide.

In the end, Cui Xian took the initiative to retreat, the ostensible reason was that Cui Jishu was his uncle and did not want to be on top of him, but the actual reason was the sentence outside Jianchun Gate, 'Cui Servant shoots, but there is a preparation of caramel candy.' ’

In the final analysis, as the first staff member recruited by Gao Cheng, Cui Jishu is indeed closer to Xiao Gao Wang than other ministers, otherwise he would not be qualified to pimp him.

After Cui Xian withdrew, there was no longer any controversy about the selection of Shang Shuling, Gao Cheng took Cui Jishu as Shang Shuling, Cui Xian as the left servant, and added the servant, and on the grounds of many years of hard work, he was promoted to the first rank and named the county duke as compensation.

Solving the ownership of Shang Shuling's position, Gao Cheng was worried about the successor of Hu Lujin, the governor of the six states.

Hu Lujin is sixty-nine years old in the end, and a previous attack battle almost broke his old bones.

After Gao Cheng summoned a group of cronies to discuss, he decided not to set up the post of governor of the six states, but to take Hu Luxian, the second son of Hu Lu Jin, as the governor of Shuozhou, leading the army to the south of Daqing Mountain, and at the same time responsible for secretly monitoring the most powerful central Rouran of the three Rouran.

Another five generals, including Gao Yue, Liu Feng, Ke Zhu Hunyuan, Murong Yan, and Wei Xingqing, were sent to lead the governors of the remaining five prefectures to garrison northern Xinjiang and cooperate with the three ministries to jointly resist the Turkic invasion.

The abolition of the post of governor of the six states was really Duan Shao, Hu Luguang, and Gao Jishi, who stayed in the south to prepare for the battle of Shu, and Gao Cheng really couldn't find a suitable candidate after Hu Lujin.