I don't want to make wedding dresses for others!

Huo Guang understood the meaning of the emperor's words, the Wusun Kingdom is thousands of miles away, it can not only farm land, but also raise horses, close to the extreme west, there are weapons and armor, and it is five thousand miles away from Chang'an, and the Central Plains sent troops to the Western Regions, and it took a month or two to march just for a month.

This time is enough for the local ruler to coup and then completely control the situation, and the borders of the empire are naturally divided.

Now the emperor wants to develop the Western Regions and vigorously import population and technology to the Western Regions.

Once these precious resources of the Central Plains enter the Western Regions, the strength of the Wusun Kingdom will swell dramatically.

Now King Wusun is so in awe of the imperial court because of his weak strength.

When the Wusun Kingdom has a population of one million and tens of thousands of armor, they will definitely provoke the imperial court, and even not be subordinate, and the Yin Jian of the princes of Bangzhou is not far away.

Creating enemies for himself, it is impossible for Liu Xun to make such a low-level mistake.

In fact, the land of the Yishui River Valley can give birth to a super farming and nomadic country with a population of millions, and it is a far more terrifying opponent than Goguryeo.

It can even be said that the war potential of the Huns cannot be compared with it.

The Central Plains Dynasty wanted to cross thousands of miles to attack a large country with a population of millions and also want to destroy the country, which was almost impossible in the era when there were no firearms.

Although there is no such sign now, Liu Xun is still suspicious of this place based on the judgment of past data, and is unwilling to let King Wusun continue to enjoy this fertile land alone.

In the final analysis, King Wusun is not Liu Xun's own person, there is no basis for mutual trust between the two sides, Liu Xun does not understand the aristocratic officials of the Western Regions, and can only infer what may happen from the perspective of human nature.

In politics, believing in others at will is suicide.

Huo Guang is a loyal defender of the central court, and when he heard this, he said directly: "Your Majesty, your heirs are gradually growing up, but most of them have not yet been crowned kings, and the ministers suggest that they be crowned kings in the Western Regions." ”

The standard routine of the Han Dynasty is to seal the king first where it can't be controlled.

With Tuien and exile, basically three or four generations or so will be excluded, if you do a good job, you will leave the title of Marquis, and the kings of the kingdom will become a marquis, if you don't do a good job, then it will naturally become an idle clan.

Generally speaking, after about three generations, the number of local royal families has been quite large, and the number of Han people has been quite large at the same time.

At this time, it is possible to either appoint new princes and kings, or change them to counties and counties, and increase the land directly under the central court.

The imperial family without the title of king and marquis is naturally the basic plate of the emperor, because every year the emperor of the Han Dynasty will appoint some of these people.

With the town of Shangshi and the county magistrate who governed the people's livelihood, the results have always been very good.

Liu Xun pondered for a few seconds, and then said slowly: "It is true that the two kings should be sealed, but it is not enough, and I also want to promote the prince of Shizhen, I plan to canonize the lord of a small country in the Western Regions as the prince of Shizhen."

Zi Meng, I remember that among the nobles of the Western Regions who followed Marquis Wu Xiang on his expedition, there was a lord of the Western Regions, who had a relatively large merit and was one of the commanders of the Temple Army, so he was canonized as a liehou.

Let's call him Chengenhou.

Let his young heirs come to Chang'an to learn the classics of my Han family, and go back to inherit the position of the prince in the future, as one of the examples of the Han Dynasty to the Western Regions.

As long as they make meritorious contributions to the Han, the Han can give them a knighthood. ”

Huo Guang was really shocked this time, it's not that the Han Dynasty has not given titles to foreign races, after all, the Huns had absorbed so many foreign races, and even the princes had been canonized.

Moreover, the system of knighthood for foreign races has a long history, and there has been such a tradition since the Bang Zhou period.

The so-called treat, beheading, accept as a dog.

After the intimidation by force is over, it still has to be co-opted, except for Liu Dan, who really killed with a tendon, the other emperors are good at co-opting foreign races for their own use.

But this is the first time for the Marquis of Shizhen!

The Marquis of Shizhen is not a title name, it is actually an unofficial title.

Generally speaking, it refers to those liehou families who have the emperor's golden order in their hands and have the command of the county in wartime, and there may be two liehous in the same county, one has a golden order and the other does not.

The princes of Jingnan are basically the princes of Shizhen, especially the six families of Lanling Xiao, Huaiyin Han, Xinzheng Zhang, Jimo Lu, Anyang Han and Yinghou Luo, who have not moved their nests for a hundred years, and the east of Taihang Mountain and the north and south of Jianghuai in Shizhen are the cornerstone of the imperial court.

Jingnan was launched by these six major families, and the other princes of Shizhen dared to follow, because these six major families had a gold medal for avoiding death in the Han Dynasty.

Huo Guang was quite surprised and asked, "Your Majesty, did you really give the people of the Western Regions a golden book, a golden edict, and a golden decree at the same time?" This is the first time that the country has experienced it. ”

Liu Xun smiled slightly: "The Holy King just wants to do what others can't do, and follow the rules, how can he surpass his predecessors?"

After dividing the Wusun Kingdom into three parts, there are four princes and kings of the Liu family in the Western Regions, and it is enough to have four princes to guard the liehous.

But after all, the Western Regions are foreign regions, and rashly transferring people from the Central Plains will cause a backlash from the Western Regions, and the last words of Marquis Wuxiang are that I hope that I can reward the armies of the Western Regions normally.

He personally killed the Xiongnu Shan Yu, and the results of the battle that took more than half of the 40,000 casualties of the Western Regions armies could not chill the hearts of this group of heroes.

The princes of Shizhen must be appointed from among the locals, a prince of the Western Regions serves as the prince of Shizhen, as well as the existing Wushuang marquis, and then from the Han army that participated in the raid on the Xiongnu royal court, choose a canonized prince with great merit, and the town is in the eastern kingdom of Dawan.

The position of the last town guard is to be vacant first, and then appointed when the population is larger. ”

There must be a marquis, and there must be a marquis, this is the political iron law of the Han Dynasty, the establishment of each county, the appointment of every prince and king, will involve at least one position of the prince at the same time.

Huo Guang didn't care about these details, he heard some key information from Liu Xun, "It will cause a backlash from the Western Regions", "Reward the Western Regions normally", "You can't chill the hearts of heroes".

These unintentional words prove that although the emperor is about to weaken the power of the position of Dadu Protector, he is not prepared to unload the mill and kill the donkey.

On the contrary, he reduced the power of the military and political forces of the capital and dispersed these powers into the hands of the princes and kings and court officials, and the Western Regions lost an undoubted master, but the power of the Han people in the Western Regions as a whole grew.

The reason why this was possible was because the Xiongnu were defeated, the Western Regions lost the biggest external threat, and a high degree of military condensation was no longer the first choice for dealing with the Western Regions issue.

If you want to resist the Xiongnu, you still have to implement the previous highly military-political system of government.

"The candidate for the protector of the capital, I am ready to send the Marquis of Anyang over."

？？？

Huo Guang was full of questions when he heard this, and he thought that he had misheard it and sent Anyang Hou over, what is the difference between that and letting Wushuang Hou continue to hold it?

The relationship between the Han clan and the Luo clan in Huaiyin is gradually distant, but although the Marquis of Anyang is now from the Han clan, it can not be at any time, the Luo clan still has the legal principle of this title, and how many Luo clansmen are in the Marquis of Anyang, don't you know, Your Majesty?

Liu Xun couldn't help but laugh when he saw Huo Guang's bewildered expression, "Zimeng, Zimeng, you are a wise person, can't you still see my intentions?" ”

Huo Guang was smart, and he was surprised: "Your Majesty, are you changing the way to let the Luo clan continue to be in charge of the Western Regions?" ”

Liu Xun nodded with a smile: "The two kings and one marquis of the Western Regions, if I choose one that I can trust, then I will definitely choose the unequaled marquis."

If there is a rebellion in the Western Regions, I still believe that the Wushuang Marquis will be pacified, and everyone in the Western Regions will be at ease.

The meritorious courtiers will be rewarded as they deserve, let them be honored, let them be rich, and the monarch's world will be stable.

Zimeng, did you say that I was right to do this? ”

Huo Guang immediately bowed down and said: "Your Majesty Shengming, the sage said that the scholar will give grace to His Majesty when he dies for his confidant, and the courtier will repay the favor, this is the truth between heaven and earth." ”

Human beings are too complicated, even Liu Xun is not exempt from vulgarity, and in the ultimate of playing power to achieve balance, he will still put his hope on people.

There is no perfect system in this world, but there are trustworthy people, and all partitions are for the stability of power, but at the bottom of the deepest, the brilliance of human nature covers everything.

Liu Xun stared at Huo Guang tightly, staring at Huo Guang like a mang on his back, not knowing what happened to the emperor.

Then I heard a long voice, "Zimeng, I may have to do a big thing, you are the person I trust the most, I hope you can always remember this trust."

Go down first and spread my word. ”

Huo Guang retreated in a cold sweat, and walked outside the hall, and as soon as the cold wind blew, he came back to his senses and recalled the last words of the emperor.

"Big deal?"

Huo Guang was very puzzled, the emperor was in power, and he didn't start a war with the Luo clan, what was the big thing in this world for him?

I'm afraid that even this attack on the Xiongnu is not a big deal, right?

"Strange."

Huo Guang couldn't think of it and could only give up, and now the important thing is to reveal the adjustment of the Western Regions and see everyone's reaction.

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Whenever the author studies Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, Liu Xun, there is always one word that flashes, and that is prudence.

During the 20 years he was in power, the author hardly saw any violent behavior, he was always cautious and careful, and the political wisdom put forward by Lao Tzu was vividly reflected in him.

From the beginning of dealing with the princes of Jingnan, he was always able to deal with those meritorious heroes who made great contributions reasonably, which did not affect the operation of imperial power, but also enabled meritorious heroes to be rewarded, which is probably what a great king can do.

All kinds of talents were able to use their abilities without fear of being liquidated by the king, which is why Liu Xun was called one of the greatest emperors of the Han Dynasty. - "The Biography of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty"

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