Looking at the two sitting in front of him, Liu Xuan seemed to be able to vaguely see the harsh environment in the northwest.

Although the northwest is not as desert and full of yellow sand as it was later, the complex ethnic structure and strategic location on the border, surrounded by strong enemies, still make any official stationed there exhausted.

Look at Ma Teng and then look at Han Sui, the two of them should be in the prime of life, but their sideburns have been hung with hoarfrost, and there are several wrinkles on their foreheads like knife carvings.

However, these two men are extremely strong, even if they sit there, they have a momentum like a mountain, even if they don't recognize the two of them, they know that these two are definitely one of the most famous people today.

When Liu Xuan was looking at the two, Han Sui was also secretly looking at the Son of Heaven.

Unlike Ma Teng, who had met Liu Xuan early and pledged his allegiance, Han Sui chose to avoid it at the beginning, and then retreated to Liangzhou to cut off his possession.

It was only in name that he expressed his loyalty to the imperial court, but it was not until later that the tentacles of the imperial court gradually penetrated deep into Liangzhou, making his strength weakening day by day, and seeing that it was no longer possible to divide one side, he entered Beijing to express his loyalty. Because of these reasons, Han Sui's mood today is quite nervous, and he is afraid that the Son of Heaven will worry about those things in the past with him.

After all, now it is not as good as it was at the beginning, and he had enough confidence at the beginning, but now, Ma Teng and the forbidden army of the imperial court are stationed at the door of his house, if he really has different intentions, those guys can immediately kill Jincheng County and slaughter their own soldiers and horses.

Especially after Ma Teng knew that the imperial court had some magical powers, and those generals in the imperial court, such as Lu Bu, were already unbelievably strong, Han Sui felt even more afraid.

Xu felt Han Sui's fear, and Liu Xuan was secretly proud and at the same time appeased the general guarding the frontier. Although he will no longer use Han Sui to guard Xiliang, even if he stays in the court, he will continue to use it, and it is always a good thing to be able to win him over.

In comparison, Ma Teng doesn't have to care too much, since Ma Teng sent Ma Chao here, it means that Ma Teng will not have any dissent, not to mention that he has personally entered Beijing and handed over the post of Wuwei Taishou.

Ma Teng's Wuwei Taishou and Han Sui's Jincheng Taishou will be handed over to others to take over, although the two of them did not bring their families to Beijing this time, but looking at this posture, they know that neither of them is ready to leave the capital, it depends on how the Son of Heaven is going to arrange, if the arrangement is appropriate, continue to be an official, if you are not satisfied, you may go home to be a rich man, these years the two have not accumulated much wealth in the northwest, and the rest of their lives must not worry.

Liu Xuan does have enough arrangements for the two, first of all, the two positions of Guangluxun and Shaofu have not been decided for a long time, and Liu Xuan saw that the princes of the court could not put forward suitable candidates, so he was ready to use these two positions to buy the two in front of him.

After discussing with the Third Duke and the Six Shangshu, because these two people are also quite famous, there is no opposition, so after chatting with Han Sui and Ma Teng about trivial matters, Liu Xuan basically decided on this matter.

Naturally, the two of them were not dissatisfied with this, and they were promoted from a county guard to one of the Nine Qings, so what was there to be dissatisfied with? Originally, Han Sui thought that it would be good to be able to make a mistake in the court, but he didn't expect that the Son of Heaven didn't care about his past affairs at all, and he also named himself a young mansion...... Without him, just serve the Son of Heaven well.

As for Ma Teng, he was also very happy after being crowned Guangluxun, and his mind was actually more complicated than Han Sui's.

And in the final analysis, it is still with his son Ma Chao.

His son Ma Chao is doing a good job in the forbidden army now, and some time ago I heard that the Son of Heaven transferred Ma Chao to Yulin Cavalry as Zhang Liao's deputy. ..., for this withering, Ma Teng actually thought a little badly.

For Zhang Liao, Ma Teng understands it well, and the general impression is that this young man is the guard of the Son of Heaven, and the Yulin Cavalry under his command is the guard of the Son of Heaven.

Since Liu Xuan ascended the throne, Yulin Cavalry has never really been on the battlefield from beginning to end, although the status of such a unit is sufficient, it is obviously not a good place to go if you want to make contributions.

Ma Teng thought that Liu Xuan was not worried about his father and son, after all, his father was too guarded, there were soldiers and people, and he was also the governor of Liangzhou, which could be said to be in power.

If the son is out again, once the father and son are united, it will be difficult for the imperial court to control it, so it is also a very normal move for the Son of Heaven to transfer Ma Chao into the Guards to monitor nearby.

Ma Teng thought about it for a long time, and felt that he couldn't work outside for a few years, after all, the imperial court would definitely take back the local power. Rather than waiting until that time to be forced to hand over power, it is better to take the initiative and then strive for a better future for your son.

At the same time, if he can enter the court as an official, the Son of Heaven can naturally use Ma Chao boldly with confidence, and at the same time, he can also be an internal aid to Ma Chao.

Compared with young people, Ma Teng understands that if there is no familiar person in the court, even if he has military power, he will not be comfortable, so he feels that only when his father and son are inside and outside can he ensure the prosperity of the Ma family.

Although Liu Xuan didn't know about these little Jiujiu, he didn't care, anyway, as long as the Ma family didn't turn against him and did things well, then what could he do if he was a little selfish? Who could be a person without selfishness? Even some people could be used by him precisely because they were selfish.

"By the way, when Shoucheng was in the northwest, did he have a conflict with the Qiang people?"

Chatting and chatting, Liu Xuan suddenly wanted to ask about the foreign races in the northwest, especially the combat power of the Qiang tribe. Ma Teng is the closest to the Qiang people, but I don't know if there has been an armed conflict with the Qiang people.

Ma Teng nodded: "Actually, there are a lot of conflicts, after all, the Qiang people are not monolithic, they also have internal disputes from time to time, although Weichen is friendly with the Qiang people, but they are only a part of the Qiang people!"

"I see...... Liu Xuan nodded: "When Shoucheng clashed with the Qiang people, those Qiang people who were good friends with you would send troops to help?"

Only then did Ma Teng understand the reason for the Son of Heaven to ask this: "Sometimes, sometimes not...... It mainly depends on what kind of situation they have within their own family at that time, if they are in harmony, they will definitely not help me!"

Seeing that the Son of Heaven was silent, Ma Teng thought for a while, and speculated that the Son of Heaven wanted to use the Qiang soldiers to help the Dingding world?

In the northwest, there is a tradition of using Qiang people as soldiers, and in fact, there are special foreign regiments in the establishment of the imperial court, including the Wuhuan, Xiongnu, Qiang and other ethnic groups, which are fierce in battle, but difficult to discipline.

"If this is the case, although Weichen is not talented, he can still help His Majesty plan 10,000 Qiang horses!"

If it had been before, Ma Teng would never have said such a thing, because it would be taboo by the Son of Heaven. Now he doesn't care, he has stayed in Jingshi, it can be said that Ma Teng is holding himself hostage at all, and if something happens, he will be the first to lose his life.

The Son of Heaven can see this even if he wants to, so he can confidently and boldly say this.

Of course, he would have made this suggestion, and there was another consideration. That is, these Qiang people are difficult to restrain themselves, and if they can't command the army, the Son of Heaven can only appoint his son Ma Chao as the commander of the army - Ma Chao is the son of Ma Teng who married the Qiang people, has Qiang blood, and his own martial arts are outstanding, don't look at his age, but he has great prestige among the Qiang people, and only he can suppress that group of Qiang people. ..., 10,000 Qiang horses, it can be regarded as a bargaining chip for his son, with such a soldier and horse Tianzi will definitely weigh Ma Chao, then Ma Chao's future will naturally be bright.

But Ma Teng didn't expect that his thoughts must have been misguided, Liu Xuan asked these not because he wanted the Qiang people to participate in the war in the Central Plains - no matter how restrained those Qiang people were, they would still cause a lot of trouble. Especially in the war, there is almost no such thing as binding force, and he doesn't want the Central Plains to be plagued by aliens.

He asked these questions in order to know the situation of the Qiang people and whether the Qiang people were likely to be assimilated.

At present, the Qiang people are not incapable of assimilation, especially in the case that they are not a monolith within themselves, as long as they win over the weaker faction, they can even use the Qiang people's own hands to destroy each other's living forces.

So what is left...... If you want to kill, you can kill, and if you want to stay, you can't make any big waves.

Then he chatted with Han Sui, compared to Ma Teng, Han Sui did not have a special friendship with a foreign race, and he was in the northwest of the country, so it was impossible not to communicate with other races. Therefore, Han Sui has some connections with most of the alien races in the northwest, and even in the purchase of war horses, Han Sui has more ways than Ma Teng.

Especially in more distant countries, Han Sui knew about it, and most of it was learned through past merchants.

"In addition, the Guishan and Anxi people who live farther away often come to Dahan to exchange for some things, because in recent years, there have been frequent wars in the Central Plains, and most of them only stay in Liangzhou, but rarely go to the Central Plains!"

Liu Xuan knew that these two were the two most powerful countries between the Middle East and Europe at this time, and he originally wanted to know more, but judging from Han Sui's story...... These guys aren't much good, either.

It is not for nothing that the Han people have basically defined the world as the Yellow River and the Yangtze River basin since ancient times, and the richness of this land makes the Han people look down on other regions at all, so after controlling this area, there are few kings who want to continue to expand their territory, and continue to fight foreign wars, and most of them are aimed at attacking the surrounding foreign races so that they cannot invade the Central Plains.

However, this situation is estimated to have fundamentally changed here in Liu Xuan.

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