"Ma Teng, do you want to be a Liangzhou pastor so much?" Dunhuang City Mansion, looking at Ma Teng, who was standing with some apprehension, Liu Cangping asked.

Ma Teng was a little panicked, he mobilized 200,000 troops to the south, wanting to go to Jincheng to confront Han Sui. But before he could go out of martial arts, Ma Riyan sent several letters to persuade him to abide by himself.

Ma Teng was a little unwilling, he had been camping in Xiliang for many years, and why did he let Han Sui, who had sought power for several years but did nothing, lead the Liangzhou pastor?

Moreover, the Liangzhou Thorn History let Fu Xie lead again, Ma Teng didn't dare to move Fu Xie, but he figured out that between him and Han Sui, Liu Cang should be a little towards him.

Ma Teng still wanted to make a prelude to the first and then the prelude, and then break through the Jincheng, and then go to Liu Cang.

As a result, he came out of Wuwei and was intercepted by Liu Cang's army.

Ma Teng does have 200,000 Xiliang troops, but don't look at him squatting in Liangzhou for many years, but there are only 50,000 cavalry in these 200,000 troops.

And they are also cavalry troops, not to mention the physical fitness of the soldiers, the Xiliang Army and the Hussar Mansion are all armoured, and the cavalry with fine weapons and food is not a concept at all.

After Liu Cang intercepted Ma Teng, he did not summon him, and he did not inquire about it, but he passed through Jiuquan and went to Dunhuang, until before the Yumen Pass, Liu Cang called Ma Teng to the front for questioning.

couldn't guess Liu Cang's thoughts, and Ma Teng was nervous and cramped for a while.

"Your Majesty, it's not my father who is in strife. In his early years, Han Sui was in a high position and ordered his father to expand the army in Xiliang. Now Han Sui is the pastor of Liangzhou, but he does not allocate military funds to Xiliang. We don't dare to cause trouble, but we also have to give an explanation to our sons.

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Ma Teng hesitated, but Ma Chao beside him stood up and raised his voice.

Sword eyebrows and starry eyes, burly body, handsome face, Ma Chao is no longer the naughty boy of the year, he is heroic and mighty, it is not an exaggeration to call him Xiliang Jin Ma Chao.

"Oh, Meng Qi is not as rough as Shoucheng, he is handsome, but he can also speak well." Liu Cang looked at Ma Chao and chuckled, and Ma Chao hung his head implicitly.

Ma Chaoping is brave and brave, but he is a little shy in front of Liu Cang, not to mention that Liu Cang is now on the throne, after all, Liu Cang impressed him too deeply when Ma Chao was a child, and he didn't think that he was too fierce to Liu Cang.

And after seeing Liu Cang's flickering Qiang uprising in his early years, Ma Chao has not learned much about literature over the years, and in his heart, Liu Cang is not only brave and martial, but also chattering when he moves his mouth to do things.

"Don't dare to make trouble for the place? But because of Zhang Ji and Duan Xuan's moderation? According to what you say, your Xiliang army still belongs to Han Sui? Liu Cang had an easy-going attitude and asked Ma Chao.

"The Xiliang army should be under the command of the state pastor. However, Han Suike withheld military salaries, which almost caused a mutiny in the army, so what qualifications did he have to order the army. "Ma Chao is in color.

"Well, the push was clean. Oh, okay, don't show off this thing in front of me, the war has not started, and this matter will not be pursued with your father for the time being. Liu Cang smiled and waved his hand, Ma Teng breathed a sigh of relief, and Ma Chao's face was pale.

"I haven't seen him for many years, and Zou Gongye is old." Ignoring Ma Teng and Ma Chao for the time being, Liu Cang looked at the other old man in the mansion.

Zou Qi, the head of the Zou family in Jiuquan, met Liu Cang during the Liangzhou Rebellion, and is now Jiuquan Taishou.

"The years are urging people, and I can't wait to share my worries for Your Majesty for a long time." Zou Qi replied respectfully, glancing at Zou Jing beside Liu Cang.

Zou Qi not only sat in the position of Jiuquan Taishou under the indulgence of Liu Cang, but also basically mastered the government affairs of Dunhuang over the years.

After that, if Liu Cang's soldiers leave Yumen Pass, Zou Jing will stay here to ensure that there are no accidents in logistics.

"Jiuquan is no bigger than the Central Plains, and when you are older, you should take a break. All kinds of things will be arranged for juniors to take over earlier, and I will rebuild Chang'an, and you will go to Chang'an to help me share my worries in the future. When Liu Cang said, Zou Qi's face changed.

Let him hand over local affairs? What is this resentment about him? At his age, even if he enjoys his old age, he should stay at home and enjoy the service of his children and grandchildren, so why should he be transferred to Chang'an?

When Zou Qi's face was ugly, he saw that Zou Jing's face was full of surprise.

"Father, don't thank Your Majesty for your long." No matter what Zou Qi thought, Zou Jing urged urgently.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Long." I don't know why, but because Zou Jing was full of joy, Zou Qi suppressed the doubts in his heart, thanked Liu Cang, but planned to ask Zou Jing about it afterwards.

Zou Qi is old, but Liu Cang has the means to prolong his life, and some of the people under his command have also been divided into 'West Kundan' by Liu Cang, but the winners are strictly required to keep their mouths shut, and the outside world rarely knows about this.

Xikundan is a reward from Liu Cang's subordinates, even if it is a relative of a wife and concubine, not everyone can get it.

Liu Cang planned to rebuild Chang'an, but he planned to arrange some of his family relatives there, and those who could be specially arranged there had a share of the West Kundan.

With Liu Cang's trust, her father is in charge of the Zou family, and the Zou family will be able to last for a long time, and with the family as a support, she can also feel a lot more at ease. This is also the reason why Zou Jing is happy.

"Well, let's wait for a while." Liu Cang waved his hand, and Zou Jing went to explain Zou Qi after that. Liu Cang looked at Ma Teng again.

"The real power in Liangzhou will be contested by Fu Xie and Han Sui, and Han Sui has jumped too hard over the years, he is obsessed with power and forgets the roots. Not to mention the people's will, the morale of the army has also been lost. When Liu Cang said, Ma Teng nodded in agreement.

"I plan to order you to protect the Western Regions and revitalize the Western Regions Protectorate, do you have any objections to Shoucheng?" Liu Cang asked Ma Teng.

Regarding the matter of the 'Western Regions Capital Protection', Ma Riyan had already given Ma Teng a breath, and Ma Teng was not surprised at this time, but his face was slightly hesitant.

Deserts, barren slopes, storms, minefields, the Western Regions have a wide range of bitter cold lands, even compared with the Han land at this time, it is not too much to say that it is a wild area.

But the wilderness is the wilderness, but the Western Regions are not poor.

In addition to livestock farming, even under normal procedures, the supply and toll fees for business travel are also a lot of income.

There is a commercial travel, barter is also a matter of course, commercial development, the Western Regions has its own prosperity.

The Western Regions are prosperous in commerce and trade, but it is also a land full of contradictions and chaos. Of the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions, one or two are staring at the Silk Road.

is like Loulan in the early years, and Shanshan today. Even though the Han family often sent officials to garrison their troops in the fields, they still did not like farming, and the detention of Han envoys often occurred, and even killed Han envoys.

The fundamental reason is that the Loulan Oasis is the main artery of the Silk Road, and the sources of income such as taxes, various business incomes, contributions, fines, tolls, and loans are enough to make them a lot of money. It's much more comfortable than farming.

And after slaughtering the Han envoys, there is no investigation of the tribute, and they can do some things to rob the caravan. It's just a book of profits, sitting on the ground and making a fortune.

Loulan occupies a geographical advantage, and its name is relatively famous, and the Han family also attaches great importance to them. Even so, Loulan still has this virtue, and the situation of other countries in the Western Regions can be imagined.

Regardless of whether it is fraud or robbery or management, after all, there are better ways to make a fortune than farming, and even if the countries of the Western Regions guard the oasis, they are not too interested in normal work and life.

Even the people here are in some ways worse than Huqiang, because they are not very active in grazing.

If you have to say that they are better than Huqiang, compared to Huqiang's invasion and plunder, probably they are guarding their own territory and making caravan passers-by uncomfortable.

It belongs to the general positioning of car bandits, road ragepers, and profiteers, killing people and goods, but who makes you only go this way in the dangerous desert and the no-man's land where resources are exhausted?

Hu Qiang is like a wolf, and this side belongs to the dog that is not well fed.

The Silk Road opened up by the Han Dynasty has brought prosperity here, and with the prosperity of commerce and trade, if you mobilize manpower and material resources to help them develop and build, they will only find it an eyesore.

As long as the Han still attaches more importance to this kind of prosperity than them, they will kill people and sell goods as a matter of course, and you can't give him anything. In front of people, behind the back, playing is a mess.

And if the Han did not pay attention to this prosperity, the Silk Road would be broken, and the result of the decline here would definitely lead them to invade the Han Dynasty in the east, but now that they have their own merchants guarding the Silk Road, they don't need to invade the Han land.

You give me benefits, and I kill your people, and I kill them with righteousness. If you don't give me benefits, I will invade you if I don't live well, and the bitterness and hatred of aggression are deep.

This is why during this period, the Han land seems to have little conflict with the Western Regions, but there are many border generals who hate the Western Regions.

Friendliness gives too much, and the other party does not refuse, but it is always in exchange for a butcher's knife. This is the fundamental reason why the countries of the Western Regions are more odious than Huqiang to some extent.

If the Protectorate of the Western Regions wants to operate normally in the Western Regions, it is almost inevitable to smash the jobs of the countries of the Western Regions, or to snatch the jobs of the countries of the Western Regions.

Ma Teng did not resist being the 'protector of the Western Regions', but he led his army of 200,000 people, and in the face of the countries of the Western Regions on the vast land, he was a little worried that he would not be able to survive.