When the news of the victory came again, the entire Luoyang City was boiling. The three armies went out to fight, all of them returned victorious, capturing dozens of Hun kings, Xiongnu Dadanyu, Zuoxian King and Hutu King were all captured. The Xiongnu were killed and wounded, with more than 100,000 prisoners and countless cattle and sheep.

Wang Jing ordered the capital to celebrate for three days and held a banquet in Weiyang Palace.

With the return of the three armies, Wang Jing rewarded the whole army, Han Xin was awarded the Marquis of Huaiyin, the general, the food of 10,000 households, Wei Qing was awarded the title of Marquis of Changping, the general of Zhengbei, and the food of 3,000, and Li Xiao was the general of the chariot and cavalry, and the food of 3,000.

The others have their own rewards, this time Wang Jing rewarded thirteen county marquis, forty-six uncles, and three hundred and six sons, basically each with a reward.

At the same time, Wang Zhuo was named the king of Liang, and the edict was built in Wuwei, Zhangye, Jiuquan and Dunhuang counties. and migrated a hundred thousand people to enrich the four counties.

The century-old cattle and sheep captured from the northern Xinjiang were also sold by the imperial court, and some were distributed to meritorious soldiers as rewards, and for a time, the price of mutton in Luoyang fell by 30%. A large number of cattle and sheep in the north have allowed the people of Daqian to taste low-cost meat.

The Hexi Corridor was opened, and the Xiongnu failed one after another, and they could not recover for at least ten years. Wang Jing sent Zhang Qian to begin his mission to the Western Regions.

The Xiongnu were defeated, and the countries of the Western Regions also got the news, and in the face of the envoys of the Great Commander, the vast majority of the countries in the Western Regions chose to welcome them, not to mention that there are still God-given cities in the Western Regions, but there are always some small countries that feel that they are strong and do not put the envoys in their eyes.

So Zhang Qian joined forces with Wang Bo, the prince of King Liang, to show these small countries in the Western Regions what it means to be shocked.

Zhang Qian and Wang Bo commanded 3,000 Temple Knights and 1,000 Great Cadres and Elite Cavalry, and destroyed the Cheshi Division in World War I, the Cheshi Kingdom is also a big country in the Western Regions, with a population of more than 100,000, and was destroyed by the Great Cadre in World War I, showing the strong strength of the Great Cadre. The countries of the Western Regions were shaken, and they sent envoys to follow Zhang Qian to Luoyang to worship the Son of Heaven.

Wang Jing ordered the establishment of the Western Regions Protectorate, with King Liang as the main protector, and sent one deputy protector and one Cheng each, with 2,000 troops and horses, to manage the countries of the Western Regions.

Take the former site of the Cheshi country as the capital of the Western Regions, and Tuntian here. The location of Cheshi Country is very good, surrounded by the Jiaohe River on both sides, the whole country is like being built on a small island, and because there are rivers running through it, it is suitable for cultivation and the land is fertile.

Coupled with the fact that there is a river as a moat, this land is a great place to defend and difficult to attack. The imperial court set up the Western Regions Protectorate here, and at the same time tuntian here for long-term stationing.

Wang Zhuo has been operating in the Western Regions for decades, and at this time he is already old and frail, so he asked for a letter to return to Luoyang, Wang Jing agreed, so he appointed Wang Bo as the protector of the Western Regions, the king of Liang, and continued to guard the Western Regions.

Originally, Wang Zhuo, as a prince, could not return to Luoyang, but unlike other places in the Western Regions, Wang Zhuo's family could not be guarded for a long time. For the arrangement of Liangguo, the royal family will send the descendants there.

In order to ensure that Tianci City is always in the hands of the Wang family, each generation of King Liang must be a descendant.

At the same time, every generation will have royal children go to live in Tianci City.

Although the imperial court set up the Western Regions Protectorate in the Western Regions, the Western Regions are too far away from the Central Plains, four or five thousand miles from Dunhuang to Luoyang, and the Western Regions Protectorate is seven or eight thousand miles away from Luoyang City.

At such a long distance, the imperial court relied more on the power of the Liang Kingdom to control the Western Regions. If you want to send a large army to the Western Regions, the amount of money consumed is astronomical.

Even if they want to use force against the countries of the Western Regions, they will not send 100,000 troops to attack. With such a long distance, even in modern society, it is not easy to project power on a large scale.

If the Great Qian's Imperial Court wanted to maintain a standing army of 5,000 people in the Western Regions, it also had to have a base of at least 300,000 people, but unfortunately it could not do so at all. The imperial court is now simply unable to emigrate 300,000 people to take root here.

The Guardian Knights of Tianci City are also semi-professional, and they need to farm or graze, but because these Cathar Knights live near Tianci City, as long as they give an order, they can quickly gather.

Fortunately, after the opening of the Western Regions Trade Road, commerce and trade flourished, and a lot of commercial taxes could be collected, which allowed Tianci City to support so many warriors.

With the deterrence of King Liang and the Protectorate of the Western Regions, the countries of the Western Regions began to submit to the Great Qian. With the connection to the Western Regions, some bold caravans began to travel to the Western Regions to trade.

Various goods such as silk, lacquerware, and paper from the Great Qianguo were transported by caravans to the Western Regions for sale. War horses, gems, jade, and spices from the Western Regions were also transported to the Central Plains through the Western Regions.

When Zhang Qian returned to Luoyang with the delegation, there were hundreds of envoys and kings from small countries in the Western Regions who came to worship him.

After seeing Luoyang, the great god capital of the Central Plains, so spectacular and prosperous, they were stunned one by one. Many people even think that this is the legendary kingdom of heaven.

Originally, some of the envoys came because they were afraid of the big cadres, but after seeing the prosperous scene here, they were immediately stunned, and then they were frightened, and they were completely subdued by the Central Plains.

Wang Jing summoned these countries at the great court meeting, and when they saw that the Xiongnu Shan Yu, the Hun Evil King, and the Hutu King, who had dominated the grassland and suppressed them for hundreds of years, actually danced for His Majesty the Great Qian Emperor at the banquet, they were completely stunned.

You must know that any one of these Hun kings can destroy them.

And now the king of the Huns, who is as powerful as a god, actually danced to His Majesty the Emperor of Daqian, which made them clearly realize the strength of Daqian. The careful thoughts in my heart have completely disappeared.

A large number of small countries in the Western Regions came to worship, which made the great cadres more and more powerful, and at the same time, the tributes brought by these envoys also made people know the wealth of the Western Regions.

So after the tributary ended, a large number of caravans were formed and went to the Western Regions to trade.

At the same time, with the frequent trade between the Western Regions and the Central Plains, many fruits, vegetables and other crops produced in the Western Regions also came to the Central Plains.

Raisins, grape wines, and dried fruits in the Western Regions have become things that the dignitaries and nobles in Luoyang City compete for. Even the dancing girls of the Western Regions have become the favorite of those dignitaries.

These beauties from exotic lands with a strong exotic style have become the darlings of noble and wealthy families.

In addition, Tianci City also began to promote the belief of King Hao Tianwen on a large scale in the Western Regions. For the Wang family, if you don't occupy the religious beliefs here in the Western Regions, then others will occupy them. There's no way around it.

The Western Regions are different from the Central Plains, which experienced changes in the sacrificial culture of the Shang and Zhou dynasties, and the culture of the Hundred Schools of Thought exploded, separating gods, religion and politics, while the Western Regions were different.

The people here worship ghosts and gods, and the same belief will increase the distance between people and make the Western Regions better united around Daqian.

The royal caravans began to travel through the Western Regions in large numbers, and then brought back a large amount of money for the imperial family, and at the same time, the imperial court also received a large amount of commercial taxes, so that the imperial court had just completed the reward, and the treasury was empty.

After opening up the Western Regions, the Tianma produced by Dawan were sent to the Central Plains, and Wang Jing sent these Dawan Tianma to Shuofang Horse Farm for breeding and breeding.

For the cultivation of war horses, Daqian has been advancing, and with these Dawan Tianma, I believe that the quality of Shuofang horses will become higher.

The influx of a large number of Western Regions commodities and specialties, as well as abundant taxes, and at the same time being able to block the Xiongnu's access to resources from the Western Regions, made many ministers in the court realize the importance of the Western Regions.

Thus, in the following years, the imperial court began to exile the vast majority of prisoners to live in the Western Regions, in order to enrich the population of the Great Cadres in the Western Regions.

Even in order to better control the Western Regions, after any natural disasters occurred in the Great Qian, a part of the people would be transferred and placed in the four counties of Hexi.

The land here in the Hexi Corridor is not barren, the climate of this era is warmer and wetter than that of later generations, and after driving the Huns away, a large amount of farmland can be cultivated, and at the same time, the environment here can also breed a large number of war horses.

Because of the superior natural conditions, the Qilian Mountains in the north block the cold current in the north, the climate here is not too cold, and the water source is sufficient, so Li Xiao wrote a book to establish a military horse farm here in the Hexi Corridor.

The establishment of this military horse farm is not inferior to Shuofang military horse farm, as long as it is carefully managed, it will soon become another source of war horses for Daqian.

The imperial court increased the population of the four counties of Hexi as soon as possible through immigration, and the four counties of Hexi could even supply the Western Regions after the grain and grass were sufficient, and once there was a change in the Western Regions, they could even send troops from here to the Western Regions to quell the rebellion.

On the other hand, the imperial court also began to collect the customs and geographical data of the countries in the Western Regions, as well as the unique technology of the Western Regions. These techniques were sent to the Craftsman's Supervisor, and after a detailed understanding of them, they began to be put to trial.

The technology that has been handed down from the Western Regions has made many masters in the Great Dry Craftsman Supervision Prison refreshing, and some of them have even been greatly inspired, and completely different technologies have collided with each other to create a spark of wisdom and promote the development of the Great Dry Technology.

After the establishment of the Protectorate of the Western Regions, the Great Qian Imperial Court began to send envoys to farther places, and the Silk Road began to continue to extend outward.

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Zhang Qian's mission to the Western Regions allowed China to begin to understand the world, and at the same time played an important role in the opening of the Silk Road. The development of the Western Regions promoted cultural and technological exchanges between China and Central Asia and the West. At the same time, Zhang Qian's envoy also greatly enriched our table, such as broad beans, sesame seeds, grapes, pomegranates, walnuts, carrots, etc., all entered China through the Silk Road.

It can be said that if there is no Zhang Qian, our recipes will be less than half.

At the same time, the opening of the Silk Road made exchanges between the Central Plains Dynasty and civilizations in Central Asia, India, West Asia and the Mediterranean more frequent. It is of great significance to promote the progress of world civilization and human society. At the same time, it also linked the land of the Western Regions with the Central Plains, and it was also from this time that the Western Regions became the sacred and inalienable inherent territory of China.

- Grade 8, History Volume, Ancient Chinese History

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