"Ministers will move, meet Your Majesty!!"

Cheng Yi said his name loudly and bowed to Cao Chao.

Cao Chao put down the watch in his hand, stood up with a smile, and walked quickly in front of him.

"Chenggong! Hahaha, hurry up! ”

Cao Chao helped him up with a smile, looked each other up and down, and then sighed: "Good looks!" I'm a good minister! ”

Chengyi never thought that he would be so respected and courteous by the emperor.

After all, he had never met the emperor, and he hadn't done much in the years.

Cao Chao didn't think so.

After Cao Zhen pacified Liangzhou, the Western Regions officially became under the rule of the Great Wei, and the kings of the Western Regions sent people to pay tribute, and expressed their willingness to accept the canonization and jurisdiction of the Emperor of Wei.

There were even people from the Otsuki clan who had sent envoys to visit.

That's right, it's the Kingdom of Kushan.

However, the dispute between Wei and Shu shook the control of Great Wei in the Western Regions.

Every time Jiang Wei goes on an expedition, he wants to use all the power he can use, including the kings of the Western Regions, including the Qianghu in the territory, and so on.

These people will also wait and see, if Jiang Wei is unstoppable, then they will immediately express their willingness to submit to the Han.

After the fall of Shu, these people finally saw the situation clearly and no longer dared to swing between the two countries.

After completing the unification, there are only a few things left for Cao Chao to do.

The first is to defeat the gate valves, and they will not dare to raise their heads for more than 100 years, and then it is to educate the Quartet, supplement the manpower of the Central Plains, eliminate possible foreign enemies, and the third is the Silk Road.

Whether it's on land or at sea, both must be connected as soon as possible.

If nothing else, the cotton of the Kushan Kingdom can play a great role in promoting development.

And a lot of communication on the rest.

The Maritime Silk Road is also a very important part of the inheritance of Sun Quan's maritime career.

These are all things that Cao Chao attaches great importance to.

This long history of the Western Regions is probably the most familiar person with the Western Regions among the officials of the entire Great Wei Dynasty.

Cao Chao also needed him to help him develop and manage the Western Regions.

But in the eyes of Chengyi, Cao Chao's enthusiasm was a little excessive, which made him at a loss.

"Chenggong, you have been in the Western Regions for decades, during this period, the tributes of various countries to the temples have not been interrupted, and the documents requesting canonization have also arrived on time.

"I've wanted to meet you for a long time, and today I have a chance, come on, prepare some food! Today, I want to listen to Chenggong talk about the situation in the Western Regions! ”

In these years, the Cao Wei regime was not very attentive to the Western Regions, and when Cao Pi greeted many envoys from the Western Regions, he only regarded this as an achievement of his own merits.

He didn't care too much about the governance of the Western Regions, but only continued the governance of the Later Han Dynasty.

It was not until the Sima Yan period that the temple began to undergo a series of changes to make the Western Regions more perfect.

During Sima Yan's period, the Western Jin Dynasty even tried to set up counties in the Western Regions.

Of course, Cao Wei didn't have time to pay attention to the affairs of the Western Regions, and there was a problem internally.

Cheng Yi was a little flattered, this was the first time that the emperor of Great Wei was so concerned about the problems of the Western Regions.

He hurriedly talked about the many systems in the Western Regions today.

The Western Regions Changshi Mansion is a unique institution set up by the Great Wei in the Western Regions, and its scale is between counties, not as good as counties, but larger than counties, and has the characteristics of military tuns, so it is different from the situation in any region.

The Changshi Mansion has a very complete official system, with more than 20 officials to assist the Changshi in completing the governance work, these are only the number of officials, not small officials.

Administratively, the Western Regions Changshi Mansion belongs to Liangzhou to govern, but because Liangzhou's governance is too far away from the Changshi Mansion, the Changshi Mansion is located in Loulan, so it is actually governed by Dunhuang County.

At the same time, the Western Regions Changshi Mansion carried out household registration control under its rule, which was different from official positions such as the Qiang Zhonglang General, which was not managed by governing the kings, but directly governed, and the people in the Western Regions Changshi Mansion were registered in the Great Wei.

At the same time, they have judicial prisons and establish a postal network, all of which are equal to the governance of Liangzhou.

The army of the Western Regions Changshi Mansion was not small at this time, with more than 3,000 soldiers, who reclaimed wasteland, built canals and dams, and planted all kinds of crops.

The governance of the Western Regions by the temple is beyond the former Han Dynasty, Cao Wei also re-established the Wuji Captain in the Western Regions, and the governance of the Western Regions Changshi is in Loulan, one south and one north, the former is more biased towards Juntun, and the latter is more biased towards governance.

Cao Chao listened to these carefully.

"Your Majesty, although many systems are the same as those of the Central Plains, but unfortunately, the Western Regions are already large, and Liangzhou is even more so, if there is a major event, Dunhuang Taishou is unwilling to give an order, let us ask about the history of the assassin, and the mansion of the assassin is too far away."

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When Cheng Yi talked about it, his eyes were full of bitterness.

Every time there is something, I have to go all the way to Wuwei County, and the distance is better for the Wuji Captain's Mansion, but for the Changshi Mansion, it is too desperate.

Cao Chao stroked his chin lightly, and he asked, "What do you think if I take Dunhuang as my governing place, set up Xinzhou, and take Gaochang, Loulan, Shanshan, Yinwu and other places as counties?" ”

Cao Chao: This is not just a mouthful.

In history, after Zhang Liang established the Qianliang regime, he used Dunhuang as his governing place and established Shazhou.

They also turned Gaochang into a county, which was the first time that a long-lasting county system appeared in the Western Regions, and its influence was extremely great.

From the point of view of governance, it is really unreliable and too far to govern the Western Regions with Liangzhou, unless the governance of Liangzhou is leaned on the side of Dunhuang, but if that is the case, it is not good for Liangzhou itself.

Nowadays, temples and temples are advocating for more states.

Cao Chao is now also divided into many states, total: Sili Prefecture, Yanzhou, Yuzhou, Xuzhou, Qingzhou, Yangzhou, Jiaozhou, Xiangzhou, Guangzhou, Jingzhou, Jiangzhou, Ningzhou, Yizhou, Liangzhou, Yongzhou, Qinzhou, Liangzhou, Bingzhou, Jizhou, Youzhou, Pingzhou and other 21 states.

Nowadays, there is one more Shazhou, the impact is not great, but it is more conducive to the centralization of power, and the ministers even proposed to set up a Yunzhou in the area of activity outside the Saiwai and Tuoba Goguryeo, with Shengle City as the place of governance.

Cao Chao felt that if he didn't say it specifically, just looking at his own state and county, it would simply surpass all the kings in the past, which sounded very bluffing

Sure enough, the best way to increase the territory under your command is to set up a few more states and counties, which sounds like a lot more anyway.

Hearing Cao Chao's words, Cheng Yi suddenly became excited.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this move is okay, if you can set up a state in Dunhuang, then many things will be convenient to deal with, and many Western Regions are actually very suitable for reclamation, the land is fertile, and the water source is sufficient, but the manpower is a little insufficient."

Cao Chao laughed, "Don't worry, there will be no shortage of people soon, I always thought about Jiaozhou, Nanzhong, but I forgot that there is a long history mansion"

Chengyi seemed to realize something, but he was very witty not to talk about it.

He talked about the question of establishing a county in the Western Regions.

"Your Majesty, it's okay to set up a county in Gaochang, there are many counties around Gaochang, and there are many household registrations, but in the rest of the places, if you want to set up a county, it's really a bit reluctant, and it's more appropriate to set up a county."

"In addition, if you want to set up a state and a county, what about the Captain's Mansion and the Changshi Mansion?"

Cao Chao said: "The two are not in conflict, the governance of the Changshi Mansion and the School Captain's Mansion over the years has been very effective, I heard that you have cultivated a lot of cultivated land, and also built canals, roads, cities, and checkpoints. ”

"I may increase the size of your tuntian in the future, so both of these can be preserved, and as for the county, the county is definitely clearer than mine."

"During this period of time, you don't want to go out to visit friends, and first write down the situation of the cities in the Western Regions, and I will make a decision!"

"Yui!!"

Cheng Yi stood up and bowed.

After sending Cheng Yi away, Cao Chao called Yang Zong in.

"Yang Gong, I'm bothering you to bring Hua Hui from the Ministry of Officials and Zheng Yuan, and the servant Zheng Yuan, I have something very important to discuss with them."

Yang Zong asked in surprise: "Your Majesty really wants to set up a state??" ”

"A state with only one county? Isn't that appropriate? ”

"Who said there was only one county? I'm going to make Gaochang a county! ”

"Two Counties"

Yang Zong felt that His Majesty was led crooked by those people in the court, these people always wrote books, saying that the states and counties should be divided as much as possible, but they were stunned to get out of twenty-one states!

Twenty-one states, twenty-two states, twenty-three states?!

Just one county, just a little bigger, is it really necessary to establish a state?

Cao Chao said solemnly: "Now it is two counties, but it may not be two counties in the future, this is to prepare for the future, how can Yang Gong be so short-sighted?" ”

Yang Zong didn't really understand what else to prepare for in the broken place of the Changshi Mansion, but since His Majesty had opened his mouth, he could only recruit it.

Soon, the two people Cao Chao needed appeared in front of him.

Zheng Yuan, as the minister who followed Wang Su to greet Cao Chao at the beginning, naturally needs not say much about his status at this moment.

It's just that he is already very old, when he was in Yuancheng, he still looked so handsome and elegant, and now, his back can't help but become rickety, as if he is a little shorter.

Until now, Zheng Yuan is still Cao Chao's best minister, and Zheng Yuan is still Cao Chao's first reference in terms of official appointments, promotions, etc.

This guy has a very accurate eye for people, and he recommended it to Cao Chao's ministers and officials, and there has never been a situation where the goods are not right.

Cao Chao wants to rule the Western Regions, so he naturally needs him to recommend talented and capable ministers to him.

As for today's official Shangshu Huaxuan, he is more of an observer and record.

There is no need for him to say anything or do more, just take a note and write it.

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