Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 679 Western Regions
Outside the city of Chengdu, Jiang Wei led a few people to ride horses on the official road, heading for Wudan Mountain in the distance.On this trip, Jiang Wei was ordered by Liu Chan to return to Chengdu from Shuofang to report on his duties.

In August, the weather in Chengdu is no longer as hot as earlier, and the heat in the air has gradually dissipated.

However, Jiang Wei, who has lived in the Northland all year round, is still not used to the climate in Chengdu, so he ripped off his neckline reluctantly.He took off the water bag on the side of the horse and took a sip. A feeling of coolness filled his whole body, which made him feel much better.

After drinking, Jiang Wei let out a deep breath and asked, "Xiu Yi, are you still used to the weather in Chengdu?"

The young scholar whose name was Xiu Yi wiped the sweat from his forehead with his cuff, and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, Xuan can still adapt."

Jiang Wei smiled and said jokingly: "Xiu Yi is the first Xiaolian in Shuozhou, but the baby is tight!"

"Haha!" caused everyone to laugh.

"Xuan will live up to the high expectations of the monarch and marquis." Fu Xuan said respectfully with a red face.

A young scholar named Xuan and styled Xiuyi, whose surname is Fu and whose full name is Fu Xuan, is the son of 'Baihou' Fu Gan, from Niyang County, Beidi County.

Bai Hou Fu Gan was dissatisfied with Cao's usurpation of the throne, and wrote "Wang Ming Lun" to explain Liu's orthodoxy, so he was involved in the rebellion initiated by Jin Yi and Ji Ben, and died.Fu Xuan fled to Hanoi when he was young, and suffered from loneliness and poverty. However, he did not waste his studies because of this. Instead, he studied hard and learned amazingly when he was an adult.

After the Great Han pacified Guanzhong, in order to appease the scholars in Guanzhong, Jin Yi, Ji Ben, Geng Ji, Wei Huang and others were given posthumous titles, and Yang Biao and Fu Ganshang were given posthumous titles as respect.

Fu Xuan, who was living in Hedong, wept bitterly when he heard about it, and went to Guanzhong from Hanoi, hoping to return to the household registration of Beidi County and revive the lintel.

However, because the Dahan formulated the policy of restoring Shuofang, Fu Xuan entered Shuofang's rule instead of entering Guanzhong household registration.After Zhang Yi, the prefect of the Northland, heard about it, he told Jiang Wei that he wanted to recommend Fu Xuan as Xiaolian.Jiang Wei, who returned from the war, also summoned Fu Xuan to see how knowledgeable he was. After talking with him, he found that he was talented, and officially recommended Fu Xuan as Xiaolian.

Each county has more or less quotas for Xiaolian, but Jiang Wei and the prefect of Shuozhou County don't want to make up for it. In the past few years since the restoration of the county, they have not recommended Xiaolian to the central government.

Of course, this was also agreed by Liu Chan. It is undoubtedly embarrassing for a place like Shuofang to choose Xiaolian, so it is better to let them educate the place.

In this way, Fu Xuan became the first Xiaolian after Beidi Fujun, and also the first Shuozhou Xiaolian, and he entered the capital with the chief Jiang Wei, which can be called a favor.

Everyone chatted all the way, approaching Wudan New Palace, with the help of attendants, Jiang Wei and Fu Xuan straightened their crowns and belts, not daring to violate the rules of etiquette.

Since the Great Han pacified Guanzhong, he gave Lao Liu a temple name, determined etiquette, and pursued posthumous meritorious officials.Under Du Qiong's attention, the etiquette system of the Han Dynasty has become more and more formalized according to the Western Han Dynasty's "Yuegong Law" and "Chaolu".

After the establishment of Yushitai, and under the rectification of Dong Yun and Du Shu, there were also officials admonishing the etiquette system. If the officials went too far, they would be impeached.

However, although Jiang Wei and Fu Xuan arrived at the palace, they still had to wait for a while before they could see Liu Chan.

Because at this time, Liu Chan was meeting with Shi Zongyu, the chief of the Western Regions, in the side hall, and exchanged information with him about the governance of the Western Regions.

Since the first year of Yongchu in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Eastern Han government "dismissed the governors of the Western Regions", the period when the Central Plains had the weakest control over the Western Regions, because no matter what level of government, there was no government anyway.Later in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Long History of the Western Regions was set up, which was attached to Dunhuang County. Ban Yong, the son of Ban Chao, who was born in a family of historians, once again visited the Western Regions.

But as far as the actual situation is concerned, the Eastern Han Dynasty's grasp of the Western Regions is definitely not as good as that of the Western Han Dynasty.When Cao Wei regained the Western Regions, the situation was similar to that of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and only the post of Chief History of the Western Regions was set up.

Later, the Great Han Dynasty took over the Western Regions, focusing on stabilizing the situation, and did not carry out in-depth governance of the Western Regions.Only when Wei Yan served as the governor of Liangzhou, he joined forces with Shi Zhang, the governor of the Western Regions, to attack the Hu tribe outside the Great Wall, and further controlled the Western Regions.

After Zong Yu became the chief historian of the Western Regions, he focused on getting familiar with the inside information of the Western Regions and keeping the countries in the Western Regions paying tribute.By the way, he cooperated with Lu Yi, the governor of Liangzhou, to rectify the business roads, so that the Shu brocades in Bashu can be sold to the Western Regions.He even offered Huo Huanbu to the big man who pacified Jingbei to show the coming of the prosperous age.

And Liu Chan also thought that the Great Han had pacified the Western Regions for so many years, and he himself was also an expansionist madman, so he couldn't relax.So he issued an edict to let Zong Yu return to Chengdu, thinking that he would report on his duties and see if he could raise the Governor's Mansion of the Western Regions to the Governor's Mansion of the Western Regions, so that the big man could deeply control the Western Regions.

In front of the map of the Western Regions, Zong Yu pointed to Gaochang on the map and said, "Your Majesty, there are two troops stationed in the Changshi's Mansion of the Western Regions. Take control of the Western Regions as each other's horns..."

Since the Eastern Han Dynasty, regardless of Cao Wei and Shu Han, most of the production activities in the Western Regions were military settlements. Local officers and soldiers stationed fields in the Western Regions, and the grain and grass produced were basically used as military food.The soldiers of the Western Regions basically came from Dunhuang, Wuwei, Jiuquan and other places to serve, and they took turns guarding the border in three to five years according to the system.

As for Gaochang and Loulan, Gaochang is the site of the former Cheshi Kingdom and is now the Turpan Basin.Loulan is also Shanshan, a small country in the Western Regions, now Lop Nur.Both places are located on the main road of the Silk Road.

Liu Chan listened to Zong Yu's introduction and asked, "How is the situation in Shanshan, where the chief historian of the Western Regions is currently stationed?"

In the Western Han Dynasty, Fu Jiezi killed the King of Loulan and changed the name of the Loulan Kingdom to Shanshan. The Han Dynasty also stationed troops in Yixun City at the request of the Shanshan Kingdom to guard the Western Regions.

Um!It has to be said that the Western Han Dynasty is overbearing, and this move is quite different from the behavior of the country's nuclear peace Showa and the garrison of troops on the island.

Zong Yu pondered a little, and replied: "Shanshan has more than 300 households, 12 people, and [-] victorious soldiers. This place is sandy, with few fields, and it is sent to the neighboring countries. The people follow the livestock to chase water and grass. , there are donkeys and horses, many camels, and they can be soldiers, just like the Rao and Qiang."

After a pause, Zong Yu added: "Since the age of the river, the river has been diverted. Dunhuang Suoyanyi led a thousand soldiers, and joined 3000 soldiers from Shanshan, Yanqi, and Kucha. They worked day and night to dig river channels and dredge the river. The river is short of water and it is difficult to change it."

The diversion of the Tarim River and the lack of water in Loulan basically happened after the Eastern Han Dynasty. Although it was artificially prevented, it was still difficult to change God's will.If it takes another few decades, Loulan City will basically be abandoned.

Liu Chan paced back and forth and said, "It is God's will to change the course of the river, and it cannot be changed by manpower. It is better to choose a place to rebuild a new city, such as moving to the south, and doing the act of breaking the wrists of a strong man can actually revive Shanshan."

"Xincheng?" Zong Yu muttered thoughtfully.

"Exactly!" Liu Chan stopped, chose a location in the southern part of the map at random, and said, "Since the former Han Dynasty, the Western Regions are no longer used by my big man at that time. Instead, the new city is built today. Instead, my big man returned to the Western Regions to accept The Western Regions belong to the opportunity of my great man's rule."

"Please enlighten me, Your Majesty?" Zong Yu asked Liu Chan for advice.

"Now that the river is dry, I can talk to Shanshan, take the land in the middle of the country as the new city of Dahan, and buy it with money. If he refuses, he will let Wuji Xiaowei enter the army. Build a new city and accept Shanshan for us. It is used by the great Han to rule the country and collect taxes to feed the soldiers." Liu Chan suggested.

Liu Chan pointed to the Shanshan Kingdom on the map, and said: "If the people of Shanshan Kingdom can be our foundation, our great Han can control the Western Regions like the previous Han Dynasty, and be promoted to be the protector of the Western Regions, separated from Dunhuang County."

"What do you think?"

After Loulan changed its name to Shanshan, it moved the capital to Shanshan, and gave Loulan City and its people to the Western Han Dynasty.And Liu Chan's strategy is very simple. The big man can use the reason of negotiating with the Shanshan country to build a new city, take the opportunity to turn against the guests, and force the Shanshan country to surrender to the big Han, so that the big man can collect taxes.

Moreover, the Shanshan Kingdom does not change its name, and implements the inland national road system to reduce the repulsion of the Western Regions, so as to strengthen the muscles and bones of the Han in the Western Regions.

If the big Han strengthens his muscles and bones, he can control the Western Regions like the Western Han Dynasty.After all, what worries the Central Plains Dynasty is that once a war breaks out, it needs to transport food and grass from the interior to the Western Regions. The long distance, the food and corvee consumption make it difficult for the farming dynasty to support it.

Zong Yu frowned, and after pondering for a long time, he finally calmed down and said, "I would like to report to your majesty, I think it is possible, but the king of Shanshan needs to move to Liangzhou to live, and he must make the king of Shanshan royal family, and then let the big Han Officials from the Western Regions enter the country to govern it, and one person holds two positions in the government and the country, so that Shanshan can be used by our great man."

Zong Yu's method was even more sinister, directly allowing officials from the Changshi Mansion of the Western Regions of the Han Dynasty to enter Shanshan as officials, thoroughly implement the national road system, and collect domestic taxes.

"Just as Qing said." Liu Chan responded readily and said.

Liu Chan left from the map, sat on the couch, and asked, "Zongqing has lived in the Western Regions for many years. I don't know if there are any difficulties, but I can bring them up together. After all, once I leave the court, I don't know when we will meet again."

"Both public and private."

Zong Yu, who was kneeling on the seat, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, the Western Regions are isolated in the Central Plains. Most of the soldiers in the Western Regions are from Longyou and Hexi. Due to the long distances and inconvenient transportation, wars in the Central Plains occur frequently. , but it is difficult to implement. Or because they are not at home, the family is poor and lacks food and clothing; or they are far away and have no news, and the homesickness is hard to restrain. This is difficult!"

Liu Chan pondered a little, and said: "Since this is the case, from now on, soldiers guarding the border can let their family members travel to the Western Regions. If they wish, they can settle in the Western Regions and reward them with money, cattle and horses as compensation. The number of years is limited to guarding the border. Secondly, you can recruit Hu'er from the Western Regions as a soldier, move his family to the city, and organize households to Qimin."

Zong Yu showed hesitation, and said: "Moving the family to another place may make it used by unruly people in the future."

Liu Chan smiled and said: "The Western Regions are far away and in a foreign land. If there is no Han Dynasty behind me, how can it survive for a long time. Therefore, the soldiers of the Western Regions are not covered by this law."

"promise!"

"Do you still have any difficulties, sir?"

"I have no doubts."

Liu Chan's eyes fell on Zong Yu, and he said: "Today is still uncertain, the heart of the great man is still in the Central Plains, there are few soldiers from the Western Regions, and it is difficult to send supplies to the West, so you still have to plan on your own. Now you are called to the court, Wen Qing What I saw made me feel quite touched. From now on, I will appoint you as the Protector of the Western Regions, who will be located outside Dunhuang County and under the governor of Liangzhou. I hope you will encourage him."

Liu Chan raised the Western Region to a level, from being attached to Dunhuang County to being on the same level as Dunhuang County. It sounds like it belongs to Liangzhou, which can also be said to be an encouragement.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, I will live up to the country's expectations." Zong Yu replied.

(End of this chapter)