Liu Xie came to Dunhuang and originally planned to go back here.

As a result, just a few days later, Liu Xie disbanded all the Liangzhou warlords and ordered them to go back to their homes. He went back to calculate his military achievements, but he decided to stay here for a while. First, in order to deal with and appease the Western Qiang and Hu tribes, and more importantly, he was to inspect areas suitable for grape planting and a large white jade mine everywhere.

Even Liu Xie, accompanied by Gai Shun and others, went to Yumen Pass specifically, and Cao Cao arranged three animals to hold a ceremony to worship the sky. He pointed at the Heavenly Alliance in public and vowed to rebuild the Western Regions Protectorate Palace, which could be considered as having a cosplay to Emperor Wu of Han.

In fact, the imperial court has been in full swing for the military screening of the Western Regions Protectorate's Office for the past period of time. After all, it is triple salary and a bright future. There are many soldiers and generals in the Han army who are eager to make a name for themselves. The rough count of the number of applicants is almost 200,000, but they also need to screen them carefully and select the best ones.

However, the five miscellaneous generals Liu Xie planned to set up have now had clear candidates.

They are: Liu Bei's general Zhang Fei and General Fubo; Cao Cao's general Xu Huang and General Qingche; Zhang He and General Cao Cao's general Zhang He and General Zheng Zhuang; Li Tong, who was born as a warlord and was barely considered as a general of the imperial guards, was named General Yingyang; Liu Yan, who had made contributions to defending Baima in the Battle of Guandu.

All of them are historical celebrities who have some skills but have not been highly valued for various reasons. At least three out of five people, Liu Xie was well-known before traveling through time.

Zhang Fei won’t say anything. Liu Xie obviously valued him very much, but he still failed to make much achievements after several years of war. Now Liu Bei and Guan Yu have all entered the Military Affairs Office, and the officials are almost at the top, but because these two people want to avoid suspicion, they don’t have a suitable position to hand him over. Especially when Sima Yi originally recommended him to be the general of the West, but Guan Yu was disturbed by Zhang Fei. After Zhang Fei found out, this guy signed up to make contributions to the Western Regions in anger.

Even Liu Xie could see that Zhang Fei was really angry with Guan Yu, and he was the kind that couldn't coax him well.

However, he is the most well-deserved Wan'er among the five generals. Considering that Cao Chun was demoted to the Western Regions because of his mistakes, but he was almost purely arbitrary, it can be said that he will undoubtedly be the second largest figure in the entire Western Regions Protectorate after Cao Chun.

However, except for him, almost all the remaining four people have a deep connection with Cao Cao.

Needless to say, Xu Huang was originally expected to stabilize the number one general in Cao Cao's family, but because he played a not-so-good role when Cao Cao "welcome" the emperor, no one knew whether the emperor was dissatisfied with him. Therefore, he had been suppressing him for so many years and had not been promoted. He became a general after the Battle of Guandu. If he didn't seize this opportunity to go to the Western Regions, he might have wasted his time.

Zhang He's situation is similar to Xu Huang. When he went to the Western Regions, the two of them could be a companion for the brothers. Because he surrendered to Cao Cao directly, and he has been controlled by Cao Cao in the past two years since then, the Cao family mark on him is quite obvious.

Li Tong was born into a warlord. Although he was nominally an imperial guard, he had a monarchy relationship with Cao Cao.

Liu Yan, the royal relative, but he was able to do this today thanks to Cao Cao's promotion. Otherwise, it would not be his turn to defend the position of the white horse. After all, it could be considered a relationship.

In addition, the great protector of the Western Regions Protectorate is Cao Chun.

No matter how you look at this, it seems that the emperor is sending a signal of reconciliation to Cao Cao, and at the same time, he also kicked out all the potential generals under his command.

It is hard to say whether Cao Cao's influence has increased or decreased in this way.

But in short, the clever Cao Cao quickly gave Liu Xie unexpected feedback.

"Your Majesty, the emergency information ahead is led by Zhong Yao, nearly a hundred officials of Bingzhou and dozens of nobles from the Huns, and the destiny of heaven impeached Duke Wei."

"What? Can Cao Cao lose even if he beats Kebi? How can Kebi be so powerful?"

"No, there is also a war report sent to one of the blocks. Duke Wei defeated the Xianbei in Gouzhushan, killed more than 10,000 and captured more than 40,000."

"Okay! Hahaha, I just said Mr. Wei would not disappoint me, well... Since I won, what are Zhong Yao and the others doing?"

"Well... they impeached Duke Wei, and were corrupt."

"What should I do? Corrupt, corrupt?"

Liu Xie's face was a little bad.

"As Duke Wei, even if there is something wrong with personal morality, why... why is this?"

Xun Yue sighed and said, "It should be a self-deprecation, and it is also expressing his feelings to you. You can take a look."

Liu Xie quickly took the memorial, but was stunned.

"He... asked Kebi to give his wife to him? And wash his feet?"

"After the Battle of Gouzhushan, Ke Bineng asked for surrender alone, surrendered and begged for marriage (in fact, most of the time, the Huns expressed their surrender to the Han Dynasty. Tan Shihuai refused to marry him, which was the decisive battle of Han Xian, which was the only one who refused to marry him). As a result, the King of Wei humiliated Ke Bineng in front of the ministers of Bingzhou."

Then this is definitely not suitable? Ke Bi Neng is one of the major leaders of the Xianbei. There have always been many people within the Xianbei who regard him as the second place in Tan Shihuai.

If you really want to humiliate Ke Bineng, it is quite appropriate to humiliate yourself. Cao Cao had obviously done this, let alone asking someone else's wife to be a personal hobby no matter how you look at it.

"Just treat him... this is a deterrent method. Bingzhou affairs are not difficult to win. The 100,000 troops in his hands are much stronger than those of the Liangzhou Alliance Army and Lu Bu and Han Sui surrendered troops in my hands. Doing this... is also beneficial to the stability of the Bingzhou border. Is it black and white? If he is black and white, I can be white. I am a man who likes to be white."

"Look down."

"Hmm... um? Oh my god, he actually robbed the girl of the people?"

"To be precise, it was a widow. He asked the soldiers to go everywhere in the hall and there were beautiful widows, and they all married them to their homes. However, it was all after the court determined the five generals in the Western Regions."

"Oh~"

Liu Xie had no choice but to sigh: "It's great that he likes widows. If he likes little loli, it would probably be a bit too much for him to do this even for self-deprecation."

"Do you look down?"

"No more reading," Liu Xie threw the memorial aside and asked: "What else is he doing? Just choose the key points and tell me."

"Yes, in fact... it's nothing more. It's just a big arrest of Xianbei prisoners and sending them all to their old nests in Yecheng for hard labor; it cleaned up the powerful men of Bingzhou, and sang and danced all day long, and did not do serious business."

"Are the things that come from corruption distributed to the soldiers, or transported back to Xudu? Or are they stayed to build Taiyuan City?"

"The tools and food used for production are all left in Taiyuan. The beauties of gold and silver, and the treasures are all gone to Yecheng."

Liu Xie was also angry and bitter, and couldn't help asking: "Zhongyu, what do you think Cao Cao meant? He's so dirty! Do I want to kill him? I've killed him long ago! How come he is so fucking now that I want to chop him up!"

Xun Yue heard this and thought for a moment, saying, "That may not be all self-deprecating, right? For individuals, the motivation for progress is nothing more than trying to climb higher. When climbing to a certain position, he will only pursue a country and a pacification world, and a reputation in history. Wei Gong... has reached the peak of his career, both public and private."

"Did he defend himself?"

“Uh…”

"If there is, there is, there is no, what's the problem."

"That's right."

"What does it mean to be there?"

Xun Yue handed over a memorial, Liu Xie opened it, and said in it: "Can't I enjoy it if I have fought a war for a lifetime?"

But he made Liu Xie laugh.

"Who...who will ask me, what do he want to do? The errands of the Military Affairs Office and the errands of the General and the errands of the Grand Sima are not going to do it anymore, right?"

"This... Your Majesty, who can scold him except you? In fact, it is really insignificant whether he or not to do it. Even if he is famous and returns to Yecheng for retirement, it seems that it is not impossible."

“…………”

Liu Xie was speechless.

First, I planned to refute it.

The result was that it could not be brewed.

Finally, a sigh.

At the moment, Cao Cao clearly acted like he was about to retire. This was his move, it depends on whether he accepted it and how he wanted to take it.

But I couldn't help but think: "Do I hope Cao Cao will retire?"

Afraid of him? He has long become afraid of me.

Abdicate? Liu Xie has unknowingly accepted his fate and handed over his hope to the next generation. If Liu Chan was a child prodigy, perhaps he could have almost ten years of experience to realize this lofty ideal and ambition.

Let him help him handle the government affairs?

In fact, the court affairs are handled by the Secretary of the State and the Tax Office, and it really has little to do with him.

Just like, it seems that his retirement may be really good, just enough to allow the court to enter the post-Cao Cao era very smoothly.

For him, Gouzhushan's decisive battle against the Xianbei will also become the highlight of his loyal minister before his retirement. He will leave proudly and humiliate Ke Bineng. Although he did not do it properly, it may not be a perfect end to his political career.

On the contrary, if he continues to stay in the court, it will be more and more embarrassing.

His people are now all in charge of the army in the local area, and very few are civil servants, but there are not many people in the imperial guard system. This time, the development of the Western Regions actually intensified this layer of contradiction.

In other words, although Cao Cao was still powerful, or even bigger, his voice in the central court was even smaller, which means that the court would be more afraid of him, but he could play fewer and fewer cards.

The only one who entered the imperial guard system was Cao Zhang, his own son. He could not help but be exposed to him if he had wind and rain. Instead, he retired, but he could still hold an umbrella for Cao Zhang. No matter how strong the storm in the court was, he could ensure that he could not touch him at all.

As for Liu Chan's status as the prince, Cao Cao may have chosen to lie down. Anyway, whether he is there or not, it seems that he will not play much role. After all, he is just the child's grandfather, and he is the child's biological father.

Thinking of this, Liu Xie suddenly felt that if Lao Cao wanted to retire, he would not be unable to understand, and he really did not accept it.

But if you want to retreat, just retreat well, won’t it be over?

What are you doing for corruption?

"Huh~, go back to Beijing and issue an edict to Lao Cao. If he is done with Bingzhou, let him go back to Beijing to see me."
Chapter completed!