"Weng Sun, Zibin is here."

Both of them are capable generals promoted by Huo Guang. Zhao Chongguo is a brave and stubborn person, and is extremely calm on weekdays, but he has courage at critical moments.

Moreover, Zhao Chongguo, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, had responded to the call of the court to the real border and moved to Lingzhi County, Hexi with his clan. Therefore, he notified the four barbarians, especially the Western Qiang and the Western Regions. However, because he had a general idea, he had to think about it and make a decision.

The opposite of Tian Yannian, the little eyes, is difficult to calm down, is impatient and brave, but is good at making quick decisions.

Huo Guang was decisive in his work. When he saw Zhao Chongguo and Tian Yannian arrived, he asked them to sit on the table and ordered the officials to pass a memorial to the two.

"This is the memorial of the Minister of State and Hou Hong of Xi'an. The title has not been released. Please read the title of deputy title."

The two looked down and saw that the memorial read: "Please establish a memorial to the Western Regions Protectorate."

Zhao Chongguo Yingnuo, his hands that had been holding swords for many years were covered with calluses, and he held the memorials steadily. He was from a corpse and could only read one word at a time, and he had to read a little sound from the corner of his mouth.

Tian Yannian is different. When a civil servant starts his career, he looks at the bamboo slips at a glance, and can still be distracted to listen to Ren Hong and Fan Mingyou's arguments.

"Can the Western Regions be compared with the Wuhuan?"

Fan Mingyou is now rebelling in every Western world. Faced with Ren Hong's aggressive questioning, he exclaimed: "In that time, Emperor Xiaowu sent the General of Cavalry to defeat the left land of the Xiongnu, and then moved to Wuhuan to Shanggu, Yuyang, Youbeiping, Liaoxi, and Liaodong five counties to detect the movements and situations of the Xiongnu for the Han Dynasty."

"Therefore, Wuhuan's backwardness not only involves the left territory of the Xiongnu, but also involves the safety of the five counties. If there is no Wuhuan lieutenant, once the Xiongnu colludes with the invasion, the five counties in Youzhou will be warned all year round!"

He waved his hand and seemed to throw something he didn't care about: "And even if it was lost, it was just Yumen and Yangguan. There were more soldiers stationed in Yangguan. Can the Western Regions still endanger Hexi through the White Dragon Pile and Sanlongsha?"

"The general of Liao means that Youzhou is important, but Liangzhou doesn't matter?"

Ren Hong seized the loophole in his words and bowed to Huo Guang and said, "General, let me tell you, if you ignore the Western Regions, what will happen."

"In the past, Emperor Xiaowu sent General of Cavalry to cross the river, Huang, and built a commander's residence. He first opened Hexi and arranged four counties to pass through Yumen. One of the purposes was to isolate the Qiang and Hu, so that the two barbarians in the north and south could not communicate. However, the Huns could still enter the Qiang and collude with them through Loulan."

Ren Hong looked at Zhao Chongguo who was still reading his memorial carefully: "The Later General's home is home and Lingju, and it should be very clear. In the sixth year of Yuanding in Xiaowu (111 BC), the Western Qiang communicated with the Xiongnu in the Western Regions and made an appointment to attack the Han Han from north to south. The Qiang people combined more than 100,000 troops to attack Lingju together. Then they surrounded Hanhan. The Han Han sent General Li Xi and the Doctor General Xu Zi to attack Ping him. The Qiang then went to Huangzhong, and went to the west sea and the Yanchi left and right."

Zhao Chongguo raised his eyes and nodded, but without saying a word, he continued to read Ren Hong's memorial one by one.

Ren Hong was a little embarrassed and could only make up his own words: "The Han Dynasty's garrison and controlled areas in the Western Regions are larger than those in Xiaowu. If he was as in the past, he would only send an envoy to supervise the lieutenant, and he would not have enough power, and he might repeat the defeat of Lai Dan."

"If there is any loss in the Western Regions, the Huns will collude with the Western Qiang and attack Hexi. At that time, the four counties will never have peace. Once the four counties in Hexi are lost, the Huns will revive."

He stretched out his hands to make a metaphor: "So for the Han Dynasty, Liangzhou and Youzhou are like the left and right arms. How could it be that the right hand is cold in winter? The left hand is corrupt and it will last to the left chest and confidant. Without Liangzhou, the three auxiliary servants will be in danger. I am afraid that the same as Xiaowen's time, even Jingzhao can see the border guards and beating smoke!"

Hearing this, everyone in the hall nodded. Han Zeng, who had already supported the development of the Western Regions, couldn't help but praise him.

The Han Dynasty was the main body of Guanzhong. In terms of strategy, Liangzhou and the Western Regions were obviously more important than Youzhou and Wuhuan.

Seeing that Fan Mingyou could not say anything about Ren Hong, Zuo Fengyi and Tian Guangming took over. He was from Zheng County and had a very strong accent when he spoke.

"The words of the Marquis of Xi'an are reasonable. I have been the Sima of Tianshui County. What you said is that without Liangzhou, the three auxiliary officials will be in danger, which is extremely right!"

Tian Guangming shook his head and sighed: "But after all, he is still young and comes from the ranks of envoys. He sees things from the perspective of being a general. But now that he has entered the court, sometimes he has to think about it from a global and long-term perspective."

"General, I may not know much about the Western Regions than the Marquis of Xi'an, so I will talk about the things I am most familiar with about the Southwest Barbarians."

Tian Guangming's rank is obviously one level higher than Fan Mingyou. As he came, he pulled everyone into his logic.

"During Xiaowu, Sima Xiangru, a Shu man, once said that the southwest Yi could establish a county, and followed the five-foot road in the Qin Dynasty to open the road. This made Bashu exhausted. Countless people in Bashu struggled to open the road in the deep mountains and forests. Those places were wet and hot, with many miasma, and many casualties. The southwest Yi was rebellious and difficult to control, and the country was useless. So the Xiyi counties were abolished."

"Later, Emperor Xiaowu heard what Bowang Hou saw in Daxia and wanted to open up the poisonous path, so he sent envoys to the southwest Yi again, taking advantage of the attack on the Nanyue, Yelang, and sent troops to surround the Dian Kingdom. The Dian King surrendered and became a prince in the Han Dynasty. He then established Yizhou County in the local area and granted the Dian King Seal, which was considered to have completed martial arts that had never been seen in history. The power and virtue of the Han Dynasty spread the southwest Yi."

"But today's Yizhou County is unrestrained to surrender, becoming a burden that does not benefit the country, but instead consumes countless manpower, money and food every year."

Tian Guangming untied his official robe, revealing the scars on his left hand, and his skin is still a little red and swollen, as if he had been gnawed by an ants: "This is the first year of Shiyuan. When I led my army to attack Liantou, Yizhou County. When Gu Yan rebelled against the people, he was hiding in the bamboo forest by barbarians and shot with arrows. I relied on medicine to save my life, but the soldiers who died in the mountains and forests of Yizhou County were more than a few thousand? Even the prefect of Yizhou was dead."

"Now is no longer the time when Emperor Xiaowu was pursuing the power of martial arts. If a county is established, it will only bring harm to the world rather than benefits. It is better not to set it up."

"Because every county and country is like the children of the Han Dynasty. Once established, it cannot be easily abandoned. For example, Yizhou and Zhuya, despite repeated rebellions, the Han Dynasty still gritted its teeth to maintain the counties and counties in these two places. The general and Yizhou County's outskirts cannot be repeated in the Western Regions."

Tian Guangming began to exclaim: "The distance between the Western Regions and Chang'an is twice that between Yizhou County, the city and small country are complicated and complicated disputes are five times that between Yizhou County, and the land is barren and deserted ten times that between Yizhou County. I dare say that it will lose five times or ten times that between the Han Dynasty's money and grain population in the future!"

He turned around and looked at Yannian, a farmland of the Grand Secretary who had already read Ren Hong's memorial early, and said with a smile: "Dashi Farmer, you are in charge of the world's money and food, are you right?"

Tian Yannian nodded with a smile, but did not answer.

The Grandpa Du Yannian finally expressed his attitude: "Although the world is stable, the years of Guandong are not as good as the refugees, and the refugees have not yet returned. We should cultivate filial piety and civilized politics, show frugality, lenientness, and follow the will of heaven, and talk about public opinion, and not add new border county guardians. I follow Zuo Fengyi's statement."

"This Tian Guangming is really amazing!"

Ren Hong couldn't help but sigh inwardly that he was worthy of being among the eight elders of the Han Dynasty. He was many times stronger than those virtuous literature that were full of empty talk. His logic was meticulous, and what he said was indeed reasonable.

Expansion and development are exciting, but it may not be a good thing for the people. Some places, with the productivity and transportation of this era, cannot be condensed. They really cannot create any favorable benefits for the finances. Instead, they are deficits that are timed every year, which requires continuous filling of big holes in manpower and material resources.

But as a country, we cannot be short-sighted to abandon all regions that cannot create profits for the time being.

Otherwise, Liangzhou could be abandoned during the Eastern Han Dynasty, and Xinjiang could be abandoned during the Qing Dynasty! According to the extreme views of some people in later generations, most of China could be thrown away in the entire western provinces.

We must examine the "dragged" areas in the territory from the perspective of strategy and development. This is the real overall view!

So Ren Hongdao: "Zuo Fengyi's words are reasonable, which is why only the Western Regions have a captain, not a county, and the Western Regions have to be detained and detained, but they cannot directly send officials. The original intention of setting up the Western Regions Protectorate is to save money for the court!"

He also wanted to fight for Tian Yannian, who was in charge of national financial power, and said with a smile: "The Grand Minister's Agriculture, even if he sent troops from Hexi to the Western Regions, it would have traveled thousands of miles and spent tens of millions. Last time it was Loulan and this time it was Quli, which almost couldn't get through. This is the most criticized place in the court for operating the Western Regions."

"If a chief official is established in the local area and has the power to command the troops and horses of the Western countries, and when encountering the Xiongnu besieged officials and soldiers, it is enough to directly send troops from various countries to rescue the siege. This will save the soldiers from exhaustion and save the court a lot of money."

"As long as we defeat the Huns and keep the north and south roads open, the Western Regions will never bring burden to the Han Dynasty. If it is managed well, there will be a continuous source of benefits!"

"The silk of the Han Dynasty is very popular west of the Pamir Mountains. It can be exchanged for Wanma, gold, spices, and glass. The gains must be more than losses..."

Hearing the word "gold", Tian Yannian narrowed his eyes slightly.

Tian Guangming shook his head: "It's all luxury, but it ruins the style of diligence and thrift. How can it benefit the people of the world? Isn't the lessons of Emperor Xiaowu's later years enough? I think that although the Han Dynasty could compete for a temporary victory in the Western Regions, when the Huns were destroyed, the Western Regions could be abandoned. Why set up any protection for nothing and cause trouble?"

This is what most people think about the Western Regions.

Ren Hong glanced at Huo Guang who was indifferent and knew that the general would not express his opinion until the end. Zhang Anshi was very smart and would never express his opinions. Han Zeng vaguely supported him, while Du Yannian turned to Tian, ​​Fan, and Tian Yannian were still between the two.

Zhao Chongguo finally finished reading the memorial, but began to slowly read the household registration and victory data of the Western Regions such as Shanshan and Kucha provided by Ren Hong.

Although Huo Guang finally got the final say, just judging from the number of people, there was one less vote for supporters. Ren Hong knew that today's dispute was at the last minute! Whether the Western Regions Protectorate can be established more than ten years ahead of schedule depends entirely on his performance.

He then raised his voice: "Zuo Fengyi puts the cart before the horse. If he does not set up the Western Regions Protectorate, it will be difficult to defeat the Huns on the right."

"The Huns set up the Right King, the Youguli King, the Riju and the Tongpuwei in the Western Regions. They had the right to enslave the countries and often drove more than 10,000 soldiers from the city to attack our iron gate. However, the Han Dynasty only divided the three lieutenants into three places to farm, and they did not have the right to diplomatic relations with the city and the country, let alone conquering their soldiers. The soldiers were like tied up with their hands and feet to fight against the Huns."

"What we are afraid of when fighting is not sharp enough and soldiers are not strong enough. How can we tie our hands and feet? What we should do is to loosen the ties for the officials and soldiers in the Western Regions. Since the Huns have set up King Rizhu and the Boys and Master Commander, the Han Dynasty must also have corresponding Western Regions Protectorate to compete with them!"

Now that things have happened, Ren Hong found that just talking about reasoning and interests is really not enough.

He can only be shameless and play politically correct and morally kidnapped!

And what is the political correctness of the Han Dynasty’s center?

One is black Qin.

The second is to eat, sleep, and fight the Huns!

"General, all the ministers, I have read "Zuo Zhuan" recently and saw a sentence that I can go, and the enemy can go."

"The situation today must be reversed."

Ren Hong looked at the people in the hall with a loud voice:

"I can also arrest the Kou!"

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