The revival of the Han Dynasty must start with Dong Zhuo

Chapter 407 Volume Dad, save me!

Shi Xie.

In name he was the governor of Jiaozhi, but in reality he was the master of the entire Jiaozhou.

His younger brother Shi Yi concurrently served as the governor of Hepu, his second younger brother Shi Yi, the county magistrate of Xuwen County, concurrently served as the governor of Jiuzhen, and Shi's younger brother Shi Wu concurrently served as the governor of Nanhai...

The Shi family basically took over the entire Jiaozhou.

A few years ago, when the imperial court recovered Wuling and Lingling counties in southern Jing, it had actually already had contact with Jiaozhou.

However, at that time, Shi Xie probably wanted to wait and see the situation in the Central Plains to see who would win between the imperial court and the armies of Yuan Shao and Cao Cao.

But with the end of the Battle of Hebei and the emperor's resounding victory beyond everyone's expectations, Shi Xie finally could not sit still and began to send Xu Jing as an envoy to participate in court meetings.

When Liu Xie heard that Xu Jing was coming on behalf of Shi Xie, he immediately asked, "I heard that you are good at face reading. Do you know what kind of person Shi Xie is?"

Xu Jing replied: "Jiaozhi Shifujun is both knowledgeable and well versed in government. He was able to preserve the territory of a county during a period of great chaos. There has been no war within the borders for more than 20 years, and the people have not lost their property. Merchants and travelers have all benefited from his work. Even Dou Rong, who preserved the territory of Hexi, could not have done better than him! In his spare time, he also studied books and historical records, especially his analysis of the Zuo Zhuan, which is concise and subtle. He can be said to be a loyal minister to your majesty!"

Liu Xie showed no joy or anger after hearing this.

"According to what you said, Shi Xie is a figure similar to Wei Tuo, the King of Nanyue?"

Wei Tuo, the King of Nanyue, was Zhao Tuo.

In the past, Qin Shihuang sent Zhao Tuo to lead hundreds of thousands of Qin troops to the south. Later, when the Central Plains was in chaos, Zhao Tuo simply split off from Lingnan and established the Nanyue Kingdom.

Therefore, when the emperor compared Shi Xie to Zhao Tuo, it was obviously not praise but questioning.

Xu Jing was indeed a famous scholar in the Central Plains. When he heard the emperor's question, he immediately responded: "Zhao Tuo's separatism was all due to the turmoil in the Central Plains. The Han people in Lingnan could not return home, so they rested and recuperated in the local area."

"Your Majesty is now wise and brave, with great talent and strategy, saving the people from danger and bringing peace to the world. No matter what, Master Shifu will never follow the example of Nanyue King Wei Tuo and commit treason!"

……

When you are strong, people around you will be friendly.

As the imperial court completely pacified the Central Plains and Hebei, and even regained the right to speak on the grassland, both Gongsun Du in Liaodong and Shi Xie in Jiaozhou began to lie on the ground obediently, waiting for the emperor's training.

On the surface, Xu Jing was trying to flatter the emperor, but in fact he was using the current strength of the Han Dynasty to prove Shi Xie's obedience, which was somewhat like his self-deprecating "Yerlang arrogance" in the past.

After hearing what Xu Jing said, Liu Xie smiled slightly.

now it's right!

Although it is unlikely that the imperial court's decrees and military forces will be extended to Jiaozhi at this time, as long as Shi Xie shows a submissive attitude, it can always be done slowly.

"So that's it."

"In this case, I really want to commend Shi Xie for his contribution to defending the land and educating the people."

"Come here, immediately confer the title of Marquis of Longbian on Shi Xie and appoint him General Annan."

"I hope you can go back and tell Shi Xie to guard the land for the court with peace of mind."

"In addition, Jiaozhou has inconvenient water transportation. We can open a road between Jingnan and Jiaozhi to allow the two sides to trade with each other."

When Xu Jing heard Liu Xie's last words, his eyes suddenly lit up!
"I thank you, Your Majesty!"

"Although Jiaozhi's products are not abundant, there are many rare and precious animals, which are very different from those in the Central Plains!"

"This time, I have brought an elephant with me and would like to present it to the emperor!"

elephant……

There are so many treasures in Jiaozhou, why did you choose to bring the most useless thing?
Liu Xie couldn't help but shake his head, and the pearls on his head shook as well.

"These rare and exotic animals can only be nurtured by the soil and water of Jiaozhou."

"Don't send these things in the future... But I heard that Jiaozhou has a lot of new fruits and rice seeds, which can be traded with Jingzhou."

"Here."

When Xu Jing heard that the emperor was not interested in elephants, he stopped mentioning the matter.

As for fruits, vegetables and rice seeds... he didn't take them seriously. He just thought that the emperor had just read them randomly from some ancient books.

Those strange-shaped fruits and vegetables in Jiaozhi basically cannot survive outside Lingnan, so how could they be grown on a large scale in the Central Plains?
Just when Xu Jing was thinking about these things in his mind, he found that the emperor seemed to be extremely concerned about this matter!
He looked at Xun Yu who had just returned from Jingzhou and asked, "Who is the current governor of Lingling?"

"Your Majesty, it is Liu Du."

"Send a few officials to Lingling to work with Liu Du to clear the road from Jingnan to Jiaozhi and restore trade between the two places as soon as possible."

"Here."

Xun Yu thought for a while and said, "This matter can be handed over to Yi Ji."

Liu Xie remembered this person and immediately agreed to this matter.

After the matter in Jiaozhou was concluded, Xu Jing bowed and left.

Finally, it was the turn of the envoys from the Western Regions.

Several envoys saluted the emperor in an unfluent Mandarin accent and presented him with gifts one by one.

"Your Majesty! We finally see you again!"

These envoys from the Western Regions were trained by Ban Chao to be extremely obedient.

It's not that they haven't thought about rebellion.

When Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty, the Western Regions countries had a collective dive. But after Ban Chao used the iron rod of the Han Dynasty to form alliances and defeat several troublemakers, the Western Regions countries no longer had the intention to challenge the Han Dynasty.

So when they heard that the Han father had defeated Kebi Neng, these envoys from the Western Regions ran to Chang'an happily, wanting to return to the arms of the Han father.

By the way, let me tell my father about this——

"Your Majesty, the Shule Kingdom has colluded with the Wusun people and the Northern Xiongnu to bully us at every turn. You must stand up for us!!!"

……

In fact, Shule has always had a close relationship with the Han Dynasty.

When Ban Chao was guarding the Western Regions, Shule became Ban Chao's base and the most solid bridgehead of the Han Dynasty in the Western Regions.

The reason why Meng Da's father Meng Ta attacked Shule was because there was a rebellion in Shule. Its current ruler He De killed his nephew and established himself as the king, which was not a legitimate reason, so Meng Ta chose to send troops to suppress it.

Not only have they betrayed the Han Dynasty, but they are also flirting with the Han Dynasty's former enemies, the Wusun and the Northern Xiongnu. No wonder these envoys from the Western Regions can't wait to beg the Han father to whip those disobedient enemies!

After hearing this, Liu Xie nodded slightly but said nothing.

Relying on the remaining power of the Han Dynasty for 400 years, and having defeated Kebi Neng, the grassland overlord who had just been showing off for a few days, the countries in the Western Regions were very tactful and took the initiative to throw themselves into the arms of the Han father.

At this time, they put forward some conditions, and as a great father, there was no reason for him to refuse.

But the Central Plains has not been pacified yet, and a great war has just ended, so the court actually has no spare energy to govern the Western Regions.

But with things like this, one wrong step always leads to more wrong steps.

If Liu Xie did not find a way to control these countries in the Western Regions at this time, he would undoubtedly be setting a trap for future generations!
"I understand. Don't worry. I will not forgive those people."

Liu Xie's thoughts are now very clear.

"Within this year, I will send Han envoys to the Western Regions to gather intelligence."

"If Shule really doesn't respect the Han Dynasty, I will send troops to attack them!"

After hearing the assurance from the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, all the envoys from the Western Regions burst into tears of joy!

Daddy Han is finally going back to the Western Regions!

What Shule!
What Wusun!
What Northern Huns!

Even Kushan!
All of you, die! My dad will be back soon!

After this group of Western Region envoys left, everyone's expressions became solemn!
They knew that the really important things had come at the grand court meeting in the sixth year of Jian'an!

Three provinces and six ministries!

Reform the bureaucracy!

really……

Liu Xie temporarily put aside the affairs of Liaodong, Jiaozhi, and the Western Regions, and faced the officials in the palace with a solemn expression.

"I'm afraid you have already heard about some things."

"Since the Factional Imprisonment Incident, the court has been unstable."

"First, there were the relatives of the emperor such as Liang Ji and He Jin who seized power, and then there were the people with ulterior motives such as Yuan Shao and Wang Yun who manipulated the situation for their own selfish interests."

"Today, I have decided to clarify the administration of officials and redistribute the responsibilities of various departments!"

coming!

When the traditional Confucian scholars heard that the emperor attributed the main reason to the "Party Factions Disaster" instead of "the interaction between heaven and man", they suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

Good luck!

If the emperor took the initiative to launch an attack at this grand court meeting and led the troops to attack "the resonance between heaven and man", it would probably cause severe social unrest!
If the "Party and Factions Disaster" was the only trigger, there would be no doubt that more people would accept the emperor's reforms and would not cause another dispute with the emperor at this time.

Therefore, neither the high-ranking officials close to the emperor nor some bureaucrats who were still immersed in the old system objected, but waited quietly for the process to proceed.

Seeing that no one objected, the emperor asked Sima Yi and Yang Xiu to take a silk book that had been written long ago and read it in public!
As the list of officials from three provinces and six ministries was announced, some were happy, some were sad, but more were confused.

The Shangshu Ling is not Jia Xu?
Could it be that the emperor was afraid of Jia Xu's authority and removed him from office?
However, when they carefully considered Jia Xu's duties as "Minister of the Secretariat", they found something wrong.

After being changed to "Zhongshu Ling", although he no longer had administrative power, he still had the most important decision-making power in the center.

In addition, the emperor would often lead the army in person, so someone had to stay behind.

So if you think about it carefully... How could the emperor have any suspicion towards Jia Xu? This is clearly to reduce Jia Xu's workload, okay?

As the list of the six ministers, vice ministers, and heads of the nine departments and five institutes was read out, Hebei scholars such as Tian Feng and Cui Yan looked extremely unhappy!

No!

No!

There is not a single scholar from Hebei!

The only one who still holds an official position is Tian Feng!
But with the end of "Taibai's Discussion on Taoism", who doesn't know that "The Correspondence between Heaven and Man" will soon be buried in the garbage dump of history, and who doesn't know that the "Three Dukes" whose existence depends on "The Correspondence between Heaven and Man" will also be dismissed by the emperor himself?

For a moment, several people looked gloomy, and they even thought that after the grand court meeting, the Supreme Court Justice would come... Oh, no, now they should call the people from the Ministry of Justice to come and take them away.

However, the emperor did not stop after announcing the list, but continued to read -

"I have decided to add more officials!"

(End of this chapter)