The revival of the Han Dynasty must start with Dong Zhuo

"Why is this?"

Guo Jia was puzzled.

"Could it be that Zihuan or Zijian accomplished something earth-shattering?"

That’s not right either!

In the current Han Dynasty, where could Cao Pi and others establish such a great cause?

Even if Cao Pi single-handedly destroyed Sun Quan and took Jiangdong at this time, he was still far inferior to Zhong Yao, Xun You, Zhang Liao and others. How could Cao Pi be the first to be ennobled?

Cao Cao hesitated, and Guo Jia became even more curious.

After repeated questioning, Cao Cao reluctantly told the truth.

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!"

Guo Jia laughed so hard that he fell backwards and forwards, and even the beams of the house shook three times.

"I see! Hahahaha! No wonder the emperor is so angry, did you do something so extraordinary?"

"My Lord, don't be so gloomy! Your offspring can directly become a prince. How many people wish for this? Hahahaha!"

In the whole world, Guo Jia is probably one of only two people who dares to tease Cao Cao like this.

As for why there are only two...

"Fengxiao, what are you so happy about?"

Liu Bei was next door and came over following the sound of laughter.

After Guo Jia told Liu Bei the whole story, Liu Bei also burst into laughter.

"Mende is so awesome! Hahahahaha!"

"..."

The veins in Cao Cao's eyes were throbbing.

"That woman is fickle, who knows whose child that is?"

"No matter whose child it is, as long as Yu dares to ask the emperor, the child must be yours!"

Liu Bei laughed especially happily: "No matter how much you say, you, Cao Mengde, have rolled on Yu's belly once, right? Hahahahaha!"

Seeing Liu Bei laughing endlessly, Cao Cao snorted again and began to change the subject -

"No one knows what is happening with Goguryeo!"

"But the Kushan issue is imminent! Have you thought about how to deal with it?"

Unfortunately, Liu Bei was obviously not the kind of person who would talk about business as long as he said he would.

Liu Bei was so agile that he ran outside quickly.

"Yide! Let me tell you something..."

"Zilong! Do you know..."

“Meng Qi! Hahahahaha…”

"Han Sheng! Do you still remember Goguryeo..."

"Shiyuan, Xiaozhi, Yuanzhi, let me tell you..."

……

The news spread throughout the entire Western Regions almost instantly.

After hearing about this, small countries in the Western Regions such as Shanshan and Yutian became extremely vigilant and tried their best to prevent their female relatives from having contact with Cao Cao.

Most of the Han officials just listened for fun, and sighed that Cao Cao's ability was simply amazing...

After everyone knew about this, Liu Bei came to Cao Cao with a lingering feeling: "Meng De, tell me! What's the matter?"

"..."

Cao Cao suppressed the urge to beat Liu Bei up.

Cao Cao swore that it was definitely not because he could not defeat Liu Bei, but simply because he put the overall situation first that he did not easily get into trouble with Liu Bei.

"Did you know that we sent envoys to Kushan before?"

"Nature knows."

After Cao Cao and Liu Bei pacified the Western Regions, in addition to building cities, re-establishing the Western Regions Protectorate, and restoring order in the Western Regions, they also sent envoys to the Kushan Empire, demanding that the other side return the Dayuan royal family that had previously fled to the Kushan Empire. The affairs of the Han Dynasty must naturally be left to the Han Dynasty to handle!
Now that the royal family of Dayuan is openly against the Han Dynasty, the Kushans choose to provide shelter. What is their intention?

If the Kushans don't give an explanation for this matter, people will think that the Han Dynasty is afraid of the Kushans!
"Yes, that's true!"

Liu Bei thought about it.

"Didn't the Kushans send an envoy? He said he wanted to go to Chang'an to meet the emperor, but we asked him to wait on the pretext that the emperor was on a tour?"

The Kushans were a great country.

Even if there are disputes, the Han Dynasty is, after all, a country of etiquette and civilization. There is no reason to turn away other people's envoys.

However, the emperor had indeed gone to Qingzhou and was no longer in Chang'an, so the response given by the Protectorate of the Western Regions was to ask the Kushan envoy to wait for a while and arrange an audience with the emperor after he returned to Chang'an.

"The Kushans have replied again."

Cao Cao raised the animal skin in his hand.

That rather formal appearance made Liu Bei serious as well——

"Is it a diploma?"

"Ah."

The papermaking technique was not introduced to the Kushan Empire.

The Kushans did not have the Han Dynasty's technology to make silk and used silk as material, so the general carrier was a plant leaf called "palm leaf".

But when it comes to official letters, animal skins are still used as decoration.

"The King of Kushan, also known as the Yuezhi King Bo Diao, thought that the Han Dynasty's rejection of the Kushan envoy was rude, so he asked the emperor to allow the Kushan envoy to go to Chang'an and meet the emperor within one month."

……

Liu Bei was silent.

Judging from the content, this is obviously a letter asking for help.

But who would ask for help with this attitude?
Within a month?
The emperor might not be able to rush back to Chang'an from Qingzhou in a month, so how would he have the time to meet with the Kushan envoy?
Does Bo Diao think that the Han Dynasty is only as big as the Kushan Empire and can be conquered in just one month?

"Wouldn't it be enough to report the truth to the court and ask the Ministry of Rites to send a formal letter?"

Liu Bei still didn't want to make a big deal out of it.

"Since the other party has asked with a letter from the credible state, then the great man should return the favor with a letter from the credible state."

"If the King of Yue is a reasonable person, he should know that our Han Dynasty is not really neglecting him!"

"Humph."

Liu Bei's words aroused Cao Cao's disgust.

"Give them face?"

"The matter of the Dayuan royal family has not been resolved yet, and we told them before that the emperor had already been on an eastern tour. How dare they send a letter to question us? And how dare they ask the emperor to do something?"

"If this letter were to get out, where would the face of our Han Dynasty be?"

Liu Bei was stunned for a moment, then whispered to Cao Cao: "Meng De, you have a Goguryeo accent now, do you know that?"

"If you raise the level of Guli again, I will end my friendship with you!"

"laugh."

However, Liu Bei still couldn't agree with Cao Cao's words: "Meng De, don't fight and kill when encountering things! People should be magnanimous!"

"Humph! The barbarians only care about power but not virtue! This has been recorded countless times in history books. Don't be so soft-hearted here!"

"Then we need to communicate first and clarify the misunderstanding..."

"Misunderstanding? Where did the misunderstanding come from? To put it another way, how dare they misunderstand the big man? Who gave them the courage?"

"..."

Cao Cao now talks about the Han Dynasty all the time, with the face of the Han Dynasty on his left hand and the majesty of the Han Dynasty on his right hand. This makes Liu Bei unable to deal with him, making Liu Bei doubt who is the relative of the Han Dynasty between him and Cao Cao. Who was called the Han thief in the past few years...

"Then according to Meng De, how should we deal with this letter from Kushan?"

"And what to do?"

After farming for so long, Cao Cao was obviously eager to try——

"Send troops immediately and deploy them on the border! Ask the Kushans to hand over the Dayuan royal family and write a letter to the Han Dynasty to apologize!" (End of this chapter)