A thousand-year-old family begins with one fighting against ten thousand.

After this battle, the environment around the Western Regions will be able to remain stable.

This is so that the Sinicization of the Western Regions can be promoted normally.

He once again gathered together the kings of many countries in the Western Regions.

This time, he clearly sensed that these kings were different.

Some of the kings' clothing clearly showed Han Dynasty customs, with them wearing wavy robes, sashes, and crowns.

The patterns on the clothes also conform to the culture of the Han Dynasty.

Although these changes may seem insignificant, they have had a profound and subtle impact on the transformation of the people of the Western Regions.

Especially with the influence of those above, everyone admired the culture and clothing of the Han Dynasty, and over time, they naturally became more and more like Han culture.

"During this period, Chinese merchants did a lot of business with various countries in the Western Regions, but they also discovered many problems in the process."

"For example, the same thing can have different names. For example, sesame seeds were called sesame seeds by merchants in the Han Dynasty, but in some countries they were called 'hu ma' or 'zi ma'."

"This business is naturally extremely inconvenient to do."

There is an old saying from the Han Dynasty: "If the name is not correct, the words will not be proper; if the words are not proper, things will not be accomplished."

"If it were just a transaction, that would be fine."

"Before each expedition against the Xiongnu, I would collect military equipment from various countries."

"The same weapon has over a dozen names in the Western Regions. How am I supposed to procure it?"

"It was precisely because the mobilization process took too long due to the name that the news was leaked, and the Xiongnu were prepared."

"The Right Wise King's army of the Xiongnu had assembled a large force long ago, which is why I was unable to achieve a complete victory and could only severely damage the Right Wise King's army of the Xiongnu."

"I don't want this to happen again!"

Wei Qi directly defined this matter as having a significant impact on the war between the Han Dynasty and the Xiongnu.

It is to seize the moral high ground.

The war between the Han Dynasty and the Xiongnu was a matter of great righteousness.

If any country dared to oppose them, they could be accused of colluding with the Xiongnu, with the intention of delaying the Han Dynasty's advance and giving the Xiongnu an opportunity to gather their troops.

Things with the same name.

Upon hearing this, the kings of the Western Regions realized that it wouldn't do them any harm.

Having the same name for all things—isn't that just unifying the names of everything?

This is a small matter.

Because of their cultural poverty, they have no idea of ​​the importance of legitimacy.

They had no idea how serious this simple matter was in terms of their assimilation.

They now speak Chinese, write Chinese characters, and use the same names as the Han Dynasty. They will also use the same currency.

After this series of moves, what difference is there between them and the Han people?

This matter will not have any visible impact on them; it will only bring convenience.

These kings naturally had no reason to refuse.

So the kings all obediently agreed to Wei Qi's request.

This is a great start.

Wei Qi nodded and continued with his second proposal.

"And then there's currency. Nowadays, each country has its own currency, making communication extremely inconvenient."

"Now the Protectorate of the Western Regions commands all the kingdoms of the Western Regions. In order to promote exchanges and economic trade among the kingdoms, it is necessary to unify the currency of the entire Western Regions with that of the Han Dynasty."

"The standard was set at the Wuzhu coin, with gold and silver coins used as supplementary currency."

Wei Qi had a string of five-zhu coins distributed to all the kings.

"The Wuzhu coin weighs five zhu, is round on the outside and square on the inside, and has a raised ring around the coin to prevent anyone from cutting it without authorization."

"After currency unification, all goods will have a unified price, and exchanges between countries will become more convenient."

The impact of coin homomorphism on them is quite significant.

As Wei Qi said, every country in the Western Regions had its own currency.

Furthermore, the Western Regions also circulated Han Dynasty Wuzhu coins, Xiongnu coins of the Western Xiongnu, and Parthian coins of the Parthian Empire.

It can be described as chaotic and disorganized, without a specific conversion ratio.

This has a significant impact on their foreign exchanges.

That would only be a little troublesome. If everyone used the Wuzhu coins from the Han Dynasty, it would be much more complicated than just a little troublesome.

Each country held the right to mint its own coins, which was their source of income.

Unless the Han Dynasty is willing to grant them the right to mint coins, which would at most involve replacing the minting equipment, it would be a bit more troublesome.

Compared to the risks of confronting the Han Dynasty, the losses we incur are insignificant.

But if the Han Dynasty only allowed them to use Wuzhu coins, and didn't even allow them to mint their own.

The losses would be enormous.

This is unacceptable to them.

The kings of the Western Regions looked at each other.

Ultimately, they focused their attention on the stubborn King of Kucha.

The King of Kucha shrank back slightly.

He was the one who took the lead last time, risking so much, so he's not willing to do it this time.

After all, this concerns all countries, so why should they always have to take the lead?

After the Kingdom of Uz retreated, everyone else turned their attention to the Kingdom of Dayuan, which was now the largest kingdom in the Western Regions.

As the leader of the Western Regions, shouldn't you, as the elder brother, step forward in this kind of thing?

Under the watchful eyes of many Western Regions states, the King of Dayuan gave a wry smile.

Dayuan was the most powerful country in the Western Regions. Now that the Han Dynasty had established the Protectorate of the Western Regions, they were naturally a thorn in the side of the Han Dynasty.

Where would they dare to step forward?

The previous Wusun were no weaker than them, but the Han Dynasty found an excuse to wipe them out.

Now that their family has stood out, they are even more cautious.

Seeing that neither of these two countries was willing to take the lead, it seemed that this matter would continue to proceed as it was.

If they don't express their opposition here, they'll start secretly obstructing things once they get back.

That would give the Han Dynasty a pretext to directly attack them.

The blood of the Western Xiongnu on the grasslands has not yet dried!

When I asked for your opinions, you remained silent, but then you went back and started to obstruct me.

What does this mean?!

Do you have some kind of grudge against us Han Chinese?!

Do you think the weapons of my great Han Dynasty are ineffective?!

The nations looked again at the kings at the head of the line, and Loulan was immediately ruled out.

The king of this country was just killed by the Han envoy with a few followers, so there's no one to rely on.

Just as they were thinking this, they noticed that the newly appointed King of Loulan suddenly stood up and took a few steps forward.

He bowed respectfully to Wei Qi, who was seated at the head of the table.

"The Kingdom of Loulan is willing to obey General's orders and fully adopt the Han Dynasty's currency, the Wuzhu coin."

"To express our longing for the culture of the Han Dynasty, our Loulan Kingdom voluntarily relinquishes its right to mint coins. We request that the General send craftsmen to establish a mint in our country, which will be guarded by the Han army."

Even Wei Qi glanced at the King of Loulan in surprise.

The new King of Loulan has really broadened his path!

This set a good precedent for the countries of the Western Regions.