In this big war, the warlords who basically controlled the gate and cooled were swept away. Han Sui, Li Dao, Cheng Yin, Yang Qiu, Zhang Heng and other large and small forces were all wiped out, and only Ma Teng, a lone seedling, remained.

For Ma Teng, Liu Bei naturally wanted to recruit him into the court as an official. It's not that he or Ma Chao is worried, but there is really no place for him in the local area. As the only remaining military attache representative of the Liangzhou department, it is impossible for Liu Bei to let him serve as a 2,000-stone official like the local county guard. And the heavy responsibility of the Netherlands and Israel, Liu Bei is really unwilling. Then Jiuqing will find a place for him. also let him enjoy a few years of happiness. As for Ma Chao, Pang De, Ma Dai and others, he naturally wants to reuse them. Liu Bei's army, grain and salary were all under the control of his shogunate, and the soldiers would also be regrouped into an army after training. So Liu Bei was not afraid that Ma Chao would rebel again.

Yangling Li Kan knew that Li Dao, Han Sui and others were dead, Ma Teng's father and son all surrendered, and couldn't help but be shocked, and discussed with Li Liyi of Chiyang, yes, what city are you still defending, surrender quickly. Liu Bei entered Chiyang, and only then did he know how hard Li Dao had been exploited in Guanzhong over the years. The grain warehouse in Chiyang City is full, and the wheat is piled up like a mountain, and a little count can be used for at least 100,000 troops for several years. It is no wonder that Li Dao has the confidence to say that as long as the Liangzhou army comes, he will provide grain. Now Liu Bei waved his hand and put the smile into his pocket.

When he arrived in Chang'an, Liu Bei couldn't help but feel infinitely sad. The centuries-old imperial residence is already dilapidated. The city wall collapsed, moss and weeds were everywhere, the palace walls were mottled, and the color was like washing. Changle and Weiyang are rubble everywhere, cobwebs are dense, dust is everywhere, water traces and scorch marks after fire are everywhere. There are groups of rats in the city fox society, and there are even beggars and homeless people who are lying down and sleeping, which is simply miserable.

Liu Bei stationed in Chang'an and summoned Wei Duan to meet him. Wei Duan was in Longxian County, and when he learned that Liu Bei swept the Guanliang army, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart. didn't dare to slack off, so he led his son and Yuan Shang to see Liu Bei.

Yuan Shang saw Liu Bei and bowed down: "Sinner Yuan Shang, I have seen the general." ”

Liu Bei looked at Yuan Shang, and his face was still a little bit of Yuan Shao's shadow. No wonder Yuan Shao insisted on making him the son of the world. After ordering him to get up, he said to Yuan Shang: "After returning to Qingzhou, you will go to Xianyong's Mansion and think about it behind closed doors." "Yuan Shao is dead, and there is no land for soldiers and horses, what kind of storms can these three sons make. Liu Bei didn't bother to be embarrassed.

Yuan Shang was overjoyed when he heard this, and it seemed that he didn't have to die. Bow down again and again. Liu Bei asked Wei Duan about the situation in Liangzhou again. Let's talk about it carefully, and then combine what Ma Teng said. Only then did Liu Bei know that Liangzhou was basically in a state of herding sheep. The previous Hanyang County and Wudu County were basically Ma Teng's sphere of influence; Longxi County was divided by Song Jian; Jincheng County was divided by Han Sui; The northern part of Wuwei County, most of Beidi County and the west of Zhangye County were basically occupied by the Qiang and Xianbei people. As for the Far Away Western Regions Changshi Mansion, it has not been a news for twenty or thirty years.

When Liu Bei heard this, he couldn't help frowning. The purpose of his coming to Guanzhong was not just to pacify Guan Liang. The Western Regions is even more of his sight. In this era of agriculture-oriented, agriculture and commerce, from the imperial court to the people, they all regarded the Western Regions as a burden, and no one tapped the economic value of the Western Regions. The so-called Silk Road is a joke at all. The Han Dynasty did not even think of doing business and selling silk through the Western Regions. It was just a strategic place to fight the Huns. Otherwise, why did the imperial court announce the abandonment of the Western Regions (Strike the Western Regions) in the first year of Emperor Yongchu of the Han Dynasty (107 AD) when the situation was very good? The Han Dynasty only valued the strategic position of the Western Regions, from Zhang Qian to Ban Chao, they showed their might in the Western Regions, and initially had only one fundamental purpose, which was to fight the Huns and protect the safety of the Hexi Corridor. As for Ban Chao's expansion of territory and subduing dozens of small countries to obey the Han Dynasty, the emperor of the Han family and the entire imperial court could not have expected it. Ban Dingyuan is the ancestor who conquered and started colonization with razing. So we won't discuss it here. so as not to steal the limelight from the protagonist.

In the first year of Emperor Zhang of the Han Dynasty (87 AD), the Xianbei people entered the left to attack the Northern Xiongnu, broke it, beheaded Youliu Shan Yu, and the Beiting was in turmoil, with 58 departments, 200,000 people, and 80 million victorious soldiers, and came to the Han Dynasty to surrender. Originally, the Xiongnu had been split into two parts, and then after the successive blows of Dou Gu and Dou Xian, as well as the attacks of Xianbei, Southern Xiongnu, Wuhuan and other departments on the grassland. Since then, the Northern Xiongnu have been in a slump. That is, because he saw the inevitable decline of the Northern Xiongnu, so after Dou Xian broke the Northern Xiongnu in Jinweishan in the third year of the Han and Emperor Yongyuan, there were ministers who settled accounts for the emperor and maintained the Western Regions, spending tens of millions of dollars a year, not counting wartime expenses. Now that the Northern Xiongnu have also been beaten miserably, what is the use of the Western Regions, it is better to give up and save some money. When the emperor heard this, he felt reasonable......

More than ten years after the abandonment of the Western Regions in the first year of Yongchu, that is, in the second year of Yanguang, the Northern Xiongnu died again, defeated the Che Division, attacked Shanshan in the south, and threatened the four counties of Hexi in the Han Dynasty. So Dunhuang Taishou Zhang Jue wrote Chen Sance, Shangshu Chen Zhong gave the emperor an idea, and ordered Ban Yong, the son of Ban Chao, to be the chief of the Western Regions, and to protect the Western Regions, leading 500 soldiers to Xitun Liuzhong. Lao Tzu is a hero, Ban Yong led 500 people, and broke the flat car division to pacify the Western Regions. Since then, due to the invasion of the Northern Xiongnu and the Qiang people and the Xianbei people, the post of the chief historian of the Western Regions has never been revoked. After all, countless facts have proved that if the Western Regions are dependent on the Hu people, the Hu people will win, and if the Western Regions are dependent on the Han people, the Han people will win.

The last governor of the Western Regions during the time of Emperor Ling of the Western Regions was Zhang Yan, who led 30,000 horses to attack the rebellious Shule State in the third year of Jianning (170 AD). Later, the Central Plains was in turmoil, and the four counties of Hexi cut off the news from the imperial court until now. Now it's Liangzhou Thorn Shi Weiduan, and he doesn't know what the situation is over there.

The scholars here are reluctant to do business, thinking about emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business, but Liu Bei is willing. The benefits of silk are enormous. Not to mention tenfold, dozens or even hundredfolds are possible. After years of war, he had to rebuild after the war, raise so many soldiers, horses, and officials, and think about giving them a salary increase, and in the future, he would have to build infrastructure, run schools, and ask for money everywhere. Even if Cao Cao and Sun Jian are defeated. The whole country is unified. But the bigger the territory, the more money you have. How much money can you have by collecting some taxes from farming?

The West covets silk and other things of the Han Chinese, so it is better to trade with them. Moreover, the four counties of Hexi and the Western Regions are rich in grapes, and they have begun to use grapes to make wine, and then they can also sell wine to Central Asia and Europe. There is still cotton here in Liangzhou and the Western Regions, and the people of the Central Plains are unwilling to plant it, so they can let Liangzhou and the Western Regions plant it.

Thinking of all the good things in the Western Regions, Liu Bei's heart has already flown away.