After the emperor arrived in Youbeiping County, he would stay there for about a month, and then he would turn south and go all the way through Yuyang County, Guangyang County, Julu County, Handan County, Hanoi County, Dong County, Dang County, Chen County, Nanyang County, and finally return to the imperial capital of Nan County.

This circle is equivalent to Lu Zhe walking from the counties in the northwest first, inspecting the northwest frontier and northern frontier, and then returning to the starting point in a semicircle from Liaodong.

Nine years ...... the establishment of the empire, if it starts with Lu Zhe's occupation of Yiling, it means that Lu Zhe and the others have been fighting for a full twelve years, and Lu Zhe actually does not have a good opportunity to enjoy the scenery on his own territory. This trip was mainly aimed at the imminent outbreak of the grassland war, to go over and see the situation with their own eyes before the war, and secondly, to boost morale.

If it is said that he was on the border for the war before, and on the way south from Youbeiping County, Lu Zhe would take a good look at how the post-war reconstruction was going and what the living standards of the people looked like.

"It's a pity, Donghu's courage is really not big, and Jituo is not a qualified Xiongnu Shan Yu." Lu Zhe said to Yan Bi in private: "I originally thought that if I only brought such a few people over, the king of Donghu would come and hunt, or build friendship together, or try my best to trap me in Liaodong; Ji Tuo will also do everything possible to attack me and assassinate me, in a vain attempt to reverse the overall unfavorable situation of the Xiongnu by killing me. ”

"......" Yan Bi was actually quite speechless, he thought that the emperor was simply thinking too much.

The brain of the king of Donghu has not been broken, not to mention that now Donghu has been taking advantage of the continuous defeat of the Xiongnu to conquer the territory and plunder the population, herds, etc., the emperor has only one legion. But the counties near Liaodong combined have nearly 180,000 troops, does the king of Donghu dare to come? If he dares to come, it is estimated that the emperor will dare to kill.

Not to mention the Jitu Huns. With the empire recovering the Hetao, a large grassland on the eastern side of Junji Mountain has also become part of the territory of the empire, which means that the living space of the Huns close to the territory of the empire has been backlogged to the Junji Mountain area, and the Xiongnu tribes who are not in the Junji Mountain have been cut off because of their support for Junji Mountain.

Lu Zhe just thought of one thing.

There was an emperor in history who went on tour. The army led by this emperor was not small, and it was the elite of the country, but the Hu people did just that. The emperor was trapped at Yanmen Pass by an army of Hu people who were smaller than his own. A huge empire was originally a bit chaotic, but it was even more chaotic after the emperor was trapped. It turned out that there were constant riots or uprisings in various parts of the empire, and the emperor lost contact with the interior, and the civil and military forces of each county immediately became self-reliant. In the end, even the trapped emperor got out of trouble. But because of the impact of that trapping, the huge empire was further pushed into the abyss.

By the way, it is still BC, the Hu people did not have a lot of contact with the Central Plains culture, and the Central Plains did not have so many so-called "elites" to turn to Hu Barbarians to give advice, and the form of the Central Plains Dynasty was not the same.

The huge Youbeiping County had only 210,000 people in the census of the empire, and the patrol team rarely saw the villages along the way, and Lu Zhe also found that the situation here was a little different from that in the mainland.

"In the previous civil war, the troops of various countries were drawn to the south to fight. There were not enough troops to defend the border, and small groups of Hu people often infiltrated to burn, kill and plunder. "Chen Shu, the county guard of Beiping County, is a middle-aged man who looks older than his actual age. He used to be the chief of Dongjun, and later became the county guard of Youbeiping County. "You can still see some of the villages that have been burned," he said. ”

The lack of population has always been a problem in some border counties, and what Chen Shu said is not only the difficulty of Youbeiping County.

Lu Zhe walked all the way and looked at it, and most of the people in Youbeiping County were concentrated in various cities, which is why there were few villages on the plains. He could also understand why most of the population was concentrated in the city, after all, the city was defended by a wall, which was not available in the village.

The Hu people have long been not good at attacking cities, and when they invaded, they also tried to avoid attacking cities, mainly burning and looting villages without walls. Right Beiping County is the frontier, the empire's rule over her is not long, the early days of the Yan State after the restoration of the country were besieged and killed against the invading Donghu, and then the Yan army went south to fight the Qin army, and then also fought with the Han army for a period of time, the northern army of northern Xinjiang was constantly drawn south, and the Donghu saw that there was a reason not to take advantage of it?

“…… After the imperial army settled in, it was vigorously clearing the Hu people who had infiltrated in the early stage. "Wang Ben is the general of Zhenbei, but he has been in office for less than half a year, and before he came, the garrisons in various parts of northern Xinjiang had already driven away or killed the Hu people who were wandering in the territory.

The empire has four generals and four town generals, but most of the titles are actually vacant, and at present, the four Zheng generals are only the four Zheng generals Meng Tian, but the four town generals have appointed two, namely Zhenbei general Wang Ben and Zhenxi general co-lieutenant.

Originally, the Zhennan general Luo Shao on the southern side of Xinjiang became a lieutenant, and after the vacancy of the Zhennan general's position, a Zhonglang general should be selected to fill it, but the south is the first territory developed by the empire, and after nearly ten years of hunting and killing Baiyue and other southern barbarians, the wandering natives are not to say that they are completely gone, and even if they are, they dare not be easily exposed. In this way, only the local Tuntian soldiers can deal with it, and naturally there is no need to deploy additional town defense troops, and there is no need to appoint the official position of Zhennan General.

Wang Ben had been to the emperor's line earlier when he was in Qin, and in the middle because of some military affairs, he left the emperor's line and went to the county, and it was only after the patrol team arrived in the county that he came back to the emperor's side.

Several counties in northern Xinjiang are the town guards of the Zhenbei General's Mansion, after Wang Ben took office as the general of Zhenbei, there was only some things to do on the side of the county, and what he did was to continue to clear the Hu tribe on the border line, and occasionally needed to drive away the Donghu people who crossed the border, and the rest of the time was honestly a little leisurely, which was not at all the same as he imagined that he would be very busy after taking office.

Wang Ben is more puzzled about many things, because the future conquests of the empire will be concentrated in the direction of the grassland, so there are a few counties close to the grassland that need to be busy, but the conquest is destined to have nothing to do with the Zhennan General's Mansion. For a long time, what the Zhennan General's Mansion needed to do was nothing more than to ensure the safety of the logistics line of the grassland dispatch army.

Ensuring the safety of the logistics line is not a simple matter, there will be frequent escort tasks, and the smooth and safe logistics line is the responsibility of the Zhennan General's Mansion. Once there is a problem with the security of the logistics line, it is also the fault of the Zhennan General's Office, so it is a chore to the letter.

At present, the empire has a general to conquer the west, and what everyone doesn't understand is that since the emperor wants to use troops on the grassland again, why only set up a grassland dispatch army and not set up a shogunate agency for the general of the expedition to the north?

"Actually, even if His Majesty set up the shogunate of the general of the expedition to the north...... Sima Xin looked at Wang Ben teasingly and asked, "Who do you think will become the first general of the expedition to the north?" ”

Wang Ben wanted to say that he was a suitable candidate for the general of the expedition to the north, but saying it would only be a joke. It's not that he's not suitable. It is the current steppe dispatch army is Jibu, according to the past practice, even if it is the establishment of the shogunate of the northern general. The Emperor will only let the current commander of the dispatch army fill the rank of general, and will not send another general to serve in the past.

"The current lieutenant is the former general of Zhennan." Sima Xin smiled and said: "Actually, this is also a convention, the Taiwei is a candidate from among the generals of the four towns, and the general's mansion recommends it. Finally appointed by His Majesty. ”

Wang Ben understood Sima Xin's hint in seconds. Sima Xin is saying that the empire attaches great importance to the northern frontier, and Wang Ben actually has a lot to do as a general in Zhennan, as long as he can ensure the logistics supply line of the grassland dispatch army, it is very likely that he will become the next lieutenant.

The rank of the empire has never been fixed, since Lü Zhe established his power, from the conquest corps to the local town guards, it was basically transferred every three years. So many years have passed, for something not used to. After Lu Zhe has done it so many times, he should actually get used to it.

The imperial taiwei was not as important as it was during the previous Qin period. However, according to the rank, he is still the first military attaché, and if he can become a lieutenant, it is not only an honor for the general, but also has great benefits in many aspects. At the beginning, Sima Xin was just a general, and Lu Zhe appointed Sima Xin as the first lieutenant in a balancing strategy, and no one ever mentioned Sima Xin as a general after that, and now Sima Xin is not only widely respected in the military, but also a member of the only second duke of the empire.

Sima Xin actually knew what was going on with his ability to be a captain, at that time the empire was still called the Han State, and about sixty percent of the high-level generals in the army were born in the Qin army and were called the Qin military generals group, and Lu Zhe needed to peacefully annex the Qin State before he chose Sima Xin to be the captain.

Facts also proved that Lu Zhe's approach was very right, after Sima Xin was appointed as a lieutenant, the Qin generals in the army agreed, and the military on the Qin side also developed a strange attitude. Lü Zhe's ability to successfully annex the Qin State was nothing more than taking advantage of the influence caused by appointing Sima Xin as a lieutenant, and then easily dividing and co-opting the Qin military, so that Fusu did not trust the military even if he wanted to resist.

"Now...... It's harder. Wang Ben smiled bitterly and thought to himself: "The current situation is not the situation at that time, and Your Majesty does not need to choose candidates for political purposes at all. Moreover, the first is Sima Xin, who was born in Qindi, and the second is Luo Shao, who was born in Chudi, and then even if it is the turn, it will be the turn of the generals of the Central Plains to fill the position. ”

Sima Xin was stunned when he heard Wang Ben's analysis, and after reacting, he smiled dumbly and said, "You understand that you don't need to consider other factors now, so credit has become the decisive factor, isn't it?" ”

"Total ...... Don't forget the generals, Marquis! Wang Ben's face was distressed: "This is the general of Zhenxi, and he also serves as the commander of the 17th Mixed Army and the 20th Cavalry Army, and is also the rear general of the Grassland Dispatch Army, and also serves as the Northwest Governor. ”

It is true that there is no limit to the official positions of the empire that cannot be accumulated, but there are only people who hold so many official positions like the co-lieutenant, which shows how much the emperor should trust the co-lieutenant.

Sima Xin was silent for a while, in the final analysis, the emperor can indeed achieve a balance of interests in many things, but there is no twisting and turning when it is time to take care of the Yiling lineage.

The group of people from Yiling, if they could be recognized by Lu Zhe at that time, unless they were people who had died in battle or withdrew from the national stage due to injuries, wouldn't they be prominent now? The lieutenant wore many hats, and Ji Bu was appointed as the commander of the grassland dispatch army, and Xu Zhi, Wei Han and others also led the army to fight on the front line of development, so you can imagine what the situation should be like in the future.

"Montessori ......" Wang Ben looked left and right, and lowered his voice: "The ancestor of the Montessori clan doesn't know what kind of high incense was burned, it was valued before, and after joining the empire, it was also valued by His Majesty. He looked puzzled, and said: "Yundao is really good!" ”

Oh, yes! There is also a strong contender for Taiwei. Meng Tian had already set up the shogunate of the general of the expedition to the west, and led his army into the Western Regions. While the empire is conquering the grasslands, the first step of encroachment on the Western Regions is already underway, which shows that Meng Tian is also indispensable for the opportunity to make contributions.

"Huh." Sima Xin used to be sheltered under the Mengshi command, but now he is no longer in charge. "It's not a bad thing," he said. ”

Wang's disagreement with Montessori is almost a well-known thing in the world, Wang Ben was a little unhappy when he heard Sima Xin's words, but he was dissatisfied because of Sima Xin's current identity and influence.

"Your Majesty is from Longxi." Sima Xin said and looked into the distance, where the emperor was greeting some local elders, and he smiled mysteriously: "We are naturally close, but we are in the ......" Speaking of this, I had to stop, because of Moreus? Yadi came over and conveyed that the emperor had asked him to come over.

"Your Majesty also asks General Zhenbei to come over." Maureus? Yadi's Imperial dialect has been spoken very standardly, and the weird accent he used to have is gone.

"Got it." Wang Ben vs. Maleus? Yadi, the Egyptian girl, was very polite, and first bowed before stepping, but in his head he was thinking: "Egypt is still Seleucus, Parthia, and Bactria in the middle of the empire...... Not! It seems that there are still a lot of messy tribes and kingdoms? ”

Maureus? Yadi has been the emperor's close attendant for almost three years, and usually teaches some distant knowledge to the royal family, and many of the emperor's heirs like her very much, especially the emperor's eldest son and eldest son will chat with her from time to time, so she is more special in terms of identity and status, and Wang Ben will also ask Molius as a general? Yadea saluted.

Actually, Maureus? Yadi is not the only Egyptian in the empire, after all, there are constantly envoys or caravans from Central Asia to the empire, and I don't know which guy spread the rumor that the emperor likes Egyptian women, and they brought a lot of ...... (To be continued.) )