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Zhuge Liang Cao Cao is indeed a little jealous, after all, as long as it is a Han person who has read books on the Three Kingdoms in later generations, there is no one who does not feel jealous of this person who has almost been deified into a wise and close demon.

But that's all, Zhuge Liang's character is destined to make it impossible for him to usurp the throne under Liu Biao, Liu Qi's father and son, he can only become a powerful minister in the end, like Zhou Gong, and cannot become a person like Wang Mang, as long as Zhuge Liang has always been like this, Cao Cao is a little concerned about Jingzhou Hanguo, that's all.

Because today's era is an era of centralized power, no matter what their talents are, as long as a subordinate is not recognized by the emperor at the top of the pyramid, his talent will be greatly reduced.

Liu Bei once said that getting Zhuge Liang is like a fish in water, Zhuge Liang is water to him, and similarly, for Zhuge Liang, if there is no Liu Bei's fish storage, water is just ordinary water.

Cao Cao, who felt that his thoughts were a little far away, shook his head, and when he came back to his senses, he found that everyone present was looking at him, and the Wei soldier who was waiting for Cao Cao's order was still kneeling down on one knee with his head bowed at this time.

"You step aside, the Ministry of Rites, about the envoy of Shu Han will be arranged by you!"

Cao Cao casually explained to Lu Su, the Shangshu in charge of the Ministry of Rites, and you can know by looking at his expression that Cao Cao doesn't care about Fazheng, the envoy of the Shu Han Dynasty, and the upward and downward effects, Cao Cao is like this, and the important ministers under his command are also not concerned, and the lack of diplomacy in a weak country is not only true in later generations, but also in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period hundreds of years ago.

After explaining the matter of Fazheng's envoy, Cao Cao refocused his efforts on how to deal with the affairs of the Northwest Barbarians and the Western Regions after pacifying Xiliang.

As for the pacification of Xiliang, in the eyes of everyone present, it was already a certainty, and the 300,000 army attacked. With the great loss of vitality, how could the two Qin countries be able to resist it, and it was only a matter of time before they recovered Xiliang.

"After the Xiliang is pacified, my Great Wei will face the barbarians outside the Great Wall in the northwest. Fortunately, the northern barbarians Xianbei have been divided, and the three Wuhuan and the pioneers who have become the pioneers of my Great Wei, plus a year of recuperation and recuperation of my Great Wei, not to mention pacification. It is more than enough to resist the Northwest barbarians, outside the Northwest Barbarians, it is the Western Regions, since the chaos at the end of the Han Dynasty, the Western Regions have cut off contact with my Central Plains, this time the Xiliang is pacified, it is time to send officials again to re-manage the Western Regions, who do you think is suitable for this candidate? ”

Cao Cao's statement that the Western Regions was his own territory did not encounter anyone's doubts and objections. Although it is said that hundreds of years ago, the Western Regions did not belong to the Central Plains at all, and did not belong to the Han people, but to various ethnic groups in the Western Regions.

However, this fact was ignored by the ministers present, and they could clearly vest it, that is, the Western Regions Protectorate has been established for hundreds of years, and the Western Regions Protectorate was set up in the Han Dynasty and even Wang Mang's new dynasty, which shows that the Western Regions is like the Thirteen Prefectures of the Han Dynasty, which has been the territory of the Central Plains since ancient times and belongs to the world.

According to later generations, the territory of the motherland is sacrosanct. As for the exterminated countries of the Western Regions, the peoples of the Western Regions, ahem, what is that. As the so-called barbarians enter China, then Huaxia will not submit to the king, that is rebellion, and what is there to say about eliminating rebellion.

I have to say that the Han people at this time. In fact, in his bones, he still inherits the hegemony and conqueror mentality of the Qin and Han dynasties, and even has the arrogance of a great power, but this kind of arrogance is nothing in Cao Cao's opinion, it is much better than the flattery of Japan or when worshipping foreign countries.

The fact that the Western Regions are an indivisible territory is so conclusive that there is no need to say more, but thinking that the Western Regions and the imperial court have not been in contact for a long time, Chen Gong said with some concern: "Your Majesty, the Western Regions and the Central Plains have not been in contact for a long time, and during this period, there will inevitably be a small generation, Wei Chen thinks that it is inevitable to send officials to re-establish the Western Regions Protectorate, but at the same time, it is necessary to send a general to lead tens of thousands of troops into the Western Regions to protect the safety of the people and subjects of the Western Regions, and eliminate the small people in the Western Regions!" ”

Chen Gong's mention, Cao Cao thought about it and agreed, as for whether this young man is those bandits or bandits, or those unwilling and ambitious countries in the Western Regions, then there is no need to delve too deeply.

Sending officials, setting up cities, sending large armies, immigrating, establishing ruling institutions and other methods were originally the methods of the Han people to get up early and expand, such methods, although the time is slower than the price, but I have to say that the effect is much better than the methods of the Westerners in later generations, at least to this day, the south where the barbarians are located at the beginning, except for some of the Nanban hidden in the deep mountains and old forests, everyone lives in the Han people.

What's more, even those hidden in the south of the mountains and old forests have been greatly sinicized for hundreds of years, at least except for clothes, what they say and write, all of them are Chinese, Chinese characters, if some people suffer from the Han family's clothes, it is no different from a Central Plains Han people.

However, this method is good, but Cao Cao still shows that it is too slow, too passive, this place in the Western Regions, not only has the Silk Road like a treasure plate, but also can be linked to Central Asia and even Europe, which is extremely important for Cao Cao's future strategic deployment, therefore, he is even more intolerant, the people on the territory of the Western Regions are not Han people, but the people of other countries.

Thinking of some ways for the Westerners to get up early in the great voyage of later generations, Cao Cao's heart moved, thought about it, and said: "There is no problem in sending officials and troops, but the Western Regions are so easy to cause chaos and cut off contact with our Central Plains Imperial Court, in my opinion, it is completely because there are still many people in the Western Regions who do not know the saints, do not listen to the words of the saints, and do not obey the king. Speak the words of my Han family, write the son of my Han family, and let all its countries, up to the kings, down to the people, all submit to the king, and anyone who resists and does not agree to integrate into the country and its subjects and people of my Han family, then there is no need to save zài, and those who disappear from the Western Regions do not know how many, how can I lose to the previous dynasty! ”

Cao Cao's words can be described as domineering, at least for Xun Yu, Chen Gong and others who heard this for the first time, it can be said that they were enthusiastic to hear it, and they praised Cao Cao in their hearts for being worthy of being a Ming Jun, of course, this is also Cao Cao's luck, although the civil officials he met, although they were a little stubborn and rotten, but they would definitely not be like literati like Song Ming, one by one, holding high the banner of convincing people with reason. (To be continued.) )