The tavern and tearoom in Chang'an City was very lively, with several scribe-looking people debating fiercely, surrounded by a crowd of spectators. The people who are debating are not ordinary people in the market, there are rising stars of Confucianism and young heroes of Legalism.

It is necessary to explain here that in fact, the ideas of Confucianism are still very good, if it were not for this, Cao Cao would have abolished Confucianism a long time ago, but since Emperor Wu respected Confucianism, Confucianism has been dominant for hundreds of years and has become more and more decayed, among which there have been many clothes dressed in Confucianism, in fact, more Confucian students say contrary theories, such as: Three Platforms and Five Constants, Confucius and Mencius's Three Programs and Five Constants are not the so-called monarch for the minister, husband for the wife, these absurd remarks.

These statements were made by some Confucian scholars in order to cater to the needs of the rulers of the time, but also to suppress other schools of thought.

This debate in this cold day has a bit of the flavor of a hundred schools of thought contending in the past.

Although the Confucian scholars are numerous, they are obviously at a disadvantage, and the most unexpected thing is that these Confucian scholars have been repeatedly forced to be speechless by the remarks of Confucius and Mencius quoted by the Legalist scholars.

At the end, the young Legalist said contemptuously in the manner of a victor: "You can't even fully understand the remarks of Confucius and Mencius, and you dare to come out and speak out without shame, Jane is really ridiculous!" ”

A few Confucian scholars fled the tavern in a hurry like defeated roosters, and the drinkers laughed loudly.

The shopkeeper came up with a jar of wine, put it in front of the young bachelor, and said heroically: "Mr. is erudite and talented, this altar has been an adult for a long time to show respect!" ”

Young bachelors are also not pretentious. He took it very boldly and said, "Thank you, store!" ”

The shopkeeper patted the young bachelor on the shoulder. exclaimed: "Good posterity! ”

The young bachelor slapped open the mud and drank it in a big gulp. The crowd around couldn't help but applaud loudly.

For more than a year, the Western Regions countries were very submissive, and the Great Wei continued to expand its influence on the Western Regions through commerce, diplomacy, and, of course, military power.

"Queen, what are you thinking?" King Wusun came to Queen Wusun and asked. The two stood side by side on the highest stargazing platform in the palace of King Wusun, looking out over the mountains to the west.

Queen Wusun shook her head, "Nothing. ”

King Wusun was silent for a moment, and then asked with a straight face, "Queen, you tell me honestly." Are you planning something? ”

Queen Wusun hesitated for a moment and nodded.

King Wusun couldn't help but sigh, and said earnestly: "Queen, I know that you have great ambitions, but the current situation does not allow us Wusun to act rashly, and our Wusun's strength cannot be compared with the Great Wei Empire, which has millions of troops and a territory of thousands of miles!" And even if you achieve your goal, won't the end result be a change of suzerain? ”

Queen Wusun clenched her fists, her eyebrows furrowed, and she didn't say a word.

Queen Wusun shook her head slowly. He said in a deep voice: "King, our Wusun is not completely without opportunities!" ”

King Wusun sighed and persuaded, "Queen, isn't it good to let our people live in peace? ”

Queen Wusun frowned. Puzzled, he asked, "King, you were ambitious back then!" Why is there no such thing as a complete lack of sharpness now? ”

King Wusun sighed, "I've tried too!" back then. We, Wusun, used hundreds of thousands of troops and coerced the allied forces of the Western Regions. The opponent was just Cao Cao, who was only a prince at the time, what was the result? Today, our Wusun is less than half as strong as it was back then. has even lost a large area of territory west of the royal capital, and the surrounding original allies are afraid that they have become the lackeys of Great Wei! Queen, what else do you think we can do? ”

Queen Wusun narrowed her eyes and lowered her voice: "Great King, now there is an empire that can compete with the Wei State!" ”

King Wusun was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but sigh, "I know you're talking about the north, but playing tricks between these two great powers, don't you think it's possible for us to fall into a place of no return?" ”

"Your words, my lord, are not entirely right! The catastrophe is only one possibility, and the other possibility is that the two strong and both lose, and my Wusun takes advantage of the situation to rise! When she said this, Queen Wusun's expression looked a little crazy.

King Wusun was stunned for a moment, and when he saw the queen's resolute expression, he didn't say anything more.

"My lord, will you support me?" Queen Wusun asked wistfully.

King Wusun sighed, forgot to glance at it, and nodded at the bleak scene in front of him: "Although I don't approve of your approach, as long as you decide, I, the king, will definitely fully support you, and you don't need to have any worries!" ”

"Thank you, King!" Queen Wusun bowed her hand gratefully.

King Wusun couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "I hope your decision is right!" ”

About an hour later, Queen Wusun appeared on the main street of the capital in civilian clothes, accompanied only by a dozen guards and personal maids who were also dressed in civilian clothes.

Today's Wusun King seems to be much more prosperous than it was back then, and there are many shops on both sides of the street, but most of these shops are not opened by Wusun people, but by Han people in the last year.

Queen Wusun walked on the bustling streets, looking at the people around her who were bursting with laughter and laughter, but she was faintly worried.

"Where do you usually go to buy things?" Queen Wusun suddenly asked the guard beside her

The soldiers were stunned for a moment, and the captain replied: "Childe, we usually buy things in these shops like the common people!" ”

"Are there any shops owned by the Wusun people here?" Queen Wusun asked again

The captain pondered: "Yes, there are, but there are very few!" I heard that many of the original big businessmen have sold their businesses to the merchants of Wei at a high price, and these guys have made a lot of money! ”

Queen Wusun snorted coldly, "No matter how much you have, no one else will earn much!" ”

The captain looked puzzled, he didn't understand what Queen Wusun meant

Queen Wusun didn't have the heart to go any further, so she went straight back to the palace.

Qianqing Palace in Chang'an

Cao Cao looked at the report in his hand and nodded: "The situation in the Western Regions is very stable, Zhongda is doing a good job!" Wen Ruo, a few days ago, I heard that the caravans heading to the west are coming back one after another, but is there any relevant information from the West? ”

Xun Yu arched his hand and said, "Your Majesty, the minister is about to return to you!" ”

Cao Cao nodded and waited for the following.

Xun Yu took out a thick fold from his bosom and held it with both hands: "Your Majesty, this is compiled by the minister yesterday according to the narratives of the caravans, please take a look!" (To be continued.) )