No one here is a fool.

Tian Dan has said this, why can’t they still understand what it means?

Everyone knows that the Han Dynasty's plan to annex the Western Regions has moved from the preparation stage to the actual operation stage.

But as early as the preparation stage, they couldn't stop it.

Now that we have reached the operational stage, can they still stop it?

The answer is of course no!

What's more important is that from the time they arrived in Luoyang to now, it has only taken four months.

Four months is enough time to do what?

Of course it can do a lot of things, but for a country to prepare for a campaign to control hundreds of city-states thousands of miles away, a few months is obviously not enough.

But the Han Dynasty did it. In addition to these invisible strengths, they also saw real hard power.

Agriculture, mines, iron smelting plants, various workshops, and the army.

There is no one they envy, and no one they are afraid of.

But for these messengers, the results actually don't matter.

Because whether the Western Regions belonged to the Han Dynasty or continued to develop as they are now, it had little to do with them.

No matter what they do, those city-states in the Western Regions cannot be theirs, and it is not impossible for them to make profits in the Western Regions, but they will never have such a great opportunity as now.

And with the help of this mission, they took the lead in establishing a good relationship with the Han Dynasty.

It can even be said that this mission gave them an opportunity to reshuffle their cards.

In the past, in the Western Regions, the big bosses of each city-state naturally had to occupy the majority, but when we come to Luoyang, the leaders will definitely be them.

There is no doubt that Tian Dan has promised these envoys that the big man will stand behind them.

There is no need to doubt this. If you want these people to work hard, you must let them see the benefits of becoming a big man. Otherwise, why should they work hard?

Similarly, the Han Dynasty still made great efforts to bribe these people.

After confirming their own interests, these envoys were completely relieved.

However, they themselves would never have thought that what was originally just a coerced mission would end up selling their country...

Well, the Han Dynasty was really powerful.

By the end of the second day, they were even more convinced of this idea.

One day, the first day of the eighth lunar month was held.

This time the court meeting was more lively than before, and there were more people participating.

The envoys from the Western Regions once again had the opportunity to visit the Han Dynasty, a palace they had admired for a long time. Unlike the last time, this time everyone was qualified to participate.

For this reason, the Dahan Hall had to make some temporary changes, moving several cases and increasing the number of mats.

Even though the allocation was reduced, after these envoys from the Western Regions entered, they were still shocked.

Wherever his eyes went, there were eyes full of envy.

If a country is weak, it will never be possible to build such a large palace and be so luxurious.

How big is the entire palace?

They also knew it before entering the Great Han Palace.

It is as big as a city. Compared with the cities of many city-states in the Western Regions, the Han Dynasty's imperial palace can dominate.

With a big family and a big business, there are naturally many rules.

At the beginning of the court meeting, it was still the three provinces that took the lead and talked about several big and small things.

Then the Loulan envoy took the lead and proposed the idea of ​​farewell to the emperor, and begged the emperor to send someone to protect the caravan, preferably to help them transport the goods back. They were even willing to pay.

At the same time, he also implored the emperor to send some professionals to the Western Regions to impart their knowledge and experience, hoping that the bank could open branches in the Western Regions to facilitate future business transactions.

This was actually something that had been decided a long time ago, but the Han Dynasty took the initiative to propose it, and the envoys took the initiative to propose it, and the meaning was different.

Wang Buxu didn't hesitate and agreed generously.

Although a car is configured for three people, in fact, with three people and other expenses, a car cannot cost more than 500 yuan.

This time, the Ministry of War selected a total of 15,000 people as the first batch of troops to enter the Western Regions. The Ministry of Personnel also dispatched more than 300 officials, large and small, and the Ministry of Works also dispatched hundreds of experienced craftsmen.

Bian Ze dispatched more than 40 bank personnel.

All in all, the cost of this trip does not need to be paid by the court. The shipping fee alone is enough.

As for the insurance premium, it's like making money in vain. With a convoy of fifteen thousand troops escorting it, which blind mountain king would dare to cause trouble?

Quintu, who was regarded as a big boss when he came here, now seems to be reduced to a spectator. He has nothing to do in the whole court, which makes Quintu feel depressed.

I don’t know what’s going on with the girl over there…

However, the next thing happened that shocked Kuntu.

"Your Majesty, this is the household register, military register, and terrain register of Lingnan. I have lived in Lingnan for decades, and finally lived up to my holy expectations and initially developed Lingnan!" Zhao Tuo stood in the center, holding two booklets in his hand.

Someone soon picked up the book and delivered it to Wang Buxu.

But for those envoys from the Western Regions, they were absolutely confused.

They had heard of Lingnan, but they only heard about it after coming to Dahan.

But don’t everyone say that a Qin Dynasty general went to Lingnan with an army of 500,000 people more than ten years ago?

During the chaotic period at the end of Qin Dynasty, Lingnan established itself as king.

Why did this happen so suddenly?

Doesn't this mean that Lingnan surrendered?

Could this man in front of me be the king of Lingnan?

It doesn't seem right. Since he is the king of Lingnan, why do he say he doesn't obey Sheng Wang?

The emperor arranged this matter more than ten years ago?

That's even more wrong. More than ten years ago, the emperor was still playing in the mud. A boss with half a million troops would care about him?

Wang Buxu pretended to open the basic booklet and glanced at it. In fact, he already knew the content.

After a while, I put the book down calmly.

With a smile on his face, he looked at Zhao Tuo with great satisfaction: "The general has been working hard for the construction of Lingnan for more than ten years. Now, in just more than ten years, the general has built Lingnan into such a large scale, with nine counties and forty counties.

It is a great achievement to rule over a million people..."

Zhao Tuo:???

Envoy from the Western Regions:???

Quintu:???

Nine counties and forty counties?

Did you hear that right?

Are you sure it's nine counties and forty counties?

Well, Kuntu also knew something about some of the administration of the Han Dynasty.

Regarding the division of counties, we generally look at two aspects, and it is enough to satisfy one of them.

First, when the population reaches a certain level, it can be classified as a county. For example, this is basically the case for counties in the Central Plains.

The second is that the population is not enough, but the area is too big, and the cases are border areas such as Nan County and Jiuyuan County.

The so-called nine counties and forty counties in Lingnan are enough to show that the entire Lingnan area is large enough to be divided into nine counties, and forty counties have been established.

Now that Zhao Tuo has handed over the power, more counties will be established in Lingnan.

Of course, all this is Quinto's guess.

Zhao Tuo was also confused. Where did the nine counties come from?

Where did the forty counties come from?

Where did the millions of people come from?

Of course Wang Buxu would not tell Zhao Tuo that I had divided the population myself, and even some indigenous people were included in the population...

However, this did not affect the progress of the process. Immediately afterwards, Zhongshu Ling Guan Ying stood up, took out a yellow silk cloth from his sleeve, faced the officials, and slowly opened the silk cloth in his hand.

Generally speaking, reading the imperial edict is done by Zhongshu Sheren under the Zhongshu Province, but who told this to be a great court meeting? Guan Ying, the Zhongshu Ling, naturally has to take on this important responsibility.

"Under the sect... I was granted the title of Marquis of South Zhao Tuo Ling, and was granted a thousand acres of land to eat..."

The imperial edict is very long, and the format is very cumbersome. There are a lot of names of official signatures, and you have to read them one by one. Most people really can't enjoy this kind of treatment.

However, the core content of the entire imperial edict consists of two sentences: granting a title to a marquis and rewarding people with food.

Zhao Tuo became the top prince of the Han Dynasty in one fell swoop. This imperial edict did not explain Zhao Tuo's whereabouts.
To be continued...