Four Towns Jiedu

Author: Gongsun Wujiu

Four Towns Jiedu

Cai Ting was not as optimistic as the two of them. He bowed to Zhang Yue and said, "Your Majesty, even if Huo Guang and Your Majesty agree to this matter this time, I'm afraid it will happen again the next day!"

Zhang Yue sneered when he heard this and said, "Huo Guang, who is not easy to bully, has the late emperor's edict in his hands, and he also has a public servant in his hands. Don't worry!"

Cai Ting and the others were all shocked when they heard this. They never expected that Zhang Yue also had a posthumous edict in his hand.

Although the three of them believed that Zhang Yue would never lie, they still couldn't help but ask, "Does the Lord take this matter seriously?"

How could Zhang Yue not know what the three of them were thinking?

While he ordered Zhang Zhan to take out the imperial edict from the late emperor, he told the story of its origin.

"This edict was written before your Majesty passed away..."

As he spoke, Zhang Yue could not help but become emotional. With tears in his eyes, he said, "The kindness of the late emperor cannot be repaid by even one thousand deaths."

Cai Ting and the others couldn't help but sigh when they heard Zhang Yue's words, "Thousands of years from now, the previous emperor in the calendar will definitely be the emperor of the ages. Without the first emperor, there would be no great Han Dynasty today."

Zhang Yue thought about the theory of future generations and couldn't help but nodded and shook his head. In the Song, Ming and Qing dynasties where literati and officials dominated, the evaluation of the previous emperors was not high.

While the three of them were talking, Zhang Zhan had already taken the imperial edict from the late emperor. Zhang Yue took it respectfully and unfolded it carefully.

Cai Ting and the others clearly saw that the posthumous edict stated that Zhang Yue could take charge of the affairs of the Western Regions on his own. If there were changes in Chang'an, Zhang Yue could lead the troops from the Western Regions into Chang'an.

After the three people read the edict, their faces were full of horror. No one expected that the late emperor trusted Zhang Yue so much.

Cai Ting was the first to react among the three. He stood up and worshiped solemnly:

"The prince should send a letter to Chang'an as soon as possible to implement the Jiedushi system!"

Zhang Yue did not answer immediately, but solemnly put away the edict first.

Then he said, "Don't worry, where do you think we should set up a festival town?"

Cai Ting no longer hesitated this time and was the first to speak, "The emperor and his subordinates thought that the first place to set up a festival town should be Ershi City!"

Zhang Yue nodded and asked Guo Kai and Han Jiang, "Guo Hou, what do Han Hou think?"

Han Jiang stood up and said, "It is appropriate to establish a town in the land in the river. The land in the river is far to the west of the mountains. You must have the power to make decisions on the spot in order to deal with enemies from all directions."

After Han Jiang finished speaking, Guo Kai also supported him and said, "What Han Hou said is true, a festival town must be established in the Hezhong area!"

After Zhang Yue nodded in agreement, he continued to ask Guo Kai, "Where does Guo Hou think the second section of the town should be established?"

Hearing this, Guo Kai patted his head and asked, "I heard that the Kushan people have established a country recently, and they have plans for Xiuxun. I wonder if this is the case?"

Zhang Yue said, "This is true. The newly established Guishan is also a large country. Its population now should be three to four million, and its standing army should be 150,000!"

"From a certain point of view, this year or next year at the latest, they will launch a large-scale southern expedition. With the combat power of their troops, they will definitely defeat Southern Daxia and Jibin."

"If it annexes these two countries, it will become a powerful empire with a population of more than 8 million!"

After hearing this, Guo Kai thought for a while and said, "In this case, I think we should set up a town in the land of Shache, Puli, Yinai and Wugou!"

What Guo Kai said was beyond Zhang Yue's expectation.

Cai Ting also spoke in support at this time, saying, "What Marquis Guo said is true. The rise of Kuishang is detrimental to the Han Dynasty. Therefore, setting up a joint town can prevent Kuishang from advancing northward, and secondly, it can wait for opportunities to enter a poisonous place."

"In the past, it was indeed a clever move for the king to take in the Dharabitha people. It was the reason why the great man fell into poison!"

Han Jiang also nodded and said, "The matter of continuation of life and death is a good deed in the world, and a certain man should do it himself!"

Zhang Yue turned around and stared at the map on the wall, lost in thought.

He wandered for a few steps in the hall, and then said, "What Marquis Guo said is true, a town should be established here!"

Cai Ting stood up at this time and said, "The third part of the festival Zhen thought it should be set in Suiye."

He explained, "Zuiye is closest to the right side of the Xiongnu. Suiye is powerful and protects the Western Regions and is not threatened by the Xiongnu."

As the chief officer of Broken Leaf, Han Jiang naturally has the most say in this matter, "What Mr. Cai said is true, if Broken Leaf is strong, he can take over all the Xiongnu territory!"

Guo Kai opened his mouth, and finally sighed, "What Han Hou said is true, Broken Leaf Plain is more important than Beishou Jiangcheng!"

Zhang Yue looked at Guo Kai's expression and smiled, "Why should Marquis Guo be depressed? Beishou Jiangcheng is not half worse than Suiye, Marquis Guo just needs to look further ahead!"

Guo Kai fell into deep thought after hearing this.

But Cai Ting had already understood, "The king's brilliance is beyond the reach of his subordinates. Beishou's surrender should be aimed at the Xiongnu Shan Yuting!"

Zhang Yue said, "Yes, but now the location of Bei Shoujiang City is too far to the west. It will be moved east to Pune."

Guo Kai also figured it out at this time. Hearing this, he shouted, "Good, great, good!"

Zhang Yue said with a smile on his face, "So there should be four towns in the Western Region. I think it is best for me to serve as the military envoys, duzhi envoys, and camp field envoys of the four festivals towns?"

As soon as Zhang Yue said this, both Han Jiang and Guo Kai remained silent.

Zhang Yue smiled when he saw this and said, "Marquis Guo and Marquis Han, why do you need to do this? Just speak freely."

Although Zhang Yue said this, the two of them still did not speak first, but looked at Cai Ting.

Cai Ting naturally knew that it was time for him to speak.

He stood up and said, "The position of Jieduzhi is of great importance, and the subordinates should be cautious!"

At this point, he looked at Guo Kai, bowed to Guo Kai first, and then continued, "The officials think that Guo Houzhi should be the governor of the river, Ma Han should be the deputy governor, and Pan Gong should be the governor.

The branch envoy also serves as the camp envoy!"

Guo Kai said dumbly when he heard this, "A certain person is the governor of Hezhong?"

Cai Ting said to Guo Kai, "It's true that I think Guo Hou is the most suitable for the position of Hezhong Jiedushi!"

Zhang Yue also fell into thinking at this time. He originally wanted to appoint Geng Shu as the military governor of Hezhong and Guo Kai as the military governor of Pune.

Now after Cai Ting's reminder, he suddenly discovered that Guo Kai was indeed more suitable to be the governor of the river than Geng Shu.

Even so, Guo Kai is also an old man and has always been the de facto second-in-command in the Western Regions, so his own opinions cannot be ignored.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yue asked Guo Kai, "What will happen to Marquis Guo in the future?"

After some thought, Guo Kai found that he was indeed the best candidate to serve as the governor of Hezhong.

"The Lord is willing to serve as the governor of the river!"

Hearing this, Zhang Yue raised his teacup and said to Guo Kaida, "I would like to offer tea to Marquis Guo in lieu of wine."

After Guo Kai drank the tea in his cup, he grinned and said, "I will meet the Anxi and Kushan people."

After confirming the arrangements for the Hezhong area, the next step is to choose the governor of Yarkand.

After some discussion among the four people, it was finally decided that Zhao Guanghan would be the military envoy, Yarkand General Pan Zhiqiang would be the deputy military envoy, Liu Yi would be the camp envoy, and the king of Yarkand would also be the military envoy.

As for Sui Ye, at Zhang Yue's suggestion, he was changed to Beiting Jiedu Envoy, with Han Jiang as the Jiedushi Envoy, Zhao Yi as the Deputy Jiedushi Envoy, Wang Hu as the Du Branch Envoy, and Zhao Yi as the Yingtian Envoy.

The final military envoy of Pu Nei was Geng Shu, with Dong Fei as the camp envoy and Cai Ting as the military envoy.
Chapter completed!