Chapter 543 Commoner Iron Sword

Author: Gongsun Wujiu

Chapter 543 Commoner Iron Sword

After going to court, Zhang Yue summoned all his cronies and allies to the Yunyang Marquis Mansion.

"What do you think the Western Regions are like now?"

Everyone was shocked when Zhang Yue said this.

No one expected that Zhang Yue was planning to attack his base in the Western Regions first.

Cai Ting first understood Zhang Yue's intention.

"Do you want to reform the administrative divisions of the Western Region?"

Zhang Yuedao: "Yes, the Western Region is too big, and splitting it up is an urgent matter!"

Pan Hong frowned when he heard this, "Your Majesty, the Western Region is the foundation, don't touch it lightly!"

Zhang Yue said: "It is precisely because the Western Region is our foundation that we need to consolidate it as soon as possible!"

Du Ling thought for a moment and then asked: "What are your plans?"

Zhang Yuedao: "Today, the Western Regions are thousands of miles away and already account for 40% of the territory of the Han Dynasty... Without zoning reform, it may be difficult to manage effectively..."

"Someone intentionally divided the Western Region into four, and merged the original Beiting and Zhenwu areas into the Beiting Protectorate."

"Anxi and Hezhong merged to form the Anxi Protectorate!"

"The rest of the places are the Protectorate of the Western Regions... Luntai has been changed to be under the direct jurisdiction of the central government. What do you think?"

Zhang Anshi said doubtfully: "If this is the case, will it make the Western Region weak?"

Bingji also had doubts about this: "Your Majesty, what the Chariot and Cavalry General said is true. Now the Parthians and the Kushans have signed an agreement... If the Western Region is divided into four, the Anxi Protectorate may not be able to compete with the two countries!

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Wu Zheng pondered: "The Western Region Protectorate is indeed too big, so it is necessary to split it up."

"However, the concerns of General Chariot and General Right are quite reasonable..."

"If you set up the Anxi Protectorate alone, you should strengthen the strength of the Anxi Protector..."

Zhang Yue said with a smile: "It's true what you guys said, a certain Anxi Protector who wants to be a future feudalist..."

"The Anxi Protectorate will not only be responsible for the current Anxi and Hezhong towns, but also be responsible for the future Shendu and Anxi vassal kingdoms..."

Pan Hong said: "If the various vassal kingdoms can be established, the Anxi Protectorate's strength will be enough...but"

At this point, Pan Hong hesitated.

Cai Ting stared at Pan Hong and said, "Junhou thinks that before splitting up the Western Region Protectorate, the Kushan people should be attacked!"

Zhang Anshi heard this and asked: "Why attack the Kushan Empire instead of the Parthian Empire... Could it be that the Kushan Empire is a greater threat to the Han Dynasty?"

Zhang Yue nodded and said: "Yes, in terms of overall strength, the Parthian Empire naturally far surpasses Kushan, but the focus of the Parthian Empire is in the west... In addition, the northern part of the Parthian people is also threatened by Li Ling and Ni Mi!"

Zhang Anshi looked surprised and said: "Li Ling?"

Upon seeing this, Cai Ting clarified his doubts and said: "After the right wing of the Xiongnu moved westward, they have established a powerful empire in the west."

"Li Ling now also has a powerful Jiankun Kingdom...Li Ling now has an army of more than 50,000 riders..."

In fact, after these years of development, Li Ling's kingdom has become more powerful than Cai Ting said.

Now Li Ling's Jiankun Kingdom has occupied the northern and southern parts of the Caucasus.

The standing army has reached 30,000. If mobilized during war, 70,000 troops can even be dispatched in a short time.

Li Ling has now targeted the Armenian region of the Parthian Empire.

Here Li Ling has defeated the Parthian garrison twice.

Now the Parthian Empire has listed Li Ling as a threat second only to Rome and the Han Dynasty.

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Du Ling said: "Some time ago, news came from the Marquis of Xinyang that King Guangling had surrendered... It seems that the Marquis has already made plans!"

Zhang Yue smiled and said: "I dare not hide it from Duke Du, but he deliberately transferred the title of King Guangling to his own poison!"

Du Ling twirled his beard and said: "I'm afraid the prince will not just transfer the title to the King of Guangling!"

Zhang Yue smiled and said: "Sure enough, nothing can be hidden from Duke Du's discerning eyes... The great-grandson of the emperor, Liu Bingyi, also has the intention to poison his body with feudalism!"

Zhang Anshi looked towards Weiyang Palace unconsciously after hearing this.

"Your Majesty is indeed very considerate, but I don't know where in the body you are going to poison him if you want to feudalize him?"

Zhang Yue spread his hands when he heard this, "I am about to ask you for advice!"

Wu Zheng thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, after my army defeated the Western Tianzhu Alliance, the Aryan city-state is a land without a master, and feudalism should be carried out here!"

Upon hearing this, Cai Ting also nodded and said: "Western Tianzhu is indeed a good place, enough to establish three or five feudal vassal kingdoms!"

Bingji was shocked when he heard this, "In addition to King Guangling and the great-grandson Liu Bingji, the general also wants to feudalize other countries!"

Zhang Yuehao did not hide it and said: "This is natural...every prince should have his own feudal state from now on!"

As soon as Zhang Yue said this, everyone felt happy.

Next, everyone had a discussion about feudal matters and the reform of the administrative divisions of the Western Regions.

After some discussion, everyone finally reached a consensus.

However, now is not a good time to implement these two plans. There are more important and urgent things to do now.

"Gentlemen, please keep the matters discussed today confidential for the time being..."

"Don't worry, sir, I understand!"

After everyone left, Zhang Huan asked Zhang Yue: "When do you want to implement this matter?"

Zhang Yue looked at the ring-shou knife hanging on the wall and said to Zhang Huan.

"Remember, no matter what you do, the most important things are money, food and the army... If you want to carry out reforms, you must have a knife in one hand and money in the other..."

Zhang Huan heard this and said: "Young man, I understand!"

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Ever since Huo Guang was overthrown, Liu Bingji's life has become more difficult.

There are rumors everywhere in Yeting that the key reason why Huo Guang was overthrown by Zhang Yue and others is that Huo Guang wanted to depose Liu He as emperor and make Liu Bing the emperor instead.

Liu Bingji scorned this statement at first.

Although he carries the title of a great-grandson of an emperor, his life is actually not good at all.

Not even as good as many ordinary palace servants.

Huo Guang has never paid direct attention to himself in all these years.

But as the rumors grew more and more, Liu Bing and the people around him gradually began to believe the matter.

As more and more people believe this, Liu Bingji's life becomes more and more difficult.

Especially these days, even his father-in-law, Xu Guanghan, and his family have deliberately alienated themselves.

Although Xu Pingjun, his wife, kept it secret from him, he had long known that his mother-in-law had repeatedly persuaded his wife to divorce him.

Over the past few days, Liu Bing has figured out that he is indeed an unlucky person.

He has made a decision and will make it clear to his wife when he gets home today.

If Xu Pingjun doesn't want to follow him, it's better to make peace with him.

Yunyang Hou Zhang Yue was able to revive his family after being reduced to a son-in-law like himself. Why couldn't he be Emperor Xiaowu?

Thinking of this, Liu Bing unconsciously looked at the iron sword at his waist.

"In the past, when Marquis Yunyang was drafted into the army, he only had a piece of cloth and an iron sword..."
Chapter completed!