Chapter 689: The expedition to the west has been decided, but we can go eastward
Even though he noticed that Liu Feng's eyes were dangerous, looking at the man in front of him who was wearing the uniform of a senior general of the Han army, King Cheshi did not dare to move for a moment.
The first thought that came to King Chaushi's mind was that perhaps the movement just now was too loud, which attracted the Han general in front of him.
And judging from the small number of people behind the Han general, it seems that the only one who has accidentally interrupted his actions is the general in front of him.
After realizing this, the driver king immediately had two options in mind.
The first plan is that he wants to try to bribe the Han general in front of him with gold and silver.
Where in the world is there a cat that doesn’t steal fish?
The second option is also very simple. If the Han general in front of him does not accept his money, then he will surrender directly and give up tonight's operation.
As long as there is no conflict with the Han army on the surface, even if Mi Yang learns about what happened tonight, King Che Shi feels that he will always be able to find a reason to deal with it afterwards.
After all, according to the records of our ancestors, the Han people have always wanted to save face.
Therefore, as long as he kneels quickly and thoroughly enough, I think the Han people will treat him well and ignore his minor faults.
With these two plans in mind, King Cheshi first signaled to the Western Region guards behind him to put down their weapons, and then he walked towards Liu Feng with a smile on his face.
King Chaushi believed that his actions were enough to make Liu Feng lower his guard.
What King Cheshi thought was right, there are very few cats in the world who don't steal fish, and Liu Feng is not one of those very few.
But what King Cheshi didn't expect was that what Liu Feng wanted was definitely not gold, silver and jewelry, he wanted power.
In order to make his ambition come true, King Cheshi was sentenced to death early in Liu Feng's heart.
Just when King Che Shi came within three steps of Liu Feng and was about to speak, a look of horror suddenly appeared on King Che Shi's face.
Because he saw Liu Fengzheng swinging the steel knife in his hand without hesitation and slashing towards his neck.
The close distance allowed King Che Shi to clearly see Liu Feng's every move. However, years of pampered life meant that King Che Shi, who was wide and fat, could not avoid Liu Feng's killing blow.
A moment later, as a blood-red sword light emerged, the head of the King of Chariot Masters with an expression of disbelief jumped into the air.
Liu Feng decisively killed King Che Shi. Even the many guards from the Western Regions behind King Che Shi never thought of this scene.
When King Chariot's head fell to the ground, they were still in shock.
And obviously, Liu Feng didn't want to give them a chance to react.
"kill"!
A sharp shout came from Liu Feng's mouth.
When this sharp shout rang in everyone's ears, the Han army behind Liu Feng, who had long been unable to restrain himself, immediately rushed towards the enemy in front of him with his sword.
What the countries in the Western Regions didn't know was that when they wanted to plot against the Han for their own interests, they were already on the opposite side of the Han.
If our vital interests are different, how can we say that they are one?
This kind of behavior can also be clearly called treason!
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In the Chaoyang Hall of Chang'an Palace, Liu Chan, who had just been awakened by his chamberlain, was looking at the ministers below with a confused look on his face.
When Zhang Bao passed the news of "the rebellion of the countries in the Western Regions" to Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Liang immediately summoned the ministers to the palace late at night as the prime minister.
As an auspicious baby, Liu Chan naturally cannot escape the fate of being awakened from the warm bed.
Liu Chan, who was still sleepy, rubbed his eyes unconsciously, and then subconsciously focused his eyes on Zhuge Liang, Mi Yang and Zhang Fei.
After seeing these three people present, Liu Chan felt a lot more at ease.
Just now, Liu Chan learned about the "rebellion of the countries in the Western Regions" from the mouth of his chamberlain, although Liu Chan couldn't figure out why the countries in the Western Regions would do this.
But for any emperor, the word treason is the most disturbing and disgusting thing to them.
Fortunately, all three of them are here.
As long as the three of them were around, even if there was news that the Wei army had attacked outside Chang'an, Liu Chan would feel completely safe.
As a monarch, Liu Chan wanted to ask Zhuge Liang about the specific situation of "the rebellion of the Western Regions", but when he saw that most of the ministers in the palace had solemn expressions on their faces, he gave up this idea.
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As Liu Chan saw, although there were many ministers in the Chaoyang Palace, none of them made a sound.
Their expressions were complicated, with some confusion but more indignation.
For ministers who don't know the inside story, since envoys from the Western Regions came to Chang'an, Mi Yang specially spent manpower and material resources to build a Sifang Pavilion in order to give them good treatment.
In order to appease the hearts of the countries in the Western Regions, Mi Yang did not place any soldiers in the Sifang Pavilion.
Such treatment and courtesy are quite rare in the entire history of the Han Dynasty.
But what did such treatment and courtesy get in exchange?
Treason!
A strong feeling of betrayal lingers in the hearts of every Hanchen.
If not for the occasion, some ministers might have started to curse at the countries in the Western Regions.
Barbarians are barbarians, and if they are afraid of power but not moral, they are just a bunch of white-eyed wolves who are not well-bred.
While many ministers were verbally criticizing the countries in the Western Regions, an urgent report was sent to the Chaoyang Palace.
"Reporting to your majesty, the rebellion of the countries in the Western Regions has been put down by General Liu.
The two envoys from Soochow were also successfully found by General Liu's men. They were just frightened and were not in danger of their lives."
When she heard this news, Mi Yang raised her eyebrows slightly.
Liu Feng successfully put down the rebellions in the Western Regions, which was expected.
But Zhang Wen and Zhou Yi were able to successfully escape from the guards in the Western Regions before Liu Feng arrived, which was somewhat beyond Mi Yang's expectation.
Mi Yang couldn't help but feel a little curious about where Zhang Wen and Zhou Li were hiding.
After Zhuge Liang learned that the rebellions in the Western Regions had been successfully put down, he was the first to stand up and worship Liu Chan:
"God bless the man, God bless your majesty."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! After saying this scene, Zhuge Liang immediately changed the topic and said to Liu Chan:
"Although the rebellion has been put down, as the saying goes, the guilty will not be punished, which will hardly convince the people of the world, and will secretly encourage disobedience.
I would like to ask your Majesty to take a clear look at this."
After saying these words, Zhuge Liang stopped talking.
Liu Chan listened to Zhuge Liang's words very well. He thought that Zhuge Liang would just help him make the decision, but he didn't expect that Zhuge Liang only said half of what he said, which made Liu Chan feel a little uncomfortable.
Clear warning?
How to identify it!
Liu Chan immediately looked at Mi Yang for help.
Liu Chan's idea is very simple. It's not that he has no opinion on this matter at all, but Liu Chan also knows that his opinion is definitely not as good as Mi Yang's. In this case, why not let Mi Yang make the decision directly?
Seeing Liu Chan's gaze, Mi Yang thought for a while, stood up and bowed to Liu Chan:
"According to the "Laws of Zhangwu", if one person plots rebellion, the clan will be punished; if a country causes chaos, the country will be destroyed."
Mi Yang's words were very concise and to the point.
The "Zhang Wu Law" he spoke of was originally the "Shu Ke" used by Zhuge Liang when he governed Shu.
After regaining Chang'an, Zhuge Liang changed the name of "Shu Ke" to "Zhang Wu Law" and implemented it as the official law of the Han Dynasty.
Naming the new Han law after Liu Bei's reign also has the intention of letting future generations remember Liu Bei's merits.
Seeing Mi Yang refer to "Zhang Wu Lv", not only Liu Chan, but also many ministers also had a tendency in their hearts.
But there are still some traditional Han officials who have some doubts about this.
"It is said that dozens of countries in the Western Regions were involved in tonight's rebellion. If we really want to punish it according to the "Zhangwu Law", wouldn't it mean that all the dozens of countries in the Western Regions will be destroyed?"
"According to the ancestral system, the Han Dynasty should mainly focus on appeasing the countries in the Western Regions."
Faced with this doubt, Mi Yang showed determination and said without hesitation: "Appease?"
"Isn't this dynasty's appeasement to the countries in the Western Regions not enough?"
"It's a pity that this dynasty's appeasement was exchanged for the wild ambitions of the countries in the Western Regions.
Besides, the national law is like this. Just because there are many countries in the Western Regions, we cannot just be lenient to them.
If this is the case, how will this dynasty be able to rule the world in the future?"
"As for the ancestral system.
During the reign of Emperor Xiaowu, equal diplomacy was still the basis for exchanges between the Han Dynasty and the countries in the Western Regions.
By the time of Emperor Xiaoxuan, the countries in the Western Regions had already become vassals of our dynasty.
Can it be said that Emperor Xiaoxuan violated the ancestral system?
Great unification is the unchangeable ancestral system of our Han family!"
Mi Yang's words are not nonsense. When Emperor Xiaowu first learned of the existence of the Western Regions countries, the Western Regions countries and the Han Dynasty were apparently on an equal footing at first.
However, as the situation developed and Emperor Xiaowu's deliberate arrangements were made, the status of the countries in the Western Regions continued to decline.
By the time of Emperor Xiaoxuan, he relied on the powerful national power of the Han Dynasty to turn the countries in the Western Regions into vassal states of the Han Dynasty.
From this period of history, we can vaguely see that as early as the time of Emperor Xiaowu, he had the intention to completely incorporate the Western Regions into one of the territories of the Han Dynasty. This was in line with the great unification thought of that talented and strategic emperor.
Although Emperor Xiaoxuan turned the Western Region into one of the territories of the Han Dynasty by establishing the post of Protector of the Western Region, this was not enough. After all, the countries in the Western Region actually had independent administrative and military power.
This is obviously incompatible with the idea of unification that the Han Dynasty cherished for generations.
Perhaps according to Emperor Xiaoxuan's idea, his generation first initially incorporated the Western Region into the territory of the Han Dynasty by establishing the Western Region Protector.
And his descendants can imitate him and inherit Emperor Xiaowu's legacy, completing the feat of "turning a domain into a state" through the efforts of generations.
It's just a pity that his successors are the three "great gods" Yuan Chengai...
It cannot be said that there are no descendants who want to inherit the ambitions of Emperor Xiaowu and Emperor Xiaoxuan. Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu once had this idea.
Therefore, after he unified the Central Plains, he was still unwilling to respond positively to the requests from the countries in the Western Regions to establish the post of Protector of the Western Regions.
It is a pity that the Eastern Han Dynasty was inherently deficient, and Emperor Guangwu had to temporarily shelve this idea due to the current situation.
In Mi Yang's view, "converting a territory into a state" is not only a consideration for future generations, but also an inevitable move to inherit the legacy of our ancestors.
Mi Yang's sharp words completely blocked the doubts in the minds of those ministers.
First, there was the fact that the countries in the Western Regions were causing rebellion, and then Mi Yang held high the banner of "unification." Under the influence of these two aspects, no minister had any objection to the annihilation of the countries in the Western Regions.
When Liu Chan saw Mi Yang's suggestion and got the acquiescence of all the ministers present, he immediately said:
"What Da Sima said makes sense."
"Planned move: All the countries in the Western Regions used their weapons indiscriminately to attack Chang'an, committing a serious crime of treason.
I am determined to send a large army to the west to conquer the Western Regions in one fell swoop to show the might of the Emperor Han Dynasty!"
After Liu Chan finished speaking, all the ministers in the palace stood up and bowed to Liu Chan:
"Your Majesty is wise."
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After Zhang Wen and Zhou Li successfully escaped, the first thing they did was to go back to the room and freshen up.
They thought they could completely wash away the stench from their bodies.
But no matter how many times they were washed, Zhang Wen and Zhou Li still felt that there was always a vague odor surrounding them.
Especially when they thought of the strange look in the Han army's eyes when they rescued them from the public toilet, Zhang Wen and Zhou Yi wanted to die.
Why does this happen to them?
After being rescued by the Han army, Zhang Wen and Zhou Yi also learned from the Han army who wanted to take their lives tonight.
But after learning this, Zhang Wen and Zhou Yi felt even more puzzled.
Do people in the Western Regions have brain diseases?
I had no grudges against them in the past and no grudges these days, so how could I attract their murderous intent?
Unfortunately, with the death of King Cheshi and the arrest of many envoys from the Western Regions, it is destined that this question in the minds of Zhang Wen and Zhou Yi will never be answered.
And just when Zhang Wen and Zhou Li were still trembling over what happened last night, the arrival of a person made them temporarily forget about it.
This person is none other than Jiang Ji.
Jiang Ji's name is not unfamiliar to people in Soochow.
After the Battle of Chibi, Sun Quan launched his first and most promising campaign to attack Hefei.
It is a pity that Jiang Ji used tactics to scare away Sun Quan's tens of thousands of troops without spending a single soldier.
Because of this incident, Jiang Ji became famous in Jiangdong.
After learning that Jiang Ji was also working for Mi Yang, Zhang Wen and Zhou Yi couldn't help but feel a little more awe towards Mi Yang.
And what Jiang Ji said to them made the nervousness in their hearts surge to the maximum.
"Da Sima invites you."
Mi Yang was finally going to meet them.
Long before their mission, Zhang Wen and Zhou Li had imagined this day in their minds many times.
But no matter how many times they imagined it in their minds, when this day actually arrived, Zhang Wen and Zhou Li still became very nervous.
"Jiang Jun, do you know why Da Sima summoned us?"
In a nervous mood, Zhang Wen subconsciously asked this question regardless of whether Jiang Ji would tell him.
Facing Zhang Wen's inquiry, Jiang Ji just smiled and did not respond.
Just when he turned around and took Zhang Wen and Zhou Yi to Da Sima's Mansion, Jiang Ji's mind recalled Mi Yang's joke when he came:
"The matter of the Western Expedition has been decided, so we can go eastward."