The revival of the Han Dynasty must start with Dong Zhuo

Chapter 511: Opportunity
"good."

Liu Xie's eyes were filled with the images of old friends.

"Okay! Go and have fun! Don't forget what I told you. Go find Sima Zhongda and Zhuge Kongming more often. Wisdom comes first in everything."

"Here!"

After Liu Wansheng left, Lu Bu finally thought of a problem.

"Your Majesty, there is no problem in establishing a state from Wansheng... But regarding the fiefdom, does it have to be established within the county?"

Liu Xie shook his head decisively.

"If it is built within the county, what is the meaning of establishing a state?"

In that case, wouldn't it just become layer upon layer of cutting?

But this made Lu Bu really worried: "If it is not in the county? Is it in the bitter cold land of Liaozhou? Or... in the Western Regions? In the southwest?"

Lu Bu couldn't help but worry about Liu Wansheng's future.

"Your Majesty, Wansheng is still young after all. If he is placed in those places, I'm afraid..."

"Don't worry, Fengxian. I won't treat Wansheng unfairly."

Liu Xie had actually already secretly planned the location of Liu Wansheng's fiefdom, as well as the location of the first fiefdom of the Han Dynasty.

"Fengxian, please help me take a look. If there is no major problem in that place, I plan to let Wansheng go there to serve as a vassal."

Lu Bu was delighted to accept the order, but at the same time he was full of curiosity.

"I wonder what place Your Majesty has chosen for Wansheng?"

When Liu Xie thought of that, he smiled slightly.

"The Hehuang Valley and the snowy plateau to its south!"

"Everywhere where humans have been found belongs to the country of the Grand Master!"

……

……

As Dong Huang, who was guarding the body of Grand Tutor Dong Zhuo at Jiuyi Mountain, presented the letter requesting merit, the issue of "establishing a state" reached a climax in the streets and alleys of Chang'an!
Especially since General Lu Bu suddenly led his troops westward not long ago, many people thought that the imperial court might use military force in the Western Regions, and then follow the example of Zhou Dynasty to establish states in the Western Regions!

After receiving the news, the envoys from the Western Regions cried and begged to see the Emperor of the Han Dynasty and to offer their loyalty to the great Han father!

But the strange thing is that the emperor refused to meet anyone, whether it was the envoys from the Western Regions or some people who wanted to meet him because of the matter of establishing a state.

Even during ordinary court meetings, the emperor did not allow his ministers to discuss this matter.

No discussion was allowed in the court.

But the situation among the people is getting worse and worse!
Such a weird atmosphere almost drove the common people in Chang'an City crazy. They were all looking forward to it, hoping that the emperor or the court would give a response to this matter as soon as possible!

However, Liu Xie always sat back and ignored these trivial matters. Instead, he often took Jia Xu to visit friends and relatives.

Liu Xie visited all the homes of high-ranking officials in Chang'an City, and also visited Cao Cao's home again during this period.

At this moment, Cao Cao had a cloth wrapped in boiling water on his head and was sitting in front of the emperor, playing chess with him.

"I win again!"

Liu Xie defeated Cao Cao again with his superb Go skills!

Cao Cao stared blankly at the five black pieces on the chessboard and silently gave up his piece in surrender.

"Your Majesty, this chess game is easier than you think."

"No matter how easy it is, it's still a chess game. I have to be careful."

"But your majesty, the situation is now complete. At least four chess pieces have been connected. Isn't this a sure win?"

"makes sense."

Liu Xie threw the chess piece back into the chess box and asked: "How is Meng De's injury?"

"I was groggy for the past few days, and had fever and fainting from time to time, but thanks to the personal care of two doctors, Hua Tuo and Zhang Ji, I have passed the most difficult days."

Cao Cao pointed to his head and said, "Now, except for sleeping, I can only sit and rest, there is no other inconvenience."

"That's good."

Liu Xie stood up and said, "Meng De, although my chess game is easy, the rules are still the rules."

"Even though I already have four pieces on my chessboard, I still can't be considered a winner until the last piece falls."

"Cao Mengde, do you have the ability to become the fifth chess piece that determines the victory?"

coming!

After Cao Cao stood up, he immediately knelt down beside the emperor.

"I am but a defeated general. The reason I still have the nerve to stay in this world is that I want to be the last chess piece for the emperor!"

During this time in Chang'an, Cao Cao had already determined one thing -

He can no longer stay as a peaceful man.

The decadence and glamour of Chang'an had nothing to do with a man like him whose body was half buried in the ground.

The ones who should enjoy these things are his next generation, people like Cao Pi and Cao Zhi.

What Cao Mengde wants to do is return to the quagmire of troubled times!

But what’s different from the last time is that this time Cao Mengde will be wearing the armor of the Han Dynasty!
"good."

Liu Xie was about to leave, but after getting two or three steps away from Cao Cao, he suddenly stopped.

"Cao Mengde."

"The minister is here."

"You are called "The Traitor", why don't you guess what I am thinking about now?"

Cao Cao looked conflicted.

But in the end, Cao Cao chose to tell the truth -

"Your Majesty must be suspicious of me."

"Your Majesty is suspicious of me. Will you let the tiger go back to the mountain?"

In the Western Regions, the sky is high and the emperor is far away.

Once Cao Cao goes there, will he still obey the emperor's orders?

This question...not to mention the emperor, even Cao Cao himself sometimes wondered, if he could really go to the Western Regions, would he be able to suppress the ambition in his heart.

So Cao Cao could only guess what the emperor was thinking, but he couldn't give the answer he wanted. "Meng De's wisdom is really amazing."

Liu Xie also admitted it.

"Yes, I am indeed moving closer to this matter."

When Cao Cao heard this, his eyes darkened.

"In fact, when I heard that General Lu Bu was heading west, I guessed that this matter would not happen to me, but I didn't expect..."

"Does Meng De know the history of Kushan?"

Liu Xie is becoming more and more impolite, and his habit of interrupting others is becoming more and more frequent.

Cao Cao was stunned, then hesitantly said: "I only know the general idea."

Liu Xie returned to the table and sat down again.

"Then I will talk to you about the history of Kushan."

"There was once a nomadic people who grazed in the area from Zhangye to Dunhuang in the western part of the Hexi Corridor. They were powerful and a strong enemy of the Xiongnu. They were called the Yuezhi."

"Later, the Xiongnu gradually dominated the grasslands and defeated the Yuezhi. The Yuezhi people retreated to the west, killed the Wusun king Nan Doumi, seized his land, and rested and recuperated here."

"But the Wusun king's son, Liejiaomi, escaped by chance and defected to the Xiongnu. Later, he fought back with the Xiongnu and drove the Yuezhi people west again."

"After arriving in the west, the Yuezhi people occupied the land left by the Qin people during their eastern expedition, expelled the Qin people, and settled down there."

"Later, the Great Yuezhi tribe was divided into five and moved to the eastern mountainous area, where they were ruled by five Xihou, namely Xiumi, Shuangmi, Kushan, Xidun, and Gaofu."

"As time went by, the Kushan Empire gradually rose to power, and its Xihou Qiu Jue destroyed the other four Xihous, proclaimed himself king, and named his country Kushan."

"And Kushan is actually Daxia, which can be reached through the Annan Protectorate."

After hearing this, Cao Cao felt as if he had undergone another craniotomy.

However, Hua Tuo's craniotomy was performed on the head, but Liu Xie's surgery was performed on Cao Cao's worldview.

Originally, the world was round and the earth was flat, with only the map of Kyushu. Suddenly, it seemed as if there was an extra piece of the world out of nowhere, which made Cao Cao realize that the world had always been shrouded in fog.

but……

"Your Majesty, what are you talking about with me?"

"Don't you understand?"

"I am stupid."

Liu Xie pointed at Cao Cao and said, "Now, Meng De will become the Yuezhi of the Han Dynasty."

"You said that I was wondering whether your trip to the Western Regions would put you out of the control of the imperial court. I was indeed thinking about this."

"But if you say that I am worried about this matter, then there is no need to worry."

"Rather than being worried, I actually hope that you can completely break away from the constraints of the imperial court after going to the Western Regions."

"You have to explore the road ahead for me."

"Even if there is a dead end ahead, I will still let you explore all those roads!"

"I will keep chasing you from behind, and you must keep running forward."

"Now, I will ask you again... Even so, are you willing to go to the Western Regions?"

Cao Cao opened his mouth slightly at this moment.

He thought his heart was big enough.

He was the General of the Western Expedition of the Han Dynasty. He followed the example of Ban Dingyuan, pacified the Western Regions, and guarded the border.

But the emperor did not want Cao Cao to become a stone lion guarding the house, but wanted him to become a sharp knife that kept moving forward!

Even though there was a dead end ahead, the emperor still forced Cao Cao to keep going west, to explore the end of the west...

Cao Cao clenched his fists.

Liu Xie noticed this action and asked, "What? Are you angry?"

Cao Cao raised his head.

There is no resentment or anger in his eyes, only eagerness!

"Your Majesty, you actually made a mistake just now."

"Which point?"

“The most important thing in a chess game is never the last chess piece that symbolizes the end.”

"The most important thing in a chess game is always the first piece, which symbolizes the beginning!"

"As long as Your Majesty allows me to start this game of chess, I will fight until my death!"

Liu Xie looked at Cao Cao, and for the first time his eyes revealed his admiration for Boss Cao.

"Besides my loyal uncle, Cao Mengde, you are the second person I admire."

"You and the Emperor's uncle are indeed the same kind of people at heart."

The corners of Cao Cao's mouth twitched, and he obviously wanted to refute the emperor, but in the end he didn't say it.

"When you recover from your injuries and are able to wear a helmet, you can get ready to hit the road."

"promise!"

But Cao Cao couldn't wait any longer: "I can set out immediately and will definitely not fall behind Lu Fengxian!"

"Fengxian?"

Liu Xie was stunned for a moment, then waved his hand: "Meng De misunderstood, Fengxian did not go to the Western Regions, but to the Hehuang Valley."

"Hehuang Valley?"

Cao Cao was stunned for a while before he remembered where that place was.

With Cao Cao's wisdom, he quickly understood the emperor's intention of sending Lu Bu there suddenly.

"Is your majesty really going to start establishing states?"

"Ah."

Liu Xie nodded.

"The only thing to do now is to wait for an opportunity..."

(End of this chapter)