At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

"Of course, Ah Jin, after the war is over, what do they earn?"

Guo Peng patted Guo Jin on the shoulder: "For us, it is a national disaster. For those people, it is an opportunity to make a fortune. Don't think of anyone too perfect. The army will not be an army if it goes out for too long. It's a warlord."

Guo Jin understood everything completely.

"How could such a thing still happen? If you put it this way...Father! Zhang Liao and Le Jin have been leading the army for a long time, especially Zhang Liao. The war in Yangzhou has been going on and off for more than four years. Could it be that he has something strange?" thought?"

Seeing Guo Jin's vigilant look, Guo Peng nodded in satisfaction.

"That's right, you must always be vigilant, but you don't have to worry about it for the time being, because as long as the father lives for a day, no one will dare to do this. If the father knows the soldiers, none of them dare to fool the father, and they can't. "

Guo Jin nodded and breathed a sigh of relief.

But Guo Peng didn't finish his sentence.

"Don't be happy, Jin, the problem is not being a father, but that not every emperor can know soldiers like a father, so a father should complete the army rotation and garrison system even if it causes trouble, so that it can form an iron law, for Not for the father, but for you, and the prince of the age to come.

Because you emperors who don’t know the soldiers so well, you won’t be cheated by the army and some officials who have all the money in your pockets and don’t know it. If a group of white-eyed wolves came out, it would be over. "

Guo has a deep understanding of how the situation in Liaodong in the late Ming Dynasty turned into corruption and collapse step by step.

To support a bandit with self-respect, one must also have the ability to respect oneself. If one can't even do it himself, but still supports a bandit, that is pure stupidity and seeking death.

"Father thought far and wide."

Guo Jin was deeply impressed.

"Don't say such things, there are things that you can't think of and can't do for your father. Your father can't do everything for you. You always have to face many new problems. When your father is gone, you It's up to you."

"Father...please don't say such things, father will live a long life."

"Even if you live to be a hundred years old, as a father, you will not always be an emperor. Human energy is limited. A Jin, as a father, you still have enough energy now, but there will always be a day when your energy will not run out, and there will always be people who cannot cope with the government. That day, that day could come anytime.

So you have to start handling local government affairs now, observe the government affairs of the court, accumulate experience, and understand all aspects of the court and the country. Before you become an emperor, you have to know how to be an emperor, and then you can be an emperor. "

Guo Peng held Guo Jin's hand: "You need to inherit everything you have done for your father. If you can't inherit it well, then no matter how well you do for your father, it will be meaningless. You understand."

"Father... son understands."

Guo Jin nodded.

"Well, go and see your younger brothers and sisters. Elder brothers are like fathers. Father is busy with government affairs and can't take care of them. You have to take care of them instead of father."

Guo Peng smiled: "You are not only your elder brother, but also their future emperor, and the future master of the Guo family. You have a heavy burden on your shoulders."

"My son understands."

Guo Jin also laughed.

At the beginning of November in the third year of Yande, the envoys of the Shanshan Kingdom in the Western Regions rushed to Luoyang at the fastest speed ahead of all the countries in the Western Regions.

Guo Peng knew about this matter some time in advance. According to Cao Ren and Cao Xiu's memorabilia, Guo Peng also realized the extent of the prestige of the Han Empire replaced by him in the hearts of the Western Regions.

In other words, this is not necessarily prestige, but it can also be said to be a kind of recognition, a kind of yearning, and a kind of pursuit.

No one will pursue things that are not beneficial to them for no reason. Naturally, this pursuit has a price. The price paid by the Han Dynasty and the Xiongnu in the process of competing for the Western Regions was not small at all.

But after paying such a big price, it was cheaper for Mr. Guo, so that Mr. Guo successfully picked the peaches and became the person who made the biggest profit.

Because of the 400 years of deep cultivation in the Han Dynasty, the Wei Empire was able to obtain the surrender of these Western Region countries without sending troops to fight.

They will take the initiative to come to worship, come to present tribute and credentials, eager to become a vassal state of the Central Plains Empire, and keep up with the development of the Central Plains Empire.

Because they knew that once the Central Plains Empire became strong, it would be unstoppable, so they also accepted this situation very honestly.

More importantly, the 400-year-old Han culture passed down during the Han Dynasty has maintained the connection between the Western Regions and the Central Plains to a considerable extent, causing exchanges at the government level to be interrupted for a while, but economic and cultural exchanges have not been interrupted.

They will also live in the way of the Han people, wear silk, cook food in the way of the Han people, use bowls and chopsticks, and even try to read and write Chinese characters, learn Chinese culture, and communicate with China.

The export and dissemination of this high-level culture laid a solid foundation for the Wei Empire to return to the Western Regions, and avoided the most severe test for Guo Peng to completely control the Western Regions.

That night after figuring this out, Mr. Guo walked out of Qinzheng Hall with a glass of wine, looked up at the bright moon hanging in the sky, and raised the wine glass in his hand.

Respect those ancestors.

Respect to those martyrs who are not afraid of sacrifice for the Central Plains Empire to gain a firm foothold in the Western Regions.

Zhang Qian, Geng Gong, Ban Chao, Ban Yong.

There are also countless unknown people, either of higher status, who are official envoys, or of lower status, who are just ordinary people who have been moved to the Western Regions for reclamation following the trend of the times.

Because of the 400 years of dedication of this group of people, there is today's grand occasion where the Central Plains Empire returned to the Western Regions and the countries of the Western Regions came to the court one after another.

This glass of wine, I respect you.

On behalf of all the people of the Wei Empire, Guo, the emperor of the Wei Empire, spilled a glass of wine on the land that had never changed its color.

Times have changed, and a different group of people looked at Mingyue back then, but there is no difference between the people back then and the current Guo's aspirations for the Western Regions.

I will take over your unfinished business.

Don't worry though.

Chapter 953. 960 Sanxinpi immediately exploded with endless action power

In order to prepare for exchanges with the Guishuang Empire, the Anxi Empire, and the Roman Empire, Guo Peng established the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in advance and has been preparing for this.

Although the countries in the Western Regions are not the target of Guo's diplomacy, it is also a skill for the officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to practice in advance and master how to communicate with the vassal states.

Back then, the Han Empire also took a detour in order to join forces with the Western Regions to deal with the Xiongnu.

From the initial Jin Yuan diplomacy to the later big stick diplomacy, turning the countries in the Western Regions into vassal states, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty suffered a lot.

At the beginning, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty thought that he could bribe them with money, but he finally realized the truth that there is no return to the meat buns and dogs, and then he turned to the diplomacy of big sticks and gold dollars.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty spent a lot of money to figure out a way to deal with these small countries. He successfully manipulated the internal affairs, diplomacy and military operations of the countries in the Western Regions. model.

As a result, the Han Empire has undoubtedly become their father country.

The long-term advantages have made the countries of the Western Regions no longer have the courage to fight against the Wei Empire.

Now there is no need for someone Guo to walk the path of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. They even actively begged someone Guo to be their father.

Since they voluntarily begged Papa Guo to be their father, Papa Guo certainly wouldn't mind having more filial sons and grandchildren.

So Wei Tianzi Guo Peng ordered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to stage a battle and receive the envoy of Shanshan.

Of course they were not asked to meet Papa Guo.

Father Guo has a lot of work going on every day, so he doesn't have time to meet these filial sons and grandsons one by one. Let them find a place to live first, learn the etiquette of Wei State, and wait until everyone is almost here, then meet with them and solve the problem in one go.

Thinking that he would have many more filial sons and grandchildren, he knelt in front of him and shouted to his father, long live, Guo's father showed a leisurely smile on his face.

The life of the emperor of the Shang Dynasty is so ordinary and boring.

Having so many people kneeling in front of him and calling him daddy, anyone would want to swell.

Because all countries in the Western Regions came to pay homage to Emperor Wei, Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Simpi became an important figure during this period, which many people did not expect.

They can't be blamed, because since the establishment of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, there has been no sense of existence. Although the ranks of the various departments are the same, they have different things to do, and their powers are not unified.

So Simpi has nothing to do.

They are collecting information all day long, storing information about the countries in the Western Regions, investigating various news about the Kushan Empire, the Anxi Empire and the "Great Qin Kingdom", carefully screening these news, and compiling them into books for the emperor to inquire.

Other than that there's not much else to do.

Because the Wei Empire had no vassal state when it first replaced the Han Dynasty, and was surrounded by enemies, so Simpi and the officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs were still very boring, with no responsibilities and no powers, just a little transparency.

After working in the Qingshui yamen for several years, life is miserable. Apart from official salaries and benefits, no one even comes to bribe them.

Because there is no demand for the Foreign Office.

There is no one to curry favor with the dignified minister-level official of [-] shi.

Therefore, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is ridiculed as a white board office, which means that the office does not do anything, and naturally there is no extra income, so it is very clean.

During this period, officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not hold their heads high in front of officials from many other departments.

They always feel that they are inferior to others, and they don’t have the confidence to talk to their mother-in-law when they go home, and they are too embarrassed to say that they work for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to their relatives and friends.

Other departments are struggling, working overtime [-], and then keep getting promotions and salary increases, reaching the pinnacle of life, and countless people have completed a gorgeous turning point in their fate.

Only the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is a backwater.

However, as the saying goes, it is impossible to know that it is not a blessing. In the Cui Qu case that swept the court at the beginning of the third year of Yande, only the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was ridiculed and looked down upon, but retreated unscathed.

Simpi not only saved himself, but also his subordinates.

All the other major departments of Shangshutai were bombarded to varying degrees. Both Shangshuling and Shangshupushe were punished. The major ministers did not have a good life. Only the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was safe.

Afterwards, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs also received some rewards from Guo Peng, which made Simpi and the officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs laugh and cry.

Afterwards, Simpi realized some truths from the result of this incident.

He came to the conclusion that not having power is not necessarily a good thing, which made the Ministry of Foreign Affairs begin to become a salted fish to a certain extent.

The members sang the songs of the ancient sages, drank tea, chatted and wrote copywriting in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs all day long, and lived the life of a retired old man to a certain extent.

And because the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has nothing to do and no power, the degree of harmony among the members is far higher than that of other major departments.

This has to be said to be a wonderful chemical reaction.

Of course, such salty fish cannot last long.

It is impossible for the Wei Empire to be without vassal states and diplomatic states forever. Guo's enterprising spirit obviously does not allow such things to exist for a long time.

Moreover, Mr. Guo is not willing to spend a salary and welfare to support a group of salted fish.

At the end of the third year of Yande, the news that all the countries in the Western Regions came to pay homage to Emperor Wei spread all over Luoyang.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs was the first to know that after a long time, Simpi was summoned by someone from Guo to the Hall of Qinzheng to listen to the decree.

Because the incident happened so suddenly, Simpi realized that he was missing a shoe on the way to the palace, and was running around on the ground wearing a foot bag. Then he found that the official hat was not right, and the belt was not fastened. faux pas.

So Simpi hurried back to the official office to put on his shoes, rearranged his appearance, and then ran to the palace to accept Guo Peng's summons and obey the orders.

Guo Peng's order to him was simple.

Let him lead the officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to make some preliminary preparations for the special geographic vassal courts prepared for vassal states and allied countries when Luoyang was repaired earlier.

Place them in different courtyards according to different countries and different statuses, so that they can live more securely.

Then let Xin Pi connect with Cui Yan, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, and Guo Yi, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment.

Let Cui Yan send someone to help Simpi, and teach the envoys of the Western Regions about the etiquette of worshiping Emperor Wei.

Ask Guo Yi to send someone to help Simpi, and teach the envoys of the Western Regions about the laws of the Wei State that should be obeyed during their stay in Luoyang.

Let them know what to do, what not to do, and the consequences of breaking Wei's laws.

Of course, they are official envoys after all, and if they have any needs, they can also meet them appropriately.

Then Guo Peng gave Simpi an order to mobilize troops, allowing Simpi to mobilize two squads of 100 soldiers from the imperial army as the defense force of Lifanyuan.

Protect and monitor the personnel of the vassal states and allied states in the Li Fanyuan.

The Ministry of Punishment can send commissioners to regulate their behavior. Once something goes wrong, the Ministry of Punishment can coordinate with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to mobilize the Imperial Army to detain and punish the envoys of the vassal state. If the circumstances are serious, they will be prosecuted according to the law.

Anyway, on my territory, you have to listen to me. If you dare not listen to me, you will be driven away at least, or beheaded at worst.

For Guo, this was a long-planned plan, but for Simpi, it was the end of all hardships.

After being unemployed for several years, do you finally have something to do?

Finally no longer need to be ridiculed as a white board book?

Finally, you don't have to be looked at by your tribe and brothers with weird eyes, and you think you are exiled by politics?

Simpi's face was full of excitement.

Then Simpi immediately burst out with endless power of action, and immediately returned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, woke up all his salted fish subordinates, and told them that there was something to do.

The officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs were overwhelmed with excitement, found their dreams, finally got rid of the salty fish, and completed their own self-salvation.

Chapter 954 .960 Someone from Siguo wants to open up the Silk Road