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If necessary, if the Xinghan Empire is sending troops.

Thinking of this, the expressions of the rest of the people changed.

At this time, Lu Chensheng didn't intend to continue talking to them. He just waved his hand, and immediately a court lady walked up to these people and invited them out of the palace.

The messengers had no choice but to get up and leave.

The envoy of Loulan Kingdom stayed behind at the moment.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

The Loulan envoy said gratefully that they were the first to trade with Xinghan City, and now they are considered the most powerful group.

But because of this, it was also the one being targeted. Recently, Loulan Kingdom has not been very comfortable. It would be best if the war could be ceased.

"It's okay, let's wait for them to go back and see how they make a decision. You also need to go back and be on guard. I'm afraid they may directly destroy your Loulan before the news reaches here."

If Loulan is destroyed, it is naturally impossible for Lu Chensheng to help them avenge, and all he can do is to exchange another support.

In short, it is impossible to complete the unification of the Western Regions, which is not a good thing for the Xinghan Empire.

As long as they are in a state of confusion, they will not be a threat.

When the Loulan envoy heard this, he was startled. What Lu Chensheng said was not impossible.

Thinking of this, he didn't dare to stay any longer, and hurriedly turned around and left.

Chapter 7

The Xinghan Empire was once again strong.

Many envoys were extremely dissatisfied, thinking that this was originally a matter of their own Western Regions, but now they need to look at the face of the Xinghan Empire and listen to the other party's words, how happy they are.

"It must be what the Loulan Kingdom and the emperor said. If not, how could the emperor suddenly care about this matter?"

The envoy from the Western Regions was furious and said something to a few people beside him.

"Hmph, the people in Loulan are all fools. The reason why the Xinghan Empire took action was not to prevent us from completing the unification? As long as we don't complete the unification, we will restrain and consume each other, and we will not treat Xinghan. The empire is threatened!"

The envoy, who was dressed in white and had a hood on his head, snorted coldly.

Such obvious thoughts can be seen at a glance.

But the guy from Loulan Kingdom is so stupid!

People's purpose is not to let you unify. Looking at the Xinghan Empire today, although it has only just been unified, many changes have been clearly felt.

There is also this extremely huge palace. This is because the land of the Han people is extremely fertile, so it is only possible to build such a palace!

"Well, now the emperor of the Han people has given the order. Although we know that he is uneasy and kind, what can we do? Can we not listen? If we are restricted by him from coming to the territory of the Han people, it will be a big blow to us. "

The envoys on the side looked a little ugly.

Just for this point alone, this is already a fatal blow to them, and they dare not offend the emperor of the Han people at will.

This does not include the opponent sending out troops after being furious. If so, who knows what the situation will be like?

The rest of the people also sighed secretly when they heard this.

The Western Regions are now much richer than before, thanks to this trade route.

And if this trade is cut off, I am afraid that there will be civil strife in the Western Regions. This is a real turmoil, not a war caused by fighting among the nations.

The envoys had no choice but to know that going back this time could only calm the countries down so that they could give an explanation to the Han emperor.

Lu Chensheng also returned to the imperial study at this moment, Wang Tianxun and several ministers were still sitting aside, approving some memorials.

"My lord, how is the situation?"

Seeing Lu Chensheng coming back, Li Daifu from the household department quickly asked, and he was also quite concerned about the situation in the Western Regions.

Once the countries in the Western Regions are unified, it will be very unfavorable at that time.

"Looking at their appearance, they should dare not oppose my will."

After hearing the words, Lu Chensheng thought for a while and replied.

Hearing this, Li Daifu breathed a sigh of relief.

"With His Majesty's heavenly power, the small countries in the Western Regions must not dare to offend them. The Xinghan Empire has fought everywhere before and has never been defeated. They also dare not offend His Majesty at will."

Li Daifu flattered him.

Thinking about it comprehensively, he doesn't feel that the small countries in the Western Regions dare to refute their majesty at will.

After my heart relaxed, it was replaced by deep joy, "We only need the Xinghan Empire to be stronger, and then they all need to bow their heads to the Xinghan Empire, and then pay tribute every year!"

The Xinghan Empire has not yet fully digested such a huge area, and it still looks a little bloated.

As long as the integration of the Xinghan Empire is completed, not to mention that all regions can make a contribution to the Xinghan Empire, it only needs one-tenth, and you can start paying taxes to the dynasty. At that time, the Xinghan Empire can start to show its power.

Where is it like it is now, everywhere is asking for money, and some students have to give them money.

As long as he reaches that stage, Li Daifu believes that all the neighboring countries will come to pay tribute and profess his vassalship without the need for His Majesty to speak.

"It's not kingly way to bow down and proclaim yourself a minister."

Hearing this, Lu Chensheng shook his head and said, "If it's possible, I hope they don't do this. It would be nice if they have more backbone. If they start paying tribute, it will be difficult to attack them."

When Li Daifu heard this, he was startled and then suddenly came over.

But I forgot, the idea of ​​the Holy Majesty has never been for this purpose.

What the Holy Majesty is thinking is, how can others snore and sleep in a couch?

Even if the surrounding area is not the territory of the Xinghan Empire, lying on one side is indeed a threat.

Nowadays, there are no compassionate people who follow the Holy Majesty, and those who have such people have been pushed aside.

It was like a scene from a long time ago. Other things can be discussed with the Holy Master, but for the matter of expanding the territory, they only need to support it.

This is the intuition of being a courtier of the Holy One.

"I'm afraid that when the time comes, these neighboring countries will marry and pay tribute to some pretty women and give them to the Holy Majesty as concubines."

Li Daifu hesitated for a moment, and said something.

It was a reminder to him that if His Majesty really had such thoughts, he should be careful when facing such a thing.

Sometimes the Holy Majesty is more compassionate. If he takes a woman from another country as his concubine, and then goes to attack her country, it may be difficult for the Holy Majesty to do such a thing.

Li Daifu can already imagine such things as marriage, and such things will definitely happen by then.

Lu Chensheng frowned, and glanced at Li Daifu, "Why, do you think I can't resist this kind of temptation?"

"I dare not, but I still have to guard against this matter."

Li Daifu quickly lowered his head, shouting again and again that he didn't dare, he just reminded him.

Since the Holy Majesty ascended the throne, his majesty has increased day by day. Sometimes he speaks cautiously, and is no longer as casual as before.

"I didn't want those women from the Western Regions before, so why would I want other women?"

Lu Chensheng waved his hand, none of the women in the Western Regions was ugly, all of them had smooth skin and snake-like waists, which made people feel hot when they saw them.

At that time, I didn't see him being tempted.

Therefore, Lu Chensheng still has some resistance to this self-thinking.

Li Daifu thought about it, indeed.

The guys from the Western Regions had already thought of this trick long ago, but it didn't work at all.

Speaking of which, the Holy One is still very reliable.

Look at the time, it's getting late now.

The ministers stood up one after another, ready to let the government go.

Lu Chensheng didn't intend to keep them from continuing to deal with government affairs, and waved his hands to signal that the ministers could leave.

"Come here, send someone to watch those people in the Western Regions, if there is any change, report it quickly."

"Yes!"

Gu Zhifang had been standing by the side all the time, and immediately went out when he heard the words, and was going to arrange for people from Jinyiwei to follow these people.

Chapter 7 Nineteen: The Imperial Power Does Not Go to the Countryside

What Lu Chensheng didn't expect was that the countries in the Western Regions would not have the courage to resist him.

As for what he said, he could only go back and report truthfully, and persuade him to stop fighting.

Now the Xinghan Empire doesn't collect taxes from the people very much. Collecting a bucket of grain per acre of land is actually similar to giving the land to the people for free.

But it was also because the magistrates and magistrates in various places paid a lot more attention to spring plowing.

Because the easiest way to make the people rich today is to let the people farm well, and after a good harvest, the people will be able to eat and clothe themselves warmly.

After farming, except for the grain eaten by the family, the rest can be sold.

According to the requirements of the imperial court, the first thing is to let the common people eat three meals a day, and all they eat is grain.

When the common people become rich, it will naturally drive the economy of the empire.

People are willing to spend money to buy the goods produced in the workshop, which also drives the circulation of the economy.

This was some of the simplest economic theories that His Majesty had told them before.

After listening to the words of the Holy Majesty, even if they knew that the people had a good harvest, they would not increase the tax within their jurisdiction, but the county magistrates still did not dare to relax.

When plowing in spring, they will inspect the cultivated land to check the condition of the cultivated land and confirm whether there are enough cattle, plows and seedlings.

For the common people, it was a little flattered.

In their inherent impression, these officials and lords have always sat in the temple for a long time, so how could they go out often, let alone inspect the cultivated land?

In addition, the tour of the cultivated land was entirely for them.

This is almost impossible in the eyes of all the common people.

When the county magistrates and others came, they were very kind and asked about the situation. From the nervousness at the beginning, after confirming that it was the county magistrates who came with sincerity, the people calmed down. What do you want to say? All of them poured out in one go.

The master on the side will do his best to record some needs and ideas of the people.

Going to the countryside like this is actually beneficial.

The previous dynasty, or maybe the previous dynasty, was extremely weak in its ability to control the countryside or remote places.

Things like collecting taxes and so on can only be done with the help of gentry and squires.

Therefore, the saying that the imperial power does not go to the countryside naturally came up, because the ruling power of the royal family could not go deep into the countryside.

But now this situation, Lu Chensheng is also changing.

After beating these country gentry and gentry, they began to ask the county magistrate and others to enter the village frequently and bring them with them.

The purpose is to let their rights and their image penetrate into the hearts of the people, centralize power, and subtly weaken the dominance of those country gentry.

The country gentry, although they have already guessed the purpose behind this situation, but there is nothing they can do.

Not to mention that the soldiers of the Xinghan Empire were extremely fierce, if they dared to make any changes, the Holy One who led the troops to fight the world would never be merciless.

It is these silent guards who are wandering around, who will take them down first.

Keep silent.

The largest mysterious organization in the Xinghan Empire.

Compared with Jin Yiwei, Bu Yanwei gave too little news to outsiders.

Bu Yanwei never wears an official uniform to show people in front of others, maybe he is a shop selling pork, but he is not Yan Wei, or the yamen servant who follows the county magistrate, that is also not Yan Wei.

Everyone only knows that there are guards everywhere, but no one knows who it is.

But if you commit a crime that touches the imperial power, or the Holy One, then those who don't speak up that night will quietly take you away.

The action is extremely fast, and no one dares to stop it.

In addition, Bu Yanwei's ears are extremely sharp, as if what you say at home, everyone in Bu Yanwei can clearly understand it.

In this way, the gentry's sense of fear of not defending themselves increased day by day.

There are not many people who are not afraid of those who do not defend themselves.