There is nothing difficult to guess about Diocletian's thoughts.

Although he became the ruler of the Roman Empire, he did not inherit the position, but took it by force.

In order to ensure that his rule would not cause conflict, he formulated a series of regulations, including the one that he would abdicate after ruling for a certain period of time and give up his position to his original deputy.

According to time calculation, Diocletian abdicated in the past few years. Originally, he wanted to launch military operations against the Sassanid Dynasty of Persia in the last period of his rule, create a glorious record and then leave in glory.

But now he discovered that if he could go to the excessive Han Empire where the gods lived, maybe he could get more?

Even if he loses his power, there is no guarantee that he will get benefits that ordinary people can't even dream of!

For example...immortality?

He does not ask for immortality. Just being able to live forever is enough to drive countless people crazy.

After all, Diocletian had stood at the top and enjoyed power. He had enjoyed many things that he could enjoy. Now he hopes to enjoy them for a longer time. However, the gradual passage of life and the aging of the body cannot be changed. If everyone

It's okay if it's all the same, but now that I know there is such a possibility, how can I calm down?

"Come on, come on!"

Liu Xuan had no interest in Diocletian, the current actual ruler of the Roman Empire.

Moreover, the Roman Empire is not stable internally now. It has been in chaos over the years, and with constant foreign aggression, perhaps not long after Diocletian left the Roman Empire, another earthquake will occur within the Roman Empire. Maybe in the end

Will Diocletian settle down in Dahan instead?

"If you come, the etiquette department will be responsible for receiving you!"

When Chen Lin heard this, she asked: "Should this...should we be received as an emperor of another country?"

When the Ministry of Rites was determined to be responsible for conducting diplomatic work with foreign countries, it formulated a series of strict standards.

There are detailed rules including what level of country sends what level of envoys and what kind of standards are used to receive them. According to the current global situation, the Roman Empire is one of the few countries that can be compared with the Han Dynasty.

Apart from the Roman Empire, there are only Kushan and Northern Wei. There was originally a Parthian Empire, but it was destroyed by the Persian Sassanid Dynasty, and the Persian Empire has not really grown up, so it has not

included in this category.

When an emperor of this level comes to Han Dynasty, he should be received according to the highest standards, but Liu Xuan smiled and waved his hand: "When Diocletus comes to our place first, we have to decide whether he is the emperor of the Roman Empire or not..."

Although Liu Xuan's words are quite speechless, as if he was deliberately cursing Diocletian, this is the fact.

Almost just three months after Diocletian left, a new round of power struggle broke out in the Roman Empire. This news was transmitted to the Han Dynasty through Xu Shucai, because the Han Dynasty had not yet thought about the intelligence system.

To develop in Europe, we just let Europe become a mess.

Liu Xuan felt that Diocletian could not have thought of this, but he was about to step down, so it didn't matter.

After asking all the ministers to retreat, Liu Xuan stood alone on the arch bridge in the Imperial Garden, looking at the lake in a daze.

He gently rubbed his chin. Suddenly a very speechless thought came to his mind.

"If I keep this Diocletian, will I have a suitable excuse when I attack Europe in the future?"

After all, the Roman Empire was the original ruler of Europe and helped Diocletian regain his homeland. Who can explain the reason? But this idea was immediately overturned by him.

"I want to conquer all places and leave no force behind that dares to oppose me. So what if I do cause some people to be dissatisfied?"

In other words, this Diocletian was of no use to Liu Xuan.

"Even a woman can still be of some use!"

With a low murmur, Liu Xuan turned around and left the imperial garden.

Another ordinary day has passed. The plan to support the Rouran Ministry has been sorted out. The next thing to do is to implement it.

What we have to do now is to contact the Yuwen clan of the Northern Zhou Dynasty and assign the task. Then the Northern Wei Dynasty will fall into endless harassment.

At this time, it seemed that the big man had nothing to do.

"That's not necessarily true. Now the Northern Zhou Dynasty has completely surrendered to the Han Dynasty. After a while, we can discuss the complete integration of the Northern Zhou Dynasty into the Han Dynasty! But before that, the problem of the Huns in the north should be solved first!"

Liu Xuan nodded. In the past few years, he had only been competing with Xianbei, and he almost forgot that there was a Xiongnu to the north of the Han Dynasty.

In fact, there are not many places directly bordering the Han Dynasty and the Northern Wei Dynasty - northern Liangzhou and northern Liaozhou, two places that have a slight connection with the power of the Northern Wei Dynasty.

However, these two areas were also remote places for the Northern Wei Dynasty. If friction were to occur in this place, it would also put great pressure on the Northern Wei Dynasty itself.

When these northern countries attacked the Han Dynasty, the best route happened to be occupied by the Xiongnu, and the route to attack Liaozhou directly or attack Youzhou was blocked by those three vassal countries. In other words, there was no real war between the Han Dynasty and the Northern Wei Dynasty.

reasons.

However, for the Han Dynasty, these troubles are only temporary. Liu Xuan has long been thinking about getting rid of the Huns. Once there is no obstacle from the Huns, the Han Dynasty and the Northern Wei Dynasty will be in direct contact. By then, the two sides will have direct contact with each other.

If we fight with real swords and guns, there will be no other choice.

And when it comes to a real fight... I really can’t imagine the Northern Wei’s chances of winning!

Strolling slowly, Liu Xuan ran directly to the imperial study.

It wasn't that he really had nothing to do. In fact, the things he had to do all day long had been strictly arranged. At this time, he strolled to the imperial study room, which happened to be the time to meet Zhuge Liang.

Keeping the time very accurate, neither delaying your own time nor delaying Zhuge Liang's work, are some habits that have been gradually formed over the years, and this habit is undoubtedly very good for officials who really do things.

"How about it?"

Now Zhuge Liang has served as the Minister of Household Affairs, and Xun You, who was originally the Minister of Household Affairs, has long since become Sikong, one of the three princes, and has taken over Cai Yong's class.

As for Liu Xuan, his father-in-law, he has already passed away.

The old man was very calm when he left. After all, he had lived a long time. Even his daughter was over a hundred years old. What else could Cai Yong be dissatisfied with?

Cai Yan also acted very calmly and didn't cry heartbroken or anything.

In fact, this kind of situation has happened too many times over the years, and everyone has basically practiced it. Including the Qiao sisters, Zhen Mi has sent away their relatives one after another, and Cai Yan is the last to experience the death of their relatives.

, and with so many examples in front of her, she had already been prepared in her heart, so she acted extremely calm.

After some changes in the court, those who were truly capable finally came forward, such as Zhuge Liang. Now he has become the Minister of Household Affairs - the Six Ministers are now second only to the Three Dukes. Now it is impossible for Zhuge Liang to rise.

We can only wait for San Gong's position to be changed.

"Today, the population of Han Dynasty has been growing. Among them, Qingzhou, Yanzhou, Sili, Yongzhou and other places have the fastest population growth rate. Yuzhou was hit hard that year and is still recovering... As for Xuzhou, although the population growth rate is good,

They have been migrating to the south of the Yangtze River in recent years, so the population has not changed much!"

As the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, he is naturally responsible for people's livelihood issues! Including food, clothing, housing and transportation, etc., he must be involved. And the population growth that the emperor has attached most importance to in recent years is also the most important task before the Ministry of Household Affairs!

After Zhuge Liang became the Minister of Household Affairs, he put forward several suggestions.

This included the wanton sinicization of various ethnic minorities, and in order to ensure the smooth progress of sinicization, Zhuge Liang proposed to plunder these people from the surrounding areas into the inland, and move the inland Han people to the surrounding areas for development.

The most vivid example is that the Han Dynasty spent ten years plundering all the local indigenous people in Yizhou (now Wanwan) and sent them all to Yuzhou for sinicization, and Yizhou was completely occupied by the Han people.

In addition, in order to better develop the southeastern coastal area, Zhuge Liang suggested dividing the southern part of Yangzhou and adding the eastern part of Jiaozhou to establish a new state named Guangzhou (Sun Quan did this in history).

As for Liaozhou, in addition to encouraging the mainland Han people to migrate to Liaozhou, Zhuge Liang also used various methods to plunder the Xianbei population. In fact, over the past few decades, many Xianbei people from the three countries including Beiyan have directly become big men.

People, this is one of the reasons why these three families have never been able to truly leave Dahan.

Originally, there were big men behind them for blood transfusions, and they only needed to work hard to accumulate strength. However, over the past few decades, most of the accumulated strength (including the population and scholars who knew all kinds of knowledge) went to the big men.

There will be no discrimination against them and they will be treated as family members, which further attracts Xianbei people to go to Dahan.

In fact, Zhuge Liang did more than that. The Huns, Qiang people, Di people, and even the Kushan Empire and Persians all have examples of settling in the Han Dynasty. The current ethnic composition of the Han Dynasty is so complex that it can be said to be unique.

The big man's solution to this problem is: No matter who you are, you must follow the big man's rules!

Treating everyone equally was an edict issued by Liu Xuan from the very beginning, and naturally no one dared to disobey it.

Decades later, it was proved that the emperor's edict was extremely correct, so the Han Dynasty was not only creating its own population, but also frantically plundering the populations of other countries.

"So, if the Han Dynasty destroyed the Xiongnu, would there be enough population to fill that area?"

Zhuge Liang calculated in his mind and finally nodded firmly: "It should be enough!" (To be continued)
Chapter completed!