Although Cao Ren had such an awareness, it would be useless to worry about this kind of thing.

This kind of thing requires the entire Cao family and even Xiahou family to react.

While worried, Cao Ren was preparing for the Wei army's Western Expedition.

In its Gancheng, Cao Xiu and Ma Yuan were also preparing to make excuses for the Wei army.

In fact, excuses are easy to find. The main thing is to look at when and how much the party that takes the initiative needs them, and whether they can accept shameless situations, and accept a situation that everyone knows but no one dares to talk about.

As long as it can be accepted, there will be no problem.

Whether it is a weapon of mass destruction or laundry detergent, anyway, the excuse has been obtained. As long as there is an excuse, no matter who he is, just fight it directly.

I'm strong, I hit you, I just make sense.

The countries in the Western Regions have been making money over the years and are dizzy.

In order to gain more benefits, many people quietly raise tariffs or differentiate tariffs, focusing on some bullying groups to collect more taxes.

For example, when we offer preferential treatment to the official caravan of Wei, we collect some taxes in a symbolic way, and we don’t collect much, so that we can please the Emperor of Wei and make the Emperor happy.

As for making money, of course, I went to the private caravans, and the tax on private caravans would be higher. Official agencies of various countries would also specifically arrest those private caravans to collect taxes, and there would be tax increases in various nominal ways, and there would be no limit on cheating money.

On the Wei State, Guo Peng secretly told Cao Xiu that he would turn a blind eye. It would be beneficial to everyone if he didn't see such things, so that Cao Xiu felt that Guo Peng was happy to see such things.

If you don’t pursue it, it won’t be a big deal. If you pursue it, the matter will be a big deal. All these small countries have problems, and each one is worth cleaning up. If you ask for guilt, there will be a large number of pieces.

After discussion between Cao Xiu and Ma Yuan, he decided to play a plot. Anyway, it was the last time and the ending of all the purges. The international community will disappear. There is no international reputation to worry about, so he will make a plot.

If you charge me more, I will hit you.

It's that simple.

So Cao Xiu sent a letter of inquiry to the countries of the Western Regions as the Protector of the Western Regions.

They said they received a complaint that the Western Regions countries were suspected of collecting more tariffs and count taxes when the caravans in Wei State transited, and now they want to investigate.

The Western Regions Protectorate ordered the Western Regions countries to submit the accounts that have been levied over the years to the Western Regions Protectorate. The Western Regions Protectorate must verify, confirm the existence of this matter, and then propose a solution.

It’s okay if there is no problem to be checked. If there is a problem, hum, you can wait and see.

Cao Xiu said this very implicitly, and the feeling of threat was beyond words. So the Western Regions countries that received a letter of inquiry from the Western Regions Protectorate's Office and even three were split.

They had no idea what kind of movement the Western Regions Protectorate was trying to get, and why they suddenly became interested in the account book.

Isn't this a joke?

The account book is the internal affairs of the country. Even if Wei is the suzerain state, it has never blatantly asked them to hand over the national tax accounts for review. This is a clear violation of the internal affairs. How can this be done?

Do you really treat them as colonies rather than a sovereign state?

Although we were enthroned by you, it is a symbol, a symbol, who made you take it seriously?

So they sent people to visit Cao Xiu in its Gancheng and presented Cao Xiu with his handwritten letters and doubts to Cao Xiu.

"Tax accounts have always been our internal affairs, and the superior country is our sect leader. I have never questioned our tax accounts. There was no previous dynasty, nor did it have the past dynasty. Have the Protectors ever been authorized by His Majesty the Emperor?"

They asked Cao Xiu in this way.

Cao Xiu was furious.

"How could I do such a thing without the authorization of His Majesty the Emperor? Since I, Wei, is the sect leader of your country, has the right to ask about anything in your country. The reason I didn't ask before was because it was unnecessary.

But now these things have already concern the interests of me, Wei Zimin, and I have to ask, this is what His Majesty the Emperor means. Do you want to violate His Majesty the Emperor's orders?"

After being scolded by Cao Xiu, the messengers were worried.

"This kind of thing is false. my country's tariffs and counties have always been fixed. How can there be more and less? "

The messengers also wanted to make a quibble.

Cao Xiu was very angry and called the business and travel managers who were in charge of the [complaints] and confronted these envoys in person, taking out all the tariff accounts for which year, month and day to which country, and clearly written accounts.

In front of Cao Xiu, the two sides began to quarrel.

The business travelers strongly demanded that they seek justice, while the messengers argued that the account was suspected of being fake and should not be taken seriously.

So the business travelers asked these to try to take their respective accounts, compare them to see if there is any problem and where the problem lies.

"Since you said that their accounts are fake and unreliable, then take out the credible accounts and ask me to see what is real and what is fake."

Cao Xiu forced these envoys to the corner of the wall. The envoys could not say a word, so they could only take a back hurried look for their respective kings to ask for their solutions.

However, Cao Xiu did not intend to give them time to understand the problem. The Wei army was very fast in preparation and had sent someone to tell Cao Xiu that at most half a month, they could complete the military equipment and send troops at any time. Military exercises have even begun now.

After receiving such news, Cao Xiu began to put pressure on the countries in the Western Regions.

The inquiry letter was written one by one, and the tone of questioning was becoming more and more intense, and the attitude was stronger than the other.

This situation made the kings of the Western Regions realize that this time might not be a joke. Wei really wanted to figure out the matter with them and really settle the account with them.

What the hell is this!

I haven't cared about it for so many years, but now I suddenly have to control it again. What are you doing?

Play with us?

This kind of thing has been done for several years and it has become a routine. Once the accounts are checked, there will definitely be problems. If you have to be fined, what kind of lion will tell you?

This doesn't work. If this really becomes a reality, wouldn't everyone be finished?

At the helplessness, these kings thought of something like [Fire].

Since the problem cannot be solved, let the problem disappear, just pretend that this matter does not exist, destroy all the accounts over the years, and do not leave them behind, just pretend that the previous accounts do not exist, and there is no evidence to die. Then a few more scapegoats will be released, and everything will be solved.

They were really surprised by their wit.

So for several days, Cao Xiu learned that fires occurred in the capitals of several countries around the city, and they were impartial, so he just burned all the accounts that recorded the tax.

The kings of the Western Regions felt that as long as this happened, Cao Xiu would have no choice but to do it, and the Emperor of Wei would have no choice but to lose it. The final compensation was made, and both sides could be saved.

Things are over.

This idea is really beautiful, it's very good, but it has a little flaw.

Fatal flaws.

Wei did not really want their accounts, but Wei wanted everything about them.

So Cao Xiu informed Cao Ren of the news.

Cao Ren also received Guo Peng's secret edict. Once the excuse is prepared, he immediately announced the rebellion to the public. Don't wait for his new order.

Therefore, in early September of the eighth year of Yande, Cao Ren officially announced to the public that rebellion occurred in the Western Regions and a large army was needed to attack.
Chapter completed!