After this ceremony, Emperor Guo of Wei successfully became the common ruler of the eighteen countries in the Western Regions and became the common emperor of the eighteen countries in the Western Regions.

Therefore, all the people of the Western Regions were also the people of Emperor Wei from a legal perspective.

From then on, Mr. Guo had a clear legal basis for intervening in the political and military issues of the Western Regions, which was reasonable and legal. No one could question it or resist it openly.

If you want to resist, it will give me the opportunity to fight against rebellion and rebellion.

I'm going to attack you, it's reasonable and legal, no one can say that it's not.

So Mr. Guo laughed proudly, and his arrogant laughter spread throughout the Qinzheng Hall.

The envoys of the eighteen countries also laughed together.

They gave Guo Peng enough face, and believed that Guo Peng would be happy because of this sufficient face, and would give them more rewards and give them more benefits.

There will be no more rewards, but Mr. Guo announced the decision to establish the Western Regions Protectorate.

Mr. Guo decided to establish a new Western Region Protectorate of the Wei Empire at the site of the former former Han Western Region Protectorate of the Kingdom of Kucha.

Then he ordered Cao Xiu, the general of Wei who was currently guarding Liuzhongcheng, to serve as the first Western Regions Protector of the Wei Empire, and to command all countries in the entire Western Regions with a position of two thousand stones.

All countries in the Western Regions must comply with the orders of the Western Regions Protector Cao Xiu and must not violate his orders.

Cao Xiu needed to treat all countries in the Western Regions equally, handle problems impartially, and not to be mixed with personal affairs.

Pay attention to "maintaining" peace among the countries in the Western Regions.

All these have set many rules.

He does not interfere in daily administration, but Cao Xiu has great power to intervene and make decisions about the exchanges between the countries in the Western Regions. The most core part of these rules is to summarize it as [I don’t accept it].

It's very simple and crude, but it's something that Mr. Guo likes very much.

The countries in the Western Regions may not have realized this at this time, and they had no idea what changes the Wei Empire would bring to them after rebuilding the Western Regions Protectorate.

They were all immersed in the joy of completing their mission and receiving a lot of rewards.

According to the information obtained by Mr. Guo, some of these guys even took some money from the rewards and shopped in Luoyang with wine and wine to satisfy their selfish desires.

It is conceivable that these guys are not good people. Although the country is small, it has all the internal organs and all the five poisons. The bureaucrats in the world are just like black. This is a class issue.

After the interview, Xinpi summoned the envoys of the eighteen countries again.

Xinpi told them that the Lifanyuan has been their resident in Luoyang City since then. They were allowed to leave their own service officials in Luoyang City Lifanyuan. After encountering any friction problems, they could consult with the Wei Empire in time to resolve the problem as soon as possible.

The envoys were inexplicably surprised. Look at me and I look at you, and they immediately wanted to go back and show off to their families and the conflicting mentality of staying in Luoyang City and continuing to spend time and drink and food made them very entangled.

These are not what Mr. Guo wants to manage. There are so many things Mr. Guo wants to manage. The next step is to connect with the countries in the Western Regions, especially with the Kucha Kingdom.

Kucha was considered a major country in the Western Regions, and its lifespan was very long. Until the Mongol Yuan period, Kucha was still there, and it was one of the last Western Regions countries.

The former Han Western Region Protectorate's headquarters was located in Kucha, and the location was almost the center of the entire Western Regions, which was convenient for guarding the Silk Road and providing convenience and protection for businessmen and travelers.

The administrative level of the Western Regions Protectorate does not need to be very high, two thousand stones are enough.

However, a simple civil servant cannot control the situation, and military officers need to take charge and lead troops, which will be able to better fulfill the mission of the Wei Empire in the Western Regions.

So Guo Peng simply asked the military officers to lead the garrison to serve as the Western Regions Protector, which could achieve better deterrence to a certain extent.

After thinking about it, it was a bit of a waste of talent to make Cao Ren in this position, and other generals were worried that their personalities were not suitable.

So after thinking about it, this position naturally belongs to Cao Xiu, who is currently guarding Liuzhongcheng.

If you bring it out by yourself, you can be both literary and martial, have a meticulous personality, are good at thinking, and are not easy to be impulsive.

Most of the time, Cao Xiu is very reliable.

In addition to Cao Xiu's command in the Western Regions Protectorate, Guo Peng will also set up at least four garrison sites in the Western Regions.

Let these four garrisons guard the Silk Roads of the north and south respectively, protect the safety of the business travelers of the Wei Empire, echo the Protectorate's Office, and accept Cao Ren's orders.

Previously, three garrison sites were set up in the Eastern Han Dynasty, but not enough, Guo Peng set up five.

It would be meaningless if there was too much military supplies that could not keep up. If the countries in the Western Regions provided it might not be able to provide too much, so it mainly relies on transportation.

Maintain five garrison sites and stabilize the Silk Road. After the road from the Hexi Corridor to the Western Regions Protectorate has been almost completed, we can begin to prepare to completely control the entire Western Regions.

Before this, let them be happy for a while, let them make some money and live a luxurious life.

However, this is also appropriately increasing their purchasing power, allowing them to have more money to buy luxury goods produced in Zhongyuan.

The products and commercial strength of the countries in the Western Regions cannot compete with the Wei Empire, which has a vast territory and vast resources. Their market will inevitably be occupied by a large number of Wei business travelers, so the money they get will still be used to consume general or luxury goods provided by the Wei Empire business travelers.

The left hand was rushing to the right hand, and the two hands exchanged each other. The wool came from the sheep, and the money was from the Wei Empire.

The countries in the Western Regions not only had to return the money they earned to the Wei Empire, but also had to pay their own capital in the future.

What Mr. Guo does is a big business that is profitable.

In Guo's view, tribute is just a way to open up the market.

By opening up their markets, let the goods of the Wei Empire enter their markets naturally, control their businesses, transform their lives, and retake the path of dealing with Liaodong.

Maybe in the end, there is no need to move troops. They can easily be destroyed and they can be directly annexed.

There is no reason why the Song Empire is called the Great Coward Empire.

The winning rate of 70% in foreign wars is only the necessary level of maintaining the existence of the country. The winning rate is basically defensive counterattack rather than strategic offense.

This is not worthy of praise.

If you can't win the defense of the city and the defense counterattack, isn't that the army lost its territory and the country was destroyed?

In the end, the Song Empire was indeed unable to win the defensive battle.

The number of troops head-on battles far exceeds the Jin Empire was defeated and the military collapsed completely.

Organizing strategic offensives and winning is a sign of a country's strength.

Strategic offense can be used to withdraw all aspects of a country, from the emperor to the public, and from the people of the city, the Northern Song Dynasty lost this mobilization ability and was no longer able to organize a large-scale national strategic offensive.

It was a joke that going north to Youyan during the Song Huizong era.

From this point of view, the military power of the Song Empire was really weak.

Of course, although the combat effectiveness of the Song Empire army was indeed not very good, except for the fact that war always failed, they really did not suffer much in the era of peaceful and mutual trading.

When the annual monies are sent out, they can earn them back through trade means. They do give a lot of them every year, but through trade between the two sides, the Song Empire can obtain economic benefits that are far more than the annual monies.

From this point of view, the Chanyuan Alliance is not at a disadvantage.

The commercial strength of the Liao Kingdom and the Xixia Kingdom is far from comparable to that of the Song Dynasty.

The prosperous commodity economy of the Song Empire made the copper coins of the Song Empire widely accepted by the entire Greater China region. In these countries, the copper coins of the Song Dynasty were common.

Such good economic advantages are enough to show that the Song Dynasty's products and economic strength are above the Liao Kingdom and above the Western Xia.

However, such a great economic advantage was not used by the rulers of the Song Empire to fight a trade war with the Liao Kingdom and the Western Xia.

Although the Song army could not win offensive wars, it could at least fight defensive wars, so there was a military basis for starting a trade war.

The use of trade wars made the Xixia and Liao countries fall into economic panic, destroying their economies, and greatly weakening their war mobilization capabilities.

If the Song army cannot achieve results under such circumstances, it would be a miracle.

If Guo was in charge of the overall situation, he would definitely take advantage of Song's business advantages to organize the national team decisively, stir up trouble in their markets, trigger economic panic, and weaken their national strength.

Song did not have an advantage in military affairs, so he naturally had to find a breakthrough in the economy that had the advantage. Allow such good opportunities to be lost, and really play harmoniously with his mortal enemies. In the end, everyone was both repaid and the Golden Empire was cheaper.

Faced with a mortal enemy that threatens his life and death, of course, we must try every means to weaken him and destroy him in various ways, rather than coexisting with them in harmony.

Although the countries in the Western Regions do not have the ability to threaten the Wei Empire, for the sake of the Wei Empire's plan to open source, Guo will not really coexist with them in harmony.

Anyway, now that the name of Dayi is divided, Guo can do whatever he wants with Emperor Wei’s edict. If he is disobedient...

What? Disobedient?

Beat him!
Chapter completed!