I am the Empress Dowager!

Chapter 260 The Great Han’s General

"Your father? Ban Dingyuan?"

Liu Long, who was originally just listening to the gossip with the attitude of watching a show, suddenly couldn't help but exclaimed. Looking at Ban Xiong in front of him, he was really shocked.

He knew that Ban Xiong was not a stupid person, nor was he someone who would say big words.

Although this guy has some thoughts, he is very cautious about this kind of thing.

Especially when recommending someone of his own, unless he really wants to harm the other person, he will never say anything against his will.

After all, if this matter goes wrong, the youngest son of the Ban family will disappoint the court and Liu Long in the future, and it may not only be him, Jingzhao Yin Banxiong.

Not even the entire Fufeng class can escape!

Therefore, after Liu Long heard this sentence, he couldn't help but exclaimed. After all, starting from Emperor Guangwu, the 28 generals of Face Yuntai were counted together.

In the past hundred years or so of the Han Dynasty, those who could be called famous generals were only those few.

And Ban Chao, Ban Dingyuan, is definitely one of them!
Saying that one's younger brother is like one's father would be like that in an ordinary family, but if it were said in this family.

That's quite a different story.

Ban Dingyuan. Ban Dingyuan!

Looking at Liu Long who was quite eager, Ban Xiong knew His Majesty's surprise and knew that deep down in his heart he must not believe it, so he made a decision directly.

"Your Majesty, I know that this statement is a bit shocking, and since the imperial court revoked the post of Captain of the Western Regions, I, the Han Dynasty, have never established any official positions in the Western Regions.

The Western Regions are also in a laissez-faire state.

Although my younger brother still held an official position in these years, he lived in seclusion with his ministers and never continued to serve in official positions.

Today, I have the courage to bring him here. I hope your Majesty can give me a chance! "

"Ban Yong is outside?"

"Yes!"

".Please come in, I also want to see what kind of person this father-like Ban Yong is!"

Following Liu Long's instructions, Ban Yong, the youngest son of Dingyuan Hou Banchao, finally received his second chance.

He was very strange to Liu Long, but he did not choose to do any bad behavior because of the strangeness, or he was trembling and dared not speak.

On the contrary, after Ban Yong met Liu Long and received Liu Long's inquiry, he immediately told everything he knew and thought.

As if he was afraid that he would lose this opportunity.

First of all, this guy directly told Liu Long the current situation in Liangzhou.

Don't look at the current Xianling Qianghu who are making trouble and establishing a country, and even claim to be the emperor.

But Liangzhou was still relatively stable at this time. Not only that, the former king of Cheshi and the king of Shanshan in the Western Regions also had many connections with the Dunhuang County of the Han Dynasty.

It seems that he is about to lose his strength in the Western Region and wants to surrender to the big man.

Cao Zong, the governor of Dunhuang County, has always wanted to regain the Western Regions, and he was also happy to see this kind of thing happen, and even secretly promoted the mainstream.

However, the imperial court has always been opposed to this, which also made him powerless.However, regarding these things that Liu Long knew, after Na Banyong finished speaking, he directly expressed another idea.

"My lord, please allow me to reopen the Western Region after a great victory over the Qiang and Hu!"

"Reopening the Western Region?" Liu Long looked at Ban Yong in front of him. He didn't care that even the northwest was still in chaos. He still followed the other person's words and continued directly.

"Tell me more in detail, why do you want to reopen the Western Region?

Is it just because your father, Ban Dingyuan, made great contributions to stabilizing the Western Regions back then, and you want to repeat your father's legend? Or is it because you have some obsession in your heart? "

"Your Majesty has a keen eye, but this is not all of my reasons!" Na Banyong did not deny his selfishness, but he also did not disappoint Liu Long. He had fair and aboveboard reasons.

"Actually, the end general not only has obsessions, but also has some foolish opinions!
The final general believes that the border land should not be underestimated, but it is the lips and teeth of my big man. As the saying goes, if the lips are dead, the teeth will be cold. This is a matter of course.

In the past, Emperor Xiaowu was worried that the Huns would become powerful and become the commander-in-chief of hundreds of barbarians and force them to invade our borders. Since then, I, a big man, have been trying various opportunities.

During his official career, he opened up the Western Regions and separated his allies. During the reign of Emperor Xiaowu, many courtiers and celebrities believed that this was tantamount to seizing the heart of the Xiongnu, and they cut off his right arm.

Later, Wang Mang usurped the throne and sought power, so he acted arrogantly and asked for too many things from the Western Regions. He was greedy and Hu Yi was extremely angry, so he chose to betray the land of China.

After Emperor Guangwu resurrected the Han Dynasty, he had no time to consider foreign affairs due to various reasons. Therefore, the Huns relied on their own strength to enslave the countries in the Western Regions and make the Western Regions so unstable.

It was not until the Yongping period that he attacked Dunhuang again, which disturbed the Han Dynasty.

Even the counties in Hexi closed the city gates during the day, for fear that the Huns and many barbarians would break through the city and harass the people.

When Emperor Xiaoming considered the national plan, he sent tiger generals to conquer the Western Regions, thus allowing the Huns to flee far away, and the border had a moment of peace.

But even so, there were no internal subordinates in the Western Region during the Yongyuan period, which was completely different from before.

Later, when the Qiang people were in rebellion, the Western Regions and our Han people were cut off again. The Northern Xiongnu sent troops to supervise other small countries, collected evaded taxes, raised the prices of goods very high, and even imposed strict deadlines for gatherings.

This seems to make the Xiongnu stronger and make me lose control of the Western Regions.

But it also made many forces in the Western Region resent them!

For example, Shan Shan and Che Shi, whom the late general knew, were both resentful and wanted to get close to our Han Dynasty court, but unfortunately they could not find a way.

It can be seen that the rebellions that occurred in the previous period were not simply due to the prodigal ambitions of the countries in the Western Regions.

What's more, it's because my Han Dynasty's method of governing the Western Regions is somewhat inappropriate, so it has the opposite effect.

When my father left the Western Regions, he told his successor, Ren Shang, not to be too tough.

The Western Regions can take their time and plan for it, but it is a pity that General Shang was too arrogant and did not take his father's words to heart.

This ultimately led to the current situation.

But now Cao Zong just felt the shame before and wanted to take revenge on the Xiongnu to clear up the shame. Naturally, his heart was good.

It's a pity that he didn't consider the current specific situation. If he sends troops forcefully, it may not end well in the end.

Therefore, there is no problem with the court's approach. "

As soon as Ban Yong opened his mouth, Liu Long couldn't help but raise his eyebrows again and again, and he became somewhat interested in what he said.

(End of this chapter)