Zhuge Liang is no stranger to the Roman Empire.

More than ten years ago, Liu Chan said that after his death, he traveled two thousand years later and learned about the historical development of these two thousand years. It was also for this reason that he implemented the Ziwu Valley Plan.

At the same time, he also told Zhuge Liang about the overall situation of this era, including the Roman Empire, a major Western power.

If it were before,

The Roman Empire was too far away from the Han Dynasty.

But things are different now. The Han Dynasty established two kingdoms in the Western Regions, among which the Ming Kingdom borders the Roman Empire.

According to what Liu Chan said about the Roman Empire, it was an empire that liked to expand.

If the Roman Empire expanded eastward, the Ming Kingdom would be the first to bear the brunt.

Zhuge Liang was a little surprised.

Could it be that the emperor had just pacified the Central Plains and was planning to march westward again to attack the Roman Empire?

After all, facing a powerful neighbor,

The best way is to eliminate it.

Liu Chan shook his head slightly when he heard this and said with a smile: "I don't have this idea at the moment.

First, our country has just ended its unification war, and the Central Plains is in dire straits. Launching a major war at this time will increase the burden on our people in the Central Plains."

Zhuge Liang breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this.

Liu Chan continued: "The main purpose of my trip to the west is to see the development of the Tang and Ming Dynasties. I also want to send envoys to Rome."

After Liu Chan finished speaking, Zhuge Liang nodded slightly.

"So!" Liu Chan said with a smile: "My father-in-law cannot leave now. Please stay and teach the prince and stabilize the situation in the Central Plains."

Having said that, Zhuge Liang was helpless. He originally wanted to retire, but his boss assigned him a temporary additional task.

Alas——

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Zhuge Liang wanted to retire, but because Liu Chan was preparing to tour the west, the matter had to be put on hold for the time being, because the three kingdoms were unified.

There is still a lot of follow-up work that needs to be done.

For example, implementing the Han Dynasty's new laws, promoting the Han Dynasty's new currency, launching national imperial examinations, etc. This has left the seventy-two-year-old prime minister Zhuge Liang without a moment of leisure.

The appointment and dismissal of ministers from Wei and Wu were handled by Prince Liu Chen. King Liu Tan of Qin only stayed in Chang'an for half a month. He went to Chaisang to train the navy of the Han Dynasty in accordance with Liu Chan's order.
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Other generals have also made arrangements.

Wei Yan garrisoned Fan Yang to prevent the Xianbei people from going south;

Guan Suo temporarily stayed in Jingzhou to prevent the Wu region from becoming unstable;

Chen Dao temporarily stationed in Linzi to stabilize the situation in Qilu;

Ma Dai temporarily stationed in Liangzhou to defend against the Xianbei people in the northwest;

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By the time all these arrangements were made, it was already the spring of the fifteenth year of the rise of the Han Dynasty (AD 253).

April 8.

Morning.

A caravan slowly left the west gate of Chang'an, accompanied by more than a hundred people, fifty or sixty camels, and a dozen carriages.

Pedestrians along the way didn’t pay too much attention.

Sitting on the third carriage from the bottom are three middle-aged ladies.

"My sister has been to the Western Regions,

Along the way,

Sister, please tell us more!" One of them said with a smile,

Then lean out the window and enjoy the scenery along the way.

"Sister..." The woman on the left smiled and said: "The good scenery in the Western Regions can only be found after passing through Dawan. Before arriving at Dawan, there is nothing to see."

As soon as she finished speaking, the woman on the right smiled and said: "Sister Yuan Ji, you have been to the Western Regions, so naturally you said so, but this is the first time for my sister and I to go west, even when we look at the bare mountains,

It will feel strange."

The three women in this car are all wealthy people. The one in the middle is Zhang Yang, the current queen of the Han Dynasty. The one on her right is Cao Ling, the concubine of the Han Dynasty. Sitting on her left is

It’s Wang Yuanji, the imperial concubine of the Han Dynasty.

Although Zhang Yang is a queen, she has really not been to many places in her life. As long as she can remember, she has lived in Chengdu, and then she went to Chang'an as the Han Dynasty moved its capital.

Except for Chengdu and Chang'an, she has never been to other places. Liu Chan planned to take her out to see the world during this western tour. After all, she is already thirty-nine years old this year, nearly forty, and has not been to many places yet.

place.

The concubine Cao Ling is actually similar.

I lived in Luoyang since I was a child, and married into Chang'an when I was sixteen or seventeen. I have never been to other places. There was no way. In the past, the Central Plains was a land of three kingdoms, and it was dangerous everywhere.

Of course, there is another important reason why Liu Chan took her on a western tour this time, that is, she misses her son Cao Rui so much. The same goes for Wang Yuanji. Liu Yan is now the king of the Ming Kingdom, and it is really not easy to meet him.
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Emperor Liu Chan did not choose to ride in a carriage, but chose to ride a horse like his entourage.

The large army marched westward in a mighty way. After nearly three months, they finally walked out of the desert and arrived at Kucha City.

But as soon as the brigade entered the city, they discovered something was wrong.

Because Qiuci City is the seat of the Protectorate of the Western Regions of the Han Dynasty, Liu Chan chose to patrol incognito this time, so he did not notify Pingnan General Guo Huai.

Guo Huai didn't know about the emperor's western tour, so he naturally didn't arrange for anyone to go out of the city to greet him.

None of this matters.

The important thing is that as soon as Liu Chan's troops entered Kucha City, they discovered that something was not right with the people of Kucha today.

The common people all looked solemn, without the smiling faces they had seen before.

What happened in Kucha?

"Go and ask!"

"What happened here!"

Liu Chan reminded Sima Yan, the young man next to him, and asked him to ask the people what happened here and why they all looked like their parents were dead.

Sima Yan immediately dismounted and went to ask a commoner on the street. After a while, he returned to Liu Chan with a heavy expression. He said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, today is the day of General Pingnan's funeral."

"What?"

Liu Chan was shocked when he heard this.

Who is General Pingnan?

Isn’t it Guo Huai who guards the Western Region Protectorate?

"Go to the Protectorate immediately!"

Liu Chan waved his riding whip fiercely and led everyone straight to the Duhu Mansion.

Not long after, a large group of people arrived at the Duhu Mansion. Sima Yan stepped forward and chatted with the guard for a few words. The guard was so shocked that he bowed to the ground on the spot.

"Long live your Majesty!"

Liu Chan stepped forward and said, "Get on your feet!"

Liu Chan's personnel for this western tour included many high-level officials, such as General Zhao Tong, General Assistant of the Han Dynasty, General Tian Mu, General Zhaoyi, General Tu Lianhu, General Protector, General Fenwei Sima Yan, Yushi Jiang Xian, Yushi Wang

Yan, King of Lu Liu Yong, Marquis of Nanzheng Sun Quan, Marquis of Yunyang Cao Fang, etc.

Among them, Sun Quan and Cao Fang were decisions made by Liu Chan before leaving. Thinking that the Three Kingdoms had been unified now, these two people performed very well during their time as marquises in Chang'an, and both accepted the fact that the world returned to the Han Dynasty.

Of course, it’s okay not to accept it.

Both of them had been emperors, but they only wandered around the Central Plains area. Now that the Han Dynasty had unified the Central Plains, they took them with them.

In comparison, Cao Fang is still young now, but Sun Quan is already an old man in his seventies, and he may not have many days left, so as a sign of respect for the ancients, he asked him to follow him when he was dying.

See the world.

As for Cao Fang, Liu Chan’s meaning is very clear.

This boy is about the same age as Prince Liu Chen and King Qin Liu Tan. Now Liu Chan can't kill him easily. The most important reason for bringing him to the west this time is to make him more peaceful in his life. The current big man can

The East, West and Han Dynasties are not comparable.

The other person is Lu Wang Liu Yong.

Liu Yong is Liu Chan's younger brother. In fact, Liu Chan also had a younger brother, Liang Wang Liu Li, but Liu Li died of illness not long after the Han Dynasty moved the capital to Chang'an.
To be continued...