Chapter 257 Contact Sulla
The Yellow River breach was blocked, and the water level in the flooded areas slowly receded. When Emperor Wu of Han returned to the Liang Palace again, the homeless people had already begun to support their former homeland with difficulty. The mud all over the ground could no longer distinguish the roads and farmlands, and they did not know how these people would survive next, but they were still heading towards their homeland that no longer existed.
"Your Majesty, the memorial of the Grand Governor Huo Guang." Emperor Wu of Han was discussing the post-disaster reconstruction with several important officials in the Liang Palace. A waiter walked into the hall holding a memorial stamped with a fire-painted seal.
Huo Guang was qualified to go straight to the heavens, and his memorials did not require the Prime Minister's Mansion to review first, and no one except Emperor Wu of Han was qualified to check them privately.
"Come on." Emperor Wu of Han quickly ordered. Emperor Wu of Han was also curious why there was a document from the Grand Governor's Office in front of him, and now there was a separate memorial from Huo Guang. Moreover, Emperor Wu of Han remembered that this should be the first memorial submitted to him in two years since Huo Guang became the Grand Governor.
After receiving the sealed memorial, Emperor Wu of Han opened the memorial in front of the ministers in the hall and started reading it.
"Bang..." After a moment, Emperor Wu of Han closed the memorial heavily and said without raising his head: "You all retreat first."
The ministers were surprised and saw that Emperor Wu of Han looked extremely gloomy. Even though they were curious about the content of Huo Guang's memorial, the ministers respectfully took the order to withdraw from the hall. Even the servants consciously retreated. After a moment, there was only Emperor Wu of Han in the empty hall.
When the ministers left, Emperor Wu of Han frowned again and opened the memorial, and read it word by word again.
"The power of the king... do you really want to be the king of another surname?" Emperor Wu of Han slowly closed the memorial. This was the second time he had read the content of Huo Guang's memorial. It seemed that he was no longer as shocked and angry as the first time.
"The Rest Empire...Iron-armored Cavalry...If the people of the Western Regions want to serve their lives, they need the right to enfeoff the emperor... What he said seemed to make some sense..." Emperor Wu of Han whispered to himself, his heart had changed from the initial furious anger to the indecisive move.
Emperor Wu of Han slowly stood up with the memorial and paced back and forth in the hall alone. In the memorial, Huo Guang not only made a request to Emperor Wu of Han to grant the right to vassal prince, but more of the content was to describe the power of the Anxi Empire and the Qin Dynasty. Now most of the Western Regions have been included in the territory of the Han Dynasty. As long as Dayuan is captured again, it will officially border the Anxi Empire. In the past, the Western Regions were also used as a buffer to naturally remain peaceful, but once the border is bordered, it is impossible to be so calm.
Emperor Wu of Han did not dare to make this decision easily, even with his courage, he was afraid of setting a precedent. Once Huo Guang had the right to enthrone the king, he would be the de facto king of Hexi and the Western Regions, and all he lacked was just a formal title!
Emperor Wu of Han stayed alone in the hall for a quarter of an hour. Finally, he walked to a brazier and threw the memorial in his hand into the brazier. A burst of flames rose, but only a few breaths of memorial were turned into ashes.
Half a month after the Yellow River was blocked, Emperor Wu of Han finally left the Yellow River and returned to Chang'an. For a long time, the focus of the entire Han Dynasty was still around disaster relief and reconstruction, and the more protracted Yellow River management!
Huo Guang was far away in Dunhuang, Hexi. The memorial to request the title of the emperor seemed to be like a rock and a sea of stones. He neither received the consent of Emperor Wu of Han nor any disturbances. Huo Guang seemed to have forgotten this, and the entire Hexi construction was still in full swing. Without food, they also had cattle and sheep, the land of Hexi and the rich fruits and melons in the Western Regions. Everything did not affect the construction of Hexi and the conquest of the Western Regions due to the disaster of the Yellow River.
More and more fertile land was seen in the four counties of Hexi, and small cities and states of the Western Regions were wiped out by Bai Zheng. During this period, two unexpected guests appeared in the Hexi land. The arrival of these two people did not attract many people's attention, but it attracted Huo Guang and asked him to meet these two people in person.
"Sima Qian (Su Wu)... Meet the Grand Governor." In the main hall of the Grand Governor's Office, Huo Guang personally welcomed Sima Qian and Su Wu from Chang'an.
These two people were the first people Huo Guang met, but when he first met, he was a little sluggish about the two of them in etiquette because of Huo Guang's excitement, which led to Huo Guang's resignation with the two of them again.
At that time, Huo Guang was just a young man who had just returned from the Battle of Mobei, and Sima Qian and Su Wu were already the ministers of Emperor Wu of Han. However, in less than ten years, Huo Guang had become the governor who had heavy troops and was famous all over the world. Sima Qian was still the Grand Historian of Qianshi, and Su Wu was even more unbearable and was still a small man.
"The two came from Chang'an, thank you all the hard way!" Huo Guang said happily, not neglecting the two because of the unhappiness many years ago. It was already very proud to welcome them in person.
Sima Qian and Su Wu were court officials with official positions, but this time they did not come to Hexi on behalf of the court and Emperor Wu of Han. Sima Qian came only because he needed to understand the situation in Hexi and the Western Regions and used it to compile history books, while Su Wu did nothing and accompanied Sima Qian.
Of course, they also knew about it in private when they came to Hexi Han.
"I already know the purpose of the Grand Historian's visit. The Grand Historian's Office's communication documents can be read freely. In addition, if the Grand Historian wants to go, the Grand Historian will arrange someone to escort him." Huo Guanggao took the lead and said to Sima Qian with a smile on his face.
Huo Guang was very happy that Sima Qian wanted to write the matters in Hexi and the Western Regions into history. After the last flood, Huo Guang and King Liu Xiang of Liang also reached an unprecedented level. Whether in the court or among the people, Liu Xiang's reputation had already reached a trend of catching up with his grandfather Liu Wu back then. After Emperor Wu of Han returned to Chang'an, nearly half of the Shanglin Garden treasures were given to Liu Xiang.
Crown Prince Liu Ju was also worried in private!
The most direct benefit Huo Guang got was that a large number of refugees and homeless people in the disaster-stricken areas traveled thousands of miles from Liangchu to Hexi to join Huo Guang. Huo Guang also refused these people, not only tried his best to resettle them, but also allocated land for them.
"Thank you, the Grand Governor!" Sima Qian was the Grand Historian of the court. He would not call himself a subordinate. Here, Huo Guang had no right to order him, and Huo Guang was only at a higher official position than him.
"I don't know what happened to Mr. Su in Hexi?" Huo Guang knew Sima Qian's purpose, but he was also curious about Su Wu. Although Su Wu was not famous at this time and was only in his early thirties, his preconceived thoughts made Huo Guang unable to underestimate Su Wu.
"The officials are doing nothing and come with Brother Sima." Su Wu bowed to Huo Guang, and now they can no longer leave Huo Guang like they did back then. Huo Guang's achievements and actions over the years have long been admired and admired by Su Wu.
"Actually... I have always had a very important thing to do, but I have always lacked a suitable candidate. I wonder if Mr. Su is interested?" Huo Guang said with a smile, and at the same time he slowly stood up and walked towards Su Wu and Sima Qian.
"I don't know what the Grand Commander said? What can the subordinates do?" Su Wu did not refuse directly, and he still had some expectations in his heart.
"Come on, I'll take you to see." Huo Guang led Su Wu and Sima Qian to the sand table on the side of the hall. Now there is an extremely huge and detailed sand table in the hall of the Grand Governor's Office. The sand table not only contains the entire Hexi land and the terrain of the Western Regions, but even the Amit Empire further west has a rough outline, but the Qin Dynasty further west is still a blurred terrain.
"I guess you two already know that this is the Anxi Empire with iron armored cavalry. To the west of them is Daqin. The governor needs an envoy to go to Daqin to find someone. His name is...what is it?" Huo Guang pointed to the location of Anxi and Daqin, thinking that Su Wu and Sima Qian explained, but in the end he couldn't call the name, so he turned to Dongfang Shuo beside him.
"Luchius Cornellius Sula" Dongfang Shuo has always been famous for his knowledge and strong memory. This name is both strange and extremely strange. Even Huo Guang couldn't remember it, but Dongfang Shuo easily remembered it.
"Yes... it's this person... Forget it, in the future, whether it's official documents or verbal names, they will be changed to Sula directly. The governor needs someone to look for this man named Sula on behalf of the governor." Huo Guang always wanted to contact Sula, and even a year ago he had sent many merchants. However, merchants are merchants after all, and it's okay to do business and trade goods, but it's not possible to be a messenger.
Not to mention whether these merchants can find Sula, even if they are summoned by Sula alone, it will be difficult to gain his attention, let alone the Grand Governor's Office and Huo Guang formed an alliance with Sula. Therefore, Huo Guang always hopes to find a real envoy to contact Sula through Rest.
"Who is Sula? What will the Grand Governor do after finding him?" Su Wu was very curious about all this. Although Su Wu had many concerns when he went to the legendary Daqin, he had already begun to look forward to it.
Huo Guang's smile became more and more obvious. Su Wu's expression naturally understood what it meant. As long as Su Wu agreed to go to the Great Qin, Huo Guang believed that most of the time he could really contact Sula.
"This Sula is the commander of the Eastern Legion of the Great Qin Empire. His status in the Great Qin is very similar to that of the original governor now, as if we are about the same age. Haha, at that time, this governor will personally study a book, and I will form an alliance with him and tell him that as long as the time is right, this governor will personally lead the army to attack Anxu. At that time, I will attack him from both sides and divide the territory of Anxu!" Huo Guang did not hide anything from Su Wu, and told him that the plan he had planned for a long time.
Chapter completed!