When Su Wu left Rome and embarked on the road to return to the Han Dynasty, it was two years after he left Dunhuang. He didn't know that in the past two years after he left, nine princes appeared in the Grand Governor's Office. Just when he was about to return, Bai Zheng's Western Regions coalition had already arrived in Dayuan and was about to attack Guishan City, the capital of Dayuan.

Taixifeng, a city that has become the capital of the Rest Empire for less than ten years, gathered together in the huge palace of the empire.

The empire's monarch, the king of kings, and the monarchs of the eighteen vassal states, together with the empire's most trusted adviser, the empire's Prime Minister Olobazo, are discussing a major event that determines the fate of the empire.

"Dear King of Kings, our old enemy Sula has led his army back to Rome and forcibly seized the highest power of Rome with force. Now the war on the Western Front of the Empire has stabilized, and Sula will not expedition again within two or three years. In our east, the dynasty named Han also sent a young commander to start the expedition of the West. At present, the young commander's army has conquered Dayuan." The imperial prime minister, known as the first wise man of Rest, sat on his chair and told Mitridati II about the situation around the Rest Empire with eighteen kings.

Although Rest is called the Empire, their supreme ruler is not called the Emperor. This empire consisting of kingdoms of all sizes is only the most powerful kingdom monarch. In addition to accepting the conscription of the kings of all kings, other monarchs usually practice a high degree of autonomy in their own kingdoms. Even each kingdom has different religious and cultural beliefs, as well as independent currency and laws.

"Does the Prime Minister have any new plans?" King Cordone had a beard. His country was not the most powerful in Rest, but his archers were among the most powerful armies in the entire Rest Empire.

Olobazo did not answer the King of Cordone, but looked at Mitridati II. Then the resting king of kings stood up slowly with his hands on the handrail of the throne, looking at more than ten kings in the palace and said: "The commander of the Han Dynasty named Huo Guang, the Marquis of Anyang, is a man who is not inferior to Sula. We must advance east before he captured Dayuan and take down the Dayuezhi and other countries first. It just so happened that Sula is unable to fight eastward. We must first deal with this man named Huo Guang, the Marquis of Anyang, first!"

Mitridati II also thought that Huo Guang's full name was Huo Guang, the Marquis of Anyang, and it seemed that such a name was more in line with their understanding. And the King of Kings who rested in peace actually turned his attention to the east and the rapidly rising governor's mansion of the Western Regions from the moment Sula returned to Rome.

The monarchs of Anxu began to discuss in groups of three or two. Sula, a Roman Republic, had already allowed them to transfer almost two-thirds of the empire's army to the Western Front. If Huo Guang, the Marquis of Anyang of the Han Empire, advanced westward again, it would indeed bring great pressure to Anxu. Just now, Sula has left Asia Minor's province, and the war on the Western Front of Anxu Empire has basically ended. This is indeed the best time to rush to advance eastward.

Just as the resting kings were discussing how to advance eastward, Huo Guang, who was far away in Dunhuang, stepped out of the Grand Governor's Office and headed to Juyanze, the northernmost end of Hexi.

Wuya, a former Hun royal woman, has been in Juyanze for two years. In the past two years, not only has Hexi and the Western Regions been developing rapidly, but all three oasis have completed the transformation of fertile land, and the nine vassals have also completed the construction of their own territory. Juyanze, under Wuya, has also completely changed its appearance in two years.

Huo Guang's delegation of power to Wuya has reached the extreme. Although Huo Guang has often come to Juyanze for a few days in the past two years, he has never asked about the government affairs here. Now the Juyan Commander has been abolished. Whether it is official documents or private names, the entire Juyan area is called the Juyan Ministry of the Western Regions Governor's Office, or directly referred to as the Juyan Ministry.

Wu Ya did not disappoint Huo Guang in the past two years. She not only integrated many scattered Xiongnu tribes on the grassland north of Juyan, but also piled up the population of Juyan tribes to about 70,000, but also transformed Juyanze into a cradle of semi-grass and semi-cultivation civilization. Tens of thousands of Xiongnu survivors also transformed from nomads into semi-grass and semi-cultivation nations in two years. Various iron and water conservancy facilities and other things were gradually mastered by Juyan tribes. A completely different development model appeared in Juyanze, and it seemed that this place was becoming a branch of the Huns, a new civilization that was different from the Han civilization and the Hun civilization.

"I heard that your Juyan tribe has changed its faith now, and your people have begun to believe in the Moon God? And the legend is that this Moon God is still a woman who combines beauty and wisdom?" Huo Guang looked at Wu Ya, wearing brocade and gorgeous crown, and a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

"All of this is well-teached by the great governor, and they are not my people. They are all your governors!" Wu Ya smiled. The so-called moon god was naturally fabricated by her, and the purpose was just to lay the groundwork for becoming the queen one day in the future. Of course, all this is actually Huo Guang's advice in it.

"So what are your plans next?" Huo Guang knew that in the original history, the Huns were actually threats from the Han Dynasty for a long time. He had thought of directly driving the Huns to the Siberian wasteland and even the Arctic just like they did when dealing with the Qiang people. However, this grassland was too vast and the Huns were very mobile. This method may not be really effective. In the end, Huo Guang discovered a more challenging and interesting plan, which was to support a Hun ruler who was inclined to the Han Dynasty to achieve the effect of using slaves to govern slaves.

However, when Huo Guang got along with Wu Ya for several months, he had a bolder and more exciting idea, that is, to support Wu Ya as an unprecedented queen of the Huns. In Huo Guang's opinion, this seemed to be a crazier and more interesting thing.

"I have ordered the soldiers of my army to disguise themselves as the army of the Right Xianwang and Shanyu to create friction for the two sides. Now it seems that the effect is pretty good. Even if I don't provoke it in the middle, the troops of the Shanyu and the Right Xianwang have been constantly in small-scale friction." Wu Ya said happily. She liked the feeling of playing with her opponents in applause, especially her brother who was once arrogant.

"You are good at winning this trick. I believe that as the situation between the two divisions of the Huns continues to deteriorate, more and more Xiongnu tribes will be facing you? Then you Xiongnu will be a three-legged tripod!" Huo Guang nodded gently. Wu Ya's strategy of sowing discord is still very effective.

As the Huns continued to decline over the past decade, their living space became smaller and smaller. The troops of the Youxian King had not suffered much damage in recent years. Grassland gradually showed that the gap between the Shanyu headquarters and the Youxian King was getting smaller and smaller. The conflict between the grasslands was like the land issue of the Han Dynasty, which was enough to launch a civil war.

"I heard that the emperor wanted to set up a ministry to supervise the world. Will he also set up a ministry in Hexi? That would be extremely unfavorable to you!" Wu Ya was also concerned about the situation of the Han Dynasty. She was also very concerned about the establishment of a ministry to the emperor who had caused a lot of controversy in the world in the past few months. More of it was out of concern for Huo Guang. As for whether this concern was for public or private, no one knew?

"Haha, there is no need for a governor in Hexi. Your Majesty is a sensible person and will not do such futile things!" Huo Guang said with a smile. Huo Guang really has this kind of confidence now. Even if Emperor Wu of Han appointed a governor to Hexi, it would be just a decoration. Emperor Wu of Han was a sensible person, so he naturally would not do such thankless things.

In the spring of the fifth year of Yuanfeng, Emperor Wu of Han slowly emerged from the grief of Wei Qing and Princess Pingyang's death. At this time, two years had passed since the Yellow River flood. In the past two years, the entire Han Empire was focusing on controlling the Yellow River flood. The governance had begun to take effect in two years. At this time, Emperor Wu of Han began to travel eastward from Chang'an, then pass through the Jianghuai land, and then go to the nine counties in the southeast. Finally, he followed the river water and headed to Bashu, and finally reached the inspection tour of Longxi. As for whether to go to Hexi, Emperor Wu of Han did not make a clear statement.

During the inspection along the way, Emperor Wu of Han experienced the scenery of the Han Dynasty so thoroughly and in detail for the first time. However, along the way, Emperor Wu of Han not only finished it by just looking at the scenery. He broke up many big counties again, which once again increased the county-level administrative units of the Han Dynasty.

At first, everyone thought that Emperor Wu of Han was just a whim and added a few counties. However, as Emperor Wu of Han split up more and more counties, everyone in the world knew that this was definitely not the temporary intention of Emperor Wu of Han. I don’t know when, but a piece of news that was said to be a close minister of Emperor Wu of Han began to spread throughout the world.

It is said that Emperor Wu of Han felt that some counties in the Han Dynasty were too large, such as Shu County, Longxi, Beidi and other counties. One county had a population of 400,000 to 500,000 people, and some large counties could easily recruit tens of thousands of soldiers. It was precisely this way that Emperor Wu of Han took the initiative to split the county, and after that, Emperor Wu of Han came up with a more conducive method to centralized rule.

That is to divide the world into thirteen major prefectures, each prefecture has one governor. The governor is directly responsible to the emperor and is responsible for supervising the officials of all counties and counties under the prefectures. However, the governor has no administrative or judicial power, and the administrative and judicial power is still owned by each county.

When Emperor Wu of Han came to the river ferry, he looked at the Hexi land opposite him across the water, and his eyes showed many indescribable expressions. The ministers accompanying him were three feet away from Emperor Wu of Han, and no one could guess the intentions of Emperor Wu of Han. Dozens of tower ships at the ferry were ready, but Emperor Wu of Han had not ordered the crossing of the river for a long time.

"The command is to set up Anding County with the river as the boundary, including Zuli, Yuezhidao, Jingyang, Anwu, Anding, Yinpan, Pengyang, Sanshui and other counties. Go back to Chang'an..." Emperor Wu of Han established a new county called Anding County on the bank of the Yellow River in most areas that originally belonged to Beidi County, and then turned around and returned to Chang'an.

When Emperor Wu of Han returned to Chang'an, the edict of establishing the Sili School Commander and the Thirteen Provinces was finally promulgated. In addition to establishing the Sili School Commander in the Sanfu, the nine counties in the southeast were transformed into the Jiaozhi Governor's headquarters, and the Shuofang Governor's headquarters were adjacent to the Xiongnu. Next were Youzhou, Jizhou, Bingzhou, Qingzhou, Yanzhou, Yuzhou, Xuzhou, Yangzhou, Jingzhou, Yizhou, and Yongzhou, which was finally established near the four counties in Hexi.

In addition to the Sili School Command, there are exactly thirteen states!

In the end, as Huo Guang expected, Emperor Wu of Han did not establish another governor's office in the four counties of Hexi, and there was still only one Western Regions Governor's Office.
Chapter completed!