This is basically how Wang Buxu's one-year expedition was decided.

After all, if the emperor wants to do something, no one else can stop him.

However, after the court meeting ended, Xiao He and Guan Ying grabbed Chen Ping.

"Shang Shuling, how could you agree so casually to such a big thing as your majesty's personal expedition?" Xiao He asked.

"That's right, if something goes wrong, what should we do?" Guan Ying also agreed.

However, their starting points are different.

Xiao He was worried that government affairs would be delayed.

Guan Ying, on the other hand, was worried about the emperor's safety.

After all, when the emperor travels, the pomp and circumstance cannot be underestimated.

If you attract everyone's attention, won't danger follow?

"You guys only know one thing but don't know the other. Isn't the reason why His Majesty wants to lead the expedition in person because we didn't do what we did well?" Chen Ping said, shaking his head.

"???" Xiao He.

"Shang Shu Ling, you have to make this clear. How come we didn't do our job properly?" Guan Ying was very depressed. How could all this talk become our fault?

"Let me ask you two..." Chen Ping mentioned to the two of them the ultimate goal of the Western Region that Wang Buxu had mentioned.

Not only that, Chen Ping also said everything he thought about.

"So, in the end, is it because we failed to demonstrate the ability to satisfy His Majesty? That's why Your Majesty decided to go on a personal expedition to make up for our losses?" Guan Ying asked half-knowingly.

"It can be said that it would be easier to deal with other issues, but this time it is an ideological issue. Even if you have an idea now, it will not be changed in a short time. Therefore, Your Majesty will go on the expedition in person this time.

You have to go." Chen Ping continued to explain.

"You don't necessarily have to go, right?" Xiao He didn't agree.

"Haha, it's true. Let me tell you this, your Majesty's visit this time will save the court twenty years of time!" Chen Ping said directly.

"Twenty years?" Xiao He was stunned for a moment.

Twenty years is a generation. Is it so powerful?

"Why, don't you believe it? This generation is exactly twenty years old. If His Majesty does not go, the imperial court's influence on the Western Regions will deepen and the effect will be felt after twenty years. Moreover, the effect is still unknown. Maybe half of the people will agree.

Maybe there won’t be any.”

"The most we can do is to gradually exert influence on the next generation, but we cannot change the minds of their parents."

"It is precisely the thoughts of these fathers that can influence them more deeply."

"Even if we use all our methods, their parents often speak ill of the big man at home. Do you think the children will still think that what they see is true? Is the big man right?"

"Absolutely not!"

"So, your Majesty's visit this time can make the people of the Western Regions feel what the emperor's grace is, what the dignity of the Han people is, and whoever offends our strong Han people will be punished."

"Not telling all? Even if only half of the people feel this? They will affect their next generation, and the court is using other means. Do you think this can achieve the goal assigned by His Majesty? Is it still difficult?"

Chen Ping talked a lot.

Xiao He and Guan Ying fell into deep thought.

Frankly speaking, to the outside world, or some scheming, even if the two of them combined are not as good as Chen Ping alone.

If it were the two of them, I'm afraid they would have been thinking about how to exert influence on the court through the operation of the government? To change them.

But Chen Ping dared to let the emperor personally take action? To exert some invisible influence.

Chen Ping's strategies are very vicious, but they can often produce wonderful results.

"It can't be one year? It's too long..." Xiao He could no longer find a reason to refute this question. Is Chen Ping right? It was indeed the minister's fault, so Xiao He decided to approach it from another aspect.

"Long?"

Chen Ping chuckled and then put five fingers deep inside.

"Loulan is more than 5,000 miles away from Luoyang. His Majesty's fleet is so numerous that it can't travel fast at all. It can only travel about 40 miles per day at most. How long does it take to travel these 5,000 miles? It takes more than half a year to go back and forth.

, Your Majesty will only be in the Western Region for a month or two at most, or even less, so at most your Majesty will just wander around Loulan and then come back, and according to your Majesty's temperament, he will definitely not set off immediately."

"If I guess correctly, His Majesty will probably go there next year or the year after, either to order a battle or to witness a victory."

Chen Ping's calculations were spot on and left people speechless.

With the time limit, these are the only two times I can go.

It's too early to go and the troops haven't deployed yet, so there's no point in going.

The emperor's so-called personal expedition, but it is absolutely impossible to actually go to the battlefield, or even get close to the front line.

Even if the emperor wanted to go, everyone present would not agree.

Therefore, the emperor went to the Western Regions not to fight, but to visit there and tell the people of the Western Regions that I am here, and that would be all.

No matter how far away it is, it is impossible to go, and again, these can all be controlled manually.

At worst, just make arrangements in advance and set the battlefield farther away.

The emperor couldn't go even if he wanted to, so what was there to worry about?

Maybe the cost will be higher, but compared to harvesting the hearts and minds of the entire Western Region, this cost is nothing.

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"So, the next task is to make the area around Loulan safer as soon as possible, strengthen protection around the roads along the way, and at the same time, when planning, set the battlefield farther west, preferably thousands of miles away from Loulan!" Chen Ping

The corners of his mouth were slightly raised.

"Well, let's just consider it as a trip for Your Majesty..." Guan Ying smiled and nodded.

I have to admit that this chicken thief Chen Ping is really very clear about his calculations.

If you really want to control it, just control the speed on the road. It will be guaranteed that the emperor will have to return to Loulan in ten and a half months.

Facing this result, even Xiao He could only look speechless.

What else can I say?

Compared with Qin Shihuang going on a trip, this time Wang Bu Hungry went out for a legitimate reason and to do business, so the court naturally had no reason to stop him.

Besides, after so many years, the emperor, who has been frugal and living frugally, can't even go out to drive and conduct expeditions in person, so what's the point of what the emperor is doing?

However, Wang Buxian didn't know what these people really thought.

If Wang Buxian knew this, he would definitely slap him in the face.

I have been working so hard back and forth for more than half a year, just to stay there for a few days?
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