On the 18th day of the first lunar month of the seventh year of Xing'an in Wei, Cao Liang issued an order to announce his return to the court.

This time has been confirmed long ago, so there was no surprise when the imperial edict was issued, but this still made the Wei army soldiers very excited.

They can finally go home!

While setting off, we received another good news from Yizhou. General Fubo, Tan Kai, led the newly formed ocean-going naval fleet to land in Yizhou. The last distance between the remnants of Wu was finally taken down. Sun Jin, the last emperor of Wu, surrendered with the white flag, and the remaining forces of Wu were completely destroyed. At this point, Cao Liang finally achieved unification of the world and the whole world was one family.

This time, the Wei army was able to successfully capture Yizhou, not only because of the newly formed powerful ocean fleet, which gave the Wei navy the ability to fight in the sea, but more importantly, the remnant Wu Xiao court who fled to Yizhou had an internal strife. The four ministers who were in charge of the government were suspicious of each other, and Liu Ping was killed by Wu Yan, and Wu Yan was killed by Xue Ying and Hu Chong. In the end, Xue Ying and Hu Chong fought each other and both died. This civil strife in Yizhou completely defeated the family of the remnant Wu Xiao court.

When Tan Kai's naval fleet landed in Yizhou, the remnant Wu court descended in sight, and there was no one who could resist.

Although this was an insignificant victory, it had extraordinary significance. From then on, the Great Wei Empire achieved true unification of the world, and Cao Liang also stood at a height that the eternal emperor had never reached.

After all, no matter the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors or Qin Emperors and Han Emperors, their territory was limited to the Central Plains. Today, the territory of the Great Wei is no longer limited to the Central Plains. The entire Western Regions desert north and south are included in the territory of the Great Wei. Even wild islands like Yizhou have become a land of internal control, and the ministers have come to express their congratulations to Cao Liang one after another.

Cao Liang was calm and calm. Although he was unprecedented in terms of expanding territory, he was not considered a successor. Only the Mongolians who fought the Danube were considered the strongest conqueror.

However, the Central Plains were pacified, and Cao Liang's conquest did not stop. Deng Zhong led his army to attack Pan Yue Kingdom, and good news came. Since Pan Yue Kingdom's king Shamoke died in Nanzhong and the 30,000 soldiers were completely destroyed, Pan Yue Kingdom was almost empty. Deng Zhong attacked Pan Yue Kingdom and successfully captured most of the territory of Pan Yue Kingdom without any effort.

However, Cheli and Da Guangguo, who had been catching the territory of Panyue Kingdom, also began to move. Their troops frequently attacked Panyue County and fought fiercely with the Wei army, and the situation there became unoptimistic.

At this time, Sima Lun - who should be called Cao Lun - took the initiative to propose to Cao Liang to send troops to Panyue Kingdom to rescue Deng Zhong.

Although Cao Lun recognized Cao Liang, he did not seem to want to return to Luoyang. After experiencing the Sima brothers' slaughter, Cao Lun also clearly realized that returning to Luoyang was not a good destination.

Although he is just an illegitimate son and may not pose a threat to Prince Cao Jing, who is a legitimate son of his family, it is not easy for him to stay out of the matter as a prince, so Cao Lun took the initiative to propose that he wanted to go to Panyue Kingdom to avoid the whirlpool of politics.

Although Cao Liang was a little reluctant, after all, they finally recognized each other and had no time to talk about family matters, but Cao Liang still agreed to Cao Lun's decision.

When returning to Luoyang, Cao Lun was at most appointed as a prince without realism, and enjoyed wealth and military power for the rest of his life. Basically, there was no need to think about it. For Cao Lun, who had outstanding military talent, he could only waste his life.

This time, Cao Lun took the initiative to ask to go to Panyue County, which made Cao Liang feel a little happy. With Cao Lun's talent and courage, he will definitely do something on the land of the South Asian subcontinent.

Therefore, Cao Liang handed over all the 100,000 surrendered soldiers from Shu Kingdom to Cao Lun, including Cao Lun's own direct army, as well as the troops of Wu Kingdom and Shu Kingdom.

Cao Liang issued an edict to accept Sima Lun as his adopted son, and gave him the surname Cao, and appointed him as the King of Pingxi, governor of the military affairs of Tianzhu, Luo Xian and Bu Xie were the deputy governors, commanding 100,000 troops and heading to Panyue County.

As for Cao Lun's wife, Princess Nanping and her youngest son, she would go to Luoyang with Anle Gong Liu Chan. Cao Liang liked and loved the emperor Cao Fu very much. He recognized his son and picked up a grandson. Cao Liang was extremely satisfied.

After seeing off Cao Lun, the time to return to Beijing was determined, but Cao Liang found that Bai Lingjun was missing. Cao Liang immediately ordered Fang Bu to send people to search for her from many sources, and soon found her in a nunnery in Longquan Mountain outside Chengdu City. Surprisingly, Bai Lingjun had already cut her hair into a nun and escaped into the nun.

Cao Liang personally went to Longquan Mountain to meet Bai Lingjun, hoping that she could change her mind and go back to the palace with her. Cao Liang wanted to grant her a concubine to make up for her regrets over the years.

Bai Lingjun refused decisively. After all, she was Sima Yi's woman. If Cao Liang was adopted as a concubine, wouldn't it be ridiculed by the people of the world and would also defame Cao Liang's reputation. Now that Cao Lun can recognize his ancestors and return to his hometown, all her wishes will be fulfilled. There will be nothing she cares about in this world. From then on, the green lamp and wooden fish will be with her, and this life will be her best destination.

Bai Lingjun was very determined, and Cao Liang couldn't force her anymore, so he asked the governor of Yizhou to allocate some money to rebuild Xinyue Temple in Longquan Mountain to give her a good practice environment.

Maybe they will never meet again in this life, and only wish that the years will be peaceful and life will be sound.

On the 18th day of the first lunar month, Cao Liang officially set off and returned to the court.

In addition to the Wei army soldiers of the three major legions, there were more than a hundred surrendered ministers from Anle Gong Liu Chan and Liu Chan's sons.

Xiahou Ba, who had already retired and was at home, was also among them. Yang Hu came to invite him personally. Even Xiahou Ba did not expect that he would have the opportunity to return to his hometown in the twilight years. He couldn't help but burst into tears and felt a lot of emotion.

The mighty army left Chengdu and headed northward, and arrived in Hanzhong through the Baishui of Jiange. Jiang Bin, who had surrendered, led people to greet him in Seoul. Cao Liang praised his loyalty and courage, and specially appointed Jiang Bin as the prefect of Hanzhong, and Wang She was the prefect of Wudu, guarding the local area.

Then the army continued northward, from Ziwu Valley to Chang'an, and returned to Luoyang in early March.

Upon hearing the news that Cao Liang had returned to the court, the Crown Prince Cao Jing immediately led all civil and military officials to Gucheng 30 miles away to welcome him, and even the Queen Mother Liu Ying went to greet him in person.

Logically speaking, with normal courtesy, the Empress Dowager did not have to go out of the city to welcome him. However, the Empress Dowager was Cao Liang who had been fighting for many years, and the Second, his younger brother Liu Chan also came to Luoyang. The arrival of relatives who had not seen him in fifty years made Liu Ying very excited and had to go to Gucheng to welcome him in person.

When the Empress Dowager left the palace, naturally the Empress Yang Huiyu and Concubine De Sima Ru could not sit in the palace. They all came to Gucheng with Liu Ying to welcome the sage.

Gucheng is just a small county town outside Luoyang City, but now it has become the most solemn place. The crowds are crowded with people, the sun is covered with flags, drums and music are noisy, and the people of Luoyang are even supporting the elderly and young, greeting each other in the road, burning incense and worshiping each other, which is very lively.

After Cao Liang arrived at Gucheng, he saw such a formation and could not help but blame the left and right prime ministers Huan Fan and Xiahou Xuan who came to welcome him. Such a luxurious ceremonial war would cost so much money. Although the world is peaceful and the rivers are clear and the seas are peaceful, the war is now settled, and everything is in trouble. There are too many places to spend money. It should not be just to take over the horse.

Huan Fan and Xiahou Xuan knew that Cao Liang had always been frugal and did not like extravagance. They had to hold this reception ceremony briefly, but the empress dowager insisted on leaving the palace, so no one could stop him. Moreover, when the empress dowager came out, the empress and Concubine De had to follow him. For safety reasons, shouldn't we send a large number of imperial guards to protect him? So the bigger the situation, it was impossible for Huan Fan and Xiahou Xuan to control it.

When Cao Liang heard that his mother had come, he suddenly lost his words. Then the prince met him. Cao Jing stepped forward to see his father and worshiped him with great gifts.

Although he hadn't seen each other for several years, Cao Liang still maintained communications with Luoyang. He had always had strict requirements on Cao Jing. Cao Liang had done all the conquests in the world, so Cao Liang didn't need him to be an emperor, but he was not careless in governing the country.

During the days when Cao Liang left Beijing, the Crown Prince Cao Jing had always been the governor of the country. All major and small matters in the court would be handled by Cao Jing personally and reported to Cao Liang later. Cao Liang only had a look at it and signed a reading letter. He would only correct him if Cao Jing had any inappropriate points.

Cao Liang often taught Cao Jing that the people are the most important, the country is the second best, and the king is the least. This common people are the foundation of the world. The people are water and the king is the boat. Water can carry boats and can also overturn the boats. It is not difficult to say the way of being a king, but it is not easy to say it. As long as the interests of the people are placed first, it is not difficult to do this emperor. On the contrary, the emperor will definitely be in the near future.

In history, the Cao Wei Dynasty was just a short dynasty, and it had never realized the grand vision of unifying the world. In the end, Sima Jiazan seized the throne and quickly disappeared into the long river of history.

However, the Western Jin Dynasty established by the Sima family did not end well, but fell into the bottomless abyss.

Now Cao Liang's arrival has overturned the entire history. The Sima family has been completely destroyed and there is no chance to make a monster. Moreover, Cao Liang has also accomplished the feat of unifying the world and eliminated the Five Barbarians, completely cutting off their signs of disaster in China. The Chinese nation will not be ravaged and trampled by foreign races for at least hundreds of years.

Now that the world is peaceful, the whole world is one family. How to truly make the people live and work in peace and prosperity is the biggest problem facing the current court. It is not easy to conquer the country, and it is even more difficult to defend the country. In the future, Cao Liang will eventually be passed on the throne after a hundred years, and Cao Liang will not be able to wait until then to teach Cao Jing.

Therefore, Cao Liang has always paid special attention to cultivating Cao Jing's way of becoming a king. Even though he is now the crown prince, he can handle government affairs review memorials skillfully. His performance is remarkable, which makes Cao Liang feel very relieved.

The following came was the car of the Empress Dowager Liu Ying. Cao Liang hurriedly went up to pay his respects. Knowing that Liu Ying didn't care about Cao Liang at all, he asked anxiously: "Where is Gongsi?"

Cao Liang could feel his mother's urgent mood when she wanted to see Liu Chan. He smiled slightly and ordered someone to pass on Liu Chan.

When Dangyang Changbanpo was separated, Liu Ying was just a 7 or 8-year-old lolita, and Liu Chan was even a baby in a cradle. For more than fifty years, Liu Ying had been dreaming of hope to meet her younger brother again, but unfortunately, she was separated from each other and had no chance to see her again.

Now that his long-cherished wish has been fulfilled, Liu Ying naturally couldn't wait to see Liu Chan.

Soon Liu Chan came forward to pay homage to the empress dowager. When the siblings met, they hugged their heads and cried bitterly. Liu Ying asked about her well-being and was extremely concerned about Liu Chan, asking him if he had any grievances and whether Cao Liang abused him, which made Cao Liang very embarrassed.

Liu Chan is quite tactful. Although he is the king of the devastated country, he can hold the queen mother's thick leg in Luoyang. Anyway, he has his own sister to protect the rest of his life, so he can live a safe and sound life.

After returning to Luoyang, Cao Liang sat high in the Golden Palace, rewarded his merits and was granted great honor to all his ministers.

This time, Cao Liang broke the ancestral teaching that he could not be granted the title of king unless he was the Cao family, and a total of five people were named kings: the left prime minister, the Pingyang Duke Huan Fan was named King of Zhongchuan, the right prime minister, the Jinyang Duke Xiahou Xuan was named King of Beiping, the left army governor, the cavalry general, the Xiangyang Duke Deng Ai was named King of Xiliang, the central army governor, the guard general, the Luyang Duke Yang Hu was named King of Donglai, the right army governor, the ches and cavalry general, and the Wuyang Duke Du Yu was named King of Nanhai.

Seven people were dukes: Pei Xiu was named Duke of Wei, Wen Qin was named Duke of Zheng, Shi Bao was named Duke of Chen, Wang Jun was named Duke of Liang, Qian Hong was named Duke of Yue, Liu Jing was named Duke of Yong, and Ma Long was named Duke of Lu.

Twelve people including Zhang Tong, Wen Yang were named Duke of the County, and there were more than 60 marquises. As for Bo Zinan’s third-level title, hundreds of people were awarded the title, covering almost all the meritorious officials and military generals.

In addition to the two levels of the king and the king, the other Dukes and Marquises and Bozi barons are set to third-class each level, namely first-class Duke, second-class Duke, third-class Duke, first-class Duke, second-class Duke, and third-class Duke. The refinement is carried out to a certain extent. From the king to the baron, it is divided into seven levels and seventeen levels, which makes it more convenient to reward merits.

This time, the great enthronement of ministers was naturally an inevitable move after Cao Liang unified the world. After all, everyone followed him for more than 20 years and made great contributions. When will it take for him to not be rewarded?

All the ministers were rewarded and were naturally excited.

Pei Xiu reported that as today is a peaceful and prosperous era, the rivers and seas are peaceful, the court no longer needs to maintain such a large army. In addition to retaining part of the organization, the remaining soldiers of the battalions should be dismissed and returned to the fields.

After reading it, Cao Liang just smiled slightly and reviewed it: This matter will be discussed in the future! Then he put it aside.

Three years later, in the spring of the tenth year of Xing'an, the sixth camps of Yueqi, Tunqi, Xiaoqi, Guoqi, Jingqi, and Ruiqi, which were stationed in various places, suddenly received the order from His Majesty the Emperor, and 100,000 elite cavalry gathered at Yumen Pass.

Cao Liang was dressed in military uniform and vowed to the west, and embarked on a new journey again...

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