Chapter 56: Use barbarians to control barbarians
"Yes, they lack the necessary items for daily life, so they come to the border to do business. After arriving at the border to do business, do we have the final say whether to exchange goods or buy with money?" Qin An said.
Everyone suddenly realized that they understood what Qin An meant. Simply put, I have the final say on my territory.
Li Si said excitedly: "Yes, this is it. This is the place I have never thought of. Thank you sir for giving me this enlightenment."
Li Si bowed to Qin An excitedly.
Qin An immediately stood up, waved his hand and said: "Old Li, you are too polite. You are too polite. We are all our own people, so there is no need to be so polite."
Ying Zheng smiled and said: "Yes, we are all our own people, you are welcome. Lao Li, would you like to sit down?"
"No." Li Si sat down again.
Qin An also sat down and said: "In fact, it is very simple to control the Xiongnu. It is to use the people of Great Qin to intermarry with the Xiongnu, and let the Huns learn everything about Great Qin. Over time, the Xiongnu will be assimilated by Great Qin.
Just like the Han Dynasty, after the Xiongnu were defeated by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, this was how they controlled the Xiongnu. Over time, the Xiongnu were destroyed.
It is a pity that the Qin Dynasty was still in the stage of hundreds of schools of thought and had no specific culture except Legalism. As a result, even if they controlled the Xiongnu, they would not be able to manage the Xiongnu for a long time.
Therefore, using business to control the Huns is the best way. "
"It is easy to control the Xiongnu people with business, but it is not easy to control their leaders. There are many Xiongnu tribes, and each tribe has a leader." Meng Tian said, "These leaders all obey their Shanyu's words. This is why Da Qin has been unable to eliminate the Xiongnu. .
The husband's second strategy was to massacre, to kill all the Xiongnu's active forces, so that when the Xiongnu army came back, they would find that there were no more of his people.
I personally think this is a very feasible strategy. As we all know, His Majesty the First Emperor sent Meng Tian to lead thirty Meng troops to attack the Huns and drive them out of the Hetao area.
Just kill all the Xiongnu, or capture them all to build the Great Wall, and force Touman Shanyu to fight to the death with the Meng army. "
"Yes. But there is a loophole in this strategy." Qin An said.
"What loophole?" Meng Tian asked.
"Meng Tian wanted to arrest and kill the Xiongnu people. After the Xiongnu people learned the news, they would leave their prairie without hesitation and follow Touman Khan wholeheartedly. They would completely hate the Qin Dynasty, which would increase their combat power. A lot." Qin An explained.
"In addition, this strategy has caused too many killings, and I do not support this strategy."
Meng Tian also rejected the second strategy after hearing this.
Others also nodded. This man didn't kill many and allowed the Xiongnu to reunite. This was not a good thing for Great Qin.
Meng Tian said: "Sir, I admire you for your compassion. Let's continue with the third point. It is impossible for Da Qin to establish a mobile base. There is no one. All the laborers of Da Qin have gone to build the Great Wall. There is no one to build this mobile base. .
In addition, although this mobile base is good, it is only suitable for use on the grassland, not other places.
However, now the Xiongnu have fled the Hetao area, and I don’t know where they are hiding. Otherwise, my ancestors would have caught up with them and driven them all out.
So the third strategy cannot be used, what do you think, sir? "
"What you said makes sense. Maybe I didn't think too much. It's really inappropriate to use my own eyes to think about Qin's strategy towards the Xiongnu.
Moving the base is not difficult now, but it is indeed difficult for Da Qin. Because there were many technologies in between that were completely impossible for Da Qin at the time.
This is also my mistake, but there is no policy against the Xiongnu in history. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty directly defeated the Xiongnu and defeated the Xiongnu in an upright manner. "
Meng Tian suddenly said with disappointment: "Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty is really powerful, I have to admire him for this."
Ying Zheng also said: "After the First Emperor, there is an emperor who can defeat the Huns. He is indeed a great emperor."
Everyone nodded. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was a wise and powerful emperor. Everyone had to admit this.
Qin An suddenly smiled and said: "Don't be so disappointed. In history, there is really no other way to deal with the Xiongnu except to fight.
But there are still methods for dealing with ethnic minorities in history. "
"What can we do?" Meng Tian asked immediately.
Ying Zheng said with some complaints: "Sir, why didn't you tell me earlier? We have given up on dealing with the Huns."
Qin An scratched his head and said embarrassedly: "I didn't think of this at the moment, not to mention that it happened more than two thousand years ago, so I didn't think about it that much.
But you will definitely like this method. Anyway, I really like it. "
"Sir, please tell me quickly." Meng Tian asked impatiently, his whole body spinning around like an ant on a hot pot.
When the others saw this, they all smiled. This Xiongnu was a worry in Meng Tian's heart.
Qin An smiled and said: "Since you are so impatient, Lao Meng, I won't beat around the bush. This method is very simple, which is to cultivate puppets and divide the Xiongnu.
Everyone knows that the Huns only had one chanyu, but they had many tribal leaders. "
Meng Tian nodded and said: "The Xiongnu is a group of many tribes that united together to become the Xiongnu, so there are many leaders."
Qin An said: "The key is here. If I were Meng Tian, I would find a timid leader in the Xiongnu tribe who wants to be king and dominate as a puppet.
Then let the First Emperor canonize this puppet as the Great Khan of the Huns, greater than the current Khan, and then inform all the Huns of the news.
This puppet has given a series of good preferential treatment policies to make all the Huns surrender to him. In this case, do you think the authentic Khan can still sit still? "
"High, really high." Ying Zheng said, "In this way, Da Qin's army can seriously injure the Huns without spending a single soldier."
"Village Chief, I also think your method is much better than mine." Meng Tian smiled.
Qin An said: "That's of course. To sum it up in one sentence, it is to use the Huns to manage the Huns and use the barbarians to control the barbarians."
"It's a good sentence to use barbarians to control barbarians. If the First Emperor knows about it, he will definitely reward you greatly." Ying Zheng said excitedly.
"Forget it, the First Emperor has been dead for two thousand years." Qin An smiled and said casually.
Ying Zheng smiled and said: "Sir, what if the First Emperor is really willing to reward you?"
"What if?" Qin An thought for a while and said, "Not to mention, if I really traveled to the Qin Dynasty, what I want most is a large piece of land and business rights."
"Why?" Ying Zheng asked?
