King Wusun drank Sima Lang's cup of practice wine and set off on his way. There is nothing more to say. The diplomacy of the Han Dynasty has always been hegemonic. In the past, he just did not set his sights on the Western Regions. Now he has set his sights on this place. There are many things. Everything has changed.
Dayuan, Kangju, and Wusun formed an alliance to protect themselves. However, after Sima Lang led a hundred cavalry to the royal city, and faced the king's heartfelt questions, all three royal families were moved back to the Central Plains.
The gap between size and strength is there. If the Han Dynasty gives Jianxing wine and he still refuses to leave, then he will really have to give him a farewell wine. Maybe he can even bring a bowl to the Xiongnu under Jiuquan. , If you can’t get down the stairs, is it possible that you really want to die?
In the past, Dawan was able to defeat the Han Dynasty in Ershi City. In addition to Li Guangli's own skills, another important point was that the Huns were still active. Most of the Han Dynasty's combat power was used to defend against the Huns. Now, The tombs of Xiongnu are a good place to raise cattle and sheep!
Therefore, when Cabbage and others came to the Western Regions, Wusun had become history and was demoted to a county. Water conservancy facilities were being built, roads were paved, and trees were planted everywhere.
During the Eastern Han Dynasty, the forests in the Western Regions were still quite lush. Although they were no longer as dense as those during the Western Han Dynasty, basically the small countries in the Western Regions still had large oases that were enough to support their own people. After the merger of the thirty-six countries, they became one state and could support hundreds of people. Ten thousand people are still fine.
Not counting the bonus brought by his brother Sima Yi's usurpation of the country in later generations, Sima Lang was also one of the five famous ministers who governed the region and went down in history. What's more, when he came to the Western Regions, Chen Xi told his clan brother what to do. How to govern the Western Regions.
Chen Xi did not need to tell Sima Lang about the conventional gathering of villages and merging villages, promulgating more suitable local laws, changing customs, and Confucian education. The other party had a better grasp of these things than Chen Xi. What Chen Xi told Sima Lang was more about fixing the sand. , re-closing karez wells to reduce the loss of groundwater, suppress the process of desertification in the Western Regions, and build the Western Regions as close to the Central Plains as possible.
After all, the progress of desertification in the Western Regions in this era has just begun. A large number of oases and rivers have not disappeared, and forests and lush aquatic plants still exist. As long as sand fixation is effective, there is hope that the situation that will be difficult to return to in future generations can be curbed from the source.
After all, the way for the Han Dynasty to move westward has been opened, and the Western Regions will become the bridgehead no matter what. After combining with Liangzhou, if the grain and grass can be solved on the spot in the Western Regions, and the soldiers can be solved on the spot in Liangzhou, then the pressure on the central government will be greatly increased. reduce.
Chen Xi is really limited by population now and cannot continue to increase output. As for the current general situation, Chen Xi must either build a power machine and find a way to promote the industrialization process, or find a way to increase the population, or he must do both. Grasp.
But the problem is that both of these skills require a lot of time to accumulate, especially industrialization. The first-generation power machines are not yet usable. Therefore, Chen Xi can only use the maximum advantage of manpower as much as possible to make all regions in the Central Plains Play to your ultimate level, reduce the pressure on your side as much as possible, and make way for long-term planning.
Therefore, Chen Xi's positioning for Sima Lang is to do a good job in Xinzhou, bring the population to the peak level of Yuzhou, and be able to support foreign wars with the strength of a single state. Sima Lang can only roll his eyes at this, I am very powerful, but you The requirements are not something that can be accomplished in this category.
But you can't say these words. Just follow Chen Xi's command. Isn't it just Gusha? I, Sima Lang, really don’t know much about sand fixation, but your request, Chen Xi, is still very simple. Isn’t it just to plant trees? Plant, capture all the bandits in the Western Region, and then arrange to plant trees.
In the past, the governors and governors of various places did not pay much attention to local bandits. Even when the politics were clear, as long as the trouble was not too big, they would not take the initiative to deal with it, because many times the bandits were directly local people, busy with farming. For the people, they work as bandits in their leisure time, and they just do hunting and hunting for food. The number of real professional bandits is very small, and the suppression of bandits is of little significance.
But since Chen Xi came to power, thieves and bandits? Can't solve it? Since the Taishan period, we have been catching and fighting bandits. We have been in charge of one place and we have attacked the bandits in another place. We have fought from Qingzhou to Jizhou, and from Jizhou to Chang'an. I don't believe it can't be solved. Now that we are in charge of the world, all the bandits have been captured. .
It can be said that when the horse bandits and sand bandits in the Western Regions appeared, Sima Lang, who had become accustomed to the environment in the Central Plains over the years, immediately joined the army.
That's right, when the Thirty-Six Kingdoms were being pacified, Sima Lang took a hundred cavalry over to have a good talk with the royal family of the Western Regions. When they encountered bandits, Sima Lang drove his army up.
The horse bandits and sand bandits in the Western Regions were beaten into dogs a few years ago when Li Jue became the Colonel of Wuji and sought hegemony in the Western Regions. In the past two years, Li Jue went to Congling and neglected the work of Colonel Wuji. The horse bandits and sand bandits who dared not show up after being killed for two years showed up again, and the result...
The regular army suppressed the bandits, and everything was peaceful. There was also a wise man like Sima Lang behind the plan. All the local bandits had their heads blown off, and now they are all planting trees.
Therefore, after Cabbage and Aisot came to the Western Regions, they saw such a harmonious situation. The entire Western Regions were flourishing under the governance of the Han Dynasty. There was a scene of prosperity and development everywhere, and the people seemed quite happy. Wealth is high, and business exchanges are very frequent.
After entering here, since Aisote and others were the official Kushan wedding team, and Cao Cao had sent a note in advance, and Sima Lang had worked as Cao Cao's subordinate for a long time, he came to greet the team in person.
During this period, Sima Lang was also quite shocked by Bei Gui's combat effectiveness. Even if he knew the composition of the wedding reception personnel sent by Bei Gui in advance, there was still a big gap between what he saw and what was described on paper. Gang, Sima Lang also saw it for the first time.
This makes Kabage and others quite proud. After all, compared to the Han Dynasty vassal territories they passed through when heading north from Kandahar, they behave like normal people here.
When Cabbage and others went north, they inevitably passed through the territory of several aristocratic families. As a result, those aristocratic families were all Kushan. It was a waste. With so many Qi Practitioners forming a queue to welcome the bride, could it be better than being a middle- and lower-level commander? Beigui really can make it, what a waste!
Later, when he arrived at Congling, Li Jue received a lot of sour notices from a large number of aristocratic families in advance, and he directly pulled out 80,000 cavalry to greet him. Fortunately, both Cabbage and Aisot were strong-willed people, otherwise it would have been just a matter of time. Such a welcome from all walks of life is enough to make people feel frightened.
However, after experiencing that confrontation, Cabbage finally adjusted his mentality - he is indeed very powerful in Kushan, and the people he leads are indeed elite, but the place they are going to is the center of the world after all - Han Empire!
"Your Excellency, Mr. Cabbage, the envoy to welcome the bride, and this is the deputy envoy Aisot." Liu Xian introduced Sima Lang with a smile, and Sima Lang also greeted them one by one, and then invited Cabbage and Aisot to stay for a day. , took a rest before setting out on the road, and the two of them did not refuse.
Not to mention Congling, once you reach the Western Regions, it is truly the territory of the Han Dynasty. Even if it is a new land, it must follow the Han system. After all, China is a country of etiquette, and since it is a formal wedding team, the Han Dynasty We are happy to see this happen, so we will naturally make arrangements for food and accommodation.
Although many aristocratic families who founded Central Asia have raised objections to this, saying that the Cao family is really stupid, and they actually used such despicable methods, but Cao Cao said hehe! What's wrong with being a prostitute? Is there any problem with receiving a bride price when marrying a daughter? Isn't it just that the betrothal gift is relatively heavy, but so what? If it's sour, you can try it too.
In short, while Cao Cao was bickering with the Central Asian aristocratic families, he sent invitations to these people, inviting them to attend the wedding of his legitimate daughter, while the major aristocratic families were cursing and unhappily preparing gifts for Cao Cao's married daughter.
After all, no matter how bitter they are, they still have to live up to their reputation. What's more, major aristocratic families estimate that they have a lot of places to rely on the Cao family in the short term. What's more, this wedding just happened to be attended by the deputy, and some things also require the deputy to sit together. Have a good exchange.
I was still thinking about how to organize this matter before. In the past, the Yuan family took the lead. However, this year, the Yuan family and Rome have not stopped. They are still fighting. I heard that an ancient god was killed. The two sides have stopped fighting. Although It's not that they can't make money, but it's obvious that the Yuan family doesn't want to organize this year.
As for other families taking the lead, I'm afraid that's really not possible. Even if every family has an idea, it will be difficult to get it started. Whoever takes the lead is equivalent to who is in charge. But now, even the families that stick together have a feudal state, and everyone can If you are not nobler than anyone else, why should you preside over it?
When there is an eldest brother, every family always wants to overthrow the Yuan family. We don’t need an eldest brother who wants to be their father all day long. Whoever tells me that the eldest brother is a father I will beat him to death. Brothers are brothers. What are you talking about? Father, it turns out that the Yuan family can't make any money this year. The major families really feel that a snake has no head. Even if the head is rubbish, there really is one!
After all, it has been a year since they came out. With Chen Xi's loan and the large amount of supplies purchased, each family has now armed its army. Regardless of its combat effectiveness, at least it looks quite glamorous, and there is no trace of internal suppression in each feudal state. question.
Of course, the economy of the feudal states established by major aristocratic families was pretty bad, and there was basically no hope of self-sufficiency.
As early as this year's summer grain came out, this group of people discovered this problem. If they continued to buy grain, they would lose money. So they broke the jars, confiscated all the summer grain, implemented a rationing system, and then the army suppressed the rebellion and worked hard to make money. Food, if you don’t work, you will be killed directly.
It can be said that this group of aristocratic families really brought out the scornful side of human life in the imperial system. Fortunately, these people were playing in Anxi and did not dare to take action against the people of the Han Dynasty. Otherwise, they would have been shot to death by Chen Xi. This approach is really too much. Crazy, but this almost unscrupulous approach has successfully brought various feudal countries back from the brink of death.
The strong organizational power brought by military control allowed the major families to forcibly maintain the operation of the country. Although the Parthian people under their command once again began to die in droves due to the arrival of winter, the political entity began to strangely stabilize.
To put it simply, the power established by this group of aristocratic families is actually more stable than the living area established by Aldashir.
At this point, the major aristocratic families only need to repeat what their ancestors have done from the beginning of next year, and forcibly use military organizational power to run the country. In less than five years, they will become a truly self-sufficient feudal society. country.
Of course, this step will block many feudal countries, so the major families entering this cycle also need to exchange experiences with each other, and the marriage of Princess Qinghe can barely count as a reason.
Who made the eldest brother who wanted to be a father all day long got into trouble and stopped working this year?
Therefore, the major aristocratic families complained bitterly that Cao Cao was really embarrassed, and wrote back that they would definitely send people there when the time came. They must have a platform to communicate openly and honestly in order to prepare for the next great cause.
These things were all placed on Chen Xi's desk, but Chen Xi only gave up after briefly scanning them. He was caught by Liu Bei and asked about some things.
"Xuan Degong, do you have any questions?" Chen Xi looked at Liu Bei who was about to speak strangely and said, strangely, is there anything else that he can't say in front of him?
"Ahem, I heard that the wedding team from Beigui has arrived in the Western Regions and will arrive in Chang'an in a month at most." Liu Bei coughed twice and changed the subject.
"Yes, it may not even take a month. Their war horses all have inner energy and can be regarded as precious horses. If it weren't for the above list saying that they were going to Barkol Lake to pay homage to their ancestors, they might have arrived faster." Chen Xi He nodded and said, "And they themselves have become powerful through Qi training."
"How should we arrange it then?" Liu Bei covered his face with the tea, but Chen Xi had been hanging out with Liu Bei for so many years, so how could he not know what Liu Bei meant by this.
"Is one month enough?" Chen Xi asked curiously.
"I don't know the Yuezhi language." Liu Bei sighed, without answering the question of time. In one month, there were only 2,000 people, and I got to know about 77 or 88 of them in a few days.
"It's okay, we still have his psychic pearls." Chen Xi looked aside and said, Chen Xi didn't mean to apologize to Cao Cao at all, "After all, the princess is getting married, so if you choose a good and auspicious day, there should be no problem with the rest. .”
"The princess must also want to meet the warriors from Beigui." Liu Bei said softly. Chen Xi understood instantly. When he met the regent princess, he had a strong obsession with Da Yuezhi's proposal to marry the princess and the Han Dynasty to fight the Huns. , this group of people will remember the princess for the rest of their lives, and when the time comes, they can get some chicken blood, Cao Cao’s soldiers and horses? Under Cao Cao? Do you believe it?
"Okay." Chen Xi touched his chin and said, "After all, we are welcoming the bride, and we will definitely meet the eldest princess. If we eat in the name of the eldest princess, it might have miraculous effects."
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