"That is our passage to the west. It must be developed." Chen Xi sighed and said, "Those who are willing to naturalize are the best. Those who are not willing to naturalize can just take care of them. But Shule and What kind of crazy operation did the survivors of Khotan run to Qinghai-Tibet?"
"The countries in the Western Region are not purely agricultural countries. Most of them are semi-nomadic and semi-agricultural. Although my method of conquering the Western Region is fast enough, I cannot guarantee that the decree will be issued completely. More importantly, it will be issued , the local people may not completely accept it." Sima Lang said calmly.
In fact, when Sima Lang asked the major families to recruit people in Xinzhou, he also had the idea of clearing out hidden dangers. After all, destroying a place and occupying it are two different things in terms of difficulty.
Especially when there is a large population in the occupied area, if you want to continue to rule, you need to invest in large-scale suppression. The Han Dynasty did have a certain amount of investment in the Western Regions, but in terms of large-scale investment in manpower to maintain rule, , it’s better to save it.
What Chen Xi wants is a cheap means, and so does Sima Lang.
Therefore, Sima Lang came up with a method of killing two birds with one stone. He asked major aristocratic families to recruit people in Xinzhou and take those disobedient Xinzhou people directly to Central Asia. This avoided the local people's group confrontation and made it easier to rule. a lot of.
By the way, I also sold a good one to various major aristocratic families, but most of the Han aristocratic families were a little shameless when they saw the benefits. Their methods of hugging people were quite over the line, especially when Sima Lang opened the door to convenience. These aristocratic families would People from some countries have finished hugging each other.
Of course, Sima Lang still wants to save face. In this regard, he is indeed inferior to Yuan Shu and Liu Zhang. These two things will save the Funan Kingdom. The reason is very good. They will find a way for the people of Funan to survive, and then they will have the people of Funan. Count them one by one, and give them to other aristocratic families for an introduction fee.
However, no matter what the method is, the methods used by Sima Lang, Yuan Shu and others are indeed to maintain local rule and reduce the resistance of local forces. However, the situation on Sima Lang's side is more complicated, with dozens of large and small countries and distribution In a territory of nearly one million square kilometers, Sima Lang was able to manage it, and he did a good job without any big troubles.
"Because the territory is too big, the area I can control is still very different from the actual Xinzhou. Many places are still gray areas." Sima Lang sighed and said, "This is because you gave me the A lot of stability maintenance resources have been allocated, otherwise it would be even more troublesome."
Although in this era, except for the Han Dynasty and Rome, other countries basically had no patriotic education and national concepts, but this was for the collective, but for individuals, some mutants would inevitably appear, and one mutant would incite a group of people.
So much so that Sima Lang had a headache about this matter, but because Xinzhou was too big, those who were unwilling to surrender would go to the oasis, so Sima Lang really had no good solution.
"So I've made a plan for you to support one county." Chen Xi said with a smile, "Liangzhou can't fight with each other, but it can definitely fight."
"I'm not worried about the combat effectiveness of Liangzhou soldiers." Sima Lang waved his hand and said, "I know those things well. I'm thinking about what the survivors of Shule and Khotan want to do when they go to Qinghai-Tibet?"
"Well, probably because there was no place to run, so I ran up there, because after running up, there is nothing you can do against them." Chen Xi thought for a while and replied casually.
"This is wrong. Boda's thinking is correct. Shule and Khotan should not go to Qinghai-Tibet. They have been wandering in the oasis area of Xinzhou. Boda has no energy to control them. Even as long as those people do not attack the trade routes, Boda Da will probably turn a blind eye." Jia Xu suddenly said.
"What Dr. Jia said makes some people think that I didn't do a good job, but from a factual point of view, yes, they are just wandering in the oasis area of Xinzhou. If they don't harass the business roads and plunder, I really don't have the energy. No matter what, I can only catch the big ones and let go the small ones now." Sima Lang nodded, acknowledging this fact.
After all, I have been in this circle before, and everyone knows it by heart. There is no need to talk about it in this way, it is just a matter of explanation.
"Shule and Khotan have no significance in going to Qinghai-Tibet. They can live in their homeland, and Boda probably has no idea of attacking Shule and Khotan in the past two years, nor has it been implemented. Even if it is to prevent problems before they happen, It’s incredible.” Liu Ye said slowly.
"Do you have any relevant information about Shule and Khotan?" Chen Xi is not stupid, but his mind is sometimes not on this aspect. But Jia Xu and Liu Ye talked to this extent, how could Chen Xi not react and immediately turn around? He turned his head to look at Guo Jia.
"No, I just thought there was something wrong with this information at the time. There was no relevant information." Guo Jia shook his head and said, "Actually, if Fa Qiang and Qing Qiang hadn't suspected that Boda was causing trouble for them due to a fight with weapons, I wouldn't have known about this at all. Intelligence, after all, we haven’t developed to the point where we have established an intelligence system to that point.”
The most powerful thing about Qingqiang and Faqiang these days is that any matter that is not in line with their understanding, they attribute it to Sima Lang, the corrupt official who is causing trouble for them.
Coupled with their good luck last year, Qingqiang and Faqiang managed to find a way to contact Chang'an. After Datian heard about it, Qingqiang and Faqiang received a batch of New Year's gifts from Chang'an, and then gave them to Chang'an every once in a while. Chang'an expressed his bitterness and described Sima Lang's behavior from his own perspective.
If Chen Xi and others had not known that Sima Lang was indeed not messing around, but because he really could not go up and complete the plan, with the efficiency of Qingqiang and Faqiang pouring out the bitter water, Sima Lang might not have needed and Man Chong, Xun Yue, Cui Yan and the three of them had a good talk.
In fact, up to now, the intelligence system in the Qinghai-Tibet region is maintained by Faqiang and Qingqiang themselves. They will also collect intelligence about the Zhangzhong Dynasty and send it to the Hanzhong Prefect, who will then send it to Chang'an. However, there must be a large number of Sima Lang among them. of black stuff.
By the way, Fa Qiang and Qing Qiang have received their supplies from the Hanzhong prefect since last year, and Fa Sima Lang's black materials are also distributed from Hanzhong. Recently, Qing Qiang and Fa Qiang have begun to get closer to Hanzhong County, hoping to join the Hanzhong area , and asked Hanzhong County to build a road for him to enter Tibet.
Xue Dun, the governor of Hanzhong County, said, "If you want me to die, just say so." Then Xue Dun started to die. Qingqiang and Faqiang were confused by this, but they just thought that the governor of Hanzhong County was embarrassed to take over their new state. People, so they continued to collect dirty materials about Sima Lang.
Generally speaking, the efficiency of Faqiang and Qingqiang can be eliminated by themselves, so Chen Xi is not too worried about the problems of these two tribes. It is just that it is a headache to keep doing this. Besides, Shule and Yu are coming up. Khotan, and the remnants of the Jingjue Kingdom, Chen Xizhen just wanted to ask, is it possible to go up there if you want?
"Uh, that's not right. It seems that you can't go up to that place if you want to." Chen Xi scratched his head and looked at Jia Xu and asked, this is the big problem, even if the army wants to go up, it will still need to carry out complicated tasks in future generations. It's all about training, it takes a lot of time, okay?
"I'm afraid there's something wrong here." Li You squinted his eyes and glanced at Sima Lang with a cold light. Sima Lang immediately sat upright.
"There are some things that they can do without me forcing them." Sima Lang explained, "If I can force them to go to Qinghai-Tibet, they can go to Qinghai-Tibet. I think this should be considered a strong mental talent. Bar."
Li You's mouth twitched twice when he heard this, and he nodded. Sima Lang was right. This was really not something Sima Lang wanted them to do, so they could go up.
Li You pondered for a moment, and decided not to waste time on things he couldn't understand. He sent some professionals over, so he picked up the seal from the side, took up a pen and wrote a military order, stamped it with the official seal, and stamped it again He handed his seal to Zhang Ji, who asked Zhang Ji to make a copy and send it to Liu Bei, and then handed the original to Sima Lang.
"What you're doing is too rough." Chen Xi looked at the seal that Li You handed to Sima Lang.
"The best way to solve the problem is, although I don't know how the survivors of Shule went up, but as long as we send a legion up and take a look, the problem will be solved. It is more reasonable for them to return to Congling. Let them take the Cavalry Headquarters up to have a look." Li You said with an indifferent expression.
If you don't know what's going on up there, and you don't know what happened when Shule and Khotan went up, then don't figure it out, just send the army up there and be done with it.
If there are no problems in Shule and Yutian, it's just because of good luck, then it doesn't matter. Let the Xiliang warriors hammer and hammer, and the criticism of weapons can still convince the Shule people. After all, the Shule people have been attacked by the Xiliang warriors many times. If you die with a hammer, you will definitely be able to convince the other party.
If Shule and Yutian have other ideas, such as colluding with the Xiangxiong Dynasty or something, then let the Xiliang Iron Cavalry lead Fa Qiang and Qing Qiang to quell these troubled guys, which can also appease Qing Qiang. Qiang and Faqiang, tell them to calm down and send less news to Changan.
"I think it's okay too." Jia Xu touched his beard. Although Li You's method was a bit rough, it was indeed very effective.
"Okay." Chen Xi was convinced of Jia Xu's judgment. Since Jia Xu said there was no problem, it should really be no problem. "Then I'll ask Boda to collect food and grass on the spot, and wait." Wait, how do you deliver this food and grass?"
"..." Sima Lang and Li You were furious. How else could they send it up? Of course, ten civilians would send one soldier's food and fodder up there, forcefully!
"Prepare the road into Tibet." Chen Xi said to Sun Qian, "Without a road and relying on mountain trails, this is simply turning back the clock on history."
"It's being repaired. The engineering team is ready." Sun Qian said expressionlessly.
