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Facing Liu Ce's inquiry, Gong Yanggao and Ye Bin looked at each other, and then Gong Yanggao took the lead in speaking: "Your Majesty, I also thought it was time for my people to recuperate.
Since the founding of the dynasty, there have been endless wars for years. Of course, I understand that some battles have to be fought, but now that the Han Dynasty has unified the north and the south,
The world is in ruins and waiting to be revived. Let's put down the war for the time being and let the soldiers and people of the world enjoy this peaceful and prosperous age. "
"Peace? Prosperity?"
Liu Ce frowned slightly.
Ye Bin also said: "Your Majesty, I also think that we should fight against each other so that our Chinese people can take a breather. After all, with the current national strength of our country,
The surrounding countries simply do not dare to commit a minor offence. As the saying goes, subduing the enemy without fighting is the best strategy. Please consider it at your discretion. "
Liu Ce sighed lightly, looked at the clear sky outside the hall, and did not speak for a long time.
After a long while, he slowly said: "I know why you are worried so much. Are you afraid that I will resort to violence and end up making the people miserable, causing our land of China to sink into a place of no return again?"
The three of them did not speak, but the expressions on their faces clearly acquiesced to what Liu Ce said.
Liu Ce said: "In this case, I dare to ask three of you, if the Bohe people instigated the Jinchuan border people, forced the aliens in Jinchuan to rebel, and killed our compatriots, is this the end of the matter?"
Okay, even if it’s for the sake of the overall situation, let’s forget it. So what should I do with the lost country? I wonder what your opinions are? "
Gongyang Gao said: "Your Majesty, the land of Jinchuan is originally a place where foreign races live. They are nominally attached to the Central Plains, but they are not willing to accept the teachings of our royal way in the Central Plains.
At that time, it was because of the cruelty of Bohe's emperor and his ministers that the local chieftains moved their families and merged into Shu. However, after nearly a hundred years of experience, the herdsmen who settled in Jinchuan became
They are still ashamed of being cowardly and proud of robbery and bullying. Several attempts by Governor Yu to teach them cannot change their living habits.
Now it is reasonable for them to rebel under the instigation of the Bohe people. Therefore, I thought that since the land of Jinchuan is difficult to control,
It is better to negotiate with Bohe and use this as the national boundary. The two countries will not invade each other from now on. Based on the existing prestige of our Han Dynasty and the national conditions of Bohe, I am sure that King Bohe will definitely agree to the goodwill of my Han Dynasty to release me. "
Liu Ce remained silent, thought deeply for a moment, and then asked: "Then the Murong tribe outside the Great Wall changed the name of the country to Yan and became antagonistic to the Han Dynasty. Should we ignore it?"
Ye Bin replied: "Your Majesty, as for the situation outside the Great Wall, we, the Han, only need to be careful and wait and see what happens. As long as Heshuo is not lost, neither the Yan Kingdom nor the Tuoba tribe will have any problems at all."
Liu Ce nodded, and then asked: "Okay, as you said, I agreed to your request. I will first divide the national boundary with Bohe and recognize that Jinchuan belongs to Bohe. Bohe also agreed that in the next few decades, I will no longer go south to commit crimes,
Then he made good relations with the State of Yan and promised mutual trade on the border. The two countries stopped fighting and watched the life-and-death fight between the Tuoba tribe and the State of Yan.
Give my big man enough time to develop, so what’s next? Should we allow the people to live step by step in this peaceful country and enjoy prosperity and prosperity? "
The three of them frowned, feeling that there was something in Liu Ce's words.
Liu Ce continued: "According to statistics from the Ministry of Household Affairs last month, the current population under our rule is more than 532.33 million.
The area of cultivated land in the Central Plains is 2.3 billion acres, and the total cultivated land outside the Great Wall and the Western Regions is 22 million acres. If we do not count the years of natural disasters, the staple food grown in various places is only 570 kilograms per capita.
There is only so much land. Even if it continues to be cultivated, it will eventually come to an end. After all, hundreds of millions of mouths need to be managed by our court. Once our court stops expanding outward and implements recuperation,
How will people's livelihood be arranged in the future? Are we going to go back to worrying about farming all day long like before? "
Qin Mo Ning frowned. He was keenly aware that what Liu Ce said seemed to make sense.
After a pause, Liu Ce continued: "Everyone, the previous dynasties, the Yang dynasty, the Yu dynasty, and even the three ancient sage dynasties before that, over the past two thousand years, each dynasty has changed dynasties for various reasons. What is the original reason?
This cannot be explained by just natural disasters or government corruption. If the main reason is simple, it is too comfortable.
At the beginning of the establishment of any dynasty, there is an atmosphere of striving for progress. However, when the situation becomes peaceful, those in power become content with the status quo, and the whole country begins to recuperate and recuperate.
The dynasty also entered a period of relative comfort, so comfortable that the sufferings it had experienced were forgotten, and so comfortable that corruption multiplied like moths throughout the country.
The abject situation that led to the decline of the empire is repeated again and again. What significance does such history have that is worth following?
The progress of civilization requires a spirit of continuous exploration and enterprising in order to break down the barriers before us and break this painful cycle.
I encourage sea trade because I hope people can go out more and see how big the world is. Don’t think that the place you stand on is the center of the world.
The reason why I opened the school is to enable my people to enlighten their minds and have the ability to independently judge right from wrong, so that they will no longer end up harming others and themselves because of ignorance.
I support technology because I want to free up more labor to do what they like and study things they are interested in. Who dares to say that they don’t have the ability to create value?
All I do is just for the inheritance and advancement of Chinese civilization.
You think I am militaristic and waste my national power on conquests, but every inch of land I open up is an opportunity for my people to survive in the future.
I know what I am doing, and I also know why several of my ministers are worried, but right now, it is far from time to recuperate.
Once we do this now, perhaps decades from now, our descendants will suffer tremendous pain because of our slackness today.
In this case, I will do my best to eliminate the hardships that future generations may encounter in advance, and strive to complete the road that would have taken several generations in this generation.
When there are no more foreign troubles around my Han family, and the figures of my Han family are everywhere in the four seas, what will be the need to recuperate and recuperate? Will there be any need for prosperity? "
This is the first time Liu Ce has revealed his true feelings to several heroes since he became emperor.
After the three of them listened, they understood that everything Liu Ce planned was for the people of this country to live in this world with dignity.
Indeed, the so-called recuperation and recuperation in the past dynasties was nothing more than keeping society stable, and the so-called prosperous times were just about not starving to death.
However, since Liu Ce established the Han Dynasty, although he has not promulgated any recuperation and recuperation policies, the basic life of the people has been greatly improved to the naked eye, far better than that of previous dynasties. At least so far, the Han Dynasty under Liu Ce has not reappeared before the death of the Zhou Dynasty. The horrific sight of people dying of hunger all over the land and their bones lying thousands of miles apart.
"Your Majesty, I understand!"
After thinking about everything, Qin Mo and the three of them bowed to Liu Ce and saluted.
Afterwards, Qin Mo said: "I will prepare the military supplies needed to put down the Jinchuan rebellion. At the same time, I will unite with the Tuoba tribe to maintain a defensive posture against the Yan Kingdom and stick to Heshuo. We will wait until the Jinchuan and Jinchuan rebellions are quelled. We will then consider the situation." Adjust diplomatic strategy."
Liu Ce was very pleased. After all, Qin Mo was the first to follow him, and he would handle internal affairs along the way. He could send troops without any scruples without worrying about changes in the country, just like Xun Yu under Cao Cao and Zhang Zhao under Sun Quan. , making people feel unconditionally reassured.
Gongyang Gao also said: "Your Majesty has such far-reaching concerns, and I am really ashamed of myself. However, Your Majesty, I would also like to remind you that this land of Jinchuan is not easy to fight. Even if the Central Army goes forward, I am afraid it will be difficult to defeat them in a short time." Attack from within."
Liu Ce nodded: "I understand, so we are no longer in a hurry to regain Jinchuan. We must be fully prepared.
I plan to ask Liu Qi and Wang Zongsi to go to Yizhou and return to Zhang Yichao to recruit and train the Shu army. When the weather gets warmer next year, it will not be too late to send troops to put down the rebellion. "
He was not a person who would just start a war if he was hot-headed. Although Liu Ce didn't know whether the Jinchuan land in this world was the same as the one he knew in his previous life, there was one thing about him.
During the Qianlong period of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, there were two rebellions in Jinchuan and Jinchuan, which took a full 29 years to put down. They consumed a total of 90 million taels of silver from the national treasury, of which the second one cost 70 million taels. This was the most worthy of showing off in Qianlong's later years. achievements.
Putting aside national prejudices, from a strategic point of view, this war did ensure the Qing Dynasty's control over the plateau area, and it was also a record of Qianlong's life that was worthy of praise. For this reason alone, Liu Ce felt that Qianlong would never win again. No matter how prodigal he was, no matter how mediocre he was in his later years, his strategic vision was still very high.
Although looking at the Manchu Qing regime, especially the history after 1840, Liu Ce really didn't have any good impressions, and he was disgusted by the many political issues during the Qianlong period that led to the overall decay of the Qing Dynasty, and finally left a lot of mess.
But one thing must be said with conscience. Every military war launched by Qianlong was indeed very iron-blooded. It solved the hidden external dangers on the border since the Kangxi and Yongzheng dynasties in one fell swoop, and pushed the military wars of the feudal dynasty to the peak of history.
However, this kind of glory was like a flash in the pan. At this time, the world structure had undergone tremendous changes. The small peasant economy in the feudal era was destined to be completely crushed by the roaring steam engines. The Confucian system that started in the middle and late Qing Dynasty was no longer able to adapt to the world trend.
Therefore, Liu Ce did not want to be like the Qianlong Dynasty, because the emperor's own blind command and a series of mind-numbing micro-management by the local authorities turned this war that could have ended in one or two years into a protracted and exhausting war. war.
Before starting a war, you must be fully prepared and take all possible factors into consideration.
The first is to select soldiers, the second is to select generals, and finally to choose a perfect time to attack. All three are indispensable.
When Liu Ce began to prepare to use troops against Jinchuan, Zhuge Zhi and Wei Ji, who had not heard from them for two full years, finally arrived at the outpost of the Beise Empire, the Principality of Antioch.
