The old emperor glanced at Manager Zhou.
"read!"
Manager Zhou picked up the military newspaper and cleared his throat.
Everyone listened attentively without knowing why. Could this Liu Zhizhou have some tricks up his sleeve?
"Your Majesty, Liu Dahao, is the charioteer of the Western Regions!"
"My emperor has been in charge of the government for more than thirty years. He has devoted himself to governance, opened the door to the saints, distinguished loyalties and eliminated traitors, brought peace to the world, and brought peace to the people. He is a wise man in both civil and military affairs. He has governed the nine states with virtue and created a peaceful and prosperous age. Longyan starts from Liaodong in the east, reaches Yongliang in the west, collects Dianzhou in the south, reaches Youji in the north, and everything is under the rule of the imperial court. The world belongs to the country, and everyone worships it. This is the destination of the sacred mandate, it can be worthy of the sun and the moon, and the emperor is prosperous Dependents."
"Longyan Sheji has 400,000 people. The Holy One has muddied the hearts of the world, causing all the barbarians to panic. They repeatedly invaded the Central Plains and acted in the opposite direction."
"The big country is inferior, the female of the world is the friend of the world. The female always wins over the male with tranquility, and is inferior to the male. Therefore, if the big country is below the small country, then it is the small country; if the small country is below the big country, it is the big country. Therefore, either go down to take it, or go down and take it. A big country only wants to be a livestock man, and a small country only wants to be a businessman. Each of them can get what they want, and the big one should go down."
"According to the sage, those who accept the country's filth are called the rulers of the country. Those who accept the country's bad luck are the kings of the world. The Holy Dragon's heart is open-minded and soldiers and horses should not be used. He wants to educate the barbarians but cannot do so. He thinks that the people have accumulated grudges, so the troops are sent out this year. In the Western Regions, with the small earthquake, the holy will reaches its peak, and the ghosts flee and collapse, leaving the barbaric wilderness of the Western Regions and shocking all the barbarians."
"Now that the charioteer has returned to the court, the barbarians in the Western Regions will rebel from within as they remember the holy family of the past."
"I am fortunate to have inherited the title of Military Envoy of the Western Regions, commanded the mighty army of Long Yan, and assumed the power of the emperor. I have led the Qing Dynasty to the shores of the land. Don't dare to try to achieve great feats!"
"Of course, those who use Dao to assist their masters and do not use soldiers to strengthen the world will be easy to return. Where the division is, there are thorns. After the army, there will be bad years. I am worried about it, and I am at work all night long, hoping to show the dragon's flames. He is magnanimous and good at governance."
"The people are hungry because of the high food tax. The people are difficult to treat because of the efforts made by the people. The people despise death because of their efforts to survive." "
"People are not afraid of death, so why should they be afraid of death?"
"Governing a big country is like cooking a small delicacy. A man is brave and a dragon is powerful, and his kindness is powerful all over the world. The ancients said that virtue cannot cure the present, law cannot cure the future, and skill cannot cure the long-term."
"Of course, you can use things to treat people, and you can use people to treat things!"
"Those who are not of my race must have different minds. To educate the barbarians, we should conquer them first, destroy their country's prestige, empty their cities, destroy their ancestral temples and rebuild them. Later, the letters are written in the same text, the carriages are on the same track, the language is the same, the respect is the same, and the meals are the same. Eat and sleep at the same time. Be light on the corvee and work hard to cultivate the wasteland. This is the way to control the barbarians."
"I will advise you."
"Opening up the territory and expanding the territory is an unparalleled achievement of the Holy One. When the world is amnesty, the soldiers are disarmed and returned to their fields, and they are in charge of the Western Regions. The prisoners of crime in Jiuzhou are led to the Western Regions. Dai Zuizheng is responsible for the rule. The fields are cultivated and the borders are guarded. The family is the home and the village is the hometown. Treat the country as the country and the world as the world! Such dragon flames are both benevolent and powerful, and the criminals are grateful for their kindness, and the barbarians think of their kindness! This is Feng Shui nourishing the people, and the people's hearts can also nourish Feng Shui!"
"If a country has lots of wealth, people from far away will come; if the land is expanded, people will stay."
"The dragon's flames are so powerful that they swallow up the whole world. It is great to have tolerance. I, kneel down and look at the Holy One. Show the emperor's style and teach the barbarians to return to China!"
"In the thirty-sixth year of Pingyu, your Majesty Liu Dahao, the chariot master."
quiet.
Deathly silence.
This state of silence lasted for a long time.
Then, there was a bang, everyone changed their colors and started talking.
This long article contains too much information!
The meaning of this whole article is actually not difficult to understand. First, I would like to sing praises to the Holy One for this battle. We won the war because of destiny and His Majesty’s will. The Holy One has ruled Longyan for so many years and ushered in a peaceful and prosperous era. Even when the barbarians invaded, the Holy One was magnanimous and did not care about it, because he did not want to start a war against a small country to avoid harming the people - the people on both sides, he was reluctant to part with it.
Therefore, over the years, he would rather bear the bad reputation of inaction and want to develop the domestic economy first, and so on.
but!
Pay attention here, this turning point is very important, and it also shows the extremely high level of Liu Dahao's flattery.
However, it's not that we, Long Yan, can't fight or expand our territory, it's just that we don't want to. This year, the Holy One couldn't bear it any longer and sent out my Yinzhou Army to intimidate the young people. Who would have thought that it would go so smoothly? It can be seen that Longyan's military power is still strong and invincible in the world under the prosperity of the Holy One...
but.
Here is another twist.
How should this recaptured territory be managed? Kill? The people cannot be killed, and the people's hearts cannot be killed.
Therefore, frogs should be boiled in warm water.
Long Yan, a teacher of benevolence and righteousness, should focus on education.
Therefore, Liu Dahao, the minister, suggested that it would be better to grant amnesty to the whole country, demobilize those who had military service and return them to the fields, and distribute the land to them. Those prisoners in prison were escorted to the Western Regions, so that they and the local obedient people could jointly build the Western Regions. In this way, these barbarians would be enlightened by the culture of the Central Plains. The people of these three structures are integrated together and are ruled and governed by the soldiers who have been disarmed and returned to their fields. They are rewarded according to their merits. They can not only promote local development, but also guard the border and manage the territory. We don't have to pay a penny, and they are responsible for their own profits and losses. , Toss it yourself, the land is still ours, why not?
When these places in the Western Region have been built, why don't they worry about the Long Yan court?
When these places develop, these criminals will naturally become people and even nobles. Why don't we do this?
The Longyan Dynasty, which claims to be a heavenly dynasty, should be so magnanimous.
"This, this, this..."
Zhu Zhenxian's expression changed greatly, and he knelt down and said, "Holy Lord, you must not do this! Those prisoners are all heinous criminals and desperadoes. If these and this, this and this go to the Western Regions..."
King Qin was also deeply shocked by this long article just now. When he heard this, he couldn't help frowning: "Master Zhu, this is wrong. Our Longyan Dynasty has had the practice of being exiled to guard the border for crimes since ancient times. If there is a dragon What’s wrong with Yan generals controlling them?”
"But but..."
Zhu Zhen was anxious.
Can that be the same?
exile!
Exile in ancient times had a series of strict systems. There were usually five places of exile in ancient times.
One of the places of exile, Fangling is now under the jurisdiction of Shiyan City, Hubei Province. In ancient times, it was a place where emperors, generals, ministers, and dignitaries were exiled. Two emperors, ten princes, a consort and a prime minister were exiled here successively. Among them, Tang Zhongzong Li Xian was exiled here, and later returned to become emperor. When these emperors were exiled and moved with their families, their maximum number reached 14,000.
The second place of exile, Tianya Haijiao in Hainan is the southernmost tip of our country. In ancient times, it was a barbaric land isolated on the overseas frontier. It was mostly a place of exile for courtiers and general officials. From the Han Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty, there were fifteen famous ministers, wise ministers, and scholars who were deposed here, such as Li Deyu, the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, Ding Wei, the prime minister of the Song Dynasty, Wang Shixi, the prime minister of the Yuan Dynasty, Hu Quan, a relegated minister of the Southern Song Dynasty, and writers and great scholars of the Song Dynasty. The poet Su Dongpo and others.
The third place of exile: Chaozhou is now a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Guangdong Province. There is a Miasang River in the city, which was later changed to Han Jiang because of a person. This famous person is Han Yu. This place has been the land of Hakkas since ancient times. Most of the people exiled here were ordinary officials, and the most famous one was Han Yu. Han Yu was demoted here. He was not as depressed and despondent as other demoted people. Instead, he led the local people to break superstition and engage in water conservancy to benefit the area.
The fourth place of exile is Ninggu Pagoda. Ninggu Pagoda is not a tower, but a place name. It now belongs to Hailin City, Heilongjiang Province. There are exiles from all walks of life here. A large number of officials who were punished during the Ming and Qing Dynasties were exiled here, including Zhang Jinyan, the Minister of War in the late Ming Dynasty. From Shunzhi to Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty, tens of thousands of people were sent here.
The fifth place of exile, Qianzhou Prefecture once commanded Yudongnan in Chongqing, Tongren in Guizhou, Exi in Hubei, Xinhuang in Hunan, Yulin in Guangxi, etc. It was also the place where relatives of the emperor and important officials of the imperial court were exiled. Those who were demoted here included Changsun Wuji, the uncle of Tang Taizong, Li Zhong, Prince of Liang, Prince of Tang Gaozong, Li Chengqian, Prince of Tang, and others.
but.
Do you think you will be free once you reach the place of exile?
No!
Once you get there, you are just a person doing endless hard work, and your freedom is still restricted. That is, you are still a prisoner, and a slave.
Although, in Chinese history, there were many places of exile that became vibrant and developed due to these people.
However, these exiled people will always serve the local garrison. There is even a saying that Longyan has a thorn! In other words, whether you are a prince, minister, or a commoner, as long as you are exiled, you will be tattooed. This tattoo will never be removed in your lifetime.
so.
Anyway.
Exiled, they remain prisoners.
But in Liu Dahao's long article, he actually deliberately said that they would be used to civilize the barbarians and jointly manage the Western Regions!
Especially the sentence "Treat your home as your home, your hometown as your hometown, your country as your country, and the world as your world" shocked all the civil and military officials.
What does it mean?
The punishment of exile in ancient times was originally because the Han people had a culture of filial piety and a profound culture in their hometown. Exiling them to remote frontiers and never being able to return to their homeland was the greatest mental torture for them.
Good guy.
When you say "home is home," doesn't it mean that you want to give them the right to freely build their own homes?
This has never been done in all dynasties!
Is this still punishment?
Is this still a prisoner?
Zhu Zhenda shouted: "Your Majesty, you must not do it, you must not do it. This Liu Dahao is so cruel! Why use the dragon flame to map that barbaric land? Why use the dragon flame to educate the barbarian aliens? There are so many countries belonging to the dragon flame. , if everyone hears the bad reputation and is in danger, where is the responsibility of our great country!"
"Where is the power of our great country?"
A group of scholar-officials also expressed their opinions.
For vassal states, surrender is enough.
Why is this so?
The King of Qin said: "Your Majesty, I think this matter is all right. It is a blessing for Long Yan to open up the territory and grant amnesty to the world. It is what everyone expects. Instead of pardoning these prisoners, it is better to send them to the Western Regions to try. What's more, if only To set up a Protectorate and not empty the city is to ignore the safety of our soldiers. If our Longyan culture can be spread all over the world, it will be regarded as an unparalleled achievement by the Holy One! Even if the barbarian land is not as good as our Longyan, But if you can raise the prestige of our country, Longyan, and shock all the barbarians, then this is the way to become a hegemon, so why not do it?"
The nobles responded one after another.
The two sides quarreled again.
Xie Tianyao listened quietly.
Then, in the palace, the voices slowly became quieter.
He then smiled coldly: "What a good man, virtue can't cure the present, law can't cure a thousand years, and skills can't cure a long time! To treat people, you can use things, and to treat things, you can use people! You are such a good Liu Zhizhou, I still underestimate you..."
Everyone was as silent as a cicada.
Xie Tianyao looked at him coldly and only asked one sentence.
"Do you think Liu Zhizhou can rule the Western Region forever with this move?"
The whole palace.
Silence fell.
Zhu Zhen's face turned pale.
Because even he had to admit that Liu Zhizhou's advice was actually the only magic weapon for expanding the territory! It's even a series of tricks that can destroy the country and the heart in one move! Even more so than when Qin Shihuang unified the six kingdoms and under the tyranny of his tyranny, you can't refuse him even more!
Boil the frog in warm water.
No need for dragon flames, no matter how much investment you make, you can get high returns.
Since ancient times, the Western Region Protectorate has sent some garrison troops and several officials there.
Manage symbolically.
With the support of the Long Yan Imperial Court behind you, who dares to embarrass you?
so.
Once the Central Plains court was unable to cope with the situation and was beyond the reach of the whip, these vassal states would take advantage of the chaos and rebel. certainly. In fact, the reason why they left it alone was because the "Celestial Kingdom" believed that the Western Region was a barbaric land and looked down upon it at all.
The cost of governance exceeds the benefits.
Therefore, the former Western Region Protectorate was, in fact, mostly just conquests in terms of dignity. As a king, just bow your head to me. Not only do I not want you to pay taxes or your things, I also want to reward you. Facts have proved that this was the case during the prosperous Tang Dynasty. Every year, the Tang Dynasty would reward you with double the amount of money offered by the vassal state. For no reason, just because I am happy, just because you kowtow loudly and call daddy sweetly. , I'm very happy.
so.
Most of the time, the court lost money.
But Liu Zhizhou...
This is to completely annex and completely destroy the country!
Empty its city, destroy its Sheji ancestral temple and rebuild it!
Is this harsh?
This is real colonization, the bloodiest colonization!
Killing people and killing people's hearts is nothing more than that!
Full of morality and righteousness.
In fact, the heart is like a snake and a scorpion!
The imperial court...
This is sending out a hungry wolf!
Sudden.
Zhu Zhen was horrified.
If the Western Region Construction Corps is really established, wouldn't it mean that the entire Longyan is sending troops to Liu Zhizhou?
He was about to continue saying absolutely no.
However, he saw the twinkling light in the emperor's eyes and he shut up again.
I couldn't help crying in my heart.
This Liu Zhizhou is too smart.
His suggestion is exactly what His Majesty wants!
