Although Zhao Wushu said he was not afraid, he still couldn't wipe out all these tribes. Although he wiped out several tribes that were too evil for Huang Qiong's safety. But he didn't expect that the tougher his attitude became, the more intense the resistance from those tribes would become. Nowadays, there are no big wars outside the city, but small wars happen every day. Even under the coercion of Qi Jun's military power, those tribes that were relatively obedient actually had different mentality. Most of them were convinced on the surface but not convinced on the other, and they were all making their own plans.
Even though he was a military attache, he didn't have as much scheming as a civilian official. But Zhao Wushu still knew in his heart that these seemingly obedient tribes were nothing more than grassroots. If they are given a chance, they can always turn back. Joining forces with those disobedient tribes is no different. Now that the Qi army had only occupied Shanchan Prefecture, Shicheng County, and key areas in several prefectures around Shanchan Prefecture, it had to deal with such exhaustion from top to bottom, and even involved most of its energy.
If they control the entire Dali Kingdom, it will not take long to deal with more tribes, and these tens of thousands of troops and horses will be exhausted. And suppressing these tribes also costs a lot of money and silk. Now that the domestic situation has not yet completely stabilized, annexing Dali would actually do more harm than good to Da Qi. In Zhao Wushan's opinion, at least now is not the best time to completely annex Dali Kingdom. Therefore, Zhao Wushu suggested that Huang Qiong adopt the precedent of Western Wei in supporting Hou Liang.
Support the new emperor in Dali Kingdom to appease the tribes of Dali Kingdom. In the future, we will wait for the rebellion to be completely suppressed in the country and Jiangnan to be restored to ruins. If you still have this intention, you can always find an excuse to send troops, just to pacify the Dali Kingdom. If a large number of troops, horses, and supplies of money and silk were now invested in this land with extremely numerous tribes and extremely complex terrain, it would be a huge drain on Da Qi's energy. What's more, after annexing Dali, there are also small countries such as Annan facing the south.
Because Huang Qiong had been appointed as the official envoy of Guangnan West Road, Zhao Wuhu had put in a lot of hard work during this period. He also had a detailed understanding of the situation around Dali Kingdom and the internal situation. It was precisely because of his hard work that he made this suggestion to Huang Qiong. When speaking, Zhao Wushu still had some reservations in consideration of some issues. In fact, in his opinion, it would be impossible to completely pacify the Dali Kingdom without taking ten or eight years.
Those aristocratic families are easier to deal with. As long as they are not connected as one. That family alone is no match for Qi Jun. What makes me scratch my head is that there are thirty-seven units in eastern Yunnan. These tribes were rebellious during the Dali Kingdom. They even separated their kingdoms and established some kind of Guiluodian Kingdom. These tribes consumed a large amount of Dali's military and financial resources, and eventually led to the rise of the Gao family. Dealing with these tribes not only takes a long time, but also requires a lot of energy.
These tribes, plus the Li family, Dong family, Yang family and other aristocratic families. In Zhao Wushan's opinion, 30,000 troops and horses was just a conservative estimate. In fact, more, not less. Coupled with the large amount of financial and material resources required to counter rebellions all year round, this can be said to be quite a pressure on Daqi today. What Zhao Wushu is most worried about is that under this complicated terrain. Once the battle is defeated in counter-insurgency, it may even trigger a chain reaction in the aftermath.
The Thirty-seventh Department of East Yunnan is connected by mountains and rivers with Guangnan West Road and Qianzhong Road in Daqi. Many tribes are basically the same nation and can be said to be connected by blood. It would have been better if they were divided into two countries before, but now they are one country. It is easy for tribes with the same bloodline to unite through marriage. Every previous rebellion in the east of Dali Kingdom had traces of certain tribes from the Guangnan West Road of Daqi. It was just because of the suppression by the Guilin County Prince's Palace that it never spread to Daqi.
If it were to annex the Dali Kingdom now, Daqi would have to face these tribes directly. By then, any tribal rebellion in eastern Yunnan will affect central Guizhou, Guangnan West Road, and even Huguang South Road. Instead of spending a lot of military expenditures and mobilizing a large number of troops to quell the rebellion while the imperial court's vitality has not yet recovered. It is better to retain the Dali Kingdom temporarily and let them deal with these tribes on their behalf. In other words, Da Qi can be the fisherman who gets the best out of the competition between the snipe and the clam.
The imperial court could only use its influence in Dali to control the Dali royal family. In order to convince Huang Qiong, Zhao Wushu also gave an example. During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, after the Western Wei Dynasty collapsed in Nanliang. In order to deal with the newly emerging Chen Dynasty, the descendants of the Nanliang imperial family were supported as emperors, so that they could directly face the Nanchen Dynasty. So that he can concentrate most of his energy on dealing with the threat of the Eastern Wei Dynasty. Although this move was later changed to the Zhou Dynasty from the Western Wei Dynasty, it remained unchanged until the Northern Qi Dynasty, which replaced the Eastern Wei Dynasty, was destroyed.
It wasn't until the Sui Dynasty and Zhou Dynasty that they went south to destroy Chen. Because the general trend of the world no longer needed the back beam as a buffer, he finally deposed his throne and moved his royal family to the north. Now the imperial court still has to concentrate on dealing with Bei Liao, which is a greater threat to the north. And the rebellion within the imperial court has not been completely subdued, and the vitality of the imperial court has not yet been restored. Instead of swallowing up the Dali Kingdom in one go, and then spending a lot of energy to face the one after another tribal rebellions.
It would be better to learn from the methods of the Western Wei Dynasty at that time and support a puppet instead of direct control. After the threat from Bei Liao is eliminated, if Huang Qiong still wants to unify the world, he will go south to completely solve the Dali Kingdom. As long as we learn from the Western Wei Dynasty's approach to Nanliang, we can control Dali's military strength within a certain level. With Da Qi's military power, going south to deal with this small country is just a matter of holding hands. According to Guo Chen, the combat effectiveness of Dali's army is not as good as those of the tribal armies.
Compared to the weak royal army, those tribes were a greater threat. It was Zhao Wushan's role, which not only made sense but also presented a lot of facts, that made Huang Qiong finally make up his mind. Of course, what really made him make this determination was the current dilemma of the Ministry of Finance being unable to make ends meet, as well as the Jiangnan roads that were in urgent need of recuperation. All of this makes Da Qi unable to invest too much energy in Dali Kingdom. Just as Zhao Wushu said, control Dali Kingdom in your hands.
Use a Dali country that you support to replace Daqi and directly control the mountains and rivers here. There are hundreds of tribes, large and small. Judging from the current situation, it is much better than Daqi directly pocketing it. Especially now, Da Qi still has a strong rival Beiliao. As long as you eliminate the threat from Bei Liao, won't it be easy to destroy this Chao Shi? That's why he met the person Duan Jin originally recommended today.
However, after meeting the eldest nephew recommended by Duan Jin, Huang Qiong felt that this was the third prince of Duan Jin's brother. Although his talent is good, his literary talent is not inferior to any Jinshi in Daqi. But the writing is somewhat weak. But the problem is, no matter how good your talent is, no matter how good you are at reading, or no matter how beautiful your calligraphy and painting, you may not be suitable to be the king of a country. The kings who lost their countries in history were not all ignorant and unskilled. Even making a puppet that you control requires a certain amount of skill.
Especially when facing Dali, this country is just an alliance of aristocratic families, and the Duan family is just the new master introduced by everyone. And now, many aristocratic families and tribes may be thinking of replacing the Duan family. If you depose an emperor and install a new emperor, in the eyes of some people, the emperor you install may be unorthodox, and may even be regarded as a puppet. On the contrary, it will give them a reason to openly rebel, and it will be ready-made.
The emperor takes turns, come to my house today. Why can your Duan family sit on this throne, but our Dong family or Yang family can't? Not to mention that you, the emperor, were appointed by the State of Qi, not created by yourself or passed down. After he withdraws his troops, there will probably be chaos in Dali for a while. If this person doesn't have certain skills, he won't be able to stand even if he makes him emperor. Even if he releases all the prisoners in his hands, he may not be able to suppress the problem without this ability.
Of course, what Huang Qiong said was not only to worry about Duan Jin's seemingly frail third nephew. It was also to pave the way for the marriage of Princess Yunluo of Dali Kingdom to Zhao Wushu in the next step. I don't want to blindly take strong measures to achieve this marriage. In this way, Duan Jin's role is very important. If you want Duan Jin to agree to this marriage, you have to adopt a certain strategy. Although Duan Jin is not the kind of woman who wants nothing for her mother's family.
But no matter what you say, Dali is her mother country. There are also the spiritual bones of her parents and brother in the Tianlong Temple in Yangjumei City. Although Duan Jin doesn't want to, she won't blindly interfere in her own government affairs, but her motherland is still on her mind. But Huang Qiong also knew Duan Jin's temperament. Although he is a generous person, once his stubbornness arises, it is quite difficult to deal with it. Just like these past few days, she had suffered a lot from competing with herself and herself.
If you want to persuade Duan Jin to agree to the marriage and help with the work, you must have a sufficient reason. Although Zhao Wushu was a young general whom he valued highly, he was now the one who wanted to be made a marquis. In Da Qi's army, he is also considered a young and promising general. But after all, he came from a commoner's family. Not only was he already in his thirties, he was also more than ten years older. The most important thing is that they are still married. Princess Rang Yi was still the most beloved daughter of Brother Duan Jin during his lifetime.
Go and fill a house for him, unless the country of Dali is really destroyed. Otherwise, this would undoubtedly be a humiliation to Dali. It is quite difficult to get Duan Jin to agree. But if Duan Jin's third nephew really can't suppress those aristocratic families in Dali. As the envoy of Guangnan West Road, Zhao Wushu's position was quite important. With such a foreshadowing, Duan Jin, even though he felt sorry for his niece, would still agree to persuade the princess for the sake of the so-called overall situation.
How could Duan Jin guess Huang Qiong's crooked intestines? After hearing Huang Qiong's answer, Duan Jin's heart that had been hanging around finally relaxed slightly. Of course, Duan Jin didn't know the twists and turns involved. Not to mention that Huang Qiong once had the idea of completely annexing Dali Kingdom. Although he also knew that Huang Qiong definitely did not make such a determination solely for himself. But Huang Qiong was able to achieve this, and she was extremely touched. Even the last bit of resentment in my heart was completely gone.
Whether he is the king of a country or his own husband, it is not uncommon for him to be able to do this and take his own feelings into consideration when it comes to matters involving Dali Country. In all the dynasties, is there anyone who can really do it? Looking at Huang Qiong's unshaven face, Duan Jin found that the sullenness he had been feeling these past few days was somewhat ridiculous. And for that matter, the responsibility cannot be entirely placed on him.
Duan Jin knew that he was not having a good time these past few days, and he was not having a good time either. These days, in order to consider my own feelings, I didn't even call anyone to sleep with me. This also shows that he has deep affection for himself and is considered a kind and righteous person. Let alone the king of a country, there are very few men who can achieve this level even if they are ordinary people.
