As one of the two military and political leaders of Dongping Prefecture, although Ran Long never really paid attention to those Dongyi barbarians, for him, in order to stabilize the situation in Dongping Prefecture, especially if he could deal with the people in the north. If Xianbei and Goguryeo are to form a deterrent force, they must rely on the power of these 'savages'.
Without these savages, the thousands of miles of dense mountains and forests in the northeast of Dongpingzhou would have been the passage for the Goguryeo people to come and go at will.
Although Ran Long's three thousand Hebei Yicong were very brave and good at fighting compared to Goguryeo, they were absolutely not enough to defend such a large area.
Therefore, Ran Long valued the joining of these barbarians such as Hao Qian and Nan Fuyu.
If these savages are squeezed too hard, even if they use close relatives such as ferocious bears and stags to do it, it is very likely that the savage tribes will collectively resist.
"Well, if that happens, these Hebei Wuhuan Yi Cong cavalry will have no advantage when fighting in deep mountains and dense forests."
Ran Long's worries are certainly justified.
Since arriving in Dongping Prefecture, the deterrence of these Wuhuanyi cavalry has spread greatly, and almost all the barbarian tribes such as Haoqiang, Woju and others dare not go to Lelang and Daifang counties to plunder.
However, once they enter the deep mountains and dense forests, the combat effectiveness of these Wuhuan Yicon cavalry will be greatly reduced.
"If all those savages resist, a mere three thousand cavalry will definitely not be enough. If there are five thousand more soldiers and horses, it is possible to bring peace to them one by one."
When Ran Long thought of this, he shook his head and quickly rejected the idea.
"Dongping Prefecture is a remote and mountainous place. It's already very difficult to support my three thousand followers. I have to raid those savage tribes to maintain it."
"If there are another five thousand soldiers and horses, unless we use sea ships to transport food, there will be no supply problem at all."
He quickly thought that if the food was transported by sea, the cost would probably be worth the amount captured from the savage tribes.
Ran Long knew that the wild people of Haoqiu and Woju were very poor, and only the chiefs and nobles in the tribe had a decent iron weapon. As for other valuable things, they were only animal skins and the like.
"No, no matter how you calculate it, coming to conquer these savages is a loss-making business."
"Maybe it's His Majesty's careful consideration that people like me can't think of? I just don't know how many reinforcements His Majesty mentioned will be there?"
While Ran Long was thinking hard about whether it was worthwhile to conquer the savages in Dongping Prefecture, Liu Yu, who was far away in Yanzhou, had already thought about these issues.
For Liu Yu, of course he knew where the Dongpingzhou Peninsula was.
That was a place that the Central Plains dynasty had almost no desire to conquer for thousands of years.
Even military expansionary empires like the Han and Tang Dynasties were soon forced to give up by the deep poverty within them after entering the mountains of Korea.
Therefore, Liu Yu certainly knew that it would cost almost the same amount to conquer those savages.
However, what Liu Yu now considers is not the cost issue, but more emphasis on the population that can be plundered there.
Although there are 300,000 soldiers in the Han Kingdom today, not everyone of these semi-off-the-job soldiers has sufficient labor force to exploit.
You must know that the military soldiers of the Han Dynasty today are not the ordinary hard-working soldiers of the Wei and Jin Dynasties. They all have a higher status than ordinary civilians.
According to their social status, they are all tools used by the ruling class to suppress the people, and they can also be regarded as members of the ruling class.
As a member of the ruling class, what kind of person would it be if he didn't have a few slaves to drive him?
Only after these military soldiers have sufficient labor reserves can they have more energy to train and prepare for war.
Almost all of Liu Yu's current actions are to prepare for war.
Although today's Han Dynasty has made most of the aristocratic families comply internally, it has not absorbed the children of these aristocratic families into its basic base.
Liu Yu's foundation was the military soldiers who had been allocated land, but the strength of these people was still a bit weak, and the other scholars from poor families were not enough to completely resist the big families.
Therefore, Liu Yu's first priority is to strengthen the army's soldiers. As for those unlucky "savages" and the like, it is very worthwhile to contribute their own flesh and blood to the liberation of the Han Dynasty.
When the winter snow melted, there was no more snow in AD 313.
The New Year has just passed, but Liu Yu hasn't left the house for more than half a month.
Because before this, Hua Xiu, Gongsun Sheng and others had repeatedly expressed to Liu Yu, explicitly or covertly, that you had no son.
For these people, Liu Yu didn't feel much at first. After all, as a person who had experienced correct education, he naturally knew that having a boy or girl was a random matter.
Now he has two daughters, both of whom are over one year old, which means that everything about him is normal.
Therefore, whether you can have a son is a matter of probability.
It is a pity that Liu Yu's ideas were not approved by Hua Xiu, Gongsun Sheng and others.
They all told Liu Yu that since ancient times, many states and families have had huge problems because they had no heirs or made mistakes in selecting heirs.
Not to mention, Sima Zhong, the successor appointed by the recent Emperor Wu of Jin, can be said to be the most direct cause of the decline of the Jin Dynasty.
Because of this, their various remonstrances against Liu Yu were getting stronger and stronger.
In the end, no matter what the problem is, it will almost always be related to the matter of 'giving birth to a son'.
When Liu Yu heard that Tuoba Xianbei seemed to want to unite Duan Bu and Murong Bu to fight against him, he just expressed his uneasiness and wanted to go on a personal expedition again, but he immediately attracted opposition from Hua Xiu.
"The alliance between Suolu and Duan Bu is just to deal with Yuwen Xianbei. They must fight deep in the grassland. The danger is too great. It is not appropriate for Your Majesty to lead the army there in person."
"The best way is to let Youzhou Wang Zan, Sun Wei and others deal with it on their own."
"Otherwise, if His Majesty is in danger, I'm afraid there will be chaos in the country."
Upon hearing this, Liu Yu immediately said, "I just need to be more careful. Besides, with your Majesty waiting here, even if it is a military crisis, how can there be chaos in the country?"
After Hua Xiu heard this, he rolled his eyelids and said.
"Your Majesty has no son. If there is a crisis, everyone in the country will not know who should take charge. How can there be no reason for chaos?"
Liu Yu was immediately speechless.
In the same situation, another Gongsun Sheng was also very concerned about whether Liu Yu had a son.
It was snowing heavily before the New Year.
Liu Yu ordered a fruit and wine banquet in the palace to entertain Gongsun Sheng and other ministers on duty to drink and enjoy the snow together.
Everyone was drinking and chatting together.
Soon, Liu Yu told everyone about Sima Rui, the king of Jiangdong Jin Dynasty.
Because Liu Yu heard that Sima Rui was preparing to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor, but before that, he greatly rewarded Wang Dun and others in Jingzhou.
Not only Wang Dun himself, but also the children and nephews of the Wang family in Langya were all high-ranking officials who were awarded two thousand stones.
Almost half of the courtiers in Jiangdong were occupied by the Langya Wang family.
Everyone knew about Sima Rui's situation, so they all laughed at him, just making some jokes like "the king and the horse share the world".
After Liu Yu heard what these people said, he suddenly felt pity for Sima Rui.
To reach this level as a king can be said to be very cowardly.
"Oh, this Sima Rui is really pitiful." Liu Yu said at that time.
After hearing this, everyone was slightly teasing.
However, Gongsun Sheng next to him shook his head and said loudly.
"No, Your Majesty, Jiangdong Sima Rui is not that pitiful. I think Your Majesty is even more pitiful than him."
Everyone present was surprised and frightened when they heard Gongsun Sheng's words.
None of them knew why this close and important minister said such a thing.
However, Liu Yu knew that Gongsun Sheng had a bad habit of making shocking remarks, so he didn't pay much attention to it.
"Why do you say this? Why am I more pitiful than Sima Rui?" Liu Yu was very curious.
After Gongsun Sheng heard this, he sighed lightly.
"No matter what happens to Sima Rui, I heard that he has three sons, but your Majesty still doesn't have one."
When Liu Yu heard this, he couldn't wait to go up and curse.
He has seriously doubted whether people like Hua Xiu and Gongsun Sheng felt that there was something wrong with some of their driving skills.
In the Wei and Jin Dynasties, supernatural ghosts were extremely popular, and various types of metaphysics were widely spread.
Among them, there is a Taoist method of harmonizing yin and yang.
Liu Yu knew that many people in the world firmly believed in this, and they believed in the profound knowledge about the birth of boys and girls.
Correspondingly, a new Taoist method has been developed at this time, which is to choose a spouse for others, that is, to select those "suitable" women for others, saving those nobles who are eager to have sons every day. Blank cannon'.
Liu Yu once heard that one of his surnamed officials, Xu, had not been able to give birth to a son for many years, so he went to ask a very famous expert to choose a daughter for him.
After this wealthy man came to the Xu Mansion, he carefully examined all the servants and maids in the mansion, and finally selected the most "male-friendly" woman among them.
A dark and thin servant girl in her thirties was the most 'masculine' person.
Finally, the official named Xu blew the lamp every night for more than a month.
I don’t know if it’s just good luck or if it’s due to other reasons.
This servant girl with the ugliest appearance actually gave birth to a son for him.
Therefore, Liu Yu knew that the obsession of Hua Xiu, Gongsun Sheng and others was not false at all.
In order to avoid being verbally 'insulted' by them in the future, Liu Yu took advantage of the New Year to lock himself in the palace for more than half a month.
Moreover, in order to ensure the stability of the harem, Liu Yu did not go anywhere during this period of time. He was always in the palace of Queen Wang Ze.
However, Liu Yu was not allowed to go out in person today because Sima Rui of Jiangdong was about to officially proclaim himself emperor.
Prior to this, Sima Rui had already sent someone to inform Xiang Liu about the matter.
But these are informal occasions.
Now that Sima Rui has decided to officially proclaim himself emperor, as an ally against the Hulu, he naturally needs to send someone to invite Liu Yu to send an envoy to watch the ceremony.
"Your Majesty, now that Jiangdong is proclaimed emperor, how will he get along with His Majesty?"
Queen Wang Ze asked curiously while personally taking the official crown for Liu Yu.
Since Qin Shihuang unified the world, all the guys in the world who have become emperors at the same time have become enemies of each other.
Therefore, how the emperors get along with each other is something that makes people very curious.
"It's not that difficult."
After Liu Yu heard Wang Ze's question, he felt that there was nothing difficult about it.
"Back then, Shu Han and Sun Wu not only proclaimed themselves emperors at the same time, but also formed an alliance. They just got along very happily."
When Wang Ze heard this, he thought of another question.
"Your Majesty, I heard that Sima Bao of Qinzhou has already called himself the King of Jin. It seems that it will be a matter of time before he becomes emperor. But I don't know how we will get along with him when the time comes."
"Hey, that makes a big difference!"
Liu Yu said immediately.
"Although Sima Rui relies on the Beiren family to support himself, the power of the three Wu tycoons is strong. It is not easy to get the two factions to work together at the same time."
"As long as the North and the South worry about each other and restrain each other, it will be impossible to threaten us from the north."
Regarding the matter of supporting Sima Rui as emperor, people from both the southern and northern factions of Jiangxi were unanimous.
Because in this case, they can stand on the highest arena.
As for the remaining fighting between the North and the South, of course it must continue.
Even a strong man like Wang Dun, who had the Langya Wang family as his foundation, had no intention of thinking about the Northern Expedition.
Liu Yu vaguely heard that the Zhou family of Sanwu and other Jiangdong powerful men had been secretly accumulating strength, and it seemed that they were targeting those who controlled the political power in Jiangdong.
"As for Sima Bao of Qinzhou, to me, not only is his strength inferior to Sima Rui, but he also has no goodwill toward us."
Since Tuoba Xianbei's betrayal, although Tuoba Pugen's banner of 'Jin Dynasty' was just a cover, the shadows of Liangzhou and Qinzhou appeared behind it.
It is also possible that Zhang Gui of Liangzhou and Sima Bao of Qinzhou wanted to win over Tuoba Xianbei to go south to fight against the Xiongnu, and did not deliberately target Liu Yu's Han Dynasty.
However, for Liu Yu, with the support of Liangzhou and Qinzhou, the threat of Tuoba Xianbei was much greater than previously estimated.
"So, when Sima Bao calls himself emperor again in the future, he might as well just recognize Sima Rui of Jiangdong."
After hearing Liu Yu's words, Wang Ze frowned slightly.
'Then if this is the case, Sima Rui doesn't know how to thank His Majesty properly? '
'Thank me? Liu Yu immediately felt that there was something strange in these words.
