"I probably understand what Guo Kang means." Theodora was the first to react and began to save Guo Kang: "This evolution is caused by the continuous pressure from the Central Plains. Is that what you mean?"
"We can only understand it this way." Guo Kang nodded gratefully: "During the Han Dynasty, this ethnic group still looked like Celts; during the Tang Dynasty, the two groups of people lived together."
"This thing is also quite interesting. During the Tang Dynasty, this generation of nomads came to pay tribute again. The people of the Tang Dynasty discovered that there were two obviously different appearances in this ethnic group. One was the red-haired and green-eyed people mentioned above, The other is a person with black hair and black eyes.”
"The chief of this tribe has black hair and black eyes. They claim that people who look like themselves in the tribe are descendants of Li Ling and are distant relatives of the emperor of the Tang Dynasty. During the reign of Emperor Zhongzong of the Tang Dynasty, the emperor actually recognized him."
"It is impossible to confirm who their ancestors are, but this phenomenon is very interesting: it shows that there was an era when 'Celtics' and Orientals mixed together, and these Orientals were probably established through conquest An outsider in a dominant position, that’s why the chief had this idea.”
"As for us now, everyone who passes there knows that the locals are basically full of black-haired people." Guo Kang finally said: "What does this mean? I think it is already obvious, right?"
"I understand." Officer Xiao Zhu nodded: "It means that although there are not many historical records, in fact, people from the Central Plains are constantly entering the grasslands, and the population is increasing rapidly, and they are even gradually replacing the local people."
"Yes, this is also one of the most difficult problems to solve." Guo Kang nodded: "Even if all the tribes on the grassland are destroyed and the nomads are killed and expelled, the grassland problem cannot be completely eliminated. As long as the grassland is As long as the place remains, people from the Central Plains continue to migrate and flee for various reasons.”
"There is no long-term solution to population blockade and technological blockade. Because as long as there are people who cannot survive, people from the Central Plains will continue to bring over the population and technology. And once problems arise in the Central Plains dynasty, these former exiles will If they do, they will become new grassland invaders. This kind of people cannot be killed or driven away completely.”
"Then according to your opinion, what's the way to deal with it? What you really want to say is this question." Jeanne said.
"There are many methods, but the ideas are actually the same." Guo Kang replied: "After analyzing it for so long, you should be able to find the root cause, right?"
"Poor." Jeanne reacted immediately.
"That's right. Poverty is the only thing in the world that is the most difficult to solve." Guo Kang shook his head: "As long as there are people in this place who are too poor to survive, they will continue to attack slightly richer places."
"Of course, most of the results of such attacks are actually unsuccessful. Far more herdsmen and tribesmen were killed on the border walls and city forts than were successfully invaded and plundered. But on our side, what we value is just the ability to The losses occurred, not the price paid by the other party, so we only remember the thief eating the meat, not the beating he received."
"But even so, there are always people participating in this very high-risk activity. Because for them, they are likely to die if they participate in the robbery, and there is a greater probability of death if they do not participate. Therefore, their motivation is also very sufficient of."
"And as long as these desperadoes still have motives, you will definitely lose money if you fight with them. If you take other people's lives in exchange for your money, there will be no settlement. This situation is the most annoying."
"What about the solution?" Jeanne looked at him with bright eyes and seemed to be interested. As she spoke, she picked up the teacup and prepared to listen to his detailed explanation.
"Since it's a problem of poverty, isn't the simplest and most straightforward method already available?" Guo Kang spread his hands and said, "Give money."
Jeanne was drinking tea with her head down. When she heard his words, she spat out the tea soup with a pop.
"Don't be too busy being surprised." Guo Kang looked at her cheerfully, feeling quite proud that he had tricked this cunning child and made her understand the true difficulty of the adult world: "This money is a delicate thing. How can I give it? It’s also very particular.”
"This..." Zhu Wenkui was also a little surprised: "The main thing is, why should I give my money to others?"
"Actually, the main reason is that little sister Jeanna has no experience in governing the country. In the past few years, I have helped my parents, so I have experienced it a little bit." Theodora came uninvited, ostensibly to comfort her, but in fact to Guo Kang Help: "A country of our size is actually supposed to 'give money' to each other between different places."
"In a country, there are always poor places and rich places. But many times, we have to deliberately mobilize animal resources, money and food from rich places to poor places. For example, if there is no food in the local area, we must find a way to transport supplies. Come here. Otherwise, if chaos breaks out in those places, the originally wealthy places will be affected by the war and will not be able to get rich."
"Actually, this is also a difficult problem." Guo Kang continued: "Because people in both places will actually feel that it is unfair."
"Wealth will accumulate. Laozi said that the way of man is to give more than he has to lose. Places with better conditions and wealth will become richer, while other places will not be so easy to get rich. As time goes by , Rich places think poor places are a burden that drags them down, and poor places think rich places are monsters sucking their own blood. There will be conflicts between them."
"We have a ready-made example here." The queen also nodded and agreed with his statement: "Every year, we have to set aside a part of the commercial tax in Constantinople to give to the sixteen new military districts of Northern Romania. The military government provides special subsidies. And the citizens regularly express their dissatisfaction every year, thinking that this is their money, which should be used to organize racing competitions and festivals, why should it be given to the newly recruited Slavic and Kipchak barbarians from the north."
"But opening up the frontier and building new legionary estates requires a lot of investment. If there is not enough support there, it cannot be stabilized. If northern Romania is unstable, Crimea and Moldavia will be threatened, and the empire Industries there will be affected.”
"Constantinople's income depends largely on the trade of materials along the Black Sea coast. If the output of those places decreases, the income of the Constantinople will also decrease; if those places fall into war, the Constantinople will remain the same as it was a hundred years ago. , falling into decline. Citizens may not understand this truth, but we must understand it."
"In this way, it is understandable." Zhu Wenkui nodded: "This is similar to distributing salaries to Tatar officials and property to Mongolian military households. This is indeed a commonly used method."
"Minister Seris in our court compared these areas to barriers. I think it is quite appropriate." The queen said, subconsciously glancing at Tuohuan: "Sometimes, we really need some barbarian-like people with whom we can communicate. Use people as a barrier because it’s actually easier to use.”
