The new year has started off even busier than last year.
Cotton seeds were sent to various states. Li Yue also vigorously promoted planting in Qin, Xia, Shuo, Huang and other states as well as Gaochang. During the autumn harvest, taxes could be paid directly in cotton.
Honglu officials were also sent to supervise the matter.
The imperial court has tens of millions of acres of farmland in Lianghuai, Nanyang, Guanzhong, Hebei, and Shuzhong, so food is no longer a big problem.
Moreover, after Li Jian captured Jiaozhou and Guangzhou, he appointed Huan Yi as the governor of Jiaozhou and Liu Ying as the governor of Guangzhou to restore production in the Lingnan area.
Although it is impossible to achieve three crops a year, two crops a year are guaranteed.
The Red River Plain in Jiaozhou supported nearly 100 million people in later generations. The separation of this land is an eternal pain for Chinese civilization.
In addition to cotton and grain, the Ministry of War is also planning a large-scale counterattack on the grasslands after this year's autumn harvest.
Prepare to attack from the Western Region Protectorate, Qin State, Liangzhou, Bingzhou, Youzhou, and Liaodong, each with about 10,000 riders.
In order to boost their morale, Li Yue summoned all parties, and 70% of the looted items would be rewarded.
As the main force, the Xuanjia Army, the Xiaoqi Army, and the Nan Army stationed in Liang, Bing, and Youzhou in turn during spring plowing to adapt to the climate and make psychological preparations.
Food and baggage, including winter clothes, arrived at the front line in advance.
In May, Li Jian returned to Luoyang from Guangling, and the entire south of the Yangtze River was included in Daliang.
China was truly unified.
Li Yue could feel the prosperity in both the government and the public.
In the past, there were always more or less objections to the use of troops, but this time when troops were sent to Mobei, there seemed to be a tacit understanding between the government and the opposition.
The main reason was that Tuoba Shiyi Jian was so noisy that hundreds of thousands of troops went south to plunder at every turn, which brought a huge sense of crisis.
"Without the domestic helpers and the invincible foreign patients, the country will be permanently destroyed. If the foreign enemies are wiped out, there will be internal troubles." In private, Wang Meng expressed his feelings.
"What your Majesty said is true. In the past, the Xiongnu frequently invaded the Han Dynasty, surrounded the Han Dynasty higher than Bai Deng, and openly insulted Empress Lu. Only then did Emperor Wen and Jing work hard to govern, and Emperor Xiaowu swept across Mobei." Li Yi was very active during this period. Young Master, he circled around Li Yue and took the initiative to make friends with Wang Meng, Fang Mo, Huan Chong and other important ministers and celebrities.
Li Yue glanced at him sideways, "According to what you say, shouldn't I march north to the grassland?"
"That's not what I meant. Daiguo must be destroyed. However, the grassland is so vast. If the Xianbei people are destroyed, other tribes must rise."
"What you said is true." Li Yue nodded.
Judging from the current situation, it should not be difficult to destroy the Dai Kingdom. The Dai Kingdom is a mess and full of contradictions.
The difficulty lies in effectively controlling grasslands.
"My son has made great progress. I will establish the Kingdom of Zhou in Mobei. How about making you the King of Zhou?" Li Yue looked forward to it.
After being in contact with him for a long time, I suddenly discovered that this son has many advantages.
First of all, the knowledge is extraordinary, secondly, the city is relatively deep, and thirdly, it is extremely tolerant.
"Father, isn't this making things difficult for your son and ministers?" Li Yi shook his head repeatedly.
The king laughed fiercely and said, "Zhou is a noble, ranking above all other countries, just like your highness."
"Why do you need to amuse your nephew?" Li Yi made a long face and made jokes to fool him.
"I'm not going to talk nonsense with you, but you can tell me how to control the grassland? I heard that you recently hired a lot of staff and kept a lot of customers in the name of running Chaling Restaurant." Li Yue smiled.
Anyone else would have been frightened, but Li Yi said with a calm face, "Sure enough, nothing can escape the eyes of my father. Let's talk about the grassland first. I believe that Daliang can destroy the Dai Kingdom, but it will be difficult to occupy the grassland for a long time. Although this A generation of soldiers are loyal to His Majesty and are willing to go through fire and water for the Liang Dynasty, but after a few decades, no one will be willing to garrison in the north, and those soldiers who stay will gradually turn into barbarians."
In recent years, the Literature Museum has unearthed a lot of valuable things from classics. Many grassland tribes have more or less connections with China.
For example, the Huns, whose ancestors were descendants of the Xia Hou clan, were named Chunwei. In the Tang and Yu periods, there were Shanrong, yang, and Xunzhu, who lived in the northern barbarians and moved with livestock. During the Qin and Han Dynasties, Maodun rose up, expanded westward, and annexed the white tribes in the west.
Xianbei, the emperor's youngest son Changyi was granted the title of Beitu, and the state-owned Xianbei Mountain was named Xianbei.
That is to say, there were not so many tribes on the grassland originally. They were all from the Central Plains who migrated to the grassland. They could not farm and lived as nomads. They gradually became different from the Central Plains.
Even in the current state of Dai, there are many Central Plains people who defected to the past during the Five Husties, and they have gradually been assimilated into Xianbei people.
Li Yue's generation may be able to maintain control of the grassland, but the next generation and the next two generations will inevitably lose control.
With different production methods, customs are destined to change accordingly.
"go on."
"My son thought that instead of going through the trouble of attacking the grassland, it would be better to divide it and control the grassland with Di. Daliang only needs to control some fertile pastures."
Li Yi's suggestion also has some merit.
But he could think of it. Li Yue had already thought about it countless times, "Could it be that China is only limited to farming?"
As soon as these words came out, the two of them were stunned at the same time.
From the perspective of agricultural civilization, there is no solution to the grassland problem, but Li Yue's idea of Daliang is a three-dimensional civilization with farming as the mainstay and nomadicism and navigation as supplements.
"Qiang Di, Xianbei, and Wuhuan are all Chinese!" Li Yue looked at the two of them and said.
This was not said by Li Yue. Sima Qian believed in historical records that the Qin people, Chu people, Wu people, Yue people, Shu people, southwestern Yi, Xiongnu, and ancient Korea were all Chinese.
Confucius also said that if the barbarians enter China, they will destroy China.
Fortunately, Chinese civilization is not based on blood identity, but cultural identity.
The Qiang Di, Wu Huan, and Xiongnu had actually been Chineseized for a long time. Liu Yuan claimed to be Liu Bang's grandson and established a clan title for Liu Chan. Shi Le was even more exaggerated. Anyone who dared to mention the word "Hu" in front of him would be beheaded immediately.
During the Rebellion of the Eight Kings of the Sima Family, these tribes raised their swords to fight for the Sima Family. However, as they were fighting, they suddenly discovered that the Sima Family was so weak, so they started to raise troops one after another.
These days, the surrounding tribes all want to come and enjoy the glory of China.
Otherwise, they wouldn’t be sharpening their heads one by one to drill into the middle earth.
"I can select the people of the Good Shepherd and move to Mobei!"
Tsarist Russia enslaved the major tribes on the Eastern European grasslands to fight for them. The Qing Dynasty could control the Mongolian tribes, and Li Yue felt that Daliang could do the same.
The key lies in the politics of the ruling level.
"My father is a man of great talent and strategy." Li Yi lazily flattered him.
"What you said is right. Divide and rule, use the poor to control the poor. I will do it on two fronts."
Li Yi's suggestion does not conflict with Li Yue's.
Daliang will definitely not be able to control such a large grassland, so it is necessary to keep the grassland tribes at odds, maintain a certain amount of troops on the grassland, and then imitate the "offshore balance" technique of a certain country in later generations.
"Then let's talk about what you want to do with so many retainers and staff?" Li Yue said with a half-smile.
There are various signs that this kid is not as harmless as he seems.
And he didn't deliberately hide it.
(End of chapter)
