Chapter 1009 Extra We need to mass produce Count Glamorgan

Although his experience of visiting the Western Regions did not bring any intuitive benefits to Liu Bei, it further refreshed his three views and made him firmly maintain the tone of further attaching importance to industry and commerce, technology and exploration in his subsequent life in governing.

The culture, education, selection of officials and administration of the Han Dynasty must also cooperate with this idea and form a joint force together in order to maintain an absolute leading position in the known world for a long time.

As for further efforts to develop navigation and shipbuilding, it is just a small goal at present and is not qualified to discuss it as a national policy.

In addition, Li Su is a wise man in the world after all, and no one in the world can surpass his strategic vision for the international situation - including Zhuge Liang, after all, Zhuge Liang's understanding of foreign history is definitely not as good as Li Su.

Therefore, when Liu Bei was so sad that he could not take advantage of the thousand-year-old opportunity of Parthia and Rome falling into a civil war and a foreign war, Li Su also proposed some non-military means to make up for the shortcomings in his heart.

Li Su proposed the strategy mainly at the diplomatic level. He suggested that Liu Bei take advantage of this opportunity to send envoys to the Western Regions without having to bring too many troops. He only had thousands of cavalry escorted the envoys by Ma Dai, and took the route from the Ili River to the West Sea (Balkhash Lake) to pass through the Central Asian grasslands, and then mediated with the Parthians and the Romans.

If it was a peaceful era, if the envoy sent by Li Su led so many troops, it might arouse the alertness of the Parthians, and even doubt whether the Han people might have planned to take advantage of the situation and attacked Rome together to get a bargain.

But now Parthia is in danger, and both sides are fighting so hard that they will definitely not dare to offend another powerful country rashly-

Especially in this time and space, Parthia's understanding of the strength of the Han Dynasty is much deeper than that of the same period in history.

In the environment where Li Su and Zhuge Liang encouraged trade and trade on the Silk Road, there were not too many business trips back and forth in the past decade. All countries in the Western Regions knew how rich and powerful the Han Dynasty was.

Therefore, the security of the messenger must be guaranteed.

As for the purpose of the mission, Li Su also carefully customized it based on the information at hand.

Now that King Parthia is fighting for the throne with his brother.

The Romans, the imperial guard officer and emperor who was stationed in later Iraq, was also fighting a civil war with the orthodox emperor with the advantage of blood ascended the throne in Syria.

Then, the great Han envoy had the most important reason for the mission, which was:

"The Emperor of Han heard that the barbarians in the western region had orthodox rebellion, so he came to mediate Rome and Parthia. He asked both sides to do the 'not support the usurpation of the other side' and temporarily stop the truce, so that both sides can free up their hands to resolve the thieves within themselves first'."

The reason why the Han Dynasty wanted to uphold this justice was because the Han Dynasty was the civilization country on earth that valued the most respect for esteeming orthodox civilization. The Han Dynasty had the most sacred and orderly system of destiny and ruler power.

The great man did not want to gain any land benefits from Parthia and Rome (at least for the time being, this is what he did for Rome and Parthia). It was impossible for both sides to establish enclave rule through the grassland and desert.

The Han Dynasty just didn't want the rioters and usurpers from other places on the earth to have room for survival, in order to maintain an international environment where the world is orthodox.

Therefore, the Han Dynasty could only reluctantly spend some resources to be the international police. Rome or Parthia did not accept this mediation treaty of "no sponsorship and usurpation", so the Han Dynasty fought with the other party (but on that day, the military supplies and logistics supplies of the Han Expeditionary Force must be borne by the alliance party, but in fact this is just a scary statement to negotiate terms and will not be used).

Not to mention, this reason makes sense, because compared with the Romans and the Parthians, the inheritance of the monarchy in the Han Dynasty was indeed much more decent.

Needless to say, Parthia basically has no system of inheritance of the throne.

He was born in a nomadic prairie, similar to the barbarian invasions in the "European Storm" series. After each generation of Khan/Chief/Bar King died, he had to fight bloody battles between the various philosophers, which was no less than the later Mongolian civil war and Ottoman Gu raised in later generations.

Although Rome was better, their emperor "August" was also recommended. In the era of the Five Sages, he relied on accepting adopted sons as son-in-law to pass the throne. After Commod's group was destroyed, it was completely in chaos.

Severucalakala and his son barely succeeded in passing the throne. Now that Caracalakala dies, Rome will fall into a state of "the emperor, the strong soldiers and horses" again in the future, without any sacredness of bloodline.

What the Han Dynasty did today was not for its own interests, but for the purpose of promoting advanced systems around the world, so that everyone could embark on the path of peaceful hereditary and preventing the spread of unhealthy trends. (This is what is claimed to the outside world, and in fact, we can take the opportunity to gain other benefits. Holding this flag, we actually take other ways.)

Li Su knew that Rome gradually split later, but it seemed that it could last for at least a few decades. The Parthians should have died faster, and were replaced by the Persian Sassanid dynasty soon after.

(In fact, this will happen six years later, but Li Su didn't learn it well in his previous life, so I can't remember these details. Sassanid replaced Parthia, which means that Parthia's Syria and Iraq were defeated by Rome, leaving only the Persian region. The Sassanids in Persia felt that the Parthian royal family had no strength anymore, so there was no need to hang out with them anymore, so they became independent.)

Now that the Han Dynasty has successfully promoted the "no one is allowed to support usurpation", will there be a bunch of "Earl Glamorgan spare tires" in the West that can escape and create countless claims for the Han Dynasty?

At that time, if the Han Dynasty wants to use troops to the Western Regions, he can use the banner of advancing justice for heaven instead of invading. Even if he does not attack, he can have more chess pieces and gain benefits from other aspects.

After hearing Li Su's idea, Liu Bei also felt that this was very familiar - wasn't this what Emperor Xuan of Han used to Huhanye Shanyu? In the late Western Han Dynasty, during the civil war between the Huns, it was divided into the northern and southern Huns, and the southern Huns were attached to the inner world. Wasn't it just a proclaimed manufacturing machine similar to "Count Glamorgan"? Later, the Huns were really gradually annexed and assimilated.

This is reliable! Anyway, the money and food required to send troops to the mission are very small. Compared with sending troops to fight, the expenses are only a few percent at most, and it will not be a loss if you bet.

After some planning, Liu Bei listened to Li Su's suggestion and sent Yang Xiu, who had been the Great Order for more than 20 years, to serve as the chief envoy of the Han Dynasty, Ma Dai as the deputy envoy, responsible for leading cavalry protection.

Anyway, let Yang Xiu do the verbal thing, and let Ma Dai do the verbal thing, so the division of labor is clear.

Speaking of Yang Xiu's experience, it is also a pity that he made great contributions when he was twenty years old in his early years, and when he promoted the "Yuan and Liu non-aggression treaty", he made great contributions and reached the peak of his life.

At that time, many people thought that Yang Xiu could reach the Nine Ministers in his twenties and become the Third Duke in his thirties. However, due to the burden of the Yang family of Hongnong, he could not lose his sternness and could only surrender to Yuan, but he was temporarily promoted to the Nine Ministers. However, after Yuan Shao was destroyed, he brought Liu to Yecheng and saved a certain official position, but had to be demoted. He had not been promoted at all for fifteen years, and now he is still a big order.

It's just that he's at his peak when he debuts, and it's enough to walk downhill for half his life.

However, in terms of lifespan, Yang Xiu could have enjoyed his entire life. In history, he should have been killed by Cao Cao in the Battle of Hanzhong. Although he has not been very old now, he will not be killed by the donkey after Liu Bei.

Yang Xiu is only in his early forties, and he can still work hard.

Liu Bei asked him to go this time, and he was also making the best use of his own. On the one hand, he knew that he was good at making changes and persuading people. On the other hand, he must be a bit dangerous when he was on a mission for the first time. He sent someone who was not a direct descendant. It would be a pity if he died. He also created an excuse for declaring war and a title for the great man.

After all, it’s just that Yang Xiu’s other person.

However, Yang Xiu is still in Luoyang and he has not been on patrol. The mission's preparation also takes time and he has to avoid the upcoming winter.

After all, the snow will be flying in August. It is best to walk to the Central Asian grasslands on the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains and the Yili River Valley. The road north of the snow-capped mountains will definitely be suitable for access in summer.

Therefore, the time node for the actual dispatch of the time regiment should be to leave Yumen Pass after the spring plow next year.

After Yang Xiu and Ma Dai received the order, they were not vague and were both happy to have the opportunity to make contributions in such peaceful times.

When Ma Chao learned that his cousin wanted to guard the mission, he did not forget to explain in advance. Both sides arranged the best war horses as scouts and messengers. Ma Chao took care of him and said that once he found that the Anshu or the Romans had the risk of vulgar force, he would immediately send someone to ask for help. He would further out of Yumen Pass to Wusun station and withdraw the support mission.

However, Ma Chao's preparations were obviously too cautious and would not be useful in the end.

...

After Liu Bei and Li Su made arrangements to gain benefits from foreign diplomacy, it was almost time to leave Dunhuang County and return to the east.

The tour schedule for the next few months was not good enough. I went to Chang'an first, then to Jing, and Jiao.

The only thing worth pointing out is that when Liu Bei returned from Liangzhou, in order not to take the repetitive backward path, he specially chose to walk the Huangshui River Valley on the southern foot of the Qilian Mountains and the edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, rather than the Hexi Corridor on the northern foot of the Qilian Mountains.

In terms of area, the Hehuang region and Qinghai Lake are only equivalent to a very small part of Qinghai in later generations, about 20%. However, no matter what era, Hehuang concentrated at least 70% of the population in Qinghai region, and basically accounted for more than half of the entire Qinghai-Tibet Plateau population and civilization.

Originally, the first person in history to personally set foot in the Hehuang area and launch a conquest of plateau civilization was to Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty. Yang Guang's purpose of coming to Huangshui and Qinghai Lake was to eliminate Tuyuhun.

However, in this life, more than 20 years ago, when Liu Bei first decided to Guanzhong, Li Su and Guan Yu were separated to quell the Liangzhou rebellion. At that time, he had eliminated the Qing Qiang and Di tribes around the Qilian Mountains. Li Su also personally took his wives, concubines, maids and beautiful maids to swim across Qinghai Lake.

Therefore, Liu Bei is coming again now without any risk of military operations, and traveling with ease. The most important significance is that the ministers in the court, especially those civil servants who have never suffered and have been studying for life, have seen what mild altitude sickness is.

On a plateau with an altitude of about 3,000 meters, people won’t die without oxygen cylinders, but shortness of breath and redness in the sun, these are inevitable.

Everyone has seen the magnificence of the plateau, experienced the difficulty of survival in the local area, and also remembered the bitterness and sweetness, speculated about the hardships of Guan Yu's division of troops to Wang Ping and Ma Dai to pacify Hehuang, and carried out ideological education to remind everyone that "Hehuang and Xihai (Qinghai) have long been part of the Han Dynasty."

In the snowy plateau areas, we must firmly maintain the long-term rule of the Han Dynasty in the future, and we must not give up easily because of the harsh environment.

When Liu Bei set out for a tour, he was fifty-seven years old. When he arrived at Qinghai Lake, it had been more than half a year since he left, and he was fifty-eight years old. In an era without the support of oxygen cylinder technology, it was very difficult for a 58-year-old man to see the snow-capped mountains at an altitude of more than three thousand meters.

Liu Bei also realized for the first time that his physical condition was incomparable to his youth. In the fifteen years after the reunification of the world, he lived in the palace and faced a large group of women in the harem every day, and no longer had to fight. Now people are carrying it on the chariot, and they feel a little breathless.

In this regard, Prime Minister Li Su seems to have good physical fitness. The main reason is that he is more healthy. He still has only five sons and six daughters, and his wife and concubines are also very controlled.

Moreover, Li Su has falsely reported his age after all, and his physical age is forty-five. But this is basically the last time Li Su has been on the Snowy Plateau in his life, and he will never suffer this hardship in the future.

After seeing the Prime Minister's performance, Liu Bei felt a little ashamed. Brother Boya was a weak scholar who was powerless. I was born in battle and fighting, but when I was old, my physique was not as good as a health scholar.

...

The group returned to Chang'an in September, rested and lingered, alleviating the storm of wind and sand in the plateau and the Western Regions. Then they stopped and stopped, from Danshui and Hanshui to the Yangtze River, passed through Wuchang, Baqiu, and Changsha to visit each other, climbed the towers and watched the scenery and wrote inscriptions.

The end of the year is approaching the twelfth lunar month, and it is only when it arrives in Jiaozhou. At this point, Liu Bei's first year of patrol was basically completed. The second year followed, in the second half, the entire army can abandon horses and board the ship and no longer withstand the bumps of carriages and horses.

After checking the itinerary, Liu Bei was worried about the 218th year of the year and spent most of his time on the boat. Will it take too long to delay the sun and moon?

But after actually boarding the ship, Liu Bei realized that he was completely worried. The main reason was that as a northerner, he had not taken a sea boat in recent decades and had no idea how advanced the current sea boat technology has developed.

After all, the sea ships used by Zhou Yu and Ganning to discover Hokkaido, Sakhalin, Kamchatka and even the westernmost islands of the Aleutian Islands were all technology ten years ago.

In the past ten years, the imperial court has been recuperating and has not invested in official infrastructure on a large scale, but investment in the private industrial and commercial logistics industry has not slowed down at all.

The powerful and wealthy families of aristocratic families both want to get more profits from the "transport discount" part of the "rental and mediocre transfer" method and make more difference. They spontaneously bloomed, trying their best to improve shipping efficiency.

Later, Sado Jinshan, Ishimiyinshan, Beizi Tongshan, and Tongshan, which travel to the Han Islands, were discovered, explored, and gradually turned to mining. This required sea ships to safely transport precious metals and copper back to the Central Plains.

Marx has long said: When the market generates a demand, it can promote technological progress more than ten universities.
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