Fei Qian walked forward.
Xu Chu followed Fei Qian, shook his fists at Fei Zhen with a smile, and then raised an eyebrow to the schoolyard of the Cavalry Office.
Fei Zhen shook her head and smiled bitterly, then lowered her head honestly, walked forward a few steps, followed Fei behind her and headed towards the conference hall.
Fei Zhen has a stronger competitive spirit than ordinary children.
This is naturally Fei Qian's intentional guidance, but competitive spirit also requires certain constraints, and this constraint is "ritual".
Etiquette comes from being knowledgeable and well-informed, and worldly styles in the world.
"Have you gone to Meiling Village again?" Fei Qian asked while walking.
Fei Zhen nodded, "Uh, I'm going."
"Have you broken in again?" Fei Qian asked.
"No." Fei Zhen lowered her head, "I said she wanted to study hard and not see any foreign guests."
"So if you are not convinced, if you fail to prepare for the article, you want to use force?" Fei Qian said indifferently.
Fei Zhen swallowed, "This...
"This is also a solution." Fei Qian still said lightly, "But this is what a reckless man does, are you a reckless man?"
『Ah?』 Fei Zhen raised her head and said loudly, 『Of course not!』
"Yes." Fei Qian nodded.
Fei Qian didn't say anything afterwards.
Fei Zhen followed behind, lowered her head, thinking about something.
Turning through the corridor, the meeting hall is conveniently located in front of you.
Xun You, Pang Tong, and Jia Xu were already standing outside the hall and bowed to greet him.
Fei Qian and the three of them met the etiquette, then walked into the hall, and took a seat with the guests and hosts.
"Today's discussion," Fei sat down and looked around, "Western Regions."
The three of them were a little silent at the beginning.
The frontier problem is an unavoidable problem that almost all empires have.
It seems that all feudal dynasties were following the development and expansion, then busy quelling the chaos, stopping, and finally falling into a cycle of shrinking and collapse. Of course, with the advancement of science and technology, the development of the times, and the development of the road, the scope that an empire can control will become larger and larger, but this scope is not the better method or strategy adopted in the empire, but it is just the passive improvement brought about by the development of productivity and the progress of science and technology.
It can be assumed that an extreme situation is that if technology never changes and productivity will not develop, then does it mean that the empire will never get out of such a vicious circle?
Whether or not you have a desire to expand is actually very direct relationship with the emperor.
If an emperor himself is mediocre, then no matter how big the empire is, it will stop moving forward.
Among the kings of all dynasties, before the present, it was not Emperor Wu of Han, but Emperor Qin Shihuang. Because in fact, Emperor Wu of Han attacked the desert and opened up the Western Regions was not because Emperor Wu of Han had the ambition to expand externally, but more to fight against the Huns, just like the place name in Longxi, Zhangye, etc., to reach out and wave his fists to make it easier to beat the Huns. Do you want to expedite the Yelang Kingdom? You may also have the idea of ​​expanding your territory, but I believe it is more because you heard that Yelang Kingdom is very rich, and Emperor Wu of Han was very short of money at that time.
After the Han Dynasty, he was not short of money and was very ambitious. Then he killed himself. It was Yang Guang. He dug a canal and conquered Goguryeo for three times, which eventually led to domestic complaints and was finally replaced by Li Tang. However, Yang Guang's goal was not so simple...
If you don’t have money but do it, it’s the Yuan Dynasty. Regardless of how many calculation methods the Golden Horde was, at least in the Yuan Dynasty, its economic conditions and production level were undoubtedly more backward than the Central Plains, and its production system and political model were also rougher. But it was just that such a more backward and relatively barbaric political system could defeat the Song Dynasty with higher productivity and technological standards at that time, which shows that economic and productivity were not the most important reasons that restricted the expansion of an empire.
Therefore, in fact, for China, the most important factor that failed to embark on the external conquest was still "people".
"The interests of the Western Regions, since Xiaowu began, the Han Dynasty has been quarreling, especially after Xiaoguangwu..."
Fei Qian said the beginning, suddenly stopped, and then couldn't help but take a look above himself. Because when Fei Qian was speaking just now, a strange feeling seemed to rise in his heart, just like the emperors from the Eastern Han Dynasty since Guangwu suddenly came to the left and right, either listening to each other or glaring at him, which made Fei Qian feel a little furious.
『Cough cough…』 Fei Qian coughed twice, no longer talking about the emperor after Guangwu.『The difficulties in the Western Regions are not as difficult as soldiers, but actually difficult than people. What do you think? But please tell me directly.』
The Western Regions issue, or border issues.
In fact, not only in the Han Dynasty, but all dynasties would face this problem.
Jia Xu laughed twice, "If you talk about it, it would be extremely easy. He sent some officials to seize the military power of Lu Fengxian and escort him to the capital."
Pang Tong said, "Why should Wenhe test? Since the lord summoned you and me here, in order to seek a long-term solution, if only to solve the danger of the ignorance, even if the mediocre people know this method, why bother to say more?"
Xun You nodded and said, "The changes in the Western Regions are both in the Western Regions and outside the Western Regions. Looking at the gains and losses of a place, they are the first of the world. Lu Fengxian claims to have gained something, and there is no monarch above, and he despises the law. This will bring disaster. However, throughout the ages, was Lu Fengxian the only one? What happened to Zheng Bo in the Spring and Autumn Period? Isn't this widely known? He sighed without regret? Why is it so now!"
Jia Xu laughed, "Since that's the case, there is no need to talk about ordinary strategies... Hehe, let's talk about it today, there are so many Zheng Boke's Duan!"
In the Spring and Autumn Period, some people can see authority, desire, and indulgence in it. Some people see military and government affairs, but some people see it and just want to sleep.
The Eastern Han Dynasty's method of dealing with the Western Regions issues was actually basically the same as other subsequent feudal dynasties, and it was all done.
It's really just a change, it's over?
Obviously, it's not.
So in the final analysis, why can people change, even change everything from top to bottom, inside and out, and still continue to continue to do so?
It's actually very simple. If the person changes, the authority does not change.
The people have changed, but the system has not changed.
If the problem is not fundamentally solved, it is to treat the symptoms but not the root cause, and the weeds will grow again.
Some people take it for granted that as long as there is a political commissar in the army, it will be arranged like a big bear. But in fact, Big Bear has used his personal experience and many examples to illustrate that the political commissar is not omnipotent, and the political commissar can also be corrupt and rebellious...
"The affairs of the border need to be cautious and cautious. If you are too reserved, you will not be able to achieve the orders and your military affairs will not be smooth." Xun You said, "If you let it go, it will be a subordinate of Yi Sheng and Lu Fengxian. If you lose the reins, it will be a disaster. Therefore, the more remote a certain view is, the more you need to supervise directly. Although the general has the right to deal with it temporarily, you need to report it later. If you can do this carefully, you will avoid major disasters."
Xun You's suggestion is to restrict the authority of foreign generals, and at least after acting, they must be reported to the public for review.
If you are away, you will not accept any military orders.
This is an old saying.
This sentence was originally because the information transmission was not smooth, so the generals on the front line must have relatively high degrees of freedom, and the information on the front line of combat changed. If they were based on a feudal dynasty in later generations, the battle strategy and combat mode were determined by the civil servants in the rear or the monarch, and they could not be opened until the time was there. This would be a strong constraint on the generals, but the consequences would be even more terrible.
For the Western Regions, or issues similar to the Western Regions, it naturally requires constraints and control, but blindly pursuing constraints and controls on military generals will inevitably restrict China's progress.
Therefore, Xun You's suggestion was to give the generals a certain amount of freedom, but after the generals exercised their authority, they must report it to limit the disorderly expansion of some generals and the chaotic law.
Pang Tong nodded and said, "What Gongda said is not bad, but there are also Zhiyin Supervisors in the Western Regions, and there are many things that are missed and hidden. In one's opinion, it should be split into pieces. Too heavy power, and if the wisdom is urgent, it will be more dull. The Western Regions are huge and can be divided into four roads, east, west, south and north, and the lieutenants are arranged to station them, and the lieutenants are controlled by the four directions with a captain..."
Pang Tong felt that the reporting review system was not enough. For external generals and escorts, these generals and escorts had too much authority and needed to separate the authority.
This is also the strategy of dealing with local tyrants in the Han Dynasty, and it is the experience of reducing the vassal states. Fei Qian is also doing this at the moment, such as the newly established ruling institutions, local inspection systems, etc.
Pang Tong believed that the Western Regions had established the Zhiyin Supervisor, but it did not play the due role. Many times, because the officials in the Zhiyin Supervisor had little authority and were also marginal areas, they were more or less miserable. In addition, officials who were brave enough to report were killed, they were afraid of things and closed their eyes as if nothing had happened. Therefore, it is not very useful to report it at some point, so it is better to divide the authority directly. Just like Zhuge Liang divided Nanzhong into three counties in Nanzhong. In this way, Nanzhong naturally reduced the risk of a powerful man to control the local area, which strengthened the stability of the Nanzhong region.
Pang Tong felt that the method Xu Shu and Zhuge Liang adopted in Nanzhong could be considered in a key way...
Jia Xu was aside, and there were some different opinions. He stroked his beard and said slowly: "What you said is indeed reasonable. If there is no external enemy, the strategy is really good. However... if the power is divided, the army must be divided. The land in the Western Regions is large and sparsely populated. If the station is large, the cost will be spent. If the soldiers are stationed, the number will be exhausted. Only when the troops are combined can they win. If they divide, they will be defeated and chaos will arise. If they are divided, they will have different intentions. At that time, they will be confused. If they use a certain strategy to directly use chaos, why should they be guarded against? Just like if they don't leave an old house, where can they set up a new house?"
Jia Xu, a contractor from Longxi, obviously made a lot of gains from the Longyou series of events and also had a lot of experience. For Jia Xu, touching outside and replenishing inside is not his personality. He prefers to directly push down, completely destroy the original production affiliation relationship, and then rebuild a better building system in the ruins.
In a simple sentence, it is eighty-year-old hammer and forty-year-old hammer!
As for the dust and gravel during the reconstruction and decoration process, Jia Xu said that none of them was a problem.
Jia Xu also talked about his intelligence collection of Kushan and Anxi over the past period of time. He also said that he could use the chaos in the Western Regions to lure Anxi Kushan into the market, and then give him a heavy blow to the Western Regions...
Jia Xu was so angry that he spoke, but Xun You, who was standing beside him, kept rubbing his forehead. Thanks to Xun You's good patience, he waited until Jia Xu finished speaking and said to Jia Xu: "Jia Envoy, if you really fight with Kushan, where will the people, money and property be needed?"
Let’s not talk about whether it can be demolished. At least we have to pay and eat money first when hiring workers. Otherwise, there are not even workers, how can we demolish Kushan’s home?
Jia Xu laughed, "It's really the Western Regions that came out of the Western Regions! The Western Regions have accumulated over the past few lifetimes, and they say they support a war. Even if they do it twice, it's okay!"
Jia Xu took out a book from his sleeve, which marked the size of the countries in the Western Regions and Jia Xu's estimate of his treasury. Looking at the colorful handwriting on the book and the number of related marks, you can know that Jia Xu coveted the wealth accumulated by the countries in the Western Regions, perhaps not a day or two...
"The current situation in the Western Regions is like the Yelang in the past. This is the strategy of Wen You." Jia Xu continued, "The Hu people in the Western Regions have different hearts and their hearts are ten or three. In the past, they left Lu Feng before the Western Regions before, so if they were available, they would use it. If they were not available, they would use it to clear it. Now Lu Fengxian is arrogant and insists on doing his own thing, and is just right to clean up the Western Regions."
Jia Xu seemed to be saying it lightly, but the iron-blooded smell contained in it was faintly spreading in the conference hall.
Jia Xu and Li Ru are basically the same as the attitudes of the Hu people. Only those who surrendered and obedient Hu people can leave their lives to drive them. Those Hu people who are unwilling to do so will be executed...
Killing 10,000, or killing 100,000 and 200,000 will not frown for Li Ru and Jia Xu.
"Brother Wen You sent people to inquire many times when he was still there..." Jia Xu paused for a moment, as if he was remembering something, and then continued, "The power of Kushan is no less than that of the Han Dynasty. Although he is separated from the East and the West, there may be a battle! Instead of dealing with it at that time, it is better to lead his troops and work hard to compete in the Western Regions!"
"What's more, after Kushan rested in peace, there was a Qin Dynasty!" Jia Xu said in a deep voice, "Therefore, the affairs of the Western Regions should be planned inside and outside. One battle will be decided to eliminate troubles."
At Fei Qian's instructions, the Kushan-related information brought back by Jia Xu was also distributed to Xun You and Pang Tong to pass on each other.
Among these information, some were collected through contact with the Kushan Anxihu people, and some were sent to the public and narrated after returning. The two aspects were compared. No matter which aspect of the information, it proved that there was actually a powerful empire in the west of the Han Dynasty, even not inferior to the Huns at that time...
Fei Qian did not exaggerate these contents specifically, nor did he correct some of the descriptions. On the one hand, Fei Qian actually did not fully grasp the information of Kushan Sakura and other countries in this era. What if Fei Qian remembered it wrong? On the other hand, Fei Qian must also encourage this kind of act of actively collecting information from neighboring countries. It cannot mean that the surrounding areas of the Celestial Kingdom are barbarians like a braid.
How long did Kushan, Ayama and other countries last and when did they decline? Fei Qian actually had no deep impression on these time points.
But one thing seems to be certain, that is, these countries established in Central Asia are not sure whether they are limited by the level of productivity or other reasons, which makes it difficult for these countries to cross the Tianshan Mountains in the Western Regions and invade the Central Plains.
On the contrary, the tribes in the snowy desert area adjacent to the Central Plains had a deep influence on the Chinese regime in the Central Plains and have always been the external enemy of the Chinese feudal dynasty.
Rome, known as the Great Qin, was actually in chaos at this point in time.
It seems that it is almost the same latitude, whether it is the Han Dynasty, the Qin Dynasty, or the Kushan Rest, it is actually due to climate change that the nomadic peoples in the north move south. In addition, the internal crops of Zhuanghu harvests have reduced production due to climate changes, which has caused a series of major problems in people's livelihood and rule, causing the entire empire to collapse.
However, the centipede worm died without being stiff. It took twenty or thirty years from the Eastern Han Dynasty to Jin Dynasty to emptied the power of the Central Plains, leading to the Five Barbarians' invasion of China. Therefore, Fei Qian said that in the future, it was impossible for these countries to reach the Central Plains to be defeated, and he really could not make such a promise.
For the feudal dynasty in China, once they lose the motivation to go outward, they will be repelled inward. After all, as an agricultural nation in the Central Plains, it is very necessary to remain vigilant and curious about the outside world.
Chinese people who only know how to plow the fields and do not know how to use weapons have suffered too much.
This must be changed.
Therefore, Fei Qian did not tell Jia Xu and others that the enemy could not cross the Western Regions and could not defeat the Central Plains, but instead looked at the three of them quietly and looked at the relevant information.
Xun You was the most relaxed in the strategy of the three people, Jia Xu was the most intense, and Pang Tong was among the two, but is the strategy only based on these three levels?
Fei Qian felt that Xun You, Jia Xu and Pang Tong seemed to have missed something.
And this missing question is what Fei Qian wants to focus on.
"By the way, Zhen'er," Fei turned his head and said to Fei Zhen who was listening behind him, "Go and bring the "Theory of Four Places" you wrote a few days ago, and ask the three uncles to give me some advice..."
Fei Zhen was stunned for a moment, "Ah?"
"What? It's the article I wrote before about the four places of border areas, raw areas, familiar areas, and Han areas..." Fei Qian waved his hand, "It's in my study..."
Fei Zhen suddenly realized and stood up happily.
Chapter completed!