"Amazing words?" Wen looked at Yuan Tan in confusion.
"Yeah, well, let me give one more word to those guys. Tell them that the bandits from Anxi have a tendency to report to the gang." Yuan Tan said with a smile, "Let them be more careful."
Yuan Tan actually wanted to wipe out those Anxi bandits. Unfortunately, on the one hand, he didn't have enough time to spare. On the other hand, he also knew that these bandits could be regarded as the filters of the aristocratic family that Chen Xi thought of.
Only after passing one level can you be qualified to leap over the dragon gate.
As for Xiangli's rail trains, Yuan Tan is not worried. The empire's organizational power has greatly strengthened, which means nothing to the Yuan family.
Not to mention what kind of power the Yuan family, who is now standing in Eastern Europe, has. Yuan Tan, who opened his eyes and looked at the world, has already gained some understanding. Chen Xi will not let the era he finally created return to the past again.
Even if he said something too much, he would go back in history. At most, people like them would return to their previous postures. No matter how strong Chen Xi is, it will only be a moment in the long history. This man, who is like a lone moon in the sky and the stars are hidden, will eventually follow him.
The tide of history sinks into history.
Even if there are countless back-ups left by then, these methods will eventually be wiped out by the passage of time in the face of the most powerful force in the world, and power will eventually fall into the hands of the aristocratic family again. Who will let Chen Xi himself?
He is also a son of aristocratic family.
Therefore, Yuan Tan knows better than those wise men in Central Asia that Chen Xi will not take back the order to expand the territory and enfeoff the territory, because if he takes back the order, he will go back to the old path. If history continues to be like before, it will be nothing more than experience for the major families.
One game of chess was played, and then the chessboard was restarted.
In this way, all Chen Xi's previous efforts were equivalent to being in vain by Chen Xi himself. Therefore, the order of enfeoffment will never be changed. At most, more than a hundred years later, when the Han Dynasty is revived, the vassals will be reduced and those close to the mainland will be reduced.
The tetrarchy was once again incorporated into the mainland.
However, in Yuan Tan's view, this kind of thing is what it should be. Not to mention the Shang and Zhou dynasties, the meaning of enfeoffment has changed since the first emperor assumed the supremacy and controlled Liuhe, beat and beat the world, and shook the world.
Became to serve the great unification.
It is inevitable to reduce the vassal state. The vassalization is only due to the lack of national governance. Multi-core governance is needed to strengthen the overall governance ability. When the central power is sufficient and the vassal state has made local governance prosperous enough, then it is time to start reducing the vassal state.
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This routine has not changed much in later generations. After all, strengthening the trunk and weakening the branches is the right direction. In the beginning, everyone had comradeship and brotherhood, and they could survive by relying on face. After a few generations, these things will be consumed
At the end of the day, the troops and horses are strong, and it’s time to tell the difference.
After all, who is the central government and who is the local government has never relied on reputation, but on muscle. Of course, during the chaos in Qi, if Liu Bi could defeat the central government, then his behavior would be to bring order to the chaos and rectify the source. There is one way to obtain political goals.
It's called war.
"Cutting down the vassalage." After sending his wife away the next day, Yuan Tan sighed. This is a path that must be taken, and a path that the Yuan family will inevitably have to go through in the future.
"My lord, are you worried about the future?" Xun Chen, standing next to Yuan Tan, asked.
"It's better to talk about the future. Let's deal with the immediate matter first. The Romans are really in trouble." Yuan Tan said with a straight face and a bit of majesty.
"The situation is stronger than the people, so that's all we can do now." Xun Chen said calmly, "On the other hand, the reduction of the vassal state, isn't this an inevitable development?"
"Yes, this is an inevitable development, just like if we want to concentrate our strength in the future, we will inevitably need to do this." Yuan Tan said calmly, "Just work hard to develop your own strength. It is always right to strengthen yourself.
choice.”
After leaving Yuan's radiation range, Pope quickly became excited. This was the second time that she was escorted out of Yuan's territory. At other times, she flew out directly by herself.
"I felt that not far from Sizhao City, it became a lot more desolate." The Pope said while lying on the window looking out at the vast fertile fields. With the Pope's eyesight, he could even see the hares foraging in the wilderness.
, wild deer, in this era, the wild is still the territory of wild animals.
"After all, our population is not large. It is mainly concentrated near Sizhao City. Although there are resettlement sites and new cities built in the surrounding area, going south has no practical significance for us now. We just need to consolidate the occupied area.
"Wen simply explained to the Pope.
The Yuan family is not very interested in the fertile land in the south. In fact, with the current population of the Yuan family, there is no need to expand massively. They can just stabilize the territory and develop gradually. What's more, going south may encounter the nerves of the Han Dynasty.
This behavior is not necessary.
"Speaking of which, why are so many guards sent together this time?" The Pope said with some confusion, "One thousand cavalry and two thousand spear and shield soldiers. The last time my husband took us there, they were not so exaggerated.
ah."
"My husband said that there has been some chaos in Central Asia recently, and he is worried that we will encounter some accidents that will not be easy to deal with." Wen sat aside and explained calmly, while the Pope held up the car window in a hurry.
"But I remember that there are many of our allies in Central Asia." The Pope turned to look at Wen and asked, "We visited them one by one before."
"They are currently beyond their capabilities, not to mention that sometimes people need to rely on themselves." Wen said very calmly, looking at the Pope's behavior of stretching his hand out of the window and ignoring it.
"Ah? People need to rely on themselves?" The Pope took his hand back and supported his head, "But sister, you asked me to rely on the Yuan family before. You said at the time that the Yuan family should support me."
"You are a member of the Yuan family, not an ally. You are the wife of the Yuan family and the concubine of Duke Zhong Guo." Wen said angrily, "The two are not the same situation at all."
"Oh." The Pope replied in a long voice. Wen glanced at it twice and stopped caring.
The next few days were uneventful. Even if the Pope didn't want to get in the car at all, Wen was sitting next to him. Even if the Pope wanted to cause trouble, he had to consider other things.
It was not until after crossing the Aral Sea that the originally smooth march had some twists and turns.
"Mother, the scouts discovered that there are two groups of unidentified forces fighting each other twenty miles away. There are about a thousand people. It is suspected that one side is a caravan and the other is a local bandit." Wen Ji received the report from the scouts.
, came in person to ask for orders.
"A caravan from the Han Dynasty?" Wen's question came from the carriage.
"Not completely sure." Wen Ji replied respectfully.
"Can the guards suppress the opponent?" Wen asked with narrowed eyes.
"With the strength of our army, a wave of arrows can suppress it." Wen Ji said very confidently.
"Is it already so chaotic now?" The Pope's voice came out with some curiosity, and then was interrupted by Wen, "Send people to rescue the caravan. Since it is a caravan, if Rome takes half of the profits,
Money, if it is the help of the Han Dynasty, it is the right thing to do."
In the valley, Wei Jian's face was livid. He knew that Central Asia was quite chaotic, but it was too nonsense to be so chaotic. After leaving the Congling forward base, Wei Jian encountered three waves of bandits at such a short distance.
, especially this third wave, this is the bandit army!
"The situation is not good, how about the head of the family retreat to Congling first?" Wei's guard looked at the rather chaotic situation and greeted with an ugly expression.
"Withdraw?" Wei Jian raised his eyebrows. Judging from the fighting power shown by these thieves, it was obvious that they were here to kill him. This was not to make money at all, but to kill him.
"It's not yet time, I want to see who is so bold and reckless." Wei Jian's cold eyes swept across the chaotic battle ahead. Who will be killed if Wei is willing to pay part of the money?
No one wants to fight with Wei's guards to such an extent.
Wei Jian is not a fool. Their family has indeed been in trouble one after another in the past ten years or so, but they are still living strong. Even after something was exposed this time, Wei's evaluation has been directly raised a lot. If in the future
If Aldashir can be pried away, the territory Wei can obtain in Central Asia will definitely not be smaller than that of the top wealthy families.
It is mediocre not to be envied by others. It is impossible to say that no one will be jealous of Wei's actions. This is why Wei Jian went abroad to attend the wedding banquet of Cao Cao's daughter. They also need to explain to the major families, which can be regarded as highlighting their family.
He was indeed involved in this matter.
But looking at the current situation, it seems that some people are not satisfied with the way their Wei family is doing it, and want to make an apology to him, Wei Jian. If anything, this is over the line.
[Hmph, I have been in the Central Plains for a long time, and living in the shadow of Chen Xi, I have forgotten that there is such a way to play.] Wei Jian looked at the melee around him with cold eyes. If this group of thieves hadn't been targeting Aldashir,
Arranged by his family, he directly removed the head.
Just when Wei Jian was analyzing the situation, a batch of crossbow arrows suddenly shot from a distance, and then a large number of cavalry rushed over. Without giving the bandits any extra reaction, they quickly killed the bandits who were besieging Wei's family.
He is so fast that you can tell at a glance that he is an elite who came down from the battlefield.
"Which caravan are you from?" Wen Ji raised his steel gun and shouted in the direction of Wei.
"The Wei family from the east of the Han River!" Wei Jian looked at the young man riding a tall horse. There was no doubt that this was a person with inner energy separated from the body, and his voice was smooth. He was from his own family. The problem was that Wei Jian had seen him before.
Almost all the inner energy in the Central Plains left the body, and he was unfamiliar with the person in front of him.
"Yuanshi Wenji!" Wenji cupped his fists and saluted, "Why don't you retreat to Congling? Central Asia has been very chaotic recently, and bandits and robberies have occurred from time to time."
"Did Yuan go to Kandahar to attend Princess Qinghe's wedding?" Although Wei Ji had some other suspicions at this time, there was no need to do so in Yuan's situation. However, Yuan's appearance here was a bit too coincidental, and Wei Ji could not avoid it.
Some are worried that he will be involved in some games.
