The generals, princes and generals in the audience were beating drums in their hearts. Many people had never even heard of the existence of Southwest Yi. +,
Even if they have heard of it, their impression of the southwestern Yi is still limited to the docile, pleasant, sensible and obedient Bo slaves with special ladylike skills and those Bo horses with very good endurance.
Other things...
Haha, who is Xianyi?
In the eyes of the Han Dynasty scholar-officials, ministers, princes, lieutenants and people all over the world at this time, the southwest region was a forgotten world.
Even a visual blind spot.
In the Han family's court, in the past few decades, the strategy against the Xiongnu was often discussed, as well as the policy towards the South Vietnam issue and the Fujian-Vietnam issue, and even the countermeasures against Korea.
But no one has ever discussed the Southwest issue.
It seems as if such a region does not exist in this world.
It was after Liu Che ascended the throne that he concocted the myth of body poisoning, so the scholar-bureaucrats and nobles shifted their attention slightly.
Then, continue as if they don't exist.
However, just because the official thinks they don’t exist, it doesn’t mean that other people think the Southwest Barbarians don’t exist.
Liu Che's two father-in-laws, Zhuo Wangsun and Cheng Zheng from Linqiong, made their first fortune by selling ironware to the southwest.
Even now, their main market and main labor supplier comes from the southwest region.
This is not just because of the butterfly effect brought about by Liu Che's time travel.
But that’s what they would do anyway!
It is said in historical records that the way these two people made their fortunes was to "cast iron mountains and drums, make plans, and conquer the people of Yunnan and Sichuan."
What kind of trick, Liu Che has now seen it.
Almost all the southwestern Yi countries have become these two guys’ ATM machines and labor dispatch companies.
Now, the miners and coolies in their name are all slaves and prisoners of war from the southwestern Yi countries.
Moreover, with Liu Che as the backstage, their courage is getting bigger and bigger.
Not only did the business expand to the distant South Vietnam country along the path of the southwestern Yi countries.
They even kept sending people to provoke melee among the barbarian countries in the southwest, selling arms behind the scenes and manipulating state affairs.
Give full play to the profit-seeking and evil-doing nature of capitalists.
So much so that Liu Che began to worry that if they continued to play like this, would one day the southwestern Yi countries become extinct because of this?
For the sake of profit, capitalists exterminate the human race in a certain area. This is not a strange thing in the history of human development.
And Liu Che obviously couldn't let these two guys continue playing so crazy!
If the population of the southwestern Yi countries drops to a certain number, then what will Liu Che do to develop the area and establish a stable rule in the future?
The reason is very simple.
Among the mountains in the southwest, the land is barren, the roads are blocked, and the products are relatively not that rich.
Chinese people are generally reluctant to go there.
Therefore, if he wanted to develop the southwest and establish a stable rule there, Liu Che still needed a certain base of local population.
As for the issues of assimilation and centripetal force, there is no need to worry.
Although the Han Dynasty never exerted its influence on the southwest region.
However, Confucianism during the periods of King Chu Yuan and King Chu Yi had already set foot in the local area and educated a group of Chinese nobles and officials.
When Wu King Liu Bi was still alive, he also extended his power to the southwest region and developed several horses.
Otherwise, how do you think Bo Nu and Ze Ma were discovered by China?
Today's southwestern countries, those small countries close to the border of the Han Dynasty and the border of the South Vietnam Kingdom, are actually very highly Hanized.
There is a famous story called "The Yelang is Arrogant".
It tells the story of King Yelang asking the visiting Han envoy who was older, Yelang or the Han Dynasty.
Therefore, the Yelang King became the laughingstock of the ages.
However, in fact, this was a joke deliberately played by King Yelang himself.
The purpose was to pretend to be stupid and to win the favor of the Han Dynasty.
Didn’t you see that Yelang State later became the Han family’s top thug in the southwest?
When Emperor Wu invaded South Vietnam, the Yelang Kingdom sold iron and steel and raised more than 20,000 troops. They almost sold their livers and kidneys to support the Han Dynasty's father in destroying South Vietnam.
In the expedition to the Dian Kingdom, Yelang soldiers also actively participated and responded enthusiastically.
As for the Bozuo countries...
The Han troops didn't even go, so they just knelt down.
They directly wrote to Emperor Wu and requested that they be the concubines of the Han officials and not the king of the Yi and Di.
Even Emperor Wu was shocked, thinking these guys were lying to him, so he sent Sima Xiangru over to investigate.
As a result, Sima Xiangru, a scholar who had a stutter in his speech, took the Emperor's Day and dozens of followers into the mountains of the southwest. When he came out, Bo, Zeo and other five kings followed him like a concubine. Behind Sima Xiangru's buttocks, he came to the people of the dynasty with great joy, carrying large and small bags, all his belongings, and the people of the country...
So, Sima Xiangru got such a big credit for nothing...
What's even more funny is that for the sake of inclusion, the two kings of Bo Ze started a competition.
What competition?
Bribed Sima Xiangru to put his name first on the attached list.
Originally, no one knew about this.
But Sima Xiangru made a fatal mistake. In order to publicize his great achievements, he took the initiative to expose the matter.
Then, he was impeached for accepting bribes, dismissed from office, and was idle for more than a year before being reactivated.
As for why the southwest countries are like this?
Especially the closer you are to the border of the Han Dynasty, the more you want to fall into the warm embrace of the Chinese father?
Liu Che probably guessed some of the good things his two father-in-laws did!
These two guys are swaying the people of Yunnan and Sichuan, and using the power of capital, they are causing trouble in the southwest.
What a disaster to the southwestern countries, it’s really *********.
The ones further away were okay, but the tribes in the kingdoms close to the Han border were all crying and crying, with tears streaming down their faces.
In addition, these two people are so rich that the kings of the southwestern Yi countries think that China is paradise, and a businessman can live a fairy-like life. What about the noble officials?
Looking at myself again, damn it, the majestic king, the life is not as comfortable as the housekeeper of Cheng Zheng and Zhuo's family.
Naturally, he happily begged and shouted to be included.
As for why Liu Che knew this?
The same clue was given by Sima Xiangru...
Historically, when this guy was sent as an envoy to the southwest barbarians, there was a lot of opposition in Shu County. Countless people gave various examples to prove that developing the southwest would not be worth the gain and the cost would be huge.
For this reason, Sima Xiangru had to write a fu to oppose these voices, and at the same time tell the people of Shu County why the southwest should be developed.
And who is it that doesn’t want the country to develop the southwest and then set up counties there?
You can think of this with your buttocks, because there are huge Shujun businessmen in the local area, especially the Cheng Zheng family and the Zhuo family.
Now, with the strong support and protection of Liu Che, Zhuo Wangsun and Cheng Zhengying are tormenting the southwestern countries at a faster speed and more unscrupulous means than in history.
After playing for three years, Liu Che felt that the time was almost here.
It's time to close the net.
Liu Che looked at the people in the school, opened his hands and asked: "Gentlemen, who is willing to serve as my guppy and Chang Yu, to collect the southwest for me and restore the homeland of Chu and Qin?"
In the early Warring States period, when the Chu State was in its prime, Chu general Zhuang Yu led his troops into the southwest region, opening the way for China to develop the southwest for the first time. Unfortunately, when Zhuang Yu's army conquered the southwest, they looked back and saw that their hometown of Bashu had been destroyed. The Qin army took over, so they had no choice but to settle there with their tribesmen. This is the origin of the Dian Kingdom.
As for Chang Yan, he was a Qin general who established counties and counties in the southwestern region on the orders of Qin Shihuang, appointed officials, and implemented effective rule.
Unfortunately, more than ten years later, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang rebelled, and the Qin Dynasty collapsed. Naturally, no one had time to deal with the southwest.
As soon as Liu Che said these words, the generals below the stage became excited and worshiped one after another: "I am not talented, but I am willing to be your majesty's pioneer!"
Although everyone's understanding of the southwest is still limited to Bo slaves and Ze horses, well, there may be another place that may lead to body poisoning.
However, this did not hinder him at all. The generals rushed to be the first and recommended themselves.
The Huns are not afraid of the current Han army, and they even have the confidence to go out to the fortress to settle accounts with Shanyu.
A mere southwestern barbarian, isn’t it easy to capture him?
Naturally, no one will let this kind of military glory come to their doorstep.
Apart from anything else, just having the experience of leading troops on thousands of miles of expeditions and destroying countless countries is enough to add to his own merits in the future.
Not to mention, leading troops in to make a fortune or something like that is naturally the right thing to do in the question!
Liu Che looked at the generals scrambling for the first place and nodded in his heart.
Although in the southwest region, only Dian Kingdom and the few kingdoms surrounding Dian Kingdom may need to use swords to reason, generally speaking, there is no challenge to the Han army there.
In fact, it may only take one armed march, or even no armed march, for this wanderer in the southwest to return to the embrace of China.
This is a territory covering seven counties!
Not to mention, Liu Che vaguely remembered that there should be an ancient road in Dian Kingdom that led directly to Myanmar and India.
Didn’t Zhuo Wangsun once buy poisonous slaves in Dian Kingdom?
But the selection of generals still needs to be done seriously.
You can't choose someone stupid to go over and intensify the conflict.
Liu Che glanced around at the generals and princes, and then said: "I am very pleased that you and others are loyal to the country. In this way, you and others will write a memorial tomorrow to talk about their views on the use of troops in the southwest. Bar!"
The generals and princes all glared at each other, and then bowed: "No! I respectfully obey the imperial edict..."
I immediately began to think about how to write this memorial.
Although they have never been to Southwest China, they are not even familiar with Shu County.
But it doesn't matter, there are still many diners from Shu County in our homes, and some even have many Bo slaves.
You can probably get some details from these people's mouths.
With just a little bit of bluffing, a memorial was released. (To be continued.)
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