Chapter 1810 Following the Road Twenty Years Ago - Big Events Take Three Generations
"We can only give up." Yun said: "Now, even if the two feudal lords of Yingei are withdrawn fifty years later, there will not be much land occupied by the Han in Kanto. Moreover, although Kanto is vast and sparsely populated, the climate is cold. In the next two years,
It will get colder and colder over the next hundred years, and the people will not be willing to move to Guandong. Instead, the people of Guandong will want to move to Guan. If there is no vassal rule, the land occupied by the Han people will not only not increase, but will decrease. In order to maintain the Han people
The rule of the Guandong land north of Liaodong can only allow these two vassals to continue to exist. But you can rest assured that although these two vassals are very close to the Central Plains, they are sparsely populated. Unless there is chaos in the Central Plains, it will never be possible to enter the Central Plains and seize them.
The throne; if there is a real chaos in the Central Plains, it would be better for the princes and kings of the same surname to seize the world than to let the rebels seize it. At least, the clan will not be massacred."
Yun's words made sense, and Wen Yuan did not refute, but said: "In this way, in the next hundred years, the vassal states in Guandong will not withdraw their vassals, the vassal states in the northwest and western regions will not withdraw their vassals, and the vassal states in Hanzhou will never withdraw.
Fan, it’s the Nanyang vassal country that wants to withdraw its vassal?”
Yun had already decided that the vassal kings in the northwest would not withdraw from the vassal, and had also told Wenyuan that the place west of Jiayuguan was not a bitter cold place, but these places were too far away from the capital of the Ming Dynasty. With the communication level of this era, it was impossible to
, even with the level of communication a hundred or two hundred years from now, it is simply impossible to maintain centralization and turn the local area into Han land. It will only be local self-governance in most places, and a few cities and suburbs will be controlled by the government.
.In order to expand the territory of the Han people, they could only maintain enfeoffment.
"Only the Nanyang vassal state." Yun said: "The Nanyang vassal state is not closer to the capital than Guandong, but the climate is humid and the population is relatively dense. People from Guangdong, Guangxi, and Fujian had a precedent of going to Nanyang as early as the Tang Dynasty. The Central Plains fell in the Song Dynasty.
Before and after the Mongols took over, many people went to live in Nanyang. Even if the direct jurisdiction of the vassal court was withdrawn, there was no need to worry about the number of Han people no longer increasing; the only thing to worry about was the local rebellion caused by improper handling by local officials. Therefore, my father is here
In the early years of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the vassal state was conferred in Nanyang. Firstly, it rapidly increased the number of Han people in Nanyang. Secondly, it formed local practices for handling many things. Later officials only need to follow the practices of the vassal period and will not easily cause rebellion by the local people."
"But even so, you don't have to be in a hurry to withdraw from Nanyang." Yun continued: "In the twenty or thirty years since my father's reign, he has gradually abolished the kings of Nanyang countries, or given them the title of duke if he is wise.
Come to the capital to enjoy the blessings, and let all the kings become kings named Zhu."
"What you will do after you succeed to the throne is to use various methods to weaken the vassal states in Nanyang, such as using disrespect as an excuse to cut off several vassal counties and place them under the jurisdiction of Guangxi Province; and to show the authority of the imperial court in Nanyang and let the vassal state
The people of the country know that there is a court above the king. If there is a vassal state that resolutely disobeys the court, troops will be sent to punish it. However, instead of abolishing the vassal and establishing prefectures and counties, replace the vassal with another descendant named Zhu as the king."
"On the other hand, you have to support the vassal states in Nanyang to educate the locals culturally and let them think that they are Han people. Those who are determined not to be Han people must be killed, so that more and more people think that they are Han people.
, until it occupies the majority.”
"After my father's grandson, that is, your son, succeeds to the throne, then implement the Tuen Order, smash the vassal state so that they can no longer resist the imperial court, and then gradually cancel the vassal state and set up provinces and prefectures to complete the withdrawal of the vassal state."
"Yes, my son knows." Wenyuan agreed, but after thinking for a while, he said: "Father, my son, why does it sound like the story of the early Han Dynasty, when Han Dynasty to Hanwu gradually abolished the princes and kings in the East?"
"You're right." Yun said with a smile: "Being a father means following the practices of the early Han Dynasty."
"What my father wants to do for Nanyang is just like the emperor of the Han Dynasty. First, he made all the foreign countries in Nanyang surrender to the Ming Dynasty, and then gradually turned these foreign countries into vassal states and their kings into the Ming Dynasty clan."
"What you have to do is to gradually strengthen the control of the Nanyang vassal states through the actions of the second emperor Wenjing in the early Han Dynasty, unify Nanyang culturally, and show the authority of the imperial court."
"What your son has to do is to do what Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did and finally complete the withdrawal of the vassal state."
"Father, does it have to be so complicated to withdraw the vassal vassal and unify Nanyang?" Wenyuan thought about it again and couldn't help but ask.
This is what he has always doubted. Yun had not told Wenyuan his thoughts so clearly before, but Wenyuan probably knew it. He was a little puzzled by this: Nanyang Fanguo is so weak, and together they will not be the Ming Dynasty.
Is it necessary for his opponent to go through three generations and use such complicated means to bring Nanyang back to the imperial court?
"It is necessary." Yun replied: "Do you think that the biggest problem in unifying Nanyang is whether the Ming army can attack the Nanyang Fan countries? No, that is not the case. The biggest problem is the culture of the Ming Dynasty and the Nanyang Fan countries.
, or it can be said that the Ming government and the Nanyang government have different ways of governing the country and the people, the living habits of the people, and the cultural customs."
"And people, any very great person, can do a lot of things in their lifetime, but they can change very few ideas. The ideas of adults are difficult to change, and the same is true for cultural customs. If there is no action by the vassal state
The buffering allowed the culture of Nanyang to gradually approach the Ming Dynasty. After the destruction of the Fan Kingdom in Nanyang, it was immediately returned to the direct jurisdiction of the imperial court. The officials sent to Nanyang ruled the people of Nanyang according to the methods of the Central Plains. Cultural conflicts would inevitably lead to one after another rebellions."
"But fortunately, people with old ideas will die. As long as the vassal state is governed effectively and the cultural customs of the Central Plains are instilled into the new generation of local people, the differences in cultural customs can be eliminated. At this time, the vassal state will be abolished and the
The time is ripe for the prefectures and counties. Therefore, it will take three generations for my father to completely conquer Nanyang."
"Son, I understand." Wen Yuan bowed to Yun very formally this time.
"As long as you understand." Yun patted his shoulder.
"Third brother, it's time to eat." At this time, a sentence came from not far away. Yun looked up and saw Yun Zhi standing in front of the door of the house where he was eating, shouting to him.
"Let's go now." Yun agreed and walked into the house with his son.
"Yunzhi, I see that just now Caiyun is talking to Wenyuan, and what he is talking about should be business. Aren't you afraid that this voice will disturb their discussion of business?" Baoqing walked to Yunzhi at this time and said softly.
Yunzhi didn't answer Bao Qing's words and just laughed. But she thought in her heart: "The expression on the third brother's face at that time clearly meant that the business had already been said, so I dared to shout that sentence. Otherwise, you think I dare to be casual."
Interrupting Third Brother?"
After lunch, Yun and King Yingyong walked around Shanhaiguan together in the afternoon. The next day, the group set off for Peiping together with Zhu Song and Zhu Yun. However, Yun did not go. He came to Tianjin again and returned to Hanzhou.
The ship left the Central Plains.
Yun was quite reluctant to part with him. The calculations in his youth were long gone, and what was left was brotherhood. Yun was in the Hanzhou continent, and had only returned to the Central Plains for more than ten years. He might not be able to see him again in this life. Even if he knew that Yun was not allowed to
It was impossible not to return to Hanzhou, but Yun still held his hand tightly.
Yun was also quite reluctant to leave, with tears welling up in his eyes. After a while, he said: "We brothers broke up today, and we may not be able to get together again tomorrow, so why should we act like children?"
As he spoke, he let go of Yun's hand and said loudly: "When the day comes, I will return to the Central Plains again and have a drink and talk." After saying that, he turned and left. Looking at his back, Yun wiped away his tears.
He also turned around and stopped looking at him.
Wenyuan was a little surprised by the behavior of his second uncle and his father. In his opinion, such a free and easy performance should belong to his father, not his second uncle. Out of curiosity, he asked his fourth aunt Yun Zhi. Yun Zhi chuckled after hearing his question.
After a moment, he said: "If you and Wen Qi are separated one day, you will understand."
Afterwards, everyone came to Peiping. Yun had also been to Peiping more than 20 years ago, and couldn't help but sigh again in front of the former Prince Yan's Mansion. However, the original Prince of Yan Zhu Di was not in Peking, but in Su Fan, and he lived in Su Fan
Fortunately, he had a second spring. Su Fan should be credited with at least 50% of the achievements of his conquests over the years. Yun just sighed for a while.
After leaving Peiping, Yun started to return to Beijing, passing through Baoding Prefecture, Zhending Prefecture, Shunde Prefecture, Daming Prefecture and other places to Kaifeng, where he met Zhu and Zhu Youdou and his son. Zhu Youdun was only three months younger than Yun. This year
He is already forty years old, but he still has no son or daughter. He himself has given up on having children, and is unwilling to adopt his brother's son. He has decided to make his younger brother Zhu You the heir to the throne. Zhu You doesn't like Zhu You, but Zhu You
He is the legitimate second son, and all the sons except Zhu Youdun are concubines. Now that Zhu You has not betrayed his father and brother, Zhu You can only agree.
When Yun heard Zhu Youdou talking about this, he glanced at Zhu You and thought to himself: "After you inherit the throne, I'm afraid you can't continue to live leisurely in Kaifeng. Your father studies medicine and your eldest brother studies opera, but
But you haven’t studied anything useful. I will never let you go to Kaifeng, either to the capital or overseas. However, this may not be a bad thing for you, it depends on your personal fate."
After leaving Kaifeng City, Yun visited the Shaolin Temple again, and then continued south to Huguang. Since he had gone to the Shaolin Temple, he also wanted to go to Wudang Mountain for balance. Yun worshiped again at Wudang Mountain, and also summoned the people who had been with him at the time.
Song Qingshu and others were working as bodyguards beside him. Song Qingshu was forty-three years old this year. He was in charge of the outer sect of Wudang Mountain. He married a gentle wife, had a son and a daughter, and lived a happy life. Yun saw that he had once
The guards had a good life and were very happy, so they were rewarded with some wealth.
In addition to balancing and meeting the former bodyguards, Yun also came to Wudang Mountain for another purpose, which was to meet Zhang Sanfeng again and have something to say to him. However, Zhang Sanfeng had not shown his face for nearly ten years, and no one in Wudang Mountain knew what happened.
Wherever Master Feng was, Yun could only leave in dismay.
After leaving Wudang Mountain, they headed south all the way to Jiangling. In Jiangling, the group got on a boat and sailed down the river back to the capital.