Li Xingchen didn't intend to take advantage of other people's wisdom, let alone make history become so weird.
After all, the person with this name was not born yet, and even his father is still a student in the academy.
Li Xingchen was silent for a moment and said in a deep voice: "Let's call it 'Canghai'."
Lechang was a little surprised, Li Canghai?
This is quite an atmospheric name.
Moreover, what is the metaphorical meaning of this name given by His Majesty?
The vast sea, the vast sea, is indeed a distant existence for people of this era. But for Li Xinchen, the vast sea is the goal that the next generation of Han Dynasty should strive for.
Li Xingchen did not expect that his generation could complete the conquest of the northern grasslands and the southern sea. As long as he could lead the Han people north to the grasslands, he would be satisfied. If he continued to go south, he would have to leave it to his subordinates.
It’s been a generation.
The emergence of any huge empire is not just due to the efforts of one generation. If the struggles of an empire and dynasty are all tied to one person, then in the end its strength will be nothing more than a flash in the pan. The most representative one is of course Alexander's
Empire, after the death of Alexander's generation, Alexander's empire also disappeared.
Similarly, in the East, there was a dynasty with a similar fate like the Qin Empire.
Since it is necessary to avoid the death of the second generation, the first generation is often the most talented and strategic generation of monarchs. Of course, figures such as Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty are not included. The future development direction must be planned in advance. For example, in history, from Liu Bang to
During the two generations of emperors Wen and Jing, the Han Dynasty's national policy of moving north to eliminate the Xiongnu and then developing to the northwest had begun to take shape. It later profoundly affected the history of the entire Han Empire and even the entire China.
The same was true in the Tang Dynasty. From Li Yuan to Li Shimin, the national policy of developing northward and westward in the Tang Dynasty had been set. After that, Tang Gaozong, Empress Wu and Tang Xuanzong all followed this national policy and led the Tang Dynasty to its prosperity step by step.
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Li Xingchen was confident that while he was still young, he could lead the Han Dynasty to defeat the enemies in the north and begin to develop toward the northwest. However, he was not inclined to go all the way west across Central Asia because, as a later generation, Li Xingchen knew what to do in the future.
On the journey, what kind of enemies will the big man encounter, and what kind of difficulties will he face?
The Han Dynasty would not give up on the Western Regions, but to the west of the Western Regions and beyond the Congling Mountains, in Central Asia, Li Xingchen did not believe that the Han Dynasty should devote all their manpower and material resources to conquering it. Because of the impact of the Ice Age, Central Asia was bound to become more desolate and drier. This
This can be seen in Xuanzang's "Records of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty". In addition, the Western Regions also have the nine surnames of Zhaowu, Big and Little Bolu, as well as Persia that is destined to decline and the rise of Dashi, which means that the Han Dynasty will probably
Either we have to devote all our efforts to defending the land far away, or we have to give up the efforts of several generations.
The experience of the Tang Dynasty and even the blood and tears of the soldiers in the Western Regions were lessons that Li Xingchen planned to learn from.
The efforts of several generations cannot be wasted on this.
Therefore, Li Xingchen believed that he would still go south in the future.
Go south and conquer the ocean.
If China keeps focusing on the inland, it will eventually become the closed-door China in history. Only by taking the initiative to conquer the ocean can the ocean bring more benefits to itself.
The ocean may be a somewhat unfamiliar concept to northerners of this era, but it is not unfamiliar to southerners, especially those along the Lingnan coast.
Li Xingchen remembers reading an article that later generations of Vietnamese archaeologists found artifacts from the Han Dynasty in China, but artifacts after the Han Dynasty rarely appeared. However, Chinese history books recorded that from the Han Dynasty to the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the trade between Lingnan and Nanyang was
Never stops.
This is enough to show that in the Han Dynasty, people did not have enough ships and did not understand the shipping routes in Nanyang, so they could only move along the coastline, and Vietnam was naturally an important anchorage. As time went by, Rinan County disappeared
, the Vietnam area in later generations was no longer the inherent territory of China, so Chinese merchants also began to seek a shipping route across the South China Sea, which was later known as the South China Sea. Facts have proved that they were successful.
In other words, in fact, at least during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, people had enough navigation skills to cross the South China Sea and go directly to Nanyang. However, only a few people in Lingnan have such shipbuilding skills and navigation skills. The Ministry of Industry has come forward to organize
Craftsman, but of course all this also takes time.
However, this is no longer enough to prevent Li Xinchen from formulating the strategy for the entire Han Dynasty for the next few generations.
Because Li Xingchen himself was still in his prime, there were indeed many things that could be implemented in his own generation.
Youth is capital.
The strategy Li Xingchen formulated for the next generations of the Han Dynasty was not to go north or west, but to the south to find the Indian Ocean outlet that belonged to the Han Dynasty.
Although humans are more accustomed to being down-to-earth, the ocean is a better medium than land, allowing people to reach another land more quickly. This is mainly because the ocean occupies 70% of the area on the earth, and even more because the ocean
After all, the waves and strong winds on the ocean can be avoided by following rules. In contrast, there is no way to overcome the geographical obstacles on land, especially those endless deserts and mountains.
For the Han Dynasty, only by crossing Nanzhong and even Tubo, continuing southward, and occupying the vast land that extends to the ocean, forming a territory with a high center and low surroundings, can we truly ensure that everything on the eastern ocean and land is within the Han's control.
Within the scope of their rule. And if the Han Dynasty really reaches this point, then it will have the capital to attack westward from the Western Regions, Tubo and Tianzhu further south. In this way, the Han Dynasty will no longer be a lone army, but will move westward in all directions.
Attack, the whip of God, may be repeated by the big man in the future.
And to conquer the south, we must conquer Nanyang.
Li Xingchen named his son such a name, which clearly indicated that the Han Dynasty would conquer the ocean in the future, and he also believed that this son, who was already bold at a young age, should be able to inherit his wish.
As for whether it is "Canghai" or "Nanyang", this naturally involves Li Xinchen's greater ambition.
Nanyang is only a part of it, it is not impossible to continue to conquer the North Sea to the north, and continue to the east to control the entire Oriental island chain!
Shen Wuhua and Yuchi Chifan were both calling the emperor's eldest son by his new name of "Canghai".
Lechang probably understood Li Xingchen's intention, especially the intention he wanted to express through this name. He smiled and said: "Your Majesty's ambition is quite ambitious."
"Of course a good man cannot be limited to a small place while he is alive."