"Pingshen, a minister of the Han Dynasty, unless it is an important occasion that requires the ritual of three bows and nine kowtows, there is no need to do so at other times." Li Xingchen said lightly.
Li Jun stood up tremblingly and slapped his knees.
"There is no dust in the palace." Li Xingchen added.
Li Jun shivered and was a little at a loss, but Chen Yu guided him to his own soft cushion.
All the ministers in the court laughed softly. Since Your Majesty is in the mood to make a joke, it means that Your Majesty is in a pretty good mood.
Now that the prisoner-offering team from the south has returned to the capital, it is time to divide the results of Lin Yi's battle. Although Li Xingchen used the excuse of building roads to delay the matter, it was impossible.
It can't be delayed anymore.
This was a piece of meat that both civil servants and generals were eyeing. No one wanted to lose the initiative in the south by falling into the other's mouth. Li Xingchen took the initiative to divert the topic last time.
Although there was also the importance and urgency of infrastructure construction, Li Xingchen also considered reconciling the conflict that was about to break out between civilian officials and military generals at that time, or telling the tense civil and military officials that I am not unaware of your careful thoughts.
, it would be better for me to be more restrained.
Of course, the civil and military officials were not stupid. They were very decisive at that time. If Li Xingchen really got angry because of the conflict between civil and military officials, then no one would be able to eat anything good in the end. The current Emperor is not from the Northern and Southern Dynasties.
His Majesty the Emperor has to obey the aristocratic family in everything. Although he needs checks and balances, he is definitely not someone to be bullied.
However, the issue of the division of interests after the Linyi War cannot be completely unresolved in the end.
Now that everyone has calmed down, it's time to talk about this issue.
However, no one knew what kind of medicine His Majesty was selling in the gourd, so he actually let a Linyi person appear first.
"Li Jun," Li Xingchen said, still calling him from Linyi, "you are a native of the south, tell me how you think the Han should govern Annan?"
This is definitely a proposition. If it were anyone else in the court, I'm afraid they would have to weigh it carefully. If you are not careful, you may offend people on both sides at the same time. Even if you don't offend both sides, your majesty will be dissatisfied in the end.
If so, it would be better to offend the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty.
Li Jun obviously did not realize this problem. He stood up, bowed respectfully, and said directly: "Your Majesty, the common people believe that the land of Annan is located in the south of the sky, but it is just a foothold for my big man.
This land is definitely not within the territory of the Han Dynasty."
"What do you say?" Tang Yishun was the first to stand up and express his dissatisfaction.
Could this guy still want to persuade His Majesty to resort to violence and continue to attack westward?
Li Jun was startled, but he was not a timid person who was afraid of everything. Otherwise, he would not have led the people of Linyi to the forefront of resisting the oppression of the nobles in Linyi. This was only the first time he saw Li Xingchen so real.
His Majesty, the Emperor of the Heavenly Kingdom, was just worried and uneasy. After all, if nothing else, the glorious palace of Jiankang Mansion was not something Li Jun, a Linyi native who grew up in the wilderness, dared to imagine.
Now that Li Xingchen had made it clear that he was supporting him, his words were naturally not so submissive. Li Jun immediately said: "Although the military power of the Celestial Empire is great, the rule of Annan in the past dynasties is often short-lived. In the eyes of the common people, it is not
Not only is China far away from Annan, but actually the journey from Lingnan in China to Annan is not that far."
"What's the reason?" Yang Su also asked with interest.
How to stabilize the rule in Annan has always been a concern of the civil and military officials in the court, and it is also an issue that the Han Dynasty needs to solve urgently.
Repairing roads is certainly an important part, but it is difficult to say when the roads will be repaired. Before that, the Han Dynasty cannot just leave Annan alone.
“Because the territory of Annan is divided into a long strip from north to south, and there is Hengshan Mountain in the middle, this means that if the Han Dynasty wants to establish a perfect rule over Annan, it can only rely on the narrow sea and Hengshan Mountain.
"As a Linyi native, it is obvious that Li Jun knows Linyi far better than the other Han officials. "Therefore, this has hindered the communication of information between the north and the south for a long time. Enemies from the west can still stop them at any time.
Cut off the north-south connection in Annan, especially the connection between Xianglin and Jiaozhi, Jiuzhen and other places in the north."
"Then what will happen if we continue to go west?" Tang Yishun asked directly.
"To the west from Linyi is Funan's territory." Pei Zilie also spoke at this time.
The civil servants immediately leaned forward slightly and cheered up one by one.
Under normal circumstances, it is Yang Su from the Taiwei Mansion who speaks on behalf of the military commanders. As a cavalry general, Pei Zilie, although he is the head of the military commanders in the court, actually rarely speaks on Suli's behalf, mainly because of his status here.
, once he spoke, it almost represented what Li Xingchen meant.
So this time, His Majesty was also behind the instigation. He specially found a Linyi person and then put the issue of the Han Dynasty heading west from Annan on the table?
What makes the civil servants even more nervous is that their understanding of Annan was only made up after the Southern Expedition. When it comes to what else is there from Annan to the west, they really don’t know. The name Funan was only a long time ago.
Perhaps I have heard of it sometime or read it in a book about southern scenery.
Funan is an ancient country located in Cambodia.
In fact, Funan is not unfamiliar to China. Even later generations have to look for information from ancient Chinese books to understand the history of Funan. During the Three Kingdoms period, Funan even had contacts with the then Wu State by sea, but later China fell into the Northern and Southern Dynasties.
In troubled times, naturally no one cared about this country far away in the south. After three hundred years of troubled times, people of this era naturally forgot that such a country existed.
"Funan is also an ancient country with a long history. We have heard about it as early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Besides Funan, there are also several vassal states, the largest of which is Zhenla." Pei Zilie said in a deep voice, obviously here.
He had already done enough research on the South before, otherwise he would not be familiar with this absolutely unpopular knowledge unless he was in charge of the war in the South.
"Although Funan occupies a large area, most of it is rainforest and mountainous, with sparsely populated areas. Zhenla has a similar situation." At this time, Li Xun also spoke. He led his army south to Annan. Of course, the situation in the south was better than the others.
Clearly, what they say is naturally more convincing than Pei Zilie, who has never been to the south, and Li Jun, who is from Linyi.