Liaozhou is said to be a state, but just looking at its area, it is probably not much smaller than several states in the southern part of the Han Dynasty.

Because the population, culture, and economy of the Han Dynasty are all concentrated in the Central Plains, there are many states in the Central Plains and Hebei. The huge southern region only has four states: Yizhou, Jingzhou, Yangzhou and Jiaozhou. Not only because of these few

The terrain is complex everywhere, and the population is sparse, with only so many cities and counties.

Today's Liaozhou is also in a general situation. Although Cao Cao was defeated, there are still many things for the elites of the Han Dynasty to worry about. What's more terrible is that these things cannot be decided by a single department, so everyone can only say

Come up with their own suggestions, and then let the emperor make the final decision.

It is a huge state, and it is a completely newly developed state. Most of the area is extremely empty, and the few residential areas are ignored because they are not in line with Han people's habits.

At this time, it is necessary to decide where to build towns, and then use these towns as the most basic points to eventually connect them into a chain that radiates throughout Liaozhou.

This is the role of cities and towns, and in addition to being suitable for living and convenient transportation, cities and towns also need to consider strategic needs.

What's more, Liaozhou is not only a newly conquered state, but also a frontier state and county of the Han Dynasty. Therefore, we must consider issues such as being attacked by foreign enemies. And these are not only questions to the civil officials of the court, but also to the military generals.

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But even so, it is impossible to decide where to build the city, because on-site inspections are still needed - many people do not know much about Liaodong County and the areas to the north, and there are very few records and atlases about these places, so it is necessary to

Conduct on-site inspections - After this set of procedures, it is estimated that by next winter we will not be able to decide where to build the town.

But it doesn't matter, Cao Cao is still using troops during this period anyway. Judging from the current trend, the King of Goguryeo should be able to survive until next year, but it will be difficult for him to hold on next winter.

Without a place to live, it is impossible to support so many people and refugees through two winters with the supplies they carry. At the same time, the winter weather in the Northeast is not a joke. In fact, this winter is enough to bring down the last days of the Goguryeo Dynasty.

Swallow most of it.

The only thing that supported them was that the Han Dynasty was unwilling to continue fighting and took the initiative to retreat.

When they realized that the big man would not retreat and was determined to beat them to death this time, the last bit of faith that supported them would be completely shattered.

His faith was shattered, his spiritual support was gone, his material needs could not be met, and there was no hope of victory. Liu Xuan did not believe that those Goguryeo people would really fight with him to the end even if they were offered some benefits at this time.

To put it bluntly, Goguryeo was also a vassal state that had submitted to the Han Dynasty for many years. They had always accepted the Han culture and were a branch of the Han civilization. They did not have such big differences on many things. Even if they were completely merged under the rule of the Han Dynasty, there would be no conflict.

It won't be that serious.

In addition, Goguryeo has not yet truly formed its own culture, and they will not resist many assimilation moves, so why do they keep fighting with the Han?

After they surrendered, the Han people ensured that their lives would be worry-free. In less than fifty years, the word Goguryeo would disappear from the minds of all the people.

In comparison, Xianbei, which still occupies a vast area in the north, is more of a headache.

"Actually, Xianbei is not monolithic. They have many conflicts within themselves, and they are not subordinate to each other. Several close groups form one force, and their internal situation is not much better than that of the Han Dynasty in the early years!"

Liu Xuan nodded, this is reasonable. If Xianbei is really so united, and almost everyone on the grassland herdsmen can serve as soldiers, how big an army will Xianbei, who has such a vast grassland, pull up?

I'm afraid it can be compared to the powerful Mongol Empire in later generations.

So how can the Xiongnu and the Han who are in chaos still exist? They may have been trampled to pieces by the Xianbei army long ago and no longer exist!

"Now those fighting against Governor Cao (Cao Cao was once again named Governor before his expedition to facilitate the command of his troops) are some tribes in the eastern part of Xianbei and the remaining tribes of Wuhuan!"

In fact, Wuhuan and Xianbei are both descendants of Donghu, so it is natural that Wuhuan ran to mix with Xianbei after being defeated.

After all, compared to the Han people who have a completely different culture, the Xianbei can be considered the same race as them. Even if there are conflicts, they can be put aside at this time. They have no conflicts in dealing with the Han people.

These things were the lessons that Chen Lin just helped Liu Xuan with. Otherwise, Liu Xuan would still not know about these things. He only thought that Xianbei was Xianbei and Wuhuan was Wuhuan. It turned out that there was such an allusion in it.

Looking at the map, Liu Xuan found that if the current war situation continues, the Han Dynasty will destroy Wuhuan, and then some tribes in eastern Xianbei that were forced to merge with Wuhuan will continue to retreat to the north. In this way, Youzhou

Will be completely liberated from the threats of Xianbei and Wuhuan.

And the important point is that not only Youzhou was liberated, but Bingzhou no longer had to worry about enemies coming from the north, and could concentrate on dealing with the Xiongnu tribes in the west.

At that time, the big man's body was like a fist that was about to be clenched, and the Huns became the last obstacle in the fist.

"By then, it will be time to take action against the Huns!"

The Xiongnu had troubled the Central Plains dynasty for many generations. Even in the heyday of the Han Dynasty, the threat of the Xiongnu was not truly and completely solved - only one group was driven away, and another group remained.

Now that Liu Xuan is in charge, he is not the one who drives away the bad guys and is done. Moreover, if the current situation continues, the Xiongnu will almost become the stuffing of dumplings wrapped in it. If you don't eat it in one bite, why wait?

Are you waiting for others to rob you?

"When the Xianbei are defeated and the Xiongnu are destroyed, the territory of the Han Dynasty will probably increase by a large amount!"

Today, a large grassland area in the west of Bingzhou and in the east of Liangzhou is occupied by the Huns. This place is not particularly good for the Han people in the Central Plains, but it is the lifeblood of the Huns.

And it’s not that there is really no room for development in this area. The key is that there are less places that can be used as farmland, and there are too many restrictions on building cities. If they were occupied, it would be a bit outweighing the losses for the previous dynasties - the investment and

The output is disproportionate and will become a burden to the court for a long time or even hundreds of years. Therefore, even in the most powerful period, no dynasty really included these areas into their own territory.

In fact, the situation in the Northeast is similar, and in some cases even worse - the climate in the Northeast is even worse than that of the grassland, and in the early years there were no grains suitable for the Northeast.

Of course, these problems are no longer a problem now, but it is still quite troublesome to build cities in the grassland area. Fortunately, this area is in the Yellow River Basin. At worst, cities can be built along the Yellow River and its tributaries.

Seeing the emperor looking left and right, he even began to think about where to build the city. However, this place was not the territory of the Han Dynasty at the moment. These ministers felt strange at first, but then they felt that this situation was nothing strange.

The current strength of the Han Dynasty, not to mention the Xiongnu, even if the Xiongnu, Xianbei, and Qiang people unite, they may not be enough to defeat the Han Dynasty's imperial army.

This group of people knows the strength of the big man best.

Therefore, the emperor can build a city wherever he likes. As for whether it is the territory of the Han Dynasty, it does not matter at all. Even if it is not the territory of the Han Dynasty, it will be sooner or later! If the emperor is in a hurry, the worst case scenario is that the ministers will directly bring troops and horses to fight.

Why don't you just come down and build a city for the emperor?

In other words, it is one's blessing to be able to show one's talent and learning under such an emperor, but thinking about the two people before the emperor, who would have thought that the Han Dynasty would still be like this?

The more I think about it, the more incredible it becomes, especially for Lu Xun. He has been following the emperor for a long time. Not long after Sun Ce destroyed his family, the emperor sent someone to contact the Lu family. Strictly speaking, he was already a member of the imperial court at that time.

People on the side.

But he didn't stay with the emperor for long.

Because he had been "undercover" in Jiangdong, Lu Xun didn't come into contact with the Emperor until the Sun family fled overseas. It was only then that he was truly sure that his choice was indeed correct, but he still couldn't understand the Emperor.

"What is the reason that allowed a young emperor to pick up this man who was about to collapse and push him to a higher level?"

With this kind of curiosity, Lu Xun did not do much after entering the court, but he did not stop looking at it! But the more he looked at it, the more confused he became. Until now, he no longer thinks about all the messy things. Anyway, as long as he is sure of one thing,

Good: Under the leadership of His Majesty today, the Han Dynasty will surely become an extremely powerful country.

He didn't know how powerful it would be, but he was looking forward to it.

But even so, after seeing Liu Xuan's various pretense today, I couldn't help but feel excited. In Liu Xuan's words: I still have too little knowledge, so I'm scared?

If Liu Xuan directly told Lu Xun that he not only wanted to dominate the world, but also wanted to conquer the boundless sea of ​​stars, the young man would probably faint from fear.

After discussing for a while and understanding the situation in Liaodong, Liu Xuan casually asked about the situation here in Yamatai.

Urban Niu Li did a good job, and the workers they recruited were also very diligent. Under the guidance of Deng Zhi, Cheng Yu and others, they began to be exposed to simple Chinese culture, because those who learned well would be rewarded - sumptuous dinners and

There was only a small pot of wine, so this group of people worked very hard, and we often saw some guys mumbling something in their mouths while working.

Liu Xuan was secretly amused every time he saw such a situation, and Chen Lin also said: "Within thirty years of this, the land of Japan will be filled with Han people!"

This Han people are not Han people by blood, but people who have accepted Han culture and live the same life as Han people. In the Han Dynasty, there are many such people, and even some ethnic groups and tribes have all accepted Han culture.

Soon the name of this tribe will disappear.

Chen Lin admired the emperor's way of occupying a country without any bloodshed.

Although it is not a novel idea to use talent, learning and virtue to influence the world, the only thing that can be truly implemented and have visible results is what is being done today.

What I did earlier was too rigid in formality. As a result, the education was not good. Instead, I attracted a group of white-eyed wolves. I had to use it wisely.

With a combination of kindness and power, including beatings and caressing as well as inducements, these people came closer very consciously.

"What's the current food situation?"

This question was put under the charge of Cheng Yu, the Minister of Household Affairs. After hearing Liu Xuan's inquiry, he opened his mouth and answered: "The grain we brought is enough to survive this winter, and we can produce a batch of grain before this winter. Not only is it enough for us, but we can also take out some of it."

Leave it to Nanshengmi to take credit!"

"Really!"

After several years of development, the harvest formation mastered by the Ministry of Revenue has been improved and updated several times. Nowadays, several areas in the core of the Han Dynasty use the latest formation. The grain can be harvested twice a year, and the output is also high.

It is guaranteed that the grain produced in one year will be one and a half to two times that of before.

As a result, Dahan's grain output has doubled again. As a result, Dahan's current situation is not that there is not enough food, but that there is too much grain and rice, which is almost full of grain depots. The price of food on the market has also dropped again and again.

It has affected people's lives to some extent.

In response to this situation, the imperial court responded urgently—first by controlling grain prices, and then by continuously collecting excess grain.

In fact, the reason why this war started was that a large amount of food was consumed.

At the same time, some grain-derived industries began to develop, such as brewing.

At the same time, adjustments were made to several states under the jurisdiction of the Han Dynasty, and each state was not required to work hard to farm. For example, Jiangdong, a region that originally did not contribute much to grain production, directly began to develop industry, commerce and fishing, and at the same time began to send out

Officials from the Ministry of Industry went to the southeastern coastal areas to inspect and select suitable places to build shipyards and naval bases.

And this shipyard was not just a military shipyard, he also asked people to bring in a group of shipwrights who had been eliminated by the Ministry of Industry, and the court paid for them to establish private civilian shipyards, which would also provide jobs for people in the southeast region.

Anyway, the Han Dynasty has a lot of food, so there is no difficulty in transportation. Transporting it to the south will not have any impact. At the same time, it can promote the development of the transportation industry, so that the people have something to do and they will not look for rebellion or anything.

Of course, there are so many problems that prove that the Han Dynasty finally began to embark on the path of rapid development, and it only needs to continue along this path.

And this Yingzhou in front of us...
To be continued...