Chapter 507 Future
If you want to conquer the grassland, you will never be able to do without cavalry.
The reason why the Han Dynasty was able to defeat the Huns was because of the two cavalry generals Wei Qing and Huo Qubing, and the cultivation of a powerful cavalry that could directly attack the Huns' royal court in the northern desert.
At this point, the starting foundation of Zhao State was much higher than that of Qin and Han dynasties.
Moreover, there are only a group of scumbags on the grasslands. The Donghu people were beaten by Yan State and had not yet recovered their strength. The Huns even surrendered to the Donghu in a mess.
Zhao He drew a big circle and said, "Master, please see, from here to here, this thousands of miles of grassland will be owned by our country of Zhao in the future, and countless cavalrymen who are loyal to our country of Zhao have been cultivated from generation to generation!"
The Lord Father looked at the circle drawn by Zhao He in front of him in a daze.
The land in this circle alone is at least three times that of Zhao State now!
The grassland is so vast.
If this circle could be truly included, what a prosperous scene would it be.
The Lord's father breathed a sigh of relief and nodded slowly: "It's great. But how do you plan to rule this place in the future?"
This is the key issue.
It is easy to conquer the country and difficult to defend the country, and it is often because of this.
If you cannot effectively rule after the battle, then everything is empty.
Zhao He smiled and said, "Master Father, I have indeed had some ideas about this."
Where do you think comes from?
As a time traveler, the most important thing to do is to learn from history.
There is nothing new under the sun, and history has always been repeated. In terms of domination, Zhao He has countless excellent and stupid teachers and countless cases of success and failure for reference.
To put it bluntly, just copy it!
Who to copy?
Whoever succeeds will copy.
Looking at the history of China, who was the dynasty that ruled the north and south of the Mongolian desert for the longest time and the most successful ruling order?
The answer is - the Qing Dynasty.
Although the Qing Dynasty was not a dynasty established by the Han people, it was indeed the strongest control over the grassland.
In history, until the Qing Dynasty was destroyed, the desert was still in the territory of the Qing Dynasty.
Although Zhao He, as a Han Chinese, did not like the Qing Dynasty very much, his success was there, so he still had to copy it.
On the other hand, as long as you copy it well, the desert and the north and south will be the territory of the Chinese in the future, so it is naturally impossible to produce another Later Jin.
I'm just trying to take your way and I'm actually a little happy to think about it.
Zhao He smiled and said, "Master Father, my plan is actually like this. First of all, all the grasslands south of the desert must be directly included in the protection of our border cavalry and the rule of the Handan government. However, the land north of the desert is too barren, and the road is long. We can divide the northern desert into districts and appoint some tribal patriarchs to carry out hereditary rule."
"However, the rights of these hereditary patriarchs must be restricted. How to limit them? First of all, patriarchs cannot have military power. The military power must be controlled by the officials sent by our central government to assist them in governing the local government. Then, patriarchs cannot have administrative power and personnel power alone. We must continue to subdividate the districts and continue to feudalize one by one, and eventually make a district dozens or hundreds of entities of large and small sizes."
"Next, we have to influence them from a cultural perspective. We have to make them realize that their ancestors, like us, were the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, and were also descendants of the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties. After having this sense of identity, we have to send a large number of scholars to their place to promote Chinese culture and allow them to enhance their sense of identity with China."
"And then, we can still..."
Zhao He talked endlessly and told the policies that he had thought of in his mind one by one. Of course, he did not copy them so rigidly, but made changes that fit the reality based on the current actual situation.
This is half an hour.
After listening to Zhao He's words seriously, Master Zhao fell into deep thought. After a long time, he said: "It seems that you have a complete set of solutions, so the widow will be relieved. However, the widow wants to remind you that this is not easy to do, and it is not that simple to assimilate a group."
Master Zhao was also a man who had Hufu riding and shooting, and he knew the difficulty very well.
Zhao He smiled and said, "It's hard to say it's hard, but it's actually simple. Our Chinese culture is an advanced culture. The tribes on the grassland are still in a wasteland state. It's almost a piece of blank paper. As long as they can persevere in cultural transformation, they will sooner or later agree and join our Chinese family."
Zhao He did not have any psychological barriers when he said this.
Since the two emperors of Yan and Huang joined forces to defeat Chiyou, the prototype of the Chinese nation was destined to be the characteristics of this nation that it was not about blood, but about integration.
As Confucius said, "When the barbarians enter China, they will be Chinese; when the Chinese enters the barbarians, they will be barbarians." The identity of the Chinese nation is cultural identity, which is very important.
Not to mention anything else, let’s talk about the vassal states of the Zhou dynasty during the Warring States Period.
Qi State merged with Dongyi, Jin State merged with many Di people and Hu people in the Taihang Mountains, Qin State merged with Rong Di on the Guanzhong and Longdong Plateau in the western region. Needless to say, the Chu State was simply a country established by the barbarians in the eyes of the princes of the Zhou Dynasty.
But they are all part of China, and there is no doubt that.
All the kings under the world are the kings, and all the kings are the kings and ministers in the boundaries of the earth.
The sea is embracing all rivers and being tolerant is great. This is the demeanor that a pioneer of a unified dynasty should have.
From a practical point of view, what Zhao Guo lacks is population. If the difference is only relied on his own people, Zhao He will never wait for the day when the population is rich in this life.
Who made Zhao He not have hybrid rice?
Of course, demeanor depends on demeanor, and things still need to be analyzed in detail.
If there were really any foreign race who was unwilling to be inspired by our Chinese culture, Zhao He would naturally order without hesitation to let Zhao Jun’s iron hoof teach these foreign races to be human.
If you don’t want to be a Chinese, what can you do? You have to ask you to die.
The Lord's Father nodded and said, "What about after conquering the Baiyue in the south and the desert in the north?"
Zhao He smiled and said, "Of course we have to continue moving westward."
"Every westward?" The Lord Father's expression moved slightly and asked, "Are you talking about Yuezhi?"
Zhao He's hand continued to move and landed in a place: "Master, please see, this is the Qilian Mountains, and north of the Qilian Mountains is the Hexi Corridor. From the west of the Hexi Corridor, you can see a large basin. To the north of the basin is the Tianshan Mountains and to the south is the Kunlun Mountains. This place is usually called the Western Regions."
"To the west of the Western Regions, there was once a country as powerful as the current Great Zhao. Its name was the Alexander Empire. But now the Alexander Empire has collapsed and divided into three different countries. The Seleucid Empire is the Seleucid Empire. We must first defeat Seleucid, and then continue to move westward to Antico. Then, after destroying Antico, the Ptolemaic dynasty is the Ptolemaic dynasty. After the Ptolemaic dynasty is destroyed, we can reach a sea called the Mediterranean!"
"If we don't continue to move westward, we can turn from the Western Regions to the south. Crossing this mountain range from the Western Regions to the south is an extremely vast plain, known as the Indian Plain. The dynasty that ruled here now is the Mauryan Dynasty, which has abundant resources and can be used as another central area for the future of the Great Zhao."
"In the northwest direction of the Western Regions, you can reach an endless prairie as long as you advance all the way. There is a river called the Danube River to the west of the prairie. Now there is also a barbaric race called the Germans. This race will be our great enemy in the future and must be eliminated!"
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Zhao He was so energetic that he whispered to his master's father: "Master, the world is so big, how can our conquest be limited to this Jiuzhou? We must go out and let the whole world know our Great Zhao and the power of our Chinese people!"
The master father looked at Zhao He quietly for a long time, showed a big smile, and patted Zhao He on the shoulder vigorously.
Chapter completed!