Because of the high degree of corruption in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, people all over the world were impoverished, and those who suffered the most were undoubtedly the soldiers in the northern border towns who were already having a hard time, including Gao Huan and Yu Wentai.
Li Er's ancestor Li Hu also had the same background.
Although generations of hard work finally changed his destiny, Li Er did not want to take random risks - without the chaos of Wei and Jin, there would not be a place like Daijun Wuchuan in China. They were all relatively inland.
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The Tang Dynasty wanted to avoid the situation of the Wei and Jin Dynasties, especially the Five Husties of the Southern and Northern Dynasties. Of course, the first thing to do was to avoid its own problems.
At the same time, it is necessary to ensure that Datang can not only acquire various overseas territories, but also that after acquiring them, these overseas territories themselves will still have sufficient vitality.
On the one hand, this vitality must have the ability to survive. This is also the first problem. Military towns established as troops sent out to guard the border often lack economic capabilities and require continuous blood transfusions from China itself through the imperial treasury.
But if there are only common people.
Anyway, during the Han Dynasty, every time Geng Gong Banchao wanted to return to the Han Dynasty, the local Hu people would cry for their fathers and mothers, saying, "Brother, Han envoy, what will we do if you leave?"
Although these Hu people were mainly afraid of being robbed and massacred by other powerful Hu tribes after the Han envoys left, the economic support sent to them after the Han envoys, such as better crops and better agricultural tools, also made these people afraid.
The Hu people are quite dependent on him.
It is conceivable that the military towns established by the Han people themselves were also inseparable from the blood transfusion within China. But then again, what is China? What are the Qin and Han Dynasties?
It is an empire. An empire is a country of all nations, and it is the ultimate order that governs all orders.
This was also the reason why there were frequent riots in the border military towns in the late Wei and Jin Dynasties. Because those places were, to put it bluntly, barren lands. It cannot be said that there were no social rules at all, but they were better than nothing - to put it bluntly, it was the law of the jungle.
The key point is that the law of the jungle in such a place is not completely Spartan-style. It is often a relatively powerful military elite who controls the overall situation, and then all the remaining soldiers and civilians can only be exploited by this guy.
This kind of thing is simply not common in China.
And because of this reason, it is obviously impossible for the people to expect these tigers and wolves to find their own conscience and treat the masses well. After all, these tigers and wolves themselves are often not the heroes of the generation. They become fierce and get a vote, and then they often die.
It degenerated and began to treat the boss as a slave to the common people. It was impossible to consider the people's livelihood issues and further expanded.
These guys have become masters, but of course they don't have that kind of ambition.
Not every young man with rich martial arts can be called Attack on Titan.
When this situation developed to a certain extent, the final product was Chang Yuchun at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty. This man was also a tiger and wolf hero. He became rich and powerful by hanging out with a bandit, but in the end Chang still defected to Zhu.
After Zhu Yuanzhang questioned that this guy was just here for speculation and making money and had no ideals or beliefs, Chang Yuchun said, I'm sorry, my lord, but I do have some ideals and beliefs. Our bandit boss is the one.
In short, this incident shows that these reckless heroes often fall very quickly.
And for this reason, there is no doubt what will become of these frontier military elites once they lose the deterrence of the imperial court.
The most typical example is the famous scene "Stone King Fighting for Riches" in the Western Jin Dynasty. In the allusion of "Stone King", Shi Chong, represented by "Shi", was from the frontier military elite. Whether this guy cares about the poor buddies in the frontier is a matter of opinion.
People in ancient times really didn't keep chanting "The Emperor's Grace is Great" without any reason, because other than these four words, ordinary people.
Unless you meet a generation of war gods like Zhu Yuanzhang, you can often really only rely on the court to take action to destroy or deter these corrupted military elites.
Therefore, when Li Er wanted to open up a new territory, he not only had to worry about whether there would be people living in the territory he opened up, and whether they would continue to occupy this place to thrive, but he also had to worry about whether the people in these places were living well.
In order to live a good life, there must be security issues. In addition to the economy, we must also be able to sustain ourselves militarily.
And once the Tang Dynasty collapsed, would the base areas established in America simply fall apart and become someone else's territory again? It's hard to say at all.
Therefore, we have to find another way. One is of course to get the maritime merchants out. As long as these guys have established their own commercial ports and are really making money from the commercial ports, Li Er does not believe that these guys will not form private soldiers to defend their own interests.
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And if it is a military town established under the leadership of the imperial court, it seems to be completely loyal to the imperial court, which seems great, but in fact, as long as the imperial court does not keep an eye on it, this kind of military town will deteriorate very quickly.
Li Er didn't need to read any history books, as his family's ancestors had handed down a lot of stories. But then again, although this kind of frontier military town was prone to corruption when there was no control from the court, it was not without exception.
This exception is to establish oneself as a king.
If the people from all walks of life in these border military towns plan to become emperors and establish the imperial court by themselves, then these guys will not degenerate indefinitely, because there are conditions for independent existence.
The reason why a place without the protection of the imperial court can be corrupted is because although the imperial court does not control this place very much, relying on the power of the imperial imperial army, the defense pressure here is not great. But if the defense pressure reaches a certain level, its existence
Without the power of the imperial court to endorse it, the local leaders must think of ways to do something, and then they will inevitably start to take care of the interests of the people at the bottom.
Of course, such things are still uncommon, because these young people who ran away to become pirates might also make a few fortunes and then go directly to the Romans.
But Li Er is not that worried about this kind of thing, because this time.
A full 60 of Te Niang's ships have been sailed away, which means that there must be a large number of educated young people who have begun to establish themselves as kings, and sooner or later a heroic hero will appear among them to integrate the power arrangement system.
Come.
Huaxia World not only succeeded in opening up borders, but also had a backup as a whole.
If this backup develops further, maybe it will develop into the second Tang Dynasty in an unknown number of years.
And it is really the Tang Dynasty in the literal sense, because if there is a problem with the Tang Dynasty itself, then these grown overseas backups can come back to China and rebuild the empire.
This is the true story that Li Er himself and countless predecessors behind him experienced, so...
In fact, for Li Er, things are getting simpler. Not only will he not really kill these young people who have become pirates, but he also secretly supports them!
Otherwise, it is not enough to fight against such a deep-rooted and powerful enemy as Rome!