Although the waterway of a large river is far superior to that of a large river, it is not an easy task to travel downstream from the upper reaches of the river.
Zhiyao still has some research on Dahe, but his knowledge of Dajiang is very limited. He should send people to understand it no matter what.
As for letting Zhikai go to Ba, firstly, it is important to manage Ba and Shu to destroy Chu, and secondly, Bashu will have other uses for the original country in the future. As a prince, he cannot be blind to the local situation.
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What is the use of Bashu? Not to mention that when Shu is developed, it will become a kingdom of abundance. The combination of Shu and Longxi with Qin will be the foundation of the king's hegemony. The rulers of the past dynasties did not have this understanding, and it is not difficult to consolidate the central kingdom.
The status means that we can only defend the southern border.
Zhiyao hopes to achieve the achievement of "one world" during his lifetime, and then try his best to conquer the southwest. Next, it will be Zhikai's generation who will be responsible for expanding westward.
There is not only the Hexi Corridor to develop westward, but there is also a route in Shu.
Compared with the famous Hexi Corridor, this route in Shu is relatively unknown.
The Hexi Corridor leads to the Western Regions... No, there is no general term for "Western Regions" yet. There are not many small countries there, not even countries, but some tribal groups.
In what was later broadly called the "Western Regions" by the Han Empire, there were currently two larger forces, the Segaroli and the Tocharians.
Among them, the Tocharians were defeated by the Greek expeditionary force in India and fled to the Western Regions. They thrived on the spot and were soon hunted down by the Greeks. Then the Greeks on the expedition continued to build a country there, and they were attacked by the Yuezhi people.
It was in disarray until Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che sent an army to go on an expedition and was sorted out again and again.
The Segarori people are the Sezhong people recorded in the history books of the Western Han Dynasty. They were later conquered by the Yuezhi people, and then taken away by the Yuezhi people to become part of the Kushan Empire. A new wave of people emerged on the original land.
This force was named Wusun by Zhu Xia.
Recently, Zhikai has been listening to Zhiyao's descriptions of various places outside the territory, which is almost like listening to a book from heaven.
As she gets older, Zhiyao actually loses a lot of worries and gradually starts to popularize science for Zhiyao.
Of course, because Zhiyao is not a historian, many of the things he tells are inaccurate. It can even be said that time and space are messed up, and a country that will obviously not appear hundreds of years later appears in Zhiyao's narration.
Zhiyao didn't care about that much at all, not to mention whether someone could correct his mistake. What he wanted was to make Zhikai stop thinking that the "world" that Zhu Xia people thought was the whole world, so that they could understand that the world in their minds was not equal to the whole world.
The little broken ball is just one of many worlds.
Because Zhiyao wants Zhikai to have a clearer concept, or to leave a strange legacy for future generations, she has been writing stories recently when she has nothing to do. She also hired an artist to illustrate, and she wants to complete a book related to prophecies.
books.
At the same time, Zhikai's wedding date has been determined, which will be in early autumn of the same year.
The original country has sent envoys to the existing countries to invite them to attend the wedding of the prince of the original country.
If nothing else goes wrong, the existing countries will send representatives or their kings and princes to attend in person. At that time, they will have to curry favor with the original country.
Not to mention the countries where a princess is getting married, there will definitely be someone present as a representative.
By the way, the Yuan Kingdom has sent troops eastward and is about to fight the Yue army. Does the marriage between Zhikai and the Yue princess still count?
Even if there is a war between the Yuan Kingdom and the Yue Kingdom, the marriage will not change.
It is precisely because the two countries are about to go to war that the wedding should be held as scheduled. Even if the original army later invades the Yue Kingdom and even destroys the Yue Kingdom, the marriage will not be vetoed.
The reason why the Yuan Kingdom remains unchanged is too simple. Having a Yue Princess become the crown prince's concubine will help ease the resistance of the Yue people.
On the Yue side, because one of the princesses was the concubine of the former crown prince, there was some luck, and at the same time there were other hopes, such as Zhikai succeeding to the throne one day and enfeoffing the children born to the Yue princess to Yue.
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There is no shortage of methods in history to use this method to ease the resistance of people who have subjugated their country. As a time traveler, Zhiyao cannot come up with new tricks, so he should know how to draw lessons from history.
In the same way, Zhiyao asked Chu and Song to marry princesses for the same purpose.
Even if those countries were aware of Zhiyao's intentions, they would not oppose the marriage.
After all, the original country was so powerful that they would definitely resist the invasion of the original army. The royal family would leave a way out for themselves, and the nobles might also be able to get the protection of the married princess. It would be better than when Guo Zuo was destroyed and the whole country was completely destroyed.
Don’t you have any hope to be strong?
What? Why not die and live again? There are quite a few countries that have made this choice. After their demise, there is indeed no residue left. Not only the members of the royal family died, but the traces were either wiped clean, or
distorted in history books.
There are one or two people alive who can be regarded as high-level officials of the victorious country. Not only can their bloodline be continued in some form, but they can at least preserve some historical information when they learn that someone is distorting history, right?
This is how the unofficial histories of past dynasties came about.
Until Li Tang and the subsequent feudal dynasties, the official history books were always full of all kinds of contradictions. It is necessary to refer to unofficial history to understand why the records of certain historical fragments are contradictory.
The wedding of the former crown prince was of course held with great grandeur. There were more than thirty representatives of the country or power present on the day.
Less than half of them belong to the Xia kingdoms, and most of them are foreign forces, including Wushi, Yiqu, Loufan, Bai Zhai, Linhu, Donghu and other northern nomadic forces, as well as representatives of tribal alliances such as Yang Yue and Min Yue in the south.
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Because there were so many representatives from various countries and forces, some frictions would inevitably occur. For example, Lou Fanren directly fought with Zhao's Daiguo team in the street. The envoy was not killed, but many of his followers died.
They also knew that friction was friction, and killing the envoy would be a slap in the face of the original country, so they maintained the final restraint.
Friction broke out not only between Zhao's Daiguo and Loufan, but Yang Yue's people attacked the post house of Chu's representatives at night, Ju's exiles to the original country assassinated Yue's representatives in the street, and Yiqu's people and Wushi's people went outside the city.
The fight and the fuss are simply wonderful.
"Ba and Shu are so peaceful." Of course Zhiyao would be annoyed by the small actions of various countries during her son's wedding, but more often than not she would be secretly happy in her heart.
Sun Wu laughed and said: "How can Chu, Song, and Yue not have a lot of fun?"
Zhiyao looked at Sun Wu with worry in her eyes.
At the beginning of this spring, Sun Wu fell seriously ill. If his country's medical technology had not improved, he would have died of the illness.
Although he was rescued, Sun Wu was so skinny that he would fall asleep accidentally for ten out of twelve hours every day, and he rarely had clear moments of thinking when he was awake.
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People will be like that when they reach a certain age. If that state really occurs, the rest of their lives will be almost hard to endure. Not to mention living in pain, once the eyes are closed, they will never be able to open again.
Due to his physical condition, Zhiyao relieved Sun Wu of the responsibility of taking charge of the two palaces and only retained the position of Guowei.
It is said that Sun Wu still serves as the captain of the state, but in fact he is no longer able to perform his duties. He is more like a consultant with a dead salary, and everything is handled by his deputy.
It's just that Sun Wu has become more and more daring in what he says recently, which sometimes makes Zhiyao embarrassed and unable to move forward or retreat.
For example, now, it is directly stated that the Yuan Kingdom does not want harmony between Chu, Song and Yue. Only Zhiyao and Sun Wu are present. Of course there is no problem in saying it. There are many people at the scene. Even if there are no people from other countries, who can guarantee those words?
Will it not spread?
This world is like that. There are many things that can only be done but not said. It’s not that I’m hypocritical, it’s just that I don’t want to live up to my words.
After all, if you really do something and be exposed, the worst thing is that you will be exposed and have others use what you have said to prove it. No matter how shameless you are, you will feel embarrassed, right?
Zhikai's wedding has been held, but most of the people who came to attend the wedding stayed.
Because "Chongkyo" is only half-constructed, it actually looks a bit messy, and only the Miyagi Castle is truly completed.
It is precisely that the outer city is still under construction. To accommodate visitors, we can only set aside part of the palace city and temporarily use it as a posthouse or the like, and then open a part of it as a place for sightseeing. It is difficult for some people not to meet.
Those who came to attend the wedding of the prince of the former country saw the palace city of the original country. In addition to the vast area, they were all shocked by the tall and majestic buildings. However, their performance could only be expressed through the opinions of some people.
The mouth let Zhiyao know.
Maybe it's because the phrase "no majesty without magnificence" really works, or maybe it's because the original country is really strong, and several pocket vassal states in Shandong have successively submitted the attached request.
Today, Zhiyao was discussing with the ministers whether to agree to the annexation of those pocket princes. During the discussion, it would involve whether to send troops to wipe out the bandits who have been causing trouble in the local area.
Eighteen years have passed since Robber Zhi led the slaves to revolt, and they later went to the Shandong area where there were many small countries.
In the past, the State of Lu chose to turn a blind eye to the fact that the team led by Dao Zhi was able to annihilate them. This was because the State of Lu wanted to use Dao Zhi's help to weaken those small countries, and then send troops to annex the small countries.
Later, when the Yuan Kingdom annexed the Lu Kingdom, it was not difficult to annihilate the bandits of Zhi. They also adopted the attitude of turning a blind eye and hearing nothing.
Bandit Zhi did not live freely for long. He lived freely for seven years before being killed due to internal strife.
The revolting teams divided and regrouped, and they continued to wreak havoc in that area. During this period, they even dared to attack the original country's baggage train.
After the Yuan Kingdom sent troops to settle accounts, the wooden poles stuck in their heads were as long as twenty miles, which frightened those guys so much that they ran away when they saw the Yuan army and did not even dare to attack the Yuan people who were passing by.
The small country does not have the deterrent power of the original country. Once they find that a group of bandits are approaching, they can only close the city gates to avoid trouble, making it difficult to even basic agricultural production. They want to eliminate the bandits but do not have the ability to hold on for so many years.
I couldn't stand it any longer, so I made the enclosed request.
In this wave, all the small countries over there may have made an agreement and unanimously requested to become part of the original country. Several of them have long been in name only and have come to join in the fun.
"My sons and ministers thought that the princes were showing off their father's benevolence in this way, and would be able to fulfill his good wishes." After Zhikai's wedding, he no longer used the title "child" to refer to himself.
To be honest, Zhiyao agrees that those small people are really doing good people and doing good things.
Among several small countries, the population is only more than 20,000 at most, and most of them only have a few thousand or less. The total population of all small countries is less than 50,000.
Just as Zhiyao was about to speak, Sun Wu stopped her again.
Sun Wu laughed and said: "If it is successful, in order to show your benevolence, should you give me a title? His land is only as big as a county, and there is not even a county. His mouth is small and weak, and it is like nothing. Accept it,
If the title is low, it can be considered a male. How many people are there in the Baron Ohara family?"
Those are all facts. People always want to give knights to their families, and even to show their benevolence, should they give something else? The biggest possibility is that they didn't hand over much, but Zhiyao had to give it back at a loss.
Zhikai was stunned by what Sun Wu said, and frowned and said: "I know that the captain is worried, but...these princes have set a precedent, which is of great benefit to me!"
Sun Wu, who could talk a lot before, fell asleep in his seat after a while.
When this happened, Zhikai was made to laugh and cry.
Xiong Zhen, who was married and initially served in the court of Yuan Dynasty, stood up and said: "Your Majesty, I think what the prince said is true. Accepting the attachment of a small country can show your benevolence, and it can also make other countries fall in love with Dayuan. The attachment may be for you.
An example."
Not only the princesses of the Chu Kingdom had ministers accompanying them, but also the Song and Yue Kingdoms, who were also assigned positions. This is also a custom of the current era.
Historically, the Chu people were able to gain power in the Qin State because of this custom. If I have to say something else, I can only say that the noble girls of the Chu State who married outside were powerful enough, otherwise other countries also had marriages, but they could not control the Qin Dynasty.
The palace of the country.
A good thing is a good thing, but the problem lies in losing money.
At present, Confucianism is still working hard to grow. It stems from the basic national policy of the original country. Even if Confucianists can hold official positions in the original country, they cannot climb to high positions. No one will cheer for such things as extravagance and waste or business at a loss for the sake of face.
Sun Wu is right. There are only so many barons in the original country now, and none of them have great military exploits. Once they accept the attachment of those small countries and then reward them with titles, benevolence is certainly benevolence. People who obtain titles by virtue of military exploits will
What do you think?
However, it is indeed a good thing for a small country to actively request annexation, and it is also another attempt by the original country to expand.
One of the tangled problems here is that there are many kings with a population of hundreds or even less under their rule and not even an inch of land, and they all come to join them.
As long as these monarchs have land under their control, no matter how small it is, it will not cause Zhiyao so much trouble.
If the original country really promised to annex the king who had no territory, and then gave him rewards, the good things would go bad!
Zhiyao's eyes searched here and there, and finally stopped on Cheng Shuo, and ordered: "Zhong Sima, please investigate the details of the person who requested to surrender. If there is any impersonation..., deal with it directly."
What is impersonation? It is not whether there is a legal authority of the king of a country, it is entirely about whether there is a territory under the rule and the population.