After Liu Mingzhi got Duan Dingbang's answer, he nodded thoughtfully, turned around and continued walking forward unhurriedly.
"Dingbang."
"I'm here."
"Since your father has left you these things, I won't ask you any theoretical questions.
Let me ask you one last question now. After the army goes out for the expedition, if you lead your troops to conquer the barbarian lands in the West, what will you do?"
This time Duan Dingbang no longer responded fluently as before, but he hesitated and fell into deep thought.
After a long time, Duan Dingbang looked hesitantly at Young Master Liu who was walking slowly in front of him.
"Your Majesty, I believe that conquering a barbarian country thousands of miles away is not the goal, but complete conquest is the ultimate goal."
"Oh? Tell me your thoughts in detail."
"Your Majesty, the book that my father left to me contains a rough record of some of the words that Your Majesty said during his expedition with Your Majesty.
Page 23 of the book records some of His Majesty’s views on the general trend of the world.
Based on Your Majesty's views on the general trend of the world, I have extended these trivial thoughts, which seems to be stealing from others. I hope Your Majesty will forgive me."
Liu Mingzhi frowned slightly and turned slightly to look at Song Qing who was aside.
Song Qing felt the meaningful gaze of his third brother, and immediately lowered his head and flipped through the book in his hand, found the content on page 23 and handed it to Liu Mingzhi.
Liu Mingzhi took the book handed by Song Qing, lowered his eyes and looked at the content on the page. He looked at the few lines of content on the page calmly, and then rolled up the book with slightly narrowed eyes.
"Tell me in detail how you plan to deal with the local people's livelihood and government affairs after you take over the government affairs of the Western Regions in the future."
“The Lord values harmony, then rules it with law, then determines it with authority, and then supplements it with strong troops.
Your Majesty, if I, the dragon, fail to treat the local barbarian people well after conquering the barbarian land, one day I will arouse the dissatisfaction of the barbarian people.
In a short period of time, the people of the barbarians may not rise up to resist because of my powerful army and sharp swords. However, if time goes by, disaster will surely occur.
The cause of this disaster is my dragon's inability to treat the barbarian people kindly.
Therefore, if I, the dragon, want to truly resolve the disputes in the land of barbarians once and for all, after conquering a barbarian land, the first task will be to implement Han system and Chinese governance method on the local people.
Only by weakening its ideals and reducing its roots for a long time can we, the dragon, truly have long-term peace and stability in the land of barbarians.
Until the land of barbarians becomes the territory of my dragon.
If we only attack without subjugation, within ten years or even decades, we can certainly make the barbarians of other countries feel how powerful our Great Dragon Heavenly Dynasty is.
But what about a hundred years from now? Or a thousand years from now?
Once there are heroes among the Yi people who raise their arms and shout loudly, the Yi people will definitely raise their troops to fight back.
At that time, once a slightly unstable situation arises in the rear of our Dalong court, our Dalong's control over the barbarian lands thousands of miles away will disappear in an instant.
I dare to say something ominous. If such a situation really occurs, the hard work of our dragon’s hundreds of thousands of soldiers and thousands of miles of expedition will soon be in vain.
Therefore, I believe that governance is more important than attack.
Attacking is a temporary advantage, while governance is a century-old plan.
And the only way to govern is to control the people of the Han Dynasty and transform the people of the Han Dynasty."
Young Master Liu stared at Duan Dingbang, who was talking eloquently, with strange eyes, a rare sense of surprise in his eyes.
"How to make it in Chinese? How to make it Chinese?"
“Suppress the royal family, cut down the nobles, revitalize the people, and free the slaves.
In a word, the local Yi people must truly recognize in their hearts the rule of the Great Dragon Dynasty, and let them believe in their hearts that only I, the Great Dragon, are the hope to save them from suffering and move towards prosperity.
When the people of the Yi people have a sense of belonging to Da Long, how the imperial court governs the people of Da Long will be the same as the people of the Yi people.
At least within thirty years, the court must treat the local people well. It can be a little unfair, but it cannot be excessive.
This is made in Han Dynasty.
After the Han system, Chineseization should be carried out.
As for how to Chineseize it, Your Majesty should have a clearer idea than I do. With my humble opinion, I will not make any fuss in front of His Majesty.
If I have done anything disrespectful, I hope your Majesty will forgive you."
Liu Mingzhi looked at Duan Dingbang who was silent for a long time with his head lowered and his eyebrows lowered, then he gently raised the book in his hand.
"The thoughts you just mentioned were also gained from this book your father left for you?"
"Your Majesty, that's exactly what it is. Eighty percent of the ideas are mostly derived from His Majesty's past remarks."
Liu Mingzhi nodded thoughtfully and turned to look at Song Qing, who had a complicated expression on his side.
"Brother."
"Ah? What's wrong?"
"After listening to this kid's words, do you have anything to say?"
Song Qing pursed her lips and was silent for a long time, then said four words in a solemn tone.
“Breathtaking.”
Seeing Song Qing's hesitant reaction, Liu Mingzhi smiled lightly and tapped the rolled up book on his palm a few times before handing it back to Duan Dingbang who was standing next to him.
"Dingbang."
"I'm here."
"Do you still remember where you came from?"
Duan Dingbang directly took the book that Mr. Liu returned and nodded heavily in response.
"Back to Your Majesty, I remember."
"As long as you remember, take the book your father left for you and go back to Qingfeng Pavilion to chat with the Queen and your mother. King Wuyi and I will hang out for a while longer."
"I obey your orders, I will retire."
After Duan Dingbang stuffed the book back into his arms, he turned around without hesitation and headed back the way he came.
Young Master Liu watched Duan Dingbang's figure gradually disappear on the path in the imperial garden, and reached out to take off the dry tobacco bag from his waist.
Seeing this, Song Qing also took off his tobacco pouch from his waist, pinched some tobacco in his purse and stuffed it into Liu Dashao's pot.
"Brother, what are you doing? I have it myself."
"Try the shredded tobacco that my brother's caravan just purchased from Yuzhou. They are all high-quality goods. Their convenient taste is definitely much better than the shredded tobacco you buy casually to pass the time."
"Okay, brother, let's try how your good stuff tastes."
When Liu Mingzhi saw that Song Qing had packed the tobacco for him, he took out the fire stick and lit it, and then lit another pot for Song Qing.
"Yeah, yeah, it's on, it's on already."
Liu Mingzhi extinguished the fire, took a few puffs of smoke, and looked at Song Qing next to him who was also puffing away smoke.
"Brother."
"Huh? You are the king and I am the minister. Just say whatever you want."
"What do you think of this guy Dingbang? Brother, I want to hear your opinion."
Song Qing silently exhaled a puff of thick smoke, and sighed with a frown.
"What Brother Rang Wei said, at first I thought he was a young and frivolous person."
"What now? How should we evaluate it?"
"There have been talented people from generation to generation, and each has led the way for hundreds of years. Now, I don't know how to evaluate them.
What about you, third brother? Your ability to recognize people is much better than mine as a brother. How do you evaluate this boy Dingbang?"
Liu Mingzhi took a long puff of dry cigarette, stared at the flowerbed in front of him with deep eyes, and fell silent.
"Compared with how to evaluate this kid, brother, I am thinking about other issues."
"what is the problem?"
"This young master is thinking about it: after a hundred years of our group, among my brothers and sisters, who will be able to suppress him?"
Song Qing's body trembled, and he lightly smoked the cigarette in his hand without replying.