217, the world is so big, the road must be built first
Hearing what Chen Yuan said, Zhou Yu frowned and asked, "What does that mean, sir?"
Chen Yuan didn't say anything, but signaled Xu Shu to hang up the scroll he had brought.
Xu Shu is a teaching assistant, and this is his job.
Everyone looked at Xu Shu in confusion as he unfolded the scroll.
This scroll is very large, nearly 4 meters long and 2 meters wide.
After unfolding, it completely covered the wall behind Chen Yuan.
Everyone looked at the unfolded scroll and saw that it was a map.
However, this map is very strange. It is not like any map they have ever seen, because there is no place on the map that they are familiar with.
Chen Yuan looked at the confused eyes of these little guys and smiled: "Do you know what kind of map this is?"
Everyone shook their heads: "I don't know."
Chen Yuan clicked on a central location on the map: "This is my big man."
Everyone looked at the small place in the center of the map, marked in red, which occupied less than 2% of the entire map.
This time there was no need for Zhou Yu and others to speak, so Xu Shu retorted first: "Sir, this is impossible. Our country, the Han Dynasty, has a vast territory and is the center of the world. How can it be so small!"
Xu Shu's views represent the views of most people in this era.
Even with the efforts of people like Zhang Qian, Ban Chao, and Fu Jiezi, the Western Region was emptied out and the Han Dynasty realized that there were many countries outside the Han Dynasty.
But in their consciousness, the Han Dynasty must be the largest country in the world and the center of the world.
But looking at this map, the big Han occupies less than 2% of the area. It can even be said that it is only a little more than 1%.
At this time, the territory actually controlled by the Eastern Han Dynasty was no longer the territory it was in its heyday. The Western Regions and XZ were not the territory of the Han Dynasty at this time.
When Xu Shu said this, the others nodded.
Of course, there are some people who don't know how big the big man is, and he will die if he is big anyway.
But Chen Yuan broke their inherent cognition today,
Open their eyes.
Chen Yuan nodded: "Do you think the big man is too small?"
Everyone nodded.
But Chen Yuan said: "But this is the position of the big man in the world now. Let alone first place, second place may not be considered."
At this time, Europe was in the period of the Roman Empire, and its territory was also very vast.
At this time, Central Asia consisted of Parthia and Kushan, both powerful and vast countries.
Chen Yuan's historical knowledge is beyond his ability to draw this map.
Chen Yuan spent one point to redeem this with the system.
People said that the knife was used to pull the buttocks, which opened their eyes.
Chen Yuan began to popularize geography knowledge to everyone.
Of course, today's class is just a general introduction. Chen Yuan said that it would be too much to explain in detail, and he himself would not know how to do it.
These things were exchanged by Chen Yuan with the system.
Let’s start from Rome, then go to Anxi, Kushan, Buyeo, Dawolji, etc., and finally to Japan.
This is the country, and then we start talking about the continents.
In short, this class opened the eyes of these little guys.
They didn't expect that the world was so big. By comparison, their ambitions were indeed small.
Finally, Chen Yuan concluded: "The world is so big, don't you want to go and see it?"
"Don't you want to be like the Champion and Bowang Hou and go north beyond the Great Wall, seize the wolf and live in Xu, hollow out the Western Region, and even surpass them?"
Children between the ages of five and ten are the age when they are full of endless fantasies. To use an inappropriate word, they don’t know what the sky is and how high they are, and they want to try everything.
They were originally attracted by such a magnificent world, but now they heard Chen Yuan ask this question.
How can I still hold back: "Sir, we think so!"
Even a guy like Liu Zhang who desperately wanted to lie down wanted to go to the far south to see the penguins that Chen Yuan was talking about.
In fact, this world is a high-energy world, and people with high cultivation levels do not lack the ability to travel around the world.
However, their inherent ideas constrained them.
They felt that the Han Dynasty was the kingdom of heaven and the center of the world, and that other places were barbarian lands with nothing to see.
As a result, all these people's extraordinary talents were wasted on internal fighting.
Chen Yuan wants to change this thinking, broaden his horizons, and expand abroad if he has the ability.
What's the point of always fighting on your own territory?
If you can, conquer more land.
As an ancestor, there are only two things that can be left to future generations.
Spirit and land.
The spirit of being high-spirited, working hard, never giving in, and never stopping.
There is also a huge country.
These two things are the most precious things.
As long as we have these two things, even if future generations encounter unparalleled difficulties, they can still rise from the dead and rise again.
Chen Yuan smiled when he heard everyone talking about it.
"Just thinking is not enough. The world is so big. I want to have it all. There is a very important key factor, that is, there must be enough people. Do you think so?"
Everyone was a little confused when they heard what Chen Yuan said.
What does this have to do with enough people?
Chen Yuan saw that they were a little confused, so he explained: "Do you know why I, the Han Dynasty, once ruled the Western Regions, but in the end had to lose control of the Western Regions?"
Speaking of this, these little guys get excited.
To be honest, the entire Han Dynasty, including the Western Han Dynasty, the Eastern Han Dynasty and even Cao Wei, once controlled the Western Regions.
Moreover, both the court and the people were very active in controlling the Western Regions.
However, due to the interference of enemies on the grasslands and the decline of national power, they had to withdraw from the Western Regions and lost control of the Western Regions.
Although these are very important reasons, Chen Yuanqiu believes that there is another most important reason and that is insufficient population.
During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, he once carried out military garrison in the Western Regions, which was the so-called rotation of garrison in the Western Regions.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty once sent out 200,000 households to garrison the Western Regions. It was a large-scale effort.
But in the end, they had to withdraw from the Western Region and lost control.
It's not that Emperor Wu didn't want more people to go there, the key is that there are no people, and the national strength doesn't allow it.
After all, the population is still small.
The Han people were not enough to form a population advantage over the barbarians and barbarians in the Western Regions.
If the Han people can account for half of the population of the Western Regions and no longer need the empire to support them from the Central Plains, you will see if they will lose control.
These little guys explained to me the reasons for losing control of the Western Region.
Chen Yuan nodded: "What you said is very good, but sir, I think that there are too few Han people to form a population advantage in the Western Regions. We do not have enough people to recruit troops and collect taxes. We need to rely on the state to supplement the country's strength."
It was nothing at that time, but once the country's power weakens, the fall of the Western Region will become inevitable, what do you think?"
To put it bluntly, it means that the Western Region Protectorate cannot rely on itself.
It is unable to contend with the larger countries and forces in the Western Region on its own, especially the Huns.
You must know that the power of the Huns has never withdrawn from the Western Regions from the Western Han Dynasty to the Eastern Han Dynasty. Even during the period of Emperor Wu, the Huns moved westward and still maintained considerable power in the Western Regions.
The little guys nodded, feeling that what Chen Yuan said made sense, and this truth was something they had never been exposed to before.
However, they are the elites of their era and the geniuses of their time.
Someone soon asked back.
Lu Su stood up and asked: "Sir, if according to what you said, the Western Region Protectorate can be self-reliant, then how to prevent the Western Region Protectorate from not being able to stand on its own?"
Tsk, it turned out to be Lu Zijing, the strategist who came up with a bed-side strategy that was not inferior to Longzhong's.
There is a saying that Lu Su's overall view and strategic view are no less than Zhuge Liang's. The Lu Su in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms was completely distorted by Luo Guanzhong's writing.
The real Lu Su can be said to be the best in the world in terms of overall situation and strategic view, and he is capable of both cultural relics.
Chen Yuan clapped his hands and said: "Student Lu Su is very good. He has identified the key problem. So, can you tell me how to solve this problem?"
The issue of local separatism has always been a big issue for the central government.
Each dynasty had different solutions. The Song Dynasty solved it well, by strengthening the branches and strengthening the branches. However, the consequences of this method were too great and it was not advisable.
It is indeed a bit difficult for these little guys who are not yet adults to answer such a question.
Chen Yuan didn't think about what answers they could give, it was mainly for inspiration.
Seeing everyone's silence, Chen Yuan smiled: "It's okay. Say whatever comes to mind. It doesn't matter if you say it wrong. The key is to dare to think about it. How to solve it without even thinking about it."
Hearing what Chen Yuan said, Lu Su boldly returned: "Sir, the students thought they could strengthen supervision and send more censors."
Chen Yuan nodded: "Yes, it is a way. Is there anything else?"
Lu Su shook his head: "The student can only think of this for the time being."
"Well, it's pretty good. Does anyone else have any thoughts?"
"Sir, the term of the Governor of the Western Regions is stipulated to be changed every three or five years."
"Sir, send people from different places to serve as officials of the Western Region Protectorate to check each other."
Wait, after Lu Su started, others began to share their thoughts.
Listening to the opinions of these little guys, Chen Yuan couldn't help but sigh. He is indeed a genius. He has already begun to show his extraordinary abilities at a young age.
Chen Yuan felt that he couldn't even treat them as children. Some of their ideas were no less than those of adults.
This is the result of combining talent and knowledge.
They have no shortage of talents, plus everyone has access to a lot of knowledge that others have access to. Naturally, the vision and abilities of this group of children are far beyond ordinary people.
After everyone had finished speaking, Chen Yuan couldn't help but clasped his hands and sighed: "You guys are really extraordinary."
Hearing Chen Yuan praise them so much, they couldn't help but raise their heads.
I finally got this hateful guy to praise me.
However, Chen Yuan turned around and said something else, which made these little guys turn black.
"You are really extraordinary, but you are still a little worse than sir. You still need to keep working hard."
When it comes to showing off, it’s still you.
"What you said is all right, but I think there is a very important reason why local governments lost central control and became independent. That is the lack of strong government governance."
"One of the important reasons for insufficient governance is that the Western Regions are too far away from the central government and the cost of governance is too high. Therefore, as time goes by, the Western Regions will naturally become self-reliant. Do you think that makes sense?"
Zhou Yu and others were thoughtful.
Yes, the farther away you are from the court, the easier it is to stand on your own.
As the saying goes, the sky is high and the emperor is far away!
"But sir, this is inevitable. We can't move the capital to the Western Regions."
Hearing this, Chen Yuan laughed: "Of course you can't, but if the mountains don't come, I will go to the mountains. The cost of governance is high because of the distance, so let's make him closer."
Hearing what Chen Yuan said, they all couldn't help but frown.
Get closer?
How?
After all, they are a group of young geniuses. Liu Ye's eyes suddenly lit up: "Sir, are you talking about building roads?"
"Yes, it's just building roads."
“Have you heard the saying, if you want to get rich, build roads first?”
One of the best ways to build roads is to reduce the cost of governance and increase the distance of governance.
Of course, there is another very important way, which is to strengthen communication methods.
However, Chen Yuan cannot do this yet.
If you want to strengthen communication methods, the fastest way in this world is to let the strong do the work.
But this is not a normal method. Only the third-grade strong ones can fly. You can't let the third-grade strong ones run errands for you every day.
Not only is it overkill, but people don't do it either.
I really don’t think of a third-grade strong person as a strong person.
It's not that Chen Yuan didn't have the idea of creating telegraphs and telephones.
However, there are too many technologies at the front. First of all, there must be electricity. This alone caused Chen Yuan to die on the spot.
If you want to create electricity, you need so much technology that Chen Yuan can't figure it out for a while.
Electricity alone is not enough, communication lines must be laid, and wires must be laid.
In short, a lot of infrastructure construction is required.
You don’t need to think about this thing for three to five years, but it’s enough for ten or eight years.
It will take at least twenty years.
Therefore, the best way now is to build roads.
And there is a model to follow, and that is Qin Zhidao.
Qinzhidao was the expressway at that time.
If a straight road could be built from the Western Regions to Chang'an, not only would it be easier to mobilize the army, but it would also be able to quickly convey government orders and effectively rule the Western Regions.
Of course, transportation must be strengthened.
As long as these two points are met, it will not be a dream for uukanshu www.uukanshu.com to bring the Western Regions under the rule of counties of the Han Dynasty.
"As long as we can imitate the Qin Straight Road and build a straight road from the Western Regions to Chang'an, don't you think our control over the Western Regions will be greatly strengthened? If we create another tool that can travel thousands of miles a day, then the distance from the Western Regions to Chang'an will be no more than
In a few days, at that time, are you still worried that the Western Region will break away from the rule of my Han Dynasty?"
"If we can achieve this, then of course we won't. Our Han Heavenly Army can reach the Western Regions in just a few days. Who among you and the barbarians would dare to fight? As the saying goes, anyone who offends our Han Heavenly Power will be punished no matter how far away they are.
"
At this point, a man suddenly stood up: "Sir, I now have a new ambition."
The person who stood up was none other than Liu Zhang.
Chen Yuan looked at Liu Zhang: "What ambition?"
"I will build a straight path all over the world, and let the might of the Han Dynasty cover all the wilderness. Wherever the rivers reach, and where the sun and the moon shine, they are all Han lands!"
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