Overlord!

Chapter 351 Yongzhen Yunnan

The Shangshu Desk is located in front of Zhaoming Palace, southwest of Chui Gong Hall, and opposite to the three ministers in the southeast of Chui Gong Hall.

After being summoned by the female official, the two prime ministers Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong who were on duty at the Shangshu Desk immediately walked quickly into the Chui Gong Hall.

When the two saw Sun Ce, they immediately raised their hands and saluted: "Greetings to Your Majesty, and greetings."

Sun Ce waved his hand and said, "Without courtesy, I will grant seats to the two prime ministers."

After the two of them took their seats, Sun Ce said to the female official on the side: "Forward this letter from Shi Xie to the two prime ministers."

Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong quickly glanced at the contents of the letter, but their expressions were completely different.

Zhang Zhao remained calm and solemn. Zhang Hong frowned slightly, a little angry.

This is because although both of them are prime ministers, their responsibilities are slightly different.

Zhang Zhao was responsible for the revision of etiquette and systems, as well as the administration of the feudal vassals in the four directions.

Zhang Hong, on the other hand, is responsible for more specific government affairs, such as building water conservancy, improving roads, stabilizing counties and counties, reorganizing household registration, etc.

You know, in the second year of Kaiyuan, the imperial court finally accumulated some treasury supplies and prepared to carry out infrastructure construction, straighten the streets, dig canals and channel irrigation.

It should be said that several people in the palace knew very well that it was easy to defeat Yongkai and Meng Huo, but difficult to conquer Yongchang.

Since Yongchang is to the west of Yizhou County, the roads are blocked and isolated from Shu, so Yongkai can easily block the border and block the king's order.

The wood is strong and tough, not even two feet high.

In the county of Yongchang, even if the barbarians rebelled, the size of the rebel army would not be much larger than the 30,000 elite soldiers of the Song Dynasty commanded by Lu Meng, Gan Ning and others.

If the imperial court confiscates 3,000 sticks of wood that are three feet high from the Yi tribe, even if they kill the Yi people, the Yi people will not be able to take them out.

Liu Xie, Liu Bei and other survivors of the Han Dynasty are actually here in Yongchang County. When they arrived here, they had already clashed with the barbarians on the land, but they still needed to continue exploring southward before they could leave the Han territory.

The local roads are blocked and the territory is closed, which is an insurmountable problem.

The road to the south is particularly blocked, which is why the southern barbarians are easy to defeat and difficult to cure.

Don't look at the Nanman rebellion, which mobilized a large number of troops and gained momentum.

Shi Xie's letter obviously interrupted Zhang Hong's various arrangements.

The 30,000 Song troops had clear political goals and were united as one. They only wanted to defeat the barbarians and make achievements.

So Sun Ce said: "Shi Xie once sent a letter to persuade him to give up the rebellion, but Yong Kai wrote back and said, Gai Wentian has no two days, and there are no two kings in the earth. Today, there is a tripod, Zhengshuo has two, Han and Song coexist, so far away People are confused and don't know where they are going. They are so arrogant and arrogant, which shows that their rebellious heart is unstoppable."

But Zhuge Liang was helpless against the Nanzhong rebellion, but it did not mean that Sun Ce had nothing to do.

"However, his servants are barbarians, and their backs are weak. Today, your majesty is gifted in martial arts, obeying the heavens, and obeying the time. He is allowed to hold it, and he will be like the stars and wisdom sweeping away, clearing the universe. This generation is young and rises up when there is a provocation. It is easy to punish him. However, it is difficult to govern Yongchang."

In this way, it may be difficult for ordinary people to understand how famous Yong Kai is.

So the barbarians followed Yong Kai and started chaos.

"The real important patient of the imperial court is a wealthy family in the south. They are entrenched in counties and counties, do not follow the rules, and affect tens of thousands of people. The royal family of the imperial court cannot stay here for a long time, so if the royal family retreats, they will revolt and become a problem. .”

War is not just a battle of numbers, but more importantly a battle of political wills on both sides.

After leaving the city and official roads, there were Southern barbarians and ghost sects everywhere who were not under the control of the imperial court.

So after Zhang Zhao finished speaking, Sun Ce said: "The Nanman rebellion must be quelled. Guhui ordered Lu Meng, Zhang Ren, Gan Ning, Fazheng, Li Yan, He Qi and other generals to lead 30,000 troops into Pingnanzhong. .”

Under this situation, Zhang Zhao spoke first and said: "If Liu Xie and Liu Bei gain a firm foothold in southern Xinjiang, they will inevitably be ambitious enough to plot northward in the Central Plains. But this is not enough to cause trouble. As long as the Song army defeats Guan Yu and beheads him Thousands or even more than 10,000 people will be beheaded. The survivors of the Han Dynasty will recognize the reality and continue to flee south."

Roads are an important constraint to all problems.

But just like the previous situation in Bazhong, once the Han people took action, they sent heavy troops to suppress them.

Yong Kai's reputation was mainly among the Han people. The Yi people were unwilling to follow Yong Kai, so Yong Kai asked Meng Huo to tell the old man of the Yi people: "The official wants to get 300 black dogs. The front of the head is completely black, and the brains of mites are three fights." , Can you get three thousand pieces of wood that are three feet tall?"

Yongchang County is the southwestmost county of the Han Dynasty. If the governor of Yuexun went to the county for 800 miles and was not allowed to enter.

Sun Ce waited for the two prime ministers to read the letter and then asked: "What do you think of what Shi Xie said about the Yongchang rich family Yong Kai contacting Shi Xie and Liu Bei to prepare for rebellion?"

Yongkai, a person who seems to be unknown, is actually a popular surname in Yizhou. He has a profound influence especially in Yongchang and is arrogant and unruly.

Meng Huo, the famous barbarian king in later generations, assisted Yong Kai in launching the rebellion.

Sun Ce nodded slightly. An important issue now is that the influence of the local wealthy families has significantly exceeded that of Song Ting.

Give it a reference and it will immediately become clear.

As a result, Shi Xie believed what he said, and another incident in Nanzhong would greatly undermine Zhang Hong's grand plans.

In fact, Zhang Zhao does not need to say more about this, Sun Ce also knows it very well.

It's not that Sun Ce is more talented than Zhuge Liang, but that he has more than two thousand years of political wisdom from later generations.

This will enhance Zhang Hong's authority, benefit the people, and leave him with various reputations as a wise prime minister.

Neither the Han Dynasty nor the Song Dynasty could actually rule this place. They only had control over the local counties and cities.

Zhang Zhaonai said: "Since the Han Dynasty, it has lost its virtues, chaos has descended from the sky, traitors have taken advantage of the provocation, the world has gnashed its teeth, all nations have mourned, and all the ministers and concubines have tried their best to eliminate the national calamity. General Yongkai has been favored by the Central Plains in his lifetime. I thought that I should gather the party members and take the lead in setting out to repay the country and live up to my ancestors. I will write down my merits in books and silk and leave my name for thousands of years."

Otherwise, there is no need for Zhang Hong to focus all his ambitions on this aspect.

The number of the Han army was even greater than the entire population of their entire tribe in rebellion.

Even with the talents of Prime Minister Zhuge, after defeating Meng Huo, he actually failed to subdue Nanzhong. During the Shu Kingdom, rebellions occurred one after another in Nanzhong.

Yongchang County is almost suspended in the Han Dynasty, hundreds of miles south of Yuexun.

In comparison, the barbarians were too chaotic.

Not only were they unclear about what they wanted, they were even in intrigues among themselves. For example, many of Yong Kai's subordinates did not recognize his rebellion.

Otherwise, Yong Kai would not have died at the hands of Bu Qu and been replaced by Meng Huo.

Defeating them was almost an easy task for Song Ting.

In the face of any unified dynasty, such a border rebellion of tens of thousands of people can be easily destroyed. Even a two-hundred-year-old unified dynasty would have to go through hundreds of such wars, and it might not be enough to write a biography. It would just be a casual note of the deeds of a certain famous general, no more than twenty words. The key is the subsequent governance. Sun Ce said: "I have two ideas about the governance method. I would like to hear your opinions."

"First, after Lu Meng pacifies Nanzhong, I will consider naming Zhongmou the King of Yongchang, which means Yongchang of the Song Dynasty."

Of course, it also means the prince of Yongchang County.

Yongchang County was Yunnan in later generations. How did the Ming court solve the Yunnan issue?

There is no doubt that the Marquis of Xiping, Mu Yingyong, was sent to control Yunnan, and then the descendants of the Mu family inherited the title of Duke of Guizhou, so it was called the Mu Prince's Palace.

Prince Mu's Mansion is truly real but nameless. He has the real power to control Yunnan forever, the only difference is his name.

Sun Ce simply gave Sun Quan the reputation of being the hereditary King of Yongchang, and asked him and his descendants to rule the border forever for the Sun family.

The eldest son, Weicheng, was on the border, as the poet called him.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with making Sun Quan king in terms of justice.

Which emperor ascends the throne and does not ennoble the clan as king?

If Sun Quan is only in Yongchang County, it is reasonable to say that his strength will hardly threaten the Central Plains.

Yunnan is really too far away and too remote.

But we can't underestimate Sun Quan because of this, even though he received a lot of notoriety in later generations.

But it cannot be denied that this was a talented and strategic emperor of the Central Plains.

It was from his hands that Nanjing, the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, began to take shape. It can be said that he is the original person who single-handedly created the city of Nanjing.

And it was in his hands that Jiangnan began to be developed. Even the entire foreign race in the south of the Yangtze River, Hu Yue, was almost wiped out by him.

Only then did the Southeast become completely controlled by the Central Plains.

Before him, the prosperous Jiangnan in later generations was never completely owned by Zhuxia, and its situation was probably completely similar to that of Yongchang today.

The Han people fought in the cities, while the Yiyue people occupied the countryside.

It wasn't until Soochow Wu completely annihilated Yiyue that the prosperous Jiangnan and the land of culture in later generations were filled with Central Asian brothers.

Therefore, Sun Ce felt that by sealing Sun Quan to Yongchang, he might also be able to develop his royal career and completely turn Yunnan into a place under the control of the Central Plains.

You know, even now Sun Quan has many capable people under his command. In addition to the loyal Liu Pu, there are also Hu Zong, Bu Jing, Wu Can and others as his arms. Among them, Hu Zong often accompanied Sun Quan in his studies, and he also accompanied Sun Quan personally. Wu Can and Bu Jing were both talented people from Jiangdong, and were once as famous as Lu Xun.

He traveled back and forth to Youzhou, doing business, gathering nearly a thousand tribesmen, and tens of millions of wealth.

Let him go to Yongchang. Even if Sun Ce doesn't give him a guard, he can form one himself.

In addition to this plan, Sun Ce also had another plan to draw money from the bottom of the cauldron, saying: "Control the towns on the edge for a long time. In the past, they were juxtaposed, and the land was vast and sparsely populated. It is better to recruit the children of the powerful clans of the Central Plains, or the heart and soul of the country, and send them as minions. . Enrich the frontiers and guard the vassal. The state bestows them with official marriages to show their honor. Reward them with money and silk so that the granaries can be filled. "

"When you become an official, you will be kind and generous. This can be used both civilly and militaryly, and you will be in peace and tranquility."

Although this decree sounds very formal, it actually has a very easy-to-understand name: "Rejuvenate the Country with a Big Stick."

That is, intermarriage between Hu and Han.

But it is obvious that this intermarriage between Hu and Han was to kill all the young and strong people of the Yi people, and then the people of the Central Plains took their widows and rejuvenated the country with a big stick to complete the replacement.

As a widow, there is no need to be taboo about this. Marriage is something that the government attaches great importance to nowadays.

The spirit of the Wei and Jin Dynasties is still there today, and the legacy of Wei and Wu will be passed down forever. Today, widows are regarded as an important resource and given in marriage to wifeless men.

I won’t go into details about the ridiculous things Cao Wei did.

Sun Ce's decree is also extremely concise, but every sentence is to the point and has meaning.

Sun Ce wanted Hu and Han to intermarry. The first problem he faced was that among the subjects of the intermarriage, the men were all poor people in the Central Plains.

There are several brothers in a family, and if the eldest gets married first, it drains the family's savings. The parents have no money left to build a new house or buy a bride price for their son.

These people can only wander around the village, climbing on walls and picking up dust. There is no appearance of living at home.

Those who have permanent property have perseverance, which refers not only to land, but also to family property, wife and children. These people have no family members, so they have no motivation to work diligently. It's only a day to be able to mess around every day.

Another part of the main body of intermarriage, women of the Hu ethnic group, as you can tell from their names, they are all on the margins.

In view of these two situations, Sun Ce put forward suggestions and sent the descendants of Qiangzong from the Central Plains to the peripheral counties. When he became an official, he was kind and generous. Of course, the target of immigration this time is Yongchang County.

The imperial court will provide funds to help them resettle and get married locally. At the same time, they are allowed to be gracious and given priority when taking the scientific examination.

The government will also guide the local customs: "The Chinese people will be honored, and the land will be peaceful with virtue."

That is to say, let the government change the customs and make Hu Ji proud to marry the nobles of Xia, learn etiquette, and live and work in peace and contentment.

If this policy can be successfully promoted, within twenty years, there will be a large number of Hu women in the surrounding areas giving birth to a large number of children for Zhu Xia Qingzhuang.

The population along the border is rapidly increasing, the Hu Feng is gone, the winds of the Xia Dynasty are clear, the home and country are stable, the border troubles have disappeared, and the Hulu tribe is getting weaker year by year.

These two plans sound complicated, but in fact they are very simple to sum up.

The first is to send border kings to guard the borders. The advantages and disadvantages of this plan are particularly obvious. The advantage is that it saves trouble and effort, but the price is that the princes and kings have real power.

The second is to immigrate to the border areas and force foreign women to marry Han people as wives and concubines. The advantage is that there are no sequelae, and the court has a firmer control over the local area.

But the price is heavy consumption and great financial pressure.

You must know that in order to attract the refugees back to Guanzhong, Cao Wei only distributed oxen, grain and plows to the people, but he was overwhelmed and had to sell salt to support his future.

The Song Dynasty would have to immigrate continuously for hundreds of years, which would probably put great pressure on them.

In particular, forcing foreign women to marry Central Plains men is a big stick strategy for rejuvenating the country, which will definitely arouse dissatisfaction among local tribes and lead to rebellion.

The complete surrender of a place completely transformed a barbarian territory into eighteen Han provinces.

How could it be easily achieved without hundreds of years of persistent management?

These two solutions are undoubtedly effective ways to solve the Yunnan problem.

What Sun Ce couldn't control was his political influence, so he invited two prime ministers to hear what these two important ministers with outstanding political talents had to say. Which solution should be adopted?

(End of this chapter)