Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 536 Chen Gong’s Magical Use

In southern Xinjiang, Chen Gong was in the commander's tent, silently facing the sand table.

Of course, the southern Xinjiang where Chen Gong was located at this time was not the southern Xinjiang south of the Tianshan Mountains in later generations, but the Yunnan-Guizhou area referred to as "southern Xinjiang" in ancient times.

The proportions of the sand table in front of Chen Gong were much smaller and more detailed than those of Zhang Ren.

And in comparison, Zhang Ren's sand table focuses more on terrain simulation, while Chen Gong's map... looks more abstract!

Development areas were specially divided into pieces, and a series of resource signs representing wood, stone, minerals, various salt wells, salt springs... were placed in them.

And mark the cost of road construction...

On the land of Huaxia, southern Xinjiang is originally rich in gold and silver minerals. After establishing stable, reasonable and legal trading channels, it is by no means a place just waiting for supplies.

Otherwise, the Shuhou Mansion has already sent an order to Zhang Ren to row the Lu River and defend it. Why bother holding on to the "Southern Barbarians" and refusing to let go?
The reason why I can’t part with it is because I can’t part with the “specialties” of southern Xinjiang.

But for these officials in Xichuan who are accustomed to being "middlemen", using Chu's low-priced industrial products to trade their gold, silver, and minerals with the barbarians in southern Xinjiang... This method of rapid cash realization is their best choice. pursued.

As for building and developing southern Xinjiang? ——What does it have to do with us?
In contrast, although the Chu State is generally subsidizing southern Xinjiang now, when considering road construction, the cost of the subsidy is actually much less than the cost of road construction!

It is equivalent to mobilizing people from southern Xinjiang and building roads together...

Although this road is in Southern Xinjiang, it is equally significant to the Chu State - if the road is open, then Southern Xinjiang will have no basis for independence from Chinese civilization.

Not to mention, the current funds also include the expenses for the Ministry of Rites’ Chuxue propaganda.

Firstly, it is because the rural and county schools of Chu State have exerted great efforts, which has greatly increased the proportion of "students". Secondly, it is also because Chu School, unlike old Confucianism, has a strong dissemination power and also attaches great importance to the true teachings. The "lower class" of Confucianism is also the "lower class" of the gentry, far from counting the lower class of the people.

After all, when Confucius traveled around the world, the "savages" outside the city walls still had a similar tribal system.

You must at least have a heel in order to be considered the bottom. A pure "savage" can only be considered a tool...

During the Spring and Autumn Period, Confucianism was already the representative of the most advanced theories, and indeed it played a huge role in social progress. However, it would be too metaphysical to define the current propaganda goals by Confucianism standards.

The particularity of Chu Studies and the popularity of basic education in Chu State gave the Chu State's Ministry of Rites sufficient manpower to promote Chu Studies!
As for the disputes between the migrating tribes to the north, as well as the big tribes in the south, and the princes of Shu, Chen Gong doesn't want to pay attention to it at all now. The Chu State also means the same!
It's not that I'm not interested, but...it's not time to intervene yet.

What Chu needs to do now is to completely capture southern Xinjiang.

Due to the rugged and isolated terrain, Southern Xinjiang has always been very different from the civilization of the Central Plains during the feudal dynasty, even if it belonged to China. Even in the Ming and Qing Dynasties when the feudal dynasty was at its peak, there were already a large proportion of Han people in the Yunnan-Guizhou area. However, people mentioned that "Miao Xinjiang" ", what still comes to mind are legends such as Gu worms and corpse chasers.

Chen Gong is not only an expert on the battlefield, but also an expert in internal affairs, and... what he is best at is "interstellar"-style internal affairs.

If you break it down to factional disputes, party unity and opposition, guessing people's hearts, and guiding public opinion... Chen Gong can only be regarded as a quasi-first-rate, or even second-rate. However, if he withdraws more and supplements more, he "points" where he can't, this is what Chen Gong is good at.

If other people were watching at this time, they could only see a simple sand table, but in Chen Gong's eyes...

The sand table is shrouded in a layer of light and shadow, as if it came alive, and there are miniature figures representing logging, farming, mining, fishing and hunting, road construction... various construction activities in each grid!

Even each grid can "display" the growth in the number of people employed in various fields and various resources, as well as the consumption of road transportation...

It is the effect of Mingzhi that extends to the development of internal governance!
The scope is larger than that used on the battlefield, but there are no "details". All you see are thumbnails and symbolic "map silhouettes".

The nature of the land reclamation army means that Chen Gong does not need to do what he did during the imperial court. He also has to figure out the mentality of various places and classes to ensure that everyone's interests are maximized, or at least to blunt the opposition...

The land reclamation army will not refuse orders. Chen Gong only needs to arrange the manpower and projects. This is very comfortable for him.

The Chen Gong model is actually a summary and summary of the pioneering work of Ganzhou and Yizhou, and streamlined it. Nowadays, the Chen Gong model is also highly respected and studied in the vast areas that need to be developed and integrated, including Jiaozhou.

Although others do not have the ability to "strategize wisely", as long as they calculate and arrange step by step, they will only be less efficient in deployment and have higher requirements for information mastery.

As for looking north, Chen Gong actually didn't care much about the big clans in the south and the tribes that migrated away - they were just dead bones in the graves.

"Military advisor, if you go further west, even the southern and central tribes are already very rare. Do you really want to explore?" Shamoke couldn't help but asked after watching Chen Gong gesture on the sand table for a long time.

Shamoko was still accustomed to calling Chen Gong "strategist".

"Exploration is necessary. Even overseas places like Danzhou are being explored. Why don't we explore? But you don't have to worry about Xiaosha. Go west... The altitude is getting higher and there are really no people, so there is no need for the army to continue. Looking at it this way, the subsequent land reclamation will also be adjusted to three hundred miles or even five hundred miles into a development zone, and it can be handed over to the land reclamation army." Chen Gong closed his eyes and canceled the effect of the "bright strategy".

The word "pioneering" means a lofty sense of mission in the Chu State, but it does not mean being aggressive in a sporty way. Chen Gong can also grasp the scale.

In the area of ​​southern Xinjiang, bounded by the ancient Ailao Kingdom and the ancient Dian Kingdom—that is, the Kunming of later generations—it can be developed in a more comprehensive way, and then westward...you can gradually relax your pace. After all, the natural environment is here. .

Even the cities of later generations seemed to be on the edge of the natural chasm as far as the Kunming line. Going further west, the road network began to become obviously sparse.

Shamoke was relieved when he heard that he didn't need to stay here anymore. If he stayed like this, the Wuxi Independent Division would soon be able to join the land reclamation army!

"We can finally attack... ahem, I mean we can finally rescue the people of Xichuan and relieve the crisis in Chu?" Shamoko asked with bright eyes and gearing up.

"No, after the affairs here are settled, leave a few regiments in Yelang, Tangan, Louwo, and Mumi for defense to prevent the tribes fleeing north to counterattack. Zhongda will also stay, and we will take the other half of the manpower , let’s go to Jiaozhou first.” Chen Gong shook his head and said.

Jiaozhou has easy access to the coast. At this time, the Chu Navy was also directly escorting troop transports, so some of the land reclamation troops directly landed in southern Jiaozhou, overseas Leizhou and other places, and "attacked from both sides" with the land reclamation troops entering Jiaozhou from the north.

Chen Gong and Shamoke went to sit down first to avoid some tribes who might not be able to figure it out or the Shi clan to make any mischief - anyway, the distance is not very far, and this kind of mountainous terrain is also owned by the Wuxi Independent Division. strengths.

Hearing this, Shamoke was a little disinterested. Seeing this, Chen Gong simply changed the topic and asked: "How is Bai Yiyi's doing recently? Even in Chu State, you have reached the age of marriage now. Do you want me to help you say goodbye?" ?”

Sure enough, after Shamoko heard this, his face immediately turned pale and he shook his head...

When Chen Gong saw this, he just chuckled and did not continue - in Chen Gong's view, it was difficult for Samoko to "escape".

As for the Nanman invasion in Xichuan and so on... we can "freeze" for a while before talking about it!

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Neither Xichuan nor Jiaozhou is the focus of Chu State now. The sea, which was once no one cared about, is now the source of Chu State's "headache".

In August of the sixth year of Chu Li, not only the Marquis of Qi and the King of Wei were eyeing the ports of Qingzhou and Jizhou under the control of the Chu State, but even the Gongsun family was a little unable to restrain themselves!

Although the Gongsun family did not dare to blatantly do anything to Andong Port (Andongjin) and Liaodong Port (Tajin), at Liaoggang (Liaokou), they were already deliberately suppressing the entry and exit of Chu ships...

Originally, according to the agreement between the Chu State and the Gongsun family, Andong Port was directly under the Chu State, and it was also the main place where the navy was stationed. Liaodong Port, which was previously known as Tajin, had a limited number of Chu troops and accepted the supervision of the Gongsun family. The army has clear boundaries, and the Liao port is for the construction of the Gongsun family by the Chu state, and the Gongsun family is stationed there, but the ships of the Chu state can enter and leave.

However, Chu State has not yet taken the initiative to cross the border. Instead, Gongsun has repeatedly tried to move the garrison southward and compress the boundaries of Liaodong Port. In Andong Port, there are thousands of cavalry stationed not far outside the port!

Moreover, when Gongsun purchased the plate armor, some of the minerals that were mortgaged to the Chu State began to have violent conflicts in several places, and they were either overtly or covertly taken back...

Faced with the Chu State's accusations, Marquis Yan still tried to comfort and even give in, but his actions were still just as dark!
Bai Tu could also guess that he was willing to do this. It was simply because the Chu State intervened in the seafood peninsula and assisted and even led the local people to fight against the pirates. Gongsun Kang felt threatened. After several attempts to stop him, the Chu State did not give up. , leading to dissatisfaction.

After all, Gongsun Kang had always regarded the Seafood Peninsula as his own back garden. Although he didn't want to offend the Wei State, he was even less willing to let Bai Tu meddle in his own business - taking away some slaves was far less serious than taking away his own prestige.

However, Bai Tu dared to pat his chest and say that there was nothing wrong with Chu's move. After all, it was Marquis Yan himself, the overlord of Liaodong who regarded himself as the "big leader", who failed to protect these dependent forces.

Even Chu State invited Marquis Yan, hoping to work with him to solve the problem of sea pirates and land-based horse pirates causing trouble for one side, but Gongsun Kang himself did not participate!

The State of Chu assisted the State of Fuyu and the Koreans in fighting against the pirates. In principle, the State of Chu owed no one anything...

On the other hand, it was also because Wei and Qi Hou were eyeing Chu's ports in Jizhou and Qingzhou at this time, which gave Gongsun Kang more confidence!

　Dongdong: Today is just one update, and it may be discontinued tomorrow. Friends who follow the update during the Chinese New Year should know that Dongdong’s grandfather passed away a hundred days ago, and there will be many things tomorrow.

　　
　
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