If the destruction of Yan is a main meal that the people of Zhao have been looking forward to and have been fighting for for nearly a year, then the annexation of Jizi Korea is a delicious dessert after the main meal.

The collapse of Yan and Jizi Korea undoubtedly sounded the alarm of the northern barbarians, making them all feel threatened, so that they began to go north one after another, and the entire border between Yan and Korea was completely lost for a time within a hundred miles.

Zhao Dan was in a very comfortable mood after learning the news, because this fully proves one thing, that is, when you are strong to a certain point, not to mention civilized people, even savages are afraid of you!

When the entire land of China completely entered winter, Li Mu also led the army to return to Handan and handed over orders to Zhao Dan.

Naturally, it was another grand celebration and reward.

Like Pang Xuan, although Li Mu received a very generous reward, he did not obtain the position of a feudal monarch.

You must know that there are still four countries left, and these countries are basically similar to or even stronger than the Yan State, if a Yan State is given to Li Mu as a king, then how can it be sealed when the Qin State and the Chu State are destroyed? Let's leave some room for it.

However, Li Mu has no opinion on this, after all, he has just been promoted to the governor of the northern part of Zhao State and has obtained the qualification to join the Longtai Council, which is already very satisfying.

Li Mu still knows the truth of over-the-top.

In addition, Li Mu also put forward another request to Zhao Dan at a Longtai meeting, that is, he hoped to be able to include Yiqu in Zhao's territory at the right time.

"King, the land of Yiqu Country is not small now, plus it is an excellent place for horse herding, and the Yiqu people are very suitable cavalry candidates, and now Yiqu Sheng is serving the king as the king of Yiqu, it is the best time to take the Yiqu country!"

After Zhao Dan heard Li Mu's words, he was also a little moved.

So Zhao Dan ordered someone to get the map, and then he was startled.

"Hey, this Yiqu country is actually so big now?"

Speaking of which, the Yiqu State is still a country that Zhao Dan split from the Qin State in order to weaken the Qin State a few years ago, but because Zhao Dan has been paying attention to the war in the Central Plains most of the time, he actually doesn't care about the Yiqu State.

Yiqu Country is like Jizi North Korea, for Zhao Dan, they are weak chickens that can be pinched to death with one hand, and this kind of weak chicken is naturally nothing to care about.

So after Li Mu compared Zhao Dan on the map, Zhao Dan found that the current Yiqu country not only occupied more than 20 counties in the original Yiqu Land, but also took a lot of territory south of Yinshan because of Yiqu Sheng's attack on Li Mu all the way, and even began to extend his tentacles to the land of Hehuang, and the westernmost part was almost to reach the West Sea, that is, Qinghai Lake in later generations.

"By the way, what about the Qiang people who live here?" Zhao Dan asked a little strangely.

Li Mu replied: "The Qiang people are not the opponents of the Yiqu people, they have all been driven to the mountains and plateaus by the Yiqu people. ”

This is actually not surprising, the Qiang tribe in this era is basically just out of the state of savages, although the Yiqu people are also quite backward, but it is impossible to lose to the savages, right?

Zhao Dan smashed his mouth and suddenly remembered a question.

The current Zhao State, including the entire Chinese world, actually has a large area of land to be developed because of the perennial war.

In addition, after the domination of the world in the future, there are still many large projects to be built, such as straight roads, water conservancy, maintenance of the Great Wall, etc., which require a large number of manpower.

If all these Qiang people are captured as coolies to do this kind of heavy work, it seems to be a very good choice.

Of course, it doesn't have to be limited to the Qiang people, for example, there are many barbarians outside the Central Plains, such as the Di people, the Southwest Yi, the Baiyue, etc., it seems that they can be.

If you are not of my race, your heart will be different, you will either assimilate or enslave, and savages like the Qiang people are very suitable objects for enslavement.

After all, these guys are not descendants of Huaxia, and to be honest, Zhao Dan has no psychological burden at all to use.

Wasn't the mighty Roman Empire also built on the blood and sweat of many barbarian slaves, and the Romans used it, but the few people couldn't use it?

Zhao Dan happily took his thoughts back, and made a decision without much thought: "No problem, wait until the spring of next year, and you will lead the army south to destroy the Yiqu." ”

The Hehuang area has always been a very high-quality horse ranch, and this place will definitely benefit Zhao Guo a lot.

From a strategic point of view, after taking the Hehuang region, Zhao formed an encirclement of Qin Guanzhong from the east, north, and west, which would make the defense of the Qin people more difficult.

Moreover, the Hehuang region itself is part of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and as long as the Zhao cavalry can adapt to the climate here, then there is hope that the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau will be further advanced towards the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in the future, and eventually the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau will also be included in the rule of Zhao.

Of course, that plateau doesn't really have much value to rule, but the problem is that if you can really take the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, then you can use it as a springboard to enter India.

In terms of distance, it is undoubtedly much closer to go south to India from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau than to go around the Western Regions and Central Asia and then south to India.

Considering the scum combat effectiveness of Ah San in history, once the iron hooves of the cavalry of the Zhao State enter the South Asian subcontinent, it is almost no suspense to conquer the entire Indian South Asian subcontinent.

What the Aryans can do, Zhao Dan feels that he can't do it.

However, there is no hurry at this point, for the current Zhao State, it is enough to take down the land of Hehuang first.

As for the Tibetan Plateau and India...... Zhao Dan felt that it might have to be handed over to his children and grandchildren.

From a historical point of view, the most important thing to do was to completely bring Monan and Northeast China under the rule of Zhao, so as not to create a second Mongol or a second Nurhachi, then the development of the Yangtze River and the areas south of the Yangtze River, and then the southwest and the Tibetan Plateau.

You always have to eat your meal.

After solving the problem of Yiqu Country, there are other problems that need to be solved.

Xiangbang Zhao Sheng said: "Great King, in the past year, our country has destroyed the Yan State and the Jizi Korea in one fell swoop, and the territory obtained is very vast, but the problem now is that there are not enough officials to govern these lands, what should we do?" ”

Zhao itself is not a country known for its population among the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period, although Zhao has also introduced some policies to encourage childbirth over the years, but it takes at least 18 years for a person to become an adult from the ground, which means that it will take at least 20 years for Zhao to see the effect of the policy of encouraging childbirth.

Obviously, this is far from quenching thirst.

For this question, Zhao Dan is actually a little scratchy.

To tell the truth, Zhao Dan's original intention of establishing the Huaxia Academy Palace was to let these powerful people of the Hundred Schools of Thought teach a group of qualified scholars, and then let these scholars enter the official class of Zhao State for the use of Zhao State.

But the problem is that the source of students in the Huaxia Academy is limited after all, and there are actually only a few hundred people who can be used by Zhao Guo every year, and these people still need a certain amount of time to exercise before they can be independent, and they can't solve all the problems.

Zhao Dan was silent for a moment and said: "That's it, wait until next spring when the widow sends another talent seeking order, and I think it should be able to solve part of the gap." If the order goes on, those who are above the rank of doctor, if there are children in the family who are adults, they can also be recommended as officials. As for the other gaps, let the local surrendered officials of Yan and Korea temporarily fill in the gaps, but the surrendered officials can only serve as deputy positions, and the main positions must be selected by Handan, which Pingyuan Junru and Li Qing (Li Si) must pay attention to. ”

Lieutenant Li Si nodded yes, and then came up with another idea: "King, the minister thinks that he can actually serve in a different place." For example, let the surrendered officials of the Wei State serve in the Yan State, and let the surrendered officials of the Yan State serve in the Wei State, so that there is no need to worry about these officials colluding with the local clans, and at the same time they can effectively supervise them. ”

Zhao Dan's eyes lit up and said, "This is indeed a method, let's start implementing it from next year." However, at the beginning, you can't draw too much, so let's tentatively set it at 20% per year. ”

After a pause, Zhao Dan said again: "Judging from the current situation, a single Huaxia Academy Palace can no longer solve the problem, and the widow plans to establish a few more branches of the Academy Palace, which will be used exclusively for absorbing and cultivating scholars." In a few days, the widow will meet with Xun Qing and ask them to come up with a charter. ”

Opening more colleges is actually what Zhao Dan has always wanted to do, and only after universal education can more people be used by Zhao Dan and the Zhao royal family.

The ministers of Zhao State present glanced at each other, but they did not object to this.

In this era, scholars are actually the lowest level of the aristocratic class, and people like Yu Xinlianpo climbed up step by step from scholars, so of course they will not object.

In recent years, with the continuous expansion of the Zhao Kingdom, a large number of sons and buddies who were originally idle at home and had nothing to do have been sent out to become officials, such as Zhao Sheng's more than a dozen sons, except for the eldest son who is destined to take over in the future, all the others have official positions.

Therefore, big nobles like Zhao Sheng and Zheng Zhu are also happy to see this, anyway, now that there are too many official positions to be used up, it is nothing to train some scholars to help their heirs and relatives.

"Okay, since there are no more problems, let's discuss the last question." Zhao Dan coughed, and then said to the ministers of Zhao State in front of him: "Zhu Qing thinks which country should be chosen for the next attack target?" ”