The reason why the emperor invited Chen Xu to chat today was to ask for Chen Xu's advice on attacking Lingnan.

After all, the war against the Xiongnu won so easily that it was almost single-handedly promoted by Chen Xu.

As for the emperor's plan to attack Donghu after the autumn, Chen Xu would not have any doubts at all.

The biggest enemy of the Central Plains civilization for thousands of years has always been the grassland peoples from the northwest, from the beginning of the written records there are the pre-Qin period of the dog Rong, Donghu, the Qin and Han dynasties of the Xiongnu, the late Han Dynasty Wuhuan and Xianbei and many Zahu, the Tang Dynasty Turkic, the Song Dynasty Khitan, Jurchen, Mongolia, the Ming Dynasty Manchu, the Central Plains civilization is from these nomads from the northwest under the continuous harassment and oppression of the bloody staggering forward, although there are mutual casualties, Most of the nomads were wiped out or driven to Europe in the war with the Central Plains, but the Central Plains civilization was almost cut off several times.

In the world, nomads are the biggest enemies and destroyers of all agricultural civilizations, although the nomads have brought about the integration of human civilization, but for the development of human civilization has always been a kind of rude destruction, every invasion of nomads is a major regression of human civilization.

Therefore, for Chen Xu, the enemies of the Central Plains at any time are those people on horseback, so his goal is mainly in the northwest, as for the conquest of Baiyue in Lingnan, in fact, Chen Xu's heart is full of entanglement.

Lingnan is a land with high mountains and dense forests and a humid climate, where rice and tropical cash crops are abundant, and China will certainly not give up the place, but it is not important to Daqin at the moment, before rice has become the staple food of the Chinese people, wheat and millet are the most important food, so the Yellow River Basin is the center of China's development.

And at present, the population of Daqin is too small, completely unable to support an almost future generations of the same vast land area, before there is no need for navigation, the conquest of Baiyue is actually a completely thankless thing, and the difficulty of conquest is much more than the conquest of the Xiongnu, where the mountains are high and the forests are dense, and the river network is dense, which is completely unsuitable for the current large-scale warfare of Daqin, because it is a completely different way of warfare, and Daqin's army is definitely not used to it.

Once the war starts, the war will last for at least three years or so, even if Chen Xu develops a large number of firearms and grenades, because the Yue people live in the mountains and dense forests, and the attacks all over the mountains will not fight head-on with the Great Qin army at all, and even if you want to quickly pacify Lingnan after the occupation, you must move a large number of Central Plains people to live with the Yue people in the past, and you also need to stay a large number of soldiers to suppress it, this time may last for more than ten years, for the current situation of Great Qin, Definitely an unbearable burden.

But no matter what Chen Xu thinks, the conquest of Lingnan is definitely necessary, it's just a matter of time, Chen Xu can afford to wait, and the emperor of the Great Qin Empire can't afford to wait.

If he wants to be the first emperor of the ages, he must flatten all the thorns that he doesn't like before he counts.

In other words, Qin's plan to conquer Lingnan has never changed.

Therefore, as soon as Tou Mandan Yu died this time, Qin Shi Huang was a little impatient.

"Your Majesty, the ministers of Lingnan have said several times before, the time and place are not in me, so the conquest must be very difficult, and many of the people of Daqin are still hungry and have a difficult life, so the minister thinks that the conquest of Lingnan can be slightly delayed for three or five years, not to mention that the terrain of Lingnan is complex, and the Yue people are all mountain barbarians who do not know etiquette and do not understand the king's law, even if they occupy it, they will inevitably need to send a large number of craftsmen and officials to carry out Xuanhua education to help them learn to farm in order to finally settle down. This time will take at least a few decades, Your Majesty, our main task at the moment is not to conquer Baiyue, but to develop people's livelihood and increase food production, build roads connecting counties, promote new agricultural tools to raise cattle, horses and livestock, and build river embankments and canals......"

Chen Xu said his thoughts again, although the face of the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang was still plain and warm, but his brows were slightly furrowed and he did not speak.

"Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, all the people in the world are Your Majesty's people, they can work hard to pay grain taxes to support the officials and soldiers of Daqin, this is their responsibility and obligation, but if they are busy all year round they can't eat enough and wear no warmth, but they also have to pay taxes and grain to participate in heavy conscription, this is not only the dereliction of duty of the officials, but also your Majesty's shame, the people's aspirations, must be yearning for a life of abundant food and clothing, but if the life is not as good as before, how can we talk about the people's hearts? Xun Guo said in the "Mourning Prince" chapter: The monarch, the boat also. Those who are familiar with the people, the water is also. The water will carry the boat, the water will overturn the boat, and you will think about the danger in this way, and the danger will not come! ”

"The land of Lingnan is not cut down, and when my Great Qin State is rich and strong in a few years, even if it does not occupy the advantages of time and place, it will inevitably monopolize the interests of people and people, and then cut down Lingnan again, it will definitely get twice the result with half the effort, this is the minister's heartfelt words, and I hope Your Majesty will think twice!" Chen Xu stood up and saluted respectfully.

Qin Shi Huang's face had slowly become solidified in Chen Xu's words, and after Chen Xu finished speaking, his face slowly turned calm, and then he sighed and looked at Chen Xu seriously and said, "I know that Aiqing's hard work is really loyal, and I will consider it carefully!" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister just said that he wanted to postpone it for three or five years because His Majesty wants to conquer Baiyue in one go, but if you are not in a hurry, in fact, the minister still has a strategy, and you can use the strategy of encroachment to slowly annex Lingnan."

Qin Shi Huang's face was overjoyed, and he hurriedly said: "Aiqing, please tell me what is the strategy of encroachment?" ”

"The encroacher, is a mouthful of slowly devouring, we see the land of Lingnan as a mulberry leaf, Your Majesty is the silkworm breeder, at the moment I Qianzhong, Changsha, Jiujiang, Huiji four counties to garrison the five ridges, His Majesty's intention is to send troops from the five ridges at the same time, and then to destroy the Lingnan to take down, but once the war begins, it will inevitably use hundreds of thousands of soldiers and nearly a million servants to supply logistics, the minister said before, if three or five months can be quickly resolved, there must be no big problem, but Your Majesty should have asked many generals in the court, I definitely don't think it will succeed so quickly, according to the minister's speculation, this war will drag on for at least two years, this is still the smoothest situation, if it doesn't go well, it is not surprising that it will drag on for three or five years, the Yue people can afford to drag it, and my Daqin will definitely not be able to drag it out, which is also the reason why the minister does not recommend His Majesty to send troops, but His Majesty can raise a few silkworms and put them into Lingnan from the Wuling Pass, as long as these silkworms do not die, they will inevitably swallow the land of Lingnan completely. ”

"Please also ask Aiqing to explain the strategy in detail!" Although Qin Shi Huang had some understanding from Chen Xu's words, he felt that he couldn't grasp the key point, so he couldn't hold back the excitement in his heart.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks so, the expedition to Lingnan does not need to use my regular soldiers of Great Qin at all, but to establish a few mercenaries and let these mercenaries go to the land of Lingnan to fight......"

"What is a mercenary?" Qin Shi Huang asked confusedly.

"Mercenaries are spontaneously formed by the people, there may be mountain bandits, homeless, fugitive slaves, prisoners and even some brave and strong heroes, these people stay in the Central Plains is also causing trouble, not only harming the villagers but also a huge hidden danger, His Majesty issued an edict, allowing the people to form a certain scale of troops, let them attack the Yue people in Lingnan, all the loot belongs to them, but all the occupied land must be handed over to the management of Daqin, And according to the size of the scope occupied by these mercenaries, they will be given certain status compensation, such as allowing unidentified mountain bandits to escape slaves and prisoners to obtain civil status, such as giving those mercenary leaders who have made great contributions a court official position, just like the last chapter of the law, after these mercenaries enter Lingnan, they will inevitably continue to encroach on the territory of the Yue people......"

With Chen Xu's words, Qin Shi Huang also slowly understood Chen Xu's so-called encroachment strategy, his face slowly became surprised and stunned, and his eyes were full of an indescribable emotion.

"Aiqing's encroachment strategy can indeed allow my Great Qin to slowly annex Lingnan, but it is also possible to cultivate some hostile forces, will it cause loss of control at that time?"

"Your Majesty is thoughtful, there will naturally be this possibility, but these mercenaries are still from my Central Plains, and they have to prepare their own food and weapons, so the loot they loot must be transported to my Great Qin before it can be turned into money, there will inevitably be merchants and its cooperation, and the passages in and out of Lingnan are under the control of my Great Qin, unless they never return to the Central Plains, but the lost weapons and manpower cannot be replenished, and the scale of these mercenaries can be controlled by Your Majesty, the maximum scale cannot exceed a few hundred or a thousand people, etc., These mercenary troops must first register at the Wuling Pass before they are allowed to pass, not to mention that my Daqin is currently strong and strong with a million soldiers, and the miscellaneous troops composed of some mountain bandits and homeless people can not resist, and these mercenaries are not subordinate to each other, there will inevitably be fights between them for the sake of interests, what Your Majesty needs to do is to continuously send officials and craftsmen to strengthen the control of the occupied areas with the gradual advancement of encroachment, this time is not in a hurry, two or three years may see results, five or six years will inevitably encroach on nearly half, once the time is ripe, Naturally, you can still send a large army to attack, whether it is the Yue or the mercenaries with bad intentions, they will be crushed to pieces......"

"What's more, in addition to mercenaries, Your Majesty can also enable some of the criminal ministers who wandered to the frontier, the minister heard that the former Nanyang County Shou Gao Yan participated in the battle to destroy Chu and Qi, and his military merits were tired to the right chief, and it can be regarded as a great contribution to my Great Qin's destruction of the six countries, Gao Yan is now deprived of his title and official position because of Zhao Zhe's crime, but it is not a pity that such a general who can fight well is sent to the bitter cold land of the border to open up the wasteland and farm, if His Majesty reactivates Gao Yan, he will be allowed to make meritorious service with a small number of soldiers, Then equip thousands of prisoners to surrender or simply let them recruit mountain bandits and wanderers by themselves, etc., all the same treatment as mercenaries to let them go to the land of Lingnan to fight with the Yue people, and then promote their official positions and titles according to the size of their military merits, Gao Yan will definitely be grateful to Dai De for serving His Majesty, and these criminal ministers will inevitably be easier to control than mercenaries, after all, their families are still in the Central Plains......"

Chen Xu first mentioned the mercenaries, then the criminals, and finally Gao Yan, naturally wanting to exonerate Gao Yan.

But Qin Shi Huang was not confused, and said with a warm smile: "Although Aiqing's encroachment strategy is slow, it is a safe plan, even if these mercenaries cannot be completely successful, but in a few years, it will inevitably mix up the Yue people in Lingnan and cause great chaos, and it will also bring back the situation in Lingnan, which will definitely be of great benefit to the future attack of the army." Gao Yan was involved in Zhao Zhe's affairs, although the crime is unforgivable but excusable, and his guilt is not unforgivable, most of the large and small officials in Wancheng were killed by Zhao Gao, leaving him alone, or not, since Aiqing personally interceded, I will spare him, and after a while, I will send him to Lingnan to make meritorious contributions! ”

The Emperor of the Ages is not easy to fool!

Chen Xu smiled and stood up and saluted: "Your Majesty is benevolent!" ”

Chen Xu is not too sure about the mercenary, after all, this is not in line with the behavior and thinking habits of the ancients, but Chen Xu feels that he is still very sure of the matter of using the criminal ministers, anyway, these criminal ministers have nothing to do with the border wasteland, and the reactivation is still the identity of the criminals, let them go to the land of Lingnan to fight with the Yue people, and everything is a special success!

It can be seen that the emperor is also a master of luck in the war, and he is not too sure about the conquest of Lingnan.

And through this incident, Chen Xu also saw that the emperor accepted his suggestion in disguise, at least he would not immediately send troops to conquer Lingnan, which also made him breathe a sigh of relief.

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