Chapter 3 Troubled Times Descend Section 58 Weiling Quartet

The next morning, the rising sun soaked the entire surface of the water into a changing brilliant golden red and golden yellow, and the sky was floating with dreamy and leisurely white clouds.

Before the generals had arrived, the citizens of Izumo who had learned of my return set up their boats and came to the side of the large ships outside the moored port, and the water was filled with the clamor of people, barking dogs, and a festive atmosphere, and they reverently offered me the new wheat they had just harvested and blessed me.

The noise outside the cabin alarmed me and Takayama Yin Dong, who had not slept all night, and we walked out of the window to wave and thank the cheering people, the weather was very clear, the sun was extraordinarily bright, and my mood became very refreshing.

"The people's hearts are available," I waved to the people while exchanging opinions with Takayama Yin Dong in a low voice: "There are a total of 720,000 inhabitants in Izumo and Qingshu, if we take advantage of the continuous conquest, we will expand our sphere of influence. Most importantly, we use these constant wars to build a strong army that has been battle-hardened. Five years later, our strategy of hiding troops among the people has been successfully implemented, and these two places can provide us with at least 100,000 warriors. In 30 years, we will have at least 300,000 strong men who obey our laws and accept our ideas. These 300,000 warriors grew up under the rule of our law, and they will be the foundation of our sweeping land across the Central Plains. ”

"30 years, isn't it too late?" Yin Dong said with emotion.

Gao Shan also took over the conversation: "Continuous wars, reckless warfare, although it can build a division of tigers and wolves, but it is also necessary to prevent wars from hollowing out national strength." ”

"Therefore, we must use this expedition to set up a system so that continuous expeditions will not empty our national strength, but can make us stronger." I waved to the crowd and replied in a low voice.

"What do you think?" Gao Shan Yin Dong asked in unison.

"I've been thinking about why Rome is getting stronger the more it fights, why the British Empire is becoming more and more invincible the more it plunders, why Russia is getting richer and greedy, why, as long as we China have a big foreign war, the national strength will decline, the civil strife will come soon, and the dynasty will collapse immediately. As a lesson from the past, the mighty Great Qin was not spared, so that all dynasties were afraid of using force against the outside world, so that when our foreign enemies came, they only thought about the continuation of the humiliating preservation dynasty, and the disasters and lives of the people were not taken to heart? Why? Have you thought about it? ”

Gao Shan Yin Dong was shocked: "Seriously, we really haven't thought about this problem, taking advantage of the fact that the generals have not arrived, you can tell us first." ”

I lowered my tired arm and replied, "Let's go back to the cabin first, this is not something that can be explained in one or two sentences." ”

Before entering the hatch, I turned around and instructed the guards: "Order, I will meet the teams participating in the agricultural and animal husbandry festival competition in each county and township, and let them organize well, and send ten representatives from each county and township to board the boat to meet me every afternoon." ”

The guards took the order and stood at the bow of the ship and repeated my order in a loud voice, and the people outside the ship heard the order and gradually dispersed.

As soon as he entered the hatch, Gao Shan couldn't wait to ask: "Tell me, what is the reason why we gradually abandon our bloodiness?" ”

Holding his cheek with one hand, he sorted out his thoughts and said slowly: "Actually, the Wuhu chaos is the biggest disaster for our nation. After 300 years of alien rule, 15 generations of people grew up under alien rule. After the explanation of Confucianism, our nation has discarded its bloody nature and only regarded the rule of foreign races as a change of dynasty, and they will only silently wait for the next change of dynasty, and the bloody national backbone has been slaughtered in the 300-year-long slaughter. Wuhu Chaohua is the beginning of the continuous conquest of the Han nation by foreign races, and since then, we can only comfort ourselves and cover ourselves up by constantly assimilating them.

How to avoid the fate of our conquest in the future, I have been thinking about it for many years, and I have discovered this problem by comparing the Western world horizontally. The population of our nation is unstoppable, and at some certain time, the pressure of the population and the lack of resources make our nation face a civil strife, and the alien race always rises here, no matter how obedient and docile the alien race was before.

The cause of the Wuhu Rebellion is directly due to the continuous civil wars in the Three Kingdoms era, which caused our national strength to decline and our population to decline. But I think it is necessary to go back to the distance, when we were Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the great revanchism practiced drove out the Xiongnu, but led to the decline of national strength.

During the Three Kingdoms era, Xianbei rebelled first, and the Han court was unwilling to pursue him for not submitting to the court, but wanted to abandon Liaoxi, setting a bad precedent. After that, Liangzhou rebelled and abandoned Liangzhou, and Liaodong rebelled and abandoned Liaodong. And all this is based on the fact that during the Han Dynasty, we won the war and wasted our national strength. The people of later generations, if they are not completely sure, do not dare to use force against foreign races easily, which encourages the habit of foreign raids.

Every autumn, when there is no food, the aliens come to plunder; Every autumn, when there are no winter clothes, the aliens come to plunder; Every autumn, when there are no more slaves and artisans, the aliens come again to raid. In foreign cultures, autumn, grass grows and horses are fat, which is a good time to "fight the autumn wind", and the best hunting ground is the Central Plains. robbed, as long as you don't oppose the emperor, give the emperor a little bit of what you have stolen, and call it a tribute. The emperor will not pursue it - it is not his, anyway, it is not his, and it is not bad to have the opportunity to participate in the distribution of spoils.

Why did we win the war but waste our national strength, why did Rome, the British Empire, Russia, etc., etc., these countries are rich and powerful in the continuous conquest, and they are powerful in all directions, and in connection with the later United States continues to become strong through war, we should consider it, what happened to us? Why is it that the conquest that should have brought wealth and strength has made us so weak that our descendants do not dare to use force easily, why?

I have thought about it again and again, and I think that if there is no institutional problem in the middle, it will be intolerable.

What is wrong with our conquest system that makes our war more than worth the cost? This is what we need to consider for this expedition. I finished these words in one breath, threw out this essential question, and glanced at Gao Shan and Yin Dong with an inquiring gaze.

"Our nation is not good at conquest, our nation is not good at plundering, our nation is not good at conquering, and we are always waiting for others to 'promote the great integration of the nations'. Why can other ethnic groups 'national integration' us, but our Han nationality can't 'national integration' others, is there any possibility that history will be reversed, so that we have the opportunity to integrate different races?

Even if the alien races of later generations say that we are brutal or that we are genocidal, I want to be like Genghis Khan, and "great national integration" once. Why is his gang rape and genocide heroic, and mine is racism - I think this is the narcotic education of the alien race, this is the narrow concept of Han inferiority, this is the dangerous idea of national extinction.

I just want to know, I just want to try, if I am given a chance to create a complete conquest system, should our Han nation in thousands of years of history, keep waiting for others to come to us to 'national integration'.

I think that thousands of years of humiliating history have given us this power, and we have the right to conquer, to plunder, to invade like others have done us in the 'great national integration' of the people. I pounded the table angrily, I cried out in anger, I whimpered bitterly: "Why? Why should we allow others to conquer us, and we can't fight back with fire and iron? Why? Heaven does not forbid it, the earth does not forbid it, and I will not forbid it. I want to find the crux of our nation, and answer the contempt for our nation with iron and fire, slaughter and extermination. I think history has given us this power to complete the transformation of national conquest. ”

I think that my eyes were red, like a hungry wolf, my eyes were burning at Gao Shan Yin Dong, and my mouth was still letting out a low growl from time to time. This look frightened Yin Dong and made him swallow the words of opposition back into his stomach.

"Conquest", Gao Shan was bewitched by my words, jumped up from his seat, and shouted hoarsely: "Conquest, as long as the truth you say can give me permission, I will try my best to help you conquer the four wilderness, let us create a situation that the Han nation has never had; Let us be a strong country for thousands of generations; Let's be like Lao Mei, the one who doesn't accept the fight that, let the world only hear the voice of our Han nation, conquer! ”

"Okay, I'll tell you why". I took a long breath, jumped on the table, and roared: "All the conquests in our history have been slave-owning conquests, and foreign wars are all battles to save the honor of slave owners (emperors), and the expeditions of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty are also like this. This is a battle for the sake of the face of one person - the face of the slave owner (emperor), it is not an act of conquest of the state or the conquest of the people. ”

I stood on the table, waved my fists, and explained loudly: "Han Gaozu was besieged by the Xiongnu and was forced to sue for peace. Later, as soon as Han Gaozu died, the king of the Huns wrote to the queen of Han Gaozu very rudely: Your husband is dead, so you might as well marry me. This letter is very insulting, but it is in line with the moral standards of the Huns. In the eyes of the Huns, I am stronger than you, your property is my property, and your wife is my wife.

In this case, the Han Dynasty, which was not strong, still endured it. The queen replied to him with a letter, and said very politely and aggrievedly: I am now old, my teeth have fallen out, and my hair has fallen out, so I can't be your wife.

When the national strength is not strong, sometimes when the national strength is not strong, it is important to be patient.

When the Han Dynasty became strong, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty announced: It is not too late for the Ninth Dynasty to take revenge. The army of the Han Dynasty thus set out to conquer. In these long years, we have passed through many raids by the Huns, and the history books have passed by. The Emperor did not pay any attention to it—because the looting did not insult the Emperor, and our history did not care about it. Therefore, this war is only to preserve the honor of the emperor, it is a battle of honor.

The army of the Han Dynasty set out, what kind of army was it - no property rights, slaves. Since they were slaves, all the seizures went to the emperor, of course. Since they did not have the right to participate in the distribution of the spoils of war, of course, the greatest slave owner, the emperor, came to provide the war materials, and how the emperor prepared these war materials, of course, was to loot the property of his slaves, the common people. The war launched with the strength of the whole country only enriches one person and helps one person restore his honor, how can the country not be in trouble.

If all this is turned upside down, and the rich people are allowed to fight this war at their own expense, and all the plunder goes to the people, how can the people not want to fight? When the people are rich, the country is rich, and a virtuous circle of conquest is established.

For thousands of years, foreign races have regarded our Central Plains as a fertile hunting ground to conquer, plunder, invade, and enslave. In fact, as long as the method is correct, the grassland that is relatively backward in technology, science and technology, and culture is a more fertile hunting ground for us.

Let those who cannot obtain property under the law of primogeniture gain honor and property through continuous conquest, let our wealth increase in constant plunder, let our territory expand in continuous conquest, and let us build an incomparably powerful Han. Let future generations resound such a voice: 'Those who offend my great Han Tianwei will be punished even if they are far away.' ’”

Yin Dong was silent, and Gao Shan asked again: "The war materials in the early stage will be provided by us, and in the later stage, we will inevitably have to send war materials, and the spoils of war will be returned to the people, what do we get?" In the long run, isn't the government losing money? ”

"We also have a harvest, the land, the subjugated people, the taxes brought by the subservient people. The markets brought by the subjugated lands, and the rich warriors who returned from plunder, are our wealth.

As long as we select the governors of various places, he will organize the guards at his own expense, and he will set the local tax rate by himself, and rotate it in a period of ten years, so as to ensure that every governor sent abroad will return to his hometown with full loads. In this way, for at least a few hundred years, we will not worry about the lack of our rulers. Even if we don't get a lot of taxes from the local area, it doesn't matter. When the governors were in office, they were to maintain the local market and ensure equal trade, and the expansion of the market was the expansion of taxes. When the governors leave office, the money they get back will also be spent in their hometowns, and we will expand the market. This is the Roman or British Empire conquest, this is the act of national conquest.

As our market expands, we will inevitably enter and exit the progress of productive forces and the level of science and technology, and our nation will progress, and we will conquer our neighbors with commodities, productive forces, and powerful force, and this is the true meaning of our commercial state.

Well, while we are conquering and plundering, we also have to start a colonial policy to relieve the pressure of our population by constantly expanding our living space. The United States is 1.7 times larger than our country, and even in the 20th century, when the productive forces were extremely developed, its population was only 200 million. I think it is enough for us to maintain a population of 10 million at this stage. Overpopulation and excessive reclamation will inevitably lead to desertification of China in later generations. And our current series of conquest measures are to determine our millennium plan. "I stood on the table, waving my fists impassionedly, and the table beneath my feet was overwhelmed, and I let out a series of ugly ghost screams.

"It's not good, come down quickly", Yin Dong hurriedly beckoned.

I jumped down and crawled to the ground, looking around at the foot of the table.

"What are you doing?" Takayama asked curiously.

"I'm looking for autographs." I replied without raising my head: "Zheng Hun, this guy, likes to engrave names on the things he makes, and even with him, many craftsmen have this bad preference." This broken table is of such poor quality that it almost fell on me, I want to find the autograph, to know who made this broken table, I have to peel off his skin. ”

"Come on, you're nervous, you're 1.8 meters tall, wearing unicorn armor and a sword at your waist, you've been dancing and dancing on the table for so long, this table hasn't collapsed yet, I think the quality is really passable." Takayama discouraged.

Yin Dong said coldly on the side: "Don't, let him find it, find the name, tell me, I'm just about to build a few new tables, I think I'll find this craftsman." I really appreciate the craft."

I stood up with a solemn face: "Guess what, what name did I see?" ”

Gao Shan said sarcastically: "In this era, apart from Zheng Hun, who else can surprise us? ”

After thinking about it, Gao Shan immediately stood up: "Ma Jun, have you seen Ma Jun's name?" No way, Ma Jun is now at most ten years old......"

"Come and see," I said, gesturing to the signature at the foot of the table, to Takayama.

Takayama then threw himself on the deck and glanced at the table legs, and we looked at each other.

The table legs, under the signatures of a row of master craftsmen, are crookedly embellished with the words "Ma Jun", and looking at the situation, this name seems to have been carved secretly.

It's over, and another good young man was taken by Zheng Hun.

Ma Jun, this is the inventor of the Chinese rocket, and now he is a small carpenter, who, who dares to waste talents so much?

"It's not good, Ma Jun is really a little carpenter now." As if hearing the words from the bottom of my heart, Gao Shan climbed on the ground and explained to me: "This person invented the irrigation dumper, copied the guide car, and also transformed Zhuge Liang's repeater crossbow, and designed and manufactured the centrifugal stone car, all of which are the skills of a carpenter." No wonder we never saw him, he was among the carpenters. Look at it like this, it's just an apprentice now. ”

"Well, find him, keep an eye on him, don't alarm him, let him learn and develop, and if necessary, find a good master for him." I knelt on the ground and told the mountains.

"Izumo City's right forward general Gao Minglei, the right forward general Taishi Ziyi, and the commander of the infantry army, General Zhang Junyi, the commander of the infantry army, and the subordinate generals, sign up to see." Suddenly there was a shout from the hatch, followed by the sound of thumping footsteps.

"Gao Minglei, who is it?" I asked, surprised.

"Gao Shun, isn't he the commander of the thunder cavalry, so he took a table word called Ming Thunder. Take its lightning speed. Alas, you and I should hurry up and get up, what do you want to do like this, help me, hurry up. Takayama pleaded impatiently.

Before we could stand up, Gao Shun had already broken in with the generals. Embarrassment, shame, and embarrassment, Gao Shan and I slapped our clothes and greeted the generals in a curt.

Gao Shun had a rigorous personality, did not smile, glanced at the bottom of the table faintly, and walked to his seat and sat down. Zhang He had a calm personality and walked to his seat without squinting. Tai Shi Ci couldn't resist his curiosity, quickly walked to the table, stretched out his hand and lifted the table, and stood there to show off to us: "Lord, what are you looking for, can you look for it now?" ”

"Put it down, put it down", I replied embarrassedly: "The thing has been found, Ziyi, put the table down." ”

Tai Shici slowly put down the table, and I asked casually: "Ziyi, is your mother's illness better?" ”

Tai Shi Ci replied respectfully: "Thank you for your inquiry, my mother's illness is much better." ”

"Winter is coming, the weather is getting colder and colder day by day, you prepare more charcoal fires, and in winter, boil more broth for your mother to drink." I instructed with care.

Tai Shi Ci bowed his head and replied, "Yes."

I patted Tai Shici on the shoulder and told again: "My city lord's mansion, although it is poorly repaired, the walls are thick and warm. Don't be in a hurry to move out, stay there with your mother this winter, and help me look at the house by the way. Your mother raised you and endured a lot of hardships, and now you are doing things, so that she can enjoy her happiness and spend her old age with peace of mind, which is also the filial piety of your children and grandchildren. Treat her well".

Tai Shi Ci forked his hand and promised in unison.

"Okay, get in your seat, let's have a meeting." I waved my hand and ordered.

"Report, Ma Han's infantry commander Li Hu, Jin Ming was ordered to attend a military meeting, and he is asking to see him outside the door." The guard pushed the door open and reported to me.

Came by order, by whose orders? I looked at the mountains and searched for answers.

Gao Shan shook his head slightly, indicating that this was not his doing.

Gao Shun spoke in a deep voice and answered our doubts: "When Captain Li informed us of the meeting, King Han Chang was also beside us. That night, King Han told me that since the Korean army was also guarding Izumo, they would also participate in this military meeting. At that time, I didn't know what my brother meant, so I couldn't express my position. I guess King Han saw that I didn't object, so he ordered them to come. ”

Well, since we're here, let's have a meeting together. I casually beckoned Li Hu and Jin Ming into the cabin and began our military meeting.

"Ladies and gentlemen, everyone understands that Xianbei rebelled three years ago. Now, the Central Plains is in turmoil, Xianbei is ready to move, after many investigations, we can be sure that Xianbei will move next year. Our purpose in this meeting is to study a strategy that will allow us to gain a foothold in the land of tigers and wolves in western Liaoning for a long time.

This strategy includes three aspects, first: once Xianbei plunders Liaoxi, how will we deal with it?

Second: Once the offensive war begins, how do we deploy our forces, how many troops, how do we allocate troops, and how do Izumo defend during this period?

Thirdly, and most importantly, how should we carry out our attack on Xianbei? What is the specific strategic approach? This includes the way of marching, the way of searching, the way of fighting, the way of logistical supply, the way of occupation, and so on. ”

I made my plan clear at the beginning: "Everyone knows that during the reign of Emperor Wu of the (Han) Dynasty, the imperial court conquered the Xiongnu with the strength of the whole country, and we do not have the strength to fight such a war now. To defeat Xianbei, we must develop a strategy to start a conquest with Xianbei and gain a foothold in western Liaoxi in this conquest.

Emperor Wu drove the Xiongnu for tens of thousands of miles, but did not expand a land for the Han - the grassland is still the Xiongnu, Xianbei, Di, Qiang, my thoughts are indeed different, as long as the land that my Han's feet have stepped on, it is my Han's. We are to establish a means of occupation in which we firmly occupy the lands we have acquired and the tame subjects we have subjugated, and nip in the bud all possible dangers.

Soldiers, murder weapons. We, Izumo Country, are small and weak, and we have to fight against millions of Xianbei, and we must gain something in every battle, and we will return with a full load of soldiers. Only in this way can the gains of the war support us to fight this war. ”

Gao Shan then explained: "It should be noted that in the past few years, our caravans have traveled all over the grasslands, and we have maps of mountains and rivers everywhere. Where there is water, where there are edible flowers and trees, we have marks on the map. Our advanced positioning method keeps us from getting lost on the savannah. This solves a lot of problems for us and makes our attack easy and easy. So, we just have to think about how to search the endless steppes for the enemy, find the main forces of the enemy for a decisive battle, how to fight the enemy, and how to deliver supplies. ”

"Once Xianbei comes to attack us, from the lord's point of view, where will it attack from?" Zhang He looked at the map hanging in the cabin and asked.

"That's exactly what we need to discuss," I paced to the map, pointing to the map and asked, "I haven't been back to Izumo for a few years, and I want to know where the cantonment points in Izumo City have been built, and where are we in Liaoxi County most vulnerable?" In addition, there are troops of General Gongsun Chan in Yuyang County in the west, and with the friendship between Bogui and me, I am not worried about being attacked for the time being. What about the East? What is the dynamic of Gongsun Du in Liaodong? Once we send troops, how many men do we need to leave to defend Izumo? This intelligence will determine the first point we will discuss - once Xianbei raids Liaoxi, how do we deal with it?

In the event of an attack, what are the mobile forces we can use? Also, what is the route of our sortie? This is our second point, and you should talk about it first. "I gestured with my finger on the map, and at the same time, asked the Izumo generals to explain to me the situation in Liaoxi.