After a while, Cui Yu came in.

Wu Yan looked at it, this person was dark and thin. He came back from Yaozhou Prefecture. It's thousands of miles away, and it's going to take months!

"See the prince for his humble duties!" After he finished saluting Wu Yanzhi, he asked two entourages to send two boxes of souvenirs.

Wu Yanzhi thanked him, and listened to his report on the situation of handling copper and iron.

"Lord Qiyu, I have only heard that Yaozhou is far away, but after going there this time, I know that the road is difficult and difficult to Shu Road.

The ten lowly people walked all the way along the road to Yaozhou for four months before arriving in Yaozhou. As expected by the prince, Yaozhou is a vast land, and it is thousands of miles away to the south.

The place is rich in salt, copper, tea, hemp, etc. At present, there are many tribes in this place, and according to a rough estimate, there are thousands of them. A large tribe may have one or two thousand households, and a small tribe may have only one or two hundred. The place is surnamed Mei, Li, Zhao and Dong near the Xi'er River, close to Queensland, and has a large clan of the Chuan clan.

The leader of this clan was originally a Han from my Central Plains, but now he has become the leader of the local Yi. In the area ruled by the clan, it is estimated that there are at least five or six hundred thousand people......"

From Cui Yu's report, Wu Yanzhi knew that he had indeed gone to many places.

"Very well, what do you think about the handling of copper affairs in this place?"

"I think that this matter is not just about handling copper affairs. At present, we only have the Yaozhou Governor's Mansion there.

This prefecture, with the exception of a few prefectures directly under its jurisdiction, was a prefecture of ji, mi, and could not exercise much administrative power.

Under such circumstances, it is difficult to successfully handle the affairs of copper and iron in this place! Therefore, it is suggested that the number and scope of the prefectures directly under Yaozhou should be expanded.

This is not impossible. Because of the humble position that went to many places, a considerable proportion of the so-called local barbarians were actually Han Chinese.

In particular, seventy or eighty percent of the tribal leaders are descendants of Han Chinese bureaucrats. The reasons were analyzed. Since the opening of the Southwest Barbarian Road in the Han Dynasty, many officials have been sent to the place, a total of hundreds of years.

Later, by the time of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the Central Plains was constantly fighting, and it lost its control over the place. The good news is that many of the local officials have become tribal leaders.

Its language and customs have not been completely lost, but the surname has been changed. They still admired the culture of the Central Plains, and in this case, there was a basis for re-increasing the control of Yaozhou.

Therefore, it is suggested that the garrison of Yaozhou should be gradually increased, and at the same time, the sinners exiled in Lingnan should be divided into a part to Yaozhou, and the local people should be sinicized......"

This Cui Yu is not simple, and he deserves to be the champion. He introduced the detailed strategy of how to govern Yaozhou.

Where didn't Wu Yanzhi know these truths? Due to the lack of effective control of the local area in time, Yaozhou was gradually occupied by Nanzhao during the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty and formed an independent kingdom.

At that time, Tang Xuanzong twice went west to the Xi'er River, but he was defeated and returned, losing hundreds of thousands of teachers, which is extremely regrettable.

If, at this time, the domination of it is increased, no such problem will arise.

"Cui Tuiguan has worked hard, you will stay by my side in the future, and be in charge of the copper and iron affairs near Liangjing. As for the affairs of Yaozhou copper and iron, we will talk about it when the time comes. ”

……

The next morning, after the morning of the morning of the early dynasty, Wu Zetian left several prime ministers and Wu Yanzhi behind.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Nayi Governor Shi Yaoxuan played and said to give up Yaozhou. This is his recital, take it and take a look. ”

Someone gave the recital to Wu Yanzhi first. After Wu Yanzhi looked at it, he handed it to Lu Qinwang, the three-pin bean of Tongfeng Pavilion Luantai, and several prime ministers also took turns to read it.

Wu Zetian saw that they had all finished reading, so he asked, "What do you think, please speak freely." ”

Yang Zaisi looked at Wu Yanzhi's expression, and saw that Wu Yanzhi's face was calm, and he couldn't see anything at all, so he didn't dare to speak.

Yao Chong said first: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that what Yao Changshi said is reasonable. Yaozhou is 6,000 miles away, and it is a barbarian land, with different languages and customs, which is difficult to manage.

Every year, thousands of elite soldiers are stationed in the place, which really costs the people and money. Weichen thought that it was better to crown his big clan as the king and the history of the assassination. Let it be enough to supply it every year. I am thousands of miles away from the east, west, north and south of the Great Zhou, so why bother to defend Yaozhou. ”

"Du Xianggong, what is your opinion?" Wu Zetian asked Du Jingjian, and Du Jingjian's opinion was similar to Yao Chong's.

When Nayan Lou Shide heard this, his face became ugly, and he said, "Your Majesty, by all means. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty opened the southwest Yi, but it was a thousand years of work. As far as Weichen knows, since then, for hundreds of years, there have been hundreds of thousands of Han people and the place. How can I give up easily?

Now that there is Yaozhou, it is time to use Yaozhou to further control Yaozhou. The minister is old and can't walk anymore.

Otherwise, Weichen implored him to serve as the governor of Yaozhou, and gradually develop the place, so that it would become the same fertile soil as Shuzhong. ”

The emperor asked Doulu Qinwang again, who knew that Doulu Qinwang's opinion was similar to Yao Chong's, and they all said that it would be better to give up Yaozhou. Even if we don't give up, we will at most maintain the current situation in order to reduce human and material resources.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Yang Zaisi hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Weichen basically agrees with Lou Xianggong's opinion. ”

Finally, there is Wang Fangqing, who also advocates that Yaozhou should not be abandoned.

Wu Zetian nodded: "You can all speak out boldly, this is very good." Yanzhi, I heard that you specially sent an inspector to Yaozhou to inspect the affairs of copper and iron, tell me about it! ”

Wu Yanzhi bowed deeply to Wu Zetian, and then said eloquently: "Your Majesty, it is extremely inappropriate to advocate giving up Yaozhou!" ”

As soon as these words came out, several prime ministers changed color! But in front of the emperor, they didn't dare to get angry.

In fact, even if they didn't say anything in front of the emperor, they didn't dare to say anything in front of Wu Yanzhi.

"Oh? Tell me your reasons! ”

"Your Majesty, Yaozhou is the land laid down by our Han people, and Weichen thinks that not a foot or a zhang can be lost!

If you want to say why, it's simple! May I ask you, do you agree to give up Lingnan? ”

As soon as Wu Yanzhi's words came out, the entire hall was extremely shocked and silent. As soon as they heard it, they all understood what Wu Yanzhi was going to say next

"Your Majesty, when Qin Shi Huang's army of hundreds of thousands of troops opened up Lingnan, there is now a vast area of more than 100 states in Lingnan.

In terms of conditions, today's conditions are ten times and a hundred times better than those in the time of Qin Shi Huang. Why do you say that, because there are now two roads that lead to Yaozhou.

These roads had already been repaired during the Qin and Han dynasties. This is the predecessor planting the tree and the later people enjoying the shade. Now instead of taking advantage of the shade, we are going to cut down the trees! If Qin Shi Huang and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty saw it, they would definitely scold us!

Your Majesty, Weichen is willing to ask for the order to serve as the governor of Yaozhou. Weichen is willing to make a military order, it only takes five years, and he must establish twenty directly subordinate states in the southwest of Yaozhou. "Please Baidu "Throw Book Network" Thank you for your support!