Qi is Linzi.

Prime Minister Zhou Yafu stood at the head of Linzi City, looking at the scenery outside the city.

On his side, Yuan An, the prime minister of Jiangdu, who had just come from Guangling City, the capital of Jiangdu, was smiling.

The two talked softly.

"Prime Minister, Your Majesty let me go to Jiangdu, I have already felt ashamed and uneasy, and now I am let go of Nanyue ......" Yuan An's face was full of grievances and dissatisfaction: "Please forgive the ministers for their rather death!" ”

"Silk Gong!" Zhou Yafu smiled, patted the latter's shoulder, and said, "You should keep these words in the note to Your Majesty......

Everyone is an adult, and they are all old people in politics.

After being prime minister for five years, Zhou Yafu's biggest gain is that people can't be good-looking and can't be trusted.

Especially what officials say on official occasions.

Who believes whom****!

It's like when the princes joined forces to oppose the Son of Heaven.

Outcome......

Well, by the time the official court meeting came, more than 90 percent of the princes were shrunken turtles.

Wuyanghou, who danced very happily at the beginning, has now even become one of the four major doglegs today.

And, now that Yuan Ang is saying, Zhou Yafu doesn't even believe a word!

Because......

Now, in Zhou Yafu's sleeve, there are many movements of the Yuan family reported by the embroidered guard.

Two years ago, Yuan Ang instructed his eldest son to sell all the land owned by the Yuan family in Guanzhong, and then borrowed a large amount of money.

borrowed three thousand gold from the Wuyan clan, the Tian clan, and even Zhang Wuhou and others.

Then with this huge amount of money, he leased a whaling fleet from the Lou Ship Yamen.

And earlier this year.

Yuan wrote off all the debts and repaid all the principal and interest!

The harvest of whaling is so rich!

So much so that many Chang'an aristocrats and heroes have thought about it.

However, the Yuan family already wanted to change places.

Xiuyi Wei reported that Yuan Ang had already laid out in South Vietnam a long time ago.

He even had correspondence with Zhao Tuo, the king of Nanyue.

The Son of Heaven in Chang'an, worried that Yuan Ang would not go to South Vietnam?

But the fact is: based on Zhou Yafu's observation and judgment, people have long wanted to go to South Vietnam.

Sailing out from South Vietnam to the south, where is a virgin sea that has not been exploited and exploited.

The number of whales in the sea is not less than that off Qilu.

Even, the local environment and port conditions are better than Qilu.

In particular, Ninan-gun and Guzhen-gun.

Yuan Ang was also quite embarrassed when Zhou Yafu pierced the abacus in his heart.

He did want to go to South Vietnam.

Because, in these years, through the understanding of South Vietnam.

Yuan Ang found that Nanyue was not only a region with great development potential.

It is also an area of great wealth and value.

Not to mention, the savage tribes in the jungle among the three counties of Jiaozhi, Jiuzhen, and Rinan,

It is an almost inexhaustible source of cheap labor.

Yuan An's second son, Yuan Yong, is now in Lu Rong County, Rinan County (now Hue, Vietnam) with King Yelang and Lu Yi, the grandson of Lu Jia, the prime minister of Nanyue, and started a slave trading business.

These guys, under the banner of King Yelang, quietly grabbed all kinds of wild people from the mountains around Rinan, Jiuzhen and Yelang Kingdom.

Then, they were sold to Linqiong at a high price.

If it weren't for the embroidery guard who found out about this.

Zhou Yafu never dreamed that Yuan An, a humble gentleman, was a moral model who attracted the attention of the world.

After losing the grass, he was able to do such a limitless thing.

Therefore, Zhou Yafu had no doubt that after Yuan Ang went to South Vietnam.

He will definitely learn from Chen Huan and turn the savages in the jungle south of Jiaozhi into free labor like a slave.

It's just that......

This matter has nothing to do with Zhou Yafu.

In the eyes of traditional aristocrats like Zhou Yafu, Yidi Barbarian is equivalent to a beast walking on two legs.

There are no human rights at all.

The proud Chinese scholars and aristocrats did not even have the interest to look at each other. Not to mention caring for them.

Don't you see that now, even the Mo family, who has always held high the banner of 'both love and non-attack', has automatically consciously given a definition of both love and non-attack?

Only the people of China and the people of Zhuxia can enjoy both love and non-attack.

Yidi barbarian, how far away is death.

And the Chinese scholars and aristocrats can indeed have such a proud confidence.

In the universe, there are tens of thousands of miles in radius.

In the known world, the Han Empire, no matter what the indicators, far surpassed all its competitors.

Even the relatively weak armament and military strength were refreshed after the Battle of Mayi.

Therefore, the surrounding foreign races, especially those primitive tribes who drink blood and hair, are tattooed, and do not even have words, in the eyes of Chinese scholars and nobles, are like ants, which can be understood.

Although some of the more philanthropic Confucian scholars are clamoring for morality to influence these aliens.

But it's a pity that the mainstream schools and ministers all feel that compared with morality, it is still a knife or a stick, and the speed of reform is faster.

Zhou Yafu did not care about the controversy of these views.

But he cares about Yuan An, an old friend, very much.

Zhou Yafu said to Yuan Ang earnestly: "Sigong, are you a little too paranoid? ”

Yuan Ang was silent when he heard this.

Zhou Yafu sighed and said, "The old prime minister is here, and he will not be happy for Si Gongzhi today!" ”

Yuan Ang finally said: "The prime minister's words are serious! ”

Having said that, Yuan Ang understood in his heart.

He became what he is today, and it was all his competitiveness and self-esteem that played a role.

Of course, it's not a big deal.

If people are forced to a certain extent, what principles will be cared about there?

At that time, Confucius lived between Chen and Cai, suffering from misery and hunger.

So, the principles were discarded cleanly.

When the disciple gave the pork, he didn't ask where the pork came from, he grabbed it and ate it, and when the disciple brought the clothes, he didn't ask where the clothes came from, he took them and wore them.

This black material was written by Mo Zhai in Mozi and scolded for 10,000 years.

However, it still did not affect Confucius's evaluation in history.

Now, Yuan An's thinking and stance have shifted from being biased towards Confucianism to biasing towards Legalism.

Especially the means of doing things.

Yuan Ang believes that the successful are not condemned, and the losers are destined to be spurned.

Since this is the case, then he will naturally do whatever it takes.

Principles, positions, benevolence, righteousness and morality, when he can return to Chang'an, ride to Chao Cuo's neck.

Zhou Yafu saw it and knew that this topic could not go any further.

If you go deeper, I'm afraid you won't even have to be a friend.

He, the prime minister, has very few friends in this world.

He really didn't want to lose another one.

So, Zhou Yafu changed the topic and said: "Si Gong, there are two things to go to South Vietnam, please pay attention to Si Gong!" ”

"Please!" Yuan Ang nodded and let out a long breath.

He also didn't want to have a conflict with Zhou Yafu.

After all, what he can count on now is actually Zhou Yafu.

It has been two years since the Empress Dowager of the East Palace sent a messenger to comfort him.

"This first thing ......" Zhou Yafu said: "Back then, Qin Shi Huang dug the Ling Canal, but his body collapsed before he could succeed, and Zhao Tuo cut off the territory, and the Ling Canal was blocked, I wanted to ask Si Gong to go to Nanyue, persuade the monarchs and ministers of Nanyue, dredge the Ling Canal, and rebuild the ancient road!" ”

Yuan Ang nodded when he heard this: "In this matter, the prime minister does not say anything, and a certain person should also do it!" ”

Since the Qin Dynasty, traffic, smooth traffic and the flow of people, have become the hallmark of the Great Unification Empire.

The Ling Canal, along with the roads built during the Qin Dynasty, is now a key link between China and South Vietnam.

Of course, in recent years, Louchuan Yamen has also opened up a sea route from Jiangdu to South Vietnam.

The majestic fleet of ships cruised the seas, spreading the power of the Chinese Son of Heaven directly to South Vietnam.

made the monarchs and ministers of South Vietnam honest.

However, the sea lanes are still not as direct as the exchange of land transportation.

In particular, there are many places in South Vietnam, such as Yulin and Cangwu, that cannot be connected by sea.

By land only.

Once the Ling Canal is fully opened, it also means that the Kingdom of Nanyue and China will be reconnected.

Even if the king of Nanyue wants to repeat himself in the future, he has no chance.

"This second thing ......" Zhou Yafu straightened up, looked at Yuan Ang seriously and said: "I hope that Si Gong can persuade Nanyue to accept the officials appointed by Chang'an during his tenure!" ”

It's really a troublesome thing.

The state of Nanyue is now only subjugating to Chang'an.

Essentially, it still has its own military and official system.

Moreover, these are not under the control of Chang'an.

Of course, Zhou Yafu hopes that he can clear the last obstacle to this reunification during his term of office.

At the very least, it is necessary to make a start, so that South Vietnam can symbolically accept officials who come to Chang'an.

Leaving a mess for the successor is not Zhou Yafu's style!

Of course, Yuan Ang also knew that this matter was difficult.

It doesn't matter, though.

Who is he Yuan Si?

The world's No. 1 lobbyist!

When it comes to lobbying skills, or fooling skills, Lao Yuan dares to say second, and no one can say first.

thinks that back then, he could even go to the lair of Liu Bi, the king of Wu, and he could still fool Liu Bi's existence.

Nanyue monarchs, Yuan Ang himself did not deal with much.

But his eldest son Xian and second son Yong have had dealings with them.

At least, Yuan Ang now knows two facts.

First, since Zhao Tuo returned from Chang'an two years ago, he gave up his past plans to secession.

He openly burned his own yellow house and burned all kinds of illegal things that were minted privately.

He also ordered that the specifications of his mausoleum be reduced from comparing with the Son of Heaven to the princes and kings.

This is the reason why he was moved by the Son of Heaven in Chang'an.

It was also he who saw the military prestige and national strength of the Han family with his own eyes, and knew that he couldn't play the same game as before.

This second one is Zhao Hu, the grandson of the king of Nanyue, who is a diehard loyalist of today's son.

In China, it must be called 'how the Son of Heaven is'.

This is not only his way of strengthening his position and authority, but also the real psychology of his real desire to be a king of Yidi.

Besides, if today's Nanyue Kingdom goes back to the past......

Not to mention, those Yue nobles, I'm afraid the first one will not agree.

Looking at the dense merchant ships in the Lingqu and the Yangtze River today, you can know how much South Vietnam is economically dependent on the Han family.

Especially the King of Yulin and the King of Cangwu in South Vietnam.

Because their territory is mountainous and waterless, grain production is low.

As a result, they now relied almost entirely on the sugar cane trade with Jiangdu and Qilu in exchange for grain.

Therefore, Yuan Ang pondered for a moment and replied: "Please rest assured, Prime Minister, Yuan Si will do his best in this matter!" (To be continued.) )