"The king, the minister thinks that it is not impossible to establish rule over the land of Lingnan so that it can be brought under the rule of my Wu State!"

At this time, Shi Fan Li held the tooth wat in his hand and went out of the way.

In this huge court, who knows the most about Qingji's mind is Fan Li!

Because Qingji was with Fan Li before, Qingji intended to eat all the land of Lingnan and make it a part of Wu State!

I saw that at this time, Fan Li held his head high, looked around, looked at the ministers with different expressions, and said loudly: "Lingnan land, what is the approximate population?" ”

"According to the statements of the chiefs of several tribes in Baiyue, there are thousands of tribes in Nanyue in the land of Lingnan, and the Southern Wu State established by Fucha only occupies most of the land of Lingnan, and does not get all of it."

"According to the minister's estimates, the population of Lingnan is no less than one million!"

"Millions! What is the concept? The current population of my country is only about 3 million, how can we tame and digest these million South Vietnamese people? ”

"If all of them are relocated to the country, lest there will be frequent rebellions, and our Wu country will die in civil strife!"

"Shhh

Hearing this, the ministers couldn't help but gasp and feel shocked.

The Yue people in Lingnan really have a population of one million?

Fan Li isn't bragging?

Not alarmist?

All the ministers and doctors expressed disbelief.

However, although the land of Lingnan is backward and ancient, its land is very vast after all.

How big is it, exactly?

The ministers are all unknown, but they must be more than twice as big as the current Wu Guo!

When Ji Za heard this, he immediately frowned and said, "Zhisu Neishi, what you said, forgive the old man for not agreeing!" ”

"In the land of Lingnan, although the population is large, my Wu country cannot digest it for a while, which is understandable. However, it is probably inappropriate to govern the land of Lingnan! ”

"Don't say that it is the State of Wu, even the overlord power like the State of Jin, I am afraid that it will not be able to establish effective rule over the land of Lingnan!"

"The land of Lingnan is too vast, and the South Vietnamese people are unruly. If it is the same as treating the land of the old Yue, and setting up Huiji County to govern, I am afraid that the southern barbarians will not be convinced! ”

Ji Za's words immediately won the applause of a group of more conservative ministers such as Kongqiu, Shuli, and Shenxi.

The reason they give is very simple -

Not cost-effective!

Wu wants to govern the land of Lingnan, not to mention the time and effort, and it may not be effective!

Throughout ancient and modern times, the emperors of all dynasties actually had the idea of expanding their territory.

However, after the Qin and Han dynasties, except for the Tang Dynasty, basically no dynasty really took the initiative to carry out expansion wars and expand its territory.

Why?

Because whether the ancient dynasty is considered a unified dynasty is based on the territory of the Qin Dynasty.

It is generally believed that the territory that includes the territory of the Qin Dynasty is the Great Unification Dynasty, otherwise it is not a Great Unification Dynasty.

Because of this, the increase and decrease of the territory of many Central Plains dynasties in ancient times were basically based on the territory of the Qin Dynasty, after all, the land occupied by the Qin Dynasty at that time was already the best land for agricultural civilization!

As a traverser, Qingji is also standing on the shoulders of giants, which can be far-sighted.

The great unified dynasties of ancient China have actually expanded to the extreme.

It expanded to the sea in the east, the steppe in the north, the Gobi Beach in the west, and the jungle in the south.

For the Central Plains Dynasty, which was civilized by farming, the grasslands, Gobi, and jungles were obviously of no use value, so it was better to stop there.

Monotent expansion is not beneficial to a country's long-term development.

Many places without bitter cold or poverty have to rely on the Central Plains Dynasty to allocate money and grain to feed every year, which is a big expense.

Therefore, the Central Plains Dynasty was not keen to expand to those places with low utilization value after occupying the best land.

In the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, people were still very keen to forge ahead, such as Qin Mugong's "Destruction of the Twelve Kingdoms, Thousands of Miles", such as Zhao Wuling's destruction of Lou Fu, the defeat of the Huns, and the setting of Yunzhong, Yanmen, Dai Sanjun and so on.

People like Ji Za, Kong Qiu and others are not unkeen on expanding their territory.

It's just that with the existing national strength of Wu State, to rule such a vast place as Lingnan is really not enough to swallow elephants.

To govern this barren land, it is time-consuming and laborious, and the state of Wu must also pay a great price.

It must be known that the land of Lingnan is very barren, and many indigenous people are still in the era of slash-and-burn cultivation, and it is unrealistic for Wu to establish effective rule over the land of Lingnan!

"The king, what Dazai said, the minister thinks otherwise!"

Fan Li then retorted: "Treating the land of Lingnan, my Wu country naturally can't set up a county to rule directly like the land of the old Yue. ”

"Because the South Vietnamese people are unruly, and there are thousands of tribes and dozens of small countries, Wu cannot destroy them one by one. In this case, why didn't the king make him respect the kingdom of Wu as the lord, so that he would nominally recognize the rule of our kingdom of Wu over the land of Lingnan? ”

Hearing this, Qing Ji bowed slightly.

As for Ji Za and Kong Qiu, who were originally strongly opposed, they also frowned and fell into deep thought.

Just to force the small states and tribes of South Vietnam in the land of Lingnan to submit, it does not require Wu to spend too much price.

However, what is the difference between this and not occupying Lingnan?

"Fan Qing, do you mean that let the small tribes and countries in the land of Lingnan recognize my Wu State as the suzerain in the form of vassal states, enter the court every year, and pay tribute every year?"

Qingji asked.

"Or not!"

Fan Li lowered his head and said, "Great King, the minister thinks that he can establish rule over the land of Lingnan, but he doesn't have to govern it directly. The land of Lingnan can be divided into multiple counties, and at the same time, the status of the monarch and chief of the land can be recognized, and its hereditary succession can be allowed. ”

"However, if the king and chief of the country want to inherit the throne, they need to be approved by the king and grant the seal edict before they can be justified!"

Isn't this a feudal monarch?

It was like Zhou Tianzi dividing the vassal states.

"Good!"

Qingji recognized Fan Li's proposition.

"The meaning of the widow is also that there are many counties in the land of Lingnan, and the county guard, the county officer, and the county lieutenant are all appointed by the widow to serve as a doctor."

"The rest of the subordinate officers can choose by themselves. In the land of Lingnan, all the kings and chiefs are regarded as the feudal kings of our Wu country, and they are called vassals and pay tribute every year, and they must fulfill the obligation to send troops to the widows and retain the right of autonomy, but at the same time, they should also cooperate with the local county guards and govern things. ”

"In the land of Lingnan, there are 10,000 garrisons in case of contingencies. The garrison is half Wu and half indigenous! ”

"The king is wise!"

Qingji made such a decision, which is understandable.

Therefore, the ministers all knelt down one after another to express their approval!

It does not directly establish rule over the land of Lingnan, but maintains it through a feudal system, and nominally governs the land of Lingnan.

Bondage!

This is already the biggest concession that Qingji can do!

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