It was not until the end of March that Qingji returned to Jinling, the capital of Wu.

In the spare time of this year, Qingji once again opened up thousands of miles of territory for the Wu State, and made great achievements, which no one can surpass throughout the ancient and modern times.

However, there are still many things waiting for Qingji to deal with now.

On the day after returning to Jinling City, Qingji held a grand court meeting in Fengtian Temple, and all ministers and doctors with an official rank of more than 600 stone in the court must participate.

"Ten thousand years, ten thousand years, ten thousand years!"

Qingji, who was sitting on the throne, was wearing a crown dress with dark red stripes, wearing a flat heavenly crown, holding the Longyuan sword in one hand, and sitting on his own throne.

The ministers of Wu Guo under His Majesty's platform, more than 200 people are worshipping and celebrating in unison, paying homage with great respect.

"No courtesy, flat!"

"King Xie!"

Under the instruction of Qingji, the ministers and doctors of Wu State slowly sat down.

Qingji also did not contain the lake, put aside other government affairs first, and said straight to the point: "The second and third sons, the widow's southern expedition has put down all the rebellions in the six counties of Lingnan, and all the countries and tribes of Baiyue have been banned. ”

"From now on, in the territory of my Wu country, there should be no more feudal monarchs of Fang country."

"The county is headed by the county guard, and the county is headed by the county order.

"However, the southern expeditionary army of my Wu State has already destroyed the Wenlang Kingdom, annexed the land of Yunnan and Baipu, and conquered the Ailao Country."

"How to settle these places, please also ask the second and third sons to express their opinions."

As soon as the words fell, Qingji clapped his hands, and immediately two palace ladies carried a screen and placed it in the front of the Majesty's platform.

On the screen, there is a sheepskin map hanging, which is the mountains and rivers in the south of Wu Kingdom.

The place where the Wu army advanced was also drawn on this sheepskin map.

"Shhh

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

In the past year, the territory that Qingji has laid for Wu is too vast!

Thousands of miles in a radius!

It roughly includes the later Guizhou and Yunnan, as well as Yuenan, Laos, and Myanmar, and even part of the Tai Kingdom.

With the current ability of the Wu State, with the current size of the Wu State, it will definitely not be able to digest these places.

What can I do?

Do you want to give up?

The court captain Bo Yu, who had been reinstated as an official, immediately came out with a tooth wat in his hand and said: "The king, the minister thinks that he can set up counties in these places for governance!" ”

"Even the Baiyue people in the six counties of Lingnan can be used by my Wu country, so why not the Dian people, Pu people, and Ailao people?"

"No!"

As soon as Bo Biao said this, Ji Ran, as Dazai, immediately retorted: "King, now that the six counties of Lingnan have a certain foundation, and the rebellion has been eradicated, the Baiyue people dare not make a mistake easily. ”

"However, these new lands are not!"

"In order to digest the six counties of Lingnan, my Wu Kingdom has paid a great price, if you add the land of Yunnan, Wenlang, Ailao, and the land of Baipu, I am afraid the gains outweigh the losses!"

"Thirty years! The minister estimates that it will take at least thirty years for my Wu country to digest all these places and make them like the six counties of Lingnan for the use of my Wu country! ”

After a pause, Ji Ran said again: "Therefore, the minister thinks that the king should govern these places with a restrained policy, instead of building bridges and paving roads, and sending officials to rule directly with time and effort!" ”

"Please think twice!"

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

"King! I thought what Dazai said was very true! The minister seconded the proposal! ”

"Please be cautious!"

As soon as Ji Ran's voice fell, ministers such as Shen Xi, Zhu Li, and Hu Yong all stood up one after another, asking Qingji to use the policy of restraint to rule the vast southwest land.

If Wu really wanted to set up counties and counties for such a large area to rule directly, it would take time and effort, not to mention, and from then on, he would not have the ability to go north and forge ahead.

What is the use of being strong on the outside and doing it in the middle?

Just like the Chu State in the past.

Chu State can be called the largest country in the world, but there are really not many soldiers and horses that can be used.

At least the mobilization capacity is very poor.

To a certain extent, this limited the mobilization capacity of the Chu State.

However, at the same time, it also strengthened the strategic depth of the Chu State......

The unruly southwestern barbarians will definitely make a comeback, and when Wu will send troops to quell the rebellion again, it will inevitably consume a lot of manpower, material and financial resources.

If it is the same as the six counties of Lingnan, Wu Guo can't afford it at all!

This is destined to be a bad debt!

"The king, the minister thinks that he may be able to slowly figure it out!"

Daxing made Kong Qiu speak.

"How?"

"The king can set up counties in the land of Baipu, the land of Yunnan, Wenlang, and Ailao, and govern them with the policy of restraint."

"However, the Wu State can move some barbarians to our Wu State to enrich the population, or make them build official roads and dig canals, just like the old system!"

“……”

Confucius's brain is really not an ordinary aura.

In fact, as early as on the way back to Jinling City, Qingji had discussed with Sun Wu and Wu Zixu more than once how to deal with those new places.

Just give it up?

This is not the style of Qingji.

Moreover, thankless things, Qingji will not do.

It's just that if you set up counties in those places and rule them directly, the cost is too great, and the current state of Wu can't afford it.

How is it good?

Qingji and others thought about it, only the restraint policy was the most suitable.

After some discussion, Qingji finally decided to set up county and county fetters in the land of Yunnan, Ailao, Wenlang, and Baipu, so as to maintain at least formal rule.

Wu established Qianzhong County in the land of Baipu, Dian County in Dian Land and Ailao County, and Jiaozhi County in Wenlang Land (Luo Yue Land).

This means that the state of Wu already has sixteen counties at this time.

Wu originally had thirteen counties, namely: Wu County, Huiji County, Jiujiang County, Surabaya County, Minzhong County, Lujiang County, Cangwu County, Nanhai County, Xiang County, Guilin County, Nan County, Nanyang County, and Yuzhang County.

Coupled with the now established Qianzhong County, Dian County, and Jiaozhi County, Manda is regarded as the sixteen counties of Wu State.

In addition, in order to ensure that the barbarians in the southwest did not dare to rebel in a short period of time, Qingji would also forcibly relocate 50,000 households in Dian County, Qianzhong County, and Jiaozhi County, with a population of about 500,000 people, to Wu County to enrich the population.

It's a last resort.

Wu County is the best place developed by Wu State, with the largest population and the richest.

If Qingji wants the barbarians in the southwest to do nothing, he must make a number of measures.

Qingji also deliberately let the sons of the chiefs of various tribes enter Jinling to study, which is called study, but in fact they exist as hostages.

For Dian County, Qianzhong County and Jiaozhi County, Wu could only send some officials to manage it, and garrison a small number of troops to allow the locals to govern themselves......

What is Bondage?

This is bondage!