"Assimilating a people is never easy."

Qingji looked at Prince Heng and Wu Ji sitting opposite, and said earnestly: "Twenty years ago, when the world was not yet unified, in the land of Great Wu, there lived Wu people, Chu people, Yue people, Qi people, Qin people, and so on."

"Ten miles of different sounds, a hundred miles of different customs. Each vassal state has its own customs, even writing, currency, weights and measures, and so on."

"However, they all have a common identity - the descendants of Yan and Huang. The second and third sons are all Chinese."

"Even so, after more than 30 years of hard work, hard work, and painstaking efforts, I swept away the nations and forged the scattered and chaotic countries into a unified dynasty."

After a pause, Qingji had to say with emotion: "This process, I have spent many years, too long, too long, and paid a great price."

"Today, the car is on the same track, the book is the same, and the line is the same. Although he has his place, he has no virtue, and he does not dare to be courteous."

"In the land of my Great Wu, everyone writes the same language, speaks the same language, and uses the same currency, regardless of each other."

"But the people, have you already identified yourself as a Wu person from the bottom of your heart? Not necessarily, at least not entirely."

Qingji smiled self-deprecatingly and said, "There are still some stubborn rebels who are trying to subvert Great Wu and restore the homeland."

Wu Ji Zhengse said, "Grandfather Huang, these rebellious plots will not succeed. Today, when the country is safe and the people are safe, and the Li Shu have enough food and clothing, where will they risk their lives to rebel?"

"Not bad."

Qingji nodded and said, "Li Shu, my Li Shu of Da Wu are all simple people. But if there is a bite to eat, so that they do not go hungry, they will not pin their heads to the waistband of their trousers and rebel......

"But, Ji'er, what I want to tell you is that it is still so difficult for me to unify the world, and the four seas are one family, and the target is the Chinese people of the same ancestry, let alone those feudal kingdoms?"

"The empire now has eighty vassal kingdoms, and there are thousands of ethnic groups living in them, large and small, how easy is it to integrate them and make them the real Wu people, and recognize themselves as Wu people?"

After pondering for a moment, Wu Ji said, "Grandfather Huang, this will take a long process, it may be decades, or hundreds of years, or even hundreds of years."

"It's hard to say."

Qingji chuckled and said, "The eighty vassal kingdoms under the rule of Great Wu have not forced their subjects to change their customs now, but have just changed the currency system, learned Wu language, written Wu characters, and started from a young age, which is already commendable."

In dealing with the conquered peoples, Qingji adopted a policy of gentleness.

Rigidity and softness, grace and power.

This is an important reason why Qingji did not implement the county system, or the provincial system, in Persia, Lydia, Macedonia and other regions.

There are eighty vassal kingdoms in Great Wu, how many positions are there for the prime ministers?

Rather be the head of the chicken, not the tail of the phoenix.

That's exactly what happened.

The county guard of a county and the prime minister of a vassal kingdom are naturally dwarfed by the comparison between the two.

Among the countless kingdoms and city-states conquered by Great Wu, there are many old nobles.

Great Wu needed these people to maintain local rule, and also to make proper use of them to consolidate the rule of the vassal kingdom itself.

With the relationship of interests as a link, the existence of the Great Wu Domain Kingdom is reasonable.

For each vassal kingdom, Qingji's requirements were to learn Wu characters, learn Wu language, use the currency of the empire, use the imperial weights and measures, and then let the scholars travel to the various vassal kingdoms, open lectures, recruit disciples, and preach and receive karma to solve doubts.

Change customs in the subtle way!

Qingji's gentle policy is, in general, moisturizing things silently.

It will take a long time, though.

Today, there are many local noble ministers and their families in the vassal kingdom, in order to cater to the empire, and take the initiative to learn the Wu language, write Wu characters, wear the clothes of the Wu people, and carry the southern crown of the Wu people.

Except for skin color, accent not

In the same way, they are no different from the real Wu people.

Uplink and down.

If this goes on for a long time, it is only a matter of time before the aliens in the various vassal kingdoms are assimilated and become true members of the Wu Empire.

The Alexander Empire, which has existed for thirteen years in history and is short-lived, still has so much influence, let alone the Wu Empire?

"Imperial Grandfather, if that's the case, the grandson won't cut the domain."

Wu Ji couldn't help but bow his head.

As a person with a high desire for power, it is really difficult to tolerate the existence of a vassal kingdom that does not submit to him.

This is the reason why the emperors of so many dynasties in history would think about cutting the feudal domain.

"No, Ki'er, you can cut the domain, and I encourage you to cut the domain."

"Huh? Why?"

Wu Ji was puzzled.

"To cut the feudal domain, we must pay attention to the method, and we can't blindly mess around. Ji'er, you must have thought about how to cut the feudal domain after you inherit the unification, right? Tell me about it."

"This ......"

"But it doesn't matter, I won't blame you."

Seeing Qingji's tolerant attitude, Wu Ji relieved his heart, gritted his teeth and said, "Grandfather Huang, it's not a secret, if your grandson inherits the unification in the future and advocates cutting the feudal domain, he will definitely start with those weaker feudal kingdoms."

"For example, when there was a rebellion in the country of Mo last year, and King Xin fled in a hurry, it was the surrounding feudal kingdoms that helped him suppress the rebellion and restore the country of Mo."

"If this is replaced by a grandson, the king of a lost country, he should be deposed, and then directly set up a county in his country to rule."

After a pause, Wu Ji said again: "If there is another vassal king who has committed illegal deeds, Sun Er will reprimand him as soon as possible, and after being detained in the imperial capital, he will be deposed and his country deposed."

"In the end, there are those powerful vassal kingdoms, and the grandchildren can slowly draw them."

"When the time is ripe, when they return to Beijing to report on their work and meet them, their grandson will detain them, and if they don't come to worship, their grandson should use this as an excuse to send troops to conscript."

"Destroy their vassal kingdoms and set up counties."

"Grandfather Huang, what is the trouble for this crime? No matter what excuses the vassal kings use, or what the reasons are, the grandson will definitely be able to cut down their vassal kingdoms one by one......

"Shut up!"

Before Wu Ji finished speaking, Prince Heng, who was sitting on the side, couldn't help but glared at Wu Ji and reprimanded, "Shaft! How dare you do such a thing that defies the condemnation of the world?"

"Those vassal kings are your uncles, brothers, sons and nephews! In this way, it is strange that the world is not chaotic, and the empire is not falling apart!"

「……」

Qingji was speechless.

He should probably be glad that Wu Ji did not use the same strategy as Emperor Jianwen in history.

Emperor Jianwen cut the domain, and what he did was not very kind.

In order to consolidate the imperial power, Emperor Jianwen conspired with his cronies and ministers Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng to cut down the feudal domain.

The kings of Zhou, Dai, Qi, and Xiang were either deposed as concubines or killed.

At the same time, Emperor Jianwen transferred the elite soldiers of the King of Yan in the name of border defense and prepared to cut off the King of Yan.

As a result, Zhu Di, the king of Yan, raised troops under the suggestion of Yao Guangxiao in the name of "Qingjun's side, Jingnei is difficult......

is so "happy and happy", it is strange that Zhu Di, who has a strong personality, is not forced to rebel.

You must know that the vassal kings who were deposed or killed were all the uncles of Emperor Jianwen!

Not to mention the Jingnan Change, the Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms in the Western Han Dynasty and the Rebellion of the Eight Kings in the Western Jin Dynasty are examples of the rebellion of the vassal kings.

After all, dogs will jump over the wall when they are in a hurry.

Cutting off people's financial means is like killing your parents.

If you want to snatch someone else's "golden job bowl", how can the other party be caught with their hands tied?

In a few decades, the power of the various feudal kingdoms will be very strong, and Wu Ji, who is a real sword and a real gun, may not be able to do it.