Luo Wuji's dedication to the Western Regions led to a change in Liu Che's plan for the Xiongnu war, and the emperor, who had always been a little anxious to do things, decided for the first time to spend several years preparing for a war.

This is not a war of annihilation of the Xiongnu, but the significance is no less than the war of annihilation, because the cutting off of the Western Regions cuts off the war potential of the Xiongnu, and even locks the upper limit of the Xiongnu's strength.

Because the Xiongnu are like Ah San, they do not have their own core iron-smelting technology, once they cannot obtain technology and weapons from Central Asia, they will soon be thrown off by the Han who has core technology and a full set of industrial chains, and then crushed.

Liu Che stared closely at the map of the Western Regions, which marked the terrain and general situation of the Western Regions in detail, which was the main reason why he formulated this plan.

After glancing at it again, Liu Che said: "Wushuang Hou, although Ling Zun has never been a great man, it is really a great achievement to draw this map.

It is a great hero of Zhuxia's opening of the frontier.

I have learned a truth from reading, the courtiers have made meritorious deeds, rewards that should be rewarded, praises that should be praised, if someone has made great achievements but is not rewarded, who will believe the emperor's promise?

If the Han Dynasty can really take over the Western Regions in the future, I will set up an organization there to manage the Western Regions.

King Su said that the most important thing in the country is war and sacrifice, and I will build a shrine there as the prince of Zhuxia for the soldiers who conquered the Western Regions.

Whether it is the people of the Han Dynasty, the people of the Zhao Principality, the Lingnan Kingdom, or those vassal states in the future, as long as they can make contributions to Zhuxia, I will love them as one, and I will never favor the Han and despise the vassals.

I promised that I would place Lingzun's divine throne in it and be worshiped by all the people of Zhuxia who went to the Western Regions, which was all I could do. ”

Hearing this, Luo Wujian looked at Liu Che with burning eyes, and had a good impression of the emperor in front of him.

Starting from Emperor Xiaohui, every monarch has a dual identity, and Liu Che's sense of identity with Zhu Xiazi is even higher than that of Emperor Dahan, because what he wants to do now is to advance the advanced civilization led by the belief of King Su to the grassland, the Western Regions, and Lingnan, and to these places that have never been reached before.

In this process, the Han Dynasty will become extremely powerful, and the prestige of the Han Emperor will naturally resound throughout the world.

Luo Wujian bowed slightly and said, "Your Majesty, you will be a great monarch. ”

While speaking, Gongsun Hong, the imperial historian, walked in from outside the hall.

Since Jia Yi is no longer the prime minister, the position of prime minister has become the main point of competition for the forces of all parties, not only the princes in the court, but also the powerful factions in various places are also secretly exerting their efforts, wanting to make the leaders of their factions become prime ministers.

After all, the power of the prime minister is too great, under the real one person, above ten thousand people, even the general of the first person in the military is not as high as the prime minister's status.

In this atmosphere, the three prime ministers appointed by Liu Che were directly grabbed by pigtails and driven off the stage before their buttocks were hot, which made Liu Che a little annoyed, and then chose a Confucian scholar with no background from Shandong to serve as the acting prime minister, which can be regarded as temporarily suppressing this atmosphere.

After Gongsun Hong entered the palace and saluted, he saw everyone in the hall, and then his heart was a chill, knowing that it would not be a trivial matter, and sure enough, he just sat down and heard the emperor say: "Qing, since the general and the champion Hou and the Wushuang Hou swept Henan, the government and the opposition must be very excited, but just excited is not enough."

The land in the world is limited, if you don't occupy it, others will occupy it, just like Henan, Zhuxia retreats an inch, and the Hu people occupy an inch, I think the way to keep Henan forever is to build a city in Henan, build a county, and then migrate the population there, I want to establish three counties in Henan and Moxi, each with a population of 200,000, presumably this can completely stop the Huns from going south. ”

Build a county in Henan!

Of course, everyone knows why Liu Che did this, once a county is established in Henan and the population can really be migrated, the most obvious thing is the change of the border, the security of Chang'an will be greatly improved, and the Huns will have to cross two lines of defense to reach the city of Chang'an, which is very important for the security of an empire.

The location of the capital usually considers two issues, the first is security, and the second is the radiation of the sphere of influence.

Guanzhong perfectly satisfies security, but it is a bit westerly, so Luoyang is needed as an auxiliary, and the dynasty that built the capital in Chang'an must improve Luoyang's status.

Luoyang is among the best in the world, and the disadvantage is that the plain area around Luoyang is smaller than that of Guan.

Guanzhong Sisai land, for the Central Plains, want to attack the Guanzhong countless dangerous passes, natural mountains and rivers, so that this place is impregnable, Qin and Han twice from here to the east to destroy the Shandong princes.

However, after the rise of nomadism into an empire, there was a problem with the safety of Guanzhong, because nomads could kill Guanzhong directly from the north, not to mention a smooth road, but compared with the princes of Shandong, it was not difficult.

This was Liu Che's concern, the Han Dynasty was facing not only internal dangers, but also the more powerful enemy on the steppe.

He was thinking, what should be avoided most about the struggle between two huge countries?

Of course, the national center is directly served by a pot!

The Son of Heaven defending the country sounds tough, but strategically it is simply stupid to the extreme.

The capital is the heart of the empire, and the heart is not placed in the chest, but on the door of the head, on the waving of his fists, this is not the old birthday star eating arsenic, what is it?

What empire can guarantee that it will win all the time?

What battle can not be made once?

Put the capital on the border, that is, to win every battle, and to require the other party not to take the capital directly, the previous Chang'an was like this, and now the Xiongnu who defeated Henan was a short time to lift the threat to Chang'an, and now Liu Che wants to build a great wall built by people in the north, completely isolate those Huns on the grassland, and set the battlefield on the grassland.

But Gongsun Hong objected.

"Your Majesty, what you said is indeed a great cause, but the minister is against it.

Building a city or even a county on the grassland costs a lot of money, and I am afraid that it will not be lower than the military expenditure of fighting the Xiongnu and building palaces, but the results are not as good as the conquest of the Xiongnu and the gorgeous palaces built.

Countless conscriptions and resources were levied to do this, and if the Huns attacked in a big way, they might be destroyed in one fell swoop and not get anything in return, which the minister did not understand.

The most important thing is, once you have built the city, where are you going to move so many people from?

If the people of the Central Plains are migrated, isn't this a cruelty to the people?

The people of Li are not sinners, how can they be treated so cruelly? ”

Liu Che just wanted to get angry when he heard this, and then with a turn of his mind, he suppressed his anger, and then looked at Gongsun Hong's expressionless face, and his anger suddenly dissipated.

Gongsun Hong was a virtuous and upright minister, and he was also a talented Confucian scholar, so he could not simply oppose it.

In just a few sentences, he pointed out the most critical problem, the cost of building a city on the grassland should be considered clearly, although the country is rich, but after the fight against the Huns, it will take money, and it will cost money to repair the palace.

The second problem is migration.

The immigrants are on the border, and it is glorious to say.

But in fact, when you move people there, isn't it just to be a human punching bag?

Facing the brutal and abnormal Hulu barbarians of the Xiongnu, not only these people who have just migrated past, but also their descendants, I am afraid that they will continue to bleed.

In the past few years, the Xiongnu entered Koushang County, Dai County, etc., killing thousands of people from time to time, once the county was established in Henan, it was these newly migrated people who were killed.

Besides, from a rich place like the Central Plains to a bitter cold place, it is a distribution!

Not to mention ancient times, even in modern times, the living conditions are already very good, and the frontier has been built into a modern city.

Those who have the ability to try to migrate Jiangnan Province to Western Regions Province, Hetao Province or Liaodong Province and formulate policies will have to die again for eighteen generations.

In this era, it is absolutely not an exaggeration to say that people are abusing people by moving people from places where they live more comfortably to bitter cold places where they can die at any time.

But why didn't Liu Che get angry?

Because Gongsun Hong said that the people of Li are not sinners and cannot move at will, but how many sinners are there in this world?

It was the descendants of those who were exiled who pioneered Lingnan, and now there is just one more place of exile, and the question now is how to find at least 200,000 people to be exiled in a short period of time.

There are not so many people in the prison of Dahan, and this is the problem to be solved.

Gongsun Hong was against it on the surface, but in fact he was only raising the problem, as long as the problem was solved, then the city could be built.

After pacing a few times, Liu Che said in a deep voice: "The county must be built, and the official offices must prepare for the establishment of the county, which is a major matter related to the country, and I will overcome any difficulties." ”

Since the emperor has expressed his position, then Gongsun Hong naturally has nothing to do, "Obey Your Majesty, do you want to issue a holy decree now, and the minister can be brought directly to the Prime Minister's Mansion." ”

"Dong Ahou is here, just hand it over to Dong Ahou to draw up the decree, and I will use the seal."

Luo Jing held the pen in his hand, with some reminiscence-like emotion, when Emperor Xiaowen was there, most of the holy decrees of the imperial court were prepared by him, but he didn't expect that after more than ten years, he actually held the pen of the proposed decree again.

His thoughts were tumbling in his heart, but the pen in his hand was non-stop, like a dragon and snake dancing, writing down like a cloud, and he didn't even need to think, he was too familiar with this set.

When the last pen was written, Gongsun Hong bowed heavily to Luo Jing, and then slowly took down the holy decree and handed it to Liu Che.

"Doctor Gongsun, once this holy decree is issued, I'm afraid the entire Han Dynasty will not be calm."

Hearing this, Gongsun Hong sighed slightly and said: "Yes, building a county, but it's not just building a county." ”

The great man of this world is different from his previous life, and the establishment of a county is not just an extra official of two thousand stones!

(End of chapter)