"There are two major issues in Great Qin that need to be solved urgently, one is that General Wang has led his army west to conquer Wusun for nearly three years."

"Wusun is cunning and fled to avoid the war, which has caused our army to delay its achievements, but this matter is related to the prestige of our Great Qin, and it cannot be taken lightly, so we can only keep fighting."

In the Xianyang Palace, the newly succeeded Emperor II is studying with Zhao Tuo, the right prime minister, an important problem that the Qin State now needs to solve.

It has been more than two years since Wang Li led the army to fight Wusun, almost three years, and there has been no result yet.

It's not that Wang Li's ability is not good, but that the Wusun people learned from the experience of the Xiongnu and Yueshi being broken by the Qin army before, and in the face of Wang Li's army's expedition, they fled directly without a fight, so that the Qin army repeatedly flew into the air.

Wusun is a traveling country, and they are nomads who move around, and they have no key points to guard, so they have no psychological burden to run.

Although the Qin army had some vassal armies of the Yueshi and the Xiongnu under their command, these outsiders were also unaware of the local geographical environment, and they were inferior to the Wusun people in this regard, making it difficult to make the pursuit difficult and making the war protracted.

Wu Sun Tzuyan: It is also victorious in war, blunt soldiers are frustrated for a long time, siege is forceful, and long-term violent divisions are insufficient for the country.

The Qin army crossed thousands of miles to attack Wusun, and now it is facing this situation.

The battle was fruitless for a long time, and the veterans of the division were tired.

At the same time, thousands of miles of materials were transferred, and there were many people used along the way, and the loss of grain, grass and ordnance was even more incalculable, which was not smaller than the consumption of Zhao Tuo's expedition to Baiyue. In particular, the two wars fought together greatly consumed the national strength of the Qin State, and the treasury that had been finally filled was gradually depleted.

When Emperor Shi was there, because of his strong personality, it was impossible to tolerate a small Wusun country robbing his caravan, and he could still get away with killing the envoys of Qin.

Kill my Qin envoy, although it is far away, you will be punished!

Even if the battle of Wusun was a pit, the first emperor had to jump into it without hesitation and destroy this foreign state at all costs, which was the dignity of the emperor.

One of the four major regrets that the first emperor said to Zhao Tuo on the Tianbao platform was that he could not witness Wusun Kunmo hanging his head in Xianyang, and his revenge can be seen.

It's just that the First Emperor has passed away.

The Qin State taken over by the Second Emperor looked strong and mighty, but in fact there were many hidden dangers, the treasury was about to run out, the army was on an endless expedition, and the people of the Guizhou people were resentful, which was a huge problem.

If he wants the empire to be stable, it has to be resolved.

"The battle of Wusun should be stopped, otherwise the finances of Great Qin will be exhausted, the soldiers will complain, and the head of Qiantou will be tired, and it will be detrimental to the national capital if it continues like this. But this matter is related to the prestige of Great Qin, and it is not appropriate. ”

Zhao Tuo's views were basically the same as those of Fusu, and he proposed a solution.

"On the grounds that the first emperor collapsed, I ordered the soldiers of our Qin army to return to the division for mourning. At the same time, he handed over the newly seized Wusun land to a part of the Xiongnu and Yueshi people, and ordered them to continue the conquest of Wusun, and reward the heads of the Wusun people with money and goods, so that these barbarians could fight and kill each other. ”

In this way, the battle of Wusun is still going on in name, and there is no intention of disobeying the first emperor. In the future, my Great Qin can attack and weaken the enemy by simply rewarding the barbarians, which is far more cost-effective than directly sending a large army. First stabilize the domestic situation, wait until the world rests for a few years, and when the national strength is abundant, and then postpone the affairs of Tuwusun and the Western Regions. ”

Fusu stroked his palms and praised: "The Marquis of Zhenguo is worthy of being a master of the art of war, this method of using Hu to control Hu is indeed much better than sending troops from my Great Qin to conquer Wusun." I announced this in the court tomorrow, and ordered General Wang to collect his troops and return. ”

"Your Majesty is wise."

Zhao Tuo praised.

The places that Qin have conquered in recent years are too big, and the North Korea in the east, Hetao and Yinshan in the north, Baiyue in the south, and Yueshi in the west are all open land.

The Qin State couldn't keep up with the speed of immigration, and no matter how much Wusun territory was laid, it would be useless, so it could only be vacant, and it would still be recaptured by the Wusun people after the Qin army withdrew. It is better to reward these newly conquered lands to the Yueshi people and the Huns, and let them go to Wusun to eat dogs, and the two sides will consume each other.

In this way, it can not only attack Wusun, but also consume the strength of the two dogs of Yueshi and Xiongnu.

"The Hu people are all incorruptible and shameless people, and when assimilating them with culture and economy, we must also appropriately consume their strength."

After solving the matter of Wusun, the second major thing mentioned by Zhao Tuo was Baiyue, who he had been worried about.

First of all, after his triumph in the 37th year of the reign of Qin Shi Huang, he told the First Emperor that the soldiers of the Southern Expeditionary Army were thinking of returning to their hometowns and were complaining, and the First Emperor had agreed to his request to reduce the southern garrison and rotate the soldiers.

But compared to this, immigration to Baiyue is a big problem.

Migrate to 100,000 households of sinners and untouchables in the world, and most of this matter has been completed in the land of Lingnan.

According to the plan of the First Emperor and Li Si and others, this is just the beginning, and there will be a second wave of immigrants in the future, who will use the Qin people to assimilate Lingnan and make that land completely become an inseparable territory of the Qin State.

"According to the news of the county guards and garrison generals of Nanhai County, Guilin County, Minzhong County and other places, such a large-scale migration of people from our Qin State to the south has caused panic among the Vietnamese people in the south, and there have been many conflicts and even bloodshed between the two sides. If this matter is allowed to continue, Baiyue may risk rebellion. ”

Zhao Tuo's face was serious.

This is true.

The Yue people and Zhuxia are of different species, and their cultural traditions are also very different, and they do not have the slightest sense of identity with the Qin State, they originally relied on force to conquer it.

According to Zhao Tuo's original plan, the Qin State used soft power to erode Baiyue, cultivate the Yue people's affinity and identity with the Central Plains culture, and then gradually immigrate little by little, and spend dozens or hundreds of years to digest that place sooner or later.

But now, according to the first emperor and Li Si, maybe just like history, the south will fall into rebellion again, and even if the Qin State finally forcibly subdues the Yue people, it will pay a heavy price.

"There have been enough people who have enriched Lingnan before, and the next thing about migrants should be stopped. At the same time, the Qin people who migrated to the south were strictly managed, reducing their conflicts with the Yue, and then increasing the rule of the Great Qin there after the Baiyue returned to their hearts. ”

Zhao Tuo talked eloquently and gave out all his thoughts.

"What the prime minister said is that the Great Qin has been fighting for several years, the treasury has been exhausted, the head of the Qianqian is sad, the soldiers have returned, and I have pity for the hearts of the people of the world."

Fusu said with some pity.

He has been deeply influenced by the Chu system and Confucian culture since he was a child, although Xiong Qi's rebellion against Qin made him separate from it, but after so many years of study, his character and thoughts have already been imperceptibly changed.

In addition, Fusu once accompanied Meng Tian to supervise the work in the north, and saw with his own eyes how miserable and pitiful those recruited people and soldiers were, and they were used as consumables to work for the construction of Daqin's infrastructure, which made him feel more pity for the people of the world.

Daqin wants to fight, what should I do if I don't have money? Then raise taxes and taxes to the head of Qian. What if there are no soldiers? Then there will be a great deal of military service and conscription.

When the first emperor was there, Fusu controlled his temperament and no longer contradicted him, but he actually sympathized with Qianshou in his heart, and felt that his father was too eager and fierce to do things, and he didn't treat Qianshou as a human being.

The world of Great Qin was piled up with the lives of the leaders of Qian.

Now that the first emperor is gone, Fusu is the second emperor, and he thinks it's time for change.

In particular, he has the support of the right prime minister, Zhao Tuo.

"I have made up my mind, and from tomorrow onwards, we will stop the war in the West and stop the migration of people from the South. I want to rest with the people, so that the four seas are stable, and the head of Qiantou is peaceful, and there is no need for military revolution. ”

The second emperor's voice opened firmly, setting the tone for the next development of the Qin state.

"Your Majesty's move is a blessing for Great Qin, and it is also a blessing for all the people in the world."

Zhao Tuo opened his mouth sincerely.

It's time for the chariot of the Qin State to stop and refuel and repair.

Proper maintenance can make the car go further.

On the second day, the right prime minister Zhao Tuo played a ceremony in the court, telling the pros and cons of the two major events, and asking the emperor to stop the westward expedition and the southward migration.

As soon as this proposal came out, the ministers were shocked.

As soon as Prime Minister Zhao took power, he had to do two major things.

But looking at the appearance of the second emperor, the ministers knew the outcome of this matter.

One is the head of a hundred officials.

One is the supreme in the world.

The two joined forces, who would dare to disagree in the court?

All the ministers bowed their heads and agreed.

The second emperor issued an edict in the same dynasty, sent an envoy to Hexi, ordered the Qin general to leave the class, and at the same time stopped the matter of migrants Baiyue, and the original second batch of resettlement plans were cancelled directly.

The whole thing went smoothly and smoothly.

Zuo Prime Minister Li Si watched this scene silently.

He glanced at the Second Emperor on the stage.

looked at Zhao Tuo, who was heroic and stood in front of him with his head held high.

Today's decision was obviously discussed secretly by the monarch and the minister.

Stop the western expedition and stop the migrants, that's all.

But the two of them secretly discussed, and they didn't notify him in advance, the prime minister of Zuo.

Li Si felt a little panicked in his chest.

"In the future in the Great Qin Dynasty, will there still be a place for me Li Si to stand on?"

(End of chapter)