The start of the new year is busier than last year.

Cotton seeds were sent to various states, and Li Yue returned to Qin, Xia, Shuo, Huang and other prefectures, as well as Gaochang to vigorously promote planting, and when the autumn harvest was taxed, cotton could be directly taxed.

He also sent Honglu officials to supervise the matter.

The imperial court has tens of millions of acres of tuntian in Lianghuai, Nanyang, Guanzhong, Hebei, and Shuzhong, and grain is no longer a big problem.

Moreover, after Li Jian captured Jiaoguang Erzhou, he took Huan Yi as the assassin of Jiaozhou and Liu Ying as the assassin of Guangzhou to restore production in the Lingnan region.

Although it is not possible to do three crops a year, two crops a year is guaranteed.

The Red River Plain in Jiaozhou fed nearly 100 million people in later generations, and the separation of this land is the eternal pain of Chinese civilization.

In addition to cotton and grain, the military department is also planning a strategy of counterattacking the grasslands after this autumn's harvest.

Prepare to attack from the Western Regions Duhufu, Qin, Liangzhou, Bingzhou, Youzhou, and Liaodong, with about 10,000 horsemen on each road.

In order to boost their morale, Li Yue summoned the Quartet, and seventy percent of the looted goods would be rewarded.

As the main force, the Xuanjia Army, the Xiao Cavalry Army, and the Southern Army were stationed in Liang, Bing, and Youzhou in turn during spring ploughing, adapting to the climate and making psychological preparations.

Grain, grass, and baggage, including winter clothing, arrived at the front line ahead of schedule.

In May, Li Jian returned to Luoyang from Guangling, and the entire south of the Yangtze River was subsumed into Daliang.

China is truly unified.

Up and down the government and the opposition, Li Yue could feel a thriving image.

In the past, there would always be more or less opposition to the use of troops, but this time the troops were dispatched to Mobei, and the government and the opposition seemed to have formed a tacit understanding.

The main reason is that Tuoba Shiyi is too noisy, and he can't move more than 100,000 troops south to plunder, which brings a huge sense of crisis.

"There is no home at home, there is no enemy at home, there are no foreign patients outside, and the country is dead. When the external enemy is destroyed, there will be internal trouble. In private, Wang Meng felt it.

"What Ling Jun said is very true, in the past, the Xiongnu frequently invaded the Han Dynasty, and the Han Dynasty was higher than Bai Deng, openly insulting Empress Lu, and the second emperor of Wenjing made great efforts, and Emperor Xiaowu swept Mobei." Li Yi has been a lot active during this time, circling around Li Yue, and taking the initiative to make friends with important ministers and celebrities such as Wang Meng, Fang Mo, and Huan Chong.

Li Yue glanced at him, "According to what you say, shouldn't I go north to the grassland?" ”

"Erchen does not mean this, the country must be destroyed, but the grassland is so vast, the Xianbei people are destroyed, and other tribes must rise."

"That's a good thing you say." Li Yue nodded.

Judging from the current situation, it should not be difficult to destroy the Dai Guo, which is a mess and full of contradictions.

The difficulty lies in effectively controlling the grasslands.

"My son has grown a lot, how about setting up the Zhou Kingdom in Mobei and naming you the king of Zhou?" Li Yue's face was full of anticipation.

After a long period of contact, I suddenly found that this son has many advantages.

First of all, the knowledge is extraordinary, secondly, the city government is relatively deep, and secondly, it is extremely forbearing.

"Isn't my father embarrassed?" Li Yi shook her head again and again.

Wang Meng laughed, "Zhou is a lord, he is above all the countries, and he is worthy of His Royal Highness." ”

"Why should Ling Jun entertain his little nephew-" Li Yi stretched her face, gags, and fooled the past.

"I don't have to talk to you, but you can talk about it, how to control the grassland? I heard that you have recently recruited a lot of staff and raised a lot of customers in the name of running a tea Ling restaurant. Li Yue said with a smile.

If it were someone else, he would have been frightened a long time ago, but Li Yi looked calm, "Sure enough, nothing can escape the eyes of my father, let's talk about the grassland first, Erchen thinks that Daliang can destroy the country, but it is difficult to occupy the grassland for a long time, although this generation of soldiers is loyal to His Majesty and is willing to go to the soup for Daliang, but after a few decades, no one will be willing to fight north, and those soldiers who remain will gradually turn into Yidi." ”

In recent years, the Literature Museum has turned out a lot of valuable things from the classics, and many grassland tribes are more or less related to China.

For example, the Xiongnu, the descendants of their ancestor Xia Hou's family, are also called Chunwei. Above Tang Yu, there are mountain Rong, Lynx, meat porridge, living in the northern barbarians, with the livestock and transfer, Qin and Han dynasties, Mao Dun rose, expanded to the west, annexed the white tribe in the west.

Xianbei, the emperor's youngest son Changyi was enshrined in the northern soil, and the state has a big Xianbei Mountain, because of the name Xianbei.

That is, there were not so many tribes on the grassland, and they all migrated to the grassland from the Middle Earth, and could not farm, and lived nomadically, which gradually differed from the Central Plains.

Even in the current Daiguo, there are many Central Plains people who defected to the past during the Wuhu Rebellion, and they have gradually been assimilated into Xianbei people.

Li Yue's generation may be able to maintain its rule over the grasslands, but the next generation and the next two generations will inevitably weaken their control.

The mode of production is different, and the customs are destined to change with it.

"Go on."

"Erchen thinks that instead of laboriously and thanklessly attacking the grassland, it is better to divide it and divide it, and use Di to control Di, and Daliang only needs to control some fertile grasslands."

Li Yi's suggestion also has some merit.

But he could think of it, Li Yue had thought about it countless times, "Could it be that Huaxia is only limited to farming?" ”

As soon as these words came out, the two of them were stunned at the same time.

From the perspective of agricultural civilization, there is no solution to the grassland problem, but the pillar in Li Yue's mind is the three-element civilization that focuses on agriculture and is supplemented by nomadism and navigation.

"Qiang, Xianbei, and Wuhuan are all Huaxia!" Li Yue looked at the two of them.

This was not said by Li Yue, Sima Qian believed in the historical records: the Qin people, the Chu people, the Wu people, the Yue people, the Shu people, the Southwest Yi, the Xiongnu, and ancient Korea are all Chinese.

Confucius also said that if Yi Di enters China, then China will be.

Fortunately, Chinese civilization is not based on blood identity, but cultural identity.

Qiang, Wuhuan, and Xiongnu have actually been sinicized, Liu Yuan claimed to be Liu Bang's grandson, and also set up a throne for Liu Chan, Shi Le is even more exaggerated, if anyone dares to mention the word "Hu" in front of him, immediately beheaded.

In the rebellion of the eight kings of the Sima family, these tribes carried knives to fight for the Sima family, but while fighting, they suddenly found that the Sima family was so weak, so they raised troops one after another.

In recent years, the surrounding tribes all want to rub off on the glory of China.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have sharpened their heads one by one and drilled into the middle earth.

"I can choose the children of the good shepherd and move to Mobei!"

Tsarist Russia enslaved the major tribes of the steppes of Eastern Europe to fight for it, and the Qing Dynasty was able to control the Mongol tribes, and Li Yue felt that the Great Liang could too.

The key lies in the level of political skill.

"Father's talent is great." Li Yi slapped a fart lazily.

"What you said is also good, divide and conquer, use Di to control Di, I have a two-pronged approach."

Li Yi's suggestion did not conflict with Li Yue.

With such a large grassland, the Great Liang will definitely not be able to manage it, so it is necessary to let the grassland tribes disagree, maintain a certain number of troops in the grassland, and then follow the "offshore balancing" technique of a certain country in later generations.

"Then tell me what you want to do with so many doormen?" Li Yue said with a smile.

By all indications, this kid is not as harmless as it seems.

And he didn't deliberately hide it.

(End of chapter)