Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

When Qingji traveled all the way across the ocean and returned to Jinling, the imperial capital, it was already the end of the new year.

This time the Western Expedition, the Wu Empire can be said to have gained a lot.

The territory added to the Wu Empire is nearly 700 million square kilometers, which is larger than the mainland of the empire. The land is vast and sparsely populated, but it also has a population of about 500 million.

From the Indus River Plain and the Pamirs in the east, to Egypt and Libya in the south, to Asia Minor and the Balkan Peninsula in the west, to the Caucasus Mountains and the Aral Sea in the north!
Roughly equivalent to the territory of Alexander's empire.

With such a huge territory, how the Wu Empire should govern is undoubtedly a difficult problem.

At this time, in Fengtian Hall, Qingji held a grand court meeting, and all officials with a rank of more than six hundred shi in the court must be present to participate.

The first thing they want to discuss is how to establish an effective governance system on the homeland of the Achaemenid dynasty.

"His Majesty."

Attendant Deng Xi immediately came out with a wat in his hand and said, "I think that on the basis of the original [-] provinces of Persia, we can entrust the princes and set up [-] vassal kingdoms to govern."

"My minister agrees!"

"Master Deng's words are very true. Your Majesty will rule, and all nations will come to court. If the empire directly establishes counties to rule, the cost will be too high, time-consuming and labor-intensive, and it is very likely to cause dissatisfaction among foreigners."

"In view of this, Your Majesty still entrusts the princes, establishes a vassal kingdom, and rules the west with the policy of restraint, which is the best policy!"

All the ministers agreed with Deng Xi's proposition.

They believe that Wu is still on the inherent territory of the Persian Achaemenid dynasty, and it is better to establish a vassal kingdom for governance.

save time and energy!

In this way, the mainland of the empire is the real kingdom of heaven, and the rest of the vassal kingdoms must unconditionally obey the leadership of the empire, pay tribute regularly, provide military taxes and labor, and maintain the safety of the Wu family. There must be no mistakes...

Just like the vassal kingdoms such as Liao, Sai, and Ning that had been enfeoffed in the early years.

These vassal kingdoms have the ability to suppress domestic rebellions by themselves, without sending troops from the mainland of the empire, that would be great.

The officials and ministers also knew what Qingji was thinking.

"good."

"Come on, get the map!"

Qingji waved his hand, and asked two big-armed warriors in front of the palace to spread a huge map on the floor, so that he and his officials could see it.

The territory of the Persian Achaemenid dynasty is indeed large enough.

There are twenty provinces including Bactria (Bactria), Margianna, Khwarizm, Sogdiana, Lydia, Syria, and Egypt.

"I have decided to establish a vassal kingdom in one of the original provinces on the homeland of the Achaemenid Dynasty. Bactria is the Xia Kingdom, Khwarizm is the Mo Kingdom, and Lydia is the Lu Kingdom. Syria is the country of Syria..."

As soon as Qingji's words came out, none of the officials dared to object.

However, Prince Heng is different.

Prince Heng bit the bullet and came out and said: "Father, I thought about it for a while, and I think it's not appropriate to divide up the twenty feudal kingdoms."

"Tell me."

Qingji glanced at Prince Heng with great interest.

To this day, Qing Ji's prestige is so high that very few public officials dare to tell the truth to Qing Ji, and have turned against Qing Ji.

The so-called high places are too cold, nothing more.

Fortunately, Prince Heng can still uphold the truth and wants to distinguish Qingji from one another.

"Father."

Seeing that Qingji could still listen to his advice, Crown Prince Heng secretly heaved a sigh of relief, and said, "According to the original Persian records, the twenty provinces of the Achaemenid Dynasty had a population of about 500. 800 to [-] million."

"Father, you want to entrust the vassal kingdom on the homeland of the Achaemenid dynasty, and my son has no objection."

"It's just that it's not appropriate for a province to set up a feudal kingdom."

"If calculated according to the population ratio, a feudal kingdom has an average population of 80 million people."

"My son is deeply worried about this. In the battle of Boeotia, why did my army on the west expedition suffer a disastrous defeat? Isn't it because of the Medes, Assyrians, Lydians, etc. in the army? Are you defecting?"

"In the final analysis, the provinces established by the Persians were actually established on the land of the country destroyed by the Persians."

"They have their homeland in their hearts, and they often rioted and rebelled under the Persian rule before."

"If the layout of the feudal kingdoms you entrusted to you, father, is still the same, I am afraid that in the future, the various feudal kingdoms in the West will continue to rebel and become a confidant of the empire..."

"Father, please think twice!"

Hearing this, Qingji couldn't help but fell into deep thought.

The question that Prince Heng mentioned had actually been considered by Qingji a long time ago.

Medes, Assyrians, Lydians, Khwarazmians, etc., the aliens in these areas are still the same group of people, but the "boss" has changed.

Changed from Persians to Wu people, from Xerxes I to Qingji.

Therefore, whether it is to set up a feudal kingdom, set up a province, or even directly set up counties and counties for governance, because it is beyond the reach of the whip, its role is very limited.

The alien race that should rebel will still rebel.

"Prince, there is no need to talk. I have made up my mind, and the west still establishes twenty vassal kingdoms to rule over them."

"promise."

Seeing that Qing Ji could not be persuaded, Prince Heng could only obey.

Prince Heng felt that the hole Qingji had dug for himself was too big, and it would be difficult for him to fill it in the future, unless...

After Prince Heng inherited the Datong, he could voluntarily relinquish control over the various vassal kingdoms, otherwise all kinds of rebellions in the vassal kingdoms in the future would be enough for him to have a headache.

In fact, it's not that Qingji didn't think about disrupting the alien races in the [-] provinces under the original Achaemenid dynasty, but this matter was too difficult.

The alien races were originally mixed together, regardless of each other.

Like the Jews, they have been subjugated for so many years, and they can still hold together and hope to return to the country.

What Qingji did was just doing useless work.

For the current plan, what Qingji has to consider is how to consolidate Wu's rule among the twenty newly entrusted vassal kingdoms.

Facing this question raised by Qingji, all the ministers couldn't help but fell into deep thought.

In fact, Wen Zhong, Bo Pi, Deng Xi, Zeng Dian, Nan Rong and other officials had already considered Qing Ji before he returned triumphantly and returned to Jinling.

Bo Pi, the imperial historian, came out first and said to Qingji, "Your Majesty, I believe that in order to improve the suzerainty system of the empire and prevent frequent rebellions in various kingdoms."

"The empire should immigrate to the vassal kingdom, so as to assimilate the population of other countries as soon as possible, and become the real people of my Great Wu!"

As soon as the words fell, the ministers and officials above the court couldn't help whispering and whispering.

"The second and third sons think that Bo Pi's strategy is feasible?"

After Qingji looked around for a week, he asked the ministers about policy.