Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Chapter 572

It was not until the end of March that Qingji returned to Jinling, the capital of Wu.

In the rest of the year, Qingji once again opened up thousands of miles of territory for the Wu Kingdom, and made great achievements that no one can surpass in ancient and modern times.

However, there are still many things waiting for Qingji to deal with.

On the day after returning to Jinling City, Qingji held a grand court meeting in Fengtian Hall, and all officials and officials with a rank of more than six hundred shi in the court must participate.

"My king, ten thousand years, ten thousand years, ten thousand years!"

Sitting high on the majesty's platform, Qingji was wearing a black and red-striped crown, a flat sky crown on his head, holding the Longyuan sword in one hand, and sat upright on his own throne.

Under the Majesty's altar, more than 200 ministers of the State of Wu worshiped and celebrated the abstinence with one voice, paying homage with great respect and respect.

"No gift, flat!"

"Thank you king!"

Under Qing Ji's instruction, the ministers and officials of Wu State slowly took their seats.

Qingji was also unambiguous, putting aside other government affairs first, and said straight to the point: "Second and third sons, the widow's southern expedition has put down all the rebellions in the six counties in the south of Lingnan, and all the countries and tribes in Baiyue have been banned."

"From now on, within the territory of my Wu Kingdom, there should be no more rulers of the Fang Kingdom."

"The county is headed by the county magistrate, and the county is headed by the county magistrate. It's just like this, and the government is left to itself."

"However, my army of the Southern Expedition of the Wu Kingdom has taken advantage of the trend to destroy the Wenlang Kingdom, annexed the land of Dian and Baipu, and conquered the Ailao Kingdom."

"How to arrange these places, please let the second and third sons express their opinions."

As soon as the words fell, Qingji clapped his hands, and immediately two palace maids lifted a screen and placed it at the front of Majesty's platform.

Above the screen, hung a sheepskin map, which is the mountains, rivers and rivers in the south of Wu Kingdom.

The place where Wu Jun advanced was also drawn on this sheepskin map.

"hiss!"

Seeing this, all the ministers couldn't help but gasp and were shocked.

During this year, the territory that Qingji laid down for the state of Wu was too vast!

Thousands of miles across!
It roughly includes Guizhou and Yunnan in later generations, as well as Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, and even a part of Thailand.

With Wu Guo's current ability and size, it is definitely impossible to digest these places.

How can it be?

Are you going to give up?

Tingwei Botong, who had been restored to his post, immediately went out with his Yahu in his hand and said, "Your Majesty, I think you can set up counties and counties in these places for governance!"

"Even the Baiyue people from the six counties in the south of the Lingnan can be used by our country of Wu, why not the people from Dian, Pu, and Ailao?"

"inappropriate!"

As soon as Bo Tong said this, the Dazai Ji Ran immediately retorted: "My lord, now that the six counties in Lingnan have established a certain foundation, and the rebellion has been eradicated, the people of Baiyue dare not make mistakes easily."

"Of course, these Xinna lands are not!"

"In order to digest the six counties in south of the Five Ridges, our Wu Kingdom has paid a huge price. If we add the land of Dian, Wenlang, Ailao, and the land of Baipu, I'm afraid the loss outweighs the gain!"

"30 years! I estimate that it will take at least 30 years for our country of Wu to digest all these places and make them available to our country of Wu like the six counties in Lingnan!"

After a pause, Ji Ran said again: "Therefore, I think that the king should govern these places with the policy of restraint, instead of building bridges and paving roads, sending officials to rule directly!"

"Please think twice, Your Majesty!"

"My minister agrees!"

"Your Majesty! I think what Dazai said is very true! I second the proposal!"

"Please be careful, Your Majesty!"

As soon as Ji Ran's words fell, Shen Xi, Bei Li, Hu Yong and other ministers all stood up one after another, begging Qingji to use the policy of restraint to rule the vast southwestern land.

If the State of Wu really wants to directly rule such a large area by setting up counties and counties, it will take time and effort, not to mention, it may not have the ability to go northward from now on.

What's the use of being strong on the outside and doing the best on the inside?
Just like the old state of Chu.

Chu State can be called the largest country in the world, but there are really not many soldiers and horses that can be used.

At least the ability to mobilize is poor.

To a certain extent, this limited the mobilization ability of Chu State.

However, at the same time, it also strengthened the strategic depth of Chu State...

The rebellious Southwestern barbarians will definitely make a comeback. At that time, Wu will send troops to quell the rebellion again, which will inevitably consume a lot of manpower, material resources and financial resources.

If it is the same as the six counties in Lingnan, Wu Guo can't afford it at all!

This is destined to be a bad debt!
"Your Majesty, I think you can draw it slowly!"

Da Xing ordered Kong Qiu to speak out.

"How to draw it slowly?"

"Your Majesty can set up prefectures and counties in Baipu, Dian, Wenlang, and Ailao, and govern them with the policy of restraint."

"However, thanks to Wu's merits of seeking enlightenment, some barbarians can be moved to the mainland of Wu to enrich the population, or let them build official roads and dig water canals, just like the old system!"

"..."

Confucius's brain is really not a general aura.

In fact, as early as on the way back to Jinling City, Qingji had discussed with Sun Wu and Wu Zixu more than once on how to deal with those Xinna lands.

Just give up?

This is not Qingji's style.

Moreover, Qingji will not do things that are thankless.

It's just that setting up counties and counties in those places for direct rule would cost too much, and the current state of Wu can't afford it.

How is it good?

Qingji and the others thought it over and decided that only the policy of restraint was the most suitable.

After some discussion, Qingji finally decided to set up prefectures and counties for management in Dian, Ailao, Wenlang, and Baipu, at least to maintain formal rule.

The State of Wu established Qianzhong County in Baipu, Dian County in Dian and Ailao, and Jiaozhi County in Wenlang (Luoyue).

This means that the State of Wu already has sixteen counties at this time.

Wu State originally had thirteen counties, namely: Wu County, Kuaiji County, Jiujiang County, Sishui County, Minzhong County, Lujiang County, Cangwu County, Nanhai County, Xiang County, Guilin County, Nan County, Nanyang County, Henan County Zhang County.

Coupled with the current establishment of Qianzhong County, Dian County, and Jiaozhi County, it can be counted as the sixteen counties of Wu State.

In addition, in order to ensure that the barbarians in the southwest would not dare to rebel in a short period of time, Qingji will also forcefully relocate [-] households in Dian County, Qianzhong County, and Jiaozhi County, with a population of more than [-] people, to Wu County to enrich the population.

This is a last resort.

Wu County is the best developed place in Wu State, with the largest population and wealth.

If Qing Ji wanted the barbarians in the southwest to stay out of trouble, he had to take a number of measures.

Qingji also deliberately let the sons of the chiefs of various tribes go to Jinling to study. It is called study in the euphemistic name, but they actually exist as hostages.

For Dian County, Qianzhong County, and Jiaozhi County, the State of Wu could only send some officials to manage them, and garrison a small number of troops to allow the local people to govern themselves...

What is a juji?

This is Jiji!
(End of this chapter)