Fantasy Three Kingdoms: Four knots in Taoyuan at the beginning

Hearing what Chen Yuan said, Zhou Yu frowned and asked, "What do you mean, sir?"

Chen Yuan didn't speak, and motioned Xu Shu to hang up a set of scrolls he had brought.

Xu Shu is a teaching assistant, and he was supposed to do this job.

Everyone watched Xu Shu unfold the scroll in doubt.

This scroll is very large, nearly 4 meters long and 2 meters wide.

After unfolding, it completely covered the wall behind Chen Yuan.

Everyone looked at the unfolded scroll, and it was a map.

However, this map is very strange, it is not any map they have seen, because there is no place they are familiar with on the map.

Chen Yuan looked at the puzzled eyes of these little guys, and smiled: "Do you know what map this is?"

Everyone shook their heads: "I don't know."

Chen Yuan clicked on a central location on the map: "Here is my big man."

Everyone saw that a small place in the center of the map was marked in red, and it occupied less than [-]% of the entire map.

This time it was useless for Zhou Yu and the others to speak, so Xu Shu retorted first: "Sir, this is impossible. My country is vast and the center of the world. How can it be so small!"

Xu Shu's views represent the views of most people in this era.

Even with the efforts of Zhang Qian, Ban Chao, and Fu Jiezi to hollow out the Western Regions, the Great Han realized that there are many countries outside the Great Han.

But in their consciousness, the big man must be the largest country in the world and the center of the world.

But looking at this map, the area occupied by big men is less than [-]%, or even a little over [-]%.

At this time, the land actually controlled by the Eastern Han Dynasty is no longer the land of the heyday, and the Western Regions and XZ are not the territory of the Han Dynasty at this time.

When Xu Shu said this, the others nodded.

Of course, there are still some people who don't even know how big the big man is, and they will die anyway.

But Chen Yuan broke their inherent cognition today and opened their eyes.

Chen Yuan nodded: "Do you think the big man is too small?"

The crowd nodded.

But Chen Yuan said: "But this is the position of the big man in the world today, not to mention the first, the second may not be considered."

At this time, Europe was in the period of the Roman Empire, and the country was very vast.

At this time, Central Asia was Anxi and Guishuang, both of which were vast and powerful countries.

Chen Yuan's historical knowledge could not draw such a map.

This was exchanged by Chen Yuan for a point with the system.

Everyone said that the knife pulled the butt and opened their eyes.

Chen Yuan began to popularize geography knowledge to everyone.

Of course, today's class is only a general introduction, and Chen Yuan said that it is too much to talk about in detail, and he himself does not know how to do it.

For these things, Chen Yuan exchanged them with the system.

Starting from Rome, then Anxi, Guishuang, Buyeo, Dayuezhi, etc., and finally to the country of Wa.

This is the country, and then start talking about the continents.

In short, this class directly opened the eyes of these little guys.

They didn't expect the world to be so big. In such a comparison, their ambitions are indeed small.

Finally, Chen Yuan concluded: "The world is so big, don't you want to see it?"

"Don't you want to go north outside the Great Wall like Champion Hou and Bowanghou, seal wolves and live in Xuxu, empty the Western Regions, and even surpass them?"

Children between the ages of five and ten are full of endless fantasies. To put it in an inappropriate way, they don't know the heights of the sky and the earth, and want to try everything.

Originally they were attracted by such a magnificent world, but now they heard Chen Yuan's question.

Where can I hold back: "Sir, we want to!"

Even a guy like Liu Zhang who desperately wanted to lie flat would really like to go to that extreme southern place to see that penguin that Chen Yuan was talking about.

In fact, this world is a high-energy world, and it is not because people with high cultivation levels want to travel around the world without this ability.

It's just that their inherent thoughts bound them.

They think that the great man is the kingdom of heaven, the center of the world, and other places are barbarians, and there is nothing to see.

Therefore, these people have nothing but peerless abilities, which are wasted on internal fighting.

Chen Yuan just wanted to change this way of thinking, let go of his horizons, and open up if he has the ability.

What's the point of always calling back and forth on one's own territory.

Conquer more land if you have the ability.

As an ancestor, there are only two things that can be left to future generations.

spirit and land.

The spirit of striving upward, never yielding, and never stopping.

There is also a large country.

These two things are the most precious things.

As long as there are these two things, even if the descendants of future generations encounter a peerless disaster, they will be able to rise up again.

Hearing that everyone said yes, Chen Yuan smiled.

"It's not enough to think about it. The world is so big. If I want to have it all, there is a very important key factor, that is, there must be enough people, don't you think so?"

When everyone heard what Chen Yuan said, they were a little dazed.

What does that have to do with enough people.

Seeing that they were a little confused, Chen Yuan explained: "Do you know why I, a big man, ruled the Western Regions for a time, and had to lose control of the Western Regions in the end?"

Speaking of this, these little guys are in high spirits.

To be honest, the entire Han Dynasty, including the Western Han, Eastern Han and even Cao Wei, once controlled the Western Regions.

Moreover, both the court and the people are very active in controlling the Western Regions.

However, because of the interference of the enemies on the prairie, coupled with the decline of national power, in the end they had to withdraw from the Western Regions and lost control of the Western Regions.

These are of course very important reasons, but Chen Yuan secretly believes that there is another most important reason, which is insufficient population.

During the period of Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty, he once carried out military settlements in the Western Regions, which is the so-called round garrison of the Western Regions.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty once dispatched 20 households to garrison the Western Regions, which is big enough.

But in the end, he had to withdraw from the Western Regions and lost control.

It's not that Emperor Wu didn't want to get more people to go there, the key is that there are no people, and the national power doesn't allow it.

In the final analysis, the population is still small.

The Han people are not enough to form a population advantage over the Hu people and barbarians in the Western Regions.

If the Han people can account for half of the population of the Western Regions and no longer need the support of the empire from the Central Plains, you can see if they will lose control.

These little guys have told me all about the reasons for losing control of the Western Regions.

Chen Yuan nodded: "What you said is very good, but the master thinks that I have too few Han people to form a population advantage in the Western Regions, and there is not enough population for conscription and taxation. Relying on the state to supplement, the state is strong. It doesn't matter when, but once the country's strength weakens, the fall of the Western Regions will become inevitable, what do you think?"

To put it bluntly, it means that the Protectorate of the Western Regions cannot survive on its own.

It is impossible to contend alone against the larger countries and forces in the Western Regions, especially the Huns.

You must know that the power of the Huns has never withdrawn from the Western Regions from the Western Han Dynasty to the Eastern Han Dynasty. Even during Emperor Wu's period, the Huns moved westward and still maintained considerable power in the Western Regions.

The little guys nodded, thinking that what Chen Yuan said was very reasonable, and this truth was something they had never been exposed to before.

However, after all, they are the elites of an era, the geniuses of the time.

Soon someone asked back.

Lu Su stood up and asked: "Sir, if according to what you said, the Protectorate of the Western Regions can be self-reliant, how can we prevent the Protectorate of the Western Regions from becoming self-reliant?"

Tsk, it really was Lu Zijing, the strategist who came up with the best strategy to match Longzhong.

There is one thing to say, Lu Su's overall view and strategic view are no less than Zhuge Liang, and the Lu Su in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms was completely distorted by Luo Guanzhong's writing.

The real Lu Su's outlook on the overall situation and strategy can be said to be the best in the world, and his cultural relics are all capable.

Chen Yuan clapped his hands and said, "Student Lu Su is very good. He has seen the key problem. So tell me, how to solve this problem?"

The issue of local separatism has always been a big problem for the central government.

The solutions of the past dynasties are different. The Song Dynasty can be regarded as a good solution, with strong stems and weak branches, but the sequelae of this method are too great to be advisable.

It was indeed a bit embarrassing for this group of underage kids to answer such a question.

Chen Yuan didn't think about what answers they could give, it was mainly inspiration.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Chen Yuan smiled: "It's okay, just say what comes to mind, it doesn't matter if you say something wrong, the key is to dare to think, even if you don't dare to think, how to solve it."

Hearing what Chen Yuan said, Lu Su bravely returned: "Sir, the students think that they can strengthen supervision and send more censors."

Chen Yuan nodded: "That's right, it's a way, is there any more?"

Lu Su shook his head: "Students can only think of this for the time being."

"Well, it's already very good. Anyone else have any ideas?"

"Sir, it is stipulated that the term of office of the Protector of the Western Regions shall be changed every three or five years."

"Sir, send people from different places to serve as officials of the Protectorate of the Western Regions to keep each other in check."

Wait, after Lu Su started, the others began to talk about their thoughts.

Listening to the opinions of these little guys, Chen Yuan couldn't help sighing, he is indeed a genius, and he has already begun to show his extraordinary abilities at a young age.

Chen Yuan felt that he couldn't even treat them as children, some of their thoughts were no less than adults.

This is the result of combining talent and knowledge.

They are not lacking in talent, plus everyone has access to a lot of knowledge that other people have access to, the vision and abilities of this group of children are naturally far beyond ordinary people.

After everyone finished speaking, Chen Yuan couldn't help clapping his hands and sighed: "You are really extraordinary."

Hearing Chen Yuan praise them so much, they couldn't help but raise their heads.

Finally, this nasty guy was praised.

However, Chen Yuan turned his head and said another sentence, which directly made the faces of these little guys go black.

"You are really extraordinary, but you are still a little worse than Mr. You still need to work hard."

In terms of pretense, it's still you.

"You're all right, but I think there's a very important reason why the local government lost control of the central government and became self-reliant, and that's the lack of imperial rule."

"One of the most important reasons for the lack of governance is that the Western Regions are too far away from the central government, and the cost of governance is too high. So over time, the Western Regions will naturally become self-reliant. Do you think it makes sense?"

Zhou Yu and the others were thoughtful.

Yes, the farther you are from the imperial court, the easier it is to stand on your own.

As the saying goes, the sky is high and the emperor is far away!
"But sir, this is unavoidable. We can't move the capital to the Western Regions."

Hearing this, Chen Yuan smiled: "Of course I can't, but if the mountain doesn't come, I will go to the mountain. The high cost of ruling is because of the long distance, so let's just bring him closer."

Hearing what Chen Yuan said, they all frowned.

get closer?

How did it change?
After all, it was a group of young geniuses, Liu Ye's eyes lit up suddenly: "Sir, are you talking about building roads?"

"That's right, it's building roads."

"Have you ever heard the saying that if you want to get rich, you must first build roads?"

One of the best ways to build roads and even reduce the cost of rule and increase the distance of rule.

Of course, there is another very important way, which is to strengthen the communication method.

However, Chen Yuan could not do this.

If you want to strengthen the communication method, the fastest way in this world is to let the strong run errands.

But this is not a common practice, only the third-rank strong can fly, you can't let the third-rank strong run errands for you every day, right?

Not only is it overqualified, but people don't do it.

I really don't take a third-rank powerhouse as a powerhouse.

It's not that Chen Yuan didn't have the idea of ​​creating telegrams and telephones.

But there are too many front-end technologies. First of all, there must be electricity. This alone caused Chen Yuan to die on the spot.

To create electricity, too much technology is needed, and Chen Yuan won't be able to figure it out for a while.

Electricity alone is not enough, communication lines and wires have to be laid.

In short, a lot of infrastructure construction is required.

Don't think about this stuff for three to five years, ten or eight years is enough.

At least 20 years to go.

Therefore, the best way now is to build roads.

And there is a model to look like, that is Qin Zhidao.

Qin Zhidao was the expressway at that time.

If a straight road can be built from the Western Regions to Chang'an, it will not only facilitate the mobilization of the army, but also quickly convey government orders and effectively rule the Western Regions.

Of course, we need to strengthen the means of transportation.

As long as these two points are in place, it will not be a dream to bring the Western Regions into the county rule of the Han Dynasty.

"As long as we can imitate Qin Zhidao and build a straight road from the Western Regions to Chang'an, do you think that the power of rule over the Western Regions will be greatly strengthened? If we create another tool that can travel thousands of miles a day, then from the Western Regions to Chang'an is only a matter of time." In a few days, are you still worried that the Western Regions will break away from our rule?"

"If we can achieve this level, then of course we won't. Our Heavenly Army of the Han Dynasty can reach the Western Regions in a few days. You and other Hu people will dare to fight. As the saying goes, those who violate the might of the Heavenly Han Dynasty will be punished no matter how far away they are. "

Speaking of this, a person suddenly stood up: "Sir, I now have a new ambition."

The one who stood up was Liu Zhang.

Chen Yuan looked at Liu Zhang: "What ambition?"

"I want to cultivate the straight way all over the world, and let my great Han Tianwei cover all the wilderness and wilderness. Wherever the rivers and rivers go, and the sun and moon shine, they are all Han soil!"