The heavens start from saving Daming

Chapter 659

"Zhang Qian, do you know anything about the Western Regions?"

Li Yunze warmly entertained Master Yan and Zhang Qian, and even let Zhang Qian sit beside him.

Seeing that the Son of Heaven poured wine for him on his own initiative, Zhang Qian was really flattered.

He respectfully took the wine glass, then saluted Li Yunze and said, "Your Majesty, I have only heard that there are many countries in the Western Regions, but I don't know the specifics."

After just meeting, Li Yunze directly appointed Zhang Qian as his official, and he can also be called a minister.

The master's father Yan who was sitting next to him moved slightly, and then said with a smile, "I know that there are many rare treasures in the Western Regions. Whenever a caravan comes to the East Market, it will cause looting."

"It's true what the doctor said."

Zhang Qian followed suit and nodded, "I also saw a caravan from the Western Regions in Dongshi a few days ago. The spices they carried were priced at gold, and they were sold out within half a day."

In fact, as early as the Yanhuang period, the ancient Silk Road had already been opened.

Caravans from the Western Regions sent jade to China for sale, which was the earliest Silk Road.

It has lasted for thousands of years, although it does exist intermittently, it is not as ignorant of the Western Regions as imagined.

"Spices and stuff are just trails."

Li Yunze smiled slightly, and took a drink from his wine glass, "The Western Regions are vast and rich, and they are the land that I must take from the Middle Earth."

In history, Emperor Wu sent Zhang Qian to the Western Regions. The real purpose was to contact the Huns' former enemy, the Da Yuezhi, and to find allies to attack the Huns.

For Li Yunze, he had absolute confidence in defeating the Huns, so he wasn't that concerned about finding allies.

Having said that, he simply got up and pulled the map hanging on the wooden stand from the side.

"This is Chang'an." Li Yunze pointed to the city of Chang'an on the map, which was obviously many times larger than the actual area, and then pointed to the east. "The east is the endless sea. Before shipbuilding skills are improved, going to sea is not very interesting."

Maritime trade will prosper in the later generations, but the premise is that at least all regions have been developed, and all kinds of mineral crops can be produced.

And the overseas islands of this era are truly barren lands.

It's like the people on those islands who lived a good life are still engaged in slash-and-burn farming.

Once such a place is taken down, it still needs a lot of investment in manpower and material resources to develop it, and all aspects of clothing, food, housing and transportation must be promoted.

In short, the input is not proportional to the output.

Li Yunze's finger then pointed down to the south, "The south is the primeval forest, full of smog and tigers and leopards."

To the south of the Great Han is Nanyue. Zhao Tuo is almost a hundred years old, and he is still alive.

However, because of the 50 Qin troops living in and developing South Vietnam, it barely has some appearance, but it is still not worth mentioning compared with Zhongtu.

As for South Vietnam going further south, there is really no need to say more. They are all virgin forests with no roads. The aborigines living in them are no different from savages.

Even if such a place is occupied, the investment is still not directly proportional to the return.

Just look at Nanyue. It took decades for the 50 Qin army to achieve some success.

If the big man wants to go further south, at least a million people have to be invested, plus a long development time.

Li Yunze's finger turned upwards and landed outside the Great Wall.

"The northern grasslands are vast and vast, but the land is barren and difficult to cultivate."

The prairie looks huge, but it is actually a barren land.

If you want to cultivate, you can dig out the sand in the ground with a few hoes.

As a land of livestock, it is already at its peak to be able to feed millions of people.

If Han Jia Erlang, who is good at farming, goes, the prairie will be planed into desert in a few years.

Withdrawing his hand, Li Yunze's gaze landed on the northeast corner of the map.

This place is very fertile, but it lacks cold-resistant grains, and it is still a real wasteland, full of muddy swamps and barren, which needs to be developed on a large scale from scratch.

Shaking his head slightly, Li Yunze's hand landed on the west side of the map. "The Western Region is rich in water and grass, and the land is fertile. More importantly, it has been cultivated for more than a thousand years. If it is in the pocket of a big man, it can be used."

Li Yunze wasn't just talking nonsense, but the Western Regions in this era is indeed a good place with fertile land.

You must know that even Lop Nur, which was called the Sea of ​​Death in later generations, was still a vast lake until the [-]th century.

The snow water flowing down from the Tianshan and Kunlun Mountains has nourished the Western Regions extremely fertilely.

Li Yunze turned around and looked at Zhang Qian, "Ziwen, would you like to take a trip to the Western Regions for me?"

Zhang Qian hurriedly stood up and went out, saluted Li Yunze and said, "I am willing to die for Your Majesty!"

Li Yunze nodded in satisfaction, and greeted Zhang Qian to sit down, "This trip to the Western Regions, you have only one job, and that is to record the customs, mountains and rivers, and river weather along the way. These things are related to whether the army will be able to march there in the future. Whether you can win or not, you must be good. born
work. "

"I guarantee with the head of the item, if nothing happens, I will never return!"

Looking at the young but vigorous Zhang Qian in front of him, Li Yunze sighed in his heart, "The Strategists dare to take risks, but if they become rotten scholars, they would not dare to venture outside after being frightened to death. They only dare to do their best in Middle-earth and make people despise them!" '

"Good job."

Li Yunze raised his hand and patted Zhang Qian's shoulder, and said softly, "When you return, I will not hesitate to reward you as a Marquis."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Li Yunze's eyes fell on the Western Regions. In addition to opening up space, there was another very important reason, which was to open a passage to the West Sea through the Western Regions.

In this era, the black millet in Africa is still relying on picking to eat, and the Indians in America are still living in tents and holding stones to rely on the sky for food.

In the true sense, the only ones who can lead the future are the great Han in the east and Rome in the west.

Li Yunze did not regard the Xiongnu as a life and death enemy. In his opinion, it was only a matter of time before the Huns were eliminated.

After that, he will flatten the World Island and let the whole world speak Chinese!
I heard that the Huns have been busy fighting internally recently, and they have not come to invade the invaders on a large scale for a long time.

The imperial court is here to recuperate and reserve strength, and there is no large-scale use of troops. Generals like Wei Qing, on the contrary, have been idle for a while.

Staying in the mansion all day has nothing to do except reading books and practicing martial arts. Princess Pingyang is indeed very enthusiastic, but it is too much to bear if she is too enthusiastic.

On this day, Wei Qing took advantage of Princess Pingyang to visit Liu Zhi who was imprisoned in Changle Palace, changed his clothes and walked out of the mansion leisurely.

There is really no place to go shopping in Chang'an City. It is either a palace or a prison, or it is the residence of the emperor's relatives and nobles.

If you don't go to places like Zhangtai Nanyuan, then you have to go to Dongxiershi.

Wei Qing came to Dongshi and wandered around, and then came to the place where the crowd gathered.

He knew this place, it was the place where the Hundred Schools Forum was held under the decree of the emperor.

At this time, a famous master was giving a lecture on the stage, explaining the teachings of the famous master, and many people listened with great interest.

Wei Qing stood under the stage and listened for a while, and shook his head when he felt that he didn't understand, and was about to leave, but when he didn't want to turn around and leave, he was surprised to see a few Huns listening not far away.

As a general who fought against the Huns, Wei Qing touched the sword subconsciously.

"General."

The accompanying servant hurried forward and said, "It's the envoy of the Huns."

"messenger?"

Wei Qing was taken aback for a moment, then let go of the sword, "Why don't I know?"

"The general hasn't left the mansion these days." The servant explained, "He came here a few days ago. I heard that he came to ask the emperor for help."

"Huh?" Wei Qing was greatly surprised, "The Huns asked the emperor to help them?"

"I heard that it was an envoy sent by some king of the Huns to rebel against the military minister Shan Yu, but he couldn't beat him and came to ask the emperor for help."

Wei Qing was surprised, he hadn't been out of the house for a few days, and this kind of thing happened.

It was indeed true that the envoy was sent by Yizhixie, King Zuoguli of the Xiongnu.

Ever since Shan Yu, a military minister, joined the bandits, but was beaten up by Li Yunze to piss his pants, and his strength was greatly damaged, the ambitious Yi Zhixie started to do things.

The rule on the prairie is that the strong are respected, and the military minister Shan Yu's strength has been seriously lost, so someone naturally wants to replace him.

Even if there is no Yi Zhixie, someone else will stand up and challenge.

It's just that although the military minister Shan Yu was beaten badly by Li Yunze, he still held a lot of strength in his hands.

Here, Yi Zhixie not only failed to win the position of Grand Chanyu, but was beaten and retreated steadily.

In desperation, I had to look for help everywhere.

This directly sent the letter asking for help to Li Yunze.

Knowing the ins and outs of the matter, Wei Qing nodded slightly and prepared to leave.

Turning around here, I heard the envoy of the Huns not far away, shouting in proficient Chinese, "Why are there no soldiers from the military to talk about the scriptures?"

The culture of the Han Dynasty was prosperous and it was the civilization center of the Eastern world.

The Huns who lived a nomadic life envied the Han culture from the bottom of their hearts.

In addition, many Han people fled to the Xiongnu, so it was not difficult for the envoy to speak fluent Chinese.

The audience around did not pay much attention to the attire of the Huns envoys.

Just like a large number of Han people fled to the Huns, there are also many people from the Huns who fled to the big Han.

Especially inside and outside Chang'an City, the Huns are not uncommon.

That is to say, Wei Qing hasn't fully adapted to the change of status, otherwise, he wouldn't want to draw his sword when he saw the Huns.

The lecture was interrupted, and the face of the famous tycoon was somewhat unswerving.

He stared at the Huns and said, "The emperor has an order, the strategies of the military strategists, and the work of the Mohist school are not as good as the forums of hundreds of schools. If you want to hear and learn, go to the emperor to ask for it. Hurry up, don't make trouble here."

Li Yunze is not stupid, of course the things that are really useful will not be made public.

For example, the military books of the military strategists, the important tools of the Mohists, etc. are not shown to others.

Especially the art of war and warfare, if you want to learn it, you can only enter the martial arts hall that Li Yunze is preparing.

Obviously, in the lecture hall opened by Li Yunze, people of other races are absolutely not allowed to enter.

What's the saying of "if you enter China, you will learn from China, if you enter the barbarians, you will see the barbarians", it doesn't work here for Li Yunze.

There is only one thing he pays attention to, it is not my race!

No one can know better than him what those who entered China did at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Seeing the back of the Xiongnu envoy leaving, the thoughtful Wei Qing immediately ordered, "Go to Weiyang Palace."

(End of this chapter)