The Great Han Dynasty: From Feng Lang Juxu to the Eternal Emperor

Chapter 224 Weining governs southern Xinjiang

The most outstanding person of this generation of the Li family is probably Li Gan.

He was not impulsive. Let his father handle the matter. The juniors like him really didn't know how to handle this matter.

In any case, let’s go take care of the funeral arrangements for my cousin Li Cai first.

In Weiyang Palace.

Wei Ning sat in front of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had already calmed down his anger and said to Weining: "I have taught you about the management of southern Xinjiang, and I will not interfere."

"Tell me, what should we do now?"

Southern Xinjiang is not yet important to the Han Dynasty, mainly because the center of national policy concepts and national governance is now in the north.

Giving unimportant areas to Weining can train his ability to govern the country, from childhood to adulthood.

In the process of practice, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was able to correct any governance problems in Weining in a timely manner. Through this method, he taught Weining how to govern a large country through words and deeds.

Wei Ning thought for a moment and said: "We will attack the Huns in the spring next year. The Han Dynasty now has no energy to launch troops in southern Xinjiang."

Emperor Wu of Han nodded.

Wei Ning continued: "But we cannot let the Luoyue tribe unify all the tribes in South Vietnam so easily, while the big Han does nothing."

"There needs to be the right amount of shock."

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty drank tea silently and motioned to Weining to continue.

Wei Ning said: "Summon Luoyue's envoys to Chang'an to raise troops to investigate."

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty asked: "What if they don't come?"

Weining said confidently: "They dare not not come, and they have no choice but to come."

"Perhaps we don't even need to call for a letter. They will write a letter to express their position in the next two days."

"These tribes in southern Xinjiang are capable of dog-eating and fighting. If they really encounter the arrogant soldiers of the Han Dynasty, they will not be able to withstand it. They must know this in their hearts."

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty nodded with appreciation: "Yes."

"What if you come to Chang'an?"

Wei Ning said: "We need to kill a few people, or ask the Luoyue Ministry to send a few people over to show the Han court."

"For such a large-scale military preparation, they did not notify the Han Dynasty, which is an act of rebellion. They need to make a show of it and send out a few leaders to lead the troops to vent their anger on the Han Dynasty."

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty said: "Who to kill?"

Wei Ning thought for a while and said: "We still need to ask the Sima Mansion to send people to Luoyue to understand the situation. What Li Cai did not do still needs to be done now."

"Let's get to know the various commanders of their campaign, find the most powerful ones and kill them to extinguish their ambitions."

"Secondly, the Han court needs to know how Luoyue's armed forces have developed. At least they need to know what weapons, armor, and war horses they use, as well as the development of their farming civilization, so as to estimate their tribal strength. development prospects and respond at any time.”

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty smiled and said, "It's a good idea. Are there any others?"

Wei Ning said: "Yes!"

"what?"

Weining said word for word: "We must change the Han Dynasty's governance policy towards the native people in the southern border!"

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was stunned for a moment and asked: "How to change it?"

Wei Ning said: "Sending Han officials to manage the counties in southern Xinjiang, we cannot continue to let them manage by themselves."

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was a little confused. Regarding the governance strategy of southern Xinjiang, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty discussed it with his ministers ten years ago.

Everyone agreed that southern Xinjiang had no strategic and economic value, and sending Han officials there seemed to outweigh the gains.

He looked at Weining and asked in confusion: "What's the point?"

Wei Ning said: "Uncle, have you really never considered establishing a tax system in southern Xinjiang?"

After the Han conquered Southern Xinjiang, they never collected taxes from Southern Xinjiang. The strategy they adopted was just to pay tribute to the Han.

How should I put it? This political significance is greater than the economic significance.

The tribute from southern Xinjiang can reflect the majesty of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, but the Han Dynasty did not receive any practical benefits.

While paying tribute, the Han Dynasty also wanted to demonstrate the generosity of the Central Plains rulers and give them a certain amount of financial compensation, which actually did not mean much to the entire country.

Now, unlike in later generations, a big country wants to show its benevolent side. There are not many neighboring countries around it. Who can show off to them?
  Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty smiled and said: "What tax revenue can be collected from that barren land?"

"The big man is not short of those three melons and two dates."

Weining shook his head.

Not all places in South Vietnam are barren, and the famous Champa rice is located there.

There is soil suitable for farming there, maybe they haven't discovered it yet, but they will sooner or later.

Moreover, the farming civilization of the Han Dynasty will definitely be passed on to the past. As long as the leaders of Luoyue are not stupid, they will learn the development history of the Han people. They can learn from these things and learn from them.

They will definitely open up farming in the future, and it is extremely important to agree on a tax system now.

Although the tribes in southern Xinjiang belonged to the Han Dynasty in name only, after the Han Dynasty defeated each other, they discovered that they only expanded the land area and the actual economic significance was not reflected.

Southern Xinjiang was barren, so the Han Dynasty did not have so much energy to take care of them and let them develop freely.

The people there have a strong tribal consciousness and will continue to develop like this in the future, causing repeated impacts on the Central Plains Dynasty. If we can naturalize them from now on and completely Chineseize them, their future value will be infinitely magnified.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty could not see this. It was not because Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was not capable enough, because he could not see the future.

Wei Ning said: "I want to try it."

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty smiled and said: "Okay, listen, since you want to try it, then it's all up to you."

"As I said before, I will leave it all to you as to how to manage it."

As soon as he finished speaking, a young eunuch came in from outside, clasped his fists and said to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty: "Your Majesty, the Luoyue people have sent a letter."

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was stunned for a moment, took it over, took a look, and said to Wei Ning with a smile: "You guessed it. They wrote a letter to apologize."

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty handed the letter to Wei Ning casually, and then said: "How to reply to the letter? You write it, and I will stamp it for you."

Wei Ning did not shirk and said, "Okay!"

"God likes to beget evil but is not kind. I, the lord of China, have worked hard for ten years to raise troops and revitalize the brigade, sweep away Hu Fan, and eat at night. Since this year, your tribe has been disobedient and raised troops to kill the tribes in southern Xinjiang... The edict is here, If you are a minister, I will come to the court with my request; if you are not a minister, I will order my troops to go south, capture his followers, and go straight to your tribe, bind his king, and kill him on behalf of heaven!"

After Wei Ning finished writing, he glanced at Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and said, "Your Majesty, I was bold enough to write it in your tone. Take a look."

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty glanced at it and suddenly laughed and said: "Dong Zhongshu said that your articles and thoughts are enough to establish a sect, and I think so too."

"I am so serious about writing this edict. It's well written!"

"Then just send it to the leader of Luoyue!"

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty picked up the imperial seal and stamped it on it.

The imperial seal has not been lost yet, it is still in the hands of the emperor of the Central Plains Dynasty, a symbol of supreme power.

(End of this chapter)