Mythical Qin, Han, Three Kingdoms, Sui and Tang Dynasties, establishment of empire

Chapter 475 The Hidden Danger of the Huns

Zhang Liang said: "It is a choice to let the Turks stay in Longxi to build roads. After all, there is a shortage of people in the Western Region.

But now, the entire Central Plains is undergoing agricultural transformation, the Yongji Canal is under construction, and there is also an overpass connecting Guanzhong to Shu.

And no one knows what will pop up in the future...

Each of these projects requires labor everywhere. These foreign labor forces can solve many of our problems. "

After Zhang Liang said this, he looked at Liu Hua and had to say that Liu Hua dug these holes.

"Why don't we open up foreign trade? Since our own labor force is not enough, we can fill it with foreign labor!"

Chen Ping has no moral integrity after all. For Chen Ping, at least this is a solution: "We and the Huns are both recovering. If we can plunder the population of the Huns to help us recover, it will be a trade-off."

It is obvious that Chen Ping wants to start the slave trade, and in fact this thing is indeed the most convenient way to solve the labor problem, but to be honest, this thing will have many sequelae.

After hearing this, Liu Hua shook his head and said, "No, if these foreign races are allowed to enter the Han Dynasty through trade, then even if they want to integrate with us in the future, they will probably be inferior to us, which will cause national divisions in the future.

Especially after the uprising, we overthrew the Qin Dynasty and successfully won the victory. We finally broke the boundary between the nobles and the common people. My goal is not to replace one group of people as nobles and then enslave another group of people.

Rather, we hope that everyone can be a human being and that everyone can have a future. Even if a foreigner comes to the Han Dynasty, as long as he can successfully register, then his identity is also a Chinese, not an inferior slave! "

Hearing this, Zhang Liang and Chen Ping couldn't help but look at each other.

They felt somewhat respect for Liu Hua's persistence, but also felt helpless. However, it was Liu Hua's firm stance that allowed them to follow Liu Hua all the way down.

Liu Hua said with a serious look: "However, I can't be too pedantic. The problem of labor shortage does need to be solved. We directly announce in the Trade City that we will recruit labor and purchase foreign labor through the Hun nobles.

For one roll of cloth per laborer or one tael of tea per laborer, we permanently hired foreign laborers from the Hun nobles. We should respect human dignity. Even if the other person is a foreigner, we should give the foreigner a chance to enjoy civilization and etiquette. "

Chen Ping heard Liu Hua's words, but didn't know where to complain.

Although it sounds much better, in reality, it is just a different name.

The most important thing is that Liu Hua was so shameless that he left the job of arresting people to the Huns, while he was still innocent.

After all, for Liu Hua, he is just a labor defect, so he just buys people. What's wrong with that?

The most important thing is that Chen Ping has already seen that Liu Hua has already begun to plot against the Huns at this time!

After all, the Xiongnu in this era were different from the Xiongnu in the era of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

The Huns of this era were able to complete the unification of the prairie at a miraculous speed because of the emergence of a fierce man like Maodun and the emergence of many talents in the Xiongnu tribe itself during the southern and northern wars.

In essence, this is the conquest of aliens by aliens. Internally, the victory conceals many problems.

But in fact, when the Xiongnu's conquests against foreigners came to a stagnant stage, their crisis would erupt.

In fact, the Xiongnu had an internal crisis in the next generation, that is, when the elder Shanyu was born.

However, the old Shang Shanyu adopted the policy of "both Han and Hu" and killed many old nobles, thus completing the identity unification between the Xiongnu and the foreign races, and building the opposite of the Han, the Hu people, and truly allowed the Xiongnu to stand among the top ethnic groups!

To be honest, are the Huns strong now? powerful!

But strictly speaking, this is not the power of the Xiongnu, but the power of Maodun.

The Huns are not so much loyal to the nation as they are loyal to Maodun as an individual.

If Modu died, it would be absolutely impossible for the Huns to get back up again. Because the current Xiongnu’s national self-confidence and national identity can be said to be not profound.

In contrast, even though Liu Huacai unified the Central Plains, people in the Central Plains recognized their Chinese identity.

There was a brief unification of the Qin Dynasty, which laid the foundation for Liu Hua's unification, and it was not difficult for the Central Plains people to accept it.

More importantly, although the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period were filled with wars for hundreds of years, the Huayi Debate, a theory that sorted out one's own identity, was also instilled into the consciousness of the people throughout the Central Plains.

Therefore, the problem Liu Hua needs to face is only a class issue. What is needed is to break the ice between the nobles and the common people and allow them to have channels for movement.

But the Huns were different. At this time, when the Huns relied on force to intimidate other ethnic groups, other ethnic groups conquered by the Huns had not yet fully integrated into the Huns.

What Liu Hua wanted was to further intensify the conflict between the Xiongnu and other Turks, the remnants of Xianbei, or the foreign kings who came to this era.

Anyway, if you ask for labor from the Xiongnu, it is impossible for the Xiongnu to become so mad that they will not spare their own people. Then the targets of their labor plunder can only be the Turks, Xianbei or other remaining small tribes.

When the time comes, the Huns will destroy their families on the grassland and erode the development space of other grassland tribes, while the Han Dynasty will be glorious and majestic to take in those miserable foreigners and give them the opportunity to become the people of the Han Dynasty. Who is righteous and who is evil? The grassland people are naturally not blind. .

The direct problem this caused was that the Huns could not restore their own population by assimilating other grassland peoples.

How many people can the Northern Huns have now, one million or two million? Even if all the people are soldiers, such a size is not enough to become an empire. And with such a size of the Huns, after they lost a game, It is very likely that there will be no chance to turn around.

This is the biggest difference from the Xiongnu during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. At that time, the Xiongnu had already grown in size, so if they lost to Mobei, they could lose to Monan. If they lost to Monan, they could still fight back as long as they took a little rest.

As for the current Huns, as long as they are defeated, they will definitely be unable to recover. This is the biggest difference between the two sides.

If I am not careful and the Huns take advantage of me, the Huns' national self-confidence and national cohesion are likely to reach the standard directly and quickly complete the transformation from an empire.

This is why Liu Hua has always been very cautious towards the Xiongnu.

Although the current Xiongnu has completed the unification of the prairie, has imperial combat power, imperial territory, and can even become an empire as long as time takes, the current Xiongnu is still not an empire.

Because they do not have the centripetal force of the empire, their system also prevents them from exerting the mobilization capabilities that the empire should have, and they do not yet have the experience and systems to manage this land.

Even if they were able to fight a bloody battle with the Qin Empire, even if they were defeated, it was the Qin Empire that used most of its power.

As systems and management are improved, the Xiongnu will transform at an incredible speed and truly become the Xiongnu Empire.

Therefore, Liu Hua does not want to have a decisive battle with the Huns too early, because the more the two sides fight, the faster the Huns will transform.

At the same time, it is impossible for Liu Hua to stay away from fighting, because not fighting will allow the Huns to complete their self-transformation as time goes by.

After all, the size and resources of the entire prairie are there, and as long as the big man is by their side, it is impossible for them not to develop.

Therefore, Liu Hua has been waiting for this important time point when the canal is completed, which will be his strongest wave.

Now, what Liu Hua has to do is to use his own policy of absorbing labor to cause conflicts between the Huns and other ethnic groups. If this conflict persists, it will be very difficult for the Huns to integrate the power of the grasslands.

And he took advantage of this time to fully develop the strength of the Central Plains region and complete the agricultural layout in five years. Even if an all-out war between the Xiongnu and himself begins, he can stabilize the situation in the Central Plains.

(End of this chapter)