Many people don't understand many things, including Lu Zhe, who didn't think about it so much, but it is estimated that too many people have the same question, that is, the Chinese civilization and population have such a big advantage, why not carry out unlimited expansion?

In fact, the pace of expansion of Chinese civilization has never stopped, and the Chinese civilization developed from the source of the Yellow River has not been slow at all in terms of the productivity and technological strength of the time in terms of the expansion rate within thousands of years according to the productive forces and technological strength at that time, otherwise how could it become the ethnic group with the largest land occupation in East Asia in the Qin period?

There are too many factors that limit the expansion of a civilization, for many civilizations it is a lack of manpower or technology, but the factors that limit the expansion of Chinese civilization are because of the geographical environment.

Lü Zhe wanted to march from South Asia all the way to Indochina, which was his erroneous belief that although it would be difficult to climb those mountains, it was not impossible.

The Chinese civilization was not small in its aggressiveness and desire to expand, but their footsteps were often limited by the environment, such as the desert north of the Yinshan Mountains, the unadaptable plateau environment, the seemingly green but difficult to survive primeval forests and endless mountains.

The expansion of the two Han Dynasty to the Western Regions was already the limit, and the later deposition of Confucianism by the hundred schools of thought would produce an even greater tragedy. In the eyes of Confucianism, the "three generations of society" in which Ru Mao drank blood was the most perfect society, and only the land in the world since the Qin Dynasty was valuable land, and the rest were barbaric, "deserts" that had no value at all. Then the geographical environment may be able to overcome, but the shackles of the mind cannot be opened if you want to.

Lu Zhe has no sense of rejection of Confucianism, he treats any school of thought with the same feeling, that is, if it can be used, it will be used, and if it cannot be used, he has never thought of completely exterminating which school. At the same time, he never thought about which school he wanted to exclude, and what he was most looking forward to was what kind of "fruit" would come out from the collision of hundreds of schools.

History has long been ravaged beyond recognition with the rise of Lu Zhe, and the influence of Lu Zhe is gradually expanding infinitely. He mistakenly believed that he could invade Indochina by land, but the road to developing the navy opened the door to invasion of Indochina, and as long as Lu Zhe's mind did not change, sooner or later the army holding the Chinese character banner would surely shout "the Han army is mighty" in that land, and then engage in one after another battle of iron and fire.

It must be said that Lu Zhe doesn't know if the things he wants to do are reliable, but right...... He will never be willing to give it a try.

In Nanling City, Gaotong, who was left aside for a month and seven days, was constantly repeating the attempt of "giving it a try". He begged to see the king of Han almost every day, but received no reply every time. While he was asking for meetings, he was constantly looking for additional channels. That is to make friends with the magnates of the Han Kingdom, and use their lines to achieve the goal of successfully meeting Lu Zhe.

The Han Kingdom is very powerful, Gaotong knows this very well, but there are too few powerful magnates in such a powerful country, right? After repeated inquiries, he learned that there were only fourteen people in the Han Kingdom who could be called nobles, and it seemed that the titles of those nobles were too low, and the highest was only an earl, or a fifth-class earl.

Gong, marquis, uncle, son, male, Gaotong of course knew that this was the title level established by the Zhou Dynasty. A country as powerful as the Han Kingdom has only one count outside the royal family? Even if the newborn country is not a big reward, what kind of marquis and duke, if you can throw it, you must throw a large piece to reward or win over the ministers. But there is only one earl and a number of viscounts and barons like miscellaneous fish in the Han Kingdom, right...... What other Lord stuff is there? I have to say that his worldview is almost about to collapse again.

Gao Tong naturally thinks that the king of the Han Kingdom is stingy and treats the heroes too harshly. I feel that I want to seize this opportunity, even if I can't use those nobles to lead the line to meet the king of the Han Kingdom, I should be able to use the dissatisfaction of those people to bury some hidden dangers in the Han Kingdom, right?

After many inquiries. Gao Tong knew that the original fifth-class earl was a general of the Qin State, and this general was called Sima Xin, who was knighted for his meritorious service in invading Lingnan and expanding his territory, and the rest of the fifth-class viscounts of Ji Bu and Luo Shao, Xiao He, Kuaitong, Zhou Wen, and the first-class baron, Gongwei, the second-class baron, and the fifth-class baron He Yi, Wu Liang, and Tang Jie, were either meritorious figures in the war or meritorious in handling internal affairs.

Luo Shao? Gaotong is extremely familiar with this name, isn't this guy who is now leading the Han army in the invasion of Ouluo Kingdom?

Gao Tong thought about it carefully, he thought that Sima Xin was very difficult to capture Lingnan, and he was transferred away when he was about to completely occupy Lingnan, and he must have been indignant to become a fifth-class earl after making such a great contribution, whether it was to see the king of Han or to provoke, he decided to go and see Sima Xin first.

The king of the Han Kingdom is stingy in the reward of the title, and it seems that he is very preferential in terms of enjoyment? Sima Xin is just a fifth-class earl, and the mansion he lives in is so large, and the architectural specifications of the mansion he lives in are more magnificent than that of the king of Ou Yu Kingdom.

The envoy of a country, especially the country where the envoy is located, is currently at war with the Han State, so Gaotong naturally can't swagger to go to the post to ask for a meeting.

Gaotong is taking the established "three-step process".

The first step of the three-step process is to give anonymous gifts and heavy gifts, which is to arouse Sima Xin's curiosity, after all, there is no nameless heavy gift, Sima Xin should be curious about who did it even if he refuses, right?

Very good, going to give a gift really aroused Sima Xin's interest, although he refused, but the porter asked who the owner of the gift was, obviously thinking that someone had something to ask for, and wanted to find out who it was.

Gaotong sent people to give gifts one after another, but it was no surprise that they were rejected every time, and the people who sent there naturally failed to meet Sima Xin, and the highest treatment from Sima Xin's mansion was an old man.

Successfully hooked Sima Xin's curiosity, Gaotong should take the second step, that is, to prepare a heavier gift, but this time he wanted to ask Sima Xin to help with something.

Isn't it just to meet the king? For a general who was born and died and set up a great attack, when the merit did not get the matching treatment (title), the king of the country must give the meritorious hero some preferential treatment in some things, so who should take a look at the king of the Han country from a distance, right? It's not like a handshake or anything.

In Gaotong's opinion, with enough heavy gifts and just a glance at the king of Han from a distance, Sima Xin should be tempted, right? After all, if you look at it from a distance, there is no possibility of any assassination, at most, it is regarded as a rich and rich dumpling with nowhere to throw it, plus an idiot who wants to "see the sky" or something.

However, things took a magical turn for the worse, and the gift still couldn't enter the threshold, and even Sima Xin didn't give any words as always.

What is the situation? Gao Tong thinks that the unspoken rules of Chinese civilization should not be useless here. He couldn't figure it out, it turned out that Sima Xin had never been in the mansion at all, whether it was a refusal or an interrogation, it was all from Sima Xin's wife's handwriting, and Sima Xin had always been in the military camp outside the city!

Gaotong, who was "self-inflicted", had the urge to vomit blood three liters when he heard such news, and he dared to make so many arrangements to be a blind man, but ...... But...... Sima Xin's wife is too bold, right? It was able to skip her husband to make such a big decision, you must know that the value of those gifts is not low at all! If it is in the Ouluo country, a woman is at home that is the storage of accessories, and if she dares to cross the head of the family to take the idea, she will be immersed in the pig cage!

Gaotong, who had a great sense of frustration, continued to use means to investigate, and all the aristocratic military systems of the Han State were in military camps, and only some people in the civil system lived in their home mansions. Here he was puzzled, that is, shouldn't the generals stay at home and wait for the summons without the king's orders? How can the Han Kingdom be different from the national rules of the Chinese civilization, is the king of the Han Kingdom so bold, and even dares to let the generals stay in the army when he is stingy with the title reward, isn't he afraid that those disgruntled generals will lead the troops to rebel!

Illusion and generation gap, Gaotong didn't understand the aristocratic system of the Han State at all, and he didn't understand that under the military salary system, even if there were generals who wanted to rebel, the soldiers would not follow, because the generals did not have enough funds to maintain the army's salary.

In addition, Lu Zhe's control over the army is not something that Gao Tong can imagine, and there are a large number of magical professions (political commissars) in the Han army, as well as related supervision systems. The general who wants to rebel has enough money to maintain the payment of military salaries, and he must be able to buy off those pawn schools that are in the open, and he must find out which people are "agents" in the shadows, otherwise they are tragic characters who have just proposed to rebel and have their heads taken off when they sleep at night.

The aristocratic system of the Han State is precious because of the nobility, Lu Zhe has a precedent covenant, the privilege of the nobility can reach the highest level of the founding of the country, although it is not known whether it is to build a country in China or where it is thrown away, the cost and risk of rebellion are too great, and the sick people will do things that are impossible to succeed unless they go against the sky.

Gaotong had to continue to work hard, and when he wanted to dig a hole in the eggs without gaps, a report on the war of the Han army in Ouluo was posted by the government.

Luo Shao led the army to a great victory in Liangshan, losing 7,000 and annihilating 90,000 troops of the Ouluo Kingdom -- this official news posted by the Han State made Nanling City a sea of cheers, but it made Gaotong and other people on the Ouluo State side who could not understand the truth both panicked and cried bitterly and could not believe it. (To be continued......)