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In the early morning of summer, the glow of the sun is swirling on the splendid Daqin Palace. The morning breeze is cool, the flag and curtain are light Buddha, and the golden gourd warrior in front of the Xuanzheng Palace is straight and mighty. The entire Daqin Palace shows the magnificence of China everywhere.

In the main hall, the Son of Heaven is in the court, and hundreds of officials pay respects.

After the ministers above the third rank sat down, Huang Zhenlin, the left attendant of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, came out of the class and said with a long bow: "Your Majesty, the minister has a book to play." ”

Qin Mu raised his big black sleeves and said loudly, "Huang Qing, please speak." ”

"Your Majesty, Ambassador to the DPRK Xie Jingting reported that the internal factions of North Korea are endless, the national strength is weak, the people's livelihood has not recovered, and the Korean King Li Junchu ascended the throne, his prestige has not been established, although he has the intention to implement Chinese characters, but the progress is slow.

After the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other ministers, I drew 50,000 dragon coins to help Li Jun build 100 official schools and teach Chinese characters, first, it can promote the speed of Korea's sinicization faster, and second, strengthen the centripetal force of Korea against Daqin. ”

50,000 dragon coins is not much, but it is a lot less, if it can really effectively promote the progress of the sinicization of Korea, it is worth it.

Qin Mu asked, "What do you ministers think?" ”

Yushi Li Ze then came out of the class and said: "Your Majesty, the minister is against it. Although the people's livelihood in China has recovered rapidly in the past two years, there are still many people living in difficulty, and there are many people who cannot afford to provide for their children to study. How could the imperial court turn a blind eye and instead use money to aid North Korea free of charge? ”

There are not a few people who hold Li Ze's viewpoint, and they have expressed their opposition one after another.

Huang Zhenlin retorted: "Qin Yushi's words are wrong, during the Wanli period, the Ming Dynasty sent troops to aid North Korea, spending millions of dollars, and the casualties were huge, dare to ask the Ming Dynasty at that time, the people's livelihood was not poor?" The implementation of Chinese characters in Korea is the established policy of His Majesty and the ministers of the DPRK and China, and the relationship is heavy. How can it be shelved for some petty profit? ”

Qin Mu listened to Huang Zhenlin's words, and couldn't help but think that in later generations, China and the United States and other major countries, the amount of foreign aid every year was very large, and in order to promote the national strategy, some money had to be spent.

Seeing that the ministers were about to pinch each other again because of this matter, Qin Mu said: "The ministers don't have to fight, I think this matter is feasible." A hundred official schools can always teach thousands of students, and after these people have graduated, they will pass the guò exam. You can go to the Great Qin Guozijian to study, you are allowed to participate in the imperial examination, if it is a middle examination, you can be an official in Daqin, or you can go back to North Korea as an official, and the matter will be handled by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

For North Korea, in addition to economic control, what is more important is cultural assimilation. 50,000 dragon coins. It seems like a lot, but it is not difficult to make this money back from North Korea, and there is no need to worry about this point.

After the early dynasty dispersed, Qin Mu returned to the Pujia Hall to review the chapters.

Liu Ru was wearing a light purple palace dress. Graceful and colorful, serving ink on the side.

Although she does not have the title of concubine, she is fortunate to be the Son of Heaven from time to time, and her identity is different from that of ordinary palace maids.

After returning from the expedition. Qin Mu simply named her a seventh-grade female official.

In this harem, up to the queen and down to the palace maid. In fact, they are all the emperor's women. It doesn't matter if you are a concubine or a female official, the key is whether you can get the emperor's blessing.

Liu Ruye should be twenty-seven or eighteen years old, but he is becoming more and more charming, with delicate eyebrows and delicate eyes, and green temples dyed with spring smoke. The delicate and graceful posture gives people a feeling of roundness and jade everywhere, and there is a bit of graceful temperament hidden in the intellectual beauty.

After Qin Mu reviewed the chapter, he held her on his lap and kept it warm for a while, the graceful and colorful jade body made people want to search thousands of times, and they couldn't put it down.

Qin Mu put his arm around her, closed his eyes, and asked her to read the recital.

He had to review a mountain of pieces every day, and if he had to read them by himself, he would have back pain, exhaustion, and his efficiency would be greatly reduced.

Therefore, he often asked Liu Rushi, or Li Xiangjun, and Dong Xiaowan to help recite the recital, so that he could lie down when he was tired of sitting, and even listen to some gymnastics and other exercises at the same time. This makes it less tiring, the mind is more relaxed, and the review of the cantata is much more efficient.

Liu Ru is daughters themselves are extraordinary, and they are all from Qinglou, their backgrounds are destined to make it impossible for them to take the opportunity to make waves and interfere in the government and politics, plus there are no relatives to echo, Qin Mu is more at ease with them.

A few pleasant birdsong occasionally came from outside the Pujia Palace, making the surroundings seem more peaceful. The breeze blew in through the openwork window, and a wisp of cigarette smoke wafted away.

Liu Ru sat on his lap and read the chapter lightly, his voice was soft and beautiful, and when he read the good news about the southwest handed over by the Ministry of War, Qin Mu was overjoyed when he heard it, took the chapter from her hand, and read it carefully by himself.

The war in the southwest can be described as a frequent good news, Gu Rong and Ma Liu captured the Jiaozhi Shenglong Mansion in one fell swoop, and captured Zheng Jie, Li Zhu and a cadre of the Li Dynasty civil and military officials.

Chen Hui defeated Wu Jing, the general of the Cave Kingdom, and helped Siam recover the capital Ayutthaya, and the Siamese king's thanksgiving recital should arrive soon.

Cui Fengsheng captured Zhu Cihuan, Mu Tianbo and others, and used Wu Jin's 50,000 Dongwu army to take the Dongwu capital Ava in one fell swoop.

Hai Rufeng took Dagong City, an important town in the south of Dongwu, and took advantage of the momentum to advance all the way to the north, like a bamboo.

Zheng Sihai also defeated the Nguyen clan in Jiaochin and captured several important cities such as Hue and Quang Nam, and the remnants of the Nguyen army retreated to the southern mountains.

Liu Ru said with a smile: "Congratulations to Your Majesty, according to this shape, the generals will pacify the Indochina Peninsula much faster than expected." ”

Qin Mu put down the music and shook his head: "This is not necessarily, with my Great Qin's ability, it is not difficult to conquer the plain area, but the Indochina Peninsula is mountainous and densely forested, and it is not so easy to clean up the entire Indochina Peninsula." ”

"Your Majesty, Dong Yu and Jiaozhi are disobedient, just teach them a lesson, is it necessary to occupy these places?"

"The southeast coast is where my Great Qin's henchmen are located, and the Luzon Islands and the Indochina Peninsula are like the two legs of my Great Qin. These things have their own measure, and you don't have to ask too much. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

In the Indochina Peninsula, it is indeed not difficult to conquer plain areas such as Thang Long Fu and Ava, but Qin Mu did not become optimistic because of this. Historically, the Central Plains Dynasty has also won Jiaozhi many times, but it always loses it again after a short time.

Qin Mu closed his eyes and thought about the reason, feeling that Great Qin would definitely not be able to immediately send officials to govern these places now, once he sent officials to govern, it would definitely make Great Qin fall into a quagmire and be unable to extricate himself, and finally be exhausted.

It is better to adopt the Western colonial model, and send two or three thousand troops each in Thang Long, Ava, and Dagong to control these rich plain areas, and then raze them;

Organize more servant armies in the local area, and continue to attack and suppress, it is best to let the war continue, just like Sichuan in the late Ming Dynasty in history, so that there are almost no people.

The whole process, whether it was ten or twenty years, did not need to invest war funds in it, and could still obtain a steady stream of raw materials, manpower, and wealth from these places.

For example, now, we can use Wu Jin's 50,000 Dongwu army to clear all the mountainous areas, and no one is allowed to live in the mountains, and all of them must be moved to the plains.

After moving to the plain area, there is no need to be polite, while sinicization, while drawing strong men to serve in conscription, the Qin Emperor built the Great Wall, and conscripted hundreds of thousands. Now the imperial court has to build roads, and it also requires a lot of labor.

The asphalt road from Changsha to Kunming has been conscripted from Luzon and Jinghai for nearly 300,000 laborers, and as many as 40,000 or 50,000 people have died due to disease and fatigue.

If Great Qin needs to build more roads, it needs more labor. Let's take it from Indochina.

War, labor, stay in these places and there are almost no people, and then move the people over, so that Daqin can spend the least price to gain this territory.

Although this method is a bit cruel, if it is done like the previous dynasties, it will not only cost countless soldiers, horses, money, and food, but also it will be difficult to maintain peace and stability for a long time, and it will not be very cruel to the people in the country.

In a word, if the original natives are not purged, these places will be in rebellion sooner or later, and Great Qin will repeat the mistakes of the past, and in the end they will have to abandon these places.

After Qin Mu thought it through, he took up the pen and gave instructions to Cui Feng and the others to do so.

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PS: On the second day of the Lunar New Year, I visited relatives and friends, and I wish you all a happy day and all your wishes come true. (To be continued......)