Zhang Yuzhi of the imperial palace served tea for the emperor, the tea was fragrant and refreshing, and he felt full of fragrance when he took a sip.

Wang Hongyi took a sip and listened to some reports on the situation in China.

"You said that many people want to recuperate?"

"Yes!"

Wang Hongyi smiled when he heard this, got up and paced, looking out thoughtfully.

The dragon gas in the palace is dense, this is the yellow gas that has won the world, and this yellow gas has proved that Dacheng is now prosperous and prosperous, but there is still a trace of red sè, which has not been exhausted.

In the past dynasties, Confucianism has written to cultivate and recuperate, and not shake the foundation of the country.

"Confucius said that the golden mean is the ultimate virtue. I chewed this sentence repeatedly, and I remembered it again, the Han family has its own sentence of Taoist kings and tyranny, how can this principle of governing the country be regarded as recuperation. ”

Zhang Youzhi knew that these were extremely important words, implying the emperor's concept of governance, and immediately pricked up his ears and listened.

Wang Hongyi smiled again when he saw this, and said: "Doctors treat people, not just lying still, but also guiding walking, which is used to make five birds play and be strong." ”

"The same is true of the country, it is right not to shake the country's foundation, but what is the country's foundation?"

"The country has a million soldiers, and the use of less than 50,000 soldiers is not enough to shake the country's foundation, not to mention that there are a lot of interests...... I don't even understand that flowing water is not rotten, I really don't know how to be cynical!"

Speaking of this, Wang Hongyi's eyes flashed, and Zhang Youzhi listened to it, and his heart tightened.

In fact, most of the cabinet members, including themselves, have this thought, and before they have time to change their minds, they listened to Wang Hongyi say again: "Since ancient times, I have used soldiers and have not understood the kitchen of a gentleman. ”

Zhang Youzhi suddenly heard this, and couldn't help but be stunned: "The gentleman's cook?"

"Yes, the imperial courts of the past dynasties want to conquer directly, for example, Annam, the previous dynasty can be regarded as a successful example, first sent an army of 200,000 to fight, after the success of the expedition, and forcibly relocated millions of Han people to the army, and also set up the Cao family to guard the town for generations, but even so, the finances can not take care of themselves, and a large amount of subsidies from the imperial court are needed, plus military spending, it can be said that it costs tens of millions of taels of silver, and ten generations of people are considered assimilated, which is too high, so many people think that the expedition to raze the land consumes the national capital. ”

Wang Hongyi looked at it and asked, "Do you think the same way?"

Zhang Youzhi pondered for a while, and said: "The minister has been an official for seven or eight years, and he can see the tension of the court's money and grain, and he asks himself in his heart, he really thinks like this, these remote places, reclaiming a piece, will be a burden on the court for a hundred years, and there are repeats, it doesn't matter when there is plenty of money, and it is very difficult when there is no spare." ”

After a pause, he said: "The previous dynasty opened up the territory, and the war was fought repeatedly for several years, and the 100,000 troops of the official army had to be stationed in the frontier, which cost millions of taels of silver...... And this is not only money and food, but also has the problem that the tail of the frontier general is too big, naturally no one dares to move in the world, but the descendants can be like this for generations? This is not what a courtier can say, but this is a minister's real idea, and he does not dare to bully the king. ”

Wang Hongyi listened to this long story and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "So after a few lessons, you would rather be restrained and dare not speak lightly about reclaiming Xinjiang.

Zhang Youzhi stood up, saluted, and said, "Please also ask the emperor for guidance." ”

"A gentleman's cook, there are three steps of slaughtering, plucking hair and removing dirt, and cooking, how can a gentleman eat raw meat?" Wang Hongyi said with a smile: "For example, in the grassland, if I want to mobilize the people and sweep the grassland into the rule, I will send 300,000 troops, which may not be able to be peaceful for ten years, and I will send hundreds of thousands of troops to garrison in the future, and the annual military expenditure will be more than 5 million taels of silver...... This is indeed unbearable. ”

"But why do you have to do it in one step? What I want is just to differentiate, you have heard of the Eight Banners system, every flag will have a sweat in the future, and divide the area with each other, and it is not allowed to cross a step, violators will attack it together, you say this step, can I do it?"

Zhang You was stunned, at this time, the Youzhou war report had already been transmitted, appearing in front of Wang Hongyi and the cabinet, and the news of the annexation of the state also came.

Youzhou was attacked by the water division and Lu Gao, and it was already crushed, and the remaining Wanhu Bige was trapped in the lonely city, and it was possible to capture it when he saw it, so to speak, Youzhou was basically pacified, and all Han Xinjiang had been recovered.

In Bingzhou, 100,000 Hu troops besieged the border passes, and the Great Khan finally discovered the plan to delay the army and attacked the city, but it was difficult to advance under the resistance of Fan Liuhai.

In fact, the decline of the khanate, when the Khurbo soldiers were defeated and died, Khurbo occupied forty percent of the black dragon's qi, his death, directly led to the black dragon's weakness, if Khurbo did not die, not to mention anything else, at least many tribes would not rebel.

In a sense, the lack of successors does make it easy to think otherwise.

"Is this the so-called general trend gone?" Zhang Youzhi thought, but responded: "The emperor is wise, it should be done." ”

"Yes, now it is eight flags, and in the future it can be divided into eighteen flags, and later it will be increased to twenty-eight flags, eighty flags, of course, this is not done in one day. ”

Wang Hongyi saw Zhang Youzhi's eyes lit up, seemed to understand, and said: "That's okay, the key is religion, hey, Brahmana is still valuable." ”

"Declaration of the Righteousness of the Combination of the Ancient and Han Nationalities to Seek Revenge against the Manchus": "Manchuria divided the ancient tribes of Méng, established a khan, and made the power dissipate in order to contain each other. In addition, the generals, the capital, and the ministers are in various places. to hold my real power and control my life. And set up one end of Lamaism, designed with poison to destroy my méng ancient race. ”

Wang Hongyi is ready to use these three strategies, but Wang Hongyi, out of his own wisdom, said: "Cattle and horses in the mainland are expensive, especially cattle are expensive, and it is difficult to have a cow in three households. ”

The Manchu Qing Dynasty's méng control technique was only weakened, but it still needed to be appeased every year, but Wang Hongyi learned from Wang Jiandao in the British and American colonies, and knew that only continuous plundering was Wang Jiandao.

In the Eight Banners of Pastoral Farming, millions of ploughing cattle are sold, and every household in the interior can have ploughing years, so how can the cultivation of land be more than five times?

And tea, silk and porcelain can be dumped every year, and the profit is about five million taels when it comes and goes, which actually treats the grassland as a colony.

From the perspective of dragon qi, it is equivalent to pumping grassland luck every year and giving Dacheng, with two major blood pools of grassland and customs, this alone can extend the life of the country for a hundred years.

Zhang Youzhi's eyes lit up again: "Raising cattle on the grassland is really an unprecedented big deal, but will the grassland people be willing?"

After a pause, he said: "In this case, is it more convenient for the government to raise cattle directly, so why trade it to the Hu people?"

Zhang Youzhi is not a pure Confucian in the end, and if the interests are huge, he will forget his original intention.

"Hey, if you occupy it yourself, you won't be able to raise a ploughing cow...... Zhang Qing, no matter how hungry you are, can you cut off your hands and feet to satisfy your hunger?" Wang Hongyi saw that he still didn't understand, and broke the heavenly opportunity: "Raising cattle on the grassland, as long as it is profitable, a lot of Hu nobles will drive the herdsmen, and the blood and suppression in it have nothing to do with this dynasty, and it does not cost a soldier, a general, a penny or a meter." ”

After the transaction, a large number of silk tea toys poured in, and the upper class Hu people could enjoy wealth and nobility, while the herdsmen became increasingly impoverished. ”

"This dynasty is in it, you can calmly meet the source left and right, and divide the Hu people from eight banners to eighty banners, so that those who are close to me will be many, and they will not seek sinicization for a long time and will be sinicized!"

Zhang Youzhi was shocked violently, and suddenly his heart was deaf and his eyes were opened, and he understood what the emperor meant.

The emperor's meaning is very simple, that is, if the grassland is occupied, the grassland will be his own flesh and blood, not only will he not be able to obtain benefits, but he will also have to spend a lot of money.

But if it is a foreign vassal, not to mention paying tribute every year, it can also exploit at will, stir up contradictions and internal strife, and squeeze out the last bit of blood and sweat.

Not only that, but you can also calmly leave and right, all the bad karma is borne by the Hu nobles themselves, and Dacheng always appears with a bright and grand appearance.

The emperor's plan cannot be described as non-poisonous, and if he acts like this, he will never be able to do anything!

Zhang You's heart was convinced, but he still had a question: "Then what about the majority of people who kiss me in the future?"

"If more than half of the people who are pro-me Dacheng, it is a successful sinicization, at this time, you can provoke the Hu people to carry out a large-scale civil strife, and instruct the pro-me to send out a request to Dacheng to completely annex it, and then the court can allow it. ”

This is actually a British and American colonial national policy, but Wang Hongyi has eaten it thoroughly, and he has used it perfectly.

Zhang Youzhi listened, bowed down, bowed and said: "The emperor's grand theory is really the golden mean, and the true meaning of the gentleman's cooking, the emperor is really a saint, and the minister admires it very much." ”

Wang Hongyi smiled and said, "Get up!"

I picked up the good news just sent by Youzhou, and unfolded it and read it carefully.

Lu Gao gave the order to behead the captives, and in Wang Hongyi's expectation, unlike others, Lu Gao was the previous ruler of Youzhou, and he was forced by the Hu people to be cornered before he surrendered.

For the Hu people, it is not only hostile, but also has the enmity of the destruction of the country and the family, if he is willing to accept the Hu people's prisoners, Wang Hongyi will feel abnormal.

This is very good, although his purpose is to divide the Eight Banners and turn the grassland into a colony, but these Hu people are heinous and sinful, and they must be returned, and it makes no difference which tribe the Eight Banners absorb from the Hu people.

And now, the news that Youzhou was captured by the Han army should have reached Bingzhou, I don't know if this information is transmitted back, and the 100,000 troops led by the Great Khan can maintain some fighting spirit?

"Pass the decree, Youzhou will follow the law of Dacheng, and taxes will be exempted for three years, and those who are willing to move to Youzhou will report to the governor's mansion to distribute the land......" But after sneering, Wang Hongyi issued another order.

Due to the chaos in Youzhou, the population has plummeted and the land is barren, and Wang Hongyi must encourage people from other places to move here with various concessions. (To be continued)!.