Chapter 112: Half a Strategy for South China

【Around 200 BC, a kind of cloth from the East appeared in the market of Daxia, a country in the Middle East.

This cloth is white, flexible, resistant to water and sweat, and is an excellent summer cloth for Daxia with a hot climate. It was highly sought after for a while.

In 139 BC, Zhang Qian, the pioneer of the Silk Road, traveled here and saw this thing, which looked very familiar. Isn't this the Qiang cloth produced in my Han Dynasty? Why did it come here?

From this ancient Sindhu Road entered the vision of the ambitious Emperor Wu of Han. In order to control this trade route officially, Emperor Wu started a ten-year war with tribes such as the Southwest Yi.

But as the saying goes, money and silk move people's hearts. Even though Emperor Wu's army beheaded hundreds of thousands of people in the local area, the Yi leaders still fought to the death and vowed to control the ownership of the trade route.

It was not until 69 AD that the Ailao people surrendered to the Eastern Han Dynasty, and this trade route from Shuzhong, through Myanmar, through India, to Daxia was completely opened.

But the good times did not last long. At the end of the Han Dynasty, the princes rose up and wars broke out frequently. The Southwestern Yi people also took the opportunity to regain control of the ancient Shendu Dao.

And the prime minister's troops went out to Nanzhong to quell not only the rebellion of the big families in Nanzhong, but also the rebellion of the ancient Shendu Dao. 】

"Money moves people's hearts..." Everyone chewed on the words of Guangmu.

Everyone knew that Emperor Xiaowu was well-known. It was not an exaggeration to say that he was a martial arts master, but even if the army was fully dispatched and killed hundreds of thousands of people, it would not be able to subdue the Southern Yi.

"Can this money make people fearless and fearless?" Zhang Fei really couldn't figure it out.

The two generals Guan and Zhao also looked at each other. Such a self-sacrificing Yi people were not the most terrible opponents, but they must be the most annoying opponents.

Pang Tong saw it at a glance, looked at Kong Ming deeply, and said:

"The establishment of Jinguan is also a plan for Nanzhong, a long-term strategy."

Pang Tong didn't believe that there would be any accidental success. With Kong Ming's talent, he must have planned for a long time.

Mi Zhu, who was engaged in business, also understood a little:

"If Shu brocade can be sold to foreign countries in exchange for treasures, the profit can be hundreds of times."

"Establish a brocade official to control Shu brocade, control the Yiyue people on the trade route, and all of them will seek military counselors."

[After the rebellion in Nanzhong ended, the first thing to face was the governance problem.

The prime minister was very careful about this issue:

In terms of governance, it emphasized autonomy, and strived to "not transport grain, not keep soldiers. Southerners govern the south."

In fact, to put it bluntly, it was still to save money.

Even the prime minister planned all this in advance when he came, and his deputy Li Hui during the rebellion was a native of Nanzhong.

After the war, Li Hui gained enough prestige and became the governor of Jianning.

In the overall environment of the late Eastern Han Dynasty, there was another policy that had to be implemented, which was to suppress the powerful. In this regard, the prime minister played a beautiful trick of borrowing chickens to lay eggs.

At that time, Han and Yi people lived together in Nanzhong. Yi people were brave and aggressive and refused to obey discipline. The prime minister persuaded the powerful people in Nanzhong to hire greedy Yi people as their troops.

And promised that if enough Yi people were recruited, they could get inherited official positions.

And these Yi people who were hired in large numbers were eventually transferred to Shuzhong by the prime minister, and the best ones were selected to form the Wudang Flying Army.

And then some of the old, weak, sick and disabled Yi people were returned to the local big families.

The prime minister spent the least money to do the biggest things, and he didn't spend a penny but formed a famous and powerful army. 】

When Liu Bei heard Guangmu introduce Zhang Wei and Wudang Flying Army who died in the battle of loyalty in Wuhou Temple, he was moved and guilty.

But now that he heard Guangmu introduce the origin of Wudang Flying Army, Liu Bei felt complicated.

Doing everything possible is just to prevent Shuzhong from increasing the financial pressure.

All means are just to strengthen the military strength of Ji Han.

"If Yiling didn't insist on his own way..." This is what Liu Bei thought.

Kong Ming laughed: "Didn't Guangmu say before that if there was no Mi Fang's rebellion."

"General Guan has already entered Xudu, why did such a complication arise later?"

Everyone laughed, Mi Zhong felt a little embarrassed, and at the same time, he had chosen a new place for his brother:

General Zhang's Linju military camp!

[With all these means, people can't help but wonder: This Nanzhong tyrant is so kind-hearted?

But the Nanzhong tyrant laughed: Following the prime minister, we can earn more than before!

The method of bundling interests is always tried and tested.

The prime minister who took Shu brocade into the official camp can be said to be walking sideways in Nanzhong.

The local tyrants rely on the ancient Sindhu Road for survival, and Shu brocade and Shu cloth are the most popular things in the ancient Sindhu Road.

Therefore, the prime minister's southern expedition also used his identity as the top leader to prepare a profit distribution system for the export of Shu fabrics.

In this way, Nanzhong was settled, and even the strategy of "benefiting the South China Sea" in the Longzhong Plan was completed:

After reaching Myanmar along the ancient Sindhu Road, going southeast is the Indochina Peninsula in Asia, where Shu Han fabrics are quite popular. 】

"According to this calculation, your trip to Nanzhong was only half a year."

"Not only pacified Nanzhong, but also governed Nanzhong, opened up trade routes, and organized a flying army."

Pang Tong counted on his fingers and felt it was outrageous:

Obviously, everyone was about the same in Nanzhong...

"It's just a victory of temple calculation." Kong Ming was not arrogant:

"According to the time calculation, Nanzhong has been rebelling for three years, and the rebels are complacent and have nothing to gain. Prime Minister Zhuge has been thinking about it every day, and it is reasonable to conquer Nanzhong in one battle."

Pang Tong did not comment. Anyway, he felt that he could not do it if he were in the other place.

【Reviewing the historical materials of the Ji Han Dynasty from the perspective of the ancient Sindhu Road, you can find a very interesting record.

The biography of Huo Yi records: At that time, the Yi Liao of Yongchang relied on the danger and refused to surrender... A small army was sent to attack them... The villages were destroyed, and the county was peaceful.

If we only look at the historical records, we will only think that Huo Yi was bored. After defeating the rebels, he also demolished the village with great fanfare?

Not only did he demolish it, but he also recorded it in the history books, as if it was a merit.

But if we look at it from the perspective of the ancient Sindhu Road, we will find that demolishing the village is really a merit.

Because Yongchang County, where Huo Yi was the governor, was on the ancient Sindhu Road trade route!

So this group of Yi Liao actually wanted to set up private checkpoints and charge fees on the trade route.

And one of Huo Yi's duties as the governor of Yongchang was to maintain the smooth flow of this trade route, so he quickly wiped them out and destroyed their villages, which was a complete merit.

It can be said that the prime minister has done his best in terms of interest binding, and he has done everything he can think of, but even so, there were still rebellions in the south during the Northern Expedition. Why?

In fact, it is clear if we list the names of these rebels. Almost all of them are Nanyi, and there is not a single rebel with a Han surname.

The truth is obvious: facing the big cake of the ancient Sindhu Dao brought by the prime minister, the Han people in Nanzhong tacitly squeezed out the Nanyi.

This is one of the drawbacks of the prime minister's "Southerners governing the South": you can only choose one between the Han surnames in Nanzhong and the Nanyi. 】

"Sweet melons have bitter stems, and nothing is perfect." Liu Bei shook his head:

"Why should we demand perfection when governing a place?"

Pang Tong also understood:

"Governing Nanzhong with the Han surnames in Nanzhong, at least Nanzhong is still a Han land. If Nanyi governs Nanzhong..."

"But..." Ma Liang felt that this prime minister would definitely do something.

"Guangmu also said before that there are people who have worshipped the prime minister as their ancestor for 1,600 years, and they also guard the national gate."

"The prime minister's strategy to govern Nanzhong is definitely not over yet!"

Ma Liang vowed.

I'm really sorry, I owe two thousand words, and I will make up for it as soon as possible.

I haven't slept for 26 hours. I need to relax...