Back to the Warring States Period as Zhao Kuo

The tiger nodded, stood up and said, "Then let's do this. This house will not be usable from today, so burn it down later."

A moment later, in a residential area where many merchants often gather in the imperial capital, a house suddenly caught fire for no reason.

By the time the many city guards who heard the news and the neighbors put out the fire together, the whole house had been burnt to ruins.

Because of the failure of the assassination this time, Fuhui also chose to temporarily hibernate, but can their dormancy really successfully escape Zhao Kuo's pursuit?

Zhao Kuo was still quietly watching the memorial that Xu Li had just sent in front of him in Suzhou City.

"It seems to be the same. It is indeed time to go back." Zhao Kuo put down the memorial and muttered to himself.

Regardless of the fact that the distance from the Imperial Capital City to this Suzhou City is not that long, but because Zhao Kuo led a large team, the speed of advancement was not fast, and it took more than a month to complete the journey.

Arrive here.

If you add the several days of living here and the time required for the return trip, then almost 4 months have passed since the trip, and it will be almost winter when I go back.

However, before Zhao Kuo leaves, there is another thing that Zhao Kuo needs to do.

A few days later, hundreds of patriarchs from various tribes in Baiyue gathered in Suzhou City and met with Zhao Kuo.

Some of these patriarchs came from Minyue, some from Yangyue, and some from Luoyue. All in all, their backgrounds were varied.

However, they have one thing in common, that is, they all chose to surrender without exception when facing the soldiers of the Han Dynasty.

Since they are the ones who are willing to surrender, it is natural to win them over to take care of them. Therefore, when the east tour is confirmed, Zhao Kuo has already sent people to report to these patriarchs.

They issued an order to let these patriarchs go to Suzhou City to meet Zhao Kuo.

After meeting these patriarchs, Zhao Kuo was also very generous and bestowed various titles and official titles, as well as gold, silver and jewelry to these patriarchs.

In a short period of time, since the Han Dynasty still lacks the population to fill other places in the south of the Yangtze River, it is still necessary for these patriarchs to help Zhao Kuo to temporarily stabilize the local comrades.

Aspiration.

If the population of the Han Kingdom will increase in the future, then these patriarchs will be able to retire with honor and become a member of the ordinary people of the Han Kingdom.

For the sake of so many rewards, the patriarchs were obviously very happy, and all of them knelt down in front of Zhao Kuo respectfully, imitating Huaxia's five-body throw

Great gift.

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, we will swear allegiance to the Han Kingdom to the death!"

Looking at the many patriarchs in front of him, Zhao Kuo suddenly had a strange feeling in his heart.

"Did Li Shimin feel the same way as I did when Khan enjoyed the coming of thousands of peoples to court?"

In terms of territory, Zhao Kuo now controls more territory than the Dachang Dynasty controlled by Li Shimin back then.

Soon Zhao Kuo withdrew his mind and began to order a banquet.

One after another of Chinese delicacies were presented at the banquet. For these patriarchs who have lived in the mountains and forests for a long time, where have they eaten such delicious delicacies?one

All of them had bright eyes and stuffed them into their mouths desperately.

Zhao Kuo looked at the patriarchs in front of him as if they didn't have enough to eat, and it was funny in his heart, but he still wanted to maintain the character of a kind emperor, so he didn't say anything.

But what Zhao Kuo didn't expect was that while eating, the words of a patriarch caught his attention.

The patriarch knelt in front of Zhao Kuo and babbled, but Zhao Kuo couldn't understand what he said, so he had to ask someone to translate it.

Translated, it roughly means that about a month ago, someone quietly came to the tribe of the patriarch, hoping that the patriarch could send an elite team

The team arrived outside Suzhou City to cooperate with one of their top-secret activities.

This person is none other than an official in the Dahan Guoji County.

The patriarch's tribe is not far from Suzhou City, but the patriarch did not agree to this request out of awe of the Han Kingdom.

Originally, the patriarch didn't take this matter seriously, until he heard that someone had assassinated Zhao Kuo a few days ago, so he felt that maybe this matter had something to do with Zhao Kuo's assassination.

After Zhao Kuo heard this, he immediately frowned, but soon, a smile appeared on Zhao Kuo's face.

Unexpectedly, it was in this way that the Fuhui Congress was caught.

Chapter 1205 The Nonchalant Zhao Kuo Talks about the Battle Plan (No.30 Seventh Update)

Later that day, the patriarch was secretly taken away by Mao Sui.

Of course, this is not to say that the patriarch disappeared. After a period of time, he got a bigger official position instead, that's a later story.

The next day, the leaders and patriarchs of the Yue people left Suzhou City happily. For them, this time not only saw His Majesty the Emperor, but also His Majesty's respect for them.

The attitude is still very good, which undoubtedly makes them feel at ease.

Of course, the patriarchs have all seen how powerful the soldiers and horses of the Han Kingdom are, and they don't want to go against the Han Kingdom.

It is of course flattering to be recognized by the Han Dynasty and let them continue to live a small life of real rule.

However, Zhao Kuo also gave these patriarchs a shackle, that is, let all the patriarchs jointly declare that the succession of any patriarch must be approved by the Han Kingdom.

In other words, whoever wants to become the patriarch in the future will have the final say of the Han government.

With this shackle in place, the Han Kingdom's control over these tribes will naturally be much more stable.

But generally speaking, the patriarchs are still very happy. Anyway, their wealth and honor in this life are preserved, and the affairs of future generations will be a headache for future generations.

After the patriarchs left, Zhao Kuo rested in Suzhou City for another two days.

It is said to be a rest, but in fact it is to give Mao Sui some time, so that Mao Sui can figure out all the ins and outs.

Mao Sui did live up to Zhao Kuo's high expectations, and quickly figured out the matter and reported it.

The assassination this time came from the direct instruction of Fox, the military adviser in the Restoration Congress, and was personally executed by the leader who was captured by Mao Sui on the spot.

But the leader actually didn't know the identity of the fox. The leader was a Chu countryman.

He was severely injured and unconscious.

Originally, according to this number, the leader should die, but when he woke up, he found that he was in a safe place, and a person wearing a fox mask appeared in front of the leader

.

For the savior of the fox, the leader is naturally grateful to Dade, and vowed to serve the fox for the rest of his life, so under the arrangement of the fox, the leader became a

The good people of the Han Kingdom traveled between the imperial capital and Suzhou as businessmen, and secretly recruited a group of dead soldiers with the resources given by the fox.

It has been relatively peaceful for several years, but not long ago, the fox suddenly sent someone to take a batch of explosives and portraits to the leader, and asked the leader to assassinate Zhao Kuo. As for the explosives and portraits

The source, the leader himself is also ignorant.

Then, the assassination happened.

After reading the dossier of the leader's confession, Zhao Kuo was silent for a while, and said, "Have the other people's confessions matched him?"

Mao Sui said: "The other assassins have all checked, and their confessions are basically the same."

Zhao Kuo sighed and said, "All the women will be reduced to slaves, and all the men will be killed."

Mao Sui should be, and then retreated respectfully.

Zhao Kuo fell into deep thought for a long time.

The next day, Zhao Kuo issued an order to return to the imperial capital.

Under Zhao Kuo's order, the entire patrol team naturally returned in a mighty way.

This time, Zhao Kuo had thousands of troops by his side, so naturally it was impossible for any unscrupulous assassin to come again.

In addition, after the news of Zhao Kuo's assassination spread, all the local officials along the way were extremely concerned, lest His Majesty the Emperor be assassinated in their own land, that would be terrible.

That's the big deal.

Under such heavy vigilance, Zhao Kuo naturally returned to the imperial capital safely.

Looking at Xu Li and Pang Nuan in front of him, Zhao Kuo smiled and said, "Why such an expression? Isn't it good?"

Xu Li said helplessly: "Your Majesty, you'd better stay in the Imperial City in the future, this is the safest way."

Zhao Kuo smiled and said nothing.

For Zhao Kuo, he is not a person who is willing to stay in the imperial capital forever!

It's just that Zhao Kuo has other ideas now, and it's inconvenient to disclose them for the time being.

After Zhao Kuo returned to Beijing, everything was as usual.

In everyone's opinion, the assassins who dared to assassinate His Majesty had already been executed in Suzhou City. In addition, Zhao Kuo did not continue to issue any orders or make countermeasures against this matter.

Yes, so I feel that this matter should have passed.

Even the members of the Restoration Council gradually calmed down from their fearful state of mind, and gradually felt that the limelight of this matter might have passed.

Time passed without knowing it, and the autumn harvest season has arrived.

On this day, Zhao Kuo summoned many important ministers of the Han Dynasty and began to discuss the battle plan for the new year.

Li Mu was still suppressing the rebellion of the patriarchs in the southwestern mountainous area. According to Li Mu, it would not take two or three years to get it right, so Li Mu naturally did not appear here.

At this meeting, Chief of Staff Sima Shang was still in charge of introducing the new strategy.

Sima Shang walked up to the map with a baton in his hand, and said with a smile, "Everyone, after discussion with our staff, we agreed that the target of this war should be the Qing Dynasty.

the remainder of the Tibetan Plateau. "

In the previous wars, the Great Han Kingdom had already occupied Qinghai Lake and the Qaidam Basin in the later generations, that is, about half of Qinghai Province in the north had been brought under the rule of the Great Han Kingdom.

Only Sima Shang could say the words "the rest".

Of course, this remaining part actually accounts for four-fifths of the area of ​​the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, so the conquest of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau by the Han Dynasty is still quite limited.

Still the prime minister, Xu Li, calmly said: "I want to ask, why did you conquer the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau? According to what I know, this place is quite cold, no matter what

Both population and supplies are very scarce.However, its territory is extremely vast. If the Han Kingdom wants to control this place, it will have to invest a lot of troops and resources.

Will the loss outweigh the gain? "

Faced with Xu Li's question, Sima Shang obviously already had a draft, and immediately said without hesitation: "On this matter, Prime Minister Xu is indeed right.

Taking this war to attack the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau alone, the resources invested by the Han Kingdom may have indeed exceeded our gains.

However, after repeated demonstrations by the General Staff, we still believe that the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is a place that must be conquered, which is related to the national destiny of our Han Dynasty. "

Xu Li's expression moved slightly, but this old prime minister has seen all kinds of turmoil, so naturally he won't let it go because of Sima Shang's words, but said calmly

: "In that case, please ask Minister Sima to tell you your reasons."

Sima Shang nodded, and let the baton walk on the map while speaking.

"Everyone, please see that this is the Central Plains of our Great Han Kingdom. Today, all areas adjacent to the Central Plains of our Great Han Kingdom, including the Monan Mobei Grassland, the Korean Peninsula,

The Lingnan region, the southwest region, etc., have all been incorporated into the territory of the Han Kingdom.

However, can this guarantee the depth when foreign enemies invade?No, because there is still a huge gap around the Central Plains, which is the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in the west

.

Please see, if the enemy invades our Central Plains from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, they can choose the Hexi Corridor to attack and cut off the connection between our Central Plains and the Western Regions.

They can directly attack Guanzhong and use the shortest route to intimidate the Central Plains. Thirdly, they can also attack Bashu or Yungui, which is also condescending. Our defense is very weak.

Difficult.

In other words, if our Great Han Kingdom does not occupy this land now, once a new regime is formed on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in the future, then this regime will treat us

Our Great Han Kingdom poses a great, even fatal threat.

Rather than turning a blind eye to this hidden danger, it is better to take advantage of the strength of our Great Han Kingdom to bring this place under our command in one fell swoop. This is the real solution once and for all. "

After Zhao Kuo heard Sima Shang's words, he couldn't help but nodded slightly.

What Sima Shang said is actually very reasonable, and it has also been verified in history.

In the history of China, a powerful regime was indeed born on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, that is, Tubo.

Tubo is the mortal enemy of the Tang Dynasty. Even in the heyday of the Tang Dynasty under the rule of Emperor Taizong Li Shimin, the Tang Dynasty could only defeat Tubo and had no way to invade the hinterland of Tubo. Therefore, Li

The people of the world can only choose to make peace with the ruler of Tubo, Songtsan Gampo, and marry Princess Wencheng to Songtsan Gampo.

After the Anshi Rebellion broke out, Tubo saw that the Tang Dynasty was weak, so they directly sent troops to attack the Hexi Corridor.

The Western Regions struggled to support, but in the end the entire Hexi Corridor and the Western Regions were completely under the control of Tubo.

Since then, the Western Regions have been out of the control of the Chinese civilization, until the three generations of emperors Kangxi, Yongzheng, and Qianlong continued to destroy the Junggar Khanate in Galdan during the Qing Dynasty.

The Western Regions returned to China after a thousand years.