Back to the Warring States Period as Zhao Kuo

"Where did you learn these words?"

It just means that you, Zhao Kuo, know the situation inside. It turns out that General Zhao Guo who was stationed here a few years ago issued an order that all tribal leaders and heirs must

You must learn the elegant language, and anyone who cannot learn the elegant language will directly deprive them of their inheritance rights.

This is a very simple and crude method, but it is also very effective. After all, compared with inheriting a tribe and a huge pasture, the cost of learning a language is much lower.

It can be said that it is low enough to be ignored.

Thinking of this, Zhao Kuo is quite satisfied. After all, if every country wants to maintain this centripetal force, the most basic thing is to say that everyone in your entire country

Everyone speaks the same language and writes the same script, which is the so-called car with the same track, and the book with the same text and the same behavior.

If you can't even do this, it is a country that is completely pieced together. This kind of country is forcibly gathered together even temporarily because of various interests.

, but, as long as they encounter some huge setbacks from the outside, the partnership will be dissolved sooner or later.

This is not Zhao Kuo's bragging and imagining, but a fact that has happened in countless countries in history, and it is a lesson that history has brought to Zhao Kuo, the traveler.

Out of the very normal thinking of a ruler, Zhao Kuo also asked to see if the leaders of these tribes had encountered any problems recently?For example, the local big man

Is the oppression of them by Chinese officials too cruel, or is it because they encountered some troublesome problems when they were not competing for grassland?

Regarding the officials of the Han Dynasty, the leaders of these tribes did not have any objections. They all said that during the process of reassigning slot leaders, the officials of the Han Dynasty all performed relatively well.

To be fair, everyone is very close to the Han Kingdom, and very much hopes to send their children to the mainland of the Han Kingdom to experience the prosperity of the imperial capital.

What an astonishing appearance the legendary capital of Han is.

After saying these flattering words that were basically meaningless, these tribal leaders also began to yell at Zhao Kuo for grievances.

"Your Majesty, you have to discipline those treacherous businessmen from the south. They have made us almost impossible to survive."

After I heard this sentence, Zhao Kuo was also a little puzzled, and the expression on his face immediately became serious.

As His Majesty the emperor, when he can hear the people in his country say that there is no way to survive, any responsible emperor will want to find out immediately

, Did something illegal or criminal happen here?

Under the narration of these tribal leaders, Zhao Kuo gradually learned what happened.

To put it simply, a group of businessmen came to the grassland a few years ago, and they applied to the officials of Zhao State, hoping to do some business with these local tribal leaders

.

Because Zhao Kuo has already stipulated that merchants can freely conduct business and trade in the industries caused by the Han Dynasty, and the breeding industry is obviously one of these industries

, so the local officials didn't take it seriously, and even encouraged these businessmen.

Why should these merchants be encouraged?The answer is actually very simple, because the income from commercial tax in the Han Kingdom is much, much, much, much, much, much more than that of agriculture and breeding.

Under normal circumstances, the agricultural tax is about 30 tax one, which is 33 tax, the breeding industry is 10, and the business is directly 30, and if the business

If the amount of business trade is very large, then this tax can be increased to 40.

It sounds like commercial taxation is a bit too heavy, but the fact is that such taxation is actually a relatively light taxation compared with other countries in the Warring States Period

up.There is no way to do this. After all, in the Warring States Period, everyone wanted to fight. How can we fight without money?

Agriculture cannot be moved, and if the agricultural tax is added, no one wants to be a farmer, and no one wants to join the army to fight. Under such considerations, of course all countries will be against each other and it is not considered a country

Businesses are heavily taxed.

But in any case, with the support of local officials, a group of tribal leaders were quickly summoned to have business talks with these merchants.Although officials do

It is more hoped to attract business and investment, but you must know that the most important thing for officials is to appease the local area, so that this local area can maintain its rule in peace, so we say

Officials are also worried about whether these businessmen will do something, so they have to watch from the sidelines.

In this way, under the auspices of local officials, this group of businessmen from the south held a business discussion meeting with the tribal leaders on the Kulunbuir Prairie.

What these businessmen actually want is very simple, that is, they have a batch of goats from the West in their hands.

In the playground of the leaders, grazing and breeding.

In return, the merchants are willing to buy part of the cattle and sheep of the chiefs, and can provide a very considerable rent every year.

After hearing such a share of the rent, these tribal leaders were naturally moved. You must know that because the Hulunbuir Prairie is really far away from the Central Plains,

It's too far away, so the cattle, sheep or horses here often can't be sold at a good price. Now, if someone comes to the door with a large sum of money, who can refuse?

So these tribal leaders signed an agreement with the merchants very readily, and the agreement lasted for a full 10 years.

After hearing this, Zhao Kuo also asked curiously: "Could it be that these businessmen have broken their appointments and haven't paid?"

After hearing Zhao Kuo's words, the tribal leaders looked at each other with embarrassing expressions, and then one of the tribal leaders said, "It's not like this."

Your Majesty.In fact, these merchants have already paid the money for 10 years in one lump sum just after signing the agreement. Not only that, they also immediately gave the sheep to

They rushed over, and when buying our livestock, all of them had been paid for and delivered on the spot. "

After Zhao Kuo heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little strange, and said, "Since they have already handed over all the money to you, why are you still talking about this thing?"

Unreasonable, do you want me to cancel it? "

At this moment, Zhao Kuo already had some doubts, whether these tribal leaders came here to mess around.

The tribal leader who had been talking to Zhao Kuo said, "Your Majesty doesn't know something, it's not that we want to play tricks, but those merchants and their sheep are indeed

There are too many, not to mention just in the pastures of our tribe, there are now more than 2 sheep, which are more than our livestock combined.and their sheep

Grass is uprooted, and wherever it goes, the grass will be eaten directly.In just a few years, our playground has suffered a lot. If we wait until this 1

At the end of 0 years, our pastures will be eaten by these sheep and completely disappear. "

Zhao Kuo finally understood after listening to what the tribal leader said. It turned out that this was the case.

To put it bluntly, there are too many of these sheep, and then, animals like sheep eat grass without descendants, which leads to the continuous reduction of the area of ​​the pasture.

Once it came, these tribal leaders saw the continuous reduction of the grassland area, of course, it was completely unacceptable.

Zhao Kuo thought for a while and said: "Then you can't go to the local magistrates and let these magistrates get in touch with their businessmen."

The tribal leaders looked at each other, and after a while, they said: "Actually, we have also gone to these local adults, but these adults said that behind those businessmen

It is a very powerful group, even if adults talk about it, it may not be effective. "

As soon as Zhao Kuo heard this, he couldn't bear it any longer.

Good guy, in the Han Kingdom, there is actually such a powerful merchant group that even local officials dare not offend?

Zhao Kuo said, "Tell me which business group this is, and I will investigate them properly when the time comes."

After hearing Zhao Kuo's words, the tribal leaders present were obviously reassured not to kill them, so they immediately uttered a very famous merchant in the Han Kingdom.

name of the industry group.

"Your Majesty, the name of this business group is Dahan Kingdom Textile Group."

Zhao Kuo: "???"

After hearing the name, the expression on Zhao Kuo's face can be said to be very exciting, even a little dumbfounded.

The reason is actually very simple, because Zhao Kuo is now the largest shareholder of Dahan Guo Textile Group and the founder of Da Han Guo Textile Group.

In other words, those businessmen who signed contracts with the tribal leaders were actually wage earners in Zhao Kuo's company and employees of Zhao Kuo.

This is a mess...

At this moment, Zhao Kuo couldn't help but had the urge to raise his forehead to the sky and sigh, it was like the flood rushed into the Dragon King Temple.

After a while, Zhao Kuo calmed down and said, "Don't worry, this textile group belongs to me. I didn't know about it before.

But now that you know it, your worries will be resolved immediately. "

For Zhao Kuo, the small profit of the textile group is of course not as good as these grasslands in Hulunbeier. After all, green water and green mountains are golden mountains and silver mountains.

Of course, it is better to plan ahead.

Chapter 1265 Take a Longer View

Like this matter, if you want to solve it, you still have to go back to the Imperial Capital City.

After all, those merchants from the Dahan Kingdom Textile Group should have returned to the Imperial City by now.

Therefore, Zhao Kuo was also appeasing the leaders of these tribes, telling them that this problem would be resolved after returning to the imperial capital.

As a price, Zhao Kuo asked these tribal leaders to return part of the money. After all, you don’t want to use the grassland for others to graze, so you must pay back the money they rented your grassland, right?

On this point, the tribal leaders also have no opinion.

Compared with money, the grassland is obviously more important. Since Zhao Kuo has designated the grassland, all the tribes on this grassland can no longer migrate freely. Every tribe can only graze in their own grassland. , so every tribe regards the grassland as its lifeblood.

If the pastures are gone, the tribe is basically finished.

Regarding this, Lu Buwei was even a little surprised: "Your Majesty, I didn't expect these guys to be so willing to abide by the contract. If it was based on what I knew about them before, they should directly break the contract and kill these sheep."

Zhao Kuo laughed after hearing this, and said: "The officials of our Han Dynasty and the troops stationed here are not joking, breaking the contract?"You know, their contract was signed under the witness of the magistrate, and they had already paid taxes to the magistrate. How could they dare to break the contract.

This is the benefit of a country's powerful ruling order. Under the suppression of tens of thousands of cavalry, no place in the entire grassland dares to talk nonsense, and they must obediently follow the rules of the Han Kingdom.

No?Then the army of the Han Kingdom will deal with you directly!

After solving this matter, the weather has gradually become colder.

According to local officials, it will start snowing here in more than a month at most.

Mobei, after all, is too high-dimensional, and it is completely different from the Central Plains. Every year, the snow season here is more than one month or even two months earlier than that in the Central Plains.

This is why historically, the Xiongnu and other nomadic tribes would go south from Mobei in winter and enter the Monan Grassland, which is closer to the Central Plains. They must avoid the cold, otherwise people and livestock will be frozen to death.

Moreover, in history, the Huns also liked to wage wars in winter, because the winter in Monan and the Central Plains was tolerable for them. The further south they fought the Huns, the more they could avoid the cold. In spring, the Huns can happily go back to Mobei again.

This kind of war logic seems a bit weird and completely incompatible with the Central Plains, but in fact it is also a very reasonable logic, which reflects the survival plight of nomadic peoples.

But fortunately, Zhao Kuo's Great Han Kingdom now controls the entire Mobei and Monan, and the Central Plains no longer has to worry about wars.

As for keeping out the cold, so many sheep can actually explain the problem. These woolen sweaters have helped the herdsmen survive the harsh winters. When spring comes, they naturally don’t need to migrate anymore.

In the following time, Zhao Kuo led the army all the way south.

At this time, Zhao Kuo also received a message from Changbai Mountain.

Under the guidance of Anda as a guide, Wang Jian swept almost all the Jurchen tribes in the Changbai Mountains who were unwilling to submit to them, slaughtered all the rebels, and captured more than [-] slaves in one fell swoop.

After this battle, the vitality of the Jurchens tribe in the entire Changbai Mountains was severely damaged. In terms of the Jurchens' reproduction speed, if they wanted to have so many children, it would be difficult to do so without a few tens or hundreds of years.

In addition, local officials in Liaodong also sent a memorial, saying that the first batch of immigrants from the Central Plains had arrived in Liaodong.

As the saying goes, there must be brave men under heavy rewards. After learning that each family guarantees a minimum of [-] mu of land, and that [-] mu of land is at the level of Shangtian, many immigrants who dared to take risks came to Liaodong.

It is worth mentioning that most of these immigrants are young people who have just started families. This is also understandable. Young people must be more daring.

Zhao Kuo was also very happy about this, and continued to instruct the local Liaodong officials to guide the immigrants, especially to prepare resources to help the immigrants through the most difficult first time for the immigrants. winter.

Time passed day by day, and the brigade led by Zhao Kuo gradually returned to the Monan Grassland.

Looking at the still verdant prairie in front of her, Tian Wan couldn't help expressing emotion: "I heard before that this prairie is endless, and you can't get out after a few months."At that time, the concubines thought they were lying, but they didn't expect it to be true.

It's been almost a month since I've been walking in a carriage. If I walk, I'm sure I won't be able to get out for a few months.

Zhao Kuo also laughed after hearing this sentence, and said: "Yes, this is our Great Han Kingdom. Its territory is extremely vast, and it has reached a very astonishing level."

At this time, Zhao Kuo was actually thinking about another thing, that is, it is necessary to vigorously develop railway transportation, and at the same time promote research on power equipment such as internal combustion engines, and new types of transportation such as aircraft.

There must be a faster contact method to ensure that the Han Kingdom's control over the territories to the west will not be weakened.

Speaking of which, since the conquest of the lands of Central Asia and West Asia, the garrison of the Han Kingdom has been very busy most of the time in the past few years.

Various local rebellions were overwhelming, but these rebellions were of course not a big problem for the garrison of the Han Dynasty, and they were easily put down.

As time goes by, the number of rebellions is also slowly reducing, but after reducing to a certain number, it will not decrease ap;hellip;ap;hellip;

For this problem, Zhao Kuo believes that this should be caused by the conflict of civilizations.

To put it bluntly, whether it is Seleucus, Ptolemy, or Antigonus, they all came from Greek civilization, while the Han Kingdom came from Chinese civilization.

When two different civilizations collide, there will be such a very intense spark.

As for how to eliminate this spark, Zhao Kuo's idea is actually very simple, that is assimilation!

The assimilation of the local area in the Han Kingdom has always been vigorously promoted.

All Greek characters and Greek language have been abolished and replaced by the official dialects and Chinese characters of the Han Dynasty.

Anyone who does not know the language and Chinese characters is not allowed to serve as an official of the Han Dynasty, and is not allowed to have influence in various fields of people's livelihood in the Han Dynasty.