Great Warlord: The Second Ancestor of the Empire

After hearing Zhao Xi's words, Lin Yi did not answer directly immediately. Instead, he raised his head and asked Zhao Xi directly: "Brother Xi, what do you think?"

When Zhao He heard Lin Yi's words, he was stunned for a moment, and then he instantly understood that Lin Yi was testing him. So Zhao He lowered his head and thought for a moment, then raised his head and said to Lin Yi.

"Brother, I think that for the Yizhou people, we can completely copy the empire's previous strategy against the people. After all, this strategy has proven its effectiveness in the past two hundred years."

Lin Yi didn't say anything when he heard Zhao Xi's words. From the general history of the empire, he already knew the empire's strategy towards the Yizhou people in the past hundreds of years.

Not only in Yizhou, but to be more precise, as long as the people in the empire, except for the herdsmen on the northern grasslands, Daxia adopts a kind of free-range state that can be ignored or ignored.

In the official words of Daxia, it means that it does not interfere with the internal power of the people. As long as these people recognize the legitimacy of the empire and do not collude with foreign countries or rebel, the empire basically does not interfere.

This approach can effectively reduce the empire's investment in the surrounding people, recognize the power of the nobles among these people, and allow them to identify with the empire.

But the downside is that the empire's control over these places is only verbal.

If you are a foreigner in the provinces within the empire, such as Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan, Sichuan and Gansu, Gansu Province is fine. Although there are Fan people in these areas, these Fan people are actually surrounded by the empire.

Therefore, these Fan people often interacted with the people of Daxia and were greatly influenced by Daxia culture. They were also called Shufan. The empire was also very confident about them and invested a lot of money in these areas.

However, areas located in the border areas and dominated by Fan people, such as Uyghur, Tubo and Yizhou, were far away from the center and were less influenced by Daxia culture, so their allegiance remained verbal.

The empire has relatively little investment in these areas. Among the three areas, only Weijiang has access to trains. The other two areas are still under the control of local nobles and are often outside the scope of their jurisdiction.

Therefore, in Lin Yi's view, such a weak claim is actually not advisable for the empire.

He knew very well that even though the empire could barely control these areas now, once it entered the era of the information explosion, these areas would become extremely unstable factors.

Lin Yi didn't want to leave this threat to the future. He once read a saying that the 19th century to the middle of the 20th century was the worst era and the best era.

Once the two wars that affected the world broke out, the world's territory was almost fixed. If you want to expand the empire's territory and influence at that time, the investment will definitely be several times, even ten times or dozens of times what it is now.

Lin Yi was not satisfied with Zhao Xi's idea. He turned his attention to Xue Dingshan, who had been silent.

"Dingshan, what do you think?"

Hearing Lin Yi asking himself, Xue Dingshan immediately put down the pencil in his hand, then stood up straight, without speaking, but looked at Zhao He who was standing aside.

Zhao He felt Xue Dingshan's gaze, and he knew that this Xue Dingshan must have a disagreement with him, but he was embarrassed to speak out because of his own face.

"General Xue, big brother asked you to say it, just say it, what do you think I will do?" Zhao He smiled slightly at Xue Dingshan and expressed his goodwill.

Hearing Zhao He's words, Xue Dingshan breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and then said slowly: "Your Highness, the minister does have different opinions from the prince."

"Oh? Then tell me, I'll listen." Zhao He didn't care if someone had different opinions from his. When he came, he had already thought clearly. He was here to learn.

Since it is learning, if you have different opinions, you should absorb more opinions from others.

"Your Highness, Your Majesty, I think now is the best opportunity for the Empire to strengthen its control over Yizhou. Now that the power of the people in Yizhou Island has been destroyed by the Sakura Kingdom, the Empire just takes the opportunity to take over these territories."

"Once the empire can firmly occupy the territory left behind by the Sakura Kingdom, then the people in Yizhou Island will not be able to cause too much trouble. In this way, the foundation of the empire on Yizhou Island can be said to be Solid as a rock.”

"General Xue, do you mean to take tough measures against the Fan people in Yizhou Island and let Fan Shaozeng teach them a lesson together with the Fan people?" Zhao He frowned when he heard Xue Dingshan's words.

He always felt that if Xue Dingshan did this, the empire would most likely fall into the same situation as the Sakura Kingdom.

"General Xue, have you ever thought that if your opinion is followed, the Empire will replace the Sakura Kingdom's role on Yizhou Island. I have been worried that for a long time, those people will also rebel against the Empire."

"Your Highness, the general has also considered what you said, but the Sakura Kingdom can suppress those people head-on with weapons inferior to those of the Empire, so there is no reason why the Empire cannot suppress them."

"As long as these people are convinced and made aware of the power of the empire, they will obey the empire's command like familiar people." Xue Dingshan said in a deep voice.

When Lin Yi heard Xue Dingshan's words, he shook his head directly, and then said: "Brother Xie, the method you said is too gentle, and it is not beneficial to the empire's freeing of the foreign people, and it will easily put the empire at a disadvantage when it comes to the foreign people's issue."

"We have always had weak control over the Fanmin areas. Once invaded by foreign enemies, these Fanmin areas will be out of the empire's control."

"And your strategy, Dingshan, will directly put the empire in a position where it is on the opposite side of the people and will fight to the death."

"Once the strength of the Fanmin reaches a certain level, or the empire's strength declines, then the Fanmin must be the first to stand up and want to leave the Empire by writing a letter."

"Neither of these two methods is the best way for the empire to control its people." Lin Yi shook his head.

Zhao He and Xue Dingshan looked at each other, and they both saw doubts in each other's eyes.

"Brother, how do you think the empire should treat these people?" Zhao He looked at Lin Yi and asked with a puzzled look on his face.

Lin Yi just smiled slightly when he heard Zhao Xi's words.

To be honest, if he was asked to think of a solution by himself, he might not be able to figure it out. After all, there are only a few ways to deal with Fanmin.

However, just because he can't figure it out himself doesn't mean he can't copy it! There is no optimal solution in this era, so will there be no optimal solution in future generations?

"There is indeed one way. I think why don't we cooperate with them in the Fanmin area? The empire provides them with funds and technology to help them live a good life and achieve the same material life as the people of the empire."

"And recruit people from the empire as imperial officials, allowing them to participate in the decision-making and construction of the empire. Implement rule by the people."

"In this way, as long as they are not stupid, they can know what choice they should make."

Upon hearing Lin Yi's words, Zhao He and Xue Dingshan's eyes suddenly lit up.

(The writing is rather vague, after all, the river crab master has been staring at me. I understand everything)