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Chapter 758: No Regrets


What to do when there is pressure on a ruler in the country The right ruler will find a way to channel the discontent of the people and revise the policy to the greatest extent, but this will not be of much use, and it will test the patience and courage of the people in the country.

More qualified rulers, they will look for an enemy from the outside, use the external enemy to attract domestic attention, and use all means to publicize the threat of the enemy, and the other is to sort out the internal affairs and then unite what should be united, not necessarily to really wage war against that enemy, but it can effectively divert the domestic contradictions, as long as it is not a monstrous public grievance, it can always last.

Good rulers, they will do the above two steps, but also will cultivate a group of enterprising people, find a hands-on foreign enemy, ensure that they can easily destroy the enemy, may not snatch much resources from the enemy, but internal dissatisfaction must be vented.

Qualified and excellent rulers, while they are looking for the enemy, they will also take the opportunity to clean up the part of the domestic threat, that is, it is very dangerous to do so, the domestic threat has not been eliminated if the operation is improper, and the foreign war has not been won, and the result is that their "dragon power" has been shaken, and those who are threatened are also vigilant and grouped, if they do not change the phalanx, their own throne will not be guaranteed.

Liu Yan can think of some examples, but there are really not too many emperors with that courage and courage in the history of Zhuxia, there are successes, failures, and some are not bad.

Anyway, I wouldn't be Yang Guang Liu Yan has read history, and I have specially understood Yang Guang: Yang Guang is not really that unbearable, but the winner of the change of dynasty did his best to smear it.

It's just that the opponent he encountered was too strong and cunning, and he lacked patience At present, there are no interest groups in the Han Kingdom, and several interest groups that have just been formed are still targeting each other, and Liu Yan has always exercised the highest control over the army, as long as there are no problems with the military, there will be no major problems.

"Gupta war, war in the Western Regions, war in the grasslands."

Liu Yan said more generally, and he will still divide the local battlefield: "Today, the first priority is the Gupta war and the war in the Western Regions. ” The war against the Gupta Dynasty has become more and more complicated, and it is also the first cross-sea war in the history of the Han State or Zhuxia to travel thousands of miles away, and if it fails, it will be a very serious matter.

"Although there was a slight drag, the war went relatively smoothly."

Xu Zheng understood very well how important the war against the Gupta Dynasty was, and he thought that Liu Yan was shaken, so he hurriedly said: "General Zhengnan has repeatedly promised that he will definitely land on the enemy's territory next year. ” Liu Yan did not waver at all, once the first invasion of thousands of miles away failed, Zhu Xia, who likes to learn from history, will repeatedly talk about this failure, which will make most people retreat as soon as they hear about the cross-sea war, and their generation may be able to fight across the sea again, but future generations may not have that confidence and courage.

Ji Chang and Sang Yu glanced at each other, and the two reached a tacit understanding in an instant.

"Your Majesty, if the war is necessary, the Prime Minister's Mansion can do the greatest support."

Although Ji Chang turned to the tendency to hope for peaceful construction of internal affairs, he knew very well when it depended: "The battle against Gupta is to grit your teeth, and the ministers will do their best." ” Sang Yu immediately echoed: "The battle between the Han Dynasty and Gupta has formed an alliance with many countries, and the only way to destroy their countries is to destroy them. ” Speaking from different angles, the military is still full of confidence in victory, and the Prime Minister's Office stated that it will continue no matter how difficult it is, but Sang Yu is speaking from the perspective of diplomatic relations.

Zhuxia is actually a country with a good face, and there are too many examples of swollen faces and fat people.

In many cases, it is not just for the sake of saving face, but because a big country should have the appearance of a big country, otherwise how to maintain its majesty and make all countries fearful People with self-confidence are usually more likely to persuade others, and they can also make others jealous when they think about being unfavorable to them.

In terms of the country's diplomatic relations, a strong country needs to rely on majesty to deter other countries, otherwise it is clear that it is very strong, but other countries feel that it is easy to bully, even if other countries may not be able to do anything to themselves, but it will be very uncomfortable to be repeatedly provoked.

In the final analysis, the country has been established for a short time, and most of the ruling strata are from the end of the day, and the fundamental reason why they have always maintained a tough stance on the outside world is that they are not intimidated by the enemy.

Liu Yan saw several important ministers express their positions one after another, and he was relieved in his heart and knew why.

The military needs to have war, they have to prove their worth in the war, go to the battlefield to get military merits, and be honored as a wife and son.

The ideology of the Prime Minister's Mansion is not unified, but Ji Chang, as the Prime Minister, knows very well that the strength of the country cannot be shaken, and foreign countries may not be able to do anything with the Han State, but domestic careerists will inevitably take advantage of the topic.

The Han Kingdom has only been established for nine years, and the time is so short that many of the former opponents and enemies have not died, and I don't know how many people are hiding in the dark.

For example, in the northwest, as soon as there is a slight problem, so many remnants will pop out, and that is still the premise that the Han army did not suffer a major setback in the war.

If the war against the Gupta Dynasty was abandoned halfway, not only in the northwest, but also in the south of the Yangtze River, and then spread to the whole country.

Don't forget that the drought in the northwest is already an established fact, and the overall drought in the north has also appeared, no one knows how Liu Yan predicted the outbreak of drought in advance, and when he first mentioned the drought in the Central Plains in the sixth year of Yuan Shuo, many people were surprised and confused.

In the sixth year of Yuan Shuo, the Han State had not yet eliminated the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and there was no recovery of Sizhou and Merge Prefecture at that time.

At that time, Liu Yan mentioned that there would be a drought, and if he hadn't shown enough mystery, it would have been not surprise and confusion, but that he would have thought he was mentally ill.

Three years have passed, Liu Yan's prophecy has been confirmed, I don't know how many people regret why they expanded so quickly, they should wait for the drought to break out before acting, the Han State can appear as a savior, and those countries where the drought occurs will inevitably be spurned.

It's too late to say anything now, especially Liu Yan doesn't regret it at all.

Of course, he knew that there were advantages to delaying, but the number of Han people was already small enough, and it was with the idea that he could keep one by one, so he did not take advantage of the natural disaster.

It was not Our Lady of Liu Yan, it was his ambition that determined his actions.

In an era when everything needs people, we must really wait for natural disasters to occur before expanding, and how many people can be left under natural disasters and man-made disasters At present, the Han country has a population of more than 17 million, and such a small number of people are not even satisfied with the local area, and many of the things they want to do cannot be done.

If we wait for natural disasters to send troops, the Han Kingdom will definitely not have 17 million people at present, and at most it will be more than 10 million.

At the end of the court meeting, Liu Yan returned to the apse to rest, and not long after Cui Zong told him that Prime Minister Ji Chang and the imperial envoy Sang Yu asked to see him.

Liu Yan knew that someone would come to ask for a meeting, but what was more unexpected was that only Ji Chang and Sang Yu came.

"Your Majesty."

Ji Chang and Sang Yu both looked preoccupied, and after being arranged to be seated, the two did not speak immediately.

They weren't surprised that Liu Yan would wait in the apse, on the contrary, they took it for granted.

"Your Majesty."

Sang Yu stood up and saluted, and said, "The calamity that came from heaven is misfortune, and the ambitious people bewitch the people.

The minister thought that he should be a big rope" Liu Yan nodded but did not speak.

The so-called ambitious people are not small, the remnants of the countries after they were destroyed, because of the various policies of the Han State The interests of the group were damaged.

Especially those families and wealthy families, because of the state's control of the land and the emancipation of slaves, it is inevitable that they will be resentful of the Han State.

Most of the people who didn't know how to hide their resentment were slaughtered again and again by Huan Wen and Ran Min who raised their butcher knives one after another.

Under Huan Wen's high pressure on the southern families and wealthy families, those who should have been destroyed did not survive, and more went into hiding.

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Ran Min's killing in the north was more aimed at the Qian people, and it was relatively mild to some families and Haoqiang, leaving a lot of troubles.

Of course, if there are groups whose interests are damaged, there will inevitably be beneficiary groups, such as those slaves who have been liberated, and for example, the people who have vacated more acres of land to rent, but it is the state that benefits the most, and some people in the system have also bitten some meat.

"The Imperial Doctor can go south."

Liu Yan only closed the door and let Sang Yu go, and said with a smile: "But you have to master the scale." ” Sang Yu's position is to suppress the south, if something happens, he will suppress it desperately, and if something doesn't happen, he will find a reason to suppress it, which is what he will inevitably do as one of the leaders of the northern faction.

"There is a Qing in the south, and there is a saying in the north."

Liu Yan paid attention to Sang Yu's emotional changes, but he didn't find it obviously.

He smiled and said, "The widow will be ordered to inspect the northern realms. ” In other words, it is Lu Yi, who is one of the leaders of the southern faction.

The contradiction between the northern and southern factions of the Han Kingdom existed from the very beginning, and Liu Yan did not put an end to the existence of the factions, nor did he ever think of killing them all.

He knows that where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and he can't put an end to it at all, so that they can fight with each other, maintain a balance, and don't let them affect national decision-making.

The north and south factions suppress each other, one goes to the south, and the other goes to the north, they will not do things too desperately, at least they will not deal with anyone on trumped-up charges, but they can achieve benefits for the country, Liu Yan's actions are a kind of imperial art to put it bluntly, and he doesn't need to learn it at all as a modern person who has traveled through time, and there are too many such knowledge in the books he reads, even if he just watches dramas or movies.

"Your Majesty."

Sang Yu didn't seem to resist at all, and slapped a sycophant before he continued: "This time I went south, and the minister wanted to go to the Indochina Peninsula.

His Majesty's Holy Judgment. ” Liu Yan could reply immediately, but he looked at Ji Chang.

"The ministers heard that there were many lawlessness in other places, and there were acts of collusion with foreign countries."

Ji Chang apparently agreed.

He has always opposed the autonomy of the Indochina Peninsula, believing that it should be attached to the center, so he said: "The ministers who are not subordinate should be disposed of." ” The Han occupation of the Indochina Peninsula was not long, but Liu Yan opened this opening, but it made some people fall into a carnival.

Although he did not do the business of ripping the soil and rewarding the society, he had the strength, courage, and courage to develop the various families in the Indochina Peninsula, and he could be powerful and prosperous by occupying a piece of land, which was almost no different from his own fiefdom.

Liu Yan opened the Indochina Peninsula to let those people have fun, and he didn't have the luxury of hoping that those guys could be moral gentlemen, if it was pedantic to talk about the law to the local natives, colonization should have the appearance of colonization, but he couldn't tolerate someone communicating with foreign countries without the permission of the center.

"The laws of China are only for the people of China."

Liu Yan looked at Sang Yu deeply and said, "The people who are not widows are not protected by the Han law. ” Sang Yu immediately said with sincere fear: "The minister is edicted." ” It is appropriate to use the laws of the country to punish the crooked nuts, but to use the laws of the country to protect the crooked nuts, not only Liu Yan feels that there is no such reason, but even the most ordinary people in the Han Kingdom also feel that the crooked nuts should not be treated with such grace.

"The imperial envoy went to the Indochina Peninsula to record the rumors along the way, and presented them to the widow when he returned."

Liu Yan just didn't give the right to do things, and he wouldn't give it: "To the south, follow this example." ” What else can Sang Yu do except salute and obey orders At this stage in Zhuxia, there has not been such a profession as Qincha, which only existed in the Ming and Qing dynasties.

In the past, there were only envoys of the Son of Heaven who were ordered to go to a certain place, but the rights of the envoys of the Son of Heaven were also limited, and they could usually only do the tasks arranged by the Son of Heaven.

If the envoys of the Son of Heaven find anything lawless, they can only mention it when they go back to their lives, and they have no right to deal with it at all.

This is not the first time that Liu Yan has sent ministers to inspect the counties and counties, and he has never been given the right to act cheaply, just to deal with something, and it is also the Son of Heaven who is responsible for investigating the case, and the deputy envoy of the Son of Heaven will cooperate with the local government to deal with it, to put it bluntly, it is still a kind of check and balance.

Sang Yu went back to sit down a little sickly.

"Your Majesty."

Ji Changcai doesn't care how the north and the south want to fight, it is a kind of checks and balances of the emperor.

He said the main purpose of the trip: "Arrangements have been made in various places, and the people will be grateful for their kindness." ” If Liu Yan hadn't known in advance, he would have been stunned when he heard such a sentence without a beginning or an end.

What Ji Chang said was to guide public opinion.

The Han State has already suffered a big loss in the northwest, and deeply regrets why it was not announced in advance that Liu Yan had predicted that there would be a drought, and no one dared to bet before it really happened, or the consequences of the wrong bet would be very serious, and it would even threaten Liu Yan's rule.

The Northwest did not announce Liu Yan's "prophecy" in advance, and as a result, there was a remark that "the Son of Heaven is not virtuous and is not enough to govern the Northwest."

Liu Yan said that the drought will spread to the north and the Central Plains, and now no one is taking it seriously, especially when Ji Chang sent people to various places to investigate in detail, and indeed found signs of natural disasters, so it would be more than stupid to do nothing.

"In this way, the prime minister uses more snacks."

Liu Yan knows what god-making is, and he actually has no special ideas about such a thing, the key is that he has to do it now

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