Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

"Assimilating a nation is by no means a simple matter."

Qingji looked at Crown Prince Heng and Wu Ji who were sitting opposite, and said earnestly: "Twenty years ago, when the world was not yet unified, in the land of Great Wu, there lived people from Wu, Chu, Yue, and Qi. people, Qin people and so on."

"Ten miles have different sounds, and hundreds of miles have different customs. Every vassal state has its own customs, even characters, currencies, weights and measures, etc."

"However, they all have a common identity - descendants of Yanhuang. The second and third sons are all Chinese."

"Even so, after more than [-] years of hard work, hard work and painstaking efforts, I wiped out all the countries and transformed the scattered countries into a unified dynasty."

After a pause, Qingji had no choice but to say with emotion: "This process took me many years, too long, and I paid a huge price."

"Today, the cars are on the same track, the books are the same, and the behavior is the same. Although he has his position, he has no virtue, so he dare not perform rituals and music."

"In my land of Great Wu, everyone writes the same characters, speaks the same language, and uses the same currency, regardless of each other."

"But the people, have you already recognized from your heart that you are from Wu? Not necessarily, at least not all of them."

Qing Ji laughed at himself and said, "There are still some stubborn rebels who are trying to overthrow Great Wu and restore the motherland."

Wu Ji said seriously: "Grandfather, these rebellious plots will not succeed. In today's world, the country is prosperous and the people are safe, and the common people are well-fed, why would they risk their lives to rebel?"

"good."

Qingji nodded and said: "Li Shu, the Li Shu of my Great Wu are all simple people. But if they have a bite to eat, they won't be starving, and they won't put their heads on their waistbands to rebel..."

"But, Jier, what I want to tell you is that I have unified the world and made the whole world a family. It is so difficult for the Chinese people of the same origin, let alone those vassal kingdoms?"

"The empire now has eighty vassal kingdoms, and there are countless ethnic groups living in them. There are thousands of people, large and small. It is not easy to integrate them and make them become real Wu people, and recognize themselves as Wu people."

After pondering for a moment, Wu Ji said, "Grandfather, this will take a long time. It may take decades, it may take hundreds of years, or even hundreds of years."

"Hard to say."

Qing Ji laughed lightly and said, "The eighty vassal kingdoms ruled by the Great Wu have not forced their subjects to change their customs. They just changed the currency system, learned Wu language, and wrote Wu characters. This is already very valuable."

In dealing with conquered nations, Qingji adopts a soft policy.

Both rigidity and softness, kindness and might.

This is an important reason why Qingji did not implement the county system or provincial system in Persia, Lydia, Macedonia and other regions.

There are eighty vassal kingdoms in Dawu, how many positions are there for ministers and ministers?
Rather be a chicken head than a phoenix tail.

This is exactly the reason.

Compared with the sheriff of a county and the prime minister of a vassal kingdom, the sheriff naturally pales in comparison.

Among the countless kingdoms and city-states conquered by Great Wu, there are many old nobles.

Great Wu needs these people to maintain the local rule, and it is also necessary to make proper use of them to consolidate the rule of the vassal kingdom itself.

With interests as a link, the existence of the Great Wu Fan Kingdom is reasonable.

For each vassal kingdom, Qingji’s requirements are to learn Wu characters, learn Wu language, use the imperial currency, use the imperial weights and measures, and then let the scholars go to the various vassal kingdoms to study, give lectures, recruit disciples, preach and receive karma. confused.

Change customs subtly!

Generally speaking, Qingji's soft-hearted policy is to moisten things silently.

However, this takes a long time.

To this day, many local aristocratic ministers and their families in the vassal kingdom have taken the initiative to learn Wu language, write Wu characters, wear Wu clothes, and wear Wu people's southern crowns in order to cater to the empire.

Except for the difference in skin color and accent, they are no different from the real Wu people.

Up and down.

If things go on like this for a long time, it will only be a matter of time before the aliens in the various vassal kingdoms are assimilated and become real members of the Wu Empire.

Existing in history for 13 years, the short-lived Alexander Empire has so much influence, let alone the Wu Empire?
"Grandfather, if this is the case, my grandson will not cut down the feudal clan."

Wu Ji could not help lowering his head.

As a person with a high desire for power, it is really difficult to tolerate the existence of a vassal kingdom that does not submit to oneself.

This is the reason why the emperors of so many dynasties in history would think about cutting down their vassals.

"No, Jier, you can cut down the clan, and I encourage you to cut down the clan."

"Ah? Why?"

Wu Ji was very puzzled.

"To cut down the feudal clan, you must pay attention to the method, and you can't just do it blindly. Jier, you should have thought about how to cut down the feudal clan after you inherit the great rule, right? Tell me carefully."

"This……"

"But it's okay, I won't blame you."

Seeing Qingji's tolerant attitude, Wu Ji felt relieved, gritted his teeth and said, "Grandfather, to tell the truth, if grandson inherits the great rule in the future and insists on cutting down the vassals, he will definitely follow the weaker ones." The feudal kingdom will strike first."

"Last year, when there was a rebellion in Moguo, Mo Wangxin fled in a hurry. It was the surrounding kingdoms that helped him suppress the rebellion and restore Moguo."

"If this is the grandson, the vassal king who lost his country should be deposed, and then directly set up counties in his country to rule."

After a pause, Wu Ji said again: "If there are any vassals who act illegally, Sun Er will reprimand them immediately, and after they are imprisoned in the imperial capital, they will be deposed and their country will be dismissed."

"Finally, there are those vassal kingdoms with stronger national power, and my grandson can gradually figure them out."

"When the time is right, when they return to Beijing to report on their duties and meet with them, grandson will detain them. If they don't come to worship, grandson should use this as an excuse to send troops to punish them."

"Destroy its vassal state and establish counties."

"Grandfather, why is there no excuse for this crime? No matter what excuses or reasons the vassal kings use, my grandson will definitely cut down their vassal kingdoms one by one..."

"shut up!"

Before Wu Ji could finish speaking, Prince Heng who was sitting on the side couldn't help but glared at Wu Ji, and reprimanded him, "Zhuzi! How dare you do such a disgraceful thing?"

"Those vassal kings are your uncles, brothers, and nephews! If you cut down the vassals like this, it's no wonder that the world is not chaotic, and it's no wonder that the empire doesn't fall apart!"

"..."

Qingji was speechless.

Perhaps he should be thankful that Wu Ji did not use the same strategy of reducing vassals as Emperor Jianwen in history.

Emperor Jianwen cut down the vassal, and what he did was not very kind.

In order to consolidate the imperial power, Emperor Jianwen conspired with his trusted ministers Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng to cut down the vassal.

Zhou Wang, Dai Wang, Qi Wang, Xiang Wang, etc. were successively deposed as common people or killed.

At the same time, Emperor Jianwen transferred the elite soldiers of King Yan in the name of frontier defense, preparing to eliminate King Yan.

As a result, Zhu Di, the king of Yan, raised troops under the suggestion of Yao Guangxiao in the name of "the Qing emperor's side, Jing's internal difficulties"...

Such a "happiness and happiness", it's no wonder that Zhu Di, who has a stronger personality, is not forced to rebel.

You must know that the vassal kings who were deposed or killed were all the uncles of Emperor Jianwen!
Not to mention the Jingnan Change, the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion in the Western Han Dynasty and the Eight Kings Rebellion in the Western Jin Dynasty are examples of vassal kings rebelling.

After all, dogs will jump over walls when they are in a hurry.

Cutting off people's wealth is like killing one's parents.

If you want to take away someone else's "golden job", how can the other party catch it without a fight?

Decades later, the power of the various feudal kingdoms will be very strong, and Wu Ji, who is a real swordsman, may not be able to do it.