Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

As soon as this thought came to his mind, Li Jidon felt as if his ideas were flowing like a spring.

Due to the efficiency of information transmission, and also because ruling a place also requires benefits.

So in places like the grasslands, our ancestors had defeated foreign races before, but they did not take over large tracts of grasslands as their territory.

The reason is that for the imperial court, the benefits that the grassland can bring are far less than the cost of ruling and defense.

But it’s different when going overseas, and it’s even more different when enfeoffing princes and kings overseas.

Looking back in the past, when King Wu destroyed King Zhou, he was also unable to rule the Nine Provinces, and instead chose to divide the princes and kings.

For example, Qizi, an important official in the late Shang Dynasty, was granted a fiefdom on the peninsula to establish a dynasty. The Qizi Dynasty lasted for a thousand years and was even recorded in the "History of Goryeo" as a record of Chinese education and rituals. Starting from Qizi, people begged to build a temple to worship him.

Compared with the rugged and difficult land routes, the sea routes are undoubtedly more convenient to connect the countries and the princes who are enfeoffed overseas.

Even if the Han Dynasty was unable to govern the distant overseas vassal kingdoms at all times, it would undoubtedly allow the Han Dynasty to siphon off contemporary resources in this way and truly establish its position as the central country of the world.

Moreover, this system not only allows the martial Han people to have unlimited space for expansion and advancement.

It can also continuously promote the development of sea vessels through the demand for sea transportation, allowing Han culture to continue to bring advanced glory to many backward and ignorant regions.

With a Han sword in the left hand and a Confucian book in the right hand, it is completely realized that all the land under heaven belongs to the king. Isn't it beautiful?
Thinking of this, Li Ji couldn't help but pick up the teacup with slightly trembling hands, took a sip carefully, and tried to calm himself down.

This idea... is too radical, much more radical than guiding the powerful families to expand outward like hyenas.

The Han people are martial people and have no resistance to the titles of kings and princes.

It was for this reason that Emperor Gaozu blocked the passage of kings of different surnames with the "White Horse Alliance".

Once Liu Bei chose to open this door overseas, the first ones to go completely crazy would definitely be the aristocratic families, especially the top families headed by the Yuan family.

Today in Yizhou, the powerful families have essentially gained freedom similar to that of demarcating land and ruling as kings, which has already attracted many families to flock to develop Yizhou.

If Liu Bei had truly listed a certain amount of achievements in overseas conquests and developments in order to be crowned king after ascending the throne, Li Ji couldn't imagine how many men would choose to set sail and build their careers.

At the very least, Yuan Shu, who has nothing to do at home every day and has already started studying Buddhism with Liu Qi, will definitely not be able to stay here and will definitely clamor to go out to sea.

After a long pause, Li Ji regained his composure and spoke.

"My Lord, what you said is of great importance. We need to consider it slowly in the future. For now, we should focus on becoming king."

Liu Bei nodded, but was not in a hurry.

In any case, unifying the country is the real thing, and overseas affairs are also a decision to be made after the revival of the Han Dynasty. It is indeed not advisable to spend too much energy on it at the moment.

Immediately, Liu Bei looked at the stack of documents in front of him and spoke.

"Zi Kun is in charge of all matters related to becoming king, and we have the assistance of Lord Cai, Lord Zheng, Master Lu, etc. I have nothing to worry about. There is only one thing that needs to be changed."

"My lord, please speak."

Liu Bei said seriously, "When offering sacrifices to heaven and crowning, I hope Zikun will be by my side."

"My lord, this is not in accordance with etiquette." Li Ji replied with a frown.

"If Yunchang had not been stationed in Jingzhou and Yide had not been in command of the troops in Yuzhou, I would have wanted you to accompany me. Now that Yunchang and Yide cannot return, Zikun cannot refuse..."

After a pause, Liu Bei continued.

"Besides, when Emperor Wu was enthroned at Mount Tai, he brought along Huo Xian, the son of Marquis Guanjun, with him. Zikun is to me more than Marquis Guanjun is to Emperor Wu." "There is a precedent from our ancestors. If anyone says that it is not in accordance with the etiquette, they can just come and explain it to me in detail."

What a precedent...

This reason was so universal that Li Ji didn't know how to refute it and could only agree to it temporarily.

However, after Li Ji and Liu Bei further finalized a series of matters concerning offering sacrifices to heaven and crowning the king, he returned to his mansion after work to have dinner with his wife and daughter. However, he paced back and forth in the courtyard alone, lost in deep thought.

Once the door was opened to establish foreign kings, princes would be set up in all the fertile lands. Regardless of whether this idea was radical or not, the pros and cons were quite obvious.

Looking back to the time of Emperors Yan and Huang and the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, how could the territory be compared with that of the Han Dynasty today?

Especially after the Western Zhou Dynasty enfeoffed the princes, the princes frantically expanded their territories. This was a period of dramatic changes in the area of ​​China's territory.

The Qin and Han dynasties were merely empires established within the territories opened up by the Zhou dynasty.

Great unification naturally has its own advantages.

The enthusiasm for external expansion under the feudal system was undoubtedly far greater than that under the unified dynasty.

For the sake of profit, the princes will continue to expand the land according to their innate pursuit of land.

Therefore, to open this gap, we only need to get through the initial stage when the Han Dynasty needs full support behind the scenes. The princes who successfully gain a foothold overseas will undoubtedly bring some small shock to the friendly countries of the powerful Han Dynasty.

By then, the Maritime Silk Road originally envisioned by Li Ji will surely succeed, but it is hard to say whether the people on this road will be friendly countries or the princes of the Han Dynasty.

Because of different cultural thinking, those friendly countries on the other side of the mainland will only choose colonization and plunder.

But the princes under the Han cultural system would not do things so crudely, nor would they think of making a quick buck and leaving.

This will undoubtedly bring about dramatic changes in the times and will also have extremely far-reaching and unknown impacts on the Han Dynasty.

To put it in a positive way, Han culture was invincible in this era and began to take root in every corner.

To put it in a worse way, there is a possibility that one day the princes under the Han cultural system will follow the example of the ancient Qin Dynasty and choose to unify the five oceans and seven continents to counterattack the Central Plains.

Do you want to try to open this door?
Li Ji's thumb unconsciously rubbed the fan ribs, hesitating.

After all, Li Ji knew very well that this decision would not only affect the fate of tens of millions of people in the entire Han Dynasty, but would also have a far-reaching impact on friendly countries of the time.

"Snapped!"

The fan hit his palm hard, and Li Ji had made up his mind.

"Someone, go call Liu Bao over."

With Li Ji's order, the command was quickly passed down.

Liu Bao, who was originally resting at home, quickly tidied up his clothes and rushed to the Guoshihou Mansion.

In the meeting room brightly lit by oil lamps, Liu Bao saluted respectfully towards Li Ji.

"Greetings to the Marquis."

"Liu Bao, come over and talk."

Li Ji pointed to the spot in front of him and said. (End of this chapter)