The Moon in the Qin Dynasty

Chapter 605: Daqin Anbei Protectorate

Many people are still tempted by the prospect of receiving protection from the Qin Dynasty, especially since they can engage in trade with the other countries.

Many tribal leaders knew how comfortable the Xiongnu leader was now. Apart from other things, he had made a lot of money from selling slaves. In the past, they had no place to spend their money, but now they could trade with the Qin Dynasty and enjoy its rich products. That was life.

Although there are many restrictions, there are also many gains. For small and medium-sized tribes, this is actually a good thing. Having a reliable big brother and not having a reliable big brother are completely different.

The Qin envoy did not ask for an immediate reply, but only said that if he wanted to discuss specific matters, he could send an envoy to Ji City.

And declared that the war was over, and if anyone still wanted to continue the war, the Qin Dynasty would fight to the end.

Faced with the choice given by the Qin Dynasty, there was no choice at all. Most of the Donghu people chose to stay with the Qin Dynasty without hesitation, to solve the current problems first and avoid being invaded by the Huns.

Let’s live like the Huns first, and we’ll talk about the future later.

People on the grassland are not qualified to think about things too far ahead.

As for the few tough ones, their fate is also doomed.

Even those who were tough enough did not dare to directly resist the Qin Dynasty, but not submitting was already a way to death.

Their future will only fade away silently.

Just this year, Ying Zheng established the Great Qin Anbei Protectorate.

Wang Ben was appointed as the Protector-General of Anbei, Wang Ao, a disciple of Wei Liao, was appointed as the Deputy Protector-General of Anbei, Feng Wuzhe was appointed as the Imperial Envoy of Anbei, and Yang Yi, the son of Yang Duanhe, was appointed as the Commandant of Anbei.

The Anbei Protectorate was established on the Mongolian Plateau and a city was built in the northwest of Kharkhorin, Mongolia today, and it was in charge of all Xiongnu and Donghu tribes.

This place is located in the center of the northern grassland, which can form an effective deterrent to the entire Mobei region and facilitate the control of the various tribes on the grassland.

Ying Zheng required them to make all grassland people learn Qin language and use Qin characters, and at the same time implement the Qin's decrees and laws to maintain local order.

By spreading Daqin's thoughts and ideas, the younger generation gradually distanced themselves from traditional tribal culture and formed a cultural identity with Daqin.

In order to divide the tribes, the large and small tribes were allowed to govern themselves politically, creating a high degree of independence for each tribe. They were given titles and official positions, and their geographical names were kept highly different, with different spheres of influence, pastures, water sources, mines, etc.

We must actively support Qin's agents in all tribes, create power disputes both inside and outside the tribe, and leave external disputes to Qin to adjudicate.

When the tribe grew stronger, they adopted the "Hu Ren Enfeoffment Order" and directly "divided the family" in the next generation. The division of nomadic peoples was much simpler than that in the Central Plains, which was why Ying Zheng required each tribe to send a few hostages.

There is also economic control, which introduces external economic models and commercial activities into tribal areas to disrupt the original economic balance and self-sufficiency. The tribes are divided as much as possible, causing the gap between the rich and the poor and occupational differentiation within the tribes, and causing differences in interests among people of different economic and power classes.

We must comprehensively divide the Hu people politically, economically, culturally, and militarily, so that they will always be in disarray and fight among themselves.

Even if the grassland population has reached its limit, let them fight among themselves to consume the population, and then the Qin Dynasty will intervene to appropriately adjust the sphere of influence, reset the status, and maintain a dynamic balance.

This is why Ying Zheng wanted to keep the Donghu, so that they could kill each other. It is better to confine the Hu people to the grasslands and let them kill each other than to look towards the Central Plains.

The most important thing in all this is to prevent them from unifying and to make them accept the moral ideas of the Qin Dynasty.

Of course, we cannot just keep on doing this. We cannot deny the Hu people a way to survive. There will always be people on the grasslands, and the grasslands’ production and survival models determine that the grasslands will always be a direct or potential threat to the Central Plains.

The goal now is to keep the threat latent for as long as possible, rather than turning it into a direct threat.

The purpose of the Anbei Protectorate was to prevent the Hu people from unifying and becoming a threat to the Qin Dynasty, to make the grasslands a livestock breeding area for the Qin Dynasty, and to make the Hu people a livestock supplier for the Qin Dynasty.

The Anbei Protectorate also played a positive role, and it was necessary to do a good job in administrative management, economic management, and cultural and ideological exchange and dissemination.

In this process, the Hu people could indeed live a better life.

Of course, all this is inseparable from military deterrence, which is why the chief officer and the military chief are both veteran generals. Not only administrative officials are sent, but also immigrants and troops from the Qin Dynasty.

With the support of the elite Qin cavalry, and with the support of the Qin Dynasty, the Hu people can be forced to follow the Qin Dynasty's rules.

At the same time, the Qin Dynasty spared no effort to absorb the Hu people and become Qin people.

As long as you can speak Qin language fluently, are willing to adapt to local customs, change your clothes, abide by the laws of Qin, and abide by the public order and good customs of Qin, then you are a Qin person!
Ying Zheng did not judge nationality by blood, as ideas were far more reliable than blood.

As of now, Daqin does not face any external threats.

Population growth in the grassland also takes time, and there is no need to worry about external pressure before the population explodes.

Coupled with China's absorption of the grasslands and the resource balance brought about by trade, there is no need to worry about any problems within the next fifty years.

Moreover, given the current situation, as long as the Hu people can be made to speak Qin language and write Qin characters, even if there is a real disturbance in the future, it will be an internal conflict.

The current level of civilization of the Hu people is too low, and they don’t even have a systematic written language. Under conscious erosion, advanced civilizations can devour and change them.

Assimilation of ideas is the real assimilation.

The same writing, the same wheel gauge, the same measures, the same customs, the same territory, and the same currency. Only when we have these can we be a true collective.

Real changes are subtle and silent. When you look back, you will find that the world has changed. In the fourteenth year of Qin Shi Huangdi, Ying Zheng did not plan to annex Wei. He could wait and see until next year.

Moreover, if they can play it safe this year, the three brothers of Chu State, who are friendly and respectful to each other, can fight again without worry.

They can't sit still.

No king could tolerate two independent forces in his own family.

And it is impossible for any ambitious person to stop swallowing up power.

In addition, there was Ying Zheng's constant provocation.

Don't forget, the tens of thousands of gold given to Wei Liao every year are not given for nothing. This great master of diplomacy takes the money to do things, and the power he can exert is unlimited.

Han Zhaoyan's demise was so smooth, which was inseparable from Wei Liao's achievements. However, he was not well-known and did not seem to have made any big moves.

This is why those who are good at fighting do not have great achievements, and those who are good at planning do not have a famous name.

The wind sneaks into the night, moistening everything silently. The antelope leaves no trace when it hangs its horns, this is the truth.

But no matter what, it is a peaceful year for the whole world, at least it seems so.

This year, Ying Zheng also relaxed the restrictions on high-yield crops and began to gradually promote them from Bashu and Guanzhong. Now that the overall situation has been determined and the population and territory have already occupied an absolute advantage, the restrictions can be relaxed.

The promotion and planting of crops cannot be achieved overnight. It also takes time. Moreover, the planting ratios of different crops must be rationally allocated. For food and daily necessities, such as fruits and vegetables, the planting ratios must still be rationally allocated.

Besides, oranges grown in the south of the Huai River are oranges, while those grown in the north of the Huai River are bitter oranges. Food is related to people's livelihood, so Ying Zheng did not dare to be radical.

Even though farmers and Yin-Yang masters have spent more than ten years cultivating good varieties, and have breeding bases in Guanzhong and Bashu, and the seeds are now growing well, Ying Zheng still doesn't dare to be anxious.

We still have to be steady. There is no famine now, so there is no need to rush.

By the time the other three kingdoms learn it, there will only be one kingdom left in the world.

No more than five or six years.

In addition to high-yield crops, a number of improved new agricultural tools were also released, such as curved plows, fan carts, tipping carts, barrel carts, and harrow carts.

These are simple, practical and easy-to-make agricultural tools. With them, the overall agricultural production efficiency can be improved by at least 60%.

Ying Zheng has always been most concerned about agricultural production and farmers' various businesses. The empire will not collapse as long as the people do not starve to death. This is a very simple truth.

Food is the most important thing for people. As long as people don’t starve to death, the empire will be stable.

Everything in the empire was moving forward steadily, everything was thriving, and everything satisfied Ying Zheng.

And now there is only one thing that makes Ying Zheng unhappy.

Even though many years have passed since the Taoists and Yin-Yangists came to the party, and they have spent countless amounts of money, at least 30,000 to 40,000 gold, and with the help of doctors and farmers, they have still made little progress in the research and development of longevity medicine.

Although he knew that it would take time, Ying Zheng still expressed his dissatisfaction very clearly and put pressure on them.

Both Taoism and Yin-Yang School have been under a lot of pressure recently.

Zou Shi has been extremely anxious recently. He has basically put aside all other thoughts and is concentrating on developing in Daqin. He is not blind. He can see with his eyes closed that if he does not develop in Daqin, there will be no place for him in the world.

He is already this old, he would rather die in the Central Plains.

And it’s really good to develop in Daqin!

Several things that are being promoted now are all things of immeasurable merit that will go down in history. Now even if Zou Shi is asked to leave Daqin, he will not leave, and cannot be driven away even if he is beaten.

Xu Fu was not qualified to take on Ying Zheng's dissatisfaction, so Ying Zheng's criticism was naturally directed at Zou Shi, so Zou Shi was really scared.

In recent years, Ying Zheng's power has been growing. It is no exaggeration to say that he can call the wind and rain and exercise his power at will. Ying Zheng only summoned him to ask about the progress and only asked one question: Is it possible that the elixir of immortality cannot be refined?

Zou Shi was already frightened to death.

After leaving Zhangfa Hall, Zou Shi wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and went to find Xu Fu as soon as possible.

It's hard for him to be so frightened at his age.

Xu Fu lived an extremely good life in those years. As a doctor of the Qin Dynasty, he enjoyed wealth and glory and was deeply trusted by Emperor Ying Zheng. Huge amounts of resources were invested in him every year, and he was given whatever he needed.

A luxurious alchemy palace was specially built for him in Xianyang City, and Ying Zheng personally named it Danhua Miaojing.

He is a well-known figure in the whole Xianyang.

(End of this chapter)