Diqin Designer

Chapter 420 Li Nian's Western Regions Raiders (Happy Dragon Boat Festival)

Liu Ji added: "Sixth, in terms of cultural customs, the allied countries should be proud of using the simplified script, speaking the elegant language, using the things of the Great Qin, and using the etiquette of the Great Qin."

"Jianshu" is the simplified Chinese characters that Li Nian brought to Daqin, but many people disliked the term "simplified characters" as being vulgar, so it was called "Jianshu". Now, simplified characters are becoming the only common characters designated by Daqin in all aspects, replacing the original seven languages.

"The elegant language and the simplified writing should be the common language and writing of all countries, and all countries should use them in exchanges! We should set up places in the Western Regions to teach the elegant language and the simplified writing so that people from all countries can get used to using them. We should also allow them to send students to study at the International Academy so that they can get closer to Daqin."

This obviously drew on the current policies of the Qin Dynasty. Liu Ji wanted to apply the cultural communication strategy that the Qin Dynasty used on the Xiongnu and Baiyue tribes to the countries in the Western Regions.

"We should also spread the various cultural customs of the Great Qin to the Western Regions. For example, we should hold celebrations in the Western Regions so that people from the Western Regions can participate. This will allow them to feel that the Great Qin is also strong in culture, and make them willing to learn the etiquette and customs of the Great Qin."

Use excellent and strong culture to impact backward and weak culture, carry out cultural invasion, make the Western Regions countries gradually abandon their original customs and habits, gradually become like the Qin Dynasty, until finally they abandon the original unique culture of their own country and tribe and become like the Qin Dynasty.

Only by erasing the unique features of other races can they no longer feel that they are too different from the Qin Dynasty, and instead identify with the Qin Dynasty and want to join it.

"In addition, we should also supervise the cultural customs of the Western Regions to ensure that they are under the control of the Qin Empire. As you said, the Western Regions is a place where many nations and tribes meet and interact, and the cultural customs of each nation and tribe are different. Some are good, while others are bad. We cannot allow them to spread freely."

"We must set up a supervisory department and send supervisors to promptly investigate and identify the bad ones and prevent them from entering our Great Qin to prevent them from causing harm to the people of Great Qin."

From military to economy, and then to culture, Liu Ji talked about the strategies he had thought of for governing the Western Regions, which made Li Nian quite satisfied.

Li Nian looked at Zhang Han again and asked, "Zhang Han, do you have anything to add?"

Zhang Han said: "Brother Liu's idea is quite perfect, I admire it very much. I just want to think of one thing to supplement it!"

Everyone looked at Zhang Han, who said, "Although the Western Regions are extremely important to our Great Qin, there are no Qin people living in the Western Regions now. The local people are all foreigners. If the Great Qin intends to turn the Western Regions into its own territory, this situation must be changed!"

Indeed, the Western Regions are now the territory of foreign races. Even if the Qin Dynasty can rely on its strong military strength to settle there, it will not be safe if there are no Qin people there.

Li Nian asked with interest: "How do you think we should change it?"

Zhang Han said: "Han believes that we should move a group of people from the Great Qin to the Western Regions and let them live there, so that the Western Regions will not only have local people. On top of that, we can allow people from the Western Regions to become citizens of the Great Qin and encourage the people from the Great Qin who migrate to the Western Regions to intermarry with the local people."

"If a man from the Great Qin marries a local woman, he can allow the woman to become a citizen of the Great Qin, and the children born to her will also be Qin people. For example, when sending soldiers to garrison in the Western Regions, unmarried people should be given priority and encouraged to marry and start a family in the Western Regions..."

Zhang Han spoke incessantly about his ideas, which can be briefly summarized as follows: the population structure of the Western Regions must be changed to increase the proportion of Qin people in it. If there are few Qin people in the Western Regions and they are all a group of foreigners, it will be too unstable for the Qin Dynasty.

At many times in history, the Central Plains dynasties clearly occupied the land but eventually lost it. This was because most of the Central Plains dynasties only occupied the land militarily. Although they sent officials to govern, they did not take it seriously, nor did they fill the area with many of their own people to change the local population structure.

This kind of occupation is actually quite superficial, and it will almost certainly be lost as long as the military strength weakens.

In order to gain a stable position, you have to have your own people there. Once a situation occurs, it is easier to get support from your own people, and they are more reliable than from foreigners. For example, if a rebellion occurs locally, you can obtain supplies and additional troops from your own people. Not only can you put down the rebellion quickly, but you can also persist better.

But if there are no local people or very few local people, once a rebellion breaks out, all you will see are foreigners, and the situation will be much more dangerous.

After listening to Zhang Han's words, Liu Ji nodded and said, "This is indeed something I have not thought of. We should migrate the people of Daqin to the Western Regions!"

Li Nian said: "What Liu Ji and Zhang Han said can be a strategy for governing the Western Regions. If we want to make the Western Regions the property of the Qin Dynasty and keep it stable, we must have strong military strength as support, and we must also make full preparations in terms of economy and culture!"

The strategies of Liu Ji and Zhang Han in governing the Western Regions were basically in line with the Western Regions development plan he designed for the Qin Dynasty. They first imposed military deterrence on the countries in the Western Regions, then exerted influence on the countries in the Western Regions through cultural, economic and other aspects, and finally made the Western Regions belong to the Qin Dynasty.

But Li Nian still had to make some supplements. He said, "Liu Ji said that he would set up a supervision department in the Western Regions and send supervisors to supervise the various cultural customs introduced into the Western Regions. This is a very good point. When you go to the Western Regions, you must do this well and pay enough attention to it!"

"In the west of the Western Regions, there are vast lands with many nations and tribes. They are very different from the Qin Dynasty, so we must be more vigilant. For example, there is a tribe in the west that believes in a god called 'Jehovah'. The people of this tribe call 'Jehovah' 'God', the only God in the world."

"That's not a big deal. It's not a big deal for each tribe to have its own god. But this tribe claims that they have made a contract with God and are 'God's chosen people.' They believe that they are nobler and better than other nations and tribes. According to the contract they made with God, they are qualified to obtain everything in the world because the world was created by God and they are God's chosen people!"

"For example, if a certain land was originally inhabited by the ancestors of a certain tribe, when they arrived, they could rely on the covenant they had made with God and believe that the land should belong to them, and the tribe that originally lived there should give up the land to them."

Everyone in the hall was very surprised. Are there such shameless aliens in the world? They can grab other people's land with the contract signed with that god?
Don’t ask, the answer is that it has already been written in a certain scripture and it should belong to them!
At this point, Li Nian smiled and said, "I want to ask you a question. If you are in trouble, hungry and thirsty, and you don't eat and drink water in time, you will die. At this time, someone meets you and gives you food and water. Will you thank this person?"

Fan Kuai in the hall said: "Of course I have to thank you. This is a life-saving grace, how can I not thank you?"

Liu Ji understood the meaning of Li Nian's words and said, "Sir, do you mean that people of this clan won't be grateful?"

After hearing Liu Ji's words, many people quickly reacted. Li Nian nodded and said, "That's right! If you save the people of this tribe when they are in trouble, they will not be grateful to you for saving them, but only to God!"

"Because they firmly believe that they are God's chosen people, and you saved them because of God's arrangement. It was God who arranged for you to save them, not because of your kindness or righteousness."

This made everyone in the hall even more surprised. This tribe was even more shameless than they thought, but did such a tribe really exist in the world? Liu Ji commented: "If they are given benefits, they will only think that it is a gift from God, not the kindness of others. This tribe will be ungrateful and do not know what gratitude is. If they have no place to live and someone takes them in, they will not be grateful, and may even seize the owner's house and land."

"Because they believe that the host's taking them in was arranged by God, and everything in the world was created by God, including the host's house and fields. They have also signed a contract with God and are God's chosen people, so everything God created in the world should belong to them."

"In this way, the master's house and land should also belong to them in their hearts. They seized them, not just robbing, but taking back what God promised them."

After hearing Liu Ji's example, Fan Kuai said with a "Pah" sound, "Not only are they not grateful to their benefactor, but they are repaying kindness with hatred? This tribe is so shameless!"

Liu Ji's guess was indeed true. This alien race that was said to have put honey in the book was so shameless that they had not felt any injustice after wandering for thousands of years.

Li Nian said: "This tribe is also in the west. Generally speaking, it is unlikely that people from this tribe will reach the Western Regions at present, but you must be vigilant after arriving in the Western Regions."

Fan Kuai patted his chest and assured: "Don't worry, sir. We will never let this shameless tribe come to our Great Qin, nor will we let their Jehovah God enter the Great Qin!"

Li Nian nodded to Fan Kuai, which made Fan Kuai straighten his chest instantly and show an expression of honor on his face.

Li Nian tapped the map with a wooden stick and continued, "In addition to this tribe, the Guobang tribe here is also worthy of attention..."

Although a certain religion has not yet been established in this era, the origin and birth of a religion does not happen overnight and will inevitably be influenced by local cultural customs. Li Nian naturally wants to add this firewall for Daqin. He even has a bold idea to prevent this religion from appearing in this world.

"This place originally belonged to a country called 'Persia' more than a hundred years ago. Later, this country was destroyed by a Western king. Today, it is the Seleucid Empire and Parthia. Although the people here are not like those 'chosen people of God', their customs and culture are also very different from those of the Qin Dynasty."

"When you arrive in the Western Regions, you must pay close attention to this place and find out what religious gods the local people believe in and what their cultural customs are. If you find anything, send someone to report it to me immediately."

Liu Ji and others nodded, but they just thought that Li Nian asked them to focus on this place because of the lacquer resources there, and wanted them to obtain intelligence about the place first in preparation for the future.

Li Nian continued, "You also need to send people to explore the road to Yangzhou. It is said that the king who came from the west once invaded Yangzhou, and the Seleucid Empire also fought with the Maurya Kingdom. There must be a road in the Western Regions that leads to Yangzhou."

The fact that the Seleucid Empire had fought with the Maurya Empire did not arouse much interest among the people, but when they heard that "the king from the west had invaded Yangzhou", everyone became very curious.

The king from the west destroyed the Persian Empire. Where did he come from? And the territory of the Persian Empire seemed quite large. How could such a large country be destroyed by him? And he even reached Yangzhou?

Someone curiously asked Li Nian, and Li Nian pointed at the map with a small wooden stick and said, "It is said that the Western king started from here and led his army eastward, destroying countries and cities along the way, and only returned after reaching Yangzhou. I don't know the details of the matter. After you arrive in the Western Regions, you can try to find out and collect information."

"It is said that these countries and city-states are all influenced by the Western king, and their culture and customs are gradually becoming similar to his. You can send envoys to investigate and learn more. If our Great Qin wants to dominate the world, our main opponents will not be the surrounding countries and tribes, but these Western countries!"

"Although they are now behind the Qin, they should not be underestimated. We will inevitably clash with them in the future. This is a fight between countries and between civilizations. It determines the dominance of the entire world! I hope that the Qin will dominate the world, not them."

We have seen Western countries dominate the world in previous lives, and this world should be dominated by China.

When Liu Ji and others heard what Li Nian said, they all looked serious, and at the same time, they felt a surge of pride in their hearts. This person's plan was no longer limited to one country and one clan, but he was planning for the Qin Dynasty to enter the whole world. Then, as the executors of this plan in the Western Regions, how could they lag behind?
Li Nian continued, "You all know how important the Western Regions are to Daqin. This is where Daqin must go to in order to compete with the Western countries for hegemony. Daqin must control the Western Regions."

After saying this, Li Nian smiled and said, "In addition to these, you all need to do one more thing after you arrive in the Western Regions!"

But Li Nian kept everyone in suspense and did not immediately say what this matter was. When everyone looked at him, he said, "This matter is to explore the environment of the Western Region. If possible, plant more plants in the Western Region."

When they heard what Li Nian said that what he wanted them to do was to plant more plants, they were full of doubts. They thought it was something important, but he actually asked them to plant trees.

The Western Regions is now a great place. Lop Nur was still a big lake with abundant water and grass. Unfortunately, it gradually turned into a desert.

There are both natural and man-made reasons for this, and maintaining a better environment in the Western Regions is undoubtedly more beneficial to the development of the Qin Dynasty.

Zhang Han asked, "May I ask, sir, why do you want us to plant plants in the Western Regions?"

Li Nian said: "Because vegetation is related to the environment, vegetation can stabilize water and soil. Without vegetation, fertile land will turn into desert. There are such signs in the Western Regions. If the local people cut down too much vegetation, the originally fertile oasis will turn into a large desert and will no longer be suitable for human habitation. Even some countries and tribes in the Western Regions will perish and disappear because of this!"

To Liu Ji, Zhang Han and others, this sounded like Li Nian's prediction, but in fact it was something that really happened in history.

"I asked you to plant plants after you arrive in the Western Regions so that the current environment of the Western Regions can be maintained. Otherwise, one day, the great lakes of the Western Regions may become a desolate desert where no one can even set foot."

This surprised Liu Ji and others. They also knew about the great lake in the Western Regions. They heard that it was a vast lake, but how could such a lake turn into a desert?
If this really happened, it would definitely have an impact on the development of the Qin Dynasty in the Western Regions. No wonder this person would bring it up.

Li Nian smiled and said, "Of course, this is not mandatory. You can arrange to do it when you have the energy. You can also inform other countries and tribes in the Western Regions and ask them to maintain it together."

(End of this chapter)