The big man has a living father

Chapter 235 (Big Chapter) Close Cooperation between the Emperor and His Ministers

The front of the main hall of Bashang Palace has eighteen floor-to-ceiling glass curtain walls.

In order to fire these 18 glass curtain walls, the glass factory worked overtime every day and did nothing else for a month before they were finally fired.

Although it was a pity to waste time, I gained experience in making extra-large glass.

In particular, these eighteen panes of glass are not ordinary glass, but are sandwiched between layers. Although they are not glued, they are pasted with glue and resin.

But this approach can also achieve a bulletproof effect.

In front of the bright and open glass, Huo Hai was a little dazed.

Li Guang talked about things in the Western Regions.

At the beginning, Huo Hai formulated a strategy to deceive the Romans and make them think that the Han Dynasty was not as strong as they imagined, and then contact Rome to attack Parthia.

The person from Rome was the famous Marius. This guy Marius said that he represented the entire country of Rome, but Huo Hai knew he was talking nonsense.

Marius was left in Dayuan and could not come to the Han territory.

His deputy came to the big man.

Arrived in the Western Regions, in a city pretending to be Chang'an.

Wang He, Dongfang Shuo, and the military's multiple intelligence agencies made sure that the people coming from Rome had no one around them who understood Chinese or Eastern culture.

So much so that the Roman envoys actually believed that the rebuilt Shanshan was the city of Chang'an.

Afterwards, he was taken to visit Dahan.

In fact, he was being led around in circles on the edge of the desert, round and round.

The longest walk lasted more than ten days, and the entire crew almost died in the desert.

This intensity of the trek left them with no doubts.

In addition, all the way from Rome, the road was full of desert and Gobi with oases from time to time, so he was sure that he was indeed observing the Han Dynasty.

What I heard in Parthia before, that the Han Dynasty was not an oasis but a particularly large forest, has actually been verified. After all, the entire central belt of the Western Regions is an oasis. If you have never seen the Central Plains and only heard the description of a large oasis, you would not be able to tell the difference.

After that, the Roman envoys began their return journey after inspecting many places in the "Han Dynasty".

He also took the Han envoy to have a deep conversation with Marius.

Marius' original idea was that if the Han Dynasty was indeed extremely powerful, he hoped that the Han Dynasty could provide some resources to help him seize the throne in Rome.

But it seems that the Han Dynasty might have difficulty in attacking Parthia, and it is impossible for it to have the strong ability to send supplies to Rome.

However, the Han people are indeed good at business, and there are many Han people everywhere.

The only problem was that, for some reason, the Han merchants were very difficult to communicate with and approach. After staying in Dayuan for several months, Marius had not yet made a close friendship with any of the Han merchants.

I just kept seeing them making money and spending money to fight a war with India.

But I didn’t see many outstanding things, only the knives from the Han Dynasty were good.

So Marius found a way to get a batch of knives and waited to ship them to Rome after he finished talking with the Han envoy.

Having seen a lot this time, Marius already had an idea of ​​how to ascend the throne.

Historically, Marius relied on the Romans' fear of the Germans and barbarians to create the illusion that the Germans were very powerful, and then he elevated the military group, carried out reforms, and finally became consul.

This time, Marius wanted to describe the power of the Han Dynasty.

Treat the big man as the imaginary enemy.

Rome had always been unable to defeat Parthia before, so the Senate knew how difficult it was to deal with Parthia.

As long as Marius proposed that the Han Dynasty annex Parthia, he would directly land on the west coast of Asia and come to the Mediterranean Sea, and could threaten Rome at any time.

What can the people in the Senate do? They have hardly even heard of the Han Dynasty.

Marius took the opportunity to suggest that it would be better to cooperate with the Han Dynasty and annex Parthia.

This way, there will be a strategic buffer.

Of course, Marius did not really want a strategic buffer, but there were not many Romans who could fight, and he was the only one who was familiar with the Han Dynasty. If someone really had to lead the military to fight against Parthia, it would definitely be Marius.

In this way, he has entered the highest decision-making level.

Marius was confident that as long as he gained military power, he would become consul within ten years.

The Han envoy also wanted to discuss this matter.

The Han envoy also wanted to discuss an alliance with Marius to target Parthia.

Of course, the Han envoys had no interest in an alliance or in Parthia. They just wanted to put Parthia and Rome in a state of hostility.

As a result, there was a long-term tension between Rome and Parthia, and not many people could go east through Parthia.

As a result, during the Han Dynasty's westward conquest, Rome had no idea what the Han Dynasty was like, nor did it know that the Han Dynasty had relied on technology to crush Rome, so it would have been even less likely to learn from it.

As long as Rome is isolated from information during this process and has no possibility of becoming stronger, the moment the Han army reaches the Mediterranean, that will be the day of Rome's demise.

Because... by that time, the Han navy would definitely be able to reach the Mediterranean smoothly at any time.

By then the navy would be sent down from the sky, and the army would cross the mountain ranges between Europe and Asia and join forces westwards. In addition, by then the highway would have been built to Parthia and to the coast of Asia, and with an endless supply of resources, Rome would simply not be able to withstand it.

Therefore, the purpose of the Han envoys was to deceive Rome into an alliance, and then to cause a fight between Rome and Parthia so as to cut off contacts.

Marius also wanted to use this excuse to raise his own status.

The two sides reached a consensus very quickly.

This made Li Guang a little confused.

Because the original plan was that when Marius returned, the Han Dynasty and Dayuan would fall out, and the Han army would move westward, capture Dayuan, and completely gain a foothold on the western foothills of the Pamir Mountains.

At the same time, Dayuan was attacked, and the little prince would definitely go crazy and attack Parthia.

As soon as the Parthian Empire fell into chaos, the spies hidden in the Han merchant caravan began to deliberately stir up trouble, driving Marius and all the other Romans out of Parthia to prevent any subsequent news from accidentally reaching Rome.

In short, facing Rome, the strongest opponent on the known map, the Han Dynasty must fight at all costs with the posture of a tiger fighting a rabbit.

But now, the negotiations are going too fast and the domestically organized army has not yet arrived!
The negotiations progressed so quickly that the delegation had no choice but to step up its efforts.

Many people want to step up the mission.

In the capital of Dayuan, a Confucian ambassador named Feng You spoke directly about the interaction between heaven and man, and how the Han emperor was the Son of Heaven and the common emperor of the entire world.

The King of Dayuan was an arrogant man. When he heard that the Han envoy was talking about such things, he wanted to kill people.

However, no action was taken.

The efforts are not strong enough.

If it were the historical Dayuan, it would have definitely taken action.

But the reality is that a large number of Han merchants were active in Dayuan, bringing many benefits to Dayuan.

Although the King of Dayuan had no interest in the Han court, he wanted to avoid scaring the small merchants, so he planned to act secretly.

At this time, the Han side sent a bronze horse at full speed.

It's called the Golden Horse.

It is said that the Ferghana horse was made from the copper and gold collected from the coast of the South China Sea in the Han Dynasty.

The Emperor of the Han Dynasty wanted to exchange a golden horse as big as a real horse for a Dayuan Ferghana horse.

The King of Dayuan relied on his cavalry to survive under the threat of the Xiongnu in Bactria, so of course he didn't want to sell his Arabian horses.

So I refused.

But... Huo Hai is right, a dog will always eat shit.

Even though the King of Dayuan was unwilling to do business, he still took action.

On the way back, the King of Dayuan sent people to pretend to be bandits and rob the envoys.

Seize the Golden Horse.

As the saying goes, if the upper beam is crooked, the lower beams will be crooked too. After this incident spread, many Dayuan people directly robbed the nearby Han merchant caravans.

The Han merchant caravan was buying horses and recruiting soldiers and was heading from Dayuan to India to start a war.

When they heard that other merchants had been robbed, they immediately started to gather.

There is no precedent of merchants from other countries joining forces to form an army, but the Han Dynasty has the Xiongnu Company and the Western Regions Company.

This newly assembled army was called the Han Merchant Guard.

Afterwards, Li Guang's vanguard finally crossed the Pamir Mountains and arrived in the territory of Dayuan.

Due to insufficient manpower, Li Guang directly mobilized the Han merchants' guards and began to attack Dayuan.

His front army has musketeers, how can Dayuan withstand them?
Basically, the faster Li Guang's army marched every day, the faster they could attack.

Seeing this situation, the little prince, now the Chanyu of Daxia, could not bear it any longer. He led his troops to plunder the money obtained from Daxia and started to rush westward.

Marius and his companions had just arrived in Parthia when they heard that the Huns were attacking.

The Parthian side also received the news and began to ban Han merchants from entering the country and then banned Roman activities in the country.

The reason why Han merchants were banned from entering the country was that they were frightened by the fact that the Han merchants organized a guard team to attack the Dayuan Kingdom.

The Roman activities were banned because the Han Dynasty's spies had revealed that high-ranking Roman officials had come to Parthia to investigate.

When the Parthians investigated, they arrested Romans everywhere.

Although these Romans changed their names, where could they hide if they were caught?

However, Marius and his companions were driven westward because they came from Dayuan and the information they obtained did not match the information that the Roman high-level officials were investigating in Parthia.

Before Marius left, it cost a lot of lives to find out that the merchants on the Han side had actually organized an army to directly attack Dayuan. After the Han army arrived, it directly destroyed Dayuan!
The fighting ability displayed by the big man was much stronger than what was observed.

Although Marius did not understand why, he had to reconsider the idea of ​​merchants forming an army.

Originally Greece was entirely occupied by merchants. After Marius conquered Greece, he also wanted to use the Greeks, who were very capable in fighting in the past, to cause trouble.

But the Greeks were now all profiteers, and Marius did not dare to make a decision.

Now the Greeks came back into Marius's sight.

Back here, the King of Dayuan murdered the Han envoy and his country was destroyed.

Because Li Guang was in a hurry to rush, the front army suffered 12,000 casualties!

Instead of waiting for the musketeers to eliminate the strongholds one by one, they sent ordinary soldiers armed with cold weapons to attack the city. Even with some artillery, the casualties were heavy.

But that's not the point.

The key point is that Liu Che was very angry this time.

The Bashang Palace was very depressing at this time.

We were originally discussing the attack on Weiman Joseon, but we didn't expect that something that happened at the end of last year would only be reported back to the Han Dynasty now.

It was impossible to cross the Pamir Mountains in winter, and the snow was as deep as two meters. Of course, no letter was sent, and it was not until now that Liu Che learned that Dayuan was gone.

Logically, after the King of Dayuan was captured and sent to Chang'an, Liu Che should have happily met Li Guang, then reprimanded the King of Dayuan, and then arranged to digest Dayuan.

However, after hearing the whole story, Liu Che's face turned green!
When the Tianzhu Company and the Xiongnu Company were first established, the most important point was that merchants could not directly contact the army or sponsor the army.

Instead, the merchants pooled their money and gave it to the imperial court. The imperial court took the money and used the name of the company to issue war rewards to the soldiers. The soldiers received the rewards because they helped companies like the Xiongnu Company and obtained the operating rights.

And it was the company that used money to buy the court's regional commercial management rights.

Then, the court gave rewards to the army.

This process has been separated three times, so the soldiers will not have anything to do with any businessmen.

And now? Li Guang made a huge mistake.

In order to save time, Li Guang actually borrowed the merchants' guards.

Liu Che knew that the merchants were organizing arms to go to war with India.

However, such minor conflicts could not threaten India. To put it bluntly, the merchants were just rubbing shoulders with them on the border of India and putting on a show for the gods and ghosts to see.

As a result, because of the conflict, in order to protect themselves, the merchants offered high rewards to allow the armed forces they organized to gather into a large army.

Even so, there's really nothing they can do.

However, Li Guang, who came from a genuine military background, brought such a group of people with him, and his lethality was evident.

Directly destroyed Dayuan.

Logically, this is a meritorious service and should be rewarded.

But you absolutely can’t do that.

This set a precedent for merchants to form an army. Logically, they should be arrested and beheaded!

Also, if rewards are given, wouldn’t that encourage this kind of behavior?
Once there is a first rebellion, there will be a second one. In the future, merchants can rise up in rebellion just like the nobles. Once the rebellion is accomplished, they can just cover it up by saying that they followed the example of the ancient sages in destroying Dayuan.

How does this work?
Liu Che now wished he could push Li Guang out and chop him into pieces.

Huo Hai did not expect that he came here to discuss a decisive battle against Wei Man Joseon, but ended up encountering such an incident.

After Li Guang realized that something was wrong, he came to his senses from the joy of being rewarded and becoming a marquis, and gradually realized that he had made a mistake.

In fact, Li Guang's front team did not seek to capture Dayuan so quickly, but slowed down a bit, taking a few days, and did not necessarily need the people from the caravan.

But Li Guang made this mistake just because he wanted to hurry up.

Destroying a country does not necessarily mean you have accomplished something great.

It’s the same principle as Wang Xuance’s conquest of India during the Tang Dynasty.

This is a mistake, not a great achievement.

While smashing things in the palace, Liu Che scolded Li Guang, and then told Li Guang the seriousness of the matter.

Li Guang could only kneel down and kowtow: "I am confused! I was so eager to make achievements that I lost my mind."

Liu Che put his hands on his waist, furious. He turned around a few times and then turned to look at Huo Hai: "Grand Minister of Agriculture, how do you think this matter can be resolved?"

Li Guang also turned to look at Huo Hai, hoping that Huo Hai could solve his predicament.

With Huo Hai's intelligence, he would definitely be able to come up with a solution if he thought about it for a while.

However, Huo Hai said: "I came here to discuss the matter of Wei Man Joseon. My thoughts are occupied by Wei Man Joseon. I didn't think about anything just now, and I don't have any opinion on this matter now."

After Huo Hai spoke, Li Guang was stunned.

Li Guang remembered that Huo Hai was not such a person. Huo Hai would never refuse to help just because the Li family rose up and seized the military power and confronted the Wei and Huo families. He was not such a person before!

How...did he change?
In fact, Huo Hai shouldn't be here.

The best solution is for Huo Hai not to hear the conversation between Li Guang and Liu Che.

The reason is very simple. Why did Emperor Liu Che keep Li Guang in the Western Regions even though he had been operating there for so long?

It was just to allow Li Guang to make meritorious service.

Only if Li Guang had made meritorious contributions, and given his status as a veteran of two dynasties and his age, could he have put up a slight fight against Wei Huo.

If Huo Hai helps Li Guang now, what does that mean? That is forming a clique for personal gain. Doesn't it mean that all the people with military power in the Han Dynasty are actually colluding with each other and protecting each other?
If Huo Hai didn't help Li Guang, what was that? Huo Hai suppressed the power of the Li family and made the power concentration of the military representative Zhongwei Huo representative stronger.

It’s not right to help, and it’s not right not to help.

If Huo Hai was not here, he would have known that Liu Che's scolding of Li Guang would have been the best option. No matter what happened at that time, it would be the harmony between Li Guang and Liu Che as king and subject, and it would only be a temporary grievance.

However, after hearing the incident in person, Liu Che couldn't help but curse.

Let Huo Hai take care of it.

Liu Che finally made a decision: "Two options."

"First, I will give you all the honors you deserve as the general who destroyed a country, but I will not give any honor to the merchants. You still have to arrest the leaders of the merchants and the leaders of the guards, and accuse them of breaking the law and execute them." "Afterwards, I will issue an edict to reprimand you and vindicate the more merchants you arrested, but I order that from now on, merchants are not allowed to form any form of armed forces with more than 200 people."

Li Guang lowered his head.

Isn't this killing the donkey after it has done its work? It's just that it's killing the donkey after it has done its work.

Liu Che: "The most I can guarantee you with the method just now is that you will retire from now on, and your descendants will not be officials anymore."

Li Guang lowered his head even more.

This is definitely not an option.

Li Guang knew very well what his mission was at the beginning, which was to lead the development of the family. If he chose this option, wouldn’t all his work be in vain?
What's the point of just having a title? When I die, won't Liu Che just find a reason to take back the title?
Liu Che: "Second, if you take all the responsibility for this, I will strip you of your title, but I will allow you to make up for your crime and lead your troops to continue north to pursue the remaining troops of the little prince."

Li Guang chose the second option without even thinking about it.

Daxia has been destroyed by the little prince, so how easy is it to just go north and fight by yourself?
Doesn’t this mean there is no difficulty?

No difficulty? How can there be something in the world that is not difficult?

Liu Che: "I only give you 3,000 men, no musketeers."

Li Guang looked up in surprise.

What does it mean?
Even if Daxia was destroyed, it was still a huge country. Three thousand people? Even if they took down two cities and divided people to guard them, they couldn't allocate a third force to attack the third city. How could they fight?
Your Majesty, why don’t you punish me by making me a soldier and upgrade me from scratch!
In fact, this was to make Li Guang a target, stand on the side of Daxia, and confuse Anxi.

The Yuezhi and Daxia were also confused about the situation and had no idea what the Han Dynasty was going to do.

The reason is simple. The Han Dynasty had no reason to attack the Dayuezhi.

However, they could continue to attack the Xiongnu's half of the territory of Daxia under the pretext of pursuing the Xiongnu.

With so few people here, can the Dayuezhi bear not moving south for a long time?
Could they bear not to take back the territory that belonged to them a few years ago?

If you can't help it, you have to mobilize the army. If Li Guang's men are killed, the Han will have a reason to destroy Daxia.

These were all the plans that Wei Qing and Liu Che had prepared before the war.

Not only that, at that time, the merchants of the Han Dynasty would also go to Dayuezhi and Daxia to do business, and the Confucian scholars of Guliang School would also be asked to spread Guliang School crazily.

There is currently no religion over there, nor any doctrine of their own. The Confucian scholars of Guliang School must seize the opportunity to make them believe that the whole world is Han territory, and even elevate it to the level of worshipping the Han emperor as a god.

This is not only the case in Daxia, but also in Dayuan.

In the future, everyone, everywhere will have to learn this.

Except that people in these places cannot learn Chinese and cannot use simplified characters, the Confucian scholars of Guliang School will teach them everything, even their own writing.

Originally, writing was something only the nobility and wealthy people could learn, but now we are teaching them various skills to make money, so we don’t have to worry about them not learning.

In the process of learning, Guliang's school of thought was instilled with a lot of class concepts, hierarchy concepts, and loyalty to the emperor.

Over time, the Yuezhi and Daxia either collapsed or developed their own sect.

Why do this?
This was to prepare for future attacks on Egypt and Rome.

It will still be the same approach then, but the difficulty will be different.

If you don’t practice now, how will you be able to play it in the future?

Soon after, the Confucian scholars of Guliang School put on blue, white and red robes and set out on their mission.

They have actually been studying for several years and are just waiting to show their abilities.

Previously, we had only tried it out on a small scale in Dayuan, but now we have to launch a large-scale deployment.

In Bashang Palace, Li Guang hesitated for a long time and finally chose the latter.

After receiving the imperial edict, Li Guang left the palace.

Soon, Li Guang appeared at Li Cai's home.

Li Cai is now the Speaker of Parliament, no longer the Prime Minister.

Li Guang mentioned this incident and sighed: "Why did Huo Hai become like this? He used to be a very good person."

Li Cai: "Is Huo Hai familiar with you?"

Li Guang was stunned.

Li Cai: "Given Huo Hai's character, he didn't retaliate against you when the cotton was intercepted. It was all for the sake of the overall situation. Later, he helped you through the difficulties, which was also for the sake of the overall situation. Now, I'm not helping you, which is also for the sake of the overall situation."

Li Guang: "Did the situation change so quickly?"

Li Cai: "He is doing it for his own overall interests."

Li Cai explained Huo Hai's current situation, the establishment of the police system, and the semi-public precautions that Huo Hai and Liu Che had put on the table.

Li Guang finally understood: "If he helps me, I will die faster, and he will be distrusted again."

The current situation is that Liu Che has tested Huo Hai and held back, but at the same time he still trusts Huo Hai.

Huo Hai also trusted Liu Che, but he kept a trick up his sleeve.

But...loyalty is not absolute, it is absolutely disloyal.

The seeds of suspicion have been planted, so how can they not sprout?

This deadlock can only be untied if one of the two parties is short-lived.

When the king is replaced, we can start over again and rebuild trust.

But at the moment, it seems that Liu Che speaks with full energy and it seems that he has 20 to 30 years or even more to live.

Li Guang also sighed.

Why do we need politics? Wouldn’t it be better to just fight wars?

People like Huo Hai are trapped in this, how can someone like me escape unscathed?

Li Guang looked at Li Cai.

Li Cai has now landed smoothly and is in a semi-retired state, just one step away from retirement.

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After Li Guang left, Liu Che asked about Wei Man's affairs in Korea.

Huo Hai: "Although we did not achieve complete success in our attack on Weiman North Korea last year, we were able to squeeze them into these few cities."

"So, in fact, our people have occupied the Three Kingdoms and started to establish supply points in the Three Kingdoms."

"After we measured the coastline here, it actually doesn't matter whether Wei Man North Korea can be conquered or not."

The reason we fought them was to get the coastline distribution map to make nautical charts.

Now it is just a matter of taking down Wei Man Joseon in one fell swoop.

Liu Che smiled: "This is good news. I didn't expect the Feather Man to be this kind of person. They are not much different from us."

On the last major voyage last year, some feathered people, or Indians, from North America were sent to Dahan, along with a number of precious animals.

Liu Che was stunned by what he saw.

Liu Che even began to believe that the Feathered People were people who existed before the Shang Dynasty and crossed the then frozen Bering Strait.

They really look so similar. How is it possible that North Americans, who are thousands of miles away from us, look more like Han Chinese than Dayuan people?

The establishment of the Three Han strongholds also solved a major problem.

Huo Hai: “Actually, the solution now is very simple.”

Liu Che raised his eyebrows: "Oh?"

Huo Hai: "Your Majesty, have you used the new towel with a hair hook?"

Towels were made using new weaving technology. Once they were invented, they became popular because of their delicate feel on the skin and their powerful ability to cleanse dirt. Now towels are used in all big cities, so how could Liu Che not have used them?

Huo Hai continued: "If you want to wring out a towel, you may not be able to squeeze out more water if you wring it all the way to the bottom and then continue to apply more force."

"But after the first twist, let go, then re-twist it, and it's easy to twist it completely dry."

Liu Che immediately understood what Huo Hai meant.

Give up attacking the remaining four cities of Wiman Joseon, relax, let them come out on their own, and destroy their iron-clad momentum and atmosphere.

After these things are gone, attack them again and they will be destroyed in one go.

Liu Che: "In other words, you think it's not a good idea to continue now?"

Huo Hai nodded.

Soon, Liu Che made a decision that puzzled everyone who heard it.

Liu Che chose to implement Huo Hai's policy.

Last year, Liu Che wanted to attack Wei Man Joseon. At that time, all the civil and military officials in the court had no objection. Liu Che had never lost a battle, so who dared to oppose?
But now that the attack on Weiman Joseon is not going well, it is very uncomfortable.

If Liu Che continued to increase his efforts and sent more musketeers and cannons, he would definitely be able to take it down, it would just require a greater investment.

If we relax, it will indeed make it easier to capture Weiman Joseon in the next wave of offensive.

But the problem is that this would mean that Liu Che would give up his undefeated record of the past thirteen years.

It actually ended in a stalemate.

This was a huge damage to Liu Che's authority.

After the news spread, people were not confused for too long.

Soon, Huo Hai published a new article in Chang'an Daily.

Living Space Strategy

The strategy proposed that Wei Man Joseon and China shared the same language and ethnicity.

Logically speaking, they should be regarded as Han Chinese.

However, due to the long-term rebellious propaganda of the Wei family in Wiman Joseon, almost no one in Wiman Joseon had the awareness that they were Han people.

Therefore, if the people of Wiman Joseon wanted to enjoy the welfare of the Han Dynasty like the Han people, they had to either migrate to other parts of the country and complete their re-Sinicization.

Otherwise, you have to go to a more bitter and cold place. Since you are not Han Chinese, you are not qualified to own such good land.

My God, all the Koreans wanted to cry when they heard this.

Such a barren land, okay?

In fact, it means "I will not allow others to snore beside my bed."

However, it is not targeted at countries, but at culture.

After Huo Hai's article came out, some people immediately opposed it, while others agreed with it.

Those who oppose it believe that blood ties are definitely more important. There are records that the people of Wei Man Joseon were separated from the Central Plains. How could they not be Han people? They should be given a chance to recuperate, but the Wei family should be eliminated.

Those who agree believe that the people of Weiman Joseon have no sense of kinship or belonging to the Han Dynasty, and have no awareness that they are Han citizens, and should be resolutely attacked.

Either educate them, or destroy them if that doesn't work.

On the contrary, the people from the Three Han countries were originally natives, but Huo Hai proposed preferential treatment to them, allowing them to continue to survive in their own country, let them all engage in shipping work, and transport food from the Han Dynasty to feed them.

In fact, people who know the business can see at a glance that Huo Hai’s actions are exactly the opposite of what he says.

Relocating the people of Wiman Joseon was to save them and give them a chance to reform.

Whether migrating to the Han territory or to more bitter and cold places, it gave them the opportunity to reproduce.

And what about the Three Kingdoms of Korea?

The Han Dynasty needs this place for shipping, and countless Han people will go there in the future.

After the people of the Three Han stopped producing grain, their population depended entirely on how much grain the Han Dynasty provided.

It would be great if they could maintain a population of 100,000 in twenty years.

And what about the Han people? In twenty years, the population may be close to 200 million.

At that time, Dahan was full of young men in their twenties who needed to eat, to explore, and to go out.

By then, there will probably be millions of Han people on the land of the Three Kingdoms. If there are only 100,000 Three Kingdoms people, can they still survive?
One third of the people in the Han Dynasty still cannot get married.

By that time, the young men who are rich, powerful and enterprising will go to the Three Han states. The women in the Three Han states will have to be kicked in the brain by a donkey to choose local men who work in the wind and sun, do the hardest jobs and do not have enough food to eat.

Within thirty years, the Three Kingdoms of Korea will be destroyed.

Although Wei Man Joseon was destroyed, the people there were qualified to survive. No matter where they lived, even if they went to Siberia to dig for oil, they would have been saved.

However, those who truly understand Huo Hai’s policies will not argue with others.

These are not suitable to be put on the table.

Even if I put forward this view myself, others can say, "This is not the view of the Minister of Agriculture, this is your view. The Minister of Agriculture is a good man, why would he come up with such a plan to wipe out the whole family?"

What surprised them even more was that after a year, Emperor Liu Che and Grand Minister of Agriculture Huo Hai, who had been testing and wary of each other at the beginning, were now in harmony and working together seamlessly.

It was obvious that Liu Che wanted to take a step back and then take down Wei Man Joseon with less effort, just to save face.

Liu Che generally did not want to lose this kind of face. If he was willing to lose face, it must be because he wanted to save manpower and resources to do other things.

What?
New business and education reforms are about to begin.

Why would Huo Hai confuse right and wrong and publish an article that would be discovered to be fishy in the next hundred or two hundred years?
People in the future who study history will be able to see at a glance that the disappearance of the Three Han States was Huo Hai’s evil scheme.

Although Huo Hai has various reputations, none of them is called vicious.

The purpose of writing this article now is to add fuel to the fire of Liu Che.

This creates the illusion that the Han Dynasty is not attacking Wiman Joseon now because the Grand Minister of Agriculture has objections to the policy toward Wiman Joseon and needs to discuss it.

It’s not because Your Majesty didn’t fight it the first time.

History books also write that Liu Che wanted to take down Wiman Joseon in one fell swoop. Huo Hai raised doubts about the aftermath of Wiman Joseon, and the entire court began to discuss it, which led to the postponement of the war.

This discussion, which was fabricated out of thin air, was discussed in court and parliament for an entire quarter.

During this quarter, rumors were rife in Wei Man's Korea.

The most famous one is "The Han Dynasty attacked us only for shipping. Now that they have established a stronghold in the Three Kingdoms of Korea, they will not attack us again. We are so poor here, what good will it do for the Han Dynasty to attack us? Why should we defend ourselves? It is better to save money and eat two more bowls of rice and two more tea eggs."

Everyone is still thinking that the tea eggs passed down from the Han people are delicious, unlike the local boiled eggs that are hard to swallow.

When this view became mainstream in Wei Man's Joseon, the defenses of the four cities began to relax.

A large number of people even started looking for jobs, even going to the Three Kingdoms of Korea.

It seems that things are getting back to normal and we are living a good life again.

The Han army is coming.

Huo Hai has written one negative example after another into history.

Without unanimous resistance, Wei Man Joseon was wiped out in just fifteen days.

Wei Youqu was not brought back to Chang'an, but was beheaded on the spot.

All the population of Wiman Joseon was relocated to Siberia. Those who left were not allowed to bring any books. All books were inspected, and any books with the words "Wiman Joseon" or "Gizi Joseon" were burned.

All of them were changed to Wei Man Wei Guo.

This place was renamed Lelang Four County.

It was filled with a large number of landless people from Sushen and Youbeiping whose slave agreements had just been torn up.

This massive migration will last for three years.

(End of this chapter)