Chapter 262 Hidden Dragon
The southern part of Yizhou was indeed a remote and barren land for the Han Dynasty, and it was full of poisonous insects and poisonous gases. But for the barbarians who had lived here all year round, it was very easy. Some of the barbarians in southern Xinjiang even knew the art of witchcraft.
It seems that southern Xinjiang has no development value, but the population is the most valuable. In Fa Zheng's opinion, it is a pity for these barbarians to stay in the rainforest. It would be better if they were all taken out to farm. It is a pity that they make trouble every day.
Fa Zheng studied Chen Xi's various policies and found that he could not understand Chen Xi's methods at all. However, he saw a necessary consumption in them, that is, food.
After seeing the world map, Fa Zheng attached even greater importance to population. In his opinion, the world is so vast that the biggest problem in occupying it is to migrate people from the interior. These vacancies can be filled by the barbarians, and after three generations, they will become full-blooded Han people.
As for the opinions of the barbarians, this is not important. In Fa Zheng's view, as long as the first batch of barbarians taste the sweetness and realize that life can be better, they will naturally identify themselves as Han people.
Originally, the South Xinjiang plan was very difficult. Although the barbarians in South Xinjiang were a bit barbaric, their strength was really not bad.
But with Meng Huo around, things were completely different . Meng Huo was the leader of the three major barbarian tribes in southern Xinjiang, and he was basically the traitor who led the way.
Even if the relationship between the three major barbarian tribes is not very good, Fa Zheng has plenty of ways to make the barbarian tribes suffer.
After Fa Zheng and Liu Bei arrived, Zhang Song and others became even more excited when talking about this matter with Fa Zheng. Zhang Song and others had long been annoyed by the provocation of the barbarians, especially Meng Huo, who was closest to Yizhou and often went to various counties to extort money. If Meng Huo had not been so restrained in his actions, often only injuring people and stealing food, Zhang Song and others would have launched an expedition to the south long ago.
But Zhang Song and his men hated the barbarians from southern Xinjiang. They were like flies, not dangerous but annoying.
"What do you think?" After the first meeting convened by Liu Bei, the young Fa Zheng had no idea what it meant to hold back and directly revealed his plan to fight the barbarians.
"Fight, fight, fight. First capture those Bandun barbarians scattered in the tribes , and then we will sell them like the general did!" Liu Ba was so excited that he exploded. Yizhou was rich, but who would complain about having too much money?
Moreover, Liu Ba used to think that Yizhou under his control was the richest province in the world, but Chen Xi defeated him in less than a year. Chen Xi's various infrastructure projects, and the speed of spending made Liu Ba dizzy.
Then he studied in depth the various information about the general and Chen Xi, and finally found that it might be caused by the population trade in Beiliang City. As soon as Fa Zheng mentioned it, Liu Ba became excited. It would be great to make money, and he also wanted to build infrastructure.
"But I have finally dealt with the barbarian kings of the Thirteen Caves, and you are just causing trouble for me!" Zhang Su said unhappily.
There are still many good things among the southern barbarians. Zhang Su has exploited the barbarians by taking advantage of the information gap. He has finally established the Chamber of Commerce and made the barbarians trust him. If this wave continues, will the deal still be done?
"In addition to the barbarians who are willing to trade, aren't there more southern barbarians who have not surrendered?" Zhang Song said with a smile.
Zhang Su was silent. It was true that what he traded with was only a small part. The profits brought by these barbarians were huge, but there were still bigger gaps waiting for them to explore.
"It seems that everyone has no problems!" Xu Shu smiled and glanced around. He was very satisfied with the heated discussion among the advisers just now. It made him feel like he was back in the Government Affairs Hall, and his blood boiled.
Xu Shu was Liu Bei's deputy and one of Liu Bei's earliest advisers. Not only did he hold the highest official position present, he also had the highest intelligence.
Therefore, it was most appropriate for Xu Shu to make the final decision and set the tone when Liu Bei did not speak.
"First, we didn't capture the barbarians, we liberated them and made them obey the king; second, we didn't start the fight first, it was the barbarians; third, we went there to spread civilization!"
Xu Shu made the decision immediately and embellished it with the righteous words he had learned from Chen Xi, instantly making their evil plan look grand and noble.
"By the way, Meng Huo has already surrendered to the imperial court. You can all take advantage of this!" Liu Bei spoke slowly, but the amount of information revealed in his words made the counselors present even more excited.
"From this perspective, Xiaozhi's plan is the most effective!" Zhang Song immediately understood why Fa Zheng's plan was so radical. It turned out that there was a big undercover agent on the opposite side.
"Okay, okay, this will be much easier with Meng Huo's help. Leave it to me!" Zhang Su patted his chest and accepted the task. He had originally planned to use his caravan to cause trouble, but he didn't expect that there would be a big rat like Meng Huo. If he couldn't kill the barbarians in one go this time, he would not be named Zhang.
Under the planning of such a group of people, a script called "Southern Barbarian Invasion" was designed.
However, the group of counselors were not in a hurry to start implementing the plan. After all, taking over the control of millions of people would involve a lot of problems to be solved, and they had to start preparing from now on.
Liu Bei was amazed. He had thought that taking over Yizhou would be a troublesome task, but he didn't expect it to be so simple.
At this time, Liu Bei realized why Chen Xi and Guo Hao told him such profound things.
It turned out that Yizhou and Southern Xinjiang were not even in the eyes of Chen Xi and Guo Hao. Their sights were directly on foreign countries. At this moment, Liu Bei really realized the gap between him, the latent dragon, and the sun and the moon.
The story of Qianlong was actually very popular in Luoyang, because it was spread by Xu Zijiang. It's not that no one had tried to cause trouble for Xu Zijiang, but Xu Zijiang had Guo Hao's support and was not afraid at all. He spent the whole day in Luoyang telling fortunes to other people.
The known hidden dragons in Luoyang include Liu Bei, Cao Cao, Sun Jian, Yuan Shao, Dong Zhuo, Sun Ce, Sun Quan, Cao Pi, Li Yuan, Li Shimin, Li Jiancheng...
To be honest, when Xu Zijiang first said this, a group of people hurried to the General's Mansion to pay their respects.
This statement is simply putting them on the fire. If it were during Liu Hong's time, not to mention punishing them, all nine clans of theirs would have been exterminated. Especially for a guy like Yuan Shao who had a criminal record, he would have been killed a thousand times ago.
However, Guo Hao comforted them openly. However, these were just secrets between them and Guo Hao, and few people knew about it.
Later, it was Guo Hao who took the initiative to spread the news, completely ignoring the term "Qianlong". He directly defined Qianlong as a pillar of the country, and then it became popular in Luoyang.
It is precisely because of this statement that the aristocratic families with ulterior motives would seek out Cao Cao and Sun Jian. After all, compared to others, these two are the most suitable candidates for rebellion.
The others are either too exposed or just brats.
