Meng Jian and Sun Shao stood up and bowed to everyone, looking radiant. The military advisers already knew the appointment. This time they were the intention of graduation assessment, and they applauded and cheered them up. Meng Jian and Sun Shao looked at each other, and Sun Shao took a step back, stood aside, with his hands folded in front of the abdomen. Meng Jian stood in front of the map, cleared his throat, trying to make himself look serious, but he couldn't suppress the smile on his face, which made everyone burst into laughter. Meng Jian was a little embarrassed and bowed.

Tian Chou couldn't help laughing. On such an occasion, Meng Jian's performance was unscrupulous, but it was understandable. Although these military strategies had been in the army for several years, they were young people with high spirits after all. Meng Jian could be released in his early twenties and became Taishi Ci's military strategy manager. Anyone would be excited if he had many young people under Sun Ce's command and no old ministers were in charge. It was reasonable to have some shortcomings in this regard.

"The Lord and General Gongsun, today's topic is an important part of Youzhou's strategy: to educate the barbarians. To discuss this issue, please allow me to briefly sort out the relationship between the Chinese and the barbarians. It should be noted that the current distinction between the Chinese and the barbarians and the defense of the Chinese and the barbarians is not natural and reasonable, and it is not even considered an ancient system. There was no distinction between the Chinese and the barbarians before the three dynasties, but the world was unified. The poem says: All under the world is the king's land; the shores of the land are the king's ministers, and there is no difference between the Chinese and the barbarians. The Taishi Gong also said that the Xiongnu were the descendants of the Xia Hou family, and they were the descendants of the Yanhuang in the Central Plains..."

Meng Jian's face turned slightly red and his voice was a little trembling, but he finally spoke and quickly entered the state. He talked freely, from the three generations of China to the distinction between China and the Chinese in the Spring and Autumn Period, and then to the defense of China and the Chinese in the present, citing the classics, concise but solid arguments. Finally, he came to a conclusion: China and the Chinese are no different, but the evolution of the same source flow in different environments. The so-called civilization and barbarians are not innate, but have to make choices in order to adapt to the environment.

Therefore, educating barbarians is essentially not about eliminating barbarians, but helping them, which is beneficial to both sides and in line with the ideal of the saint's virtue to benefit the world.

When Tian Chou heard Meng Jian reach this conclusion, he was very surprised and couldn't help but ask. "I dare to ask Mr. Meng, since there is no difference between China and the barbarians, it is just because of the circumstances that the Xianbei people invaded my borders, isn't it natural for me to invade my borders? And my attack on the Xianbei will cut off my life?"

Meng Jian bowed and greeted him. "Dare you dare to ask Mr. Tian, ​​do you have any brothers and relatives?"

“Of course there is.”

"Can brothers and relatives come to the door and get it without asking?"

"Of course, this is not possible. But if brothers and relatives live in difficult situations, they should support each other and they cannot kill people."

"If brothers and relatives not only come to the door, take them without asking, but also hurt my parents, can I stop him? If he does not change his mind, can I tell the officials and punish them? If he presses him with a knife and wants to take my life, can I fight back?"

After Meng Jian's series of rhetorical questions, Tian Chou felt a little reasonable. "This... is certainly OK."

"Why can't I send troops to attack my borders and kill my people?" Meng Jian spread his hands and responded calmly. "We can understand that life on the grassland is hard, and it is okay to give a certain amount of help, but this must be your will, not just rob it directly. Even brothers cannot do this, let alone the Xianbei and Wuhuan, which have been separated for thousands of years. Therefore, we need to educate, just like wandering brothers who have been infected with evil diseases and bad habits. If you want to regain your ancestors, you must wash them first and learn some etiquette."

Tian Chou smiled and bowed, not entangled on this issue anymore. This is just a theoretical discussion. No one can say whether the Xianbei and Wuhuan are descendants of Yanhuang, but it is always good to have this statement, at least it can bring closer psychologically. The key is to see how to educate later. Without proper arrangements, no matter how good theories are, they are meaningless.

Tian Chou didn't wait too long, and Meng Jian answered some other people's questions and quickly turned to the actual work.

He proposed a step-by-step plan.

First, gather the Wuhuan tribes to discuss, communicate with each other, and understand their opinions. Announcements were issued within the three counties to allow the Han people to understand the significance of educating barbarians, lay the foundation for being able to live in peace with foreign tribes in the future, and also let the Wuhuan people understand the good intentions of this move.

Secondly, two choices were given, allowing the Wuhuan and Xianbei people to choose by themselves. One was to become a citizen like the Han people, take household registration, live in Senei, pay taxes, serve military service, corvee service, and receive relief when disasters were caused. Tribal leaders should learn the ways of the monarch and ministers, learn etiquette, and abide by the laws of the court. One was to give up direct control of the tribe. The other was to maintain the existing lifestyle, but they had to migrate out of the border and could not live in the Han area. They did not need to pay taxes, and there would be no relief when disasters were caused. They could obtain necessary living supplies through trade.

Finally, we provide a certain amount of financial and material resources to educate the Wuhuan and Xianbei people who became registered households, let them study, change their customs, give up their bad living habits before, and help them become real Han people.

After Meng Jian finished speaking, before Tian Chou could speak, the military advisers looked over and seemed to be waiting for Tian Chou to ask questions. Tian Chou was not humble and stood up to ask questions.

"I wonder if you want to ask Meng Jun, the Xianbei people will not mention it for now. Most of them are outside the border. The Wuhuan people are different. Youzhou and Bingzhou counties have all lived in the border areas, and they have lived outside the border for many years. What should they do if they are unwilling to become registered households or go out of the border?"

Meng Jian smiled slightly. "The villain came to the door and was dirty. He refused to take a bath, changed clothes, and refused to leave. There was only one way: expel the guests. He could not let them go and let him enter the house."

Hearing the word "exit guest", Tian Chou couldn't help but think of his first meeting with Sun Ce, with a slightly hot face. He forced himself to calm down. "So that's a fight?"

"That's right. The Grand Historian has proved that we have this ability, and General Gongsun has been doing this. I believe that those Wuhuan tribes also understand this truth. If they really want to start a war, all they can get is blood and corpses."

Tian Chou frowned. "If war begins, even if General Gongsun is a general who can conquer and fight well, he will need 20,000 cavalry to maintain the front line. How much money and food will be needed in a year?"

"In terms of 20,000 cavalry, if it is a guaranteed horse, it will take about 2 billion a year. If it is a battle in the frontier, it will double it, about 4 billion to 5 billion."

"Since that's the case, why not keep the same as the same thing, only about 200 million is needed."

Meng Jian smiled. "If it were a war, at most ten years, whether it was the Wuhuan people or the Xianbei people, we could let them die, and it would cost only 40 to 50 billion. But Tian Jun knew how much money the imperial court spent to appease the Huns, Xianbei people, and Wuhuan people in the past four hundred years since the Battle of Mayi?" He raised a finger. "It is more than 200 billion, and the garrison expenses are not counted in it, and the losses of the people. If these are counted, it would be no problem to double it."

Tian Chou felt a little shocked, and was startled by this number. He forced himself to calm down, turned to look at Sun Ce with bright eyes. "Although two hundred billion is more than four hundred years, after all, it is only four hundred years, and the annual expenditure is only four or five billion, which is much better than two billion or even four billion a year. If the war is continuous and the war needs to be fought for ten years, can Wu Hou bear such expenditure?"

Sun Ce nodded. "If the Central Plains were stable, there should be no problem with 400 billion a year."

Tian Chou frowned and his tone became stern. "I know that the general has five states and his household registration is rich. However, when the imperial court was in full swing, he earned only 8 billion yuan a year. Excluding all expenses such as official salary, he saved only 2 billion yuan a year. The general spent 400 billion yuan a year in Youzhou alone, so why not be afraid that Youzhou would become the second Liangzhou?"

Sun Ce smiled. "It seems that Zitai doesn't know much about the Central Plains. I'll explain it to you when I have the opportunity. Now I can only tell you that if the Central Plains are stable, there will be no problem with 5 billion a year. Not to mention ten years, I can afford to fight for 30 years. Of course, it's not possible in the past few years. I can only provide about 2 billion to stabilize the situation in Senei first."

Tian Chou didn't say anything for a long time. After all, the matter in the northern border was still a matter of money. Since Sun Ce said that money was not a problem, what else could he say? Sun Ce's words sounded a bit arrogant, but when it was thought about it carefully, it seemed that it was not impossible. This man was a miracle-created man, as tall as a city's towering boat and the strong and light horse armor all appeared because of him. Maybe he could really do it.

Gongsun Du listened aside and was overjoyed. He had long heard that Sun Ce had implemented the new policy and revitalized industry and commerce, and he did not lack money, but he did not expect that Sun Ce would not lack money to this point, five billion yuan a year, and fought for thirty years. This was much more confident than Emperor Wu of Han to conquer the Huns. With such strength as backing, what is the recovery of Xuantu’s lost territory? What is the Goguryeo? I will fight until Fuyu. Thirty years later, the world is peaceful, and I was seventy years old, and I was just going to get rid of my armor and return to the fields, and I was enjoying my grandson.

Guo Jia shook the feather fan and said with a smile: "Mr. Tian, ​​what do you have any opinions on their plan? You might as well say it bluntly, there is no need to be a taboo."

Tian Chouqiang smiled and shook his head. As long as there is no shortage of money, this matter is not difficult. Moreover, Meng Jian's plan is not reckless, and it seems that he is well prepared. It not only provides the Wuhuan people with choices and has enough force to support it. Even if there is some accident, it will not be too uncontrollable. At worst, there will be a few more battles. But if it can be successful, it will definitely be a good start. Youzhou may be able to get rid of the dilemma of constant war and usher in new opportunities.

"Since the Lord and the Lord are confident and the plan is worth a try, I naturally cannot ask for it. I think the scholars and common people in Youzhou will be happy to see it." Tian Chou looked at Sun Ce and said something in his words. "With the Lord and the Lord and the Lord, the difficulties in Youzhou are relieved, and this is good news."

Sun Ce knew it well and smiled slightly. "Don't worry, as long as the court still trusts me and entrusts me with the affairs of Youzhou, I will never miss what I should give."
Chapter completed!