"Your Majesty, the second thing is trade."

Um?

What?

Trade?

After hearing Feng Zheng's words, Ying Zheng was stunned and asked in confusion, "After conquering the Xiongnu, will we continue to trade?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, we must continue."

Feng Zheng smiled and said, "The essence of doing business is exchange and bartering.

In other words, two parties or even multiple parties solve each other's needs.

If you do this for a long time, you will form a habit. If you do business for a long time, you will interact and depend on each other.

How old is Daqin? It is impossible for us to be kidnapped with just a layer of wool and two kilograms of mutton.

However, the Huns were different. Their living environment was even worse.

The way of life and the means of survival are too simple. If it is bound to us, it will be inseparable for a long time.

Therefore, we bind them through trade. Their upper-class nobles want to benefit and the lower-class herdsmen want to survive, so they will naturally become more dependent on us.

Moreover, after this exchange for a long time, they must be more familiar with and accept our culture and habits of the Central Plains, this is inevitable!"

Yes, Feng Zheng said this with great confidence.

Why? Because China’s five thousand years of civilization have fully proved it.

The Hu people, who were so powerful at that time, and the dynasties established by the ethnic minorities would eventually, basically, all be integrated into Han culture.

At that time, the Han people were massacred, oppressed, and suppressed by the Hu people, but in the end, the Hu people still integrated into the Chinese Han culture.

Even the Mongol Empire that swept across Europe and Asia finally established the Yuan Dynasty in the east. Although it was not completely Chinese, it still implemented the feudal cultural system of the Central Plains.

There is no way, culture is the most basic tool. If you have a superior cultural tool in front of you, do you want to use it?

No, wouldn’t that mean you have trouble with yourself?

Therefore, as time went by, it was inevitable that the Xiongnu would be influenced and changed by the culture of the Central Plains.

"Well, it's not a bad idea to do this."

Ying Zheng nodded slightly, his idea was naturally to drive the same track and write the same text in one breath, straightening out all the twists and turns on the outside.

but……

The nomadic culture and nomadic environment are indeed different from those in the Central Plains.

You can't let them grow wheat on a large scale in the Gobi grassland, right?

Therefore, special circumstances and special treatment are indeed not a bad idea.

"Then, what about the third one?"

"Your Majesty, the third and most important thing is the issue of military power."

Um?

After hearing Feng Zheng's words, Ying Zheng's eyes flashed immediately.

Yes, this is also the issue he cares about most.

What to do with military power?

If the local area still has its own military power instead of being subordinate to the imperial court, that would be the most difficult thing for Ying Zheng to accept.

As an emperor, as a talented and strategic emperor, the last thing he would allow is for military power to be in the hands of others.

Local governments must obey the central government!

Otherwise, what is the difference between it and the hundreds of kingdoms attacking each other during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period?

"His Majesty……"

Looking at Ying Zheng, Feng Zheng smiled slowly, "My idea is to retain the Huns cavalry within certain limits."

What?

After hearing Feng Zheng's words, Ying Zheng's expression changed.

Feng Zheng wants the Huns to keep their cavalry?

Ying Zheng couldn't help but raised his eyebrows and said in surprise, "Feng Zheng, didn't you say you wanted to transform them? If that's the case, why do you want them to retain military power?"

That's right, you want them to change, but you still let them retain military power. Wouldn't it be more troublesome the longer they stay?

Without military power, wouldn't they be more obedient?

"Your Majesty, my intention is to retain the Huns cavalry."

Feng Zheng smiled and said, "We are not letting these Xiongnu nobles retain the right to fight against the central government."

Um?

After hearing this, Ying Zheng's eyes changed and he immediately said, "What do you mean?"

"Your Majesty, the remaining Huns cavalry has two functions. The first is to stabilize the mentality of the Huns, and the second is to fight for us."

hiss?

Fight for us?

"For us?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, if the purpose of this army is not to fight, then what is the purpose of the army?"

Feng Zheng smiled, "If they don't agree to fight for them and fight with us, why should we leave them? It's not like we can't destroy them in one go. The initiative is in our hands, and the choice seems to be in their hands.

But it is more in our hands. After conquering the Huns in the future, they will have only two options, either to obey or disappear, don’t you think so?"

"Well, that's true."

Ying Zheng smiled and said, "You are absolutely right. If the army is not used for fighting, then there is no point in retaining it. Then how do you want them to fight?"

"Your Majesty, it's simple."

Feng Zheng smiled and said, "Find some common enemies and let the Huns use their advantages to assist us in the battle.

for example……"

As he spoke, Feng Zheng pointed to the east of the Xiongnu.

"Donghu?"

Seeing the words Donghu on the map, Ying Zheng asked immediately.

"Yes, Your Majesty, it is Dong Hu."

Feng Zheng smiled and said, "The Donghu people are now similar to the Huns. They also make a living as nomads. If we defeat the Huns, let the Huns be our pawns and defeat the Donghu together! We will keep you here, you must be useful, you

If it doesn't work and still poses a threat to us, then why should we keep you? You think so, right?"

"Well, that's true."

Ying Zheng smiled and then said, "Then what do you think Dong Hu should do?"

That's right...

For the Xiongnu, they chose the domestication mode, and they could not be domesticated in a completely Central Plains way.

So, should the same Donghu people do the same?

Or, are you going to wipe them out in one fell swoop?

"Your Majesty, I think Donghu is a place where the system of prefectures and counties can be implemented to a great extent."

Uh-huh?

What?

What did you say?

After hearing Feng Zheng's words, Ying Zheng was immediately surprised.

The Xiongnu could not implement the system of prefectures and counties, but the Donghu could?

"Donghu? County system?"

Ying Zheng said in confusion, "Sir, are you telling the truth? Why are the two so different?"

"Hey, Your Majesty..."

Feng Zheng smiled and said, "The reason why they are so different is because they live in different regions."

Region...different?

Ying Zheng was stunned for a moment, then said in surprise, "You mean..."

"Your Majesty, there are large tracts of land suitable for farming there!"

Huh?
To be continued...