The most arrogant in history

Chapter 463: Give up personal vendettas.

Ye Kun looked around at everyone: "My Lords, what do you think?"

Sang Buyi said: "As far as I know, Xiahou Chang is joining forces with Goguryeo and the Northern Xiongnu Tianxian Chanyu to form a triangular alliance to fight against us. How can he be fooled if you ask him to fight Goguryeo?"

Now that China is unified and its strength has greatly increased, it also poses a great threat to neighboring countries and tribes.

Nanhuang has completely surrendered and is completely controlled by Ye Kun.

Gongsun Shangfei led his troops in Western Qiang, killing many people, and continued to advance into the southwest, and was about to control the entire Tibetan Plateau.

The young wise king of the Western Xiongnu also became Ye Kun's subject.

He Zhongshu joined forces with the Little Xian King and continued to use troops on the prairie, fighting a war of attrition and hindering the development of Tianxian Chanyu.

The three major forces in the north, Xiahou Chang, Goguryeo, and Tianxian Chanyu, all knew that Ye Kun was about to go north, so they had already formed a group.

Ma Zhao also laughed and said, "Mr. Liu, if you now persuade Xiahou Chang to attack Goguryeo, I'm afraid Xiahou Chang will chop off your head and give it to Goguryeo as a favor."

The other ministers were not optimistic about Liu Ai's strategy.

Liu Ai said, "Since I am going to be a lobbyist, I will naturally give Xiahou Chang benefits. As long as the benefits are enough, Xiahou Chang will agree to me."

Ye Kun asked: "What benefits do you hope to give Xiahou Chang?"

Liu Ai was not in a hurry:

"First, allow Xiahou Chang to become a vassal and nominally belong to China; second, promise Xiahou Chang that he will be rich and prosperous for life, and his descendants will have no worries about food and clothing, at least refer to the example of Xiao Dequan; third, if Xiahou Chang conquers Goguryeo, let him hand over Liaodong, relocate Goguryeo, and be named the King of Goryeo, hereditary.

In this way, Liaodong and Goguryeo will be part of China. The remaining Tianxian Chanyu in the north will be alone and will surely fail.

This is a plan that kills three birds with one stone. I hope the King of Han will approve it."

Upon hearing this, Sang Buyi and others nodded slightly.

Ye Kun said: "Xiahou Chang killed my sworn brothers Shangguan Jifu and Yan Liuhai, which is a blood debt. If I agree to surrender to him, wouldn't that be giving him an easy deal?"

In fact, Ye Kun understood that it was not worth starting a war for a deadly feud, which would result in hundreds of thousands of casualties on both sides.

He also killed Xiahou Chang's brothers and several generals, which was considered revenge for Shangguan Jifu and Yan Liuhai.

But Ye Kun had to say this, otherwise Shangguan Jifu and Yan Liuhai's son would think he was heartless and ungrateful.

Liu Ai sighed and said, "One is a personal vendetta, the other is a great cause. How can the King of Han, a wise man, give up the great cause for a personal vendetta? If you spare Xiahou Chang, you will spare the lives of hundreds of thousands of civilians and soldiers in Liaodong. Which is more important? I hope the King of Han will think twice."

Ye Kun sighed: "Well, for the sake of the country, I am willing to give up my personal grudge and accept Xiahou Chang's surrender. I'm just afraid that Xiahou Chang is still ambitious and wants to fight with me for the world."

Liu Ai smiled and said, "If Xiahou Chang is not a fool, he will surrender this time. Liaodong and Goguryeo will soon be incorporated into the Chinese territory."

Sang Buyi said, "My lord, you can let Liu Ai give it a try."

Ye Kun smiled and said, "What if Xiahou Chang kills Liu Ai?"

Liu Ai smiled and said, "At that time, the King of Han can mobilize the navy and the army to raze Liaodong to the ground. The soldiers of the three armies will surely fight for their lives."

Yu Guinong said with a wicked smile: "When the time comes, we will say that Mr. Liu Ai is our Minister of General Affairs of the Nine Departments, and he is one of the Three Dukes. Xiahou Chang killed our Minister of General Affairs, and it is only natural for us to raise an army to take revenge."

Liu Ai sneered: "Master Yu is right, but I probably won't die. Maybe I will return with merit and wait for the congratulations of all the masters at the celebration banquet."

Ye Kun waved his hand and said, "Since everyone agrees, I will appoint Liu Ai as the Minister of General Affairs of the Nine Ministries, second only to Sang Buyi. Tomorrow morning, Mr. Liu Ai will return immediately to Liaodong as an envoy."

"Yes, sir!" Liu Ai clasped his fists.

The next morning, Liu Ai took Ye Kun's handwritten letter and went ahead. He returned on horseback with hundreds of guards, ready to go on the mission.

Ye Kun and others continued to patrol near Wudu.

The weather is getting colder and colder.

Ye Kun ordered to return to Xuchang to spend a peaceful New Year.

In fact, Wudu is very close to Yizhou.

Xie Baochan really wanted to go back to Chengdu to celebrate the New Year, but she was just not sure how to ask for it.

After all, national affairs are important.

After Ye Kun's trips back and forth, the road traffic conditions in the west became better than before.

In order to please Ye Kun, the first task of the officials along the way was to repair the roads to facilitate the passage of carriages.

In this way, the maintenance and development of official roads was indirectly promoted.

In mid-November, returned to Xuchang.

On the way back, Ye Kun and Jiang Yourong, of course, spent money lavishly and generously again.

After returning to Xuchang, Ye Kun first read the reports from various places.

Qin Erwu has sent 120,000 foreign laborers from the Jiaozhi Peninsula six times.

Among them, 80,000 men were sent to coal mines, iron mines, cement factories, lime kilns, and brick kilns;

Forty thousand female workers were absorbed by textile mills and military garment factories in various places.

Qin Erwu was also very resentful, so he organized 100,000 laborers to build a road along the pass of the Changshan Mountains, cut down the peaks, fill in the valleys, and split the mountains to create a road.

The Changshan Mountains are not very high, with an altitude of about two thousand meters.

There are several mountain passes that serve as natural passages to the east and center.

When encountering a dense forest, Qin Erwu organized the felling of trees, dried them, and then set them on fire, causing a forest fire and forcing a way through.

At this moment, Wang Meng was leading the remnants of the Chinese people in the eastern part of the Jiaozhi Peninsula in a fierce battle with the Kingdom of Funan, winning victory after victory.

Ye Kun wrote back to Qin Erwu, asking him to treat the descendants of the Chinese people on the Jiaozhi Peninsula well and strengthen identity education. He also asked him to organize local non-Chinese laborers to continue building roads on the Jiaozhi Peninsula.

At the same time, tens of thousands of technicians and an additional 10,000 troops were dispatched to support the construction of the Jiaozhi Peninsula and further control the entire island.

Judging from the current situation, we will be able to take over the entire Jiaozhi Peninsula in another year.

If we go faster, it might only take half a year.

Because the fighting power of Funan was so poor that it didn't even have decent steel weapons!

Wu Xuan and Xue Ju in the southwest continued to use their troops and followed the ancient Tea-Horse Road in the south into the territory of what would later become Myanmar.

The Ancient Tea-Horse Road is a path that was trampled out by merchants and adventurers.

It is passable, but not suitable for major progress.

The later Qing Dynasty entered the south from here and controlled the northern part of Myanmar.

Ye Kun ordered Wu Xuan and Xue Ju to suspend the attack, continue to repair the road, and wait for the big move later.

Because from here, continuing to move southwest, you will reach the Bay of Bengal.

At that time, the naval fleet will head north from the Bay of Bengal and join Wu Xuan's army to completely surround the Jiaozhi Peninsula.

To the west from the Bay of Bengal is the Indian Peninsula.

Therefore, Ye Kun’s next step is to open up the road from Yunnan to the Bay of Bengal and plan to take over the Indian Peninsula.

Ma Zhengyang from the Ministry of Industry came to Ye Kun and frowned, saying, "Many of the foreign laborers introduced from Jiaozhi Peninsula are undisciplined and are resisting and causing trouble in the coal and iron mines. What should we do?"

Ye Kun asked: "Is there something called an iron chain in our steel factory?"