Chapter 306 The Ending

On the wilderness outside Youzhou City, Luo Dacheng rode his horse and sometimes turned around and led the children behind him to catch up.

Now, his child can run on a pony. Although his movements are still very immature, he is chasing him on his own.

Children who grow up on horseback will eventually have the spirit of bravery and will not feel cowardly when facing foreign enemies.

Behind the children were Luo Dacheng's queen and concubines. Most of them rode horses and followed them, and their eyes were full of loving care.

Mu Guiying, the first female general of the Song Dynasty, has now returned to her heroic and beautiful appearance. She beats a horse like flying, and follows her little son, carefully protecting and leading him so that he will not fall off the horse's back.

Princess Wei was not far away, and there was a small daughter sitting on the saddle in front of her. She smiled and urged the horse to follow her. In front of her were the heroic Meng Yilan and the gentle and smiling Queen Di.

The Uighur Queen also smiled and ran, and the prince who was urging the horse to gallop in front of her was blue, but she was a beautiful mixed-race child.

The concubines of other ethnic groups also took their children and followed Luo Dacheng out to hunt. This is their favorite leisure time. They always stayed in the palace in Youzhou City and would get sick.

In the distance, thousands of cavalry surrounded them from afar. After all, the emperor could not take it lightly when he traveled. Although the world was clear and the sea was peaceful, there were no remnants of the former Liao Dynasty who wanted to retaliate against the emperor to avenge their family and country.

Luo Dacheng smiled and looked back at the happy family, his heart full of warm emotions.

Over the years, the economy of China under his control has developed rapidly. Since he established his capital in Youzhou, he has allowed the world to recuperate and live a rare peaceful life.

During these years of peace, many cities have been rapidly building and becoming more and more prosperous.

To the north of Bianliang City, Yuanyang City, which is across the river from it, is the forefront of the Chinese country on the north bank of the Yellow River. It has a large number of troops stationed in it and countless merchants have traveled, and the prosperity is getting worse.

After experiencing war, the city of Bianliang gradually recovered its vitality. The population of the people in the city increased greatly, and industry and commerce have also recovered a lot, even more prosperous than usual. Merchants exchanged, and still used this place as a transit station for transactions between the two countries, allowing it to maintain its status as an economic city.

After a difficult period, the officials and families in the city finally made a lot of money in business and shops, and lived a wealthy life.

Most of the shops in the city belong to China. The officials of China rented them to merchants of all ethnic groups from the north at a low price to help all ethnic groups learn to do business, so as to help them become rich and eliminate their looting nature.

Without paying taxes, you can make money in this prosperous city, which makes merchants of all races extremely excited. Unfortunately, all shops can only be rented for three years according to regulations, and then they have to be exchanged for others to make money. This makes the aliens who have tasted the sweetness of doing business unwillingly, but they can only leave Bianliang City and go somewhere else to try their luck.

Southeast coastal cities will be their best choice. With the nautical technology gradually developed by China and the Song Dynasty, countless shipbuilders built large quantities of ships and sold them to maritime merchants, allowing them to transport goods from all over the country through sea routes, earning high price differences from it.

At the exit of the Yangtze River, Shanghai Port has been completed, and the newly built Tianjin Port is also playing an increasingly important role in the north.

With the assistance of the State of Song, the Chinese army had been traversing Hong Kong and Zhanjiang, reaching the two newly named Hainan and Taiwan, trying to conquer the local indigenous tribes. With the multiple means of economic appeasement as the main and military suppression as the auxiliary, the barbarian tribes on these two islands gradually surrendered and willingly returned to the rule of China.

The caravans of the China Kingdom kept starting from various cities in the West and the north and developed trade to every city in the Song Dynasty. With the support of the original economic foundation of the Song Dynasty, the vast China Kingdom gradually became more and more prosperous.

The economic strength of the Song Dynasty was amazing. In an environment that focused on industry and commerce, the Song Dynasty restored its original fiscal revenue in just a few years and took out most of it to repay the military expenditure of China.

Although the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty were not willing to do this, forty thousand cavalry were stationed in Bianliang City and could be ordered to rush into the palace to arrest them at any time. The monarchs and ministers could only acknowledge the reality helplessly, and since then, under the surveillance of the Northern Army, they have been working to control the south of the Central Plains.

The economic prosperity of China also led to the economic development of the Song Dynasty. From the grasslands, the Western Regions, to Sichuan, Shu and Lingnan, industry and commerce developed rapidly. China and the Song Dynasty gradually became one economically, and neither side could leave the other side and exist alone.

This is exactly what Luo Dacheng hoped. Since the Song Dynasty cannot be eliminated through military operations, it is only possible to control the Song Dynasty economically so that it can no longer escape the influence of the Northern China. Until the two countries closely condense into an economic whole, it will be difficult to split and war.

During these years, Luo Dacheng carried out a lot of immigration work, and countless Han people were moved from Shanxi and Youyun to the northwest and northeast, where they opened up land and farmed. Nomadic people from all over the country were also moved to the old land of the Han people, allowing them to take over the original Han people's fertile land and learn farming from the remaining Han people, and gradually became excellent farmers.

The exchange and resettlement of people of all ethnic groups in various places seems like a waste of time, but this is a necessary means to integrate ethnic groups and establish a farming society.

From the northwest to the northeast, the enthusiasm for farming gradually spread. If nomads alone cannot support everyone, then whether to eat grass roots, wild rats or plant food to fill their stomachs will become the choice for herders. Once more and more herders and hunters choose to change to farmers, the aggressiveness of these nations will gradually decrease year by year, and they will eventually be bound to fertile land, and they will no longer be willing to conquer the surroundings and live those dangerous days.

Most of the Jurchens in the forests of the northeast have surrendered to China, went down the mountain to plant grain fields, or became landlords. Occasionally, some hunters are still appearing in the forests, but they are no longer in the climate and cannot make a living by looting alone.

Luo Dacheng once led a large number of nomadic cavalry to fight eastward, crossing the river, defeating the local indigenous army, and making the Goryeo Kingdom bow down and surrender. As the Chinese army and caravans rushed there, the indigenous peoples on the Goryeo Peninsula also began to learn Chinese and took pride in learning Chinese.

In the north, the territory of China is also constantly extending. Even in the extreme north, there are troops sent by China, conquering local tribes and bringing them under the military household system of China.

Those tribes were all small tribes, and they had no strength to fight against the Northern Expedition. Under the rule of China, their lives gradually improved and they no longer had the intention to resist.

Large tracts of land in Siberia fell into the rule of China. Although these areas were vast and sparsely populated, Luo Dacheng still ordered strict management to avoid a change in the long run and became the root cause of disasters for China and the Song Dynasty.

Maritime commerce has developed greatly. According to the original armistice agreement, most of the good ports in the world were occupied by China. Countless maritime merchants supported by China exported from these ports and transported the goods from the Song Dynasty and China to a distance, making the huge profits and wealth that made the merchants of the Song Dynasty jealous.

The merchants of the Song Dynasty, who were profit-oriented, quickly adjusted their strategies and brought a large number of goods to various coastal ports, and also learned to do maritime business. The Song Dynasty also developed its own ports. After all, half of the coastal prefectures and counties are still in its own hands.

The design and manufacturing of sea ships are also developing rapidly, becoming larger and larger, and more suitable for navigation. Luo Dacheng ordered the establishment of a navy and explored the south to find the residence of uneducated barbarians.

Based on his memory, he drew a rough map and made plans for the future development of the navy: from Lingnan and Yazhou to the west, conquering various far-southern barbarian states, and including Vietnam to Thailand and India, all under the rule of China!

This is the will of immortality. Except for the Song Dynasty, which has already expressed obedience, any area on the earth will be controlled by the Chinese army. The rebels will be punished and witness the glory of the Chinese army with their blood!

But it took a long time, and Luo Dacheng did not have the confidence to manage these things. So he ordered the maritime merchants to invest in colonial companies established by the government. During the navy's southern expedition, any maritime merchants who paid for it could demand some benefits and special rights in the colonies.

Under the propaganda of China, the maritime merchants were full of enthusiasm. The colonies that had begun to conquer brought them huge profits. The specialties there were ships and ships to the north and sold to the people of the Song Dynasty, making them rich.

Among these maritime merchants, many of them were merchants from the Song Dynasty. Since China and the Song Dynasty were brotherly countries, it was natural for them to get a share of the pie. China did not discriminate against them, but only offered more preferential treatment to merchants from China, which made many merchants have the idea of ​​immigrating to China.

The work of conquering the Far South through navigation has begun. Luo Dacheng just lit this fire and set the tone of development, and the future affairs will be left to future generations to do.

Luo Dacheng believed that they would conquer Southeast Asia and South Asia, expand the territory of China to West Asia, make the Song Dynasty a part of the vast territory of China, and provide a continuous stream of aid to make China's development never stop.

After all, what the emperor and ministers of the Song Dynasty wanted was just a peaceful life. They gave them peace and let them rule the Central Plains and South China. This was already a great kindness. As for whether any Song prefectures and counties would be willing to turn against China in the future, we can only talk about it later.

The Philippines and Malaysia are island countries further south. As long as the Chinese navy grows stronger under the influence of interests, countless Han people will cross the ocean and come to all islands near the mainland, become the mainstream ethnic groups on the island, and include all local indigenous peoples into the Chinese tribes and integrate them into the Chinese tribes as ordinary tribes, just like the already integrated ethnic groups such as Dangxiang, Khitan, and Zubu.

But the establishment of the navy and the development and manufacturing of larger sea ships are not a one-day effort. If you think of that day, Luo Dacheng can only wait patiently for a long time.

But his patience was not very good. Since the north had been pacified, the next thing would be to enter Europe!

He didn't have much time left. The formation of a farming society has caused nomadic people to gradually lose their aggression nature. Perhaps in a few decades, the Chinese cavalry will no longer regard looting and killing as the greatest pleasure in life.

Then, just before their wildness is lost, we will strive to expand westward, so that the Chinese cavalry that rolls across the mainland will become eternal heroic legends!

Just two years ago, Luo Dacheng had presided over the battle, eliminating Khwarezm, which the West refused to surrender, and greatly expanded the territory of China to the west. But that was not his ultimate goal. In the powerful China, only he knew in his heart that further west, there was a beautiful Europe, a place with picturesque scenery and a climate suitable for human survival and development.

Russia has not yet appeared, and it will not appear again. When Luo Dacheng leads his army across the Volga River and incorporates everything into the Chinese rule, he will immigrate a large number of ethnic groups in the East, so that they can integrate with the local ethnic groups and create a brand new Chinese!

The emerging Chinese people, the culture they learned was naturally the Han people's culture. However, Luo Dacheng's intention was added to it. In recent years, he has presided over the revision of classics of the previous dynasties, led a large number of scholars and scholars to select the classics of various schools of thought and revise them. As a textbook for students, he gave them a new concept.

The God they worship is a great immortal heaven. God’s doctrine will be an enterprising doctrine. Any region should be bathed in the glory of God and become a place where the Chinese army will stop!

This is completely different from the culture of the Song Dynasty. This is the emerging Chinese civilization. Although it is the same as the Song Dynasty, it is already a brand new civilization after all.

In the future, will your children lead a large army to directly siege the Song Dynasty and conquer it into a part of China?

Luo Dacheng was not sure. He could only work hard to increase the economic ties between the two countries during his life, and try to achieve the goal of peaceful means without fighting against the enemy's soldiers.

In short, it is peaceful evolution.

In any case, this can at least kill less people, so that the Han people in the world will no longer kill each other, but will control the lifeline of the Song Dynasty through economic means that seem to be full of warmth. In the years since then, various prefectures and counties have been independent one by one with the support of China and claiming to join China and become a part of it.

Without a strong military force, the Song Dynasty could not confront China. When economic and cultural invasion reached its peak, people's hearts were also lost and turned to China, that was the beginning of the collapse of the Song Dynasty.

The monarch and ministers of the Song Dynasty did not even have the capital to resist. Any plan to attack independent prefectures and counties would go bankrupt under the threat of the Chinese army. Unless Zhao Zhen had the courage to move the capital, he would always live under the threat of the butcher knife of the Chinese cavalry.

But he could not move the capital. As long as he quietly left Bianliang City and came to the Zhongzhou Plain, it would be the beginning of his life in pursuit, capture, and prison.

Cowardice has become the nature of the royal family of the Song Dynasty. Even if he is much stronger than his descendant Huizong and Qinzong, he finally chose to surrender when facing the strong northern tribes, and from then on he hid in the deep palace, drank and lived a life, and all the state affairs were handed over to the ministers.

Many of these ministers were already determined to work for China. It was not the responsibility of the Chinese intelligence agencies to clean up the corrupt officials of the Song Dynasty, but rather the behavior they tried to stop, as long as those corrupt officials were willing to receive subsidies from China.

The future of the Song Dynasty will eventually slide to collapse, even if the economy of the Song Dynasty is booming, as long as people lose their hearts, the people of the world will really return the orthodox Yan and Huang to China. The unification of the Great China is about to come.

Luo Dacheng is still uncertain whether the unified Great China is an imperial dictatorship, a constitutional monarchy, or other systems.

What he was sure of was that he had to work hard to change the political system so that his children would not kill each other and would do bloody and cruel activities to their relatives for the sake of the throne.

Then we cannot establish a system of enfeoffment of kings like Zhu Yuanzhang and Liu Bang. The military household system that the Chinese Empire has always followed will also be revised. After all, although Genghis Khan is dominant in the world, his descendants have also committed murderous acts. The descendants of a Mongolian emperor were almost killed by brothers of the same clan. This is a bloody fact similar to the history of various generations.

Therefore, the system of selecting successors will be changed. There must be an institution to ensure the authority of the new emperor, defeat any conspiracy to split and seize the throne, and ensure the prosperity and development of the empire. This requires this institution to have strong strength.

In Luo Dacheng's idea, the name of this institution should be called Parliament, or the House of Lords, etc.

The parliament will have strong strength, which will be a limit on the emperor's power. But this is also helpless. If you do not want the heirs of the throne to kill each other, there must be a powerful organization to restrict them. The strength of this organization will inevitably divide the emperor's power.

Luo Dacheng would spend decades to slowly explore every detail of this emerging system. Now, he can only let the ministries choose three members of the parliament in each hundred households, give them greater power, restrict and guide the work of the hundred households and deputy households, and have the power to impeach.

In other words, the so-called democracy can only reach a hundred households and cannot be further increased to the next level. Otherwise, it will affect the stability of society and the solid rule of the emperor.

This is just a bud. Luo Dacheng began to be full of interest in democratic experiments. He would slowly go from nothing to something, exploring and establishing his own political system - there is no need for too much democracy and idealism, all goals are just to prevent his descendants from killing each other, nor to be deposed by parliament, and to reach a balance that can be accepted in all aspects and strive to maintain.

The leaders of some ethnic groups hope that their children will fight each other and find the most brutal and bravest one to maintain the competitiveness of the family. But such a family will eventually disappear into the long river of history.

Since sooner or later, Luo Dacheng only wants to find a longer path so that although his descendants cannot have such great dictatorial power as he does, they can maintain their rule for a longer period of time, for thousands of years.

After all, he was still a Han Chinese who had been influenced by the idea of ​​"filial piety and brotherhood". Even in that era, no one mentioned these two words again. This idea was still soaked in the depths of his heart, allowing him to try his best to avoid the mutual struggle between his children and grandchildren to reach the point of fratricide.

It takes time to establish strict systems and a complete political system, send navies to conquer the world, and develop industry and commerce on a large scale.

But before all the goals are achieved, Luo Dacheng will first conquer Europe.

The work of entering West Asia and Europe has been arranged for many years, and finally he can free up his hands from the internal affairs of China. During this year, he will deploy a large number of elite cavalry to the northwest area, preparing to lead his army to the war.

The winter of this year, just passed the New Year, and it was still cold and the weather was still cold. Luo Dachengruo had already led his army from Youzhou and prepared to go to the northwest to take charge of the more than 100,000 cavalry army there.

Next, he will personally lead the army to the West to attack the nations between Eurasia and bring them under the rule of China.

His military career in this life was only ruthless to the Song Dynasty. If those countries refused to surrender, they could only use iron-blooded policies to completely conquer them, and completely control and assimilate them from military, economic and cultural aspects, so that they could become members of China.

This will inevitably lead to the decline and demise of many civilizations. But it is better than during the Mongolian expedition to the West, killing hundreds of millions of people along the way, and countless civilizations were completely extinct, leaving no written records in history.

Luo Dacheng did a better job. Every time he conquered a civilization, he would order efforts to preserve the historical classics of that country and leave a hundred people to study the original texts and historical culture of that country - but only one hundred people.

Leading tens of thousands of elite cavalrymen, Luo Dacheng immediately smiled quietly as he looked out of Youzhou City, as well as the queen, concubines, princes and princesses who were leaving the city to see him off.

Now Di Liniang has grown up and with her in charge of state affairs, with Di Qing and Meng Yilan, Luo Dacheng can be completely at ease with the rear.

Beside Luo Dacheng, Mu Guiying and Ma Yunna were so energetic, wearing military uniforms, leading the personal guards to follow him, attracting the envious eyes of many concubines.

As famous generals who gallop on the battlefield, they will follow their husbands, the great Emperor of China, to fight west together, defeat all the enemies and spread the entire world to the footprints of the Chinese nation!
Chapter completed!