Joy of Life: I am a Han Dynasty succubus, and I rebel from the beginning

Five years later, the 500,000-strong army returned one after another, and almost all the islands and peninsulas around the Han Dynasty were included in its territory.

What followed were tens of thousands of indigenous slaves who were escorted into the Han Dynasty, castrated, and sent to factories and farmland.

The profit-seeking businessmen discovered the business opportunity and volunteered to follow the army to govern the overseas territories, almost dividing the land and becoming the king.

All the civil and military officials in the court praised Liu Che's wisdom and bravery.
Looking at the industrial system, firearms, and steam iron ships, the Han Dynasty army was invincible.

A broad smile appeared on Liu Che's face.

Under his leadership, the Han Dynasty ushered in another golden age.

Who says that using the military is warmongering? Since they have mastered advanced productive forces, the Han people see everyone else as uncivilized natives.

As for the people, there were opposing voices in the court, saying that God is merciful and that harmony should be valued.

Emperor Liu Che respected these students very much and personally ordered a piece of land to be set aside outside the city for these students to work on for a few years.

Hopefully, they’re as tough as they talk.

The military-industrial system began to show signs of development during the reign of Emperor Gaozu and became powerful under the rule of Emperor Wu, Liu Che.

The Han army conquered one land after another, and thousands of soldiers became military nobles with fiefs.

But today, Liu Che frowned slightly.

What Yang Jian said was right, the rebellion did happen.

The islands near the Han Dynasty are fine, as they are close and allow us to suppress rebellions at will.

But there are several places whose territories are no less than that of the Han Dynasty. Under the instigation of the indigenous nobles, the indigenous peoples took advantage of the terrain and played hide-and-seek with the Han army.

According to the memorial, several thousand Han soldiers did not die in the battles to destroy the indigenous kingdoms, but died in silent assassinations.

Fan Zhongyan looked calm and sat next to Liu Che.

They both knew that there was nothing that could be done about it.

When the Han army entered overseas areas, they did not think about building them properly, but instead plundered people, food, gold, silver, and minerals.

Being a local emperor in a barbarian country and living a life of luxury and debauchery is certainly comfortable, but it is nowhere near as prosperous as the Central Plains.

"Prime Minister, what do you think I should do in this situation?"

Liu Che gently stroked the memorial, his eyes becoming a little vague.

"Govern the barbarians with the barbarians, enfeoff relatives and princes to send overseas, and relocate the nobles with military merit to fiefdoms."

Fan Zhongyan spoke calmly and slowly put forward three suggestions.

The first one is fine, but the second and third ones are likely to offend a large number of powerful people in the country.

If he wasn't careful, Liu Che might face impeachment by a nobleman for his military merits for the second time in his life.

Liu Che smiled and looked at the Prime Minister who had been with him for more than ten years, his tone unfathomable.

"Is there no other way? Prime Minister, you should understand that this is a way to destroy the country! The Han Dynasty's thousands of years of foundation may be destroyed because of your suggestion."

Fan Zhongyan could tell that Liu Che was dissatisfied with his suggestion, but his expression did not change. He has always been like this, always speaking his mind.

Fortunately, the chief minister of the Han cabinet also holds the position of prime minister, and the emperor and his subjects must observe etiquette when they meet, and they cannot be dismissed at will.

Otherwise, given Fan Zhongyan's character, he would probably have been dismissed by Emperor Wu of Han directly.

"Then what does your majesty want? Treat the Han people equally, implement the kingly way, and give the industrial system to the natives?"

"That's absolutely not possible!"

Liu Che rejected it without even thinking about it.

The Han Dynasty’s invincible trump card is its industrial system!
If the industrial system were to spread out, I'm afraid all overseas regions would rebel.

As for the kingly way, it is to reduce taxes and levies, treat the people well, encourage farming and sericulture, and develop commerce...

Which minister asked Liu Che to do this?

Liu Che would certainly be furious and spit in the minister's face.

If this is the case, who will cultivate the idle farmland in the Han Dynasty?

The benefits of a steady supply of silver, grain, cattle, sheep, and slaves are obvious to all.

If Liu Che abolished these things now, I am afraid that the most loyal army and large factory owners would unite against him. Fan Zhongyan had already expected that Liu Che would say this.

After a moment's silence, he took off his cabinet member medal and spoke seriously.

"I beg to take sick leave and return home, or be demoted outside the court."

Fan Zhongyan actually had another suggestion, but after thinking about it, he decided not to say it even to Emperor Liu Che.

Liu Che would definitely not give up ruling the entire world.

The Han army was victorious in every battle, countless kings and princes were born in the war, and merchants and common people also benefited from cattle, sheep, slaves, silver and grain.

People all over the world called Liu Che the Martial Emperor, but in terms of civil administration, Liu Che was not much behind the emperors of all dynasties in the Han Dynasty.

The tax ratio has dropped to fifty to one.

If they were not worried that the Han Dynasty would encounter a financial crisis in the future, they might have increased taxes.

Liu Che really wanted to abolish taxes.

He felt that these were dispensable; domestic industrial output, commercial trade, and foreign occupation and rule had made the national treasury richer than ever before.

When Liu Che heard that Fan Zhongyan was retiring and returning to his hometown, he was slightly stunned, his eyes dimmed, and he nodded.

"That's fine! The emperor and prime minister of the Han Dynasty have never had any conflicts. They cannot be defeated by me."

Fan Zhongyan looked much more relaxed and bowed three times.

In the huge imperial study, only Liu Che was left, feeling cold and lonely.

Emperor Gao had a group of brothers accompanying him, as well as Empress Sangwen.

And he, Liu Che, was destined to be alone, whether he was a concubine in the harem or a minister in the court.

They are all subordinates, not friends.

The imperial edict from the Imperial Study soon reached the Cabinet, allowing the Prime Minister Fan Zhongyan to retire and return home, and the Minister of Personnel Gou Yi to resign from the position of Shangshu and be promoted to Prime Minister.

There was an uproar in the court. The officials saw that Fan Zhongyan was in his fifties, which was the period of his political rise as he was experienced and savvy, so they just retired and returned home.

But under the prestige of Emperor Wu, the ministers chose to remain silent.

At the same time, Liu Che wrote an edict.

The overseas lands were divided into countless territories, some of the nobles with military merit were relocated, and relatives were enfeoffed as kings to guard one side and protect the Han Dynasty.

The news spread quickly, and many people said it was the suggestion of former Prime Minister Fan Zhongyan.

The next day, the door of Fan Zhongyan's mansion was broken down by a large group of clan members and children of meritorious officials.

These people don't even want to go to other places in the Han Dynasty, let alone the barbarian lands overseas.

However, under the emperor's mandatory order, no matter how unwilling they were, they had no choice but to go to their overseas fiefdoms.

Liu Che stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the large number of dejected young men of merit and nobles with military achievements leaving Kyoto, and suddenly spoke.

"If the distance wasn't too far, information exchange would be inconvenient."

"Why did I go to such lengths to allow them to become powerful vassal kings? In the end, these people showed no gratitude at all. It seems that the protection of their fathers has made them into playboys."

Minister of Works Xiao Buyi wiped the sweat from his forehead, looking quite frightened.

Is your majesty dissatisfied with yourself? You think you have been in charge of the Ministry of Industry for more than ten years, but you haven't even produced a suitable communication tool.

Liu Che looked at Xiao Buzhi with disdain.

"No wonder the nobles with military merits have been unable to control the power of the court in recent decades. If it weren't for my grandfather's creation of the recommendation system, I'm afraid the court would have been dominated by the gentry."

After saying that, Liu Che waved his sleeves and told Xiao Buyi to get out.

On the high building of the imperial palace, Liu Che's face suddenly flushed and he muttered to himself.

"We have to move faster! We have to take over all the overseas territories. I promised the people that I would make sure everyone has enough food and meat to eat."

The imperial edict was again passed to the Military Council, ordering the army to return to the Han Dynasty to rest, while the other half of the Han army continued to march overseas.

(End of this chapter)