Save the Bachelor of Heaven

Song Que originally wanted to take advantage of the great victory in Shaoguan to regain the lost ground and fight a second battle with Li Clan.

But Xiang Nan made it clear that he did not want to be the emperor, and his own son Song Shidao was not the material to be the emperor.

His previous failure to compete with Li Shimin for the world had cost him the chance to ascend to the throne.

After all, the founding emperor was indispensable for his civility and martial arts. Emperor Liu Bang of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu, Emperor Wu of the Wei Dynasty Cao Cao, Emperor Wu of the Jin Dynasty Sima Yan, Emperor Wu of the Song Dynasty Liu Yu, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty Yang Jian...

Song Shidao had lost half of his empire, his martial arts skills were gone, and he had lost the confidence of his subjects. Even if he reluctantly ascended the throne, he would not be able to overpower those who opposed him.

Moreover, he has a gentle and calm personality and is not suitable to be the founding king. After all, the founding emperor needed to establish his authority, liquidate the inherent old forces, and establish his own new forces.

This process is full of blood and killing, and it must be ruthless, vicious and resolute.

Just like after Liu Bang established the Han Dynasty, he also divided the ministers into confederations at first. Han Xin, Zhang Liang, Peng Yue, Yingbu, etc. were even named kings with different surnames, but they were later eradicated one by one by Liu Bang and Lu Pheasant.

Cao Cao rose to power with the support of Xun Yu and other wealthy families, but when he wanted to proclaim himself emperor, Xun Yu and others stopped him, and still executed Xun Yu without hesitation.

These people all fought side by side with him and conquered the world. They were partners who grew up together, and each could put life and death in the other's hands.

After the success, when faced with the struggle for interests, I still couldn't help but pull out the butcher's knife. What's more, for those who are hostile, it is not uncommon to behead, confiscate their homes, exterminate their clans, and even bury them alive.

After Qin Shihuang unified the world, he forcibly moved the clans of the Six Kingdoms to the Guanzhong area for surveillance. After Emperor Wu of the Song Dynasty Liu Yu usurped the throne, he killed all the Sima clan of the royal family.

Therefore, Song Shidao's character was not suitable for the founding emperor, and handing over the country to him would only cause chaos in the world.

And Xiang Nan made it clear that he didn't want to be the emperor, so even if Song Que succeeded in the Northern Expedition, no one would be able to inherit his throne. In this case, why would he bother.

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"Kou Zhong, can being a vassal state bring peace and tranquility? We are always a thorn in the heart of Li Clan. They will pull us out sooner or later." Song Que said to Xiang Nan, "As long as you and I are here, When we were here, we were relatively safe in Lingnan. Once we are gone and the younger generation is no longer as good as us, the Li clan will definitely raise troops again. Who will protect them then?"

"That's why I suggested going south." Xiang Nan sighed and said, "Dad, there is more than just the Central Plains in the world. There are large tracts of land in the south, east, and west, and there are many unclaimed lands, which are nothing compared to The Central Plains is bad. We will still have good development there, so why not stay in the Central Plains and fight. "

East Asia has always been surrounded by powerful enemies and is known as the "East Asian Monster House".

Goryeo, Japan, Annan, Turks... these forces are all very enterprising. As long as their strength allows, they will covet the Central Plains.

In comparison, Australia, Africa, Southeast Asia, North and South America... have large tracts of unclaimed land, and the competitive pressure is much smaller.

Moreover, the local indigenous forces were very weak. In the Age of Discovery, a few ships of Spanish, Portuguese, and English people could conquer an island, a country, or even a continent.

With the strength of the Song clan, it is not difficult at all to colonize overseas, but they have to fight with the Li clan in the Central Plains. They will still be the common people of the Central Plains, life and death, so why bother.

"Can I feel at ease when I go overseas?" Song Que still asked uneasily.

"Don't worry about this, dad, at least for two to three hundred years, it will be fine as long as you don't stretch your hips." Xiang Nan waved his hand and said with a smile.

Now at the end of the Sui Dynasty, there are still eight hundred years of history before the Age of Discovery. Before the Age of Discovery began, those areas in Southeast Asia did not receive much attention.

The local development was also very backward. Even until the 20th century, there were still uncivilized cannibals on some Indonesian islands. Therefore, the local indigenous people posed no threat to the Song clan. They didn't even know how to smelt iron. How could they compete with the Song clan's army with wooden weapons?

Of course, if the descendants of the Song family stretch their hips too much, it is not ruled out that the subordinates brought by Lingnan will rebel and kill them. But once it got to that point, there was nothing that could be done.

After all, there is no long-lasting family that has been inherited for thousands of years, and the noble family has been killed for five generations. Even the Medici family in Europe, which had four popes and ruled Florence for more than three hundred years, finally disappeared.

The Habsburg family ruled Europe for more than seven hundred years. At its most powerful, it occupied Austria, Hungary, Spain, Portugal, Bohemia, Mexico, Italy and many other regions. In the end, it also disappeared.

Therefore, even if the Song family declines one day, it is not worth regretting.

After all, they were already gone at that time, so it was useless to think about it so much. As the saying goes, children and grandchildren will have their own blessings, so don't worry about your children and grandchildren.

Xiang Nan has lived for a thousand years and has already been very open-minded about his children and grandchildren. Only Song Que still had this obsession to build a country that would remain unchanged for thousands of years for future generations, but this was doomed to be in vain.

"Okay, two or three hundred years is enough." Song Duo nodded.

"Since dad agrees, let's do it. I will arrange the matter." Xiang Nan said with a smile.

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Subsequently, Xiang Nan made arrangements for overseas colonization.

He has already prepared the ship, and it is actually not difficult to recruit personnel.

In recent years, due to successive wars, many people from the Central Plains have fled to Lingnan, ranging from millions to hundreds of thousands.

Many people had no land and could only become tenants and slaves. These people were eager to own their own fields. And when they arrived overseas, they could divide the land, which naturally attracted many people to join.

Then, Xiang Nan led the fleet from Guangzhou Bay, and the first stop was the Red River Plain in Annan. Jiaozhi County was established here during the Han Dynasty, Songping County was established during the Southern Song Dynasty, and Jiaozhi County was also established here during the Sui Dynasty.

The Red River Plain covers an area of ​​20,000 square kilometers, which is equivalent to a Chengdu Plain. Moreover, the Red River Plain was formed by the impact of the Red River. The quality of the land exceeds that of the Pearl River Delta, and the temperature is high, which can achieve three harvests a year.

Xiang Nan led the army and easily captured Jiaozhi County. Then he began to register, measure the land, and divide the fields. As long as the immigrants came, they could be allocated dozens of acres of land.

The Red River Plain has 20,000 square kilometers, which is equivalent to 30 million acres of land. If a family is allocated 10 acres of land, it is enough to divide 3 million households and feed more than 10 million people.

Immediately afterwards, Xiang Nan led the fleet to conquer the Mekong River Plain and the Chao Phraya River Plain. The Mekong Plain is located in the southern part of the Southeast Peninsula, and the Chao Phraya Plain is located in Siam.

These two places had two dynasties in the early years, one was the Funan Dynasty, the other was the Zhenla Dynasty, and in 802 there was the Angkor Dynasty.

Generally speaking, these dynasties were relatively weak and could not be compared with the Central Plains Dynasty. Xiang Nan's fleet basically did not encounter much obstacles and had conquered the local natives.