Chapter 679

Besides this, there was the training of warhorses.

Cattle and sheep, these two types of livestock, were suitable for growing on the grasslands, and the meat provided relatively sufficient nutrition.

They could be considered the most common food for nomadic peoples on the grasslands in their daily lives.

It was precisely because of this that in this era, the physique of nomadic peoples on the grasslands was generally stronger than that of the Han people.

The staple food of the Han people was flour and rice, while the staple food of nomadic peoples was meat, which naturally caused differences in physique.

On this point, Gu Yi would make changes.

The animal husbandry of the grasslands was developed, so in the future, it could just be built into a center for animal husbandry.

This could be said to be of great benefit to strengthening the physique of the Han people.

As for how to control the grasslands, Gu Yi naturally couldn't continue to hand over the vast grasslands to the Xianbei or Southern Xiongnu to manage.

Supporting one barbarian to check another barbarian might be quite effective in the short term.

But the key to the problem now is.

The Southern Xiongnu and Xianbei had both become Gu Yi's defeated enemies.

The remaining group of Southern Xiongnu and Xianbei were mostly just ordinary herdsmen.

Gu Yi naturally had no need to support a new Chanyu to govern the Southern Xiongnu.

On the contrary.

His goal was to firmly grasp the old lands of the Southern Xiongnu and Xianbei in his hands.

He didn't want to let any nomadic people control these two pieces of land again.

Thus, Gu Yi intended to adopt a "term-of-office bonus system."

The level of prosperity of the grasslands in this period could not be compared with the Central Plains at all.

Even compared to Jiaozhou and Bingzhou, it was far inferior.

Therefore, for Han people, they were certainly unwilling to be sent to the grasslands to be officials.

However, if one possessed a resume of serving in the grasslands, it could add points to one's future official career, and presumably, many young talents would flock to it.

This point was actually similar to some border-aid plans in later generations.

The effect was to encourage young talents to go to the border and underdeveloped areas to serve.

Of course, Gu Yi would specify a term of office for them.

When the term expired, they needed to hand over affairs and return to Chang'an to report on their duties.

In this way, it could avoid forming cliques for private interests, and could fully exert the creativity and initiative of young talents.

It could be said to kill many birds with one stone.

And for Gu Yi.

The grassland areas could also get relatively rapid development and be more closely connected with all parts of the Han realm.

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