Chu Fan's resolute attitude shocked Cao Mengde and others. As one of the princes in the royal family, Chu Anran was very frightened by Chu Fan's "distrustful" attitude.
Chu Anran asked carefully, "Your Majesty, has any of the royal family members committed any illegal acts, causing Your Majesty to be wary of the royal family? Please make it clear to Your Majesty that I will find the elders in my ancestral land to deal with him according to the family law and will not tolerate him."
Chu Fan couldn't help but smile when he heard this and said, "I made this decision not because anyone in the royal family has committed any mistakes, but because I want a unified Wei State. I don't want to leave any hidden dangers or excuses for future emperors to take advantage of, allowing any acts of splitting the country to take advantage of it.
You have to understand that if a prince of the royal family is enfeoffed as a vassal king, he may be loyal to the court at first, but the fate of his descendants is uncertain, especially in a place like Wa, far away from the Wei mainland. It is not impossible for them to become independent and establish themselves as kings.
I have decided to establish four provinces in Wa, with officials dispatched directly from the imperial court to manage them. Trains and concrete roads are already being built on a large scale throughout Wei. These officials will report to the imperial court every six months and submit a monthly memorial on the situation within Wa, ensuring the imperial court has real-time information on the situation. Furthermore, these officials, as well as the generals and soldiers stationed in Wa, will need to be rotated regularly to prevent local forces from becoming too powerful.
After saying this, Chu Fan thought to himself that only by ensuring the court's complete control over the current Wakoku region can it leave a foundation for future kings to recover the Wakoku region, rather than giving them any chance to become independent and become a country again.
After the Wei State clearly established its rule over the Wa State, even if the Wei State no longer existed, the subsequent dynasty would be able to legitimately recover the Wa State region and incorporate it into the territory of the Central Plains dynasty.
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