In winter, people in the Western Regions are in panic. There is a high probability that the countries in the Western Regions will usher in new masters. How to survive is the primary problem faced by the people in the Western Regions.
Since ancient times, the Western Region has been a land of disputes, where various ethnic groups from the east, west, north, and south meet, without any chance of unification and the birth of a powerful political power.
Countless tribes came here, grew and grew, and then quickly died out. Even the kings of the Western Regions, most of them couldn't tell where their bloodline came from.
Especially the cold wind blowing from the Mobei grassland in the northeast will hit the Western Regions every ten or twenty years, like reincarnations that never end.
Now it seems that the time has come for the "change of dynasties" in the Western Regions. The Turks have once again launched a unification war. However, for the countries in the Western Regions, all they feel during this process is the pain of being dominated by a cruel fate.
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The people of Chang'an were extremely happy during the winter of the seventh year of Yuanzhen. It has been seven years since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, and the shadow of the war in the late Sui Dynasty is quickly fading from people's memories.
The Tang Dynasty fought a series of wars around its borders and achieved great success almost every year. It can be said that the Tang people were pursuing the glory of the pre-Sui period.
After recovering a large area of territory, the enemies faced by the Sui Dynasty and the Tuyuhun tribes disappeared. The tribes were under the management of the Tang Dynasty, changing their living customs day by day, and herding sheep and cattle for the Tang Dynasty.
The Goguryeo people perished under the fierce attack of the Tang Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty was delighted to eradicate this great enemy.
Groups of Goguryeo prisoners of war came ashore in Donglai and would soon be dispersed into the territory of Datang, making various contributions to the restoration of Datang's national power.
The barbarian strongholds spread throughout the mountains and forests in the south had been torn to pieces by the Tang army's officers and soldiers, and the Tang Dynasty's policy began to shift toward appeasement. In the autumn of the seventh year of Yuanzhen in the Tang Dynasty, South Sichuan Province first convened the barbarian leaders to discuss the future.
Because most of those irreconcilable conflicts had already been resolved in the war, the barbarian leaders did not have much room for bargaining. Therefore, in the winter of that year, Sichuan South Road sent a letter to the central government and proposed a series of strategies to pacify the barbarians.
After deliberation among the three provinces, it was sent to Li Po's eucalyptus, which mutually confirmed the suggestions given by Chu Suiliang, and finally ordered the counties in Lingnan to implement it.
The first step was to register the barbarians. Just like the household registration system in Datang's counties, a comprehensive inventory was started, the barbarian household registrations were registered, and rewards were given to those barbarian leaders who were willing to accept the rule of the Tang Dynasty.
All barbarians who were unwilling to register their household registration were regarded as refugees. After the capture and capture, all barbarians were demoted to slave households. The surrendered barbarians were encouraged to capture them and go to the government in exchange for rewards.
Then came the government's management policy towards the barbarians, which changed the barbaric policy since the Qin and Han dynasties, which had imposed heavy taxes on the barbarians during times of peace and carried out purges when the barbarians rebelled.
Provide certain preferential treatment to the obedient barbarian tribes, send people to teach them advanced production methods, change their social structure and customs, and reconcile the conflicts between the Tang Dynasty and the barbarians.
Another most important policy was to recruit barbarian warriors into the army on a large scale and open up the Tang Dynasty's bureaucracy to the barbarian people with meritorious deeds.
The recruited barbarian soldiers were sent to station in the South China Sea after training, continuously strengthening the power of the Tang Dynasty's Nanhai Protectorate, and forming an effective deterrent to Chenla, Funan and other small countries in the South China Sea.
These actually followed the policies of the Han Dynasty to appease the barbarians.
Most of the southern barbarian tribes such as Wuxi Man, Changsha Man, and Ting Man during the Han Dynasty have been integrated into the society of the Central Plains. Some of the big families in the south such as Huang, Liu, and Sha are their descendants.
They can be encouraged to go to Lingnan to serve as officials, guide the barbarian tribes, support various barbarian villages to explore the jungle, open up trade routes, and contribute to the expansion of the Tang Dynasty. In addition, find something for them to do.
I wanted to be a robber and plunder the villages of the Tang Dynasty.
The Tang Dynasty is entering a period of peace. Although the barbarians are a factor of instability, they can no longer cause trouble. Assimilating the barbarians has become the theme of the Tang Dynasty's barbarian policy.
Chu Suiliang's suggestion was actually to use kindness and power at the same time, to deter them with military strength, to embrace them with benevolence, and to show them with trustworthiness. The policy to control barbarians issued in the seventh year of Yuanzhen of the Tang Dynasty well reflected these points.
This also shows that after countless discussions, Chu Suiliang's suggestions were recognized by the court.
Being able to influence the imperial government, Chu Suiliang finally established a firm foothold in the court and gained quite a reputation. Like him was Ma Zhou of Chang'an Maritime Academy.
In the winter of the seventh year of Yuanzhen in the Tang Dynasty, Ma Zhou went to the imperial court. It can be said that one stone stirred up a thousand waves.
In November, officials from Dali Temple and Ducha Temple stationed at Chang'an Academy and conducted a rigorous review of Chang'an Academy from top to bottom.
There are more than ten malpractices that have been discovered one after another, which can be described as shocking.
In particular, the officials of Chang'an Academy have actually decided on the list of candidates to participate in the examination in the ninth year of Yuanzhen of the Tang Dynasty this year. If this pace continues, the Jingzhao examination in the tenth year of Yuanzhen will have to be booked by them.
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Without Ma Zhou's advice, they might not have been able to make the appointment as Jinshi.
It can be said that with the rise of Chang'an Academy, some people's ambitions followed, and based on Chang'an Academy, they continued to send officials to the imperial court.
Even if the interest chain has not been established yet and the goals are not very clear, it should be clear in a few years.
If things continued like this, it was not impossible in the early Tang Dynasty to form intricate official cliques among teachers and students who were in the same year as those who took the imperial examination.
As for the Military Intelligence Agency, Zhang Liang was not idle either. He found out a lot of dirty information without bothering to worry about it. Some people in the Academy and the Ministry of Rites were very courageous, and they were almost blatant in their manipulation.
This bad situation was something Li Po didn't expect.
The reason is very simple. People have seen the potential of the academy.
Chang'an Academy, which was established by the emperor himself, was not taken seriously by many people at the beginning. However, the imperial examination passed two Beijing examinations and five local examinations.
Undoubtedly, it began to subvert everyone's inherent impression of the imperial examination held in the former Sui Dynasty. It is a general trend that the way of recommending talents to enter the officialdom is gradually replaced by the imperial examination.
Chang'an Academy's great reputation in recent years is actually the result of additions from all aspects, and its own efforts are almost negligible.
In the words of later generations, Chang'an Academy stood on the cusp of the storm and had the potential to soar into the sky.
There are so many students in the academy, and almost all of them will be reserve officials in the future. Anyone who is not blind can see the huge potential of Chang'an Academy.
Perhaps in twenty or thirty years, Chang'an Academy may become the cradle of prime ministers and the source of famous ministers.
Since there are huge expected benefits, it will inevitably attract covetous attention.
What Li Po thought before was really wrong. This is not just a small profit. Some people are making risky investments. The expected return is in ten or twenty years. They have a long-term perspective.
This chapter has been completed!