"It seems that Zhao Qing still has concerns about Xiao Siwen!" Emperor Liu smiled slightly.
Zhao Pu paused for a moment and then said: "Your Majesty, Xiao Siwen is indeed talented. He is capable of writing and military, is good at daily affairs, can manage affairs, and is familiar with Sinology. Such talents are rare even in the Han Dynasty.
After Xiao Siwen came to the south, he has always been calm, respectful, diligent and loyal. He has provided the court with many false and true Khitan secrets. I have no prejudice against him. However, after all, he is a Khitan tribesman and a noble of the four inner tribes. He has no regard for the court.
How long this kind of obedience and loyalty can last, I cannot judge.
Just now, when I mentioned the death of my eldest daughter, there was no emotion on my face, no sadness at all, no sadness at losing a daughter. This heart seemed too cold and hard..."
In Zhao Pu's words, there was no lack of recognition of Xiao Siwen's ability and his role in the big man. However, both inside and outside the words were still full of doubts and extremely wary. At the same time, he also criticized them from a moral level, showing that
That kind of contempt that is almost an instinctive reaction.
After listening to Zhao Pu's words, Emperor Liu smiled softly, looked at Youyou and said: "To be honest with Zhao Qing, I can't trust Xiao Siwen at all. It's just that once I come, I'll make peace with him. It's time for Nantou."
It’s not a short period of time, and I was really left out for a period of time.
Now, he is determined to forge ahead, make contributions to the Han Dynasty, and has achieved results. This enthusiasm should be recognized. Without Xiao Siwen, our understanding of the Khitan would not be so thorough. Without Xiao Siwen's hard work to recruit, the Khitan nobles
The crowd will not respond and surrender.
To make peace with people who come from far away is to follow the way of the ancient saints and sages. If you want to use it, then you should use it without any doubts. The so-called deeds do not matter the heart, as long as it is beneficial to the court and beneficial to the Han Dynasty, as for private morality, there is no need to weigh the gains and losses.
basis.
In the Han Dynasty, there are virtuous and chaste ministers like you, are you still afraid of the lack of moral integrity? If you think he has ulterior motives, and you have ministers watching over you, are you still afraid of Xiao Siwen?"
Emperor Liu's remarks also showed some grace and magnanimity. Regardless of whether he agreed in his heart or not, Zhao Pu still praised the high argument with an attitude of surrender.
"When I mentioned the recruitment of Khitan tribesmen just now, I saw something strange on his face. Please tell me what concerns I have in my heart!" Emperor Liu was equally satisfied with Zhao Pu's reasonableness and turned to ask.
Mentioning this, Zhao Pu pondered for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, I do have some doubts about this matter."
After a pause, he organized his speech and continued: "In the past two or three years, the imperial court has successively admitted nearly 200,000 people from the Mobei tribe. Now, in Yanshan, Shanyang, Yulin and other northern states, there are Hu tribes of various tribes.
There are already more than 500,000 people.
So many Hu people gathered in northern Xinjiang, posing a great threat to the stability of the Han Dynasty along the border. They may be peaceful now, but they may not be able to last long. Even if they have no immediate worries, they still have long-term concerns. Since ancient times, the Hu people have been able to maintain peace and stability in the south and obey the imperial rulers.
, really not much.
Now that the Han Dynasty was powerful, he was forced by the power of God to submit submissively, put away his claws and claws, and even turned his back to the court, so as to develop and grow with peace of mind. However, if the barbarian has a wolfish nature, once it is allowed to grow, it will inevitably backfire. If something happens on the border, then
These barbarians became the biggest threat to the stability of the northern Han Dynasty.
The threat from the Khitan people must be higher than that of other tribes. First, they once dominated the grassland. Although they were defeated by the Han Dynasty, they will definitely not be convinced by the imperial court. Secondly, as long as the Khitan royal court exists in Mobei, the inner
The Khitans will never be worthy of trust, and the court must always be on guard against their double-crossing and internal and external collusion..."
"There are so many barbarians in Northern Xinjiang?" Emperor Liu was a little surprised.
Zhao Pu nodded and said in a serious tone: "Maybe what I said is conservative, but the actual number of people is even more."
Zhao Pu's words obviously gave Emperor Liu a wake-up call, and Emperor Liu's face also showed obvious thoughts. After a long time, Fang said: "Zhao Qing, you have given me another wake-up call! If Hu Zhong
The imbalance in numbers is indeed a big hidden danger to the stability of northern Xinjiang!"
"How many Han people are distributed in northern Daozhou?" Emperor Liu asked.
"According to current records, there are more than two million Han people in Yulin, Shanyang and other prefectures, but most of them are concentrated in Yunshuo and the major towns south of it. As for the border areas, the number of people is actually small.
The number of border states such as Feng and Sheng ranged from thousands to hundreds, including many criminals who migrated to the border areas. Although the imperial court moved many Han people to the border areas, it was really a drop in the bucket in the vast northern Xinjiang.
The land of Monan is mainly dominated by garrison troops. In addition to some Han herdsmen, most of the people active there are merchants traveling between the north and the south.
In fact, most of the people scattered here are Hu people from Nanfu..."
"We have to be cautious about this matter. The court needs to think more about it!" Emperor Liu stood up, walked a few steps in front of the imperial case, and extended his hand to give instructions.
Noticing Emperor Liu's high eyebrows, Zhao Pu knew that his advice had completely attracted Emperor Liu's attention.
"Today's problem is no longer just about accommodating some Khitan tribesmen, it also involves the stability of the entire northern Xinjiang!" Emperor Liu said seriously.
"Your Majesty is wise!"
In fact, despite the fact that the Han Dynasty is looking down on the world, it defeated the Liao Kingdom and forced the Khitans to flee to the north of Mobei, leaving all the land south of the Yin Mountains as Han territory. However, the imperial court's rule over Monan was very unreliable.
, it can be said that it is completely based on strong military strength.
As long as there is a slight change, it will affect the whole body and even lead to turmoil in the entire northern Xinjiang. The core problem is also the tribes that have been accommodated and resettled by the imperial court over the years. Of course, there are also some Uighurs who moved north from Hexi and Yulin.
Party items and other clans.
As for these people, the imperial court was still in the process of initial naturalization and had not established an overly reliable rule. Before Emperor Liu, why was he always wary of the Khitans?
Not only because of the almost inertial thinking that the Khitan is the enemy, but also because the Khitan who moved north are in a state of recuperation and recovery. Now it seems that this instinctive vigilance also affects the weak rule of the Han in Monan and even the entire northern Xinjiang.
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Unstable in my heart, it is always difficult to ignore the threat of the Khitans. As long as the Khitans invade the south, the stability of Monan and even the entire northern Xinjiang will be challenged.
"Zhao Qing, since you have discovered this problem, you should have a good idea of how to solve it!" Emperor Liu looked at Zhao Pu with an inquiring look.
After hearing the question, Zhao Pu said calmly: "Your Majesty, in my opinion, we can only start from two aspects. First, continue to migrate people to the northern border to fill the borders and consolidate the rule of the Han Dynasty;
Secondly, for the tribes distributed in the north, implement household registration, completely annex them, and turn them into Han people! However, these two policies are not easy to implement!"
As he said that, Zhao Pu sighed softly. Emperor Liu understood what he meant. Take immigration as an example. The imperial court has been operating it intermittently for nearly twenty years, and it has basically come to a standstill. Unless it continues to use strong measures to control immigration,
Relocation of residents from mainland China.
However, the use of coercive means often means the generation of public resentment. After all, who is willing to go to the border areas to seek life unless forced to do so? At least until now, the resentment of the hundreds of thousands of Han people who have moved to the northwest has not subsided.
The purpose of the imperial court's immigration to the border areas was to strengthen its control over the border areas and consolidate the foundation of its rule. However, if they were all resentful people, it would actually create hidden dangers.
After all, the land conflict in the Han Dynasty is not serious at present. There are not so many landless refugees, and there is not enough overflow population to move to the real border.
As for the reorganization of the Hu tribes into households, it is not that it has not been done, but it has not seen significant results yet, and the resistance it has received is very strong. After all, this kind of thorough digestion and annexation only infringes on the interests of those tribes and leaders.
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Previously, for the sake of overall stability in Northern Xinjiang, local governments did not enforce the law too harshly. For local officials, good implementation may not necessarily result in much credit. It would be a big mistake to force the Hu tribe under their rule to rebel.
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Emperor Liu thought for a while and suddenly said resolutely: "You have to do it even if it is difficult! Being afraid of difficulties and dangers is not the style of a man. It is the right time to face the difficulties. When it comes to immigration, it cannot be forced, so more flexible methods should be adopted.
, formulate friendly policies, induce them with benefits, and promise heavy profits, and then implement them, there is no fear that no Han people will be unmoved.
We must continue to promote the issue of reorganizing the Hu people into households and integrating the people. In the past, perhaps due to the situation, we had to make appropriate compromises in order to seek stability in northern Xinjiang.
But it is wrong to be content with the status quo. You cannot seek temporary peace but leave hidden dangers for long-term stability. Since you live in the Han Dynasty, you must obey the rule of the Han Dynasty. The will of the court cannot be violated by a group of nobles or Hu chieftains.
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"Since you proposed this matter, it is up to you to coordinate the plan and implement it!"
