Chapter 99: People die for money and birds die for food

If you have something to do, you will definitely follow him. The King of Chu likes to have a thin waist and often starves to death in the palace.

The tribe leader of the anti-Songtsen Gampo Alliance found that Chen Ying liked Kunlun white jade and gold, and they all offered the jade and gold that they had looted in Songbang Castle to Chen Ying.

Although I received the money, what is more important is to stabilize Songbang Fort and the entire Tubo.

The Tang Dynasty actually failed in its control over the occupied areas. In the original history, Li Shimin fought north to the Eastern Turks, Su Dingfang pacified the Western Turks, and later occupied a large area of ​​land. In order to facilitate management, a banished state was set up. The so-called banished states, "Records of the Grand Historian·Biography of Sima Xiangru·Suoyin" explained: "Ji is the head of the horse; banish is the Niu Jing", which is extended to encirclement control. The establishment of banished states in China began in the Tang Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty adopted a banished policy for some remote ethnic minorities, recognized local indigenous nobles, and was granted kings and lords, and included them in the management of the court.

The jail state is equivalent to the current autonomous region. However, the only difference is that the jail state chief or governor directly controls the army, which laid the groundwork for the separatist vassal states of the Tang Dynasty.

In the early Tang Dynasty, the imperial court won consecutive victories in foreign wars, and the governors and general managers of the jail state did not dare to rebel. As time went by, famous generals in the early Tang Dynasty gradually grew old, and there were also faults in the Tang army, and their combat effectiveness began to decline. Especially when Li Shimin returned in the eastern expedition to Goguryeo, the general managers of the jail states of various places began to be ready to move.

Although the Tang Dynasty actually did a very rough job in regulating states. There were two types of regulating states in the Tang Dynasty. The first was regulating states and counties established in areas shrouded by the Tang Dynasty's military power. They were hereditary by tribal leaders, and were autonomous in internal affairs, and tribute, but they were responsible for some responsibilities, such as being loyal to the court, providing military supplies as required, etc. The court regarded it as part of the territory, and used "icien" in the documents.

The second type is internal vassal states, such as Nanzhao, Uighurs, etc., which are generally granted as Khan or princes, and have their own territory. However, the political legitimacy of their leaders comes from the imperial enthronement and cannot be independent. The Central Plains regime regards him as a subject and uses "emperor's question" in documents.

No matter which one, the court will not directly manage it, and the various prison states are also uneven in wealth and poverty due to the ability of tribal leaders, and the centripetal force for the court is also very weak.

As a giant standing on the shoulders of history, Chen Ying would never follow the old path in history. Although the Tang Dynasty established the Anxi Protectorate and the Andong Protectorate, Chen Ying did not establish the Sixteen Governor Prefectures like in history, which governed eighty banished states, one hundred and ten counties, and one hundred and twenty-six military prefectures like in history.

The method Chen Ying adopted was the same as that of the plain. He was divided into nineteen states and more than one hundred counties. There was no so-called restricted states, nor did he have hereditary tribal leaders.

Of course, this is related to Chen Ying's tough policy in Anxi. At this time, the annexation of Anxi was different from history. Chen Ying adopted the strategy of driving away wolves and sheep, using Tuyuhun's Khan Murong Fuyun to unite the various tribes of Anxi, and then use military force to eliminate them. As for the tribe leaders who were unwilling to cooperate, they all fled to the two rivers with Murong Fuyun.

Therefore, Chen Ying was like painting on a piece of white paper, and he could use it as he wished and freely.

For example, the obvious sign of the throne of the state is that the leader and the chief is hereditary, and this one does not exist at all. Even if Chen Ying comes from Shuozhou to Anxi, they cannot directly inherit the six powerful families of Shuozhou, but instead, they are the sons of Anxi County School and University, and can only be promoted to county magistrate or governor after passing the assessment.

Of course, this is not absolutely fair. Even if some families have excellent academic performance and good abilities, Chen Ying would rather be promoted to the governor or chief of other states than to let them be the local hereditary county magistrate.

After a night of inventory, Chen Ying asked Ma Zhou: "How many people are there in Songbang Castle?"

Ma Zhou bowed and said, "Report to the Lord, there are more than 35,000 households in Songbang Fort, totaling more than 134,000 people, and major tribes cannot count..."

The most difficult thing for nomadic people is to count the population. In this grassland, some people will grazing this year. If the grass does not grow well next year, they may go to other places to grazing, and small tribes will move here.

Chen Ying asked again: "How much food is there in the city? How many horses are there?"

Ma Zhou held a piece of paper and said, "The grain is mainly based on barley, totaling 65,000 stones!"

Chen Ying said unexpectedly: "Why are you so a little?"

Ma Zhou smiled bitterly and said, "The yield of barley is extremely low, with a yield of only about 100 kilograms per mu. These barleys require at least hundreds of thousands of acres to be harvested!"

Chen Ying waved his hand and said, "This little grain can't be eaten for long. Through the rear, Guo Xiaoke organized people to transport the grain!"

Anyway, the treasures seized this time are very large, worth at least more than three million chunks. Of course, these wealth is not worth so much money, as long as it must be shipped to Chang'an City for sale.

Of course, Chen Ying's capital for sending troops this time had already recovered.

Chen Ying summoned the tribe leaders of the anti-Songtsen Gampo Alliance, but did not directly make a wish for them. Instead, he looked at the heads and said, "The war with Songtsen Gampo has just begun and is far from over. You can continue to march freely. This general does not interfere with the marching strategies of Er and others. There is only one thing. You can find the general to exchange for wealth or food, salt, silk, including iron pots, swords and guns for the heads of the Tubo people. A complete head can be three stakes of Kaiyuan Tongbao, or property of the same value."

Listening to the translation of the tongue, the tribe leaders of the anti-Songtsen Gampo Alliance suddenly went crazy.

They didn't even attend Chen Ying's celebration banquet, and each brought his own troops to a big fight.

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The Yalongnen tribe is located in the south of Songbang Castle, about thirty miles away.

The west is setting, and the smoke from cooking is curling.

Horses, yaks and sheep were all eating grass leisurely. Supper was being cooked in the tent not far away.

The young man who had nowhere to vent his energy was singing folk songs with his throat.

It has to be said that the Tubo people have excellent singing talent, and even ordinary people have a very wide range of voices.

In this quiet and peaceful atmosphere, the Yalongnen tribe did not know that danger had come to them.

The soldiers of the Anti-Songtsen Gampo Alliance have the same origin as the Yalongnen tribe and are familiar with each other. They are all foxes of thousands of years, and no one has to play Speak of Chinese Studio with anyone.

Get close quietly and don't rush to attack.

Waiting for the sunset in the sky to brighten the entire sky, the young and strong people in Yalongen tribe who were responsible for grazing began to return to their respective homes, pick up their rice bowls, and eat them voraciously.

The soldiers of the anti-Sontsen Gampo Alliance began to attack.

The sound of hooves rolling like thunder, and the earth shakes violently, making people untenable. The horns are continuous and smoke soars into the sky, and tens of thousands of cavalrymen of the anti-Sontsen Gampo Alliance roar.

The soldiers of the Yalongnen tribe all looked at each other in horror and their faces turned pale. They never expected that there would be an enemy nearby. They were close to Songbang Fort. As one of the direct descendants of Songtsengan, they were first-class citizens of the Tubo Dynasty and enjoyed super-quality treatment. They usually had 20,000 or 80,000 yuan, and no one dared to mess with them. They never dreamed that in order to deal with their tribe of only 2,000 people, the enemy actually gathered 20,000 to 30,000 people!

Two or three thousand people are a scary number on the grassland. In history, Tumu Fort wiped out the Oirat cavalry that had wiped out the 500,000 troops of the Ming Dynasty, but only had more than 30,000!

Now these two thousand people have actually enjoyed the treatment of 500,000 Ming troops. I really don’t know whether to cry or laugh!

The cavalry of the Anti-Songtsen Gampo Alliance, like the autumn wind swept away the fallen leaves, killed all more than 2,000 Yalongen's troops without any effort, and seized tens of thousands of cattle and sheep and thousands of war horses with them.

Not to mention these seized cattle and sheep, even the beheaded heads can be exchanged for 6,000 guan. Just after going out for a walk, a money worth tens of thousands of guan was obtained.

They have never made such easy money.

Now they are facing a problem: whether to continue sweeping around the surrounding area or to report to Chen Ying with their heads.

"Then it goes south is the tribal pasture of the Yalongwei tribe. They are probably already on high alert, so it is difficult for us to take advantage of the situation. It is better to stop when we see it." A tribal leader of the anti-Songtsengan alliance suggested.

"There are more than 30,000 people in the Yalong Wei tribe. Although most of them followed Songtsen Gampo to send troops to Subi, the number of people left behind was more than 10,000, 30,000 guan." Another tribe leader widened his eyes and shouted: "Why not try? Otherwise, what are we doing with these people? Let them share the bounty for no reason?"

"This is not a try, this is gambling! If the target is unexpected..."
Chapter completed!