At this time, Li Jing behaved like a businessman who was always willing to spend every penny. His years of experience in local governance finally came into use.
There is no doubt that the Battle of Tuoshui caused heavy damage to the Southern Barbarians, especially the Southern Barbarians who were won over by Li Xiaogong. Most of the young and strong men were gone, and the rest were old, weak, women and children. If there was no turnaround, it would be difficult for them to survive in Shu.
Survive in the mountains of the south.
If Li Jing sent someone to tell them, let their leaders come to Jinguan City to discuss their future, or threaten them with what will happen if they don't come, or threaten them with prisoners, etc.
The mountain barbarians will definitely think that the Han people are using tricks again, trying to trick them into coming out of the mountains to catch them and chop off their heads. This has happened countless times.
Even if their brains are not very good, it is enough for them to remember the image of the Han people as cunning and not to be trusted.
The mountain barbarians have always rejected the flatlanders, firstly because of fear, secondly because they are often deceived, and thirdly because their customs are completely different and they are completely incompatible.
So they generally don't believe what outsiders say. The more you want to talk to them calmly, the more they think you want to lie to them, so they won't talk to you.
But Li Jing just changed his words slightly and asked the mountain barbarians to come to Jinguan City to redeem their people. The mountain barbarians immediately took action. In March and April, many people from the mountain barbarian tribes came to Jinguan City and wanted to redeem them.
Relatives and soldiers bought him back.
This is the tradition of their barbarians, and it is also the most peaceful way to end the war. Of course, this is also determined by the reality that we all have few people and cannot afford too many deaths.
Li Jing naturally looked down upon the wealth of the mountain barbarians. He just wanted to meet these barbarians and talk about how they would get along in the future. He used some skills in the way of inviting people, but it did not prevent him from showing his sincerity.
Just like Li Po has always adhered to the concept, there are always more solutions than problems, but some people are stupid and always use the stupidest methods to solve problems, which makes the scene ugly.
Li Jing's EQ is not high, but his IQ is above everyone else, so when it comes to solving the Nanman problem, he chose a shortcut that would save a lot of blood.
Of course, in the eyes of the Nanman, this was just another example of the cunningness of the Han people.
Li Jing did not show much majesty in front of the barbarians, so there was actually no need. A few years ago, Li Shimin led troops to defeat nearly 100,000 southern barbarians in the northeast of Yizhou, which had already made the southern barbarians realize that the people of the plains were not easy to deal with.
In the Battle of Tuoshui, the Southern Barbarians were defeated miserably again. The people of the Mountain Barbarians were frightened and did not need to show their authority at all. They no longer dared to face the majesty of the General Manager of Yizhou.
This is why the so-called barbarians fear power but do not know how to be kind. If you give them generous gifts, they will think that you are weak and can be bullied, and they will go to great lengths to ask for benefits from you.
When you hit them head-on, they will wake up immediately, but their memory is not good, and they will forget the lesson after a few years, so they must always let them know that you are still very powerful and are not someone they can provoke.
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Li Jing took this opportunity to form alliances with some barbarians in accordance with barbarian customs. For those who still did not want to live in peace with the flatlanders and interpreted good intentions as insults, Li Jing did not make things difficult for them and let them leave.
But after that, he told the friendly tribes that they could hire Yizhou troops to attack their feuding enemies. As long as they paid a sufficient price, there was nothing we couldn't do.
Divide, win over, let them become enemies with each other, and bleed continuously. He then takes the opportunity to pay some money, food and other materials to buy the defeated barbarians, train them for a period of time, and then let them go back to seek revenge.
In a few years, the barbarians will be completely weakened. The defenders who stayed in Yizhou will become more and more familiar with the terrain and taboos of the southern barbarians during the battle. By then, the sky in southern Shu will have changed. Even if the southern barbarians are hiding in the mountains,
It’s no longer safe…
This was Li Jing's strategy to deal with the Southern Barbarians. He listed ten measures in a memorial to Chang'an. Li Po was full of praise. This strategy should be familiar to everyone later. He didn't expect that Li Jing was good at it. It's not easy. It's not easy. He is indeed Li Jing and Li Yaoshi.
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Therefore, Li Po promised to implement the ten strategies to quell the barbarians without seeking short-term success. This period of time should gradually show results after ten or eight years. Whether the troubles of the southern barbarians can be solved once and for all depends on the specifics.
of implementation.
After having contact with the Nanman and being able to communicate with each other, Li Jing's strategy was initially realized, and Li Jing's eyes turned back to the counties of Yizhou.
The situation he faced was similar to that of Li Wu. The natives in many places were disobedient... In fact, many times it was not that these people were stubborn, but that they were too closed-minded. Just like the Shangdang people in the past, the Tu emperor had been in power for a long time and then forgot about it.
The sky is as high as it is and as thick as it is.
For several months, Li Jing patiently sent people to deal with local people, win their support, and even allowed them to send their clan members to Yizhou as officials.
In addition, he had much more troops than Li Wu. The war in Yizhou did not last long, and it had more of a deterrent effect. People in the area bowed their heads one after another, and the gate of the Yizhou Governor's Mansion gradually became lively.
More and more people want to work under Li Jing, the general manager of Yizhou. Li Jing's reputation for generosity and benevolence begins to spread in the hinterland of Sichuan, and many people come here to join him...
In May of the second year of Yuanzhen of the Tang Dynasty, Yizhou was already showing some signs of prosperity. Li Jing was able to move at the right time and outnumbered Li Xiaogong.
After being unlucky for most of his life, Li Jing finally found a place to put his talents to use and conscientiously displayed his talents. His shortcomings of low emotional intelligence were also covered up by his identity as the emperor's father-in-law.
Because except the emperor, no one would deliberately find fault with him and suppress him overtly or covertly, so Li Jing was like a fish in water in Shu.
Zhang Lun and Yuwen Huo were like this. They were not interested in how Li Jing governed Yizhou, but they were quite interested in how to cut off the heads of Nanman as military merits.
When Li Jing revealed his evil plan and asked for their opinions, both of them praised him repeatedly. Li Yizhou really had a strategy and a plan. He was worthy of being...the emperor's father-in-law.
But privately, they were all muttering that Li Yaoshi was too scheming and they should be more careful when dealing with him in the future... But what they didn't know was that Li Jing was still very sincere when dealing with people, even a little clumsy.
In any case, Yizhou settled down in May and June, and whether it was Li Jing, Zhang Lun, or Yuwen Huo, their eyes gradually turned to the direction of Kuizhou.