Not only Yang Fu was wondering, but Wei Wang Liu Min, the leader of Anxi, was also deeply troubled by the attack on Jile Town. Of course, he did not wonder where these people came from. Large-scale attacks have occurred in the past two years.
It is not uncommon in Anxi, but Jile is also considered the heart of Anxi's current rule. However, those "religious bandits" gather around and attack government towns, which is really a bit rampant.
This caused Liu Min to worry about the current situation in Anxi. The one after another "religious bandit" rebellions, even if they were just minor disturbances, made the governor's office extremely annoyed.
This has become the most direct scourge to the security and stability of Anxi. Whoever tries knows the troubles of security wars. Liu Min has experienced enough of them over the years.
Although the people of all ethnic groups who migrated westward from China are armed immigrants who can produce crops with farm tools and chop people with knives, attacks by "religious bandits" have always been difficult to guard against, and there is no way to guard against thieves for a thousand days.
Immigrants from the country are not afraid of hardship or even danger, but if they are in this unstable social environment for a long time, their enthusiasm for production will be greatly affected. After all, most of them still come to Anxi with good hopes.
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One-third of the total energy needs to be devoted to the prevention of "religious bandits", and the remaining energy is not enough to do everything well. The plundering of religious bandits has seriously affected the social security and grain and livestock production of Anxi, and for the current situation
For Anxi, agricultural and animal husbandry production is as important as military construction. If this matter cannot be solved, not to mention the people, the Anxi Governor's Office will also have trouble sleeping and eating.
In recent years, the Anxi Governor's Office has also been trying every means to attract immigrants from the country. One of the most important purposes is to attract citizens to fill the vacancies in Anxi, change the local population structure, and consolidate the foundation of its rule.
But in order to attract people, basic social security must be guaranteed. In a place where order is unstable and where riots are always happening, no matter how good the farming and animal husbandry conditions are, people will only be deterred.
After all, in today's big world, even if the common people at the bottom have a harder time, as long as they are willing to work hard, they can always live their lives. It is better to be a peace dog than to be a random person. This is the simplest truth.
Coupled with a love affair with the country, even fewer people are willing to travel thousands of miles to come to Anxi. Therefore, the speed of immigration has been greatly slowed down, which gives the Anxi Governor's Office a headache.
Today, of the more than 200,000 domestic immigrants under Anxi's rule, there are only over 100,000 Han people. This includes some refugees, criminals, and some poor people in the Helong area who cannot stand the "bad policies of the Western Expedition". At home, they have to bear
It is the disadvantages and hardships of the Western Expedition. When we arrive in Anxi, we can enjoy the benefits of the Western Expedition.
However, these people are far from being able to meet the population needs of the Anxi Governor's Mansion. They even regard the "second-class Hu people" in the country as their own, entrust them with trust and protect their property.
In terms of the purpose of immigration, Anxi seems to have fallen into a deadlock. On the one hand, it hopes to introduce Han people to adjust the local population structure and fundamentally solve the governance problem; on the other hand, there is no basically stable public security conditions, which has a negative impact on the domestic population.
The attraction is extremely weak.
For many people in the northwest, if moving westward becomes an inevitable choice in seeking to change their livelihood, then why not go to Gaochang? Gaochang Road next door is also implementing population policies. It is still "in the country" and there is no need to cross the Tianshan Mountains. The farming and animal husbandry conditions are equally superior.
Of course, judging from the results, far more people moved to Anxi than to Gaochang. The reason is also very simple. Anxi has the support and blood supply from the court regardless of cost. Even the miserable Gaochang Road itself has to draw blood and transfuse it to Anxi.
This also has historical origins. When the Anxi jurisdiction was adjusted and the Gaochang Road was established, the Shule area was moved from the Anxi Dudufu to Gaochang. This was regarded as a cut of fat. Afterwards, some blood was drawn from Gaochang to "compensate" to Anxi.
Among the "reasons".
There are many officials and people in the northwest who have suffered hardships in the Western Expedition, but Gaochang Road is the worst. There is no way. Gaochang Road is the stepmother's, and the foundation in all aspects is very weak. In less than ten years, we were once "siblings from the same mother".
It's also a bit alienating, which is also due to territoriality.
Today's situation seems to have changed dramatically. Although the imperial court apparently only banned a series of "bad policies" caused by the Western Expedition, it has actually announced that it will stop the blood-supply support in the past.
In this regard, there may still be some pulling and wrestling with vested interests in other northwest Daozhou states, but in Gaochang Dao, the officials and the people were united and unanimously supported the correct decision of the court.
Against this background, the awareness of crisis in the Anxi Governor's Office has skyrocketed, and alarm bells are ringing. A group of senior Anxi officials, led by Liu Min, have realized that a series of problems within Anxi, especially public security issues, must be resolved, otherwise
, their unconsolidated rule may be at risk of overthrow.
However, it is easy to realize this, but what is difficult is how to solve it
Suiye City, like most towns under Anxi's rule, has undergone large-scale renovation of city facilities, but after all, it was once the capital of the Black Khanate and its scale is not small. The cultural temperament of the Han family is constantly infiltrating the city, but the city still retains
There are a large number of exotic-style buildings. From the perspective of architecture alone, the many contradictions of Suiye City can be vaguely seen.
The Dudu Mansion is the former Palace of the Black Khan, and it is also the most thoroughly renovated place in Suiye City. After all, it is the highest power center in Anxi. Its authority must be guaranteed, and all obvious traces of the old regime have been cleaned up.
In the past few years, Liu Min spent most of his time stationed in Talas, personally suppressing Talas and the vast areas west of it. The situation there was much more severe than in the eastern region. There were more remnants and more religious people.
If there are more people, the believers will be more fanatical, and the resistance will naturally become more intense. The attack like the one in Jile would have been much more "warm and gentle" if it were placed on the side of Talos.
But at the moment, Liu Min is in Suiye. Probably after the Luoyang court officially began to adjust the strategy of the Western Expedition, he returned to Suiye. Things are prioritized, and the most urgent thing in Anxi right now is the question of where to go in the future. The question of route,
It has always been serious and fundamental. Compared with Talos, Suiye obviously needs Liu Min to be in charge, and he also needs him to comfort and cohere internally.
The Qinzheng Hall is the main office space for the officials of the Anxi Governor's Office. It is not exclusive to Liu Min. For a long time, Wen Guogong, the chief steward of Anxi, and leader Xiang Deming worked here.
According to the regulations of the Han Dynasty, this building may not be qualified to be called a palace, but in Suiye, the requirements are obviously not too high, and it can only be simple. At night, even the lights in it seem a bit stingy.
Oil lamps were mostly used on the upper floor of Broken Leaves. The dark yellow lights flickered and shone on Liu Min. The summer wind was hot, but it was not as intense as Liu Min's inner anxiety at this time.
Liu Min sat next to the case with a serious look on his face. On the case was the report of the general of Jile Town on the attack by the "teaching bandits". Naturally, the report could not be too detailed and in-depth. It just briefly introduced the process.
Calculate the losses.
The garrison in the town suffered few casualties, with 2 dead and 10 wounded. On the contrary, Yang Fu's Hexi Army, which assisted in quelling the chaos, suffered nearly 20 casualties. Of course, looking at the loss of military power alone, it was more than the gain of two killed on the spot and subsequent pursuit and annihilation.
At level 173, this kind of battle loss ratio is a complete victory.
However, when the damage to the people of Jile Town is added, the result becomes serious. Unlike in China, the towns in Anxi have direct jurisdiction over the surrounding villages, and there are thirteen villages surrounding Jile Town, with a total of 3,000 people.
The remaining people.
Not counting the damage to property such as acres and houses, the number of casualties suffered by Jile people in this attack was around a hundred, of which thirty-eight people died. Many of them were killed while carrying swords to resist. This was still in the
The data obtained from a rough low-level statistics only include a few villages near the market town. Other places, as well as the damage that may be caused by rogue bandits, are not included in the statistics.
But even so, Liu Min felt a pang when looking at this damage report. Is it easy for the Dudu Mansion to recruit these citizens? Jile is still a town dominated by Han people, so there are over a hundred casualties! In Liu Min's case,
In his mind, the lives of ten MSLs are not as noble as one "Han life". For that moment, Liu Min's mind was completely filled with revenge, and he had the urge to kill all MSLs.
Trying to calm down, Liu Min picked up another report about the losses caused by the unrest between the "religious bandits" and the black Khans and Samanid remnants in the past two years to the army and people of Anxi. This is still a rough statistical report.
However, only the two figures of "349 incidents" and "more than 6,000 casualties" can show the drama of destruction.
This is only in the past two years. If the time span is extended, starting from the recovery of the broken leaves, the losses will double. Of course, this data is also filled with water. The biggest untruth is that some of the local areas that surrendered
The indigenous casualties were also taken into account. However, it was enough to reflect the problem.
Feeling unavoidably irritable, Liu Min got up, put on his sword, and went out to relax. Outdoors, he finally felt the coolness of the night breeze, and he calmed down a little. The night was like water, the stars in the night sky were bright, and the leaves were whistling. The scenery was very beautiful.
Pleasant.
Looking up at the sky, Liu Min suddenly thought of his late eldest brother Liu Xu. As far as he knew, Anton's side also experienced long-term security wars, but in the end they were all cut off by Liu Xu. In Liu Min's view,
Come on, this process is definitely not easy. At this moment, he suddenly became particularly curious about Liu Xu's governance in Anton.
Is it really necessary to kill the rebellious people and build temples in the capital like Tian Qinhao did in Anton in order to achieve long-term peace and stability?
Of course, Liu Min also knows that there is a big difference between Anxi and Anton after all. Anton has been affected by China's radiation since ancient times, and many local tribes still have some admiration for Wang Hua.
, after passing through the Bohai Sea and being ruled by the Liao Kingdom, it also had a solid foundation of Sinicization.
This is not the case in Anxi. Although in official rhetoric, the Western Expedition of the Han Dynasty was a just war to regain the land, in fact, except for Gaochang, it cannot be called a traditional territory.
Among them, the biggest difference is that there is a religion called YSL in Anxi