Chapter 467 Further measures to cure the root cause
After so many years of contact and understanding, at least most of the upper-level people in Anxi know that the biggest difficulty and obstacle to governing Anxi is the YSL religion.
In order to suppress religious bandits, this is just a strategy that treats the symptoms but not the root cause. No matter how many troops are sent, it will not be able to maintain high-pressure security operations for a long time. Those "religious bandits" who gather in the mountains and forests are not terrible in fact. The real headaches are
It is the "popular base" possessed by these thieves.
Many Yisl remnants transitioned between civilians and bandits without hesitation, and it was common for even those servants and lackeys who surrendered on the surface to work secretly and collude with thieves and bandits to cause chaos.
There are two main reasons for this situation. First, the governor's office did not make concessions to the old rentier class. With so many surrenders, only the Tuqi Shiren in the north were really given certain preferential treatment. Even with this preferential treatment, all
meager.
The second is the YSL religion. Although belief in this kind of thing is rather mysterious and if you don't believe it, it is worthless. However, once you are armed with it, its power is also huge.
In Liu Min's view, the latter factor accounts for the majority, and it is based on the same belief that the "religious bandits" who are active in the weak areas of Anxi's rule have sufficient public support.
The more stubborn.
Of the two causes, the former is easy to solve. We only need to offer certain benefits to those who surrender and unite around them through interests, mainly targeting the nomadic tribes in the north. The difficulty is precisely the second point, which is how to break this public opinion foundation tied to faith.
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To say it is difficult, it is not that difficult. There is the easiest and most trouble-free way. All you need to do is put down your prejudices and embrace YSL. All you need to do is issue a decree from the Governor's Office to repair the damaged mosque, ask the imams to return, and allow them to preach normally.
In this way, those stubborn "religious bandits" may be hopeless, but those ordinary Yisl remnants and believers have the possibility of joining. Without the conflict of beliefs, most people would prefer to live a stable life. If it is again
Bribing some imams and elders can speed up this process.
However, can the Governor's Office do this? First of all, Liu Min must put an X here. This is a shortcut method, which is essentially a compromise. This is inconsistent with the current folk customs of the Han Dynasty, and compromises that are degrading to the national character are not allowed.
Taken.
Even if the blood feud that has already been forged can be resolved through compromise and peace, Liu Min can conclude that once this is done, Anxi may fall into division and internal strife, and if it spreads to the country, it will definitely be despised by the imperial court. Even the small
The small Khotan Kingdom had such hard bones and fought religious wars with the Black Khan for so many years, but the majestic Anxi Han army could be so soft that they could compromise?
Of course, as a mature politician, if you can strengthen your rule over Anxi, you can try even if you make certain compromises. However, can reconciliation with SL achieve this goal? On the contrary!
The deeper he understood the YSL religion, the stronger Liu Min's fear became. This sect eroded too much secular power and had too strong control over the ignorant people. In the Han Dynasty, there was no tradition of divine power overriding royal power.
, in Liu Min's knowledge, only Emperor Liu was powerful in suppressing sects all over the world and purging evil gods and temples.
For Liu Min, the most disgusting thing about YSL is not the doctrines and taboos, nor the extreme expansionism, nor the extreme understanding of those fanatics. It will never be acceptable to confront the secular kingship.
Compromise is impossible, at least at the moment. So, with the situation Anxi is facing now, how to solve it? Probably, the only way is to go from this extreme to that extreme.
In fact, Liu Min had already made plans in his mind. Under the rule of Anxi, a more thorough transformation must be carried out, and the transformation of the Ysld sect, if translated, can also be called "cleaning up".
At that time, Liu Min's "extermination of religion" operation was limited to Suiye. Even if it later spread, it was still limited to a few towns. There was no further action in the suburbs and rural areas. Among the people and the remnants,
, a large number of people are still reciting scriptures and worshiping their Allah.
In fact, Liu Min had already taken some actions, such as introducing Buddhism from Khotan and the three religions from China, and achieved certain results. At least those servants who had joined the Han Dynasty had changed their beliefs.
This does not seem to be too difficult. At least the Black Khanate was fully transformed into a syllable. Before Liu Min’s Western Expedition, it was only about twenty years ago. Even earlier, it was not the only one. Mani, Fire Worship, and Buddhism were all
There is living soil.
Now, what Liu Min has to do is to make those ignorant people who need faith walk the opposite path again.
Of course, this process requires a steel knife to clear the way. Liu Min and An Xi do not have the patience to spend twenty or thirty years slowly transforming it. What is being solved is an urgent need, so it is understandable that the methods should be more drastic.
At this moment, Liu Min's mind was repeating two words: Destroy the religion! Destroy the religion! Destroy the religion!
It is conceivable that taking drastic measures will inevitably lead to strong resistance. However, why is Anxi afraid of the hatred and revenge of the ysl world? The relationship has long been formed, and it is getting deeper and deeper.
In the past, it has always been planned to balance the population structure through immigration and increase the foreign population, so as to gradually replace the rule of the Black Khan and the Samani people on this land and eliminate the influence of the YSL religion.
But now, it is no longer possible to seek large-scale domestic population support, so we can only take another approach.
From a mathematical point of view, if you want to change the population results and adjust the population ratio of each ethnic group, in addition to increasing your own population, you can also reduce the other party's population. The final result is the same.
Let’s see how the imperial court solved the party issue in Yulin!
The influence of the Central Committee of the Han Dynasty on the policy adjustment of the Western Expedition progressed step by step, from Luoyang to Helong, then to Gaochang, and finally to Anxi. From this, it can also be seen that Anxi in the past was political, military, and
The economy and people's livelihood are so deformed. If we want to survive and operate on this land for a long time, a reform is inevitable.
At the same time, when reforms are initiated at this time, the external environment is relatively "friendly" to Anxi. Now, the biggest threat to Anxi is the YSL world to the west, and the Samanid dynasty facing it is in the midst of civil strife.
There have been several local forces that have declared separatism and separatism. The Samanid dynasty did not care about revenge against Anxi, but instead feared that the Anxi army would continue to advance westward.
Several other ysl kingdoms also have their own problems and constant internal strife. The only decent one is that of the Ghaznavid dynasty. However, this country has strength and will not be busy drawing nutrients from the Samanid dynasty to expand its national power.
Rushing to the east to engage in a "holy war" with the powerful Anxi army? Anyone with a normal mind will choose a choice that is more beneficial to themselves.
Overall, today's YSL world is in a relatively chaotic "weak period". There are lessons from the failure of the previous coalition's holy war. Before a new Gu King appears, no matter how Anxi persecutes their church members, it will directly
It is impossible to trigger a large number of jihadists to come eastward.
Liu Min has somewhat learned and understood these things, otherwise he would not have been able to make up his mind to implement more drastic policies.
That night, Liu Min sent someone to notify the senior leaders of the Anxi Army in Suiye City to gather at the Qinzheng Hall tomorrow morning to discuss matters. Although Liu Min had an idea, he still needed the support and endorsement of the Anxi Army.