Chapter 4881 Rourans rebellion against Wei (Part 5)
The black robe nodded: "After Tuoba Si came to the throne in the past few years, outsiders unknowingly thought that he was rectifying the internal affairs, eliminating the influence of the veteran generals and ministers left behind by his father's emperor, and supporting his own power.
Rebellions continued in Hebei and Bingzhou, and he wanted to put down the uprisings of these powerful Han people. Therefore, the behemoth Northern Wei seemed to have done nothing in the few years after he came to the throne. He reconciled with the Later Qin in the west, and even entered into a marriage, and also returned the firewood of the past.
They were captured by the Qin army during the Battle of Bi, but to the southeast, Nanyan was destroyed. Helanmin, Helanlu and others fled to Nanyan, and were captured by the Eastern Jin Dynasty after the country was destroyed, but they also ignored them."
Luo Longsheng said sternly: "If we look at it from the perspective of the Central Plains, we thought that the Northern Wei Dynasty was just a new group of steppe barbarians who entered the north and had not yet learned how to get along with the Han people in the Central Plains. After all, they were not like the Qianyan before they entered the Central Plains.
The imperial court and government offices had already been established in imitation of the Han system. The current Northern Wei Dynasty is still based on the model of tribal leaders. The officials sent to various places are actually the chiefs of each tribe. They are not even paid a salary and are allowed to deal with it on their own in the territory.
The Han people taxed the people excessively, and except for the taxes needed by the country, all was put into their own pockets. It is precisely because of this predatory rule and slavery that the Han people in the north have been provoked to resist constantly, and riots and rebellions have occurred one after another."
The black robe sighed: "It has always been difficult for the Hulu to have a national destiny for a hundred years. That's why they know how to fight but not rule. Nowadays, most of their Xianbei people in Hebei are gathered in big cities, and they have also built inner cities.
It is specially designed for these grassland people to live in. However, these grassland people are military households. They rarely go to farm outside the city to make a living. Instead, they practice in the city. They go to the military horse farm outside the city every day to practice riding and shooting skills.
The land under their names was cultivated by Han serfs."
Luo Longsheng narrowed his eyes slightly and said: "There is a specific name for this in the north. It is called Pomo Hanjiazi and Zuoma Xianbeier. It means that the war matters are handled by these Xianbei people who came from the grassland.
, and the cultivation of the land, as well as the management of the grassroots rural areas, are done by these Han scholars. Both parties perform their duties and complete their duties, and they can live in peace with each other."
The black robe sneered and said: "How can we live in peace and harmony? Those Xianbei tribal leaders don't even have salaries. They are just asking them to exploit the Han people in their territory. And they are not familiar with the local situation and don't know how to go from village to village."
The land is expropriated by ourselves, so we directly ask the local snakes for money and materials.”
"The powerful Han landowners allocate quotas and ask them to hand over property that is several times higher than the national taxes. These powerful landowners can either suffer a dumb loss and pay the money, and then double the amount of money they collect from ordinary people and tenants."
I just bribed the tribal adults to give them benefits, blacklisted the share that would normally be handed over to the state, and gave the tribal adults all kinds of personal rewards."
"Otherwise, when the Wei army was out on the grasslands and their strength was weak, they simply raised the flag and rebelled. An uprising occurred in one place and several counties responded. This was the reason why rebellions in various places were unstable and the treasury was empty. Not only did Hebei not become a stable country in the Northern Wei Dynasty,
The source of financial and human resources has instead become a negative area where military and material resources must be continuously invested in suppression.”
"In view of this, in the past few years of Tuoba Si's later years, he kept fighting in Hebei, sending troops and horses to massacre various places and suppressing resistance to show military power. Cui Xian and others did not agree with him, which directly led to
The family was slaughtered, which also aroused the resistance of many members of the local Cui and Lu families. Although the massacre of Qinghe County was an order made by him when he was out of his mind, it also reflected the continuous resistance in the local area.
He lost his patience and built a large county, but in the end only thousands of people were slaughtered, which shows that the local population has long since fled, and there is not much left that can pay taxes to the Northern Wei Dynasty."
"After Tuoba Si succeeded to the throne, he changed his father's cruel policy and implemented a national policy of tax reduction and light corvee in Hebei. He also asked generals and veterans such as An Tong, Ba Ba Song, and Xi Jin to come forward to tour Hebei.
To appease the powerful local Han people, we made a certain agreement with them, so that they only need to pay a certain amount of taxes to the local tribal leaders, while the taxes required by the treasury, especially the grain taxes, have been reduced. After all, on the grasslands
If there are a large number of cattle and sheep, it does not necessarily require food from the Han region of Hebei."
"In turn, Tuoba Si vigorously promoted the trade between the Monan Grassland and the Central Plains, allowing many products from the Central Plains to be sold to the grassland, especially handicrafts, pots, pans, and silk cloths. These things are from the grassland.
The herdsmen who lived in poor living conditions also liked the products that could not be produced on the grasslands. In turn, a large number of livestock products such as grassland cattle, sheep, furs, and horses also entered the north. In this trade process, the officials of the Northern Wei Dynasty could receive a large amount of
The commercial tax can make up for the losses caused by the tax reduction in the Central Plains."
"In addition, Tuoba Si temporarily gave up the unrealistic dream of conquering the Central Plains and unifying the world during his father's imperial period, and temporarily avoided direct enemies with the powerful Jin and Later Qin. His goal was mainly to focus on
With Rouran in Mobei, Shelun's unlucky days finally began."
Luo Longsheng curled up his lips: "I have always had a question. Shelun is far away in Mobei, and his hatred with the Northern Wei Dynasty is not that deep. Unlike Liu Bobo, who had a blood feud with the Northern Wei Dynasty for killing his father and annihilating the clan, Hu Xia is the hero.
Living in the Hetao Grassland, close to the Monan land of the Northern Wei Dynasty, it may directly threaten the hinterland of the Northern Wei Dynasty at any time. If Rouran wanted to invade the Northern Wei Dynasty, he would have to cross thousands of miles of desert. It was not that easy. Why did the Northern Wei Dynasty let Hu
Xia is not going to fight, but he wants to deal with Rouran first?"
The black robe said calmly: "It has been more than ten years since Liu Bobo rebelled against Qin and became self-reliant. You see, he has such a blood feud, but has he ever raised troops to take revenge on the Northern Wei Dynasty?"
Luo Longsheng's expression changed and he murmured: "It doesn't seem to happen. It's a very strange thing. I've always been puzzled by it. The Hu Xia cavalry came and went like the wind, and they could repeatedly wipe out tens of thousands.
The elite legions of the Later Qin, and now almost the entire Lingbei land and the Hetao grassland of the Later Qin are Liu Bobo's territory. He is fully capable of attacking the Northern Wei Dynasty. Even if he cannot win a big victory, he can still do the harassment.
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The black robe sighed: "Liu Bobo is a smart man. What he does is never motivated. He will not raise an army because of the so-called feud between his father and the clan, nor will he be kind to him because his father-in-law did not play Yi Qian and the later Qin Dynasty was kind to him.
He was taken in and loyal to these benefactors. All his actions were for one reason, which was to survive and develop, to strengthen himself! To avoid risks!" ()