Chapter 453 Why is this happening? The assassination plan
Cao Shuang picked up another piece of soy beef and put it into his mouth and said worriedly: "If Emperor Wu's policy towards Liangzhou could have been gentler, why would it be like this?
Speaking of which, my father also has a close relationship with Liangzhou. My father was also ordered to go to Liangzhou in the past.
It's a pity that the hatred and conflict between our country of Wei and the barbarians in Liangzhou have already intensified by this time, and it can no longer be undone overnight."
Bai Lingjun picked up a piece of tofu and put it into Sun Luban's lacquer bowl and said slowly: "I think that my husband does not need to worry about these things now. He only needs to capture the Kingdom of Shu first, and then consolidate Liangzhou and even the further western regions. Combining hardness and softness, it will be necessary
Can completely stabilize the north."
Cao Shuang put down his chopsticks and said with emotion: "Hey, in the final analysis, the policy against Liangzhou was unpopular and the method was too dark. I sent the killers from the school affairs office to do some assassinations.
Although it had miraculous effects, it could not last long. This was a poor strategy, which resulted in the city of Liangzhou being repeatedly retaliated by the barbarians, and even led to the entry of Shu troops many times. This shows how failed the Wei strategy against Liangzhou was!
"
Why was the Wei State so unpopular in Liangzhou, where ethnic minorities gathered together? Cao Shuang was also embarrassed when talking about this matter. The main reason was that Emperor Wu went too far. In this regard, Shu and Wu were much stronger than it.
,
If you look at its policies to deal with foreign affairs, it becomes clear that Cao Wei's strategy for dealing with ethnic minorities has always been cunning and insidious.
The first is the well-known assassination, which is also the sanction method Cao Wei has always used to deal with relatively powerful ethnic minorities.
For example, the Xianbei tribe at that time was growing stronger and stronger under the leadership of their leader Kebineng. In order to deal with Kebineng, Cao Wei actually adopted the despicable method of assassination, that is, "sending the warrior Han Long to assassinate Bineng and establish his younger brother."
As for the ordinary and relatively weak minority forces, Cao Wei generally adhered to the means of checks and balances and alienation.
That is to say: "We must first construct separation, so that we can become enemies and attack each other."
In short, it will make their internal chaos more and more chaotic, and when the time is right, Cao Wei will easily take them down.
After capturing these ethnic minorities, Cao Wei will take a measure, which is to force them to move inland.
There are two purposes, one is to place them under their own supervision; the other is to promote the economic recovery of the Central Plains. After all, population is a major driving force for the economy.
All in all, Cao Wei had a very rigid understanding of ethnic minorities, so his methods were relatively inferior.
Such a series of means may have a certain effect in containing or even eliminating the ethnic minority regimes.
But this will not be a long-term solution after all, because if this method is used too much, it will no longer be effective. When seeing several cases of death by Cao Wei's methods, other ethnic minorities will naturally also react to Cao Wei's wolf ambitions.
It's a matter of knowing it.
The same is naturally true for the Qiang people in Liangzhou. Will they still sit still and wait for death under the control of Cao Wei? Obviously not, they will definitely try every means to resist.
Wei is like this, Shu is exactly the opposite.
In fact, long before Zhuge Liang came out, when he was facing off with Liu Beilong, he had already proposed a policy for treating ethnic minorities, namely: "Conquer the Zhurong in the west, and pacify the Yiyue in the south." From these eight words, even if
The Shu Han regime has been implemented since its establishment.
After Liu Bei's death, the Shu Han regime was unstable, and the powerful families in the south colluded with the barbarians to rebel. Zhuge Liang first applied this policy of controlling foreigners to pacify the southern barbarians. Looking at Zhuge Liang's method of dealing with the southern barbarians at that time, we can also see that he was attacking the hearts and minds of the southern barbarians.
For the best, treat them kindly. In short, the word is "harmony".
The same is true for the Shu Han in terms of its policy towards the Qiang people (Liangzhou).
Judging from the Shu Han's policy towards the Southern Barbarians, the Qiang people also have a more favorable impression of the Shu Han, at least compared to Cao Wei.
The Shu Han's "harmony" towards the Qiang people is reflected in many places.
For example, during Zhuge Liang's northern expedition to cultivate the fields, "Liang divided his troops to cultivate the fields, and the cultivators who were stationed there for a long time were mixed among the residents of Weibin, while the people were safe and the army was selfless."
Regarding Liangzhou on the front line, the Northern Expeditionary Army of the Shu Han Dynasty did not use war to support war, but engaged in "military and civilian fish-water relations". The discipline was quite good and they did not invade local farmland and food.
Another example is that although the Shu Han never occupied Liangzhou, they appointed three governors of Liangzhou.
Among the three governors of Liangzhou, except for the second Wei Yan, both Ma Chao and Jiang Wei were closely related to Liangzhou.
First of all, let’s talk about Ma Chao. Ma Chao was originally a warlord in Liangzhou and was well-known in Liangzhou. He was “very popular with Qiang and Hu Xin”.
As for Jiang Wei, there is no need to say more. He is a native of Tianshui (belonging to Liangzhou).
What is worth mentioning here is Wei Yan. Why is Wei Yan qualified? Wei Yan also went to the Qiang many times to establish contact with the Qiang people, and obtained their support to cooperate with the Shu Han Northern Expedition. This fully shows that Wei Yan also has a very good relationship with the Qiang people.
All in all, the Shu Han is close to the people of Liangzhou, employs people from Liangzhou, or uses people who are close to Liangzhou. This fully shows that it mainly bribes the people of Liangzhou. It uses "harmony" to win the hearts and minds of the people of Liangzhou.
the goal of.
And because of these reasons, although the Shu Han never completely occupied Liangzhou, it was far more popular among the people in Liangzhou than Cao Wei. As long as the Shu Han came over, the lands in Liangzhou would always be more on the side of the Shu Han.
And because of the help of Liangzhou (Qiang people), the Northern Expedition of the Shu Han Dynasty, whether it was Zhuge Liang or Jiang Wei, was always able to achieve more victories than fewer defeats.
All in all, when it comes to the policy of governing ethnic minorities, it can be said that Cao Wei was completely defeated compared to Shu Han.
Some people may ask, since Liangzhou is more close to the Shu Han, why can the Shu Han not win it?
This is related to the strength of Wei and Shu.
Cao Wei in Liangzhou is always under heavy guard. The overall strength of Shu Han is not as good as that of Cao Wei, and the speed of army supply is even worse than that of Wei. Under this situation, Shu can still shake Cao Wei's rule over Liangzhou, which is already its limit.
.
In fact, by being able to achieve this, the Shu Han's foreign strategy was considered a success, but the only regret was that this single success was still unable to reverse the entire war situation.
In the first year of Yankang (220), Cao Cao died and Cao Pi succeeded to the throne.
Cao Cao's stepson, Cao Pi's own family, his father Cao Zhen became the general of Zhenxi, Jiajie, superintendent of the military affairs of Yong and Liang states, and was granted the title of Marquis of Dongxiang.
The three giants Xiahou Shang, Cao Xiu, and Cao Zhen guarded the south, east, and west directions respectively.
Cao Cao's death made many people with evil intentions ready to take action.
Taking advantage of the fact that the two states of Yong and Liang had just separated and the new governor of Liangzhou Zou Qi had just been appointed, Zhang Jin from Zhangye kidnapped the prefect Du Tong and raised troops to fight against Zou Qi. Huang Hua from Jiuquan and Qu Yan from Jincheng responded with troops.
The self-proclaimed eunuchs united in rebellion.
Cao Zhen appointed Zhang Ji as the governor of Yongzhou, and Fei Yao sent troops to quell the rebellion. Coupled with the resistance of the local generals in Liangzhou, Zhang Jin and other thieves were quickly beheaded and the rebellion was put down.
In the Yongliang area, there is a nationality called Lu Shuihu, who mainly live in the Hexi Corridor. During the Eastern Han Dynasty, they often served as mercenaries to help the Han Dynasty army in their expeditions to the Western Regions.
As wars continued in the late Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period, Liangzhou was one of the areas most severely damaged by the war. The number of Han people in Liangzhou decreased significantly, causing various ethnic minorities to gradually move inward.
Many tribes colluded with local warlords in Liangzhou and relied on plundering the people to strengthen themselves.
In November of the second year of Huangchu (221), Cao Zhen gathered his troops and troops from various prefectures and counties and marched to the Hexi Corridor to attack the leaders of Lu Shuihu such as Zhiyuan Duo, Fengshang, Yi Jian and other concubines.
Zhang Ji, the governor of Liangzhou, was the vanguard, followed by Fei Yao and Xia Houru, who encountered the Hu people in Xianmei County, Wuwei County.
The Lushui Hu people first dug up river embankments and flooded Xianmei City. After capturing Xianmei, Zhang Ji and Fei Yao arrived. At this time, another group of Xiahou Ru had not yet arrived.
Lu Shuihu took advantage of the strong wind to rush out of the city to prepare for the fire to burn the Wei army camp. Zhang planned a plan and sent out 3,000 elite soldiers to ambush him. He also sent 1,000 soldiers to challenge, pretending to be defeated and luring the enemy deeper. Suddenly, the Wei army ambush came out from behind.
The barbarians were thrown into chaos and immediately fled in all directions.
After Zhang Ji succeeded, Cao Zhen led an army to hunt down Lu Shuihu, and defeated Hexi in a battle. However, the chaos in Liangzhou was still far from over.