After Shi Siming withdrew from Boling City, the Tang army then entered the city. While pacifying the people in the city, they began to organize the Boling County Palace for the discussion and official use of the military generals.
Guo Ziyi, Li Guangbi and other generals each led their troops to encircle and intercept Shi Siming. As the commander-in-chief, Zhou Jun was left free.
Taking advantage of this gap, Zhou Jun took his soldiers and Kong You to visit the most famous Jingu Temple in Boling City.
Looking at the huge stele erected in the courtyard of the ancient ancestral temple, Zhou Jun read: "At the beginning of the Western Jin Dynasty, Sima Gui was granted the title of King of Gaoyang, which was later established as Boling County. During the Yongjia period, there was great chaos in the Central Plains, and many Qiang, Hu, and Xianbei committed crimes.
We went to the border, robbed the people of the crops, and drove away the ladies of the three counties."
Zhou Jun finished reading and sighed: "No matter which dynasty, how to govern the border tribes is always a problem."
Kong You looked at the stone tablet and said: "Throughout the past dynasties, there were only three ways to control the border tribes. The first was to restrain the tribes, the second was to relocate the tribes, and the third was to kill."
"The so-called restraint means to win over and restrain, generally relying on property, land, titles, etc., to control the tribes in the border areas; and to move the tribes is to move the border tribes to the Central Plains, so that they can be influenced by the Central Plains culture and gradually be influenced by it.
Enlightenment; as for killing, it is simple. For those tribes who do not obey orders, they will not leave alive the butcher knife, and there will be no people inhabiting thousands of miles, so naturally they will no longer have the trouble of invading the border. "
Zhou Jun looked at Kong You: "In Bohong's opinion, which of these three methods is better?"
Kong You shook his head and said: "It has advantages and disadvantages."
Zhou Jun: "The advantages have just been mentioned, let's talk about the disadvantages of the three methods."
Kong You: "Let's talk about Jisi first. Using money, land, and names to win over the border tribes can only be effective when the Central Plains Kingdom is strong. If wars in the Central Plains become frequent and the military strength declines, Jisi will lose its effect, and the border tribes will surely be destroyed.
They will be ready to act and reveal their wolfish ambitions. In the Eight Kings Rebellion of the Western Jin Dynasty, the border people who were originally granted land titles invaded the Central Plains and eventually led to the tragedy of the Five Husbands in China. This is why."
"As for relocation, the Eastern Turks were wiped out by Taizong, and the imperial court moved all the surviving members to the Central Plains in an attempt to educate the border people. However, in the next hundred years, the remnants of the Turks continued to cause chaos and even nearly invaded the capital."
"In the first year of Tiaolu (679), the leaders of Monan Dingxiang Dudufu, Astwenfu and Astide, took office and supported Ashina Nishikui of the former Eastern Turkic royal family as khan, setting off a rebellion. The Turks were demoted to their hometowns.
The twenty-four states formed responded, and the war once expanded to the Monan area, with hundreds of thousands of participants. At the same time, Xi and Khitan were also incited to revolt. The Tang Dynasty later used 300,000 troops, and it took several years to calm down.
this rebellion.”
"Lastly, let's talk about killing. This action seems easy and simple, but it is also the most harmful. The Lord once said in a poem that the wildfire will not burn out, but the spring breeze will blow again. Most of the border tribes are nomadic, even if they massacre the people in a place
It will be completely exhausted, and it won’t take long for the border residents from other areas to move over and take over everything here again. However, every time the Central Plains region uses troops abroad, the losses are huge, and most of the occupied areas are barren lands, and the gains outweigh the losses."
Zhou Jun: "According to what you said, these three methods are all unsatisfactory. Is there any way to cure the misfortune of the people over there?"
Kong You hesitated for a long time, and finally sighed: "It's difficult. All the dynasties in the Central Plains have spent more than two thousand years, but they have not been able to solve this problem. Today, the Tang Dynasty has established the four towns of Anxi as wedges, and then used restraints to control them.
Small countries in the entire Western Region. Although this move is effective, once the national power weakens, the border residents in the Western Region will also become dissatisfied, and in the end there will still be chaos."
Zhou Jun looked at the stone tablet and said slowly: "Actually, there is a way to slowly reverse the disaster of the border people."
Kong You was stunned: "My lord, is there a way to solve it?"
Zhou Jun: "The second point you just mentioned, relocating the clan, is the solution."
Kong You frowned and said: "My lord, moving the border tribes into the Central Plains is tantamount to inviting wolves into the house, which will cause endless disasters."
Zhou Jun: “But what if we do it the other way around?”
Kong You: "Do it the other way around?"
Zhou Jun: "A large number of Tang people moved from the Central Plains to the Western Regions and other frontiers and settled there. Over time, the Tang people from the Central Plains accounted for the majority of the population in the border areas, and after intermarriage and civilization, it was difficult to separate from each other."
Kong You: "Moving Tang people to the border can slowly change the hostility of the border residents. However, this move has many restrictions and may be difficult to implement."
Zhou Jun nodded and said: "That's right. If the number of Tang people moved to the border was small, it would not be effective. If the number was large, no Tang people would be willing to give up the prosperity of the Central Plains and go to the bitter cold land. Moreover, the border was very important to the Tang Dynasty.
People are bound to be xenophobic, and how to integrate is also a problem... Well, let's analyze them one by one."
"First of all, take Anxi as an example. In the early years of Tianbao, the combined population of the four towns in Anxi was only 240,000 (see "New Tang Book·Geography"). Even if other small countries in the Western Regions are included, the total population of Anxi
The population will probably not exceed 500,000. In the 14th year of Tianbao, according to statistics from the Ministry of Household Affairs, the household registration in the Tang Dynasty reached 8.91 million, and the population reached 52.91 million. If additional
The number of people living in hidden households in the country may reach 70 million."
"There is no need to increase the population of 70 million. As long as 1% of them are selected and moved to the Western Regions, the entire population structure of Anxi will undergo earth-shaking changes. If after relocating the population, we wait for several decades
, or a hundred years. Then the population will intermarry and interact with each other, and there will no longer be barriers between races, and there will be no separation and confrontation."
Kong You: "What the Lord said is absolutely true, but there are two problems that cannot be avoided when moving so many people into the frontier. First, how to persuade the Tang people to abandon their homes and move their families to a bitter and cold place.
.Secondly, most of the border residents stick together in groups, and when faced with the immigrants from Tang Dynasty, they will definitely feel hatred and try their best to reject them."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Zhou Jun: "I will talk about the two issues you mentioned separately. First, let me talk about how to persuade Tang Min to give up his home and move his family to Anxi.
.If it were a peaceful and prosperous time, people with normal minds would never voluntarily go to the bitter and cold places on the frontier. However, at this time, it is different from ordinary times, but it is an excellent place to migrate people.
period."
Kong You was stunned: "Your Majesty, are you referring to the Hebei rebellion?"
Zhou Jun: "Not only the Hebei rebellion, but also the great disaster that began in the 12th year of Tianbao. The people in the Central Plains area really couldn't survive, so they had to leave their homeland and look for a place to stay. According to the historical trajectory of the past
, these refugees who have been displaced by natural disasters and wars usually move to the south, or simply stay where they are, or become soldiers and make a living, or they become bandits and make a living by looting. There may be some of them.
Many people want to move to the West, but because of the long distance and lack of guides, most people give up."
Kong You: "The main family opened the Daqi Trade Road, and then used the Yinglong Sect to guide the victims westward. They also used Liangzhou, Dunhuang, Shicheng and other places as strongholds to guide the refugees. Naturally, it was also for the purpose of relocating the population."
Zhou Jun: "Part of the reasons you mentioned are indeed related to the migration of people, but there are other reasons. I will continue to say... The only way is to ensure that the roads for the refugees to go to the Western Regions are smooth, and then let them see the way to survive.
I hope that Tang people will flow into Anxi and gradually change the local population structure and political and economic environment. Only when more and more Tang people live in Anxi will the entire Western Region be more stable."
Kong You heard this and nodded slightly.
Zhou Jun: "After talking about the migration of people, let's talk about the border people's grouping. The so-called border people's grouping is mainly reflected in four major aspects: religious conflicts, tribal systems, land occupation and cultural resistance."
"First of all, most border areas have unique religious systems, such as shamanism, deity religion, etc. Many of these teachings are inherently exclusive. For example, you cannot marry foreigners, learn foreign cultures, read foreign books, or even have contact with them.
Foreign population. To deal with this kind of religious xenophobia, what we need to do is to establish a general religious program for all religious sects in a region."
Kong You: "What is the general outline of religion?"
Zhou Jun: "The so-called general outline is to establish a binding framework on the basis of all religions. For example, the Tang Dynasty has the Tang Code. All prefectures and counties under its jurisdiction, regardless of folk customs, are subject to the Tang Code. The same is true for religions.
Likewise, within a country, preaching, giving lectures, debating scriptures, performing rituals, gatherings, etc., should be allowed. At that time, this permission must have a certain level, a level that does not affect the free development of all people."
An idea suddenly flashed in Kong You's mind and he asked: "Is it related to the fact that the master's family decided on the Yinglong Sect earlier?"
Zhou Jun nodded and said: "Yes, in addition to helping Tang people move westward, the Yinglong Sect also played a huge role in breaking the shackles of local religion in Anxi. I originally asked Yis to revise the Yinglong Sect and combine many religions into one
The main purpose of theology is to establish a general outline for the various religious sects in the Anxi area. That is, there is only one god in the world, but it has countless names. In this way, it can limit the conflicts between different sects and integrate the religious aspects.
The contradictions in the above have been reduced to a minimum. At present, this general outline is still in its infancy and needs to be improved."
Kong You took a long breath and said: "You used to think that the Lord wanted to use Yinglong's theory to win over people's hearts. But today it seems that you are stupid and fail to understand the righteousness."
Zhou Jun waved his hand: "Bohong, you have something extraordinary, don't belittle yourself. After talking about religion, let me talk about the tribal system of the border people."
"The current form of power of the border tribes is that most of the leaders and nobles are in power. They occupy the vast majority of wealth, land, population and resources. The contradiction between the Tang people and the border people is not so much a conflict between the people of the two places.
The contradiction, rather, is the dissatisfaction and hostility caused by the dissatisfaction and hostility caused by the gradual deprivation of the rights of the tribal aristocrats after the Tang people entered the country. Therefore, in order to solve the problem of the border people's rejection of the Tang people, we must first eliminate the aristocratic class of the border tribes and break their influence on the Tang people.
Rule by the people.”
Kong You: "Is it your Lord's intention to kill all the nobles of the tribe?"
Zhou Jun: "Killing is never a good method. If you kill a group of tribal nobles, another group of nobles will come to power. Even if you kill them all, those border people who are accustomed to being ruled will
The people will continue to serve a new 'king' and then gather together to resist this murderous 'thug' like you."
Kong You: "Then how should we completely break the rule of the tribal leaders?"
Zhou Jun: "There is only one way - to open up people's wisdom."
Kong You was a little confused: "People's wisdom? Does it mean that the people on the border are ignorant?"
Zhou Jun: "No, the word "people's wisdom" does not just mean simple ignorance, it..."
When Zhou Jun said this, he looked at Kong You and became troubled for the first time.
He paced in place, hesitated for a long time, and explained this way: "Man is not born to be ruled. His rights to survive, work, harvest, and enjoy do not come from gods or monarchs. All the rights he enjoys,
It is something we are born with and deserve to enjoy..."
Hearing this, Kong You froze on the spot.
Zhou Jun wanted to elaborate more, but a soldier who joined the army walked quickly not far away and said that Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi were back.
After Zhou Jun heard this, he said to Kong You: "Let's talk about other things later... Let's go and see what the outcome of this ambush is."