Yes, it is the unity of all the oppressed herdsmen on the grassland, not the unity of the herdsmen oppressed by the Wanyan tribe.
This time the Wanyan tribe's collection of war horses can only capture some small and medium-sized tribes. The really large tribe Wanyan tribe maintains a win-win attitude, so their war horses have not been confiscated, and the tribes must marry each other with the Wanyan tribe to exchange their wealth.
In other words, the pressure on the facial area is completely pinching. If you can pinch it, you can pinch it, and if you can't pinch it easily, you can pull it in.
The large tribes dare not move at all, and still have strong autonomy on the grassland. As long as these large tribes surrender to the Wanyan tribe, they can maintain their status.
In fact, this situation is very similar to that of the ruling class in the Central Plains. It is easy for the people to control it, but it is the big families that are difficult to control.
But is there no oppression among large tribes?
Is there even no oppression within the Wanyan Department itself?
There are still a large number of exploited herdsmen at the bottom of the Wanyan tribe.
For these herdsmen, Chu State does not talk about feelings, but only benefits. We are sent by God to guide you and defeat the powerful ministers and nobles who oppress you.
If you defeat the rich and powerful officials, you can get your own cattle and sheep! Even war horses!
From now on, you can graze safely on the grassland, and the oppression you once had will no longer exist!
Don’t expect these herdsmen who are still struggling to have enough food and clothing to have any feelings of family and country. Just like don’t expect the tenant farmers in the Central Plains who are still digging on the land to have much feelings of family and country. When survival is a problem, these are all
Can't care.
Now that the Chu State continues to advance, it has dealt a huge blow to the authority of the Wanyan tribe. The Wanyan tribe cannot always let it go, but if it wants to defeat the Chu State with advanced firearms, it must recruit a large number of troops and use the advantage of numbers
To make up for the gap in weapons, the grassland people can make almost everyone have soldiers, which is good, but the number is much smaller.
Moreover, the Chu State captured the war horses and some cattle and sheep collected by the Wanyan tribe from the tribes in the southern grassland.
In order to maintain the war, the Wanyan Ministry not only had to recruit cattle, sheep and other food, but also recruited men into the army.
And what about Chu State?
Come and I will give you cattle and sheep, and lead you to defeat your oppressors. After defeating the ruling class headed by Wanyanbu, the cattle and sheep are yours, and you can still graze on the vast grasslands.
Although it doesn't sound nice, most people at the bottom have limited vision, so their knowledge is naturally very short-sighted. They can only see the immediate benefits. As long as you promise benefits, his life can be yours.
Not every farmer is Zhu Yuanzhang.
After hearing this, Zhao Hongyu said in a deep voice: "Put the prairie people whose arms were almost crippled by Wanyan's tribe back on their war horses. What if they get the war horses but gather to resist our Chu State? Their grasslands will be willing to be ruled by our Chu State.
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Yan Guang said: "Yes, after all, our Chu State is the invading party, so how can we support the enemy? If we support the enemy, we will probably defeat them."
When King Xian heard Xu Qing's words, he waved his hand to signal silence, and then he couldn't help but fell into deep thought.
In the past, he would have refused without even thinking about it, but now he seems to be deducing the possibility of this approach.
The former wise king valued his family and country so much that he felt that everyone would have feelings for his family and his country. He thought that every Chu person received the same education as he did, and that it was their glory to open up new territories.
But ever since he heard Xu Qing's words about cattle and sheep in the court, the wise king began to temporarily put aside what he had learned from childhood and began to empathize with the people at the lowest level.
When survival is a problem, no one will think about what will happen to the ethnic group and family. Who can give him a bite to eat is his reborn parents. If he can be given a woman to have offspring and give them a stable life,
He will die loyally.
This is basically how dead soldiers are raised.
As long as the thoughts of these prairie people can be unified, this method actually has certain feasibility.
The Xian Wang raised his head and looked at Xu Qing and asked, "This method has no historical data to rely on. How confident are you?"
Xu Qing said: "Seventy percent."
The law can be based on a bill promulgated during the Civil War in a country across the ocean in a previous life. It only needs to be slightly modified and written into classical Chinese.
The unified central idea: overthrow the powerful and divide the cattle and sheep is the central idea, which his country has verified before.
Although his plan has no precedent or allusion in this time and space, it has truly withstood the test of history in another world.
Xu Qing's only three uncertainties are that today's grasslands have not truly integrated into China and have always been two opposing ethnic groups.
Although there are two precedents in this case, they were both conducted in the same country, either a civil war or a counter-invasion, but this time the Chu State was the invading party, which was the only uncertainty.
The Xian King looked at Xu Qing and said: "Qi Cheng, you can give it a try!"
Zhao Hongyu began to admonish: "Your Majesty! Think again! The Wanyan tribe has finally collected the war horses from other tribes in the grassland. If we distribute the war horses to them again, even if they conquer the grassland, what will happen if they rebel against Chu?"
good?"
Xu Qing looked at Zhao Hongyu and said: "General Zhao, the example of Chen Sheng and Wu Guang has taught future generations that confiscating weapons and war horses is never a way to eliminate the source of rebellion. The source of rebellion is not in weapons, but in the heart."
Zhao Hongyu was speechless when he heard Xu Qing's words. Yes, if he really wanted to rebel, he would do it no matter what.
Yan Guang said: "There is one more thing. I wonder if the Third Commander has thought about it."
Xu Qing asked: "What's the matter?"
Yan Guang said: "Where does the military pay come from? It has been extremely difficult for our country, Chu, to support this expedition."
Xiao Ye said: "General Yan, you must know that Brother Xu is the dean of the National Business Academy. The plan he proposes will definitely consider the lowest cost and the highest benefit."
Xu Qing smiled and nodded and said: "Yes, the biggest advantage of this plan is to save money. The herdsmen on the grassland do not value money so much. They value cattle and sheep, and what we give them is what they value."
The foundation for settling down and establishing a life.”
"War horses are captured, cattle and sheep are captured. All we have to do is to overthrow all the powerful nobles on the grassland who oppress the herdsmen, and use their cattle, sheep, and their belongings to distribute to the underlying herdsmen who have been exploited by the nobles for a long time. This method
Not only is it not a waste of money, maybe we can make some profits from it.”
"As long as we appease these herdsmen, we don't need much preferential treatment. We only need to act according to the law to gain the support of the grassland herdsmen. Whatever we do during this period, do not talk about righteousness or feelings, we just need to let them know,
If they follow us, they can get back the wealth that was robbed by the powerful people on the grassland!"