"Commander!" Yang Yue, the military commander, walked into the state office and reported: "The general has returned from Yanzhou, defeated the four tribes of Wu Yi, beheaded more than 3,000 people, captured 8,000 people, and more than 100,000 cattle and sheep.
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This achievement could have been something to brag about, but in the face of Marshal Shao's brilliant record, it seemed that it was not very impressive.
In the Battle of Youzhou a few days ago, according to the information obtained, the commander-in-chief led thousands of Wuwei troops to fight against the Tuoba clan's tens of thousands. The rebels were frightened by the commander-in-chief's majesty and collapsed at the first touch. Tuoba Sigong led
The relatives fled, and all the troops under his command were killed. More than 3,000 people were beheaded, and the rest were surrendered.
The enemy troops at the head of the city were also frightened and had no intention of fighting anymore, so they opened the city and surrendered directly. The Youzhou City, which had been stolen and occupied by Tuoba Party Xiang for decades, finally returned to the hands of the Tang Dynasty.
Yang Yue actually met Tuoba Sigong several times, and their relationship was not bad. In his opinion, Tuoba Sigong was not a rebel, he was just a common separatist leader in this era. But
Marshal Shao insists on reducing the vassalage, what else is there to say?
However, it is easy to destroy the Tuoba family, but it is not easy at all to govern Yuzhou. The four states of Dingnan Army, Sui and Yinzhou, have been immigrated for many years by the generals. There are probably 200,000 Han people (including Beizheng Grassland).
Captured women and children), the population structure has changed significantly. However, Xia and Youzhou are not dominated by the Han people.
Fortunately, Xiazhou is a political center, so many officials and sergeants’ families have moved in one after another. Especially the latter. Due to the endless war in the interior, families of sergeants from Heyang, Zhaoyi and other places have moved in one after another. Earlier,
The families of the sergeants who settled in Suizhou are also migrating here, so the number of Han people has rapidly increased to more than 40,000. However, they mainly live in Shuofang County, Dejing County and Ningshuo County in Zhoucheng and Fuguo.
, the vast wasteland in the wild is still the world of Pingxia Dangxiang.
Yes, these Pingxia parties in Xiazhou have always been under the control of the state center and are relatively submissive. Now they have begun to sacrifice cattle and sheep. But this is only because of the strong force of the army. What if it stops one day? Will these people?
Do you have other thoughts? It’s hard to say.
Furthermore, the Tuoba clan has been destroyed. As another powerful clan in Pingxia Dangxiang, will the Zheju clan in Linzhou become powerful quickly? How to check and balance them?
The 200,000 Han people in Sui and Yin prefectures are easy to manage, but the more than 200,000 Han people in Xia and You prefectures are not easy to manage. They make a living by nomadic people. Even if they are all replaced by Han people, as long as they still rely on nomadic herding as their main livelihood, it will be the same.
Difficult to manage.
Yang Yuetun has been stationed in Yuduole City for many years and has a deep understanding of the nearby Dangxiang, Turk and Uighur tribes. They do not have a household registration and live by water and grass. Their centripetal force towards the government is extremely weak and their trust is also extremely low. The tribes will either annex each other or annex each other.
Marrying to protect oneself, often not paying tribute for many years, being beaten down once in a while, being honest for a few years, and then reverting to old ways, which is quite a headache.
Marshal Shao, how should you govern Youzhou?
"As expected of the strong soldiers who have been guarding Yuduole City for many years. Wu Yi's four troops are not weak, and they were defeated by one blow. Yang Jun is so good at running the army." After inviting Yang Yue to sit next to him, Shao Shude ordered Li Yixian
He went to make tea and praised: "The captured cattle and sheep can also be used as rewards for the army. They are of great use."
"Commander, it is not difficult to destroy the party items, but it is difficult to control the party items." Yang Yue couldn't help but said: "Xuanzong, Xianzong, and Wuzong all sent troops to conquer the party items, and they all won great victories. But why is it always difficult to pacify them? One side will be brutal.
, the sergeants were robbing by nature, Dangxiang couldn't bear the disturbance, and started to rebel in anger. The two of them lived as nomads in the summer, making it almost impossible for them to farm. So, does the commander have any good ideas?"
Shao Shude understood what Yang Yue meant.
Dangxiang has rebelled many times, and the reasons are complex. The deterioration of military discipline among professional warriors under the army recruitment system is one of the factors. In the past, An Lushan's men often plundered Khitan, were good at starting border provocations, and then pacified them as military achievements. For this reason, Xuanzong
He also warned him many times, but it was useless. The generals naturally like to support the invaders and respect themselves. Didn't Li Chengliang of the later Ming Dynasty like to let the Jurchen tribes fight back and forth, and sometimes force them to rebel to create military exploits for themselves?
But this matter is not a big problem for him. The trouble-making army cannot reach the four states, and he can still manage it. All the generals are promoted by him. The sergeants also trust him very much, and they are good at starting border provocations.
He can still take care of things!
But the nomadic lifestyle is indeed a problem. Since the northern expedition to the grasslands in the first half of the year, he has been discussing with his staff. The final conclusion is to capture the leaders and chiefs, convince them, and give them benefits. In short, there are many
Working together, we gradually decompose and disintegrate, and gather together to enrich ourselves.
In the grassland, it is impossible to integrate the people into each household and return to the land. They can only be married with kindness. At present, the Weicai tribe in the northern grassland is powerful, and they are quite respectful to themselves, and the granddaughter of Weicai Sudu has been adopted by him.
Maid, this old man should no longer be suspicious and feel that he is going to conquer him all day long, right?
When the twelfth lunar month ceremony is held this year, I will invite Wei Cai Sudu to my home, treat him to a meal, and let them meet their grandparents. The words of my granddaughter must be a little convincing, right? I have indeed not conquered the Wei Cai tribe.
This idea is also reassuring to the Weicai family.
Here in Youzhou City, the Tuoba clan has been destroyed, and there is now a big vacancy. If you don't care, a new "Tuoba Sigong" will slowly appear, and then try to order all the tribes. Looking at the country and dynasty
The history of governing the northwest is almost an endless cycle. One chieftain became powerful, was destroyed, and then a new one emerged, killing and exterminating them endlessly. Border troubles always existed.
The Tuoba clan originally had tens of thousands of people, but they were plundered for more than half a month. Then thousands of people were killed and injured in the battle of Youzhou. At present, there are only about 30,000 old and weak people left. It is impossible to kill all of these 30,000 people. That one
It will alienate the grassland tribes, not to mention that I want to turn them into a source of wealth to help me conquer the world. It is really inappropriate to kill them!
"Mr. Yang, I have some rough ideas." Shao Shude said: "This time I have defeated the Tuoba clan, the town has been peaceful. Next, I plan to attack Dang Xiang from Sui and Yin prefectures."
"Are we going to conquer again?" Yang Yue was surprised and asked.
"No." Shao Shude said with a smile: "Suiyin Dangxiang is mainly engaged in farming. He also understands some Chinese and has always been familiar with Tibet. The people have been mixed with the Han people for a long time and have similar habits. If they can organize households to unify the people, the two
There are tens of thousands of people living in the nine counties of the state, isn't it beautiful?"
"Commander, I am not familiar with Xiang from the Suiyin Party, but as far as the nature of the tribal leader is concerned, all states are connected and it is impossible to give up his power." Yang Yue frowned and said: "They are very obedient now and even sent troops to help.
The commander is attacking the Tuoba clan, but if he wants to touch their people, it will be extremely difficult."
Yang Yue actually wants to say that since the founding of the People's Republic of China, there have been many farms. If the court wants to organize households and people, it is not an easy task. It is a normal operation for the government to collude and fool people. This is still the current dynasty.
If it were the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, would you try to use other people's tactics? I'm afraid you might rebel on the spot.
Take the Xili clan in Yinzhou as an example. There are more than 4,000 people in the clan. These people are the tribes of the leader. If you want to take away these slave tribes, organize the people into households, and pay taxes to the government, you must violate the tribe of the leader.
However, the party is ignorant, and ordinary people have no idea what the so-called household registration and equalization of the people means. The leader family has ruled them for several generations or even more than ten generations. It has accumulated great power and can lead people to rebel with just a greeting.
After you send out a large army to pacify them, most of them will probably be killed. You will still get nothing by then, and it will be a waste of food and salary. Why not control them now, collect some tribute, and let them perform military service in case of emergency.
"Of course I know that this is a serious matter." Shao Shude said: "But first I want to set an example. There are not many Xili clan in Yinzhou. With the help of the pacification of Youzhou, thousands of their tribes will be registered as households first.
Qi people should be more successful. As for the leader of Xili clan, he can be an idle official in the town and get a salary first. Recently, someone is planning to build Suizhou East Market. In the future, grassland livestock, medicinal materials, honey, furs, etc.
Wax and other things are sold here, and merchants pay taxes and rent. Some of this money may be given to the head of the Xili clan for redemption."
In fact, this is still the redemption routine of the Manchus. They married the Mongolian chieftains to close the relationship and eliminate their doubts, then provided high-ranking officials with generous salaries, and assisted with religious policies such as reducing the population, and generally maintained the stability of the grassland. But it is difficult to determine.
The army did not have as rich financial resources as the Qing Dynasty, so they could only play a simplified version first, and redeem the tribe leaders by selling grassland goods for profit, and let them leave the tribe and live in Suizhou.
As long as he leaves the tribe for ten or eight years, the influence of the government on his original tribe will gradually increase. When he comes back, not many people will recognize him.
Of course, with the current scale of foreign trade, it is estimated that it will only be attractive to small tribes. For the newly emerging grassland tribes like the Weicai tribe, it is not that interesting. However, my goal was originally Suiyin Er.
The small tribes in the state do not have such a big appetite for the time being, so they can devour wild goods and talented people, and they do not hide or even dig up such behemoths.
"The commander's move may be somewhat possible." After hearing this, Yang Yue said: "It's okay to swallow up the Suiyin tribe. If you can sell five thousand horses a year and get two hundred thousand pieces of silk, even if you only get a hundred
One, there are also two thousand horses, which seems not difficult for the Xili chieftain to accept."
"In the fourth year of Zhonghe, the household tax in the four counties of Yinzhou only collected 58,000 pieces of silk. This year's newly established Chao Zhonghui tax collection should be able to collect a lot more silk, but one
The headman will give him two thousand horses. If it is more, fifteen hundred horses will be fine. After all, he used to offer cattle, sheep and horses. If the Xili family is not satisfied, they should ask for it." Shao Shude said.
Yang Yue nodded, and then asked: "The small Suiyin tribe is nothing to worry about, but how will the Tuoba clan deal with it?"
A few days ago, Tuoba Sigong abandoned his troops and fled. The cavalry of the Dingnan Army pursued him all the way, killing his brothers Sixiao and Siyao, and capturing Sijing. His son Renqing also fell off his horse and was killed in the area west of Baijing garrison, so he just left.
Four people, Sigong, Sijian, Sizhong and Renfu, were reported to have fled into Yanzhou. It is unknown who they defected to.
After the army entered the city, dozens of people including Sigong Chief Sun Yichang and others were captured and are currently under house arrest in Youzhou, awaiting their fate.
In the southern part of Youzhou, there is abundant water and grass. With such a large grassland, how to fill the power vacuum left by the Tuoba family? This is a problem.