Zhao Chongxuan stood in front of Li Siye with his chin raised, and said in a tone of eager anticipation: "As long as these seven thousand are killed and the sheepskins and wool are left to the herdsmen, their losses will not be too great."
He very much hoped that Li Siye would agree to his opinion of killing, as if this would confirm something.
Pei Guoliang also tried his best to persuade at this moment: "Li Zhenshi, kill them. Even if the herdsmen can survive this winter, our pastures in Shule will not be able to bear so many livestock next year."
Li Siye stood on the ground and paced back and forth, pulling his chin and saying: "I have found a solution to the pasture matter. Besides, it is not yet necessary to slaughter the sheep. Even if we have to slaughter the sheep, we cannot go against the herdsmen.
Their wishes must be allowed to their own accord.”
"Oh, how is this possible! To them, these sheep are just gold and silver in their homes. How can they offer them up voluntarily?"
"Everything is possible." Li Siye crossed his arms and faced Pei Guoliang and Zhao Chongxun and said: "The psychology of the herdsmen needs to be guided. From now on, notices will be posted again to distribute forage, set prices for the remaining forage, and ask the herdsmen to lead the sheep.
Come and trade, one sheep can be exchanged for 500 kilograms of pasture."
"What do we need this sheep for? The war horses have just enough fodder." Zhao Chongxuan suddenly asked.
"Of course it's for slaughter." Li Siye said lightly.
Zhao Chongxun felt that the world was spinning before his eyes. How could it be so simple? He just changed the way of saying it, or just changed the method. Killing the sheep was not so difficult to accept. He listed the difficulties to Li Siye in disbelief: "
The herdsmen are not fools, don’t they know that this is taking away their sheep in disguise?”
Li Siye put his hands behind his hands and raised his belly and said: "Of course it cannot be so simple and crude. We need to guide public opinion to a certain extent. Now that the immediate matter has been resolved, let's talk about future pasture planning."
He shouted to Yan Xiaosi who was standing outside the Governor's Mansion: "Xiaosi, bring the picture I asked you to bring this morning!"
Pei Guoliang and Zhao Chongxuan were shocked and doubtful. How could it have been solved? What if the herdsmen refused to exchange sheep for grass? How could they solve it? It was absolutely impossible to leave it alone. The hungry sheep were extremely destructive and anxious.
Herders are also a destabilizing factor.
Yan Xiaosi had already walked into the hall carrying a wooden tube, took out the Shule grassland distribution map, and spread it out on the floor.
"This is the grassland distribution map of Shule Town that I arranged for my subordinate Feng Changqing to draw. Governor Pei, you should take a closer look. Shule Town is self-sufficient. More than half of the tax revenue comes from nomadic herding, but the footprints of nomadic activities are only here.
In the circle, once they encounter mountains and hills, they will stop moving forward. It is precisely because of the lack of planning for the transition that the pastures are gnawed two or three times a year, causing serious damage to the pastures, while no one has set foot on the alpine grasslands farther away. As long as the pastures are planned
More than a dozen areas are divided into military pastoral areas, civilian pastoral areas and four-season pastures. The pastures are transferred from far to near several times a year. Shule City and its surrounding pastures are divided into grass cutting areas, which are used for harvesting and grass harvesting. No one is allowed to enter for grazing.
.”
After hearing this, Pei Guoliang was filled with emotion and admiration. He didn't expect that Li Siye had made such careful arrangements. He had drawn a map of the pasture in advance and thought about a plan for the pasture. Is this what the Han people often say about taking precautions before they happen?
"It's good, but our herdsmen in Shule are relatively loose. Unlike the Turks who act in a unified manner as tribes, they are not easy to control."
"Can this be called a problem?" Li Siye suspected that Pei Guoliang was muddle along and was suspected of administrative inaction.
"You are a descendant of King Shule and the governor of Shule Dudu Prefecture. You are the Sima of Yao Jianzhou. You are responsible for self-governance in the fifteen prefectures under Shule. You have the absolute authority to formulate laws, define grazing areas, and list those who dare to violate prohibitions and violations.
Punishment provisions. Secondly, it shouldn’t be a problem to organize the herdsmen in Shule Town into settlements by state and use the settlements for grazing, right?”
"Okay," Pei Guoliang slapped his palm heavily on the armrest of Hu's bed to show his determination. "Of course I have to customize the law, but what should I do next? I also ask Ambassador Li Zhen to teach me."
Li Siye nodded happily and said: "Taking advantage of this winter, we divided the military and pastoral areas from the civilian pastoral areas, divided the four-season pasture and grass cutting areas, and nailed up wooden signs for isolation. I once ordered people to go to Xiuxun Prefecture to remove sweat.
Then invite a staff officer, who should be arriving soon, to learn from their hundreds of years of nomadic experience. Of course, the first step is to issue a notice and post it in every state and city to inform them in advance that Shule will carry out pasture planning.
Grazing outside the area will be severely punished."
"In this case, I will draw up a notice and order people to post it everywhere."
Li Siye solemnly handed over to him: "Thank you very much, Governor Pei, for your full support. This matter requires the full cooperation of both of us."
"What did the general say? We at the Governor's Office should be grateful to you."
After the communication with the Governor's Mansion came to an end, Li Siye came out of Pei Guoliang's Mansion and told Yan Xiaosi who was following him: "You go to do something, find a few soldiers who like to drink, and spread some rumors...
…and so and so.”
After hearing this, Yan Xiaosi sincerely admired in his heart that the general's arrangements were as interlocking as chainmail.
…
A group of people gathered in front of the city wall at the south gate of Shule. Two notices written on jute paper were posted on the wall. One was written in Chinese characters and the other was written in Sanskrit. Since there were many Buddhists in the city, there were actually a large number of people.
Most people gathered around the Sanskrit notice. One of them read to the illiterate people and explained: "Shule Dudu Mansion will carry out pasture planning in the surrounding area next year. During the introduction, multiple pastures will be divided into limited seasons.
Determine the grazing areas where grazing is prohibited, and laws will be drafted in due course, but those who disobey will be severely punished."
A group of people expressed their opinions one after another: "It should have been like this a long time ago! These sheep herders should be taken care of. Everyone knows that the pastures around Shule City are used for grazing in winter, but some people just unknowingly herd the sheep secretly.
Go in there and eat grass, and then there will be no more grass in winter, you really deserve it.”
"You know what? You farmers don't know how hard it is for us herders. Although it's shameful, most people still abide by the rules. We should have introduced laws to control them a long time ago, but it's of no use. We still break them when we should.
It’s a common mistake, now that the seasons are set to change, life will definitely not be as easy as before.”
…
There are not many wine shops in Shule City. This may be due to the strong Buddhist atmosphere. Nobles and dignitaries do not like to drink. Most of the people who can gather in wine shops are three types of people running back and forth, one is business travelers and the other is herdsmen.
Another type is Tang Jun.
Several shepherds with hundreds of sheep were in a very bad mood. They gathered in a wine shop to drink and vent their frustrations and inner dissatisfaction.
"The Governor's Mansion no longer provides free forage, but lets us exchange sheep for 500 kilograms of grass each. This 500 kilograms of grass is not enough for two hundred sheep to eat for a day. Doesn't Governor Pei just want to take it from us in disguise?
If you take the sheep away and then slaughter them if you want, that's their business."
"Yes!" A Sogdian man with a cheeky and vulgar face slammed his fist on the table: "We can't be at the mercy of the Governor's Mansion. We must unite and don't give sheep to the Governor's Mansion for grass!"
"I don't believe they would let us starve the sheep to death!"
"Hey, sheep will never die of hunger. These beasts will eat anything in a hurry. Just scatter them in Shule City and eat whatever they see."
Some people rationally expressed their objections: "You can't do this. There is still a Tang army in the city. The Tang army is on the same side as Governor Pei. Especially the envoy from the Zhao army is as ill-intentioned as Governor Pei."
"I feel that Ambassador Li Zhen is a good official. If the Governor's Office pushes us hard, we will go to Ambassador Li's house to petition. I believe that Ambassador Li will not ignore us."
This group of people had been drinking for a while, and probably because the topic was almost brewing, most of them fell silent.
The voices of several Tang soldiers came from the screen next door, revealing inside information about the pasture, which made one's ears itch unbearably.
"Damn it, I almost vomited after eating the dead mutton in the past two days. I used to miss it every day when I couldn't eat it, but now I don't even want to eat it."
"What does this mean?" one person sneered coldly: "You have to wait until spring tomorrow to eat it."
"What do you mean? When the pasture grows next spring and the sheep have something to eat, it will be our turn to slaughter them."
"Ignorant, haven't you seen the notice posted on the city wall? The Shule Governor's Mansion is planning to plan pastures, and those who cross the border will be severely punished. With the amount of herdsmen currently grazing, the planned pastures cannot bear so many sheep.
, people have already dug up the roots of the autumn grass this year, and a batch will be killed before the Dudu Mansion divides the pastures in the spring next year."
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