Han Shizu

Chapter 1182 Bandits in the Northwest
The distance of thirty miles is not too long for a driver traveling lightly. After having a meal and chatting, the Liu Yang brothers embarked on the journey back to Beijing.

Brothers Liu Yang and Liu Xu took the same car and took a nap in the car. When the car drove into Luoyang City, it was almost dusk, but the two brothers were still chatting freely.

"The Great Han is now peaceful and stable in the sea, the country is peaceful and the people are safe. However, what the father worries about is the Liao Kingdom in the north to the outside, and the Northwest to the inside!" Liu Yang told Liu Xu what he had learned from his recent conversation with Emperor Liu, feeling: "Although I have never been to the Northwest in person, I am also very concerned about the situation there. Brother, what did you observe this time around the Northwest?"

"Before I left, my father also called me to go face-to-face, and I also took it for granted. Watch carefully!" Liu Xu said: "This time, Shiro, King Dongping, and I walked through Lan, Liang, Ling, Xia, Sui, etc. , Yan and other prefectures, it can be said that the entire main area under the jurisdiction of the Northwest has been transferred. On the whole, the situation in the Northwest is still stable, and there should be no troubles in the short term!"

"What about the long term?" Liu Yang asked immediately, and when he asked this question, he had already inadvertently shown his authority as the prince.

Regarding this, Liu Xu's face was still calm, he didn't care at all, he just said calmly: "The biggest problem in the Northwest is that the ethnic group is too complicated, there are many miscellaneous captives, and there are few Han people.

Although in the past 15 years, the imperial court has relocated nearly 300,000 people to the northwestern provinces, it is still not enough compared to the vast northwestern region, especially those remote counties and counties, which are full of nonsense. The imperial court wants to In order to maintain the rule, certain compromises have to be taken, instead of self-government, buy it with official salary. "

Liu Yang nodded, of course he knew about these situations: "The imperial court is still insisting on immigration. This is a long-term national policy, but until now, it is not appropriate to force large-scale migration like in the past. .”

Liu Xu said: "That's right! The people of the Han Dynasty have many lands and it is difficult to relocate, so they can't let the stability of the Northwest be ruined. The great situation of the Han Dynasty now is hard-won!"

After expressing emotion, Liu Xu continued: "Northwest Daozhou, the imperial court has recovered for a long time, far less than 20 years, and half of them were gradually recovered after the opening of the treasure. Compared with the lost hundreds of years, the imperial court wants to completely conquer In short, it is obviously impossible!
The Hu in the Northwest, even the Tubo and Qiang people who had always been submissive to the imperial court, were more forced by the imperial court's power.Now that the Han Dynasty is strong and powerful, there are four roads in the northwest, and the total number of troops stationed in various places has exceeded [-]. They are guarded by strong troops, and they dare not make any changes! "

Today, there are four roads in the northwest of the Han Dynasty. In addition to the original Guannei, Longyou, and Hexi, there is a new Yulin Road, which governs Xiazhou. The jurisdiction covers the northern part of Guannei, Lingzhou in the west, Yanzhou in the south, and Fengzhou in the north , east of the Yellow River.

Hearing this, Liu Yang said: "The four provinces in the northwest, with a total of more than [-] million people, support [-] soldiers and horses, and they are always unable to support them. Every year, the imperial court needs to allocate a special fund of one million for support! However, the army in the northwest must be stationed. !"

"This is still a situation where the situation in the northwest remains stable. Even so, in the long run, the northwest will only swallow up more and more tax revenues from the imperial court. If there is a slight disturbance, the price for the imperial court to maintain the stability of the northwest will be even greater!" Liu Xu said: "In the territory Law and order must be uncertain, captives must be suppressed, Khitan must be guarded!"

As he spoke, Liu Xu sighed, and continued: "Hidden dangers can be prevented if we remain vigilant and pay attention to them. However, the top priority is those thieves who are active in the desert and Gobi all over Hexi! After reopening, those horse bandits became more and more rampant! When Shiro and I passed through Lingzhou, I personally experienced horse bandits looting!"

"There are such things!" Liu Yang's face suddenly showed a bit of anger, but seeing that Liu Xu didn't look injured, he restrained himself.

Liu Xu chuckled and said, "It's just a coincidence, Shiro is brave, and personally led people to kill the horse bandits, and rescued the robbed business brigade!"

However, Liu Yang was still angry and frowned slightly: "The imperial court has ordered several times to suppress the bandits, clear up the law and order, and report to various places, and it is also very effective. How can there be bandits and bandits so rampant? Was the report false?"

Liu Xu shook his head: "Northwest Daozhou, naturally dare not deceive the imperial court with this matter. In the early years of Kaibao, there were signs of a resurgence of bandits in the Northwest. In recent years, the government and garrison of each state have indeed carried out many times to suppress bandits. , focused on the attack, and indeed wiped out more than a dozen large-scale horse bandits. However, the suppression is endless!"

"What's the root cause?" Liu Yang asked the key point.

The problem of banditry has always been severely cracked down by the imperial court, and within the vast territory of the Han Dynasty, not to mention that banditry has disappeared, there are only a few remote areas where this problem still exists.One is the Southwest, the other is the Northwest, and if it is serious, it must belong to the Northwest, and the damage caused is also in the Northwest.

Liu Xu said: "The horse bandits in the northwest are nimble and come and go like the wind. They haunt the Gobi desert. It is really difficult for the government and army to attack. But the most important thing is that they have something to rely on!"

Hearing this, Liu Yang said: "What does the elder brother refer to as relying on?"

Noticing Liu Yang's calm and serious expression, Liu Xu said leisurely: "I have communicated with many officials in the Northwest, and I learned from them that most of the horse bandits come from the Northwest Zhuhu, and they are also from the Northwest. Interstate tribes are often inextricably linked!"

"These barbarians, since they are the subjects of the Han Dynasty, dare to collude with bandits to cause disaster and disrupt local law and order?" Liu Yang frowned slightly.

"Of course they don't dare to collude openly, and not all tribes are like this, but even if it's just a small group of people, the harm is already serious!" Liu Xu said: "Therefore, if the connection between the two cannot be blocked, if you want to eradicate Banditry in the Northwest is difficult to do. And there are many tribes in the Northwest, but the land is vast and sparsely populated, so it is very difficult to identify them and eliminate the root of their troubles!"

"In this way, the banditry in the northwest has really become a chronic disease!" Liu Yang obviously paid more attention to this situation in his heart.

Liu Xu continued: "Among them, there are two main types of horse bandits, one is the Uyghur bandits, and the other is the party bandits. Needless to say, the Uyghurs in Ganzhou were the remnants of the Uyghurs in Ganzhou. , so there are a large number of brazen robbers!"

"Back then when Gansu was taken from the west, the second general Wang Guo killed too much. This is one of the future troubles!" Liu Yang directly remembered the situation back then, and felt sincerely.

"That's right!" Liu Xu said, "The most unsettled place in the Northwest now belongs to Gansu. The Uyghur people are full of resentment and blood hatred. It's not like a few years can eliminate forgetfulness!"

"As for the Dangxiang people, counting the miscellaneous captives walking in various roads, this is the tribe with the largest number in the Northwest at present. When the army entered Xia Suiyin, although most of the Dangxiang tribe surrendered, the Li family and its big clan were also moved inward, but the remaining Among them, there are still many people who are unwilling to surrender to the big man." Liu Xu continued: "Therefore, there are also many party members who join the bandits, and their ties with Xia Sui's many party members are even closer, and even some A lot of recruiting among the tribes happened.”

"No wonder Dad always said that party members should beware especially!" Liu Yang clenched his fists involuntarily.

"I talked with General Yang. There are many oases in the desert north of Xiazhou, and many gangsters are entrenched in them. Before that, there was a group of bandits who occupied an oasis called Dijinze. It once expanded to 500 people.

Later, two generals, Li Jilong and Yang Yanzhao, ran for hundreds of miles to make a surprise attack and finally defeated it.However, as soon as the officers and soldiers withdrew, the remaining bandits gathered again.General Yang sent troops to break it again, and sent troops to stay in the garrison. The banditry in Jinze was only stopped.

However, how could the imperial court send troops to guard every oasis?If so, the burden on the court's northwest garrison will also intensify! "

"The key lies in those tribes that are in collusion with the bandits, have two heads and two hearts!" Liu Yang said coldly: "If they are not dealt with, then the banditry will never be solved!"

"yes."

(End of this chapter)