Han Shizu

Chapter 1694 Yanzhou
Autumn and August, Yulin Road, Yanzhou.

Yanzhou is located in the south of Yulin Road, bordering Lingzhou in the west and Xiayou in the east. It is one of the most important military towns in the northwest of the Han Dynasty.As early as 30 years ago, the imperial court began to manage this place. When Emperor Liu concentrated on unification and was unable to look westward, Yanzhou was the most important fulcrum for the imperial court to maintain the rule of the Northwest and monitor the Party and Zhuhu.

Wang Yansheng had been in charge of this place for ten years, and the reputation of "General Yier" has been spread in the local area, and the faces of the barbarians changed when they heard about it.The Dingbian Army, trained by Wang Yansheng, still maintains its establishment. Although the soldiers have changed a few rounds, their spirit and traditions have been preserved.

At present, due to Li Jiqian's rebellion and the party's alienation, the whole Yulin is somewhat unstable, but Yanzhou has always been stable. The three thousand Dingbian army obviously played a great deterrent effect.

Of course, the Dusi's fierce pursuit of Li Ni, and the fact that Xiazhou troops have been the main force in countering the rebellion so far, and that the Dingbian army has not been called are also one of the reasons.

After 30 years of operation, the imperial court's rule over Yanzhou is still very firm. The immigration policy that was vigorously implemented in those years, among them, a large number of relocated households, their destination is Yanzhou.

Before and after, more than 3000 households of Han people moved into Yanzhou. This number, in terms of the overall immigration volume, is really insignificant, but it is not a small number in terms of a state.It can be seen that the imperial court attached great importance to Yanzhou. In some remote counties, the income of immigrants ranged from a thousand households to a few hundred households. In the whole of Yulin, only Xiazhou and Lingzhou were slightly better than Yanzhou.

Including some exiled sinners, Han survivors, and the natural growth of these years, by the 21st year of Kaibao, the local Han population in Yanzhou had exceeded [-].

In addition to the Dangxiang and Zhuhu in the territory, the population of Yanzhou exceeds 300,000. In the remote Yulin, it is already no small achievement.With this population size, even in the Central Plains area where the population converges, it is also ranked first, and in the Yulin area, it is even more valuable.

Of course, the population distribution of the entire Yulin Road basically revolves around the five prefectures of Xia, Ling, Yan, Yin, and Sui. However, from the perspective of the entire Yulin Road, the total population is less than 2 million, which is still in the presence of imperial immigrants. basically.

For this reason, Yulin Road once appealed to the imperial court, hoping to put the southern states of Huan, Qing, and Yan under Yulin's rule. This point caused a strong backlash from Guannei Road, and finally nothing happened.

From Emperor Liu's idea, Yulin Road has three purposes, one is to appease the Hus, the other is to defend Qinlong, and the third is to improve administrative efficiency. Agree to expand jurisdiction.

Going back to Yanzhou, there are some of the most prominent problems in Yulin and even in the northwest region. Hu and Han live together, and ethnic conflicts have not been alleviated with the passage of time, but have become more and more serious.

The area under the jurisdiction of Yanzhou is more than 300,000 square kilometers. Even though there are many moraine deserts in such a large area, there are still many suitable for farming and animal husbandry. It is no problem for [-] people to survive.

What's more, it is named after salt and benefits from it. As the most important producing area of ​​green and white salt in Northwest China, in the past 20 years, its economy has flourished, making it the best in Yulin, and Bixia and Lingzhou are not bad either.

However, Qingbai salt, the source of income that party members relied on most in the past, has been controlled by the government.

Even if the imperial court lifted the ban on salt later, the interests in it were occupied by the dignitaries and Han merchants, and it was difficult for the party members to get a share of it. This is one of the fundamental reasons why the party members are dissatisfied with the court. Nothing is more serious than the conflict of interests contradiction.

The influx of a large number of Han people has actually compressed the soil for the survival of the Dangxiang people. Compared with the ethnic policies that destroy the Dangxiang tradition, these two are the fundamental ethnic contradictions in Yulin.

In Yulin Road, there have always been first-class officials, second-class Han, third-class party members, and fourth-class miscellaneous beards. This is the class in the eyes of party members.But in fact, in the eyes of the Han people, Dangxiang people are only among the barbarians, no different from those miscellaneous barbarians.

Not to mention those miscellaneous beards. When the party was powerful, they relied on others. Now they just changed their masters. Second, under the rule of the Han government, their survival crisis has been alleviated. At least, what the Han people can provide It is much richer than the party period.

The only embarrassment and the huge psychological gap are party members.Of course, some sinners who were forced to relocate and exile belong to the minority.

The local party members in Yanzhou are mainly from the Pingxia tribes, supplemented by a considerable number of Tuoba subordinates. At the beginning of the rise of the Li family, they relied on these Dongshan tribe alliances. Among the party members, there is still a little influence left.

Of course, this impact must be viewed in light of the current situation and environment.In fact, when the news of Li Jiqian's rebellion came, there was some repercussions among the party members in Yanzhou.

Under the banner of the independence and revival of the party, Li Jiqian has a lot of temptation for today's party members. After the whole family of the Li family was taken to Tokyo to be beheaded, Li Jiqian has become the heir of the Tuoba Li family. .

Last year, because of Li Jiqian's rebellion, the imperial court took cruel measures against the Tuoba Li family. Hundreds of members of the Li family were captured, including the patriarch Li Jipeng, young and old, and all the descendants of the Li family were beheaded. , only a few people saw the opportunity quickly and escaped incognito.

The scale of execution is larger than that of any corrupt officials cleaned up by the big man. Of course, the blood is dripping and the impact is profound, which is similar.

No, after this news spread to Yulin, it certainly shocked many party members who were ready to move, and it also aroused some sympathy for Tuoba Li. Behind this sympathy, it represented support for Li Jiqian.

And not long ago, a rumor suddenly rose among the people of the Dangxiang department in Yanzhou that the imperial court planned to exterminate all the Dangxiang members, which caused panic. Come forward and appease a little, but the power of rumors lies in the occupation of people's hearts.

Now in Yulin, party members no longer have much trust in the imperial court, and their renunciation and morality have reached a dangerous edge.Therefore, the atmosphere in Yanzhou in the past six months was the same as Xia Yin's, treacherous and depressing.

In fact, up to this point, the upper class people in Yulin have realized that the chaos in Yulin is not caused by Li Jiqian, but by the party.Why did Li Jiqian attack repeatedly and keep suppressing, even after suffering two disastrous defeats, he was still making waves, the crux of the problem was those party tribes who were alienated from the imperial court.

If the problem of party members is not resolved, then even if one Li Jiqian is eliminated, another will emerge.What's more, Li Jiqian is still stubbornly persisting.

In June of this year, he felt that the situation was difficult, and the anti-Han cause was undergoing a serious crisis. In order to break the situation, Li Jiqian led the remaining [-] cavalry to go south again, harassing Xiazhou, and attacking Hengshan Fort beside the Mingtang River.

Since Xiazhou is the most powerful area of ​​the Han army, many subordinates opposed this proposal. They proposed to attack Fengzhou or Shengzhou northward, but Li Jiqian refused and decided to attack Xiazhou.

Li Jiqian also knew very well in his heart that if he wanted to succeed, he could only rely on the party members. If he could not mobilize hundreds of thousands of party members, then no matter how happy he danced, he would be just a clown, and the blow to the court would be nothing more than a clown. Nowhere near itching.

After Jingdi Jinze was attacked, not only the rebel forces suffered an almost devastating blow, but the confidence of the party members also began to fall short.

Under such circumstances, Li Jiqian had to take the risk of going south. His goal was not to kill many Han troops or loot many Han people, but to prove to the party members in Xiazhou that Li Jiqian had not been wiped out by the Han army. Persist in the great cause of resisting the Han Dynasty.

Therefore, after Li Jiqian lost more than a dozen lives in the battle of Hengshan Fort, he quickly withdrew north before the encircling and suppressing Han army arrived.

The Han army did not lose anything, and Hengshan Fort even got more than a dozen credits for beheading more than ten ranks. However, Duke Yan of the Kingdom of Yan was a little bit annoyed.Now, he already felt more and more pressure. Emperor Liu's eyes seemed to be able to travel two thousand miles straight down on him, making him shudder.

However, although he was able to defeat the rebels every time, and achieved considerable results before and after, the current situation really made Wang Yu feel like a thorn in his throat, and the order from Tokyo made him even more uncomfortable.

In particular, Li Jiqian's bold trip to the south further proved that he was in a state of resurgence. For this reason, Wang Yu had to dispatch troops and generals to carry out another encirclement and suppression.

Right now, the whole of Yulin, except Fengsheng in the far north, and other places where Dangxiang live together, are in a sensitive and tense atmosphere, and Yanzhou is no different.

However, except for Xiazhou, where Wang Yu presided over the suppression of Li Ni, the rest of the prefectures and counties are in a state of self-defense, suppressing localities, appeasing the people, and closely monitoring the party members.

Taking Yanzhou as an example, the Dingbian Army has canceled their vacations for a long time. Apart from deploying their troops in Yanchi and Zhoucheng, they are patrolling everywhere.

Due to the shortage of manpower, even the Han people and Zahuzhong recruited a group of militiamen to monitor the party and maintain stability.This kind of differentiated treatment is too obvious, how can I not feel it.

In fact, if all the party members in Yulin were rebels and supported Li Jiqian's rebellion, that would be impossible.It can be said that at least half of the people feel that it has nothing to do with me. Although the interests of the nation have been violated, few people will resort to fierce resistance before the rope is tightened.

For the rest, even if there are some sympathizers, not many are willing to follow Li Jiqian, and there are only a few real radicals.However, in a big environment, a small group of people can stir up collective emotions.

The party members in Yanzhou became increasingly unstable, and so did Yulin Road.

(End of this chapter)