Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 137 Aftermath ([-])

"Commander!" Yang Yue, sent by the Jinglue Army, walked into the state government office and reported: "The last general has returned from Yanzhou, defeated four tribes of Wu Yi, beheaded more than [-] ranks, captured [-] people, and captured more than [-] cattle and sheep. "

This achievement could have been bragged about, but in the face of Shao Dashuai's brilliant record, it seems that he is not able to show it.

A few days ago in the Battle of Youzhou, according to the information obtained, the Marshal led thousands of people from the Wuwei Army to face more than ten thousand members of the Tuoba clan.Frightened by the commander-in-chief's prestige, the rebel army collapsed at the first touch.Tuoba Sigong fled with his relatives, the army under his command was killed in pieces, more than [-] levels were beheaded, and the rest were surrendered.

The enemy army at the head of the city was also terrified, and had no intention of fighting again, so they surrendered directly.Yuzhou City, which had been stolen by the Tuoba Party for decades, finally returned to Datang.

In fact, Yang Yue and Tuoba Sigong had met several times, and the relationship was not bad.In his opinion, Tuoba Sigong is not a rebel, he is just a common separatist army leader in this era.But Marshal Shao insisted on cutting the feudal clan, so what else is there to say?

However, it is easy to destroy the Tuoba family, but it is not easy at all to manage Youzhou well.In the land of the four prefectures of the Dingnan Army, Sui and Yin prefectures have been immigrated by the general for many years, and there are about 20 Han people (including women and children captured in the grasslands of the Northern Expedition), and the population structure has undergone major changes.But Xia and You states are no longer dominated by the Han people.

Fortunately, Xiazhou is a political center, so many officials and family members of soldiers moved in one after another.Especially the latter, because of the endless wars in the interior, the families of soldiers from Heyang, Zhaoyi and other places moved here one after another, and the families of soldiers who settled in Suizhou earlier also moved here, so the number of Han people has rapidly increased to more than 4 people.But they mainly lived in Zhoucheng and Shuofang County attached to Guo, and Dejing County and Ningshuo County were less, and the vast wilderness was still dominated by Pingxia Dangxiang.

Yes, these Pingxia party items in Xiazhou have always been controlled by the state central government, and they are relatively submissive, and now they have begun to donate cattle and sheep.But this is only because of the tyrannical force of the Dingnan Army, what if it fails someday?Do these people have other thoughts?Hard to say.

Furthermore, the Tuoba clan was defeated. As another big family in the Pingxia party, will the Linzhou Zhejue clan quickly become big?How to check and balance them?
The 20 Han people in Sui and Yin prefectures are easy to manage, but the more than [-] Tibetans in Xia and You prefectures are not easy to manage.They make a living as nomads. Even if they are all replaced by Han Chinese, as long as they still make a living as nomads, it will be just as difficult to control.

Yang Yue has been stationed in Yudole City for many years, and has a deep understanding of the nearby Dangxiang, Turkic, and Uighur tribes.They do not have registered permanent residence, live by water and grass, have extremely weak centripetal force to the government, and have extremely poor trust.The tribes either annexed each other, or married to protect themselves. They often did not pay tribute for many years, and occasionally they were subdued once.

Marshal Shao, how should we govern Youzhou?
"It is worthy of being a strong soldier who has guarded Yudole City for many years. Wu Yi's four divisions are not weak, but they were defeated by one blow. Envoy Yang Jun manages the army well." After inviting Yang Yue to sit beside him, Shao Shude told Li Yixian Going to make tea, he praised: "The captured cattle and sheep can also be rewarded by the army, which can be considered to be of great use."

"Marshal, it is not difficult to destroy the party, but it is difficult to govern the party." Yang Yue couldn't help but said: "The three dynasties of Xuanzong, Xianzong, and Wuzong all sent troops to conquer the party, and they all won big victories. Why is it always difficult to put down? One side will be brutal , The sergeant is plundering, the party is unbearable to be disturbed, and is angry and rioting. The two of them live as nomads in Pingxia, so it is almost impossible for them to farm. So, can the commander have a good plan?"

Shao Shude understood what Yang Yue meant.

The party has caused chaos many times, and the reasons are complicated.The corruption of professional military discipline under the recruiting system is one factor. In the past, An Lushan's subordinates often plundered Khitan, started border quarrels, and then put them down as military exploits. Xuanzong has repeatedly warned for this.But it's useless, Bian Jiang naturally likes to support the bandits and respect himself. Didn't Li Chengliang of the later Ming Dynasty like to let the Jurchen ministries fight back and forth, and sometimes force them to rebel to create military exploits for himself?

But this is not a big problem for me.The Dingnan Army is only in the territory of the four states, and he can still manage it, and the generals are all single-handedly selected by him, and the sergeants trust him very much, and he can manage the matter of provoking border disputes!
But the predominantly nomadic lifestyle is a problem.Since the northern expedition to the grassland in the first half of the year, he has been discussing with his staff. The final conclusion is to seize the leaders and chieftains, convince them, and give them benefits. .

In the grassland, it is impossible to organize households to equalize the people and reform the land to return to the people. It can only be formed with kindness and righteousness.At present, the Weicai Department in the northern grassland is very powerful, and they are quite submissive to him, and Weicai Sudu's granddaughter is taken in by him as a maidservant. This old man should no longer be suspicious, and feel that he is going to punish him all day long, right?
When the twelfth lunar month festival is held this year, we will invite Wei Caisu to his home, treat him to a meal, and let their grandparents meet.The words of my granddaughter are always convincing, right?I really don't have the idea of ​​conquering the Wei Cai Ministry, and I am relieved of Wei Cai's.

On the Youzhou City side, the Tuoba clan has been destroyed, and there is now a big vacancy.If you don't care about it, a new "Tuoba Sigong" will gradually emerge, and then try to command the ministries.Looking at the history of Guochao governing the Northwest, this is almost an endless loop.One chieftain was powerful and was wiped out, and then a new one emerged, killing and suppressing endlessly, and border troubles always existed.

The Tuoba Clan originally had tens of thousands of people, but they were looted for more than half a month, and then thousands of people were killed and injured in the battle of Yuzhou, and the remaining ones are about 3 old and weak.It is impossible to kill all these [-] people, it will only make the grassland tribe centrifugal, not to mention that I want to turn them into a source of wealth to help me conquer the world.It's really wrong to kill him!
"Mr. Yang Jun, I have a rough idea." Shao Shude said: "This time, the Tuoba family is being suppressed, and the town is peaceful. Next, I plan to attack the party members of Sui and Yinzhou."

"Conquest again?" Yang Yue was startled and asked.

"No." Shao Shude said with a smile: "The Suiyin party is mainly engaged in farming, and understands some Chinese to some extent. It is also familiar with the Tibetans. Its people have been mixed with Han people for a long time, and their habits are similar. Wouldn't it be beautiful to have a population of tens of thousands in the nine counties of the prefecture?"

"Commander, Xiang is not familiar with the Suiyin Party, but as far as the tribal leaders are concerned, all the states are connected, and it is absolutely difficult to let go of the power in their hands." Yang Yue frowned and said: "They are very obedient now, and even sent troops to help The commander-in-chief attacks the Tuoba clan, but if you want to move them, it will be extremely difficult."

Yang Yue actually wanted to say that since the Kingdom of China, there have been many farms.It is not an easy task for the imperial court to organize households for those bankers and trilogy. Collusion and fooling are normal operations.This is still the current dynasty, change to the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, you try to use other people's trilogy?I'm afraid I rebelled on the spot.

Take the Xili family in Yinzhou as an example, the whole family has a population of more than [-], and these people are the descendants of the headmen.If you want to take these slaves away, make households equal to the people, and pay taxes to the government, you will inevitably violate the interests of the chieftains.But the party is ignorant. Ordinary people don't know what the so-called registration of households and Qimin means. The headman family has ruled them for several generations or even more than a dozen generations. Their power is so deep that they can lead people to rebel with a single call.

After you send out your army to calm them down, almost all of them will be killed. You will still get nothing by then, and you will be wasting money in vain. Why not detain them now, collect some tribute, and let them serve in the army when something happens.

"Of course I know that this is a serious matter." Shao Shude said: "Then I want to set an example. The Xili family in Yinzhou does not have many Dingkou. Taking advantage of the situation of calming Youzhou, first register thousands of its members. The people of Qi should have a better chance. As for the head of Xili's family, he can be an idle official in the town and get a salary first. Recently, a certain is preparing for the East City of Suizhou. In the future, grassland livestock, medicinal materials, honey, fur, Wax and other things are sold here, merchants pay tax and rent, and part of this money may be given to the head of the Xili family for redemption."

This is actually the redemption routine of the Qing Dynasty.They married the Mongol headmen to close the relationship and eliminate their doubts, and then they were raised by high-ranking officials, and then assisted by policies such as religious reduction, which generally maintained the stability of the grassland.However, the Dingnan Army did not have the rich financial resources of the Manqing, so they could only play a simplified version first, and bought the tribesmen by selling grassland goods for profit, and let them leave the tribe and live in Suizhou.

As long as you leave the tribe for ten or eight years, the influence of the government in its original tribe will gradually increase.When he comes back at that time, I'm afraid not many people will recognize him.

Of course, with the current scale of foreign trade, it is estimated that it may only be attractive to small tribes.For a newly rising prairie clan like the Weicaibu, it's not so interesting.However, my goal was originally only the small tribes in the two prefectures of Sui and Yin, and I didn't have such a big appetite for the time being, devouring such huge monsters as Yeli, Weicai, Wuzang and even digging.

"The commander-in-chief's move may be somewhat possible." After hearing this, Yang Yue said, "It's okay to devour the Suiyin tribe. If you can sell 20 horses a year and get [-] pieces of silk, even if you only get a hundred , and there are two thousand horses, it seems that it is not difficult for Xili chieftain to accept."

"In the four years of Zhonghe, the household tax of the four counties of Yinzhou only collected [-] bolts of silk. Next year's new Chaozhonghui taxation should be able to collect a lot more silk, but one The headman gave two thousand horses, if it was too many, fifteen hundred would be fine, after all, he used to offer cattle, sheep and horses. If the Xili clan is not satisfied, he should ask for it." Shao Shude said.

Yang Yue nodded, and then asked: "The Suiyin small tribe is nothing to worry about, but how will the Tuoba clan deal with it?"

A few days ago, Tuoba Sigong threw down his troops and fled.The cavalry of the Dingnan Army pursued all the way, beheaded his younger brothers Sixiao and Siyao, and captured Sijing. His son Renqing was also killed in the area west of Baijingshu, and only escaped Sigong, Sijian, Sizhong, and Renfu The four of them reportedly fled to Yanzhou, but they don't know who they went to.

After the army entered the city, dozens of people under Si Gong's elder Sun Yichang were captured, and they are currently under house arrest in Youzhou, waiting to be released.

In the southern part of Youzhou, there is abundant water and grass, such a large pasture, how can the power vacuum left by the Tuoba clan be filled?This is a problem.

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