Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 1403

The soldiers and horses who chased and defeated the enemy returned to the camp one after another, taking a large number of prisoners with them.

Shao Shude stood on the watchtower, watching from a distance.

Most of the prisoners were dejected and bowed their heads in silence.

Some people seem to be still dissatisfied, thinking that the defeat in this battle was too unfair, and he did not show his strength.

This is the savage!
Shao Shude smiled.To fight a war is to try every means to make the enemy uncomfortable, uncomfortable, depressed, unable to exert all his strength, and can't fight [-]% of all things.

These methods of reducing the enemy's state and unable to exert their true strength are called the art of war.

Who will compete with you face to face for strength and ability to endure hardships and stand hard work?Fighting in battle is not just to maximize strengths and avoid weaknesses.

However, the quality of these prisoners is not bad.

Hard-working, obedient, and courageous, they are actually a very good source of soldiers.

He remembered the famous Battle of Chuhedian, in which [-] Jurchen soldiers dismounted and fought on foot, and defeated [-] Liao soldiers.

And the Jurchen savages, because they mostly live in mountainous areas, are known for their infantry combat and are very good infantry seeds.Even in Houjin at the end of Ming Dynasty, the infantry was very good. In front of them, the Khitan and Mongolian cavalry were like chickens and dogs.

He will not release the more than 3000 strong men who were captured.In the future, there will be places where these people will work hard in the Western Regions.Even, some of the Jurchens can be immigrated to the Western Regions.

The Shatuo people originally lived in the Xiting area of ​​Anxi, and were later moved to Ganzhou and Liangzhou by Tubo, and then fled to Tangting. They were resettled in Fengzhou and Shengzhou, and then moved to Daibei. Now they are going to be moved to the northeast by Shao Shude up.

Isn't such a great shift of the universe and thousands of miles of emigration the kind fathers of all ethnic groups in the Great Xia should do?
"Your Majesty, all the nobles have arrived." Chu Shenping called softly from below.

Shao Shude withdrew his gaze, went down to the watchtower, and then, surrounded by the silver saddle warriors, walked to the venue.

The venue is on the east bank of Meituo Lake, west of Meizhou City, near the battlefield - Meizhou, Anyuan Prefecture is in the east of Meituo Lake, and Tuozhou, Dongping Prefecture is in the west. This is the origin of the name of Meituo Lake.

This area is undoubtedly in the territory of later Russia, roughly in the Spassk area.At this time, the tents had been set up, and the leaders of the various clans offered pigs, sheep and prey, and knelt down in the snow tremblingly.

When Shao Shude arrived, led by Wan Yanxiu, the leaders of all clans shouted in unison in Chinese: "Long live my emperor!"

He used to be arrogant and then respectful!

Shao Shude smirked secretly, and sat on his tiger-skin chair.Xia Luqi and Zhong Yanyou stand by the side holding their swords.

"Everyone get up." Shao Shude said, watching the leaders carefully.

The thirty surnames in Heishui Mohe are actually thirty clans, and clans are combined to form tribes.The population of a single clan can vary from hundreds to thousands.

The Wanyan clan should be a relatively strong clan, and so is the Wuyan clan.In comparison, the Tudan, Adie and other clans are much weaker.But no matter how strong or weak, the economic conditions of the clan leader should be good——

Wearing a helmet, wearing boots, and wearing fur clothing.

There are patterns on the fur clothing, and shawls on the shoulders. The shawls are very long and extend to the wrists.

The texture of the fur clothing, if he read it correctly, should be mainly mink fur or green mouse fur, with occasional fox raccoon fur and lamb fur.

The leaders are all very rich!The Bohai Sea is in decline, and the squeeze is not strong enough, and everyone has a small savings, which is fine.

Behind the leaders were some followers, probably tribal warriors.

Shao Shude looked at them, most of them were wearing leather jackets and pants like roe deer.

Combined with the situation seen on the battlefield, ordinary Jurchens wear clothes made of cattle, sheep, pigs and horses, cats and dogs, and fish and snake skins.

Well, the chiefs wear mink fur, the "middle class" wear roe fur coats, ordinary people wear sheepskin, pigskin, and dog fur coats, and the poorest wear fish skins. "Fish skin tartar" is also the bottom cannon fodder, no doubt about Sudra.

"It's freezing cold, I don't have much to say, I only want to talk about three things today." Shao Shude cleared his throat and said.

The crowd held their breaths.

"I invite you to go south to attack the Bohai Sea. It's good that you are here." Shao Shude said, "If you just plunder some property and then retreat, I don't bother to say anything. But you absolutely shouldn't, and you want to occupy the iron The Li Mansion, Dongping Mansion, and Anyuan Mansion did not leave, and they also instigated inward migration to cause chaos. This is also the crime of yourselves. I have always been enlightened. If you have meritorious service, you will be rewarded. Goods, I won't ask you to go back, just bring your own home. But if you have done something wrong, you will have to be punished. I want to take the people captured on the battlefield to Shenzhou. In addition, the Black Water Thirty surname, 3000 people still need to be fined, do you have any objections?"

This is quite a serious punishment. The leaders of the clans were blinded when they heard this, and almost fainted.But now they are trapped in Meizhou, they are like hostages, what they say is what they say, can they still resist?

"No objection."

"I admit it."

"Your Majesty Shengming."

The leaders had bitter faces, blood dripping from their hearts.

Shao Shude chuckled lightly.

The Jurchen population is not large. During the Liao Dynasty in history, there were only 100 Jurchen households. Even if a household had a slightly larger population, the total population was less than 10 million, and there was a high probability that it was only a few hundred thousand.

In this time and space, the Heishui Thirty surnames, who have not yet taken advantage of the weakening of the Bohai Sea and went south to encroach on the territory, are cramped on both sides of the Heilongjiang River, and there are only 10 people who survived. If you can pull out [-] males, you are considered amazing.Six or seven thousand were taken away this time, and several thousand died on the battlefield. At least one-third of his strength was gone. I don't know how long it will take to recover.

As for clearing it up, it really can't be done.

Take a look at where people live:
[-]. Both sides of the Heilongjiang and Songhua Rivers in Tongjiang and Boli.

[-]. On the mountains and plains north and west of Jiamusi and south of Heilongjiang.

[-]. The Great Northern Wilderness in the Daqing area is connected to the Shiwei people.

[-]. Mountains and river valleys in the north of Heilongjiang and in Russia.

[-]. The Sikhote Mountains and the coast of the Sea of ​​Japan in Russia.

The Jurchens involved in No. [-] and No. [-] are not the Five Tribes of Heishui, but the vassal tribes such as Kushuo, Mogo, Simu, etc. that once attached to them, not the Thirty Heishui surnames.

These are five large living areas, and there are many more here and there.It can be seen that the distribution is very scattered, the terrain is complex, and the weather is cold. Many tribes did not come this time, because they are too far away to clear them one by one. Not to mention that the weather is not suitable at this time, even if it is suitable, the cost is too high ,not worth it.

In fact, what the Bohai people did was right.The location of their side walls is very reasonable. Even if there are some relatively rich plains outside the side walls, there are not many of them, so that their population can be effectively controlled-the population is multiplying, and the place that needs resources is that big. , There are actually a few people who can support them.

Don't let them go into warm places, that's the principle.Therefore, Shao Shude took advantage of the situation and proposed the second item.

"Secondly, the border wall of the Bohai Kingdom is the border between Daxia and you, and you must not cross it without authorization." Shao Shude said: "But don't give up on yourself, the tribes of Heishui are also the people of Daxia, and they are also my children. I want to make Tieli, Baolu, Tongjiang, Heishui, Jinghai, Xuer and other local officials hereditary, but they must not annex each other, and it should be good for the world forever. Every year after autumn and before Zhengdan, all ministries need to Pay tribute to Yonghe Palace, Yongning Palace, and Yongding Palace, and can also trade with each other."

The Yonghe Palace has already been established, and it is the pasture of the Shatuo tribe in the area of ​​Zhenlai County in later generations.

Yongning Palace and Yongding Palace will be the pastures of Sage and Anqing No. [-]. There is no time this year, and they will be requisitioned by Bohai people to build them next year.In principle, one will be located in the lower reaches of the Songhua River, and the other will be located in the Wusuli River Basin.

The only problem is that the Shatuo Tribe originally lived in Daibei, which is very close to the Central Plains, and they probably didn't want to live in such a desolate place.There's nothing you want here, you're so poor, you can't buy things even if you have money, and it's impossible to have no resentment in your heart.

Shao Shude had received a secret report from Shi Jiantang before, and the soldiers of Shatuo complained a lot, and many people asked to go back to live in Hedong.

This call has to be seriously considered.

The Hexi area where the Shatuo people lived first was not rich, and after being ravaged by Tubo, it was even worse than before.If you really want to compare it, it may not be much better than Yongning Palace and Yongding Palace, which are backed by the Bohai Kingdom, but the problem is that they may not be happy to live a bad life after living a good life.

After thinking about it, Shao Shude decided to use a multi-pronged approach to give benefits—everyone will guard the border for you, so there should be no support policy?
One of the support policies is money, and the other is promotion channels, both of which should be taken care of.You have to think about the specific rules, after all, if one is not good, it would be ridiculous to cause an uprising in the Six Towns of the Northern Wei Dynasty.

In addition, Liaodong Road should be developed well.The Bohai Kingdom itself has more than 100 million people. After immigrating a large number of Han Chinese, it has been developing steadily for decades. After the population grows, the life of these two frontier palaces and ranches will not be so hard.

Of course, the most important thing is for future generations to keep a clear head.Don't be fooled by others and abolish the many preferential treatment policies he established, otherwise the Shatuo people will merge with the Jurchens.

Alas, in the classical era, it was really too difficult to maintain a huge territory, and it always felt like laying mines for future generations.But he can't do everything, and he can't be perfect. The wisdom of future generations sounds a bit irresponsible, but sometimes it's really important.

"Do you have any objections to this point?" After finishing speaking, Shao Shude looked at the crowd and asked.

"No objection." What opinions can everyone have?
Hereditary native officials are actually a good thing. Although it may not be strictly enforced, it is better than nothing.

The exchange market is what they urgently need, and fools don't want it.

As for the payment of tribute, it was available when Bohai was strong.They even built a lot of dog sledge stations leading to both sides of the black water, and from time to time, "angels" showing off their might come over, collecting extra taxes and even people.

"The third thing is that each clan will send their sons and nephews in turn to join Luoyang's two internal guards for a period of two years." Shao Shude said again.

"No objection." Before Shao Shude could ask this time, the clan leaders agreed one after another.

This is also a good thing.

When your nephew enters the Luoyang court, it is said to be a guard, but it is actually giving you a chance to be promoted.Even if you can't become an official, you can still receive a lot of rewards during the two-year Suzhi period, and your status as a Hui tribe will also increase.

The Daxia sage is still very particular, and knows how to give opportunities to the poor in remote areas.Moreover, judging from the fierce appearance of the Great Xia Dynasty, it is estimated that there are not many good people in the entire court from top to bottom. In the future, various wars will be indispensable. The children who are going to Luoyang will definitely seize the opportunity and try their best to win the position.After all, compared with the people in the Central Plains, their life is very difficult, and their promotion channels are also narrow, so it is impossible not to work hard.

"Since you have agreed, then you must abide by it. If anyone repents, everyone will punish him, and I will send a large army to suppress it." After Shao Shude finished speaking, his tone eased, and he smiled: "Bohai people bully you, I will not. In the future Let's all live a good life, and He Meimei, isn't it good? Drink and eat meat!"

"The sage is wise." Everyone shouted loudly and fell to the ground one after another.

Just at this time, the snow stopped, so food and wine were placed in the open air, and everyone sat around the campfire.

Fried rice, steamed cakes, hummus cakes, soup cakes, meat cakes, muffins, and rice porridge filled the blanket.

Wine, fruit wine, rice wine, and spirits are all available.

Newly hooked crucian carp, sturgeon presented by the Jurchen, salted salmon caught in the sea, beef and mutton, black pork, venison, etc...

After the banquet began, Shao Shude secretly observed the expressions of the heads of the Jurchen clans, and found that they were very happy when they were drinking and eating meat, talking and laughing a lot, which made him a little confused.

I just killed a few thousand of you, and there is no reaction?

Even if he is frightened by the military power and dare not make a sad gesture, he can't be so cheerful?It doesn't look like acting, these rough people don't have this kind of city and acting skills.

Could it be that the harsh living environment in the Blackwater area has long made these people indifferent to life and death?Or are the clan chiefs more like politicians, less saddened by the deaths and injuries of their clansmen?
While daydreaming, Wanyanxiu got up and left the table, and danced in the open space, and everyone clapped their hands.

Two Jurchen girls brought the newly made food, knelt down beside Shao Shude, and raised it high to offer.

The eyes of the chiefs turned involuntarily.

Shao Shude looked at it, chuckled, grabbed the dried raw rabbit, stuffed it into his mouth, and started to chew.

Everyone was a little moved and applauded one after another.

Dried raw rabbit is one of Jurchen's traditional foods, and outsiders are generally not used to it.On the other hand, this is the food brought by the Wanyan family, and the Great Xia sage ate it without changing his face. This courage is indeed different from ordinary people.

Wanyan Xiu also came over, bowed down in a heartfelt admiration, and said, "Long live my emperor!"

The two girls got his signal, one left and one right stepped forward, hugging Shao Shude's arms, blushing beyond measure.

Shao Shude laughed out loud.

Jurchen women are just like that. They are not ugly, but how beautiful can they be when they are exposed to the wind and sun?The smell was still strong, and he could smell it from a long distance, but he still accepted it, and it would be good to go back and be a palace servant.

Seeing this, Wu Yan got up and danced for a while.

In the middle of the dance, the same two girls came over with blushing faces and offered a new bowl of food.

Shao Shude controlled his facial muscles hard, fixed his smile, reached out and grabbed a piece of raw deer tongue, dipped it in the sauce in the dipping basin, stuffed it into his mouth, and chewed slowly.

After Wu Yan danced, he stepped forward and bowed down, shouting: "Long live my emperor!"

The two young girls threw themselves into Shao Shude's arms and pushed Wanyan's woman aside, causing them to stare at each other angrily.

Seeing people dancing again, Shao Shude was a little overwhelmed, his eyes signaled again and again, and the Luoyan army was playing, so Shulu Porun immediately got up, danced, and sang in Khitan and Chinese:

"At the night banquet, Luo (extravagant) ministers were baptized (received),"

"It's difficult (thick) for the two parties to be in love (communication)."

"Weichen Yalu (worship dance) wish Ruotong (blessing),"

"Shengshou Iron Pendulum (Song Gao) Ju Ke Te (Wu Ji)."

Shao Shude clapped his palms and smiled, picked up the wine glass and drank it down in one gulp, suppressing the churning in his stomach.

Uncle Cao, whoever dares to cook in the dark again, I will really turn my face!
After finishing singing and dancing, Shulupo fell to the ground: "Long live my emperor!"

Next, the leaders performed dances one by one. After dancing, they bowed down one after another to express their submission.

Fortunately, the food is relatively normal: milk porridge, kippers, barbecue, mutton cakes and so on.

After everyone finished dancing, Shao Shude laughed too, took off his black lambskin coat, got up and left the table.

And with the appearance of the Kansai Dance King, the atmosphere suddenly heated up.

Turning left and right, the bright and intense Huxuan dance shines brightly under the night.The dance moves that Xiao Shiwuniang personally instructed are also very good, but there is no enchanting meaning, full of a masculine meaning of killing old men on the field.

After the dance, the audience was in awe, and then cheers broke out, and everyone fell to the ground: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

Tiande army envoy Cai Songyang and Tielin army envoy Fu Cunshen smiled at each other from a distance.

The emperor of the Central Plains, is there such a thing as getting along with the barbarians?
The success of the saint is not accidental.

(End of this chapter)