Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 161 Hunting
White clouds are gray, the sky is blue and the wind is calm.

On the vast grassland, the horses gallop.The guards scattered widely, and drove the panicked prey towards the center.

Shao Shude rode on the horse, stretched his bow and set his arrow, only heard a sound of "whoosh", a deer suddenly paused, and then rolled over on the ground.Yiqi ran out quickly, leaned sideways to grab the undead prey in his hand, and after turning around, he said loudly: "The master shot with a sharp shot, and he hit another deer."

Shao Shude laughed twice, and said, "I have gained a lot today, and I will go back to eat meat and drink."

All the soldiers naturally cheered.

We went hunting today, and we got a lot of deer, foxes, rabbits, deer, gazelle and so on.

Marshal Shao's personal soldiers are not given for nothing. If you are not good at archery and riding, you are too embarrassed to stay any longer.The boys are either guarding the commander in chief or discussing battle cases all day long, and they have long been bored.Given the opportunity to go hunting today, everyone worked hard and captured countless prey.All of a sudden, the animals at the foot of Helan Mountain fell ill.

"Roast the venison first." Shao Shude said with a smile as he threw the riding bow to Li Renfu.

Deer is probably one of the most easily hunted wild animals for humans.Mild in nature, delicious meat, er, velvet antler is also very nourishing.

There are a lot of deer in the six states of Lingxia, after all, there are many mountains and forests.The number of deer in the territory of Xixia in later generations is very large. In the "Moon and Moon Music Poetry" written in Xixia language, it is written: "In July...people hunted the deer and harvested rice...In September, the deer screamed and the wind The grass is blowing low, and the deer are galloping in the wind like startled horses."

Deer pictures were also unearthed from the ruins of Heishui City. It is also recorded in the Xixia script "Shengli Yihai" that deer are the wild animals most commonly hunted and eaten by Xixia people.

Shao Shude likes eating venison very much, and also likes hunting.When I was in Xiazhou, whenever I was free, I would bring my own soldiers and invite the leaders of the nearby Dangxiang tribe to go hunting together, which is also a way of socializing.

For this reason, there were some people in the shogunate who advised him, but Shao Shude shirked them all on the grounds that field hunting was a national event.

If he wins the world in the future, his son will be influenced by him, and he may go hunting often.But when it comes to the grandson's generation, will he grow up in the hands of women in the deep palace, and even go hunting will be stopped by the ministers?That's too sad.

It's a pity that the pair of golden eagles presented by Weicai Sudu were not brought out, and stayed in Xiazhou. I don't know if they were raised to death. Alas!
"Marshal, the leader of the Lingzhou Party has come to pay a visit." Feng Yin came to report.

Shao Shude stared intently at the preserved deer on the special grill, and said, "Let them come over."

Soon, more than ten heads, big and small, came over.

"Marshal..." Someone knelt down and cried, "Stop beating Caogu!"

"The commander-in-chief, those sergeants, were so unreasonable, they led the cattle and sheep and left. Just a little theory, and cut them down with a single knife."

"Marshal, the Baowei tribe is willing to donate five hundred cattle and sheep, just ask the commander to withdraw their troops."

"The Yixiang family is willing to donate three hundred cattle and sheep, and ten thousand bundles of firewood. I implore the general to withdraw his troops."

"The Yuebang tribe is willing to offer..."

The guards carefully brought up two pieces of roasted deer preserves.Shao Shude picked up the butcher's knife and said while eating: "The Nixibu, Luoyi, Bachi, and Weiwei clans are arrogant and lawless, and they were ordered to be destroyed by someone, don't you all know?"

Nixibu and Luoyibu lived in Mingsha and Wenchi counties, Bachibu lived in Huaiyuan County, and Weiweibu lived in Hongjing County.The four departments add up to more than [-] people, half farming and half grazing.A few days ago, the cavalry of each tribe attacked these tribes separately, beheading more than [-] people, capturing nearly [-] people, more than [-] grains, and more than [-] cattle, sheep, horses and camels.

As for why these four tribes were eliminated, there is actually no reason.Marshal Shao just pointed at the map casually, trying to destroy a few tribes and establish their prestige.I have been in charge of Lingzhou for ten days, and I won a victory at Peking University in Huaiyuan County. Are all your Hexi party members dead?No one came to pay tribute!
It seems that the efficiency of information dissemination is really low these days, and no one asks Pingxia Dangxiang. This is your problem.Tax evaders die!Years of tax evaders have no place to die!
These Dangxiang tribes all live in Huile County.Originally, I wanted to beat them first, but after thinking about it, they are farmers and the resources are precious, so I didn't move, and chose a half-pasturing and half-cultivating tribe farther away.

"Get up." Shao Shude let them finish eating a piece of preserved deer, and then said: "Pay tribute well in the future, and nothing will happen. This year's tax must also be paid, and one part will be given five thousand hu and cattle. Five hundred alpacas, horses and camels. You can also spread the news, and the tribes that didn’t come can just send food, cattle and sheep, and those who don’t arrive by the end of June will end up like Luo Yi and other tribes.”

"Thank you, Commander-in-Chief, for your kindness. We'll go back and buy it now." All the leaders said one after another.

Shao Shude waved his hand, telling them to leave quickly and not disturb him from eating meat.

He planned to disperse the [-] Dangxiang captured before to the six counties and two cities of Lingzhou, and organize households for all the people. He could organize almost four thousand households and five hundred households in one place.Unified surname change, Nixibu people changed their surnames to Xi and Bu, Luoyi people changed their surnames to Luo and Yi, Bachi people changed their surnames to Chi and Chi, and Weiwei people changed their surnames to Wei and Wei. The customs should also move closer to the Central Plains. Change customs.

Of course, this kind of thing cannot be done purely by force.In fact, he will find a way to get a large number of immigrants from Guanzhong and Kanto to come, and slowly surround these people to live and work together.Over time, these four thousand Hexi Dangxiang households will gradually lose their cultural characteristics, and their customs will move closer to the Central Plains.The Dangxiang Qiang people have very little difference in blood relationship with the Han people, so there is no big problem.

By the way, a few days ago, Shao Shude also took over the [-] households of Longxing Temple.They are all tenants who leased and planted temple land, and they planted a total of [-] hectares of land, just under the city.Because of the military turmoil and the ensuing war, they haven't had time to plant seeds this year, so they just used it for experiments.

Shao Shude ordered them to allocate land, one family was awarded [-] mu of land, and another [-] head of cattle.The land and cattle were sold to them. The price of one mu of land was [-] renminbi, and one cow was [-] renminbi. The payment was made in ten years, and there was no need to pay for the first year.From the second year onwards, one or two dendrobiums of grain will be given every year for ten consecutive years, and the land and cattle will completely belong to them.

In order to encourage their enthusiasm, Shao Shude took these [-] households as the food towns of his Lingwu county princes, and made it clear that he would not have to pay taxes to himself for three years.

Of course, there are conditions, that is, strictly follow his requirements, [-] acres of wheat, [-] acres of soybeans, and [-] acres of alfalfa are planted in rotation, and Huile County will lease them to cattle for several years to see how the effect is.

For an acre of land, in order to truly maintain the soil fertility, in addition to the continuous nitrogen fixation of leguminous crops during the two-year fallow period, all the manure produced by a cow for a whole year is needed to fertilize the field, so as to achieve continuous and stable high yields for many years.Just relying on the little excrement produced by people is a drop in the bucket.

So Shao Shude feels that this method cannot be replicated in other places, because it requires two conditions: first, a large area of ​​farmland without complicated property rights; second, a large number of large livestock.The two conditions are indispensable. It is estimated that neither can be achieved in the mainland. It is still not easy to achieve the first condition.

It is good to have a large piece of virgin land!The Bogulu Canal in Guanghuile County could irrigate more than 4 hectares during the Northern Wei Dynasty, and now it has become unowned wasteland.What, you said that although those lands have not been planted for hundreds of years, they are all owned?Try saying it again!
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On May 22, Shao Shude led the four armies of Tielin, Dingyuan, Tieqi and Yicong to Qifu Mountain at the northern foot of Helan Mountain.

The northern part of Helan Mountain is named after the Qifu clan of Xianbei once lived here.And because the rock protrudes like a mouth, it was named Shizuishan in later generations.

This place is more than [-] miles away from Lingzhou, [-] miles to Xishoujiang City, where Shao Shude lived for many years, and [-] miles to Fengzhou.

Bringing more than 2 troops here is not for fun.On both sides of the Yellow River, a large number of Fan Han masters are still transferring food and equipment to Dingyuan Military City, which is not a small amount of money.

So far, Commander Shao's main purpose is to pursue the party's scandal and capture the second department.But unfortunately, he felt the sense of loss that Zhu Di led the army into the grassland, but Mao didn't catch it.

Po Chou and Mi Qin are nomadic tribes, completely different from the farming or semi-farming tribes who came to seek refuge before. They don't have much property when they run, and they can leave at any time.However, in front of Shao who has a large cavalry, even if he does not die, he has to peel off a layer of skin.

Ever since, the cavalry army from the famous Lingzhou was dispatched again, plus the cavalry from the Dingyuan army, a total of [-] cavalry.According to the information reported by the Dangxiang tribe who came to surrender, they went out of the Helan Mountain Pass and drove the large herds of cattle and sheep donated by various tribes to the northwest.Po Chou, Mi Qin and their affiliated tribes should have fled to Mi'e River.

Miechuan, which is the Jilantai Salt Pond in later generations, is not very far away.Run away, more than [-] people were captured and beheaded in Hexi before, and they didn't come to surrender, it's really unreasonable!Uh, could it be that he was killed too hard and there was too much internal opposition, so he didn't want to vote?Then just beat him to death with a stick.We weakened a part last time, and killed some more this time. In the future, the [-] Dingyuan army alone may be enough to restrain you.

After the cavalry set off, Shao Shude set up a tent near Qifu Mountain to meet the heads of various ministries who came to visit.

Different from the Dangxiang tribes in the southern counties, the nomadic and agricultural tribes who came to seek refuge were mixed, with a total of more than ten tribes, with a total population of more than [-].

The Yibu tribe, the Qu family (this is Tubo), the Fuer tribe, the Wanshan tribe, the Xiaoliang tribe, etc. In addition, there are various tribes that have been mixed into the Tatars, such as the Yeli prince family (this is the Yeli family's southern It was merged into Tatar when it was moved, one of the nine tribes of Tatar), the Mero prince clan, and the Manu prince clan (the Dangxiang was merged into Tatar, that is, the side branch of the Dijinze Dangxiang Manu tribe that appeared above, one of the nine clans of Tatar [-]) The Yuechu clan and the Taichong Taizi clan (Dangxiang has the Dazong clan, one of the nine Tatar clans), Shao Shude was speechless when he saw these strange names. Of course he knew that this was a Chinese transliteration and the true meaning in the Dangxiang language Not necessarily so, but there is still a desire to complain.

These tribes, collectively referred to as the Helan Mountain Fan tribe, belonged to the Hexi Dangxiang.In fact, Hexi Dangxiang lived in a very wide area, not only in Lingzhou, Liangzhou and other places, but also some were ruled by other ethnic groups.Relatively speaking, Lingzhou should have the most.

Counting the tens of thousands of people who voted from the south, I have at least nominally ruled nearly [-] Hexi party members this time.But no matter, first pay the taxes that should be collected.With a population of tens of thousands, it is not too much to receive [-] hu of grain and [-] head of cattle and sheep.

"You are all Tibetans under the rule of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. You should know about it. In the future, you must pay tribute diligently. Every year at the end of the twelfth lunar month, you will send cattle, sheep, and grain to Lingzhou City. If you don't arrive after the deadline, don't blame the imperial army for conquest!" Shao Shude said.

Since the mid-Tang Dynasty, although the government was weak and the feudal towns were separated, the imperial court still used troops against the party several times.The Eight Towns in Northwest Beijing of the Shence Army are the main ones. Sometimes the Shence Army in Chang'an is also directly dispatched, killing the heads of the party. Therefore, the tiger skin of Datang can continue to be teased. The Tibetans still recognize this account.

Of course, this is also related to the absence of a strong tribe in the northwest region. The power is too scattered, and no one will obey the other, so they will naturally be bullied.When Tuoba Dangxiang started in later generations, even the Pingxia Dangxiang was not fully controlled, and the Hengshan Dangxiang was also free.As for the Hexi Dangxiang, it had to be after the capture of Lingzhou.

In Lingxia area, Tuoba clan was crushed to death by himself, and Shao clan is now a super double version of Tuoba clan.

Military strikes, political marriages, trade ties, and religious metaphysics, Shao did almost everything he could to bring as many party members as possible into his rule.

It doesn't matter even if the rule of custody is temporarily implemented, as long as there is a name.I don't have such a big appetite to swallow it all in one go, take it slowly, eat a little this year, and eat a little next year, digest and absorb step by step, and one day these party tribes will recognize the reality.

The Yeli clan, the Wuzang clan, and the Weicai clan are now equivalent to the vassals under his own lord.The rule over Hexi Dangxiang feels weaker, but there is no way, as it is in the land of Xinde.What's more, his core ruling area is in the three prefectures of Xia, Sui and Yin, which are too far away, and the cost of dispatching a large army is too high.

We can only wait for the counties in Lingzhou to develop and have some savings before taking care of them.

(End of this chapter)