Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 197
"Infinite City is not in the Han Dynasty, how many people are in Hu Township." Standing at the gate of the city, Zhao Guangfeng sighed with emotion.

"Looking back at the scenery into a foreign land, who can offer a plan to restore Hehuang." Chen Cheng rushed up and said with a smile: "Let's go, Zhao Suishi. When Liu Yuanding arrived in Lanzhou in the second year of Changqing, all the households were Tang people, and the customs still exist. Huizhou fell for two Jiazi, I want to see what it looks like?"

As the commander's confidants, the main reason why they have time to chat here is that the commander has not yet entered the city.

Soldiers of the Iron Forest Army had rushed in and were occupying the houses on both sides of the street. The people were a little panicked at first, but after seeing that the soldiers didn't do anything to them, they were relieved.

Huizhou City, as the Helongzhou City before the middle Tang Dynasty, actually had two layers of walls inside and outside.The overall layout is in a zigzag shape. Even if the city wall collapses at this time, it can still be seen roughly.

The Wai Guo has four gates in the southeast, northwest, and a circumference of about five li.Judging from the size of the system, even in the Tianbao period, the population in the city should not be very large.

Entering the city is a stone road with ruts, engraved with the traces of time.There are many houses on both sides of the road, and the repairs are not bad. It can be seen that there are people living there, but I don’t know if they are Tibetans or Tang people.

Overall, the style hasn't changed much.Perhaps in terms of urban management, the Tubo people have no talent and can only follow the customs of the Han people.In later generations, it was still occupied by Xixia, and the customs should have no essential changes.

The culture of the Han people is still alive.Anyway, in the later Ming Dynasty, whether it was Huizhou or Yuanzhou, the once numerous Dangxiang people and Tubo people disappeared. Anyway, it is impossible to kill them all. The biggest possibility is that they were assimilated.

"No one lives in such a high-profile mansion?" Shao Shude asked in surprise, looking at a certain house on the side of the street.

This house should occupy an area of ​​several mu, but the walls of the house collapsed, the courtyard was full of weeds, and the windows were completely gone, as if they had been looted.

"Back to Lingwu County King, there used to be." An old man said: "It was originally a royal mansion, but it was later occupied by Tubo chieftains. Every winter and spring, they came to live in the city. It's just that the Tubo people had a fierce vendetta. The three masters all died unexpectedly, and over time, no one wants to live in it, and let it be abandoned."

People in troubled times, still believe this?Tibetans are very superstitious.

"Is this a Buddhist pagoda?" Shao Shude had noticed this tall pagoda outside the city, but when he entered the city, he saw it was a brick pavilion-like building, and it was intact.

"Yes, this tower is called Buddha Light, and it is used for enshrining Buddhist scriptures and relics in Lingguang Temple."

"The Tubo people also worship Buddha?"

"Worshiping Buddhism is managed by religious groups, and often temples in several states are all in the hands of a religious group. The highest one is Professor Du, the second is Associate Professor, and the third is Law, Law, Judge, Judge."

"This official? Monk?"

"Official monk."

"That's still an official." Shao Shude said.It is somewhat similar to the system of Guochao, but there are also differences.

A group of people continue to move forward.The overall layout of the Tang Dynasty is still maintained in the city, with temples, shops, yamen, etc., but many buildings seem to have not been abandoned for a long time, and they are full of dilapidated atmosphere.

"How many people are there in Huizhou City?"

"There are still seven or eight hundred households." An old man replied.

"How many Tibetans? How many Tang people?"

"Each half."

"How many Tang people are there outside the city?"

The few elders who were closest were suddenly stuck, and it was obvious that they had reached a blind spot in their knowledge.

Shao Shude understood at a glance that the Tubo people did not count household registration at all, and only collected food and donated from the Tang people.There should still be Tang people farming, but how many can there be?During the Dazhong period, six prefectures and seven gates were recovered, including the counties of Yuanzhou. The situation in Huizhou must have been very tense at that time. If the Tang people didn't want to stay any longer, they might have gone to Yuanzhou.

Regarding the household registration, you can't rely on others, you have to do a good job on your own.

The Tubo people in the prefectural government still used it, and the people from the Qu family served as the "Jieer" in Huizhou, but at this time they had already fled and there was no one.

Shao Shude walked around the state office, looking carefully at every corner.Zhoucheng, which had been trapped in Tibet for a hundred years, was now recovered in his hands. No matter how calm he was, it would still inevitably give rise to a sense of complacency.However, when he thought that the Qu family was still wandering around, taking out their nomadic expertise and fighting guerrilla warfare with him, the joy in his heart faded.

"Everyone." Shao Shude went back to the front, looked at the Huizhou elders who had gathered, and said, "There is no need to worry about Huizhou falling again. I have decided to send the Dingyuan Army to Huizhou to keep the side safe. These are all elite soldiers. Fighting with a certain man from the south to the north, he has made many contributions, and if the Qu family dares to come, he will definitely let him come and go."

"With the Heavenly Soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, nothing will happen." Believe it or not, the elders have done enough.

"From today onwards, Huizhou should teach Huafeng and break the beard. Whether it is Han people or Tibetans, the customs must be mixed together."

"Follow your own destiny."

After sending away a group of elders, Shao Shude brought Chen Cheng, Zhao Guangfeng, and Lu Siye over.He can lie to others that Huizhou has been recovered, but he cannot lie to himself.Qu Shi avoids fighting, and the main force is still there. This is always a trouble, and a countermeasure must be discussed.

"Commander, there is a plan." Chen Cheng is still good at plotting tricks, and he is probably thinking about it on the way, and he has already come up with a way, only to hear him say: "Marshal can send more cavalry to drive Tubo to the south. Then they sent people to set fire to the pasture. At this time, the pasture has not yet turned green, and it is already March, and the forage accumulated by the Tubo tribe is almost consumed, so it should be effective."

This plan - a bit poisonous!
"Without fodder, what will happen to the Tubo people?" Shao Shude asked.

"Either run away and live in another state, or simply fight to the death." Chen Cheng said.

Shao Shude thought about it carefully, and the matter of burning the grassland is actually not that simple.I have seen a lot of pastures in Huizhou along the way, one by one, and if I set a fire, only one piece will be burned.If you want to ignite a raging fire in the whole area, you have to send many people to set fires everywhere, set fires more, and set fires frequently, so that the dry grass on the ground can be burned-of course, green grass can also be burned, but it is more troublesome.

If this matter can still be resolved by sending more people, then the other negative effects of burning grasslands have to be carefully considered.

Shao Shude thought about it carefully. The Central Plains Dynasty did not do this much. The Han Dynasty did it, the Ming Dynasty did it, and the Guo Dynasty seemed to do it too. I have never heard of it in other dynasties.

By the way, it was Youzhou Town who mainly did this in the state: "Lulong Jiedu made Liu Rengong familiar with Khitan's love and hypocrisy. He often selected generals to train troops, went deep in autumn, and attacked them over the stars. The Khitan feared them. Every frost , Rengong sent people to burn the weeds under the plug, many Khitan horses died of hunger, and they often bribed Rengong city with good horses, please listen to the covenant very carefully."

It is now March, and there is still more than a month before the grass turns green. The effect is not very ideal, but it should still have a considerable effect.It's just that the negative effects will also show up, ruining one's reputation!
"Commander, I heard that the Qu clan took refuge with his in-laws in Minzhou, and with this as a backup, he went north to plunder everywhere. Before that, he invaded Yuanzhou and plundered several counties. After a while, it is estimated that he will invade Weizhou and even Huizhou again. Qu's idea, Most of them still think that our army will not stay for a long time, and once he leaves, he will come back. Although the Dingyuan army will be stationed in Huizhou, it is impossible to prevent the bandits from looting, how can there be a reason to guard against bandits for a thousand days?" Seeing Shao Shude somewhat Heartbroken and somewhat hesitant, Chen Cheng stepped up his efforts and suggested: "If you are worried about burning the pastures of the Bai family and other tribes, the commander-in-chief might as well send someone to go as far south as possible to burn as far south as possible. At this time, the northwest wind blowing It will not affect the Ministries of Huizhou."

Wow, even the wind direction is taken into account.This fire only burns Hu Township, not Han, so it shouldn't burn all the way south to Minzhou?
"Will it attract all the ministries of Tubo to join forces to attack me?"

"Commander, you only need to send someone to inform Minzhou Tubo that only Qu's family will be punished, and no one else will be involved. At the same time, you will be generously donated gold and silk. The Tibetans are greedy and lure them with gold and silk, and scare them with burning grasslands. What about the in-laws? Even if the fire can’t be done in a short period of time, we will have five months to burn it after the late autumn frost. The pasture is limited, so it’s not enough for our own cattle and sheep to eat, so why not give it to Qu’s cattle and sheep?” Chen Cheng said: "The Qu family has no backup, so they can only return to Huizhou. At this time, people are exhausted, and they have to come to surrender or grab other people's pastures. important."

"If he doesn't come, we will force him to come." Chen Cheng finally concluded.

"It's a good plan, but I'm afraid it's not so simple to do. Let the Bai family send envoys to Minzhou first, and then threaten them with burning the grasslands, and make it clear that it will fail, and a certain person will also send envoys in half a year. Let's see how long he can hide if people come to burn, and will he still dare to loot the prefectures and counties?" Shao Shude said: "Scare them first. Burning the grassland has a lot to do with it, so don't do it if you have to."

Shao Shude is still worried that it will cause many unpredictable negative effects.After doing this, I am afraid that few tribes are willing to surrender themselves, and their reputation is too bad.

(End of this chapter)