Fenghou

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Xu Hongtu smiled slightly and said, "Does the Jiedu envoy know about Wang Hou?"

Chen Qing nodded, "I know that he is the founder of Xihe Road. After the disbandment of the Qingtang Dynasty, it was his governance of the old land of the Qingtang Dynasty that established the foundation of today's Xihe Road. He is the predecessor I should emulate. .”

"Wang Hou served as the first economic envoy of Xihe Road back then, and I was still his Hucao member in the military. His governance methods for the Tubo people and Qiang people can be summed up in eight words, both soft and hard, mainly appeasement, not obedient. The tribes were struck by thunderbolt, such as the great chief Doroba and his son. They resisted the court. Wang Hou led his troops to wipe them out without hesitation. He and his son were all killed, and his tribe also disappeared. It was a good deterrent. other Tibetan tribes.

Then he appeased the surrendered tribes and gave tax exemptions and other rewards. After more than ten years of governance, the Tubo people and Qiang people were all convinced. Until now, they and the Han people can still live in harmony, all thanks to Wang Hou's decades of work. Relentless governance. "

"Then what is Ren Dejing's attitude towards Tubo and Qiang people?"

Xu Hongtu pondered for a while and said: "Ren Dejing always valued the Tubo people and despised the Qiang people. In order to win over the Tubo people, he married the daughter of Geloba, the leader of the Xihai tribe. This woman gave birth to a young daughter for Ren Dejing. Jiedushi had better not kill their mother and daughter, but send them back to Tibet."

Chen Qing smiled slightly and said, "Senior Xu, don't worry, even if Ren Dejing committed a heinous crime, I will not kill his wife and daughter. Please continue!"

Xu Hongtu continued: "Actually, Ren Dejing's approach has advantages and disadvantages. In the early days, he got the support of the Tubo people, but lost the respect of the Tubo people."

"Why?"

"Because he lowered his status. Originally, the Tubo people looked up to him, but the Tubo people looked up to him, or even looked down on him. Now the most rebellious tribe among the Tubo people is the Xihai tribe. Jiedushi must Be wary of them, when it comes to the West Sea, Ren Dejing almost did a stupid thing."

Chen Qing hurriedly asked: "What stupid thing?"

Xu Hongtu said with lingering fear: "I heard that Ren Dejing was going to form a [-]-strong Xihai cavalry, with the Tubo people in the West Sea as the main body. He even reached an agreement with the West Sea, but fortunately he didn't have time to implement it. Once he implemented it, There will be great hidden dangers.

This Tubo cavalry is likely to become the foundation for the Tubo people to rebuild the Qingtang Dynasty. Wang Hou's attitude was very clear back then. Both Liu Fa and Liu Ziyu insisted on this principle. "

Chen Qing pondered for a while and said, "Is there any old enemy in the West Sea?"

Xu Hongtu clapped his palms and laughed, raised his thumbs up and praised: "The Jiedu Envoy is really powerful! One sentence hit the nail on the head. After Qingtang lost his country, Hehuang Tubo was divided into seven tribes, and the largest Doroba tribe was captured Wang Hou died.

Among the remaining tribes, the two larger tribes are the Jishi tribe and the Xihai tribe, and there are four small tribes, such as living in the northern part of the mountain in Kuozhou, living in the southern part of the mountain in Hezhou, and living in the western part of Lintao Prefecture. And Taonan living in Taozhou and so on.

Originally, the six tribes lived in peace, but after Ren Dejing married the West Sea tribe, the leader of the West Sea tribe, Geropa, had the consciousness of being superior to other tribes. Shibu took the lead in resisting. Xihaibu and Jishibu had a long-standing feud. For the sake of boycott, the two tribes had clashed three times since last year. "

"Senior Xu's mother should be Jishibu!"

Xu Hongtu nodded, "My mother's nephew, Asang, is currently the leader of the Jishi Department and my cousin. He is more pro-Song, while the Xihai Department is pro-Xixia. It is rumored that Ren Dejing started colluding with him when he became the general judge of Xi'an Prefecture. Xixia, in fact, there is a real thing, that is, contact with Xixia through the West Sea Department."

"Can I ask Senior Xu to contact the leader of the Tubo Jishi Department for me, I want to meet him."

"No problem, I will write a letter to Ah Sang immediately, asking him to come to Qinzhou to meet Jiedushi."

"Come to Qinzhou to see me?"

Xu Hongtu nodded slowly, "The Jiedushi can benefit him, but he must not lose his prestige. He must look up to the Jiedushi."

"I understand!"

Chen Qing nodded and asked again: "I know there is a Jishi County in Jishi Prefecture, are there any Han people in the county?"

"There are a lot of Han people. It's nice and peaceful there. More than [-] Han people living there don't want to leave. There is also a magistrate elected by the people. The Jiedu envoy will know if he has a chance to visit."

"If I have time, I really want to take a look."

Speaking of this, Chen Qing remembered something again, and asked with a smile: "I still have one doubt. Hehuang is located in a remote place. How did Ren Dejing amass a lot of wealth? There are more than [-] pieces of silk and satin alone. Confused!"

Xu Hongtu laughed, "Does the Jiedu envoy know that the Silk Road has moved south to the West Sea?"

Chen Qing was stunned, "I really don't know."

"Because of the Xixia people, they collected heavy taxes in the Hexi Corridor, and allowed the army to pretend to be horse bandits to rob caravans. The caravans from the Western Regions had to take the West Sea Line, from Khotan Kingdom, through Huangtou Huihe, and then to the Hehuang Valley. The original destination was to go to Jingzhao City, but because of the war on Shaanxi Road these years, they stopped in Huangzhou and traded a lot in Huangzhou. The silk, porcelain and tea cakes that Jiedushi saw were purchased by Ren Dejing from Bashu and sold to them. Goods from merchants in the Western Regions."

Chen Qing suddenly realized that these silks, porcelains, and tea cakes were goods, not collected wealth. This is not bad, it can guide these Western Region merchants to Chengji County and make Chengji County a trading center.

Chen Qing got up to leave, Xu Hongtu sent Chen Qing out of the gate, and at the gate Xu Hongtu laughed again: "I have a better suggestion, Ren Dejing is unkind, mean and crony, the more he wants to firmly control the army, but The more dissatisfied the army officers and men are with him, Jiedu envoys can go to Hezhou and Kuozhou to recruit troops with respectable heads, and there will be unexpected surprises."

This suggestion caught Chen Qing's heart, and he quickly cupped his fists and laughed, "Thank you, Senior Xu, for your suggestion, I will take it and give it a try!"

When Chen Qing returned to the barracks, Yang Zaixing and Gao Ding had escorted more than [-] soldiers back, and Chen Qing handed over [-] prisoners of war to Niu Gao for reorganization.

He summoned Yang Zaixing, Gao Ding, Liu Cui, Liu Qiong and other generals to discuss matters in the big tent of the Chinese army.

"Taking Huangzhou is only the first step. Ren Dejing still has [-] troops outside, Kuozhou has [-] troops, Hezhou has [-] troops, and Yinkuang Ren Zhongqun has [-] troops. I have already ordered Li Muqing to lead the army." The army wiped out the silver mines, and now there are only [-] troops in Kuozhou and Hezhou, led by Ren Dejing's second son Ren Jian and third son Ren Hong.

Someone gave me a very good suggestion, use the head of Ren Dejing to recruit two armies, that is to provoke their mutiny, Liu Cui and Liu Qiong, can you accept these two tasks? "

Liu Cui and Liu Qiong were overjoyed, and they bowed together and said: "The humble job is willing to go!"

Chen Qing nodded, "I'll give you [-] cavalry. You go to Kuozhou first, and then to Hezhou. Concentrate your superior forces to deal with them instead of dividing them into battles. Do you understand?"

The two saluted together, "I understand!"

Chen Qing said solemnly to Yang Zaixing again: "I will personally lead [-] troops to Xi'an Prefecture, General Gao Ding will go with me, and Huangzhou will be handed over to you and Niu Gao."

Yang Zaixing nodded slowly, "The humble official will definitely live up to Du Tong's great trust!"

In the morning of the next day, Chen Qing ordered Ren Dejing and other clansmen to be beheaded. Except for his wife and three daughters, all other men were beheaded publicly.

Liu Cui and Liu Qiong led [-] troops to the Yellow River in the south of Huangzhou. At this time, the Yellow River had thawed, but the Yellow River in the south of Huangzhou was relatively narrow, and the cavalry could use large leather rafts to build floating bridges to cross the Yellow River.

(End of this chapter)