Fenghou

Chapter 669 Clear
Of course, the three Qiang elders came here for their own interests. They showed enough low profile and sincerity, and they also hoped that Chen Qing would make concessions in terms of interests.

Chen Qing also knew this well, so he simply treated the Hehuang Qiang people. First, they needed to recognize themselves as citizens of the Great Song Dynasty, and then give them autonomy.

Second, they have to pay taxes like the Hehuang Qiang people. The reason is simple. Only by paying taxes can they prove that they are citizens of the Song Dynasty. pay taxes.

Of course, it is impossible to pay such a small tax. The sheep tax paid by Xixia is [-]% of the number of newborn lambs each year, which is equivalent to a high tax rate of [-]%. Five-fifths, the same goes for the Qiang people in Xixia.

Third, Qiang people also need to join the army, and the specific number can be discussed.

The three elders readily agreed. They also knew about the Qiang people in Liangzhou, and there was no discrepancy with what Chen Qing said, but the three elders were most concerned about the territory.

Chen Qing said indifferently: "The frontiers of our dynasties and dynasties were first divided into agricultural areas and pastoral areas. The Han people occupied the agricultural areas and handed over the pastoral areas to the Hu people, except for the official horse farms.

If there is a county seat in the pastoral area, then the county seat will be ruled by the government. As long as you can accept the principle of farming and animal husbandry and the principle of cities, then the territory will be easy to talk about. "

The three elders looked at each other, and Elder Hong said cautiously: "But there are also farmers and hunters among the Qiang people, so what should they do?"

Chen Qing said with a smile: "This actually involves the division of agricultural areas and animal husbandry areas. Simply put, the Hetao area is an agricultural area, and the area outside the Hetao area is an animal husbandry area. It doesn't matter what the Qiang people do, whether it is business or farming. Well, the key is to see where he settles.

If he settles in a farming area or within the county seat, he is the same as the Han people, has a civilian household registration, is under the jurisdiction of the government, and is not under the jurisdiction of the Qiang tribe. The same is true for hunters. It also depends on where he settles? "

"How wide is the county seat?" Elder Gui asked.

After a pause, he added: "I mean the county seat of the pastoral area."

"The area within ten miles outside the city belongs to the county seat."

Chen Qing patiently explained again: "This regulation is not aimed at you, it was made on Xihe Road, and we have learned many lessons, if Qiang people and Han people live together, disputes and conflicts are likely to arise, then who will govern? It must be the government, and this Qiang also has a civilian household registration."

The three elders nodded, "We fully understand!"

At this time, Elder Hong said again: "There is still one important matter to discuss with the Xuanfu envoy."

"Elder Hong, please tell me!"

Elder Hong sighed and said: "At the beginning we supported many troops of Xiao Heda, and some soldiers died in battle, but a large number of Qiang soldiers were captured, about [-] people, and their families were turned into slaves and captured. Known as Khitan slaves, they were escorted to Ho Nanshan for mining, but according to the latest news we have, these Khitan slaves have all been transferred to the army. Brother Li Cha threatened the safety of their families and asked [-] Qiang soldiers to work for him , I implore the general to spare their lives during the war."

Chen Qing said slowly: "Generally speaking, we don't keep any prisoners. If these Qiang soldiers are willing to surrender, and we can identify their identities, then we can spare their lives."

"Thank you Xuan Fushi, we will secretly inform these Qiang people and ask them to surrender as much as possible on the battlefield in order to obtain forgiveness!"

Several people discussed some details about the delivery of troops, and then the three elders left. Chen Qing personally sent them out of the city, watched their convoy pass the Yellow River pontoon bridge, and watched the convoy gradually go away.

The news that the Song army captured Yingli County and Mingsha County spread to Xingqing City, and the whole city was shocked, including the emperor, civil and military officials, dignitaries, soldiers and ordinary people. After joining the army, in just a few days, he raised a lot of wealth and [-] soldiers.

In the palace, Li Qianshun also washed away his previous sickness and began to concentrate on the war. Brother Li Cha has also forcibly recruited more than [-] troops these days. Including the existing army, the number of Xixia troops has reached [-]. .

The number of troops is enough, but a new problem arises. First of all, they are short of armor, so they start to collect weapons in various cities, even the rusty daggers have to be handed in, so that every soldier has a weapon , but the armor really can't be solved. The [-] army can only wear cloth armor and turbans, and it is called the White Armor Army.

Not only is there a shortage of soldiers, but money and food will not last long. Although the wheat has just been harvested, due to the impact of the war, a large amount of land has been left uncultivated. The wheat production has dropped by half last year and this year.

The output of copper mines in the mine also dropped sharply by [-]%, resulting in no coins being minted for three consecutive years, and copper coins in the market have become more precious. On the one hand, there is a shortage of food, and on the other hand, the circulation of copper coins is very small, and the problem of insufficient money and food is getting worse. It's getting worse.

Brother Li Cha certainly knows that most of Xixia’s wealth is in the hands of the dignitaries. Last time he dealt with Chu King Tuoba Aqu, although he got a sum of money, the emperor also seriously warned him that if he dared to do this again, he would directly Remove him from military rank and title.

The emperor was really angry, so he couldn't do it anymore. Although Jin Guo also agreed to help, he didn't dare to count on when Jin Guo's aid would come.

Brother Li Cha paced back and forth in the room, thinking about what to do?
Staff member Han Feng said with a smile: "There is a way for a humble job, and I can get a sum of money and food."

Brother Li Cha asked happily: "What way?"

Han Feng said a few words in a low voice, Brother Li Cha frowned slightly, "This will involve the interests of those powerful people, even there are hundreds of maids and servants from the Song Dynasty in my mansion, should we also get rid of them?"

Han Feng smiled slightly: "Isn't there a manor outside the city? Send them to the manor, and the rest of the dignitaries will do the same, and they will definitely support it."

Han Feng said a few more words, Brother Li Cha nodded again and again, "It's a good way, it should be able to get a lot of money and food!"

In the early morning of the next day, Brother Li Cha put forward a new suggestion. In order to eliminate Song Jun's spies hidden in Xingqing Mansion, he suggested that all non-Party people in the capital should be expelled from the city. All the people were driven out of the city, and even the army of non-Party people was stationed outside the city.

In this way, there will be no spies from the Song army, and there will be no spies cooperating with others. This suggestion was supported by the emperor Li Ganshun and became an official will.

Brother Li Cha first started to clean the army. The army is very easy to distinguish. Before the distribution of armor and weapons, the distinction was made. The party members all have armor and standard weapons, while the foreign army is all white armor and mixed weapons. As long as all the white armor is stationed Outside the city, there is no foreign army in the city.

Brother Li Cha sent another [-] troops to the streets, and began to check their identities from house to house. First of all, slaves. Xixia slaves are prevalent. Almost every household has slaves. When the slaves are dismissed, they are driven out of the city together with their masters.

This move caused complaints from ordinary party members, but the rich and powerful welcomed it very much. They had large farms outside the city and placed all their servants in the farms. Not only that, they also bought a large number of servants from ordinary people at a very low price , Send them to the farm for harvesting and farming.

Then came the civilians who were not part of the party. This was Brother Li Cha's real goal. There were hundreds of thousands of civilians who were not part of the party in Xingqing City. The soldiers only allowed them to bring a small amount of food and clothes, and escorted them out of the city.

Misfortune fell from the sky to tens of thousands of households. Soldiers yelled loudly and forcibly drove a household out of the city. Hundreds of thousands of people cried and cried, helping each other out of the city. Many people who cried and refused to leave were regarded as Song soldiers The spies arrested him and tortured him.

When the people were driven away, the soldiers confiscated all their family property and food. On the city wall, Brother Li Cha smiled triumphantly. Of course, money and food will not fall from the sky. It is indeed the least expensive to take it from these aliens.

(End of this chapter)