The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 814
On the top of the city, except for the normal faces of the kings and officials of the Sui Dynasty, the chiefs of the Heyuan tribes and the leaders of the eight party tribes who came to watch the ceremony were silent. Their faces were pale and trembling, and the blood on their faces had already faded away.

Such a fierce and bloody massacre, as well as the mountain of corpses and sea of ​​blood under the city, all impacted their senses. Everywhere they could see were corpses and red. Even the leaders of these fierce ministries were so frightened that their legs went weak.

Looking at Yang Tong, the eyes are full of fear. The previous lords of the Central Plains have always been generous, especially those "big Confucians" who are full of benevolence, righteousness and morality, and promote the idea of ​​​​the heaven and the kingdom. Generally, they enslave as much as they want, but when they treat foreigners, they keep talking about the enlightenment they don't understand. As long as they have a respectful attitude, they can get what they want.But the one in front of him was the complete opposite, he was decisive, and tens of thousands of lives were killed by him just like that.

What made them feel even more creepy was that the emperors and ministers of the Sui Dynasty smelled the strong smell of blood in the air, and they still had an expression of enjoyment on their faces, making people feel like a group of blood-sucking devils.

This also let them know that once the benevolent and righteous people from the Central Plains launched a ruthless attack, all ethnic groups and countries would be no match for them.

"Old Su..." Yang Tong looked at the old man Su Sang with a pleasing expression. Maybe this old man didn't know the phrase "You treat me like a man of the country, and I will repay you as a man of the country", but after he had a drink with Yang Tong, , when the defenders encountered difficulties, they perfectly interpreted this sentence with their own actions.

Yang Tong was deeply moved and grateful for this old action, and said with a smile, "It is because of your hard work and persuasion of the warriors from various ministries to assist the soldiers in defending the city that we were able to resist the invading enemy. Your old contribution is indisputable... Today, I canonize you as the Marquis of Chishui in the Great Sui Dynasty, with a reward of [-] yuan and a thousand altars of heroes. The warriors who died unfortunately will be compensated according to the standards of the army, and a "Monument to the Heroes of the Great Sui Dynasty" will be erected at a conspicuous place in Jishi Pass. The names and heroic deeds of the officers and men of the imperial court and all the warriors are engraved one by one for future generations to look up to."

Surprised and delighted, Su Sang suppressed the excitement in her heart, and bowed deeply to Yang Tong with the courtesy of the Han family: "The old minister pays homage to the Holy Majesty on behalf of the warriors."

"Your veterans and warriors exchanged their loyalty and life for this. You don't need to thank me." Yang Tong helped Su Sang up, and said to his son Su Li, "You are a born warrior. You shouldn't be left on the ranch, I think the battlefield is more suitable for you, are you interested in becoming a general who can rule the world?"

"Wish to serve the Holy One." Su Li was overjoyed.

"Go back and ask the warriors who assisted in the defense. I will take all those who are willing to join the army."

"Here." Su Li responded and left.

Yang Tong said to the leaders of the various ministries in Heyuan: "Go back and appease the families of the soldiers first, the court's compensation will arrive soon."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"I'm waiting to say goodbye."

This group of people was terribly frightened, eager to leave this hell-like Jishi Pass, they all left after hearing this.

"It's your turn..." Yang Tong looked at the leaders of the Eight Departments of the Dangxiang and several Xianbei Murong descendants, "You..."

"puff"

"puff"

"puff"

"..."

This group of people was glanced at by Yang Tong, as if they were struck by lightning, they only felt their knees go limp, and they knelt down on the ground, one or two of their spines seemed to be interrupted suddenly, their whole bodies trembled like chaff, and their heads kowtowed like garlic. They all panicked and said: "Your Majesty, Saint Khan, this is none of my business, it's Murong Xiaojun...it's Murong Xiaojun who coerced us to rebel against the Sui Dynasty..."

"Spineless, weak bones." Pei Xingyan next to him said with a look of disgust.

"..." Everyone just kowtowed and didn't have time to pay attention to him. They all said: I want to be tough too, but you threw all the hard ones out of the city.

"You guys can do it, but you're all going to have a deadly confrontation with me..." Yang Tong looked at the group of people lying on the ground like dead dogs, with no emotion on his face.

"Holy Majesty, Saint Khan, I am Murong Jue, the grandson of Busabo Khan...Thank you for getting rid of Murong Xiaojun, a scum..." Murong Jue crawled forward on his knees, trying to hug Yang Tong's thigh, but was avoided by Yang Tong Pass.

A strong disgust flashed in Yang Tong's eyes, he pointed at Murong Jue, "Cut him off."

"Pfft..." I saw a cold light waving, a soldier raised his knife and dropped it, Murong Jue's headless neck hit the ground at once, and his big skull rolled to the ground.

"..." A bunch of dead dogs, all kinds of crying stopped abruptly, looking at Yang Tong full of fear and bewilderment.

The hard bones were thrown down the city, and the soft bones were hacked to death!

For a while, they didn't know whether it was better to be firm or soft, and finally felt that it was better to say less.

"I said, you listen; I ask you to answer, who dares to talk about it, don't blame me for being rude. Do you understand?"

"..." Everyone nodded violently, so they were in order.

"Okay, now you can declare your family name."

"Murong Bei pays homage to the saint Khan."

"Murong Chi pays homage to the saint Khan."

"Xifengdu pays homage to the saint Khan."

"Fei Tingzhuo pays homage to the sage Khan."

"Go to Lido and meet the sage Khan."

"Puchal pays homage to the sage Khan."

"Ye Ci Hu pays homage to the sage Khan."

"Fang Dangzhu pays homage to the saint Khan."

"Mi Qin Ma pays homage to the sage Khan."

"Tuoba Xidou pays homage to the saint Khan."

"..."

After listening to everyone reporting their families, Yang Tong did not let them get up, but said: "After this war on the whole plateau, no matter whether it is Tubo, Tuyuhun, or Dangxiang Babu, they all suffered irreparable injuries. Severe damage, population decline, wealth exhaustion, without decades of recuperation, you have no way to return to the level before the war, there are only two choices before you, one is that our army of the Sui Dynasty will go south, cut the weeds and eradicate them once and for all... "

Everyone was so frightened that they kowtowed repeatedly: "Please forgive us for our stupid actions."

After seeing Da Sui's sharp weapons and equipment, if he fights again, it will be extinct, how dare he fight again?
"Da Sui's victory today was bought by countless Da Sui soldiers with their blood and lives. I don't care if you are willing or not, I will carry the war to the end, and then establish Jiangyuan County in the south of Jishi Mountain, and Jiyu City will be renamed Yongzhi County. The entire county governs Yongzhi County, as well as Jiuzhi by the Make River, Changzhi by the Baihe River, and Yuanzhi by the Baiqu River. In addition to Yongzhi, the other three counties have chosen places to build cities. If you don’t want to die, then follow my arrangement and let the ministries The shepherds gave up nomadic pastoralism, all changed to farming, and they all obediently became citizens of the Great Sui Dynasty.”

This is the result of Yang Tong and Du Ruhui's discussion yesterday. Tuyuhun people and Dangxiang people have lived on the edge of the Central Plains dynasty for generations. They are no longer the kind of rough herdsmen. Many people have the unique temperament of farming people. After the Hedangxiang people lost their weapons, they were completely different from the courage shown by the Tubo people. Perhaps because of their constant failures, their spines were broken long ago.Most of the more than 6 prisoners of war who had just been massacred were fierce Tubo people, and Tuyuhun and Dangxiang people accounted for less than [-]%.

Because they are different from Tubo, and most of them can speak Chinese, Yang Tong gained confidence in transforming them and decided to add a county to the Sui Dynasty. If he missed this opportunity, he would be embarrassed to occupy the territory of friendly countries for no reason in the future.The Jiangyuan County established by Yang Tong was not a "restraint" under the shadow of military power. The county guards and county magistrates would not be hereditary from the tribal leaders, nor would they be given a high degree of autonomy. Financial and other aspects of its actual occupation.

In history, the Jimi prefecture established by Li Tang was actually similar to a subordinate state. It was conferred with titles and brought under the administration of the imperial court in name, but each prefecture was held by the chiefs of various ministries for generations.

In fact, Yang Tong also knew that this system was the helpless move of the Li and Tang Dynasty. The country they took over was a real mess. When the world was in chaos, the household registration statistics and management were chaotic and abolished. Becoming slaves and tenants of various aristocratic families, or becoming black households, monks, and some died in the war, and Li Tang did not dare to move the interests of aristocratic families, Buddhism, and Taoism like Yang Tong. Relying on the poor 200 million households to provide taxes and soldiers, they can barely make ends meet.But they are surrounded by powerful enemies such as Tuyuhun, East and West Turks, Tiele, Goguryeo, etc., so they can only have a soft policy to stabilize the four fortresses.

The advantage of this "detention policy" is that it can quickly stabilize the surrounding area and give the Li and Tang courts a chance to breathe, but the future troubles are also endless.When the Li and Tang courts were at their peak, all the leaders of the "Jiyu" lurked around obediently, absorbing the wealth of the Central Plains and the essence of civilization to strengthen themselves.

Since Yang Tong first robbed refugees from various places, and then robbed the population of various family groups, Buddhist temples and Taoist temples, his current household registration is no worse than that at the peak of the Sui Dynasty. , he didn't need to compromise with Tuyuhun and Dangxiang, who had only one breath left.

If he is disobedient and simply kills these leaders, although it will bring some difficulties to his policy of persuading the herdsmen to abandon herding and turn to farming, in the long run, it will be beneficial and harmless.

This is also Yang Tong's change and experiment in foreign policy. If Tuyuhun and Dangxiang are reformed well, then the foreign races with traces of Han culture will be in trouble.

Of course, Yang Tong knows too many stories of aggression and being invaded, and knows that blindly suppressing by force is always the worst way to occupy territory.

When you are strong and the enemy is weak, military force does have the effect of suppressing, but no dynasty can always be strong. How intense.

Strengthening economic and cultural exchanges and promoting national integration is the best way to expand.

"Xifeng is willing to obey all arrangements of the saint Khan."

"Fei Tingshi is willing to obey all arrangements of the sage Khan."

"..."

The power of role models is infinite. Once there is a start, there will be others.

There is no way, I am really afraid of being killed by Yang Tong, I am afraid that these seemingly hard and soft emperors will kill them if they disagree with each other.

The key is Yang Tong's attitude. If you don't agree, I will occupy it, and if you agree, you will occupy it. What else can you do?
Man is a knife and I am a fish, nothing more than this.

Moreover, the Sui army was already strong, and its weapons and equipment were almost invincible. Looking back at myself, there was only a little bit of strength left. If he is right, he probably doesn't need to say anything, the so-called fellow clansmen will be willing to be Yang Tong's pawns, and respectfully take the heads of his family to ask for credit and reward.

"Everyone who understands the current affairs and advances and retreats, I welcome them very much. If anyone in the future is obedient, ulterior motives, sow dissension, and destroy my great cause, then I don't know what the consequences will be." Yang Tong said this very casually, but he could hear The chiefs were sweating profusely, swallowing their saliva with difficulty.

"Of course, once you settle down, I will set up county schools and county schools, so that educated people can teach children how to read and write characters. In the future, they can also participate in the Imperial Examinations of the Sui Dynasty and become officials in various places in the Sui Dynasty. As long as they have real skills, they can also Out will come in."

These words shocked the chiefs.

Participating in the Imperial Examination of the Sui Dynasty, going to be an official in the Sui Dynasty...becoming a general and becoming a prime minister...It really hit their hearts!

Since ancient times, in the eyes of Hu people, the Central Plains Dynasty has been a paradise on earth!
This is also the fundamental reason why countless alien races invaded the Central Plains after their rise.However, the emperors of the Central Plains now actually say that their descendants can also learn the classics of poetry and prose of the sages of the Han family, and then go to the mainland of the Great Sui Dynasty to take up official positions, and since then they can integrate into the Han family and pass it on forever...

This kind of temptation has an irresistible temptation for them!
"Saint Khan, is this true?"

"I can treat the Mu people, Qiang people, and Turkic people preferentially, and I can also treat you preferentially." Yang Tong said lightly: "Since ancient times, the dynasties of the Central Plains have advocated peace. Only you invaded the Central Plains and plundered our population and wealth. Did the Central Plains dynasty take the initiative to fight against you? If you become a citizen of the Sui Dynasty, and your capable children go to the interior of the Sui Dynasty to serve as officials, who cares whether you are Han, Mao, Qiang, or Xianbei after one generation? As long as you study Sinology, speak Chinese, wear Han clothes, Han etiquette, and law-abiding are the people of the Sui Dynasty!" Yang Tong said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." The chiefs of the various ministries who had no choice but to be drawn blushed with excitement.

"The above is the treatment of ordinary people. You are naturally different. As long as you cooperate well and let the people of Jiangyuan County gather as soon as possible, I will not treat you badly. Not only will you be given the nationality of the Sui Dynasty, but also your identity and status. , let you become officials in the Sui Dynasty first, and let your children receive the best education."

Everyone knew that Yang Tong was going to transfer them away from Jiangyuan County, but they couldn't quench their excitement.

What's so good about grasslands?Not only do they have to graze, but they also have to deal with other people's robbery. If there is a natural disaster, most of the elderly and children will not be able to survive.How safe it is to live in the city. Not only are there no wolves to snatch their livestock, but there are no horse bandits to rob their women and children.

As for the tradition of being bald, is it more important than life?
(End of this chapter)