Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 660 Blood Eagle

Wei Zheng told Luo Cheng that during the few months he went on the expedition, Andong Road had added about 10 people.

"Most of them took refuge in the customs, and many came directly from the coast by boat. In addition, many of them were family members brought by the soldiers we brought before. Some guys not only took their parents, wives and children They have come, and they have also recruited brothers, and some have even recruited the entire big family."

"This is a good thing. It shows that our soldiers already have a sense of identity with the outside of the customs. They think there is more future and hope here, so they invite friends and let the whole big family come here. This is a good thing."

Luo Cheng was very happy to hear such news. If the Central Plains were stable, how many people would be willing to come to this wilderness?It is precisely because of the current turmoil in the Central Plains that it is rare to find stability outside the customs. In addition, Luo Cheng's promotion of land equalization here has made countless people who have no land in the Central Plains and are worried about turbulence willing to come here.

"I also brought back 150 Turkic prisoners of war this time to serve as farm slaves. Our population is probably almost [-] million, and we can finally gain a firm foothold in Liaodong."

Population is the foundation of everything, without population, nothing else can be discussed.Especially in troubled times, population is actually the most precious resource. It is not only a farmer who cultivates the land, but also a craftsman who makes tools, or a soldier who fights.

"One hundred thousand Turkic captives, you want to make them all slaves?"

"Of course, they are the defeated ones, or the defeated ones after the invasion. Naturally, they can only come to me, Anton, as farm slaves. Otherwise, I still have to invite them to be masters?"

Those who didn't listen directly to Yun Dingxing were all chopped down under the Great Wall and turned into Jingguan, which would be considered a kindness to them.

"It's hard to manage so many Turkic people."

"Whatever comes from it, it's all messed up and separated. We now have a population of more than 100 million, and there are only [-] Turkic people. Are we afraid that we can't manage it well? On average, a dozen people stare at one Turkic person, and there will never be a problem."

In Luo Cheng's view, the key to controlling these Turkic captives is not letting them gather together.Even if they are farm slaves, they all have to be disrupted and separated.

On the other hand, it is also necessary to give them a little hope.

For example, it was stipulated that they should be farm slaves for ten years, which is equivalent to ten years of reform through labor.But if you perform well, you can be rewarded.The most important reward is to reward them with a reduced sentence every year. For good performance, at the end of the year, they can be rewarded with one month less farming time, or two months and three months. Maybe you can get a waiver.

At that time, they can also be allocated a piece of land and become a self-cultivator, or a pasture herdsman who can get a salary, or directly give them a piece of pasture so that they can graze.

In short, work hard, there is a future and hope.

Of course, those who don't do a good job will definitely be punished. The light ones will be whipped, and the severe ones will be sent to the mines, or even executed directly.

Wei Zhengdao said, "After the establishment of the Zhou Dynasty, the country system was implemented together with the enfeoffment system. At that time, the feudal lords were enfeoffed, and the territories of the princes were cities. The big princes would have many cities, and the place where the princes lived was called the country, and they were eligible to live in it. Those who live in the country are generally scholars, officials, soldiers, etc. of the princes. Those who live in other cities are mainly the descendants of the clans and clans that the princes have multiplied and spread."

"The people who live in the country and the city are countrymen, while those who live outside the city are savages. They are all human beings, and the status of slaves is even lower, not human beings."

Wei Zheng felt that the various policies that Luo Cheng implemented in Andong Road were actually somewhat similar to the set of enfeoffment and country system that Zhou Liguo implemented after Zhou Liguo.

Luo Cheng established many cities, military towns, fortresses, and villages in Andong based on the soldiers. The soldiers are all qualified to grant land, own land, and even own slaves.

These government soldiers, even if they are the feudal princes under Luo Cheng, the governor of Andong Road, and the relatives and clans summoned by these government soldiers can also divide the land and grant land after they come to Anton, but there are not as many government soldiers. privilege.

Then these people can be regarded as Chinese.

"Is it enfeoffment and country system?" Luo Cheng smiled, "I think it's actually quite good. When Zhou established the country, the area he could really control was actually only a small area. Although he enfeoffed countless princes, in fact these princes When they arrived in the fiefdom, there were countless barbarian enemies around them. They established cities and benefices, and in fact they were enemies when they left the city. Therefore, each benefactor city is also a fortress for military expansion. They must defend the fortress and find a way to defeat the surrounding enemies. Only by expanding outward can we build new towns one after another, separate our clans and expand our power."

"Some of the feudal lords entrusted by Zhou in those days expanded countless territories like Qi, Lu, Yanzhao, etc., but there were also many vassals surnamed Ji in the Han River Basin, who died in the end and the country was destroyed."

As for the national system, Chinese people are actually equivalent to citizens of Rome, enjoying citizenship rights, such as being able to serve as soldiers, while ordinary people are not qualified to serve as soldiers.Being a soldier means having political power, having a way to rise up, getting spoils of war through war, getting rewards, and being able to obtain official positions, etc.

The wildlings have no such rights, not even the right to live in the city.

But Chinese people are not aristocrats individually, and they have no special privileges over savages, and they are not superior to others.But this class of Chinese savages and slaves was also very advanced at that time.

Luo Cheng is just a commander in chief of the military township, he has no power to enfeoff, but he is indeed carrying out many policies through some of his official powers, which makes Andong Road and the Central Plains start to have some differences.

But now, these differences are greatly attracting the people of the Central Plains who are in turmoil.

At this time.

A white horse righteousness walked over.

"Marshal, here is a letter from the blood eagle for you."

When Luo Cheng heard this, he frowned, "Bring it."

Blood Eagle, Blood Eagle.

After the soldiers of the Xiaoguo Army are recruited, they will tattoo blood eagles on their arms.However, Luo Cheng's blood eagle letter has nothing to do with this. Luo Cheng has two intelligence forces, one is Zhang Liang's secret guard, and the other is Wang Junkuo's shadow guard.

Among them, Zhang Liang's shadow guard code name is Ye Xiao, and Wang Junkuo's shadow guard code name is Blood Eagle.

The Blood Eagle letter was sent by the Shadow Guard with important information.

Opening the letter, Luo Cheng frowned more and more as he read it.

This letter was a secret letter, but Bai Ma Yicong had already translated it for him.

"Marshal, what happened?" Wei Zheng asked.

Luo Cheng sighed.

"My teacher Zhang Shuai was defeated. Daihai Temple was defeated by Li Mi. The 1-man army was wiped out. Even Runpu's father Jia Juncheng was killed. Zhang Shuai was seriously injured. Fortunately, Wang Junkuo's men found him and rescued him." , Now he has been sent to Qi County. Wang Junkuo originally wanted to send him to Liaodong, but Zhang Shuai refused to come, saying that he would recruit soldiers and horses in Qi County to fight against the rebels."

"Even Zhang Shuai was defeated? It seems that Li Mi has really become a power!" Wei Zheng was surprised.

"Marshal, we have to speed up, or else the Central Plains will be in chaos before we get out of the customs."

(End of this chapter)