Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 341
In winter, when the north wind howls, hundreds of people on the official road drive slowly southward along the West Han River in the countryside.

With the gradual end of the Northern Expedition, the countryside at this time is no longer only women, children, and the elderly, but also full of middle-aged men.The women and children were overjoyed to see their long-lost family members. In addition, it was the twelfth lunar month, and beaming faces could be seen everywhere.

However, Liu Chan at this time was a little bored. Recently, he had thought a lot about national policy, but he didn't have a good idea.

Regardless of the three aspects of religion, the land system, and the integration of Han and Qiang, it is relatively impossible to connect them together. I am afraid that we still need to wait for Zhuge Liang to return to his teacher to further discuss specific policy content.

"Your Majesty, here is the Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals presented by Xiang Changshi (Xiang Lang)."

Changshi Xianglang has been a director in Hanzhong for a long time, assisting Zhuge Liang in logistics work, and he loves to collect books. The collection of books is the most abundant in the Han Dynasty, but because of busy government affairs, he basically hides them and does not read them.

Li Gui took the book bag from a dusty personal guard, handed it to Liu Chan, and said.

"En! Let Di Ji not be on duty for the next few days and take more rest." Liu Chan took the book bag and ordered.

"promise!"

Liu Chan opened the book bag, took out the book "Lushi Chunqiu" in the bag, found relevant content about King Zhao Wuling, and read it.

"Lushi Chunqiu" is a book compiled by Lu Buwei, Prime Minister of Qin State, and his disciples. This book takes Taoism as the main body, and uses the thoughts and theories of famous schools, Legalists, Confucianists, Mohists, peasants, military strategists, and Yin-Yang schools as materials, and involves everything in the Warring States Period. .It can be supplemented with the description of the reform of Zhao Wuling Wang Hufu's riding and shooting in "Historical Records of Zhao Shijia".

Liu Chan spread it out on the table, and with the rickety car driving, he began to study quietly with reference to "Historical Records of Zhao Shijia", and occasionally drew a pen to outline the notes.

Liu Chan has always hoped to find lessons that can be used for reference from history, so as to bring new inspiration to the formulation of national policies.

After the Malingguan Labor Army, especially after contacting the Qiang people, I thought a lot. I couldn’t help but think of King Zhao Wuling’s Hufu cavalry and archery reform in the Warring States Period. In order to seek inspiration, Liu Chan has been studying Zhao Wuling King Hufu cavalry recently. The reason behind the shooting.

Contrary to what later generations thought, King Zhao Wuling's Hufu riding and shooting did not simply let the people of the whole country wear Hufu to practice riding and shooting, which greatly increased Zhao's military strength.

The deeper reason is that the state of Zhao was facing difficulties at that time. At that time, the state of Zhao was divided into north and south, one centered on Handan, and the other centered on Daijun. Due to the obstruction of Taihang Mountain and Zhongshan State, communication between the two places was very difficult. .

Daijun, located in the northern border, was greatly influenced by the Hu people, so it can be regarded as the culture of the Hu people. Handan is located in the Central Plains, so it can be regarded as the culture of the Han people.Therefore, in the long run, Daijun and Handan will almost split.

In order to end the division of the country and unify the national consciousness, King Zhao Wuling reformed the costumes representing the national culture and ordered the whole country to wear Hufu, which meant breaking the concept of China being noble and Rong Di being inferior.

Appointing a large number of generals with Rong and Di backgrounds, recruiting a large number of Hu people as knights, improving the status of knights in the country and other administrative measures, integrating Rong and Di into the Han people, changing the power structure of Zhao State, this is what makes the country extremely powerful enhanced.Even through the reform and promotion of the military merit system this time, all the hidden population of the clan and landlords were found out.

Although the current situation of the Han Dynasty is not like that of Zhao Guo when Zhao Wuling was king, some situations are even worse. At this time, Longyou and Liangzhou are mixed with Han and Hu, and even Guanzhong is the same. It is Qianghu everywhere.

Historically, Jiang Tong in the Western Jin Dynasty saw this and wrote "Moving Rong Lun" to the imperial court, saying that "there are more than [-] million people in Guanzhong, the rate is small, and half of them are Rong Di". environment, not to mention whether the concept is correct or not.But it was in the middle of the interests of the time. Unfortunately, the high-level officials in the Western Jin Dynasty were incompetent and didn't know it.

Liu Chan showed deep thought, put down the scroll, picked up a pen to write on the scarf, and wobbled down some words such as "Han people Hu Feng", "Hu people Sinicization", "central government" and "military system".

Liao Li, who was accompanying in the car, stretched his head to look curiously, stroking his beard thoughtfully.

Liu Chan put his pen down on the case, glanced at Liao Li, and said with a smile, "Gong Yuan, do you know what I mean?"

Liao Li pondered for a while, his eyes wandered on the case, and said: "Your Majesty wants to follow the example of King Wuling of Zhao, and follow the method of riding and shooting in Hu clothes, reforming the military system inside, and combining Han and Hu outside?"

A smart man is a smart man, easy to talk to, and easy to understand.

Liu Chan nodded slightly and said, "Just like what Gongyuan said, I want to integrate the Qiang, Di, and Hu people into the Han Dynasty, but I don't know what strategy to do so that I can use the Hu people for my own use?"

Liao Li stroked his beard to think about it, and asked, "Is the Three Guards system possible?"

Liu Chan shook his head and said: "The Three Guards system cannot be a long-term strategy. With the increase in households of the Three Guards in recent years, slaves are not enough for them. The Three Guards are elite soldiers and cannot be followed."

Liao Li nodded in agreement.The Three Guards themselves do not engage in production, they live by fighting, they work as slaves, and they do not pay taxes.Nowadays, the big Han barely has four guards, two guards on the left and right of the white armor, which are not yet full;

The three-guard system with more than [-] people now requires [-] to [-] slaves to support, and most of these slaves come from the south-central south.At one time and another, at that time, in order to quickly accumulate national power, the big Han had to implement the three-guard system. If the three-guard system was implemented in the Longyou and Liangzhou areas, the gains would outweigh the losses.

"Your Majesty, King Zhao Wuling recruited Qiang, Di, and Hu people out of the mountains with huge profits to promote cavalry, and included Han people among them, and recruited the brave ones to serve as officials. Such a strategy can be used as a lesson." Liao Li said.

Liu Chan narrowed his eyes slightly, nodded and said, "This strategy can be used once, but it can also be optimized."

King Wuling of Zhao did not directly recruit Huzhong tribes as soldiers. The important point is that mercenary cavalry is very unreliable and difficult to command.At that time, in order to take charge of the cavalry, King Wuling of Zhao directly recruited ordinary Hu people as soldiers, and added Han Chinese who were good at riding among them, so that they were directly controlled by the State of Zhao.

For example, in the battle of Maling Pass, Fu Jian and Fu Shuang brothers led the people to support them. It was difficult for the big man to master the command. If they only recruited the people, they did not bring an organizational system. The soldiers under the jurisdiction can even register their family members as households of Qimin.

After a pause, Liao Li hesitated for a while, and said: "King Wuling of Zhao used Hu clothes to integrate the people of Han and Hu, but I really don't know how the big man used Hu to integrate the people of Han and Hu."

Hearing this, Liu Chan gave a wry smile and said, "I also have a headache for integrating the people of Han and Hu. Let's take a look after I have a detailed discussion with Prime Minister Shang!"

As he said that, Liu Chan lifted the curtain of the car, looked at the sky where light snow was already flying, and sighed: "But I don't know when the prime minister will return to his teacher."

"Your Majesty, it's getting late today, do you want to camp and rest?" Li Gui asked outside the car.

Liu Chan looked up at the sky and said, "Let's fix it!"

"promise!"

"Gongyuan, how is the battle in Dexin (Ma Zhongzi)? Is there an update?"

Liu Chan raised the hem of his clothes and was about to get out of the car when he suddenly asked.

"Your Majesty, Ma Canjun is still at war with the barbarians in Wenshan County, and the latest battle report has not yet arrived." Liao Li replied.

(End of this chapter)