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Chapter 961
As soon as Daqin moved, there was a reaction on the plateau.

Under Xuan Yilang's persuasion, countless Qiang people walked down happily.

The prosperity of the Hexi Corridor is the best publicity effect.

Compared to being a savage on the plateau without food and clothing, integrating into Daqin is naturally the best choice.

Moreover, after the Qiang people in Longyou and Hehuang integrated into the Great Qin in recent years, they became rich one after another, especially after returning to their hometowns with military exploits, they immediately became local lords, with their own land, their own manors, and wives and concubines. It's fun.

The main reason for the hundred-year war between the Han and Qiang was that the Eastern Han court had always refused to integrate the Qiang people.

The Qiang people could only collude with the local Han tyrants and set off one after another rebellion.

Daqin opened his arms to them. After so many years of publicity, the saying that the Han and Qiang have the same ancestor has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

This is actually Daqin's recognition of their political status.

Moreover, Yang Zheng's imperial concubine, Jiang A Lian, is from the Qiang nationality, so she is even more attractive to the Qiang nationality.

In fact, Yang Zheng's rise back then was to use the power of the Qiang people to counterattack Liangzhou and sweep through Guanzhong.

The status of the Qiang people in Daqin today is similar to the relationship between the Mongols and the Manchus in history.

Not only did a large number of Qiang people serve as generals in the imperial court, many of the royal family's children also married with the Qiang people, and the two sides had formed a close political alliance.

Even today's Great Qin needs Qiang people to suppress other ethnic groups such as Xianbei and Huns in the Hexi Corridor.

A large number of Sinicized Qiang descendants moved to the Western Regions, Central Asia, Liaodong and other places to guard the territory of the Great Qin.

Sometimes, Yang Zheng felt that the loyalty of Qiang, Di, and Chen, who were completely Sinicized, was still higher than that of the Han people in the headquarters.

After spreading them in Central Asia and Liaodong, they are not familiar with the places where they are born, and they will not be in cahoots with local forces, so they can only rely on Daqin.

And Daqin can also rely on them to guard the area.

The Qiang people's tolerance to bitter cold and vigorous characteristics are also very suitable for Liaodong and Mobei.

Therefore, raising the status of the Qiang people is Yang Zheng's inevitable choice.

The Xiongnu and Xianbei are still unreliable, and Yang Zheng dare not fully trust them.

The Han Dynasty migrated to the Huns for more than 200 years, but they failed to fully integrate them.

The threat of Xianbei is still higher than that of the Xiongnu. After all, where is the population base? In the past few years, a large number of outstanding talents have emerged in Xianbei, and they have begun to emerge in Daqin.

Tuoba, Murong, Yuwen, and the Duan family all once appeared famous heroes.

Never underestimate what a hero can inspire a nation.

Murong Ke pushed the Murong Department, which was not very powerful, to the position of the world's hegemon in one fell swoop.

Murong Chui almost reproduced the grand occasion of Yan Kingdom, but was pushed down by Tuoba Gui again.

The Tuoba cattle have risen, and another Yuwentai has appeared...

At least for the past few decades, Yang Zheng will secretly guard against them.

Daqin's march into the plateau was done in one go without any resistance. No one in the surrounding area dared to challenge Daqin these days.

Fa Qiang, who once fought against Zhong Qiang with [-] victorious soldiers and more than [-] people, had no resistance in the face of an army of [-] Qiang descendants.

Fa Qiang and Tang Yan Qiang gathered [-] troops to fight the Qin army.

Both are Qiang people, but the Qiang descendants of Daqin have already completed their spiritual transformation.

They rode strong Hehuang horses, wore solid armor, had knives around their waists, and carried long spears in their hands. They bravely attacked the [-] ragged enemies.

This cannot be called a war, but a massacre.

The Qiang soldiers hated the enemies of Daqin deeply, and they were ruthless in their actions.

The fierceness of the Qiang people was brought to the extreme.

5 pacers chased and killed 5 people, and [-] people hid in Tibet crying and howling, without even the strength to fight back. More than [-] people were killed and more than [-] were captured.

Jiang Faye's grandson, Jiang Ke, also Yang Zheng's nephew, was particularly heroic, holding a ring-sword in each hand, invincible and unstoppable on the battlefield.

It was also he who led 130 fine cavalry to chase and kill [-] miles, and captured [-] and six people from Fa Qiang and Tang Yan Qiang.

Fa Qiang and Tang Yan Qiang died in one battle.

Morale on the plateau was completely beaten down.

The bones fill the mountains and rivers, to be eaten by the vultures in the sky and the wolves in the wild valley.

In order to frighten the tribes on the plateau, Jiang Ke built three Beijing temples, following the example of Huo Qubing, and erected stone monuments to record his achievements.

Jiang Ke was 26 years old this year and became a leader among the third generation generals of Daqin.

In history, Tubo was formed with Fa Qiang as the core and fused with other Qiangs.

After this battle, no one dared to challenge the Qin army, and all the tribes in the plateau surrendered to the Great Qin one after another. Even the Xiangxiong Kingdom also sent envoys to respect the Great Qin as the suzerain and formally entered the Great Qin's suzerain-vassal system.

Immediately, the Qin army built cities and docks on the plateau.

It only maintains a military presence, but does not interfere with the life of local tribes.

They also provided them with silk, tea, books, cotton clothes, salt, caramel and so on from the Central Plains.

The Chinese civilization has an absolute advantage, and the new style of life quickly integrates into the local area.

Through trade, Daqin is also gradually transforming the plateau.

However, Buddhism is more impatient than the imperial court, rushing in, entering the plateau, and expanding extremely aggressively.

Whether it is Buddhism in this era, it will not simply eat fast and chant Buddha. Before the transformation of China, the desire for power is great.

Many Buddhist kingdoms appeared in the Western Regions in history, and they still controlled the plateau and grassland until the Qing Dynasty.

The same problem, people on the plateau are facing severe survival tests, and they are still in the stage of slave society, so why do they expect slaves to read and write?

The upper-class aristocrats are not much interested in Confucianism.

The reason why the Western Regions can accept Confucianism is because of the huge economic benefits, and the fact that the Han Dynasty has been operating for many years and has a certain foundation.

If Confucianism doesn't work, you can only come from Buddhism.

However, when Buddhism entered the Zhang Zhung Kingdom, it caused discomfort to the Bon religion.

The two sides were at war, but because of Daqin's face, there was no big fight.

Buddhism also knew that it needed to consolidate its position, so it temporarily took a step back.

In history, it was the conflict between Buddhism and Bon religion that led to the outbreak of conflicts in Tubo.

Planting a nail on the plateau is naturally a good thing for Great Qin. First, it will limit the excessive expansion of Buddhism. Second, if the plateau rises in the future, Buddhism will also play a dark game.

In less than half a year, the throats of the plateau were basically controlled by the Qin army.

The local Qiang people are not disgusted with the Qin army.

When fighting, the Qin army was brutal, ferocious, and violent, but when not fighting, the Qin army had strict discipline and never harassed the locals.

People on the plateau quickly calmed down.

As soon as the plateau was stabilized, Hehuang immediately ushered in the second spring, and a large number of people poured in, making these barren lands prosperous.

The population of Hequ County is as high as 11 households.

With such a large population crowded in one area, the pressure of survival is too great, and new problems are likely to arise.

Yang Zheng then issued a migration order, encouraging the Qiang people who came down from the plateau to migrate to the Western Regions and Central Asia, with each household having [-] mu of farmland or pastures and giving them houses.

Those who are willing to walk down the plateau must have a bad life, and one hundred acres of land is extremely attractive.

Those who wish to go are as numerous as the hair on a cow.

However, the vast majority still chose Yang Yi. After all, half of his body was bleeding from the Qiang people, and he had a great appeal to the Qiang people.

It doesn't matter to Yang Zheng, as long as he is willing to go.

With the presence of the Protectorate of the Western Regions, it can balance the two countries of Xia and Han
(End of this chapter)