Reborn in the late Northern Wei Dynasty

Chapter 344 Ransom (3000)

"He Baren has never made a mistake for ten years since he came under my command. He is simple and can be reused. '

'Shedigan is an upright Xianbei husband, and you can trust him and Chile husband (Hu Lujin). '

Gao Huan's last words are still in his ears, but Gao Cheng dare not forget them.

After all, He Liuhun's fighting skills are not very good, but he has a good eye for people.

Gao Cheng sent He Baren and Gao Guiyan to Dingzhou to take office together, and then waited for his uncle She Digan who was appointed as the commander of the navy.

If it is ironic that Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty lamented that "there are many good ministers in the south of the Yangtze River", combined with the repeated deeds of killing the lord by ministers in the Southern Dynasty, then Gao's many good ministers are worthy of the name, at least in the Gao Huan and Gao Cheng dynasties Absolutely deserves such praise.

"Book of the Northern Qi Dynasty Volume 42 Biography [-] Enxing" records: "Gaozu (Gao Huan) and Sejong (Gao Cheng) kept their affairs in common affairs, sent them both civil and military affairs, and they were many ministers of honesty, but Guo Xiu was the villain." , You are tired of Mingde. '

That is to say, Gao Huan and the original owner are mostly loyal and capable ministers, but Guo Xiu is a villain, which is detrimental to their morality.

After Gao Huan's death, Guo Xiu became the only former king's old official who was alienated by Qi Wang Gao Cheng. However, he was suffering from illness and hadn't had a good life for a few years. Now he is in a state of idleness waiting to die.

And Xianbei husband She Diqian, who is honest, frugal, fierce and obedient, is undoubtedly one of the ministers of chastity.

When She Diqian received Gao Cheng's transfer order to serve as the commander of the navy, he was in charge of training and commanding [-] sailors. If it was replaced by other people, he was overjoyed to accept it, lest Gao Cheng change his mind.

But even though She Diqian set off to Luoyang, he was planning to resign from this appointment.

"The lower officials are mediocre. Although they can swim, they don't know how to fight in water. They are afraid of disappointing the king. They dare not take on this important task. Please ask the king to take back his order."

She Digan didn't have time to settle down with his family, so he went straight to Zhongshu Province to pay his respects, and spoke earnestly.

Xiao Gao Wang can let his uncle and aunt live separately. After all, the uncle can still find a concubine outside, but it is impossible to let the aunt stay in the empty boudoir alone. She Digan is naturally like Wei Jing, and it is rare that he can bring his family with him The governor of the outer town.

Faced with She Digan's refusal, Gao Cheng smiled lightly and said:

"Uncle, there is no need to worry too much, Cheng also knows that uncle is a tiger on land, not an underwater dragon.

"Now I'm being appointed as the commander of the Naval Division, it's just someone with qualifications who can accept this post, only my uncle can make Cheng feel at ease.

"Cheng has appointed a number of governors to assist my uncle. If there is any business, I can let them do it for me. My uncle only needs to secure the navy for Cheng. Please don't refuse."

Speaking of which, even if She Digan didn't want to be the commander of the navy, he had to bite the bullet and continue.

After all, the [-] sailors were training in Yishui and Luoshui around Luoyang, and if they were not on the side of the couch, the king of Qi, who cherished his life, would not even be able to sleep well if someone close to him was not in charge.

On the fourth day of March in the tenth year of Taichang (541), King Gaocheng of Qi formally went to Shu Tianzi to ask for [-] soldiers from Sanhe, namely Henan, Hebei, and Hedong, to build a new navy.

Yuan Shanjian immediately approved it, and ordered She Digan, the former governor of Dingzhou, to serve as the commander of the navy and take full responsibility for the training of the navy.

The decree for selecting soldiers was issued by Zhongshu Province to various places in Sanhe at the same time, and all soldiers who knew how to swim were eager to sign up.

This kind of enthusiasm is not without reason, just because the navy belongs to the formation of the Chinese army, and the state and county soldiers belonging to the foreign army must naturally grasp it firmly. The good treatment is really not their turn.

In fact, everyone was wrong about this point. Even if Xianbei soldiers knew water, Gao Cheng would use Han people to build a navy.

Before the decline of Xianbei in the Six Towns, it was impossible for Gao Cheng to recruit Han children in the cavalry army.

In the original time and space, the reason why Yuwentai opened the army to the Han people was also because after the Mangshan War, Xianbei's military power was almost wiped out.

Now that the Gao family has more than 25 infantry and cavalry soldiers, there is no need and no ability to expand land armaments. Therefore, the newly built navy is the main way to improve the Han nationality's voice.

Although in ancient times, the influence of naval divisions was far less than that of land infantry, but it was better than nothing.

Gao Cheng knows better than anyone else that if the military force is always dominated by Hu soldiers of various ethnic groups such as Xianbei, then Sinicization is just a castle in the air.

Now it only occupies the northern land, and more than 25 cavalry is a bit bloated, but when the Jiangnan and Shu lands are seized, the expansion of the army will naturally become a matter of course, and the main body of the expansion must be the Han army.

Gao Cheng gradually narrowed the difference between the Xianbei and the Han people in the six towns of Henan through the way of living together with Han and Hu. At the same time, he also slowly increased the proportion of Han people in the army. When the Han army can support the sky alone, Sinicization will come naturally. matter.

However, although the idea is good, two groups of people with different customs live together, and conflicts will naturally arise from time to time. While recuperating, alleviating the conflicts between the two parties will be the most important task for Gao Cheng in the next few years.

Everything is difficult at the beginning, but as long as this difficulty is overcome, the road ahead will be smooth.

In order to ease the contradictions, Gao Cheng treated the relocated residents of the six towns well, such as exempting them from five-year rent and tax. At the same time, he also asked the chiefs of Si, Shaanxi, Guang, and Liang to be fair and impartial in handling disputes between Han and Hu. lean on.

We can't just focus on winning over the Xianbei of the Six Towns and ignore the feelings of the Han people. Although the Xianbei people of the Six Towns are the foundational force of the Gao Clan, the Han people have been the owners of this land since ancient times, and they account for the vast majority of the population.

In ancient times, a regime that violated the interests of the vast majority of the population was doomed to fail in the long run.

The six towns of Xianbei who started the business with the Gao family will also degenerate in the future. After all, the parents fought on the battlefield and worked desperately for the benefit of their children and grandchildren.

In any case, the Han people, or the Han people after the national integration, are the main force supporting the political power in the future.

Nowadays, most of the households in the six towns are gathered under the rule of Chen Yuankang, Sima Xiaonan, Zhang Ziqi, and Zhao Yanshen. Gao Cheng will always pay attention to them and the subordinate county guards. Which side is biased, which intensifies ethnic conflicts, and Gao Cheng will never care about the old feelings and let them go.

He has already explained the seriousness of the matter to the four of them. After all, they are all his confidantes, and they can't do that without telling them.

As Gao Cheng's confidantes, they didn't need to look at the faces of others, even if someone from the Xianbei household moved out a certain general, they couldn't hold back the four of them in terms of power.

They knew how much Gao Cheng attached importance to easing ethnic conflicts, and they didn't dare to protect each other from officials and officials, and used power for personal gain. In other matters, they were greedy, but when it came to this matter, they dared not be ambiguous.

After all, everyone has a bright future, and they will inevitably occupy high positions in the temple. The bright future is close at hand, and no one wants to be involved in this matter. Even Chen Yuankang, who often accepts bribes, has restrained his greed.

During the selection of the navy and actively dealing with ethnic disputes with the officials of the four states, the Nanliang envoys also returned to Jiankang with the price offered by Gao Cheng.

The soldiers and the war horses could not be redeemed, but the news that Xiao Ji and the lieutenant general could be released still cheered Xiao Yan and the Dukes of Jiankang.

Since He Liuhun's prodigal item only ordered 3000 pieces of silk cloth for Xiao Ji, the rest of the governors could not exceed, or even reach this price, otherwise, even if the family really had the money, no one would dare to redeem it.

Why, Xiao Ji is only worth 3000 horses, are you more noble than Prince Liang?

Therefore, except for Xiao Jiming's marked price of 300 horses, the rest of the more than 100 officers below the generals are divided into 2500 to [-] horses according to their positions.

Among the 300 Shu soldiers and Yang Yaren's surrendered army, it is not difficult to select more than [-] generals and officers.

But Xiao Yan was destined to only pay for his son from the treasury, and the rest of the generals would be redeemed by the family members themselves.

Those sons of the rich family can naturally get them at home, but if the lion really wants to open their mouths, the family members of the low-level military officers may not redeem them.

Soon, according to the list of captives provided by Gao Cheng, after Jiankang raised the ransom, the envoy Liang went north to Luoyang again, and after bargaining with Cui Jishu, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, he finally sent Xiao Ji and Xiao Ji to him for 300 pieces of silk cloth. More than [-] officers, big and small, were packed away.

Among them, Lan Jing, son of Nanliang General Lan Qin who had just fled back to Jiankang, contributed 2500 pieces of silk cloth to King Qi of the Wei Dynasty by himself.

Gao Cheng specially dispatched a Xianbei cavalry to escort the captives to the border between Yuzhou and Nanliang. Yaoxiong, the governor of Yuzhou, presided over the delivery on behalf of the Yuan and Wei parties.

One party handed over the cloth, and after counting, the other party returned the people. Naturally, Gao Cheng couldn't wait to get the [-] bolts of cloth. Xiao Yan was also worried that his most valued son would have an accident, so this exchange of prisoners between Liang and Wei went very smoothly. Yao Xiong even smiled at Lan Qin, who presided over the transfer of prisoners from Nanliang:
"If living in the south of the Yangtze River is boring in the future, go ahead and attack the Central Plains."

Apparently, he intended to make this a long-term deal, and Lan Chin turned black on the spot.

Although he is in a high position, in order to redeem his son, the price of 2500 horses really made him feel distressed for a long time. At this time, facing Yao Xiong's words, it can be considered that Lan Qin has self-restraint and is eager to send Xiao Ji back. If you change your temperament to be impulsive, you are afraid that you will have a battle with Yaoxiong immediately.

The Xianbei cavalrymen transported all [-] bolts of cloth and silk back, but it was not the national treasury, but the inner treasury of the Qi Palace.

"The man was arrested by Prince Qi and his son, and the demand for ransom was also sent by King Qi to talk to me, so why can't he be placed in Prince Qi's mansion!

"Besides, King Qi is not a person who enriches his own pockets, it doesn't matter where he puts it.

"When the national treasury is urgently needed, the King of Qi is not a stingy person. Let the emperor issue an IOU to the King of Qi. When the emperor takes the throne in the future, he will pay back the tax from his fiefdom."

The above remarks were made by Cui Jishu, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, when he chatted with his friends. People have to sigh how loyal and patriotic the Qi Wang Party is.

It is said that after hearing these words, the imperial family of the Yuan and Wei dynasties kowtowed to the ancestral tablet and cried:

"A high-ranking bandit, now they don't even pretend to be pretending. The ancestors, the ancestors, they are already coveting the fiefs and taxes after His Majesty's abdication. This country and society in 150 of the Great Wei Dynasty is about to perish! "

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