Late Tang

For a long time, the Qin army has attacked cities and seized land, and has a complete set of aftermath disposal plans for the newly occupied land.In general, the most important one is immigration.The rich local tyrants in the original place were scattered and moved to other places, and then the original government officials were replaced by their own people, and the original army would also be disbanded.After such disposal, the Qin army will be able to firmly control the newly occupied territory.

But this time, Li Jing's arrangement for the disposal of Youzhou after the war was uncharacteristically.

Li Cunxiao and most other soldiers of the Qin Army began to feel dissatisfied. The biggest reason was that such changes touched the interests of the soldiers of the Qin Army.In the past, the Qin army mainly adopted a suppression strategy for the former rich and local tyrants in the occupied areas.The interests of these former vested interests were eventually transferred to the soldiers of the Qin army and the noble people who supported the Qin army.

Now that things have changed, there will naturally be dissatisfaction within the Qin army who was supposed to receive the benefits of Youzhou.

"Hu Chen means that we want to eradicate the Shatuo people, so what should we do with the original Lulong military group?" Li Jing asked, his tone a little serious. "Does this strategy also apply to the soldiers of Lulong in Youzhou?"

Li Cunxiao scratched his head, "Someone thinks that we can arrange them according to the way we used to deal with the forces in southern Liaoning, disrupt their army and reorganize it, and then transfer them to Liaodong to defend. The Lulong army in Youzhou has been separated for more than a hundred years, and its commanders have changed countless times. There have been dozens of military turmoil in more than a hundred years, and these people are simply untrustworthy."

Luo Ye, the cabinet assistant, smiled slightly: "There is some truth in what you said. The tiger minister is worthy of being a tiger general. However, this time and another time. The success of the strategy against Liaonan in the past does not mean that we can use it on Lu Longjun in Youzhou now. Success. This moment, that moment.”

Li Jing smiled at him. Although Luo Ye was not as experienced as Cao Ye, he was still very sensitive to the overall situation.

"Let's not come to talk now. If Hu Chen's suggestion is followed, what kind of consequences might there be?" Luo Ye tapped his fingers on the table to attract everyone's attention. "First of all, regarding the disposal of the Shatuo people, the king's intention is to surrender, expand the Xiaowu army, and let Guo Chongtao be the commander of the army. But Huchen proposed to kill the Shatuo people directly."

"Let's talk about the two possible results of the king's plan first. One is that Guo Chongtao and his Shatuo people will surrender and be used by our Qin army, and become an elite force of our Qin army. After all, although Guo Chongtao is young, he is indeed very strong. Bravery, secondly, the strength of the Shatuo people is obvious to all. Moreover, in this way, our army treats Shatuo's surrender so well, so after the news is spread, they will be affected by it when they fight against the Shatuo people in the future. They will no longer fight us to the death. Now that we are strong, there will be more battles in the future. If we can surrender without fighting, that is naturally the best."

Li Cunxiao retorted: "This is just wishful thinking. How do you know that the Shatuo people will really surrender sincerely? If the Shatuo people have different intentions, then we accept the surrender now, and we also give them soldiers and horses, let them have more soldiers and horses, in case they If you turn your back on the battlefield, there will be endless troubles."

Luo Ye smiled: "Of course, this is also possible, but the king is not without countermeasures." Regarding the decision of soldiers in Youzhou, Li Jing had discussed in advance with the cabinet, the Minister of Finance, and the Council of Staff. carefully deliberated.It is impossible for Li Jing to act arbitrarily in such a major decision-making shift. "Actually, Your Majesty has been prepared for a long time." He said to the crowd, "We have three disposal plans for Shatuo's surrender. One, cut the weeds and roots to eliminate future troubles. Second, accept the surrender, then disband, and dismantle and resettle them to various places in Liaodong. Three , surrender, expand into an army, and reuse them."

Li Jing nodded at Luo Ye leisurely, some things were more appropriate for the people below to say than for himself. "What are the pros and cons of the three options?"

"The three plans all have their own pros and cons. The first one can solve some troublesome things for us. But the consequences are not all good. If we kill all the Shatuo people this time, then the Shatuo people will never die." I will not surrender again. When encountering a war, I will only fight to the death with all my heart. Even other forces in the world may not consider surrendering in the future because of this. After all, killing and surrendering is not a good reputation. With such a record, who will return to us in the future? Dare to surrender, who is willing to surrender? Therefore, this killing and surrender is superficially happy, but in fact there are more troubles in the future."

"Secondly, accept the surrender, and then disband. This seems to be a relatively safe plan, but in fact, the last time is to either kill or reuse. If neither kills nor reuse, this will dissatisfy Guo Chongtao and the Shatuo people. In the end, It will still cause trouble.”

Luo Ye talked about the third point, the way of self-confidence, "and the third point, accepting and reusing Shatuo, half of them may convince the Shatuo people. Of course, there is also a half possibility that the Shatuo people will not be convinced." I won't really surrender. But someone said just now that the king has already taken countermeasures, that is, expansion. At present, Shatuo has surrendered only about 2000 troops, and if the expansion plan is to eliminate more than a thousand wounded soldiers, young and old, and keep them in the end. 5000 people. The Xiaowu Army has 3000 people, which means that we have to transfer [-] troops from other troops to supplement it. In this way, in terms of numbers, the Shatuo soldiers have become a minority in the Xiaowu Army."

"What's more, we will also transfer a large number of officers. On the surface, about [-]% of the chief officers of the Xiaowu Army at all levels will be the generals of Shatuo. Most of the deputies such as staff officer and staff officer will be held by the officers we sent. The most important thing is that the new Xiaowu Army will belong to the township soldiers within three years. And within these three years, they will accept the reorganization training of our Qin Army, and this training The location will be Liaodong, Liaoxi, Haidong and other places. In three years, can't we transform this Shatuo surrendered army into our own troops?"

This last move is to thoroughly digest the surrendered army, and because the surrendered army has been expanded before, and additional officials will be added to those surrendered generals. Therefore, Li Jing and others believe that such an arrangement can basically be accepted by Guo Chongtao and other surrendered generals of.In this way, this plan appeases the surrendered generals, digests the surrendered soldiers, and can also serve as a good demonstration, which will be of great help in recruiting and accepting surrenders in the subsequent battles with the towns.

After all, the current Qin army has a great career and is capable of annexing and digesting those surrendered troops without worrying about the impurity of the army.What's more, the current Qin army may face more battles, and more soldiers and generals will be surrendered.How to better deal with this group of people is very important to Qin Jun.If it is done well, it may be better than a large army, and many weak and weak forces that were originally not firm consider surrendering to Li Jing directly.After all, if there is such a good treatment after defecting to Li Jing, who would take such a big risk to fight against Li Jing.

Li Cunxiao also nodded half-understood. Hearing such an explanation, it seems that directly killing the Shatuo people is not the best choice.Since the king of Qin had already made arrangements, there is no need to worry too much about the future troubles left by the Shatuo people.It's just that Shatuo people are only a minority after all, and what matters is the treatment of Youzhou.The King of Qin has ordered that the original Lulong army be expanded into six armies, and the original Lulong local officials can all be retained.Even the usual immigration strategy has not been implemented this time.

"Lulong Town is different from our previous Ziqing and Liaodong regions. We must treat Lulong Town with caution." Li Jing said seriously.

Li Jing's forces probably experienced the Dengzhou period, the Liaonan period, the east and northeast period, and the current stage.When he was in Dengzhou, although Ziqing also ruled a four-generation feudal town back then, he was wiped out by the court for decades after all.Moreover, Li Jing got the support of Yu Yu, Cui Yunqing, Song Wei, etc. at that time, and later supported by the Xiao family, Han family and other big families, so it went smoothly.In the end, Li Jing tied the profits of this area with these big families when he landed in the industry, commerce and sea trade.The rapid expansion of Zhen[***] also made the military group completely follow Li Jing's side, especially Zhen[***] was completely developed from scratch and was built by Li Jing. Therefore, Li Jing held this An army, coupled with the big clans linked to Ziqing with industrial, commercial and sea trade profits, was able to be so stable in the end.

When expanding to the northeast of southern Liaoning, it mainly dealt with the Hu people in the northeast, as well as some Han Chinese forces who had separatist regimes.Li Jing adopted a strategy of attracting a group of Han people and attacking most of the Hu people. First, he used military force to attack the Hu people in the northeast, then adopted an immigration strategy, and finally built roads and cities, immigrated to farmland, and completely disintegrated the hostile forces in the northeast.The same is true of subsequent strategies.

After capturing Shandong and Hebei, Li Jing intends to change this strategy.

After all, in the Northeast, the hostile forces are mainly Hu people, who can use harsh tactics.Moreover, the Northeast is sparsely populated, and the immigration plan is also good.But right now, after the occupation of Hebei and Shandong, this plan is no longer possible.Even if the population of Hebei and Shandong has dropped sharply due to the war, it is by no means comparable to the Northeast.With a population of several million, Li Jing could not support such a large-scale immigration.Moreover, it is no longer time for Li Jing to focus on a solid rear. The increase in territory and population makes Li Jing need to restore production and stability in the occupied areas of Shandong and Hebei.

The most important thing is that Lulong Town is a power that has been separated for more than a hundred years, and the imperial court has been unable to govern here for more than a hundred years.Here, the strongest is the military force, and then the local wealthy power.These two forces are deeply rooted. Over the years, Lu Longzhen has changed countless commanders and mutinied countless times, which shows a serious problem.It's not like a change of owner will change everything.

For the Goguryeo people in Liaodong, Li Jing can use military strikes and then forcefully relocate the immigrants.But for Lulong Town, it was impossible for Li Jing to move all these people away.And now it's just Lu Long, then there will be Yiwu, Chengde, Wei Bo, and the whole world in the future. Can Li Jing continue to deal with Goguryeo the same way?

Actually it can't.

Regarding Lu Longzhen, after discussing with Li Jing and others, they believed that both kindness and power should be emphasized, and caress should be the main focus.

In the final analysis, it is actually a matter of interests.

If you want to completely control Lulong Town, you have to pull Lulong's warrior group and wealthy clan group to Qin Jun's side instead of letting them stand on the opposite side.But at the same time, these people should not be allowed to have too much power, so as not to make things difficult for them.Therefore, Li Jing's final strategy is the choice between the majority and the minority.

Choose to let most people be benefit-sharers and suppress some of the most threatening people.Win a group, suppress a group, and finally support a group, divide and disintegrate the original interest groups, so that they will eventually follow Li Jing and maintain their common core of interests.

However, it is easier said than done. After thinking for a long time, Li Jing reached an agreement with the cabinet and the Minister of Finance, that is, to win over the junta first.This is why Li Jing expanded Lu Long's army into six armies, and at the same time appointed and removed the six most powerful army leaders as army leaders.Of course, there is a way to deal with Shatuo's surrender. Li Jing's arrangement for General Lu Long this time is actually the same as the treatment for the Shatuo people.

On the surface, they promoted the generals of the Lu Long army and expanded their troops.But in fact, their troops have to be expanded first, and then reorganized. Within three years, they will serve as rural soldiers and go to the northeast or Shandong to be reorganized and trained by the imperial court.After this period of time, call them out of Lulong, and use this time to completely digest these Lulong troops mixed with sand.

After attracting the military group in Lulong Town, the next step is to suppress the local local tyrants in Lulong.Now Li Jing has announced that the former officials from various places will stay in their posts temporarily, but soon, Li Jing will ask the official systems of the prefectures and counties in Lulong Town to be changed according to the new system of the Qin Army, and use this opportunity to transfer officials from various places to the court to disrupt their original situation .The most critical thing is that after the transfer, it will be time to check the old accounts. Taking advantage of the exchange, Li Jing will transfer a group of former Lulong local officials who have a bad reputation, and even those who threaten the Qin army's control of the place. The family power of officials was liquidated.

In the name of punishing corruption, rectifying the administration of officials, and safeguarding the name of the people, the group of forces that most threatened the Qin army were eliminated.

Of course, immediately afterwards, Li Jing also planned to clean up the prison, sort out the old cases, and relieve the poor, appease the orphans and widows, and then repair the city's water conservancy, resume production, implement new tax laws and regulations, reduce the burden on the people, and so on. Government decrees to win over the people and win the hearts and minds of the people.Of course, for those local tyrants who cooperate and obey, Li Jing will definitely choose some special advantages to give rewards and rewards, so that they can share the benefits.

Overall, this will be a large and complex program.It is also a major change in Li Jing's internal policy. Lulong Youzhou is just the beginning, or an experimental area.

Above the festival hall, the core civil and martial arts who were still a little hesitant about the new strategy finally fully understood at this time.

Governing a big country is like cooking small fish.

The Qin army is becoming more and more powerful, and many aspects can no longer be handled as simply as in the past.

In the past, the military was the most important, but now, the internal affairs are equally important.

"It is said that it is difficult to conquer the world immediately, and it is difficult to rule the world immediately. This is true." Zuo Pushe was also a military officer, but he was very relieved to see that the King of Qin paid so much attention to internal affairs.Since ancient times, it is easy to win the world, but it is difficult to rule the world.The Qin army is now in a strong position, and it is just around the corner to seize the world. There is no problem in the military. If the internal affairs and civil affairs can be well straightened out, then it will be possible to seize the world immediately.

Li Cunxiao stood in the hall, his face still a little dizzy, what kind of strategic plans, he is still covered by clouds and mist.After a long time, he shook his head and couldn't help but let out a long sigh: "Everyone is right, King Qin is indeed playing a very big game of chess!"

As soon as these words came out, the hall was silent at first, and then everyone laughed together! (To be continued.)