Great Han Empire

Chapter 542 Immediately Crossing the Gun
Tian Yu opened several volumes of documents on the case table, and explained the strategies he had drawn up to stabilize the desert one by one.

In order to ensure that the Han and Hu people in northern Xinjiang can solve their survival problems in the shortest possible time, the seven frontier counties of Beidi, Shuofang, Wuyuan, Yunzhong, Dingxiang, Daijun, and Shanggu must start farming, animal husbandry, and mutual markets next year. The spring will be fully launched and put into use, and the relief will be greatly reduced next winter, and we will basically get rid of the dependence on the imperial relief after five years.Only when the lives of the people in these seven border counties improved, the conditions on the desert could gradually improve, and the Hu in Hanbei County in the south of the desert and the Xianbei tribes in the north of the desert could gradually stabilize.

According to the agreement between the Cheqi General's Mansion and the imperial court, the relief in Northern Xinjiang will be settled by the salt, iron and tax revenue of Northern Xinjiang within ten years. The main recipients of relief are the border counties and deserts north of the Great Wall, so whether the Hetao farming can be effective as soon as possible is a top priority and the basis for the stability of northern Xinjiang.The success of Hetao farming and the development of animal husbandry in the border county can not only solve the food problem of more than 100 million people in the border county, but also solve the military food problem of tens of thousands of troops stationed in the frontier fortress. Yes, it can also save a lot of relief money and food for northern Xinjiang to solve more difficult and difficult things in northern Xinjiang.

Now Taiyuan, Shangdang, and Hedong have been implemented for more than two years. The military and civilian settlements have achieved initial results, and the investment in farming has also begun to be greatly reduced. However, the scale of Xihe farming is not large. Whether the farming is effective does not affect the overall situation. Therefore, if the counties and counties south of the Great Wall have a good year, there will be no relief in two years.The farming conditions in Changshan and Zhongshan are good, and the fields and ditches are ready-made. As long as the survival of the people in the farming is solved, they will be able to harvest something next winter, and they will be self-sufficient in the year after, supporting more than 100 million people. (When the population of these two counties was the largest, it reached about 150 million.) After three years of farming, not only did they not need relief, but they could also provide money and food to northern Xinjiang.

According to Tianyu's optimistic estimate, the farmland in central Shanxi and northwestern Hebei can basically bear fruit in two years. , then five years later, the desert can gradually stabilize, and northern Xinjiang can gradually emerge from the crisis, and ten years later, northern Xinjiang can be completely stabilized.Of course, the premise to achieve this goal is that next year northern Xinjiang must relocate more than 100 million people to Jizhou, next year there will be no floods in the lower reaches of the Yellow River, and next year there will be no rebellions by disaster victims in Jiqingyan and other prefectures. out of reach.

In view of the fact that the scale of northern Xinjiang has been seen at the beginning of five years, and it will be achieved in ten years, the current priority of the desert is not to feed and clothe the Hu people and help them quickly escape the crisis of survival, but how to suppress the Hu people safely, quickly and thoroughly The various ministries control this ten thousand li territory.

This time our Han army went on an expedition to the desert and captured a lot, and most of the spoils belonged to the Hu people. In addition, the Hu tribes who moved north to Hanbei County were all rewarded by the emperor, so now as long as there is no heavy snow disaster in the desert, the livestock If it can be well preserved, there will be no problems in the lives of the tribes of the Hu tribe, and there will not even be major problems in the past few years.The Hu people's ability to survive is several times stronger than our Han people. As long as the livestock don't die, they can survive.If we give them what they need without restraint, it will fatten them up and starve us, and the result is self-evident, so this mess in the desert can be summed up in one sentence, first use force to suppress it Zhuhu, weaken their strength, firmly occupy the desert, and then use agriculture and business to supplement animal husbandry, gradually improve the life of Zhuhu, gradually begin to mix Han and Hu, Han and Hu intermarriage, educate and tame the Hu people, and finally Sinicize the Hu people. To achieve the goal of permanently occupying the desert.

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How to suppress the Hu tribes and weaken the strength of the tribes of the Hu tribe?Tian Yu made a new suggestion.

Now the Hu people in the desert are divided into two types: vassal and belonging.The tribes belonging to the Hu nationality have fought for the Han Dynasty for many years and have made great achievements in battle. We should play the Son of Heaven, let them join the Han nationality, and officially become the citizens of the Han Dynasty and enjoy the same treatment as the citizens of the Han Dynasty.After some tribal kings arrived in the desert, they wanted to become vassals again and build an army again. This is absolutely unacceptable. We can only cut down the vassals, not build them up.All belonging to Zhuhu, including the northern Xianbei royal court, and the wild wolf tribe that is about to report to the emperor as king, are all included in Hanbei County.They are the people of my big man, obey my big man's laws, and are protected by my big man's army. Even if they encounter disasters, they don't need to worry about their own survival.The Dahan Congress will help them, will ensure that they are fed and clothed, and will ensure their safety.If we can't even guarantee their survival and safety, is this desert still the territory of the Han Kingdom?

At present, there are only three tribes of Huns and Xianbei under the vassal.The three tribes of Xianbei occupied the entire northern part of the desert.If the desert is divided into five regions, southeast, northwest, and middle, they actually occupy the eastern, northern and part of the western territory of the desert. We occupy the southern, central and part of the western territory. A large part of the territory was demarcated in the southern desert, so the vassals occupied [-]% of the entire desert, while Hanbei County only occupied [-]%.

It is obviously impractical to immediately cut down the domain now. In the future, when we are strong enough, there are many opportunities to cut down the domain.A drought or a heavy snowfall can force them to reduce their cavalry.A vassal is a vassal, do you still dare to be an enemy of my big man?The vassals retain a certain number of troops, obey the call of the emperor of the Han Dynasty, and are protected by the Han army. They pose a great threat to the northern border, the desert, and the Hu people who belong to the desert. Therefore, the Han Dynasty should establish the Mobei Protectorate in the middle of the desert to protect The vassals of the Hu on the desert.

"Mobei Protectorate?" Everyone was shocked.

"Is it the same as the Protectorate of the Western Regions?" Li Hong asked.When Li Hong was in Xijiang, he had heard about the Protectorate of the Western Regions, but he didn't know it very well. At this moment, he suddenly heard Tian Yu's suggestion to build the Protectorate of the Capital in the desert, and he became very interested.

"Yes, imitate the system of the Western Regions Protectorate, build the Mobei Protectorate, and take charge of the military affairs of Mobei." Tian Yu said with a smile, "Now that your lord has conquered Mobei, the situation in the desert has changed. Mobei must have a Otherwise, why would the three tribes of Xianbei become vassals? Can a letter of apology prove that they are vassals? They are vassals, they are subjects of my Han Dynasty, and they must accept the leadership of my Han Dynasty. So As a result, the Hu people in the desert will be in charge of Hanbei County, and the Hu people in the vassal state will be taken care of by the Duhufu, so the thousands of miles of land and mountains in the desert will be in the hands of my big man."

Tian Yu's words startled everyone, and everyone talked about it.

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Li Hong pointed to Tian Yu and said, "Guorang, I heard that the Protectorate of the Western Regions has been abolished for more than 100 years. How was the Protectorate of the Western Regions established at that time? Why did the court revoke it?"

Tian Yu said: "The main purpose of this dynasty was to defeat the Xiongnu and guard the frontiers in the Western Regions. During the reigns of Emperor Xiaowu and Emperor Xiaozhao, they often stationed troops in Quli and Luntai to garrison fields, and set up envoys and captains to guard them. Supply envoys to and from countries in the Western Regions. In the second year of Emperor Xiaoxuan's Dijie (68 BC), the imperial court sent a servant, Zheng Ji, to garrison Quli in the fields, and compete with the Xiongnu for the country of Cheshi. Because of his meritorious service, he moved Sima to protect the west of Shanshan. The "Southern Road" countries. Zheng Ji fought with the Huns for seven years. In the second year of Shenjue (60 BC), the Huns daily chased the king Xianshan and led 2000 people to surrender to Han. The imperial court immediately ordered Zheng Ji to send troops Attacking the remnants of the Xiongnu, the "Northern Road" was also accessible, and Zheng Ji was worshiped as the riding captain, and also guarded the "Northern Road" countries west of the chariot. Because Zheng Ji was in charge of both the North and the South, he was named Duhu. The Western Regions Duhufu was established in this way Yes, at that time the governor of the Western Regions Governor's Office was located in Wulei City in the Kucha Kingdom (now northeast of Luntai, Xinjiang), which was close to the Qulitian Official, and the Tuntian Duwei there was also controlled by the Governor."

"The Protector of the Western Regions is in charge of the military administration of the Western Regions, with a rank and salary of two thousand stones, and the opening of the government. This Protector is actually a special envoy, and his job is to be the Captain of the Cavalry, and the Protector of the Western Regions is his additional title. Zheng Ji is the Protector of the Western Regions. Lieutenant. The main duty of the guard is to guard the territory and stabilize the soil, deal with conflicts and disputes among vassals, stop the invasion of foreign forces, and maintain the stability and development of the Western Regions."

"At the end of Xinmang (around 23 A.D.), the countries in the Western Regions were in turmoil. Li Chong, the governor of the Western Regions, died in Kucha. The Eighteen Kingdoms of the Western Regions once petitioned the imperial court to restore the Protectorate, but Emperor Guangwu felt that the national power was insufficient and could not support him, so he refused. Duhu Mansion. In the second year, Yanqi and Qiuci in the Western Regions rebelled and killed Chen Mu, and the court dismissed Duhu. In the third year of Emperor Xiaohe's Yongyuan (21 AD), Chang Shi Banchao pacified the Western Regions, and the court ordered Banchao was the protector and stationed in Tagancheng (near Kuqa, Xinjiang today) in the territory of Kucha. In the first year of Emperor Xiaoan Yongchu (AD 45), chaos broke out in the Western Regions again, and the imperial court urgently called Duan Xi, the protector, to return to the country. Restoration of the Protectorate of the Western Regions. In the second year of Yanguang (17 A.D.), the imperial court appointed Ban Yong, the son of Ban Chao, as the Chief History of the Western Regions to re-pacify the Western Regions, but from then on, he only served as the Chief Protector of the Western Regions and established the Chief Protectorate of the Western Regions. Because of the declining national power, all the Western Regions have been lost, and this Western Region Chief History Mansion has been dismantled for decades."

Li Hong didn't speak for a long time after listening.

"Is there a desert in the Western Regions?"

"No, it's only half the size of the desert." Tian Yu looked at Li Hong with a stern expression, and said cautiously.

"When the northern border is over, I will go to the emperor and lead the cavalry to conquer the Western Regions." Li Hong suddenly clapped his hands and said loudly, "How can the territory of the Great Han be lost?"

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Tian Yu continued to explain his strategy for stabilizing the desert.

When Hanbei County was established in the southern part of the desert, there were three tribes of Xianbei outside and Huns vassals inside. The Hu tribes who moved north to Hanbei County were all worried about the safety of their own tribes.Now the desert has been completely occupied by the Han, and the three tribes of Xianbei have also become vassals of the Han, but things in the desert are more complicated.Tian Yu temporarily solved the problem of controlling and balancing the Hu people by using the Mobei Protectorate to lead the vassal Hu people and Hanbei County to control the Hu people.

The Mobei Protectorate is in charge of the Mobei military administration, and has great power. He can even use any excuse to hunt down and kill the leaders of the vassal Hu clan.The desert is the territory of the Han Dynasty, and the vassal internal affairs departments can handle it on their own, but if there is something that involves the safety of the Han Dynasty, the Duhufu can handle it flexibly.To a certain extent, this restrained and deterred the future expansion of the strength of the vassal Hu people.

After the belonging Hu people in Hanbei County became the Han people, their safety and survival were guaranteed.Although the various tribes of the Hu tribe do not have their own armies, under the banner of the Great Han Kingdom, the cavalry of the Han army composed of various tribes has become the only force to protect the safety of all tribes in Hanbei County, and it is also the frontier army guarding their own country. .

The army of Mobei Protectorate and the frontier army of Hanbei County, Tian Yu intends to recruit from Hanbei County, which is composed of Han people, Qiang people, Karasuma people and Xianbei people.The number of cavalry of the Han army on the desert must be maintained in a certain number, and most of the soldiers of the Han army are from the tribes belonging to the Hu tribe in Hanbei County. The young and strong men of these tribes take turns to join the army, which can properly control and weaken the strength of the tribes. The strength of the Hu tribes in Hanbei County gradually reached a balance, so as to prevent rebellion and deliberate troubles among the Hu tribes in the county.With such a coalition army, the weaker Qiang people, Wuwan people and Xianbei people don't need to fear the Huns and Xianbei people.

Now the territories of the Huns and the vassal Xianbei are not in the territory of Hanbei County. If they want to attack any ethnic group, they must enter the country first. In other words, they fought against the four tribes at the same time, and at the same time, the army of the Mobei Protectorate would also join in the attack on them, and the Huns and the vassal Xianbei would immediately be in a desperate situation.If any tribe of the Hu tribe of these two vassals rebelled, they would be severely suppressed.

In order to avoid conflicts among the Hu tribes in the desert as much as possible and reduce friction and struggles among them, Tian Yu once again proposed to divide the desert into [-] roads (the territories where the Hu tribes live in the desert are called Road, and county are at the same level).

There are eight tribal kings and seventeen tribal kings in Hanbei County. Tian Yu intends to divide the tribal territory into 25 territories.Debut as a nomad is a violation of the law and should be punished.If there is a disaster in this road, the county government of Hanbei County will provide relief in time.The Mobei Protectorate has five jurisdictions.Lord Xianbei of the three tribes in the east, middle and west belonged to three territories, while the Xiongnu Zuoxian king Liu Bao and Rizhu king Liu Ming belonged to two territories.The chiefs of each channel are concurrently held by the leaders of the tribes.

Tian Yu said: "Anything that involves the interests of the tribes or between the tribes in Hanbei County will be dealt with by the prefect of Hanbei County with 25 kings and kings. , camels, and the little kings such as Jiuyangpi and Zhanma who died in the early battles, all have their descendants to inherit the little throne. I have already sent someone to handle this matter."

"Guorang, the descendants of Jiuyangpi, Zhanma and camel of Qiang in Huangzhong, you must send someone to Huangzhong in Xiliang to pick them up." Li Hong instructed.

"Don't worry, my lord, I will take care of it. Once the descendants of the little kings are brought to Hanbei County, I will report to your lord immediately."

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Tian Yu also introduced some specific governance strategies, such as the exchange of agricultural and animal husbandry goods, the location and opening time of the mutual market, and the selection of children of vassals and chiefs belonging to the Hu tribe to study in Jinyang University, etc.

Li Hong was very satisfied, praised a few words, and then said: "Guorang, we will discuss the matter of preparing for the construction of the Mobei Protectorate later. After the discussion, you write a memorial, and when I return to Jinxueyuan, I will report to the court." At that time, it was sent to Luoyang together with the victory report. Regarding the governance policy of Hanbei County, you can directly report it to the court. As for the specific content, at the beginning of December, we summoned various kings, kings and kings, king Zuoxian, and king Rizhu. There are adults from the three tribes of Xianbei to discuss together. Some things are better for us to sit together and discuss, and if everyone is satisfied, won’t it be more conducive to the stability of the desert?"

Tian Yu repeatedly agreed.

"The battle in northern Xinjiang is now over. How to garrison the army in northern Xinjiang, how to form the frontier cavalry in Mobei Dufu and Hanbei County, these things must be settled as soon as possible." Li Hong looked at the people in the tent, quite emotional He said, "I started from Lulongsai, and at first I took our own iron cavalry to fight, but later our own iron cavalry became less and less, so I took the Hu tribe's iron cavalry to fight everywhere. Until today, only [-] iron cavalry. The army in northern Xinjiang cannot do without iron cavalry, it cannot do without iron cavalry of Hu nationality, but it cannot do without iron cavalry of Han people. Therefore, we must do everything possible to form our own iron cavalry. It is my greatest wish to have [-] Han cavalry instead of [-] Hu cavalry.”

"The government has drawn up a strategy for the garrison in northern Xinjiang." Xian Yufu took out a volume of documents from the case table and handed it to Li Hong, "The government believes that the garrison in northern Xinjiang will have at least [-] troops. This figure is similar to your early predictions." .”

Li Hong unfolded it and took a closer look.Zhu Mu believes that since the main tasks in the next few years in northern Xinjiang are farming and relief, military resources will inevitably be scarce. It is impossible to keep more than [-] troops in the frontier. However, considering the initial determination of the desert, northern Xinjiang still needs to retain Strong force is used as a deterrent, so he suggested to keep at least [-] cavalry and [-] infantry for a total of [-] troops.[-] cavalry and [-] infantry are in the south of Yinshan Mountain, and the cavalry is mainly composed of the Black Panther Yicong Camp and Duliao Camp.[-] iron cavalry and [-] infantry are in the desert, and the main force of the iron cavalry is the Fengyun Iron Cavalry Battalion.The remaining [-] infantry were stationed in Changshan, Jinyang, and Hedong, where they garrisoned fields and garrisoned troops at the same time, which could save some military funds.

In the book, Zhu Mu also gave a detailed account of the recruitment of the Hu tribe's cavalry during the war, the improvement of the army, the preparation of the establishment of the horse farm, the training of the army, and the repair of the pass.In addition, he proposed to take back the Jinyang and Hedong ordnance workshops and change them to the dictatorship of the Cheqi General's Mansion, which attracted Li Hong's attention.Now the ordnance workshops in Jinyang and Hedong are controlled by Chang'an Xuling and Hedong Wei Clan respectively. Zhu Mu said that he has received news of these two men selling arms privately several times. The heavy ordnance they had was also sold out privately by them, which would endanger the Dahan Society.

Li Hong handed Zhu Mu's document to Xu Rong, "Zi Lie, are the Hedong Wei Clan and Chang'an Xuling threatening Northern Xinjiang more and more?"

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(End of this chapter)