Three Kingdoms

The mansion of the Han hussar general.

When the Shandong gentry and even most of the Han Dynasty focused their attention on Jingzhou, thinking that Jingzhou would affect the entire world, in Guanzhong Chang'an, Fei Qian led the Shanxi gentry to set their sights on the future and look towards the future. A vast world.

When Fei Qian convened everyone for discussion, most people thought he was going to discuss matters related to Jingzhou. To everyone's surprise, Fei Qian didn't say anything about Jingzhou at all. Instead, he gave a picture of the reason. A map of the Northern Territory of the Han Dynasty that Sima Yi personally remeasured and drew.

Although it still looks somewhat rough, and even slightly different from the location marks in Fei Qian's impression, it is perhaps the only map of Northern Xinjiang that Han has that is closest to military purposes and the most accurate.

"Chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp..."

Everyone couldn't help but talk in low voices.

Xun You stood up, opened the several volumes of documents on the desk one by one, reported to Fei Qian, and showed them to everyone.

In order to cope with the arrival of Little Glacier, and to consolidate his authority over the existing desert, Fei Qian asked Xun You to formulate a series of plans for farming in the North, in areas suitable for farming but relatively sparsely populated, such as Shuofang, In Wuyuan, Yunzhong, Dingxiang and other places, a certain amount of land was planned to facilitate the subsequent farming and animal husbandry of Han and Hu people, as well as mutual trade within a certain range.

According to Xun You's calculations, if they operate normally, these farmland areas can achieve an initial balance of payments in about three years. Within the next five years, they can basically supplement local construction and stabilize border stability. In five to ten years, it will become a new economic growth point, providing food, grass and war horses for the Han Empire...

The Han Empire.

A whole new vocabulary.

Whenever they hear this word, everyone present can't help but straighten their waists.

Empire, in a narrow sense, is used to describe a powerful country ruled by an emperor, and in a broad sense, it is used to describe a country with strong national power, not limited to monarchy.

Empire is not an inherent word of traditional China, but a new word born in the process of cultural exchange between East and West. The Chinese people's habit of expressing their country's community is that of princes and dynasties, so at the beginning, Fei Qian's subordinates were a little uncomfortable with it...

But Fei Qian used the events in the Western Regions to show these Shanxi nobles that when the Western Regions were fighting against the Wusun Kingdom, and then there was the Kushan Empire, these Shanxi nobles naturally accepted the "Empire" the concept of.

Even Guisun, ha, Wusun, that little guy is called a kingdom, but I, a big man, want to be an empire after all.

As for why it’s not China?

hehe.

Everyone looked to the left, looked to the right, everyone understood what they were thinking, and if they didn't understand, they went to play in the mud next to it...

Let’s go back to the issue of Hu people and farming in northern Xinjiang.

According to General Fei Qian's experience in educating the Southern Huns in the Hetao area, as long as they are willing to naturalize, there is no need to exclude them to a certain extent, because it has been proven over the years that the Southern Huns are Raising horses, herding cattle and sheep, and recruiting for war can all be useful supplements to the big man.

The biggest problem of the Hu people is that they are unstable. They are easy to pacify and then rebel, and they rebel and are pacified again and again, which eventually becomes a hidden danger. However, after a period of education and promotion, Xun You’s report found that not all Hu people are actually. Everyone will become an enemy, or in other words, they will all become enemies in the end.

In the Hetao area, whether it is farming or the education of the Southern Huns, they all reflect a prosperous situation. The overall economic investment in the Hetao area is shrinking year by year, while the output is increasing year by year. Even those who do not understand economics After seeing Xun You's report, the officials couldn't help but praise him.

In other words, for a long time to come, as long as the Hussars General Fei's policy of lurking in the Hetao area of ​​​​Beidi does not change, then the Hetao area will become a new food and grass supply point...

According to Xun You's optimistic estimate, this growth point will peak when the population reaches about one million, and then output may begin to decline due to overpopulation. Now, it is still less than half, which means there is still more to come. More space…

The key is that this model can be promoted!

Anything that is forewarned will be established, and anything that is not forewarned will be ruined.

For the development of the entire northern territory, it is impossible to wait until the population of the Hetao area is overflowing before developing other areas. Since the area from the Hetao to Youzhou is basically within the jurisdiction of Fei Qian, then the northern area of ​​​​the Han Dynasty will gradually be redeveloped. Restoring production and development has become the overall goal in the next ten years or so.

Fei Qian looked around for a week, and then said: "Xugong River observes the sky at night, and calculates based on the Qianxiang calendar, there will still be snow disasters in the next five to ten years..." In fact, it should be twenty years, or even thirty years, but If you really say that, I'm afraid everyone will be in despair.

"Snowstorm?" ! My lord, what you mean is... just like the beginning of this year? Wei Duan couldn't help but ask.

It's no wonder that Wei Duan was nervous. After all, this time the Guanzhong gentry could be said to have lost both their wives and their troops. On the one hand, the natural disaster itself caused a crop failure, and on the other hand, they were caught for talking about "emphasis on agriculture" but not actually doing it. I had to stick my butt out and was spanked again...

The executor is Wei Duan. So now Wei Duan is more or less trapped in Zhu Bajie's situation of looking in the mirror, not being human inside or outside. Hearing that natural disasters similar to this year will come again, naturally his scalp tightens and his hands and feet feel numb.

Fei Qian nodded slightly.

Everyone couldn't help but whisper and discuss among themselves.

The Qianxiang calendar is still in the process of adjustment, but this does not prevent Fei Qian from taking out Xu Yue's flag and pulling it. Because of the arrival of the Little Ice Age, the overall weather has become very abnormal. Even if the Qianxiang calendar is perfect, it is still somewhat powerless in the face of such abnormal changes. Forcible promotion will only lead to a decline in the prestige of the new calendar. It is better to wait. It will be fully rolled out after the weather stabilizes for a period of time.

In view of the paucity of historical records and the frequent fights between the Three Kingdoms in the late Han Dynasty, later generations can only find fragments of information about the weather conditions during this period in the late Han Dynasty...

Guanzhong has encountered severe cold, so it will be even more severe in the desert.

When the Hu people encounter a snowstorm, they have only two options: one is to wait for death, and the other is to rob and transfer their own disaster to others.

The mild climate that has lasted for three to four hundred years has prevented the desert from reaching a desperate situation. In history, the Han Dynasty defeated the Xiongnu and Xianbei, the Xianbei and Wuhuan, and the Wuhuan and Rouran. How many people, how many livestock, and how many tribal gathering points were there in the desert? Not only Fei Qian couldn't figure it out Clearly, even those kings of the desert may not be able to understand.

The five barbarians who destroyed China after the Three Kingdoms were, to a certain extent, the result of these barbarians fighting each other and shifting disasters. It's one thing for the Sima family to be bastards, but being able to attract so many barbarians at that time also shows that the number of barbarians in the desert is actually far more than Fei Qian had imagined before.

Sitting aside, Sima Yi suddenly felt Fei Qian's gaze, which was slightly cold. He couldn't help but shiver. When he carefully raised his head to check, he didn't see anything unusual. He only heard that Fei Qian was slowly He said slowly:

"From this year onwards, all barbarians who want to avoid the snowstorm and enter the northern border must follow the half rule. Sima Zhongda..."

Sima Yi quickly raised his hands and replied: "I'm here." 』

"Let's introduce the situation in Northern Xinjiang..."

"I accept the order. Sima Hui stood up, walked to the middle, and took Xun You's place.

"Half Law", as the name suggests, is half of the law.

Hu people inevitably have difficulty communicating, and it is difficult for Hu people to understand complex laws, so they try to use simple models as much as possible.

In view of the long-standing conflicts between the Hu people and the Han people, when the Hu people have to go south to seek refuge due to snowstorms, the biggest priority is not to immediately ensure that the Hu people have enough food and clothing, nor to help them as soon as possible in the short term. To resume production within the time limit, we must first weaken the power of these Hu people, ensure the steady, rapid and complete suppression of the Hu tribes, and control the thousands-mile territory of the Han Dynasty.

Thanks to the advice of a certain university called Confucius and Mencius in later generations, it proves that when dealing with foreign races, blindly talking about Confucius and Mencius and talking about treatment will not work at all. It will only allow the barbarians to take advantage of them, so we must take action when it is time to take action. , only honest and obedient Hu people can be considered good Hu people.

So how can we make the barbarians obedient?

The first is to weaken the power of the barbarians.

All Hu people who entered Han territory to escape the snowstorm were required to surrender half of their population and livestock. Then half of the number of people and livestock turned over will become Fei Qian's direct profit, and he will be converted into mercenaries or laborers under his command, and the rest will be added to the field soldiers under the jurisdiction of the local field captain, responsible for Half of the people and livestock turned over for farming and grazing will be returned within five years, and the remainder will be returned after ten years. Those who are willing to go back can go back, and those who are willing to stay and continue to be mercenaries can do so.

To put it simply, the Hu people had to use their population and livestock as a "deposit" in exchange for a piece of land where they could settle in the northern frontier of the Han Dynasty.

Most people don't want to accept the deposit, but it seems easy to nod.

In most cases, the survival ability of these barbarians in the desert is higher than that of the Han people. As long as their livestock do not die, these barbarians can continue to live. Therefore, if the barbarians are allowed to do whatever they need, they can do whatever they want without restraint. Relieving them will only fatten them and starve us Han people. The result is self-evident. Therefore, in this situation in the desert, we must first use force to suppress the barbarians and weaken their strength, and then use agriculture, commerce, and animal husbandry to gradually begin to mix Han and barbarians, educate the barbarians, and finally gradually Hanize the barbarians, so as to achieve the goal of using the barbarians to control the barbarians. Control the Hu, the ultimate goal of permanently controlling the desert.

"What if..." Du Ji frowned, "The barbarians may be harsh in their words and unwilling to obey them, so what should we do?" 』

Sima Yi sneered, seeming to understand why Fei Qian had a cold gaze just now, and said slowly: "Then hit the barbarians until they have no choice but to obey!" 』

"With the Lord's curtain, General Zilong is brave..." Sima Yi bowed his hand to Fei Qian, and then said proudly, "The knights of Youbei, three thousand chased the north, two defeated the royal court..."

If it weren't for General Hussars and a bunch of other big guys at the scene, Sima Hui couldn't help but want to fuck him for a while, but he was so embarrassed...

Of course, Sima Yi did have such pride. The two winter battles against the Xianbei Royal Court not only proved the hussar army’s ability to fight in cold winter weather, but also completely broke the original pattern in the desert. This caused the entire desert to completely fall into a period of chaos, and there was no longer a tribal group that could compete with the big man.

In addition, Fei Qian had previously sent people to contact the tribes in the desert. After the Xianbei power weakened, cows, ghosts, gods and snakes appeared in the desert. At this time, under the merger and reorganization of the Hu people, there would inevitably be many Small tribes cannot bear the squeeze and will tend to move south.

Although the "half law" is quite harsh for the barbarians, it is better than being completely annexed by the big tribe, not to mention that it will be gradually returned after five years, which makes this "deposit" seem to be relatively Easy to accept.

Fei Qian nodded to Sima Yi, indicating that Sima Yi could end the topic.

Then Pang Tong stood up, touched his fat chin, and then began to talk about the follow-up treatment after the foreigners were possessed...

After the Hu people are attached, they will mainly be educated to transform the Hu people from Pan to belonging.

It is easy to understand the vassal status, but the standard for belonging is that you have fought for the Han Dynasty for many years, have brilliant military exploits, have outstanding achievements, wear Chinese clothes, speak Chinese words, and write Chinese literature. You can report it to the emperor and make it a member of the Han Dynasty. Han people enjoy roughly the same standard of treatment as Han people.

Since they are Han people, they abide by Han laws and are protected by the Han army. Even if they suffer disasters, they do not need to worry about their own survival if they belong to the Hu people. The Han Congress will provide relief to them, ensure that they have enough food and clothing, ensure their safety, enjoy lower taxes than Pan, and receive the "best" transaction discounts...

The vassal genus is generally in the transitional stage, and naturally there is no way to enjoy the so-called "most favorable" treatment.

Of course, the term "best offer" was naturally created by Fei Qian.

At this point, the overall strategic framework for dealing with the desert barbarians has been basically determined.

First, by sheltering some barbarians who were squeezed and violated, and then through these barbarians, a group of relatively naturalized barbarians were established, and then through various means, the barbarians in the entire desert were made to voluntarily or semi-voluntarily and became a vassal of the Han Dynasty.

Then through enlightenment, Chinese civilization will be exported, and then those who are willing to belong will be reorganized, and those who continue to be unwilling to belong will be eliminated at the appropriate opportunity...

Perhaps a severe drought or a heavy snowfall could become an opportunity to reduce the vassal status. At the same time, within five years, Mobei will gradually establish a new organization, the "Northern Territory Protectorate", to control and maintain the rule of the entire Northern Territory of the Han Dynasty.

"Northern Territory Protectorate?" ” Everyone couldn’t help but look at each other.

"Just like the old affairs of the Western Region Protectorate..." Fei Qian said calmly, "He is in charge of the military affairs of the Northern Region and coordinates the rules of various vassals. For the specific location, positions, etc. of the Protectorate, please refer to the Protectorate of the Western Regions..."

Pang Tong smiled and added: "Since the Han Dynasty has the Protector of the Western Region, why can't it have the Protector of the Northern Region?" What's more, the Hu people are fickle. One day they want to surrender, but tomorrow they won't surrender. Is it possible that just relying on a few civil servants and a book of canonization can the desert be restored? If the Northern Territory Protector can be established, the Han Dynasty will never be short of war horses! 』

As soon as Pang Tong finished speaking, everyone couldn't help but started talking.

For the management of Mobei, the Han Dynasty originally had General Du Liao, or the previous position of Fei Qian, General Hu Hung Zhonglang, and Colonel Hu Huan Huan, etc. However, it is obvious that the powers of this so-called Protectorate are inferior to these Those of generals and captains are all bigger.

The Protectorate can even send troops on its own to suppress and kill the disloyal vassal Hu tribe if it deems it necessary, and execute and kill the Hu tribe leaders. It only needs to be reported afterwards. It does not need to be like ordinary generals and captains. Only after obtaining approval from the Central Court of the Han Dynasty can we launch military operations.

Within the jurisdiction of the Duhufu, the Duhufu can flexibly handle any matter involving the safety of the Han Dynasty, which naturally restrained and intimidated the Hu clan of the vassal vassal to a certain extent.

The Northern Territory Protectorate will adopt the model of the Western Region Protectorate. The soldiers used will be recruited at a ratio of one to one Han and Hu, and at most one to three. Among them, the advantageous elite of the Han must be maintained in a certain number, and among the Han soldiers , one-third came from the mainland of the Han Dynasty, and two-thirds came from the local Han people.

Regardless of whether they belong to a vassal or a vassal, their tribes are young and strong and must serve in the military service of the Han Dynasty. This can appropriately control and weaken the strength of the tribes, gradually balance the strength of the Hu tribes in the northern frontier of the Han Dynasty, and prevent a certain Hu tribe in the northern frontier. If the tribes are too large, there will be hidden dangers and even rebellions.

In order to avoid conflicts among the Hu tribes in the desert to the greatest extent and reduce friction and fights between them, Xun You proposed to use Hetao, Shuofang, Wuyuan, Yunzhong, Dingxiang and other places as benchmarks to divide the desert. The general scope of the plan can then be resettled according to the specific conditions of the Hu tribe...

"There are thirty-six countries in the Western Regions, so it is difficult to establish a climate. Even if it happens repeatedly, it will stop at the Western Regions..." Xun You said slowly, "There were Xiongnu in Mobei first, and then Xianbei. They were both very harmful. If we find out the root cause, we will It's the only one. Therefore, the Protector of the Northern Territory should establish the Six Paths and divide the twelve kingdoms, each with a big king and a small king. He should first be canonized by the Han Dynasty Xijing Shangshutai. If it is Anshun, he can report it to the court after five years in exchange for a gold seal..."

Xun You also introduced some specific governance strategies, such as matters related to agriculture, animal husbandry, commodity trading, and daily restrictions, as well as other matters such as the location and opening time of mutual markets, the selection of vassals and the leaders of the Hu tribes. Their children went to Pingyang Academy and even Chang'an Qinglong Temple College for further study and so on.

"If Han is strong, Hu will be weak; if Han is weak, Hu will be strong." Fei Qian concluded, "Loyalty, justice and benevolence are the virtues of the Han family. How can they be lightly granted to the barbarians?" Under the iron and blood, there are rules. Only when the rules are established can they be enlightened. Only after enlightenment can they surrender, and the people who surrender can begin to talk about benevolence and virtue. Don’t put the cart before the horse! 』