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Chang'an, two disturbing pieces of news shocked the court and the public.

One piece of news was that the Dangxiang people in Qingzhou and Yuanzhou rebelled, and the other piece of news was that the Chuyue tribe living in the southern part of Jinshan showed signs of rebellion.

The Dangxiang people were originally the Western Qiang people living in Hehuang. Emperor Wen of Sui and Empress Wu Zetian migrated them to the Guannei area twice, to Yuanzhou, Qingzhou, Xiazhou, Yinzhou and Yanzhou, where they lived together with the local Han people. Among them, 70% of the Dangxiang people were concentrated in Yuanzhou and Qingzhou.

After An Lushan captured Chang'an, the army continued to attack Shuofang, where the temporary court was located. The Tang army also fought with all its strength. Qingzhou and Yuanzhou became the battlefields for the two armies to fight. A large number of Han people either died or fled, while the Dangxiang people hiding in the mountains were safe and sound.

As Li Ye succeeded in his sneak attack on Chang'an, An Lushan's army quickly retreated southward, and the war came to an abrupt end. The temporary court and the army also hurried southward to Hanzhong. The Dangxiang people took the opportunity to occupy the vacant land left by the Han people. This was an opportunity for the Dangxiang people to develop rapidly.

After the Helong Army took over Guannei Road, Qingzhou and Yuanzhou had always been the bases of animal husbandry. During the Tang Dynasty, Guannei Road had relatively high precipitation and warm climate. Qingzhou and Yuanzhou had large pastures. The court placed millions of sheep in Yuanzhou and Qingzhou, and some Dangxiang people became professional herders and were paid for herding.

But any matter will inevitably cause conflicts over time, which is also caused by the different cognitions of the parties involved. If the conflicts are handled well, everyone will understand and make concessions to each other, and the conflicts will be resolved.

But if the conflicts are not handled well, it will lead to the intensification of conflicts between the two sides, and finally a mess.

The Dangxiang people's grazing belongs to the latter. The conflicts come from lambs. Millions of sheep belong to the court, with clear property rights, and the Dangxiang people also recognize it.

The ewe gave birth to a lamb. The court believed that the lamb was still the court's property and could not be questioned, but the Dangxiang people did not think so. They believed that half of the lamb belonged to them.

The two sides negotiated more than once, but the court could only give the Dangxiang people 10% of the lambs as a reward for taking care of the ewes.

The Dangxiang people were particularly stubborn. They would never give in on things they had determined. There was no compromise. They insisted on half of the lambs, and there was no room for negotiation between the two sides.

The negotiations were deadlocked, but the ewes continued to give birth to lambs, and the lambs grew up slowly. At first, everyone could grit their teeth and bear it, but as the number of sheep with unclear property rights increased, the accumulated number exceeded 500,000, and the contradiction finally broke out.

The Dangxiang people took the initiative. They had built more than 20 castles in the mountains and drove the 500,000 sheep into more than 20 castles.

The officials of the animal husbandry supervision immediately discovered that the number of sheep was wrong. They soon found out the truth. The supervisory officials negotiated with the Dangxiang people while requesting support from the garrison in Yuanzhou.

When a thousand Tang soldiers broke through the first castle, the conflict intensified. The leader of the Tanguts in Yuanzhou, Tuoba Zhaoguang, announced that he would no longer accept the rule of the Tang Dynasty. Then the leader of the Tanguts in Qingzhou, Tuoba Qimei, also announced that he would not accept the rule of the Tang Dynasty.

The Tanguts in the two states killed 23 herdsmen, defeated the 2,000 Tang troops of the Yuanzhou military commander, and publicly beheaded the Yuanzhou military commander Duan Hongwei.

The Tanguts also seized millions of sheep from the court. They assembled tens of thousands of troops and occupied Yuanzhou, Qingzhou, Yanzhou, Xiazhou, and Yinzhou, seriously threatening Yanzhou, which was rich in oil, and Lingzhou, which was rich in grain.

When the news reached Chang'an, it immediately shocked the court and the public. This was a rebellion at the doorstep, and the Tanguts were only a few hundred miles away from Guanzhong.

Li Ye was also very angry. He was not angry about the Tangut rebellion. He knew that the Tangut would sooner or later become a major concern for the Central Plains dynasty. He even stationed troops to monitor the Tanguts. As a result, the Tanguts rebelled, and Li Ye found that he knew nothing about it.

In the government hall, Li Ye knocked the table heavily with his knuckles, "Shame! It's a great shame. In our report, the Tanguts were still primitive and loose families, docile and low-key, and did not fight with the world. At most, they had conflicts with us for a few sheep, but now! They actually have an army of tens of thousands of people and a Tangut king. Where do their weapons come from? How is their army organized? They actually have a political power, but we know nothing about it!"

Privy Councilor Guo Ziyi advised: "Your Majesty, please calm down. I may be able to explain some of the situation!"

Li Ye held back his anger and said: "Privy Councilor, please speak!"

Guo Ziyi said calmly: "Your Majesty, the Tanguts have never been a gentle nation. They are so There are five major tribes in total. Because we only have an employment relationship with the Dangxiang people, we hire a small number of Dangxiang people to herd our sheep, so our understanding of the Dangxiang people comes from these Dangxiang people who herd our sheep.

They work for us and show us a gentle and low-key side. In addition, we signed a contract with the single-family Dangxiang people, and they also showed that they were independent families. We didn't know that they actually had tribes, and naturally we didn't know the situation in their tribes. "

Guo Ziyi's explanation made sense, and Li Ye's anger subsided a little, but he was still dissatisfied. Guo Ziyi only explained part of it. The pastoral supervisor's understanding of the Dangxiang people was like this, but what about the garrison? The garrison in Yuanzhou was to monitor the Dangxiang people comprehensively.

At this time, Guo Ziyi continued: "Weichen suspects that Duan Hongwei, the military envoy of Yuanzhou, may have been bribed by Dangxiang. Today, Weichen went through his previous reports. Basically, he said good things about Dangxiang people and how Dangxiang people are. How grateful to the imperial court for giving them a place to live, how loyal to the imperial court, all five reports have the same content, and they never reminded the imperial court that the party members would rebel one day. "

Li Ye nodded, that's pretty much it. He pondered for a moment and said: "Duan Hongwei has been killed by the Dangxiang people. This is also his retribution. Now I want to know how many troops the Dangxiang people have and where do their weapons and equipment come from? Does the Privy Council know?"

Guo Ziyi thought for a while and said: "The total number of party members is between 300,000 and 400,000, so their military strength is about 50,000 or 60,000. As for the source of their weapons, they should be from the Tang army and the Anlushan rebels in Yuanzhou. The weapons and armor were left over from the fierce battle with Gyeongju. There was no time to clean up the battlefield, so these weapons and armor fell into the hands of the Dangxiang people. After they repaired them again, they hid the weapons among the people. This is also the habit of nomadic people. They usually work as herdsmen. , a soldier in wartime.”

At this time, Wei Jiansu, who had been silent, said slowly: "Your Majesty, when the late emperor ascended the throne in Shuofang, the leaders of the five major tribes in Dangxiang all went to Hajj to congratulate them. They were the only ethnic group to go to congratulate them. The emperor was very moved and gave them a lot of money. The high autonomy only belonged to the Tang Dynasty in name, but in fact it made them independent, and the five chiefs were named khans.

This is why there is no information about the party members in the imperial court. His Majesty has been regent for two years and ascended the throne for two years. In the past four years, he has been fighting in the periphery. Instead, he did not pay attention to the surrounding areas of Chang'an. The party members were in the dark. Of course, the court also The Dangxiang people ignored it and always felt that they were no different from the Qiang people in Hexi and Longyou, but in fact they were very different. "

Xiao Hua, the Minister of Household Affairs, also said: "Wei Chen also looked through the records of the Dangxiang people today, and only recorded the names of their five tribes. The records are still from ten years ago, but the Hexi Qiang people are different. The names of each Qiang household are The information is available in the imperial court. This is a typical dual destiny, belonging to the tribe and the people of the Tang Dynasty. "

At this time, Bai Xiaode, Secretary of the Ministry of War, asked: "Your Majesty, I heard that there are signs of rebellion in Jinshan Chuyue. What is going on?"

Li Ye said slowly: "The Chuyue tribe was the former Jinshan tribe. It lived between Jinshan and Zheluoman Mountains. It was originally a dozen small tribes. Among them, the Zhuxie tribe became stronger and unified the Jinshan tribe. They changed their name. It is the Chuyue tribe, also called the Shatuo tribe. It turns out that the south of Jinshan belongs to Tingzhou and Yizhou, and is under the jurisdiction of the Beiting Governor's Mansion. It is the territory actually controlled by the Tang Dynasty. Their rebellion is to control this land under the control of the Tang Dynasty. The actually controlled territory has become a Jie State. This is not urgent, it is just a title. Once the party members are dealt with, it will not be too late to deal with them. Besides, I have long wanted to destroy Ge Luolu and pack the Jinshan Department and Ge Luolu together. solve."