Xianxia version of Water Margin

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Xiao Puxiannu knew Yanjing very well and had experience in governing Yanjing.

However, there are two problems that Xiao Pu Xiannu cannot solve.

Moreover, these two problems are more complicated and more troublesome than the other.

The first question is, Ping, Luan, and Yingzhou.

As mentioned in the previous article, there are three main roads for nomadic people to take from the grassland south to enter the Central Plains: the west road, entering Yundi, then entering Yanmen Pass, going east of Hedong, and entering the Central Plains; the middle road, taking Juyongguan and other five passes, entering Yandi. Take Hebei to enter the Central Plains; take the east road, take the Liaoxi Corridor, enter Yuguan controlled by Ping, Luan, and Ying, and then take Hebei to enter the Central Plains.

——Let me explain, this does not include the northwest region controlled by Xixia. Otherwise, you can still go through Yumen Pass and enter the Central Plains along the Silk Road.

Even if Jiang Hongfei captured the five passes including Yandi and Juyong Pass, it would actually only block the nomadic people's passage south from the central road.

If Jiang Hongfei wants to completely seal the passage for the nomads to go south, it is best to recover all the Yundi Jiuzhou and Yundi's Dushiguan, Longmen, Yehuling, Taoshan, Baidaosan, Chenjiagu and other passes, and peace Jiangping, The Luanzhou, Yingzhou, and Yuguan passes on the Western Liaoning Corridor have all been recovered, and at the worst, the latter will have to be recovered.

You know, even if Yundi cannot be recovered, the Han people still have Hedong.

There are many dangerous passes in the mountains and rivers in the east of Hedong, which are easy to defend and difficult to attack. Only one Yanmen Pass is enough for the nomads to drink from a pot, and it is enough to resist the nomads from going south.

But not Hebei. Hebei is the vast North China Plain, stretching as far as the eye can see.

No matter whether the nomads take the middle road or the east road, as long as they go south to Hebei, the hinterland of the Central Plains will be harmed by them.

Therefore, after regaining Yandi, what Jiang Hongfei was most anxious to regain was not the Yundi Jiuzhou currently under the control of the Jin people, but the Pingzhou, Luanzhou, and Yingzhous, as well as the Yuguan and other passes there, which were still under the control of the Liao people.

Some people may want to say that since the three states of Ping, Luan, and Ying as well as the Yuguan and other passes there are still under the control of the Liao people, it would not be easy to recover them? The Northern Liao Dynasty is dead, and it will be determined by the message. If it doesn't work, let Xiao Puxian Nu give a decree to Ping, Luan, and Yingzhou to surrender. Could it be that Jiang Hongfei still can't do it by asking Xiao Pu Xian Nu to issue a decree?

Jiang Hongfei didn't dare to say anything else.

Now, Jiang Hongfei asked Xiao Puxian's daughter to pout, and Xiao Puxian's daughter would never dare to lie down.

Therefore, it is definitely no problem for Jiang Hongfei to ask Xiannu Xiao Pu to issue a decree to the three states of Ping, Luan and Ying.

The problem is that Xiao Puxian's will is of no use in the three states of Ping, Luan and Ying.

Now the person who controls Pingzhou, Luanzhou and Yingzhou is Zhang Jue, who stayed in Pingzhou.

Zhang Jue was a native of Yifeng, Pingzhou. He passed the Jinshi examination in the Liao Kingdom when he was young, and was later awarded the deputy envoy of the Liao Xing Army. When the Liao Kingdom was in chaos, the Pingzhou militiamen killed the military envoy of the Liao Dynasty, and Zhang Jue pacified the state. Gong, the people of the state push the power to take charge of state affairs.

When Yelu Chun ascended the throne and established the Northern Liao Dynasty, Zhang Jue expressed his opposition in private. He said to his close associates: "Regent is enough, why bother to ascend the throne?"

However, since Yelu Yanxi had disappeared at that time, some said that he had been captured by the Jin army, some said that he had died in Yuanyangluo, and some said that he had fled to Xixia to join Li Qianshun. Everyone was really looking for him. Not to him.

Zhang Jueren was not in Yanjing and could not prevent Yelu Chun from ascending the throne.

Zhang Juecai acquiesced to Yelv Chun's establishment of the Northern Liao Dynasty, and only then did the three states of Ping, Luan, and Ying accept the rule of the Northern Liao Dynasty in name.

But Yelu Chun passed away just a few months after he ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor.

After Yelu Chun's death, Zhang Jue felt that the Khitan would be destroyed, so he secretly recruited 50,000 troops and horses. He also recruited heroes, gathered grain and grass, selected generals and trained troops to strengthen his military strength. At the same time, he also recruited talented scholar-bureaucrats to participate in the plan. , secretly preparing for the dominant side.

During the period when Xiao Puxian was in power, the clever Xiao Puxian keenly discovered Zhang Jue's disobedience.

But as soon as Xiao Puxiannu took office, she had to face threats from Jin Ren and Jiang Hongfei. Her hands and feet were tied by the war, and she had no time to care about him.

There was no other way, Xiao Pu Xiannu could only send Prince Shaobao Shi Liai to Zhipingzhou, hoping that Shi Liai, who was capable, could check and balance Zhang Jue.

But after Shi Liai took office, Zhang Jue respected Shi Liai on the surface, but in fact he rejected Shi Liai everywhere.

Shi Liai was very shrewd. He noticed that Zhang Jue had different ambitions and did not have the strength to compete with Zhang Jue for the time being, so he often complained that he was ill. All military and political affairs in the state were decided by Zhang Jue.

Xiao Puxiannu said to Jiang Hongfei: "Zhang Jue is very ambitious. He has never been loyal to Tianxi and the slave family. After hearing this, Li Ai secretly reported to the slave family. Zhang Jue also had a portrait of Tian Zuo painted and hung in the lobby. , pay homage to him day and night, no matter how big or small, he will tell you before proceeding, and his official rank can be seen only when he is called Tianzuo."

However, Xiao Puxian didn't give Jiang Hongfei any help. She said to Jiang Hongfei: "Although Shi Liai is a little cunning, it can still be used."

Then, Xiao Puxian Nu handed over the person who had the information about her and Shili Ai to Jiang Hongfei.

Jiang Hongfei handed this person over to Zhu Gui...

On this day, Yue Fei sent good news that he had successfully recovered Jizhou and asked for instructions on the next step.

Before that, Han Shizhong had already sent back news that he had regained Shunzhou.

In this way, only Tanzhou and Jingzhou, as well as Gubeikou and Songtingguan under the control of Tanzhou and Jingzhou, were left in the Yan region.

However, Jiang Hongfei had confidence in Liu Qi and Wu Jie, believing that they would definitely be able to regain Tanzhou, Jingzhou, Gubeikou and Songting Pass.

Now, it is time to consider recovering Ping, Luan, and Ying prefectures.

Therefore, on this day, Jiang Hongfei summoned all the civil and military ministers, including the former Liao ministers who surrendered to Liangshan, to the Changchun Palace to discuss with them the recovery of Ping, Luan, and Ying prefectures.

When everyone arrived, Ruan Xiaoqi came to Yaochi Hall to inform Jiang Hongfei. Jiang Hongfei came over, walked up to the high platform, and sat on the dragon chair where Yelu Chun and Xiao Puxian had sat.

Jiang Hongfei said straight to the point: "I plan to send people to attack Pingzhou, what do you think?"

Kang Gongbi, who once served as the counselor and governor of the Northern Liao Dynasty, suggested: "Zhang Jue is arrogant and ill-intentioned. Although he has tens of thousands of soldiers, they are all villagers. He has no equipment and no food and equipment. What can he do? ? It's not too late to show it without any doubt and take your time to figure it out."

According to Jiang Hongfei's knowledge, in history, Wanyan Aguda took Kang Gongbi's suggestion and sent people to Pingzhou to ask Shi Liai to report back to the Yanjing army. He appointed Zhang Jue as the military governor of Linhai, and still knew Pingzhou. State military and state affairs.

As a result, Zhang Jue rebelled against the Jin as soon as the Jin left, so Kang Gongbi's suggestion was simply unworkable.

Therefore, Jiang Hongfei immediately rejected Kang Gongbi's suggestion: "This plan is not appropriate. I want to send troops to Pingzhou first, capture Zhang Jue, and then seize Luanzhou, Yingzhou, and Yuguan. What do you think?"

Everyone thought that Jiang Hongfei's idea was feasible, but Kang Gongbi did not give up, and said: "If we send troops to capture Zhang Jue at this time, how will it be different from forcing Zhang Jue to rebel? I have served as an official in Pingzhou in the past, and I compare the situation there. "I'm familiar with it. Please allow me to go there and check out Zhang Jue's plans before making a decision."

In fact, Zhang Jue had already guessed that Jiang Hongfei, who had recovered Yan, wanted to recover Ping, Luan and Yingzhou, so Zhang Jue sent people to Kang Gongbi two days ago and said to him: "Liao has eight roads, seven The road has been destroyed, and only Pingzhou Road is left. How dare we have any hope? The reason why my rural soldiers have not yet disbanded and returned to their fields is mainly to defend against Xiao Qian's invasion. This is Pingzhou. Fortunately, it all depends on Duke Kang’s good offices.”

Later, people sent by Zhang Jue gave Kang Gongbi a large sum of money and asked Kang Gongbi to speak kindly to Jiang Hongfei.

It is precisely because of this that Kang Gongbi repeatedly prevented Jiang Hongfei from sending troops to recover the three prefectures of Ping, Luan, and Ying. He hoped that Jiang Hongfei would recruit Zhang Jue and let Zhang Jue continue to guard the three prefectures of Ping, Luan, and Ying.

The reason why the Jin people in history chose to listen to Kang Gongbi's opinions was because they lacked military strength and were anxious to return home to suppress the repeated Liao rebellions in their country.

Jiang Hongfei had no such concerns at all. How could he listen to Kang Gongbi's slander?

What's more, Jiang Hongfei already knew that Kang Gongbi accepted Zhang Jue's bribe.

Therefore, seeing that Kang Gongbi did not know how to advance or retreat, Jiang Hongfei, who had already done enough benevolent drama, no longer showed mercy, but said calmly: "Kang Gongbi, you use all the fifteen thousand coins that Zhang Jue gave you. Is it finished?"

Kang Gongbi was shocked when he heard this, and his back was immediately covered in cold sweat!

But Kang Gongbi still pretended to be calm and said: "I... I don't understand what the Duke is saying?"

Jiang Hongfei glanced at Zhu Gui.

Zhu Gui immediately shouted to the outside of the palace with understanding: "Bring the people up."

Not long after, someone under Zhu Gui brought in a man in his thirties dressed as a scholar.

When Kang Gongbi saw this person, he immediately knelt down to Jiang Hongfei with a look of despair, kowtowed to Jiang Hongfei and begged for mercy: "I beg the country to be kind and forgive me this time!"

It turned out that the person Zhu Gui asked to bring over was the man who bribed Kang Gongbi for Zhang Jue.

The key is that many people in the Northern Liao Dynasty knew this person. He was Li Shi, a scholar of the Hanlin Academy in the former Daliao Empire. He was a scholar and was very resourceful.

Moreover, many people in Beiliao had heard that Li Shi had voted for Zhang Jue not long ago. After a secret discussion, the two of them had the same idea. They both believed that Jiang Hongfei's seizure of Yan was an opportunity for historical change. They should Seize the opportunity, find a balance between Jiang Hongfei and Jin Ren, and do something great.

It was crucial for Zhang Jue to persuade Jiang Hongfei to let Zhang Jue go and give Zhang Jue some time to develop, so Zhang Jue sent Li Shi to make this trip in person.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Hongfei had already asked Zhu Gui to lead the hotel intelligence system and Jin Yiwei to swarm Yanjing City with spies. As soon as Li Shi entered Kang Gongbi's home, Zhu Gui got hold of this information and then sent someone to kill Li Shi when he left the city. Capture.

Li Shi was brought before Jiang Hongfei, and Kang Gongbi was naturally speechless.

To show his kindness by leaving Kang Gongbi alive?

But Jiang Hongfei's character is not a kind person, especially to those who do great harm.

Nothing said.

Jiang Hongfei deprived Kang Gongbi of the amnesty for voluntarily surrendering to Liangshan in Shuibo, and ransacked his home. All the men in his family were sent to the public trial, and all the women were beaten into convicts and redistributed to meritorious soldiers.

After dealing with Kang Gongbi, Jiang Hongfei ordered Yue Fei and Han Shizhong to lead their respective troops to recover Ping, Luan, Ying Sanzhou and Yuguan...

And recovering the three prefectures of Ping, Luan, and Ying is actually just the first problem that even Xiao Pu's wise woman cannot solve.

There is another problem that even the wise woman Xiao Pu cannot solve.

No.

To be precise, Jiang Hongfei was not satisfied with the solution proposed by Xiao Pu Xiannu.

This difficult problem is the ethnic issue here in Yandi.

As we all know, the ethnic composition here in Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures is very complex.

Here there are nomadic populations such as the Khitan people, Kumoxi people, Zubu people, Shiwei people, Jurchens, Dangxiang Qiang people, etc. who still maintain "furs for clothing, migration at any time, and cars and horses as their home". There are also "Sang people" Hemp is used for clothing, palaces are used for residence, and city walls are used for governance." The Han people and the Bohai Mohe people.

The differences in economic, political, and cultural levels among various ethnic groups made the rulers of the Liao Kingdom face complex national situations for a long time.

Now that Jiang Hongfei has entered Yan territory, he will undoubtedly have to face a complicated national situation.

Ethnic issues are not a small issue in any era. If they cannot be properly resolved, they will definitely affect the stability of a country.

Some people may say, what is so difficult to solve? How did the Liao Kingdom solve it? Jiang Hongfei just followed Xiao Gui and Cao Cao.

It must be said that the early rulers of the Liao Kingdom were very outstanding. They were good at learning and constantly learned governance experience and cultural systems from other ethnic groups, especially the Han and Mohe people, and constantly improved and developed their own governance system.

In addition, with the deepening of ethnic exchanges, a large number of Khitan people have entered the city to live and live in the city. Some Khitan people have lived together with Han people for generations. They have long been masters of farming and settled in Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures or outside the pass. States and counties.

This allowed the Liao Kingdom to basically form a highly Chinese but unique political system.

This political system is a "double-sided" government system, that is, the "officials in the south" and "officials in the north" systems.

In layman's terms, it is to govern according to customs and clans, that is: the officials are divided into the south and the north, and the northern officials are used to govern the Khitan, Kumoxi people, Zubu people, Shiwei people, and Jurchens using the system on the grassland. , Dangxiang Qiang and other nomadic populations, the Han people and the Bohai Mohe people were governed by the Nanguan and Han systems.

Specifically, the official positions in the Liao Kingdom were divided into the North Court and the South Court. The north side governs the affairs of palaces, tribes, and subordinate states, while the south side governs the affairs of Han prefectures and counties, renting taxes, and military horses.

Facts have proved that this is indeed a good system and very suitable for governing the Yanyun area.

Xiao Puxian's advice to Jiang Hongfei was also to use such a system.

However, Jiang Hongfei felt that although the "double-sided" government system of the Liao Kingdom could govern the Yanyun area, it was not conducive to ethnic integration and could easily leave hidden dangers.

Jiang Hongfei's final choice was much simpler and cruder, which was to issue the following orders: the order to change the uniform, the order to keep the head, and the order to change the Han Dynasty.

The change of uniform order, as the name suggests, means that everyone, regardless of Han, will change from left to right.

The full name of the hair-keeping order is the hair-keeping order.

Hu people like to shave their heads and leave their hair in braids.

What the Han people pay attention to is that their body, hair and skin are given to them by their parents and they dare not damage them.

Therefore, allowing these Fan people to grow their hair is also a sign of their submission to the Han people.

It must be noted that the order to keep one's head is really an order to keep one's head, that is, only by keeping one's hair can one keep one's head. Those who shave their heads for no reason will really be beheaded.

The change of Han Dynasty was to change all the characters in Yandi into Chinese characters.

Regarding this point, although Jiang Hongfei did not go crazy enough to destroy all the characters of the Liao Kingdom, he was still preparing to change all the characters that the Yan people could see into Chinese characters. All the classics of the Liao Kingdom would be nationalized and then translated into Chinese characters were circulated, and the characters of the Liao Kingdom were not allowed to appear again, otherwise they would be severely punished without mercy.

Jiang Hongfei's three orders immediately aroused dissatisfaction among a large number of former Liao people, especially the Khitans and Xi people.

In this regard, Jiang Hongfei did not kill them all, but ordered: Those who are unwilling to obey these three orders can leave Yandi within three months.

At the same time, Jiang Hongfei let people know that he would launch a war with the Kingdom of Jin.

Do you want to take revenge on the Jurchens who beat you from north to south, and from east to west, dug up your ancestral graves, and robbed your women?

If you want to, you can only stay. I, Jiang Hongfei, will take you to take revenge. If you leave, you may not have the chance to take revenge.

If you want to stay and avenge the Jurchens, you have to take the initiative to accept Jiang Hongfei's order to change his uniform, keep his head, and change his Han Dynasty.

Jiang Hongfei did not force anyone. He just gave those former Liao people who really wanted to seek revenge against the Jurchens a chance, and gave those wavering former Liao people an excuse to stay.

Of course, Jiang Hongfei's biggest purpose is to transfer internal conflicts into external conflicts and unite the people in Yandi under his rule.

To put it bluntly, Jiang Hongfei wanted to sinicize the grassland peoples, but he also did not want to force them to rebel.

For this purpose, Jiang Hongfei could only find a reason for these grassland peoples to compromise.

In order to take revenge, how many people throughout the ages have endured what ordinary people cannot endure, let alone just changing clothes, growing their hair, and getting used to Chinese characters?

Yes, Jiang Hongfei was playing dirty tricks...

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