Old monk Dalba's guarantee is not empty talk, he is the national teacher of Dabai Gao Kingdom!
Those who serve as national masters have countless disciples and disciples, and only a small number of them were "thundered to death" by a certain fairy. There are also many chanting sutras in temples in Lingzhou, Weizhou, Yanzhou, Youzhou, Xiazhou, Yinzhou, Shizhou, Hongzhou and other places.
The Dabai Gao Kingdom not only regards Buddhism as the only designated national religious belief, but is also a wealthy society. Those who are not from a wealthy family generally cannot become monks - working people who are not from a wealthy family are the targets of exploitation by the feudal lord class! If they all become monks, who will the feudal lords of Xixia exploit?
Therefore, in Xixia, most of the people who can become monks are concubines from wealthy families who are not brave enough. I can't inherit my family property, and I don't have the skills to kill people, so I have to become a monk to cultivate the afterlife...
Through these disciples of Dalba, Zhao Kai's condition of "exchanging horses for lives" can be passed on to the leaders of every big party clan.
Although the price of "one horse for one life" (one life for two) is not cheap, it is very reasonable. Because what kind of status these leaders of the Dangxiang clan will have under the future "Prince Pingxi's Mansion" depends on how many Dangxiang clans are on hand.
It doesn't matter if you don't have horses, as long as you don't face these military powers in the monster room of East Asia. When you go to the Western Regions and face Gaochang and the Kara Khanate, are you afraid that you won't be able to grab horses?
After Li Qianshun moved westward, how big a territory he could conquer also depended on how many strong men he had in the party...Yelü Dashi in history was so capable, but his Xiliao could not directly rule too much territory. The final analysis is that the national population is too small.
If he could trade good horses from the Western Regions for hundreds of thousands of Khitan people, would he go crazy with joy? As long as Qian Shun can settle accounts, he will definitely not refuse Zhao Kai's offer - if there are not so many horses for the time being, then send troops to grab them quickly!
Thinking that he would soon have many horses, Zhao Kai was in a good mood, and immediately promised the old monk Darba a high priesthood. After that, he turned his attention to the leader of the Lingzhou wealthy family who was kneeling on the ground, and asked with a smile: "Do you people want to go to Xingqing Mansion to seek refuge with Li Qianshun? If you are willing, I will allow you to trade horses for your lives. You can go ahead. !”
His question scared the wealthy Lingzhou people present!
They are different from the powerful powers in other states east of the Yellow River, because they just dedicated Lingzhou City to Zhao Kai... That's Lingzhou! It is the true heart of Dabai Gaoguo!
The heart of Lingzhou belongs to the Song Dynasty, so of course Qian Shun's Dabai Gaoguo collapsed to the ground and couldn't get up... How could Qianshun forgive these Lingzhou wealthy families who dug out the heart of Dabai Gaoguo? Not to mention Lingzhou Han people, Lingzhou Dangxiang doesn't dare to go to Xingqing Mansion to hit Qian Shun's knife edge now.
That's Ganshun who killed his mother, his wife, and his son!
"Guan family, we are all Han people. Our ancestors have been waiting for Master Wang to rescue Lingzhou for generations. Today we finally got what we wanted. Why would we want to join Qianshun in Xingqing Mansion?"
"Yes! Although we cannot be Song people in life, we will definitely be Song ghosts in death..."
"We just want to live as Song people forever!"
"Guan family, our ancestors have been bullied by Dang Xiang for generations. We hate Dang Xiang to the core. I only wish that the heavenly soldiers could cross the Yellow River and march straight to Xingzhou!"
"If the officials want to go straight to Xingzhou, I, the Su family of Lingzhou, are willing to be the pioneer! Cough cough cough..."
The person who was coughing was an old man wearing a Han Confucian scholar's robe, but with a shaved head. He seemed to be sick, and he kept coughing... and he didn't wear a mask or anything. It was really inappropriate. Be particular about it.
But Zhao Kai still has to encourage this old man... This old man claims to be the Lingzhou Su family, so he has some background.
Zhao Kai had asked the female classmate next to him yesterday and found out that there was indeed a very powerful person named Su among the big clan in Lingzhou. However, this family has always called themselves Dangxiang people, and now they actually call themselves Han people... I don’t know whether they are real Han people and fake Dangxiang people, or real Dangxiang people and fake Han people?
Thinking of this, Zhao Kai smiled and said to Mr. Su: "How old is this old man? What is his name?"
The old man replied: "The old man is eighty-eight years old this year, and his name is Zhongyi."
"Su Zhongyi," Zhao Kai nodded, "What a good name! Your father gave you this name, he must be hoping that you will be loyal and patriotic, right?"
The old man replied: "My father named Lao Zhuo because of his loyalty. He hopes that Lao Zhuo can be loyal to his motherland, love the Song Dynasty, and one day be able to welcome the King of Song Dynasty to regain Lingzhou City!"
"Oh," Zhao Kai smiled, "How old were you when the king's troops came to Lingzhou in the fourth year of Yuanfeng?"
Yuanfeng's fourth year was 47 years ago, and this old man is 68 this year. He should have been 21 years old that year! Seeing that this old man has all his hands and feet and is not too small, he must have been in the army of Empress Dowager Liang against the Heavenly Soldiers of the Song Dynasty, right?
"Old, I was still young at that time..." Su Zhongyi felt guilty!
His family's ancestor was still the Xianbei Balue clan two days ago (the surname was changed to Su after the Balue clan), but yesterday it was changed to Su Daji's father, Su Hu. 47 years ago, he was still a cavalryman in the Xixia Army!
"Really?" Zhao Kai smiled, "How old were you then?"
"Ten, eleven years old!" Su Zhongyi said through gritted teeth.
Old Man Su is sixty-eight this year. Forty-seven years ago he was eleven years old... This little old man is really smart!
Zhao Kai was amused by him, and he laughed and said: "You are only eleven years old... you are a little too young. Whatever, I will believe you for once. Since you love the Song Dynasty, then I will give you You, the Lingzhou Su family, are going to live in Kaifeng Prefecture! Your Su family will settle in Kaifeng Prefecture from now on, and I will give you a piece of land in Kaifeng Prefecture to build a house!"
He was granted a registered residence in Kaifeng Prefecture and was given land to build a house in Kaifeng Prefecture!
What a good treatment... If before the disaster of the declaration of peace, the treatment of Kaifeng Mansion would probably only be received by the surrender faction of Dalba's level.
But now Kaifeng Prefecture is a prairie... But the wealthy people here in Lingzhou don't know that, so they all cast envious eyes on Mr. Su.
Su Zhongyi was a bit embarrassed, "Official family, Lao Zhuo has lived in Lingzhou for decades... The younger members of the family don't have much ability to make a living. If they really leave their hometown and go to Kaifeng Mansion, I'm afraid... ....”
"It doesn't matter," Zhao Kai waved his hand and said with a smile, "Lingzhou is a place where martial arts are used, and the Western thieves don't study literature. How can you, the descendants of Lingzhou's rich family, not know martial arts or raise horses? As long as you are proficient in martial arts, or If you know how to raise horses and herd them, you will be useful in Kaifeng Mansion."
What?
Raising horses to herd?
Do you really want to go to Kaifeng Mansion?
The heads of the Lingzhou wealthy families in the main hall were a little confused... Of course their children are good at martial arts and raising horses. Historically, Xixia only started to implement the imperial examination system when Li Renxiao (the grandson of Cao Mian) was elected as a soldier. Before that, if the children of wealthy families wanted to get an official position, they had to rely on reincarnation or meritorious service.
And to achieve meritorious service, of course you have to practice martial arts and horse riding. Therefore, as long as the children of a wealthy family are not in poor health and are good at martial arts and can raise and herd horses... it is understandable that they go to Kaifeng Prefecture to serve as soldiers. But it still sounds a bit strange to go to Kaifeng Mansion to graze!
Is Kaifeng Mansion a place for grazing?
Zhao Kai's eyes swept across the hall, and he smiled and said to a group of Lingzhou wealthy people: "You all love the Song Dynasty, and the Song Dynasty also needs your services... so I want to take you with me. Go to Kaifeng Mansion so that we can arrange errands for your nephews and brothers! Aren't you unwilling to follow me?"
Zhao Kai’s meaning is already very clear!
The wealthy families in Lingzhou must either follow him... and settle in Kaifeng Mansion! Either go to Xingqing Mansion and see if Li Qianshun will spare their lives!
As for why he moved the Lingzhou wealthy family, the reason was simple - to obtain the land in Lingzhou, and to find a group of high-level horsemen for the Qun Mu Division.
Half of the land in Lingzhou will be allocated to the officers and soldiers of the Tiance Imperial Guard Army, the Tiance Selected Front Army, the Yulin Cavalry, and the Artillery Army. The other half will be used to house a group of new soldiers guarding Lingzhou and Weizhou.
If we don't get rid of these Lingzhou wealthy people, how will this land be divided?
These wealthy families are unwilling to lose their land and may incite rebellion. How troublesome will it be?
So Zhao Kai had to move them all! If they leave, they will no longer be able to control the land in Lingzhou - there is no "private land" in Lingzhou, and there is no way to become a local owner just by getting a title deed. Those who can occupy the land are some powerful clans. Once they leave, they will naturally not be able to control the land in Lingzhou.
Zhao Kai can transfer all the land in Lingzhou to the Yingtian Division and then distribute it according to needs.
This method is actually similar to the "Ling Qian Tomb System" in the Western Han Dynasty, which is a method of relocating powerful people in order to control the local area.
Zhao Kai actually used this trick in Shaanxi and Xiangzhou, Hebei. The Han family moved out of Xiangzhou. Those who moved out of Shaanxi were a group of generals and aristocratic families.
It's just that the Han family is very willing to run away because they are afraid of Jin Bing. The generals and Yingwu families in Shaanxi moved out through "transfer", and their interests were not harmed, and of course they were willing to do so.
Now, the same method is used in Lingzhou again!
In addition, Zhao Kai will definitely be able to bring back many horses from the northwest this time. Someone needs to look after these horses! Zhao Kai knew how much Ma Wang, the herdsman, had. He could only raise twenty or thirty thousand horses until he died. If there were two to three hundred thousand horses to be raised, Ma Wang and those under him would not be able to take care of them.
So he thought about this big clan in Lingzhou - the children of the rich clans in Xixia generally have to serve in the military. Children of wealthy families must serve as cavalry, and their own horses are usually provided. Therefore, there must be people in these wealthy families who know how to raise horses, and they may even have their own horses.
These all have to be taken to the Kaifeng Mansion Prairie!
"We are willing to follow the official family!"
"I will go wherever the officials want me to wait..."
"We are willing to leave Lingzhou..."
How dare the wealthy leaders of Lingzhou in the Zichen Palace say they are unwilling? Everyone tried their best to pretend to be loyal and follow them to death.
Seeing that the goal was almost achieved, Zhao Kai smiled and nodded: "Okay! Okay! You really love the Song Dynasty... Don't worry, I won't treat you badly!"
