"Your Highness is wise!" Liu Quan said sincerely: "Inducing with benefits is much more effective than simply suppressing with force."
"In fact, pure force deterrence will only force people to rebel." Yang Ji continued to look at the sky, but Qu Tutong, who pricked up his ears and listened, said with a smile: "There are a large number of troops stationed in Qiang land, just like guarding against thieves. To guard against them, the Qiang people live in fear every day, for fear that one day a knife will fall on their heads. If the local garrison's hands and feet are unclean, they dare not speak out even more, but with Murong Fuyun's instigation , Tuyuhun promised to be a strong backing, and in order to protect themselves, they naturally interacted with them secretly. If their safety was guaranteed and they had a source of livelihood, they would naturally not rebel. This is human nature, and it would happen to anyone else."
Liu Quan bowed and said, "Come here and be taught."
“In addition, local counties were organized to grant land to the Qiang people near towns according to the court’s allocation standards.”
In order to let everyone fully understand what he meant, Yang Ji did not hide it and continued: "There are a large number of Qiang people in Liangzhou, and their living habits are the same as those of the Han people. However, the imperial court's previous appeasement policy only targeted the various Qiang people. Although the village and the leaders of various tribes achieved temporary results, raising tigers also caused future troubles. For example, in the fourth year of Emperor Kaihuang's reign, more than a thousand Dangxiang Qiang people belonged to the Sui Dynasty. In the second year, Tuoba Ningcong, leader of the Dangxiang tribe, Seeing that many of his relatives had rebelled against him, he had no choice but to go to Taozhou and ask for annexation. At that time, the world was not yet unified, and the sage had no time to take care of the Qiang people's affairs, so he appointed Tuoba Ningcong as a general and let him continue to manage the annexed Qiang people. Tuoba Ningcong grew stronger after cutting off those who had previously opposed him in the name of the imperial court. He attacked Huizhou in the 16th year of Emperor Kaihuang's reign. After his defeat, he surrendered to the Sui Dynasty again. However, the imperial court still asked him to take charge of the Qiang people. In the process, Ordinary Qiang people have never gained anything and have always been a tool used by the Tuoba tribe to make profits. In order to obtain more benefits, the leaders of the Tuoba tribe even levied exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes in the name of the court, deepening the conflict between the two ethnic groups, and then in their own name Pretending to give food to people in order to win over people's hearts. This time I decided to go in the opposite direction from the bottom up and win over those miserable Qiang people. After losing these wings, look at him Tuoba Congning Why not?"
Everyone suddenly realized that if the Qiang people who were interested in the imperial court got land and lived a prosperous life, it would only cause more Qiang people to come out of the mountains and flood into Liangzhou. For the imperial court, Liangzhou was allocated a large amount of barren land, but they got What is needed is a large population and stable sources of taxes and troops. In the long run, it is indeed beneficial without any harm.
This is a vicious tactic to draw money from the bottom of the cauldron, and it is based on human nature. Even Gao Jiong had to lament that Yang Ji, a stupid young man, was born to be a good candidate for officialdom. He was just introducing him to the general situation of Liangzhou. He just hammered here and there to come up with a set of seemingly messy but very clear ideas. After he became proficient in it, what's the point?
Just thinking that I had been planning for two years, but in the end I was defeated by the Xiao family, and I felt extremely unwilling. By the way, Xiao Yu was also unhappy, and I thought to myself, was this kid going to the Western Regions?
"Your Highness's policy can fundamentally solve the problem of the Qiang people. You should abide by your humble duty." Liu Quan bowed his hand and said in a different voice: "But this matter is important and has almost subverted the imperial court's previous foreign policy. The imperial court must be informed first, and secondly , Although there are a large number of Qiang people in Ganzhou, there are even more Qiang people in Taozhou."
"The saint gave me the authority for military and political self-determination, and the prince can speak more easily. He is not afraid of our troubles, but is afraid that we will die, so the court does not have to worry at all." Yang Ji gave everyone a reassurance and continued: "Liang, the governor of Shanzhou I met Liang Yuanli, the governor of Mo and Huizhou, and they had no problem. When I was in Pouhan County, Hezhou, I also met Zhang Shou, the governor of Hezhou, Zhang Jun, the governor of Taozhou, Li Qiong, the governor of Lanzhou, and Murong Sanzang, the governor of Kuozhou. They’re also easy to talk to.”
Gao Yan rolled his eyes when he heard this. You showed the famous ancient sword Long Yuan to them for tasting. Do they dare to speak rudely?
"As for Liangzhou Governor Liu Wujian, he should be easy to talk to. So you don't have to worry. If you have a good idea in the future, just say it. After we discuss it, we will greet the land of Liangzhou. We have made a contribution and everyone has a share. If something happens, Of course, I...my prince brother will carry it," Yang Ji finally said. (Liu Wujian is the governor of Liangzhou, which is different from the great governor of Liangzhou who oversees Jiuzhou, Yang Ji)
"Please rest assured, Your Highness, I will certainly live up to my heavy trust in my humble position." Liu Quan nodded sternly. He also knew that Yang Guang's situation in the capital was not as good as he imagined. He now obviously hopes that Yang Ji will make a big difference in Liangzhou. , and then used this great achievement to consolidate his position as prince.
We are all princelings who share weal and woe. How can we speak against the prince at a time when he needs to build a foundation for his political achievements?
"Yang Min Cao, Wei Li Cao. You should complete Min Cao and Li Cao as soon as possible, and assist the governor of Jiuzhou to resettle the Qiang people and persuade the Qiang people." Yang Jixiang looked at Yang Shanhui and Wei Yunqi. These two people looked elegant, but in fact they were They are both violent men with both civil and military skills, and both Ma Shan and Bi Zhuan played the game quite easily.
"I humble my duty and obey my orders."
"Yu Li Cao, Liu Shi Cao." Yang Ji then ordered Yu Shinan and Liu Xuan: "You two are responsible for selecting the officials under Cao Cao. If there is no one in Liangzhou, send someone to the capital to select from the reserve officials. Selection.”
"Here."
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After roughly arranging the future development direction of Liangzhou, Yang Ji left all government affairs to Chang Shi Gaojun. Yiwu had not yet been conquered, and his envoys to the Western Regions had not yet played their role. When Yiwu takes over, Liangzhou's government affairs will definitely be sorted out clearly and clearly. After Yang Ji came back, he only had to pick up the ready-made framework and do things.
This raid on Yiwu was a war approved by Yang Jian. Because of his intervention, the number of troops that could be used became stronger.
When Yang Ji and Yang Guang secretly planned, the maximum number of troops they could use was only 13,000, but Yang Jian now gave him a quota of 20,000. However, Ganzhou, which had the largest number of troops, was a strategically important area in the Sui Dynasty. The army could never be less than 20,000, so he could only use 5,000 mobile troops from Zhangye County at most, and then Army Sima Zhang Xutuo gathered Qu Tutong and arranged Troops from various places form Ganzhou mobile troops.
The five thousand soldiers in Guazhou could only take away two thousand at most. Calculated this way, Yang Ji still had a gap of eight thousand. Yang Jian meant to let him solve the problem on the spot and recruit young people from the private sector to supplement it. This was also a common method. Although Yang Ji did not want to use the peasant army, the situation was not up to him.
Fortunately, there are many Qiang people in Ganzhou who can ride horses. Thanks to Yang Jian's crackdown on corrupt officials, these people not only live a better life, but also yearn for Han life. Ganzhou officials went deep into the Qiang villages and promulgated the policy of equalizing land distribution, which also made Yang Ji's recruitment matter successful. Under the temptation of generous rewards for meritorious service, brave and heroic Qiang men responded one after another, and they were recruited in just four days. More than 4,000 Qiang warriors.
If Yang Ji hadn't been unable to wait, Ganzhou alone might have been able to fill the gap in troops. Although Zhang Xutuo suggested that Yang Ji bring the troops he had collected so that he could train his troops again, Yang Ji was worried that the Turks would attack and the new troops would not be up to the task. , then this proposal was rejected. As for a soft persimmon like Yiwu, it would be fine to use new soldiers.
Moreover, when he left the capital, he gave Wang Bian an order to recruit troops nearby. They had at least ten days to recruit troops. It would definitely not be difficult for them with a mere 4,000 troops, and the five generals were all good at recruiting. Maybe There has been preliminary training.
Therefore, Yang Ji was well prepared in Ganzhou, and he and the palace officials continued westward with the army.
