The concept of "economic warfare" and the general development ideas in the memorial were refreshing to many ministers of the DPRK and China, and they felt a sense of enlightenment and enlightenment. The fact that Yang Jin was able to plan such new tactics that were unheard of and unavailable for reference was no longer a question of ability, but that his vision had jumped beyond the scope of the times, leading the war of bloodshed and sacrifice to the invisible.
Once you win, you can collapse a country as a whole without spending a single soldier, not just an army. Yang Ji put this completely executable new concept of war in the Sui Dynasty, and he was indeed worthy of Yang Jian's "talent of prime minister".
Yang Jian stood at the level of the emperor. He understood the power of economic warfare better than Yang Guang and his ministers, and he also understood its value better.
Since the founding of the Sui Dynasty, it has never been monolithic. The estrangement and trauma caused by the division of the north and the south for hundreds of years, the sequelae left by the barbarians' occupation of the Central Plains for hundreds of years, and the deep-rooted family system that has been entrenched for hundreds of years, how can it be more than 20 years ago? Can years of time be completely eliminated and completely integrated?
It is so difficult to bridge the gap between the two countries in China, which has the same roots and the same culture and customs, let alone the Western Regions where the cultural beliefs are different from those of the Sui Dynasty.
The Western Region has problems such as harsh environment, complex terrain, intertwined Han and Hu tribes, and diverse beliefs. With the current national power of the Sui Dynasty, it is not difficult to conquer it. The difficulty lies in the unification of people's hearts. Even if they rely on strong measures to temporarily unify, once the situation changes, it will only fall apart overnight.
If we follow Yang Ji's economic warfare model and gradually control the economic lifeline of the countries in the Western Regions in the hands of the Sui Dynasty, then the occupation will be more practical and more solid than the actual occupation. Moreover, as long as it drives the economic development of various countries, all countries will taste the benefits. The people also have a natural affinity for the Sui Dynasty. By then, the promotion of Chinese language and Chinese culture will be easier for people to accept. They don't even have to do anything deliberately. They will take the initiative to learn from the Sui Dynasty. However, if they are conquered by force, it will often be counterproductive. It often makes people feel rebellious.
But governing a country is like cooking fresh food. Yang Jian did not dare to promote it hastily without mature examples, mature theories, and mature plans to learn from, so as not to scare the snake.
In his heart, Yang Ji is undoubtedly the best executor of this strategy. After all, this is the tactic proposed by Yang Ji. I am afraid that only he can understand the key points. If he rashly replaces someone who knows nothing In the past, I just touched a little bit of the door, but how long will it take?
What Yang Jian didn't know was that this was actually Yang Ji's motive for vaguely proposing the concept of economic warfare; in dealing with Tuyuhun in the Sui Dynasty, he led the army and people of Liangzhou to be responsible for the arms race, but this was a conspiracy to use force to suppress others. , it’s not worth mentioning, and any famous general can handle it with ease, but economic warfare, a tactic that came out of thin air, is a completely new thing. The emergence of this thing can at least make him cool in the cold. The state will stay a few more years.
In the past few years, he has been able to do a lot of things in Liangzhou in advance.
Yang Ji didn't know that Yang Jian, in the distant capital, not only rated him as a "talented prime minister", but also decided that he would launch economic warfare and arms trade in the Western Regions. He has left "Xizhou" Hengjie City and is on his way to Tingzhou.
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Tingzhou is located at the northern foot of Tianshan Mountain and the western foothills of Jinshan Mountain. It connects Guazhou to the east, "Xizhou" and Gaochang to the south, Xitujue to the west, and Xue Yantuo to the north. Numerous inland rivers formed by the melted ice and snow of Tianshan Mountain and Jinshan River flow opposite each other, which is sufficient. The abundant water sources and fertile land formed the fertile Tingzhou Delta.
The more than 100,000 families who were moved here have all become common people in Tingzhou. If one family has five people, the total population is as high as 500,000. In order to facilitate management, the imperial court established five counties in the Tingzhou Delta. In addition to Tianshan County, which was governed by the prefecture, there were four counties: Tianchi, Luntai, Jinman, and Jinpu.
The temperature in Tingzhou is much lower than that of the Flame Mountain. Crossing the Tianshan Mountains, it gives people the feeling of suddenly entering winter from spring. Fortunately, the large army is well prepared, so they will not be caught in the cold.
The seat of Tianshan County was Urumqi in later generations, with transportation in all directions and very convenient. However, when Yang Ji's army arrived in Tianshan County, it had been covered with ice and snow for several days.
The howling sound was like a wild wolf howling on the top of the mountain. The wind was originally invisible, but because it was wrapped in snowflakes, it seemed to make people see its shape.
Fortunately, the terrain of the Tingzhou Delta is very undulating, and the mountainous area is vast. It is high in the south and northeast, and low in the middle and north. There are Tianshan Mountain and Jinshan Mountain outside, and there are many mountains of different heights inside. These mountains play a role in blocking the wind and snow. So that the people temporarily living in the tents can be protected from the harm of the white disaster.
It's just that the common people have just arrived. Even though they worked day and night to build the city wall, they only repaired the west city wall and the north city wall. There were only compacted ravines on the southeast side that served as the foundation of the walls. In order to help the people avoid the wind and snow, Li Jing simply built The four walls are connected with ice walls.
Ice walls are a method of sheltering from wind and snow that existed before the Han Dynasty. Whenever they encountered severe cold weather, northern nomads would pile snow into a wall and pour water on it to form an ice wall that could block the wind and also be used. To keep out the cold, enemies, and wolves.
The city surrounded by stone and ice walls is covered with felt tents. Since it is originally gray-white, it is now covered with a layer of white snow, which is almost the same color as the sky and the earth. If you don't get closer, you will not be able to spot the tents. Although thick snow may collapse the tent, there is a certain amount of snow on the corners and roof of the tent, which can also seal all the gaps and make the tent very warm.
The people had already cut down a large amount of wood from the mountains and lit fires from morning to night to keep the tents warm and protected from wind and snow. Although emergency protection was carried out in the livestock pen, some livestock were still frozen to death, but the minor damage was completely negligible.
"Pharmacist, tell me what you and General Yao are planning!" In the Chinese army's tent, the door was wide open, fluffy snowflakes fell from the curtains and overhead, and the flames in the fire pit were bright red. Yang Ji looked at Jiajia Li Jing glanced at Chai Huo.
"Mencius said: 'The people are the most valuable, the country is the second most important, and the king is the least important'. Then let me start with the people's livelihood!" Li Jing patted the dust on his hands, wiped it on his pants, nodded and said: " In accordance with His Highness's instructions, we settled 32,000 households in Tianshan County and 20,000 households in each of the other four counties. The layout of each county is in the shape of "kai", and the people live in tents under the word "kai". That is also Their future homestead. What General Yao and I want to do is to repair the city walls and school buildings first, and then mobilize the people to open up wasteland and dig canals. The official residences and people's houses will be left to be repaired last. With this arrangement, there will be another harvest next year. , even if it is not enough to eat, the amount of food that needs to be transported from the mainland will be reduced accordingly. As for the houses, the people are actually not in a hurry, they think it is enough to have a shelter from the wind and rain."
"It makes sense!" Yang Jishen nodded in agreement and motioned for Li Jing to continue.
"The next thing I want to talk about is the military that is closely related to Jiangshan Sheji!" Li Jing pondered for a while and said: "Tingzhou has a flat terrain. Except for Yizhou in the east, it can be said that it is surrounded by enemies on three sides, and there is a huge problem in defense. , we plan to establish a defense system according to the zoning method of counties and townships, that is, five levels: scouts, beacon towers, forts, military towns, and county towns. The main battle army will be stationed at the junction of towns between the two counties. What do you think, Your Highness?"
"Not bad!" Yang Ji smiled and said, "There are more than 500,000 people in Laoqiao, and your own safety is the top priority."
"Then I'll be relieved!" Li Jing said with a smile: "To be honest, General Yao and I were originally worried that His Highness would lose if we defend for a long time, blaming us for being conservative!"
"How is this possible?" Yang Ji laughed dumbly: "I am not a war madman, I love peace more than you."
"..." Li Jing shook his head. He was too embarrassed to expose Yang Ji. After thinking about it, he took a roundabout way and said: "The Great Lakes area is the home base of Bujia Khan in the East/Tujue. In order to reduce the defense line, he Many tribes were relocated there, and the total population before the war was more than two million. But now, I heard that the total is less than 1.3 million, and more than half of them are women."
"My mother!" Xue Ju, who was squatting by the fire simmering wine, opened his eyes wide, looked at Yang Ji in horror, and said in disbelief: "Master, why don't I remember that we killed so many people?"
"Yes!" Yao Junsu also said: "In addition to killing more at the beginning, it became difficult to find the isolated tribes later on. The number of people we killed one after another could barely reach 200,000 in total. Now Medicine Master, you said that 600,000 to 700,000 people in the Great Lakes Region were wiped out. How did you calculate this?"
"What's so surprising about this?" Yang Ji saw it clearly: "Although we didn't kill many people, we killed all the animals, burned all the food and winter tents. After they ate all the carcasses of the animals, they became hungry. They died, froze to death, and some of them killed each other in order to seize winter supplies. But speaking of it, although these people were not killed by us, they died because of us. This is 'I will not kill Boren' , Boren died because of me'."
"That's right." Li Jing nodded with a smile.
Xue Ju said with some confusion: "So, if we kill a few times a year, wouldn't the alien race become extinct?"
"That's the theory." Yang Ji understood that Li Jing was refuting his "love of peace" in a roundabout way. He changed his mind and asked with a smile: "I haven't paid attention to the Great Lakes Region for a long time. How is the situation there?"
"The disputes among the three kingdoms." Li Jing said with a smile: "Xue Yantuo is in the northwest, Ashina Huaide is in the northeast and east, and the tribal alliance dominated by Murong Xianbei is in the south. They have become a tripartite force, but outside the Dahu District there are There are Eastern and Western Turks, Qi Gu, Great Sui, etc., which make these three forces have their own concerns. So I thought I could contact them to strengthen the Hu people's desire to Sui as mentioned by His Highness."
Yang Ji knew that Li Jing could be a general in battle and a prime minister in court. He wanted to hear Li Jing's opinion and asked, "What do you think?"
"I have come up with several ideas based on the concepts of economic warfare and financial warfare proposed by His Highness before." Li Jing said with a smile: "The first is to use the geographical advantages of Tingzhou, Yizhou, Guazhou, and Ganzhou to open a bazaars to strengthen the commercial exchanges between the Sui Dynasty and the surrounding Hu people; but as His Highness said, spontaneous learning is far easier than forced, and promotion will be faster. Therefore, when we trade with the Hu people, regardless of their measurements, No matter what the weight and coins are, they always use the Sui method to weigh, buy and sell goods, and finally pay with Sui five baht. When selling goods, they only receive Sui five baht. If the Hu people don't want to be deceived, they have to understand And understand the measurement and writing of Sui Dynasty."
Li Jing glanced at Yang Ji and said with some hesitation: "Secondly, we can attract some outstanding Hu people to join the Sui Dynasty. If a Hu girl marries into the Sui Dynasty, she will also become a subject of our Sui Dynasty. But if a woman from my Sui Dynasty marries The Hu people no longer enjoy the rights of our people in the Sui Dynasty, but this is very likely to intensify the conflict..."
"Never mind this!" Yang Ji interrupted Li Jing with a wave of his hand and said, "Every era has its difficulties and every era has its needs. If we think too much and worry too much, it will only constrain us. It will also be detrimental to the future. Therefore, it is reasonable for us to make corresponding countermeasures based on the current situation. As for the future, we will talk about it later."
"Here!" Li Jing nodded.
Yang Ji said calmly: "Your second idea is good, but it is too passive. We should take the initiative based on the current situation in the Great Lakes Region."
When everyone heard the words "take the initiative", they all looked at Yang Ji.
"I'm talking about trade, not war!" Yang Ji glanced at everyone speechlessly and said with a wry smile: "In the market we are going to build, a slave shop will be opened in the future to purchase Hu slaves. An adult man can exchange for Grain worth a horse or a woman can be exchanged for grain worth a sheep. The specific amount depends on the circumstances. There are three purposes for doing this: First, it is to send a friendly signal to the various ministries. Not only did the Sui Dynasty not beat them, but they were also willing to Help them survive the cold winter, but there is no free food in the world, so they need to use slaves in exchange; secondly, the Hu people believe in the law of survival of the weak and the strong. For them, war is like eating and sleeping. When they are sad in the cold winter, When they see prisoners, they are also willing to exchange money. If there is a profit, they will definitely go to war with the weak tribes, and then use the prisoners to exchange money and food. Third, under the temptation of usury, they will naturally fight every day. If things go on like this, although the Hu people have Although they have gained money, they become weaker and weaker as they fight, which is naturally a good thing for the Sui Dynasty."
"The bought slaves are used by men as coolies, such as building roads, building cities, cultivating fields, and mining. The food only needs to ensure that they do not die. This can save more labor for us to engage in other industries. Women are given as rewards to meritorious soldiers. As for the money needed to buy slaves, we pay them first, and when they open the mines and mint the money, instead of losing money, we can make money. In addition, there is also a flat Straight roads, tall and strong cities, and canals for easy irrigation.”
Everyone looked at Yang Ji with a dull expression, but felt a sense of horror when listening to the content of the dull words.
Based on their understanding of the nature of the Hu people, when the Hu people see a profit, they will definitely follow Yang Ji's method and kill each other. In the end, as Yang Ji said, if the Hu people really snatched people from weak tribes and sold them to the Sui Dynasty, they would really be excellent soldiers without any compensation or pension.
They suddenly felt a sense of sympathy for the Hu people. It was like they were sold and had to help count the money... No, Yang Ji didn't do anything at all. They sold themselves and then helped count the people. money.
Although this method is not as simple as Tu Hu Ling, it is more effective than Tu Hu Ling in terms of long-term damage. At least the Sui Dynasty did not have to lose any troops. How many Hu people will there be in the end?
This method, this method, is really cruel!
"Although my cousin's idea is good, the feud between Hu and Han is not so easy to solve. If all female slaves are betrothed to meritorious soldiers, will they kill the soldiers on their beds?" The young Dugu Pingyun understood the habits of the Hu people. Not much. After he finished speaking, he added: "I don't dare to ask for it anyway."
Everyone laughed.
Yang Ji took the wine glass handed over by Xue Ju, took a sip of the warm wine, and explained to Dugu Pingyun with a smile: "Women are equivalent to goods and livestock on the grassland. They are items that can be traded as slaves. They have no respect for the original people." Being born into a tribe, there is no sense of belonging. If you marry a Sui soldier or a Sui bachelor, you will have a stable family. This has a fatal attraction for them. But there are already adult men who hate the Sui. Without a complete idea, if adult male slaves are included in the Sui household registration, they will spread the seeds of hatred from generation to generation, and sooner or later they will explode with great power. And our Sui Dynasty does not lack population, but it lacks labor. So they can only work as laborers and hard workers. Of course, besides squeezing the labor of male slaves, you can also select some people with good performance to join the Sui Dynasty. They saw hope and worked harder to open mines and open roads for us. "
"When the Straight Road Administration headed by He Tuo was building straight roads, they discovered several coal mines and gold mines in the Yanzhi Mountains; Engineer Cao also found several gold, copper, and iron mines in the middle and western sections of the Qilian Mountains. , the quality of the ore mined from these places is quite good, but it requires a lot of manpower to mine. If Liangzhou Qingzhuang is hired to mine, the labor plus food will be a huge expense. If those prisoners are used to mine, it will also affect The progress of the straight road. Therefore, instead of hiring Sui people to mine, it is better to buy slaves directly from here. This will not only intensify the conflict between the barbarians, but also reduce the defense pressure on Tingzhou and Yizhou. "
Li Jing looked at Yang Ji and smiled: "Will the next slave trade be mainly adult Hu people?"
Yang Ji nodded: "That's true, but the Great Lakes area is now in a serious food and material crisis, and there are more women than men. If we buy female slaves at this time, we will definitely not spend much money on food."
"In fact, the methods can be more gentle." Li Jing sighed: "When the four schools, county schools, and prefecture schools are opened, we can absorb the children of the Hu people to study, and instill Han values from an early age. A hundred years later, these four weeks Naturally, it is my Sui pasture."
Yang Ji shook his head and said: "The gentle teaching methods are not only ineffective in a short period of time, but also make the Hu people have loyal and patriotic thoughts. This is not a good thing for the Sui Dynasty. What I am more worried about is that someone will use this in the future As a basis, it is said that "the heavenly country should be based on benevolence, and the small countries must be enlightened." If this is the case, it will definitely weaken the martial style and iron-blooded style of our Sui Dynasty. And if a country does not have a martial style , Iron-Blooded Wind, no matter how prosperous it is, it is just fat in the eyes of others."
"I won't live until the 'hundred years' you mentioned, and I can't guarantee that this concept will still be implemented in the future. So while I'm still young, I'll use radical means to achieve some results first. If the results are good, I'll support this policy. Naturally, there will be many future generations, and the more people who support it, the more this policy can continue to be used. Of course, if the female slaves we bought bring children under ten years old, we can also bring their chaotic-minded children into the school. She, together with the children of the Sui Dynasty, received Han education."
Li Jing bowed sincerely: "Your Highness has a far-sighted vision, and Li Jing admires him."
"We are all our own people, there is no need to say these polite words." Yang Ji glanced at Li Jing and said with a smile. In fact, Li Jing's qualifications in all aspects were not enough; the reason why he was able to become the governor and general manager of Tingzhou was that, on the one hand, Tingzhou was a new land acquired by the Sui Dynasty. It was surrounded by enemies everywhere, far away from the mainland, and there were hundreds of thousands of disaster victims. It's a drag and everything has to be started from scratch, so the aristocratic family members and the big shots in the court don't like this place, and they are also worried that their nephews will screw up Tingzhou, so no one competes for the positions of governor, general manager, etc. On the other hand, Yang Ji himself strongly recommended it.
Nowadays, Li Jing is considered one of the core members of the King Wei clan. As long as Yang Ji himself can withstand the attacks of his political opponents and remains strong, Li Jing will not be able to escape.
Yang Ji pondered for a long time, and then said: "Tingzhou has been a must-pass on the northern Silk Road since the Han Dynasty. Now it is the Turks in the west, Xue Yantuo in the north, and Gaochang in the south. After you have settled the people, you can choose a place to build on the border. The city of trade. As for the slave trade, we can start it first."
"I humbly obey my orders!" Li Jing bowed and obeyed. After listening to Yang Ji's detailed explanation, he not only understood that the slave trade was an important part of economic warfare, but also felt no psychological pressure anymore. As long as he is given enough time to engage in the slave trade, not to mention Xue Yantuo in the north of Tingzhou, Western Turks in the west, and Gaochang Kingdom in the south will be wiped out by him.
Yang Ji had suffered losses from the "God of War" and the "Overlord of the Western Qin Dynasty" and knew that Li Jing was not yet at the level of "a general or a prime minister". He could not regard him as a military god or a prime minister yet, so he did not Tai reassured and said: "Slave trade can be done, but the countries and tribes around Tingzhou conquer each other and contain each other. This situation is of great benefit to our Sui Dynasty and Tingzhou. You are sucking their potential. You can't push them too hard, lest they hug each other for warmth. So you can give them some sweetness when needed."
"Here!"
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