In Tianshan County the next day, when Yang Ji and others walked out of the igloo, they saw tents of various colors covered with thick white snow, and snowflakes falling from the sky, like a dream. There were not many people on the street, only some carefree children laughing and chasing each other in the snow. After several groups of people gathered together, they rode towards a construction site outside the city.
Along the way, I saw snow-white mountains standing quietly between heaven and earth. The small rivers inside and outside the county were completely frozen. The normally flowing river water had long been frozen into long white snakes. The cold wind was howling. Even after the snow stops, the snowflakes will be blown away.
On the bank of the Urumqi River, more than 20 miles away from the county seat, densely packed people were braving the severe cold, waving iron drills, shovels, and hoes in their hands to dig a long ravine.
This river is naturally not called Urumqi River now, but was named Tianshui by Li Jing. This name is appropriate because this river originates from Tianshan Mountain. In summer, the ice and snow melt, and a large amount of water flows down the mountain. It has a kind of "Tianshan Mountain" The feeling of water coming up from the sky.
Tianshui flows from the south to the northeast, exits the Tianshan Pass, turns due north in Luntai County, flows to Weilu Lake on the southern edge of the Junggar Basin, and continues to extend into the prairie known as the Gurbantungut Desert in later generations, with the entire length More than six to seven hundred miles.
Regarding how to govern Tingzhou, Li Jing put forward a suggestion, which is to focus on the Tianshui Basin, fully develop Tingzhou agriculture, and establish a stable agricultural system with the Tianshui Basin as the center. After stabilizing people's hearts, they can then use the Silk Road North Road, establish a prosperous zone with the Tingzhou Delta as the economic center, use the Silk Road to absorb domestic and foreign resources, and then use these resources to feed back Yizhou, Guazhou, Ganzhou and other places, thus forming a virtuous cycle. As long as the foundation is laid firmly, within ten years, Tingzhou will become a military and economic center like Yizhou and Guazhou.
This proposal was recognized and strongly supported by Yang Ji. Although Yang Ji knew nothing about governing a place, he was well-informed, had experienced many things, and knew many things. For example, Shenzhen in later generations was just a relatively backward place at first, but later, the old man Nanxun decided to use it as the center to develop the local economy point by point. As a result, the Pearl River Delta with Shenzhen as the center became increasingly prosperous and became a place where every inch of land is valuable. Treasure land.
In Yang Ji's view, Li Jing's proposal is similar to the development model of the Pearl River Delta.
Tingzhou is already on the border with frequent wars and far away from the Central Plains. If the people of Tingzhou are poor and live in dire straits for a long time, no matter how hard the court forces them, they will fall back one after another, thus making Yang Jian's policy of immigrating to consolidate the border a complete failure. , if the imperial court uses agriculture to solve the problem of food and clothing, stabilize people's hearts, and then use geographical advantages to drive the people to get rich, the people's hearts will naturally settle down, and even attract more poor people from the mainland to settle down. In this way, Yang Jian's immigration to consolidate the border, The strategy of influencing the Western Regions will be successful.
Li Jing had extraordinary military and political skills and was supported by Yang Ji. While building the city, the first step of the development plan was also launched.
The Tingzhou Delta has a flat terrain and fertile land, with tens of thousands of hectares of arable land. However, the terrain difference is also relatively large. Some sections of the Tianshui River are lower than the flat land. Of course, waterwheels can be used to draw water, but the flow that can be diverted will eventually flow. It was not far away and could not irrigate many fields. In addition, the water wheel was fragile, so he planned to build a dam in this section of the river to raise the water level, and then use canals to guide the water to farther places. Eventually, Tianshui formed a complete set of water conservancy projects including water diversion, water transportation, water storage, and water distribution, opening the door to convenience for the people of Tingzhou.
And this canal leads the water from Tianshui to Tianshan County more than 20 miles away. It can not only irrigate the fields on both sides of the way, provide water to the moat and the people, but also enable the people to use this canal to transport grain during the harvest season. Transported into the city to reduce manpower and animal power.
In front of this canal with a general trunk, Li Jing patiently explained to the people of Tianshan County, informed the people in detail about the purpose and benefits of opening the canal, and encouraged the people to work and obtain subsidies.
The people of Tingzhou were originally victims of the disasters in Bingzhou and Yuzhou. Every family had no food left, and all their living resources depended on work-for-relief. When the young men went to the mountains to quarry stone to build cities, the old people and women who could still work but had nothing to do Faced with the government's recruitment of workers, each one of them was extremely enthusiastic and participated in this lighter project one after another, using labor to increase income for their families and reduce the burden on their sons and husbands.
"How is the progress of this canal? How long does it need to be built?" Looking at the people busy in the canal, Yang Ji felt a little relieved.
Although opening canals is a painful and tiring task, and the busy people are sweating profusely in the winter, and some men are bare-chested and wielding farm tools, Yang Ji still found the numbness and numbness on the migration journey. The expressions of despair and fear have all disappeared. No matter how hard and tired they are at this time, their faces are full of hope. Whenever someone accidentally rolls down the ditch, there will be bursts of laughter, and some people even say Good-natured jokes.
"This canal is centered on Tianshui, with one on the left and right. This channel has been 80% completed. After digging, three sides need to be tamped. The purpose of tamping the left and right sides is to prevent collapse and interruption of flow; the purpose of tamping the bottom of the river is to This will make it easier for the people to clear the silt in the future. At that time, they only need to close the sluice gate and the construction can begin after the flow is cut off."
The day after Yang Ji arrived, he braved the heavy snowstorm to inspect the agricultural and industrial base of the ditch, which made Li Jing very excited. He felt that Yang Ji's ability to inspect the construction site showed that he valued people's livelihood, which was what he should do as the number one person in Liangzhou. He introduced the situation of this canal very enthusiastically: "This main canal running through both sides of Tianshui is only one aspect; downstream there are people building dams using strips of stone and cement invented by His Highness."
Yang Ji frowned and said, "Is it possible to do so many things at the same time? Don't end up unable to do everything well."
"There is no way." Li Jing said with a bitter smile: "The people like to haggle over things the most, and no one is willing to suffer even the slightest loss. Sometimes they cause large-scale fights over irrigation water and field ridges, so I plan to build the main irrigation canal first. Get up, and then equalize the land, so that the people can cultivate the land and repair the field ridges. As for the tributary canals that are too late to be repaired, lines will be drawn and reserved. This way there will be no disputes."
"Yeah!" Yang Ji nodded and waited for the next step.
Li Jing continued: "There are many rivers formed by the melting of ice and snow. I plan to incorporate some small rivers into this irrigation project, so that the entire Tingzhou can be irrigated so that there is no shortage of drinking water in every township; but according to the current situation, This matter needs to be considered in the long run. After all, Tingzhou's current important tasks are still to build cities, open fields, and build houses. Only when the people have land and houses and are self-sufficient can we proceed with the follow-up matters. If there are prisoners of war and slaves That's another thing."
"You do realize the benefits of prisoners of war and slaves." Yang Ji chuckled and said, "But there are people in the court who want to give the prisoners of war we captured to Ashina for free. It's really ridiculous."
Li Jing pondered for a long time and said: "The prisoners of war we captured in Ganzhou were all young and strong men who came off the battlefield. We gave them war horses, swords, bows and arrows, and they were strong warriors. If they were given to Ranqian, they would be It allowed him to gain nearly 100,000 more soldiers out of thin air. The consequences are serious and the threat to our Sui Dynasty is self-evident. I think it is not that those in the court are unaware of this consequence, but that they have received the benefits of Rangan, So the interests of the Sui Dynasty were put aside and ignored."
"Actually, I also received a lot of benefits." Yang Ji said with a smile: "But I took the benefits, still opposed it, and then gave them a big hole."
The effects of Beizhu, Gyrfalcon, and Fighting will definitely be played out in Eastern/Tujue with the return of Shishu Huxi.
Yang Ji firmly believed in this.
"..." Li Jing was speechless upon hearing this.
Follow the canal to Tianshui in the west. After walking no more than ten miles, you will reach the section where the canal and Tianshui are connected.
There were hundreds of soldiers standing on both sides of the canal facing the wind. The people working in the muddy canal were all barbarians. They were tall and strong young men. They worked hard with their hoes to dig, and all of them were working hard. He was in high spirits, and there were also barbarian people, who seemed particularly desperate.
Yang Ji looked at the scene in front of him with some surprise, and asked Li Jing in surprise: "Where did these barbarians come from? Could it be that you started a war?"
"Didn't His Highness ask Mr. Xue to come and eliminate the Hu people first? That's all." Li Jing smiled bitterly and said: "There are more than 12,000 households of these Hu people, with a total population of more than 70,000 people. Among them, most of them were taken from Yizhou by us. The Chuyue people who were killed were mainly Chuyue people, and there were also Xueyantuo people, Qibi people, Wusun people, Turks, Sogdians, and even more than a hundred households of Huhua Han people who originally lived here."
"I see!" Yang Ji was so busy recently that he forgot about this, and said with a smile: "This is quite hard work."
Xue Shixiong, who was next to him, laughed loudly and said: "These people are just a bunch of cheap bones. When I started to escort them to work, some people were stubborn. Instead of working in peace, they were ready to use farm tools to resist. I chopped off those people's limbs." After the head, everyone is as well-behaved as a sheep."
Yang Ji didn't take it seriously after hearing this. As a prisoner, he must have the consciousness of a prisoner. If you want to change the world, you can turn on the light in the toilet and seek death.
"Just because a group of people died, are they all so obedient? How did you do it?" Yang Ji was greatly surprised. When he attacked the Chuyue people in a sneak attack, he also captured many Chuyue prisoners. The state was working as a labor force, but those people showed no fear at all, only strong hatred. Those pairs of eyes full of hatred gave people the impression that they were a group of fanatical cult believers, so he killed them all at that time.
Xue Shixiong explained: "The general manager didn't know something. After I killed a bunch of people, these bastards didn't dare to cause trouble on the surface, but they were lazy behind the scenes. Later, Governor Li came to work for them in sections. If the regulations If you can't complete the task within the time limit, you won't have food to eat, and you won't be allowed to rest. These people just want to have a bite of food and rest early, so they become so obedient."
Yang Ji glanced at Li Jing unexpectedly, and he had to be convinced in his heart. This guy gave people the impression that he was a very charming middle-aged uncle. He looked good no matter how he looked, but in fact, he was shameless when he did immoral things. Change the color, but this method can be used as a reference and fully applied to the captives who practice the straight path.
"Your Highness, these people are not just prisoners of war. They have families. Have you ever thought about how to deal with these barbarians?" Li Jing looked at Yang Ji. There were not only Han people in Liangzhou, but also Dangxiang Qiang, and many ancient Qiang. People and Turks willingly accepted the resettlement of the Sui Dynasty. In addition, there were some Xianbei people, Rouran people, Xiyu people, Tiele people, and Sogdians. There were many races and the situation was extremely complicated. Tingzhou and Yizhou, which were important border areas, , Guazhou is even more complicated.
"I have some ideas." Yang Ji pondered: "The sage asked me to govern Liangzhou. One of the important tasks is to solve the recurring alien races in the territory. To put it simply, it is how to eradicate the racial problem. Regarding this issue, I also want to I have passed. I am going to divide the population of Liangzhou into four classes: the first class is the Han people and the foreigners who unconditionally accept the arrangements of the imperial court. The second class is the foreigners who ostensibly accept our rule but are highly autonomous, such as the Dangxiang Qiang. Although they live In the territory of the Sui Dynasty, they neither paid taxes to the court nor conducted official management. Tuoba Ningcong was responsible for all the affairs of the clan. Even when the Han people entered their territory, they were maliciously attacked. They were like the king of the country. How can we win the country if things continue like this? The third class are the working Hu families in Tingzhou. The fourth class are prisoners of war and foreign slaves."
"Foreign people in the second class can be promoted to the first class if they voluntarily leave the tribe, register their household registration, and accept the imperial settlement unconditionally; the main laborers of the third class can be promoted by doing work; and the fourth class can be promoted if they make great contributions. , and make great contributions, you can directly obtain the first-class Han nationality. Of course, this is just an idea. As for the specific laws, Liu Cao will be required to formulate and improve them."
The people of the Sui Dynasty in this era were very xenophobic and looked down on foreigners with different looks. In the same way, even if the Dangxiang Qiang were attached to the Sui Dynasty and lived in the territory of the Sui Dynasty, they also very much rejected the Han people. It can be seen that the thought and concept of "people who are not our own race must have different hearts" are not only the privilege of the Han people, but other ethnic groups also regard the Han people as "people who are not our race must have different hearts."
Yang Ji hopes that they will be completely the same as the Han people, but this is actually the current social situation, which is far from reaching the era of national unity. This is also an important reason why Li Jing raised this issue. After all, people who have lived together for hundreds of years and have similar cultural origins Even the Han and Qiang people were unable to integrate. How could the Hu people who joined later completely integrate into Han society?
In this case, Yang Ji directly distinguished the levels intuitively, made the levels clear, and first let the people of the Sui Dynasty, who were in an absolute advantage, develop a sense of superiority and make everyone yearn for it. Only in this way can people of other races be attracted to voluntarily join, and with This is an honor. Then, we will provide the second, third, and fourth-class ascending channels, so that those foreigners who yearn for Han life will voluntarily leave their headquarters and accept the education of Han culture, thereby achieving the purpose of gradually dividing, weakening, and assimilating the Dangxiang Qiang and other tribes. Achieve national integration.
"This method is quite feasible." Li Jing thought for a moment and then said: "But this will also make many people dissatisfied."
"With these small and loose tribes and groups, it is impossible to shake the Sui Dynasty with tens of millions of registered people." Yang Ji said: "If you want to become a Han citizen, you must speak Chinese, wear Han clothes, write Chinese characters, and manage the family with etiquette. If they can't even meet this most basic condition, why should the Han people accept them? And what qualifications do they have to call themselves Han people?"
"With all due respect." Li Jing frowned and said, "His Royal Highness's hierarchical system can be effective in the short term, and it can attack the large and small tribes of the 'country within a country', but after all, it is not a long-term solution."
"That's true." Yang Ji nodded, "This kind of system cannot last long. When the internal "state within a state" disappears, it should be abolished. Otherwise, people who are already first-class will still be despised by others. Such a system Sooner or later there will be big problems."
Li Jing understood what Yang Ji meant: "The focus is to deal with the 'state within a state'. Does Your Highness want to educate the various ethnic groups?"
"Exactly!" Yang Ji said: "From the perspective of Wang Hua, the Han Dynasty has gone to the extreme. The Han Dynasty established gathering places for various ethnic groups to accept Wang Hua. However, because they gathered together, their clothing changed. , language, culture, and beliefs have been maintained from generation to generation, and only a handful of people who love Sinology take the initiative to learn and accept it. When the Han Dynasty was strong, they were indeed respectful and grateful; but when it became weak, they immediately showed their ferocious claws. I think that continuing to use the method of centralized education is just another reincarnation, so the best way is to educate them separately. If their neighbors all speak Chinese, they will naturally learn it in order to facilitate communication, even if they do not take the initiative to learn it. , the language instilled in them every day will also help them learn it, and their children will learn faster when they play with Han children."
"It is true that the mixing of Hu and Han will cause temporary chaos, but in the long run it is indeed the most economical way. What the court and local officials have to do is 'just'. Only with 'just' justice can this process be smooth and smooth." Generally carry it out.”
"I've been taught a lesson." Li Jing bowed respectfully to Yang Ji.
These remarks are not because Yang Ji is smarter than Li Jing, but because he uses his extra knowledge to open a door for Li Jing, helping him to get out of his deep-rooted thoughts and consider problems from a new perspective, which makes him feel suddenly enlightened. .
Just as Li Jing was about to speak, a knight came galloping from a distance and shouted loudly from a distance: "General Manager, Gaochang State has sent an envoy to see you!"
"Gaochang?" Yang Ji was stunned.
"Congratulations, Your Highness!" Li Jing thought quickly and thought of something at once, and said with a smile: "Gaochang Kingdom has been exploited by the Western Turks. The whole country is miserable and the people are in dire straits. This time when I saw the muddy Luo Khan, I was afraid of me." The majesty of the Sui Dynasty, and in response to the 'retreat from three homes', he must have the heart to submit to the Sui Dynasty."
"I think so!" Yang Ji also understood and said with a smile: "It seems that Qu Boya felt that we wanted less land, so he specially sent it to us. Where is the envoy?"
"Waiting at the state residence."
"Pharmacist, let's go and take a look."
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