In his reply to the edict of Rinan County, Liu Bei specifically mentioned that in the southern territory of Rinan County there were copper pillars left by Ma Yuan, the general of Fubo.
Liu Bei suggested that the copper pillar should be moved south. Where the copper pillar is, the ultimate realm of the Han Dynasty will be there. The infinite realm of the Han territory should not be limited to one place, but should be more flexible.
In this way, it would be very gratifying to think that General Fubo is alive in heaven.
After receiving Liu Bei's approval, Fazheng was very happy to set up another county south of Xianglin County. Following Liu Bei's suggestion, he named the county Wuji County, which means "Wuji Realm of the Han Territory".
Subsequently, Fazheng once again appealed to Luoyang, hoping to move the Rinan County seat to Xianglin County, further south, to show the court's support for pioneering and enterprising.
In early November, Liu Bei approved Fa Zheng's memorial.
allow.
No one expected that since Liu Bei ascended the throne, the Han Dynasty's first expansion of territory was not initiated by the army through military means. It was actually initiated by a group of county soldiers and civilian armed forces to capture prisoners of war and sell them into slavery. Action initiated.
No one expected that those savages and natives who were annoying and worrying in the past would actually become the most popular people under the current situation.
The worries that constantly eroded the Han territory and threatened the southern territory of the Han Empire actually became an important resource that the large households with tens of thousands of acres of land who moved south to Jiaozhou were eager for.
How many people have made a fortune selling these resources.
Under such stimulation, more and more jealous people organized professional and sharp slave-hunting teams to report to the government. The government also supported the existence of such slave-hunting teams, allowing them to establish and hold certificates. Get on duty and carry out slave hunting operations under the supervision of the county military organization.
The government will receive 30% of the income they receive, and the rest will be divided according to headcount. Under the supervision of the government, they will be fair and clear, and no one will owe anyone anything.
In this way, the government can get money, and at the request of the court, they can build collective farms to improve their political performance. The slave-hunting team can also get money, increase their own assets and savings, and develop their own real estate. .
A strange virtuous cycle began to take shape.
And the only ones injured in this cycle are the fierce natives and savages.
Beginning in September of the second year of Zhenguan, Han people in Nanhai County, Hepu County, Yulin County, Jiaozhi County, Cangwu County and other places organized their own slave-hunting teams. In addition to the necessary agricultural labor force, all those who could be mobilized All the people went to the government to report, and then went out to hunt slaves.
The natives and savages in each county began to face extremely severe survival tests. Their original survival logic no longer applied under the new living conditions.
The new rules of the Han Empire created a new logic of survival, and in this logical environment, the survival position of the natives and savages was very embarrassing.
They are no longer nuisances with no value and only losses, but means of production.
The more native people they have, the more means of production will be, and the more means of production, the more wealth will be produced. This simple one-way logic problem was quickly understood by people, so the people of Jiaozhou treated the native people. Attitudes changed dramatically in a short period of time.
As for the actual governance of these natives, it is a brand new problem that their masters need to face, because although the court does not care about the life or death of these natives, it cannot allow these natives to rebel and endanger everyone's safety.
However, it cannot be said that this problem is really difficult to solve.
Because it was profitable, people's creativity was unlimited. In a short period of time, people in various areas of Jiaozhou had many ideas on how to manage the native slave groups and had intense exchanges.
Everyone has their own ideas, and every village has its own clever ideas.
Ropes, iron ropes, hunger, three-year shelf life, four-year shelf life, separation of men and women, even internal differentiation, agent management, and various other clever tricks were all born in Jiaozhou during this period.
The inspiration for the management of the natives during the brainstorming cannot even be regarded as a spark. It is called a volcanic eruption. Even a person without an official status, at this moment, spontaneously stood from the perspective of a ruler and showed Show your endless creativity.
Fa Zheng personally participated in an internal opinion meeting on the management of native people. After the meeting was adjourned, Fa Zheng couldn't help but sigh. He felt that his governance rules were relatively strict. He strictly abided by the "Han" for both officials and civilians. "Law", meticulous.
But compared with these guys, he found that both himself and the "Han Code" were a bit too ideal.
Therefore, Jiaozhou during this period can truly be described as a time when human stars shine.
Compared with the demand for native slaves from major families, dynamic social groups, and numerous small families, the imperial court actually needed a large amount of labor.
While Liu Bei's decree on land transfer allowed remote states and counties to use native slaves to speed up development, people in relatively developed areas also had many ideas.
Cao Cao, the governor of Sili Prefecture, led more than ten officials to report to Liu Bei, believing that this matter was a promising one.
Just like what Liu Bei did during the Second Empire, since it is politically incorrect to use Han slaves as coolies at this stage, and recruiting civilian men to serve cannot be free, they need to be paid, and food must be prepared and work restrictions Things like time consume a lot, so in order to reduce the court's expenditure, the court should also carry out large-scale and organized slave hunting operations.
Although it is said that the development of Jiaozhou is a national policy, it cannot be said that all the benefits have been taken up by Jiaozhou. Although our land in the Central Plains is a fertile land, we cannot say that we must give unlimited benefits to Jiaozhou and let Jiaozhou take advantage of the right time, place and people. Harmony?
We always have to have some benefits, right?
Of the more than one million prisoners of war from the grasslands that Liu Bei captured and used, about one-third of the women of school age were incorporated into the household registration in remote areas and became Han people, and some men with special skills were incorporated into the household registration. , and also escaped from slavery.
This means that only more than 500,000 and less than 600,000 prairie prisoners of war became official slaves of the Han Empire and were used by the Han Empire.
Over the years, the construction of Liangzhou, the construction of Bingzhou, and the construction of Youzhou have used up 90% of the slave quota, leaving only about 10% in the Central Plains. Such a small number of people cannot afford to repair the foundation of the Central Plains. facilities and construction requirements for water conservancy projects.
Therefore, the cost of using civilians and supporting logistics in the Central Plains region is far higher than that required in remote areas. This has led to great financial pressure on local governments in the Central Plains region.
Especially at present, the Central Plains region needs to reorganize collective farms on a large scale and standardize taxation. The amount of money that needs to be spent and the number of people who need to use it are astronomical. Many places have even begun to request transfer payments from the court.
Under such a background, isn't it natural for the Central Plains region to open up the use of native slaves, even if it is just to open up the use of official slaves to the government?
This can also reduce the financial pressure on the court.
"Now the imperial court can capture a large number of native slaves and train them, and then invest them in the Central Plains region to cooperate with the large-scale construction of collective farms and the large-scale needs of water conservancy projects. It should be able to have a good effect. More importantly, it can Save national money.
You also said that money is being spent all over the country now, and money is being used everywhere. Not only the national treasury, but also the young government is spending a lot of money. Although the government's finances are abundant, it is not unlimited. You can save whatever you can. What do you think? "
After Cao Cao's memorial was handed over, Liu Bei summoned Cao Cao and discussed the matter with him privately. Cao Cao gave his own opinion on the matter and felt that saving money was the most important thing.
But that's not all.
"What happened in Jiaozhou has been made known to other local officials. Local officials also have their own ideas and feel that what Jiaozhou can do, why can't they do it? It's okay if the land policy does not provide benefits, and the natives are not arrested?
In every state in the world, Jiaozhou is not the only one with natives. There are also natives in many other places who are disobedient to the regulations. If these natives are not arrested, what are they doing here? Does it make sense? If the imperial court continues to suppress it, local states and counties will have great opinions. "
What Cao Cao said was very good, and Liu Bei paid attention to it, so Liu Bei convened officials to discuss the matter and quickly reached a consensus.
What Cao Cao said was very good, and Liu Bei paid attention to it, so Liu Bei convened officials to discuss the matter and quickly reached a consensus.
Can.
Jiaozhou can enjoy many preferential policies, but the states in the Central Plains should not simply become a big grievance, and should also receive some preferential policies.
Therefore, Liu Bei opened up the right to use official slaves in various states in the Central Plains, stipulating that the government could organize manpower to go to Jiangnan to capture natives as slaves and bring them back to the Central Plains for use.
However, the number of people setting off and the number of people brought back need to be reported to the court for approval. If there is a large difference in quantity, they must be allocated by the court and cannot be distributed and used privately. Official slaves are not allowed to trade and are captured for their own use.
So starting from November of the second year of Zhenguan, the major states and counties in the Central Plains began to comply with the needs of the imperial court and began to form their own slave-hunting teams, mainly composed of county and national soldiers. They sailed south to Jiaozhou and carried out slave-hunting operations in various parts of Jiaozhou. Trying to capture more slaves to bring back for use.
Regarding this matter, the officials from all over Jiaozhou were not very happy, thinking that the people from the Central Plains came to compete with them for slaves.
So one by one, they submitted their petitions to the court, asking the court to understand their difficulties. The place was bitterly cold and desolate, and there was nothing that could be sold. The only people who could be sold were slaves. Now these Central Plains gentlemen are still coming to rob them. Isn't that too bullying?
After Liu Bei learned the thoughts of the counties in Jiaozhou, he didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He sent messages to the counties in Jiaozhou one after another, reprimanding them.
You have taken so much advantage of the imperial court, you have taken so many benefits, and all kinds of policies are being tilted towards you without any money. Aren't you still dissatisfied?
Liu Bei seriously criticized these officials from various parts of Jiaozhou, scolded them severely, and asked them not to restrict the slave-hunting teams of various officials in the Central Plains. Then he also asked them that if they captured all the local natives, they should go to those further south. If the local area is looking for more natives, it should be brave enough to go to sea to capture the needed natives.
All in all, the natives in Jiaozhou are not the wealth of the local state or county, but the wealth of the entire Han Dynasty. Any attempt to engage in local protectionism will be severely punished by the Luoyang court. If you do not repent, the punishment will only be will be more serious.
After the officials of various counties in Jiaozhou and the capital of Jiaozhou were scolded by Liu Bei, similar protests disappeared.
Without support from the central government, they had no choice but to find ways on their own. If they could not limit their opponents, they could only enhance their hunting capabilities. They mobilized talented people in the county to organize a stronger and more professional slave-hunting team to carry out slave-hunting operations with all their strength.
As a result, the "heroes" from various counties in Jiaozhou came on stage one after another and stepped onto their own historical stage.
The natives living in Jiaozhou are also unlucky.
Several hundred years of good times had passed, but suddenly the situation suddenly changed, and the Han people who had been afraid of avoiding them suddenly began to "pursue" them enthusiastically.
That is a serious "pursuit". Pursuit in the true sense is quite passionate in every sense. However, this enthusiasm sometimes seems too fanatical, so it will cause some physical harm to them. .
At first, the native settlements did not take it seriously, thinking that it was just some staged and small-scale actions of the Han people. But soon, some native settlements that had had contact with the Han people learned the real situation and learned that the Han people were doing this. A wave of actions does not seem to be a phased, small-scale action, but...
Large-scale and sustained action.
The policy of the Han people has changed. These people will be captured and tamed, and then sold to people in need to start land reclamation operations. They will work until death without any hope of turning over.
This was not only the meaning of the Luoyang court, but also the meaning of the Han people.
Unprecedentedly, the Han people from the court to the people have reached a unified understanding, recognizing the significance of the natives as property rather than negative assets. As a result, the Han people in Jiaozhou and even the Central Plains region have become restless.
So some of the more foresighted and civilized native leaders panicked. After much thought, they felt that moisturizing was the only way, so they led their tribesmen to moisten the soil in more remote and primitive places.
However, some native leaders disagreed. They felt that the Han people had been no match against them for hundreds of years, so naturally they could not do anything to them now.
If the Han people come to attack on a large scale, they will unite to fight back and fight to the death with the Han people.
But it turns out that they were still too young and too ignorant to understand how the actions of the Luoyang court and the people of the Han Empire were different from the past. They mistakenly applied past experiences to the present, and were completely unaware of the differences between this action and the past. Market behavior is somewhat similar.
This is market behavior!
Therefore, just as the natives reached a joint intention, during the two or three months from the end of the second year of Zhenguan to the beginning of the third year of Zhenguan, when Jiaozhou was slightly cooler, the joint slave hunting teams from the counties in the Central Plains and the locals from the counties in Jiaozhou The slave-hunting teams took action one after another.
As if engaging in an arms race, both sides rushed to launch a devastating battle against the local natives with extremely high enthusiasm, strong will to fight, and a sense of never falling behind.
The environment cannot stop them, and the epidemic cannot quench their desires.
They brought with them very sophisticated weapons and equipment, as well as armor and bows and crossbows approved by the government. Under the organization and leadership of professional county soldiers, and with strong desire as the driving force to move forward, they launched a strong attack on the natives. The slave-hunting team invaded the traditional aboriginal settlement without any fear.
In response, the natives also organized a large number of joint resistance teams to strongly resist and fight back against the Han slave-hunting teams. They fought round after round with them in the dense forest to resolutely defend their right to survival and living space.
They do not have very good smelting and equipment capabilities, so they can only wear simple protective gear and carry a variety of polished weapons to engage in fierce battles with the slave hunting teams. Courage is their most powerful weapon.
But it turns out that courage cannot play a decisive role sometimes.
The slave hunting teams in each county were somewhat unaccustomed to the local combat environment and combat methods at first, but after an adaptation period of about a month, they became accustomed to the local combat environment and combat methods. The natives have almost seen and understood it clearly.
These are just a group of savages who are strong on the outside but hard on the inside. As long as they are conquered with weapons and frightened with blood, they will become extremely cowardly and dare not even carry out the most basic resistance.
At the beginning, the Native Union Army dared to start a strong battle with the slave hunting team. Even if many people were killed, they dared to continue fighting, which caused a certain amount of trouble and casualties to the slave hunting team. However, even at the beginning, even if the Native Union Army Achieving a certain victory is also accompanied by a high casualty ratio.
They need to pay more than five casualties in exchange for the casualties of one person in the slave hunting team. This contrast is quite obvious.
As time went on, as the Han slave-hunting team gradually became accustomed to and became more professional, the resistance of the Allied Aboriginal Army became less and less intense, became more and more weak, and became increasingly unable to compete with the slave-hunting team.
Faced with the strong attack of the slave-hunting team, starting from the first month of the third year of Zhenguan, the indigenous coalition forces began to retreat step by step, unable to confront them head-on.
Their last large-scale joint resistance occurred on the first day of the first lunar month in the third year of Zhenguan, when Liu Bei held a regular New Year meeting in Luoyang to celebrate the New Year with officials.
On that day, the natives of Hepu County, Nanhai County, and Yulin County organized a team of more than 20,000 people to fight to the death with the Han slave hunting team.
Hepu County has the largest number of natives, with more than 10,000 people. The natives of Nanhai County and Yulin County also organized more than 5,000 people each, and launched fierce battles with the slave hunting teams that entered each county. They took the initiative to attack the slave hunting teams. The camp launched an attack.
As a result, more than a thousand natives of Hepu County were burned to death by fierce fire and oil tanks, and the remaining people were all scattered. After the first battle, more than 8,000 people were captured and basically annihilated.
The situation in Yulin County and Nanhai County was similar. Their main forces were counterattacked by slave hunting teams, and the entire army was wiped out.
The native resistance was over.
(End of chapter)
