He said that the whole of Hunan was left to Guo Wei to manage, but Zhang Yan really didn't interfere.
Zhang Gao did not care about appeasing the people of Tanzhou, allocating food, isolating patients with dysentery, restoring public security in the city, or even reorganizing Tanzhou's grassroots government.
I, Zhang Shengren, am currently busy recruiting the few talents from Ma Chu.
Among the eighteen scholars of Ma Chutiance Mansion during the period from Ma Yin to Ma Xifan, the six who could be called talented were Tuoba Heng, Li Honggao, Li Hongjie, He Zhongju, Liao Kuangtu, and Xu Zhongya.
Among them, brothers Li Honggao and Li Hongjie had been killed by Ma Xihe. He Zhongju and Liao Kuangtu had already surrendered to Zhang Yan, and the only ones who had not yet surrendered were Tuoba Heng and Xu Zhongya.
Among the first two, He Zhongju was very talented and a very qualified local chief executive, capable of serving as a provincial governor. Liao Kuangtu was both civil and military and could be a border commander.
Among the remaining two, Zhang Yan summoned Xu Zhongya to have an in-depth talk with him, and then discovered that this person's ability was very similar to that of the brothers Li Honggao and Li Hongjie who were killed by Ma Xi'e.
In terms of government affairs, he can only be ordinary, and he is not very knowledgeable in military matters. However, he is very capable in drafting articles, drafting edicts, formulating rituals and music systems, etc. This is a very qualified Hanlin bachelor and knowing the imperial edicts.
As for Tuoba Heng, he is a very capable person. This conclusion was reached before Zhang Yan met him.
Because no matter whether it was Nanping ministers like Sun Guangxian or Ma Chu ministers like Liao Kuangtu, Zhang Shaodi, and He Zhongju, they all thought so.
Even when he led his army south, Feng Dao told Zhang Gao face to face that Ma Chu's Tuoba Heng was a talented person from Wang Zuo.
Because Tuoba Heng had accompanied Ma Xifan to Luoyang, the eastern capital, to pay homage to Emperor Zhuangzong of the later Tang Dynasty, Feng Dao knew something about Tuoba Heng.
Tuoba Heng's original surname was Yuan, but he changed his surname to Tuoba to avoid Ma Yin's father Ma Yuanfeng's taboo.
Well! There seems to be something wrong. It should be said that his surname is Tuoba.
Anyway, after going round and round, this descendant of Tuoba Xianbei changed back to a surname with special meaning like Tuoba in the late Tang Dynasty.
Before Ma Yin entered Hunan, this person followed Ma Yin as an aide. After Ma Yin founded the country, he became the de facto prime minister, called Pu She.
During the Ma Xifan period, Ma Chu was removed from the state system, and Tuoba Heng's servant became a promotion official, but he was still the top leader in Chu's government affairs and became the first of the eighteen bachelors.
After Ma Yin's death, Tuoba Heng continued to assist brothers Ma Xisheng and Ma Xifan.
However, in the later period of Ma Xifan's rule, he was extravagant and overturned the national policy of light corvee and small taxes designed by Tuoba Heng to restore the economy. He also vowed never to see him because of Tuoba Heng's constant advice.
But Ma Xifan did not deprive Tuoba Heng of all his power, because he still knew who Ma Chu was relying on for support.
So Ma Xifan waited until he was critically ill, immediately summoned Tuoba Heng, and entrusted the entire Ma Chu and Ma Xiguang to Tuoba Heng.
It's just that Ma Xifan chose the time too late, or he didn't expect that he would die of illness so quickly. As a result, Ma Chu's most critical moment of decision had arrived before Tuoba Heng, who had been entrusted with the task, had time to grasp the power.
Although Ma Xifan decreed that his brother Ma Xiguang should succeed to the throne, Tuoba Heng, Zhang Shaodi, Yuan Yougong and others still suggested that Ma Xihe should be killed immediately to avoid civil strife in Ma Chu.
It was just that Li Honggao, who had taken control of the power, could not be defeated, and finally caused this disaster.
This is not because Tuoba Heng has no talent, but precisely because he has talent. However, neither Ma Xisheng nor Ma Xifan is a promising person. Instead, they find Tuoba Heng who puts forward correct opinions annoying, which leads to Tuoba Heng's failure to display his talent.
Zhang Gao asked Tuoba Heng about his strategy to pacify Ma Chu, and Tuoba Heng answered eloquently. He and Zhang Gao had the same intention, and proposed that he hope to continue the policies of the Ma and Yin Dynasties, take away the power of Ya soldiers from various places, and use civilian governance and other methods. .
Looking at the whole world, although this is an era of warriors, the places where the disasters caused by warriors are the most serious are actually only Zhongyuan, Qian Yue, Wang Min and other places.
Meng Shu, Southern Tang, and Ma Chu had a basis for governing the world with civilian officials, because the fan soldiers in these three countries were not very arrogant, and the civilian officials held considerable power from the central to the local level.
Of course, this also led to the fact that the combat effectiveness of the armies of these three countries was far inferior to that of the Central Plains court with its arrogant warriors.
Seeing that Tuoba Heng was talented, Zhang Gao revealed to him the native official system he had designed.
It's just that unlike Zhang Shengren who thought Tuoba Heng would fully agree with it, Tuoba Heng did praise the native official system, but he didn't have any expectations that it could be implemented now.
Facing Zhang Yan's complacency, Tuoba Heng sat on a brocade stool and said to Zhang Yan among the ruins of the Nine Dragons Palace that still leaked from time to time.
"Your Majesty's system of native officials should have been based on the later Han Dynasty's strategy of appeasing the southwestern barbarians, but it was too soft-hearted and lost the power of force to rely on, like a duckweed without roots.
Thinking back on these hundreds of years, the one who has been most successful in stabilizing the various barbarians and managing the place in Nanzhong is King Zhuge Wuning.
During the Ji Han period, he personally led a large army to pacify Nanzhong, and appointed local nobles as officials, so that Ji Han could get all the soldiers and property of Nanzhong, and stabilized the Shu Kingdom that was in turmoil after the defeat of Emperor Zhaolie at Xiaoting, which was a great contribution. "
Zhang Hao laughed, and then looked at Tuoba Heng with some confusion, "Since you know that Zhuge Kongming used this method to pacify Nanzhong, he used gentle means to subdue the barbarian Meng Huo and others, and then appointed the local barbarians as officials. , Nanzhong has no longer rebelled, doesn’t it prove that this native official system is effective?”
"Who said this to Your Majesty? This is a crime of deceiving heaven and should be executed!"
As soon as Zhang Gao finished speaking, he saw Tuoba Heng on the brocade bench suddenly furious. He stood up in a hurry and shouted loudly and fiercely.
But immediately, Tuoba Heng realized that he had lost his temper.
This was not Ma Chu, nor was he facing Ma Yin, the King of Wu Mu who trusted him, but the Emperor of Central Plains whom he had just met for the first time.
So after he finished shouting, Tuoba Heng immediately fell to the ground in fear.
"I am unworthy and disrespectful in front of the emperor. Please punish me!"
Zhang Yan was stunned by Tuoba Heng's roar, and he understood why Ma Xifan didn't use Tuoba Heng anymore.
Although this man is talented and learned, he is too upright, has a bad temper, doesn't speak well, and has no sense of humility. The king cannot bear the subject of such a title.
Of course, who is I, Saint Zhang? He is a famous king through the ages! Of course he can handle it.
And what Zhang Hao is even more curious about is, what did he say just now? Why did Tuoba Heng react so loudly?
Zhuge Liang captured Meng Huo seven times and finally subdued him. Nanzhong never rebelled again. In later generations, the ethnic minorities in Yunnan still worshiped Prime Minister Zhuge. Isn't this right?
"Get up, get up! I never punish people with words. Tell me, why did you say to kill people just now?"
Since he was curious, he naturally had to ask questions. Zhang Hao quickly asked Tuoba Heng, who was lying on the ground, to get up.
Tuoba Heng sat on the brocade stool again. Perhaps because he knew how dangerous his recklessness was, he seemed more cautious now, but it was more like the king and his ministers were playing the right game.
"The common people lost their composure just now because everything your Majesty just said was false. I suddenly felt that someone was deliberately deceiving Your Majesty."
It seems that there is indeed something wrong with what he said just now, but no one must have deceived Zhang Yan. If he insisted, it would be Luo Guanzhong and the director of CCTV's Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
Of course, Luo Guanzhong would still be hundreds of years away from appearing at this time, and CCTV was nowhere to be seen. Zhang Yan could not blame these people, nor could he blame them.
So Zhang Gao thought about it for a moment and said to Tuoba Heng: "I read what was said in the Huayang Guozhi. Is there something wrong?"
When Tuoba Heng heard this, his eyebrows rose directly, and he looked like he was about to spray again, but he immediately held back, and then coughed awkwardly, and then said to Zhang Hao.
"Chang Cu was a great talent in Sichuan. But writing history in his later years was not his intention. It was actually because he had great achievements in persuading Li Shi, the leader of the Han Dynasty, to surrender to the Jin Dynasty. However, he was discriminated against and discriminated against by the aristocratic families who traveled south to the Jin Dynasty. He was excluded and came back with no hope of career.
Although he had great achievements but no big reward, he was full of anger because he wrote the Shu Zhi, Nanzhong Zhi, Li Shu, etc. in Huayang Guo Zhi, although the original ones were deleted to make up for the shortcomings in the history of Southwest China.
However, many of the records contained praise for the regime and talents in Sichuan. Your Majesty can read this book as a history book and scenery. It would be absurd to believe everything as true without thinking. "
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Okay! Tuoba Heng still said it in silence, but to Zhang Yan's ears, it was almost like pointing at his nose and saying that he didn't think much about reading and distinguishing between books.
Zhang Shengren took a deep breath and suppressed a little bit of unhappiness in his heart.
As expected, this holy king who humbly accepts advice is not so easy to be like.
Those who commit the crime of stabbing others in the face must be sentenced to more than five years in prison.
Anyone who writes a letter to remonstrate against a widower shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention, public surveillance, or deprivation of political rights.
Those who can slander and ridicule the city and the court, and those who hear it are heard by few people, will be punished with administrative detention of not more than fifteen days, which is the most comfortable thing in front of people.
Well, Zhang Shengren tried his best to put on a slightly surprised smile.
"I come from the northwest, and I didn't read much when I was a child. Therefore, when I read books, I could only recite them quickly, and I really lacked discrimination. Please tell me, what is wrong in the Huayang National Chronicle?"
Zhang Yan's appearance made Tuoba Heng feel embarrassed, and he was also extremely moved. He didn't expect that the emperor loved reading so much, was so generous, and respected scholars. He was immediately moved.
"Your Majesty is truly a real master! I am a latecomer in learning and dare not say that there are any mistakes in the magnificent work of Taoist general Chang Cuchang.
But His Majesty just said that King Zhuge Wuning used benevolent government to control Nanzhong and Nanzhong would never rebel again. This was indeed a deviation. "
"Come on!" Zhang Gao waved his hand. As long as it corrected his mistakes, Zhang Shengren would definitely welcome it.
And he was still a little lucky in his heart. Fortunately, he didn't say anything about it. Otherwise, he didn't know how he would be sprayed.
Tuoba Heng cupped his hands, cleared his throat and said: "Your Majesty, when King Zhuge Wuning settled in Nanzhong in the past, he actually did not implement any benevolent policies. Instead, he used thunderous methods.
He divided his troops into three groups and forced to kill Yong Kai, Zhu Bao and other bandit leaders. Whenever a rebel general turned against the people, he immediately exterminated them. He never tolerated them and showed no mercy at all.
After the chaos was generally subsided, he set up Pingyi Gaojiang Governor's Mansion in Nanzhong to guard it. He opened up Nanzhong's mineral deposits, collected property from various counties, and conquered Nanzhong's brave men to build a flying army. They captured everything in Nanzhong. Han's income increases by at least 30% every year.
As a result, the various places in the south and central region were suffering unspeakably. As soon as King Zhuge Wuning returned to the north, chaos broke out again.
Therefore, I said that your Majesty is incorrect in thinking that Ji Han is Huairou Nanzhong and that Nanzhong will never rebel again. "
"So." Zhang Gao touched his chin, "What Zhuge Kongming did was not a benevolent government. The various ethnic groups in Nanzhong are still resisting. How did the Shu Han ensure that Nanzhong was firmly controlled?"
In fact, now that Zhang is sitting in his current position, benevolent government has become something that can be changed at any time as needed.
So what he was most interested in was how to get inspiration from Zhuge Liang's actions to pacify Nanzhong.
Tuoba Heng, who was sitting on the brocade stool, once again raised his hands and said: "Ji Han's decision to set up Nanzhong was nothing more than six strategies.
First, use thunderous means to attack the rebels, kill their backbone, and capture their followers without mercy. Even if they rebel, they will not be able to start a prairie fire.
Second, treat the various ethnic groups in Nanzhong differently, attack the disobedient barbarians, and use the Han people in Nanzhong as important.
For example, Meng Huo was not a barbarian. In fact, the Meng family belonged to a large Han clan in southern China. Ji Han reused them and assigned the captured tribesmen to these Han clans to control them respectively.
Third, recruit all the brave men from all ethnic groups in the south, and use the high-ranking officials and generous salaries to keep them around for your own use, such as being a flying army.
Fourth, recruit talented and learned people from the Han people to serve in the central government.
Fifth, establish prefectures and counties in Nanzhong to promote culture and education, spread the path of saints, and make people's hearts toward China.
Sixth, widen the Chi Road to allow transportation to the Han hinterland, strengthen connections, and facilitate quelling chaos at any time.
If these six strategies were used, Ji Han was limited by the Northern Expedition and could only act arbitrarily. It would still make the barbarians in the south and central areas unable to resist, and they could only be used by Ji Han to anoint him.
Your Majesty is obeying the people today. If you use these six strategies and add the local official system, you will be the great sage of Nanzhong for the world after Shu Han. "
right!
Zhang Gao stood up suddenly. At first, he thought that capturing Meng Huo seven times and conquering Meng Huo seven times was a bit simple.
Come to think of it, all the tribes in Nanzhong are in charge of themselves, so why should they find a father for themselves? You're knocking on the door, and you're attacking people's hearts and minds!
He must have been subdued and squeezed first, not daring to resist, and then finally came to show mercy.
From this, Zhang Yan also discovered another phenomenon, that is, the big toast in Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and Chongqing in later generations.
For example, the founder of the Xie family chieftain in Zangkeman is Xie Xian, the ancestor of the Xie family in Guizhou today.
Although he was called a chieftain, he was actually from Dancheng County, Hebei Province. He was sent to Guizhou by Wang Mang to manage the local area, and was finally named a chieftain officer by the central court.
Peng Shichou, the chieftain of Peng family in Yongshun, is from Jizhou, Jiangxi.
Tian Xianzong, the ancestor of the Tian family chieftain in Sizhou, was from Lantian, Shaanxi, and went there during the reign of Emperor Kaihuang of the Sui Dynasty.
Yang Duan, the ancestor of the Yang family in Bozhou, was from Taiyuan, Shanxi.
Ma Dinghu, the ancestor of the Shizhu Ma family chieftain of Qin Liangyu's husband's family, entered Shu during the Jianyan period of the Southern Song Dynasty. He claimed to be a descendant of Ma Yuan and a native of Fufeng, Shaanxi.
For example, there are many, many famous chieftain clans, basically all have a Han ancestor.
Although some are clingy, it is undeniable that this is the general trend of people's hearts and the influence of culture.
Why in later generations, compatriots of all ethnic groups in southwest China get along harmoniously with Han people as if they were one family. This subtle influence and this policy of gradual penetration are indispensable.
At this time, this policy may seem a little cruel, but it contributed indispensably to the formation of a unified Chinese nation, and future generations will also benefit.
However, thinking of this, Zhang Yan suddenly clapped his hands, looking extremely frustrated.
"What a pity! Hateful! We already have a strategy, but I can't use it now!"
Tuoba Heng's eyes lit up and he praised again, "Your Majesty is the true Holy Lord! What I fear the most is that Your Majesty will use this local official's strategy at this moment, because it is not yet time.
The Peng family and other barbarians to the west of Hunan have not yet been conquered, so using local officials to reward them may be counterproductive.
If ten years later, the world is settled, and the system of local officials is used to control it, Nanzhong can return to the country again! Even with the help of naval forces, the territory under their jurisdiction can be recovered. "
Tonghai Jiedushi was the country of Dali, and the Duan family of Dali started from being named Tonghaijiedushi by the Later Jin Dynasty.
"Then what should Peng Shichou and others do now?" Zhang Hao finally asked.
Tuoba Heng looked at Zhang Yan and said loudly: "Your Majesty can follow the old rules of Ma Xifan and be kind and generous. When the world is settled, he can return to the country and understand the general situation, and he can be a local official forever. If he knows that it is the right time, It’s just a good opportunity to calm down.”
"Okay!" Zhang Hao also shouted. He was originally going to wait for Peng Shichou and then let Guo Wei go to appease the barbarians everywhere, but now it seems that Tuoba Heng's suggestion is more appropriate.
He wants to return to the Central Plains immediately to unify the world as soon as possible, then come to the grasslands of Beiding and pacify the barbarians in the south.
