Tan Zhi's face was solemn, and he nodded: "Huaien has been your personal guard for many years and has made great achievements. If even he was guilty of violating military orders, instigating Beifu veterans and Jingzhou sergeants, and creating conflict between Yi and Xia, If you are executed, no one will dare to test the law in the future, but the price is a bit painful."
Liu Daogui curled up his lips: "There is no other way to govern Jingzhou. The only way is to have a local army in Jingzhou that is loyal to the court and willing to fight for the Jin Dynasty and the country, instead of thinking that Jingzhou is just a local Jingzhou. The Huan family The best thing they did in Jingzhou was that they came out of Jingzhou as outsiders. Over the decades, they intermarried and formed marriages with the locals, successfully making Jingzhou people forget that they were from Yangzhou and forget about Huan. The family regards them as local Chu people."
Tan Zhi suddenly realized: "So, do you intend that our soldiers from Beifu or soldiers from Yangzhou will not return to their hometowns in the future, but will marry local wives and have children, and marry local powerful men and scholars in Jingzhou, just like Huan Wen Are you still rooted here?"
Liu Daogui nodded and said: "Yes, our soldiers will always grow old. Now many of them are over or nearly thirty years old and are no longer young. After this battle, a large number of them will retire. I want them to stay in Jingzhou as much as possible, integrate with the locals, and intermarry, including the Dongman soldiers you brought this time. It is not easy for these people to come out of the mountains, and the locals in Jingzhou regard them as aliens or even foreign enemies, but If we fight well this time, I will let them stay and settle in Jiangling, and they will become city residents without even dividing the land. Only this kind of treatment can attract these barbarians in the Jingzhou Mountains to come out and become citizens of the Jin Dynasty. "
Tan Zhi laughed: "I finally understand your true thoughts. It seems that you still don't have that much trust in the local scholars and people in Jingzhou. Even if you are the same as your elder brother, although you obviously want to have a good relationship with the noble family, , but in fact, we need to borrow a new batch of talents to replace these old families."
Liu Daogui said calmly: "If the descendants of a high-ranking family strive for success and there are a few more like the Xie family, then it will not be so easy for others to replace them. Even Yu Yue is working very hard now, but he is just like before. Or it may be that a few families are hereditary and will always occupy the power at the top, which is impossible."
Having said this, Liu Daogui paused: "The same is true for us in Jingzhou. The noble clans here in Jingzhou, such as the Ma family, the Han family, the Kuai family, the Luo family, and the Deng family, have taken root here since the Three Kingdoms period of the Later Han Dynasty. When I was in charge here, I also had to establish good relations with them first, marry them, and recommend my children. I did a lot of things."
"So if our brothers from Beifu want to settle down here, we need to marry into these local big families first. We have the power and the land, and they are familiar with the people here and are respected by the local people. As long as we unite as one, then It will take at least ten years, but no more than twenty or thirty years at most, before Jingzhou can truly become a real state and county of the Jin Dynasty and be completely loyal to the imperial court."
Tan Zhi nodded: "I'm afraid that when this day comes, I won't be loyal to the Jin Dynasty, but to the newly established dynasty established by Brother Jinu. Brother Daogui, this is what I want to discuss with you. "
Liu Daogui shook his head: "This matter is too relevant. I have to discuss it with my eldest brother personally. No matter how we discuss and speculate now, it is just our own ideas. Moreover, I don't really hope that it will happen during my eldest brother's lifetime." , just take this step.”
Liu Daogui shook his head: "This matter is too relevant. I have to discuss it with my eldest brother personally. No matter how we discuss and speculate now, it is just our own ideas. Moreover, I don't really hope that it will happen during my eldest brother's lifetime." , just take this step.”
Tan Zhi said calmly: "Even if you don't want this ninth-five position, you can still have great power in your hands. The world still belongs to you Liu brothers. Just like now, Brother Xile can only stare. This time he comes. The entire army was wiped out, and secondly, his wife Liu Tingyun was the hidden traitor. Even if he performed well in the Jiankang Defense War and reversed some of the criticism, it would be impossible to return to his former power. Moreover, I think Brother Jinu is unlikely to hand over important places like Yuzhou or even Jingzhou into his hands again."
Liu Daogui frowned: "Actually, the reason why I thought about transferring to another place was because of Brother Xile. Now that Brother Wuji is dead, Brother Ashou may have to guard Qingzhou for a long time in the future to prepare for the Northern Expedition. , then this land in Jingzhou should be left to Brother Xile to appease him and his brothers."
Tan Zhi's eyes widened: "After losing like this this time, you still want him to take over Jingzhou? Even I won't agree."
Liu Daogui sighed: "It's just because he lost miserably, but if he was deprived of all his positions and not even allowed to be the governor of a state just because he lost miserably, I'm afraid it would cause conflicts within our Beifu in advance." Especially this time, Brother Xile was able to summon tens of thousands of soldiers and horses as soon as he returned to Jiankang. This shows that his layout in various places over the years is still very powerful. It is by no means that he has lost everything. We still need to follow He cooperates and compromises.”
Tan Zhi frowned: "That's true, but it's not easy for Jingzhou to set such rules for you, and even killed Huai'en for it. If Brother Xile comes over, he will do what he does everywhere , will definitely override the local nobles and indulge their subordinates to rob local interests. Then won’t all your hard work here over the years be wasted?”
Liu Daogui said sternly: "When Brother Xile was in Yuzhou, he also won over the powerful local nobles and did not let his subordinates bully the local people. Therefore, Yuzhou was managed quite well for him. Before the demon bandits started their army, we in Jingzhou were like this Even Dazhou is not as powerful as him, I believe that after he comes to Jingzhou, he can cure this place."
Tan Zhi shook his head: "This is not a question of whether it can be cured or not. I have never doubted Brother Xile's ability, but the more this happens, the more likely it is that there will be big trouble. Jingzhou can fight against the central court with the power of one state. For this important place, the struggle between Jing and Yang has lasted for nearly a hundred years since the founding of the Jin Dynasty!"
"If Brother Jinu is really determined to be self-reliant, then his biggest opponent will be Xi Le. He must not be allowed to take advantage of Jingzhou to raise troops to fight. Brother Daogui, let me put it bluntly, Brother Jinu is building Kang controls the government, Brother Ashou is preparing elite troops in Qingzhou in the name of the Northern Expedition, and you continue to control the local situation in Jingzhou. Once the world changes, you two most powerful foreign vassals can directly send troops to Jiankang to support Brother Jinu, so , Brother Xile is powerless even if he wants to resist, the overall situation of the world has been decided! This is the best choice to avoid internal strife and division in our Beifu."
(End of chapter)
