"Is it still raining?" In the Long Live Hall, it was quiet. Liu Chengyou silently flipped through the memorials submitted by various ministries and departments, and suddenly raised his head and asked.
The emperor said that the people waiting in the palace were nervous. One of the chamberlains immediately went to check, and then quickly came back to whisper to Yantuo, who then reported to Emperor Liu from Yantuo: "In the official house, the cold rain has not stopped, but it is already a small amount." Got it!"
Emperor Liu nodded. No wonder he could hardly hear the sound of rain. It happened that Shi Xizai, a scholar of Chongzheng Palace, came to see him and announce it. In the past two years, Shi Xizai took one step further and took charge of the affairs of Chongzheng Palace, becoming a true hidden minister.
"Ning Ji is here, take a seat!" Emperor Liu still thought highly of Shi Xizai.
There are all kinds of officials in the court, including mediocre villains and humble gentlemen, and Shi Xizai is one of the few gentlemen who can reach high officials.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" As usual, observing etiquette and saying thanks, Shi Xizai sat down.
His body was still stained with rain and dew, and shrouded in obvious moisture. When Emperor Liu saw it, he immediately ordered Yantuo to serve him a bowl of hot soup. Looking at Shi Xizai, Liu Chengyou said: "It has been raining for several days and it still hasn't stopped. The Bian River has risen. I don't know what the condition of the river is. I hope there won't be another disaster like the embankment bursting..."
"Your Majesty is worried that the Central Committee has already issued a notice to all counties and counties along the river to strictly patrol and guard!" Shi Xizai said.
"The imperial court should send some special envoys and censors to go down and take a walk!" Emperor Liu ordered.
"yes!"
"What's important for you to come here?" Liu Chengyou asked.
Shi Xizai presented the seal and said: "In response to Xiazhou's report, the Dangxiang tribes sent envoys one after another to express their allegiance. Wang You held a banquet in Xiazhou, invited the leaders of the tribes to discuss, and swore an alliance with them on behalf of the imperial court. All tribes expressed that, I am willing to surrender to the Han Dynasty and be loyal to the imperial court forever. At this point, Xia Sui is at peace."
"This is good news!" Emperor Liu's reaction to this was dull, and he said: "It's just a matter of oaths. If we keep our word, how strong can we be to restrain the Hulu? The Han Dynasty is strong, and they will bow their heads. Can I still expect them to be loyal forever?"
Seeing Emperor Liu's cold words, Shi Xizai didn't know how to respond to these words for a moment, so he could only echo: "What your Majesty said is true. The Yi and Di are afraid of power and have no morals. Now the various parties are afraid of the strength of the Han and are forced to do so." The military power is so great that they are vying to show their support, which is not credulous."
Liu Chengyou smiled, and while opening the memorial, he asked: "How do these party members react to the implementation of the Han system and the payment of taxes and tributes?"
"Yes to all!"
"Are you so happy to agree?" Liu Chengyou said playfully.
"It is said that during the oath of alliance, Dushuai Yang sent a thousand soldiers to maintain order!" Shi Xizai responded.
After years of understanding and familiarity, the monarchs and ministers of the Han Dynasty have long had an understanding, that is, the problem of Xia Sui is easy to solve by the Dingjun army, but the difficulty lies in the governance of hundreds of thousands of party members.
Unlike the scattered Dangxiang tribes scattered in the Helong area, Xiazhou Dangxiang has been settled there for a long time and has a high degree of cohesion. After nearly a hundred years of management by the Tuoba Li family, it has the foundation to form an independent political power.
But with the fierce tiger of the big man on his side, he interrupted his independent process and even killed this possibility. You must know that in official history, even if it was Zhao and Song, the founding of Xixia was only achieved after more than half a century of fierce battles with the Song Dynasty.
Now, for Xia Sui, who had initially recovered, and the party members who survived among them, the first thing Emperor Liu wanted to eliminate was the possibility of their independence, thus weakening the foundation of the Dingnan Army's operation for nearly a hundred years.
Previously, under the instruction of Liu Chengyou, after comprehensive consideration and repeated discussions by the political officials, a set of Xia Sui's aftermath measures and governance strategies were finally proposed.
Basically, the adjustments were made within the framework suggested by Uncle Li Ye. After all, this was in line with the emperor's wishes and was also the imperial court's ultimate goal of taking over Xiazhou. It's just that it's not as urgent as Li Ye wanted, and it can be done in one step.
However, even if the methods are relatively mild, there is a basic bottom line, that is, party members must truly be integrated into the larger ruling system, obey the management of the government, and pay taxes to the court.
With this premise, there will be more room for negotiation on other matters. Dangxiang people can keep their own customs and customs, and there is no need to forcefully promote the change of clothing. However, the implementation of the Han legal system is also imperative.
In order to appease the party members, the court also granted certain benefits, such as not charging any taxes for three years. Party members in various ministries are still allowed to exist in the form of tribes, especially under the management of the original leader, and the court selects those who are obedient to the court and grant them official positions. The imperial court would not directly deprive the Dangxiang people of the green and white salt they relied on, but would send salt supervisors to "guide" it and at the same time strengthen trade and economic ties between the Dangxiang people and the Han people.
Generally speaking, for party members, the appeasement policy adopted by the court gradually assimilated them on the basis of stabilizing the situation. In later generations, the meaning of appeasement has become weakness, surrender, and being despised by others. However, its original intention is by no means blind concession and compromise, but just a policy that takes the overall situation into consideration.
Wei Renpu, a prime minister, is naturally experienced in planning for the country. When the overall situation is determined, it is understandable that he does not want to adopt urgent policies and extreme measures to avoid causing extra problems.
Emperor Liu also understood and agreed with their ideas. Of course, the most important thing is that the ministers fully understand the emperor's goal of annexing and digesting the party members, and they are working hard in that direction.
With this understanding, it is not difficult to reach a consensus with Emperor Liu.
In comparison, the Tuoba Li family was not so polite. Within three generations, all of them, regardless of their direct descendants, would move out without any room for negotiation.
After discussion, it was decided to move all the Li clan members from Li Guangrui on down to Hebei. In terms of centralized resettlement or decentralized resettlement, we finally chose centralized resettlement for convenience of management. The destination of migration was Xiangzhou.
Yinzhou and Suizhou, not unexpectedly, soon surrendered one after another. After all, Li Guangrui, who had always been tough and had the strongest strength, had surrendered. Wherever they had other options, they were all honest.
After the four states of Xia Sui were restored, the imperial court's orders for the aftermath also came one after another. Without any delay, Yang Ye and Wang You implemented them in accordance with the imperial policies and guidelines and combined with the specific local conditions.
The relocation of the clan naturally aroused strong dissatisfaction within the Tuoba Li family. It is not unique to the Han people to miss their homeland, and the Dangxiang people are also reluctant to leave their homeland.
Especially the Li family, they have long been "new party members" who have broken away from the traditional nomadic production method. At the same time, the great migration of the Li family was not a simple matter, and there were widespread complaints. In addition, Tuoba was originally the majority of the party, and the direct line of the Li family had also flourished since Li Sigong, and the family alone was a large number. People, if you want to move these people out, you can imagine the difficulty.
Of course, one is a sword and the other is flesh and blood. Under the power of the Han Dynasty, no matter how much resentment and dissatisfaction there was within the Li family, they were not allowed to have more choices in the era when the Han army was rampant.
Yang Ye had received the emperor's instruction and Shunchang Ni perished, but his sword had not been sharpened yet.
On the other hand, it is about the handling of the originally scheduled Confederate army. In this regard, we must be much more cautious. There is no matter that can cause more serious damage than problems with the army.
The total number of troops in the four states of Xia Sui was tens of thousands, and all of them were of Han nationality. Among them, some of the strongest backbones in the army were selected to join the army and defend on the spot, while others were transferred to the Tokyo Forbidden Army for in-depth assimilation. .
There were more than 6,000 people left, and all of them moved out, nominally transferred away. This time, they did not move inward, but sent to Shanyang for garrison. When Song Qi was in office in Shanyang, she asked Emperor Liu for people from time to time, and this time she gave him a big gift.
The six thousand soldiers in trouble were not simply six thousand soldiers, but including their families, including their children, they had a population of six thousand households. For border areas, it was enough to fill several counties.
In this way, after splitting up the Difficult Army, no matter what other people think, he feels a lot more comfortable.
Of course, Emperor Liu himself knew that things would never be easy, and the Dangxiang people would not really be so obedient and submissive. With the possibility of direct rebellion ruled out, the Han Dynasty's rule in Xia Sui still needs to go through a lot of tests.
It depends on the abilities of Wang You and Yang Ye. Obviously, the most important test for Yang Ye in pacifying Xia Sui this time is not his ability to unite the army in combat, but his ability to coordinate relationships and handle common affairs. So far, he has done a good job. Yang Ye is a person who has a big picture view. Handsome.
