"It seems that Zhao Qing still has concerns about Xiao Siwen!" Emperor Liu smiled slightly.
Zhao Pu paused for a moment and then said: "Your Majesty, Xiao Siwen is indeed talented. He is good at both civil and military affairs, good at running affairs, able to manage affairs, and is familiar with Sinology. Such talents are rare even in the Han Dynasty.
After Xiao Siwen came to the south, he had always been calm, respectful, diligent and loyal. He provided the court with many false and true Khitan secrets, and I had no prejudice against him. However, after all, he is a Khitan and a noble of the four inner tribes. It is not for me to judge how long his submission and loyalty to the court can last.
Just now, when I mentioned the death of my eldest daughter, there was no emotion on my face, no sadness at all, no grief at losing a daughter. It seemed that my heart was too cold and hard..."
In Zhao Pu's words, there was no lack of recognition of Xiao Siwen's ability and his role in the big man. However, both inside and outside the words were still full of doubts and extremely wary. At the same time, he also criticized Xiao Siwen from a moral level, showing that That almost instinctive contempt.
After listening to Zhao Pu's words, Emperor Liu smiled softly, looked at Youyou and said: "To be honest with Zhao Qing, I can't trust Xiao Siwen at all. It's just that once I come, I'll make peace with him. It's time for Nantou It's not too short, and I was really left out for a while.
Now, he is determined to forge ahead, make contributions to the Han Dynasty, and has achieved results. This positivity should be recognized. Without Xiao Siwen, we would not have such a thorough understanding of the Khitan. Without Xiao Siwen's hard recruitment, the Khitan aristocrats would not respond and join us.
When people come from afar, they are at ease and follow the ways of the ancient sages and sages. If you want to use it, then you should use it without any doubts. The so-called deeds regardless of intentions, as long as it is beneficial to the court and beneficial to the Han Dynasty, as for private morality, it does not need to be used as a basis for weighing gains and losses.
In the Han Dynasty, there are virtuous and chaste ministers like you, but are you still worried about the lack of morality? If you think he has ulterior motives, with Qing and others watching over you, are you still afraid of Xiao Siwen? "
Emperor Liu's remarks also showed some grace and magnanimity. Regardless of whether he agreed in his heart or not, Zhao Pu still praised the high argument with an attitude of surrender.
"When I mentioned the recruitment of Khitan tribesmen just now, I saw a strange look on his face. Please tell me what concerns you have in your heart!" Emperor Liu was equally satisfied with Zhao Pu's reasonableness and turned to ask.
Mentioning this, Zhao Pu pondered for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, I do have doubts about this matter."
After a pause, he organized his speech and continued: "In the past two or three years, the imperial court has successively admitted nearly 200,000 people from the Mobei tribe. Now, in Yanshan, Shanyang, Yulin and other northern Taoist states, there are many tribes of Hu There are already more than 500,000 people.
So many barbarians gathered in northern Xinjiang, which posed a great threat to the stability of the Han Dynasty along the border. They may be peaceful now, but they may not be able to last long. Even if they have no immediate worries, they still have long-term concerns. Since ancient times, there are not many Hu people who have been able to maintain long-term peace and abide by the rulers of the imperial court.
Now that the Han Dynasty was powerful, he was forced by the power of God to submit submissively, put away his minions, and even turned his back to the court, so that he could develop and grow with peace of mind. However, the barbarians have a wolfish nature, and once they are allowed to grow stronger, they will inevitably have backlash. If something happens on the border, these barbarians will become the biggest threat to the stability of the northern Han Dynasty.
The threat from the Khitans must be higher than other tribes. First, they once dominated the grassland. Although they were defeated by the Han, they would definitely not be convinced by the imperial court. Both of them, as long as the Khitan royal court exists in Mobei, the Khitan people inside will never be worthy of trust, and the court must always beware of their double-crossing and internal and external collusion..."
"There are so many barbarians in Northern Xinjiang?" Emperor Liu was a little surprised.
Zhao Pu nodded and said in a serious tone: "Perhaps what I said is conservative, but the actual number of people is even more."
Zhao Pu's words obviously reminded Emperor Liu, and Emperor Liu's face also showed obvious thoughts. After a long time, Fang said: "Zhao Qing, you have reminded me again! If Hu Zhong The imbalance in numbers is indeed a big hidden danger to the stability of Northern Xinjiang!"
"How many Han people are distributed in northern Daozhou?" Emperor Liu asked.
"According to current records, there are more than two million Han people in Yulin and Shanyang prefectures, but most of them are concentrated in Yunshuo and the major towns south of it. As for the border areas, there are actually very few people.
Such as Feng, Sheng and other border states, there are thousands to hundreds of people, including many criminals who live in the border areas. Although the imperial court moved many Han people to the border areas, it was really a drop in the bucket in the vast northern Xinjiang.
The land of Monan is mainly dominated by garrison troops. In addition to some Han herdsmen, most of the people active there are merchants traveling between the north and the south.
In fact, most of the people scattered here are Hu people from Nanfu..."
"We have to be cautious about this matter. The court needs to think more about it!" Emperor Liu stood up, walked a few steps in front of the imperial case, and extended his hand to give instructions.
Noticing Emperor Liu's high brows, Zhao Pu knew that his advice had completely attracted Emperor Liu's attention.
"Today's problem is no longer just about accommodating some Khitan tribesmen, it also involves the stability of the entire northern Xinjiang!" Emperor Liu said seriously.
"Your Majesty is wise!"
In fact, despite the fact that the Han Dynasty is looking down on the world now, it defeated the Liao Kingdom, forced the Khitans to flee to the desert north, and made all the land south of the Yin Mountains Han territory. However, the imperial court's rule over Monan was very unstable. It could be said that it was entirely based on strong military strength.
As long as there is a slight change, it will affect the whole body, and even lead to turmoil in the entire northern Xinjiang. The core issue also lies in the tribes that the imperial court has accommodated and resettled over the years. Of course, there are also some tribes such as the Uighurs and Dangxiang who moved north from Hexi and Yulin.
For these people, the imperial court was still in the process of initial naturalization and had not established an overly reliable rule. Before Emperor Liu, why was he always wary of the Khitans?
Not only because of the almost inertial thinking that the Khitan is the enemy, but also because the Khitan who moved north are in a state of recuperation and recovery. Now it seems that this instinctive vigilance is also related to the weak rule of the Han in Monan and even the entire northern Xinjiang.
Unstable in the heart, it is always difficult to ignore the threat of the Khitans. As long as the Khitans invade the south, the stability of Monan and even the entire northern Xinjiang will be challenged.
"Zhao Qing, since you have discovered this problem, you should have a plan in mind on how to solve it!" Emperor Liu looked at Zhao Pu with an inquiring look.
After hearing the question, Zhao Pu said calmly: "Your Majesty, in my opinion, we can only start from two aspects. First, continue to migrate people to the northern border to fill the borders and consolidate the rule of the Han Dynasty; Second, for the tribes distributed in the north, implement household registration, completely annex them, and turn them into Han people! However, these two policies are not easy to implement!"
As he spoke, Zhao Pu sighed softly. Emperor Liu understood what he meant. Taking immigration as an example, the imperial court had been operating it intermittently for nearly twenty years, and it has basically come to a standstill unless it continues to use strong methods to immigrate people from the inner regions.
However, the use of coercive means often means the generation of public resentment. After all, who is willing to go to the border areas to make a living unless they have to? At least until now, the resentment of the hundreds of thousands of Han people who have moved to the northwest has not subsided.
The purpose of the imperial court's immigration to the border areas was to strengthen its control over the border areas and consolidate the foundation of its rule. However, if they were all resentful people, it would actually create hidden dangers.
After all, the land conflict in the Han Dynasty is not serious at present. There are not so many landless refugees, and there is not enough overflow population to move to the real border.
As for the reorganization of the Hu tribes into households, it is not that it has not been done, but it has not seen significant results yet, and the resistance it has received is very strong. After all, this kind of thorough digestion and annexation only infringes on the interests of those tribes and leaders. .
Previously, for the sake of the overall stability of Northern Xinjiang, local governments did not enforce the law too strongly. For local officials, good implementation may not necessarily bring much credit. It would be a big mistake to force the Hu tribe under their rule to rebel. .
Emperor Liu thought for a while and suddenly said resolutely: "We have to do it even if it is difficult! Being afraid of difficulties and dangers is not the style of a man. It is the right time to face the difficulties. When it comes to immigration, we can't force it, so we should adopt more flexible methods. , formulating friendly policies, luring them with benefits, and promising huge profits, and then implementing them, there is no fear that no Han people will be unmoved.
We must continue to promote the process of reorganizing the Hu people into households and integrating the people. In the past, perhaps due to the situation, we had to make appropriate compromises in order to achieve stability in northern Xinjiang.
But it is wrong to be content with the status quo. We cannot seek temporary peace while leaving hidden dangers for long-term stability. Since you are living in the territory of the Han Dynasty, you must obey the rule of the Han Dynasty. The will of the imperial court cannot be disobeyed by just a few nobles or Hu chieftains! "
"Since you proposed this matter, it is up to you to coordinate the plan and implement it!"
"Yes!" Zhao Pu responded.
