The Chen Dynasty was similar to the Tang and Song Dynasties in Lu Jing's previous life. It adopted a restraint policy for the border areas where ethnic minorities lived together.
The so-called restrainer refers to the horse's head, and the string is the oxworm.
To put it simply, it means using political and military coercion while promising wealth and material benefits, combining hardness and softness, in the hope that the barbarians within the four borders can be restrained like cattle and horses.
In those states that implemented the policy of restraining the emperor, the imperial court would select a powerful and respected person from the local native tribes to be the chief, who was called the native chief and made him the governor.
In this way, the central government's control over local governments is certainly not as strong as that of directly appointing officials.
But there is no other solution. Generally, in states where restraint is implemented, the local situation is very complicated. There are many local tribes with their own traditions and beliefs, and they are unruly and unruly.
After being parachuted into Zhizhou, it would be difficult to cope with such a difficult environment, and even the government orders might not be able to leave the city.
A very simple thing requires the joint efforts of many grassroots officials, but it may not be possible. The cost of control is too high and it is not cost-effective.
So I simply subcontracted the work out.
The central government recognized the local chiefs' right to govern the local area, and the chiefs also swore allegiance to the officials and paid tribute regularly. Both parties were happy.
Of course, in order to check and balance the power of these native chiefs and avoid their lawlessness and unlimited expansion, the imperial court would also send some officials to take up posts in their territories, which was called to assist in governance, but in fact they played more of a supervisory role.
In addition to civilian officials, the imperial court also set up military towns in various states.
Different from the civilian officials who changed their positions every three years, these military towns were basically Yongzhen. They took root there and formed the so-called Northwest General Gate. Today, they have many soldiers and generals, and there are many talented people under them.
Among them, Ning Jieyu, the most favored concubine of the current official family, was born as a general in the northwest.
Like the appointment of native chiefs, the establishment of military towns was of course a helpless move.
The officials also knew that these military leaders held heavy troops and were far away from the emperor. After working hard for several generations, it was easy for them to become full-fledged but not lose their tail.
But this is also a no-brainer. If you want to use the border troops to check and balance the local tribes, it is impossible not to give them a certain degree of autonomy and let them take root there.
In fact, the current number of Chen people in Liangzhou, which is basically the same as that of Tufan, is the result of the hard work of these generals for hundreds of years.
In short, the three northwest states are basically a three-legged situation.
The local chiefs, the generals of the military town, and the officials appointed by the court, the three parties cooperated and conflicted to jointly govern this land.
Of course, this was when the Chen Dynasty was still powerful. Since the chiefs of the three states became kings one after another, this balance has been broken.
The most miserable among the three were the civil servants of the court who had no military power.
Some of them were killed by the local tribesmen, and some were better off, but were expelled. They found the generals, but they were not very popular there. Although they were served with good wine and good food, everything involved When it comes to war and even local government affairs, they are excluded.
The place Lu Jing is going to now is the residence of a long history named Luo.
If Huang Supervisor hadn't said it himself, Lu Jing would not have believed that this secret place in Liangzhou was actually in this county.
In his imagination, a mysterious place like a secret realm should naturally be in an inaccessible place. For example, the secret realm deep in the East China Sea fits the typical location of a secret realm.
The same is true for the secret realm to the north of the academy. Lu Jing still doesn't know where the academy is located.
But the location of this secret place in Liangzhou is a bit surprising.
Because it is located in a busy city.
Before Luo Changshi fled to Liang County, this place was originally the residence of a small chief. The latter secretly hid a hundred strong soldiers here, hoping to cooperate inside and outside when the Fan army outside the city came to attack, and take the opportunity to cause trouble.
As a result, the news leaked out in advance, and he was executed on the spot a few months ago.
Therefore, his mansion became advantageous for Luo Changshi, who fled with his family.
However, although he got a mansion for nothing, Luo Changshi was not happy at all and spent the whole day sighing in his study.
Liang Cheng's guard, Le Shaobai, only went to greet him once when he entered the city, and then asked him about some things about the native chiefs of Shizhou. Until now, he has never looked for him again.
Liangcheng was besieged a few days ago, and people were killing each other on and off the city. No one thought of Luo Changshi in the house, so Luo Changshi also knew that he had been completely forgotten.
He was naturally very dissatisfied with this situation and wrote a memorial to the court to complain. But when the messenger went out, he sent his secret notes to Le Shaobai, who burned them as firewood.
Fortunately, Luo Changshi only complained in that memorial and did not say too many bad things about the generals of the Northwest. The most powerful word in the whole article was just arrogance and rudeness.
Otherwise, it's hard to say whether he could still be sighing in this house now.
Lu Jing easily bypassed the two soldiers guarding the door and climbed over the wall to sneak into the courtyard.
After walking not far, he saw Luo Changshi, who was picking his feet idly. After walking a few more steps, he suddenly turned around and ran up an ash tree.
Then I saw a woman about fifteen or sixteen years old walking towards here holding a bowl of ginger tea.
Lu Jing thought she was a maid at first, but when she knocked on the door, walked into the study, and placed the ginger tea in front of Luo Changshi, she called her daddy.
Only then did Lu Jing realize that this girl was Luo Changshi's only daughter, Luo Yingying.
"The rebels retreated a few days ago, why is daddy still frowning?"
"Hmph, I admit that the city guard named Le is good at guarding the city, but dragging it out like this is not an option. The problem in Shizhou is actually not big. Although Chief Tongtu is powerful in nature, he is a timid person in his heart. This The reason why he raised troops together was that he couldn't stand the constant instigation of his subordinates, and he also wanted to gain some benefits himself.
"After getting enough benefits, he naturally wanted to stop. Chief Ma Tu of Liangzhou had the same idea, but he was bolder and had a bigger appetite. If the imperial court wanted to quickly quell the chaos in the three northwest states, it might as well Just agree to his requests first, and then come back to settle accounts with him later.
"Only Chief Meng Tu from Shunzhou has great ambitions. Not only does he want to separate one side, but he also covets the fertile land of our Central Plains. He must be dealt with quickly. Although these three people raised an army together, in terms of the number of troops, each of them is Strategy, the other two are no match for Chief Meng Tu, and I’m worried that if we continue to delay, the other two will be swallowed up by Chief Meng Tu.”
"Dad has worked under Chief Tongtu for such a long time and knows the three chiefs very well. Has he told General Le about this analysis?"
"I said it, but the guy named Le didn't listen."
"Why?" The girl was puzzled.
"Why else?" Luo Changshi sneered, "The guy named Le is also waiting to see the situation."
