In the temporary large interior of Jinyang Palace/Daming City, in the Wen'an Hall where the reigning small imperial government affairs hall is located, there were also fierce arguments:
"Why, why do you have to repeat it again and again! Didn't you have already said that you will protect the last orthodoxy of the Tang Dynasty? Even if you accept a Shatuo as the regent, you will not hesitate?.
"Nevertheless, do you know that the vast Hedong prefectures have begun to lack salt? You know that the price of salt in Taiyuan Mansion has reached a kilogram worth a thousand dollars, but there is still a price and no market?"
"Since ancient times, an unheard place that does not produce salt, An Neng has long been on its own side. Nowadays, apart from the amount allocated to the army, how much inventory is available in the locality, let alone stabilizing the market... "
"Now the big plan to capture the salt pond in the river has been completely shattered; that is, if the peace thief does not come to attack, he can rely on the accumulation of his actions in his hands. Do you think you can hold on for how long?"
"It's just something that will change sooner or later!! At that time, in order to calm the situation and calm people's hearts for the time being, will the king of Jin use someone's head to deal with it? Now that the princes in the hall can take care of themselves call?"
"In any case, we must find a way out and be prepared..."
—I am the dividing line of restlessness —
In the city of Chang'an, in front of the sand table that was constantly being deduced, Zhou Huaian, who was concerned about the battle in Shizhou, north of the pass, also received another unexpected news.
"What do you mean, the Tuoba clan, the head of the party branch, is so gone?"
"Back to the Lord, that's the case. The Tuoba men, women, and children who fled to Dijinze at the beginning have a total of 1,457 heads. They have all been initially confirmed on the spot. The choice of fake numbers..."
The head of the staff team responsible for the situation in Yanbian in the north responded:
That is to say, during the first battle within the Guan a few years ago, Tuoba Sigong, who followed the Daibei camp to recruit Cui Anqian, led the eight party coalition forces. After they were tragically defeated in Wugong, Xianyang and other places, Lian Tuo Ba Sizhong himself died in a dry well on the way to escape;
However, there are still some remnants of the party branch and the feudal clan, who were lucky enough to rush out of the trapped Taiping army; and fled along the Jingshui Valley through Yanzhou, Suizhou, Yinzhou and other places, but they did not dare to escape. Those who stayed continue to escape back to Xiazhou where the Pingxia Dangxiang lived.
Then, after losing a large number of elite and middle-level leaders in the pass, the eight major ministries of the party that had been broken in the balance of power, without exception, began a new round of reshuffle-style battles on the grounds of mutual accountability. Infighting, and later the Shatuo Department led troops to cross the border and robbed a lot of cattle, horses and sheep.
As a result, the turmoil lasted until the following summer. It was the weakest and the most reclaimed people. The three tribes of Xifeng, Yelu, and Fangdang finally won in the chaos; and they reached a consensus to carve up the original most powerful Tuoba and other tribes. Large pastures, cattle and sheep slaves;
As the last remaining force of the Tuoba Tribe, they fled to Dijinze, an oasis in the vast sea desert to the north, where they lingered. This situation of dominance and mutual independence among the three tribes did not last long, and the following year the Western Army marched eastward in the Second Pass.
Zheng Tian, the director of Longyou Xingtai, Hexi, naturally sent people to Xiazhou to be recruited. These were nominally affiliated to the party ministries under Xia Suiyan’s Jiedu Envoy; it’s a pity that after the envoy arrived there, there was no way to negotiate. The specific object of his lost his life inexplicably.
Then, in the midsummer of the coming year, after the Second Guan Nei War ended, the Taiping Army headed by Zhou Ben also went north to Yansui Yinxia again with great victories. The local tribes who had been severely injured by the civil strife and famine , And there is no courage to confront and deal with it.
Therefore, this time, the only remaining three-surname party Xiang Shun’s surrender certificate is to take the Taiping Army’s messenger as a testimony to do everything possible to encircle and suppress the remnant forces headed by the Tuoba Tribe; but until recently , Found the last hiding place headed by Tuoba in the depths of the desert.
This also means that in the Five Dynasties, the party power that may have dominated the northwest has now withdrawn from the stage of history and become mundane. Next, is the follow-up plan for the party members of the three tribes of Xifeng, Yelu, and Fangdang that have been surrendered;
This is because these three parts have survived through mergers and infighting, and they still have about thousands of horses and horses. Although the rest are old and weak, women and children, it is a force that cannot be ignored after all.
Therefore, after careful consideration, Zhou Huaian chose a solution that was not conservative and compromised among the plans and suggestions sent by the Foreign Affairs Department, the Pedestrian Department and other relevant departments, and at the same time added additional notes. Made a request.
In this way, the only remaining three party divisions have avoided the fate of being punitively dismembered or strangled on the spot in the most radical plan; however, as the only remaining upper-level leaders and their relatives, they must be designated to be seen. After the family election, they collectively moved to the vicinity of Chang'an to settle down.
In addition, these three parts will each have a thousand bows and horses equipped with string-controllers, which will be added to the military sequence of Zhouben, and will be used as auxiliary pawns and cavalry battalions for a period of time; then the same number will be sent out in the clan. The youngsters came and sent them to the Guan to receive the training of the children's camp.
After all, one chicken dying and one cock crowing on the grassland is the most basic normal. Even if all the party members are killed and extinct; but the pastures that are left unowned and blank, there will naturally be new external settlements. Keep filling in.
However, if the people and the army are requisitioned from the inland, the grassland area is generally relatively barren and the output is scarce, coupled with the backward road and communication conditions, it will also increase the cost of maintaining the corresponding existence. Unacceptable degree.
This is also a similar problem faced by most of the Central Plains regimes in the feudal era; after the corresponding productivity and mobilization capabilities have reached the limits of the army's deployment and maintenance of the border, no matter how great the result is, it cannot be converted into the corresponding benefit of territorial expansion. Instead, it has become a drawback that drags down and weakens the country's strength.
Therefore, it is better to temporarily maintain a part of the local tribes who are greatly damaged but are relatively familiar with the local situation and have enough awe and obedience to the Taiping Army to continue to maintain a certain sense of existence to repel and drive away those unfamiliar tribes. Unexpected factors caused by entry.
Of course, although it was jokingly called the dirty Tang chaotic Han in history, in a sense, strictly speaking, the frontier policy and foreign strategy of the Tang Dynasty were also the most aggressive and effective in all dynasties; for example, through The Yanbian city border system of the Tang Dynasty was established.
That is to use the defeated and conquered East Turkic, post-Turkic, Tiele, Xue Yantuo, Uyghur, Khitan, etc. to fall outside the frontier to provide a source of cattle and horses, serve as a servant army of Yanbian military town, and build a similar border buffer zone.
Although it is inevitable that due to improper employment or internal struggles and other factors, there have been several large-scale car rollover sites; but as long as the Central-Turkish regime itself maintains sufficient stability, it can always rely on its strong strength and huge size. Corrected from the downturn.
Therefore, even in the ten years before Tang's demise, it was still possible to assemble a five-way army with a piece of edict, and beat the Shatuo Zhuxie clan, who had raised the flag of rebellion in Daibei, into fleeing alone. A lonely family; he can also regain the land of Annan that was invaded by Nanzhao in the south, and beat the other party to send envoys for peace.
Among the many alternative tribal forces in Chengbang, the two tribes that lasted into the Five Dynasties period; both the Shatuo people of the Yan Dynasty and the Dangxiang people of Yanxia have completed a considerable degree of semi-domestication; and are active in encirclement and suppression. In the battlefield of the Huang Chao rebels.
Therefore, after the Five Dynasties, the Shatuo military group of the Post-Tang Dynasty was established as the successor of Li and Tang, and it was no different from the warlords in the Central Plains; and in the era of Party Xiang Li Yuanhao, in order to establish a country under a separate rule, he had to create characters and customs and traditions. , The implementation of the reverse party itemization.
It can also be said that the Tang Dynasty’s foreign strategy and grassland policy implementation effect, except for the later generations to complete the long-term detention and control of the grassland by the Manqing regime through the import (to the middle and lower strata) Lamaism and syphilis, and the (upper strata) marriage method, Even more advanced than the Han Dynasty.
After all, although the Tang Dynasty had a lot of weird examples, it was still unable to be like the foreign Manchu ruling regime; for generations to marry their daughters to the Mongolian tribe and leave, and then use five short pie pockmark faces (smallpox) , Mongolian women in the aftermath of the plague hardest hit area, constantly filling their harem.
In the end, all the heads of various ministries, large and small, with a little font on the Mongolian grasslands, have become "uncle-nephews" and "outside the royal family"; and in terms of blood relationship and status, they have completed the basic fetters of the so-called "oneness of man and Mongolia". system.
The biggest among them was the joke that the Tang Zhongzong regarded the people of the Pigas after the Han Li Ling as the same clan of the Far Clan and was not comparable to other races; and the land of Hequ was the dowry of the Jincheng princess who entered Tibet, which led to the Tang Dynasty. Fan's blood continued to bleed for many years after Fanfan Mu regained the painful price. . .
As for forming a kingdom of brothers with the invading Liao Shengzong in the alliance of Tanyuan, worship Empress Dowager Xiao as the elders and use the money to maintain peace; after Sanchuankou and Xixia, who became a kingdom of fraternity, they will make another settlement. Don't be embarrassed by the fearful Da Song who added the money.
Therefore, in a short period of time, the Taiping Army only needs to retain and maintain some of the old Yanbian policies and fait accommodating facts. From the military point of view, it is important and prioritized to maintain a few key points, and then trade with cattle, horses, and sheep products needed for daily life in Nissan. Indirect control on the economic lifeline.
Therefore, for the time being, the positioning of these Dangxiang clans is to provide cows, horses and fur products. The Taiping Army will even send veterinarians and specialized craftsmen into their tribes to guide the corresponding settlement and fenced livestock production, as well as the subsequent utilization of products such as bone, meat, milk, and fur.
After the basic transportation infrastructure and communication conditions are improved in the future, large-scale adjustments and transformations will be carried out. At that time, if the other party has become accustomed and adapted to the economic system deliberately maintained by the Taiping Army, there will be no repetition and resistance. Up.
It's like the neon electronics industry and manufacturing industry, which was arrogant and arrogant in later generations. In fact, it was developed as a supporting product of the lighthouse country’s industrial system; it was like the so-called Maritime Self-Defense Force, which was actually based in the lighthouse country. In the Asian military system, the role of the air defense squadron attached to the aircraft carrier cluster is general.
Thinking of this, Zhou Huaian suddenly became more or less interested in the current situation in Nanzhao, southwest of China, and said to the left and the right:
"Get me the latest battle report and corresponding progress in Qianzhong, as well as regular reports from Qu Chengyu and others..."
—I am the dividing line —
And in the heartland of the remote Longyou Road, in the wilderness under the Riyue Mountain/Chiling Mountains, there is already a fight to shake the sky and roar constantly. Just between the mountains in the distance, there are looming cliffs on three sides, and there is only one road hovering over the world—Shibao City. (End of this chapter)