With the great victory of this battle, the power of the Great Sui Dynasty has established a firm foothold in the Western Regions, and replaced the Western Turks as the hegemon of the Western Regions, in addition to adding the six counties of Zhangye, Dunhuang, Yiwu, Shanshan, and Mingyue.

The first five counties were originally the territory of the Great Sui, which was not a lot of trouble, and it was enough to liquidate them one by one according to the system. The key is that in this Mingyue County, the big and small families and officialdom of the original Gaochang have all been cleaned up by Du Ruhui and Su Dingfang, so the new officials must take office as soon as possible, from the county guard, the general guard, the county cheng, the county-level criminal department to the county order, the county cheng, the county lieutenant, and the county royal all need to be reappointed.

Mingyue County is the bridgehead and blade of the Great Sui to the Western Regions, and it is not careless at all. If the grassroots level is unstable, no matter how big the country is, it will be a castle in the air, and Yang Tong needs to take advantage of this big victory to thoroughly implement the policies of the imperial court in Mingyue County.

This time it is different from Xiangping, Lushun, and Xuansu in Liaodong, Liaodong only kills, and even buries it, and throws it directly into the sea; And Mingyue County can be said to be taken down without blood, Yang Tong's actions can't be too big, and many things have to be taken mildly, so there will inevitably be many hidden dangers, so the officials to be sent must be high-level people.

Fortunately, Du Ruhui and Su Dingfang were quite clever, took the first step to deal with the big trouble, and gathered a large number of people's hearts in the name of the Great Sui, at least in terms of public opinion, it is impossible for those families and officials in the former Gaochang to let the people die like in the past.

As long as the officials of the Great Sui are strong, then Mingyue County will soon be integrated into the warm embrace of the Great Sui. If you have a successful case in hand, it will also lay a good foundation for the annexation of the Western Regions in the future.

But if this step is not taken well, the Great Sui, the superior kingdom of the Celestial Empire, will not only lose face, but the eternal plan of the Great Sui to dominate the Western Regions and expand westward will be severely hit, and the Great Sui will also leave a stain that cannot be washed away. It's like a blank piece of paper that is easy to discredit, but once it is smeared, it is extremely difficult to restore it. Therefore, the officials sent must have both talent and morality, and the imperial department and the criminal department have also become extremely critical.

Du Ruhui will not be ignorant of these truths, and he appreciates Yang Tong's suggestions very much, and puts forward many valuable suggestions, and then forms a text, so that Yang Gongren can find a suitable candidate for the post as soon as possible.

"How many people have you captured in the Southern Route Army?"

After talking about Xingtai Province in the Western Regions and the appointment of officials, it came to another headache, that is, post-war resettlement and reconstruction.

"There are more than 730,000 people in the Western Turks, of which about 350,000 are young and strong, and there are almost no old people." Du Ruhui said.

The grassland believes in the concept of natural selection, the old people are always a burden on the grassland, whether it is the Eastern and Western Turks or the Western Regions, they will not like the old people as a vulnerable group, even if a long time ago, those old people have also made contributions, but they never talk about merit and qualifications. Therefore, the ethnic groups on the grassland are not afraid of death, especially after reaching a certain age, they are willing to fall on the way to the charge, instead of dying of old age and illness at home, everyone thinks of this, so the proportion of their population is less than 10% of the elderly.

"The Southern Route Army captured more than 700,000 people at once, which is not a good thing for my Great Sui!" Yang Tong had a headache again.

Surrender is the most vulnerable group of people to rebel, put together they will rebel, disrupted and difficult to manage, and it is even more difficult to manage the surrender and captives of foreign races.

In the long run, these people will become cannon fodder for the Great Sui, but before these people are truly assimilated, the danger is not low, especially when the number reaches a terrifying number.

"But you can't ignore it! It is even more unlikely that it will be returned to the Western Turks. Du Ruhui groaned.

"Of course." Yang Tong nodded, if he ignored it, he would definitely mutiny. After pondering for a while, he looked at Du Ruhui and said: "In this battle, Shubao also captured more than 40,000 Eastern/Turkic captives, and we simply broke up and reorganized the Western Turks, Eastern/Turkic people, as well as the old captives who built the Great Wall, and the miners who minered the mines, and came to him for a big reorganization, although it was a little cumbersome, but it could greatly reduce the probability of mutiny and rebellion." ”

"After the disbandment, all of them will be managed in accordance with militarization, with a brigade for every 10,000 people, and ten captains and deputy captains; 1,000 people for the squadron, with three chief and deputy squadron leaders; 100 people for a team, set up a principal and deputy squad leader, the captain is selected from the slave soldiers of the first class, although these slaves who are the captain do not have a salary, but in the future, all do not have to work, only need to take care of the slaves under their hands. For a period of one year, the well-managed captain was given an official status and completely separated from the slave ranks, and after the captain left, the outstanding squadron leader was promoted to squadron leader, and the squad leader was promoted to squadron leader, and the squad leader was re-selected from the first-class slaves. ”

In the slave soldier system of the Great Sui, the person who killed one enemy was a third-class slave and did not have to work one day a month; Kill five enemies, be a second-class slave, and have three days of rest in a month; Kill ten enemies, be a first-class slave, and have seven days of rest in a month; Only after killing the enemy fifteen people will they be given official status, and if they can continue to make meritorious contributions, they will be rewarded and knighted like the soldiers of the Great Sui.

First-class slaves were transformed step by step from ordinary slaves who had made military achievements, and they had hope for their lives, and they saw that some people had obtained official status and were extremely supportive of the military merit system of the Great Sui. And the slaves are all grassland people, they have been respected by the strong since ancient times, these selected people, not only have the ability and identify with the Great Sui, but also easy to get the recognition of slaves with the same roots, their role and effect are far better than the Han people.

"But it's good." Du Ruhui thought for a while, nodded and smiled: "But there are too many people who need to be reorganized, and it takes a lot of time." ”

"In a short period of time, it will lead to the suspension of many projects, but we need to consider the overall situation, and we must not lose a big result because of a small thing, and we must minimize the harm of mutiny and rebellion. Otherwise, our army is fighting at the front, and they rebel internally, and there will be big trouble. Yang Tong saw Du Ruhui nodding in agreement, and thought for a while: "I am going to assign two officials in charge of daily life and ideological education in each team to establish correct concepts for them!" ”

"Ideas?" Du Ruhui rubbed his eyebrows, every time Yang Tong popped up a new word in his mouth, he had to figure it out for a long time.

"To put it simply, it is to teach them to be loyal to the Great Sui Dynasty, to make them feel that there is hope for life, to make them feel that the Sui people are supreme, to make them proud to be a Great Sui people, and to let them understand the loyalty and belief that a Sui person and a warrior should have." Yang Tong explained with a smile.

"Wonderful!" Du Ruyan stroked his palms and smiled when he heard this: "The minister thinks that this position should also be in the army." This position can instill in the soldiers the concepts of loyalty, patriotism, and patriotism, so that the soldiers can understand what they are fighting for and for whom. As long as it is done well, it will avoid the occurrence of problems such as the division of feudal towns and the monopoly of power! ”

Yang Tong was stunned, isn't this the political commissar system?

"Your Highness! Such a position must be established in the army! Seeing Yang Tong in a daze, Du Ruhui said excitedly: "In the middle and late stages of the dynasties and dynasties throughout the ages, there are many phenomena of supporting troops and self-respecting and separating feudal towns. Why? It is the low-level soldiers who do not know what they are fighting for, who they are fighting for, and they don't know who their allegiants are. Therefore, once the generals at the top had different aspirations, the soldiers who were at a loss and did not know what to do went with the flow and blindly followed the public, which caused a huge disaster. Therefore, all dynasties have set up the post of supervising the army to restrict the rights of the generals who lead the troops, but in fact, it has little effect, because the supervising army is not in charge of the military, and once those generals are determined to rebel, they can't stop it! ”

"Moreover, the supervising army is often people who are not familiar with military affairs, but they have to intervene in military affairs and warfare, which annoys the leading generals, and at least delays the fighters, and at worst the whole army is defeated; In addition......" Du Ruhui glanced at Yang Tong deeply and said: "Under the selfish motives of the supervising army, the mistakes of the generals are corrected everywhere. The vast majority of generals were unruly and unruly warriors, and their subsections often expanded the army indefinitely, resulting in many contradictions between the king and the general. Since ancient times, there have been countless loyal generals who have been forced to rebel by the prison army. If there is a position to control the minds of the soldiers and educate the soldiers reasonably, then there is no need for the supervision of the army to exist, and in the end the court is at ease, the generals are comfortable, and the soldiers have a goal of struggle and a clear direction, which can be described as a great joy! ”

"Keming draws inferences from one another, admires." Yang Tong nodded, his eyes showed sincere admiration, Du Ruhui's suggestion reminded him of the two famous sayings that changed the world's military process more than a thousand years later, such as "the party commands the gun" and "the branch is built on the company", which changed the world's military process.

Du Ruhui said modestly: "After all, this is His Highness's idea, and the minister is nothing more than introducing it into the army." ”

Yang Tong said with a smile: "Then set up a 'Military Affairs Division' in the army!" ”

The county soldiers and corps have completely replaced the government soldiers in the Great Sui, and the armies that fight are all recruited standing armies, and the political commissar system has both the necessity of establishment and the soil for survival!

"There are 10,000 troops in the standing army, 5,000 divisions, 1,000 guards, 300 regiments, 100 brigades, 50 teams, and 10 fire levels! We have set up a 'military affairs department' at the army, division, guard, regiment, and brigade levels. They have the right to participate in military operations, but they do not have the right to decide, and their duty is to instill the concept of loyalty and patriotism, so that the soldiers know why they are fighting and who they are loyal to! Before the war, he was responsible for implementing the policy of warfare among ordinary soldiers, and during wartime, he was responsible for boosting morale. Yang Tong looked at Du Ruhui and said with a smile: "Don't bother the two masters, leave this matter to Keming to be responsible!" Today, I canonize you as the director of the Military Affairs Department, but you can't leave the secretary office to join the army. You compile the framework and teaching materials of the 'Military Affairs Division', and since the personnel of the Military Affairs Department also need to go to the battlefield, you select some people from the martial arts academy to be used as seeds to cultivate. ”

"Thank you Your Highness for your trust, the minister will use his life's strength to lay the foundation for His Highness's great cause for thousands of years and cast an immortal dynasty that will cover history." Du Ruhui said solemnly.

Yang Tong smiled, "After the military personnel are trained, they will be put into the slave brigade for trial first, and if the effect is good, they will be laid in the army!" ”

"Whoa!" Du Ruhui was very pleased with Yang Tong's trial move, governing the country like cooking a small fresh, if Yang Tong hurriedly promoted it in the army, he would oppose it.

Looking at the night, Yang Tong said apologetically: "You came from afar, you should have recuperated, but you have been pulling for so long!" Let's go rest first, and we'll talk about it tomorrow if there's anything going on. ”

The Third of the Great Sui