3,600 cavalry of the forbidden army were transferred to Qinzhou in Longxi, including Li Ji?? They included 200 students who had just graduated from Jinyang Academy.

Li Qi has high hopes for the expansion of Longxi, which can be clearly seen from the number of student troops sent to Longxi and Hanzhong in the past two years.

The ancients were still in a very naïve initial stage of infiltration and expansion into the grasslands, and the Han Dynasty was barbaric management, and in the Tang Dynasty it became indulgence. Confucianism shouts about indoctrination and the royal way, but they have never seriously studied and faced this issue. The Anglophone empires of later generations were successful in this regard, while the disintegration of the Union Empire provided the opposite lesson.

After Chencang Valley, the scenery is completely different from that of the Northland, the mountains are lush and green, overgrown with forest vegetation, and the climate is also warm and humid, which is in stark contrast to the desolation of the Northland.

This cavalry team did not take the mountain road west of Baoji to cross Longshan, but made a detour to Fengzhou and went to Qinzhou through the official road of Liangdang. The mountain road west of Baoji along the Wei River is narrow and difficult to travel, and at this time it is being re-renovated and widened.

The current town marshal of Qinzhou is Yao Yanchou, but his title is not the envoy of the Qinzhou Tianxiong Army, but the envoy of the Yisheng Festival in Yaozhou, Guanzhong. Fortunately, the actual position granted to him by the imperial court is the defense envoy of Qinzhou, that is to say, the envoys of each town have slowly been turned into virtual titles by the imperial court, that is to say, he is holding the Cheng Lu of the Zhengsanpin Jiedu envoy, and he is doing the work of the defense envoy of Zhengwupinzhou.

This place in Longyou is very magical, with the Wei River as the boundary, the north of the Wei River is the Loess Plateau with ravines, and the south is the lush mountains. When Tibet was strong, Qinzhou Chengji briefly fell into the hands of Tibet, but there were many Han people in this area, since the last Zampudama udon in Tibet was assassinated by monks for "destroying Buddha", the Tibetan Empire gradually fell apart, and Qinzhou returned to Tang soil. After the death of the Tibetan chieftain Shang Weire, the "lower" Tibetan tribes in the Hehuang region fell into a state of chaos and gradually declined in power.

Today's Longyou, in the Tao River valley north and south of Qinzhou, is dominated by the forces of the Qiang Department.

Yao Yanchou was born as the prince of Jin, although he is now in the position of the envoy of the festival, but when he saw Li Ji?? After that, he had to give a full number of gifts. Li Ji?? Although he has not yet been crowned king, he was canonized as the inspector Situ when he was the first emperor, which is also the title of the second grade, which is similar to the rank of the prime minister.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Son of Heaven ordered Li Ji this time. When he arrived in Longxi, he wanted to expand his territory and prepare for his brother to become king.

Li Ji?? After accepting Yao Yanchou's visit with peace of mind, he spoke first: "Before coming to Longxi this time, the imperial brother specially instructed a certain family, and a certain family led people to come over to open up wasteland and farm land, as for military affairs, it is still the town marshal who is fully responsible, and General Yao doesn't have to think about it." ”

Yao Yanchou looked at Li Ji??, then said with a smile: "The prince is in charge of the affairs of Longxi Tuntian, and the Son of Heaven and the imperial court have already ordered to come over before. There are many Qiang in the area of Qinzhou in Longxi, and when you go to Hehuang, it is the territory of the Tibetans. Although Tibet is now in decline, the large tribes still have more than 10,000 people, and they need to be cautious. ”

"The imperial court has the experience of tuntian in the grasslands of the north of the mountains and the north, and it can be copied from it." Li Ji?? said, "For the subjugated tribes, the imperial court gives them official titles, and still restricts their subordinates, and as for some disobedient tribes, it depends on the power of the general." ”

Yao Yanchou said: "The hidden dangers left by this are actually not small, but the imperial court has arranged it like this, and Yao should obey the order." ”

Li Ji?? Said: "Tibet and the previous dynasty stand side by side, but fortunately, it is also in civil strife now, and now there is nothing to fear. However, the Tubo tribes are still there, and the Tubo people in the Hehuang area account for the absolute majority, and even the Tang people who were originally trapped in Hehuang have now forgotten the Han dialect and have become Tibetans. ”

"Listen to the prince's meaning, the imperial court intends to recover Hehuang?" Yao Yanchou asked.

Li Ji?? "It's nature. However, force is only an auxiliary means, and the Son of Heaven means that it is based on the military tun and gradually penetrates and extends to the Hehuang area. In addition, Tibet and Zhuqiang were also recruited into military households, attached to them for food and support, and for those who refused to submit and rebelled, they were requisitioned and pacified in the name of quelling bandits. This is what the imperial court did in the Northland grasslands, and now it seems that the effect is obvious. Recruiting and supporting those weak tribes can not only weaken those strong tribes, but also raze them, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone. ”

Yao Yanchou frowned when he heard this, and then said: "In this place of Longyou, there are ravines and ravines, and it is not easy to implement Tuntian. ”

Li Ji?? said with a smile: "Jinyang's way is to use the mountain to build a dam and build an embankment, but when it comes to the plain area, it doesn't show much advantage." River valleys are generally fertile with fertile soil, and as long as water conservancy and irrigation facilities are repaired, they can be reclaimed as fertile land. On the contrary, it was the most troublesome thing to recruit immigrants from the interior and settle down and subdue the Qiang tribes. ”

Yao Yanchou said: "What's the trouble with this, the army can be subdued." ”

Li Ji?? Said: "Suppression by force is the next policy, if you don't have the opportunity, you will rebel, and the long-term solution is coercion and temptation, and the two-pronged approach is to do so." For the leaders of the Qiang tribes, local officials should take the initiative to make friends with them, and the court will also canonize and reward them. In addition, only by keeping the commercial channels unimpeded and allowing local agriculture and animal husbandry to form interdependence and coexistence, and everyone has the same interests, can a long-term stable situation be formed. ”

The western border of Qinzhou is more than 100 miles west of Chengji City, Yongning Village, and the surrounding area is occupied by the Qiang tribe. Before leaving, Li Qi had already instructed them to gradually build forts and advance westward along the Wei River, and establish military garrisons. In addition, it is to build a tunbao along the Wating River from Wating Mountain in Weizhou, and open a second avenue to Longxi.

Both the Jing River and the Wating River originate from the Wating Mountains in Weizhou, one in Guanzhong and the other in Longyou, and it is relatively easy to open up roads along the river valley.

According to the above arrangement, Tuntian will be based on Qinzhou and will be expanded in two directions to the west and north first. Since the Anshi Rebellion, the original Weizhou and Huizhou have fallen into the hands of the Tibetans, and it has been nearly 150 years. The imperial court wanted to regain the Hehuang region, which was the first step. "Li Ji?? Drawing on the map, the arrangements of the imperial court are introduced.

This side of Tuntian to build a fortress along the river, which is inseparable from the strong support of the Qinzhou garrison, the first step of the plan is to expand along the Wating River, Zuli River and Weishui outward.

What is needed to open the border tuntian is money, food and population, which requires a steady stream of funds and policy support from the court, this kind of thing is not something that no one has thought about and done, but in the end it is all due to the turbulence of the times and gave up halfway. Now this matter is much easier because it is driven by the Son of Heaven behind it......

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