After Xu Yan finished speaking, Zhao Junsheng did not speak out, Xu Yan's words were not unreasonable, if it were not for the Han Dynasty, Cao Wei, and Jin Dynasty to move a large number of barbarians inward, it would have been impossible for the later Wuhu and Sixteen Kingdoms to divide the north and eat it, and there would not be a situation where all the barbarians sang and I appeared.

Since the things that the predecessors have done have caused irreparable damage and have learned a painful lesson, if the practices of the predecessors are continued, this is not only a matter of stupidity, but will it continue to bring endless trouble and destruction to future generations?

Therefore, Zhao Junsheng had already made a decision from this moment in his heart, no matter what he did, he couldn't move these barbarians inward, and he couldn't repeat the old way and continue to make mistakes.

Lu Xuan was very unhappy, and immediately asked: "Duke Xu is opposed to moving these obedient Rouran tribes to the Monan region, so there must be a saying about relocating them, you say, how to settle these Rouran tribes who have returned to our dynasty?" ”

Xu Yan saluted Zhao Junsheng and said, "Your Majesty, the ministers are blunt, for the time being, we haven't thought of a better way to settle these Rouran tribes who have surrendered to us and surrendered to us!" ”

In addition to some Rouran tribes that took the initiative to capture and surrender, in various military operations, the cadres also captured many Rouran tribes, and some tribes were captured en masse, including men, women, and children, old and weak, women and children, and these people also needed to be resettled, and they could not all be killed.

If we count these Rouran people, the total number is only more than 100,000, and if these people are gathered together and they are not allowed to graze to provide them with food and drink, the daily expenses are not a small amount.

This is Dongfang Chen stood up and saluted and said, "Your Majesty, the minister has a plan that may solve this problem!" ”

"Come on!"

Dongfang Chen made a joke, "Since Your Majesty plans to attack the Rou Ran with the Rou Ran troops, so that the Rou Ran people dare not cut off my Daqian's Silk Road, why not wait for the soldiers and horses to capture a piece of territory in the sphere of influence of the Rou Da people, and then migrate these Rouran tribes over?" In this way, as long as it is properly deployed, it can not only deter the people and make them jealous, and dare not provoke our big cadres, but also solve the survival problem of these obedient Rouran tribes once and for all! ”

After hearing this method, the ministers and generals thought about it carefully, and this method might be able to try, or it might be able to solve the problem.

Minister Li Song stood up and asked: "National Teacher, there are quite a few of these obedient Rouran tribes, and there are quite a few of them, there are 100,000 people, once they become a climate west of the Green Ridge and are out of the control of our Daqian, they may attack our Western Regions in turn, won't we lift a stone and shoot ourselves in the foot at that time?" ”

Dongfang Chen said: "This matter is also taken into account, in order to prevent the Rouran people from rebelling and breaking away from the control of our Daqian, as long as there are men of adulthood, they will immediately be incorporated into the army of the conscription of the Da Da people, and the army will be led by the officers of the generals and colonels of our Daqian faction, and the composition of the generals in the army cannot only be Rouran people, but also must be drawn from the countries of the Western Regions, or recruited from Dawan, Xi Wanjin and other countries to mix with the Rouran soldiers!" ”

Someone stood up and questioned: "Mixing up? I'm just afraid that it will be very problematic in terms of combat effectiveness, after all, these mixed generals do not understand the language, and there are big problems in the implementation of command, orders, and tactics alone! ”

Dongfang Chen waved his hand: "As long as there is enough time, the problem of language barrier can be solved, which is why Your Majesty wants to use Kuhehan, the Rouran general, Kuhehan, can play a role in stabilizing the hearts of the Rouran soldiers, as long as we control people like Kuhehan, we can control the generals of all tribes, and let them die for us!" ”

Xu Yan said: "If you follow the method of the national teacher, I am afraid that you will not be able to form an army in three or five years, so how will nearly 100,000 Rouran people be resettled during this period?" ”

Dongfang Chen said: "This is easy to do, in order to prevent the Rouran people from rebelling, first all the young and strong among them will be transferred to the Pu Sea for training and training, and then all the other old and weak women and children of Rouran will be moved to the western foothills of Jinwei Mountain (Altai Mountain) for grazing, and leave a team of soldiers and horses to supervise, and our garrison in the Western Regions can also deter them!" This move can also deter the people of Yue in the west, so that they do not dare to infiltrate the power to the east! ”

"However, if the Rouran people who returned to the Shun are moved to the western foothills of Jinwei Mountain, then Mobei will become a power vacuum, once our army withdraws, I am afraid that in a few years, those Rouran remnants who fled to the northwest or to the north will come back to reoccupy the grassland, or will be occupied by other barbarians, so in response to this problem, our dynasty also needs to make a good comparison, don't make wedding clothes for other barbarians, just like when the Han Dynasty defeated the Northern Xiongnu, so that Mobei became a power vacuum area, The Han Dynasty did not have a corresponding strategic deployment, and within a few years, the Mobei grassland was occupied by the Xianbei people, and they couldn't drive it away! ”

Zhao Junsheng nodded: "This issue mentioned by the national teacher is very important, once the Rouran people who return to obedience are moved, Mobei will become a blank area of power, if there is no corresponding deployment in the dynasty, the Mobei grassland without the Rouran people will soon be coveted and occupied by the surrounding barbarians, so we still have to find a way, how to deal with the Mobei region where the power is blank?" ”

This is a big problem, you can't always send troops to garrison Mobei, after all, the area of Mobei is too vast, there are fewer soldiers to defend it at all, there are too many troops deployed, and the burden of the imperial court will also increase, just the supply is a big problem!

The most important thing is that Mobei is a wild and bitter cold place in the Central Plains, and no one wants to live there, let alone ordinary people, even the generals of the army are not willing to stay for a long time.

The ministers and generals talked a lot, but none of them came forward to propose any good solutions.

At this time, Zhao Ping stood up and said: "Father, the son has two suggestions, once the Rouran people are moved, the court can not ignore the blank Mobei, the son thinks that the soldiers and horses should be left to build a town in Mobei, but my people are more attached to their hometown, if there is no way, they are not willing to live outside for a long time, so the soldiers who stay in Mobei will change their guards every three or five years, so that the generals have hope, for the soldiers stationed in Mobei, the court can increase their military salaries and other treatment, in order to calm their hearts; Secondly, recruit people to go to Mobei for grazing, and the court divides the pasture for them, as long as they do not flee or move away, the pasture allocated to them will always belong to them! ”

After more than 20 years of stability in Qianguo, the population has more than doubled, and the problem of land pressure is still not visible, but in another 10 or 8 years, the pressure of land shortage will gradually appear, and there are only a few ways to solve this problem: First, control population growth and formulate and promulgate decrees on family planning, but this cannot be done at all; Second, we should find ways to raise the level of productive forces and increase the grain output per unit area of land, which is simply not possible with the current level of technology. Third, wage war and expand the territory. On the one hand, it can consume some of the population, and on the other hand, if it wins, it can obtain a large amount of new land and move the surplus population over for de facto occupation.

Among these several options, only the third option has the feasibility of implementation, but waging a war may not necessarily be won, there are many uncertain factors in this, if the strategic goal is not achieved, not only will the country's strength be consumed, but also let all kinds of hidden contradictions be exposed, and then the headache of the imperial court is not the problem of soil and population pressure, but the trouble of various internal contradictions.

After Zhao Ping's proposal was said, several ministers came forward to express their support, and Zhao Junsheng also thought that this idea was very operational, and it depended on the implementation process.

Zhao Junsheng pondered for a while, and ordered Lu Xuan: "Give an edict to Chang'an, promulgate it in the form of a decree to all places, recruit the people who are willing to go to Mobei for grazing, it is best to take the household as a unit, and promise the people of the world that as long as they are willing to go to Mobei for grazing, each household will get a certain area of grassland and a certain number of livestock, and the specific area of grassland and the number of livestock will be given a unified standard after consultation by the Yamen!" ”

"No!"

"Let's all go down, I'll take a break!"

After the ministers left, Zhao Junsheng closed his eyes, but he was actually thinking about weighing whether to collect troops and return to the dynasty next, or continue to expand the scope of search.

The area of Mobei and the western plateau is too vast, it is impossible to search all the places close to tens of thousands of horses, whether it is the map of the previous dynasty or the map of Mobei drawn by the current dynasty, it is not very detailed, there are many locations on the map are blank areas, and even some locations and terrain are drawn wrong.

Therefore, if there is a Rouran tribe still hiding in the Mobei region, Zhao Junsheng will not feel strange at all.

If we continue to expand the scope of search, then there will undoubtedly be a problem that the forces are too scattered, and even there is only one cavalry squad within a radius of 100 miles, if there are still a large number of Rouran tribes hidden in various parts of Mobei, then the probability of the scattered cadres being ambushed and sneak attacked will be greatly increased, and there is also the danger of being broken one by one.

That night, Zhao Junsheng finally made up his mind.

Early the next morning, he summoned his ministers again and issued an order in public: "Order all units of the Western Route Army to return to this place within two days to merge and prepare for departure, and two days later, set off with me!" ”

The ministers looked at each other, they couldn't figure out what Zhao Junsheng's intentions were, and set off? Where to?

Two days later, the soldiers and horses returned one after another, and that night, Zhao Junsheng ordered: "Su Ji! ”

Su Ji stood up and hugged his fists and said, "The minister is here!" ”

"I will give you 5,000 men and horses, and you will take these soldiers and horses to take all the old and weak women and children of Rouran who were captured in front of you and surrendered to the western foot of Jinwei Mountain for grazing, and set off within two days!"

"Obey the order!"

Zhao Junsheng continued: "Chang Kun and Yang Lie led 6,000 people, plus Li Bao's 2,000 dragon guards, a total of 8,000 people set out from here to the north to continue to search for the Rouran people; Dongfang Chen and Li Song followed, and the other generals, ministers, and the rest of the soldiers and horses all stayed, and your task is to stay and continue to rest, and train those soft and young soldiers! The people who stayed, mainly Wei Jing, assisted by others!

In addition, send an order to the lieutenant and Bai Jinguang, asking them to shrink their forces and return to the original Khan's court and join us somewhere! ”