Chapter 219 Education for All has begun
The Battle of Yumen Pass ended with a great victory for the Qin army, and the battle lasted for a short time, only a few hours. By noon, the battle was basically over.
In the Battle of Yumen Pass, 220,000 Huns were captured and more than 30,000 Yanhuang people were rescued. Millions of sheep and tens of thousands of cattle were seized, and countless other gold, silver, medicinal herbs, and skins were seized.
The Huns were eliminated on the spot, less than 20,000 people. In other words, almost 300,000 Hun iron horsemen fled.
This is something that can't be helped, once the horseback people jump on the war horse and want to escape, the Qin army really can't catch up. After all, there is not much difference in the speed of the horses of the two sides, not to mention, when the jade gate is closed, Jiang Song only has 20,000 horsemen in his hands, and he can't stop the Huns from escaping.
Being able to capture 220,000 Huns is actually very good. If you set up a decisive battle, it is estimated that 50,000 prisoners will be good.
Yumen Pass was besieged by 600,000 Xiongnu iron cavalry for more than 50 days, Jiang Song, Han Xin and other Qin generals must be unhappy in their hearts, after defeating the Xiongnu army, the Qin soldiers only rested for a short period of two days, and began to march, the target is Dunhuang, Loulan and other areas in front of Yumen Pass.
That is, Wusun, Yueshi, and Loulan area. After hundreds of years, this area is basically a desert, and at this time it has not been completely desertified, and it is considered a semi-desertified area.
Jiang Song, Fan Zeng, and Han Xin led 20,000 turmutes, 50,000 infantry, and hundreds of mortars to advance to Dunhuang.
At this time, in Dunhuang City, the fleeing Hun Iron Cavalry lost supplies and had to plunder in Dunhuang City. On the surface, they are all Huns, but in fact, the tribes in this area are not real Huns, but Wusun, Yueshi, and Loulan people.
But what? After the conquest of the place by Maudun, the locals also called themselves Huns. In the face of hundreds of thousands of Hun iron cavalry, the fake Huns in Dunhuang City suffered and were plundered by the defeated and fleeing Hun iron cavalry.
Plunder must have brought bloody slaughter, which was the traditional virtue of the Huns. The wars between the tribes are equally cruel and ruthless, and they are also fought with killing.
The Hun iron cavalry, who was plundering, got the report of the horse probe, and when the Qin army was killed immediately, they had no intention of plundering, and even the plundered sheep, cattle, horses, gold, silver and other materials were too busy to pack up, so they immediately jumped on horseback and began to flee.
The Huns were really scared by the Qin army, and the shadow in their hearts.
Since Ye Tong took charge of the Qin Imperial Army, the Huns had not won once, and each time it ended in a major defeat. Whether it was at Yumen Pass or Yanmen Pass, all the Qin army against the Xiongnu iron cavalry wreaked havoc on the Huns with a complete victory.
Jiang Song's army slaughtered under the city of Dunhuang, found that the city gate was wide open, and was slightly stunned, Jiang Song sent Wang soldiers into the city to inspect.
The soldiers returned after entering the city and said that there was chaos in the city and that the Huns were fleeing. Jiang Song, who got the exact news, waved his big hand, and Han Xin led 20,000 horsemen to kill it.
50,000 infantry followed closely, overcoming obstacles and obstacles all the way, invincible, those who dared to resist died, and those who surrendered lived, this was the rule of the Qin army.
In less than an hour, he completely controlled Dunhuang City, captured nearly 60,000 Huns who did not escape, and captured countless cattle and sheep.
In fact, the captured Huns should belong to the fake Huns, not the real Huns, and the real Huns heard that the Qin army had killed them, so they immediately jumped on their horses and fled.
The Qin army doesn't care if you are a real Hun or a fake Hun, anyway, you claim to be a Huns, and the Qin army captures them according to the rules, and then throws them into a civilized school.
Of course, this kind of fake Huns, Ye Tong will not be placed in a civilized school for a lifetime, as long as the other party learns Yanhuang dialect, understands Yanhuang etiquette, applies for it, and takes an oath, he can join the Chinese national family and become the subjects of the Qin Empire.
Since it is to promote the process of civilization, the Qin Empire has the responsibility and obligation to help the backward peoples, teach the other party to speak Yanhuang dialect and understand Yanhuang etiquette, and more importantly, teach the other party the means and skills to make a living, and not let them live a barbaric life again.
Next, Jiang Song's army did not continue to advance, and it was necessary to build Dunhuang City to improve its defense capabilities. At the same time, let the students in the civilized school build roads and railways leading to Yumen Pass. It is more important to carry out large-scale afforestation in the surrounding area to stop the process of desertification.
In order to ensure the safety of the Dunhuang area, Jiang Song sent countless raiders to clear the surrounding area, and completely cleaned up the horse bandits, bandits, and hidden Huns in this area.
Fan Zeng suggested that Jiang Song should take over the western plateau, and after several years of adaptation, Jiang Song had a group of soldiers who could adapt to the high altitude area.
Jiang Song felt that Fan Zeng's suggestion was right, he had a lot of soldiers and horses, and he could send a large number of soldiers and horses to take over the western plateau region. To this end, Jiang Song sent Han Xin to lead 20,000 cavalry to advance and take over the western plateau.
At this time, the western plateau area was basically uninhabited, all of which were uninhabited, with only a few indigenous people who lived by hunting.
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Chang'an City:
After the news that the Qin army defeated 600,000 Xiongnu iron cavalry and captured 220,000 captives at Yumen Pass was first reported by two magazines and newspapers, "Focus" and "Imperial Daily", the entire Qin Empire boiled.
The business of bars and taverns is booming, and many young scholars have invited a few friends to the bars and taverns to drink to celebrate the victory of Yumen Pass.
In the homes of the people, they added food and wine one after another, and they were also celebrating the victory of the Qin army over the Hun iron cavalry at Yumen Pass. Many local governments have also organized some celebrations.
The cabinet must be happy, but after the victory of Yumen, Dunhuang City took over, and some affairs immediately need to be handled by the cabinet. Not to mention anything else, the construction of the road and railway from Yumen Pass to Dunhuang will be built soon, and the cabinet will have to organize people to bid for it.
There is no way to build the railway, only Dingjunshan has the ability to build it, not to mention that Dingjunshan builds the railway by itself, and the cabinet can only give policy support, but does not give any funds, but will send students from civilized schools to build the railway.
On the surface, it is just a conquest and a conquest, but in fact, the affairs of the cabinet are more cumbersome than at any other time. It is necessary not only to arrange for manpower to handle the internal affairs of the newly taken over areas, but also to mobilize the common people and big families to lease land in the newly taken areas for development.
In order to encourage more businesses to lease land in the newly taken over areas, the cabinet has formulated a series of support policies. For example, the tax on product transactions is reduced by half, and this policy is for a period of three years.
There is also a situation where the hundred schools of Zhuzi did not oppose at the beginning, but did not cooperate with the government's actions.
Seeing that the Mohists, soldiers, legalists, Zongheng families, and miscellaneous families were all reused by the Qin Empire and developed better and better, those people not only opened businesses, but also let their disciples enter the imperial official class, which suddenly alarmed Confucianism and others.
The Qin Empire did not suppress any doctrine, as long as it was beneficial to the development of the empire, it would be adopted, and it was useless to say that it was unfavorable.
The pragmatic attitude let Confucianism and others know that if it does not change, Confucianism will really enter the long river of history. In fact, Confucianism is very profound, and it was developed by the ancestors of the Chinese nation and the descendants of Yan and Huang after thousands of years of accumulation, and it is not useless.
The crux of the matter is that all the sons and hundreds of schools of thought want the empire to implement the doctrine of single-mindedness, which is a view that Ye Tong cannot accept.
Ye Tong didn't pay attention to it, anyway, there was no shortage of talents in his hands, if the hundred schools of thought wanted to change, they would integrate into the empire, and if they didn't want to integrate, Ye Tong would not be reluctant.
Ye Tong's strategy of not suppressing and supporting, and letting it develop caused headaches for hundreds of schools. It can't be said that Ye Tong is wrong, because Ye Tong also set up a hundred debate halls, allowing hundreds of schools of thought to give speeches and publish their doctrines.
The most troublesome thing for the hundred schools of thought is that Ye Tong never sent people to the hundred schools of debate hall to debate, and let the hundred schools debate by themselves.
In addition to the debates on stage, Focus and the Imperial Daily sometimes publish the debates in magazines and newspapers, and the debates of the pros and cons are published at the same time.
The bigwigs of the hundreds of schools of thought dare not say that Ye Tong does not pay attention to it, and if he does not pay attention to it, he will help the hundred schools of publicity. It's just that whether it is the content published in "Focus" or "Imperial Daily", there is basically no comment, that is, the content of the debate hall is published and published, so that the world can judge it.
In the past, there was no means of propaganda, and all the sons could say whatever they wanted, but now they can't! There are more and more newspapers and magazines, the circulation is getting wider and wider, and the influence is getting bigger and bigger.
The most headache for all the sons and hundreds of schools of thought is that the Qin Empire's free education for all and literacy education for all have made more and more people literate and wise, and can read newspapers and magazines.
In the past, scholars and scholars who were high-ranking were becoming less and less valuable, and their status was getting lower and lower. The people are literate, can read books, read newspapers, and can understand the country's guidelines and policies, and the scholars must have lost their previous arrogance.
Therefore, it is the bigwigs of all schools of thought and the officials who prevent free education and literacy for all.
Under the strong pressure of Ye Tong, the cabinet could only promote free education and national literacy activities, which suddenly reflected its superiority.
After more than six years of free education and literacy campaigns, some poor children of the common people have come out to debate with the scholars.
Under Ye Tong's forced insistence, the cabinet built at least one technical school in each county, at least one middle school at the county level, and even several in some large counties.
In some areas, where the county is enlightened and the mind is emancipated, technical schools have been built in the county, with the purpose of training more skilled workers.
For such a thing, Ye Tong gave strong support and fully satisfied the teachers, as long as the school was built, Ye Tong would arrange relevant teachers to teach in the school.
Speaking of education, the teachers needed for primary, middle, technical, and university schools in the entire Qin Empire were all provided by Ye Tong.
There is no one in the cabinet, and the scholars can teach literacy, and the others are really lawless professors. Of course, Ye Tong still organized the outstanding talents of the soldiers, legalists, columnists, and Mohists to serve in the school.
As for the other bigwigs of hundreds of schools, if they are willing to apply, they will go to the school for job assessment and hire them, but they will leave without any special care, and they will be treated equally.
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