Chapter 253: Migration

Although these five strategies were proposed by Zhang Yunwen, all the actions were carried out behind the scenes, and there were not many people who knew that he was making suggestions. Even if Li Shimin in the court specifically asked Zhang Yunwen's opinion, the ministers saw some clues, but it was just a guess, not a certainty.

After the Japanese court's discussion, Li Shimin summoned Zhang Yunwen and asked him to list specific measures to settle the Turks in Jiangnan. Zhang Yunwen thought about it for a long time after a few cases, and then suddenly began to write, and wrote for more than two hours, a full twenty pages, until it was about to be dusk, which was initially completed. Focusing on the five strategies, the above elaborates on the measures that need to be done for each policy, breaks down each step one by one, and even makes a preliminary expenditure estimate.

When Zhang Yunwen handed this document to Li Shimin, Li Shimin picked it up and looked at it, and was immediately attracted by the words on it, looking at it by himself, ignoring Zhang Yunwen.

Zhang Yunwen worked all afternoon, and he was a little hungry. looked around, but saw a plate of tender red pastries on top of several cases, and glanced at Li Shimin secretly, and saw that the latter was unaware, so he stretched out his hand, picked up a piece of pastry, put it in his mouth and ate it slowly. As soon as you enter the mouth, it seems to chew a pinch of plum blossoms, only to feel that the mouth is full of plum blossom aroma, and the silky and greasy sweetness melts in the mouth, which is really an endless aftertaste!

Suddenly saw a layer of dark red rippling on the wall of a white wine pot as white as jade, Zhang Yunwen copied it with one hand, opened it and smelled it, as expected, it was indeed wine. So, he unceremoniously ate the pastry on the plate with this wine. That unceremonious look made the surrounding maids cover their mouths and chuckle.

When he finished eating the pastries on the plate, licked his mouth unsatisfied, and was about to find some more food, Li Shimin put down the paper in his hand, sighed lightly, and said to Zhang Yunwen: "Yunwen, your document is very detailed, and it is recorded in it!" If all my officials in the Tang Dynasty follow Yunwen's approach, I'm afraid the world will be in order! ”

Zhang Yunwen suddenly said: "Your Majesty has a good reputation!" Although these plans are detailed and the subordinates are well documented in their implementation, if they are all in accordance with this law, over time, it will inevitably make the subordinates rigid and lose their vitality, and do everything according to the rules and regulations, regardless of reality! Therefore, the use of this method still depends on the situation. ”

Li Shimin pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "Yunwen is right!" As he spoke, he flipped through a few pages of paper and pointed to the numbers on it, "Then how are these numbers measured?" ”

Zhang Yunwen smiled and said, "These numbers are just a hasty estimate, just for Your Majesty's reference." As for the detailed estimated expenditure, you can ask the household department to send an official in charge of the expenditure to estimate! ”

Li Shimin touched the mustache under his lips, and after a while, he stroked his palms and smiled: "Yunwen's method is very wonderful!" Not only the relocation of the people, but also all civil affairs, such as opening rivers and digging canals, building banks and embankments, can use this method! Estimate the approximate expenditure in advance, assign a special person to supervise the use during the event, and summarize the statistics afterwards to find the pros and cons. In this way, the civil expenditure is clear at a glance, and the efficiency of the use of this money may be greatly improved! ”

Zhang Yunwen immediately praised loudly: "Your Majesty draws inferences from one case and touches the other, what a generation of heroes!" ”

Hearing Zhang Yunwen's words, Li Shimin immediately laughed proudly.

"Since Yunwen has already set the entry, then I will make it public to the court tomorrow, brainstorm, pick up the omissions and make up for the shortcomings, and when the ministers have been decided, I will issue an edict in the world!" Li Shimin stood up and said with pride.

"Your Majesty is wise!" Zhang Yunwen praised again.

Li Shimin laughed, glanced at the empty plates and wine jugs on several cases, and suddenly said loudly: "Someone! At the wine banquet, today I want to have a good drink with Yunwen's son-in-law! ”

Zhang Yunwen froze for a moment, touched his slightly swollen lower abdomen, and just wanted to find an excuse to refuse, but before he could say anything, he saw two famous palace maids holding plates of delicacies and wine, and they sat opposite Li Shimin as if they were resigned to their fate, completely let go of their stomachs, and drank with Li Shimin.

On March 12 of the fourth year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin issued an edict, ordering that among the 200,000 Turkic descendants, 30,000 of them should be selected to form cavalry, called the "Ranger Army". There is a general, which is served by Ashina Simo. There are three generals, served by Zhi Sili, Kang Sumi and Cheng Mingzhen. In the Cavalry Department of the Military Academy, 100 cadets were selected to serve as brigade leaders and regimental leaders. More than 100,000 people moved to Hebei, and then went down the canal to the south of the Yangtze River. More than 100,000 people were divided into ten prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River, and lived together with the Han people's aborigines. It is forbidden for the Turks to intermarry with each other, and the marriage of the Turks must be a Han-Hu marriage. It is forbidden to prohibit all Turkic customs, such as the Turkic language and stepmarriage. The prefectures and counties in the south of the Yangtze River were ordered to set up additional schools, and all Turkic children must learn Confucian classics like a school.

As soon as this successive edict was issued, a huge wave was set off within the Turks. Those ordinary herdsmen didn't realize it, and those people of insight in the Turks suddenly shouted loudly, this Tang Dynasty clearly wants to cut off my blood relationship and destroy my population, and its intentions are so vicious that it is really shocking. He called on the Turks to rise up and resist these orders of the Tang Dynasty.

However, when the unarmed Turkic herdsmen were confronted with the heavily armed Tang soldiers, they chose to remain silent, and then took over, and began to silently migrate to Hebei Province.

This time, they failed to take away their own cattle and sheep, and the Tang people told them that they had prepared farm tools for them in Jiangnan, and these cattle and sheep could not be brought with them at all, and each sheep paid 500 wen, the cattle paid 700 wen, and the horses paid consistently, and forcibly bought the livestock in the hands of the herdsmen. Whoever disobeys will disappear the next day as if the earth had evaporated. As a result, the acquisition went exceptionally well.

The migration of more than 100,000 Turkic descendants was not a small project. From Kannai Province and Hedong Province to Hebei Province and Henan Province, and then to Huainan Province and Jiangnan Province, the government and people along the route were notified in advance to make them ready. The Grand Canal is also home to a variety of boats, almost obscuring the wide surface of the Grand Canal. Most of these ships were recruited by the government, and some were warships of the Tang Dynasty.

This relocation movement lasted from March of the fourth year of Zhenguan to April of the fifth year of Zhenguan, lasted for more than a year, and consumed as much as 3 million yuan of goods. However, after this time, Jiangnan has added 200,000 people, which has played a great role in the development of Jiangnan.

On the way to migration, there were more than 100 escapes, and the Tang army killed more than 1,000 people and hung their heads along the way. And those honest herdsmen are full of food every day. In contrast, the Turks who had moved the idea of fleeing became honest one after another.

By June, the amount of money reported by the household department had reached one million, almost one-tenth of the state treasury. Therefore, officials demanded that the migration be stopped and the Turks should be settled in place. Li Shimin also began to hesitate a little. At this time, Zhang Yunwen sat in the study for a day, wrote a seven- or eight-page report, and asked Li Yu to take Li Shimin with him.

That night, Li Shimin spent two hours under the lamp to read the report thoroughly.

At the meeting on the second day, Li Shimin said resolutely: "The matter of relocation cannot be stopped. It is not only related to the resettlement of these 200,000 Turkic people, but also related to the inheritance of the society after a hundred years of our Tang Dynasty! I would like to take out the goods from the inner treasury to help with the migration! ”

Seeing Li Shimin's attitude so firm, all the courtiers also felt a little surprised when they shouted "Your Majesty Shengming", what made Li Shimin have such determination to do this?