Chapter 52: The Price of Peace

Many, many, many years...... The Northwest has never been more peaceful......

The wheat has already spit out its ears, the millet has ripened, the millet has also set ears, the pods in the field have begun to eat, and everything indicates a good harvest this year.

What makes the people of the four counties of Hexi strange is that until now, the bandits in the mountains, the horse thieves in the grassland, and the vicious leaders have all behaved very restrained.

At this time of the year, whether it is bandits, horse thieves, or leaders, they have all begun to be active.

Although the crops in the land belonged to the Qiang people, in the end, it was the bandits, horse thieves and leaders who had the final say.

In the memories of the Qiang people, the real masters of this land are bandits, horse thieves and leaders.

Not anymore.

The horse thieves are building roads, the bandits are building roads, and as for the chiefs, they need to pay a large amount of food and grass for the road builders.

Yun Langtong swept over from north to south with a large army, and they did not let go of any cottage, nor did they let go of any horse thieves, and they could not tolerate those who built an earthen enclosure to enclose some Qiang people and said that they were the head.

This kind of work, General Wei Yamen is very easy to do, they have done it once in Guanzhong, this time, the efficiency is higher, less troublesome.

All the Haoqiang are among Yun Lang's blows, and he is even ready to make such an action a permanent example - every three or five years.

The people of this land are strong, and stronger laws are needed to restrain them.

Huo Qubing is lonely, and when Yun Lang saw Huo Qubing riding a horse and galloping back and forth in the wilderness, he always felt a little sorry for him.

Such a person may have died at the moment of victory.

Once there is no war, the remaining time will not mean much to him.

Cao Xiang also left, and lost a lot of weight when he left, at least his big belly was gone.

At this moment, Yun Lang is happy.

Looking backwards, there are his most powerful brothers guarding his back path.

Looking ahead, there is his closest brother mediating for him.

The only thing he has to do now is to govern the four counties of Hexi.

Yun Lang marched towards Wuwei at a speed of twenty miles a day, and the army walked twenty miles a day was a fixed number, that is, those laborers who built roads needed to repair twenty miles of roads every day.

This is a dead order, and if it can't be repaired, there is only one dead end.

In the past, when the main force of road construction was still the Han labor, Yun Lang did not issue such a brutal military order.

Ever since he had more horse thieves, bandits, and outlaw bosses in his hands, he began to have such military orders.

This is very fair, these people have been lying on the Qiang people for many years to suck blood, and now it is time to feed the Qiang people.

Yunlang wants to build the road in the shortest possible time, and squeeze out all the use value of these people in the shortest time.

Therefore, this road is called by many people - the road of flesh and blood!

Many years later, anyone who walked on this continent would sing a sad ballad.

Also likes to sing sad ballads is Li Guangli.

Dazai Li Xi's military order has not been revoked until now, so he has not been able to enter the Yumen Pass so far.

He didn't get a single sweaty horse that the emperor needed......

He had no choice but to take his army of bad people and wander the wasteland like a lonely ghost.

Now, they have become the army of the Great Han Kingdom that is most familiar with the Western Regions.

From the military report they sent, Yun Lang learned that they had reached the farthest that Great Xia Kingdom, and fought two battles with the army of Great Xia Kingdom, plundering two cities.

Yun Lang thought that this was very reasonable, and that the Han Empire must have an army that roamed outside to announce the existence of the Han Empire to the Hu people in the Western Regions.

Yun Lang's performance won the emperor's approval, so Li Guangli's dream of returning home in triumph had to be postponed indefinitely.

Li Ling's army left Lan Clan City, and finally raised the butcher's knife against the poisonous people, and the Dayue clan and the servant army of the Western Regions became her vanguard.

Even if there is no news of Xie Ning, Yun Lang can imagine how majestic Liu Ling is now.

Nearly two million people entered the poisonous territory like locusts, which was definitely a catastrophe for that country.

Sooner or later, the collision between East and West will come...... Yun Lang hoped that the Huns would test it first.

He was even looking forward to meeting Liu Ling again, at that time, Liu Ling had long lost his childish spirit compared to now, and it was time to become a great empress.

In the original historical process, the Xiongnu were still moving westward, forcing the Dayue people, who were afraid of the Huns, to invade Shenxin, and then established a powerful Kushan Empire in the north of Shenzhi.

After this, the Bactrian Greeks, Cypriots, and Sabbatarians also entered this rich place, and since then, this ancient race has been torn apart, and no true unified kingdom has ever been established.

The troubled times are very suitable for careerists like Liu Ling to make contributions.

Correspondingly, the Han Empire has completed its expansion in the East.

Yun Lang could fully expect that in the next hundred years, the Han Empire would quickly become a powerful and glorious existence that people dare not look up to.

The road under his feet is still extending to the south, and there is a progress of twenty miles every day, for this, Yun Lang is very satisfied.

It's just that there were often large-scale slave riots, which upset him a little.

Fortunately, there were Li Ling, Li Yong, Li Shen and others who suppressed it, and every slave rebellion would be calmed down in a short period of time.

This also caused another bad result, that is, the number of bandits, horse thieves, and bad leaders captured was constantly decreasing, and it was not possible to perfectly complete Yunlang's original plan - that is, after the road was built, these people were also exhausted!

The domination of all peoples over another begins with killing, without exception.

Yun Lang was carrying out selective killings, and at all times, bandits, horse thieves, and bad leaders were only a small minority of the huge Qiang population.

As long as most of the honest people are protected, the Qiang people don't care about these small numbers of dregs.

However, there were no strongmen in the local area, which was just right for the officials of the Han Empire to station, and finally completed the rule and assimilation of the Qiang people.

Yun Lang's policy in the four counties of Hexi is very polarized, on the one hand, after the eradication of the local tyrants, the burden of the Qiang people is falling sharply, after paying excessive government taxes, all the remaining things belong to themselves, and there is no need to worry about someone to rob them.

Even if Yunlang implemented the policy of three taxes and one in the four counties of Hexi, the Qiang people in the four counties of Hexi still welcomed it.

Before this, the Qiang people never knew and did not know how much they had to pay to the chiefs, horse thieves, and bandits.

As the Qiang gradually became naturalized, Yun Lang believed that the taxes paid by these people in the future would be on par with those of the Han Chinese—that is, one in ten taxes.

This requires a process, and any reward must be based on the changes of the Qiang people themselves, and the unrestrained giving of benefits to the Qiang people will make them feel that they are born to enjoy these benefits, and will not want to naturalize.

Huo Guang killed Wu Tong!

Yun Lang felt that Huo Guang was too careful, and he should kill Changshi Jiang Huan together, and now the four counties of Hexi do not need to have other voices, and the four counties of Hexi are about to usher in a period of great development, which is very important.

As for Liu Ju...... Yun Lang felt that he would become the king of the Great Han Kingdom.

It was not because they disagreed, but because Emperor Liu Che himself had a big disagreement.

He thinks that he is still young, has the energy to govern the country, and does not need a prince who constantly reminds him that sooner or later he will grow old.

Liu Che regards his imperial power as more important than his life, where will he hand it over easily?

Based on this, no matter whether Liu Ju is stupid or smart, he will never be able to become a prince who satisfies Liu Che.

Unless—he's only a year or two old!

Zhangye County is close at hand!

Yun Lang rode through the vast fields of farmland, ignoring the panicked Qiang farmers.

The people here have finally enlightened a little, at least they know how to level the land, at least they know how to dig ditches for irrigation, and at least they know how to accumulate fertilizer for the land.

Don't look at this as just a small little progress, for the Qiang people in the four counties of Hexi, this is a earth-shaking change.

"Next year, along both sides of the weak water, there will be 20,000 acres of irrigated land developed, and the relocated people of Zhangye County will also be arranged along the two banks of the weak water, and this year, the resettlement of 50,000 immigrants is already the limit of Zhangye County."

Zhang Ye stabbed Shi Chen Shuang didn't dare to get too close to Yunlang, and when he saw Mu Shou stopping his war horse on the ground, he hurriedly handed over his hand to report.

Yun Lang said with a smile: "Mr. Ge Chuan is too modest, Zhangye County can have such a scale of farmland as it is now, to be honest, it has exceeded my expectations."

When I look back, there will be a commendation document to play the merits of His Majesty, Mr. Katsukawa, and the official has not forgotten. ”

Chen Shuang thanked him again and again, and said softly: "I heard that the court is dissatisfied with the policies implemented by the prince and the prince in Hexi? ”

Yun Lang nodded and said, "There are indeed some despicable villains who think that what I have done in Hexi is tyranny. ”

Chen Shuang sighed and said, "They are in the land of Chang'an, how can they know the difficulties of our governance in the wilderness.

If there were no Han immigrants to join, the lower officials would not dare to implement the new agricultural plan in Zhangye County.

If we can't completely restrain the Qiang, doing so will be tantamount to being an enemy. ”

Yun Lang said with a smile: "Mr. Ge Chuan, although rest assured, since we want to completely incorporate the four counties of Hexi into the territory, we will naturally not give up easily.

The Qiang people are the most suitable race to become naturalized Han Chinese, as long as we are always careful not to let strong people appear in the Qiang population, after two generations, there will be no more Qiang people here. ”

Chen Shuang said with a smile: "As the prince said, the lower officials have recruited those who dare to fight among the Han people, and once the Sima Mansion of the Zhangye Army is formed, the lower officials can sit back and relax." ”

Yun Lang laughed and said: "Leaving Chang'an, all the princes are worried about the monarch with their heads, shepherd, shepherd, how to shepherd without shepherd dogs and whips?"

Although Mr. Ge Chuan established the Military Sima Mansion in Zhangye County, not only Zhangye County should establish the Military Sima Mansion, but also the four counties of Hexi should be established, and it should be the top priority! ”

Chen Shuang saw that there was no one around, so he said in a low voice: "Do you want to report to the Taiwei Mansion?" ”

Yun Lang glanced at Chen Shuang and said, "Jun Sima should be sent by the Taiwei Mansion!" ”

Chen Shuang nodded again and again: "In this way, the lower official will draft the document, report it to the Taiwei Mansion, and ask the Taiwei to decide!" ”