Chapter 176: National Contradictions

After the end of the Northern Front War, the main force of the Tiance Army returned to the hinterland of the Central Plains one after another, which also made the Central Plains, which had experienced war and martyrdom, a lot more popular. As the main force began to enter the stage of rest, the mixed plan within the Tiance Army also began to unfold gradually. After Li Xuanqing and Xu Tianxiang returned from the grassland, they began to make detailed plans. In view of the specific situation of the armed forces at present, with the exception of a small number of units stationed in the Central Garrison Battalion and stationed in the border areas, the 10 regular regiments have started a campaign that lasted for more than a month to disrupt the establishment and disperse the basic combat soldiers and reorganize them. However, after calling Tuoba Siji, An Xiuxiu, Gao Siji and others to Shenzhou for a deep talk, Li Xuanqing did not implement the initial plan. Instead, the Shatuo cavalry and the Han cavalry were mixed first, and the Dangxiang cavalry and the Han cavalry were mixed together, avoiding direct conflict between the two. However, for the next step of the overall mixed formation plan of the whole army, a small-scale experiment was carried out, that is, the personal soldiers of generals like Gao Siji and Tuoba Sijian began, and all of them were replaced with mixed soldiers, including not only the Han army, but also Shatuo and Dangxiang.

Moreover, after dealing with this matter, Li Xuanqing and Cen Tianshi also directly conveyed the concept of ethnic integration, and instructed Tuoba Sizhi and An Xiuxiu, who had been converted into civilian jobs, to arrange the next stage of tribal resettlement. Including subtle changes in daily publicity and living habits. This point is not a big problem in the Dangxiang clan, because the attachment time has been long, and many Dangxiang people have even handled the relationship with the Han people very well, and they have also received tangible benefits in the economic reform, so from the high-level people like Tuoba Sizhi to the ordinary clansmen, they do not feel that there is anything wrong with ethnic integration. This is also in line with the reason why when the Han nation is strong, the surrounding small tribes will basically take the initiative to get closer or even actively integrate into the Han nation.

However, at present, it is still not easy for the Shatuo people, and the Hedong region has adopted a high-pressure policy for the Han people during the reign of Li Keyong, which makes the ordinary Shatuo people feel that they are superior to the Han people, and they have changed their awe of the Han people from their bones. It was only a few months since the Tiance army recovered Hedong, and the bullying of the Han people by the Shatuo people in the Youhe region was repeated and prohibited. The Law Court and the Patrol and Arrest Department have even set up a special inspection team stationed in Taiyuan Prefecture to deal with such ethnic contradictions in the Hedong region.

The inspection team's strict law enforcement and non-discriminatory attitude also woke up some Shatuo people and began to re-examine the current situation. This part of the people also became the first batch of Shatuo people to cooperate with Tiance Mansion. And that's exactly what I'm going to talk about today.

"The Ministry of Civil Affairs' investment in the prefecture is relatively small in the provinces, because the proven mineral resource reserves in the prefecture are very prominent among the provinces. However, the terrain of Bingzhou Province is complicated, the transportation is inconvenient, and the contradictions between Shatuo and the Han people are more prominent, so many plans have to be shelved. Li Xuanqing spread out a map of the state and said: "What I want to say today is that the investment plan of the Department of Industry and Commerce in the state has come out, but so far there is no reason for the implementation. No one is involved in Tiance Mansion's own projects, so how can private investment drive the development of the people of Bingzhou and even Shatuo? If the rest of the state and the Han people get benefits, thus forming a wealth generation gap, it will inevitably stimulate the current delicate ethnic relations even more. How can our concept of national integration be implemented? To tell the truth, Li Xuanqing was not satisfied with the work of resting in the previous stage. After changing from a general to a civilian position, the vigorous and resolute spirit in his body also disappeared, and he became timid and hesitant to deal with things. Cen Tianshi has been in Taiyuan Mansion for so long, and there is no way to help him change, and even many times when dealing with emergencies, his courage is not as good as that of the intern officials sent by the School of Administration.

"Lord, I ......" An Xiuxiu could naturally hear the strong dissatisfaction in Li Xuanqing's words, but as his point of view, he had his own difficulties, so he stood up with a flushed face and was a little overwhelmed.

Cen Tianshi sighed, pressed him to his seat and said, "Brother Xiuyi, we all understand your difficulties. But you have to understand that your partiality with this national sentiment now will only provoke greater conflict in the future. You know that the laws and policies of the Heavenly Ce Mansion do not discriminate against any one tribe. In this case, we should follow through with all our might. After a long time, the people will see the tangible benefits and benefits, and the people will change their views on you, which is the long-term solution. ”

"The superior cannot only see the interests of a few people and ignore the interests of the common people as a whole. The merger of states and regions is already differentiated, and here is another month for you, you must find a way to deal with the contradictions between the two ethnic groups, and deal with the human and material resources in the development plan of the Department of Industry and Commerce. Don't let the Shatuo tribe become an island in the thriving economic situation of Tiance Mansion. Li Xuanqing looked at An Xiuxiu, who was gradually calming down, and said: "During this time, the chief civil affairs and I will continue to stay in Bingzhou and Youzhou, and assist you in dealing with these things at any time." In fact, if you have time, you can go to Xiazhou to take a look and see how Brother Siji's clan treats the policies and laws of Tiance Mansion, I think it will help you. ”

Hearing this, the Tuoba Sijian brothers glanced at each other, Tuoba Siji gave a look, and the former walked up and said solemnly: "Brother Xiuyi, if necessary, Tuoba Sijian and the party are willing to help." I don't think anyone has a say in how good the policies of the Tiance Mansion are than those of us in the party. Although you and I have many grievances in the past, but have always been a member of the Tang Dynasty, don't mention the past grievances and grievances, I sincerely reconcile with the nobles on behalf of the party members, and we will work together to complete the task of the main bus generation, become a family as soon as possible, and become a member of the Chinese nation, regardless of each other. ”

Tuoba Si's words made An Xiuxiu and Gao Siji silent for a while. In addition to their own descendants and Li Cunxiao's subordinates, the other Shatuo people all thought that they betrayed their tribe and lord, which led to the hegemony of the Shatuo people becoming a mirror, and also led to Li Keyong's tragic death in the grassland, Li Cunmiao's whereabouts are unknown, and his life and death are unknown. This is also the reason why the two of them lack confidence in the face of the people. But at this time, hearing Tuoba's words suddenly made them feel an inexplicable emotion. If Tuoba thinks about this, will ordinary party members think that he has forgotten the hatred of generations and forgotten the teachings of his ancestors? It is impossible for hundreds of thousands of party members to be of the same mind, so why can they easily promise to do so? How did he deal with the hatred of the party members for the Tiance Mansion in the first place? You must know that the previous generation of Tuoba Sigong died directly in the hands of the leader of the Xuanying Guard.

An Xiuxiu raised his head and found that everyone present was staring at him, even Gao Siji, who was beside him, was also looking at him at this moment.

"Please rest assured, the lord and everyone, within a month, Anxiu Xiu promises to finish these trivial matters, and if there is overdue, he is willing to be punished." At this moment, An Xiuxiu did not find a reason for himself, but seemed to return to the era of being a general in the army in the past, when the military order was issued, there was no room for prevarication, and he must do his best, and any obstruction along the way would be crushed by him mercilessly.

With the fist of An Xiuxiu, the last of the eight provinces and one city in Tiance Prefecture to carry out reforms has also begun to integrate into the mainstream society. As if a different person had changed overnight, the first order issued by An Xiuxiu after returning to Taiyuan Prefecture was that all the people in the jurisdiction of the prefecture must complete the household registration reform within one month, and the farmers and herdsmen who were held hostage by the big landlords and large ranchers in the past must be released within a time limit, and a unified employment contract should be signed in accordance with the regulations of the state and county governments, and the rights and obligations of both employers and employees should be clarified under the witness of the government, and it was clearly stipulated that the two parties to the employer after the registration enjoy equal freedom and rights. Completely dissolve the previous life dependency, and freely choose what kind of industry to engage in.

This paper order completely pierced the fortress of the obstacles to the reform of the state, and also made the big landlords and ranchers in the past lose the restraint on the vassal farmers and herdsmen, and also set off the greatest turmoil in the state, those Shatuo nobles and a small number of Han big landlord families rose up to oppose it, and the part of the people who made the most violent trouble even began to raise troops.

However, at this time, An Xiuxiu seemed to be a different person, and he did not give these people the slightest chance at all, and he even abandoned the practice of patrol and arrest halls and patrol houses at all levels on the grounds that he needed the assistance of the army in the event of regional turmoil, and directly asked the garrisons in various places to directly suppress all those who dared to resist and ordered by the state envoys. Although this kind of indiscriminate and one-size-fits-all approach is crude and simple, and there are even unjust, false and wrongly decided cases, it has put down the turmoil in the shortest possible time. and inquired about Gao Si, who had been urgently transferred back from Shenzhou to help, and went to various parts of Bingzhou with the Ninth Army. The iron blood displayed by the last military force of the Shatuo people composed of Li Cunxiao's descendants in this turmoil also completely extinguished the minds of all the Shatuo nobles who were secretly thinking carefully. This follow-up Shatuo's own army suppressed the rebellion, and its bloodiness was even more terrifying, and even many Shatuo nobles who were a little slower and did not coincide with the time of the envoy's order were mercilessly strangled. If it was said that the state was in turmoil before, then at this time, it was really permeated in a bloody storm, and a large number of Shatuo people who were unwilling to implement the policies of Tiance Mansion in the early stage were wiped out in this suppression. The brutal repression also made the remaining nobles dare not delay any longer, and almost went to the gates of various official mansions overnight to wait for registration.

After the rebellion was basically quelled, An Xiuxiu once again promulgated the policy of the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Industry and Commerce, announcing the formal implementation of land reform in the territory of Bingzhou, and classifying all the millions of hectares of fertile land in the Fenhe Plain as farmland and distributing them to the Han people in each territory and the low-level people of Shatuo who were willing to engage in farming. In a short period of time, it will also order all prefectures and counties to complete similar reform actions, and all land suitable for cultivation will be forcibly nationalized and redistributed according to the principle of no more than 15 mu per capita. As for the pastures formed by the gathering of the Shatuo people, agreements were reached with the prefectures and counties in the north of Fengzhou and Youzhou to relocate those farmers and herdsmen who had lost their sources due to the expropriation of pastures to Fengzhou and Youzhou, and the planning of animal husbandry and pastures by the Department of Agriculture was also implemented. For those herders who lack means of production, their household registration is transferred to state-run pastures in the vicinity of Daishu and in the Toyoshu area.

This vigorous reform action completely shattered the original class of the state, and the climate could no longer be formed, and a large number of farmers and ranchers lost their lives or lost their former exploitative objects in this reform, and thus quickly declined. And those farmers and herdsmen who were given land and livestock such as cattle and sheep quickly became strong supporters of the reform.

At the end of the reform of Anxiuxiu, Murong Hanhai's Department of Industry and Commerce also officially held a special meeting on the development of industry and commerce in Taiyuan Prefecture, and began to join hands with the Department of Finance and Datang Qianzhuang to launch a plan to support 100,000 small factories and small businessmen, and quickly let the industrial and commercial departments in various places implement it after the meeting. After the proclamation was issued, all levels of the state began to think about the new policy of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce.

Unlike most of the locals who were waiting and watching, merchants from other parts of Tiance Province were pouring into the state. The mineral resources exploration report released by the Department of Industry and Commerce in the early stage was distributed to many people, and the businessmen with red eyes who were staring at these resources arrived in various places almost as soon as Murong Hanhai's meeting was over, and began to gather people to prepare for the start.

Murong Hanhai was stunned by this scene and began to formulate a detailed plan, making rigid requirements for the production scale and production technology of the newly established enterprises, requiring that a complete set of industrial processes must be established before approval, and similar small mines and earthen workshops were all abolished. However, these requirements still could not stop the upsurge of the industrial and commercial class, and many people had even begun to ask people to go through the back door in order to quickly approve, so that Murong Hanhai and several wealthy businessmen had to hide in Li Xuanqing's camp in Shenzhou.

"Murong, is it necessary to be so afraid?" Li Xuanqing saw Murong Hanhai hiding with Xu Xingxia and a few people to himself, and couldn't help but laugh and said: "If you have this kung fu, it is better to hurry up and find a way to build the road with the Railway Department of the Department of Transportation." Whether it's a straight road or a railway, build the road first. I'll teach you a way, you go to the Department of Transportation to discuss, give the straights a grade, the highest level of high-speed straights are closed throughout the whole process, set up toll points, as a source of repayment from the money bank, and then contract out the task of building the road in stages and sections, so that others can repair it, which can save time and effort. ”

"It's a good idea. Murong you go to Tuoba Siji, he inspected the terrain over there, and let him, the acting director of the Department of Transportation, come forward to plan. Straightways will be built first, and the roads in the province will be connected, and then the provincial passage will be built. Cen Tianshi slapped his thigh and smiled.

"As for the railway, I have asked the industrial group and the construction company to survey the terrain, and find a way to build the line from Taiyuan to Zhenzhou in advance, and then connect to Yizhou, so that it can meet the Grand Canal and meet the passage for their goods out of the province." Li Xuanqing nodded and smiled at Qiaoxi beside him: "I guess the Railway Division should go to the idea of Qianzhuang again, and I ordered Yin Honglin to cover my pockets a little tighter, and I can't go through the back door." ”

"The Ministry of Civil Affairs can ask the Department of Finance to consider issuing some additional special railway bonds to ease the pressure on the banks and free up some funds for them to cooperate with the plans of the Department of Industry and Commerce." Li Xuanqing said slowly after seeing that his witty words made everyone laugh.

Cen Tianshi nodded and said: "I'll arrange it immediately, speaking of which, the Department of Transportation didn't consider it when it made the annual plan at the beginning of the year, otherwise there wouldn't be such a big additional expenditure, and it looks like it will start to be repaid next year." ”

"Well, that's not a big deal." Li Xuanqing waved his hand and smiled: "What about the little four?" Why did you come out of nowhere after you came back from the Northern Front, and you still don't come to see me? Are you going to rob Zhu Quanzhong again? Recently, I have been short of money, so let him get some money back and subsidize it. ”

"Lord, how can you guess anything?" Before Li Xuanqing's words fell, Hu Xiaosi's voice came from outside the door, and his words just now also made everyone's eyes suddenly brighten.