Chapter 33: The Mighty Camp
The next day, Li Yuan was uncomfortable, his head hurt badly, and he didn't know how much wine he drank yesterday.
He sat on the couch for a long time, no movement, although his head was drowsy, but his heart was clear, and he was thinking about the future journey.
He sat for half an hour, until he called Dian Wei in: "What about He Man?" ”
Dian Wei poured a bowl of hot water and handed it to Li Yuandao: "Go visit the rebels who surrendered." ”
"Call him over." Li Yuan had the idea of surrendering the army.
If the Qiang captain has the right to recruit the Qiang people into the army, he will call for righteousness and serve as soldiers, and take the meaning of righteousness and obedience.
He covered his face with his palms, rubbed it, walked to the tub, and washed up briefly.
In less than half an hour, He Man strode in and said, "Meet the general." ”
"Get up!" Li Yuan stepped up, "How is the situation of the surrender?" ”
"It's okay!" He Man scratched the back of his head.
"Let's go! Take me to see it. Li Yuan gave him a blank look, this guy can't lead the army alone in his life.
1,500 soldiers were surrendered and imprisoned in Chang'an Prison, and Li Yuan did not go in, and directly ordered He Man to take them out.
These soldiers only had one gruel a day, they were so hungry that they had no strength, and they had no hope of survival, and when they saw the light of day, they did not react much.
Li Yuan was short in stature, so he had to stand on the stool and shout, "Who can understand Chinese?" ”
Seeing that he didn't answer, he said: "I am Li Yuan, the new captain of the imperial court, and I have no grudge against you, only a heartfelt word, and I will let you go." ”
At this time, there was a shock on the face of the Qiang people, and finally one of them said loudly: "My lord, what you said is true? ”
Li Yuan stood on the stool and saw clearly, the speaker was still childish, and he shouted: "Little brother, come to the end." ”
The young man hesitated for a moment, then walked up tremblingly, refusing to move forward two feet away.
Li Yuan asked, "What's the name of the little brother?" ”
The boy blurted out, "My name is Katsuo." ”
Li Yuan nodded and asked, "Why rebel?" ”
Goxiong trembled, but still mustered up the courage to say, "The leader will say the opposite." ”
Li Yuan smiled and said, "You are also standing on the stool, and you will translate what I said." ”
Soon someone brought another stool, and Lin Xiong stood up hard.
At this time, the Qiang people's eyes were no longer dull, but curious.
Li Yuan raised his voice and said, "Brothers of the Qiang tribe, I know that some of you were forced to rebel, and some of you had the intention of plundering, but all this has passed. It's not easy to be a captain of the Qiang Guard! Do you remember Deng Xun a hundred years ago? I'm afraid many of you have forgotten about him, but I do.
You Qiang men are ashamed of dying of illness, and whenever they have a premonition of death, they will commit suicide. Deng Xun, the captain at that time, tied him up as soon as he heard that someone in your clan was seriously ill. Don't give knives and guns, give him a doctor, and save a lot of Qiang people!
Do you still remember Zhang Huan and Huangfu Gui? They are also a rebellion against you, slaying only the chief evil, and not the whole of them. ”
Through Ge Xiong's translation, the Qiang people speak to each other, not knowing whether they agree or ask.
Li Yuan's throat was a little dry, but he continued to persuade: "I will let you go back today, you have parents, wives and children at home, you must wash your face all day long, I hope you are still alive." ”
Many people shed tears, and even Kao's eyes were moist.
Li Yuan said solemnly: "In the future, my place of governance will be in Ji County, Hanyang County, you can find me at any time, as long as you don't commit a crime and stay in your homeland with peace of mind, if any officials invade your property and persecute you, I can kill them." ”
The following began to chirp again, and he couldn't tell which was the Qiang and which was the Hu, but they were almost assimilated, and Li Yuan said loudly: "Do you say it's good?" ”
The response of the troops rang out unevenly, and he saw that his expression was almost understood, and he continued: "Now I tell you something important, you must remember. ”
Most of the soldiers now had a good impression of the general, and when they heard that they had something important to say, they all stretched out their ears to listen.
"I'm going to form an army now, served by our Qiang people, called the Anding Battalion, it's not used to kill the Han people, it doesn't kill the Qiang people, it kills those who destroy the peace, do any of you want to join?"
Some of the Qiang people were frightened, and some showed hatred, but none of them responded.
Li Yuan knew that this was not an overnight thing, so he said: "You can go, go home and see your parents, wives and children!" When everyone leaves, they can receive some dry food, which is the kindness of the imperial court. ”
The Qiang people finally smiled, and some even knelt down.
Sent away the Qiang people, of course, the weapons were not returned, he specially sent a personal soldier, holding a codex, and asked the government not to embarrass them.
"He Man, gather your troops and horses."
Outside the city, he saw from time to time that the men and horses of the counties had embarked on their return journey and entered the camp, and his soldiers and horses were killed and wounded, and only about 800 men remained.
"Brothers, you have suffered with me." Li Yuan said loudly, "But in the future, you can have your own land, and I will pay you food every month." ”
When everyone heard this, they made a commotion, and they were all very happy, it was enough to have enough food to fight the war, how could there be any money?
However, they believe in Li Yuan, everyone has been following him for more than a year, and the longest has been nearly two years, and they know that adults will not lose their trust.
Li Yuan waited for a moment, and then said: "In the future, you will be called Yangwei Battalion, and you will make meritorious contributions with this general and promote the world." ”
He Man followed and shouted: "Make meritorious contributions and promote the world." ”
Eight hundred people shouted: "Make meritorious deeds, and ...... the world"
Li Yuan didn't know when the Changshi and the fake Sima sent by the imperial court arrived, so he appointed: "Dian Wei acts as the Changshi, He Man, you act as the fake Sima!" ”
Dian Wei didn't have any expression, but He Man knelt down excitedly.
Now the heaviest thing is land, and there is a serious situation of land annexation in Liangzhou.
In ancient times, five people were a family, and they could cultivate 100 acres of land, and the annual harvest was not more than 100 stones, and one stone was equal to 40 catties, which was 4,000 catties of grain.
The yield of three stones per mu and two stones is the best fertile land, and the common people will definitely not have it.
An average of two catties a day for one person, there was no food or anything in ancient times, and the labor force was also large, and he could eat 3,600 catties a year.
After a hard year's work, I just had enough to eat, and I had to pay all kinds of taxes.
If you sell your land as a slave or escape from service, you don't have to take the population tax.
The imperial court sells officials and lords, the people sell their sons and fields, and the powerful people of various noble clans still want to try to annex your good land, and they are unwilling to rebel.
Of course, there are good ones, but there are too few, like a drop of dew falling in the sludge.
The captain of Huqiang also supervised Tuntian, but he was appointed by the imperial court to be the captain of the agricultural capital, and he was directly under the Dasi Nong.
Now that most of Liangzhou is semi-autonomous, he can also fill his own pockets and begin to summon displaced people to Tuntian.
Even if Liangzhou is controlled in the future, these Liangzhou giants are not easy to solve!
However, he knew that he would definitely not be able to learn from Yuan Shao and Sun Quan, needless to say, Yuan Shao attached great importance to Hebei Haoqiang, and his subordinates were also competing for their own interests, not to mention Nima's Eastern Wu, who surrendered at every turn.
Can't learn from Gongsun Du, as soon as he arrives in Youzhou, he will kill and divide the autonomy, although they belong to the same frontier, but the nature is completely different.