"Brother's four strategies for governing the border are really wonderful......"

Looking forward to August, Zhao Wuxian and Zhao Jia, two horses, one black and one white, rode on the grassland that had gradually withered and yellowed. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info The Yulin guards, as well as the troops of the inner county, followed far behind.

When riding side by side with his brother, Zhao Jia was not at all as swift as when he rode with Kong Tongmingzhu before, but slowly kicked the horse's abdomen with his heels, looked at Zhao Wuxian's back, and couldn't help but praise Zhao Hou's "Border Strategy" that day.

"This is the wisdom of many people, how can it be attributed to me alone?" Zhao Wuxian smiled and didn't take the credit, attributing it to the collective wisdom of the acting generals.

At the Longcheng Conference, the various departments of the grassland flattered him, and they gave him a golden crown, and they respected him as "supporting the plough and being lonely and single", this name was similar to the "Tian Khan" of later generations, but Zhao Wuxian was not dizzy by the touting, he did not trust the grassland Hu tribe, this is a group of wolves that are not familiar with me, not my race, and their hearts will be different! The Lu people still treat the Chu people like this, not to mention Xia Hu, who has very different customs and habits?

Governing a big country is like cooking a small amount of food, not to mention the grassland problem that has been difficult to solve in all dynasties, and it is even more difficult to do it with all one effort, and immature remarks such as "killing all the Hu people, burning the grassland, and sprinkling salt and abandoning the land" that some military puppets have come up with will not appear in the minds of politicians. The grassland is vast, and there is no way to control it absolutely, and Zhao Wuxian doesn't want to be a few hundred years later, a sandstorm will raid Yecheng, before entering the modern era, it will be an enemy a thousand times more terrifying than the Hu people......

So after the Dragon City Conference that day, Zhao Wuxian set the tone for the Daibei region to govern the border in the next ten years.

The first is that "the Guangjian tribe divides its strength".

Zhao Wuxian believes that the weakness of the Hu people is beneficial to China. It just so happens that the current Monan region is in a state of great division, the tribes are complex, there are Rong, Di, Hu, and raccoon dogs, and the languages are also diverse, with two major language families and several language branches coexisting. This sloppy situation gave Zhao Guo a chance.

After the statistics, in the large categories of Kongtong, Linhu, Baiyang, and Loufu, there were originally nearly 100 tribes that did not belong to each other, and each tribe ranged from 100 to 1,000 people, and they were also fighting with each other for pasture, land and water.

So Zhao Wuxian used the guise of "truce to kill the soldiers", and asked all the departments of the grassland to swear a blood oath with him in Longcheng to maintain this state of division. Strictly ordered them not to merge with each other, and not to fight each other in case of trouble, but to come to Zhao Guo to adjudicate. This can effectively disintegrate the alliance of various ministries, decompose the power of the grassland, and ensure that the great kingdom with a bow of 100,000 like the Xiongnu and Donghu will not appear.

At the same time, Zhao Wuxian also promised to send officials to measure the land for the various ministries and settle the pasture disputes between them.

This article was even written into a decree specially formulated for the ministries: "Those who cross the boundaries of the territory and run nomadic herders shall be discussed by the ministries together." "A hundred horses were fined for the majority, and fifty for the smaller. Private offenders shall have their own and family property confiscated, and the person who reported it shall be rewarded".

These prohibitions can keep herders in a corner and suspicious of each other. Only by curbing their habit of itinerant nomadism, Zhao State can slowly organize its households into the people, into the rule of the county, so that since the pasture is limited, many herdsmen have to engage in farming, the southern foot of Yinshan Mountain and the Hetao are fertile land, even if you burn a fire casually, scatter a little seed can have a good harvest, and are afraid that you will not be able to grow food?

In addition to political division, Zhao also had to closely link them with the Central Plains economically, which was the second policy, which was the complementarity of agriculture and animal husbandry.

Zhao will open larger-scale mutual markets in Longcheng, Mayi and other places, and the various departments of the grassland can raise cattle and sheep, hunt fox and rabbit furs, and exchange materials with the Central Plains, such as salt, silk and linen, luxury goods, etc. At the same time, Zhao Wuxian also planned to wait for the tea plantations of Xu, Donghai and other counties in Zhao State to produce tea, and also export this excellent anti-greasy drink to Saibei, with the heavy dependence of the grassland people on tea in history, there will be something that can stifle them at that time.

Third, it is the core policy of the previous dynasties to govern the border, immigration to the real border.

The Hetao and the southern foot of Yinshan in the Spring and Autumn Period are different from later generations, the climate is relatively warm and humid, and the irrigation is convenient, suitable for farming, Qin and Han have immigrated to this area, up to one million at most! And Ordos and other places have also become the "new Qinzhong" of Qin, and the annual output of grain is enough for the border army to be self-sufficient.

But I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, immigration is a hundred years of work, not a temporary thing, a large number of inland people entered, it will inevitably cause a violent conflict between agriculture and animal husbandry in the northern part of the Saibei region, so the immigrants will not enter the Hetao, Kongtong and Linhu areas in Henan for the time being, and slowly advance out from Daijun first, the first of which is the hometown of Donghu at the northern foot of Yanshan, as well as the Loufu area west of Mayi......

The above three items, there is no need for Zhao Wuxian to say, Yi Dun and others, who are familiar with the North Pole, have already come up with it for him, but only the fourth one is the wisdom that belongs to Zhao Wuxian.

"A noble woman in the grassland can marry a general of the Zhao people of Daijun as a wife and concubine."

This is a disguised harmony, Zhao Wuxian has already set an example first, and accepted the empty pearl of the same department as a concubine, and the empty same department will also become Zhao Guo's agent in the Hetao. Before the immigrants' tuntian was pushed over, they first focused on supporting the tribes that married with the office, so that they could closely link their lives and interests with the Zhao State and become the tools of the Zhao State to rule the grassland.

In addition, Zhao Wuxian also came up with a vicious plan.

"The woman will marry the wives of the Zhao people, and as for the boys of the steppe tribes...... The order was passed down that every tribe that could be controlled by the Dai County Government should report the number of households and Dingkou of each department. Every three years, in addition to the only son, the widow will draw a boy from each tent in each ministry and bring them to live among the Yulin orphans in Yecheng, learn the Central Plains language, customs, and be loyal to the Zhao State Office, but join the Yulin Army and serve Yulinwei! ”

This is the inspiration that Zhao Wuxian got from the Turkish Praetorian Guard system in later generations, on the one hand, it can replenish the number of Yulin guards, and on the other hand, it can also slaughter the already small population of the grassland.

After Zhao Wuxian explained, while Zhao Jia and the others admired this poisonous plan, they also knew that this move would make the mothers of every tent on the grassland cry bitterly, Zhao Hou would take away their children, and countless families would be torn apart.

It is indeed cruel, but compared to the Jin Dynasty's policy of reducing the number of soldiers on the grassland, this is already an extremely merciful approach. The grassland boys who went to the Central Plains, when they became adults, will regard themselves as Zhao people, and regard their tribal origins as a disgraceful past.

If you look at the four fixed side policies, everyone will find that in this forced union, the grassland is destined to be the damaged side.

"Otherwise, the widow can still damage Huaxia and fatten Hu Rong?" Thinking of Mr. Dongguo's ideal of "Hua Rong and Love", Zhao Wuxian sneered.

Tang Taizong's kind of scene of "since ancient times is noble China, cheap and degraded, and I love only as one", he will also say it in front of all departments of the grassland. But as he said, the grassland is just a turquoise stone on the crown of his lord in the Central Plains, far from being comparable to the mainland. He knew very well that in his own country, Huaxia was the main body, and all national policies were prioritized by the interests of Zhuxia. Zhuxia is intimate, and it cannot be abandoned, as for the northern Hurong, if it can be assimilated, it will be assimilated, and if it cannot be assimilated, it will be expelled and eliminated!

This is a good ideal, but I am sorry, after 2,000 years, it will still not be possible, some people will benefit, some people will suffer, and the people will not suffer from inequality, and this balance cannot be maintained forever.

Once strong, the supposedly happy multi-ethnic federation has finally fallen apart, and the beacon on the other side of the Atlantic, which prides itself as a fertile ground for freedom, has collapsed. Many things have proved that since Pinnacle is only an idealistic conjecture, the law of the jungle in this world has never changed, he has only dived from the surface to the hidden place, and continues to manipulate the tide of history forward, or backward.

At present, in the final analysis, it is necessary to continue to improve agricultural technology and provide sufficient arable land in the southern part of the desert, so that with the population of the Central Plains growing and crowding, the immigrants will definitely quickly fill up the Saibei and Hetao, and the grassland tribes will either flee to the desert or be forced to assimilate. At that time, the integration of geography will allow the northern part of the country and the Central Plains to truly become a whole, thus avoiding a thousand-year war.

That level of technology must at least reach the pre-industrial revolution era...... Zhao Wuxian felt a little helpless, he definitely couldn't live to see that scene.

Thinking of this, he turned his head and took one last look at Longcheng and the grassland, it was the beginning of August at this time, and after arranging the government affairs of Daibei, Zhao Wuxian was ready to go back to Yecheng and rush to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15 with his wife and children.

In Zhao State, due to a decree of Zhao Wuxian, the Mid-Autumn Festival has become a legal holiday, and on that day there is a reward in the army, and the government will also rest.

But even if Zhao Wuxian is like an arrow, there is still one person who can't let go.

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"Good." When Zhao Jia sent him all the way to Mayi without saying a word, and was about to leave the range of the grassland, Zhao Wuxian persuaded her for the last time: "Although the grassland is beautiful, but after all, it is bitter cold, and now it is autumn season, are you willing to go back to Yecheng with me to spend the winter, and also meet your sister?" ”

"Where does Jia still have the face to go to see my sister...... What's more, I don't want Yecheng at all. ”

Zhao Jia turned her head, which was a sign of her lying. She often recalled the bits and pieces in Yecheng Changle Palace at night, the doting of her brother and sister, the nagging of her mother, and the nephews and nieces who surrounded her and regarded her as the child king......

The beauty of childhood is gone, after opening her eyes, only the cold reality that accompanies her on the pillow, the wind blows the flag, the grassland is vast, but it is also empty, when the freedom reaches a certain level, what follows is the emptiness in the depths of the heart.

The difference between Saibei and the Central Plains is too great: the dome is the room, the wall is the wall, the meat is the food, and the cheese is the pulp. I often think about my heart, and I am willing to return to my hometown for Huang Huxi...... If you use a poem to describe Zhao Jia's mood at the moment, it is probably like this.

But she is different from the fragile princess after all, even if she is reluctant, she still smiles stubbornly: "Compared to Yecheng, the grassland needs me more, since General Yu died in battle, acting as a general is scarce, although Jia is young and reckless, but he can manage the building and annoy people, so that they dare not jump off the beam, how can they leave their posts without permission?" ”

"Brother, please go back, Jia is willing to guard the border for Zhao Guo and protect the peace of the north."

"Then you can send it here......" Although Zhao Wuxian felt pity for her sister, she knew that it was her own decision, and reluctantly prepared to fight the horse and return to the team. Since Zhao Jia insisted on not returning to Yecheng, the next time he came here, maybe ten or twenty years later, his temples would have turned gray.

At this time, I heard Zhao Jia hesitantly say behind him: "Before parting, Jia still wants to ask my brother for something......

"What?"

The convoy followed from a distance, and no one in the nearby field of vision came to disturb the brother and sister to say goodbye, Zhao Jia rode up to Zhao Wuxian's side, very close to him, and could even see his thicker beard over the years, and the wrinkles on his forehead that had increased because of thinking about state affairs.

Presumably there are many credits of their own, right? The elder brother roams the world, slaughtering mountains and rivers, which prince is not afraid of him like a tiger, but only Zhao Jia, but he is reluctant to fight, and he is reluctant to kill, so he can only let her go far, but he sat with Ji Huan in the middle of the night, sighing for this disobedient sister.

She seemed to have regained the little girl who loved to be coquettish, blushed and said softly: "Jia wants to let my brother hug me once like when I was a child." ”

Regardless of whether Zhao Wuxian agreed or not, she closed her eyes, she opened her arms on the horse, the autumn wind ruffled the ends of her hair, and the fluff on her face gently swayed under the halo.

After a long time, only a helpless sigh was heard, and a large, warm hand gently touched her head, like a disobedient little animal, gently touched her bun tied into a man's hairstyle, and then pulled away.

I thought it was over, but the big hand came back and hugged her again, and then someone left a gentle kiss on the mole on her brow.

Time seemed to stand still, only Zhao Jia's eyelashes trembled slightly, only the top of the two of them, white clouds wisps, a row of geese chirping, slowly flying south......

After the two separated, Zhao Jia suddenly cried, pea-sized tears fell on the saddle, but before Zhao Wuxian could hand her the silk cloth, she burst into tears and laughed.

"My brother's beard is more scratchy than when I was a child."

"You too, no matter how old you grow up or how far you run, you are still Wuzi's daughter, my little sister Zhao Wuxian......" Seeing this, Zhao Hou put his mind at ease, no longer nostalgic, and left without looking back.

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Half an hour later, when the convoy set off again, Zhao Wuxian had already sat back on the car, and when the wheels began to roll, he heard the sound of galloping horses' hooves behind him, and at the same time kept shouting, it was Zhao Jia who couldn't help but catch up after standing in place for a long time.

She did not come to her, but stopped on the hill, waved her hand and said goodbye, and shouted loudly: "Brother should not just be alone in the plough outside the plug, in the Central Plains, he should also be the son of heaven, become the king, and open the peace of eternity!" ”

From the beginning of Nanzi's initiative at the meeting of Huangchi five years ago, to Shi Qi's persuasion again before going north, this is not the first time that someone has instigated Zhao Wuxian to kick out the Zhou room and blatantly claim the king.

It's just that this time, Zhao Wuxian didn't prevaricate with the sentence "The time has not come" as before, but said in a low voice: "It's almost over." ”

Or to Zhao Jia, or to himself, he smiled and repeated: "It's almost ......"

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Although there are many speculations and cross-border descriptions of the relationship between Zhao Wuxian and Zhao Jia in the wild history of later generations, the story of the two is far from being as unbearable as later generations speculated.

This story has a seemingly bad beginning, but ends uneventfully......

In this life, my sister and brother have never gotten together again!