At the end of October, Zhao Ziliang and his entourage arrived at the city of Ashu, the seat of the Tocharian Protectorate. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Tocharian Duhu Fu Du Hu Su Ji, Yueshi County Taishou Sun Yaohui, Ah Shucheng County Ling Huang Shirong, Western Qin Army First Army Commander Zhao Hu and other large and small officials and colonels greeted them outside the city.

"Xiaguan (the last general) and others are greeting and agreeing!" There was a kneeling at the gate of the city, and the shouts were neat and high-pitched.

Zhao Ziliang looked at the large black oppression at the gate of the city, rode on horseback and said with a playful expression: "I said, your news is quite well-informed, this king and his party are still lightly traveling, how do you know that this king will arrive in Ashu City today?" It's pretty neat! ”

The officials and generals felt embarrassed when they heard this, Zhao Ziliang swept his eyes, stared at Zhao Hu and asked, "Zhao Hu, you say, how did you know about this king's itinerary?" ”

"This ・・・・・・" Zhao Hu hesitated for a moment, and said: "The last general listened to what Lord Su said, yesterday Lord Su sent someone to inform the last general, saying that today the king will come to Ashu City to inspect military and political affairs, and then all the officials of Ashu City will come to the city gate to greet them, and since the local officials have arrived, the military generals and colonels naturally cannot be represented by no one, so after the last general arranged the affairs of the army, he brought a few generals and colonels under his command over!" ”

Zhao Ziliang looked at Su Ji and asked, "Master Su, how do you know about this king's itinerary?" ”

Beads of sweat faintly oozed from Su Ji's forehead, and he bowed and said: "Back to the king, yesterday it happened that an official who went to the Kangju Capital to do business returned to Ashu City to report the king's itinerary to the officials!" ”

"So you will summon the officials and the generals of the army to meet the king at the gate of the city?"

"Yes, King!"

Zhao Ziliang said: "So you have been prepared for military and political affairs? You're all ready, so what's the purpose of this king's visit to Tochar? ”

Su Ji hurriedly said: "The king forgives the sin, the lower officials and others dare not expire the king, the time is too short, and the lower officials and others will be too late even if they want to do anything."

Zhao Ziliang said: "Is it what you said so, this king only knows if he has seen it with his own eyes!" Lead the way, go to the Metropolitan Palace! ”

"Yes, King!"

The streets are full of pedestrians, Han Chinese, Tocharians, Tianzhu, Persians, and even Byzantines, and many of the houses on both sides of the street are stone houses, but there are also some pavilions and attics of Chinese architecture.

Zhao Ziliang rode on horseback and asked, "How many people are there in this Ashu City?" ”

Huang Shirong, the commander of Ashucheng County, replied: "Back to the king, there are now 110,000 original inhabitants inside and outside Ashucheng City, and 180,000 Han people living in and out of the city, as well as some merchants, monks, Taoist priests and missionaries, but the number of these people is not fixed, so the permanent population of Ashu is about 290,000, excluding the garrison, of course."

Due to the passage of a large number of officials and soldiers, pedestrians on the streets avoided one after another, and Zhao Ziliang could only see a lot of pedestrians on the streets, but he could not see the economic activities and the current situation of the people's lives here, which made him feel a little regretful.

The crowds on both sides of the street were people of all ethnic groups, and there were many women who showed their heads, many Tocharian women with masked faces and baskets on their heads, and some women with jewels on their bodies.

When he arrived at the Duhu Mansion, Zhao Ziliang listened to Su Ji's report on the coexistence of various ethnic groups in the local area, and listened to Sun Yaohui, the Taishou and Huang Shirong, the county commander, respectively report on the government affairs of Yueshi County and Ashucheng City.

After hearing this, Zhao Ziliang asked: "Su Ji, Sun Yaohui, Huang Shirong, this king asks you, how do you think we can rule a region permanently?" Su Ji, you say! ”

Su Ji thought about it, but he didn't have a good answer, but he could only stand up and arch his hand: "Great King, the lower officials think that if they want to rule here permanently, the first thing is to ensure absolute military power!" ”

Zhao Ziliang frowned when he heard this: "It stands to reason that you, as a civil official, shouldn't say such things!" Solid rule is definitely not a condition for military might! Sun Yaohui, what do you say? ”

Sun Yaohui, the Taishou of Yueshi County, stood up and arched his hand: "Back to the king, the lower officials think that education is the most important thing!" Let the local people obey the king, so that our rule can continue! ”

Zhao Ziliang smiled: "This is a mistake, Lord Huang, what do you say?" ”

Huang Shirong arched his hand and said: "King, since ancient times, Renjun has been a light servitude, exempt from taxes, the people recuperate, the people have food, drink, clothing and shelter to be honest, otherwise they will make trouble and rebel!" ”

"What Lord Huang said is a means, but not fundamental!"

All the officials arched their hands and said, "Please teach the king!" ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "Since ancient times, excluding the invasion of foreign forces, why did the internal people rebel? It's because of the contradiction! Internal contradictions, there are contradictions and conflicts that will lead to the overthrow of the ruling class, what are the internal contradictions within our Western Qin at this stage? It is the contradiction between the original tribes of the Western Qin and our Han people, why are the tribes and the Han people contradictory, because we are outsiders, the tribes here themselves reject us, and a large number of Han people have migrated over and led to the Han people encroaching on the living space and resources of the tribes, we want to make the tribes no longer reject and hostile to us, and want to resolve the contradictions between the Han people and the tribes. After a few years, there is no other language here, everyone speaks Chinese, our education will be more than half successful, in addition to increasing resources, expanding living space, reducing the contradictions between Han people and various ethnic groups, and most importantly, we must let the number of Han people occupy an absolute population advantage here, only let the Han people account for the vast majority can let us always rule here, even if someone replaces us many years later, the new ruler is also Han! ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Ziliang looked at the officials below and said: "Therefore, finding a way to increase the population of the Han people and suppress the number of the population of various tribes is your most important goal, and it is also a long-term task. There are no outsiders here, and this king will not hide it here, and he will explain it today, but this king does not want this goal to be leaked out as a long-term policy of Western Qin, and those who leak it without authorization will be punished by the nine clans! ”

The officials looked stunned, clasped their fists and said in unison: "No! ”

Zhao Ziliang looked at Zhao Hu: "Has the reorganization and training of the First Army been completed?" ”

Zhao Hu stood up and hugged his fists and said: "Back to the king, the reorganization and training of the first army has been completed, and there are two main aspects of affairs at this stage, one is to maintain the current training volume, so that the combat power of the soldiers can be further improved on a solid foundation; The second is to go all out to carry out the implementation of the compulsory military system! ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "Okay, how is the implementation of the compulsory military system going, and what are the difficulties?" ”

Zhao Hu said: "The enthusiasm of the people to send their children to join the army is not high, and the implementation of the compulsory military system can only take compulsory measures now, and there are some small resistances, but we have responded in time to calm down, and the matter has not made a big fuss!" The last general thinks that after a long time, the people will become accustomed to it, and they will take the initiative to consciously send their children to join the army! From the perspective of the common people, there is little resistance to the promotion of the compulsory military system. However, from the point of view of our Xiqin official, the difficulty is not small, because the number of conscripts every year is not small, although these conscripts do not have military salaries, but they have subsidies, because there are too many people, so the amount of subsidized money is not a small amount, plus the consumption of food and clothing and training equipment, the maintenance of the site, the loss of war horses, etc., the cost is not a small amount, if you want to implement the compulsory military system to the end, you also need the king to order a special amount to support it! ”

Zhao Ziliang nodded after listening to Zhao Hu's report, which was the most pertinent and realistic report he had ever heard on the implementation of the compulsory military system.

"Well, this king will seriously consider the matter of allocating special funds to support the implementation of the compulsory military system to the end, the implementation of the compulsory military system is the determination of this king, why do you want to do this, it is to maximize the war potential of Western Qin!"

"Datang's national strength can be called the first in the world, but it was beaten all the way to Tongguan by the Anshi generation, which is caused by Datang's emphasis on border passes and light on the deployment of internal military forces, and it is also an important reason why Datang has not fully transformed its national strength into war potential, and the implementation of the compulsory military system is to fully transform the comprehensive strength of our Western Qin into war potential!"

"However, it is not enough to simply implement the compulsory military system, train young people into well-trained soldiers and retire them after three years, but at the same time strengthen their ideological education and make them loyal to the royal court, even after they retire, they will remain unswerving, this is the purpose of this king, whether it is an ordinary soldier or a low-level military leader, a lieutenant and a high-level general, it must have such a political consciousness and ideology in order to be carried out, whether a military leader or general can be promoted, The first requirement is to see whether you are loyal to the royal court, followed by military talent, and then character! An uncontrolled army is not an army, but a traitor, a rebel and a thief! Zhao Hu, when training conscripts, this king hopes that you will put this matter first! ”

Zhao Hu immediately clenched his fists and said, "Yes, King!" The last general will ensure that every retired conscript, or from the conscription to the standing soldiers, whether retired or in the military, is loyal to the royal court, in the future, our first army will take ideological education, let the soldiers and generals be loyal to the royal court as the first priority! ”

"Good!" Zhao Ziliang asked again: "The nobles of the former chieftains of Tocharo are still there, and they all still have some power, which makes this king very uneasy, and he must find a way to completely eradicate these nobles, disintegrate their forces, and completely eliminate the hidden dangers within Western Qin, which is why this king put your first legion and Xuanyi's sixth legion here!" This king gives you a deadline, and before March next year, you and Xuanyi must complete this task! ”

"Understand, the last general will send someone to invite the Sixth Legion Xuanyi to come over to discuss this matter in the near future!"