Chapter 44: Allegiance I
Tan Feng successfully aroused the desperate thoughts of these Han people, but Tan Feng also knew that these Han people were not the real absolute main force. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info Tan Feng knows the composition of his troops, the Han people are mainly concentrated in cavalry, but the vast majority of the infantry are Mongols. At this stage, how to solve the problem of Mongol loyalty is the real fate.
"Commander, a large number of our troops are Mongols, and the most important thing for us is how to make these Mongols loyal to us. As long as the Mongols are willing to be loyal to us, then we will not have much of a problem. Xu Qifeng said.
Wang Jingwen also said: "Commander, this is a little difficult!" How to make the Mongols loyal to us, to know that the customs of our Han and Mongols are different, how can we solve it? This Manchu court was only canonized as the head of the Mongols and married, but it did not intervene in any specific way. ”
Tan Feng said indifferently: "I have a way to solve the Mongols, you don't actually know these Mongols." In fact, the Mongolian people are at the bottom, ah is quite cute, and the real hateful are the Mongolian nobles. The Manchus benefited from the upper Mongol class by handing over the Amy Mongols, so we could buy off the lower Mongol herders, so that we could also gain their loyalty. ”
Tan Feng actually has some experience in solving the idea of Mongolian loyalty. After all, he lived in Inner Mongolia in later generations, and he was relatively familiar with the history of these Mongols, and even had a lot of experience in dealing with these ethnic minorities. Of course, he also intends to combine Eastern and Western methods to solve these nomads. There are some good ways to solve the loyalty and management of nomads in the East and the West, and Tan Feng naturally has to use a combination of them.
Tan Feng took Wang Jingwen and Xu Qifeng to the Mongolians, and Tan Feng took the initiative to use Mongolian and said: "Mongolian brothers, this time we Han people want to oppose the occupation and exploitation of the Manchus and liberate our motherland. But we know that you are also victims. The Manchus canonized a large group of Mongolian nobles, Taiji, etc., who wantonly exploited you, and you did not have any private property. There are not even any cattle and sheep, and they are exploited by the aristocracy. ”
"Of course, I also know that you have always been loyal to the Central Plains. We have recovered the country this time, and we Han people need the help of our Mongolian brothers. Of course, we won't ask you to help in vain. I can promise here that all the Mongol soldiers and herdsmen who have made meritorious contributions in the war can be rewarded with land. In the war, we will confiscate the pastures of all the Mongol nobles and distribute them to the Mongol soldiers who have made meritorious contributions. ”
"We will take the platoon as a unit, and all the soldiers of the Mongolian and Han Allies who have made meritorious contributions can be rewarded with the grassland. Kill one person and you can get ten acres of pasture. Capture an enemy and get thirty acres of pasture. A prisoner of a crippled person can also get fifteen acres of pasture. This is the most basic, as for other merits, we will gradually announce the standard, in short, we can give rewards to those who have made meritorious contributions. ”
"Whoever has achieved the standard of meritorious service can be awarded the title of knight and given the pasture as a fief. The corresponding knights also have some privileges, but the knight title and grassland can only inherit three generations! ”
Those Mongolian warriors heard this title of rewarding pastures and knights, which made those low-level Mongols also red-eyed. These low-level Mongols were originally working for the nobles to graze their cattle, but they had little to gain. Even if they went to loot, most of them belonged to the nobility, and ordinary herdsmen did not have the opportunity to obtain much, and they could not even drink soup. At this time, Tan Feng promised to give them a reward for grassland, and also cancel the identity of those Mongolian nobles, and give them the status of so-called knights, so that they have become nobles?
After becoming a nobleman, they can't get status and wealth in this way, of course they go to work hard.
"Okay, we are willing, I am willing to follow the commander. As long as you can give me the pasture and are willing to give me the status of nobility, I can follow you! A Mongol suddenly shouted.
These low-level Mongolian herdsmen are oppressed by the nobility on weekdays, but they also hope to become nobles and get pasture. These low-level Mongols, who have nothing, will not hesitate to seize once they have the opportunity to turn over. These are the people at the bottom who will seize every opportunity to climb up, not only for the Han people, but also for any nation. Tan Feng exploited these class struggles within Mongolia and then used them to overthrow the Mongol aristocracy.
"You have to remember that those Mongol nobles were canonized by the Manchus. If the Manchus are allowed to come, the Manchus will still canonize other princes Taiji, and then you will still be oppressed. Therefore, if you want to gain land, you must kill the enemy, and it is better to capture the enemy, not to kill it easily. Otherwise, if we fail, your pastures will be confiscated, and you will even have to be slaved again. Tan Feng said.
Tan Feng deliberately set up that capturing an enemy can get thirty acres of grassland, but killing an enemy can only get ten acres, this is actually hoping to get as much population and human resources as possible, and these are what Tan Feng lacks the most at present. Regardless of whether the other party is Han or not, in short, there are dates or not, and the living people are brought first, and how to use them specifically, even if they are coolies, it is better than being killed and wasted for no reason.
As for the steppe, this is of no use to the vast majority of Han Chinese, and it is not impossible to give it to the Mongols. Even giving them the title of knighthood can be regarded as a combination of the various policies of the East and the West towards nomads, and it is necessary to subdue the hearts of these Mongols, so as to ensure that their backyard does not catch fire.
"Commander Tan, I want to ask, if you win the world at that time, what are you going to do? Is it still necessary to reward a big nobleman to come over? What will you do with our Mongol territory, will you continue to reward the prince to exploit us, or will you rule directly by the officials of the imperial court? If we directly let the court officials of the Han people rule, then how can we live in peace, and can you guarantee that the court officials will not affect our customs and ways of life? Someone suddenly asked.
Tan Feng was surprised in his heart: "What I said is insightful!" It seems that not all Mongols are honest men! However, on this cruel grassland, the truly simple and honest people die the fastest! Those who survived were all pretending to be pure! ”