"My lord, there is good news from Liangzhou, the Yanju Mansion has taken the Ganzhou Mansion and the Suzhou Mansion by Shun Lì, and joined Wei Zilin. Now, we have smoothly connected the land of the eight prefectures in the western part of Liangzhou with Xiazhou, so that our army can smoothly transport military supplies and daily needs of the people from Xiazhou to the western part of Liangzhou. "Zhao Wangfu, the political envoy Pei Yi reported with a smile on his face.

Zhao Xun said with a smile: "The army of Yanju Mansion took Ganzhou Mansion and Suzhou Mansion, which is not a problem in the first place. After all, in the land of Liangzhou, the western prefectures and counties have been abandoned by the Liangzhou army, which is extremely barren and not valued by the Liangzhou army. Only Yanju Mansion has become an important place for the Liangzhou army to stop us. Yanju Prefecture, the western prefectures and counties, are already in the bag. ”

Pei Yi said: "My lord, Lord Wei Zilin Wei asked us for help, hoping to move as many people west as possible to fill the shortage of Han people in the western prefectures and counties. His Majesty believes that this matter should be acted upon as soon as possible, and the relocation of our Han people there as soon as possible will not only stabilize the rule, but also lay a solid foundation for our army to attack the Western Regions. ”

"Population...... Population ......" In this regard, Zhao Xun also frowned secretly. In recent years, the Zhao army has expanded repeatedly, especially in the territory of the current Great Yan Kingdom, which has expanded the land of Sanzhou outward, and relocated many Han people to supplement it, which has made the people everywhere relatively even, and few people have become landless refugees. And when the people have fields and homes, where will they be far away from home? Zhao Xun also did not want to use coercive means.

In addition, the western prefectures and counties of Liangzhou are located in the northwest and are relatively barren, and the people are not far from their hometowns to build new homes in the bitter cold land. Therefore, Zhao Xun is also a little tricky about this.

Seeing Zhao Xun pondering, Pei Yijian said: "My lord, if we don't go south now and attack the southern princes, especially the Yongjun, we will definitely be able to get a lot of landless people from the Yongjun." There is no new policy under the rule of Yongjun, and there are many landless people, can we take advantage of this? ”

Lu Ziliang on the side shook his head and said: "No, at this moment, our army suddenly goes south, which will inevitably make the southern princes frightened." Originally, our army had already occupied half of the country, and if we attacked to the south, it would definitely make all the princes tremble. Aren't they afraid that our army has the intention of going south to attack the world at this moment? As soon as the princes who are currently fighting in the house stop the war, then our original plan to use them to contain each other and attack the border will be miscalculated. ”

"Let's not talk about anything else, even though this old and sick Situ Lei is not a good stubble. Once he stops attacking Murong Cheng and unites with the rest of the princes, it will be difficult for us to go south. His Majesty's intention was to follow the original plan, first consume Situ Lei, and reduce the pressure on the Yongjun army, forcing these princes to separate and become independent, and completely dismember the Yongjun. If the strongest Yong army is divided, then half of the obstacles to our southward movement will be gone. ”

Zhao Xun nodded and said: "Now is indeed not a good time to wave the army south, this Situ Lei is not an ordinary person, if he is forced too urgently, he will definitely join forces with Murong Cheng and others to unite the southern princes to fight against our army." ”

Pei Yi frowned and said, "Situ Lei is willing to join forces with Murong Cheng, but Murong Cheng may not necessarily join forces with Situ Lei." In the past, the Qi army, the largest prince in the world, has now been divided by the Tang army, the Yanzhou army and the Yong army, how could Murong Cheng swallow this breath? Besides, the little emperor in Situ Lei's hands is also a big obstacle to his Murong Cheng's ascension, and he is unwilling to erect another big mountain on his head. Once he joins forces with Situ Lei, he is bound to admit the identity of the little emperor in Situ Lei's hands, in that case, he Murong Chengke will really have no hope of ascending to the throne. ”

Situ Liang said in a deep voice: "What if Situ Lei is willing to abolish the little emperor and let him disappear, or rather, hand over the little emperor to Murong Cheng?" In this way, will Murong Cheng agree to Situ Lei's alliance request? Even, Situ Lei is willing to give up or return some of the benefits of seizing the Qi army? ”

Pei Yi was stunned and said, "In this way, it is very likely." However, this Situ Lei worked hard to set up a righteous banner for himself, and he worked hard to dig out a large piece of meat from Murong Cheng's hands, and Situ Lei was willing to give up? In order to defeat Murong Cheng, Situ Lei has been fighting with him for decades. Now that there has finally been a great change, how can Situ Lei be willing? ”

Zhao Xun said with a smile: "If it was on weekdays, of course Situ Lei would not be reconciled. If he Situ Lei was still in the prime of life, he would not be reconciled. However, if my family moves south, with Situ Lei's current situation, he knows very well that if he dies, his sons will not be able to lead the Yong army to block our army. In this case, everything can be discarded. After all, if you don't give up, the Yongjun army is likely to disappear. And his Situ family will also die at my hands. ”

Pei Yi couldn't help but sigh and said, "It seems that we can only wait until Situ Lei hangs up." However, fortunately, the current Situ Lei has begun to gather the rights of various states and is ready to pave the way for the new King Yong. This shows that Situ Lei's time is running out. It won't be long before our plans come true. ”

Zhao Xun smiled, "You're right, now we have all the advantages in the face of the Yongjun." It's just a matter of waiting for some more time. For this little time, the king is still waiting. Besides, this king also hopes that Situ Lei can hold on for a while longer, so that we can pacify Liangzhou and settle the Western Regions, and at the same time let the southern princes fight you to the death, wouldn't it be better for us to do it. ”

"By the way, if you want to relocate the people, how many people do you need to relocate? In this regard, can the Chief Secretary have a big number of questions? ”

Pei Yi said: "Back to the Lord, if you want to completely stabilize the western provinces, you need at least more than one million, and it can even be said that the more the better." After all, we're going to continue to expand westward in the future. Not to mention that the countries of the Western Regions have cut off our trade routes, they have also begun to bewitch the foreign tribes and local powerful rebellions in Liangzhou, and it is necessary to conquer them with the power of thunder. If you don't let them know how powerful my Da Zhao is, they won't submit lightly. ”

"A million people, this is indeed not a small number!" Zhao Xun couldn't help but smile bitterly. Although there were tens of millions of people under the rule of Zhao Jun, it was not a simple matter to move more than one million people to the western part of Liangzhou. Even, this is more troublesome than sending hundreds of thousands of troops. After all, the army moves in a rational and orderly manner, with strict rules. But the people who are moving are not only responsible for their travel needs, but also responsible for their settlement and their ability to survive in their new homes.

Situ Liang said with a smile: "My lord, although this population of more than one million people seems to be a lot, we don't have to move there all at once. We can take it slowly, and add up to a lot. ”

Zhao Xun was stunned and said with a smile: "This king was confused, and he was shocked by this number for a while." Situ Liang is right, a population of more than one million is indeed a lot, but we are not going to move there all at once. It only needs to be done slowly, and sooner or later more than one million people will be relocated to Liangzhou. ”

Lu Ziliang also said: "Now that the southern princes are fighting and the people are displaced, there are not a few people under the rule of my Zhao army who go north. Although it is not suitable for the people in the eastern regions to move to Liangzhou, it is still very promising for the people in the Yongjun to move to Liangzhou. If we can occupy all of Liangzhou, that is the most convenient thing for us to move to Liangzhou. Now to move the people from the rule of the Yongjun, it is necessary to make a detour to Xiazhou, and finally to the west of Liangzhou. ”

Situ Liang said: "If this is not the case, the eastern part of Liangzhou, the Lingzhou Mansion near the east, has been taken by my Zhao army. And the north and northwest are also my family's land, we are surrounded on all sides, and in the absence of foreign aid, the land of Liangzhou will not be able to be defended for a long time. It shouldn't be very difficult to take Liangzhou. In addition, we can also let the troops stationed in the southern part of Bingzhou coerce Chang'an and Luoyang, forcing the Yongjun army in the land of Yongzhou and the Yongjun army in the land of Chang'an not to aid Liangzhou. Let's do our best to take Liangzhou and lay the foundation. ”

Zhao Xun nodded and said, "It's okay, just do it like this." Let the troops stationed in the state move, and the right is to train the soldiers. Then let someone be sent to take charge of the relocation of the displaced people, and all the displaced people who fled from the rule of the Yongjun army were moved to the western part of Liangzhou. Otherwise, the Chief Secretary for Administration must take responsibility for this matter, and remember that nothing can go wrong. This king will send people from the Supervision Department and the Eagle Eye Division to join forces to supervise, and anyone who dares to play sloppy in this matter will be severely punished. ”

Lu Ziliang suddenly said: "My lord, since it is mainly the displaced people who fled to survive under the rule of the Yongjun, why don't we send a small work to Yongzhou and Yizhou to publicize the benefits under the rule of our Zhao army, so that the people here will move north one after another." In this way, not only can we speed up our plan to relocate the Han people, but it will also weaken the power of the Yongjun army and create problems for Situ Lei. ”

Zhao Xun stroked his palms and smiled: "Yes, this is a good idea, send people to publicize and publicize, and increase the treatment we give to the Han people who move to the western part of Liangzhou." In addition, the counties in the western part of Liangzhou are exempt from tax for two years. Newly relocated Hermes-Epitek is exempt from tax for three years to encourage Hermes-Epitek to move to Liangzhou. ”

Pei Yi thought for a while and said, "My lord, my subordinates also have a little bit of a construction, but this construction can't be effective quickly, but it has a lot of effect in the future." ”

Zhao Xun smiled: "Oh? But it doesn't matter, this matter is related to the safety of the entire western part of Dazhao, and it is by no means a matter of time and a half, and this requires a steady stream of influence. ”

Pei Yi said in a deep voice: "Relocating the population, this is just increasing the number of Han people from the outside, why don't we increase the number of Han people from the inside?" The western part of Liangzhou is barren to people, but from the previous dynasty to the present, it has always been the land of our Han people, and the former dynasty and the current dynasty have moved the population many times because of border problems, filling the ratio of Han people and Huyi. In the western provinces of Liangzhou, although our Han people cannot have the absolute upper hand, half of them are still there. ”

Zhao Xun gradually understood what Pei Yi meant, and suddenly said happily: "Then what is your Jianyi?" ”

Pei Yi said: "Let these Hermes-Epitek increase their own population!" ”

Lu Ziliang on the side suddenly realized: "Your Majesty understands what Lord Pei means, what Lord Pei means is to encourage childbirth, and even reduce the fertility of Huyi foreign tribes. ”

Pei Yi smiled: "That's right, that's what Your Majesty meant." Since we want to increase the proportion of Han people, since we want to maintain the stable rule of our Han people in the western part of Liangzhou, and Han people occupy an absolute dominant position, it is indispensable. How can we achieve the desired goal? Either your team increases, or your enemies decrease. ”

"It's okay to say that the easiest way to increase is to move people from other regions, but this is not something that can be done simply. If it is in the prosperous era, it is not a problem to move millions of people to Liangzhou at all, and we can fully afford the consumption of millions of people migrating. But at this moment, it is still in a period of war, and any accident may lead to the temporary suspension of this migration, or the forced to suspend it. ”

"And to reduce the proportion of the enemy, the cheapest is to use force to solve the other party. However, the massacre can only bring tyranny, and it will have a great adverse impact on our rule over the western part of Liangzhou, and even on the future invasion of the Western Regions and trade with the Western Regions. So, we need to take a softer, but more effective, approach. ”

"We can encourage Hermes-Epitek to marry more wives and concubines, have more children, and even reduce taxes and even give money and food to families who raise certain children. As for the foreigners living in the western provinces, they must obey the laws of our Zhao army, which must restrict them from marrying wives and taking concubines. Of course, there is no explicit limit on the number, but it is possible to increase their taxes based on the size of the population. Of course, the most important thing is the offspring, which must be subject to certain restrictions. ”

"In addition, we must immediately expand the academy in the western prefectures and counties to teach the Han culture of foreign ethnic groups in the country, and as for their descendants, they must also accept it. Otherwise, the western prefectures and counties, whether they are government offices or shops, will not use them. When the new generation grows up, not to mention that there are more Han-epitek newborns than foreigners, it is a new generation of foreigners, and I am afraid that they will also be tamed into Han-mes-Epitek. ”

Situ Liang couldn't help but admire: "Good idea, we are all fascinated by the most superficial questions. Master Pei's move is a great good. Encouraging fertility and educating saints is also a very powerful means. ”

Zhao Xun couldn't help but smile and said, "That's right, these are very good methods." Give Wei Zilin an order immediately, and do as he says. Either way, we're going to do both. ”

…………

Since Li Chenfeng led his troops to merge with Wei Zilin, the land of the five northwestern provinces has become extremely stable. At this moment, Mo said that a small Tulun Ministry was killed by Gaochang and other countries in the Western Regions, and Wei Zilin and others were not afraid. Immediately, Wei Zilin once again wielded a butcher's knife and carried out a bloody suppression of the powerful clans who occupied a large amount of land and wealth in the western regions and the horse thieves who wandered around the localities.

At the beginning, when Wei Zilin took over the three prefectures in the northwest, although he also cleaned up some local heroes, these were all heroes who lived in the city. Wei Zilin did not directly take action against those Haoqiang who lived outside the city and established Wubao and those foreign gathering places that did not obey the jurisdiction of the local government. One is that Wei Zilin needs to take over the place as much as possible, and hopes that the place will be ordered smoothly. Second, there were not many troops in Xue Qinglan's hands at the beginning.

But now, in the entire eight provinces in the western part of Liangzhou, more than 50,000 town troops have gathered, 30,000 with local government soldiers, county soldiers, and township inspection divisions to inspect and inspect. At this moment, it's time to clean up the place.

As a result, under the joint dispatch of the town army, local government soldiers, and county soldiers, town by town was solved. This time, Wei Zilin's methods were more ruthless than before. These local powerful and foreign gathering places all ignore the existence of the former Liangzhou Military Mansion. Not only can they not contribute to the government, but they are a cancer living in the western counties of Liangzhou.

The army is pressing, who dares to resist? Even the Tulun army, which was tens of thousands of troops, was wiped out overnight, not to mention them? It's not that no one has resisted in these powerful and foreign gathering places, but in the end, they all became corpses.

In Wei Zilin's words, since it can't be used by me, let's go to hell with the original Liangzhou army. In the end, the Zhao army used the upright oppression of the army to force these heroes to surrender. On the other hand, he began to send the Shadow Division, the Hawkeye Division's masters, and the strong men in the Zhao Army's scout team to assassinate these powerful clans. After all, Wei Zilin didn't want all the private servants and tenants of these powerful families to die due to the war. No matter what, it can also add a labor force for Zhao Jun to rule the western provinces. Also, those powerful families will encounter inexplicable things, either the whole family is poisoned, or they die violently.

Immediately afterwards, the local government accepted the private soldiers, tenants and property of those wealthy and powerful families, and transported the population and property to the local government for unified disposal. Most of these possessions will be spent on the people.

Subsequently, Wei Zilin received Zhao Xun's instructions and began to post instructions in various government offices. Of course, on the surface, it is natural that Han-Min and Hu Yi will not be directly divided very clearly. However, Wei Zilin borrowed it in order to increase the population of the western provinces and prosper the localities, so he encouraged childbearing. Although it is not explicitly stated, it is implicitly pointed to Hermes-Epitek. However, Hu Yi didn't care too much about some things about marrying wives and concubines.

What made Hu Yi care was that the government posted a notice clearly stipulating that in Liangzhou, the Han language was the official language, and those who could speak Chinese would have priority in recruiting soldiers, distributing fields, and rewarding those who could speak Chinese. Subsequently, the merchants of Zhao who had newly arrived in the western region also said that in the future, those who could speak Chinese would be given priority to recruit helpers and subordinates.

In this way, the Qianghu, Western Regions Hu, Turkic, Tuguhun, and Dangxiang people living in the western prefectures and counties of Liangzhou began to be busy learning Chinese. These foreigners living in Liangzhou are mixed, but they all have the same, they are not very powerful in their respective ethnic groups, otherwise, they would not live in Han land.

Subsequently, a large number of academies of various grades were established in the western counties of Liangzhou. In this way, it has also settled many scholars who have taken refuge in Zhao Jun in recent years. Under the rule of Zhao Jun, Mr. Shuyuan was also a kind of official yamen who was similar to the adjutant, and the treatment was also very good. And in the western provinces, the enlightenment of saints also began to float.