A nation is a stable community formed by people in history with a common language, a common region, a common economic life, and a common psychological quality expressed in a common culture.

Although the Youyun Han people of the Liao Dynasty still used Chinese in language at this time, they were culturally significantly different from the Han people in the Central Plains at the same time, and in terms of geographical and economic life, they were closely related to the ethnic minorities in the north and were isolated from the Central Plains, and more importantly, they were completely different from the Han people in the Central Plains psychologically, and they lost their sense of identity as the key factor of the same ethnic group, and it was difficult to say that it was still a stable national community.

As the most educated and most populous ethnic group in the Liao Dynasty, the Han people in the sixteen prefectures of Youyun have now become the most special group in the north, and as the most educated and populous ethnic group in the Liao Dynasty, they are discriminated against in politics and cannot be perfectly integrated into the political life of any dynasty.

At the same time, in terms of their own mentality and cultural characteristics, the Youyun Han people are not only different from the Khitan and other ethnic minorities, but also different from the Han people under the rule of the Central Plains Dynasty, and do not always tend to any one country, but form a self-contained interest group in the competition of various regimes in the north. Their superiority in demographic, character, and cultural level has made them an isolated and important weight in northern China, not acting according to the subjective will of any regime. When they fall to a certain regime, it will give that side a great advantage in the struggle, thus fundamentally changing the balance of power in northern China...

Now Zhang Xiaochun refers to the Yanyun Han people in front of Zhao Ta, which shows that the Han people in the Central Plains regard them as not my race. And the existence of this kind of emotion will inevitably make it impossible for the Youyun Han people to find identity among the Central Plains people.

Based on Zhao Ta's understanding of history, it is precisely the inconsistencies and impersonal speculative policies of the Song Dynasty. It made some Han people who had hope for the existence of the Song Dynasty completely disappointed and even despaired, coupled with their own original wall-riding attitude and the way of life formed by the Youyan Han people who had been trying to survive in the cracks for a long time. The Youyun Han people who made the Great Fan descend to the Song Dynasty either rebelled against the Song Dynasty and attached to the gold. Either die under the contradiction between the Song and Jin countries, and there is no other way to go.

It was the Song court that made many mistakes in its treatment of the Youyun Han people, which led to the outbreak of the Song-Jin War, and the disappointed Youyun Han people all turned to the Jin Dynasty, so that more Youyun Han people embarked on another path - defected to the Jin Dynasty. In today's complex international and domestic environment, Zhao Ta knows that he cannot change the views of the whole country, even his father. At this time, what I can do is to 'know the destiny of heaven and do my best', and deal with the things in front of me, but this thing is not easy to do!

Hedong faced two lines of defense, Western Xia and Liao. However, because it is mostly mountainous, it can be fortified with danger and is convenient for defense, and the army is less than the two roads of Shaanxi Road and Hebei Road, but the 22 state troops of Hedong Road are also stationed in more than 120,000 of the Ban Army, of which the original Ban Army is 95,000 people, and the Xiang Army is more than 30,000 people. These forbidden troops all need to be supported by Hedong, which can be said to be a huge burden. Now that 50,000 righteous victorious troops have entered Hedong to get food, the economic pressure brought to Hedong can be imagined.

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For this top boss who has just grown a beard, Li Siben and Geng Shouzhong are respectful on the surface, but they look down on them very much in their hearts. thinks that he was only able to climb to this high position because he was born in the emperor's family, and Zhao Ta has a bad reputation in the capital except for Hedong, and Li Siben, who is Tan Zhen's confidant, is certainly not a stranger. Cheer up and deal with it.

And Geng Shouzhong only heard of Zhao Ta's name, and only heard that he had led his troops to defeat Western Xia. But as a border general of the Liao State, he also fought a bloody battle with the Jurchens. Seeing Zhao Ta's 'weak' little body, he already looked down on him a little bit, and he didn't believe his record, but he had to bow his head under the eaves, and he still counted on this 'kid' to eat and pay for it!

Zhao Ta is a human spirit, after a few words of greetings, he can see their thoughts from the smiling faces of the two, of course he will not scream, but shout at them, greet their families one by one, whether the old man is in good health, whether the child is married, whether he has a living habit in Daizhou, etc... That attitude is called a good, there is no bit of the prince's high stand, and there is no official tone, it is all common words.

Li Siben is okay, after all, he has been mixed in the officialdom of the Great Song Dynasty, and he is still vigilant against the prince, and his answer is also decent. But Geng Shouzhong was fooled by the appearance of the prince, and the tears of emotion dripped on his beard again and again, and then he poured out the bitter water, talking about the difficulties after his return to the Song Dynasty.

Geng Shouzhong chattered like this, and let the appeasement of the accompaniment make Zhang Xiaochun sit on pins and needles, embarrassed, and wanted to interrupt but see that the prince was quite interested, but he didn't dare to speak, and even gave Li Si the envoy a look, but that person pretended not to see, completely used his colleagues as guns, and acquiesced to him to sue him for his 'tricks', but the prince listened with relish.

It turned out to be just a routine short visit, but because of Geng Shouzhong's verbosity, it turned into a long talk, and when he saw noon, the prince ordered someone to prepare a banquet. How can the boss's food be eaten casually, according to the rules, of course Zhang Xiaochun excused himself in every possible way, but Geng Shouzhong made a real mistake and took it seriously, and sat there and didn't leave, so everyone had to eat with him.

As soon as the meal was served, Geng Shouzhong was overjoyed, the food was the flavor of Liao to his appetite, and his favorability of the prince rose by fifty percent, and the two of them frowned, feeling that this vulgar meal was difficult to eat, and they all stopped at a shallow taste, just watching the two of them feast.

After drinking and eating and drinking tea for a while, Zhang Xiaochun couldn't help it, and said that he got up to say goodbye when he had something to deal with, and the two of them couldn't sit down anymore. Of course, the two of them would not come empty-handed when they met their boss for the first time, and when they said goodbye, the prince personally sent them out of the door and ordered someone to prepare a return gift.

Things don't seem to be much, each person has a small box, and when they get home and open it, they all swallow their saliva, and the prince's return gift is more than twice as much as that he gave himself. Li Siben was uneasy, and wondered if the prince was hinting at what he had ordered, whether he had given it less. But Geng Shouzhong didn't think about it so much, but felt that it was the prince's love for him, and he didn't think he gave it less!

The next day, the prince personally went to the camp to comfort the soldiers of the Yisheng Army, and flocks of sheep drove into the camp, and everyone became much closer to the prince. Seeing that he was only followed by a few relatives, his heart was even warmer, thinking that when Lord Tan Zhen, who proposed to form their righteous victory army, went to inspect the army, not only a group of generals and staff members hugged him, but also the pro-army who followed him into the camp was not less than a thousand, I am afraid that these people will harm him.

Looking at this new boss again, not only is the official bigger than that Tan Zhen, but he is also a prince and prince, but he does not have such a big battle, this is a great trust in himself! But the people in the Yisheng army are not all of this kind of mind, but feel that it is precisely because of their 'strength' that the prince of the Great Song Dynasty has to put down his body to show favor to himself, and try his best to win him over, but the purpose is to let himself die for him!

But in any case, Zhao Ta's pro-people policy still had some effect, at least making these righteous victors feel that the prince is still different from other Han people, at least they will not scold themselves as Fan people like them. As a large amount of grain from Taiyuan arrived, and the forbidden army no longer ate stale grain, Zhao Ta convened a meeting of officials and gentry, reaffirmed the national policy, and warned them to treat their compatriots well. After a series of measures, the current crisis has eased.

Entering March, Hedong's annual review will be held in Daizhou, in addition to the forbidden army and the loyal army that are responsible for the garrison task, even the Daizhou state army will participate in the review, and after the review will be held codenamed 'counterattack' military exercise, Zhao Ta did this for three purposes:

One is to improve the level of combat readiness through this military exercise, because Daizhou is the first barrier in Hedong and Taiyuan, and it is the traditional path for nomads to invade the Central Plains, so he must be familiar with the local terrain through this military exercise, and be able to respond quickly according to the plan after the invasion occurs, and know how to deal with the road without panicking.

Second, I hope that through this review, everyone will have an understanding of the Yisheng Army, eliminate their prejudices, and reduce friction between them, so as to affect the Youyan Han people who returned to the Song Dynasty, so that they can integrate into the Han people in the Central Plains...

When the two generals of the loyal and brave army, Tiger and Wolf, who participated in the parade, marched into Daizhou City, the Yisheng Army, which still boasted of being the first general in Hedong, immediately fell silent, and they immediately understood what the division of tigers and wolves was. Geng Shouzhong suddenly understood that it was not for nothing that the prince could make such a prestige in Hedong, he had fought with the Western Xia people, and also fought with the Jurchens, and the quality of this team in front of him was by no means inferior to the so-called invincible Jin army.

The hussar charge formation, the roundabout circle of the dragoons, the defensive formation of the infantry army, and the musket and artillery fire behind the demonstration of the loyal warriors pushed the whole review to a climax, and in the deafening sound of cannons, both the big trees and the stone walls four hundred paces away were turned into powder and flying sawdust in the violent explosion. The arrogance of the soldiers of the Yisheng Army who were observing at the scene also turned into a white cloud in the air in the explosion, and they no longer dared to regard the good intentions of the prince as a woo, and they had to admit that the Yisheng Army was a pile of scum in front of the loyal army!

Zhao Ta looked at Geng Shouzhong's pale face, his hands trembled slightly, and his trembling smiles made him feel his difference and sincerity. And this artillery fire is to tell him that he respects him not because he is afraid of him, if he wants to rebel, just look at the loyal army in front of him, he can destroy them at any time, and it is best to put away any bad thoughts... (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please go to read. )