Chapter XX The meeting is in progress

As mentioned last time, Liu Hou and a group of civil and military officials held a meeting to discuss the management of the Nanzhong region in the future, and now we are about to talk about how to manage the minority nationalities in the future, that is, the issue of ethnic policy. At this time, Lu Kai also came out to build yì:

"His Royal Highness the Prince, Kai Jian Yì can migrate some Han people from Hanzhong, Yizhou and other places, so that the proportion of Han people in the southern middle land will increase, so that after a long period of Han and Yi mixed living, the Yi people will gradually be assimilated, and the place will naturally be peaceful, and there will be no more such a big rebellion as this time."

"Well, yes, this is a way to cure the root cause, but this method is good, it may be a little slower, and it can be done in a day. The county guards can slowly carry out this work in the future. Liu Hou praised verbally, but in fact he didn't think so in his heart, this Lu Kai didn't seem to have a clear grasp of the current situation.

During the Three Kingdoms era, the warlords fought for decades, and now there is not one in the world's population, and all countries are in a time of population shortage, and there are still large tracts of fertile land in the Central Plains that have been abandoned and left uncultivated, and the princes have done everything possible to gather the population, where is it possible to migrate people from rich areas to these poor and remote areas.

However, this is indeed a good strategy to solve the national problem, but the timing of its use is not right, and if the world has been peaceful for decades and the population has exploded, then it will be the best time to use this strategy. For Lu Kai, he has been sticking to the city for so long, and he is the best choice in terms of ability and loyalty, and Liu Hou is not good at dampening his enthusiasm, so he did not directly point out the inappropriateness of his strategy, but just said that this is a long-term strategy, so that everyone can slowly figure it out.

"We can also set up schools in various counties and counties to recruit barbarian children for free, giving them a way to enter the government. I believe that there will be many barbarians who are willing to come to study, and these people will return after reading the book, and they will bring the culture of the Han people to the barbarian tribe and gradually assimilate them. Fei Yi said.

Chengdu is now gradually setting up many grassroots schools, and every county has at least one school, and some wealthy townships have even set up schools. These schools are government-run, free of charge, and open to all school-age children. Therefore, often when the registration time comes, the school is crowded, and the supply of places exceeds the demand, in order to alleviate this situation, many counties are urgently building or expanding the school.

"Well, that's the one thing that has to be done. We must treat the barbarians equally, treat them equally, and not discriminate against them, let alone oppress or exploit them, so that they can return to their hearts.

At the same time, it is also necessary to pay attention to the assimilation of culture, and it is also a good way to set up schools and let them learn the books of the sages, as long as they all study the books of the sages, they will gradually identify themselves as a member of the Chinese people, and after a hundred and ten years, there will be no longer any distinction between Han and Yi. Liu Houdao.

"The prince is wise!" All civil and military officials stood up and bowed their hands to Liu Houdao.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, from Chengdu to Nanzhong, all the way, found that the land here is fertile, but these barbarians do not know how to cultivate, some of them just sow some seeds, and no longer manage, and even some of the crops are left to fend for themselves, they only know how to pick, and ignore the rest of the things, and waste a lot of good land in vain.

Hui asked His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to hire some good men from Chengdu and Hanzhong to come and teach these barbarians to plant, which is better than hiding in the dense forests and living by hunting and gathering. Li Hui is worthy of being a famous minister, and his opinions are quite good, no wonder he has made remarkable achievements in governing Nanzhong in history, and he is really insightful.

"Well, General Li is right, there are many barren fields in Nanzhong, which can be distributed to the barbarians to attract them to go out of the mountains and forests and cultivate the land. In the future, the county magistrates should do a good job in this work, not only to solve the problem of agricultural tools for them, but also to organize experienced old peasants to teach them farming.

The people regard food as the sky, and agricultural affairs are related to the foundation of the country, so please do a good job of persuading farmers to do a good job. Liu Houdao.

"There is still a way to weaken the barbarians." Guo Yuzhi came out again to mention the construction yì, and in general, his construction yì is very useful.

"Oh? I would like to hear about it. Liu Houdao.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can recruit a large number of barbarians to form a force, and he can follow the emperor to conquer the Central Plains in the future. In this way, we can not only enrich the number of my Han's army, but also reduce the number of barbarians, especially the number of young and strong barbarians. ”

I have to say that Guo Youzhi's method is very good and very vicious. Since there is no way to immigrate Han Chinese to reverse the proportion of ethnic composition for a while, reducing the number of barbarians can also have the effect of changing the proportion of ethnic composition.

The large number of barbarians can not only change the proportion of ethnic composition, but also weaken the strength of the barbarians in their young and middle-aged years, which is also the main force of their rebellion. Moreover, the imperial court also got a large number of brave and warlike troops for nothing, which is really a good strategy to kill three birds with one stone.

"This method is good, but I am afraid that the barbarian tribes will not give in and refuse to hand over the young and strong people in the clan." Fei Yi was a little worried.

"So this southern expedition is not over, and the battle still has to be fought. We can take a few barbarian clans and make an example of them. For example, Meng Huo and the cave master of the three caves must be punished as they deserve, and their tribes must also pay the due price. Guo Youzhi's murderous machine was awe-inspiring.

Liu Hou understood what he meant, as long as these big tribes were conquered and handed over their youth and wealth, the other small tribes would naturally obediently obey.

"Well, Mr. Guo is right, the whole world is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister. Although these barbarians are far away, they also have to fulfill the obligations of citizens of the empire, they must pay taxes, and they must perform military and labor services.

In the future, the county guards will follow this to execute, for these Yi people, no longer pay taxes in the form of tribute, but to be the same as the Han people, treat them equally, what kind of taxes the Han people pay, what taxes they have to pay, what obligations the Han people should do, what obligations they should have. Of course, they should also enjoy the rights that the Han people can enjoy, in short, they will be the people of the Han Dynasty in the future, and there will be no more Yidi distinction. ”

It's hard to do if everyone looks at each other, right? How do these aliens collect their taxes?

Liu Hou didn't want to give these ethnic minorities such and such preferential policies, hoping that it would be ethnic equality rather than conniving and spoiling them. These people will eventually take the benefits, but they may not accept your affection. It's better to treat everyone equally, maybe then they will have a greater sense of belonging to the big man. Dissatisfied? Then hit until you're satisfied.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, I'm afraid it will be difficult to implement it like this, these barbarians live in the mountains and forests, they are all outsiders, they don't understand the rules, and if they have milk, they are mothers. If the court has benefits for them, they may be able to show their submission on the surface, but now not only do they not give them benefits, but they also have to collect taxes, I am afraid they will not be willing. In case of another civil uprising......" Speaking of the back, Zhang Yi didn't dare to say any more.

"Hehe, Master Zhang, you will also say that they are just superficial submissions, in that case, why should the imperial court waste those benefits on them? It's better not to give it at all. Since we have to give them benefits, we have to oppose them if we take them, so it is better to wait until we take the benefits.

You don't have to worry, excesses and miscellaneous taxes will provoke the people to revolt, and the people will generally be able to recuperate, as long as they are not exploited and oppressed by corrupt officials and landlords, they will not rebel.

I will play my father's role and send down supervision officials to strictly supervise officials at all levels and local tyrants, and if any illegal acts are discovered, they will be severely punished. As long as the rule of officials is clear, there will naturally be no official coercion and rebellion. Liu Houdao.

In the future, of course, it is not so simple to govern Nanzhong, and carrots and sticks are very useful strategies at any time. This carrot is to let them have the same identity, rights and status as the Han people, let them learn the Han culture, learn the advanced production knowledge and living habits of the Han people.

The big stick is naturally the army, and it is necessary to station a strong army to strike a thunderous blow at individuals and tribes who do not obey discipline, do not follow the rules, and refuse to fulfill the obligations of a subject of the empire. It is conceivable that for a long time to come, the southern and central regions will not be calm, and there will be fires everywhere. However, these are temporary, and as long as these policies can be continued, the Nanzhong region will definitely be completely naturalized, and there will be no difference between Yizhou and Hanzhong.

"Okay, let's make a plan for the encirclement and suppression of the three marshals of Meng Shu and Jinhuan Sanjie, Dong Dana, and Ah Huilan." Liu Hou continued.

As a result, everyone began to express their opinions again and devote themselves to the formulation of the battle plan. Since the large force of the barbarian army has dispersed, the Shu army does not need to concentrate its forces to attack a certain place, which is too wasteful of time. At the end of this meeting, it was decided that the troops would attack the barbarian tribes in four directions.

The first route was Li Hui led 10,000 troops, and Guan Xing led 500 musketeers to assist him to attack Marshal A Huilan; The second route was Ma Zhong led 10,000 troops, and Zhang Bao led 500 musketeers to assist and attack Marshal Jinhuan Sanjie; The third route led 10,000 troops by Lu Kai, assisted by 500 musketeers from Guan Suo, and attacked Marshal Dong Dana; The fourth route was Guo Youzhi himself as the main general, E Huan was the deputy general, leading 10,000 troops, and Liu Hou assigned them 1,000 musketeers to attack Meng Huo.

Each road is equipped with a hot air balloon, and there are 10,000 baggage soldiers responsible for logistics and transportation, which can be described as huge.

Since the cold weapons unit is mainly composed of brute soldiers who were originally captured, the firearms unit is also competent in this environment because it has been trained in jungle warfare and mountain warfare.

Liu Hou asked the firearms units to bring enough ammunition, especially explosives for attacking fortifications. These firearms units generally do not attack, and only when they encounter a fortress that cannot be captured by the cold weapons troops, they are allowed to blow up the fort with explosives. In peacetime, they were used as war overseers, and once these barbarians were about to rebel, these firearms units were sure to suppress the rebellion in time under the powerful firepower output.

The meeting lasted for four days, and there were many things that were discussed, and many things that people did not understand very well. From the gloomy faces of the generals who hurried away after the meeting, everyone knew that everyone's hearts were not easy.

There are many policies that came out of this meeting, and they are required to implement them, and these policies are not simple at first glance, some are military, some are economic, and some are internal affairs, some of which may be very difficult to implement, and some of which they do not even understand.

But they also know that everything at this meeting is very bright, and many of them shine with the glow of history, and they know that if they do a good job, they may be able to leave a name in history, which is the ultimate goal pursued by every official since ancient times. Therefore, individuals who leave in a hurry devote themselves to their work with the utmost enthusiasm.

ps. It's really hard to write these policy things, it may be a bit messy, please forgive me.

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