After listening to Su Li's prevarication, Zhang Bao snorted coldly and said, "Hmph! Are they faithful? They are just loyal on the surface, but in fact, they are all characters who have milk and are mothers, who are strong will be loyal to whom, and who is powerful will flatter whom.

When the court was strong, they would pay tribute to the emperor, flatter and praise the emperor, and even offer some local products as tribute. Of course, the imperial court will usually give them more money in return, and not only will they not suffer losses, but they will also be able to make a lot of money. Say a few flattering words, express a low profile, you can get a lot of benefits, such a good thing, who wouldn't want to do it?

It is said that these grassland people have a simple temperament, and they may not see it, if there are no these rich rewards, do you think they will pay tribute? This is the so-called coming to the court of all countries, which is extremely ridiculous, in fact, one or two are not all here to take advantage of the court.

It's ridiculous that those rotten Confucians still appreciate this kind of thing and feel more face-saving. But look, what do the courts do when they are in a weak position? They'll turn their backs and deny people! Don't say that let them contribute a little bit of strength to help the court, as long as they don't take the opportunity to fall into the ground, it's good to send troops to make trouble.

What do you think is the use of such loyalty, Lord Sully? If they keep it like this, do you think the imperial court really controls the region? ”

It seems that Zhang Bao has been by Liu Hou's side for a long time, and many thoughts are deeply influenced by Liu Hou, and there are also sets of principles when it comes to these things. Su Li listened to these words, but felt cold sweat ~ water.

He originally had illusions, thinking that now that the Han Dynasty was strong, he could temporarily take refuge and rely on the Han Dynasty, so that he could preserve his tribe, and then take advantage of this opportunity to slowly develop and expand the power of his tribe. When the vitality of the clan is almost restored, it will be possible to control the fate of himself and his clan again.

Now when he heard Zhang Bao's words, he felt bad, he thought he was a smart person, and he always treated others as stupid~, but how could people be stupid~? How can there be no smart people? Now it seems that he is stupid~.

Although Zhang Bao's remarks were a criticism of other tribes in the Hetao area and the grassland, he was not beating Su Li.

"I don't know what General Zhang thinks, how can it be considered to be completely in control of this area, and how can it be regarded as loyal?" Su Li blushed and said stiffly.

"Originally, according to the rules of the Central Plains, the land was measured in the Hetao area, divided into counties, opened a government office, and asked the imperial court to send liuguan to manage it. In the future, the people living in these places will be the people of our Han Dynasty, and they will all be registered and paid taxes in accordance with the rules of the Central Plains. ”

"This" Su Li was speechless, can this work? This place is now half farming and half herding, but the relationship between the various forces is complicated, they have been out of the control of the imperial court for a long time, and now it is unimaginable to manage it all at once.

"What? Is there a problem with Sully-sama? Zhang Bao asked.

"That's a bit of a doubt."

"But it doesn't hurt to mention it."

"There are many tribes and forces living in the Hetao area, including Han Chinese, Xianbei people, Qiang people, and even Xiongnu people, and the situation here is very complicated. The point is that they used to be free and easy, and they were free from the rule of the imperial court for a long time, and they did not have to pay taxes, but they could do ~ things freely.

Even those forces who were close to the imperial court, they only regularly paid tribute to the imperial court some cattle and horses in exchange for the salt, iron, grain, tea and other materials they needed, and they were not subject to too much control.

Now they suddenly say that they will be deprived of their freedom and let them pay taxes without compensation, which is undoubtedly taking food from the tiger's mouth of these people. A certain worry will cause them to be strongly dissatisfied and act excessively.

If one or a few tribes rise up to resist, it will be a very troublesome matter if the forces of the entire Hetao unite against us. Moreover, many forces in the Hetao area are inextricably linked to the peoples of the steppe, and if they send troops into the Hetao to interfere in this matter, the problem will be even more complicated. ”

Zhang Bao said: "Of course, Ben General expected a strong backlash from them, otherwise what would you do with it?" After you enter the Hetao area, whoever dares to resist you will be killed, one person will resist and kill another, and one clan will resist and kill another, until no one dares to resist. ”

"This" Su Li continued to be speechless, did General Zhang want to make himself an executioner? If all the people in the Hetao resist, will they kill everyone? Then his great name will definitely spread to every corner of the grassland in the future, but it is notorious and famous.

I only heard Zhang Bao continue: "Also, now the tribes in the Hetao area and the grassland have their own armed forces, which is very detrimental to regional stability. Therefore, after you go to rectify this area, you must collect the weapons of the tribes and let them disband their troops, and you will not allow the tribes to have private soldiers anymore. ”

"This can't be done, there are many dangers on the grassland, such as wild wolves, bandits, and even some grassland tribes will rob each other, if they are not armed, it is easy to be exterminated." Surrey Road.

This is not alarmist, the rules of survival on the steppe and the agrarian society are completely different. The law of the jungle applies to the grassland, and the people who live here need to fight with the sky, the earth, people, and animals.

Let's not talk about the wild wolves, if you encounter it personally, you will basically be dead and lifeless. In addition, there is a harsh climate here, and often after a white plague, I don't know how many livestock and people will freeze to death, and then many people will starve to death. The land here also produces little food, and many people often go hungry without enough to eat.

Hungry people can easily become bandits and rob other people. Therefore, whenever the time comes, some tribes that can't get through will go around plundering other tribes. If a tribe is not adequately armed, it will be easy to be exterminated at this time.

This is why the grassland people are fierce, all of them are brave and ruthless, and all the people are soldiers, there is really no way, this is all forced out. These things are unimaginable for ordinary people in a relatively comfortable farming society, which is also the reason why Zhang Bao takes it for granted.

Su Li gave Zhang Bao a brief introduction to the living conditions of the grassland, focusing on the various dangers that may be encountered on the grassland. Zhang Bao realized that his ideas may not be very reliable.

After thinking about it, he said again: "In that case, let them keep a small amount of security forces." However, the number of such security personnel must be strictly limited, as must the weapons used. ”

After thinking about it, he added: "It is better to concentrate the security forces of the various tribes and put them under the unified management of the government in the form of vigilante groups." That is to say, according to the size of each tribe, a certain proportion of the people must be drawn out to form a militia group, and these famous regiments are led and trained by the leaders of the militia sent by the county.

The people of each tribe should be dispersed, reorganized into a team, and after training, they will be randomly dispatched to each tribe to do security work. In addition, it is also necessary to organize some people to clean up all the wild wolves and bandits in the area to ensure the safety of the entire Hetao area. ”