Changing customs

Author: Gongsun Wujiu

Changing customs

Zhang Yue told him, "Don't worry about race. As long as you can serve the empire well, just recruit. If you don't have enough money, just come to me."

"Thank you, lord. I understand. I wonder if lord has any other instructions." Yang You said respectfully.

At this moment, Zhang Yue suddenly remembered that next year, in the second year of Tianhan, three major events would happen between Han and Hungary.

One is that Li Guangli conquered the Xiongnu, the second is that Li Ling went out of the fortress, and the other is that Chengdu attacked the chariot division.

Li Ling went out to the fortress and was defeated. Junjishan was too far away from Luntai. Zhang Yue couldn't help him even if he wanted to.

However, Li Guangli's Battle of Tianshan and Cheng Sheng's Chariot Division are not far from Luntai. There may be opportunities for him to take action.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yueduo and Yang You said: "With the civil strife in Wusun, the Huns will definitely take the opportunity to advance eastward. In the coming days, Qianniuwei's focus must be on Shan Kingdom and Cheshi Kingdom."

Yang Youdao: "My lord, what you mean is that next year the Xiongnu and the Han will start a war in the Western Regions."

Zhang Yue said: "I'm not only worried about the Western Regions, it's very likely that the entire Hexi region will also be affected."

"If I am not mistaken, the battle will take place in the shadow of the Tianshan Mountains. The most critical thing for the Han and Hungarian countries is the charioteer and the Shanguo."

Yang You praised, "My lord, I have great wisdom. Although the mountain country is small, it can hide thousands of horses. If they suddenly attack during the war, it will be extremely disadvantageous for us."

Zhang Yue smiled bitterly, "That's true. If the Cheshi Kingdom blocks the army's return route again, I'm afraid the army will be doomed!"

Yang You made a military salute: "Don't worry, my lord, I will keep an eye on these two countries at all times and never let them have the opportunity to sneak attack on the army."

Zhang Yue patted Yang You on the shoulder, "Thank you for your hard work. When arranging manpower, you must also pay more attention to the safety of the personnel. Everyone is very important."

"Don't worry, my lord, I'll spare you the trouble..."

After Yang You left, Zhang Yue sent an order to Han Jiang, asking him to send people to search for iron ore in the Tianshan area.

And he once again organized the Luntai garrison for a new round of military training.

There was no way, the standing army was insufficient, so we had to use these young men stationed in the fields as supplements to the army.

Fortunately, although the population of Luntai is not large, they are all young and strong. Except for a few children, there are still 1,600 young adults who can fight on the battlefield.

In addition to the 200 people who followed Li Si to transport grain to Loulan, there were 1,400 young men.

Zhang Yue trained these young men according to the mounted infantry of the later Tang army.

Melee combat is still the same as in Zhangye. The spearmen only train one thrust, and the light soldiers only train one slash.

But compared to when they were in Zhangye, everyone had another extra training.

Because the situation in Luntai is much better now than it was in Zhangye, Zhang Yue added one more item to his training of Ding Zhuang, that is, shooting.

There are now 300 crossbows and 500 bows in Luntai's arsenal.

With these things, it was enough for the Luntai Han army to form a powerful arrow array.

Therefore, Zhang Yue required every soldier or strong man to practice shooting.

Moreover, he also formulated the assessment standards. Taking the step shooting as an example, if the distance is 50 steps, five out of ten are qualified.

Seven out of ten is considered good, eight out of ten is excellent, and nine or more out of ten is considered a great shot.

Those who are good or above will receive corresponding rewards. Those who are unqualified will naturally be punished.

Those who fail three times will be fined as a handyman for three months.

…

December of the first year of Tianhan

Li Si and Lu Han returned to Luntai with 1,238 exiled criminals.

That night, in order to welcome the newcomers, Zhang Yue once again held a grand bonfire party.

No wonder Zhang Yue was so happy and valued. These people were different from the previous ones. They were all people from the Xia Dynasty who truly came from Guanzhong.

Moreover, because of their birth, these people have read some books and know some words.

This is an incredible wealth for Luntai today.

If he simply needed population, Zhang Yue could actually find a large number of Dingkou very quickly.

For example, most of the original Luntai people were actually not killed, but fled into various valleys at the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains.

When Yang You was investigating the information of Shanguo, he also found out the situation of these Luntai immigrants.

There are at least ten thousand Luntai survivors in various valleys at the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains.

As long as Zhang Yue learned from the later Manchus and adopted the strategy of searching mountains and seas, he could quickly gain a population of tens of thousands.

But Zhang Yue has never dared to do this. Why? Because the current situation in Luntai is actually quite dangerous.

Although Luntai was controlled by the Han army, few of the people below were real Han people.

There are not many people who know Chinese characters and follow Han culture.

Under such circumstances, if a large number of foreigners are introduced, the final result will not be that the barbarians become inferior, but that the Xia will become barbarians.

For example, among the current Han soldiers, some soldiers have begun to be influenced by the indigenous people of the Western Regions.

But now with the arrival of this group of people exiled from Guanzhong, Zhang Yue no longer has to worry about this.

Even if these people are dissatisfied with the empire, they will unconsciously educate the people around them.

Originally, the Zhuxia civilization was the most developed and noble civilization in this era, so it naturally had a strong attraction to people from lower civilizations.

Coupled with the strength of the Han army, foreigners will also take the initiative to learn from empires that are stronger and more civilized than them.

This is still the result of completely letting things take their own course, if coupled with deliberate guidance and education.

Zhang Yue believes that soon these people in Luntai will become real Han people. They can even radiate and affect the surrounding countries of Qiuci, Yanqi and Gumo.

With their arrival, Zhang Yue could really start to implement his original plan.

"I wonder what you think of the current situation in Wu Luntai, sir?" Zhang Yue was discussing with Li Si.

Li Si smiled and said: "From a certain point of view, although our place in Luntai is beautiful on the surface, it is not. Surrounded by barbarians outside, there are no people of Xia inside. It is like sitting on the crater of a volcano, being attacked at any time.

The possibility of being devoured by flames.”

Zhang Yue nodded and said: "Of course, the heroes have the same view. Under the current situation, Luntai is unable to expand. If it wants to continue to develop, it must first lay a solid foundation."

Li Si nodded and said: "Today, if we want to build a solid foundation for our Luntai, we can only use the word enlightenment."

Zhang Yue said: "Yue Zheng has this intention. I am planning to carry out a large-scale enlightenment strategy in Luntai. I hope you can help me!"

Li Si said: "I don't know my lord, what do you care about?"

Zhang Yue said: "First of all, we must abolish the Yi customs and change the Han customs. Especially for the Luntai survivors, we need to dispel the foreign thoughts in their hearts."

"Secondly, from now on, we are not allowed to wear barbarian clothes. We will all change to Han clothes. We are not allowed to wear braids. Everyone must wear their hair in a bun."

"Last and most important, learn Chinese etiquette and practice Chinese characters!"

Having said this, Zhang Yue solemnly bowed to Li Si and said, "Sir, please help me!"

Li Si bowed back and said, "How dare you disobey me!"

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