Of course, the three Qiang elders came here for profit. They showed enough low profile and sincerity, and they also hoped that Chen Qing would compromise on interests.
Chen Qing also knew this well, so he simply treated the Hehuang Qiang people. First, they needed to identify themselves as people of the Song Dynasty, and then give them autonomy.
Second, they also have to pay taxes like the Hehuang Qiang people. The reason is simple. Only by paying taxes can they prove that they are citizens of the Song Dynasty. They do not necessarily have to pay how much tax, even if it is just a symbolic payment of a few hundred sheep every year, that is
Pay taxes.
Of course, it is impossible to pay such a small tax. The sheep tax paid to them by Xixia is 30% of the number of newborn lambs every year, which is equivalent to a high tax rate of 30%. But the sheep tax paid by Chen Qing to the Hehuang Qiang people is half a percent, which is 100%.
Five-fifths of it was given to the Qiang people of Xixia.
Third, the Qiang people also need to join the army, and the specific number can be discussed.
The three elders readily agreed to these three points. They also knew about the Qiang people in Liangzhou, and they were consistent with what Chen Qing said. However, the three elders were most concerned about the territory.
Chen Qingtan said: "Our dynasties have ruled the border areas first into agricultural areas and pastoral areas. The Han people occupied the agricultural areas and handed over the pastoral areas to the Hu people, except for the official horse farms.
If there is a county seat in the pastoral area, then the county seat will be ruled by the government. As long as you can accept this agricultural and pastoral principle and the city principle, then the territory will be easy to negotiate."
The three elders looked at each other, and Elder Hong said cautiously: "But there are also farmers and hunters among the Qiang people, so what should they do?"
Chen Qing said with a smile: "This actually involves the division of agricultural areas and pastoral areas. Simply put, the Hetao area is an agricultural area, and the areas outside the Hetao area are pastoral areas. It doesn't matter what the Qiang people do, whether they are doing business or farming.
Well, the key is to see where he settles.
If he settles in a farming area or within a county, then he will have a civilian household registration just like the Han people, and will be under the jurisdiction of the government and not under the jurisdiction of the Qiang tribe. The same goes for hunters. It also depends on where he settles."
"How wide is the county seat?" Elder Gui asked.
After a pause, he added: "I mean the county seat in the pastoral area."
"Everything within ten miles outside the city belongs to the county area."
Chen Qing explained patiently: "This rule is not aimed at you. It was set down on Xihe Road. Many lessons have been learned. If Qiang and Han people live together, disputes and conflicts are likely to occur. Who will govern?"
It must be from the government, this Qiang man also has a civilian household registration."
The three elders nodded, "We completely understand!"
At this time, Elder Hong said again: "There is still another important matter to discuss with the Xuanfu envoy."
"Elder Hong, please speak!"
Elder Hong sighed and said: "At the beginning, we supported many of Xiao Heda's troops, and some soldiers died in the battle. However, a large number of Qiang soldiers were captured, about 20,000 of them, and their families were turned into slaves and were
They were called Khitan slaves and were escorted to Henan Mountain for mining. But according to the latest news we got, these Khitan slaves have all been transferred to the army. Brother Richard threatened the safety of their families and asked 20,000 Qiang soldiers to work for him.
, I beg the general to spare their lives during the war."
Chen Qing said slowly: "Generally speaking, we do not keep surrendered prisoners. If these Qiang soldiers are willing to surrender and we can identify their identities, then their lives can be spared."
"Thank you, Ambassador Xuanfu. We will secretly notify these Qiang people and ask them to surrender as much as possible on the battlefield in order to obtain forgiveness!"
Several people discussed some details of the delivery of troops, and then the three elders said goodbye and left. Chen Qing personally sent them out of the city, watching their convoy passing the Yellow River Floating Bridge, and watching the convoy gradually go away.
The news that the Song Army captured Yingli County and Mingsha County reached Xingqing City, and the whole city was shocked. The emperor, civil and military officials, dignitaries, soldiers and ordinary people all realized the danger of destroying the country, donated money and materials one after another, and actively signed up. After joining the army, he raised a lot of wealth and 20,000 soldiers in just a few days.
In the palace, Li Qianshun also washed away his previous illness and began to focus on the war. Brother Richard has also forcibly recruited more than 100,000 troops these days. Adding the existing troops, the number of Xixia troops has reached 280,000. .
The number of troops was sufficient, but new problems arose. First, they were short of armor, so they began to collect weapons in various cities. Even rusty daggers had to be turned in, barely allowing each soldier to have a weapon. , but there is really no solution to the problem of armor. The 80,000-strong army can only wear cloth armor and turbans, and it is also called the White Armor Army.
Not only were there insufficient soldiers and armor, but money and food could not last long. Although the wheat had just been harvested, due to the impact of the war, a large amount of land was uncultivated, and the wheat output last year and this year dropped sharply by half.
The mine's copper output also dropped sharply by 80%, resulting in no coins being minted for three consecutive years. Copper coins have become more precious in the market. On the one hand, there is a shortage of food. On the other hand, the circulation of copper coins is very small. The problem of insufficient money and food is becoming more and more serious. It's getting more serious.
Brother Richard certainly knew that most of Xixia's wealth was in the hands of the powerful. Last time he dealt with King Tuoba Aqu of Chu. Although he got a lot of money, the emperor also seriously warned him that if he dared to do this again, he would be punished directly. Remove him from military rank and title.
The emperor was really angry, so naturally he couldn't do it anymore. Although the Jin Kingdom also agreed to help, he didn't dare to count on when the Jin Kingdom's aid would arrive.
Brother Richard was pacing back and forth in the room, thinking about what to do?
Staff member Han Feng laughed and said: "There is a way for me to get a lot of money and food for my humble job."
Brother Richard was overjoyed and asked: "What can we do?"
Han Feng whispered a few words, and Brother Richard frowned slightly, "This will involve the interests of those powerful people. Even there are hundreds of Song maids and slaves in my house. Do we have to deal with them?"
Han Feng smiled slightly and said: "Don't you have a manor outside the city? Send them to the manor, and the other dignitaries will do the same, and they will definitely support it."
Han Feng said a few more words, and Brother Richard nodded repeatedly, "It's a good idea. You should be able to get a lot of money and food!"
Early the next morning, Brother Richard made a new suggestion. In order to eliminate the spies hidden in Xingqing Mansion by the Song Army, he suggested that all non-party people in the capital should be expelled from the city. Whether they were civilians or servants of wealthy families, as long as they were not party members All the people were driven out of the city, and even non-Party troops were stationed outside the city.
In this way, there would be no spies from the Song Army, and no spies would cooperate inside and outside. This suggestion was supported by Emperor Li Qianshun and became a formal decree.
Brother Richard first started to clean up the army. The armies are very distinguishable. They were distinguished before when distributing armor and weapons. The party members all have armor and standard weapons, while the foreign armies are all white-armored troops and mixed weapons. As long as all the white-armored troops are stationed Outside the city, there are no foreign troops inside the city.
Brother Richard sent another 100,000 troops to the streets and began to check the identity of the slaves from house to house. The first was slaves. Slaves were prevalent in Xixia. Almost every household had slaves, most of whom were from the Song Dynasty. However, the emperor's edict left no room for bargaining. If you refused,
If a slave is sent away, he will be driven out of the city together with his master.
This move made ordinary party members complain, but the wealthy and powerful people welcomed it very much. They had large farms outside the city and placed all their slaves in the farms. Not only that, they also purchased large quantities of slaves from ordinary families at very low prices.
, and sent them to the farm for harvesting and farming.
Next came the civilians who were not members of the Party. This was Brother Richard's real goal. There were hundreds of thousands of civilians who were not members of the Party in Xingqing City. The soldiers only allowed them to carry a small amount of food and clothing, and then escorted them out of the city directly.
Disaster fell from the sky for tens of thousands of households. The soldiers shouted loudly and forced each household out of the city. Hundreds of thousands of people cried and helped each other out of the city. Many of the people who cried and refused to leave were regarded as Song soldiers.
The spies arrested him and tortured him.
When the people were driven away, all their property and food were confiscated by the soldiers. On the city wall, Brother Richard laughed proudly. Of course, money and food would not fall from the sky. Seizing it from these foreigners would indeed cost the least.