In Chang'an, two disturbing pieces of news shocked the government and the public.
One piece of news was that the party members in Gyeongju and Wonju were revolting, and the other was that the Chuwol tribe living in the south of Jinshan showed signs of rebellion.
The Dangxiang people were originally the Xiqiang people living in Hehuang. Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty and Wu Zetian moved them twice to the Guannei area, Yuanzhou, Qingzhou, Xiazhou, Yinzhou and Yanzhou, and mixed with the local Han people.
Together, 70% of the party members are concentrated in Wonju and Gyeongju.
After An Lushan captured Chang'an, the army continued to attack Shuofang where the temporary imperial court was located. The Tang army also responded with all its strength. Qingzhou and Yuanzhou became the battlefields of the two armies. A large number of Han people either died or fled.
The party members were safe and sound.
As Li Ye successfully attacked Chang'an, Anlushan's army quickly withdrew southward, and the war came to an end. The temporary court and the army also hurriedly moved south to Hanzhong. The Dangxiang people took the opportunity to occupy the open space left by the Han people. This was an opportunity for the Dangxiang people to develop rapidly.
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After the Helong Army obtained the Guannai Road, Gyeongju and Wonju have been used as bases for animal husbandry. During the Tang Dynasty, the Kannai Road had relatively high rainfall and a warm climate. There were large pastures in Qingju and Wonju, so the imperial court transferred several
Millions of sheep were placed in Wonju and Gyeongju, and some party members became professional herders, earning rewards for herding.
However, conflicts will inevitably arise in any matter over time. This is also caused by the different cognitions between the parties involved. If the conflicts are handled well and everyone understands and gives in to each other, the conflicts will be resolved.
But if the conflict is not handled well, it will lead to intensification of the conflict between the two parties and end up in a mess.
The Dangxiang people's herding falls into the latter category. The conflict comes from the lambs. Millions of sheep belong to the imperial court. The property rights are clear and the Dangxiang people recognize them.
The ewe gave birth to a lamb. The imperial court believed that the lamb was still the property of the imperial court and could not be questioned. However, the Dangxiang people did not think so. They believed that half of the lamb belonged to them.
The two sides have negotiated more than once, but the court can only give at most 10% of the lambs as a reward for the party members to take care of the ewes.
The party members are very stubborn and will never give in on the things they believe in. There is no compromise. They insist on getting half of the lamb, and there is no room for negotiation between the two parties.
The negotiations reached a stalemate, but the ewes continued to give birth to lambs, and the lambs gradually grew up. At first, everyone could grit their teeth and endure it, but as more and more sheep whose property rights were unclear were accumulated, the number exceeded
After half a million, the conflict finally broke out.
The party members took the initiative. They built more than 20 castles in the mountains and drove 500,000 sheep into more than 20 castles.
The pastoral officials immediately discovered that the number of sheep was wrong, and they quickly found out the truth. While negotiating with the party members, the supervisory officials also requested support from the garrison in Yuanzhou.
When a thousand Tang soldiers broke through the first castle, the conflict intensified. Tuoba Chaoguang, the party leader of Wonzhou, announced that he would no longer accept the rule of the Tang Dynasty, and Tuoba Qimei, the party leader of Qingzhou, also announced
Do not accept the rule of Tang Dynasty.
Party members from the two states killed twenty-three pastoral supervisors, routed two thousand Tang troops led by Yuanzhou's military envoy, and publicly beheaded Yuanzhou's envoy Duan Hongwei.
The party also seized millions of sheep from the imperial court. They assembled tens of thousands of troops and occupied Wonju, Gyeongju, Yeonju, Xiazhou, and Yinzhou, seriously threatening Yanzhou, which is rich in oil, and Lingzhou, which is rich in grain.
When the news reached Chang'an, it immediately shocked the government and the public. This was a rebellion at home. The Dangxiang people were only a few hundred miles away from Guanzhong. Li Ye was also very angry. He was not angry because the Dangxiang people were rebelling. He knew that sooner or later the Dangxiang people would become the henchmen of the Central Plains Dynasty.
In case of serious danger, he specially stationed troops to monitor the party members. As a result, the party members rebelled, and Li Ye realized that he knew nothing about it.
In the political hall, Li Ye banged the table with his knuckles, "What a shame! It's a great shame. In our report, Dangxiang is still a primitive and loose family, docile and low-key, indifferent to the world. At most, they are just for a few sheep."
They have conflicts with us, but now! They actually have an army of tens of thousands, and they actually have a party king. Where do their weapons come from? How do they organize their army? They actually have political power, but we know nothing about it!"
Privy Councilor Guo Ziyi advised: "Your Majesty, please calm down, I may be able to explain some of the situation!"
Li Ye held back his anger and said, "Privy Envoy, please speak!"
Guo Ziyi said calmly: "Your Majesty, the Dangxiang people have never been a gentle nation. They are very brave and fierce. There are five major tribes in total, because the relationship between us and the Dangxiang people is just an employment relationship. We hire a small number of Dangxiang people to herd our sheep.
, so our understanding of Dangxiang people comes from these Dangxiang people who herd sheep for us.
They worked for us and showed a gentle and low-key side to us. In addition, we signed a contract with single-family party members, and they also acted as independent families. We didn't know that they actually had tribes, and naturally they didn't know.
Understand the situation within their tribe.”
Guo Ziyi's explanation made more sense. Li Ye's anger calmed down a little, but he was still dissatisfied. Guo Ziyi only explained part of it. This is how the pastoral supervisor knew the Dangxiang people, but what about the garrison? The Yuanzhou garrison was to fully monitor the Dangxiang people.
At this time, Guo Ziyi continued: "Weichen suspects that Duan Hongwei, the military envoy of Yuanzhou, may have been bribed by Dangxiang. Today, Weichen went through his previous reports. Basically, he said good things about Dangxiang people and what happened to Dangxiang people.
How grateful to the imperial court for giving them a place to live, how loyal to the imperial court, all five reports have the same content, and they never reminded the imperial court that the party members would rebel one day."
Li Ye nodded, that was about the same. He pondered for a moment and said: "Duan Hongwei has been killed by the Dangxiang people. This is also his retribution. Now I want to know how many troops the Dangxiang people have and where do their weapons and equipment come from?
Does the Privy Councilor know?"
Guo Ziyi thought for a while and said: "The total number of party members is between 300,000 and 400,000, so their military strength is about 50,000 or 60,000. As for the source of their weapons, it should be the Tang army and the Anlushan rebels in Yuanzhou.
The weapons and armor left over from the fierce battle with Gyeongju. There was no time to clean up the battlefield, so these leftover weapons and armor fell into the hands of the Dangxiang people. After they repaired them again, they hid the weapons among the people. This is also the habit of nomadic people. They usually work as herdsmen.
, a soldier in wartime.”
At this time, Wei Jiansu, who had been silent for a long time, said slowly: "Your Majesty, when the late emperor ascended the throne in Shuofang, the leaders of the five major tribes in Dangxiang all went to Hajj to congratulate them. They were the only ethnic group to go to congratulate them. The emperor was very moved and gave them a lot of money.
The high degree of autonomy only belonged to the Tang Dynasty in name, but in fact it made them independent, and the five chiefs were named khans.
This is why there is no information about the party members in the imperial court. His Majesty has been regent for two years and ascended the throne for two years. In the past four years, he has been fighting in the periphery, instead of paying attention to the surrounding areas of Chang'an. The party members have become a shadow. Of course, the court also
The Dangxiang people ignored it and always felt that they were no different from the Qiang people in Hexi and Longyou, but in fact the two were very different."
Xiao Hua, the Minister of Household Affairs, also said: "Wei Chen also looked through the records of the Dangxiang people today, and only recorded the names of their five tribes. The records are still from ten years ago, but the Hexi Qiang people are different. The names of each Qiang household are
The information is available in the imperial court. This is a typical dual destiny, belonging to the tribe and at the same time to the people of the Tang Dynasty."
At this time, Bai Xiaode, Secretary of the Ministry of War, asked: "Your Majesty, I heard that there are signs of rebellion in Jinshan Chuyue. What is going on?"
Li Ye said slowly: "The Chuyue Tribe was the former Jinshan Tribe. It lived between Jinshan Mountain and Zheluoman Mountain. It was originally a dozen small tribes. Among them, the Zhuxie Tribe became stronger and unified the Jinshan Tribe and changed its name.
It is the Chuyue tribe, also called the Shatuo tribe. It turns out that the south of Jinshan belongs to Tingzhou and Yizhou, and is under the jurisdiction of the Beiting Governor's Mansion. It is the territory actually controlled by the Tang Dynasty. Their rebellion is to control this land under the control of the Tang Dynasty.
The territory under actual control has become a Jie State. This is not urgent, it is just a title. Once the party members are dealt with, it will not be too late to deal with them. Besides, I have long wanted to destroy Ge Luolu and pack the Jinshan Department and Ge Luolu together.