"One more thing to worry about." On the carriage, Shao Shude closed his eyes and murmured.
Zhong pressed it gently for him.
This woman is "terrible".
She would not agree to Shao Shude's perverted requests, but in other aspects, she served him perfectly.
On the way to Xingdongdu, she took care of almost all of Shao Shude's daily life. The details were perfect and the attitude was meticulous, so much so that Shao Shude wanted to ask her: "Is this tiring?"
But he didn't ask after all.
Everyone has their own values, their own code of conduct, and their own way of life. It would be unsightly to force others to change.
"Your Majesty is pretending to be worried too much." Zhong's soft voice sounded in his ears.
"Indeed." Shao Shude smiled bitterly.
Once upon a time, he thought that by wiping out the world, he had done most of the work. But he soon discovered that he was thinking too much, and one thing after another came at him, leaving you in a hurry.
Of course he could take it easy.
Wouldn't it be enough to do less work? As the hero who unifies all nine states, is it possible that there are still people forcing you to work?
That's what they say, but people really can't be so free and unrestrained.
There are people who force him to do things, including himself.
This is like a person who has saved a sum of money and after doing something important, there is still some balance left, so he decides to use up the balance. Because the single amount spent is small, there are many places to spend money, and it is very trivial.
On the contrary, it made me very tired.
Sometimes, he plans to leave these trivial matters to the people below to do it, and then run out to "play" for a year and a half. But after all, people cannot be so willful. He no longer has the qualifications to wander around, and he is not sure about many things.
Leave it to the people below to do it—before the new pattern is completely formed.
"After Yalong is completed, there is still Xiangzhong. After Xiangxiong is completed, there is still the matter in Persia. Even in the Beiting area, the Yigas people are becoming increasingly active and have to be on guard." Shao Shude sighed.
"Isn't the Yagasi people's government offices near the Jian River (Yenisei River)? Why do they go south to harass them?" Zhong asked curiously.
"There's no other reason. It's cold! The weather has gotten colder." Shao Shude said: "When the weather gets cold, there is less rain and the pasture is not prosperous. In winter, people will freeze to death, cattle and sheep will be slaughtered in large numbers, and life will become more and more difficult. This year
, Lifanyuan is probably going to provide disaster relief."
Zhong suddenly realized.
She was beside the saint, and she also heard reports from the northern grassland that the grass growth this year was not very good, and the shamans had not even calculated it - well, to be honest, shamans often miscalculated, but this did not affect their calculations.
Reputation, as long as you calculate it correctly once, everything will come back.
The Lifan Academy has already come up with a response plan. The Ministry of Revenue ordered Guanbei, Hedong, Hebei, and Liaodong to prepare grain and hay and transport them to Yinshan, Yanshan, and Daxianbei Mountains to prepare for grassland relief at any time.
To be honest, this opened Mr. Zhong's eyes.
In ancient times, did the emperors of the Central Plains help the grasslands?
Another point is that the Lifanyuan responded very quickly. It only saw a few signs and immediately took decisive action. Is this the Qingming politics in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China?
Saints all do different things. These things may fail or fail to meet original expectations, but it is always a good attempt.
"There is no need to regard the grassland as a burden." Shao Shude smiled and said: "Their existence is the de facto frontier army of Daxia. They are all guarding the border for you, so naturally they will provide some benefits."
When he said this, he thought of a certain country in later generations. It may be very reluctant and may have always wanted to get rid of it, but from a historical perspective, it has actually served as China's border guard for more than half a century, so that Liaodong can be
Instead of deploying many troops and horses, only border police are needed, which saves countless military expenditures.
"Can the Xiugas fight?" Zhong asked curiously.
"It's not bad, I can't say that I can fight a lot, but I'm not weak either." Shao Shude said: "During the reign of Emperor Xizong of the Tang Dynasty, some Xigasi people were attracted to go south and were defeated by Li Keyong in Yunzhou. In the past thirty years,
The Tatars are moving westward, and they are also moving westward. Regarding the Yygas, I have no intention of using force to deal with them. The overall strategy is to treat them with courtesy first and then attack them with force."
Mr. Zhong listened silently.
"In the early Tang Dynasty, the Xigas people sent envoys to the dynasty, saying that they were descendants of Li Ling and had a nephew-uncle relationship with the Tang Dynasty. Their desire for expansion was not very strong. After conquering the Uighurs, they found that they were unable to rule.
Then left slowly." Shao Shude continued: "If they are willing to obey, I kind of want them to invade westward."
The biggest reason is that they are self-aware and know how much they weigh, which makes it easier to handle.
Historically, the Yygas people moved westward to the Tianshan Mountains during the Yuan Dynasty, merged with the locals, and became the ancestors of the Kyrgyz people.
Interestingly, except for a few people - such as the tribal chieftain who claimed to be a descendant of Li Ling - the Tang Dynasty recorded that the "red hair", "green eyes" and "fair face" of the Xigasi people were completely Caucasian. However,
Modern Kyrgyz people have a yellow appearance.
It can only be said that the area inside and outside the Tianshan Mountains is too chaotic, with various forces coming and going, and the bloodlines are complicated.
The Uighurs, Mongols and even the Khitans who migrated westward all brought a large amount of yellow genes to the local area. After a long time, it is difficult to tell clearly who each of them is.
"In the future -" Zhong was a little worried: "Will the imperial court be dragged down by these tribes?"
"It's possible." Shao Shude said: "How long can we hold it? During the period of holding it, find a way to move more people from the Central Plains. In this way, even if it is lost in the future, it will not be considered a loss."
Zhong is a little difficult to understand.
Once you have immigrated, and if they lose control and become self-reliant, isn't it a total loss?
Shao Shude didn't bother to explain and continued to close his eyes and meditate.
The carriage continued eastward, day after day.
Apart from reviewing memorials, Shao Shude spent most of his time focusing on the frontiers.
This is the most fragile and difficult-to-preserve part of the country he built, and it takes up too much of his energy.
Sometimes his thoughts were racing, and he remembered what Li Keyong said before he died.
According to Li Luoluo, his adopted brother's last words were: "I'm tired..."
I'm really a little tired, but you still have to cheer up. Your life is not used up yet, and you are not qualified to rest.
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At the end of May, the emperor passed through Tongguan.
Shao Shude took a day off in Nanyuan and took care of his official duties.
Below Nanyuan, the first-class national highway narrows suddenly, almost hugging the Yellow River.
More than a hundred years ago, 100,000 Tang troops left Tongguan, which was conducive to defense, and crowded on this narrow corridor. The army was unable to form an army, and the formation was not formed. They did not know the front and rear, and did not follow the front. As a result, they were defeated by the Anshi rebels.
, there is not much left of the 100,000-strong army.
Sometimes, you can hardly imagine how stupid the person who gave the order is.
One hundred thousand people crowded into this narrow tidal flat and were tortured and killed without the ability to fight back. Why did they do this?
The wisdom of future generations is actually so low!
Shao Shude couldn't help but cheer up and try to solve more troubles for future generations——
Since Li Shouxin's delegation arrived in Suiye in early September last year, they have been contacting the Ogus people there. It took a lot of time to go back and forth, but before they could figure it out, winter came, so they and hundreds of people went there
They spent the winter in Balasagon and did not continue their journey westward until mid-March this year.
Before leaving, Li Shouxin sent back a memorial.
A month later, when he arrived at the pastureland of the Ogus people, he sent another memorial, which was forwarded by King Gongtuo to Yanqi Mansion, and then rushed five hundred miles to Shao Shude's desk.
Going forward, it becomes difficult, if not impossible, to convey information.
Li Shouxin's memorial mainly mentions Suiye, Rehai, Yili and Ogusi, with more than ten thousand words written in great detail.
Shao Shude roughly read the part about Broken Leaf and Atami, but it was still the same.
The Ellie Valley occupies a certain amount of space.
Li Shouxin mentioned that Zhao Wang Shao Siwu warmly entertained him in Gongyue City.
There are about 4,800 "common people" households in the eight counties of Yili, with a population of more than 22,100. Most of them are the families of upper-level Zhao State officials, craftsmen, and people from the Central Plains who have immigrated in recent years.
In addition to the "common people", there are about 15,000 households with more than 46,500 people.
It can be seen from the data that, except for a few veterans who have moved their families in the Central Plains one after another, the vast majority of young men have married and started families there - who knows where the brides came from - and some families still have children.
The next generation.
This total of more than 60,000 people is almost the basic base of Shao Dalang in the local area. Considering that in the past two years, four to five thousand children from the Forbidden Army families have come over one after another and been reorganized into the left wing of the Tianwu Army, these people are also his basic base.
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In addition to "common people" and "military households", there are also "communities" - even more nakedly in the local area, they are directly called "slaves" without any cover-up.
The number of "slaves" was very large, with a total of more than 22,500 households and more than 104,000 people, all of whom were distributed to the government soldiers. On average, there were less than two slaves per family, which was much worse than the conditions in the Central Plains.
This demographic structure makes Shao Shude very worried.
Fortunately, Dalang doesn't plunder the population much anymore. Now he is concentrating on stabilizing digestion and his mind is still very clear.
According to Li Shouxin, some Confucian students from the eight counties of Yili went to educate the people and were very diligent. In the early years, Confucian students could directly become officials, but now it is too difficult. There is no other way.
Half-tempted and half-forced by the imperial court, the people moved west to Yili and settled down.
Li Shouxin was full of praise for Shao Dalang, saying that he built cities, built water conservancy projects, treated virtuous and corporal officials, and acted only on merit. The Yili River Valley had a great atmosphere. In contrast, he eliminated the Turks and Uighurs in Rehai and Suiye.
They were devalued as worthless, believing that they were full of internal contradictions, ignorant and backward, and that if not for the support of Daxia, they would probably lose to Persia.
Shao Shude was very pleased that his eldest son could establish a foothold there.
Speaking of conversation, the conditions in the Yili River Valley seem to be the best, but in fact they are more dangerous than the Seven Holy States. Dalang must have put in a lot of effort to have such a situation there.
In some aspects, he is still very similar to me.
What I didn’t say is that as long as I am in office, the support will not be cut off and will be gradually strengthened.
In addition to Yili, Rehai and Suiye, Li Shouxin focused on the various tribes of Ogus.
He believed that this tribal alliance was very loose and lacked a unified attitude toward the outside world. Moreover, they were extremely greedy. When they heard that the envoy was heading west, they opened their mouths and demanded a large amount of property. If they did not give it, they would not let the envoy pass through.
The male camel king took the opportunity to fan the flames and asked Daxia to send troops to attack the Ogus tribes.
Li Shouxin saw through this old guy's extremely clumsy "plot", borrowed a batch of property from Yili, Suiye, and Rehai and gave it to the Ogus tribes, and then he was able to pass.
Greedy? Greedy.
Stupid? Stupid.
But this is the Tibetan people.
This is especially true for the Tibetan people in the Western Regions. They don’t have much experience. Perhaps in the eyes of the Oghuz people, Daxia’s strength should be similar to that of Persia. The victory on the battlefield is also because the soldiers are elite enough and the generals are experienced—
-To a certain extent, they are not wrong, because Daxia can only mobilize limited resources to invest in the Western Regions.
The Oghuz tribes have not yet sent anyone to the Central Plains to meet with them. It is obvious what their intentions are.
Let’s not be too busy dealing with them for the time being, and that’s the business of consolidating and stabilizing Daxia’s foundation in the Western Region.
In the five towns of Yizhou, Xizhou, Tingzhou, and Yanqi Prefecture, plus Qiuci, Gumo, Shule, Yutian, and Shuanghe, various undertakings are booming, and the population, food, and soldiers are becoming increasingly abundant...
This country's strength is gradually increasing every day, no matter which corner of the empire.
After concentrating on reviewing a bunch of memorials, the emperor continued his journey eastward.
In late June, Shao Shude passed through Shaanzhou and Guozhou, entered Henan Prefecture, and arrived in Luoyang, which he had been away from for a long time.