"The Infinite City is not from the Han Dynasty. How many people are in Hu Township." Standing at the gate of the city, Zhao Guangfeng sighed with emotion.
"Looking back, the scenery has become a foreign land. Who can offer a plan to restore Hehuang?" Chen Cheng caught up and said with a smile: "Let's go, Zhao Suishi. In the second year of Changqing, Liu Yuanding arrived in Lanzhou. He could see that every household was from the Tang Dynasty, and the customs still existed.
Huizhou fell for two miles, I want to see what it looks like?"
As the Marshal's confidants, the two of them had time to chat here mainly because the Marshal had not entered the city yet.
Sergeant Tielin had already poured in and was occupying the houses on both sides of the street. The people were a little panicked at first, but after seeing that the sergeants did nothing to them, they felt relieved again.
Huizhou City, as the Helongzhou City before the Mid-Tang Dynasty, actually had two layers of inner and outer city walls. The overall layout was in a zigzag shape. Even if the city walls collapsed at this time, you can still see the general outline.
There are four gates in the outer gate, southeast and northwest, with a circumference of about five miles. Judging from the size of the structure, even during the Tianbao period, the population in the city should not be very large.
Entering the city is a stone road with rutted tracks and traces of time. There are many houses on both sides of the road, which are in relatively good repairs. It can be seen that they are inhabited by people, but I don't know whether they are Tibetan or Tang people.
Generally speaking, the style has not changed much. Perhaps the Tubo people have no talent in urban management and can only follow the customs of the Han people. In later generations, this place was still occupied by the Xixia, so there should be no essential changes in the customs.
The culture of the Han people is still viable. Anyway, by the time of the Ming Dynasty in later generations, whether it was Huizhou or Yuanzhou, the once numerous Party members and Tubo people were gone. Anyway, they could not all be killed. The most likely thing was that they would be killed.
Assimilated.
"No one lives in such a tall and big house?" Shao Shude looked at a house on one side of the street and asked in surprise.
This house should cover an area of several acres, but the walls of the courtyard have collapsed, the courtyard is full of weeds, and all the windows are missing, as if it had been looted.
"There was originally a king of Hui Lingwu County." An elder said: "It was originally the palace of the royal family, but it was later occupied by the Tubo chieftains. Every winter and spring, they came to live in the city. However, the Tubo people killed each other fiercely, and successively
All three owners died unexpectedly, and over time, no one wanted to live there anymore, leaving it abandoned."
People in troubled times still believe this? The Tubo people are very superstitious.
"Is this a Buddhist pagoda?" Shao Shude noticed this tall pagoda outside the city. When he entered the city, he saw that it was a pavilion-style building with a brick structure, which was intact.
"Yes, this pagoda is called Foguang, and it is used to enshrine Buddhist scriptures and relics in Lingguang Temple."
"Do the Tubo people also worship Buddha?"
"The worship of Buddhism is managed by religious groups. Often, temples in several states are all controlled by one religious group. The top one is called the professor of the capital, the second is the associate professor, and the third is the law of the capital, the law, and the judge of the capital."
"Is this official? Monk?"
"Official monk."
"That's still an official." Shao Shude said. It is somewhat similar to the system of the imperial dynasty, but there are also differences.
The group continued to move forward. The entire city still maintained the layout of the Tang Dynasty, with temples, shops, government offices, etc., but many buildings seemed to have been abandoned for a long time, giving it an air of dilapidation.
"How many people are there in Huizhou City?"
"There are still seven to eight hundred households," an elderly man replied.
"How many Tibetan people are there? How many Tang people are there?"
"Let each take half."
"How many Tang people are there outside the city?"
Several elders who were closest were suddenly stuck. It was obvious that their knowledge blind spots had been touched upon.
Shao Shude understood at a glance that the Tubo people did not count their household registrations at all, and would only collect grain and send donations from the Tang people. There should be still Tang people farming, but how many could there be? During the Dazhong period, six states and seven passes were recovered, including the original
The situation in Huizhou must have been very tense at that time. If the Tang people did not want to stay, they might have gone to Yuanzhou.
For household registration matters, you cannot rely on others, you have to do a good job yourself.
The Tubo people were still in charge of the prefectural government offices, and people from the Lang Qu family served as the "Jie'er" of Huizhou, but by this time they had long since fled, and not a single person was left.
Shao Shude walked around the prefectural government office, looking at every corner carefully. The prefectural city that had been trapped for hundreds of years by Tibet was now in his hands. No matter how calm he was, he still felt complacent. But when he thought about it,
The Qu family was still running around, using their nomadic specialty to fight guerrillas with themselves, and the joy in their hearts faded away.
"Everyone." Shao Shude returned to the front, looked at the elders of Huizhou who had gathered, and said: "There is no need to worry about Huizhou falling into Tibet again. A certain person has decided to station the Dingyuan Army in Huizhou to ensure stability. These are all elite soldiers.
I followed you in the south and north, and you have made great contributions. If the Qu family dares to come, they will never come back."
"With the Heavenly Soldiers of the Tang Dynasty here, we should be fine." Whether you believe it or not, the elders still put in enough effort.
"From today on, Huizhou must teach the Chinese style and break the barbaric style. Whether Han people or Tibetan people, the customs must be unified."
"You should obey your orders."
After sending away a group of senior citizens, Shao Shude brought Chen Cheng, Zhao Guangfeng, and Lu Siye over. He could lie to others that he had recovered Huizhou, but he could not lie to himself. The Lanqu family avoided fighting, and the main force was still there.
It's always a problem, and we have to find a solution.
"Commander, I have a plan." Chen Cheng was the master of the treacherous plan. He was probably thinking about it on the way. He had already figured out a way. I heard him say: "Commander, you can send more cavalry to drive the Tubo south.
Then they sent people to set fire to the pastures and plunder the pastures. At this time, the pastures had not turned green, and it was already March, and the forage accumulated by the Tubo tribe had almost been consumed, so it should be effective."
This plan is a bit poisonous!
"How will the Tibetan people fare if there is no fodder?" Shao Shude asked.
"Either run far away and live in another state, or simply fight to the death." Chen Cheng said.
Shao Shude thought about it carefully, and found that burning grasslands is actually not that simple. He had seen a lot of grasslands in Huizhou along the way. If you set a fire one by one, you can only burn one area. If you want to set the whole area on fire,
When there is a raging fire, you have to send out many people to set fires everywhere, set fires frequently, and set fires frequently, so that the dry grass on the ground can be burned. Of course, green grass can also be burned, but it is more troublesome.
If this matter can be solved by sending more manpower, then other negative impacts caused by burning grasslands must be carefully considered.
Shao Shude thought about it carefully. Not many people in the Central Plains Dynasty did this. It happened in the Han Dynasty, it happened in the Ming Dynasty, it seemed like it happened in the Guo Dynasty, but it has never been heard of in other dynasties.
By the way, the main person who did this in the imperial dynasty was Youzhou Town: "Lulong Jiedu envoy Liu Rengong knew the Khitan sentiments and hypocrisy. He often selected generals to train troops, went deep in the autumn, crossed the Zhaixing Ridge to attack them, and the Khitans were afraid of them. Every frost fell.
, Ren Gong often sent people to burn the weeds under the fortress, and many Khitan horses died of starvation. He often bribed the pasture land in Ren Gong City with good horses. Please listen to the covenant."
It is now March, and there is still about a month before the pasture turns green. The effect is not ideal, but it should still be quite effective. However, the negative effects will also appear, which will ruin your reputation!
"Commander, it is said that the Lanqu clan took refuge with their in-laws in Minzhou and used them as backup to go north to plunder. Previously, they invaded Yuanzhou and plundered several counties. In a few days, they will probably invade Weizhou and even Huizhou. This is what the Lanqu family had in mind.
Most of them still think that our army will not stay for a long time. Once he leaves, he will come back. Although the Dingyuan Army will be stationed in Huizhou, it is impossible to prevent the bandit army from plundering. How can you guard against thieves for a thousand days?" Seeing Shao Shude, he was a little worried.
Feeling a little hesitant, Chen Cheng stepped up his efforts and suggested: "If you are worried about burning the pastures of the Bai family and other tribes, the commander-in-chief might as well send people to go farther south and burn as far south as possible. The northwest wind blowing at this time has stopped.
It will not affect the various ministries in the state."
Fuck, even the direction of the wind has been taken into consideration. This fire only burned Huxiang and not the Han Dynasty. Could it have burned all the way south to Minzhou?
"Will it cause all the Tibetan tribes to unite to attack me?"
"Commander, you only need to send someone to tell Minzhou Tubo that they will only punish the Qu family and not involve others. At the same time, they will give generous gifts of gold and silk. The Tibetan people are greedy, luring them with gold and silk, and scaring them by burning the grassland.
If we take a two-pronged approach, what about the in-laws? Even if we can’t burn it in a short time, after the frost comes in late autumn, we will have five months to burn it. The pasture is limited, and it is not necessary for our own cattle and sheep to eat, how can we give it to the cattle and sheep of the Langqu tribe?”
Chen Cheng said: "With no backup, the Langqu family has no choice but to return to Huizhou. At this time, we are short of people and horses, so they will either come to surrender or grab other people's pastures. They don't even think about finding bad luck for us. After all, they are looking for food for cattle and sheep."
important."
"If he doesn't come, we will force him to come," Chen Cheng concluded.
"The plan is a good one, but I'm afraid it's not that simple to implement. Forget it, let the Bai family send an envoy to Minzhou first, threaten them with burning the grassland, and make it clear that even if they fail to burn the grassland, someone will do it in half a year.
If someone comes to burn, let's see how long he can hide, and will he still dare to plunder the prefecture and county?" Shao Shude said: "Scare them first. Burning the grassland is of great concern, so don't do it unless you have to."
Shao Shude is still worried that it will cause many unpredictable negative effects. After doing this, I am afraid that few tribes will be willing to surrender to him. His reputation is too bad.