Qin Gui looked up at the blue sky, feeling quite good.
The pedestrian tribe, of course, also farmed and was not purely a military household.
In fact, it is usually not their turn to fight a war. To be precise, the Tubo people are tens of thousands of Tubo tribes. Under extreme conscription, it is probably impossible to draw more than 15,000 people. The four Han tribes add up.
It can only produce more than three thousand people, which is not the same level.
In the Pedestrian Department, in the area to the west of the city next to the river, there are more than 4,000 acres of land where rice, wheat, grains, and livestock are grown.
Tubo is the measurement unit of Tubo. One tubo is ten acres. When Tubo ruled Helong, they implemented the policy of granting land by oral calculation. One person would be granted a tutu of land, which was somewhat different from the land allocation by calculation and ding in the imperial dynasty.
When the Tubo government came to collect taxes, it was called "Natu". Taxes were collected on a household basis. In addition to grain, they also collected oil, cloth and other items. It was calculated in terms of packs and buckets, which was equivalent to the household tax of the dynasty.
The Tubo people also collect land tax, which is called "land tax", and they usually pay it with grains and beans.
In Natu, there are also miscellaneous donations outside the land, such as fodder, firewood, leather, etc., which are similar to those in the imperial dynasty. But overall, the taxes are much heavier than those of the people in Helong before they fell into Tibet, and their lives are very uncomfortable.
easy.
If you can't pay the tax, you will usually go to the temple to get a loan. The interest rate is not low, but it is actually drinking poison to quench your thirst.
There were more than 4,000 men, women, and children in the pedestrian section, more than 90% of whom were Han Chinese.
The reason why it is said to be 90% is because before the collapse of the Tubo Empire, the ethnic groups under its rule were too complex. Moreover, their combat mode was that of the Great Migration of ethnic groups, that is, they recruited slave tribes and attacked them wherever they were.
The local people are nomadic and farm. Even if there is no war, normal sergeants will mobilize and take action with the subordinate slaves.
Therefore, the source of population in Lanzhou is actually very complicated. The Tubo people do not have a numerical advantage. The largest ones are actually the Tuyuhun and Dangxiang slave tribes. Besides these three major ethnic groups are the Han people, with about 13,000 people. Only during the Tianbao period
half of.
But there were even fewer people than the Han people, that is, some small tribes from the Western Regions. Because their numbers were so small, the Tubo people did not bother to give them independent tribes, but incorporated them into other slave tribes, regardless of whether they were suitable or not.
The Sogdians in Gua and Shazhou were organized into the slave tribe of the Han people. One was white and the other was yellow, and they were organized into a tribe. This kind of brain circuit of the Tubo people is also magical.
At Qin Gui's call, Li Laosheng, Zhang Le, Shang Yannu, and Anagan came to his home.
Li Laosheng is the first general on the left of the Xingren tribe, Zhang Le is the second general on the left, Shang Yannu is the fourth general on the right, and Anagan is the fifth general on the right. They are all confidants of Qin Gui, the tribal envoy and head of thousands of households, and he single-handedly promoted them
of.
There are also some officials appointed by Tubo in the tribe, such as deputy tribal envoys, deputy chiefs of thousands of households, military supervisors, secretaries, water officers, camp field officers, etc. Some of them he can trust, and some cannot. But this will be a big event, so I
In line with the principle of confidentiality, the fewer people who know about it, the better, so he only found martial artists.
"Today, the tribal envoy from the capital of Jie'erfu came to me to discuss the construction of the city wall, and also mentioned that Shao Shude, the envoy of the Dingnan Army Jiedu, wanted to attack the Min and Wei states." Qin Gui said while paying attention to the expressions of others.
, seeing that they were all listening attentively, and there was nothing unusual, he continued: "I think that the Tubo people in Jie'er Mansion are so nervous, something big must be happening. Maybe, the vanguard of the army that is determined to be in trouble is the North Korean army.
Came here."
Li, Zhang and others looked calm, but Shang and An looked shocked.
"Tell me what you think." Qin Gui said, while his son Qin Han, nephew Qin Qing, and Qin Le stood behind, calmly.
"Shao Shude must have come to Lanzhou." Li Laosheng said directly.
"How many soldiers can come? If it's less than ten thousand, I'm afraid it's not enough." Zhang Le said.
There was a smile on Qin Gui's face. When Li and Zhang said this, their tendency was already obvious, and it was worthy of his years of respect.
"Let's do whatever Qianhu says." Shang Yannu sighed and said, "Although I can still live with my life, I will feel happier if I can kill all these Tubo people."
Anagan was a little surprised. In fact, when Qin Gui first started talking, he had some suspicions in his mind. Nowadays, what these people said became more and more outrageous and scary, and he couldn't sit still.
"An Baihu, supposedly, you saved my life on the battlefield, and I saved yours. We are friends of life and death. I won't play charades now. It's boring. Li, Zhang, and Shang are three hundred
Everyone understands it, and I think you understand it too. How about expressing your opinion?" Qin Gui said calmly.
"How are you doing with Qian Hu?" Anagan asked.
"Wait for the opportunity. Once the situation changes, we will welcome the king's army." Qin Gui originally wanted to take the initiative to contact the disaster army, but seeing Anagan's frightened look, he temporarily changed his words and said: "If the Tubo soldiers
If we are defeated, we will take advantage of the situation to raise troops, contact several other tribes, and beat up the drowned dog."
Anagan breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this. This was still within the acceptable range for him. If he were to jump out and cause trouble now, to be honest, he wouldn't have the guts.
"In this case, only Qianhu's orders are followed." Anagan said.
"Okay, this matter involves secrets, don't let the news leak out." Qin Gui said: "When the army presses the situation and people's minds change, our opportunity will come. If the determined army does not come, or returns with a great defeat, then this
Let's drop the matter and never mention it again, just pretend that today's meeting has never happened. You all have wives and children, and I can't trap you in injustice."
"Qianhu is mature and prudent, and this is how it should be handled." Several people said one after another.
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The weather in February has been quite warm.
Society sacrifices developed from the Zhou Society of Yin Dynasty. In the Zhou Dynasty, they were promoted to national festivals and were very important.
The ancestors were worshiped internally, and the earth was worshiped externally. Tu was Hou Tu, an abstract god. Later, the upper-class elites interpreted it themselves and used the theory of a round sky and a square earth to develop the sacrifices into round mounds to offer sacrifices to the sky and square mounds to offer sacrifices to the earth.
Fixed as a national festival.
But as far as the common people are concerned, they don’t offer sacrifices to such profound things. They offer sacrifices to the “Earth God” because He has the “great power” to ward off disasters and bless harvests.
In this dynasty, the state held sacrifices to the state, prefectures and counties held sacrifices to prefectures and counties, and folk held sacrifices to folk houses. Well, the state sacrifices were very solemn, the state and county sacrifices were relatively solemn, and the folk sacrifices were very entertaining.
On this day, the women go back to their parents' homes to visit their relatives, and the men fight for wine, play drums, and even sing and dance. In short, it is very happy.
The societies of the Tang and Song dynasties are basically of the same origin, with minor differences. In the Song Dynasty, there were poems such as "Children on a society day are wild with joy", "Those frivolous songs passed by, and the society danced madly", "We drank wine together in the spring, and the wild old people praised each other in the evening".
This is the grand scene of this day.
By the Ming Dynasty, due to a century of Mongol rule, the village community collapsed, and social festivals were no longer important. The only things left were social fires and social operas.
Today is the Spring Society Festival, and before dawn, the entire Xiazhou is in a state of faint restlessness.
As a shogunate official, Huang Tao had a high status. Because he built a house outside the city, he was invited by the nearby villagers to be the official of the society and preside over the sacrificial ceremony.
Under the social tree at the east end of the village, the social gods and sacrifices have long been placed: blood sacrifices, half-body sacrifices, rice beams, dates and chestnuts, and wine.
The children ran around and occasionally gathered around Fan Yanbo, who was cooking the sacrifice, and deeply smelled the aroma.
"You naughty boys, don't knock things over." Fan Yanbo stood up and tried to drive away, but the children screamed and ran away.
"There are so many party members in the village?" Huang Tao asked curiously as he looked at the men, women, and children who were sitting at the table.
"The commander organized the households into the people. These people should have come down from the mountains to open up wasteland and farm in the village." Fan Yanbo replied: "Actually, some people have taken the initiative to grow their hair, but they haven't grown out yet. They are all from the village community.
Communal members, this village festival has also included members."
Huang Tao nodded.
The commander-in-chief often spoke of a word "assimilation" that almost made his ears feel calloused. In fact, this matter is easy to say but difficult to say. The essence of assimilation is to let them integrate into the new group and become one of them.
As a member of the community, they participate in various activities. Village community worship is one of them.
Of course, if you don't integrate into a large group, organize another kind of activity together, and play in isolation, it will be very difficult to assimilate.
This situation basically does not exist in Xiazhou. Assimilation is almost semi-mandatory, just because the methods are relatively gentle. It is not like the Tubo people who force you to braid your hair and change clothes, put paint on your face, and speak Tubo language, just relying on culture
The diversity, inclusiveness, and fun are all-pervasive, sneaking into the night with the wind, assimilating you unknowingly.
Maybe without you realizing it, you have grown your hair, worn Tang Dynasty clothes, and spoken Mandarin.
Perhaps suddenly one day, Dangxiang's parents discovered that their children were no different from Han children. They played together, farmed together, performed corvee work together, participated in sacrificial activities together, and went to war together. Everything happened naturally.
After two or three generations, An will be able to tell who is Han and who is Dangxiang?
Of course, the influence is mutual. However, the civilization level of the Dangxiang people is really low. They cannot leave their own mark on the Tang Dynasty like the Parthian Hu people who came from afar. They can only influence the Han people in turn.
There are only dairy products, but if the time dimension is enlarged to hundreds or thousands of years, future generations will only think that it is different regional differences that cause cultural differences among Han people in different regions, and will not think that this is the contribution of the Party members.
It's quite sad to say.
After a complete set of procedures such as taking seats, offering sacrifices to the community, offering sacrifices to the millet, and dividing the meat (community meat) were completed, the atmosphere of the community day ceremony suddenly changed and became carnival-like.
Wine, food, and delicacies were served one after another, and people ate and drank. On this day, there was no hierarchy or etiquette. You could make loud noises, dance, drum, and sing when you felt like it. In short, it was entertaining.
Complete.
Huang Tao drank a lot of She wine, his face turned red, and he suddenly wanted to compose a poem, but for some reason, he suddenly thought of the Tianbao survivors in the Helong land. They should not be able to enjoy the She Day festival.
However, the hard times will not last long. The general is about to march westward, and his mighty 50,000-strong army will be enough to crush any resistance from the Tibetan people.
Scholars in the imperial dynasty always had some feelings for the frontier. It is estimated that he wrote thousands of poems about the land of Hehuang, and no less than 600 of them were sung. Huang Tao suddenly wanted to follow the army in the Western Expedition.
Lanzhou, I went to see the Tibetan homeland, but it’s a pity that the commander-in-chief didn’t mention his name.
However, as a shogunate official and in charge of law and order, he can theoretically follow the army. Why not submit papers to the commander-in-chief?
"Under the setting sun, in the lonely city, I sing a long chant to send out some troops..." Huang Tao frowned and thought for a few words, then decided to go home and think about it again. He must write a satisfactory poem that the commander-in-chief can appreciate.
On the eighth day of the second lunar month in the third year of Guangqi's reign, the south gate of Xiazhou was opened.
In the early morning mist, large groups of soldiers filed out. First the cavalry, then the infantry, then the baggage, one team after another, one battalion after another, as if there was no end.