It was already September when Zhao Xun arrived in western Liangzhou again. The new administrative system in Zhao State was spread out during the restructuring of more than half a year, making the entire Zhao State new.
In the south, after receiving reinforcements from the Qi army, the coalition forces of the Luoyang King and the Hanzhong King barely resisted the fierce attack of the Shu army. Because of the Shu King Situ Che's ambitions for Jingzhou and his stability in his power, Situ
Che successively mobilized 150,000 soldiers to launch fierce attacks on the three coalition forces of Luoyang, Hanzhong and Qi in southern Jingzhou.
Seeing this, Murong Cheng had to send more troops to the front line of the Yangtze River and the Shu army. It has to be said that the current comprehensive strength of the Qi army is still inferior to the Shu army. Three months of the war, the three-way coalition forces have already converted the southern part of the Yangtze River.
In the land, except for the only few big cities, the rest of the small cities, towns and villages were all occupied by the Shu army.
Seeing this in the south, Zhao Xun was naturally overjoyed. The more ruthless the war in the south, the better it would be for him. So, Zhao Xun once again visited the Western Regions and inspected the newly stored place of the Western Regions.[
It appeared again in Liangzhou, which is very different from the time when it was. In the past, the war was "chaotic", with few people here and the lives were difficult. But now, the war has already stopped. After more than two years of reply, not only has the population surged, but the people's
Life is also very different from the past. Here, Zhao Xun was exempted from three years of taxes.
In addition, the roads that were difficult to walk in the past have now become roads paved with cement. In this situation where no overweight vehicles pass, this kind of cement road is no less than the cement roads in later generations. Because of the commercial
Xingsheng, the construction of cement roads everywhere is much faster than Zhao Xun expected.
According to Liangzhou officials, the roads in many places are built by big merchants, fighting chambers of commerce and business names. After all, the smooth flow of this road is also very important for merchants. For this reason, Zhao Xun
He also issued a special edict to reward these merchants and grant honorary titles, that is, the Lords under the baron.
Although this Lord has no practical benefits, it is also a very valuable thing for merchants. With this Lord, it is equivalent to being recognized by the court and making contributions to the court. It will naturally be of great benefit to his business name.
Even the imperial court would hand over some tasks to this business.
For Zhao State, these storms are of great significance. Through this, we can reach our destination in the shortest time. The food, grass and supplies required by the army can also be provided to the army in the shortest time.
Why is it difficult to manage? It is not because it is too far away from the Central Plains court, it is inconvenient to mobilize troops and dispatch officers, and it is inconvenient to transport food and supplies? But now, these problems are gradually accelerating.
Zhao Xun traveled westward, and even the prefectures and counties in the westernmost part of Liangzhou, all have complete cement straits. On both sides of the cement strait, there are rows of green willows and poplars to protect the straits. Liang, which was sparsely populated in the past, was
The prefectures and counties in the western part of the state have now changed their appearance, but people come and go, with smiles on their faces.
The land of Liangzhou was originally among the states of Dayan, but it was relatively poor. The most important reason was that it was related to the terrain, coupled with the invasion and harassment of the lord of the Western Regions. But now, the whole thing is
The land of Liangzhou has changed a lot, especially the establishment of Xiazhou, which has made Liangzhou and Bingzhou a piece of connection, making it more convenient to travel from east to west. If Chang'an and other places are taken over in the future, Liangzhou and the eastern states will be in contact with each other,
It's even more convenient.
Zhao Xun also found that in the western part of Liangzhou, the Turks, Tuyuhun, Dangxiang, and Tubo people, who were now mostly found, are almost no traces. It can be found from the local county annals and the records of the garrison.
In the past two years, more than 130,000 foreigners died in western Liangzhou due to various reasons. In addition, more than 80,000 were summoned by local governments to participate in the construction of the road, and never returned to the distant place.
More than 100,000 foreign women integrated into the Han people. Hundreds of tribal groups and local tyrants, all of them were wiped out by the Zhao army in order to eliminate local bandits. They were either massacred by bandits and horse thieves or colluded with bandits and horse thieves and were beaten by Zhao.
Army wiped out.
Such actions were carried out throughout Liangzhou and even began to spread westward. The Han people who moved in quickly made up the population above the local area, making the local area more prosperous. In addition, because the Zhao army was stationed in the Western Regions, the Zhao army was stationed in the Western Regions
The three kingdoms and ten prefectures in the north were killed in the northern countries. Therefore, the Zhao army placed orders for the prefectures and counties in Liangzhou, so that there were more workshops in Liangzhou, and then
Bless the people and enrich the place.
Because of the establishment of Xiazhou, the connection between the western part of Liangzhou, including the Western Regions and the Central Plains is no longer the tiny and narrow Longxi Corridor generation, and is connected with Xiazhou in the north and south. In addition, coupled with the surrender of the Turks,
The Western Regions and the Central Plains are already connected, and the journey is not that difficult.
The northwest of Liangzhou is like Xiazhou and Dingzhou. In order to prevent the Turkic tribes in the north and other nomadic peoples in the future, new cities and fortresses were built, and soldiers planted trees and forests in large numbers. The purpose was to turn the north into a desert.
The areas and some grassland edges slowly transform into woodlands.
In Dunhuang, northwest of Liangzhou, Yiwu and other prefectures, the land was originally vast and sparsely populated, but now the number of people here has doubled several times. Just the newly built cities is more than four times that of the original one. Here,
Because the north is the place where the eastern and western Turkic tribes want to join, a large number of merchants purchased various skin "hair" and animal Achilles tendons from the northern Turkic tribes, and organized hand-finishing here, and then sold them to weapons workshops opened by the imperial court.
Made into weapons and armor, transfer them to the Logistics Department, and then distribute them to the troops in the west according to the order.
In addition, many slave capturing teams will also escort slaves who bought them from the eastern Turkic tribes or robbed them from the western Turkic tribes to these two prefectures in the north, and sell them with various merchants and government offices to work or build the Chidao City.
.Because of these business activities, the local economy of Yiwu, Dunhuang and other places has doubled several times. Even Zhao Xun sighed repeatedly after hearing the rewards of local officials.
In various parts of Liangzhou, Zhao Xun also saw the branches of Dazhao Bank. Now, Dazhao coins are the most circulating coins in the world. Not to mention Liangzhou, even in the southern part of the Central Plains, Dazhao coins are also the mainstream.
In the ten northern parts of the Western Regions, the currency of Dazhao is also used as the circulating currency.
Since then, after the founding of the Great Zhao Kingdom this year, the Great Zhao Bank has begun to spread and spread all over the Zhao Kingdom. The exquisite and difficult-to-imitate Da Zhao coins have been loved by merchants and powerful people, and gradually become circulating currencies in various places.
The gold and silver that were exchanged from various places for coins has already made Zhao's country profit.
Seeing the Turkic slaves who came and went, then made the slave marks, Zhao Xun couldn't help but feel shocked. After understanding, Zhao Xun realized that these slaves were all spoils of the Eastern Turkic tribes, and were used to exchange various materials for Zhao State.
.It has to be said that since the Turkic tribes in the eastern region surrendered to the Great Zhao, these Turkic tribes were greatly influenced by the Great Zhao. Many luxury goods have become objects played with by the nobles of the Turkic tribes. These objects were transported by merchants in Zhao and
The price of selling is several times higher than that of the Central Plains.
Zhao Xun is naturally happy to see this. The more businessmen sell, the more tax they receive for Da Zhao, which is naturally a good thing. At the same time, a large number of luxury goods and some use cases are used.
Selling precious things to the Turkic tribes in exchange for their money is also an extremely reasonable transaction.
Of course, the most important thing is that Zhao Xun hopes that these Turkic people and nobles will not all change their current lifestyle, from being strong and brave to being corrupt and luxurious. The upward and downward effects will naturally result in a significant reduction in the combat power of the Turkic tribe.
Instead, it advocates luxury.
However, the effect of the deliberate guidance of the Zhao merchants in recent years has finally appeared. The eastern Turkic tribes and the western Turkic tribes have fought for more than a year, but they have not yet been able to completely decide the outcome. At most, the eastern Turkic tribes occupy a certain amount.
Just the advantage.[
Last spring, when Zhao Xun marched to the northern countries in the Western Regions and attacked Gaochang Kingdom, the western Turkic tribes began to move. Zhao Xun was worried that the western Turkic tribes would ruin his major affairs, so he ordered the eastern Turkic tribes to go west to reorganize the western tribes.
There were more than a year before and after the war, but we still couldn't decide the outcome. You should know that the Eastern Turkic tribes had trade with the Zhao army, and the army's food and grass were basically not scarce. In addition, they had Zhao army replaced them.
armor and equipment.
Although these weapons and armor were used by surrendered soldiers from all over the country, they were still the armor of Dayan in the past. Even if you put aside the crossbow arrows and the best armor, the remaining weapons were much better than those used by the Turks themselves. However,
The eastern tribes, which have the advantage in all aspects, failed to win in one blow.
The Eastern and Western Turkic tribes started war with each other, which was what Zhao Xun wanted. After all, Zhao Xun knew very well that the nomadic peoples threatened the Central Plains. They had always coveted the Central Plains, but they could not rule and were even more unfair.
Govern the place. They can only bring damage to the Central Plains.
I paid attention to the situation in western Liangzhou and learned about the recent wars of the eastern and western Turkic tribes spanning thousands of miles in the north. Immediately, I issued a new military order to the Shadow Department and the Hawkeye Department of Liangzhou to continue to go
Provoked a war between the Turkic tribes and encouraged the eastern Turkic tribes to capture the young and strong western Turkic tribes, and sold them to Da Zhao as slaves in exchange for various exquisite Central Plains objects.
As for the western Turkic tribes, Zhao Xun also sent some detailed works to ask them to capture the eastern Turkic tribes and sell them to merchants formed in the name of the Western Regions to support them in the continued war with the eastern Turkic tribes. Zhao Xun naturally did not want the eastern Turkic tribes to be the eastern Turkic tribes.
The tribe defeated the Turkic tribes in the west, and they continued to fight, and the food was most in line with the interests of Zhao.
In mid-September, we finally arrived at the ten northern prefectures of the Western Regions. Situ Liang, Wei Zilin, Li Chenfeng and Ling Xiao came to greet them. Zhao Xun also discovered that after nearly a year of migration, the proportion of Han people in the ten northern prefectures of the Western Regions was already large.
Although the increase has not exceeded that of the Western Regions, it has reached 40%.
Originally, there was a city that lasted hundreds of miles, but now there were a city that lasted dozens of miles, and there were countless ordinary towns. The arrival of the Han people not only greatly increased the population of the empty northern part of the Western Regions, but also increased some areas.
Many farmlands have also influenced the lifestyle of the people in the Western Regions. Some people in the Western Regions have also begun to have nomadic life into farming, just like the Han people.
"Lingxiao, how about it? Are you still used to it in the Western Regions?" The former King of Kucha, who was in the Xicheng Prefecture Capital, Zhao Xun smiled and asked Lingxiao who had loved the Western Regions for several months.
Ling Xiao sighed: "I have been to the Western Regions and have also known the Western Regions. I just didn't want to fight, the changes here are so great. What the king did in the Western Regions will not only benefit Liangzhou.
Even if the people are connected to the northern part of the Western Regions, they will be completely incorporated into our Great Zhao."
"In the past, no one could say that the Han people could live on equal footing with the people of the Western Regions in the Western Regions. Even the Han people in Liangzhou were often plundered by the people of the Western Regions. The caravans that traveled were not only closely related to the countries of the Western Regions.
Except for the soldiers who sent a lot of money to pass, other merchants dared not come and go."
"But now, my Da Zhao caravan follows the ten northern prefectures in the Western Regions and directly leads to the westward Wusun Kingdom and the west. This is something that only happened during the strongest period of Da Chu and Da Yan, but it is also
It is far less than that of now. The king's journey in Liangzhou and the ten northern prefectures in the Western Regions is not only of great military significance, but also a blessing to merchants. I am really impressed by the people."
Seeing Ling Xiao like this, Zhao Xun couldn't help laughing. The capable ministers under his command were convinced, so Zhao Xun was naturally in a good mood. He smiled and said, "I just guided me a little. The real force is still the soldiers of the army and you.
Speaking of these people around me, I didn’t expect that in just one year, the northern part of the Western Regions would have changed so much.”
Wei Zilin and others quickly said they didn't dare. They naturally knew that the general action strategies in the Western Regions were all formulated by Zhao Xun. They just improved and implemented them.
"What do the people in the northern part of the Western Regions think of our Great Zhao now? The king has been in the Great Zhao Kingdom for more than half a year. What accidents have happened here?" Zhao Xun asked with a smile.
Wei Zilin said in a deep voice: "At the beginning of the year, the king established the kings of the three major countries and settled the kings of Youzhou City. There was no abnormality between Gaochang and Yanqi, but there were a few abnormalities in Kucha. However, they have been suppressed by us.
We also took this opportunity to clean up the Kucha court."
Zhao Xun understood that the reason why Gaochang and Yanqi did not change was that both countries were defeated by the Great Zhao and had never destroyed the country. The ministers who were sincerely the focus of their country in the courts and had all the opportunities had been cleared out.
Even if there is an opinion, no one can organize it, and no one dares to organize it to resist Zhao's army.
But Kucha is different. Kucha surrendered to the Zhao army. The Zhao army had no excuses or reasons to clean it casually on the court and above the local area.
After the small country divided the three prefectures, it carried out some regulation. However, there was no restriction on the powerful and powerful people in the court. It was normal for the king to be settled in Youzhou City, and some people were dissatisfied and took advantage of the situation to cause trouble.
However, Zhao Xun had never been worried about the territory of Kucha. First, more than 100,000 Zhao troops were stationed in ten prefectures in the northern part of the Western Regions. Even if the country caused trouble in the country, the Zhao army could destroy it at any time. Second, Turtle
There are no more troops in this country. Some of them were once with the Zhao army to fight against Gaochang. After being raided by Wusun Kingdom, they were attracted by the Zhao army. The rest were also divided and disintegrated after the King of Kucha surrendered.
The possibility of inciting a crime by force is no longer great. Zhao Xun would not worry about the rest of the remaining ones relying solely on the powerful civil servants.
As for taking advantage of the trouble in Kucha, the Zhao army cleaned up and down the country, which was Zhao Xun's original goal. Only in this way can Kucha truly integrate into the Great Zhao.
According to Wei Zilin, more than 8,000 people were cleared out from all over the country of Kucha. More than 20,000 people were demoted to slaves and built roads in other areas. After this incident, no one in Kucha had ever been left again.
When talking about the Kucha Kingdom, it is named after the three prefectures decided by the Great Zhao. In addition, in various places, the original flags are no longer hung, but the Flame Qilin Flag of the Great Zhao as the basis.
In addition, in the ten northern prefectures of the Western Regions, in addition to the unified flags of the Great Zhao flag, some books that record the affairs of various countries were also confiscated by the Zhao army and then transported to Youzhou City and sealed in the library. In other words,
Zhao Xun wanted to gradually erase the traces of various countries in the Western Regions, so that this place could be completely integrated into the Great Zhao and into the Han people.
In the northern part of the Western Regions, hundreds of academies have been built within the ten palaces, and they have also begun to teach a new generation of Chinese language, with Chinese language as the standard.[
After hearing Wei Zilin and others' remarks on the northern part of the Western Regions, Zhao Xun said with satisfaction: "Yes, you have made great contributions to pacifying the Western Regions. It seems that it is time to eliminate the national names of various countries. Send the order,
All regions will no longer divide everything by each country. They will be subject to the Great Zhao and local prefectures and counties. In addition, unified household registration will be subject to the prefectures and counties. All local records will be subject to the Great Zhao."
Situ Liang said: "King, these ten prefectures in the northern part of the Western Regions have a large area and a large population now. Now there will be more people. Will we also establish a new state in the north and integrate it into our Great Zhao?"
Zhao Xun nodded and said, "Yes, it should be like this. The Western Regions have always been famous for the Central Plains. That is to say, the ten northern prefectures were merged together to form a new state and named Shangzhou."
Situ Liang and others all said respectfully: "Congratulations to the King, and add another state to my Great Zhao."
Zhao Xun laughed and said, "It's more than one state. This Shangzhou is just a place in the northern part of the Western Regions. There is also a large area to the south."
Zhao Xun's words not only designated the northern part of the Western Regions as Shangzhou, but also added another state under the rule of Zhao. He also wanted to expand another state to the southern part of the Western Regions.