It is the time when the Tibetan tribe in Minzhou and Taozhou spend the winter.
The farming area in Taozhou is mainly along the Daxia River (Lishui River). The lower reaches of the Daxia River from the unearthed gate to Hezhou are basin plains that are more suitable for farming.
There are many deep valleys and rivers in the upper reaches of the Daxia River, and Yigongcheng, the home city of the Guizhang tribe, is being built among the lofty mountains.
Yigong City is also called the Bajiao City. The Bajiao City is not an octagonal city as imagined, but an octagonal shape similar to the Iron Cross.
Terraced fields are built on the high mountains around Yigong City. Nearby is the plateau. Herds of sheep are dotted on the slopes like stars. Shepherds are grazing. Amidst the long calls of lambs, long white clouds pass by, making the clouds look brighter. The pastures appear and disappear.
A caravan composed of dozens of mules and horses slowly entered Yigong City.
After listening to the caravan's report, Bian Sibojie learned the fact that the Song army's trade had been cut off, and the various private markets that originally relied on military trade were becoming increasingly difficult.
In Hezhou, the Song Dynasty established a new government office.
The business in the Ganchang is very fair, and many Tibetan tribes go to the Ganchang to trade. The problem is that the Ganchang only allows the Hezhou Fan tribe to enter and trade in the Ganchang, but there are many restrictions on the Taozhou Fan tribe.
Nowadays, there is a shortage of food and salt in the mountains. The Song people banned the army from returning to trade. All of a sudden, the Taozhou tribe's access to buy food was cut off. The salt and food that could be circulated in the private market were not much, and they were very expensive.
They had to go to Minzhou and Hezhou to exchange for salt and grain.
Bian Sibojie, who was aware of all this, stood on the top of Yigong City, looked at the land and sneered: "Is it finally here? In order to deal with my Gui Zhangbu, the people of Song Dynasty did not hesitate to stop the return of the army. , would you rather put in such a big effort than let our Guizhangbu have no food and clothing?"
Bian Sibojie was not talking to himself, standing beside him was a Han counselor.
His Chinese improved quickly, and he learned it from this Han counselor. The other party was a poor scholar in Qinzhou, who had been depressed for many years. Bian Sibo had heard that Li Yuanhao used Han scholars Zhang Yuan and Wu Hao Just now he has achieved dominance.
Biansi Bojie also had special respect for people from the Han Dynasty, so he got this Han adviser to assist him.
Bian Sibojie paid special attention to this Han counselor, taught him a lesson, and studied Han culture every day. And this Han counselor was also devoted to Bian Sibojie, and taught him all the methods of slaying dragons.
This time, it was this Han strategist who sent someone to bribe the single police officer with a heavy sum of money to go to Bianjing to spread unfavorable accusations against Zhang Yue.
The Han counselor said to Bian Sibo: "It doesn't matter. The emperor of the Song Dynasty has always been suspicious of generals who lead troops abroad. As long as he sends unfavorable information to the Song court every now and then, sooner or later the other party will leave. Mu Zheng used this tactic back then. To deal with Wang Shao, we will follow the instructions and we will transfer him back to Bianjing within a few months."
The Han counselor was right. Mu Zheng originally sent people to Bianjing to complain, saying that he was a minister of the Song Dynasty, and agreed with the Song Dynasty people to do whatever they wanted. However, Zhang Yue pressed forward step by step and had to resist. This incident even alarmed the people. Wen Yanbo, Feng Jing and others discussed the matter in front of the emperor. At that time, Wang Shao's confidants Wang Zhongtong and Huang Cha were arrested by Gao Zunyu's men.
With the handle in hand, Gao Zunyu wanted to file an imperial complaint. Finally, thanks to Zhang Yue and Wang Shao, they broke through Xizhou and solved the trouble.
Bian Sibojie listened to the advice of the Han counselors and said: "I heard that five or six tribes in Shannan have secretly accepted hostages from the Song Dynasty and studied in Xizhou Prefecture High School. Only then did they obtain the qualifications for market trading. I
The killing will continue, fearing that there will be more tribes in the future..."
The Han counselor said: "Your Majesty, you must be patient now."
Bian Sibojie let out a long sigh. He didn't know how long the salt-deficient tribesmen could endure.
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In Xizhou City, Jiazhou Defense Envoy, Muzheng, who was newly named Zhao Sizhong, returned to his hometown.
In order to win over Zhao Sizhong, the emperor built him a luxurious residence in Beijing, which was even larger than the mansion originally given to Zhang Yue.
Zhang Yue wrote to the emperor requesting that Mu Zheng return to Xizhou and use his influence to recruit the Shannan Fan tribe and the Hehuang Fan tribe. However, this was opposed by Wang Lian, a scholar of the Imperial Academy, who said that the leader of the Zhongfan tribe in Xihe Road was cunning and cunning.
Mu Zheng was forced to surrender today because he did not really have any intention to serve the Han Dynasty. If Mu Zheng were to live in Xizhou, the local Tibetan people would be his confidants. Once the Xia Kingdom or Dong Xiang sent troops to attack Xizhou, Hezhou, Mu Zheng would
The conquest must be an internal response, and Xihe's good situation will be ruined by then.
However, Zhang Yue argued hard with his arguments. Seeing Zhang Yue's persistence, the emperor and the second government still believed in Zhang Yue's vision and judgment, and allowed Mu Zheng to return to Xizhou.
The emperor asked Mu Zheng's mother, wife and children to live in Tongyuan Army. His mother was given the surname Li and was made the concubine of Suining County. She also gave him thirty guan of powder money every month. His wife Yu Longqi was made the Lord of Anding County, and his second wife was Li.
Jie Shizu became the king of Renhe County. At the same time, he allocated fifty hectares of land from Xizhou, Hezhou to Mu Zheng. At the same time, he also gave Mu Zheng's two wives ten hectares of fertile land each. It was a generous gift.
As a defense envoy, Mu Zheng is the chief governor, comparable to the governor of Feiyao County. Now there are two chief governors in Xihe, one is Gao Zunyu and the other is Mu Zheng.
Mu Zheng's official position was higher than that of Gao Zunyu, but he had no director.
But Mu Zheng, who had not been seen for half a year, had gained a bit of weight, and his expression and demeanor were different from previous years.
Zhang Yue hosted a banquet for Mu Zheng. During the dinner, Mu Zheng said: "I would like to inform the Cardinal, this time I will not... Zhao Sizhong returned to Xizhou. He could only do his best to be loyal to the Emperor and Song Dynasty, hoping to dominate the Hezhou Qiang tribe in Xizhou."
This is to repay the Cardinal for his virtue of not killing."
I haven't seen Muzheng for half a year, and I have learned a lot about Chinese language and Han officialdom rules. He is no longer calling each dragon one by one as before. This is also a matter of following the local customs... Zhang Yue said: "The defense envoy returned to Xizhou.
Zhang doesn't dare to bother him with such a heavy responsibility, so how about taking charge of Minzhou first?"
The ranking of military commanders along the way is Lu General Manager, Deputy General Manager, Lu Qianjia, and Lu Dujian, followed by Zhou Qianjia and Zhou Dujian.
Nowadays, the Xizhou Fan tribe is commanded by Mu Zheng's younger brother Wu Chi (Zhao Shaozhong) and the Hezhou Fan tribe is commanded by Bao Shun. It is impossible for Zhang Yue to let Mu Zheng get involved in these two states again, so he makes him the commander of Minzhou.
Although Minzhou is now occupied by the Song Army, it is like Taozhou, with mountains and river valleys, and Tibetan tribes are scattered in it. All the Song Army can control is a few key forts. Once the Guizhang tribe attacks Min from Taozhou
State, I am afraid that many tribes will respond to them.
Zhang Yue's purpose in making Mu Zheng the governor of Minzhou was to use his prestige to recruit local Tibetan tribes.
Mu Zheng was in the mood to give it a try this time, but he didn't expect Zhang Yue to really trust him and was overjoyed to entrust him with military power.
Mu Zheng immediately thanked him and left.
After Mu Zheng left, many officials and generals were worried when they learned that Mu Zheng was appointed as the governor of Minzhou. They collectively went to the Jinglue Mansion to oppose Zhang Yue's appointment of Mu Zheng as the governor of Minzhou. They said that his heart was unpredictable and he would be in trouble once he broke into chaos.
The consequences of the incident are disastrous.
Zhang Yue had already expected the opposition from the generals and said with a smile: "Qiang people are naturally afraid of nobles. It is convenient for Mu Zheng to recruit nobles to the Minzhou tribe."
"Besides, now that the Minzhou Fan tribe is not used by the Song Dynasty, it is used by the border servants Bojie and Leng Jipu. I asked Mu Zheng to go to Minzhou without a single soldier to recruit, just for the sake of the overall situation."
Zhang Yue reported to the emperor that the six prefectures of Xihe had a total area of more than 3,000 miles, but they were governed by Tibetan tribes. It was not easy to integrate these Tibetan tribes into the Song Dynasty. It took not a few years, but decades.
The real Chineseization of the Tibetan people.
Nowadays, the Song army is heavily stationed in Xizhou and Hezhou, two protruding areas deep into the Xixia and Qingtang Dynasties, while Minzhou and Taozhou are the weak points in the hinterland. The mountains and deep valleys here are home to hundreds of thousands of Shannan Qiang people.
department.
As the junction of the first ladder and the second ladder, neither control nor direct administration are good governance methods.
Directly under the jurisdiction, troops must be stationed. If the troops are stationed, logistical supplies will not be available, and management will be too difficult. Moreover, Jisi is afraid of rebellion by the local Tibetan people.
Now that Taozhou has not been attached, Minzhou is unstable. If Zhang Yue does not completely solve Minzhou, Taozhou will not be able to achieve the strategic purpose of taking Qingtang from the north and controlling Xixia from the east. Then his Pinghehuang policy dedicated to the emperor will be in vain.
A piece of empty talk has become a laughing stock in the eyes of others.
Another thing is that he knew that Wang Anshi was currently in an unstable position due to the affairs of Shiyisi. Once Wang Anshi resigned as prime minister, the Song Dynasty might turn to strategic contraction, so he wanted to resolve the Hehuang matter once and for all before Wang Anshi dismissed the prime minister.
After convincing the generals, Zhang Yue repeatedly considered his next choice.
Zhang Yue's first consideration was Zhang Kai. But now Zhang Kai knew that Hezhou was an important military area and the front line facing Qingtang, Taozhou, and Xixia, and should not be touched lightly.
Now the person who knows Minzhou is Shen Kuo. Shen Kuo is quite talented, but he is a bit rigid and is not very flexible.
Moreover, Shen Kuo was coordinating the affairs of the whole state and did not have the energy to keep an eye on Mu Zheng for himself.
So Zhang Yue thought about it and finally decided on a candidate.
After a while, You Shixiong, the secretary-general of Xizhou, appeared in front of Zhang Yue. Zhang Yue said to him: "I am going to let you go to Minzhou to recruit the Tibetan tribe. You can pack up and set off with Mu Zheng in a few days."
You Shixiong immediately took the order without saying a word.
Zhang Yue warned You Shixiong: "The recruitment of the Fan tribe in Minzhou is different from others. You need to think carefully about it. The Fan tribe is also based on the flesh and blood of the people. If you treat them like brothers and children, they will treat you like brothers and children in return."
"However, this matter cannot be generalized. No matter how you treat these Tibetan people, they will be divided into three. Remember, it is not divided into two. It is so easy to rashly divide the Tibetan people in Minzhou into those who are loyal to the Song Dynasty or those who rebel against the Song Dynasty.
man of."
"The matter at hand needs to be discussed in detail. It is wrong to divide it into two parts, let alone one size fits all. Doing things in this way is hasty and careless."
You Shixiong asked: "May I ask the commander how to divide it into three parts?"
Zhang Yue said: "There are only a few Tibetan tribes who are truly loyal to the Song Dynasty and those who rebel against the Song Dynasty. Most of the Tibetan tribes are in between, but these are the ones who can influence the situation in Minzhou. Therefore, we must use our strength
When seizing the two ends and leading the middle, the Tibetan tribes loyal to the Song Dynasty should be given official posts and generous rewards and allowed to enter the market, while those who rebelled against the Song Dynasty must be exterminated immediately. In this way, the Tibetan tribes in the middle will naturally know what to do, and appropriately