Chapter three hundred and seventy ninth family general
Ren Liang said: "The salt in the world is nothing more than pond salt, sea salt, well salt, and mineral salt. During the Song Dynasty, pond salt and sea salt were mainly produced in the southeast coast. Now, only Jingdong has a small amount of sea salt in Daliang. Zhongyuan Pond Salt Master
The Yichi area of origin is now in the hands of Tian Hu. There are very few salt-producing areas that the imperial court can control, and the salt wells in the northwest are becoming more and more important."
Chao Yong nodded and said, "What Ren Gong said is that it seems that this salt well cannot be given up. However, the exemption of all the taxes and taxes from our court should be enough to calm these people down."
Ren Liang said: "The people of the Four Roads of Fuyan are now mostly farming for a living. During the Song Dynasty, they divided the land and exempted agricultural taxes and tying taxes, which was still very attractive to them. However, the people of Xihe Road
People were still mainly livestock. Before the Song Dynasty, they rarely received taxes from them, so taxes were irrelevant to them."
Chao Yong originally thought that he came to the northwest to fight the Xixia people, but he didn't expect that the Song Dynasty had controlled Shaanxi for so many years, and there were still many problems. It seems that immigration is the best way to conquer, making the Han people the mainstream in all places.
If you become a minority, you should not be able to make any storms. It is best to let the Han people live in a mixed relationship with the Han people, and combine the foreign people with the huge base of the Han people.
However, these things must be done slowly in the future. The most urgent task is to repel Xixia and maintain stability. If you want to merge the people as quickly as possible, you have to disband their tribe. No matter when you do this, it will probably cause a rebound. Only the Central Plains
Only by unification can he free up his hands to deal with disobedient people.
Ren Liang took a sip of tea and said, "After talking about the other five routes, only Yongxing Army is left. Yongxing Army is the best in the road, and there are Fuyan Road and Huanqing Road in front of him, Yongxing Army
He had never experienced wars. In addition, the Song Dynasty attached great importance to commerce, and the Yongxing Army's commerce was very developed. The Guanzhong Plain was fertile for thousands of miles. Agriculture was naturally good. The Han people were the main ones in the territory. As long as the officials were clear and clear, the Yongxing Army would not have to worry about rebellion."
Chao Yong nodded and said, "I will not hide it from Ren Gong. The reason why the court did not move officials from all walks of life in Shaanxi was that it just wanted to maintain a stable rear and fight against Xixia. When Xixia was repelled, the administration would be rectified at that time."
Ren Liang smiled and said, "I naturally know this. There are many smart people, and there are many officials who have recently abandoned their posts and fled south."
Chao Yong didn't care about the government affairs. He said, "Has the court sent someone?"
Ren Liang said: "There are not enough officials available in the court. The emperor asked his subordinates to recommend some officials from the Yongxing Army and sent some Jinshi who had just passed the imperial examination. In fact, officials from other roads can also be adjusted, and there are many soldiers in the Western Army.
There were several generals and families, and some prefectures were the governors who served as governors. They took horses to control the army and dismounted horses to control the people. Some prefectures used civil officials as governors. These civil officials were sent by the Song Dynasty, and the court adjusted their official positions.
It won't have much impact. However, it's best to ask the old master of Zhengliu for this matter. He knows the most about Shaanxi. So that some civil servants will have private contact with the generals."
The Song Dynasty was very taboo about military generals. In order to avoid the emperor's suspicion, military generals rarely made friends with civil officials.
Chao Yong heard Ren Liang say this and thought for a while, saying, "Does Ren say that the old master's intelligence system have been used?"
Ren Liang nodded and said, "Zhong family generals first generation, Shiheng conquered many foreign tribes. Zhong family generals can rely on Han people to collect information, and their ability to collect information is not inferior to that of Xixia.
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Zhong Shiheng was the founder of the Zhong family. He was not only outstanding in martial arts, but also very strategic. He was also good at dealing with the Qiang people.
When Fan Zhongyan was patrolling the border, he learned that many Qiang tribes in Huanzhou secretly contacted Li Yuanhao, the king of Xia. Fan Zhongyan immediately thought of Zhong Shiheng and transferred him to become the governor of Huanzhou to pacify the Qiang tribe.
Niu Nue, the chief of a Qiang tribe, was usually very stubborn, but when he heard that Zhong Shiheng came to take office, he ran to a faraway place to greet him.
Zhong Shiheng made an agreement with him that he would go to his tent the next day to comfort the tribe's people.
Unexpectedly, that night, heavy snow fell from the sky, and the snow was three feet deep.
Zhong Shiheng's servant persuaded: "The bull slaves are fierce and cunning, and they are difficult to trust, and the roads are dangerous and difficult to walk."
Zhong Shiheng was unmoved and said, "I made friends with Qiang people through my loyalty. How could I miss the agreed date?"
So, Zhong Shiheng braved the heavy snow to go to the appointment.
The snow was falling, and the Qiang people thought that Zhong Shiheng would not come to the appointment. However, they did not expect that Zhong Shiheng would come in the snow, and they did not bring many people and were not prepared for them.
When the Qiang people saw that Zhong Shiheng was so trustworthy, they trusted them very much, and they were all moved to worship him.
Another time, Zhong Shiheng invited another Qiang chief Muen to the military tent to have a banquet. When he was drinking, Zhong Shiheng called out a beautiful maid to come out to persuade him to drink. Muen saw the beautiful woman and immediately
The eyes shine.
After three rounds of drinking, Zhong Shiheng got up and left for a moment.
Seeing that Zhong Shiheng went out, Mu En didn't take the maid seriously, and immediately teased the maid.
At this time, Zhong Shiheng suddenly entered the door, looking very surprised and angry. Muen was shocked and ashamed, so he quickly lie down and apologized.
Unexpectedly, Zhong Shiheng turned anger into joy and gave the maid to Muen very readily.
From then on, Muen was loyal to Zhong Shiheng and worked hard.
Anyone who has a second thought among the Qiang tribe, Zhong Shiheng arranged for Muen to lead his army to fight, and he could not win the battle and defeat him.
It was through these methods that Zhong Shiheng conquered more than 100 Qiang tribes.
Every time the Western Xia invaded, the Qiang people would inform him, so Zhong Shiheng had never been attacked by the Western Xia.
While stationed in Qingjian City, Zhong Shiheng had a foreign general under him who made a small mistake, which made Zhong Shiheng furious.
As usual, Zhong Shiheng was in a normal state of loving soldiers as his sons, ordered his soldiers to punish him with poaches and monitor him, which made people torture him severely.
Whether it was the general begging for mercy or the subordinates pleaded with each other, Zhong Shiheng was unwilling to forgive this person.
Zhong Shiheng's poaching completely destroyed the loyalty of the foreign generals. Before his injuries were healed, he left without saying goodbye and fled to the tent of the Xixia king Li Yuanhao.
Seeing that this person was scarred and hated Zhong Shiheng to the core, Li Yuanhao took him as his confidant and allowed him to enter and exit the Privy Council of the Supreme Military Organ.
Unexpectedly, a year later, the foreign generals returned to Qingjian City without knowing it, and brought back a large number of Western Xia military secrets to Zhong Shiheng.
At this time, the people of Xixia realized that this was Zhong Shiheng's bitter meat plan. It was because no one expected that the other people would work so hard for Zhong Shiheng, and that the bitter meat plan could succeed.