The World of Yellow Sky

Chapter 729
Most of the southwestern region is mountainous, with rugged terrain, and there are very few lands among the mountains that are suitable for human life. They are generally river valleys or small basins.

The mountains not only provide the tribe with water sources, but also provide barriers. It is usually very difficult to attack across the mountains, but it also isolates them from the outside world to a certain extent.

Because of the unique topography of the southwest region, the local population is scattered all over the place, and the transportation is inconvenient to isolate people from coming and going. A political system has gradually formed in the local area, forming tribes of different sizes, and these tribes still retain relatively ancient China's culture has not entered the feudal system, and is basically in slavery, and there are even primitive tribes.

However, the land where they are located has been controlled by the Central Plains Dynasty. The Central Plains Dynasty needed these lands as barriers or used the resources of these lands, so in order to manage these tribes, they named their leaders as chieftains. This is the origin of chieftains.

During the Tang and Song Dynasties, Jimi prefectures and prefectures were set up in Southwest China, South China and other ethnic minority areas, and local indigenous leaders were appointed as hereditary assassins and prefects.

During the Yuan Dynasty, the method of "governing the native people with native officials" was improved, and the Tusi system was formally established.

At the local level, the leaders of various ethnic groups were bestowed with official titles such as Xuanfu Shi, Xuanfu Shi, Appease Shi, Recruiting Shi, Qianhu, Baihu, etc., and a certain system was formed for the occupations, inheritance, tribute, and collection of native officials.

The chieftain system is relatively complicated. To sum it up, the chieftain is "the world owns its land, the world governs its people, the world rules its soldiers, the world inherits its position, the world governs its place, the world belongs to its stream, and the world receives its title."

During the Ming Dynasty, the chieftain system developed to its heyday, and the Ming Dynasty used the chieftain system of "dividing internal and external fields" to manage local ethnic groups.

"Jingtai Yunnan Tujing Zhishu" records the administrative establishment of the Chief Secretary of Yunnan: "Zhili Prefecture, Prefecture, and Sifan are twenty-nine, and Waiyi Prefecture, Prefecture, and Sifan are seventeen.

The internal and external division system is relatively complicated. It roughly means that the area directly under the central government is set up as the center, and the outer areas are entrusted to the barbarians, which is a bit similar to the enfeoffment of the Zhou emperor.

These peripheral prefectures and state tribes need to send troops led by the central generals to quell the war when other tribes rebel or invade from other places.

In the original time and space, after Zhuge Liang pacified Nanzhong, the system implemented was actually more like the chieftain system.

After the pacification of Nanzhong, Zhuge Liang made the four counties of Nanzhong, Yizhou, Yongchang, Zangke, and Yuejuan into six counties, all of which were led by locals or generals.

Someone once advised Zhuge Liang to stay in the army, but Zhuge thought it was inappropriate and proposed three difficulties.

The third thing that is not easy to say is: "You Yilei has the crime of abolishing and killing, and he thinks it is serious. If he keeps outsiders, he will never believe it."

At present, the first goal of the Taiping Road is to stabilize the tribes in southern Xinjiang, divide the power of the powerful families in Yizhou, and then weaken the power of the powerful families in Yizhou to the point where they can no longer affect the situation in Yizhou.

The chieftain system was not gradually abolished until the Qing Dynasty, and the land reform was implemented.

For the current Yizhou southern border, the chieftain system is not the best system, but it is undoubtedly the most suitable system.

Setting up officials and implementing the county system is indeed the best way of management and control, but the actual situation in Yizhou and the actual situation of each tribe make the implementation of the county system very difficult.

Although those tribes were influenced by Han culture to a certain extent, their living habits and customs in all aspects are quite different from those of Han people, and it is difficult to integrate. They can only slowly integrate with time.

In fact, the reform of soil and return to the stream has been implemented as early as the Ming Dynasty, but the progress is slow.

It was not until the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty that the land reform was fully implemented, and in the process of implementation, blood was undoubtedly used to pave the way for the land reform.

Those chieftains have enjoyed rights and interests for a long time, and the tribal people have no human rights at all. In many tribes, ordinary tribal people are just the chieftain's slaves, and the chieftain's private property.

Therefore, if you want to change the land and return it to the natives, and use the exiled officials to manage these Yi tribes, you must use blood to establish this system.

The tribal leaders who run the tribe aren't just sitting around waiting for you to kill them all.

It must be implemented after the land reform, but it is definitely not now. The chieftain system is the most suitable system for the southern border of Yizhou.

Now Xu An has no time to manage the Southwest, and his main energy is on Han Ting and Wei Ting.

The matters in the Southwest are complicated and cannot be resolved in a short while.

Xu An's strategy for governing southern Xinjiang can basically be said to copy books, and the copied books are exactly the system that Zhuge Liang implemented in South China, and the chieftain system of later generations, plus some of his management of the Southern Huns in the north. And the experience of Xianbei, Wuhuan and other tribes.

In the original time and space, in history, Zhuge Liang moved tens of thousands of powerful soldiers, Qingqiang, and tribal people from Nanzhong to the hinterland of Yizhou, and divided them into five divisions, named "Flying Army", which is also very famous in later generations. No flyer".

The three counties in southern Xinjiang have a small population, so taking away tens of thousands of households at once is tantamount to drawing salary from the bottom of the pot.

Wudang's flying army is all wearing iron armor and can climb mountains and mountains.Good at using bows, crossbows and poisonous arrows, and good at field battles. Because of his weapons, horse nails, crossbows and arrows, and the ability to grasp the terrain, he is very good at defensive operations.

And because the whole family moved, so it is customary to dance with the barbarians, all of whom wear their badges and scream.

They were also divided into thin and weak ones, assigned to the big clans Jiao, Yong, Lou, Cuan, Meng, Liang, Mao, and Li as trilogy, and set up five captains, named Wuzi, so the southerners have four surnames and five sons.

"Huayang Guozhi" records that Liang Yiyi was more ruthless, and he did not accept the powerful surnames. Instead, he ordered gold and silk, and hired evil barbarians as a family part, and many of them were hereditary officials.

Therefore, the barbarians were greedy for goods and belonged to the Han in order to subjugate the barbarians, thus establishing a local army with the nature of using the barbarians to control the barbarians.

At the same time, these Yi people were recruited as soldiers, which brought the tribes in southern Xinjiang and the Shu Han closer to a certain extent.

Xu An also put forward similar measures in the general strategy, taking the bottom from the bottom, weakening the power of the rebellion, and turning it into his own help.

Wudang Flying Army is very famous in history, and the first chief officer was Wang Ping, a surrendered general of the State of Wei.

For the first time, he followed Ma Su's troops to fight Zhang He in Jieting.

Because of Ma Di's mistakes, the entire Han army was defeated. Wang Ping remained calm in the face of danger.

In the ninth year of Jianxing, Zhuge Liang made the fourth Northern Expedition. Sima Yi ordered Zhang He to lead the army to attack Wang Ping in the south encirclement.

Wudang Flying Army has rarely failed since its formation.

In the end, the ending of the Wudang Flying Army was extremely tragic. (254 AD) Jiang Wei’s seventh Northern Expedition, in order to cover the retreat of the commander, the Wudang Flying Army fought the final battle under the leadership of the last officer Zhang Yi.

The Wudang Flying Army fell into the siege of the Wei Army as the palace army. Wei General Xu Zhi led the Wei Army to attack fiercely. Zhang Ni held a weapon in his hand and fought in person. .

Wudang Feijun killed the enemy in this battle, a large number of Wei troops were killed and wounded, and Zhang Ni himself also fulfilled his promise of "killing oneself for repayment".

Now the Yellow Turban Army has five battalions of Xiaoqi, Wuxiang, Shanggu, Bingzhou, and Xiliang. Among them, the Xiliang cavalry came from Liangzhou to enlist brave soldiers. Form the "Wudang Flying Army" to make up for the shortcomings of the current Yellow Turban infantry.

Although the infantry of the Yellow Turban Army now has yellow angels, camps, soldiers, and sharp soldiers, although most of them have experience in mountain warfare, most of them are from the north. The climate in the south is really uncomfortable for them. power has been more or less affected.

They are still accustomed to engaging in large-scale regimental engagements with the enemy on plains and low hills.

If Wudang Flying Army can be established, it will undoubtedly make up for the shortcomings of mountain warfare for the current Yellow Turban Army.

Now that the navy has Gan Ning to help with training, and Wu Wu as an air force and land battle, the attack on Jingzhou, Jiaozhou and other places will undoubtedly be like a tiger with wings added, and the result will be twice the result with half the effort.

Xu An also didn't plan to change the name of Wudang Feijun. After Nanzhong was stabilized, he would start to move the residents of southern Xinjiang, following the example of Zhuge Liang in the past.

Although the tribes in southern Xinjiang are backward, it does not mean that they are poor.

After Zhuge Liang pacified Nanzhong, the tribes in southern Xinjiang paid tributes of gold, silver, dan, lacquer, cattle, war horses, etc. every year. These materials greatly eased the financial pressure of the Shu Han and provided a lot of support for Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition. supplies.

Although the small-scale rebellion of the southerners has not stopped, compared with the Eastern Han Dynasty, Nanzhong is relatively stable. The rebellions of some small tribes in southern Xinjiang have been quickly put down by Ma Zhong, Li Hui, Lu Kai and other generals.

Now every place in Taiping Road needs money, and the money spent every year has almost become an astronomical figure.

Official salaries, military expenditures, and various expenditures for workshops and workshops all increased the financial pressure on Taiping Road.

There are not many ways to increase income and reduce expenditure. Now that Taipingdao wants to get rid of financial difficulties, the main manager must focus on increasing income.

After the opening of the Silk Road, it is true that a lot of money can be obtained, but it will take time, and it will take time to transfer to Yizhou and develop Yizhou.

However, collecting tribute from the tribes in southern Xinjiang and conducting business with various tribes in southern Xinjiang can be carried out in a short period of time.

The trade route of the Silk Road is very profitable, but the Silk Road is not the only trade route in the world.

South Asia and Southeast Asian countries have now developed civilizations. Although there are forests and mountains as obstacles, Taipingdao can now send goods to various ministries in southern Xinjiang for sale, and then buy raw materials and special products in southern Xinjiang at low prices, and then sell them to The northern part of Yizhou, and even the three northern states of Taiping Road.

The sea route is convenient and cheap. Although the land route is expensive and difficult to develop, it can be regarded as an income, which is better than nothing.
Now that Taiping Dao has occupied Yizhou, and the ministries in southern Xinjiang have temporarily surrendered, Xu An finally has a great opportunity to do something that he wanted to do when he was still in Bingzhou, but he couldn't do it.

During the Little Ice Age, the weather was getting colder and the winter was getting longer and harsher. Even though the Western Xianbei, Southern Xiongnu, and Shanggu Wuhuan all belonged to the Taiping Road, there was still a lack of winter clothes.

In addition to leather felt, most of the Han people use silk, fur, kapok, sand, etc. to keep out the cold in winter. These methods either have limited ability to keep out the cold, or are expensive, and ordinary people cannot afford them.

And just in South Asia, just in India, there is a crop that has been widely spread all over the world in later generations-cotton.

The origin of cotton is India and Arab countries. Before cotton was introduced to China, China only had kapok for filling pillows and mattresses, but no cotton for weaving.

Kapok is a kind of tree, tall and easy to plant.When the ancients had no cotton, they processed kapok trees and made them into linings, which were worn to keep warm in winter.

Not long after southern Xinjiang was pacified, Xu An began to prepare for an expedition to South Asia, in order to go to India to bring cotton seeds back to China.

In the current territory of the Han Dynasty, there are many areas suitable for cotton farming. Once cotton is widely planted, the civilians and military of Taiping Road can use this kind of clothing to keep out the cold.

Cotton is not only used to make cotton clothes to keep warm, but also can be made into cotton armor.

Once the cotton armor is produced, the heavy infantry of the Yellow Turban Army will become the world's well-deserved number one heavy infantry.

One layer of cotton armor, one layer of chain mail, one layer of iron armor, and three layers of heavy armor not only keep warm, but also don't affect activities too much.

It's a pity that America is too far away, lacking the technology of ocean navigation, sending a fleet to find America is simply sending people to die.

On the contrary, the plan of sending an expedition to go all the way north by land, from the Bering Strait to America, is more reliable.

And the most important thing is that at this stage there is no outlet to the Taiping Road, and Gongsun Du has not yet agreed whether to join the Taiping Road, he is still hesitating, a little hesitant.

But Xu An is not worried about whether Gongsun Du is willing to join Taiping Dao.

Now that the Taiping Road has captured Yizhou, four of the thirteen prefectures of the Han Dynasty have been captured, and the western border of the Han Empire has been returned to Huangtian.

All the tribes in Mobei bowed their heads and professed their vassals. Even Xianbei, the overlord of Mobei, can only ask for good words now, so that Taipingdao can help him fight against the enemy.

Taipingdao has become a trend to strengthen Qin, even several times stronger than that of the past.

As long as you keep a low profile, prepare your troops, and accumulate strength, the day you leave the customs will be the time to sweep the world.

The sooner you join Taiping Road, the greater the benefits you can reap.

There are countless icing on the cake, but there are very few who give charcoal in the snow. How to choose is not difficult.

As long as Gongsun Du is not an idiot, then he will definitely choose Taiping Road.

Although the forces of Han Ting and Wei Ting have discovered that the general trend of Taiping Dao has been achieved, what can they do?
The struggle between the Han and Wei dynasties has reached an endless situation.

In front of Han Ting and Wei Ting, there is actually only a glimmer of hope.

That is to eliminate the other party while Taipingdao is still accumulating strength, and then confront Taipingdao with an overwhelming army.

Yanzhou, Yuzhou, Jizhou, Jingzhou, Qingzhou, and Xuzhou are the six states with the richest heritage in the Han Empire. As long as the unification is completed, they are not without the power to fight.

It's just that it's so difficult for the Han and Wei Dynasties to defeat each other, Xu An is not just watching from the sidelines.

Once the Wei army gains an advantage, Taipingdao can send troops out of Juyong Pass to attack Youzhou, and send troops out of Hangu Pass to attack Luoyang to contain the Wei army's strength.

If the Han army gains an advantage, Taipingdao can send troops out of Wuguan to attack Nanyang in Jingzhou, and troops out of Jiangguan to attack Nanjun in Jingzhou to contain the strength of the Han army.

(End of this chapter)