Qiming 1158

Chapter 262 Saba Feels Very Worried
The efforts of the elders of the four dynasties were also unsuccessful, which was a major blow to the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty.

What Wen Dunsizhong can't do, they naturally have no confidence that they can do it.

As a result, the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty were awe-inspiring, and had to act with all-out efforts as Wanyan Liang said.

The bureaucrats, who have been pampered for a long time, are forced to do so, under the coercive orders of the emperor, they carry out high-intensity work that they are completely unaccustomed to.

Ninety-nine-six is ​​an extravagant hope, and zero-seven has become a daily routine. Many bureaucrats cannot bear it, and many people fall ill because of this.

Wanyanliang was very annoyed by this, and ordered all the people who fell ill to be dismissed and replaced by another group of people.

In his opinion, this group of pampered bastards will die if they do anything, so what qualifications do they have to occupy a high position?
This can frighten the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty. At the same time, the high-intensity work also makes the family find ways to find high-level supplements to replenish the body. They have to hold on to this high-intensity work process with a sigh of relief, and they must not fall. .

Gradually, this wave of work has almost become an arms race.

Although such an approach is very inhumane and makes Wanyanliang unpopular, objectively, Wanyanliang's actions have streamlined the bloated and inefficient Ginting Central Committee, abolished a group of incompetent or weak bureaucrats, and promoted a group of bureaucrats. A batch of capable bureaucrats came to power.

In order to gain the trust of the emperor, this group of capable bureaucrats will naturally work hard, which objectively enhances the efficiency of Ginting's affairs, and enables Wanyanliang's orders to be better implemented.

This is a pleasant surprise.

As a result, the process of Ginting's mobilization of troops and horses across the country has been pushed forward by a big step.

Wanyanliang is definitely not someone who sits and waits for death. In order to suppress the rebellion as soon as possible and stabilize his position, he stepped up the expansion of the army. The number of female real soldiers was not enough, and he even reached out to the Khitan people.

Since the Khitans were conquered, life has not been so smooth. Except for a small number of Khitan nobles who were accepted by the Jurchen dignitaries and entered the court, most of the Khitans even returned to their ancestors' herding life.

There are seven or eight herds in the front and back of the mountain divided by the Yanshan Mountains. Ordinary Khitan people live here, herd horses, drink the wind and eat sand, and the quality of life must be greatly reduced compared with that in the past.

Of course, the pure grazing life is not unacceptable, anyway, most of the Khitans do not necessarily live well in Liao, and they will also be exploited by the powerful and powerful of Liao.

But at least not a second-class citizen, only the Khitan dignitaries on their heads.

In the Jin Kingdom, however, the Khitans became second-class citizens and their political status declined.

Furthermore, because the Khitan people had severely suppressed the Jurchen and bullied the Jurchen, the Jurchen's attitude towards the Khitan people was not very good.

Today, most of the Khitan civilians mainly live in the northern grassland area of ​​the Jin Empire, where they graze and live as a buffer between the Jin Empire and the nomadic cavalry on the grassland.

For the northwest frontier defense of the Jin Empire, the Khitans really paid a lot. They fought against the nomadic cavalry on the grassland many times, so they paid a lot of sacrifices and killed many cavalry of nomadic tribes. hatred.

When the mobilization order was sent to the Northwest Road to recruit the Ministry of Justice, a Khitan named Saba was the first to learn about it.

Saba is an interpreter in the Northwest Road Recruitment Division. He is proficient in Jurchen and Khitan languages. He usually serves the Jurchen Shangguan who does not understand Khitan characters and languages. He is also responsible for helping the Jurchen chief to convey the court's orders to the Khitan tribe. ordinary civil servants.

Because of his low position, he was often treated unfairly by the Jurchen superiors. To say that he had a sense of belonging to Jin Guo would be a pure joke.

As a civil servant of Jin Guo, he is mainly able to eat and eat, and he can know the changes of Jin Guo’s policy a little earlier than others, so that he can effectively avoid the pits in those policies with his relatives and friends, and even obtain Some benefits to improve your life.

Therefore, Saba is quite prestigious among relatives and friends.

Everyone thinks that Saba is a reliable good friend, and they trust him more and promote his reputation. Once they come and go, the surrounding Khitan people also know Saba's reputation.

Although the Jin Empire had some excessive policies in the past, there was some room for it, and it did not stimulate the Khitan people too much. The Khitan people wanted to live a peaceful and stable life, and basically they could endure it.

But this time the policy is really not a policy that normal people can publish.

Every Khitan family has to produce young men, and all young men under the age of 50 must go out with the army. Even if there are multiple young men in a family, they are not allowed to stay to serve their parents.

All men of the right age who can fight must be dispatched. Except for those who are officials, no family can keep horses. They must all be thrown into the war and used by the Jin Empire.

Are you kidding me?
There are no strong men and no war horses, so what kind of fighting strength do we have?

If the nomadic cavalry on the grasslands come to rob at this time, what else can we use to fight?

Saba immediately realized that this was a huge pit. Once he jumped into it, the Khitan tribes in the front and back of the mountain would really be finished.

At that time, don't say whether you can give Jin Guo credit, I'm afraid that if you hit him in the front, your hometown will be raised by the tribes on the grasslands.

This can't be done.

The news spread quickly, and all the Khitan officials working in the Northwest Road Recruitment Division learned of the news and were very worried. Then this anxiety spread from the officials to their families and friends, and further. spread.

By the end of the first month, basically all the Khitans of the tribes in the front and back of the mountain knew about it.

Saba was considered to be more prestigious and capable among the Khitan officials recruiting the Department of Justice on the Northwest Road, so considering the safety of the ethnic group, everyone recommended him to discuss with Shangguan Zaohe and Yang Ge, who were in charge of this matter in the imperial court.

So Saba went to find Zao He and Yang Ge with rich gifts, and had a further conversation with them.

"The Khitan tribes live on the border of the country. They have always had a bad relationship with the tribes on the grasslands. They have been at war for generations and have deep grievances. The purpose of maintaining a certain number of soldiers and war horses is to guard the borders of the court. If we win, the court will be stable.

But now the imperial court wants all of our strong men and war horses to join the war. If the news is known to the grasslands and they send a large army to attack, how should we deal with it?We also ask Shangguan to convey our request to the court. "

Zao He and Yang Ge accepted the generous gifts brought by Sa Ba, but turned their heads and felt worried.

Because of this, they learned from the Northwest Road recruiting envoy Wanyan Wo that the court's attitude was very firm, or the emperor's attitude was very firm.

This matter was pushed by the emperor and ordered by the emperor to do it. Many ministers in the court did not approve of it, and even Wen Dunsizhong, the elder of the four dynasties, told the emperor not to do it, but the emperor insisted on doing it.

Everyone's dissuasion has failed. If they do not follow the emperor's orders, it may be difficult for them to save their lives.

So how can we intercede for the Khitan people?
They were very upset about it.

And Saba is urging these two people to give him an answer every day, asking them if this matter can be resolved through intercession, they are in a dilemma, and they are in a dilemma. .

"If you want to say it, it will definitely not succeed, but if the Khitan people know that this matter cannot be changed at all, I am really worried that something will happen here. The court's order is too strict, even I think it is impossible."

Yang Ge was deeply worried. He sighed and sighed all day long, and then he accidentally contracted a cold. After a few days, he became ill and died.

The rest of Zaohe has become a frightened bird, and he doesn't want to see Saba anymore, so he avoids Saba everywhere, making Saba feel that this matter cannot be solved and will definitely move forward.

Sure enough, in the next few days, he learned that Wanyanwo had issued a decree, requiring all departments to immediately advance the recruitment of Khitan tribes, and no objection would be tolerated.

It is said that even the date of dispatch of troops has been stipulated.

Shaba Dun felt a bolt from the blue, realized that something was wrong, and was very anxious, just like an ant on a hot pot, restless, not knowing what to do.

At this time, a Khitan merchant who is said to be from the south found Saba.

(End of this chapter)