Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

In October of the second year of Zhangwu, Shen Chen officially entered Jicheng and took control of Liangzhou.

In the first month of taking office, he did not immediately go to various places to investigate and work, but consulted local information and summoned officials from various places to understand the current situation in Liangzhou.

Although the tone of the policy of treating Hu and Han as equals has been set, this is not something that can be accomplished with a simple order or two.

When dealing with ethnic issues, we must first be cautious, so that the bowl of water is level.If it is too gentle, the Hu people will think that the Han people are easy to bully, and they will easily run on the Han people.If it is too brutal, it will cause a large-scale backlash, and the gains outweigh the losses.

Therefore, the great integration policy of the Tang Dynasty is actually the best way, including the treatment of ethnic issues in later generations in my country, which also treats ethnic issues equally, and even has some policy considerations and inclinations for ethnic minorities.

The reasons for doing so are firstly to seek stability, secondly to unify the Chinese nation, and thirdly to reflect the country’s tolerance for all ethnic groups.This is exactly the case, Yangyang Huaxia has such stability.

Another is the most important point.

In fact, most of the so-called Yi people in our country have Han blood. For example, the Huns were actually Han people who migrated north during the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties.

For example, the genes of Genghis Khan's golden family and Liu Bang's family are consistent, the genes of the Liao royal family are the genes of the Zhou Dynasty royal family, and the Huns are descendants of the Ji family of the Zhou Dynasty, etc.

In addition, Shennong, the first ancestor of Chinese humanities, is Xirong, and most of the Northwest ethnic groups are Shennong genes.Xuanyuan is Beidi, and Hebei, Shanxi and other places are mostly descendants of Xuanyuan.Nanman is Chi You, the ancestor of the Henan area.Dongyi is Shaohao, the ancestor of humanities in Shandong area.

Therefore, from the same source of blood, we should help each other and reflect the inclusiveness of the Chinese nation.It is not necessary to brutally suppress and kill the Qiang, Di, Hu, and Man in Xiliang, causing rebellions in Liangzhou and the people's livelihood.

This is also in line with the great man's teaching that all forces that can be united should be united.

of course.

Moderation should be moderate, suppression should be suppressed.

If you blindly tolerate and make foreigners feel that you can deceive yourself, you can't do a brutal killing.

There are still indispensable means.

After a period of investigation, Shen Chen had a general idea of ​​the current situation in Liangzhou.

At present, there are roughly two ethnic minorities in Liangzhou, one is Qiangdi and the other is Beihu.

Qiangdi lived in Longyou, Tianshui, Anding, and Beiding, probably in the south-central Gansu Province, the east of Qinghai Province, and the south of Ningxia Province.

Beihu lived in Wuwei and Zhangye areas, and was the northern part of Gansu and northern Ningxia in later generations.

It is common for Qiang Di to live together with Han people, and they do not exclude each other from ethnic integration.For example, Ma Chao's mother is a Qiang girl, who is of mixed Han and Qiang blood.

In Shen Chen's eyes, this was good news, and he didn't want to make Liangzhou a mess.

Because the Qiang people are a semi-nomadic and semi-agricultural civilization, they not only cultivate the fields, but also graze the pastures.The formation of cavalry and expansion of the army required the full support of the Qiang people for the horses and knights they needed.

Therefore, if the Northern Expedition is to go smoothly, Liangzhou must be stable.

After a period of understanding, Shen Chen believes that in order to solve the problem, it is necessary to understand the problem deeply.

So in the following time, he personally visited some small tribes around Jixian County, Qiang Shuai, and asked them what they thought of the current rule of the Han Dynasty and whether they were willing to accept governance.

In fact, for Qiang Di, the most important thing is survival.

In the Han Dynasty, Gansu was not as desolate as it was in later generations, but a fertile land with lush water and grass, green mountains and green waters, but the arable land area was small, so most of the grazing was done.

In order to compete for aquatic plants, there are frequent wars within the Qiangdi, and their survival pressure is still very high.

Small tribes are naturally willing to submit to the powerful Han Dynasty.

It's not just a question of the tolerance of the Han Dynasty, but the main reason is that the Han Dynasty put more pressure on them to survive in the past. Once they disobeyed, small tribes basically ended up exterminating their clans.

But the new Liangzhou shepherd is obviously quite reasonable, and he didn't start threatening Zhu Qiang before taking office.

Shen Chen even promised that as long as they were willing to accept the governance of the imperial court, the imperial court would help them improve their livelihood, adopt a reasonable system, and be willing to help them promote education and carry out agricultural reforms.

If they can survive, who is willing to offend the Han court at the risk of beheading?
What's more, Ma Chao has prestige in Xiliang, and Zhang Fei has also made a name for himself in Liangzhou in the past two years. As a result, most of the small Qiangdi tribes in Tianshui County are very submissive and dare not make mistakes.

Therefore, there are still many small and medium-sized tribes that are obedient.

Shen Chen then started pilot work in Xixian, Tianshui, Jixian, Xianqin, Chengji, Ayang, Lueyang, Pingxiang and other local counties in Tianshui County.

He ordered the county magistrates to adopt the Hu-Han Tongren policy, open cities in each county, actively develop agriculture and animal husbandry, use small tribes as villages, and middle tribes as village pavilions, and gather all Qiang tribes around the county town and extend outward.

While it is so convenient to rule and govern, it can also see results quickly.As for the problem that the tribe needs to migrate due to insufficient water and grass, the government will also conduct an investigation and then find a new grazing place.

Be as fair and just as possible.

When encountering conflicts between Hu and Han, or internal conflicts between Qiang and Di, they should also solve the problem fairly, and rewards should be rewarded, punishments should be punished, and the Quartet should be ordered to clearly state the cause and result of the matter, so that everyone will be convinced.

Half a year later, in the first half of the third year of Zhangwu, Qiangdi in Tianshui County and Wudu County were basically willing to submit to the rule of the Southern Han Dynasty.

Shen Chen's fair governance policy and principles have also achieved initial results, and since then his reputation has spread to Liangzhou.

After a period of time, Shen Chen's governance plan gradually spread to Longyou County and Jincheng County. Because of at least a relatively moderate ethnic policy, it attracted a large number of small Qiangdi tribes to join. its number.

This situation lasted until June of the third year of Zhangwu, when Mangzhong and Zhu Yi, kings of Shaodang Qiang in Jincheng County, launched a rebellion. At that time, Shen Chen himself was in Jincheng County to inspect whether the local ethnic policy was in place.

Jincheng County, Anyi County, here is the Ping'an District of Haidong City, Qinghai Province in later generations.

In later generations, there were large areas of hills in this area, and only the banks of the Huangshui River were faulted valleys and narrow and long plains.And although those hills are not high, there are many signs of desertification in later generations, and the hills are close to red.

However, in the Han Dynasty, the mountains here are full of green and green grasslands, and there are large forests in the farther mountains, so it belongs to the undulating hilly landform, like the mountains of Mongolian grasslands.

At this moment, Shen Chen is in the Xihan area in the south of Anyi County. The specific location is the northwest mountainous area of ​​Hualong Hui Autonomous County, Haidong City, Qinghai Province.

The Qiang tribe is a bit like the Mongolian tribe, with some farming and some grazing. Some fields have been opened up in the valleys, where millet and wheat are planted. A tributary of the upper reaches of the Yellow River flows slowly, and there are a lot of tents on both sides.

Shen Chen sat cross-legged on the grass, surrounded by leaders and elders of some small Qiang handsome tribes near Xihan, who sat on the ground and listened to him.

"The Han people and the Qiangdi have never been enemies, but friends and brothers. The court does not exist to rule everyone, but to better govern. Fighting and hatred are never the solution to the problem."

Shen Chen looked around at the crowd and said seriously: "Liangzhou is not the territory of the Qiang people nor the territory of the Han people, but the territory of all of us. Each of us is to survive, so if we want to live a better life, we must There should be no hostility, but joint efforts.”

A Qiang commander said: "But the Han people always recruit us to fight, let us bring our own weapons and horses, and don't pay the army. This is not giving us a way to survive."

"It's wrong."

Shen Chen said: "So I came here to correct this kind of mistake, and I ask you a question."

"Please tell me, Commander-in-Chief."

The local Qiang Commander of Xihan Qiang is an old man who has always been highly respected, so he can gather many Qiang commanders.

Shen Chen said: "The Han people cultivated the fields and paid taxes. With money and food, the court could maintain local stability, develop production, and promote prosperity. The Qiang people were unwilling to submit to the court or pay taxes, so the court still had the responsibility to protect the Qiang people. Is it stable?"

The old man thought for a while and said, "There is no responsibility."

"Yes."

Shen Chen said: "So in the long run, if you are willing to submit to the imperial court, become subjects of the great Han, and pay taxes, the imperial court will send officials to maintain your order and prevent you from attacking each other for the grasslands. Big tribes wantonly massacre and annex small tribes, which in itself is good for your survival."

"But there are only so many pastures. If you don't grab them, what will you do when the pastures are gone?"

someone asked.

"This is the duty of the government."

Shen Chen earnestly and kindly said: "Since you are willing to become the subjects of the big man, the government should help you solve these problems. Reasonable planning of pastures, delineation of farming and grazing areas are also things that the government has to do. You can't favor one over another, and you can't leave it alone."

The magistrate of Xiyi County nodded repeatedly and said: "If there is a problem with the pasture, please report it to the government at any time. I will often go to various places in the county to investigate and find new suitable pastures."

Shen Chen also said: "People can't blindly follow nature, but discover nature and change nature. The upper reaches of the big river are here, nourishing a piece of water and soil. But blindly not nourishing the land will only cause water and soil erosion, and make the pasture no longer grow. Grass comes out, so when there is nothing to do, we should dig more canals and irrigate the land to make the grassland full of vitality."

"Yes Yes Yes."

The crowd complied.

Their ancestors have lived here for generations, so they naturally understand the principles of development.

Shen Chen looked at them and continued: "The Great Han should be an inclusive and open country. As a citizen of the Han Dynasty, everyone has the right to education and change their own living conditions. In the future, when the Great Han is unified again, it will inevitably connect with the Western Regions again. Do business with the West; Liangzhou should seize the opportunity and become the only way for East-West commerce, so as to change its own poverty. Education is the cornerstone. Both Qiang people and Di people should read and practice calligraphy. Counties set up county schools, which are funded by the government to build schools. Each tribe can select the brightest children to enroll in the school. After finishing their studies, they can pass the imperial examination and become officials. How do you feel if someone from each of your tribes can stand out and lead the development of the tribe?"

Reading and writing?

All the leaders of the Qiangdi tribe were taken aback for a moment, then nodded in ecstasy and said: "Okay, okay, agree, we all agree."

They couldn't read, but that didn't prevent them from knowing who the officials who controlled power in Liangzhou were.

Those people are big men who read and practice calligraphy, and they master the interpretation of the law.

Sometimes there are contradictions between Qiang and Han. People say that black becomes white, and white becomes black. The Qiang and Di people often suffer from this kind of disadvantage.

However, the Han Dynasty suppressed the Qiang Di for more than a hundred years. Although the Qiang Di is the majority in Xiliang, there are very few people who can read and practice calligraphy, and the knowledge is mastered by the local aristocratic families in Liangzhou.

Therefore, they have instead become second-class citizens at the bottom. If they want to fight for their own power, they must either join the army and follow the governor of Liangzhou or the prefects of various counties to fight for promotion, or rebel and revolt.

For example, Beigong Boyu and Li Wenhou of the Liangzhou Uprising in the early years were the leaders of the Qiang and Hu people respectively. Because of their low level of education and poor warfare, they coerced Han Sui Bianzhang into the group and elected them as leaders.

As a result, they were limped by Han Sui, and were soon killed by Han Sui, allowing him to succeed.The most important thing is that Han Sui killed the leader of the Qiang tribe, but he had a high prestige among the Qiang tribe. Later, Han Sui was defeated by Cao Cao and hid in the Qiang tribe and was protected by the Qiang tribe.

It can be seen that Qiangdi's cultural level is relatively poor, not to mention that they don't know strategy, and they are still in the stage of primitive tribes who obey whoever is strong.

Now there are people who are willing to change this situation and promote education among the Qiang Di, and they are naturally very happy.

In this way, they can finally stand out.

Only Shen Chen's expression was actually quite calm, and he was not too happy or pessimistic about making this decision.

Qiang Di did not cause any disturbances in the Han Dynasty, which had a lot to do with his own poor level.

Fighting is all about rushing forward without knowing the art of war and strategy. With the strong bows and crossbows of the Han people, coupled with relatively primitive weapons and equipment, it is natural that they cannot beat the army of the Han Dynasty.

Once they are educated, if they rebel in the future, they will cause a lot of trouble.

This was also something that Shen Chen was worried about.

However, if you want to get the support of Qiang Di, you must also help them.

Education can not only produce more useful Qiangdi talents, but also strengthen their cultural identity and bring them closer to the Han Dynasty.

Just like later generations after World War II, Western countries recruited a large number of heirs of tribal dignitaries in Africa as overseas students, and then let them return to China to become elites, helping the West to indirectly colonize Africa.

These people have received Western education, but they are dark-skinned, but they regard themselves as Westerners and their compatriots as ignorant idiots. They consciously become the agents of the West in Africa, commonly known as the mangosteen, and become African managers.

Although this metaphor may not be appropriate, because Shen Chen is indeed treating the Qiang Di as a minority in his own country.

But the truth is the same.

If a large number of ethnic minorities close to the Han Dynasty can be educated, they will naturally help the country manage its own tribes, thereby stabilizing the situation in Liangzhou.

Therefore, the promotion of education among Qiangdi is a double-edged sword, and if you are not careful, you may cut yourself.

But Shen Chen still decided to do it.

The reason is that frontier instability only occurs in turbulent dynasties.

The dynasty was too busy to take care of itself, and places like Liangzhou became difficult to manage, so it was possible for educated people to become rebel leaders.

For example, An Lushan and Shi Siming, because An Lushan's stepfather An Yanyan was a senior general of the Tang Dynasty, An Lushan learned six languages ​​since he was a child, and also received higher education in the Tang Dynasty, thus launching a rebellion in the late Tang Xuanzong .

In peacetime, with the stability of the Tang Dynasty, An Lushan would not dare to rebel with a hundred courage.

Moreover, the Tang Dynasty was also Shen Chen's favorite dynasty, it was inclusive of everything.There are countless famous Hu people in the imperial court. Four of the 24 meritorious officials in Lingyan Pavilion are not of Han nationality, and 29 of the prime ministers are of non-Han nationality. This shows the tolerance and openness of the Tang Dynasty.

Therefore, Shen Chen believed that he would eventually build the Han Dynasty into a worldwide empire, so the ethnic minorities around the dynasty would naturally also be accommodated and become the inherent ethnic minorities and geographical territories of our country.

As for education, it is natural to follow the trend.

Faced with such a temptation, many leaders of the Qiang Commander-in-Chief, none of them refused, and they responded one after another.

Seeing that everyone was very cooperative, Shen Chen was ready to say a few more words, but at this moment, several horses galloped over from afar.

A few Qiang youths hurried over and hesitated a little when they saw Shen Chen.

The old man Qiang Shuai said: "The governor is our most honored guest and our leader. We are willing to accept his rule. Don't hide anything from the governor."

The leading Qiang youth said: "The tribal leaders in the west, Mangzhong and Zhuyi, intend to launch a rebellion, and invite us to join them!"

Qiang Shuai's face changed suddenly, and everyone was at a loss, looking at each other.

Shen Chen was also shocked, because he only brought more than a hundred horses with him this time, if the enemy suddenly turned his back, probably only himself, Jiang Wei, Deng Ai, Dan Yi, Wu Dang and a few other disciples could go back.

But he didn't make a sound immediately, but looked at handsome Qiang very calmly, a murderous look erupted in his eyes instantly.

Old Commander Qiang could naturally sense that Shen Chen's eyes were wrong, and his heart shuddered immediately, and he quickly knelt down to Shen Chen and said, "Governor, we will never follow Mang Zhongzhu to rebel against them."

"Yes, we will never rebel with them."

Many leaders suddenly came to their senses and knelt down to Shen Chen to express their loyalty.

Shen Chen's originally calm face suddenly showed a smile, looked around everyone and said: "I naturally understand your hearts, and I also believe that you will never rebel. And now there is an opportunity in front of everyone, I don't know what you think?"

The old Qiang Shuai asked: "I would also like to ask the governor to make it clear."

"Ah."

Shen Chen stood up, pulled out the gallbladder knife from his waist, looked around everyone and said: "Everyone, the imperial army is tens of thousands in Liangzhou, and it is really not worthwhile to mobilize the army for mere attention. How many tribes do you have?" People? How many of them are there?"

The old Qiang Shuai immediately said: "I report to the governor, there are [-] sons in my tribe, and I am willing to obey the orders of the governor."

"My tribe has eight hundred."

"I have six hundred."

"I have nine hundred."

"I have."

Everyone said something to each other, and they gathered their troops one after another.

The people gathered here are all small and medium-sized tribes, with a total number of only a few hundred or a few thousand.

So even if everyone gathers together, there will only be 8000 to [-] people.

However, Shen Chen said: "These soldiers and horses are enough. Everyone, Mangzhong and Zhuyi are Shaodang Qiang kings. There are tens of thousands of tribes, and they can dispatch at least [-] to [-] troops. What's more, they contact the leaders of other tribes everywhere. , it is hard to say that tens of thousands or even more than a hundred thousand troops can be gathered at once. But at this time they have just raised their troops, and the number of soldiers and horses is not large. We raided their tribes and beheaded them directly. For your military merits, I will reward you with official positions and give you their pastures and cultivated land. In this battle, I need you to understand that if you rebel with them, you will be mobilized by the court to wipe out the entire family. But if you are willing to follow I put down the rebellion, that is my Yuan Cong in Liangzhou, do you dare to fight!"

The words can be said to be kind and powerful, and the blood of many Qiangdi leaders was boiling, and they all said: "Dare to fight!"

"it is good!"

Shen Chen raised his knife and shouted angrily: "You will follow my orders, and in the name of responding to the call, send troops thousands of miles to attack Yugu and Dayun Mountain! Cut off Mangzhong and Zhuyi, whoever can kill them, I will let them be generals , did you hear that!"

"heard it!"

"go!"

Following Shen Chen's shout, the Qiang commanders from all walks of life immediately got up one after another, ran to their horses, and went back to the tribe to shake people.

In this battle, they followed Shen Chen and rushed thousands of miles to Dayun Mountain to kill the rebel king Shaodang Qiang!