Xuande

Chapter 832
In replying to the edict of Rinan County, Liu Bei specifically mentioned that there was a copper pillar left by General Fubo Ma Yuan in the southern border of Rinan County.

Liu Bei suggested that the copper pillar be moved to the south. Where the copper pillar is, the extreme boundary of the Han Dynasty will be there.

In this way, General Fubo will be very relieved to think that he is alive in the sky.

After receiving Liu Bei's approval, Fazheng was very happy to set up another county in the south of Xianglin County. Following Liu Bei's suggestion, he named the county Wuji County, which means "Han Jiang Wuji Realm".

Afterwards, Fazheng went to Luoyang again, hoping to move the Ninan County prefecture to Xianglin County, further south, to show the imperial court's support for pioneering and enterprising.

In early November, Liu Bei approved Fa Zheng's memorial.

quasi.

No one expected that since Liu Bei ascended the throne, the Han Dynasty's first expansion of territory was not initiated by the army through military means. It was actually initiated by a group of county soldiers and civilian armed forces to capture prisoners of war and sell them into slavery. Action initiated.

No one ever imagined that those savages and natives who were annoying to death and worrying about them before would actually become sweets and potatoes under the current situation.

The worries that constantly eroded the Han territory and threatened the southern territory of the Han Empire actually became an important resource that the large households with tens of thousands of acres of land who moved south to Jiaozhou were eager for.

How many people have made a fortune by selling these resources.

Under such stimulation, more and more jealous people organized professional and sharp slave-hunting teams to report to the government. The government also supported the existence of such slave-hunting teams, allowing them to establish and hold certificates. Get on duty and carry out slave hunting operations under the supervision of the county military organization.

The government will receive [-]% of the income they receive, and the rest will be divided according to headcount. Under the supervision of the government, they will be fair and clear, and no one will owe anyone anything.

In this way, the government can get money to build collective farms at the request of the court to improve political performance, and the slave hunting team can also get money, increase their assets and savings, and develop their own real estate .

A strange virtuous circle began to take shape.

And the only ones injured in this cycle are those ferocious natives and savages.

Beginning in September of the second year of Zhenguan, Han people in Nanhai County, Hepu County, Yulin County, Jiaozhi County, Cangwu County and other places organized their own slave-hunting teams. In addition to the necessary agricultural labor force, all those who could be mobilized All the people went to the government to report, and then went out to hunt slaves.

The natives and savages in various counties began to face extremely severe survival tests, and their original survival logic was no longer applicable under the new living conditions.

The new rules of the Han Empire created a new logic of survival, and in this logical environment, the survival position of the natives and savages was very embarrassing.

They are no longer a troublesome existence with no value but only losses, but means of production.

The more native people they have, the more means of production will be, and the more means of production, the more wealth will be produced. This simple one-way logic problem was quickly understood by people, so the people of Jiaozhou treated the native people. Attitudes changed dramatically in a short period of time.

As for the actual governance of these natives, it is a brand new problem that their masters need to face, because although the imperial court does not care about the life and death of these natives, it cannot allow these natives to rebel and endanger everyone's safety.

However, for this problem, it cannot be said that it is really a difficult problem to solve.

Because it was profitable, people's creativity was unlimited. In a short period of time, people in various areas of Jiaozhou had a lot of ideas on how to manage the natives who were slaves, and launched intense exchanges.

Everyone has their own ideas, and every village has its own tricks.

What kind of rope, what iron chain, what hunger, what three-year shelf life, what four-year shelf life, what separation of men and women, and even internal division, agent management, etc. All kinds of clever tricks were born in Jiaozhou during this period.

The inspiration for the management of the natives under the brainstorming can't even be regarded as a spark, it is called a volcanic eruption, even a person without official status, at this moment, spontaneously stands on the perspective of a ruler, showing Unleash your endless creativity.

Fazheng personally participated in an internal opinion meeting on native management. After the adjournment, Fazheng couldn't help sighing that he felt that his governance rules were already relatively strict. "Law", meticulous.

But compared with this group of guys, he found that both himself and "Han Law" were a bit too ideal.

Therefore, Jiaozhou in this period is really a time when similar people shine.

Compared with the needs of the big families, dynamic social groups, and small families for native slaves, the imperial court actually needed a lot of labor.

While Liu Bei's decree on land transfer allowed remote states and counties to use native slaves to speed up development, people in relatively developed areas also had many ideas.

Cao Cao, the governor of Sili Prefecture, led more than ten officials to submit a letter to Liu Bei, thinking that this matter was a big deal.

It is the same as what Liu Bei did during the Second Empire. Since it is politically incorrect to use Han Chinese slaves as coolies at this stage, and recruiting civilians to serve in the army cannot be prostituted for free, needs to be paid, and has to prepare food and restrict work Things like time consume a lot, so in order to reduce the expenditure of the court, the court should also carry out large-scale and organized slave hunting operations.

Although it is said that the development of Jiaozhou is a national policy, it cannot be said that all the benefits will be occupied by Jiaozhou. Although our land in the Central Plains is a rich land, it cannot be said that we must give Jiaozhou unlimited benefits, so that Jiaozhou can take advantage of the time, place and people. and right?

We always have something to gain, right?

Of the more than one million prisoners of war from the grasslands that Liu Bei captured and used, about one-third of the women of school age were incorporated into the household registration in remote areas and became Han people, and some men with special skills were incorporated into the household registration. , and also escaped from slavery.

It means that only more than 50 and less than 60 grassland prisoners of war became official slaves of the Han Empire and were used by the Han Empire.

Over the years, the construction of Liangzhou, Bingzhou, and Youzhou has used up 90.00% of the slave quota, leaving only about [-]% for the Central Plains. With such a small number of people, it is impossible to afford the Central Plains to repair infrastructure and build hydraulic engineering requirements.

Therefore, the cost of using civilians and supporting logistics in the Central Plains region is far higher than that required in remote areas. This has led to great financial pressure on local governments in the Central Plains region.

Especially in the current Central Plains area where collective farms need to be reorganized on a large scale, taxation should be regulated, and the amount of money to be spent and the number of people who need to be used are astronomical. Many places have even begun to request transfer payments from the imperial court.

Under such a background, isn't it natural for the Central Plains region to open up the use of native slaves, even if it is just to open up the use of official slaves to the government?

This will also reduce the financial pressure on the court.

"Now the imperial court can capture a large number of native slaves and train them, and then invest them in the Central Plains. To meet the large-scale construction of collective farms and the large-scale needs of water conservancy projects, it should be able to achieve a very good effect. More importantly, it can Save state money.

You also said that money is being spent all over the country now, and money is being used everywhere. Not only the national treasury, but also the young government is spending a lot of money. Although the government's finances are abundant, it is not unlimited. You can save whatever you can. What do you think? "

After Cao Cao's memorandum was handed over, Liu Bei summoned Cao Cao and discussed the matter with him in private. Regarding this matter, Cao Cao gave his own opinion, thinking that saving money is the most important thing.

But it doesn't stop there.

"What happened in Jiaozhou has been made known to other local officials. Local officials also have their own ideas and feel that what Jiaozhou can do, why can't they do it? It's okay if the land policy does not provide benefits, and the natives are not arrested?

In every state in the world, not only Jiaozhou has natives, but many other places also have natives who do not obey the control. If these natives are not arrested, what are they doing in the place?Does it make sense?If the imperial court keeps suppressing it, local states and counties will have great opinions. "

What Cao Cao said was very good, and Liu Bei paid attention to it, so Liu Bei convened officials to discuss the matter and quickly reached a consensus.Can.

Jiaozhou can enjoy a lot of preferential policies, but the states in the Central Plains should not simply become big grievances, and should also receive some preferential policies.

Therefore, Liu Bei opened up the right to use the official slaves of the states in the Central Plains, and stipulated that the government can organize people to go to the south of the Yangtze River to capture the natives and bring them back to the Central Plains for use as slaves.

However, the number of people who leave and the number of people brought back need to be reported to the imperial court for approval. If there is a large gap in the number, they must be allocated by the imperial court. Private allocation and use are not allowed, and official slaves are not allowed to trade.

So starting from November of the second year of Zhenguan, the major states and counties in the Central Plains began to follow the needs of the imperial court, and began to form their own slave hunting teams based on the county soldiers. Try to grab more slaves to bring back to use.

The officials in Jiaozhou were not very happy about this matter, thinking that the Central Plains people came to compete with them for slaves.

So one by one, they submitted the forms to the imperial court, asking the imperial court to understand their difficulties. The place is bitterly cold and barren, and there is nothing that can be sold. The only ones that can be sold are slaves. Isn't it too bullying?

After Liu Bei learned the thoughts of the counties in Jiaozhou, he didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He sent messages to the counties in Jiaozhou one after another, reprimanding them.

You have taken so much advantage of the imperial court, you have taken so many benefits, and all kinds of policies are being tilted towards you without any money. Aren't you still dissatisfied?

Liu Bei seriously criticized these officials from all over Jiaozhou, severely reprimanded them, and asked them not to limit the slave hunting teams of the central plains officials, and then asked them to go to the south if they captured all the local natives. Local governments are looking for more natives, and they should have the courage to go to sea to capture the natives they need.

All in all, the natives in Jiaozhou are not the wealth of the local states and counties, but the wealth of the entire Han Dynasty. Any behavior that seeks to engage in local protectionism will be severely punished by the Luoyang court. will be more serious.

After the county governments of Jiaozhou and the state capital of Jiaozhou were reprimanded by Liu Bei, similar protests disappeared.

Without support from the central government, they can only think of their own way. They can't limit their opponents, so they can only enhance their own hunting ability. Various capable people in the county are mobilized to organize stronger and more professional slave hunting teams to launch slave hunting operations with all their strength.

As a result, the "heroes" from various counties in Jiaozhou made their debut one after another, stepping onto their own historical stage.

To say that the natives living in Jiaozhou are also unlucky.

Hundreds of years of good times have passed, and suddenly the situation changed suddenly, and those Han people who were afraid to avoid them suddenly became enthusiastic "pursuits" of them.

That is a serious "pursuit", a pursuit in the true sense, and it is quite enthusiastic in various senses, but this enthusiasm sometimes seems too fanatical, so it will cause some physical harm to them .

At first, the native settlements did not take it seriously, thinking that it was just some staged and small-scale actions of the Han people. But soon, some native settlements that had had contact with the Han people learned the real situation and learned that the Han people were doing this. A wave of actions does not seem to be a phased, small-scale action, but...

large-scale sustained action.

The policy of the Han people has changed. They will be arrested and tamed, then sold for money, sold to those who need it, and put into land reclamation operations. They will work until they die, without any hope of recovery.

This is not only the meaning of the Luoyang court, but also the meaning of the Han people.

Unprecedentedly, the Han people reached a unified understanding from the court to the people, and recognized the significance of these natives as property rather than negative assets. As a result, the Han people in the entire Jiaozhou and even the Central Plains became restless.

As a result, some more foresighted and more civilized native leaders panicked. After much deliberation, they felt that moistening was the only way, so they led their clansmen to moisten in more remote and primitive places.

However, some native leaders disagreed, thinking that the Han people had been no match for them for hundreds of years, so naturally they couldn't do anything to them now.

If the Han people come to attack on a large scale, they will unite to fight back against the Han people and fight the Han people to the death.

But it turns out that they are still too young, too ignorant of the difference between the actions of the Luoyang court and the people of the Han Empire this time. Market behavior is somewhat similar.

This is market behavior!

Therefore, just as the natives reached a joint intention, during the two or three months from the end of the second year of Zhenguan to the beginning of the third year of Zhenguan, when Jiaozhou was slightly cooler, the joint slave hunting teams from the counties in the Central Plains and the locals from the counties in Jiaozhou The slave-hunting teams took action one after another.

The two sides, just like engaging in an arms race, launched a devastating battle against the local natives with great enthusiasm and strong will to fight, as well as a sense of scrambling to be the first to never fall behind.

The environment can't stop them, and the disease can't kill their desire.

They brought with them quite sophisticated weapons and equipment, as well as armor and bows and crossbows approved by the government. Under the organization and leadership of professional county soldiers, and with strong desire as the driving force to move forward, they launched a strong attack on the natives. The slave-hunting team invaded the traditional aboriginal settlement without any fear.

In response, the natives also organized a large number of joint resistance teams to strongly resist and fight back against the Han slave-hunting teams, fighting them round after round in the dense forest to resolutely defend their right to survival and living space.

They don't have very good smelting ability and equipment ability, so they can only wear simple protective gear and hold a variety of polished weapons to fight fiercely with the slave hunters. Courage is their most powerful weapon.

But it turns out that courage does not play a decisive role sometimes.

The slave hunting teams in various counties were somewhat unaccustomed to the local combat environment and combat methods at first, but after a month or so of adaptation period, they got used to the local combat environment and combat methods one after another. The natives have almost seen and understood it clearly.

These are just a group of savages who are strong on the outside but hard on the inside. As long as they are conquered with weapons and frightened with blood, they will become extremely cowardly and dare not even carry out the most basic resistance.

At the beginning, the Native Union Army dared to start a strong battle with the slave hunting team. Even if many people were killed, they dared to continue fighting, which caused a certain amount of trouble and casualties to the slave hunting team. However, even at the beginning, even if the Native Union Army Achieving a certain victory is also accompanied by a high casualty ratio.

They need to pay more than five casualties in exchange for the casualties of one person in the slave hunting team. This contrast is quite obvious.

As time went on, as the Han slave-hunting team gradually became accustomed to and became more professional, the resistance of the Allied Aboriginal Army became less and less intense, became more and more weak, and became increasingly unable to compete with the slave-hunting team.

Facing the strong attack of the slave hunting team, from the beginning of the first month of the third year of Zhenguan, the native allied army began to retreat step by step, unable to confront it head-on.

Their last large-scale joint resistance occurred on the first day of the first lunar month in the third year of Zhenguan, when Liu Bei held a regular New Year meeting in Luoyang to celebrate the New Year with officials.

On that day, the natives of Hepu County, Nanhai County, and Yulin County organized a team of more than 2 people to fight to the death with the Han Chinese slave hunting team.

Hepu County has the largest number of natives, more than 1 people. The natives of Nanhai County and Yulin County also organized more than 5000 people each, and fought fiercely with the slave hunting teams that entered the counties. Attack.

As a result, more than 1000 natives in Hepu County were burned to death by the fierce oil tanks, and the rest were all scattered. After World War I, more than 8000 people were captured and basically wiped out.

The situation in Yulin County and Nanhai County was similar. Their respective main forces were counter-killed by slave hunting teams, and the entire army was wiped out.

The rebellion of the natives was over.

(End of this chapter)