I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 675 Everyone needs a wife
  It can be said that Liu Jian's words touched Zhang Liao's nerves and made him burst into tears of gratitude.

He really didn't understand that he and Liu Jian were not familiar with each other before, so why was Liu Jian so useful to him? You worked so hard for him!

Of course, if Zhang Liaoruo is also a time traveler and knows what he has done in history and his achievements after middle age, then he will probably understand why Liu Jian attaches so much importance to him.

"The Prime Minister is so kind to Liao, and Zhang Liao has nothing to repay. This time when he goes to Bingzhou, he will conscientiously complete everything assigned by the Prime Minister and live up to his expectations."

Liu Jian nodded with satisfaction and said: "Wen Yuan, I'm waiting for you to make achievements in Bingzhou before recalling you to Chang'an. If you need anything to go to Bingzhou this time, just tell Guo Fengxiao and I will send someone in advance. Say hello to him."

Zhang Liao then thanked him and stood up to leave.

But before leaving, Zhang Liao looked at the tea leaves and tea sets on Liu Jian's desk and said, "Can I give some of the prime minister's tea leaves to the general?"

"Of course, but don't you dislike this?"

Zhang Liao replied: "The Prime Minister said that tea is more mellow and memorable than wine. So I want to give it a try and stop drinking tea from now on. Besides, every time I see the tea given by the Prime Minister, Liao also I can recall the Prime Minister’s teachings to Liao today.”

"Wen Yuan is indeed a person who values ​​affection and justice. Okay, then I will give you some more of this tea."

"Looking back, if you don't have enough to drink in Bingzhou, just ask Guo Fengxiao directly for it. He drinks a lot of this stuff now...and they are all top-quality goods obtained from the Hebei Chamber of Commerce and Trade. He always pays for them on credit... …”

"Do you think this is something a governor should do?"

Zhang Liao couldn't help but feel happy when he heard what Liu Jian said was interesting.

At this moment, his heart was full of ambition and pride, and he wanted to go to Bingzhou and build a powerful Bingzhou army for Liu Jian.

Women look for those who please themselves, and men die for those who know themselves.

Now Zhang Liao's heart is filled with this feeling.

……

After Lu Bu and others surrendered to Liu Jian, Liu Jian's next step was to prepare the soldiers and generals of the Xiliang Army.

It was impossible for Liu Jian to keep all of these surrendered troops and generals as troops. There were too many troops and the financial burden on the country was too heavy.

After a careful inventory, Lu Bu's troops, Zhang Liao's troops, Zhang Ji's troops, Dong Min, the troops brought by Dong Huang... plus the Xiliang soldiers who surrendered during the battle with Hu Zhen, the total The number reached [-].

There are still tens of thousands of Xiliang soldiers scattered in Yongzhou, and some are fleeing towards Liangzhou.

Liu Jian didn't care about the Xiliang soldiers who fled towards Liangzhou.

With Xu Huang guarding Chencang, most of them could not escape and could only be stranded in Guanzhong.

However, the Xiliang army scattered in Yongzhou is very likely to become a destabilizing factor for the security of the Guanzhong area and a scourge that persecutes ordinary people...or they may become bandits and bandits. If you think about it carefully, the harm these people do to the people Very big.

In order to reduce the instability within the territory, Liu Jian immediately ordered notices to be posted in all counties and counties in Guanzhong, allowing these Xiliang soldiers to surrender.

As long as they are willing to surrender, all the blame can be put aside, and they can return to the army and distribute food.

Of course, there is a time limit for this matter. Anyone who fails to return after the time limit will be classified as a traitor and will be exterminated by troops in the future without mercy.

As soon as this move came out, many Xiliang sergeants scattered in Guanzhong came to submit to him at night.

As for these ordinary Xiliang troops, Liu Jian selected the elite among them to form a new Xiliang army and dispersed them among the various battalions under his command.

The sergeants of the Xiliang Army are different from ordinary Hebei sergeants. Although they are brave and warlike, their temperament is too wild.

The Liangzhou sergeants, like the Xiliang generals, were all unruly and arrogant.

Moreover, the people on the Liangzhou border are very different from the people in the Central Plains in terms of perseverance.

If they were allowed to gather in groups, they might cause some trouble in the future.

Although Liu Jian saved the lives of those Xiliang generals and was willing to appoint them, Liu Jian was not at ease with these people because the Liangzhou people had a relatively weak sense of ethics.

If they were in a bad mood one day and suddenly got together to rebel, Liu Jian would have to spend a lot of effort to deal with it, so he would disperse them into various camps without being able to communicate with each other, so that he could maximize the Reduce the frequency of their troubles and play a stabilizing role.

I have to say that Liu Jian has good intentions.

Apart from the strong men of the Xiliang army who had been collected into each battalion, Liu Jian asked the remaining Xiliang sergeants to work in the fields again, and registered them, hoping to place them in Guanzhong or the Sanhe area.

In fact, it is a bit troublesome to let the Xiliang army work in the fields. These veteran ruffians are the ones who kill people and cause trouble on the battlefield all the time...

Now, you let them farm collectively?
  Whether they are willing to do it or not is one thing; whether they can understand it is another thing.

Many people expressed concern about Liu Jian's proposal to let the Xiliang army work in farming.

But Liu Jian said that he had already thought deeply about this matter and asked everyone not to worry too much.

The Xiliang army was all born from border counties, but the people in Bingzhou and Youzhou in Hebei were not born from border counties?

Moreover, many tribes of Xianbei, Wuhuan, and Xiongnu have been conquered by Hebei and classified as Han people. These people are not even Han people. Are they more difficult to control than the Xiliang army?

At least the Xiliang soldiers still belong to the people of the Han Dynasty!
  Today, after many tribes such as the Xiongnu, Xianbei, and Wuhuan belonged to the Han Dynasty, the Hebei government office has registered them and included them in the people's commune system.

Use the collective management method of the people's commune to supervise them, teach them farming, and cultivate their collective sense of honor. At the same time, use the commune supervision method to manage their lives, monitor their behavior, and educate them... Although there were frequent incidents of alien rebellion during the period It happened, but nothing huge happened.

Therefore, Liu Jian felt that it was the right time to apply this system to the Xiliang Army. On the one hand, he had experience to rely on, and on the other hand, the system was feasible.

In this way, the rebellion of the Xiliang army can be limited to the greatest extent.

After everyone heard this, they all said it made sense.

However, Xun Yu pointed out one difference between the Xiliang army and the foreign tribes.

"Prime Minister! The officials think that although the Xiliang army is similar to the Xianbei, Wuhuan and other ethnic groups in many places, they have another difference. That is, the Xiliang soldiers who are now being brought back to the imperial court by the prime minister and asked to work in farming are all It is a brave army that fights on the battlefield all year round.”

"And most of the foreigners we surrendered are ordinary people. Of course, the foreigners are all horse races, and ordinary people can also fight, but compared to the Xiliang sergeants, they are still a bit behind. "

"After all, the effective fighting power of Xianbei, Wuhuan and the Xiongnu were almost wiped out by the prime minister in several battles that year."

"The remaining men today are far different from those back then. Although they are capable of fighting, they are no longer something to be afraid of."

"So, in terms of restraint, although there is no difference between the two sides, once a crowd gathers to rebel, the Liangzhou army still has an advantage compared to ordinary foreigners, and its combat effectiveness is not bad!" Xun Yu's words suddenly made Liu Jian realize.

He tapped the table gently with his hand and said, "Wen Ruozhi's words are indeed mature and prudent."

"Yes, the Xiliang Army is indeed impossible to compare with ordinary sergeants."

Xun Yu said: "The commune can indeed form effective management of Xiliang soldiers, but the restless hearts of these Xiliang soldiers still need to be calmed down, at least to make them have a sense of belonging to the Han Dynasty and farming life."

"The officials feel that the people's communes can provide these Xiliang soldiers with adequate protection in terms of food, clothing, and work, but if they want these veteran soldiers to be fully integrated into the people's commune system and concentrate on farming, they need to be given some strong medicine."

"Oh, what kind of advice does Wen Ruo have?" Liu Jian seemed to be quite interested in Xun Yu's remarks.

After all, after years of cooperation with Liu Jian, Xun Yu became more and more capable and his vision became wider and wider.

Sometimes his knowledge is really not inferior to that of Liu Jian, who is a time traveler.

Xun Yu said: "Encourage intermarriage! Let these Xiliang soldiers have wives and children. As long as they have women and children, the temperament of these soldiers can be slowly weakened."

"Even if it doesn't make them completely feel at ease, it at least makes them feel concerned and worried."

When Liu Jian heard this, he roughly understood.

"What Wen Ruo means is to give the people's commune the job of matching single men with women?"

Xun Yu nodded and said: "Nowadays, there are constant disputes and wars in the world. For most ordinary people, marrying a wife and having children has become a luxury. A man without a wife and children as a fetter is like a runaway man. Wild horses are difficult to control. Only by using a small family to govern people and tie them down can they serve the great country wholeheartedly!"

What Xun Yu said is very pertinent. Not to mention the troubled times, even in the peaceful and prosperous times, it was a luxury for the people at the bottom to marry and have children.

After all, in this world, the higher the level of people, the more they can monopolize most of the resources, and in this era, women are also a resource.

Not to mention the powerful families, some small farmers and landowners can monopolize most of the female resources.

There are more than three or five women in their family.

Although the Han Dynasty strictly implemented the system of wives and concubines, for those with money and resources, these were not problems.

Even if they don't give her a title, she can still bring any woman into her house that she wants.

In this way, a shortage of women's resources is unevenly distributed in society.

And whose mouth are these scarce resources taken from? Naturally, they are the men at the lowest level

Nowadays, the world has become a chaotic world. Marrying a wife and having children has become a luxury for men at the lowest level.

Such social development is not conducive to the stability of people's livelihood, but also is not conducive to the demographic structure of the Han Dynasty.

It is extremely detrimental to the development of the entire country.

"It seems that arranging marriages for the lower class is indeed a top priority. What Wen Ruo means is to take advantage of this opportunity to marry the soldiers of the Xiliang Army with wives so that they can have children. In this way, we can wear away their wild nature and allow them to be content with farming without causing wanton rebellion, right?"

Xun Yu said: "Now the Wuhuan, Xianbei and many tribes of the Xiongnu have become the subjects of my Han Dynasty. They have begun to receive Chinese education and learn the knowledge of my Han Dynasty. After one or two generations, they will completely integrate into me." The Han people, including the years when Xun was in charge of Youzhou, found that there were some barriers to intermarriage between the Han people and these foreign races.”

“First of all, people of the Han nationality are not willing to intermarry with foreigners because they have some discrimination against these foreigners from the bottom of their hearts, and foreigners are not willing to intermarry with the Han nationality. This will delay the reconciliation of some Han nationalities. The process of integration between them.”

"The people of Xiliang have lived in the border fortress for a long time, and they are not as rigid in their behavior as the Han people in the Central Plains. What the officials want is to divide them into several villages and arrange for them to be sent to the border counties of Bingzhou and Youzhou, so that they can farm in the local areas. The commune will collectively assign foreign women to marry and have children, which will speed up the integration between us and the foreign people in the north, and completely incorporate the foreign people into the population structure of the Han Dynasty."

Liu Jian nodded and said: "It's true that the court cannot ignore the marriage issues of the lower class people in the future. You must come up with a charter, including rewarding young people for early marriage, tax exemption on childbirth, childbirth subsidies, and certain Find a way to arrange for the deconstruction of marriage, and try to control women from being taken away by wealthy families! We must come up with something that can be effectively implemented!"

"promise!"

Everyone admired Liu Jian's method of governing.

This Prime Minister Liu is really different from ordinary people, he can be said to be meticulous about everything.

Even the marriage matters of ordinary people, he has to think about for them.

Is there anything else in the world that Prime Minister Liu can't worry about?
  It's not that Liu Jian wants to worry about it, it's just that some seemingly ordinary things will actually affect the future of a country or a nation.

The population structure cannot be ignored, and we must encourage good marriages, good childbearing, and multiple marriages and multiple children.

Only when the basic number of people increases can the country be strong.

As long as there is a sufficient population, the Han Dynasty will have enough spare power to continue to expand and conquer, and continue to export its culture overseas.

Liu Jian left the matter of Xiliang soldiers to Xun Yu.

Later, Liu Jian found Dong Min and Dong Huang in front of him.

For these two people, Liu Jian has decided to give them important positions.

As a Taifu, Dong Zhuo will not interfere with anything in the future.

The future of the Dong family falls on these two people.

Liu Jian reused them also to give Dong Zhuo an explanation, so that Dong Zhuo could rest assuredly in Chang'an City and live his life.

And with the help of two people from the Dong family, it will also be of great help to him in regaining Xiliang in the future.

Through conversations with the two people, Liu Jian discovered that Dong Min was not young. He no longer wanted to continue fighting in the army, but also wanted to stay in Chang'an for a few days to relax.

So Liu Jian decreed that Dong Min be granted the title of General Zhaowen and Marquis of Guannei. He was not responsible for any specific affairs, but just enjoyed his salary and lived a stable and peaceful life in Chang'an.

As for Dong Huang, he is still young and energetic and will not retire so early.

So Liu Jian asked him to follow him and continue to conquer the world.

Dong Huang is a young man. Compared with Dong Zhuo, who is already old and frail, he is still very enterprising. He took the initiative to ask Liu Jian to patrol the Guanzhong area and summon those who have not yet moved forward. The defeated soldiers came to surrender.

Upon hearing Dong Huang's initiative to ask for military service, Liu Jian immediately said that he would lead three thousand troops from his headquarters to patrol various places in Guanzhong. If he saw the Xiliang army that had formed a bandit force in the local area, he would summon them all. If the other party did not If they surrender, he will be responsible for exterminating them on the spot.

(End of this chapter)