Chapter 738 Great Eight Banners
In the hall, the hot air of the earth dragon rolled, and the room was full of spring. Liu Xiaoyuan was wearing a purple robe and a jade belt tied with his waist. He sat on the first chair on the right head of Kublai Khan. The one sitting opposite him was the highest official in the affairs of the Great Mongolian Kingdom. Liu Xiaoyuan and Batulu are now the leaders of all officials in the Great Mongolian Kingdom. The two words "highest" in front of Batulu, so they are nominal chief ministers. However, in terms of government affairs and system design, he could not compare with Liu Xiaoyuan in any way, so the real power in the second auxiliary Liu Xiaoyuan's hands was slightly better than Batulu.
Kublai Khan leaned half-behind the imperial throne, wearing only a thin cotton robe, which was pressed against his body, vaguely showing a strong body. The 54-year-old Mongolian Khan still has a strong body that can bear the empire. Even if he sits loosely, he can give people a strong demeanor.
However, he was still very clear about this, and time was precious to him. He believed that his body could lead troops to fight for ten years at most. Ten years later, he would be a 64-year-old man, and he was not suitable to go to the battlefield again.
Kublai Khan pondered for a while and whispered: "...Ten years! I will become the Europa Khan within ten years! This time can only be shortened, not extended. Although my body is good, it is rare for those over seventy years old. I will be satisfied if I can live to the age of seventy. So I will become the Europa Khan before the age of sixty. What are your good plans?"
Everyone's eyes were turned to Liu Xiaoyuan. Now the Khan trusted him the most, and the Khan's ministers also felt that his method was the best.
Today, although the Great Mongolia has lost the fertile land of the Central Plains and wandered to the Three Rivers, Liu Xiaoyuan was able to squeeze out more wealth from the four or five million Sanhe Sexiu than he had gained in the Central Plains in the past.
Moreover, four or five million Sanhe Semu were firmly suppressed by the Mongolian and Han Eight Banners of hundreds of thousands of people. They were hundreds of times more obedient than the Han people in the Central Plains in the past.
Feeling the eyes of everyone, Liu Xiaoyuan smiled and stood up and bowed to Kublai Khan, "Khan, I think it will take less than ten years for the Khan to pacify Europa. Five years is enough to succeed."
Kublai Khan still frowned, just staring at Liu Xiaoyuan quietly. Defeating Europa and pacifying Europa are two different concepts! It takes less than five years to defeat Europa, one or two years to do so. Punishment means establishing effective rule after defeat... just like the land of the Three Rivers now.
"I believe that the key to pacifying Europa is how powerful the power the Khan masters! How many people are willing to abandon everything they are now, and change their customs and go to the east to fight from the dragon. The previous Baudu Khan and the current Hai Khan have used troops against Europa and are invincible on the battlefield. However, the territory is only at the lower reaches of the Danube, and there is no way to go west."
Liu Xiaoyuan paused and said, "The reason is that there are two points: First, the soldiers and horses under the command of Paidu Khan and Na Hai Khan are too few. Paidu Khan only has tens of thousands of people, while Na Hai Khan has only one team of 10,000 people. How can a mere force be used to suppress tens of millions of Europa natives? Second, the troops of Paidu Khan and Na Hai Khan both maintain nomadic customs and can only stay on the grassland and cannot enter the farming land of Europa. If the Khan wants to become the Khan of the whole of Europa, then the followers of the Khan must not only be united to the greatest extent, but also completely change the customs."
"Change customs?" Batulu added, "The customs in Mongolia have changed a lot now!"
"It's not enough!" Liu Xiaoyuan smiled, "Now, hundreds of thousands of people are used to cure millions, and one to drive tens. To enter Europa, one to two million people are used to cure tens or even tens of millions, and one to drive tens or hundreds of them."
"We don't have one or two million people." Kublai Khan looked at Liu Xiaoyuan curiously. One or two million was not a small number for the Mongols. Before Kublai Khan lost the Central Plains, the Central Ulus plus the four hosts of the four host kings, which was more than two million. Now that the Mongolian headquarters has lost, the four host kings have rebelled, and many more died in the process of losing the Central Plains and the Western Expedition.
Even if there are less than 200,000 Han Eight Banners, Kublai Khan's core troops will count as much as 600,000. Among them, only 100,000 soldiers will be more than 100,000. Even if all these 600,000 go to Europa, it will be enough to fight in the east and west. However, it is not enough to establish a rule.
"Yes. We only have 600,000 people," said Batulu, "among them, those who can do things and fight wars will be 200,000. Even if we abandon the Three Rivers, it seems that it is not enough to look at the whole group to go to Europe. How much land can 200,000 people occupy? Even if they all go to be lords, it is considered too many to control millions. If there are more, it will be dangerous!"
The system that Kublai Khan now implements in the Three Rivers is actually a feudal system, usually one or several Mongolian lords manage a village of Semuren, while the eight Han banners live in the big city.
Whether in rural areas or cities, the population ratio between the ruling class and the ruling class is about one to ten. This ratio is of course relatively high, but considering that the Mongols are foreign conquerors, it is obviously necessary. If it is scattered one to one hundred, it will not only be difficult to suppress the Seme people, but also once something happens, the Mongols will be overthrown because of their dispersed power - how could a Mongol suppress the rebellious Seme people?
Therefore, the method of enfeoffing Mongolian sirens is not feasible in Europa!
But Liu Xiaoyuan had a way.
"Khan, our people cannot be only 600,000,000, we have to try our best to expand the market." Liu Xiaoyuan said, "We are fighting in the West to conquer the world. The more people we conquer the world, the better. Six hundred thousand is not enough, we have to find a way to get one. Six hundred thousand!
How to do it? It must be too late to live now, right?
Everyone was confused.
But Kublai Khan seemed to have thought of something and frowned deeply, "Liu Qing, do you want to expand the Eight Banners of Han?"
The Eight Banners of Han and Mongolia are not one. If there are too many people of the Eight Banners of Han...
Liu Xiaoyuan looked at Kublai Khan quietly and sneered in his heart.
It's so thief, the old guy is really alert!
However, there are not many ways to use Hu Laozhe. If he doesn't want to stay in the Three Rivers and wait for the Ming Dynasty Expeditionary Force to come over, but wants to try a way out for his descendants, he can only use Liu Xiaoyuan's strategy.
Liu Xiaoyuan smiled: "It is not to expand the Eight Banners of Han, but to form the Eight Banners."
"Big Eight Banners?"
"It is to incorporate all the Mongols, Qinzha people, Meier beggars, Tatars, Han people, Semu people, and Tubo people under the command of the Khan into the Eight Banners! The military and civilians were united, they were on horseback and fought, dismounted for the people, and they all made the Khan's scimitar. One or two million people were united in one heart and virtue, and they went to pacify Europa together."
"Then in this way, wouldn't the Mongolians be the same as all kinds of people?" A Mongolian household in the hall muttered dissatisfied.
Now here in the Sanhe Land, many Mongolians are a little dissatisfied with the Han Eight Banners who are entrenched in the big city and are making a fortune. How can they be a local rich man in the countryside be compared to being a master in the city?
"The Eight Banners can also be divided into high and low!" Liu Xiaoyuan smiled, "The Eight Banners can divide the upper four flags and the lower four flags. Two white flags, two yellow flags as the upper ones, two blue flags and two red flags as the lower ones. The upper four flags are all Mongols, and others enter the lower four flags. The upper four flags can have more taxes, and the future of the upper four flags can also be better. In addition, there are also flag slaves under the Eight Banners... There are still many useful semen in the Three Rivers, and you can take them together to Europa. If these flag slaves serve the Khan effectively, you can also carry the flag. After leveling the Europa, the upper four flags can garrison the capital and guard the Khan's side. The lower four flags are divided into other cities to suppress the Khan's side."
"What?" Kublai Khan was stunned for a moment, "Everyone is stationed in the city? What should I do if there is a village?"
"Of course, Europe governs Europe." Liu Xiaoyuan said, "As long as the Khan gathers hundreds of thousands of people into one, he will get 300,000 troops that can fight. Is 300,000 Eight Banners soldiers not enough to shock the Europa natives? At that time, the Khan will only give the indigenous people who are willing to serve the Khan a chance, and with a little benefit, they will naturally be able to use them to manage other Europa natives."
Kublai Khan nodded slightly, then looked at Batulu. Batulu stood up and said, "This is a way, just..."
Seeing that he wanted to speak but stopped, Kublai Khan made a deep voice, "It's just what?"
"It's just that people have different ambitions, I'm afraid everyone is willing to follow Da Khan!"
Kublai Khan snorted coldly, just about to speak, but Liu Xiaoyuan spoke first and smiled and said, "If everyone is willing to follow him, it will not be one and six million, but three million, five million."
He bowed to Kublai Khan and said, "The Khan headquarters has tasted the sweetness and will definitely follow him to the end. As for the others... The Khan can invite them to join at the Curry National Congress, and can also issue a notice on the grassland. Any warrior who wants to conquer Europa with the Khan can follow the Khan!"
"Where are those who don't want to follow?" Kublai Khan made a deep voice. "For example, Benge Timuer, Na Hai, Abaha and the others!"
Now the Mongolian Thousand Household System has regressed into a de facto tribal system, and most of the kings of each clan have become tribal lords. If Kublai Khan wants to practice the Eight Banners, he will restore the unification of Mongolia, and of course the kings of each tribal are not willing.
"Everyone has their own ambitions," Liu Xiaoyuan said with a smile. "If you are willing to follow, the Khan will take them to Europa. If you are unwilling to follow... the Khan will grant them the king, and the land of the Three Rivers may as well be sealed out."
His method was to exchange the land of the Three Rivers for the support of Nahai, Bengetemuir and Abaha - and agreed to Kublai Khan to recruit warriors on their territory and participate in the Europa Expedition together.
"That's the land of the Three Rivers?" Another Mongolian household said reluctantly. Although the land of the Three Rivers is not as rich as Europa, everyone has finally lived a comfortable life here. If they really want to abandon it, they are still a little reluctant.
Kublai Khan suddenly smiled coldly, took over the topic and said, "This is a destruction! If you don't abandon the Three Rivers, how can there be Europa?" (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!