In history, the Dangxiang people who lived at the junction of Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia in later generations rose.

Due to the important geographical location of the Hexi Corridor, the Dangxiang people launched wars to seize Wuwei and Zhangye many times.

The Uighurs in Ganzhou and the Liugu tribe of Tubo in Liangzhou formed an alliance to resist together, while the Xixia relied on each other with the Liao Kingdom, and the two sides fought many times.

In the face of the attack of the Dangxiang people, Ding Weiqing, the governor of Xiliang Prefecture, died in battle, and the Uighurs in Ganzhou and the Liugu tribe of Tubo won many times.

However, while the Ganzhou Uighurs won two great victories against Xixia, the Liao Kingdom sent troops to attack Ganzhou Uighurs twice.

Now, history has changed. Although they have paid tribute to the Song Dynasty a lot, it is for the purpose of being recognized by the Central Plains dynasty.

The Uighurs in Ganzhou are narrow and have few people, and their national strength is insufficient, but their location is at the throat of the Silk Road, surrounded by major powers on all sides.

Therefore, since the day it was founded, it has been facing an existential crisis, and the Guiyi Army of Shazhou to the west - the Jinshan Kingdom regime.

In addition, Dangxiang from the northeast has always been eyeing the Ganzhou Uighurs in order to annex the Hexi Corridor and then control the Silk Road, the important transportation route between China and the West.

Therefore, for the Ganzhou Uighurs who are in a crack, how to handle the relationship with the surrounding ethnic groups and surrounding regimes has always been the dominant purpose of its basic national policy.

During the more than a century when the Uighur regime in Ganzhou existed, it maintained close political, economic and cultural ties with the Central Plains dynasty. In addition to sending envoys to pay tribute and accepting their canonization and rebirth, trade activities were also carried out in the name and method of "tributing".

According to historical records: "During the Five Dynasties, some people living in Ganzhou and Xizhou once saw China. However, the Uighurs in Ganzhou arrived several times and still called China the uncle. China replied with an edict and also called it nephew."

After the Uighurs moved westward to Hexi, their strength declined greatly, their connection with the Tang Dynasty was much less than that of the Mobei era.

In the second year of Tianfu, Emperor Zhaozong of Tang was robbed to Fengxiang. "Han Xun, the governor of Lingzhou, sent a letter to the Uighurs to lead troops to the disaster." However, it was not allowed.

In the second year of Tianyou, the Tang Dynasty was replaced by the Later Liang Dynasty, and shortly afterwards, the Uighurs established contact with it.

The historical records of the relationship between the Central Plains dynasty and the Uighur tribute envoys in Ganzhou are very detailed, and there are also related records in the Dunhuang documents.

Judging from the historical facts listed above, the relationship between the Uighurs in Ganzhou and the Central Plains dynasty can be roughly summarized into three situations:

First of all, it is political. On the one hand, the Ganzhou Uighurs newly built in Ganzhou. As a long-distance entry, they must occupy a piece of territory on other people's territory and gain the recognition of surrounding regimes.

Especially the recognition of the Shazhou regime, which is dominated by the Han people, must first be recognized and supported by the Central Plains dynasty. Therefore, requesting the Central Plains dynasty to enthrone is the most effective way.

On the other hand, some signs indicate that it still has a military alliance with the Central Plains dynasty to a certain extent, which is extremely beneficial to the Ganzhou Uighurs' response to Shazhou and Xixia.

The second is commercial. The Central Plains dynasty needed horses, medicine, spices, treasure jade, etc. imported from Ganzhou Uighurs or through Ganzhou Uighurs, while the Ganzhou Uighurs had a desire for silk, clothing, gold and silver utensils from the Central Plains.

Economic mutual communication has benefited both sides a lot, especially the Uighur war horses, which have an unignorable effect on strengthening the military power of the Northern Song Dynasty.

More things we see are often the coexistence of the dual purpose of political and economic.

That is, to coexist with Ganzhou as the dual purpose of building a dental land and controlling the traffic and trade of the Silk Road, seek recognition and support of the Central Plains dynasty, strengthen tribute trade, and seek the dual purpose of coexisting with the greatest economic benefits.

Guo Hao also has several purposes for controlling the Hexi Corridor:

First, control the Silk Road and communicate economically;

Second, draw passages and strengthen monitoring of the Western Regions and ultimately control;

Third, to prevent the development and growth of the Western Regions. Although Dangxiang has been controlled, who can guarantee that history will not repeat itself? The Tubo in Liangzhou and the Uighurs in Ganzhou also need to be prevented.

Therefore, it was also under Guo Hao's expectation that Zhao Kuangyi's march was blocked.

After thinking for a long time, Guo Hao wrote a letter to Zhao Kuangyi, asking him not to be too hasty, and observe and understand the Tubo in Liangzhou and the Uighurs in Ganzhou, and prepare for future strategies.

Guo Hao doesn't want to use large-scale troops in the Western Regions, mainly because there are too few people adapting to the plateau areas, which is very unfavorable to the combat.

If you adapt to the plateau environment, Guo Hao plans to use the defense change to solve this problem, so it will take time to transition.

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We cannot be too hasty when going out to fight, and the Song Dynasty was not actually very peaceful.

In June of the fifth year of Taiping, the river broke into Yuanwu County, Zhengzhou; the Bian River was determined to be Gushu County, Songzhou.

The two dam breaks of the Yellow River made Guo Hao realize that he must pay attention to water control. Although the court issued a series of plans, always preventing evasion was not a solution.

Both places are not far from Bianliang, especially Songzhou, where the Imperial College is located. Guo Hao personally went to Songzhou to check the water situation.

This time when Guo Hao went to Songzhou, he brought two princes and several ministers with him. When he arrived in Gushu County, a country of marsh had become around the Bian River.

At this time, the river water had evaporated and penetrated a lot. Guo Hao didn't care about the muddy roads and brought people to the riverside and found a big hole on the embankment, and there was still a trickle of water at this time.

"What's going on? Why are there nothing wrong in other areas? It's just here to break the bill. Where does the river management money I allocate every year?"

Since the founding of the Song Dynasty, Guo Hao has divided the finances and set a budget for the country's various expenses, and then used them exclusively and is not allowed to be misappropriated.

"When you come back to your Majesty, the court's river management funds will be paid every year, and the embezzled ministers have also strictly checked it, and there is no embezzlement and misappropriation.

But this river has been suffering since ancient times. No matter how much we manage it for thousands of years, we can't stop this surging water!"

Minister of the Ministry of Revenue Shi Xizai quickly explained that Minister of the Ministry of Works Yan Yu looked helpless. Guo Hao looked at the turbid river water and the thick mud, and knew that it was indeed not their responsibility.

"Count the casualties and losses as soon as possible and settle the people as soon as possible. In the face of natural disasters, it is the time for withdrawal of the imperial court. Officials above the county magistrate are not allowed to stay idle, and all give me a way to appease the people!"

"yes!"

Under the court's plan, Suoxiang had no casualties, but the losses were inevitable. Guo Hao felt a headache when he looked at the destroyed houses and houses.

"Yaoer, Shuner, Yellow River, and the Yangtze River are the mother rivers of China. They have nurtured China for thousands of years, but they have spent a lot of energy on governance throughout the dynasties, but the results have not been ideal.

Now you have also seen that although the court is ready, the people are still suffering. Now I ask you, what are the ways you can control the Yellow River?

Whoever comes up with a solution, I will give you a reward!"

When they heard Guo Hao’s question, the two brothers were a little stupid. The problem has not been solved for thousands of years. How could they have a way to solve it?

Seeing that the two of them were confused, Guo Hao shook his head in disappointment and said, "I give you three days. If you can't think of it, you will be punished!"

Guo Hao was so strict with the two of them that the ministers were amazed. The two brothers did not dare to refuse, so they could only lower their heads to agree.

How to manage the Yellow River is definitely a big problem. In history, the Yellow River floods still existed until the Qing Dynasty and were not solved until the development of the New China.

In history, people also thought of many ways to control rivers, from the initial interception, to the diversion of Dayu's flood control, and to the later water conduit.

The evolution of ancient Chinese river management ideas generally went through a dialectical development process such as "blocking - dividing - water binding", which only appeared in the Ming Dynasty.

Guo Hao had a rough idea in his mind, which was inspired by Dujiangyan and the Three Gorges Dam. Now the Song Dynasty does not have the ability and technology to create dams like later generations, but it can also take some measures.

Guo Hao asked the two princes that he had the intention of taking the school exam. At the same time, he asked the ministers to think of ways together, and he wanted to see if there were any capable people in the Song Dynasty at this time.

After leaving Songzhou, Guo Hao went to Zhengzhou again. The situation here is even more serious than that in Songzhou. After all, the Bian River is just a tributary of the Yellow River, and this is the mainstream of the Yellow River.

When he returned to the Bianliang Palace, Guo Hao issued an edict to collect methods for river management. No matter men, women, young and old, as long as the method is reasonable, there will be generous rewards once adopted.

For a time, the whole of Bianliang was thinking about this issue, but most of them just joined in the fun, and the solutions they came up with were all kinds of strange things and could not be realized at all.
Chapter completed!