Chapter 44: Broken Leaf (Part 2)
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard Zhang Qian coughing in a low voice. Then, he laughed and shook his head embarrassedly.
This move was to steal the nameless scripture that Zhang Qian gave him, which may not be invalid, but there is no possibility of implementation at the moment. First, this move will arouse the resistance of all tribe chiefs, and the Western Regions will inevitably be in chaos. Secondly, with the current execution ability of the Tang Dynasty court, it is impossible to pass this decree to the ears of the people of various tribes. Even if it is passed on, the people of various tribes are used to listening to the chiefs, priests and elders, and may not believe it. Finally, the Tang Dynasty court cannot issue such a decree, because if it cannot be controlled, it will cause fire.
Even in Suiye, his proposal did not receive any support. Wang Zhihuan and Wang Han were both from the Wang family in Taiyuan and definitely did not support the people and the big ones. Zhang Qian was alone, but Zhang Qian's money was probably more than most officials who had accumulated over decades. Who would like to equalize the wealth and poverty, Zhang Qian would be the first to ignore it.
"I don't expect the court to treat Han people who come to the Western Regions at least equally!" After laughing, Luo Huaizu thought for a while and finally made another realistic proposal.
"We can do it in Ruiye City." If you don't want Luo Huaizu to feel too embarrassed, Zhang Qian smiled and took over the conversation. "I can't control other places at the moment. Especially Guo Yuanzhen, I don't know how much I hate me. If I interfere in his territory, he will definitely twist it with me."
"That's not necessarily. Although you scratched his neck, scaring him to death. But the Kucha rescue effort made him leave at least half of it." Wang Han smiled and took the conversation and whispered, "With the situation, you also helped his son Guo Hongxing to get a name. After careful calculation, the person named Guo actually took a big advantage! If I were him, the gratitude for you in my heart would definitely be more than annoyed!"
"That may not be necessary. If Zhao did not force him to borrow troops, even if he sat on the fall of Kucha, the court would not dare to do anything to him if he was afraid of losing control of the Western Regions! He would even accept his proposal and satisfy all Saoge's requirements!" He had no good impression of Guo Yuanzhen, and Wang Zhihuan sneered and shook his head. "In this way, the Western Regions will basically become the territory of him and Saoge in the future. As long as they collude, the court would like to send any generals over, it would first see if he was willing to agree!"
"It's possible, and it's very big!" Wang Han was stunned, and then decisively admitted that he had thought Guo Yuanzhen too kindly just now.
"I'm afraid the possibility is more than 90%!" Luo Huaizu has never been afraid to infer human nature from the worst angle, and sneered and curled his lips. "The court is used to just living by muddle through peace. If this battle is won by Soge, I'm afraid the court will pinch his nose and will also be named Khan of the fourteenth surname. Guo Yuanzhen is the only person who can thread needles between the court and Soge. His Jinshan Army has also become the last force left by the Tang Dynasty in the Western Regions, and its importance has increased tenfold in an instant."
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone's faces changed, and immediately, a sense of fear arose in everyone's heart.
If he had not "borrowed" troops from Guo Yuanzhen, even if Guo Yuanzhen wiped out everyone and the more than 250 personal soldiers, and then sent the servant home with respect. After Soge took Kucha, the court would not punish Guo Yuanzhen at all in order to take into account the "big situation", and would even add him to the title!
In this way, everyone will die in vain and may also bear the infamy behind them. Together with Zhou Yiti, Ashina Zhongjie and Niu Shizhao, they will become sinners who destroy the "tranquility" of the Western Regions.
This is the disadvantage of poor history learning. If Zhang Qian had learned history well, he should have remembered that in the early eighth century in another time and space, Guo Yuanzhen did watch Niu Shijiao die in battle, Ashina Zhongjie was killed, and Lu Shousu, the envoy sent by the Tang Dynasty to the Western Regions, was cut into pieces by Soge, but he still did not move! The Tang Dynasty court later decisively accepted Guo Yuanzhen's proposal, and appointed Soge as the Khan of the fourteenth surname, and removed Zhou Yiti from his post and exiled to Baizhou! Then, Guo Yuanzhen was appointed as the Grand Protector of Anxi for his official duties, and was in the third rank of the Secretariat of the Central Secretariat, successfully achieved the dream of becoming a general and becoming a prime minister, with the glory of a glory for a while!
"Fortunately, the chauzi is a corrupt person, so he sold Guo Yuanzhen on the way. Everyone had to make preparations!" After fearing that afterwards, everyone secretly felt fortunate.
From Pu Changhai to the west, everyone walked on the blade almost every day. Until now, they finally felt a trace of safety. But everyone didn’t know how long the safe days could last! There were not many Han people in and around Shuye City. This is a fact! The people of various tribes only knew that there were elders and chiefs, but not the Tang Dynasty, which is also a fact!
Although most of Soge's servants have dispersed, their direct line has not suffered much loss and still has the power to fight. If you don't get rid of Soge as soon as possible, after the spring of next year, this person may recover his strength with the support of the Great Cannibals and the Turks, and his troops will be at the foot of Suoye City.
By then, everyone's strength will be limited, but the food and grass will be almost consumed. If Niu Shizuo cannot lead his troops to help in time, it is still hard to say whether everyone can defend the Broken Leaf!
The atmosphere in the room quickly became dull. The topic that Zhang Qian had accidentally disbanded was quickly jumped back to the starting point.
There were too few Han people, or Tang people in the Western Regions. In the long run, if there were not enough Tang people, all the victory of everyone this time would be a flash in the pan. But from a close look, if there were not enough Tang people, the army would not be expanded, and everyone's safety would be unsafe. Suoye City might also be taken away by Soge again.
"Actually, the situation is not so bad. Many tribal chiefs and warriors are still interested in the Tang Dynasty. Qi Bi Heli once made countless military achievements for the Tang Dynasty. Who dared to say that Hei Chichang was not a Tang Dynasty man? He would pull out a knife to fight you hard!" Among the four, Wang Zhihuan was the youngest and had the most active thinking. He suddenly smiled and whispered.
"That's because the Tang Dynasty was in great strength at that time, and after they defected to the Tang Dynasty, they all had many benefits to get!" Luo Huaizu rolled his eyes and said in a sneer.
As soon as the words came, everyone was stunned, and immediately, their eyes shone immediately.
The reason why all the people of the six countries forgot their homeland and regarded themselves as Han people, and even the Huns Liu Yuan also established the country as Han, was not only because of the same writings and chariots, but also because the Han Dynasty had strong military power for a long time, they had brought tangible benefits to everyone.
Becoming a Han Chinese means a safer life and lower taxes.
Becoming a Han Chinese means better farm tools, better weapons and armor, and more advanced technologies.
Becoming a Han Chinese means better medical conditions and more opportunities for reading and literacy.
Becoming a Han Chinese means that it can be relatively fairer in the law and broader room for improvement. More hope, more glory, joy and satisfaction.
Become a Han Chinese...
But if many government orders are the opposite. Being a Han Chinese means higher taxes and narrower development space. If you have to suffer grievances in the face of the law, you must be bullied by tribes and swallow your anger. The final result is probably the Western Regions now, with fewer and fewer Han people, and fewer people who are interested in the Han Han.
"Just, I will give the Tang Dynasty to the Snow Ye people in the name of the commander of the Anxi Army. No matter what they look like, which tribe they belong to before, anyone who lives in Snow Ye City with more than three and has not made any mistakes will be granted the Tang Dynasty. After becoming a naturalized person, even if he is a fugitive slave, his previous affiliation with the elders and the chiefs will be directly cancelled!" A sudden flash of inspiration flashed in front of him, and Zhang Qian said with a smile.
"It's not enough. After naturalization, each person can get 100 acres of Yongye Land along the coast of Suiyechuan and Atehai. Whether to grazing, farming, or renting it to others, they can do whatever they want!" Wang Han has always made a big move and quickly added next to him.
"That's not enough. Guo Yuanzhen's rules have to be changed. On the side of Suiye, whenever the people of the Tang Dynasty compete with the people of the Tang Dynasty, the people of the Tang Dynasty will first take up three parts of the reason. The government must support their own people first, and then ask about right and wrong!"
"Build another primary school, just like when I was in Weinan. Anyone who has been admitted to the Tang Dynasty will have their children to attend school for free." Luo Huaizu was unwilling to live in the future and copied his previous experience.
"There is one more thing. Anyone who joins the Tang army will be naturalized immediately, and it is not subject to a three-year restriction. As long as one joins, as long as he is brave in fighting and every level of meritorious service, he can bring a relative to naturalization." Wang Zhihuan's eyes shone and he was ready to rub his hands.
"I have to add one more thing. No matter whether the Tang people enter or leave the city, they will not charge the city gate tax. It is not a Tang people at a time. If you do business in the city, the Tang people will have 30 taxes, and the Tang people will have 10 taxes." Luo Huaizu responded very quickly and immediately learned from it.
"Another one, all the tribes in the Western Regions, who kill me, Tang people, will kill the murderer and the whole family of the Anxi Army to avenge him. If there is any elder, the chief dares to shelter the murderer, or puts some clan rules to punish him for treason."
"Another one, if a Tang man is over fifty years old, he will not die of starvation if he has no children to support him. The Tang man..."
"Another one, farming, one tax for the Tang people, one tax for ten, three tax for the Tang people. Grazing, eight animals in the Tang people paid one hind legs, and one hind legs for every four animals according to the rules of the tribe in the past."
"Another one, Tang people settle and grazing, and the government can lend seeds..."
"Another thing, anyone who makes great contributions to the Tang Dynasty can be naturalized immediately even if he does not join the army, and it is not subject to three years' time limit. No matter what kind of clan he originally belonged to, the Tang Dynasty treats him no different from the children of the Central Plains!"
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Many of the proposals are contrary to Guo Yuanzhen's original policies, or are completely contrary to the current policies of the local governments in the Tang Dynasty to treat tribes of the Western Regions. However, neither Zhang Qian, Luo Huaizu, nor Wang Han or Wang Zhihuan felt that there was anything wrong with doing this.
Anyway, the emperor is far away from the mountain, and everyone is defeated by the people. Everyone is urgently following the power and formulating some temporary policies cannot be considered overstepping the power. As for when these policies will be temporary, how long will Zhang Qian stay in the Western Regions, and whether the person who succeeds Zhang Qian will be Xiao Gui and Cao Sui in the future, everyone doesn't care about it for the time being and doesn't want to consider it.
Therefore, under the dual effect of external pressure and internal power, a "Shuye Tang people Protection Order" that had never been seen since the founding of the Tang Dynasty was announced, and within three days, it was posted all over the streets and alleys of Saiye City.
Wang Han and Wang Zhihuan had insufficient experience in the officialdom and had no energy to look forward to the front and back. However, Luo Huaizu's thoughts were much more complicated than the two of them. He found an opportunity alone and came to Zhang Qian to ask, "Why are you brave and suddenly you have become more courageous? Are you not afraid of the court saying that you have a disobedient heart?"
"Did I have the courageous capital before?" Zhang Qian glanced at him and asked with a smile. "What's more, Guo Yuanzhen was so blatant that the court didn't dare to do anything to him. How could it be that when I got here, I was nitpicking?"
"You don't want to go back to Chang'an for the time being? Do you want to stay in the Western Regions?" Luo Huaizu was not very satisfied with the answer. He frowned and looked around, lowered his voice and asked again.
"I won't rebel. Don't persuade me!" I immediately guessed Luo Huaizu's little thoughts. Zhang Qian smiled and decisively blocked the feasibility. "But I will not want to go back to Chang'an in the near future. There is a cloud of smoke over there, which is not as good as the Western Regions. After all, here, I know who the enemy is and where the knife is stabbed!"
"I should have guessed that you don't want to go back!" Luo Huaizu patted his head hard and made a sudden realization, "But, why?"
He asked casually, but didn't care about the authenticity of the answer. However, Zhang Qian thought about it for a while, but answered a confusing sentence to him.
"Uncle Master, I want to try to see if people can change history." At that moment, the expression on Zhang Qian's face was extremely solemn, as if he was telling his life's wishes!
Whether people can change history is too big and they will not get the answer in a short period of time. However, Zhang Qian's "The Protection Order of the Tang Dynasty in the Broken Ye" had almost immediate impact on Broken Ye City.
The personal soldiers from the Western Regions who followed him and the brothers of Jinshan Army whom he borrowed in Shule were all Tang people, and were not affected by the "Shuye Tang people's Protection Order". However, the new soldiers and military craftsmen who joined the Tang army in Gumo and Wucheng found their homes instantly.
Many of them are mixed-blooded Han and Hu, and some are pure Hu people. However, according to the "Black Ye Tang people Protection Order", they immediately became Tang people. They also had the qualifications to divide Yongye fields, tax cuts, children's study and the government retirement of children. Although it is cold and the enemy is close to them, they cannot farm and grazle. According to the average lifespan of people in this era and the harsh weather in the Western Regions, most of them cannot live to fifty!
The inspired recruits and military craftsmen were proud and walked with the wind. The vendors and laborers living in the city were all itchy.
When joining the army, many people still have no courage, or are limited by their age and physical conditions, and do not meet the conditions. However, in the "Shuoye Tangren Protection Order", the path to quickly naturalization is not just about joining the army.
When many people start to use their brains for a target, their efficiency will be very high. On the fifth night after the "Black Ye Tang people Protection Order" was issued, several people who were wrapped in sable shawls quietly walked to the side door of the Black Ye Prefecture Office and asked to meet Zhang Qian, the chief of the Anxi Army, and said that there was something important to tell him.
With the idea of buying horse bones for a daughter, Zhang Qian put on the Yaoxing Armor and summoned these people in the lobby. Unexpectedly, as soon as he met, everyone fell to his knees at the same time and rushed to say, "We are grateful for our magnanimity in our ability to stay in the city and continue our business."
"As far as we know, Soge betrayed the Tang Dynasty, and he had long been unpopular. He only endured his power, and the elders in the clan did not dare to resist."
"The two cities of Saiye and Yezhicheng were built by Tang Dynasty craftsmen. At that time, according to the situation in Chang'an, drainage channels were built for the two cities to connect Saiyechuan to prevent waterlogging."
"It rained less on the Broken Leaf side, and the canal was basically dry in autumn and winter. The old man drew a layout map of the city and presented it to the Grand Master Changshi."
"Justice Chief Just order to pardon the elders of the Tuqi Shi and only ask about the crimes of Soge. In Yezhi City, there will be no more and more people."
"The Chief Master can send elite troops to kill from the drainage canal and catch Soge off guard!"
"If Soge dies, the thunder cavalry in the city will inevitably be in chaos. At that time, as long as the chief master is erected under Yezhi City, according to the thunder cavalry, many warriors will immediately be loyal to you!"
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Their Tang Yan said very badly, but Zhang Qian listened attentively for a while, and could basically understand what they wanted to express.
Frowning and pondering for a moment, he made a decisive decision: "You are willing to serve the Tang Dynasty, and your loyalty is commendable. I will send someone to check it now. If the situation is true, no matter whether you can break Yezhicheng, you will be allowed to become naturalized immediately. Please note their names and addresses, and then send them to leave quietly through the side door!"
"The little old man is Su Chuo's family, no, the little old man's surname is Su, and his single name is Shi. Yes, the surname is Su, and his name is Shi. It is not an egg, but a stone stone. He lives in a medicinal material workshop."
"The little old man's surname is Xiao Mohe, and the little old man's surname is Xiao, and his name is Mohe! He lives in Mifang."
"Qi reported to the chief historian, whose surname is Yuan, whose name is Ye, and whose name is Youdao! Live..."
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Everyone happily reported their names and addresses, bowed to thank them. Then they were taken by their personal soldiers and quietly left through the back door. After they left, the Yezhou Yamen was immediately as lively as if they had a stolen money.
There is indeed a very wide open drainage channel in Suiye City, with an iron railing gate on it to isolate the inside and outside the city. Before the precautionary action of Soge came, Zhang Qian discovered it and ordered people to block the exit of the canal firmly with ice and snow. However, he did not expect that there was the same one in Yezhi City.
"I will sneak into Yezhi City for you and assassinate Soge. Give me twenty grenades, and I am more than 70% sure!" Luo Huaizu had not worked on his old business for a long time, and his forehand was itchy. He was eager to try the layout of the inner layout of Yezhi City left by the old man surnamed Xiao.
"If Soge dies, in a short period of time, the various troops of the Tukhashi will definitely have no leader. Just be careful of fraud. The person named Xiao Maha must have done something under Soge. Otherwise, it would be impossible to understand the location of the houses and official houses in Yezhi City so clearly." Wang Han changed his usual heroism and frowned and whispered to remind him in a low voice.
"If I go alone, even if there is a trap, it will be easy to get out!" Luo Huaizu frowned slightly and continued to add. He was very dissatisfied with Wang Han's cautiousness. "If I can't come back, I don't need you to save me. If you don't believe me, I can make a name for my quotation."
After saying that, he was about to look for paper and pen. However, Zhang Qian suddenly smiled and stopped him. He smiled and shook his head, "Uncle Master, please be careful. In my eyes, your life is much more precious than Soge. If you fall into Soge's hands, even if I give up the Broken Leaf, I will send troops to rescue you. So, since it's a risk, we might as well take a big bet!"
Chapter completed!