Chapter 760 Transformation
The Qin army has always had a complete set of aftermath solutions for the newly occupied land. In general, the most important one is immigration. The tyrants from the original tribes were scattered and moved to other places, and then all the original officials sent their own people to replace them, and the original army had to be disbanded. After such a disposal, the Qin army could firmly control the newly occupied territory.
However, this time, Li Jing's disposal arrangements for Youzhou after the war were abnormal.
Most of the Qin army soldiers such as Li Cunxiao began to feel dissatisfied. The biggest reason was that such changes touched the interests of the Qin army soldiers. In the past, the Qin army mainly adopted a suppression strategy for the rich people of the occupied land. The interests of these original vested interests were eventually transferred to the Qin army soldiers and the gentry people who supported the Qin army.
Now things have changed, and there will naturally be dissatisfaction within the Qin army, which was supposed to receive the interests of Youzhou.
"Huchen means that we want to eliminate the Shatuo people, so what should we do to deal with the original Lulong military group?" Li Jing asked, his tone a bit serious. "Do you also use this strategy for the soldiers of Lulong in Youzhou?"
Li Cunxiao scratched his head, "I think they can arrange them according to the previous practices of the forces in southern Liaoning, disrupt and reorganize their troops, and then transfer them to Liaodong to guard. The Lulong Army in Youzhou has been in power for more than a hundred years, and the generals of Jie have been changed countless times. The soldiers have been in chaos for more than a hundred years. These people are simply unreliable."
Luo Ye, the second assistant to the cabinet, smiled slightly: "There are some truths that the tiger minister is worthy of being a general to fight the tiger, but this is one time and another. The previous strategy for Liaonan does not mean that we can succeed in using the Lulong Army in Youzhou. This is one time and another."
Li Jing smiled at him. Although Luo Ye is not as experienced as Cao Ye, his overall view is still very sensitive.
"We won't talk about what possible consequences would be if we follow the suggestions put forward by Hu Chen." Luo Ye tapped the table with his finger, attracting everyone's attention. "First of all, the king's intention was to surrender and expand the army of the Shartuo. Guo Chongtao took office as the head of the army. Hu Chen proposed to eliminate the roots and execute the Shatuo people directly."
"First talk about the two possible consequences of the King's plan. First, Guo Chongtao and his Shatuo people surrendered from then on, used by our Qin army, and became an elite force of our Qin army. After all, although Guo Chongtao is young, he is indeed very brave. Secondly, the strength of the Shatuo people is obvious to all. Moreover, after this, our army treats Shatuo soldiers so well, so when they are out, they will be somewhat affected by this and will no longer fight with us. Now that we are strong, there are more battles in the future. If we can defeat the enemy without fighting, it is naturally the best."
Li Cunxiao retorted: "This is just a wishful thinking. How can I know that Shatu people will really surrender sincerely? If Shatu people have a different intention, then we will surrender now and give them more troops to make them more soldiers. If they turn against each other at the time of battle, they will be in danger."
Luo Ye smiled: "Of course this is possible, but the king did not have countermeasures." Li Jing had carefully discussed the decisions of the war soldiers in Youzhou in advance with the Cabinet Monks and the Secretariat and the Senate. With such a major decision, Li Jing could not act arbitrarily. "In fact, the king was prepared for it." He said to everyone: "We have three solutions for Shatuo surrendered troops, one is to eliminate the roots to eliminate future troubles. Two, accept surrenders, then disband, and disband them and place them separately. Third, accept surrenders, expand them into troops, and use them."
Li Jing nodded at Luo Ye leisurely, and some things were told by the people below, which was more appropriate than he said. "What are the advantages and disadvantages of the three solutions?"
"The three plans have their own good and bad. The first one is to eliminate the roots. For us, we can solve some troubles. But the consequences are not all good. If all Shatu people are killed this time, then Shatu people will never surrender again. When they encounter war, they will only fight to the death. Even other forces in the world may no longer consider surrendering in the future. After all, killing surrender is not a good reputation. With such a criminal record, who dares to surrender in the future and who is willing to surrender? Therefore, this killing surrender is happy on the surface, but in fact there are more troubles."
"The second is to accept surrender and then disband. This seems to be a safe plan, but in fact, the most time is to either kill or reuse it. And neither kill nor reuse it, this will make Guo Chongtao and Shatuo people not satisfied, and will eventually lead to future troubles."
Luo Ye said the third article, confidently, "And the third article, to surrender Shatu and use them, half of them may convince the Shatu people. Of course, half of them may be that Shatu people will not surrender sincerely. But I said just now that the king had countermeasures, that is, expansion. At present, Shatu troops are only about 3,000, and if the expansion plan is planned, more than 1,000 wounded soldiers will be eliminated, and two thousand of them will be retained. Five thousand soldiers of the Xiaowu Army will be transferred to other troops, which means that we will transfer three thousand troops from other troops to supplement. In this way, in terms of number of people, Shatu soldiers will become a minority in the Xiaowu Army."
"What's more, we will also transfer a large number of officers. On the surface, about 40% of the chief officers of the Xiaowu Army at all levels will be held by Shatuo Generals. But there are also deputy officers, teaching, Du Yuhou, Sima, and staff at all levels will be held by the officers we sent. The most important thing is that the newly built Xiaowu Army will belong to the village soldiers within three years. And within these three years, they will receive the reorganization training of our Qin army, and this training location will be Liaodong, Liaoxi, Haidong and other places. In three years, can't we transform this Shatuo Generals into our own troops?"
This later move is to completely digest the surrendered army. Moreover, because the surrendered army had been expanded and those surrendered generals were promoted, Li Jing and others believed that such an arrangement would be basically acceptable even if Guo Chongtao and other surrendered generals were surrendered. In this way, this plan comforted the surrendered generals and digested the surrendered troops, and also played a good demonstration role, which would be of great help to the subsequent battle with various towns.
After all, the Qin army is now in great business and has the ability to annex and digest the surrendered troops without worrying about the impurity of the army. What's more, the Qin army now faces more battles, and there will be more surrendered soldiers and generals. How to better deal with these people is very important to the Qin army. If done well, it may be better than a large army, causing many weak forces who were not firm to consider surrendering to Li Jing directly. After all, if they have such good treatment after joining Li Jing, who would take such a great risk to fight against Li Jing?
Li Cunxiao nodded half-understanding. After hearing this explanation, it seemed that killing Shatu people directly was not the best choice. Since the King of Qin had already made arrangements, there was no need to worry too much about the consequences left by this Shatu people. However, Shatu people were only a few after all, and the key was to deal with Youzhou. The King of Qin had ordered that the original Lulong army be expanded into six armies, and the original Lulong local officials were able to remain in office. Even the always-standing immigration strategy was not implemented this time.
"Lulong Town is different from our previous Ziqing and Liaodong areas. We must be cautious about Lulong Town." Li Jing said seriously.
Li Jing's power probably went through the Dengzhou period, the southern Liao Dynasty, the east and northeastern period, and the current stage. In Dengzhou, although Ziqing also had four generations of vassal states, it was destroyed by the court for decades. Moreover, Li Jing received support from Yu Guan, Cui Yunqing, Song Wei and others, and later supported by the Xiao family and Han family, so it was very smooth. Finally, he entered the development of industry, commerce and trade, and Li Jing directly tied the profits of this area with these big families. The rapid expansion of the town also made the military group completely follow Li Jing's side, especially the town was completely developed from scratch and built by Li Jing. Therefore, Li Jing held this army, coupled with the large clans who connected the business and trade profits of Ziqing, and finally could it be so stable.
When it expanded to the northeast of southern Liaoning, it mainly dealt with the Hu people in the northeast and some separatist Han forces. Li Jing adopted the strategy of winning over a group of Han people and attacking most of the Hu people. He first used military forces to attack the Hu people in the northeast, and then adopted the immigration strategy. Finally, he built roads and cities, immigrated and migrated to farm farms, completely dismantling the hostile forces in the northeast. The subsequent strategies were mostly like this.
Until he conquered Shandong and Hebei, Li Jing deliberately changed this strategy.
After all, in the Northeast, the hostile forces are mainly Hu people, and they can adopt strict strategies. Moreover, the Northeast is vast and sparsely populated, and the immigration plan is also good. But now, after occupying Hebei and Shandong, this plan is not possible. Even if the population of Hebei and Shandong is sharply reduced due to war, it is definitely not comparable to that of the Northeast. Li Jing cannot support such a large-scale immigration in the population of millions. Moreover, Li Jing is no longer the time to seek a solid rear. The increase in territory and population makes Li Jing need to restore production and stability in the occupied areas of Shandong and Hebei.
The most important thing is that Lulong Town is a force that has been in power for more than a hundred years. The court has been unable to govern here for more than a hundred years. Here, the strongest ones are military forces, and then local tyrants. These two major forces are deeply rooted. Over the years, Lulong Town has changed countless commanders and mutinies countless times, which shows a serious problem. This cannot be changed by changing the master.
For the Goguryeo people in Liaodong, Li Jing can use military strikes and then forcefully migrate to the enemy. But for Lulong Town, Li Jing cannot move all these people. And now it is just Lulong, so in the future, there will be Yiwu, Chengde, Wei Bo, and the whole world. Can Li Jing always deal with Goguryeo?
In fact, it cannot be.
After discussing with Lulong Town, Li Jing and others, they believed that it should be a priority to both kindness and power, and focus on comfort.
After all, it is actually a matter of interests.
If you want to completely control Lulong Town, you have to bring Lulong's martial arts group and wealthy group to the Qin army, rather than letting them stand opposite each other. But at the same time, you cannot let these people have too much power to avoid being overwhelmed. Therefore, Li Jing's ultimate strategy is the choice of the majority and the minority.
Choose to make most people a share the interests and suppress some of the most threatening people. Try to win over a group, suppress a group, and finally support a group, divide and disintegrate the original interest groups, so that they can eventually follow Li Jing and safeguard their common interests core.
However, it is still difficult to say it easily. After considering it for a long time, Li Jing reached an agreement with the Cabinet Monks and the Secretariat, which is to win over the military group first. This is why Li Jing expanded the Lu Long Army into six armies and appointed and removed the six most powerful military leaders as the military leaders. Of course, there was a way to deal with the Shatuo surrendered army before, and Li Jing's arrangement for the generals of Lu Long this time was actually consistent with the handling of the Shatuo people.
The Lu Long Army generals were promoted on the surface and their troops were expanded. But in fact, their troops had to be expanded first, and then reorganized. Within three years, they were trained to be reorganized and garrisoned in the courts in Northeast China or Shandong. Through this period, they were transferred out of Lu Long and used this time to mix sand into these Lu Long troops and completely digested them.
If the military group in Lulong Town wins over, then the next step is to suppress the local tyrants in Lulong. Now Li Jing has announced that the former officials in various places will remain temporarily, but soon, Li Jing will ask the official systems of the prefectures and counties in Lulong Town to change according to the new system of the Qin army, and use this opportunity to mobilize officials and courts in various places to disrupt their original situation. The most important thing is that after the mobilization, it will be when checking the old accounts. Taking advantage of the opportunity of exchange, Li Jing will liquidate a group of the former Lulong local officials with bad reputations and even threats to the Qin army's control of the local government.
By punishing corruption, rectifying the administration of officials, safeguarding the names of the people, and solving the most threatening forces to the Qin army.
Of course, immediately afterwards, Li Jing also planned to clear the prison, clear the case, relieve the poor, appease the widow, and then repair the city water conservancy, resume production, implement new tax laws and regulations, reduce the burden on the people, and other a series of policy orders that benefit the people, so as to win over the people and win the hearts of the people. Of course, for those local tyrants who cooperate and obediently, Li Jing will definitely choose some special advantages to reward them and let them share their interests.
In general, this will be a huge and complex plan. It is also a major change in Li Jing's internal policy. Lu Long Youzhou is just the beginning, or a pilot zone.
In the hall, the core civil and military officials who were originally hesitant about the new strategy finally fully understood.
Governing a big country is like cooking small fresh food.
The Qin army is becoming increasingly powerful, and many aspects can no longer be handled simply as before.
It turns out that military is the most important, but now internal affairs are equally important.
"It is said that it is difficult to conquer the world immediately, and it is difficult to govern the world immediately. This is true." Zuo Pushe was also considered a military officer, but he was very pleased to see that the King of Qin now attaches so much importance to internal affairs. Since ancient times, it is easy to seize the world, but it is difficult to govern the world. The Qin army is now in power, and it is just around the corner. There is no problem in military affairs. If internal and civil affairs can be well straightened out, then it will be expected to seize the world soon.
Li Cunxiao stood in the hall, his face was a little dizzy. He heard those strategies and plans, and now he was still covered in vagueness. After a long time, he shook his head and couldn't help but sigh: "Everyone is right, the King of Qin is indeed playing a big game of chess!"
Chapter completed!