Although the Tangnu in Qinghai is not as good as Hexi and has many Western Regions, there are still tens of thousands of people.

At that time, there were 75,000 soldiers under the command of the Longyou Jiedu, who gathered their families and other Tang people who reclaimed and migrated could not stop them.

However, nowadays, I don’t remember much that I am a Tangren, and many of them have become pure foreigners.

After the collapse of the Tubo Empire, it was also caused by the Xifan, Choufan and Changmaofan, which was even worse than the status.

The slave order was Guo Shouwen used the Dandou Temple to use the excuse of equality of sentient beings in Buddhism and demanding that all major tribes must give up all slaves.

In this way, the tribes are naturally not allowed. The Dangxiang people, Qiang people, and Tubo people are unwilling to do so. The nobles rely on slaves to maintain their lives.

Even ordinary herders will have one or two slaves.

At this point, Guo Shouwen didn't know the reason for compromise, or he had long known that it was impossible to release slave orders.

So, it was reduced to require all slaves who could speak Tang language to be released.

Now, many tribes breathed a sigh of relief.

Guo Shouwen directly sent his subordinates to investigate. As long as he could speak Tang words, even if he had one or two words, his family members would be separated and become a free citizen.

By the way, after such investigation, he truly learned the strength of each tribe, the number of slaves and herdsmen, and determined the strength of a tribe.

Slaves represent productivity. A slave can probably put a hundred sheep and plant fifty acres of land; while ordinary herders represent military strength. The principle of one household and one soldier is easy to deduce.

With this, Guo Shouwen even figured out the number of almost most of the tribes in Shanzhou, Guzhou, Lanzhou, Hezhou, and were clear about it.

Of course, the most practical gain is that tens of thousands of Tang slaves were rescued and thus became the people under their rule.

After the shogunate's calculations, he saved 13,000 Tang slaves, 25,000 men, 19,000 women, 28,000 children, a total of 72,000 people.

The elderly, the weak, the sick and the disabled are almost over forty years old, so there is no elderly person.

In addition to population, Longyou Prefecture also stipulates that each tribe needs to pay annual taxes.

Tribes with less than 100 entries are not required to pay.

From a hundred to five hundred, one hundred sheep and ten war horses are required to pay every year.

Five hundred to one thousand, five hundred sheep and fifty war horses were paid.

One thousand to three thousand, a thousand sheep, one hundred war horses, and one hundred cows.

Three thousand to five thousand, three thousand sheep, three hundred war horses, and three hundred cows.

For more than 5,000 horses and cattle, the minimum is 5,000.

Basically, sheep are calculated based on one-to-one per account, while cattle and horses are ten to one.

There are many things that seem to be many, but in fact, there are not hundreds of cattle and sheep in each tent, so they basically cannot survive because their food is goat milk and cow milk. The amount is too small, so it is really not enough to eat.

In addition, regardless of the number of accounts, in wartime, one soldier will be issued for every two households. For example, a tribe with five hundred tents will be issued for two hundred warriors.

Guo Shouwen counted the tribes in the four prefectures, including Dangxiang, Qiang people, Tubo, and Tuyuhun, with a total account of more than 40,000.

In other words, he can recruit 20,000 people to fight with him at any time, but his combat effectiveness cannot be guaranteed.

For the 70,000 Tang slaves, Guo Shouwen was placed in Shanzhou at one time. This place is located at Qinghai Lake, also known as the West Sea. It is very close to the land and fertile. It is extremely suitable for grazing and farming.

Therefore, the long-destroyed Shanzhou City was underwent a major renovation.

As for where does money and food come from?

Of course, the taxes collected by the defeated tribes were sent to Shanzhou City at one time.

Although these are not enough to support them, they are at least responsible for two months. If you grazing and eating goat milk, you can support them for three or four months.

The cattle left half of the cultivated land and war horses, and sent five thousand horses to Wenmomen as employment fees. The rest were picky and slim, leaving two or three thousand horses, and the remaining ten thousand horses were sent to Liangzhou and sold to those horse merchants, thus purchasing a large amount of grain.

In this way, Shanzhou City has obtained a preliminary ruling foundation.

With such a busy work, the time came to March of the 11th year of Shenwu. Qinghai was covered in cold and snow. In this weather, it was definitely impossible for the tribes to escape and could only settle down and accept taxation.

Guo Shouwen initially formulated taxes and, after raising the taxes in advance, he posted a document to Luoyang.

Regarding the expansion of territory and the relationship between the government and the country, the Political Affairs Hall also came up with a resolution, believing that it was necessary to recapture half of the Longyou area, four prefectures, more than ten counties, and 15,000 households in the people. Guo Shouwen made an indelible contribution, and it was natural that he was promoted from viscount to earl.

In response, the emperor expressed his approval and promoted him to Taozhou, with a fief of 2,500 households.

"But, is the taxes that Your Majesty Taozhou Bo has proposed this time too light?" Sun Zhao immediately focused on the taxes and bowed:

"If nearly 40,000 herdsmen were in the Central Plains, they could almost be in four states, with annual output and tax of over 100,000 stones. Even in the grassland, as far as I know, every account is concerned, hundreds of cattle and sheep are left."

"Guo Shouwen takes one for each household. Although it seems to be a lot, in fact, he takes one for one for a hundred. It is really too light and is almost a measure to win people's hearts!"

Speaking of this, the Political Affairs Hall was shocked, and the atmosphere instantly solidified, winning people's hearts. This sentence hurts too much.

However, what Sun Zhao said is reasonable, and the tax ratio of one hundred is really too low.

"You are not wrong to win people's hearts!"

Li Jia sighed, swept everyone, and then said, "But, this human heart was bought for the Tang Dynasty."

"It should be noted that even in the former Tang Dynasty, these tribes were only detained and never received taxes. In the northwest, there were many barbarians and few people in the Tang Dynasty. Such light taxes and levies were not taken much. Although the barbarians were dissatisfied, they were enough to endure it."

"Although it's not much, it's still quite a lot. It's better than nothing, right?"

When the emperor said this, everyone nodded and expressed their approval.

To be honest, Li Jia was already surprised that he could collect taxes. Although not many, 20,000 war horses, cattle and sheep were enough to establish a self-sufficient finance for Longyou Prefecture.

Being self-sufficient means being able to gain a foothold and not being abandoned.

"The Shuofang Town was withdrawn and the Longyou Prefecture was established, and Guo Shouwen was appointed as the general of the military chief, the commander of the Longyou Prefecture and the military affairs of the Xiliang Prefecture."

Li Jia blurted out that it is time for Longyou Prefecture, which is now in the eight states, to abolish the vassal states and restore the same system as the mainland.

"The government is placed in Shanzhou!"

"Your Majesty, what is the prefect?" Sun Zhao asked.
Chapter completed!