Chapter 950 Crossing the River and Burning the Bridge
Early the next morning, after everyone had breakfast, they could not leave because Shao Xun summoned them to talk about the military town.
The military town is a characteristic of the Northern Dynasties.
That is to set up garrisons at the frontier or key points in the interior, with varying numbers of posts.
Theoretically, the military town subsidizes part of the food and salary from the court, but in practice it is difficult to implement. Most of the military towns rely on the town generals to organize soldiers to clear wasteland and farmland, and the income is distributed according to a certain proportion.
The families of Zhenbing soldiers live next to the military town and have their own fields. They farm their own land to support themselves. Their income has nothing to do with the military town and belongs to themselves.
But this is only in theory, what about in practice? The military town is short of food. You can't watch your father, brother, husband, and son starve to death, right? So this is a confusing account. It can only be said that when there is no shortage of food, the families of Zhenbing support themselves and support themselves. Zhenbing himself eats the grain, meat and milk harvested from farming and grazing, and the court occasionally gives some money. Silk reward.
This system was followed until the Tang Dynasty.
Taking the Hehuang area as an example, there are about 20 military towns (including military cities and Shouzhou cities) such as Lintao Army, Heyuan Army, Jishi Army, Momen Army, and Anren Army.
The largest of them is the Heyuan Army, with 13,000 cavalry.
In the early days, the soldiers of these military towns were recruited from the central plains to guard the army. Later, they found that it was too troublesome, the soldiers were also very annoyed, and the economic pressure was great, so soldiers and Long March athletes began to appear.
The imperial court seized every opportunity to recruit young men from the mainland to go to the frontiers. For example, when there was a flood in Qingzhou one year, they recruited strong refugees to go to Longyou and even the Western Regions to serve as soldiers.
Those whose families are willing to follow will be given fields.
Most of the people who immigrated to the Western Regions in the Tang Dynasty were of this type, and there were not many serious households. The protagonist of "The Boundaries" went to Anxi with his father when he was young and lived there.
In fact, this is back to the characteristics of military towns in the Northern Wei Dynasty, that is, soldiers gather in the military city. If their family members follow, they will divide private land next to the military city and support themselves. If they do not follow, the bachelor soldiers will stay in the local area. Get a wife and have children.
Due to geographical and location reasons, the military town will gradually become a prosperous place. At the same time, in the long-term exchanges, some tribes will be driven, vassalized, and assimilated. The famous general Bai Xiaode liked to play near the Tang Army Town when he was a child. When he grew up, he participated in counterinsurgency. , Liu Longxian, a heroic general of the Anshi rebel army, was killed in formation, and finally succeeded to the throne of Changhua County Prince and Crown Prince Shaofu.
There are also military towns in the Jin Dynasty, all of which were built by Shao Xun——
Shizhong Yangman hung a map on the wall and said: "Hebei has Shangbai, Lu More than ten military towns, including Ze, Wuqiang, and Yijing, were mostly established during the Shengui period. They were expedient measures at that time. Three towns have been abolished. "
"Su Qiu, the general of Lukou Town, has been defeated and has been defeated. His people have been transferred to counties and counties. Lukou Town is the main one. They were from Wuhuan, and later absorbed some of the remnants of the Xiongnu and Han people. At their peak, they had three to four thousand households.
During the rebellion in Hebei, Su Qiu, the general of the town, was in cahoots with the nobles of Hebei. It was not clear whether they were involved in the rebellion. Although they did not rebel, they had ulterior motives.
In the end, they were liquidated. The Su family was killed and demoted to slaves. Thousands of its townsfolk were dispersed to surrounding counties and organized into households.
"Su Zhongyi was defeated by Huaihuang Town, and all the people in his tribe were killed or wounded, and they fled a little."
"Lulong Town moved Duan Wenyang to Xuanhong Pond, and stopped it."
Su Zhongyi, the general of Huaihuang Town, was defeated and suffered heavy losses. In the end, there were not many people left, and his headquarters had been moved to Dai State.
But Huaihuang, Lulong and Lukou are different. The former is a border area, while the latter is a water and land hub in the hinterland.
Lukou Town can be established or not, but Huaihuang Town and Lulong Town will most likely be resettled, but the idea is very particular.
“The king’s intention is that military towns should be set up as little as possible in the six prefectures of Ji, Yan, Si, Yu, Xu and Qing. Military towns can be set up in You, Bing, Yong, Qin and other places.”
< br>"In the past, military towns were mostly set up for recruitment and were expedient. According to the plan, it is better to stop the demobilization now. Those who do not want to move must be demobilized step by step, and the people must be organized into households. "
"It is necessary to establish new military towns, and it is not suitable to merge them. We can discuss it later.”
After saying that, Yangman sat back.
Shao Xun stood up, glanced at everyone, and said: "Everyone can express his own opinion."
"Your Majesty, I think it would be better to do this after the founding of the country." Zhang Bin suggested.
"Why did Meng Sun say this?" Shao Xun asked.
“When the country was founded and called the system, the identity of the monarch and his ministers was determined.” Zhang Bin said: “In this way, if he rebels when the town is dismissed, he will be a rebellious minister and traitor, which is easy to determine.”
Shao Xun didn't say anything, then asked again: "In the past, there were more than 3,000 households in the Lu Shuihu tribe in Zhao County. What happened now?"
Everyone looked at Pei Shao, the Right Army Chief of the General's Mansion.
Pei Shao stroked his beard, looked arrogant, and said with a smile: "Last year, the cattle and sheep epidemic in Desheng Township caused countless deaths and injuries. County , the county sent out millet and wheat relief. At that time, dozens of people from the township, Juquchong, came down to the township to assist, Li Zheng and Baochang. The county magistrate went to the county to collect the relief grains and asked them one by one. Zhu Lizheng asked the most detailed questions and everything was covered. Finally, he gave the order directly to Li Zheng, asking him to clear the ditches and open up more fields after he returned. Distribute seeds and farm tools."
After speaking, he paused and smiled without saying a word.
Shao Xun looked hesitant.
Pei Shao caught his eye, smiled awkwardly, and hurriedly continued: "The township chief Ju Quchong did not stop him. Seeing the majesty of the government, Zhu Lizheng and Baochang began to despise the township chief more and more. In this way, they gradually returned to their hearts. "
There were a total of three to four thousand Lushuihu households recruited in Beidi and Anding. Most of them were resettled in the Zhongqiu area of Zhao County. They were recruited and organized into a township, called Desheng Township. This is actually a pilot project, that is, a pilot project on how to integrate the tribes into households without breaking them up.
The leader, Juqu Chong, is the head of the township, and he himself serves as the deputy governor in the Yi Cong Army.
The leader of the clan below is Li Zheng, and the tribal warrior is Bao Chang. They are divided into layers.
Under the township head, there is a township assistant (appointed by the imperial court) to assist him in handling township affairs for more than ten years.
Shao Xun visited Desheng Township once. He was still "Mr. Chen" at that time. When the rewards were distributed on the spot, everyone from the township head down to the township prostrated themselves on the ground, and the accompanying officials were called out one by one.
This is actually a proofing.
In the Wei, Jin and before, when the imperial court issued rewards, they were usually given to tribal leaders, who would then distribute them among themselves.
Basically not involved in the internal affairs of the tribe. For example, during the Cao Wei Dynasty, the Huns were divided into five tribes, and each tribe sent an official to monitor them. The tribe was in a state of autonomy, so there was no household registration for the people.
Without household registration, the process of assimilation will be very slow.
On the other hand, it is easy to rebel if the people are not registered as households, because the people are all private individuals of the chiefs. They know nothing about the outside world and are extremely ignorant. What the chiefs say is what they say.
The chief lied, saying that the imperial court was going to kill us all, and let’s all rebel together. Most people really believed it, and those who didn’t believed it were also coerced. When the rebellion actually started, there was no way out. They could only follow the chief all the way to the dark side.
The more than 3,000 households in Juquchong have been checked. Although they are all placed in one place and have not been scattered, they are divided internally very finely. Imperial officials often go to check their presence.
Shao Xun's reward distribution made the ignorant shepherds at the bottom of the tribe aware of his existence.
Officials were called one by one to receive rewards. From the lowest to the lowest, everyone was respectful.
All this is actually to establish the authority of the court in their hearts.
This cattle and sheep epidemic, county relief is actually the same thing.
I heard that they are now interfering in the prison affairs in Desheng Township, which further strengthens the authority of the imperial court.
The tribal chief failed to withstand the pressure for the first time. After giving in, it means that your authority has been damaged and your power has been eroded.
As time goes by, the clan leaders below will pay more and more attention to the authority of the court, and will increasingly realize that the affiliation between them and the chief is no longer the clan leader-the tribal leader, but the righteousness-the township. Chief, who was appointed by the imperial court.
In this way, the tribe will gradually disintegrate, and the assimilation process will be greatly accelerated.
The Later Han Dynasty, Cao Wei, and Sima Jin only moved the tribes inland and that was it. When there was trouble, they used others, and when there was nothing, they wished they didn't exist.
Relying on natural assimilation in this way is too slow and may even be interrupted.
Such a neglect of government, so a big thunder was handed over to Shao Xun. Seeing that it could not be delayed, it was about to explode.
Fortunately, Shao Xun has the assimilation methods summarized by the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Sui and Tang Dynasties, and even goes a step further - many of the intentional and unintentional assimilation methods of others have not been upgraded to theory. Shao Xun understands their essence very well, so he does not learn mechanically and can learn more Be efficient.
"What happened in Desheng Township seems to be extended to military towns." After Pei Shao finished speaking, Shao Xun said: "Under the town generals, there are chief officials, Sima and other officials. In the past, they were all controlled by the town generals. The imperial court followed suit and approved the sealing. It can be inspected before being awarded the official seal, so that the officials below the town general will know that not everything can be done by the town. It will be decided with one word.”
“Lu Zezhen sent out four thousand cavalry this year, and he worked hard to select a few meritorious people, and the general’s office and the governor’s office jointly sent them. Examine merit, award officials, transfer and promote, let those nobles know that the only way to go is to be a general. ”
"Wuqiang Town is not working very hard in the war. Doesn't Huyanjian want his nephew to be the chief historian? No. Let the chiefs know that the town general can't accomplish everything, and there is a court above him. The court If it says no, then it won’t work. If the court says it can, then it will work.”
“These things must be done before the founding of the country. Let's start by laying the foundation for the gradual dismantling of military towns in the interior after the founding of the People's Republic of China." Shao Xun said, "Instruct Jizhou, Youzhou, and Bingzhou to monitor the military towns in Hebei. If there is any disturbance, report it immediately and try not to kill anyone. , but if you are dissatisfied and dare to rebel, then don't show mercy, the soldiers are short of troops."
"Yes." Everyone responded in unison.
The expedient plan used to quickly collect Jizhou and Youzhou is now slowly changing.
If these Hu and Han generals rebelled now, the imperial court would be too calm to deal with it. Because the Huns have been destroyed, they can no longer travel eastward from Bingzhou to support the rebellious generals.
Is this called burning bridges across rivers? It seems so, but not entirely.
The King of Liang was kind after all.
If you are obedient, your family's wealth will not be a problem. This retreat will always exist.
Su Shuyan is a good example. Although his Wuhuan tribe is basically gone, he enjoys the high salary and salary as a high-ranking official and the Bianliang mansion, so he is rich and worry-free.
How to choose depends entirely on the generals themselves.
After talking about these, it was not until noon that Shao Xun left his house, surrounded by his own soldiers, and headed for the palace city.
(End of this chapter)