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- The morning in the grassland is cold, but unfortunately there is always some stench in the city that even the strong wind cannot take away.
Chao Yong walked out of the yard and felt the stench in the air. He couldn't help but said to Shi Yong, who was standing guard next to him: "Today, drive all the Kled people in the city to the river and let them take a bath. Those who can't get into the water will be tagged." Slave it and send it to the mine."
In addition to prisoners of war, there were also women and children from nearby tribes in the city. Chao Yong was obviously talking about women and children.
Although Shi Yong was a little confused as to why the prince was angry, he still accepted the order.
Chao Yong was having breakfast when he heard the sound of a string of horse hooves coming from far to near.
The sound of horse hooves ended outside the mansion, and then everyone ran in and reported: "Nearly ten thousand barbarians came from the north, saying they had captured Yelu Yanxi's concubines and princes in exchange for prisoners of war and women from their tribe. "
Chao Yong was also planning to lead troops north to Zhenzhou to capture the remnants of the Liao Kingdom today. He did not expect the barbarians to be so filial. He nodded and said: "Okay, one Khitan royal family can be exchanged for ten barbarians. Those who submit to us, their women and children can be returned to them; those who do not submit can be returned to them." , you can exchange them for cattle and sheep, otherwise the women, children and prisoners of war will all be reduced to slaves. "
"yes."
Chao Yong finished his breakfast leisurely, and then led the five generals and soldiers in front of the tent to the north gate.
Han Shizhong, who was in charge of guarding the city last night, had already negotiated with the barbarians at the north gate, but it seemed that there were still some differences.
When Han Shizhong saw the prince arriving, he hurriedly went down to the city to greet him: "See the prince."
Chao Yong nodded and said, "Well, are the barbarians still entangled?"
Han Shizhong said: "Those barbarians think that one Khitan royal family should be replaced by at least a hundred barbarians. At first, they wanted to trade one Khitan royal family for a tribal person."
Chao Yong shook his head and said: "These barbarians don't regard themselves as human beings. The Khitan people are all the same, so why should they use one to change their tribe? Well, open the city gate. I'll go talk to them. If it's not okay, If you dare to block our city gate, kill them."
"yes"
Hearing this, Han Shizhong hurriedly asked his subordinates to open the city gate.
The city gate slowly opened, and you saw a few barbarians on horseback blocking it more than ten feet away, and behind them there was a mess of barbarians that could not be seen.
When the barbarians in front saw Prince Daliang leading his troops out of the city, they all moved their horses back.
When translator Klie saw the banner opposite, he suddenly said: "This is Malhusi Khan. He is the son of Mogus Khan who led us to fight against the Liao Dynasty."
Chao Yong heard that he was the son of Mogusi who rebelled against the Liao Dynasty, and wondered: "Mogusi was killed for rebelling against the Liao Dynasty, how can his son still become a Khan?"
"Mogusi was unfortunately captured by the Liao people when he sent troops once, and the tribe was not dispersed by the Liao people. After Mogusi was captured, Malhusi Khan became the leader of the tribe and surrendered to the Liao Kingdom. The Liao Kingdom could not catch him. Malhusi Khan had no choice but to recognize his position as Khan. However, Mogusi was the khan of all the Kelei tribes, and Malhusi Khan was the khan of only a few tribes. "
Chao Yong nodded and said, "Go and ask him to come out and answer."
"yes"
Malhusi Khan had five thousand tribal warriors who were good at fighting, so he was able to get the Liao Kingdom to accept his title of vassal. But after Yelu Yanxi fled to Xiongzhou with 20,000 soldiers and horses, he was under great pressure and had to join other small tribes to offer cattle, sheep and horses to Yelu Yanxi.
¡°Yesterday¡¯s battle, he also brought 3,000 people to participate in the battle. After the defeat, he gathered people from several tribes near Zhaozhou, rushed to Zhenzhou without stopping, and raided Yelu Yanxi's home.
As long as those useless Khitans are exchanged for the women and children of the Kled tribes in the south and the prisoners of war captured by Daliang, we can get the support of the Kled tribes in the south. He will soon be able to unify all the Kled tribes, become the Great Khan of the Kled tribe, and restore the glory of his father.
Malhusi Khan¡¯s idea was a good one, but he didn¡¯t expect that Daliang was only willing to exchange ten Kerei people for one Liao royal family. Even counting Yelu Yanxi¡¯s concubines. The total number of people from the Liao royal family he captured was only a few dozen. If he did that, he would only be able to get back a few hundred people. This small amount of favor could not persuade the southern tribes to join him, so he asked tribesmen who could speak party language to bargain.
There are tens of thousands of women and children in several tribes under Malhusi Khan. But they are separated from the Central Plains by the Liao Kingdom and Xixia. No one can speak Chinese, and only a few can speak Dangxiang and Khitan.
Without women and children, the grassland tribes will not perish. They can steal women from other tribes to reproduce and continue the tribe.
Therefore, although Daliang captured Fangzhou and captured the women and children of several tribes, no barbarians came to surrender.
When Malhusi Khan heard that Prince Daliang asked him to answer, he also rode out and bowed to Chao Yong on the horse.
The conversation between the two began through the Klie people who took refuge in Daliang.
Chao Yong looked at MalhuHe said: "Wherever my dragon flag is placed, it is the land of Daliang. From today on, this grassland is my land of Daliang. If you submit to me, Daliang, I can let you continue to live on this grassland." . If you are unwilling to surrender, you can take people away from this land, otherwise the Daliang Iron Cavalry will kill all those who covet the Daliang territory."
Mal Husi was stunned when he heard Chao Yong's domineering declaration. Some of the barbarians behind him couldn't bear to swing their scimitars. They have lived on this grassland for generations, and they are the masters of this grassland.
Mal Husi also flashed a hint of anger, but when he saw that the cavalry from the Daliang military camp on the left had gathered, he could only endure his anger and said: "If we surrender to Daliang, how many cattle and sheep will we need to pay tribute to Daliang every year?"
Chao Yong shook his head and said: "You have surrendered to me, Daliang, and you are my people in Daliang. You don't need to pay tribute. Merchants from Daliang will come here without restrictions, and your cattle and sheep can be exchanged for more things."
Hearing Chao Yong¡¯s words, the barbarians from all tribes whispered to each other in disbelief.
Even if they are all Kerei people, small tribes must pay tribute to cattle and sheep in order for large tribes to protect them. They resisted the Liao State only because the tribute demanded by the Liao State was more than they could bear.
Malhusi doubted, "Are we going to fight for you like the party members?"
Chao Yong listened to Malhusi's question and said to the translator beside him: "You have been on Ningxia Road for several months, and you must also know the military system of our Daliang. You can talk to him."
Chao Yong has always wanted to implement a compulsory military system for all people, but Daliang has initially decided that it cannot be forced to promote it. Therefore, Daliang's current military system still voluntarily joins the army. Generous military pay, titles and generals are very attractive, so Daliang does not have to worry about the source of troops.
The party vassal army is also a warrior of the party department who is willing to live by swords and guns. They are different from the main army. Just because they were not trained in Tokyo, their pay was the same as that of Daliang Zhengjun.
The settled Party Department has signed up like the Han people and then went to Tokyo to practice. The vassal army comes from tribes that are still grazing, but Daliang has also designated pastures for them. They can no longer nomadic. When the time is right, Daliang will cancel the vassal army, and all soldiers and horses will be trained in Tokyo to speed up the assimilation of various tribes. clan.
Malhu Si also heard some things about Ningxia Road, but he didn¡¯t believe that there would be such good things. In addition, many Dangxiang people joined the army, so he always felt that it was Dangxiang people who worked hard for Daliang instead of paying tribute.
Hearing that the Kerei people who went south in winter said that the party soldiers on Ningxia Road were completely voluntary, and that all the people in Daliang except merchants did not have to pay taxes, Malhusi wondered: "Only merchants pay taxes, so don't things in Daliang have to be very expensive?" Is it expensive?¡±
Chao Yong smiled and said: "All the mines belong to the imperial court, and only the imperial court can sell tea and wine. The imperial court has a lot of income, and the commercial tax is not high. In the Central Plains, one of your horses can probably be exchanged for a hundred catties of tea." , if it is shipped here, it can be exchanged for four to five hundred pounds."
Chao Yong is talking about coarse tea. Of course, few barbarians know about fine tea. In the Northern Song Dynasty, the tea-changing horses used coarse tea. In the Southern Song Dynasty, barbarians began to demand fine tea.
The young horses of the Song Dynasty used copper coins to buy horses from the tribesmen after the founding of the People's Republic of China. But later it was discovered that many people cast copper coins into weapons, and then traded tea for horses. By the time of Zhao Ji, the price of a horse had risen to 250 pounds of tea.
This is the price at which the Han people exchange horses with the Fan people in the northwest, and the Fan people will also resell the tea further north.
Tea can relieve greasiness, detoxify and eliminate diseases. After eating tea, the barbarians who mainly eat meat cannot do without tea, but the tea they eat is transferred from Xixia or Liao. A horse can often only be exchanged for a few dozen kilograms of tea.
Ma Husi always had tea. When Chao Yong said that one horse in Daliang can be exchanged for a hundred catties of tea, he was dumbfounded.
The shepherds behind shouted excitedly. They also needed tea, but in the past, the price of tea was so high that no one except the tribal leaders and witch doctors could afford to drink tea every day. If a horse can be exchanged for several hundred kilograms of tea, they can drink tea every day just like the leader.
For the grassland people, the most attractive thing in the Central Plains is tea. Cloth is a woman's hobby. For rugged men, wearing a sheepskin is fine.
When Malhusi heard the discussion of the tribesmen behind him, he knew that everyone had the same idea as him. He jumped off his horse and knelt down and said: "We are willing to submit to Daliang."
The barbarians behind saw them sweating and knelt down. They also dismounted and knelt on the ground.
Chao Yong did not expect to subdue these ten thousand people so easily. He waved his hand and said: "There is no need to kneel down, Liang. You all can get up."
The cavalry in the military camp outside the city had also gathered. When they saw that the prince made the barbarians kneel down with just a few words, they felt that the prince was very domineering.?.
Chao Yong did not disappoint Malhusi. He directly assigned Malhusi to the Klei Department for inspection, which made Malhusi prostrate himself to the ground again.
¡°Are there any Khitans left in Zhenzhou?¡±
Mal Husi shook his head and said: "No more. There were only a thousand Khitan soldiers in Zhenzhou, and we killed them all. The Khitan soldiers who escaped yesterday all followed Yelu Dashi in the Liao Kingdom to the west, probably to Weizhou in the west. Or Zhaozhou.¡±
Chao Yong was also stunned when he heard that Yelu Dashi was leading the Khitan soldiers to the west.
In history, Yelu Dashi created a Xiliao. Is it possible that he can create another Xiliao?
If Yelu Dashi really fled to Central Asia, Chao Yong would not pursue him now. There are countless small countries in Central Asia. Let Yelu Dashi destroy them, and then Daliang will go to destroy Xiliao. This will undoubtedly save a lot of trouble.
Rather than attacking the beam to the west, it is better to attack it to the east. Wipe out Japan and mine Japan's gold and silver mines to mint coins. The Daliang court minted gold and silver coins, but because gold and silver were scarce, most of the gold and silver coins released were collected by large households, or gold and silver utensils were made. Gold and silver coins were rarely seen in circulation on the market. The amount of banknotes was successfully implemented.
Now all the banknotes in Daliang can be cashed at the ticket number, and the Royal Banker will not issue banknotes indiscriminately. But there was no guarantee when a prodigal would appear and start issuing banknotes indiscriminately, ruining the credit of the royal bank. Therefore, after careful consideration, Chao Yong decided to use gold, silver, and copper coins as currency to avoid leaving any loopholes for future generations to exploit.
Japan is very rich in gold and silver mines, and the Japanese are ready-made mine slaves. They only need to threaten their emperor with force or support a puppet. Just let them donate a fixed amount of gold and silver to Daliang every year, and there is no need to send troops to station in Japan for a long time.
It is no secret that Japan is rich in gold, but the mining of silver has not yet begun.
As early as the Tang Dynasty, Japan had excavated a large amount of gold, and a large number of envoys sent to the Tang Dynasty also relied on gold to live in the Tang Dynasty. The Song Dynasty imported a large amount of placer gold from Japan and exported copper coins, silk, and ceramics.
Japan's reputation for being rich in gold spread to Central Asia and even Europe. In the second half of the ninth century, Islamic geographer Ibn Holdazbeh recorded rumors about the land of gold. The records said that the dogs raised by the Japanese were The chain locks and the monkey's collar are all made of gold.
Later, Marco Polo also had this description in his travel notes: "On the Japanese islands, there are also many precious stones and pearls. The color of the pearls is like a rose. They are very beautiful and very expensive. They are big and round. Everyone has them." Countless gold, the roof of the king's palace is covered with pure gold, the floor is covered with gold as thick as two fingers wide, and many rooms have thick pure gold tables and windows. Decorated with gold, the luxury of this palace is simply beyond description.¡±
Of course, this is a deceptive description, but it also shows that people at that time knew that Japan was rich in gold.
This February. Japan sent envoys to declare its vassalage to Daliang, and at the same time sent hundreds of foreign students to study the culture of Daliang. After the Japanese envoy heard that the Prince of Daliang was going to open a noble academy, he immediately asked the Daliang court to allow the Japanese prince to enroll. The imperial court conferred the title of King of Japan. Their prince theoretically also had a title, so the court agreed to their request.
When Chao Yong learned that the Ministry of Rites had agreed to the matter, he immediately wanted to refuse, but then he thought that his aristocratic academy was no longer around. Japan has never been a peaceful nation. It is easy to catch their mistakes. Chao Yong has already asked the spies to pay attention to the international students sent by Japan.
The navy of the three heroes of the Ruan family, Zhang Heng brothers, and Li Jun has been established, and Chao Yong's ship has also been built.
When Zhao Ji was in power, he had been planning to build a large-scale Shenzhou to send to Goryeo. Show off national prestige. During the reign of Emperor Shenzong of the Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty built two giant boats. Zhao Ji, who was so happy with his achievements, naturally aimed to surpass the giant boats built during the reign of Emperor Shenzong of the Song Dynasty. The wood and drawings had been drawn, but just when the construction was about to begin, the Song Dynasty fell and the construction of the Shenzhou was put on hold.
When the navy commander was ordered to build a sea-going ship, the shipyard reported the plan. Chao Yong learned that there were ready-made materials and drawings, and immediately asked the shipyard to make them into his ship.
In addition to his flagship "Prince", he also built three frigates.
The frigate is more than ten feet long, three feet deep, two feet and five feet wide, and has a load of two thousand stones. The Prince's length, breadth, height, equipment, and number of people are all three times that of the frigate.
The main mast of the frigate is ten Songzhang high, and the foremast is eight Songzhang high. It is equipped with a total of one hundred and ten sails. The sail is used for the wind, and the canopy is used for the slight deviation. There are eight directions of wind. Only when the wind blows from directly in front, you cannot move forward with the sail. But there are oars and treadmills to keep the boat moving.
(The data is the envoy ship of the Song Dynasty to Goryeo in the fifth year of Xuanhe. The Prince is a Shenzhou. There is no specific record of the load, but the load is estimated to be more than a thousand tons)
 Malhusi led his tribes to surrender, and Chao Yong immediately ordered the release of all the women and children of the tribes who had surrendered. However, the prisoners of war were required to be redeemed with cattle and sheep, and those who were not redeemed had to serve the court for three years.
Chao Yong wanted to build more cities on the grassland. In addition to hiring people from various tribes, the most affordable option was naturally prisoners of war.
After Malhusi got the official position in Daliang, he was also very active and immediately sent people to persuade other tribes in Kelie to submit.
Two days after Chao Yong led his troops north to Zhenzhou, all Klie tribes surrendered to Daliang. Thousands of the Khitan people who fled also returned to Daliang, and thousands of them followed Yelu Dashi and fled to Xizhou Uighurs.
After recruiting and surrendering the Kelie tribe, Chao Yong also sent people to recruit and surrender the Naiman tribe, the Merkid tribe, the Mongolian tribe, the Tatar tribe, the Ugu tribe, the Enemie tribe, and other tribes. At the same time, he invited more than a thousand tribal leaders to join the tribes. General Assembly.
Because the divisions were so dispersed that the farthest enemy troops were more than 2,000 miles away from Zhenzhou, Chao Yong set the date for the meeting of the leaders of each division on June 15th.
In order to ensure the safety of the leaders of each tribe, Chao Yong ordered that each tribe should not attack or kill people from other tribes within three months. If anyone violates the rules, Daliang will send troops to wipe out the tribesmen, and no chickens or dogs will be left.
Before the meeting of various ministries, many tribes sent envoys to express their submission to Daliang. In their view, there is no need to pay any tribute to surrender to Daliang, but they can buy Daliang's things at a cheap price, which is a huge benefit without any harm. If they resist Daliang, they will face Daliang's cavalry. Although they didn't know what Daliang's military strength was, Daliang was able to carve up the Liao Kingdom together with the Jin Kingdom, and its strength was obviously greater than that of the grassland ministries.
The meeting place of the grassland ministries was held on the grassland. Before the leaders of the ministries arrived, Daliang prepared tents for the leaders of the ministries.
Without actual combat, just looking at the equipment, the Daliang cavalry are undoubtedly more intimidating than the Khitan soldiers back then. Many tribal leaders lost any trace of their unruliness when they saw the well-equipped Daliang cavalry, and they were obedient to Daliang from the beginning to the end.
Under the threat of Daliang Kuanhe¡¯s surrender and strong military power, and the fact that many tribes had surrendered in advance, all participating tribes quickly surrendered to Daliang.
At the conference, Chao Yong announced the establishment of a grassland road, designated pastures for various ministries, and selected 20 places to build cities. Millions of Han people would be moved from the Central Plains to farm and teach farming to various ministries. Dong Ping was appointed as the first commander-in-chief of Prairie Road.
The grassland road starts from the Altai Mountains in the west, reaches the Daxinganling Mountains in the east, starts from the desert in the south, and reaches the northernmost tip of Lake Baikal in the north. It spans more than 7,000 miles from east to west and two thousand miles from north to south. (To be continued) - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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