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    Update time: 2013-05-29

    Seeing that the Turks' problem was solved, Zhao Xun smiled and said: "Very good. In this way, the Turks have been excluded from the battlefield in the Western Regions. As for the Gaochang Kingdom, it is not a big problem for us. To destroy him,  Easy. But swallowing up the territories of these western countries is the top priority."

    "By the way, Zhang Yuanjing, now that Yanqi and the surrounding annihilated countries have been integrated into the Three Prefectures, how is the situation in each place?"

    Zhang Yuanjing, who is in charge of local government affairs, said in a deep voice: "Well, we have already prepared and mobilized a large number of officials so that each new city can be constructed in an orderly manner and each residential area can start normal life. For most people, I, Zhao Junzhi,  The life below is better than before, so although they are dissatisfied with the change of rulers, on the whole, they have settled down and accepted our rule. "

    "However, there is also a big trouble. There are horse thieves, large and small, in various prefectures and counties. Some of them were originally horse thieves and made a living by robbing. There are also many who were originally Yanqi's army who was defeated, and who were originally Yanqi's army.  And the nobles from other small countries are now launching sneak attacks on the settlements around our new city. Although they are not as powerful as the town troops, the only pity is that they are infantry.  Pawn, they are helpless against these horse thieves."

    "In the past month or so, the residential areas and caravans around the newly built city have been robbed many times."

    Hearing this, Zhao Xun's face suddenly condensed and he said: "Horse thieves? Let the king's personal guards compete with them. In addition, I'm sending an order to all places that anyone who dares to collude with horse thieves will kill the nine tribes!"

    "My lord, are you saying that these horse thieves are colluding with others?" Zhang Yuanjing frowned.

    Zhao Xun said coldly: "Of course, otherwise, we have troops stationed in residential areas everywhere. How can these horse thieves bypass the annexation garrisons and hidden sentries and enter the residential areas to plunder? Furthermore, these horse thieves are within the range of thousands of miles.  How can we supplement our daily needs? They are not engaged in production.¡±

    Situ Liang nodded and said: "My lord is right. If there is no internal support, everything will not go smoothly every time. Furthermore, passing caravans are protected by bodyguards. Without internal support, how can we know their route and number of people?"

    Zhao Xun said coldly: "It seems that there are still people in the settlements here who are dissatisfied with us and miss the old master. Such people cannot be killed. We have to warn them with blood. Either the nine tribes will die together, or  , just live here honestly.¡±

    "My king's personal guards are also cavalry, and they are all the best among the best. I would like to see if these horse thieves wandering around can compare with my elite men."

    When King Zhao was angry, turmoil spread all over the country.  Of the 30,000 personal guards, there were more than 15,000 people accompanying Zhao Xun this time. These more than 15,000 people were immediately dispersed into small teams and began to wipe out the horse thieves within a radius of thousands of miles.  Some of them directly patrolled, moved, and chased horse thieves.  Some mingled with the caravan, lured the enemy into a trap, and killed them in one fell swoop.

    In just over ten days, more than 8,000 horse thieves and more than 300 groups of large and small horse thieves were wiped out in the territory of Sanfu.  There are more than 500 residents from various countries involved.  Including their family members and relatives from the nine clans, the total number was ten thousand.  However, the Zhao army showed no mercy to these ten thousand people. They announced their crimes in public and killed them all.  Suddenly, everyone in the newly occupied territory was trembling with fear.  Then, some residents who had reported merits were rewarded, and the positive and negative comparisons were made to let residents in various places understand what to do.

    Of course, this does not mean that all horse thieves in various places have been wiped out. The Guards are still patrolling various places to completely cut off the soil for horse thieves to survive.  Zhao Xun knew very well that if they could not be eradicated at once, it would be a big trouble for caravans to pass in the future.

    At the beginning of July, the envoy from Qiuci Kingdom once again appeared in Xizhou City, which was the former capital of Yanqi King.  The messengers this time were Li Yan and Bai Yi.  Originally, Li Yan was the only messenger this time, but Bai Yi deliberately insisted and wanted to come to Xizhou City to have a look.  Let's see what the situation here is like after Zhao Jun destroyed Yanqi.

    After entering the city, Bai Yi saw that the entire Xizhou City was under construction.  At first, Bai Yi thought this was King Zhao building a palace.  After questioning, I found out that Zhao Jun was planning to expand the city.

    Construction of water conservancy projects, afforestation, introduction of products from the Central Plains, construction of various workshops, all kinds of means were used, which not only settled the livelihood of the people gathered by Zhao Jun, but also contained various hidden meanings.  The people in the city were not what Bai Yi expected. They were extremely hostile to Zhao Jun and had no support for their lives.  Every workshop in the city requires a large amount of labor, and Zhao Jun also transported a large amount of grain. Soon, the normal material circulation here formed an effective order.

    "King Zhao is not a simple person. He is truly a hero. Who among the countries in the Western Regions can compare to him?"After understanding the situation and understanding some of the situation, Bai Yi couldn't help but sigh.  While he was surprised by Zhao Jun's methods, he was also worried about the fate of Qiuci.  He knew very well that Zhao Jun's current methods would soon win the hearts and minds of the people here.  If you win the hearts of the people, you will win the world.  As long as the people's support is maintained, these places will soon become part of King Zhao's command.

    "His Royal Highness King Zhao, this is Mr. Bai Yibai, the right prime minister of our Kingdom of Qiuci."

    "You Prime Minister? How could the Prime Minister become an envoy and come here in person?" Zhao Xun had already known that this person was coming, but he still asked with a smile.

    Bai Yi said in a deep voice: "The King of Zhao is so powerful that he points with his sharp sword and the army comes. I just want to come and see what the Yanqi Kingdom was like under the rule of King Zhao in the past?"

    Li Yan on one side couldn't help but feel his heart skip a beat when he heard what Bai Yi said.  What Bai Yi said was clearly a provocation.

    Zhao Xun smiled calmly and said: "How? Is it as you think, the life of the people here is worse than death? In your opinion, after this king takes over Yanqi Kingdom, the people here will become slaves?"

    Bai Yi said respectfully: "I dare not, I am ashamed! Although the people here are suffering a little now, their lives will be better in the future. I am also deeply impressed by the king's ability. In this short half month,  Among them, the people of the former capital of King Yanqi can be owned by the king."

    "Haha" Zhao Xun laughed and said: "The Yanqi Kingdom? Now, they no longer exist. The change of dynasties is a common sense in the world. Now, the Yanqi Kingdom is the territory of our great Zhao." In the words,  The meaning of affirmation is obvious.

    "So, the quarter of the territory of Yanqi Kingdom that our Qiuci Kingdom currently occupies will also belong to the king?"

    Zhao Xun said in a deep voice: "Bai Xiangguo, in your opinion, what is the reason for the existence of a country? Power? No, in my opinion, the existence of a country is to allow every citizen to have a core, so that all  All the people can live better under effective order.¡±

    "There are too many countries, large and small, in the Western Regions. They cannot work together and can only fight with each other, wasting national power and making people's lives increasingly poor. Bai Xiangguo, do you think that under the governance of my great Zhao, the people here are not as good as before?  better?"

    Bai Yi said solemnly: "Your Majesty, even so, all the countries in the Western Regions have their own countries, and every citizen must fight to the death for their own country."

    "Really? If so, your Kucha Kingdom cannot be established. Where did the Kucha Kingdom come from? Isn't it based on the demise of the previous country?" Zhao Xun said coldly, "I want the kingdoms of the Western Regions.  People, living under the same blue sky, will live a better life. This is the general trend that cannot be changed. Those who follow it will prosper and those who go against it will perish."

    When Bai Yi and Li Yan heard this, their expressions changed dramatically.  Zhao Xun's words clearly stated that he wanted to annex the entire Western Region countries.  Even his country, Qiuci, is no exception.

    When Bai Yi was in a daze, Zhao Xun said quietly: "I heard that Bai Xiangguo is in Kucha and is determined to oppose the alliance between Kucha and our Zhao army. What is his intention?"

    "There are Turks in the north of you, and you don't know much about the Turks. More than two hundred years ago, the Turks invaded the Western Regions, and you know better than me the disasters they caused. If the Yan Empire hadn't sent troops to the Western Regions,  I¡¯m afraid that these countries no longer exist. Is this what you want to see?¡±

    Bai Yi said solemnly: "But the Turks are now in civil strife and have no time to take care of them."

    Zhao Xun said coldly: "Civil strife? No time for others to care? The Turks are in civil strife and will eventually be unified. Now in the south of the Turks, we, Zhao, are to the east, and to the west are your countries in the Western Regions. You said, these Turks  After quelling the civil strife, if you want to regain your strength, or go south to plunder, should you invade our country, Zhao, or invade your Western Region countries?"

    "This" Bai Yi was speechless for a moment.

    "Of course you are the countries in the Western Regions! Because you do not have an effective rule, because you fight on your own, and because you have become a country like Gaochang State, which placed yourself under the command of the Turks. And I, the Great Zhao State, stretch across thousands of miles and support  There are countless soldiers, but they dare not invade." Zhao Xun said sternly.

    "Whether you are destroyed by the Turks or become a part of our great Zhao, it depends on how you choose. Looking at the scene in the city, Bai Xiangguo should think about it carefully."

    "Li Yan, are you here to discuss sending troops with me?" Zhao Xun ignored Bai Yi, who was deep in thought, and turned to ask Li Yan.

    Li Yan said: "That's true. Our army is already on standby, waiting for your Majesty's dispatch."

    "Very good, you will launch this operation without hesitation. The army will go directly north to Changji and Wusu, and enter Gaochang Kingdom from the southwest. The reason is?With the help of the Turks, they intended to go south and invade the Qiuci Kingdom.  Of course, you can make other excuses as you please.  "

    "And my army will attack from the south and east. We will form an encirclement, attack from all sides, and destroy them all in one fell swoop. Remember, I don't want you to have any problems, otherwise" Although Zhao Xun did not say anything  Otherwise, Li Yan understood in his heart that if his side eliminated the problem, Zhao Jun might appear directly in the capital of King Qiuci.

    "As for the situation of sending troops to the west, I will send people to your army in person to accompany your commander. Of course, what I need is that you can restrain Gaochang Guo's attention, not let you fight Gaochang Guo.  Fight. My army is enough to defeat Gaochang. What I need now is to prevent the Turks from getting involved."

    "I understand!" Li Yan said respectfully.

    "Your Majesty, may I ask whether the Kingdom of Qiuci will also be annexed by you?" Bai Yi, who had been silent for a long time, asked in a deep voice.

    Zhao Xun looked at Bai Yi and said in a deep voice: "What do you mean by annexation? Don't you think that under the unified control of Zhao, this place will be more peaceful and the people's lives will be better? Or do you?  Are you reluctant to give up your position as prime minister?" Zhao Xun knew clearly that Bai Yi was definitely not like Li Shu, who put the interests of his family above the kingdom.  And this person is truly loyal to the country and seeking benefits for the people.  It was precisely because of this that he repeatedly opposed the Kucha Kingdom and the Zhao army to go together.

    Logically speaking, Zhao Xun should not have a good attitude towards this kind of person, but Zhao Xun felt that if he could get this person to stand on his side, the issue of Qiuci Kingdom could be better solved peacefully.  Just as Situ Liang began to worry about, the Kucha Kingdom united with him to conquer the Yanqi Kingdom and the Gaochang Kingdom. No matter what, he could not directly use force against the Kucha Kingdom, otherwise, the consequences would be extremely bad.  Therefore, regarding the issue of Kucha State, we can only press forward step by step, weaken it step by step, and force it to integrate into the Zhao army.

    After a long silence, Bai Yi said: "Then what should King Zhao do with our king and important civil and military ministers?"

    Zhao Xun was overjoyed, feeling that Bai Yi was slowly starting to change his mind, moving closer to him, and said with a smile: "The King of Qiuci is still the King of Qiuci, but, just like here, the king can only hold a title and not govern the people.  If you don't take the people, you will enjoy the treatment of the great king of Zhao. Furthermore, in the old days of the Duhufu, your countries did not send the royal princes as hostages to the Han court, but in the Western Regions, there were still such Duhufu.  exist?"

    Although Bai Yi did not respond, Zhao Xun understood that Bai Yi had begun to change his mind.  Of course, Zhao Xun didn't think that just a few words of his own could make this country's prime minister surrender.  The most important thing is the strength of Zhao Jun and the living conditions of the people in Xizhou City.

    Later, Zhao Xun sent Sui Liyan to join the Kucha Army stationed outside Xizhou Prefecture in the west, responsible for pointing out the goals and directions of the battle for the Kucha Army, and Zhao Xun also followed.  Start getting ready for the war.

    "Lord, now within the three prefectures, the general county and town system has been planned. Next, there is the local garrison system such as county soldiers and government soldiers. How to arrange the county soldiers and dungeons in this place?"  After solving the problem of horse thieves, Zhang Yuanjing once again asked Zhao Xun for instructions on the follow-up issues of the planned three-fu land after Yanqi Kingdom and more than ten surrounding small countries were destroyed by Zhao Jun.

    Zhao Xun said solemnly: "Are we, the Han people, very few in this land of the Western Regions?"

    Zhang Yuanjing nodded and said: "Yes, the opportunity can be said to be negligible. Of course, now that the army is stationed here, the proportion of Han people in us has begun to increase. In addition, the arrival of some businessmen has also increased the number of Han people in us. But  , This is still very few. Therefore, the soldiers recruited by this local garrison are still young and strong."

    Zhao Xun rubbed his brows and said: "This is also a thorny issue. If it weren't for this, the Central Plains court would have annexed it long ago, and it wouldn't be our turn."

    Situ Liang on one side said in a dull voice: "It seems that we still need to relocate the people and strengthen the proportion of Han people. In addition, we should implement Chinese education here to make Chinese the mainstream here. We also need to downplay their original influence of various countries and ethnic groups.  , let them all become members of the Han people.¡±

    Zhang Yuanjing smiled bitterly and said: "We have already started to implement these. This is originally the lord's policy of integrating the clans. How can we not implement it here? However, this method takes time and cannot be accomplished in a day. And this  The county soldiers and government soldiers at the local level need to be organized immediately. We need them to maintain local security and maintain local rule."

    Situ Liang said in a deep voice: "What about the garrison soldiers? Although they are not as good as the town soldiers, they are enough as government soldiers and county soldiers above the local level. Furthermore, there are quite a lot of garrison soldiers who came to garrison this time, which is enough.  There are tens of thousands.¡±

    Zhang Yuanjing said in a dull voice: "But here is justA Yanqi country and more than ten small countries around it.  Among the countries in the Western Region, we occupy only a little more than one-sixth.  If all troops are stationed, what will happen in the future?  As we attack Gaochang Kingdom, we have to arrange these troops in the north.  After all, to the north of Gaochang are the Turks, who are more important to us.  "

    Zhao Xun said in a deep voice: "It seems that the families of these garrison troops have also moved here. Situ Liang, send an order to the garrison soldiers. Anyone who is willing to move their family members here will be exempted from working here for three years. In addition, he is also encouraged to  These soldiers get married and have children here.¡±

    "Take out part of the garrison troops, select some from the more honest local residents, and merge them to form a local garrison. In addition, increase the proportion of the Eagle Eye Division and the Shadow Division here."

    "All local residents who join the local garrison will become Han citizens and enjoy certain tax exemptions and exemptions. Let them know who their benefits come from. It will also allow them to compare their advantages and disadvantages with other residents, and draw the distinction between them.  Open up their relationships with other residents.¡±

    Situ Liang added: "It would be best if these people selected to join the local garrison are married to the garrison troops. Only in this way can they be better connected with us. Even if they want to repeat, they must also consider the original countries.  Can the people accept it? In addition to the superior treatment they enjoy, other people don¡¯t regard them as our die-hard loyalists?¡±

    Zhao Xun nodded and said: "This is feasible. In addition, the most important thing is the change in thinking. The implementation of Chinese education here must be strengthened and accelerated, and academies in various places must be opened as soon as possible. With Liaozhou  In the same way, we can tame the Mohe people, and we can also tame the people from the Western Regions."

    "Aren't there so many scholars in the Central Plains who have nothing to do? Aren't they worried about making a living? Now that we have the opportunity, let them come here to educate the people. This is a great event that will last forever, and maybe it will be remembered in the annals of history in the future.  Coupled with the good treatment, I believe that many people will still be willing to come here. "
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