Chapter 747 Digestion

Chapter 747 Digestion

Chapter 747 Digestion (Part )

Towards the middle of the first lunar month, the festive atmosphere gradually fades.

Shi Fuhou sobered up from days of drunkenness, got up, mounted his horse, and arrived in Wenxi in the snow with a group of trusted men.

There are actually Hu people in Wenxi, mainly the Ba people under the jurisdiction of Shanyutai.

Of course, "Ba people" is a relatively neutral name. In daily life, they are generally called "Ba Liao" or "Ba Man". Not only the Han people call them this, but other Hu people also contemptuously call them "Liao" and "Man". Even the cloth woven by the Ba people is called "Liao cloth" - to be fair, the quality of Liao cloth is actually not bad, it can be regarded as upper-middle quality.

As for how the Ba people came, it was of course a government action.

During the pre-Han Dynasty, a large number of Ba Liao people were migrated to the Jianghuai area to accelerate the development of the area. Three hundred years later, the Ba people had already lost their ethnic characteristics and merged into the Jianghuai Han population.

At the end of the Later Han Dynasty, Xiahou Yuan was stationed in Hanzhong, and his son-in-law Du Xi was ordered to relocate more than 80,000 Han people and the seven barbarian surnames of Ba to Luoyang and Yecheng.

After Xiahou Yuan was killed, Cao Cao came again, but Liu Bei refused to fight. Cao Cao had no choice but to lead his army back. Before leaving, he plundered the people in the mountains and ravines, and relocated more than 10,000 families of the Ba people to Longyou, Sanfu and Hongnong. Li Hu, the grandfather of Li Te of Cheng Han, surrendered to Cao Cao at this time.

Wang Ping, a general of Shu Han and a Ba people, surrendered to Cao Cao along with the tribal leaders and moved to Luoyang. Later, he followed Cao Cao to conquer Hanzhong and then joined Liu Bei.

The Ba people who moved to Luoyang, Yecheng, Hongnong and other places had long been assimilated into the Han people, but the tribes in the three prefectures of Guanzhong still existed.

Cao Wei and the Jin Dynasty did not manage them at all. They just divided them into several tribes and sent some officials to supervise them. The Ba people were completely autonomous internally.

The Ba people in Hedong and Pingyang came from Guanzhong.

Some of them came during the Later Han Dynasty, and some migrated to Guanzhong for various reasons from Cao Wei and this dynasty. Liu Cong transferred some of them and settled them in Pingyang and Hedong to work for him.

Xihe and the western part of Taiyuan were not resettled because the area was mountainous and suitable for grazing but not for farming.

In fact, the Ba people still make their living mainly through farming, and herding is not their strong point.

After ten years of fighting, the Ba people suffered severe losses, so much so that they were less willing to fight for the Xiongnu in the later period.

After the last group of Ba people who dared to fight were killed in a series of bloody battles with the Silver Spear Army in Lishi, there were no Ba people willing to work for Liu Han in the entire Hedong and Pingyang areas - of course, this did not mean that they were willing to work for the Jin people.

Shi Fuhou was very familiar with these Ba people. After all, they had fought side by side several times.

The most recent one was in Shangdang, where his men, together with General Ba, served Liu Yao, but were ultimately annihilated.

They are all in the same boat!

"Dong Wu, where are you going?" Shi Fuhou got off his horse from a distance, looked at the lush wheat seedlings in the field, and asked, "Don't you want any of them?"

"I'm not going anywhere, someone else is." Dong Wu, wearing a black lamb fur coat, said stiffly, "I worked for Liu Cong and got into trouble. The Pei family also filed a complaint and pointed out many people who had close contact with Pingyang."

Shi Fuhou waited quietly for what was to come.

"So a lot of people have to move away." Dong Wu sighed and said, "I and several uncles and brothers will also split up and serve as village chiefs and village assistants."

"Are the village head and the village assistant considered officials?" asked Shi Fuhou.

"I didn't hold an official position to begin with." Dong Wu spat, and said, "Liu Cong looks down on us, and Shao Xun also looks down on us, so how can we possibly become an official?"

Shi Fuhou was speechless.

Although they are arrogant and show off their power in the local area, are they different from the local tyrants of the Han people? No.

If they can't be an official, then you can't be one either. The Nine-Rank Official System is there, and you don't meet the standards.

Shi Fuhou looked around and asked, "How many people do you want to move eastward?"

"Not only my family, but also three surnames, 5,000 households will be relocated. I heard that they are going to a place called Jibei, which is empty and has few people." Dong Wu said: "There are still 6,000 households left, forming a township of its own, and I will be the township head."

After saying this, he looked at Shi Fuhou, smiled, and said, "Your family is also going to move 6,000 households, when are you going to leave?"

Shi Fuhou's face darkened, and he said, "It's just these few days. I came here just for this matter."

The two brothers were speechless for a moment and fell silent.

Not far away is the village of the Ba people.

There are fields in front and behind the village, some planted with winter wheat, some not, probably half and half. Overall, the Ba people's farming skills are not low, and they are also good at learning - Pei's Manor started to try to plant winter wheat a few years ago, and they slowly learned it.

"Dong Wu, do you dare--" Shi Fu Hou asked in a low voice.

Dong Wujuhua tensed up and took two steps away, saying, "What do you want to do?"

Seeing his ugly face, Shi Fuhou was greatly disappointed and could not help cursing, "It's right to call you Ba Liao. You are so stupid. Did everyone die in Luliang Mountain?"

Dong Wu looked at him strangely and sneered, "Four members of my family died in Luliang Mountain, and two thousand men were buried. How many people did you lose?"

Shi Fuhou was speechless and had no answer.

"You betrayed Liu Xian, attacked and killed Shi Sheng, and jumped back and forth, but in the end, didn't you still lose half of your people?" Dong Wu said disdainfully: "You know, even though you surrendered early, Lord Liang must look down on you because you are too greedy, too impatient, dishonest, and arrogant."

Shi Fuhou's face suddenly turned red and he glared at Dong Wu.

Dong Wu ignored him and said, "Protector Su Changshi has already said that the Wenxi Dong family can be included in the county surname. Although it is a barbarian surname, it finally gives us hope. Do I look so stupid if I follow you around? I am afraid you will report me."

When he heard the word "report", Shi Fuhou's face turned pale again, looking very ugly.

"Don't worry, I'm not that despicable." Dong Wu waved his hand and turned away.

Shi Fuhou stood there for a long time, then he let out a long sigh, mounted his horse and left.

******
Outside the Pei family manor in the north of Wenxi City, 30,000 soldiers set up camp.

In the manor, Shao Xun, who had just returned from hunting, was reading the documents copied from Pingyang: mainly the part about the migration of the six barbarians. Liu Ye came back from the outside, breathing out hot air. As soon as he entered the house, he felt the warmth like spring, so he took off his fur coat, walked gently to Shao Xun, and hugged him from behind.

Shao Xun put down the official letter, turned his head and kissed the woman, then smiled and said, "Why are you back?"

"I went out for a walk, but I kept thinking about you, so I came back." Liu Ye sat down, put his arm around Shao Xun's waist, looked at the official documents on the table, and asked, "Where is Kelan County?"

"Go get the map." Shao Xun pointed to the opposite side and said.

Liu Ye responded, loosened his arm and went to get the map.

Shao Xun looked at her back and thought that Liu Ye's breasts were firmer and her butt was more upturned than when he just snatched her back. He didn't know if it was an illusion.

Probably not. When I dribbled the ball with both hands from behind her back last night, it was obvious that the upper and lower parts were different.

The woman quickly took the map back, then leaned on Shao Xun and looked at it quietly.

Shao Xun spread out the map, drew his finger from Jinyang to the west, then to the north, and said, "This is Guancen Mountain, where Liu Yao once lived in seclusion."

"We are almost reaching Yanmen County." Liu Yena said.

"Yes." Shao Xun held her in his arms and whispered, "I want to establish Jingle County in the old city of Fenyang. This county is 150 miles north, and you can reach Loufan Ridge in Guancen Mountain. Because the land between the mountains is narrow, King Wuling of Zhao once established Loufan Pass here (10 miles southwest of Ningwu County today). It is now abandoned, but it is the junction of Yanmen and Taiyuan counties."

The area of ​​Guancen Mountain is very large, connecting to the tail of Luliang in the south and Yinshan Mountain in the north.

The main peak is located at the southern end. It is the watershed of Fenshui, Mayichuan (Huaihe) and other rivers, and a natural county boundary - historically it was also one of the national boundaries between the Northern Song Dynasty and Khitan.

"I originally wanted Liu Zhao to settle in Xinxing, but now I think it may be better to move to Kelan County. This county is a vassal county, and the customs of the people are very different from those in the Central Plains." Shao Xun said: "Temporarily govern Xiurong, Jingle and--"

He pointed his finger at the place of Kelan County in later generations and said, "Lan Valley has three counties in total, with Jingle as its capital. Liu Zhao will be appointed as the governor of this county, but he cannot stay in Jingle County. I will build a city beside Tianchi Lake for him to live in. The people will graze nearby and prepare for war."

Ji is the bridle of a horse; mi is the reins.

The system of vassal states and prefectures existed during the time of Emperor Wu of Han. It was a compromise adopted by the Central Plains dynasty out of helplessness. The system allowed the local Hu people to govern themselves and nominally submit to the Han court.

In the Tang Dynasty, the vassal states were widely distributed, and some of them had garrisons. The autonomous Hu leaders sent troops to help the Tang court fight, paid tribute from time to time, and sent hostages to Chang'an and Luoyang.

There are many vassal states not only in the north, but also in the south.

Those縻州 that were well assimilated into the Han culture were promoted to regular states, where officials were sent, troops were stationed, and taxes were collected.

Some of those that did not develop well were demoted from regular states to vassal states.

As you head west into the mountains, you can hardly see any Han people in Jinyang, only Hu people of all kinds. Even in the flat and fertile Taiyuan Basin, there are many Hu people, living together with the aristocratic families. The Dagan City built by Liu Yuan is located not far southwest of Jinyang.

In Shangdang to the south of Taiyuan and Xihe to the west, the Hu people far outnumbered the Han people.

In the traditional Han areas of Pingyang and Hedong, there were a large number of Hu people living there before Liu Yuan started the rebellion. They didn't even come during the Jin Dynasty, but started from the middle of the Eastern Han Dynasty. The imperial court was unable to resist, so they were encroached upon and moved southward step by step. After all, the Xiongnu royal court was set up in Lishi, so what else could you expect?
During the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Wei Dynasty and Western Jin Dynasty, which lasted for nearly two hundred years, the Hu people still governed themselves. It was too late to reverse the situation, and finally Liu Yuan emerged.

By the fourth year of Shengui (320), if the total population was calculated in Bingzhou and Hedong and Pingyang in Sizhou, the Han people were a minority and the Hu people were the majority.

This is the reality, so we need to carefully consider how to manage it.

The Hu people certainly cannot be governed using the Han people's way right from the start. The Han and Tang dynasties were not fools. There were countless outstanding people in the court. Although the methods they figured out still could not avoid rebellion, they were already the best solution out of helplessness.

Shao Xun felt that the situation he was facing was more dangerous than that of the Han and Wei dynasties.

Because even a rich place like Taiyuan was full of Hu people, not to mention the mountainous areas outside the basin.

He seemed to feel his historical mission...

"I will hand over Kelan County to your nephew." Shao Xun said, "There are a lot of Xiongnu people there, and there are also a few Xianbei and Wuhuan. I don't trust them. These people are only temporarily obedient due to the situation. If we don't care, they will definitely rebel."

"Do you believe Li (Liu Zhao)?" Liu Ye asked softly.

"No, I believe you." Shao Xun looked into Liu Ye's eyes and said.

Liu Ye hummed and leaned his head in the man's arms.

Shao Xun added: "Liu Zhao led 6,000 Jie households to Tianchi, which may not be enough. There are more than 20,000 Jie people in Bianliang. Another 2,000 households can be allocated to him to graze in the river valley south of Loufan Pass. I heard that the grass and trees there are lush and there are springs on the ground from time to time. It should be good. After stabilizing, we can encroach on the north. Yanmen County was ceded to Tuoba clan by Liu Kun privately. I don't recognize it and will take it back sooner or later. You can prepare in advance."

"After these two thousand households are gone, there are still three thousand households in Bianliang. How should we deal with them?" Liu Ye asked again.

The little rich woman really had a lot of capital, and her uncles and brothers also had capital, but because she was a Hu woman, she was often ignored.

"I will gradually recover the lost territories since the Han Dynasty. When I set up vassal counties or even vassal states in the future, I will need my own people." Shao Xun said, "Leave them to the children, our children."

Liu Ye's face turned a little red and he said "hmm" again.

Then he suddenly thought of something, got out of Shao Xun's arms, and said, "Life in the border areas is too hard. I want my child to stay in Bianliang or Luoyang."

Shao Xun felt a little ashamed and said vaguely, "Let's talk about it later."

Liu Ye was still a little unhappy.

Shao Xun whispered in her ear: "Since Kelan is a vassal county, it can have a county surname, and the Kelan Liu family can be a noble family with a surname of the captives. When the vassal county is promoted to a regular county, the Kelan Liu family will be a regular aristocratic family."

Liu Ye hugged Shao Xun again, and said with a sad face: "I don't care whether he has a surname or not. I just want our child to stay in Bianliang. I don't want him to suffer."

Shao Xun was speechless.

This woman doesn't think about her family, she only thinks about her own children.

(End of this chapter)