Chapter Adjustment Policy
Listening to the emperor's analysis of military, cultural and institutional aspects from shallow to deep, Lu Xiufu admired this very much. "Your Majesty thinks that after entering the grassland, he will also implement the county system and enroll households and naturalize them, and prohibit them from nomadic around, so it will be difficult to pose a threat to the Central Plains again!"
"I think it's difficult. All ethnic groups on the grassland have been nomadic for a long time, and people and animals live in water and grass. It's really difficult to make them settle down!" Deng Guangjian thought it's difficult to implement.
"It will definitely be difficult to do it, and it cannot be done in a short period of time, but letting it go will only harm the country. So no matter how difficult it is, it must be done, otherwise there will still be constant border troubles and continuous wars." Zhao Bing said.
He knew that the Han Dynasty paid a huge price to drive the Huns away with the efforts of the whole country, but drove away the strong enemy. Other weak nomadic peoples took the opportunity to grow and the Turks rose up, making border troubles still difficult to eliminate, and they had to rebuild the Great Wall and build forts and set up troops to defend the border.
The Tang Dynasty's soldiers were powerful and nomadic people surrendered one after another, but they still mainly implemented the policy of restraint and did not include them in the central administrative management system. They only built cities and garrisoned troops to set up a protective palace to deter them and mediate conflicts between various races. Once the court weakened, they all rebelled one after another.
Zhao Bing also knew that the Qing Dynasty was the Qing Dynasty who truly ruled the Mongolian grasslands after the Song Dynasty in history. Although the Ming Dynasty replaced the Yuan Dynasty, after several "major expeditions", it failed to eliminate the remnants of Mongolia. It could only operate border defenses and build the Great Wall. It no longer goes deep into the grassland to fight. It established a thousand-household system in Liaodong and other half-agricultural and half-tourist areas, and has many military camps.
However, Nurhaci, the one who was most influenced by the Thousand House system, should be Nurhaci. He first established the banner system, and most of them were implemented in the imitation of the Thousand House system. The flag soldiers were all under the banner leader. After Huang Taiji took office, he improved the banner system in order to strengthen centralization. During the first few years of his ascension, he eliminated the power of the three major Beile through various means.
At this time, the "Eight Banners" had actually become an upgraded version of the "Thousand Houses". After that, no one in the Later Jin Dynasty challenged it. Because the large population plundered from the Ming Dynasty not only increased the agricultural output, but also strengthened the power of weapons, and its economic conditions were far better than those of Mongolian tribes.
In this way, the Later Jin, which unified the internal and completed the centralized power, faced a split Mongolia. Therefore, the Qing Dynasty not only destroyed the split Mongolia, but also destroyed the Ming Dynasty, which was already declining at this time and could not leave the Forbidden City. At this time, Mongolia was unable to compete with the Qing Dynasty that unified the country. In addition, the Qing Dynasty used the policy of marriage to win over it, and until the dynasty destroyed Mongolia had accepted its rule.
Zhao Bing also understood that there will definitely be difficulties in implementing the county system on the grassland at present, but he still has modern experience to learn from. Even if it is difficult to implement it now, he can divide the areas and limit the Mongolian tribes to a certain range, and then deter the cities and garrison troops, dispatch officials to manage, promote Chineseization, and gradually synthesize them.
However, Zhao Bing understood that this process might be long, maybe it would be repeated, and it might be difficult to complete the rest of his life. But this is ultimately a useful attempt, which can create a relatively peaceful era for future generations.
"Your Majesty's strategy is feasible, but detailed rules need to be formulated." After listening to the emperor's story, Lu Xiufu was moved and looked at Deng Guangjian and asked, "What do you think Deng Xiang?"
"I also think it is feasible, but the Song and Yuan dynasties have too deep resentment, so it is too difficult to live in peace." Deng Guangjian said, "The people in Jiangnan suffer from Yuan Dynasty and hate the Mongols to the core. Moreover, the Mongols are extremely humiliating to our dynasty. The officials of our dynasty all hated the Mongols and all wanted to kill them. The hatred between the two sides is as deep as the sea, so it is not easy to reconcile!"
"Yes, the Mongol Iron Hoofs ravaged the people in Jiangnan for more than ten years, slaughtered the people in millions, and was captured by them for a hundred years. The royal ministers were captured and plundered to the north and were humiliated in all kinds of ways. But people who are not sages can give up in one go? Who can laugh at such hatred!" Lu Xiufu sighed.
He knew the current situation very well. The civil and military officials in the court had experienced the unbearable years from top to bottom. How many people were not destroyed or their families died, and who had no relatives died under the sword of the Mongolian Yuan army. How many loyal ministers and righteous men died on the battlefield of the anti-Yuan Yuan were in the court? It was such a group of people with hatred for the Mongolian Yuan standing together, following His Majesty and fighting bloody battles, taking it as their mission to destroy Mongolia to the present.
If these soldiers let go of their hatred and reconcile with the Mongols at this time, not only will they not be able to do it, but Lu Xiufu feels it is also difficult for him to do it. The emperor in front of him may be the most tragic one. The country is gone, let alone family members, the Manchus are only two mothers and sons. Others hate the Mongols to the bones, but he hates them to the bones.
Lu Xiufu still remembers that when he attacked Quanzhou, the emperor was only seven years old, but he was murderous intent in the face of the Mongols. All the captured Mongolian troops were executed, and their heads were hung over the city. The eldest son of the Pu family was even broken by the little emperor with a golden gourd hammer, but he still could not escape death and was carried to the Nanzong Zhengshi and chopped his head.
The court started on its own and vigorously promoted the hatred of the Mongols to the military and civilians, calling for killing all the Mongols and reviving the Song Dynasty. Over the years, civil and military officials who came from the court had long been unforgettable for this moment, and the Mongols were never ruthless. If they suddenly turned to reconciliation, even if they did not cause mutiny, they would affect their morale.
"I know that the hatred between our court and Mongolia cannot be easily let go, and I can't let go either, but..." Zhao Bing stood up and walked a few steps and sighed, and wanted to speak but stopped.
"I understand that Your Majesty is a king with great ambitions, for the sake of long-term peace and peace for all ages. It will take time to let go of all this, and it is time for the soldiers to use their lives. It is not necessary to be too hasty!" Lu Xiufu saw the emperor's struggle and advised him.
"Well, what Lu Prime Minister said is that the war has now developed to the hinterland of the Mongol Yuan, and resistance will become increasingly fierce. Once the killing is red, there will inevitably be massacres of cities and surrenders. This will only cause more serious ethnic confrontation. I think it should be warned and prevented!" Zhao Bing nodded and said again.
"Your Majesty's words are reasonable. As far as I know, various troops did not comply with military disciplines during the battle, plundered merchants, entered the homes of the people, and even provoked and killed the people. Moreover, these things were not only directed at Mongolians and Semu people, but also from the Han people in the northern regions!" Deng Guangjian said.
"Yes, our dynasty has lost the Central Plains for two hundred years, and has been ruled by the Liao, Jin and Mongolia. He was driven by it to fight in all directions and become enemies with our dynasty. For many years, he has been regarded as a barbarian by the southerners, but he forgot that he was the same clan and clan. Now that he meets each other again, it is like a traitor and a brother!" Lu Xiufu said with some pain.
"To prosper the people and to destroy the people." Deng Guangjian sighed, "What is the reason for the people? All the kings are unrighteous. Your Majesty is a wise ruler. You should change your lifestyle to make them believe in the ethics of the Central Plains and obey the customs of the Central Plains!"
"Your Majesty, I think the court should issue an edict to rectify military discipline and severely punish illegal laws. Otherwise, killing innocent people will lose the hearts of the people in the north, and the country will remain unrest!" Lu Xiufu said.
"Well, I'm sure what I'm discussing. Please ask Prime Minister Lu and Prime Minister Deng to formulate detailed rules and issue them to the entire army and local prefectures!" Zhao Bing nodded.
"Your Majesty, now our court has won many soldiers from the Yuan Dynasty. After the Battle of Daming, tens of thousands of surrendered soldiers were collected and released to the people or left them in one place. I am afraid of chaos!" Lu Xiufu followed the order and asked another question.
"The northern part has not yet been settled. If the surrendered soldiers are released, they will have no support in their lives, and they will join the army again, or even become bandits; they will be re-signed by the Mongol Yuan and become enemies with our dynasty. It is not advisable to release them now. They can be incorporated into the surrendered soldiers, and they will be re-granted after training, or they will be incorporated into various ministries to fight for our dynasty!" Zhao Bing thought for a moment.
Zhao Bing knew that surrendered soldiers and captured enemy troops on the battlefield should be treated differently. They should not be sent to the hard labor camp, but they were released to their hometowns. It became a new unstable factor. Incorporating surrendered soldiers into their own wars was not only a convention of all dynasties, but also abstaining them from the idea of returning again.
"Your Majesty, it is a temporary measure to recruit surrendered troops. How can we ensure that they will not rebel again and then surrender to the Yuan Dynasty? I think it is necessary to be cautious. It is better to move them to the people in the country, so that they can be safe." Deng Guangsong said.
"Sir, I think that as long as they treat it with sincerity and reward it with great remuneration, they will willingly use it for our dynasty!" Zhao Bing said with a smile.
Zhao Bing is quite confident in this because there is a precedent, of course in the eyes of him, a time traveler. During the Zhu Yuanzhang's war to destroy the Yuan Dynasty, the Ming army had many Mongolian cavalry. So, why did these Mongolians help the Ming army overthrow their own country? Why did they follow the leader of the Ming court and even attack their own tribes?
In fact, while Zhu Yuanzhang swept across the Mongolian Yuan, many Mongolian tribes became ownerless kites. A large number of Mongolians and even Mongolian soldiers remained in the Central Plains and had to surrender to the Ming Dynasty. Among them, a large number of Mongolian cavalry were incorporated into the Ming army. It can be said that from the early Ming Dynasty to the late Ming Dynasty, the Mongolian cavalry had been active within the Ming army, and even the Guanning army at the end of the Ming Dynasty, there were also a considerable number of Mongolian cavalry.
This phenomenon is caused by the fertile land of the Central Plains, the economy is developed, and the northern border is barren and the production level is low. Central Plains civilization has been the focus of the world for a long time, and various countries are also rushing to learn Chinese culture. It can be said that nomadic peoples have been influential and influenced by Han culture, so that the word "Sinicization" appears.
The Mongols captured a vast territory, but after all, the number of Mongolians was small, and the Central Plains was the core of their rule. Therefore, a large number of Mongolians became sinicized Mongolians. During the period when Kublai Khan was in charge of the Central Plains, his troops had a large number of Han troops, and Kublai Khan himself was a Mongolian leader who highly praised Han culture.
Chapter completed!