Yinshan is the last big mountain in the north. When you turn over, you will be the vast Gobi grassland. This is the natural dividing line between farming and nomadic life. The northern line of the expansion of the Central Plains dynasty is here, and you can only be bound to the north.

The line from Yinshan to Hengshan is an area that is suitable for farming and herdsmanship. Whoever occupys this place will have the upper hand. As long as the Dangxiang area is digested and the Yinshan line is guarded, the Central Plains dynasty will no longer have the danger of nomadic people going south.

Xu Pingfa’s storage of Dangxiang in Xingzhou area brought a large number of pack horses and camels to the Yinshan Mountains along the Yellow River. Wang Gongchen and Wu Zunlu were busy building roads in the rear, and at the same time, they cut down large woods from Helan Mountain to make ships to ensure subsequent supply. The biggest difficulty now is not war, but the supply of food and grass. As long as the food and grass are worthy of it, there are no powerful enemies in this area.

Xu Ping must come to Yinshan, not just to deal with the possible attacks of the Khitan, but only by stabilizing this line, the vast hinterland of the Dangxiang can be worry-free. The top of the Yellow River "Ji" shape is between mountains and rivers, with fertile soil and abundant irrigation water sources, making it an excellent place for farming and reclamation. It was the Qin and Han dynasties that set up counties here and immigrated to completely eliminate the threat of the Huns. This is the front line for the Central Plains dynasty to defend against the invasion of the northern nomadic invasion. Only by setting up fences can we digest the hinterland with peace of mind.

The Heishan Military Supervisor Office was shaken for a moment and wanted to go to Khitan, but soon realized that the Khitan's troops were recruiting the troops in the southwest of the Song Dynasty, and then he gave up this idea. After the truce between Yuan Hao and Song Dynasty, they were able to recruit tribes, so that the prefectures and counties under the Khitan's southwest of the Khitan were almost deserted, and they used partial troops to capture all the military power of the Khitan's military. The Song Dynasty's military supervisor Office was much more attractive than the Dangxiang in history, and its military power was far worse. It was a little clear that before the Khitan recruited heavy troops, this was the world of the Song army. The Heishan Military Supervisor Office could not compare with Tang Long Town, there was no heavy troops on the Song Dynasty opposite, and it was closer to Yunzhou, and there was room for maneuver. Heishan was in the northwest. On the route of Xu Ping's army, Xu Ping's army was already at the city before the Khitan army arrived.

The garrison of the Heishan Military Supervisory Office was disbanded, and more than 10,000 soldiers were selected and handed over to Yeli Wangrong. Xu Ping did not stop and continued to march along the Yellow River. He had received the news that Tang Long Town had surrendered to the Khitan, and told the army not to act rashly, but to assemble according to the original plan. If the two sides fought, it would be a battle of hundreds of thousands of troops, and Tang Long Town would have nothing to do. If they win, they would naturally be able to take it back. If they lose, they would be in vain.

Dangxiang faced the easternmost side of the Khitan, an unknown castle was originally stationed. There were less than a hundred people garrisoned. When Xu Ping's army arrived, it had already fled. Xu Ping's commander's tent was set up here to deal with the Dangxiang tribe and army in this area.

It was mid-June, the hottest time of the year, but there was still a cool breeze under the Yinshan Mountains and no scorching heat. This castle is located between mountains and rivers, and the climate is particularly pleasant.

Xu Ping sat under a big poplar tree in the courtyard of the city lord's office, looking at the recent letters and documents.

To Xu Ping's surprise, Tong Dalang and the Bing Yuchi neither chose to be an official nor did they choose to do business. Instead, they chose a wasteland with good soil and soil near Xingzhou to recruit people to reclaim land. This is something that the government encouraged. The land management alone cannot be reclaimed, and private land building is a necessary supplement. As the governor of Xingling Road and the governor of Xingzhou, Wu Zunlu has already proposed that all the reclaimed wastelands are exempt from money and grain for three years, and the government will also provide cattle and farm tools. They rented them at a low price for three years, and the farmlands are reclaimed for three years. After the government inspects them, the cattle and farm tools will be owned by the private.

This is a common policy for official land camps. This is also true in many places in the mainland. Of course, whether it can be truly achieved is two different things. Many land camps in the mainland rely on such policies to attract people to go to the ground. The land was cultivated and planted. The government changed its mind and collected more money and grain than ordinary landlords. For this reason, land camps and fields suddenly declined. At first, it attracted a large number of farmers. Once the money and grain were collected, a large number of tenants fled.

In view of the previous lessons, Xu Ping specifically instructed Wu Zunlu to strictly control the land affairs, and the land affairs were specially set up to handle them, and no longer fully handed over to the local government for jurisdiction. After the tax exemption period, the two taxes were paid like ordinary farmland, and the management was carried out by the land affairs department under the Layout Department. The two newly established Layout Departments have separated military and political affairs, and the civil affairs have much more affairs than before.

If such preferential policies can be truly implemented, building a village and reclaiming land is a good choice. When Xu Ping built a village in Baisha Town, he handed over a white grain shop, and the benefits he received were not as good as here. Of course, this place is remote in the northwest, and the geographical conditions are far from comparable to Baisha Town next to Kaifeng.

Putting down the letter, Xu Ping smiled. Tong Dalang chose this path, and there were many troubles to return to the Central Plains. It would be better to build a business in this blank place. As long as the current situation does not change significantly, you can become a big business in decades.

The official documents were mainly from the two places where Min and Fan Zhongyan came to report the situation of the Hengshan area and the southwest of Khitan.

The Hengshan area encountered a rare drought. As long as the foreign troops there had a bite of food, they would be safe. The Sanshi mobilized additional grain and rice from Jingdong Road and Jinghu Road, transported to Guanzhong by water, and then followed the Xiluo River to Yanzhou. The most difficult thing now is the transportation from Yanzhou to Hengshan, where the mountains and rivers were broken and transportation was extremely difficult. According to Xu Ping's suggestion, the population of the Dangxiang foreign troops was concentrated and moved to the south of Hengshan. The Suide Army was established in the former Suizhou area, and together with the security army, they set up places to accommodate the victims, centrally manage and supply grain. While experiencing the disaster, these foreigners no longer returned. After training, they were used as field personnel for the field affairs, and then they were dispersed and unified with the newly recruited mainland personnel to reclaim wasteland.

Regarding the territory occupied by the Dangxiang tribe, one of Xu Ping's guiding principles is to completely break the tribal system, or use official institutions or set up new villages to absorb these populations. Only by eliminating tribes can we eliminate the situation of inconstant rebellion in this area, and at the same time implement the administration of the government level one by one.

The southwest side of the Khitan, the Zhaodasi Department is now a crater, and most of the tribes under their jurisdiction are going to defect, waiting for someone to stand up first. It is summer now, and the most important production season for herders is still brewing. As soon as the autumn comes, the prefectures and counties in that area may become unmanned areas. Qu Lie, the leader of the Shanhou area, has tried Zhe Jimin and will bring the five tribes back to Song after the autumn, and basically take time to recruit the population in the southwest side of the Zhaodasi Department.

After reading this news, Xu Ping couldn't help but frown. Recruiting people from afar is the political achievement of officials in this era. If such a large-scale tribe surrenders, it is undoubtedly a great contribution in the court. However, for Xu Ping, he did not like the population of the entire tribe. He was occupying the land here to break up the tribes and set up counties, counties, villages and towns. How to deal with these tribes from outside becomes a difficult problem. Let's break up, lose the hearts of these people who surrendered tribes, and not break up, lose the hearts of the original tribes.

Xu Ping was not interested in the population of these tribes, but the strategic locations west of Fengzhou, Khitan and within Hequ.
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