Chapter 235 Appease Liangzhou

"Please don't worry about the rider on the left, I will definitely guard the land of Liangzhou for the court." Liu Ye said firmly.

Huangfusong was silent for a while, then nodded, "Alright, since you insist on this, I will let these Qiang people go."

Liu Ye was overjoyed, cupped his fists and said, "Thank you for the left rider."

After Liu Ye released more than 20,000 Qiang and Hu soldiers captives, it really had a positive effect in Liangzhou. Many Qiang people thought that their father and brother would never come back, but Liu Ye released them back.

The effect is also obvious, tens of thousands of Qiang people are grateful to Liu Ye, and they have persuaded the soldiers of their family who had made troubles from Han Sui to keep themselves safe.

"Mom, the baby is back."

"God bless, my child, don't make trouble at will in the future, you know?"

"Mother, the child dare not."

Dialogues like this were staged in many Qiang families, and after discussing with Fu Xie, Liu Ye launched the "Relocation Order" while the iron was hot.

For those Qiang people who moved inland to work in agriculture, 20 acres of wasteland reclaimed can be passed down from generation to generation as private land, and the tax will be halved within three years. Those who settle in the prefectures and counties will be treated the same as the Han people for more than three years.

It is not uncommon for foreigners to invade the Han Dynasty, but in fact not all ethnic groups are predators. There are also peace-loving people among the Qiang people. After hearing Liu Ye’s order, many Qiang people moved their families to Liangzhou. Among the counties, the population of Liangzhou, which was reduced by the war, began to increase slowly.

However, a new problem soon broke out in Liangzhou, that is, many Han officials had a harsh attitude towards the Qiang people and even extorted them violently, which caused many Qiang people to complain in their hearts, and this kind of problem was difficult to solve.

"From a certain point of view, it is better to use Qiang to rule Qiang." Liu Ye said slowly.

Fu Xie frowned: "Use Qiang to govern Qiang?"

"That's right." Liu Ye nodded, "The Qiang people are divided into settlements and governed. The grassroots officials are responsible for collecting grain and fodder. However, in order to prevent the Qiang people from getting too big, the Qiang people can only settle in one village at most, and try to go to Liangzhou. inland migration."

In fact, this is the embryonic form of ethnic regional autonomy in later generations, but Liu Ye did not directly draw out autonomous regions, but followed the example of ethnic autonomous prefectures and autonomous villages. Otherwise, there would be too many Qiang people living together, and a new rebellion would break out. Not good.

Fu Xie immediately drafted a decree according to Liu Ye's instructions, orderly resettling the Qiang people who had migrated from the interior to the counties and counties. The main difference between the Qiang people and the Han people lies in the mode of production, so nomads would go south to plunder the Central Plains dynasty whenever the climate was cold.

Instead of spending a lot of manpower and material resources on the Northern Expedition to eliminate nomads, why not simply transform the nomads fundamentally and turn the Qiang and Huns into members of the Han nationality?

But even so, Liu Ye did not relax his armaments. After the battle with Han Sui in Liangzhou, more than ten thousand soldiers under his command were lost, but it also turned this group of newly recruited soldiers into a feasible combat force.

In the next few months, the grain and grass of tens of thousands of troops were supplied by the Meiyang Daying Camp, so Liangzhou's grain and grass reserves can be regarded as abundant, and the total number of soldiers and horses in Liangzhou is more than 37,000, and the total population of Liangzhou so far is In the early 500,000, Liu Ye thought that his army was basically sufficient. In fact, Liu Ye even wanted to disarm some soldiers and return them to the fields. In his opinion, with the productivity of the Han Dynasty, the ratio of soldiers to civilians was more than 20:1.

When the Shu Han perished, the State of Wei conducted a thorough investigation of its population and found that the Shu Han raised 102,000 soldiers and horses with a population of 940,000. Because of the constraints of food and grass, they had no choice but to retreat, and even rushed to Hanzhong to organize food production in person.

If there are more troops, the consumption of food and grass will naturally increase. If you want to reduce food consumption, you must reduce the number of troops, but reducing the number of troops will not be able to win the Northern Expedition, so Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition will naturally be difficult to succeed. Even if he does his best, there is no way to make up for the scourge of militarism.

Liu Ye, who is deeply convinced of this, must of course be sympathetic to the power of the people, and write a letter to the court as an acting governor.

"Commissioner Liu Ye said: Liangzhou has suffered from wars for a long time, and a certain soldier led his troops to fight for thousands of miles. After dozens of battles, the soldiers under his command were exhausted, and the people complained endlessly. I ask His Majesty to reduce or exempt taxes, so as to stabilize the hearts of the soldiers and people in Liangzhou."

Emperor Han Ling was very happy after seeing Liu Ye's performance, and immediately decreed that Liangzhou's tax should be reduced for one year, and the tax would be halved within three years. But in Liangzhou, Lingdi can be so generous, because the total population of Liangzhou is only a few hundred thousand. If Liu Ye is replaced by Yanzhou, Yuzhou or Jizhou, it is estimated that Han Lingdi will be exempted from taxes for half a year. After all, Runan County alone has a population of two million, which is equivalent to four Liangzhous.

These Qiang people were at most a group of accomplices, so Liu Ye released the captives casually, but the treatment of Han Sui's family was very clear.

On the seventh day of October, Liu Ye ordered the arrest and execution of seventy-six members of Han Sui's family.

In Han Sui's family, there are inevitably children of several years old, as well as old men and women over half a century old. It is said that the crime is not as good as the family members.

However, due to the tax exemption power he won, the counties of Liangzhou entered a period of prosperous development for a while, and Liu Ye fulfilled the duties of an official, persuading farmers to teach mulberry and building academies.

Now that the battle against the rebellion in Liangzhou had been won, the Han army stationed in the Meiyang camp naturally had no need to exist. Therefore, Emperor Ling issued an edict ordering the chariot general Zhang Wen to step down as a general and return to the court.

Luoyang.

"Suigao, if you have anything to say, just talk about it." Emperor Ling sat on the bed leisurely and contentedly. This barbarian thing is quite comfortable to sit on, much easier than kneeling.

He Jin stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, relying on His Majesty's divine power and the blessing of previous emperors, our Han army first quelled the Yellow Turban Rebellion and then settled Liangzhou. This is a great victory and should be celebrated."

Emperor Ling frowned: "How should we celebrate?"

He Jin cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty can review the three armies in Luoyang, and personally inspect the army on horseback to show the majesty of His Majesty to the world. Presumably future historians will record His Majesty's majesty."

Both the Eastern and Western Han Dynasty were founded by Wu. Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty defeated Xiang Yu and established the Western Han Dynasty. Emperor Guangwu used Hebei as the foundation to conquer Luoyang, the capital of the west. Although Emperor Ling was weak, he was very interested in reviewing the three armies.

"Okay, leave this matter to the general, and call Liu Ye and Huangfusong back by the way."