While the leaders of the Xiqiang tribes were still watching, Wang Nai, the leader of the Awa tribe, took the lead in leading his tribe to Longqi City to pay homage to Liu Cheng.
This news made the leaders of each tribe unable to sit still any longer.
Some of the weaker tribe leaders soon brought their tribesmen to Longqi City one after another.
The few remaining tribal leaders who were slightly stronger were isolated.
When the news that the Han army was preparing to launch a crusade reached their ears, his original determination to fight to the end suddenly collapsed.
I had no choice but to bring my clansmen to Longqi City.
Liu Cheng met with the leaders of each tribe one by one at the Qiang Palace in Longqi City, accepted the letters of surrender from them, talked with them respectively, and sent people to divide camps for their masters outside the city, and to give them camps inside the city.
Arrange temporary accommodation.
In fact, until now, the generals and officials who followed Liu Cheng did not know his specific plans, and only Chen Qun and Liu Ye knew a rough idea.
On the morning of the third day after the leaders of the Xiqiang tribes arrived, Liu Cheng summoned them to discuss the issue of governing the Xiqiang.
"In the past two days, all the leaders have brought their clansmen to Longqi City and submitted letters of surrender to me.
The Xiqiang is basically stable, but the matter is far from over.
How to govern the Xiqiang?
He and the imperial court have already had preliminary ideas.
The principle is that the Qiang governs the Qiang and the Qiang people are autonomous.
The power of garrisoning, recruiting troops and negotiating with foreigners is in the hands of the imperial court.
The Qiang people have administrative power.
The imperial court's idea is to reset Xihai County, and the administrative seat is located in Longqi City.
The prefect of Xihai County This position was assigned by the imperial court from various tribes of the Qiang people.
One of the leaders is selected as the leader, and the imperial court appoints a prime minister to assist him in handling relevant government affairs.
The post of governor of Xihai County is held every five years.
If a certain governor performs well in this position and has political achievements, the court will promote him.
Transferred to the Central Government If the official does not do well, has no political achievements, and is mediocre, he will have to abdicate after the current term and make way for someone more worthy.
The court will select another person from the leaders.
It is possible that he will be dismissed without even completing one term.
"Remove from office and appoint someone else" "Within ten years, the imperial court will not collect any taxes from Xihai County.
The taxes collected by the Xihai County officials from the people will be used entirely for their own use.
I hope that the Xihai County officials can take them from the people and use them for the people.
Since the imperial court will not collect taxes from the people within ten years, Xihai County collects taxes, and it is recommended that the Xihai County government levy taxes from the people not to exceed 20% of the people's annual income.
After so many years of war, the people of Xihai have already suffered a decline in their livelihood and are eager to recuperate and recuperate."
"Ten years later, whether the imperial court will collect taxes from Xihai County will be decided based on the actual situation.
Starting next year, Xihai County must supply 10,000 war horses to the imperial court every year.
This is the only condition the imperial court puts forward to the people of Xihai County."
"The Qiang people in Xihai County are now subjects of the Han Dynasty, and the leaders and leaders are also subjects of the Han Dynasty.
If the Qiang people are invaded by foreign enemies, the imperial court has the responsibility to send troops to protect the lives and property of the Han people.
The obligation is for the subjects to seek justice from the enemy, so the Qiang people must also fulfill their obligations as Han people.
Each tribe must have a group of young people to serve in the military every year, and every twenty If a strong Qiang man joins the army, they will not be allowed to serve in vain.
The court will provide them with military pay.
This is the same as that of Han soldiers.
The service period of each Qiang soldier is tentatively set at five years.
After five years, the court will decide.
It depends on the situation.
If necessary, they will stay and continue to serve, and their military pay and other benefits will be increased.
If the court does not need them, they will be demobilized, sent back to their place of origin, and paid demobilization and resettlement expenses."
"After the resettlement of the Western Navy, the chiefs will still be in charge of their own tribes, but they will need to obey the jurisdiction of the Western Navy prefect appointed by the imperial court and execute the administrative orders issued by the prefect.
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Xihai County will be divided into several counties.
Each county's The county magistrate will be appointed from among you.
Anyone who deliberately defies the government and refuses to implement the administrative orders issued by the government will be investigated and prosecuted by the court and the government."
"The imperial court also considered the prosperity and wealth of the descendants of the leaders.
After their death, almost all the leaders would pass on their patriarchal position and land to their eldest son or legitimate son.
Although this maintained the integrity of their rights and land wealth, Sex, but what about the other heirs?
Are they born to fend for themselves?
The official and the court thought this was unfair, so the court decided to take action.
According to the decree, all the chiefs must entrust part of their land, wealth and private armies to other heirs who cannot inherit the position of patriarch, so that your other heirs can have a way to survive, otherwise their brothers will definitely fight against each other in the future.
After fighting for the position of clan leader, Xiqiang finally stabilized.
The imperial court never wants Xiqiang to be turbulent again.
This decree must be implemented."
"As for the proportion of land, private armies and wealth, the patriarch keeps 40% for himself, which will be inherited by the eldest son or legitimate son in the future, and the remaining 60% is divided equally among the sons; if some patriarchs only have two children, the eldest son or legitimate son will account for 60% Cheng, the other child accounts for 40% ; If there is only one son, 60% will be divided equally among the brothers of the clan leader; if the clan leader has no heirs, the clan leader will keep 40% and 60% will be divided equally among the brothers.
The position of the clan leader after his death will be divided unless the clan leader left a will before his death.
Succession, otherwise appointed by the imperial court."
"The imperial court will garrison troops in Xihai County, and set up the Xihai Dudu to take charge of the military affairs of the garrison.
The Dudu's Mansion is also located in Longqi City, and the military camp is located outside the city.
The number of garrison troops is tentatively set at 10,000 cavalry, and will be increased or decreased depending on the situation in the future."
Having said this, Liu Cheng looked at the twenty or thirty tribal leaders and chiefs and asked: "This is roughly the imperial strategy for governing the Xiqiang.
Do you, the leaders, have any suggestions or different ideas that you can put forward?
The imperial court and me will consider the specific situation as appropriate.
If you have any questions about this method that you don’t understand, you can ask and I will answer them one by one."
These tribal leaders and chiefs began to whisper to each other and discuss in low voices.
Liu Cheng was not in a hurry, picked up the tea cup and began to slowly sip the tea.
These people discussed in low voices for a while, and then someone stood up and said: "Master Liu, the court said that the Qiang people should govern the Qiang and be autonomous.
We have no objection to this and agree with it.
It seems that Master Liu is really a sensible person.
They know that they sent Han officials here but they don’t understand our place.
I am afraid that the situation will not be managed well, so I simply use Qiang people to manage it.
I admire your courage very much.
However, you have to send officials to assist the prefect.
Doesn't this mean that you need to conduct surveillance?
You and others don't know anything about us.
Can I tell you?
You, we are not that easy to fool.”
Xu Huang, who was standing behind Liu Cheng, held the hilt of his sword and glared at the man at the end, shouting: "How dare you disrespect Lord Sikong, come on, take it down for me!"
Several soldiers outside the door rushed in and wanted to take someone away.
Liu Cheng waved his hand, drove the soldiers out, and said to the leader: "Chief Ge Cha, since it is me who summoned you here today to discuss the governance of Xiqiang, you are allowed to express your thoughts, and it will not matter.
Compared with your disrespect for me in terms of words and politeness, you can curse and slam the table, but once everyone agrees with the court's decision, it must be implemented without compromise after returning.
It will never be tolerated.”
"Okay, now let me answer Ge Cha's question.
Although leader Ge Cha spoke very rudely, it also shows that he has a straightforward temperament and does not beat around the bush, so I won't hide it.
The purpose and intention of the imperial court to send an assistant to the prefect of Xihai is indeed The role of surveillance , but more importantly, it is assistance and supervision.
You have just surrendered to the imperial court.
Why should the imperial court completely trust you?
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In the past, the Qiang people surrendered and rebelled, rebelled and surrendered again and again.
Their integrity has long been gone.
This is completely done by the imperial court.
It’s a matter of course” Liu Cheng's words made Ge Cha speechless, and other leaders and leaders could not say anything against it.
It was a mistake.
Ge Cha did not bother with this issue and said: "Okay, we can ignore the issue of the imperial court assigning assistant officers to the prefect, but the imperial court requires us Qiang people to recruit strong men to join the Han army.
Isn't this a clear attempt to weaken the strength of our Qiang people?
After all, your court still doesn’t trust us.”
Liu Cheng knocked on the table and said: "If you want the court to trust you, you have to show your sincerity.
Do you think that people in other states and counties of the Han Dynasty do not need to perform military service?
If there is no army, what will the court do to protect the people?
Since you are already Han people, you are obliged to perform military service and the imperial court recruits soldiers among the Qiang people at the rate of one young man out of twenty common people.
If the imperial court If you want to suppress and weaken the strength of the Qiang people, you can forcefully order one strong man from ten Qiang people.
Your main business is herding, and farming is just a sideline.
It doesn't require much labor.
If there are too many idle young men, it will be easy.
If they want to cause trouble, letting them join the army can not only solve the problem of labor surplus, but also eliminate the hidden danger of frequent armed fights between tribes.
They can also get military pay, what's wrong with that?"
Ge Cha opened his mouth, but could no longer say anything to refute, so he sat down dejectedly.
At this time, another leader stood up and asked: "I would like to ask if we leaders and leaders can recruit troops from the tribesmen to make troops?"
Liu Chengdao: "No, you have enough private troops now.
If you are allowed to continue to recruit troops, can you support them?
If you want to survive but want to retain your strength and will not disband them, you can only rob them."
Won’t the Xiqiang be in chaos again with other leaders’ territories and clansmen?”
The man on the other end said anxiously: "But sir, didn't you just say that you want us to give part of the land, cattle, sheep, wealth and private army to the heirs who do not have the inheritance rights of the patriarch?
If the private army is all divided, we will not have anything."
We have enough troops to protect our own safety.”
Liu Cheng snorted coldly: "Huh, no matter how small your troops are, you still have 40%.
Can't 40% of the private army protect your safety?
If it can't, are the garrison just a living thing?
Why do you want to sign so many soldiers and horses?
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