At the end of October, Zhao Ziliang and his party arrived at Ashu City, the seat of the Tocharo Protectorate.
Su Ji, the Protector of the Tocharian Protectorate, Sun Yaohui, the prefect of Yuezhi County, Huang Shirong, the magistrate of Axucheng County, Zhao Hu, commander of the First Legion of the Western Qin Army, and other officials and generals greeted him outside the city.
"I'm going to be the official, I'll wait for you to greet me and agree to come."
Kneeling on the ground at the gate of the city, the shouts were both neat and high-pitched.
Zhao Ziliang looked at the large area of darkness at the city gate, and said with a joking expression while riding on horseback: "I said, you are quite well-informed.
This king and his party are still traveling lightly.
How do you know that this king is today?"
We will arrive at Ashu City quite neatly."
The officials and generals felt embarrassed when they heard this.
Zhao Ziliang glanced at Zhao Hu and asked: "Zhao Hu, tell me, how did you know about this king's itinerary?"
"This" Zhao Hu hesitated for a moment and said: "The general heard what Mr.
Su said.
Yesterday Mr.
Su sent someone to inform the general that today the king will come to Asu City to inspect military and political affairs.
At that time, all the officials in Asu City will Everyone will come to greet them at the city gate.
Since all the local officials have arrived, the military generals cannot be left without representatives.
Therefore, after the general arranged the military affairs, he came over with several generals under his command."
Zhao Ziliang looked at Su Ji and asked, "Master Su, how did you know about my itinerary?"
There were faint beads of sweat on Su Ji's forehead.
He raised his hands and bowed: "Back to the king, yesterday an official who went to the Kangju Protector's Mansion for business returned to Ashu City and reported the king's itinerary to the lower official."
"So you summon the officials and military generals to meet me at the gate of the city."
"Yes, Your Majesty" Zhao Ziliang said: "So you have already prepared for military and political affairs.
You are all ready.
So what is the purpose of my visit to Tochara this time?"
Su Ji hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, please forgive me.
Your Majesty, I dare not expire my term.
The time is too short.
Even if I want to do something, I will not be able to do it in time."
Zhao Ziliang said: "Is that what you said?
Only when I see it with my own eyes can I know how to lead the way to the Protectorate."
"Yes, Your Majesty" The streets are full of pedestrians, including Han Chinese, Tocharians, Tianzhu people, Persians, and even Byzantines.
Many of the houses on both sides of the street are stone houses, but there are also some Chinese-style buildings.
Pavilion loft.
Zhao Ziliang rode on horseback and asked: "How many people are there in Axu City?"
Huang Shirong, the county magistrate of Ashu City, replied: "Back to your Majesty, there are now 110,000 original residents in and around Asu City, as well as 180,000 Han people who live permanently, as well as some businessmen, monks, Taoist priests and missionaries.
But these The number of people is not fixed, so the permanent population of Asuan is about 290,000, which of course does not include the garrison."
As a large number of officials and soldiers passed by, pedestrians on the street gave way.
Zhao Ziliang could only see a lot of people on the street, but he could not see the economic activities and the current situation of people's lives here, which made him feel a little regretful.
Among the crowds on both sides of the street were people of all ethnic groups, and there were also many women who showed up.
Many Tocharian women had their faces covered and carried baskets on their heads.
Some women were covered with jewelry.
When they arrived at the Duhu Mansion, Zhao Ziliang listened to Su Ji's report on the coexistence of the local ethnic groups, and also listened to the prefect Sun Yaohui and the county magistrate Huang Shirong's reports on the government affairs of Yuezhi County and Ashu City respectively.
After hearing this, Zhao Ziliang asked: "Su Ji, Sun Yaohui, Huang Shirong, I ask you, how do you think we can permanently rule an area Su Ji, what do you say?"
Su Ji thought for a while, but didn't have a good answer, but he could only stand up and say, "Your Majesty, I think that in order to rule here permanently, the first thing is to ensure absolute military power."
Zhao Ziliang frowned when he heard this and said: "Logically speaking, as a civil servant, you should not say such things.
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Military strength is definitely not the primary condition for stable rule.
Sun Yaohui, what do you think?"
Sun Yaohui, the prefect of Yuezhi County, stood up and said with cupped hands: "Back to your Majesty, I believe that education is the most important thing.
Only by making the local people obey the king can we maintain the continuation of our rule."
Zhao Ziliang smiled and said: "This is relevant, Mr.
Huang, what do you think?"
Huang Shirong cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, since ancient times, benevolent kings have been doing light corvee and exempting the common people from taxes.
Only when the common people have food, drink, clothing and shelter can they be honest.
Otherwise, they will make trouble and rebel."
"Master Huang is talking about a means, but it is not the foundation."
All the officials raised their hands and said, "Please give me some advice, Your Majesty."
Zhao Ziliang said: "Since ancient times, excluding the invasion of external forces, the reason why the internal people have rebelled is because of internal contradictions.
Conflicts will lead to the overthrow of the ruling class.
At this stage, what are the internal contradictions in Western Qin?
What is the original contradiction of Western Qin?
The conflicts between various tribes and us Han people, various tribes Why are there conflicts between ethnic groups and Han people?
Because we are outsiders, and the tribes here reject us.
Moreover, the migration of a large number of Han people has caused the Han people to usurp the living space and resources of each tribe.
We want to prevent the tribes from no longer Rejecting and hostile to us, trying to dissolve the Han people and various tribes The conflict between ethnic groups requires education on the one hand, so that all the children here can go to school from an early age to learn Chinese, Chinese etiquette, and culture.
After a few years, there will be no other languages here, and everyone will speak Chinese.
Our education is more than half successful.
In addition, we will increase resources and To expand the living space and reduce the conflicts between Han people and other ethnic groups, the most important thing is that we must let the Han people occupy an absolute population advantage here.
Only by allowing the Han people to make up the majority can we always rule here, even for many years.
If someone replaces us in the future, the new ruler will also be Han Chinese."
Having said this, Zhao Ziliang looked at the officials below and said: "So, finding ways to increase the population of Han people and suppress the population of various tribes is your most important goal.
It is also a long-term task and cannot be done too obviously.
To moisturize things quietly, there are no outsiders here, and I will not be secretive here.
I explained it today, but I do not want this goal to be leaked as a long-term policy of Western Qin.
Anyone who leaks it without authorization will be punished by the nine tribes."
The officials looked serious, clasped their fists and said in unison: "Nuo" Zhao Ziliang looked at Zhao Hu: "Has the reorganization and training of the First Army Corps been completed?"
Zhao Hu stood up and clasped his fists and said: "Back to your Majesty, the reorganization and training of the First Army Corps have been completed.
At this stage, we are mainly engaged in two aspects.
One is to maintain the current training volume so that the combat effectiveness of the soldiers can be on a solid basis.
The second step is to make further improvements; the second is to fully carry out the implementation of the compulsory military system."
Zhao Ziliang said: "Okay, how is the implementation of the compulsory military system going?
What are the difficulties?"
Zhao Hu said: "The enthusiasm of the people to send their children to join the army is not high yet.
The implementation of the compulsory military system can only take compulsory measures now.
There are some small resistances, but we have responded in time and calmed down, and the matter has not become a big deal.
General will think that, wait As time goes by, the people will become accustomed to it, and they will actively and consciously send their children to join the army.
From the perspective of the people, there is not much resistance to its promotion.
However, from the perspective of our Western Qin officials, it is difficult.
The difficulty is not small, because the number of conscripts every year is not small.
Although these conscripts do not receive military pay, they are provided with subsidies.
Because there are so many people, the amount of subsidy is not a small amount, plus the cost of food and clothing.
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And the consumption of training equipment, maintenance of venues, wear and tear of war horses, etc., the cost is not a small amount.
If you want to implement the compulsory military system to the end, you need to order the allocation of special funds by the king to support it."
Zhao Ziliang nodded after listening to Zhao Hu's report.
This was the most pertinent and realistic report he had ever heard on the implementation of the compulsory military system.
"Well, I will seriously consider allocating special funds to support the implementation of the compulsory military system.
I have made up my mind to implement the compulsory military system.
Why do I do this?
It is to maximize the war potential of Western Qin."
"The national power of the Tang Dynasty was ranked first in the world, but it was beaten all the way to Tongguan by the Anshi people.
This was caused by the Tang Dynasty's emphasis on borders and the neglect of internal military deployment.
It was also the reason why the Tang Dynasty failed to fully transform its national power into war potential.
The important reason is that the implementation of the compulsory military system is to fully transform the comprehensive strength of our Western Qin into war potential."
"However, it is not enough to just implement the compulsory military system, train young people into well-trained warriors, and retire them after three years.
While training the conscripts, we must also strengthen their ideological education and make them loyal to the royal court, even if Even after they retire, they remain determined.
This is the king's purpose.
Whether they are ordinary soldiers or low-level military leaders, captains, and high-level generals, all It is necessary to have such political consciousness and thoughts in order to be carried out.
Whether a military commander or general can be promoted, the first consideration is whether he is loyal to the royal court, the second is military ability, and the third is character.
The controlled army is not an army, but a rebel and traitor Zhao Hu.
When training conscripts, I hope you will put this matter first."
Zhao Hu immediately clasped his fists and said: "Yes, Your Majesty will ensure that every retired conscript or soldier who is transferred from conscript to standing soldier, whether retired or in the military, will be loyal to the royal court.
In the future, our First Army will Ideological education and making soldiers and generals loyal to the royal court should be the top priority."
"Very good."
Zhao Ziliang asked again: "The former Tocharian chiefs and nobles are still there, and they still have some power.
This makes me very uneasy.
I must find a way to completely eradicate these powerful chiefs and nobles. , disintegrate their power, and completely eliminate the hidden dangers within Western Qin.
This is why I put your first legion and Xuan Yi's sixth legion here.
I will give you a deadline.
Before March next year, you You and Xuan Yi must complete this mission."
"Understood, the general will send someone to invite Xuan Yi of the Sixth Army to come over to discuss this matter soon":