Zhao Chongguo is a typical son of a good family in six counties, his family was originally in Shangtai County, Longxi, but in 115 BC in the second year of Yuan Ding, he responded to the call of the country and migrated to Yongdeng County, Gansu Province, Lingju County, Hexi.Lingju is located on the edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Lingju Mountain is high and long, the world is vast, and the scenery is very different from the Central Plains.Who knew that after only three years of moving, it encountered the first Han-Qiang War, where 100,000 people in the West Qiang rebelled, and the Xiongnu envoys besieged Lingju and other places.Zhao Chongguo, who was only 25 years old at the time, participated in the defense of the city, and held out for several months under the siege of Zhuqiang.After the end of the war, the Qiang people stopped for a period of time, and mixed with the Xiaoyue clan and the Han people in Lingju County, which made Zhao Chongguo know about the Siyi.Today, he has changed from a young man from a good family to a sixty-year-old veteran covered in wounds, and no one in the court can match him in terms of understanding of the Qiang people."
The Marquis of Xi'an knows that Xiqiang and Xiongnu are both nomadic countries, but what is the most fundamental difference?"
On the way to Shanglin Sanguan, Zhao Chongguo threw such a question to Ren Hong.Ren Hong's first thought was the economic difference: "The Qiang people also took care of agriculture in addition to nomadism, while the Xiongnu almost lived purely on nomadic hunting?"
”The similarities and differences between the two are similar to those of Tibet and Mongolia, which lived in the same region more than a thousand years later.Zhao Chongguo shook his head: "No, the biggest difference is that the Xiongnu have a king, while the Xiqiang has no king." ”For the Han people who are unified in one monarch, the meaning of the word Wujun is close to barbarism and unclear, so the Han Dynasty respects the Xiongnu who are unified in Shan Yu on the grassland, thinking that they are the descendants of Yan and Huang after Xia Yu, and many small states in the Western Regions are also regarded as being able to educate and communicate, together with the monarch of the Dian Kingdom and Yelang.But he despised the kingless Xiqiang very much."
There are no widows and widows in the Xiqiang country, and there are many kinds of them.If you don't set up a monarch and a minister, you will not grow one, and if you are strong, you will be divided into chieftains, and if you are weak, you will be attached to others, and you will be violent and strong.Hundreds of thousands of Qiang people are divided into more than a dozen large species and hundreds of small species. ”Zhao Chongguo has lived in Lingju for many years, and he can memorize the types of Hehuang Xiqiang that the officials of the subordinate state can't remember, and he can't leave ten."
What is the first zero Qiang, burning the Qiang, sealing the seeds, and the prison sister seeds, in order to compete with each other for the river valleys that can be cultivated in spring and summer, the war and the uncertainty of their blood relatives, marriages, and grudges will change every year, and even they don't know the root cause, and the Han officials don't understand."
He casually pointed to the small stones that were bounced off by the horseshoe wheels along the road and said, "The states of the Western Regions are like small stones on the side of the road, which can be easily picked up one by one. ”"The Xiongnu are like undispersed soil, what is needed is time and sharp tools to dig slowly, not overnight.That's why Sang Hongyang said metaphorically, the things of the Huns are like mountains, and they have not come to an end.Twenty-four are at least under the leadership of Shan Yu, staring at Shan Yu and digging left and right Xianwang, although it takes time and effort, but sooner or later one day this mountain will be removed. ”"Only Xiqiang, don't look at them as despicable Xiaoyi, but like scattered sand, a slap and claw down, but you can't catch them all, if you rush in, you will let yourself fall into Xi'an Hou crawling through the quicksand in the Western Regions, no matter how strong a person is, the more he struggles after falling in, the more difficult it is to get out.""
What the general said is very good."
These three metaphors really made Ren Hong's eyes shine, no wonder Su Wu praised Zhao Chongguo for knowing the things of the Four Yi, regardless of the Western Regions, the Xiongnu, and the Western Qiang, all of them talked about the key."
The matter of Xiqiang is so complicated, but the officials sent by my Han to deal with the Qiang matter do not understand this truth.Some time ago, at a banquet, a doctor even told me that the best way to deal with the Qiang people was to follow Li Guang's example and deceive the leaders of the Qiang people into killing them all. ”Zhao Chongguo did not name who it was, but asked Ren Hong: "That doctor thinks this is a clever plan, what does Xi'an Hou think?"
”Ren Hong said with a smile: "I once read the Taishi Gongshu, and saw that General Li mentioned in his biography that General Li reflected on why he couldn't be a marquis in his later years, and he regretted it one by one, he was punctual in Longxi County, and the Qiang people on the border rebelled, and General Li tricked them into surrendering, saying that they were not to blame in the past, but they killed more than 800 people who surrendered in one day!"
As a result, Xiqiang rebelled, and from then on he no longer trusted the imperial court, and would rather flee than surrender again. ”Lao Li is stupid enough, but what the Han officials are best at is one-size-fits-all, saving time and effort to earn merits, more than 800 beheadings are easy to get, and more than 1,000 more may be able to be crowned.Ren Hongdao: "Now the old trick is repeated, I'm afraid it's not appropriate, the general also said before, Xiqiang has a variety of types, has its own heroes, several attacks, and if the Han Dynasty kills all its heroes, regardless of the good and the bad, it will make Xiqiang let go of grudges, resolve hatreds and alliances, rebel together, and even collude with the Huns." ”Zhao Chongguo bowed: "In the past 30 years, Xiqiang has committed fortresses on his back, attacked cities, and killed Changshi, mostly provoked by those Qiang captains who want to expand their territory in order to seek feudal titles. ”"No wonder General Hou said that he was afraid that Captain Huqiang would want to do something."
Ren Hong also wanted to say, "I have been made a marquis, and I don't want this name", but suddenly remembered that although Zhao Chongguo had made outstanding achievements and fought for the Han Dynasty all his life, because he had only fought one battle and was not beheaded, he was only a Guan Neihou, so he hurriedly swallowed these words.Zhao Chongguo said: "If you really do something, you can find a perfect way to deal with the Qiang people, but some people are only good at deliberately bullying the Qiang people and starting border provocations, but they have caused several years of military disasters for the Han Dynasty."
Don't look at the battle with Xiqiang, it is easy to kill them all, but it is just an illusion that the herdsmen are scattered and migrate to higher places to survive, and they will gather together again and make a comeback after a few years.But the Han army couldn't chase it deeply, so why did the Marquis of Xi'an know?
”"Because of the cold miasma."
Ren Hong bowed: "When I was in the Western Regions, I crossed the snow-capped mountains twice. ”He still remembers the taste of altitude sickness, the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is known as the third pole and is a unique battlefield.The migration of the Qiang people is not a large-scale movement like the Xiongnu, but from the valley to the plateau, the Qinghai region of Longnan, where various tribes gather, the valley and basin are two or three thousand meters above sea level, and the grassland in the high place can reach four thousand meters.Once the battlefield reaches 3,000 meters, the combat effectiveness of the Han people will be greatly reduced, and when Han Dare can fight five enemies with one enemy on flat ground, but when he can counterattack, a Qiang child can easily stab a sword into his stomach.Coupled with the vast area, tens of thousands of Han troops can't make a splash when they throw it in, and the Qiang people can't beat it, so they just migrate to high places.They can withstand the wind, snow and cold, and they can survive for a few years with yak milk and hunting, but how long can the Han army survive in the case of lack of supplies and serious high reactions?
There is no point in this kind of war, with unlimited investment and zero benefit.The reason why Zhao Chongguo is willing to say so much is also to warn Ren Hong, who has been determined to be the captain of the Qiang Guard: It is easy to defeat the Qiang people.But if you want to destroy the Qiang people, it is more distant than collecting the Western Regions and destroying the Xiongnu.And in this era, Qinghai Tou really does not have much interest, Longyou and Hexi really do not lack salt and horses, in the case that the Han wants to concentrate on dealing with the Xiongnu, operating the Western Regions, and even having to quell the Wuhuan rebellion, don't make big news in Qiang and add chaos to the country.Ren Hong is as good as a stream: "Thank you General Hou for your advice, Hong will never start a war lightly for the sake of merit and fame, but General Hou, since the Qiang people can't be taken by war, how is the plan?"
”"Like the Marquis of Xi'an who recovered the Ruoqiang people in the Western Regions and restrained the Shanguo and Sogdians?"
Although Zhao Chongguo and Ren Hong have not met a few times, he is very concerned about his actions in the Western Regions, and said with a smile: "It's not easy to calculate, Xi'an Hou exchanged grain for Ruoqiang to assist the Han army, but the situation in Hehuang is different, Jia Liang and Zhuqiang are enemies, and they can't do it." ”"As for the Sogdians' preference for silk and the Western Regions, King Shanshan's admiration for Han-made ceremonial music and agricultural tools would not work with the Qiang people.The Qiang people have nothing to ask for from the Han Dynasty, they have never asked for the opening of the city, they have never asked for harmony, and the silk is not as warm as the coarse cloth woven by yaks. ”Indeed, Ren Hong was in the Western Regions to bind the states, and using the old Sogdian routine was not useful in Hehuang."
General Hou has a comprehensive way to govern Qiang, and he hopes to teach me!"
He humbly asked Zhao Chongguo for advice, at this time the carriage and horses stopped, Ren Hong found that they had gone around to the other end of Kunming Pond, a vast workshop concentrated here, obviously it was late autumn, but it was steaming, countless officials and craftsmen were busy here, white steam and strange smell soared into the sky.This is the only place where the Han produces fiat currency: Shanglin Sanguan.Ren Hong knew that after Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty tossed several currency reforms, he finally established it in the fourth year of the Yuan Dynasty, abolished the red money, and forbade the right of the county to mint money, and specially ordered the Captain of Shui Heng to mint money in the three officials of Shanglin, and the money of the non-three officials in the world was not allowed to pass.Among the three senses, skills are responsible for identifying copper materials and formulating copper-tin ratios.Zhongguan was responsible for making pottery money fans, smelting and casting five-baht coins, and the stables were specially responsible for transporting freshly baked three-senses and five-baht to all parts of the world.It's no wonder that Captain Shuiheng can make a profit of 100,000 yuan a year, and the coinage is a huge profit.Zhao Chongguo picked up a five-baht coin that had just been cast and was still connected together and had not been cut, cut one out himself, and put the copper coin that was still slightly hot into Ren Hong's palm."
Spending money, this is the easiest and most cost-effective way to cure Qiang."
Of course, it's not to give New Year's coins to the Qiang people.Zhao Chongguo said: "The imperial court will let Shui Heng Duwei allocate 10 million yuan to Jincheng County every year, and Jincheng County will buy 1 million stone grain hoards when Wuwei Valley in Longxi is cheap in the autumn, which is enough for 30,000 people to eat for three years." ”"In this way, we can maintain a garrison of 5,000 people in Jincheng County, and in the event of something in Qiang, we can transfer more than 20,000 people to Jincheng County at any time, so we can be prepared."
Hey, this method is really unpretentious, very Zhao Chongguo's style, although stupid, but really useful, he is horizontal by him, and the bright moon shines on the river."
Then Captain Huqiang" Zhao Chongguo said with a smile: "As I said, Captain Huqiang doesn't have to do anything, just do nothing." ”"The Marquis of Xi'an only needs not to easily expand his territory to the Qiang land, not to bully the Qiang Hao for no reason, to restrain the military and civilians of the border counties, and to reduce the contact and conflict between the Han and the Qiang.Then keep an eye on Xian Lingqiang, who does not forget to return to Huangshui in the south day and night, and He Qiang, the wolf who is close to Dunhuang in the north and often receives Xiongnu envoys, and the rest of the Qiang people do not dare to rebel easily. ”After his words were finished, he didn't stay with Ren Hong, and raised his hand to see off the guests: "The general also said to the Marquis of Xi'an, on this eventful time, Qiangdi does not seek merit, but seeks nothing."
The reason why you use Xi'an Hou to protect Qiang is that you hope to use your reputation and wisdom to suppress the border county officials who are eager to make meritorious contributions.Wuhuan has already had an accident, Qiang is in chaos, if the Xiongnu provoke in the Western Regions again, although the Han is strong, but it can't spare his hand, and win three tough battles at the same time. ”This is the analysis of the current situation by the DPRK and China, and after Ren Hong listened to Zhao Chongguo's words, he was relieved in his heart.What makes him easy is not that he doesn't have to do anything, but that although Zhao Chongguo knows about Siyi, acts steadily, and knows Xiqiang very well, he has not been able to surpass the times.Zhao Chongguo's analysis of the Qiang people can not be subdued, Ren Hong agreed, the Qiang people are backed by the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, doomed them to always have a way out, the Eastern Han Dynasty did not see through this, and fell into the quicksand and could not extricate themselves.Even if it is another thousand years, don't have a desire to conquer the third pole, you don't see, Qinghai head, no one has collected the white bones in ancient times."
But Zhao Chongguo said that Qiang has nothing to ask for from Han, so it is difficult to control and tame, but I don't agree.""
If you didn't have it in the past, it doesn't mean you don't have it now, and you won't have it in the future!"
Ren Hong got into the carriage after leaving Shanglin Garden, and asked the dozing panda to set off immediately."
Junhou, go back to the mansion or go to Weiyang Palace?""
Neither."
After learning the scriptures from Zhao Chongguo, Ren Hong has a lot more confidence in his new errand, not provoking, it doesn't mean doing nothing, he smiled: "Go to Chang'an City, find Lu Jiuyu!"
”PS: The second chapter is in the evening.The third pole of CCTV's documentary is very good-looking, and those who can't stay idle at home can be healthy.