Just as Zhang Liao was cleaning up the officials of the Protectorate's Office at the Xihai City Yamen, a guard came to report, "General, there were just a few people kneeling at the gate outside. I heard from them that they were the military academy in the Xihai City, so I came to apologize."
"Let them wait." Zhang Liao nodded slightly, and while ordering, he waved his hand to signal Zhang An to continue.
If someone else came, these military academies would probably not be so obedient to come and apologize.
Zhang Liao was born in the north. In some ways, he was also a representative of a general in Bingzhou. In addition, his military achievements were also very good. For most Bingzhou soldiers and military academies, he has heard of them. Although Zhang Liao is carrying few people now, he has his own reputation and blessings. Naturally, in the Western Regions, he can suppress these soldiers and generals who were originally from Liangzhou, Bingzhou.
And what is very interesting is that Zhang Liao brought not many people, but instead gave these soldiers a little hope. Because if the current soldiers and soldiers in the Western Regions were really regarded as rebels, then the number of soldiers Zhang Liao brought was obviously impossible. If the army arrived, it would be ominous if there was no blood. Without enough blood, it would not be enough to comfort the desire of swords and guns.
Everyone still has some convictions in what Lu Bu did in the Western Regions and Wei Xu's rebellious actions. Most people actually have standards for good and evil in their hearts. Those who are extremely evil and extremely good are basically a minority. Therefore, these military academies that stayed in Xihai City know where their problems are, but they were just as they were together before. If they did not do these evil things, they would be unwilling to others. If they did not bribe their superiors, they would be dismissed, and they would be forced to give up on themselves or be with the light.
When Zhang Liao came, these military academies might not be unlucky. They felt that Zhang Liao might not really take ruthlessness. After hearing that Zhang Liao summoned the officials of the Protectorate, he stared at them with all his attention. After Zhang Liao killed Yan Zhuan and hung his body on the city wall, there were only two roads left for these military academies.
Rebellion or apologizing.
Whether it is resistance or escape, it means rebellion.
Can you beat Zhang Liao by resisting? Those civil servants and clerks are not very clear about Zhang Liao’s military power, but these military academies are basically aware of it. Many people even went on a battle with Zhang Liao back then...
Escape? Escape to Lu Bu and let Lu Bu come to play against Zhang Liao. It seems like a solution, but in fact it is even more unreliable. Zhang Liao has already taken action to kill Yan Zhuan of the Protectorate, who is a relative of Mrs. Lu Bu, which means that Zhang Liao will not protect Lu Bu's face this time.
Another point is that those who are keen to collect money and those military academies with Wei Xu are mostly followed by Lu Bu, while those in the city of Xihai are basically some marginal figures. After discussing with each other, they come to apologize. This is the sorrow of the little people. If they don’t work hard to solicit, they will be excluded and bullied. They will not have the opportunity to survive in the world. However, they will be really dirty and will be tortured in their hearts. Just like some people who stood by and remained silent in later generations when bullying, they neither participated nor had the courage to fight.
Are such people guilty? There are also some, but they are not a great evil. Therefore, in comparison, they would rather come to apologize than choose a rebellion that will completely lose its way out.
After all, Zhang Liao came with a scepter.
The scepter awarded by the Great Han cavalry General Xijing Shangshutai as long as he is not a fool, he can know what it means.
Perhaps at some point, the hormones produced by killing people, or hormones such as adrenaline, will produce a sense of stimulation of controlling the life and death of others in your hands and being high above. But now he stands higher and looks farther away, and his mind is no longer about this acre of three-point land. Instead, when he follows Fei Qian to look towards a further target, he naturally knows that the majesty is not necessarily reflected in how many people he has killed.
Of course, those who are as bold and reckless as Yan Zhubu and Chen Sima, who refuse to admit their guilt, will still kill them as well. Only under thunderous means can they appear to be valuable for compassion.
Soon, the civil servants of the Protectorate's Mansion were basically dealt with.
I took it a while, after all, time is too fast.
Most people are involved in corruption and dereliction of duty. Except for the ones who were executed immediately and killed on the spot, the others are the ones who should be raided, the ones who should be raided, the ones who should be sacked, and the ones who should be sacked, and the ones who should be sacked, anyway, almost wiped out the officials of the Protectorate's Office.
Of course, handling civil servants and clerks and arresting people and killing people is not the most difficult. The difficulty is still how to deal with the backlog of documents and subsequent work after cleaning up these people...
There are also military camps outside the city that are also cancers that need to be cracked.
"Supervisor Zhang, from today on, you will be responsible for the allocation of government affairs for people's livelihood in Xihai City." Zhang Liao said to Zhang An seriously. After observation, Zhang Liao felt that Zhang An was still more orderly and cautious in his character, and could be entrusted with important tasks. "You can recruit helpers by yourself, of course, the most important thing is to be safe and reliable..."
Zhang An did not seem excited because of his promotion, but was a little worried, "General, it would be fine if it was a city in the West Sea, but this Protectorate... is involved in the Western Regions and outside... He is worried that he can't be busy..."
Zhang Liao nodded and said, "It's okay, Envoy Jia will also send someone to help in the future. Supervisor Zhang will first overtake this period of time... He also has to deal with military affairs, and the facts of people's livelihood and politics are too late to take care of."
Zhang An then felt a little relieved, but he still did not say he could take the order, but asked, "I dare to ask the general, what is the priority in Xihai City now? Is it to transport military rations or..." Zhang An is indeed very cautious. He not only needs to determine the manpower, but also needs to ask Zhang Liao's arrangements for people's livelihood and political affairs, which is far from those who have not done anything before they can express their impetuousness.
Zhang Liao pondered for a long time before he slowly said: "Agriculture and serenity are the most important! Organize farming and restore the fields! Let the young and strong men gather together and focus on spring plowing matters first!"
Zhang An showed a smile at this moment, bowed his hand and said: "The emperor will take the order! Please don't worry, General!"
Zhang An took the order and left.
Zhang Liao looked at Zhang An's back, then looked silently at the direction of Chang'an, sighed in a low voice, and after a moment, he shouted in a deep voice: "Let the guy kneeling outside come in!"
Zhang Liao narrowed his eyes, not knowing what he was thinking about...
… (Fuck)…
Chang'an.
The Great Cavalry Mansion.
Fei Qian sat on the hall, Pang Tong and Xun You sat on the left and right, and there was Guo Tu and Feng Ji underneath.
In addition to Xun You representing Shangshutai, Pang Tong represented the Secretariat and Youwen Department, as well as two functional departments, the Senate and the Caogong Department, attended the meeting. In the Senate, Guo Tu got what he wanted and performed well in the process of issuing relevant laws such as the Caogong Department, which he had been thinking about for a long time. Feng Ji was also promoted to half a level and was transferred to the fake director of the newly established Caogong Department.
This meeting was naturally held specifically for the Western Regions.
"The Western Regions Protectorate was built from the Marquis of Miao, and after eighteen entrants, he was later killed by the rebellion of the people..." Fei Qian said slowly, "After Xiaoguangwu, there were three secrets and three divisions. When he first heard about it, he realized that his ups and downs were ups and downs. All the soldiers and generals had great courage, but now he thinks about it carefully, it is a little inappropriate..."
The Western Han Dynasty established the Western Regions Protectorate for about 70 years, and it continued to govern the Western Regions. It was not until the end of the Western Han Dynasty that Wang Mang made major mistakes in dealing with some problems, which led to the Huns re-invading the Western Regions, and eventually lost control of the Western Regions at the end of the Western Han Dynasty.
In these seventy years, the Han Dynasty actually established a good foundation in the Western Regions. Unfortunately, after the fall of the Western Han Dynasty, the Eastern Han Dynasty did not inherit the legacy of the Western Regions well, but instead lost it. Although the Eastern Han Dynasty did not make any effort at all, it also left behind such ups and downs and exciting twists and turns as "Three Essences and Three Connections" in history, it was quite different from the stability of the Western Han Dynasty. The most important thing is that, as Fei Qian said, the Eastern Han Dynasty lost the originally captured assets of the Western Regions in this process...
This is the most regrettable thing.
After Guangwu established the Eastern Han Dynasty, many countries in the Western Regions still had their hearts on the Han Dynasty. In addition, the Northern Huns' extortions and taxes were scattered, and the Western Regions countries repeatedly sent envoys to request internal subordinates and requested the establishment of a Western Regions Protector.
It’s just a pity that the Eastern Han Dynasty could not take care of itself at that time. The Eastern Han regime had just been established and its political and economic conditions were devastated. Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu refused on the pretext that the world had been settled and had not yet performed foreign affairs.
From this we can see that the gap between the Eastern Han Dynasty and the Western Han Dynasty in the Western Regions, especially the gap between the upper ruling class. Because of the difference in the butt, the Eastern Han Dynasty did not attach much importance to the external enemies like the Western Han Dynasty, but instead focused its main energy on consolidating internal rule and restoring the economy.
This is actually not wrong, but judging from the military operations of the Eastern Han Dynasty to reopen the Western Regions, Emperor Guangwu's "cautious external" attitude as the first emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty may have destined that the Eastern Han Dynasty could not reach a height comparable to the Western Han Dynasty in the issue of the Western Regions.
The first attempt of the Eastern Han Dynasty to reopen the Western Regions was actually very simple. Geng Bing and Dou Gu led about 14,000 people to fight. Moreover, Dou Gu was more of a man from the chess. So after he fought with the Cheshi, even after completing the task, he never thought of continuing to march deep into the Western Regions. Then he quickly established the Western Regions Protector and the Wuji School Captain, proclaiming himself that he had completed the recovery of the Western Regions, and generously wrote in history that "the Western Regions have been exiled for 60 years and then he was connected again."
It was equivalent to dispatching 14,000 people and hitting a Cheshi kid closest to the Han Dynasty. He was in a hurry to raise a flag and left two red sticks to see the hall. As a result, the next year, Geng Bing and Dou Gu left, when other countries in the Western Regions counterattacked, and then they broke up again.
It was a huge momentum, but it was opened for one year.
As for the two and two divisions and three divisions, strictly speaking, they are not the credit of the Eastern Han court. Because at that time, the Eastern Han court directly gave up its jurisdiction over the Western Regions, first abolished the Wuji School Captain, and the next year, issued an edict to withdraw all the garrisons in the Western Regions. Among these garrisons, there was an extraordinary figure, Ban Chao.
Ban Chao was on the imperial court's list of withdrawals, but on the way to withdraw, Ban Chao carefully analyzed the situation in the Western Regions and believed that the strategy of "using barbarians to control barbarians" should be adopted, so he stayed in the Western Regions. On the one hand, he asked the court to support his suggestions to manage the Western Regions, and on the other hand, he sent troops to defeat the rebel Shache and Shule.
Then how many soldiers did the imperial court give Ban Chao?
Eight hundred soldiers.
So it should also be called "Ban Ba ​​Hundred".
As for other soldiers, there may be, but there may not be. Because if there were other support soldiers, they would not have written "Eight Hundred" in history. Then the Eastern Han Dynasty almost left Ban Chao in the Western Regions without paying attention, until Ban Chao defeated the Great Yuezhi in the Western Regions, which shocked the Eastern Han court.
Because at that time, the Great Yuezhi commanded 70,000 troops to fight the Western Regions, but was defeated by Ban Chao! Under this form, the Eastern Han Dynasty quickly appointed Ban Chao as the Protector of the Western Regions and Xu Gan as the Chief Historian of the Western Regions...
Then, not long after, he ordered the transfer of the squad to return to China.
As a result, when Ban Chao left, the Western Regions became in chaos again. Later, the Western Qiang rebelled, and the Western Regions were naturally cut off.
When the third time was when Ban Chao's son Ban Yong stood up. When the Western Regions heard that the son of a hot man was coming, they showed their force in a neat manner, so the Western Regions quickly surrendered again...
But how did the Eastern Han Dynasty finally repay Ban Yong?
Because when attacking Yuan Meng, Ban Yong and Dunhuang prefect Zhang Lang divided into two groups and agreed to meet at Yuan Meng's city, but Zhang Lang took the credit and captured Yuan Meng first. As a result, Ban Yong lost his term, was imprisoned and was dismissed from office. Later, Ban Yong died of old age at home.
Why?
Logically speaking, Yuan Meng has already won the goal. Since the goal has been completed, isn’t it enough?
no.
Because at that time Ban Yong could already mobilize more than 30,000 troops in the Western Regions.
After Ban Yong's death, the Western Qiang was in chaos again. During the reign of Emperor Ling of Han, it was basically cut off again, until Fei Qian sent Lu Bu to open the Western Regions here...
"One of the disadvantages of the Western Regions is that those who go to Han often die, and those who go against Han can avoid it. As one goes up and down, they become more perverse and paranoid, and it is difficult to tame it." Fei Qian summarized the previous three extremes and three elements, "and they are more afraid of the outside and harsh on the inside, how can the Western Regions not be lost? Just like Wusun, who originally had relatives and many alliances, but they easily abandoned them, betrayed their promises, and ignored them several times, just like missing them. Until now, Wusun is wandering outside and rebelling against Kushan, and he must take it as a warning."
Of course, this is not entirely the cause of the Eastern Han emperor.
Because after the Eastern Han Dynasty, the land problem was not resolved, the gap between the rich and the poor and the class monopoly did not improve much. Even after a brief economic recovery, it fell into mutual struggles within the class, which made the court no longer have time to care about other things. The policies of the Western Regions were relatively negative and conservative, and often swayed, resulting in the continuous decline of the authority and authority of the central dynasty in the Western Regions, and the Wusun gradually drifted away from the Han Dynasty.
Similar to Wusun, the Western Regions who were inclined toward the Han Dynasty at the beginning, most of them died during several repeated tugs of war, either died in the process of recovery and opening, or died in the clearance of the Western Regions after the severance. Those who had malicious intentions towards the Han Dynasty could receive certain pardons when the Han Dynasty resumed the opening of the Western Regions.
Simply put, many good people in the Western Regions died, and the rest...
This is a very big problem.
Fei Qian knew that Wusun was another important passage leading to Central Asia from the north of Tianshan Mountain. If Wusun was opened, then there would be a chance to reach Balkhash Lake along the Yinli River, and then use Balkhash Lake as a springboard to aim further away...
Of course, this is Fei Qian's idea, and it is unknown whether he can reach that step in the future.
"The second of the disadvantages of the Western Regions is that their power is inappropriate, and their names are inconsistent." Fei Qian continued, "In the Western Regions, the Western Regions, the Western Regions, the Chief Commander of the Wuji School, the Chief Commander of the General, the Caval Commander, the Caval Commander, and other positions, the authority is unknown, the number of soldiers is unknown, and the distance is unknown, and the jurisdiction is not known. Today, they are issued and withdrawn tomorrow. For four hundred years, no one has customized it! Is the Western Regions so big, not as good as Jiaozhi? Is it sad, is it a pity?"
The Han Dynasty divided several counties and counties seriously about Jiaozhi, and the Western Regions were perfunctory from beginning to end. Even during the relatively stable period of the Western Han Dynasty, there was no division and governance of counties in the Western Regions.
How many Han people were in Jiaozhi? Actually, there were not many. Is there no other country in Jiaozhi? There were also many tribes and even people occupying countries. However, the attitude towards Jiaozhi and the Han Dynasty was very firm. Even if Jiuzhen Rinan was lost, there was still a governor of Jiaozhou, but what about the Western Regions?
Therefore, in the Western Regions, it is embarrassing to reflect a fait accompli of the ruling administrative practice of the Western Regions Protectorate, and the extreme disharmony caused by too much difference between the basis of its legal constraints.
If it was said that the Han Dynasty was repeatedly tug-of-war with the Huns, it seemed to be somewhat reasonable on the surface, but in fact it was not the case. In the era when the Huns ruled the Western Regions, due to the limitations of the primary state form of tribal alliances in the Huns, its control over the cities and states of the Western Regions was only managed by King Rizhu to send a servant lieutenant. This servant lieutenant may have a certain simple subordinate officer and subordinate troops. The specific details are not clear, but it is recorded that the servant lieutenant "always live in Yanqi, dangerous, and weili, tax the countries, and get rich." That is to say, it can be made clear that this institution is wandering, not a fixed point.
Judging from the social structure, production relations, lifestyles, etc. of the Huns, this child servant commander was destined to be similar to a nomadic nature. It was impossible to go deep into the hinterland of the Western Regions for a long time, and it was impossible to have a relatively profound and continuous impact on the Western Regions.
This can be proved by the excavation of the ruins of the Western Regions in later generations.
Most of the archaeological discoveries in the Western Regions during the Han Dynasty were basically imprints of China, and there were almost no ones belonging to the Huns. After Li Guangli attacked Dayuan, "there were often pavilions when he reached the west of Yanshui. However, there were hundreds of land soldiers at Luntou, and he was appointed to protect the fields and accumulate millet to send foreigners."
Fei Qian said this and sighed loudly.
Fei Qian felt it was a pity.
These early Han colonial strongholds had not been able to form effective legal practices after four hundred years...
Chapter completed!