The current Youzhou City is not big.

The total population of the city is only over 20,000. Due to being occupied by the steppe peoples for many years, half of the Turks living in this city are foreigners. Therefore, if we look at the comparison of ethnic groups alone, the Han people are actually in

They are weaker than the foreigners in their own land.

It's just that the Turks in Youzhou City are very different from the Turks on the grassland.

They do not regard themselves as Turks, but rather want to regard themselves as Han people. They have stopped herding for many years and have instead learned to farm with the Han people.

How stable farming is!

Sprinkling one bag of seeds can turn into ten bags.

Although the harvest from the land is not high, the most indispensable thing in the northern part of the Central Plains is land. It can even be said that the land is vast and sparsely populated, and as far as you can see, it is all land that can be cultivated.

As long as you are willing to work hard, you can cultivate countless fertile fields, and then invite some Han farmers to be teachers and teach them how to grow crops from the fertile fields.

When Gu Tianya and Li Shimin first came to Youzhou with officials from the Tang Dynasty, many people couldn't believe that the Turks here cultivated more fields than the Han people. For example, a certain Turk family had about ten people.

, actually through years of hard work, thousands of acres of land have been reclaimed.

Even if one acre of land can only produce ten kilograms of grain, a thousand acres of land will add up to ten thousand kilograms of grain. And a Turkic family only has about ten people at most. This more than ten thousand kilograms of grain cannot be eaten at all.

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Therefore, the Turks here in Youzhou are very satisfied.

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It has been a long, long time since they lived a life of chasing water plants and settling down.

When winter comes, they never worry about their tents being overturned by storms.

Most of them hid in sturdy houses, and the family gathered around the roaring stove to keep warm. Occasionally they would bring some food and invite some Han people over, not only as hospitality and gratitude, but also in the hope that the Han people would continue to help next year.

Gu Tianya had people investigate and found that this kind of situation is not limited to Youzhou.

But this is basically the case for the entire Youyun Five States.

Since the land of the Five States has been occupied by the Turks for many years, the Turks must have ownership of any land. The Han people are sub-people here and can only help the Turks farm to earn food and drink.

Judging from this situation, it can be said that the Han people should live a miserable life.

However, the Turks in this area are obviously different from those on the grassland.

They rarely oppressed the Han people, let alone massacred and tortured them. Instead, every year when the prairie army invaded south, some prairie warriors would occasionally accidentally kill the Han people here.

Whenever this situation occurs, the Turks in the entire land of Youyun will be extremely angry. They will pick up the long-lost scimitars, mount their war horses again, and then, thousands of people and tens of thousands of people will fight in a short period of time.

There formed an extremely powerful army.

They are not going to invade with the invading army going south.

They actually wanted to avenge the Han who was killed by the Turks.

In the land of Youyun, no Han people are allowed to be killed, because the Han people are their good friends.

These are the Turks from the Land of Clouds.

This is the special rule of the Land of Clouds.

No matter who comes here, they are not allowed to oppress the Han people.

These Youzhou Turks have lived here for so long that they subconsciously regard themselves as Han Chinese.

They are Chinese!

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"So, in this case, how should we start with governance..."

In a temporary and simple house, Gu Tianya took a piece of chalk and wrote down the question on the blackboard.

Another class test.

His teaching philosophy has always been practical.

And the question he raised today is exactly the current situation in the entire Land of Clouds.

After writing this topic, Gu Tianya stopped disturbing the students. He walked to a small stove and stretched out his hands on it to warm his cold hands.

The weather is so cold that my fingers become stiff from the cold after writing with chalk for a while. It seems that we need to establish a formal college as soon as possible, otherwise both teachers and students will continue to suffer.

This extremely simple big house is the first school in Youzhou. Because Gu Tianya wants to teach in a large area, the school must be large enough. However, it is the cold season now, and it is impossible to teach in an open space. In that case

The students would be too cold to stand it, and Gu Tianya's physique would also be too cold to stand it.

So the Turks and Han people in the city worked together and spontaneously built this big house in extreme time.

It's a pity that it was built, but it was built too hastily.

It is impossible for such a huge school to be built in a short period of time. This big house is only supported by pillars one by one, and then the pillars are connected with wooden boards, although the larger gaps are all covered with glue.

There is mud, but those tiny gaps let in the cold wind all the time.

However, even so, the students are already full of enthusiasm.

Whenever Gu Tianya starts classes, the whole big room is densely packed with people, crowded and dark. There are immature children with snot bubbles in their noses, children of thirteen or fourteen years old, and even some burly ones.

A young man has the audacity to say that he is still sucking milk before he grows up, that he belongs to the category of children and can become a student.

Anyway, I just have to listen to the class, and I must listen to Mr. Gu’s lectures.

And every time at this time, countless parents come in waves. They spontaneously form human walls in circles, using their bodies to block the cold wind blowing into the big house.

These parents include both Turks and Han Chinese, and the ratio of their numbers is almost one to one.

While they were shielding their children from the cold wind, they could also hear Gu Tianya's lectures in the classroom, so whenever Gu Tianya asked a class question, occasionally a parent would be brave enough to answer.

Gu Tianya always has a gentle smile, and he will listen carefully to any parent's answer. If a parent answers well, he will often give a reward as an encouragement.

For example, when he asked another question today, parents were more enthusiastic than the children.

"Mr. Gu, I want to answer..."

This is a man with a Shandong accent. He is standing on the outside of the big house to block the cold wind. This man is relatively tall, but he still stands on tiptoes. He is clearly worried that Gu Tianya cannot see him, so he works hard

Make yourself stand out from the crowd.

Gu Tianya stood up, smiled gently at the man from a distance, and encouraged: "Tell me, what is your answer?"

The man quickly raised his head and chest, obviously taking a deep breath to encourage himself, and then he said loudly: "A young gentleman under your disciples told me that governance means implementing management policies. Mr. Gu's question just now

It’s ‘How to implement governance in the Land of Clouds’, and I just have something to say about this issue.”

"Then just say it boldly!"

Gu Tianya continued to encourage him with a warm smile, and even added: "If you answer well, I will invite you to drink a glass of wine with me. It is the kind of Gu's liquor that has been specially warmed. After drinking one glass, it will cause all the symptoms in your body."

Hot and comfortable.”

Gudu!

There were countless swallowing sounds all around.

The northern land is bitterly cold, and wine is a treasure. Therefore, both Han and Turkic people desire wine as much as they do food. Even women, if they have the opportunity, can drink it in three or two gulps if they have the opportunity.

Even if it’s a small fuss, half a pound and one pound still won’t affect work.

When the man heard that Gu Tianya wanted to reward him with wine, and even rewarded him for drinking with Gu Tianya, the man's face was filled with excitement and he couldn't help but shake.

He reluctantly restrained himself, and then spoke loudly, "I think this place in Youzhou is different from other places. The Han people in other places will be bullied by the Turks, but the Turks here in Youzhou regard us Han people as

Brothers."

He paused for a moment and then continued: "Mr. Gu, you may not know that the Turks here have saved many Han people. During the years of famine, the family did not have overnight food. When the children

When we are crying from hunger, there will always be Turks who come to the door with a bag of grain. After arriving, they don’t say anything, just throw the bag of grain on the ground, then turn around and leave, leading their horses to carry the load.

The food continued to go to another house to deliver food to the Han people, so no Han people have ever starved to death in Youzhou for so many years..."

He paused again when he said this, and for some reason his mood suddenly became depressed. He added with a bitter look on his face: "On the contrary, in my hometown, people starve to death every time there is a famine. Those rich households obviously

The granaries are full, but they refuse to take out a single grain. It would be fine if they were asked to give out grain to save their lives. The poor people have to sell their sons and daughters and their land. It is because I can no longer survive, so I came in the first few days.

I fled famine to Youzhou in 1999. Here, I can at least have enough to eat."

When he kept talking until this point, he still didn't answer Gu Tianya's question. However, Gu Tianya was not dissatisfied. Instead, he suddenly asked: "After you sold your children, wife and land, you no longer have anything."

Things can be sold, so you can't survive, so you come to Youzhou?"

"no!"

The man was excited, and then his face was full of pride, and he said loudly: "No matter how poor and miserable I am, I can't do that kind of thing like selling my son or daughter. My wife won't sell her either. She is pitiful enough if she follows me.

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Gu Tianya nodded, and suddenly raised a new question, saying: "Then why don't you go to Guan Nei to escape famine, but instead come to a bitter and cold place like Youzhou. You must know that Guan Nei has been the hinterland of the imperial court in the past dynasties, and there will be disasters every time.

A large number of victims have passed by, why don't you go? What's the reason?"

But he saw the man looking over from a distance, and suddenly asked Gu Tianya, "Mr. Gu, how are the people who fled the pass doing?"

Gu Tianya seemed to have known that he would ask this question, so he sighed sadly and said: "No!"

The man asked again, "Mr. Gu, have all the people who fled the pass survived?"

Many people present were startled, especially the young officials from aristocratic families who were teaching in the nearby school. Everyone knew that it was difficult to answer this man's question.

It’s not that the question is difficult, it’s that it’s difficult to answer.

I don’t know how Mr. Gu would answer.

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Chapter completed!