Chapter 22: Discussions

After hearing A Dou's words, Pu Lin lowered his head and didn't speak for a long time. A Dou could feel that Pu Lin was constantly weighing the pros and cons in his heart.

Adou was not in a hurry, sat there quietly, waiting for Pu Lin. After about half an hour, Pu Lin said, "My benefactor, I think I'd better tell you about the situation of the Di people."

"Please tell me." Adou also wanted to know what happened to the Di people.

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Although our eleven tribes are independent tribes, they all need to obey Fu Jian's orders in major matters. Especially in military matters, they must obey Fu Jian's wishes." Pu Lin said here and paused slightly, and then said: "So if our di tribe wants to send troops, Fu Jian needs to nod his head to agree! I, the Pu family alone, cannot make this decision. However, if my benefactor needs it, I will go to the royal tribe tomorrow and mention this matter to Fu Jian."

"Mr. Pu, on the way I came, you Di people were oppressed by the Qiang people in every way, and we Han people were often attacked by the Qiang people. Now it is a good opportunity for the Han people and the Di people. If we can destroy the main force of the Qiang people in one fell swoop, it will be very beneficial to me, both the Han people and you Di people. As the saying goes, the two benefits will be beneficial. Fu Jian should not refuse to agree to this win-win situation!" A Dou said tentatively.

"It's hard to say!" Pu Lin shook his head: "My benefactor, I'm not to hide it. I have followed Fu Jian for many years, but I still don't understand him. I can't guarantee whether Fu Jian will agree."

Seeing A Dou's eyebrows half a sad face, Pu Lin hesitated for a moment, and then said: "My grandfather once said that my family of Pu must repay the kindness of that year! Now that my benefactor comes with this golden sword token, I, Pu Lin, should try his best to promote this matter, but this matter is a major event that concerns the life and death of our Di clan... Well, this... we still have to consider it carefully..."

Adou nodded: "I also know that it is a bit abrupt to tell you about this matter directly. However, now Cheriji's army is dragged in Liangzhou, and the road is far away from the rear. It is the best time to attack. Such a good time, you must not miss it, and you will never come again..."

"What my benefactor said is, I am just worried that if Cheriji escapes, it will be very unfavorable to us Di people. The Qiang people are far away from Liangzhou and close to our Di people. If Cheriji escapes, they will definitely come to retaliate against us, the closer Di people in the future."

"You don't have to worry about this! Now all the elites of the Qiang people are in Liangzhou. If you Di tribe are really willing to send troops to help, you will cooperate with us and attack the Qiang people. Even if Cheliji is lucky enough to escape, you can destroy 70% or 80% of the elites of the Qiang people. In this way, the strength of the Qiang people is greatly reduced, leaving only some old, weak, disabled soldiers and women and children, and their troops will be far less than your Di tribe. At that time, the Qiang people were too late to hide from afar, so how could they take revenge on you?" A Dou said.

"My benefactor said it is reasonable..." Pu Lin's eyes shone in his eyes, and he seemed to be a little moved, but then Pu Lin's expression became serious.

"My benefactor, this is not enough! Even if the Qiang people have declined, our Di people's life is still difficult. Now the Western Regions are surrounded by powerful enemies. Near Gaochang, there are Cheshi front and Cheshi back. They have always wanted to get involved here. There is Kucha Kingdom in the west and Wusun Kingdom in the northwest. These two countries have been trying to invade our Di people's land for many years, and there is Congqi Qiang in the south. Although Congqi Qiang has no contact with Cheliji, they are also considered Qiang people... Now the Qiang people are powerful, and Cheliji has hundreds of thousands of soldiers under their command, so countries such as Cheshi, Wusun, and Kucha dare not come here. However, once the Qiang people are finished, these countries that are already ready to move will definitely not let us go! If we include the Jie people who have just moved east, it will be difficult for us to resist by our Di people alone!" Pu Lin said.

After hearing this, Adou frowned slightly, and could not have imagined that the situation in the Western Regions was so complicated. Among the countries mentioned by Pu Lin just now, Che Shi and Kucha were both vassal states of the Han Dynasty and were managed by the Western Region Protectorate. However, the political situation was turbulent at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the Han court was no longer able to take care of the Western Regions Protectorate, so Che Shi and Kucha are now in an independent state.

As for the Wusun Kingdom, it was a great country in the Western Regions, and it was also the Shu Kingdom of the Han Dynasty. Wusun and Yuezhi fought for many years, and the two sides could be considered to have a victory or defeat. The Han Dynasty established diplomatic relations with Wusun after Zhang Qian took the mission to the Western Regions. At that time, Emperor Wu of Han implemented a policy of marriage in order to win over Wusun and resist the Huns.

Wusun's Cup of Dec was called Kunmi. At that time, Emperor Wu of Han's marriage was actually not in good intentions. After Emperor Wu defeated the Huns, Princess Jieyou, who married in the Han Dynasty, used a trick to separate the Wusun royal family, and eventually divided Wusun into the two tribes of Da Kunmi and Xiao Kunmi. Since then, Wusun began to decline. During the reign of Emperor Huan, Wusun was destroyed by the Xianbei leader Tan Shihuai. However, the so-called thin Luo Tong was greater than Ma, and Wusun was still a very powerful existence in the Western Regions.

The onion Qiang mentioned by Pu Lin is also a branch of the Qiang people. However, unlike the Qiang people in the Western Regions of Liangzhou, these onion Qiang live south of Kunlun Mountain, with Kunlun Mountain as the boundary, and are divided and governed with Cheliji. On weekdays, there is not much contact between the Qiang people in the two sides.

The Jie people are a nation that migrated from West Asia. The Jie people before were also rampant in the Western Regions. However, since the Jie people died in Yongzhou, the Jie people near the Western Regions have also restrained a lot.

As Pu Lin said, the Western Regions are currently in a balanced situation. Although Wusun, Cheshi, and Kucha have long wanted to capture more territory and strive for more living space, the Qiang people are of great power, and the hundreds of thousands of Qiang people led by Cheriji can fight well. Therefore, the Western Regions can only be envious and dare not take any deviant actions. Although the Di people have to pay a lot of food to the Qiang people every year and are bullied by the Qiang people, they can be protected by the Qiang people. With the Qiang people there, the Western Regions will not cause trouble for the Di people.

Once the strength of the Qiang people is greatly damaged, the countries in the Western Regions will definitely not miss this good opportunity. At that time, the Di people will face the attacks of the Western Regions. Because of this, the Di people have to rely on the Qiang people. The Di people and the Qiang people can be regarded as a relationship of losing their lips and cold teeth.

After looking at Pu Lin, A Dou also realized the contradiction in Pu Lin's heart. The Qiang people's exploitation of the Di people had already made the Di people hate it, but if there were no Qiang people, the Di people would be attacked by the restless neighbors around. In comparison, with Qiang people, the Di people could only have little peace of mind, and if there were no Qiang people, the Di people would probably be able to maintain a strong land.

"Oh..." Pu Lin sighed lightly and continued, "Speaking of this, there is no way to have the best of both worlds. I have a way to eliminate the Qiang people, and I don't have to worry about the invasion of the countries in the Western Regions in the future."

"Is there really a way to have the best of both worlds?" A Dou asked anxiously.

"My benefactor, there is a way, but I would like to ask first, did you come from Chang'an?" Pu Lin asked.

"But I came from Chang'an."

"I also know that there are two emperors, Wei, Shu, Wu, and Cao Pi and Liu Bei in the Central Plains. I heard that Liu Bei has occupied Yongzhou now, which means that you are an official under Liu Bei's command?" Pu Lin continued to ask.

"Well..." As Adou nodded and admitted, he asked, "Is this method of best of both worlds related to this?"

"Of course it's related! But please forgive me and ask again, what official position is my benefactor under Liu Bei?"

"Official position?" A Dou thought for a moment. The official system of the Han Dynasty, from the highest three dukes and nine ministers to the lowest county officials, was not himself. This emperor should not be considered an official! In this way, A Dou became without an official position.

"What do I do when I am in office? Although I have no official position, I have the greatest power." A Dou thought to myself.

Suddenly, A Dou understood Pu Lin's intention. The greater the official position, the greater the power. Pu Lin's method of "The Best of Both Worlds" involves things that are likely to be something that ordinary messengers can make decisions, and perhaps it is of great importance. Therefore, Pu Lin needs a person with a high position and a high position and a powerful position to make decisions. It is precisely this way that Pu Lin will ask himself about his official position.

After this, Adou smiled slightly: "Mr. Pu, please rest assured that no matter how big or small the matter is, you can make a decision."

"Take it seriously?" Pu Lin looked at A Dou with some disbelief. In Pu Lin's opinion, A Dou was just a young man under twenty years old, and what he was about to say was too much. A twenty-year-old man, no matter how high the official position, could he make such an important decision.

"My benefactor, this matter is of great importance!" Pu Lin said.

"Mr. Pu said that, I can handle the big things too." Adou said confidently.

"My benefactor, don't be too arrogant. This matter is that your emperor is here, and I'm afraid you will have to frown a few times!"

"Oh? Really? I'm more interested in listening. Tell me quickly, what's the best of both worlds?"

"Oh, okay, I'll just say it!" Pu Lin's face rose a little solemn, and then he said, "It's okay to let us Di people send troops to attack Qiang people, but your Han emperor wants to give us Di people a way out."

"Live? What's the way to live? Aren't you doing well now?"

"Hahaha, benefactor, I just said that the Western Regions are surrounded by powerful enemies, and the Qiang people oppress us Di people in every way. Our Di people's life is quite difficult! So what I am talking about is to hope that your emperor will agree to let us Di people live in the Central Plains."

"That's all?" Adou was slightly surprised. In Adou's opinion, this was not a very difficult thing.

At that time, both Cao Cao and Liu Bei migrated to the Central Plains. The Di people themselves are farming people, and they will not be uncomfortable after coming to the Central Plains.

Although there are many Di people nowadays, A Dou is not afraid of the number of people coming. If there are more people, spend more time to migrate. In the era of cold weapons, the population will be fought, and the more people the better. What's more, the Di people will farm and provide a lot of military rations to the Shu army. After moving these Di people to the Central Plains, they will let them go to farm. Anyway, the reason is that the number of people in war is severely lost, and there is a lot of idle land, especially Yongzhou, which urgently needs population supplementation. Let these Di people go to farm, which is exactly what A Dou wants.

"Okay, I agree." Adou agreed immediately.

"Wait a minute, I haven't finished speaking." Pu Lin continued: "We Di people went to live in the Central Plains. Your emperor wants to give us enough land to cultivate, but we will not be garrisoners!"

"Don't be a garrison!" Hearing these four words, A Dou frowned.

Pu Lin was right. The conditions he offered were really frowning even Emperor Adou after hearing this.

It was not difficult for the Di people to live in the Central Plains and to cultivate land, but the Di people refused to be a garrison, which made Adou a little embarrassed.

Since Cao Cao achieved good results in the military farming industry, a trend of military farming in the Central Plains has been experiencing a military farming atmosphere in a very short period of time. The princes from all directions have begun to recruit refugees to conduct civilian farming, and some soldiers have also been arranged to go to military farming.

The residents of the garrison are different from ordinary farmers. The land and even farm tools are provided by the government, so the garrison does not have their own land, while ordinary farmers own their own land. It is precisely because of this difference that the garrison people demanded much higher tax grain than ordinary farmers. For example, the early garrison people of Cao Cao had to pay 65% ​​to 80% of the harvest every year as tax grain, while the garrison troops paid more, even 90%. As for ordinary farmers, they only needed to pay 30% of the tax grain.

At the same time, many places also implement quasi-military management of the residents of the garrison, and all farming matters were arranged by the military farmer. For example, Deng Ai was a minor official under the military farmer's command. Compared with ordinary farmers, the residents' lives were much worse. When it comes to status, the residents were not as good as those farmers who own land.

When A Dou defeated the Southern Barbarians, he allowed the barbarians to farm in Yizhou. In fact, those barbarians were also used as garrisons. A Dou's original plan was to deal with these Di people as garrisons.

The Di people did not serve as garrisons, which means they wanted to give the Di people land for nothing. At the same time, the annual tax and grain revenue would be doubled. The productivity of hundreds of thousands of strong men would be doubled at once, which made Adou feel a little sad. After all, it is a war era, and the more food you have, the more chance of winning.

Another point is that the Di people do not serve as garrisons, which means they cannot use the management of garrisons to manage the Di people's immigration. After all, these Di people are alien races, and their living habits are still very different from those of the Han people. Hundreds of thousands of aliens came to Yongzhou at once. If they were left free, they would definitely cause chaos.

Alas, I can't bear to leave my child trapped and not look for a wolf. If I promise Pu Lin, I can at least have tax and grain revenue. Although it is twice as low, it is better than not. What's more, I can recruit these Di people to join the army and replenish the soldiers! Thinking of this, A Dou nodded reluctantly and said, "Okay, I can agree to this."

"Ah!" Pu Lin was surprised this time. The condition just now was equivalent to elevating the Di people to the same status as the Han people, and even vaguely surpassing some Han people's garrisons. Not to mention whether this condition is harsh, it is because the Di people do not serve as a civil servant, and at least a head-level figure in a country can agree to it. The young man in front of him just frowned and then agreed.

"Who is this young man? Is he lying to me in a bluff?" Pu Lin thought came to his mind.

"I'll try again!" Thinking of this, Pu Lin continued: "There is another point, that is, we will exempt our Di people from taxes within three years."

"Tax exemption? Or three years!" This time, Adou was really jealous.

That was hundreds of thousands of productivity, and Yongzhou was originally very suitable for planting. The food collected from Yongzhou's three years of taxes was enough for the 100,000 troops of the Shu army to launch a year-on-year war.

"Three years are too many, at most one year!" Adou began to bargain.

"No, it's too small a year. We have hundreds of thousands of tribes. If we want to move all to the Central Plains, we have to consume a lot of food on the way. We will inevitably have three years of taxes, and we will not be able to relieve ourselves even if we arrive in the Central Plains." Pu Lin continued.

A Dou thought about it, but what Pu Lin said was the truth. Hundreds of thousands of men, women, young and old are not as good as soldiers. It took several months for soldiers to go from the Western Regions to Yongzhou. If these old and weak are added, the marching speed will be even slower. Think about when Liu Bei escaped from Xinye, he would only walk thirty miles a day even if he was desperately rushing along. It was such a long road from the Western Regions to Yongzhou, and it would take thirty miles a day to reach Yongzhou!

"I have thought of a way for you. You can first move some people to Yongzhou, and then use the food grown by the people who came to Yongzhou to supply later people. In this way, everyone will not have to go hungry, but this will be a little longer. As for the exemption of three years of taxes... I think this way, you Di people will be exempted from two years from the time they arrived in Yongzhou, and the tax will be halved in the third year, and the tax will be collected normally in the fourth year, but I will not be responsible for the food and grass consumed during the migration. How about this?" A Dou said this and then said, "As for the specific plan, I will find someone to discuss in detail after I return to Yongzhou."

Even if A Dou has 1,700 years of advanced experience in internal affairs such as immigration, he is still far inferior to Zhuge Liang in some details. Zhuge Liang still has to find a way to do such a large-scale immigration. A Dou is also preparing to hand over the immigration matter to Zhuge Liang when he returns to Yongzhou.

Pu Lin thought about it for about a stick of incense before nodding reluctantly: "It's good. With these conditions, I'm 70% sure to convince Fu Jian to send troops tomorrow."
Chapter completed!