Three Kingdoms

Just as Zhang Liao was cleaning up the officials of the Duhu Mansion at the yamen of Xihai City, a guard came to report, "General, there were a few people kneeling outside the gate just now. I heard from them that they are the Central Military Academy of Xihai City. plead guilty. 』

  『Keep them waiting. Zhang Liao nodded slightly, and while giving instructions, he waved his hand to signal Zhang An to continue,

  If another person came, most of these military academies would not come to plead guilty so obediently.

  Zhang Liao was born in the north. In some respects, he is also a representative of the generals of Bingzhou. In addition, his military exploits are also illustrious. Most of the Bingzhou military academies have heard of him. Regardless of the fact that Zhang Liao has few people with him now, but with his own prestige and blessing, naturally in the Western Regions, he can hold down these soldiers and generals who were originally from Bingzhou and Liangzhou.

   And what's interesting is that Zhang Liao didn't bring many people with him, but it gave these soldiers a little hope. Because if the current military academies of soldiers in the Western Regions were really regarded as rebels, then it is obviously impossible for Zhang Liao to bring such a large number of soldiers. If the army arrives, it will be ominous if there is no blood. Without a sufficient amount of blood, it is not enough to comfort the desire of swords and guns.

  What Lu Bu did in the Western Regions, and Wei Xu's perverse actions, everyone still feels a little guilty. Most people, in fact, have more or less standards of good and evil in their hearts. The kind of extremely evil and extremely kind people are basically a minority. Therefore, most of these military academies who stayed in Xihai City knew what their problems were, but they were in the same boat before. If they didn't do these evil things, they would be tolerated by others, and if they didn't bribe their superiors, they would be dismissed. Under the circumstances, give up on yourself, or go with the light.

When Zhang Liao came, these military academies may not have been lucky. They felt that Zhang Liao might not be really cruel. After hearing that Zhang Liao summoned the officials of the Protectorate, they all stared at them intently until Zhang Liao killed Master Yan. After hanging the dead bodies on the city wall, there are only two roads left for these military academies.

   Mutiny, or apology.

  Whether resisting or fleeing, it means betrayal.

  Resistance, can you beat Zhang Liao? Those civil officials and scribes are not very clear about Zhang Liao's military strength, but these military academies basically know it in their hearts, and even many people have fought with Zhang Liao back then...

   Escape? Fleeing to Lv Bu's place and letting Lv Bu come to fight Zhang Liao seems to be a solution, but in fact it is even more unreliable. Zhang Liao had already killed Master Yan of the Protectorate's Mansion. He was a relative of Mrs. Lu Bu, which meant that Zhang Liao would not protect Lu Bu's face this time.

Another point is that most of those who are keen on collecting money, and those military academies who have a good relationship with Wei Xu, have followed Lu Bu and his party, and the rest of Xihai City are basically some relatively marginal figures. After discussing it, he came to plead guilty. This is the sorrow of the little people. If they don't work hard to fit in with the group, they will be squeezed out and bullied to the top, and they will have no chance to survive in the world. But if they really join forces, they will suffer inner torture. Just like those people who stood silently by the side during bullying in later generations, they neither participated nor had the courage to fight.

  Is such a person guilty? There are also some, but it is not a big evil, so in comparison, I would rather come to plead guilty than choose a rebellion that will completely lose my retreat.

   After all, Zhang Liao brought his scepter.

  The scepter bestowed by the great Han hussar general Xijing Shangshutai, as long as you are not a fool, you can know what it means.

Perhaps at some point, the hormones produced by killing people, or stimulated by hormones such as adrenaline, will produce a refreshing feeling of controlling the life and death of others and being superior, but now he stands taller and sees farther , and his mind is no longer on the one-acre three-point land, but when he followed Fei Qian to look at the farther goal, he naturally knew that majesty does not necessarily reflect how many people he killed.

  Of course, those who are as daring as Master Yan and Chen Sima, who refuse to admit their guilt, should be killed or killed as usual. Only by means of thunder can they appear merciful and valuable.

   Not long after, the civil servants in the Duhufu were basically finished.

   I dealt with it temporarily, after all, the time is too rushed.

Most of the people were involved in corruption and dereliction of duty. Except for those who were executed on the spot and killed on the spot, the others were followed according to the degree of guilt. Sweep away all the officials in the Duhufu.

   Of course, dealing with civil servants, arresting people and killing people is not the most difficult thing. The difficulty lies in how to deal with the backlog of documents and follow-up work after cleaning up these people...

   There are also military camps outside the city, which are also cancers that need to be broken.

  『Inspector Zhang, from today onwards, you will be in charge 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 more methodical and cautious, so he could entrust him with important tasks, "You can recruit helpers yourself, of course, the most important thing is to be safe and reliable..."

  Zhang An didn't seem excited because of his promotion, but was a little worried, "General, if it's a one-city affair in Xihai, it's fine, but it's all guards...but it's related to the Western Regions... I'm worried that I won't be able to handle it..."

  Zhang Liao nodded and said: "It's okay, Mr. Jia will send people to assist in the future. Supervisor Zhang will pass this period of time... I have to deal with military affairs, and I really don't have time to take care of the people's livelihood and politics. 』

   Zhang An was a little relieved, but he still didn't say he was ordered, but asked, "Dare to ask the general, what is the most important thing in Xihai City now?" Is it transporting military rations, or..." Zhang An is indeed very cautious, not only to determine the manpower, but also to ask Zhang Liao's arrangements for people's livelihood and political affairs, and those impetuous people who have not done anything yet want to say something , which is quite different.

   Zhang Liao pondered for a long time before he said slowly: "Nongmulberry is the most important thing! Organize farming and restore the fields! Gather young and strong men first and focus on spring plowing matters! 』

  At this moment, Zhang An showed a slight smile, and proudly cupped his hands and said: "The next official takes orders!" General please rest assured! 』

   Zhang An took the order and left.

  Zhang Liao looked at Zhang An's back, then silently looked in Chang'an's direction, sighed in a low voice, and after a while he shouted in a deep voice: "Let the kneeling guy outside get out!" 』

  Zhang Liao narrowed his eyes, wondering what he was thinking...

  …(她盘哦)…

  Chang'an.

  Da Hussar House.

   Feiqian sat on the top of the festival hall, Pang Tong and Xun You sat on the left and right, and Guo Tu and Feng Ji were below them.

  In addition to Xun You on behalf of Shang Shutai, Pang Tong on behalf of the Secretariat and Youwen Division, and two functional departments, the Senate and the Examination Division, attended the meeting as nonvoting delegates. In the Senate, Guo Tu got what he wanted, and performed well in the process of promulgating related laws such as the merit examination department, so he won the title of the long-awaited director of the Senate. Feng Ji was also promoted by half a level, and was transferred to be the false director of the newly established examination department.

   This meeting was naturally held specifically for the affairs of the Western Regions.

"The Protectorate of the Western Regions was built from Marquis Miao. It lasted for eighteen years, and then died due to rebellion..." Fei Qian said slowly, "After Xiao Guangwu, there are three unique and three links. I heard it for the first time. Feeling its ups and downs, soldiers and generals all have great courage, but now thinking about it carefully, it is a little inappropriate...』

The Western Han Dynasty established the Protectorate of the Western Regions 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 a major mistake in dealing with some problems, which led to the Xiongnu's re-invasion of the Western Regions. It was finally lost at the end of the Western Han Dynasty. Control of the Western Regions.

   During the past 70 years, the Great Han Dynasty has actually established a good foundation in the Western Regions, but it is a pity that after the fall of the Western Han Dynasty, the Eastern Han Dynasty did not inherit the legacy of the Western Regions, but lost it. Although it is said that the Eastern Han Dynasty was not without effort at all, and there were also stories of ups and downs and exciting twists and turns like "Three Wonders and Three Links" in history, but compared with the stability of the Western Han Dynasty, there was a lot of difference. The important thing is, as Fei Qian said, during the process, the Eastern Han Dynasty lost the assets of the Western Regions it had originally conquered...

   This is the most regrettable point.

  After the establishment of the Eastern Han Dynasty in Guangwu, the countries in the Western Regions still had a lot of hearts for the great Han. Coupled with the excessive expropriation of the Northern Huns, the countries in the Western Regions repeatedly sent envoys to request their internal vassals, and asked to restore the establishment of the Western Regions.

  It’s just a pity that the Eastern Han Dynasty itself couldn’t take care of it at that time. The Eastern Han Dynasty’s regime had just been established, and its political and economic conditions were in devastation. Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu refused with the excuse of “the world was initially determined, and foreign affairs were not successful.”

It can be seen from this 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 buttocks, the Eastern Han Dynasty did not pay as much attention to external enemies as the Western Han Dynasty did, but The main energy was put on consolidating internal rule and restoring the economy.

This is actually not wrong, but from the perspective of the military operations of the Eastern Han Dynasty to re-open the Western Regions, Emperor Guangwu's "cautious external" attitude as the first emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty may have doomed the Eastern Han Dynasty on the issue of the Western Regions. Can't reach the height of shoulder to shoulder with the Western Han Dynasty.

  The Eastern Han Dynasty tried to reopen the Western Regions for the first time, but it was actually very simple. Geng Bing and Dou Gu brought about 14,000 people and defeated them. Besides, Dou Gu is more of a person who came for gold plating, so after he hit Che Shi, even if he completed the mission, he never thought about continuing to march deep into the Western Regions, and then quickly set up the Western Regions Protectorate and Wuji School Wei, self-proclaimed that he had completed the recovery of the Western Regions, and generously wrote in the Qing History that "the Western Regions have been self-extinct for sixty years, and it has been restored." 』

It is equivalent to mobilizing 14,000 people, beating up a boy who was the closest to the big man, and was eager to set up a flag, leaving two red sticks to watch the hall, but the next year Geng Bing and Dou Gu just walked away , Other countries in the Western Regions counterattacked, and then cut off again.

   The momentum was huge, and it turned out to be opened for one year.

  As for the second uniqueness, second connection, three uniqueness and three connections, strictly speaking, they are not the credit of the Eastern Han court. Because at that time, the Eastern Han Dynasty directly gave up its jurisdiction over the Western Regions. First, it revoked the Wuji Colonel, and the next year it issued an edict to withdraw all the garrisons in the Western Regions. Among these garrisons, there is a remarkable figure, Ban Chao.

Ban Chao was on the withdrawal list of the imperial court, but on the way of withdrawing troops, 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 imperial court to support his proposal to manage the Western Regions On the other hand, they sent troops to defeat the rebellious Shache and Shule.

   Then how many soldiers and horses did the court give Ban Chao?

   Eight hundred soldiers.

  So it should also be called "Ban Babai".

   As for the other pawns, maybe, but probably not. Because if there were other supporting soldiers, it wouldn't be a pitiful "Eight Hundred" in Qing History. Then the Eastern Han Dynasty almost left Ban Chao in the Western Regions. It was not until Ban Chao defeated the Dayue Clan in the Western Regions that the Eastern Han court was shocked.

  Because Da Yueshi was commanding 70,000 people to fight the Western Regions at that time, but was defeated by Ban Chao! In this form, the Eastern Han Dynasty quickly appointed Ban Chao as the Protector of the Western Regions, and Xu Qian as the Chief History of the Western Regions...

   Then, not long after, he ordered to transfer Banchao back to China.

   As a result, once Ban Chao left, the Western Regions were in chaos again. Later, the Western Qiang rebelled, and the Western Regions were cut off naturally.

   Waiting for the third time, it was Ban Chao's son Ban Yong who stood up. When the states of the Western Regions heard that the son of a hot man was coming, they showed their force again, so the states of the Western Regions quickly surrendered...

  But how did the Eastern Han Dynasty repay Ban Yong in the end?

Because during the attack on Yuanmeng, Ban Yong and Dunhuang prefect Zhang Lang split into two groups, and agreed to meet at the foot of Yuanmeng City, but Zhang Lang took the first step to capture Yuanmeng, and it turned out that Ban Yong failed his time and was imprisoned. He was dismissed from office, and later Ban Yong died of old age at home.

why?

   Logically speaking, Yuan Meng has already been defeated, since the goal has been accomplished, shouldn't it be enough?

no.

  Because Ban Yong was able to mobilize more than 30,000 soldiers and horses in the Western Regions at that time.

  After the death of Ban Yong, the Western Qiang was in chaos. In the period of Emperor Han Ling, 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 many people who are loyal to the Han perish, and those who rebel against the Han are spared. As one declines and the other grows, they become more perverse and paranoid, and it is difficult to tame them. ”Fei Qian made a general summary of the previous three unique and three links, “I am more afraid of the outside and stricter than the inside. How can the Western Regions not fail? Just like Wusun, who used to be close friends and formed many good alliances, but easily abandoned them, broke his promises and forgot his promises. Wusun asked for help several times, but ignored them. It is also a warning. 』

   Of course, this is not entirely the fault of the Eastern Han emperor.

Because after the Eastern Han Dynasty, the land issue had not been resolved, the gap between the rich and the poor and class monopoly had not been improved much, and even after a short recovery of the economy, they fell into mutual struggle within the class, leaving the court with no time to care about others. The policy towards the Western Regions is relatively passive and conservative, and often vacillates, which leads to the continuous decline of the authority and prestige of the Central Dynasty in the Western Regions, and Wusun is gradually drifting away from the great Han.

Similar to Wusun, most of the people from the Western Regions who were leaning towards the big Han at the beginning died after several times of back and forth. Within the suppression of the local area, those who have malicious intentions towards the big man can get a certain amount of pardon when the big man resumes opening the Western Regions.

   To put it simply, the good people in the Western Regions died a lot, 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 the Tianshan Mountains. If Wusun was opened up, then there would be a chance to reach Lake Balkhash along the Ili River, and then use Lake Balkhash as a springboard to aim at further far away...

  Of course, this is Fei Qian's idea. As for whether he can reach that point in the future, it is unknown.

  『The second disadvantage of the Western Regions is that the power is improper and the name does not match the reality. Fei Qian continued, "Within the Western Regions, the Governor of the Western Regions, Lieutenant of Wuji, General Shi, Captain of Xiaoqi, etc., the authority is unknown, the number of soldiers is unknown, and the distance of the jurisdiction is unknown. They are awarded today. It will be withdrawn tomorrow. In the four hundred years since the Han Dynasty, no one has customized it! The Western Regions are as big as Jiaozhi? Is it sad, sad? 』

  The big man has seriously divided into several counties and counties for Jiaozhi, while the Western Regions have been perfunctory from beginning to end. Even during the 70 years of relative stability in the Western Han Dynasty, there was no division and governance of counties in the Western Regions.

  How many Han Chinese live in Cochin? In fact, not many. There are no other states in Cochin, and there are also many Zhanren tribes, and even Zhanren countries. But with regard to Jiaozhi, the attitude of 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?

  So in the Western Regions, it is very embarrassing to reflect a kind of extreme disharmony caused by the great difference between the fait accompli of the ruling and administrative practice of the Western Regions Protectorate and the basis of its legal constraints.

   If it is said that the big man was unable to establish a stable institution in the Western Regions because of repeated seesaws with the Huns, it seems reasonable on the surface, but it is not the case in fact. In the era when the Xiongnu ruled the Western Regions, due to the limitations of the primary state form of the Huns' own tribal alliance, its control over the cities and walls of the Western Regions was only governed by a boy servant captain sent by the Rizhu King. This boy servant Duwei may have certain simple subordinates and soldiers under his jurisdiction. The details are not very clear, but it is recorded that the boy servant Duwei "often lives in Yanqi, Weixu, and Weili, and pays taxes to all countries. Wealth to Yan", that is, it can be clearly defined that this organization is floating, not a fixed point.

Judging from the Huns' social structure, production relations, and way of life, etc., it is doomed that this boy servant captain can only be similar to nomadic nature. more profound lasting effects.

  This point can be proved from the excavation of the remains of the Western Regions in later generations.

   Most of the government offices and reclamation institutions found in the Western Regions at this stage of the Han Dynasty are basically Chinese imprints, and almost none belong to the Xiongnu. After Li Guangli conquered Dawan, "As far as the salt water in the west, there are often pavilions. In Luntou, there were hundreds of field soldiers, and they sent envoys to protect the fields and accumulate millet for foreign envoys. 』

   When Fei Qian said this, he sighed loudly.

  Fei Qian felt that it was a pity.

   These early colonial strongholds of the Han Dynasty have gone through four hundred years, but they have not been able to form effective legal practices...

  If the Han Dynasty could establish the colonial system in the early days, why wait until the sun never sets in later generations? !