Chapter 165: The Chinese people in the Western Regions

Zhe Congyuan and Yang Ren were all surprised when they heard that they were asked to go to Luntai.

Zhang Mai said: "What, do you think it's hard?"

Yang Ren hurriedly said: "Luntai is thousands of miles away, and these 300,000 of us are all people in Hedong..."

"Hedong? Can Hedong still go back now?" Zhang Mai said: "After talking, it's still difficult."

Yang Ren said: "This... is traveling thousands of miles apart, and I'm afraid there will be fugitives on the road."

Zhang Mai said: "Although it is thousands of miles away, from Liangzhou to Yizhou, the whole journey has been peaceful. When you migrate, you can receive food every time you go to a state. Three hundred thousand people are just like a marching. It only takes a few months of hardship. There is no enemy along the way, and there is no danger. When you arrive in Yizhou, you can cross the Tianshan Mountains and reach Luntai in just ten or half a month. It is farther away, but in fact the water and grass are very rich, and it can be farmed or herded, not worse than Hedong, and much better than Taunan. Of course, if you travel west, there are military and civilians who are willing to stay along the way, and there is a place to accept it in the local area, it is okay to stay. But you cannot keep it privately. You must leave a file stub, otherwise you will be treated as refugees and thieves when you escape elsewhere and you will be sold to serfs, and I will not care about it. When the Central Plains is pacified, I will still arrange for you to come back."

After hearing Zhang Mai's arrangement, Yang Ren promised to come back. Thinking about his younger brother's position in the Tiance Army, he was very pleased. It was unlikely that Zhang Mai would not deceive him, so he agreed.

Zhe Congyuan's eyes were farther than Yang Ren, and asked, "If we arrive at Luntai, the generals there will make other arrangements, what should we do then?"

Zhang Mai smiled and said, "General Zhe, you are here to return to the new general. I can also see that you are not a person who is greedy for comfort and does not want to make progress. The Luntai is actually a place to use force! It is because I am interested in this point that I feel at ease that you will be able to command these 300,000 people to travel thousands of miles west. If someone else is replaced, I am not at ease. As for the general who has other arrangements after he arrives at Luntai, then the general needs to fight for it himself. The general is also a famous general of the Mansion. Do you still need to take care of me like a wet nurse?"

Zhe Congyuan was excited by Zhang Mai, with his eyebrows raised, and said with a sigh: "What the Marshal said is, but Congyuan is wrong. Since he is respected by the Marshal, Zhe Congyuan promised to bring all these 300,000 people to Luntai safely!"

Zhang Mai shook his hand and said, "General, it's only been a few months since he went there, but after success, there will be an additional Yangfeng monument on the northwest border!"

Zhe Congyuan and Yang Ren immediately bowed and received the order. Zhang Mai said again: "The general returned from the north and humiliated the Khitan. Can there be any one who is angry and defeated among the 300,000 people?"

Zhe Congyuan said angrily: "The marshal will stop talking about this matter. If he mentions this matter, then all my 300,000 people will not want to travel west. I really hope to repay this humiliation of defeat in the war!"

Zhang Mai said: "It is not necessary to stay 300,000 people. I promise you to leave some warriors to take revenge on behalf of 300,000 people. With 1,500 people as the upper limit, this team will be the commander of the auxiliary country. I will give them a chance this Eastern Expedition, but if it is not the brave and brave people who dare to die, there is no need to shed them."

Zhe Congyuan said, "Thank you for your accomplishment!" Then he took Zhe Congshi. There were Zhe in the south area, Yang's sons joined the army, and there were many brave people in Hedong. This time, the defeat was actually due to insufficient organizational training. After hearing the news, there were tens of thousands of people willing to stay for death and humiliation. Zhe Congyuan picked out 1,500 people from 300,000 people. That was really one in a hundred and handed over to Zhe Congshi. Most of these people had heard of Zhe Congshi's name. Seeing that he was a general, a child of the Zhe family, a sect in Hedong, he was his own people, and he was the pride of the village, and he was willing to accept his leadership.

Zhe Congshi brought these 1,500 people to see Zhang Mai. Yang Xin saw that these people were all like wolves and tigers, and he was envious. Zhang Mai was also very happy and sent out brand new armor, weapons, war horses, and this equipment. The entire army was immediately renewed!

Zhe Congyuan saw that Zhang Mai was armed with these 1,500 people so much and handed them over to his younger brother to command, so he felt relieved and said goodbye to Zhang Mai on the west trip, with Zheng Wei arranged it all the way.

After taking over Wei Renpu's military clerk work, Fan Zhi took everything in an orderly manner - his ability in this regard was originally not inferior to Wei Renpu. At this time, Xiao Gui and Cao Sui felt that he had enough energy to do it. Zhang Mai had just returned from the west, and the things he needed to deal with were like mountains and seas. If someone changed him, he would have to be too big to break up! Even Zheng Wei's ability was like this, he believed that Zhang Mai could not handle so many things on the way to the east.

Unexpectedly, Fan Zhi was really capable, and his ability to manage documents was still above Zheng Wei. For the pile of documents, he could remember the roughly one glance at the pile of documents. He could sort out all kinds of events, use his hands at the same time, simplifying the complexity, and simplifying the mountain documents into dozens of concise questions. Although Zhang Mai led the army, Guo Wei was in charge of the actual command affairs, and there were many gaps in time. During the three or four days from Liangzhou to Baishan Shu, Fan Zhi always waited for an opportunity to ask. In addition, Zhang Mai took out three hours at night, and actually handled the pile of government, military, tribe and academic affairs almost exactly!

Zheng Wei was shocked after receiving the reply in Liangzhou. Zhang Mai was also very convinced of Fan Zhi's ability. He repeatedly claimed that Xu Wei Renpu had recommended someone. He ignored everyone's discussion and immediately wanted to promote Fan Zhichao. However, although Fan Zhi had the intention to take refuge in Tiance, it had only been less than a month since he actually joined. At this time, the official position Zhang Mai was about to be appointed was so great that he was comparable to Zhang Yi. Even Lu Jialing said: "Although Fan Wensu is trustworthy, he has been promoted too quickly, and he is afraid that everyone will be dissatisfied."

Zhang Mai said: "We are all in the pioneering stage, and we don't have to be senior. Fan Wensu is both trustworthy and capable, so why don't he get to power? King Wen of Zhou promoted Jiang Ziya on the shore of the Wei River, and he didn't hear that he could do it step by step from low to high."

Seeing Zhang Mai trusting him so much, Fan Zhi was very grateful, but then he paused and said, "Thanks to the marshal's kindness, although Fan Zhi can't repay him for his death, the laws of the Tang Dynasty have gradually been established. We cannot be a minister and disrupt the world's system, and then the hope of those who are later."

Zhang Mai said: "If the name is not correct, the words are not smooth. I used you just a trial, but now it seems that you are absolutely capable and competent, so there are some more confidential things to discuss with you. If you don't have a formal official title and just a "military document", it will be easier to attract people. Besides, you were originally a Jinshi, and I was about to reorganize the country of Jiuzhou, but I did not regard the Central Plains towns outside Hexi as outsiders. I also admit your qualifications under Li Congke."

Fan Zhi said: "Even so, it should not be too fast."

Zhang Mai pondered for a moment and asked, "Does my old Tang Dynasty have undefined official positions that are available for confidential consultation?"

Fan Zhi thought for a while and said, "He has the position of Hanlin Bachelor, and he is the Supreme One who drafts urgent edicts and uses secret plans for the staff. Although he has no rank, he is very close to him!"

Zhang Mai was overjoyed and said, "Hanlin Bachelor, this is good! You are a Jinshi, so it's just right to do this! Then build the Hanlin Academy, and you and Wei Renpu as the bachelor's degree in charge of the official position. You draft a charter and then hand it over to the rear review station for approval."

Fan Zhi stopped refusing and kowtowed and thanked him.

After this incident, his relationship with Zhang Mai was closer, and he dared to speak up when he had some words. After passing Baishan Shu, before he could reach the road by the Yellow River, Fan Zhi looked for an opportunity: "The Marshal arranged 300,000 people in Tanan to Luntai, and probably not just let them eat there."

Zhang Mai said: "After expanding the territory, the second step is to immigrate to the real border. After Emperor Wu of Han opened the Western Regions, he immediately started doing this. Although the public was filled with grievances, China was able to own the Western Regions for thousands of years. Although several times, it still could still occupy the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains again, but it was all due to the immigration to the real borders. I remember a saying in ancient books that there is a saying that there are people and land, and there are wealth! If you cannot immigrate after expanding the territory, then the territory will be fake. Even if you make a temporary profit, it will not last long.

While immigrating, the Hu-Han was transformed into Han, and both hands were carried out at the same time, so that the western territory would be stable. After the Battle of Luntai, the northern foothills of the Tianshan Mountains were more empty than before. This time, I transferred many lower-class people from all over the country to Hezhong, which made the western region of Longyou more severe. Therefore, immigration was urgently needed to fill the gaps in these populations. In addition, a group of Han people were also needed to move over to India, otherwise even if Guo Bian could conquer the entire India, his descendants would become Brahmins in decades."

Fan Zhi said: "Therefore, 300,000 people guarding Luntai is not a temporary move."

Zhang Mai said: "The people of the Central Plains are relocated and refuse to leave their hometowns at any time. If they tell them to live in the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains for a long time, I am afraid that more than half of them will escape without going to Yizhou. So this time I actually coaxed them to go there. In fact, the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains is rich and the soil is really not worse than that of Hedong. They are scattering there, but there are only benefits and no harm."

Fan Zhi said: "This is not a deception, this is the benevolence of the saint king."

Zhang Mai laughed and said, "You who read Confucian books can speak, and Ma Xiaochun often pleases me, but his words always seem crude and unpretentious."

Fan Zhi said seriously: "I am not flattering, but to be honest. If the marshal's will is to harm the people, then I will advise and block it even if I try my best to take my blood."

Zhang Mai said again: "Luntai must be fulfilled. Kucha, Shule, Guazhou, and Ningyuan, which have just been transferred hundreds of thousands of people, must also be fulfilled, and the same goes for the Zaiye. Now our Tang Dynasty is in an upward period. All stubborn people have been driven away, all ethnic groups are willing to naturalize, and all religions have also moved their doctrines to our China. If hundreds of thousands of people have been used as the backbone, they are intermarried with them, and while advising them to educate them, the hundreds of thousands of people can become millions in one or two generations, and in a hundred years, the Chinese people will be all over the Western Regions! These hundreds of thousands of people are indispensable seeds in the Western Regions. As for the Central Plains, if these hundreds of thousands are missing, they are like a pool of spring water and a bowl is poured out. Even if there is an impact, it is easy to make up for it."

Fan Zhi said: "It's just that Taonan and Hedong are important places, so you should not be too empty."

Zhang Mai smiled and said, "That's simple. In a few years, find a reason to immigrate from Jiangnan and Bashu to the north. It's easy to immigrate from Jiangnan to Hedong, but it's difficult to immigrate from the Central Plains to the Western Regions. I guess when I die, my descendants will lose the courage!"

Originally, the population density in Jiangnan was not as high as that of later generations. There were more households in Shandong and Henan, but Fan Zhi heard Zhang Mai say, "In a few years, find a reason, and immigrate from Jiangnan and Bashu to the north." He couldn't help but feel a little shocked. This sentence simply regarded Wu and Shu as the object of his pocket. But when he thought about it, he immediately felt that Zhang Mai's words were not crazy at all. With the power of the Tiance Army sweeping thousands of miles, as long as he could defeat the Khitan in the north, the Central Plains in the east, and the Southeast could even be determined without a fight. As for Bashu's inclusion in the territory, it was only an inevitable thing.

Fan Zhi said again: "However, the marshal ordered these 300,000 people to guard Luntai, so how should the gaps in other places in Longyou be made up?"

Zhang Mai smiled and said, "If they had said so clearly from the beginning, they would have been suspicious, but after they got there, they would have been able to see us all. And now they may not believe how well we say the water and soil there verbally, but when they see the realm, they will definitely stay without regrets."

Speaking of this, Zhang Mai suddenly thought of something and said, "Zhe Congshi's brother Zhe Congyuan is really a talent! He seems to have guessed my intention, but he does not expose it, and he will take the order. Zhe Congshi has made great contributions to expanding territory, but I have a premonition that when talking about the stability of the northwest thousands of years later, Zhe Congyuan's influence may be a hundred times greater than his younger brother!"

The Eastern Expedition Army passed Baishan Garage and soon arrived by the Yellow River. Xue Suding had already brought 1,500 people to wait there, all of whom were the fierce soldiers of the Sweat-Blooded Cavalry Regiment!

Zhang Mai smiled at Yang Xin and said, "You said you lacked charge cavalry before. I prepared 1,500 people for you. I don't know if you have the ability to command them."

Yang Xin yelled twice and said, "Please give the order!"

Zhang Mai nodded slightly, and Yang Xin rode out with a snow scarf, holding a silver spear, and came to the 1,500 people. The reason why Zhang Mai wanted soldiers and generals that day was not to have a complete organization was because Xue Fu was also a famous general in Tiance. The soldiers from the hands of the famous generals would naturally have a kind of arrogance, a kind of stubbornness, and a kind of stubbornness. Although they would definitely obey orders, it would be difficult to obey the command of the generals of another system from their hearts. The more complete the organization, the more trouble it would be. Moreover, Zhang Mai was not going to let these 1,500 people appear in the posture of a sweat-blooded cavalry regiment. If they were to adjust a complete number and not let them fight in their original form, it would be equivalent to making them desperately desperate, and they were afraid that the soldiers would not do their best.

At this time, Yang Xin came to the army and saw 1,500 people scattered off the horses and stood by the Yellow River. The soldiers were good soldiers, and they were elites in the sweat-blooded cavalry regiment. Regardless of physique, temperament, training, and experience, they were first-class. Horses were horses - although not purebred sweat and blood, they were all second-generation sweat and third-generation sweat and blood! One thousand five hundred people stood there and the momentum was pressing against the Yellow River!

Yang Xin, led by Xue Suding, came down to the front of the people and stopped on a high slope. One thousand five hundred people looked at him together. Yang Xin said, "I am Yang Xin!"

As soon as this name was revealed, all kinds of low voices came from the crowd, some were surprised, some were admired, some were surprised, and some were dissatisfied!

In the past two years, Yang Xin made great contributions and was invincible on the battlefield. His name as the "Tang Gun King" was so powerful that he could easily surpass Shiba and become the most powerful general of the Tang army!

Therefore, in the Tiance regular army, there are some who admire him, some who admire him, some who jealous of him, and some who disobey him, but no matter whether they obey or not, everyone knows his name!

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