Han Shizu

Chapter 1121 Hidden danger in the northwest
If you want to say which part of the Han Dynasty is the most complicated and the most difficult to rule, then there is no doubt that the northwest region, especially the northern part of Guannei Road and the land of Helong, which has not been recovered for a long time.

Han and barbarians are mixed, surrounded by Rong and Di, and ethnic issues are the root cause. Of course, since ancient times, there have often been troubles from the West, which is not surprising.

However, for the big man at that moment, the difficulties he faced were far beyond those of the previous generation.After all, the regime in the Central Plains has never lost control of the Helong land for as long as it fell into the hands of Tubo in the Tang Dynasty. Even if the Guiyi Army flourished for a while, it was just a dream.

When the great Han returned to Helong, what he faced could be said to be a situation where he had lost his popular base.Hu people such as Tubo, Uighur, Dangxiang, and Qiang have already taken root in this land.

Although the great Han accepted the people of all ethnic groups with an inclusive attitude, and all forces bowed their heads because of the strength of the empire, but in the process of implementing the Han system, contradictions and conflicts were still inevitable, and they surrendered and rebelled. It is normal, and bloodshed is not uncommon.

Some turmoil, some difficulties, and some labor pains may be nothing to the huge empire, but the court is still very resolute in the implementation of the assimilation rule.

On the other hand, due to the eastward shift of the ruling center of gravity, the lack of the nearby deterrence of the imperial court also made the central government's ability to control the northwest region not as strong as its predecessors. It can be called the weakest unified dynasty since the Qin and Han Dynasties.

This is an unavoidable question. The distance between Chang'an and Kaifeng also represents how much more difficult it is for the court to rule the Northwest.

However, in the past two years, the contradictions between old and new people have become increasingly prominent.Since the rebellion in the northwest was pacified from Ruan at the beginning, there were few Han people. For more than ten years, the imperial court has been carrying out the policy of relocating households and strengthening borders for the northwestern border states.

According to the official records of the imperial court, in the period of 15 years, more than [-] Han people migrated to the northwest region.Don't underestimate this number, even with the size of the Northwest, it is already impressive.

Among them, there are three largest scales. After the chaos in Guanzhong and Shu, the rebels moved to the border; after the destruction of Shu, they relocated the powerful and rebels;

After spending so much time and effort, it is natural to see results.At least, the originally unbalanced population distribution has become a little more reasonable, and the Northwest region has a more Chinese flavor.

However, a large number of migrants moved in to fill the gap of the Han people, and at the same time directly tested the government's ability and means of governance.Security issues, conflicts of customs, contradictions between the old and the new, and various issues that affect the harmony of the Northwest are endless.

In the eyes of many people living in the northwest, these outsiders are sinners, refugees, and evil wolves who come to snatch their living space.

And most of the relocations are not happy about this. Of the more than 30 people, less than [-]% are landless peasants and poor people collected from all over the country, and those who were attracted by the imperial court's policy of relocating households and granting land in the northwest and had the idea of ​​breaking out.

The rest are either exiled criminals, forcibly relocated tyrants, landlords, and civilians, or rebel remnants like Sichuan, Shu, and Wuyue.

These complex and resentful people are arranged in such a chaotic place in the Northwest. Thinking about it, it is not something to be happy about.This probably means that the old problems have not been completely solved, and new problems have emerged.

That is to say, the current authority of the Han court is flourishing, and it also pays enough attention to the northwest region, and its rule is strong enough, and the relocation of households is scattered and resettled, so the problem is not too acute.

But the problem of relocation is also really there.Inside and outside the capital, there are many people of insight. For example, Guo Tong, who has political experience in the Northwest, once went to Emperor Liu to talk about the issue of household relocation.

Wang You, the former magistrate of Binzhou, who has been promoted to the inspector of the customs, also made a statement to remind the court that he said that the relocation to the northwest was full of resentment, and hoped that the court would pay attention to it.

In this regard, Emperor Liu gave positive feedback. In addition to several edicts to the northwestern Daozhou states to deal with the affairs of the ethnic groups and the old and new people, he also temporarily stopped the policy of continuing to relocate people to the border states.

After all, Emperor Liu immigrated to Shibian in order to balance the population and consolidate the rule. Certain public grievances and backlash can be tolerated, but if there is any major disturbance because of this policy, it will be more harm than good.

If it gets involved with the already rebellious Zhu Hu. That kind of situation is a headache even thinking about it.

Of course, Emperor Liu would not regret the real border policy because of these uneasy factors.After all, compared with those barbarians, the relocated people are Han people after all, and they have long been influenced by Han culture. No matter how much resentment they have, it is always easier to rule.

And if they want to survive in a place where Rongdi is rampant, who else can they rely on besides the imperial court and the big family of Huaxia?

What the imperial court needs to do is to use time to dispel those grievances on the basis of maintaining social stability, and to give preferential treatment in policies, such as preferential taxation.

Emperor Liu also believed in the resilience and adaptability of the Chinese people, and when the relocated households took root in the Northwest states, they would eventually become a force that the Han family could rely on.

It just takes time, and for the empire to remain strong and stable.

Regarding the ethnic groups in the northwest, Emperor Liu finally decided to adopt a policy of continuing assimilation.Unlike the Southwest, which is limited by geography, in the Northwest, no matter what ethnic group they are, as long as they live on the soil of the Han Dynasty, the power of the imperial court can easily reach them. This is also the most important reason for the different governance methods.

Among the various ethnic groups, the Uighurs have already been crippled, the Tubo people are severely divided, and the rest of the small clans are insignificant. Until the fourth year of Kaibao, the only ones worthy of Emperor Liu's vigilance and attention were the ones entrenched in Lingxia. Party people.

Although political and economic means are used together, under the unremitting buying and division of the big man for many years, the army and party members are no longer successful, but in the end they did not hurt the root cause, and they still have the power to conspire.

The Military Intelligence Department reported a situation to Emperor Liu, saying that the Dingnan Army, which had been divided for five or six years, showed signs of converging again.The first reason is that Li Guangrui's ass was gradually stabilized by Jiedu, and he won over Yin, Sui Erzhou and Dangxiang ministries.

Second, the problem still lies with the big man. The action to destroy the Uighurs in Ganzhou is the most frightening, not others, but the Dingnan Army and the party members.

After all, the Uighurs in Ganzhou during this period may not be as strong as the Dangxiang people in terms of strength, but they must be better than the Dingnan army, but they ended up like that.

It is conceivable that if the imperial court wanted to eliminate the Dingnan Army, how much effort would it take?

In the face of a crisis, internal contradictions and disputes can still be temporarily put aside and unanimously external.It can be said that the division of the Dingnan Army was attributable to the imperial court, and the confluence of Li and Li was also due to the pressure of the imperial court.

After learning about the situation of the Dingnan Army, Emperor Liu also realized that in order to solve the Dingnan Army and the party members, political and economic means alone are far from enough, and military force is the most effective way.

Moreover, after so long, this problem should be resolved. There is such a small patch of strange color on the map of the big man, which is indeed an eyesore.

Regardless of whether it is the issue of various clans, relocation of households, or the settlement of the difficult army, it is a hidden danger for the current big man.

(End of this chapter)