Han Shizu

When Yang Fu and his party arrived at Suiye City, it was already May [-]th. After all, it is the only large-scale Han settlement in Anxi and the military and political center of Anxi. Suiye City is still relatively well populated.However, in Yang Fu's opinion, the broken leaves are less energetic than those in Guo Cheng.

The sunlight is slightly fainter, but it still shines a bit harshly on the body. The city is like a stove, making people breathless.The city was heavily guarded and the streets were patrolled closely. Feeling the oppressive atmosphere in the city, Yang Fu was sweating.

The Dudu Mansion sent an officer to receive them, responsible for guiding and arranging the inspection and acceptance of this batch of aid supplies from Ganzhou.The specific handover matters will be handled by his subordinates. What makes Yang Fu a little disappointed or curious is that the Governor's Office did not say anything else.

You must know that the first two times I came to Suiye, I was received by important officials from the Governor's Office, at least officials at the level of chief historian and military officer. Last time, I was received by Wen Guogong Xiang Deming, who personally expressed condolences to Yang Fu.

After some insinuations, it was discovered that a meeting was being held in the Governor's Mansion, and the main dignitaries in Suiye City were gathering together.He tentatively asked the reason. It was said that it was related to the Jile Town incident, and Yang Fu became even more interested. He had personally experienced that chaos a few days ago.
In the Qinzheng Hall, the main staff of the Dudu Mansion and the main generals of Anxi gathered here. Of course, the core personnel were still the three princes Liu Min, Liu Fang, Liu Ye, Xiang Deming, and the old commander Kang Zaiyu. Among the senior generals, only Yang Yanlang Because Talos is not in charge.

Such high-level meetings are naturally rare in Anxi, and only when faced with life-and-death issues can we pay so much attention to them.The main seat was empty, probably to show respect for his brother. Liu Min did not occupy the main seat in a grand manner like in high-level meetings in the past. However, he was still in control of the meeting.

The meeting was held in a serious atmosphere from the beginning. The topic of the meeting was not raised first, but a series of data was reported to everyone by the reporter.

From the losses caused by the religious bandits in Jile Town, to the number and destruction of bandits in the territory in recent years; from the production and tax difficulties in various parts of Anxi, to the management and suppression of the Black Khan and Samani remnants; from the daily consumption of the Anxi armies , and then to the current supply reserves of various cities in Anxi
Basically, the dilemma Anxi is facing now is laid out in detail in front of everyone.Liu Min was on the left, with a serious expression. He raised his eyes and glanced at the people who looked unhappy, and slowly said: "The situation is already very clear. Anxi has been facing two major problems in the past.

Foreign invasion in the west. As we defeated the YSL coalition, the neighboring country of Samania fell into civil strife. External threats will not be discussed for the time being;
Secondly, there are the endless rebellions of 'religious bandits' and 'people's thieves' that have emerged and been suppressed repeatedly. This matter has been lingering in the territory since the recovery of Suiye. After the capture of Talas and other places, the situation became more serious.Because of banditry and riots, you have also heard the losses suffered by our soldiers and civilians in Anxi, which can be described as heavy!This situation has become a chronic disease and is the biggest obstacle to Anxi's return to treatment. "

After a pause, Liu Min continued: "I'm afraid everyone here knows the news about Luoyang. The imperial court has changed its policy to support the Western Expedition. As in the past ten years, the large amount of domestic military supplies will gradually decrease until it stops. .

In other words, from now on, Anxi cannot just count on the support and support of the court, but must find a way to be self-reliant.However, under Anxi's rule, the grain production and local money and grain taxes are completely unable to supply the army's supplies. Starting from this summer, Anxi's soldiers and civilians have begun to use the wealth they have accumulated over the years.

This is a new problem that Anxi is currently facing, and it is more serious. The bandits can still work hard to suppress it. If the soldiers and civilians do not have enough to eat, that will be a big problem and will directly shake the foundation of our establishment in Anxi!
The purpose of convening you all today is to discuss how to solve these two major problems at hand, and where to go after Anxi! "

After Liu Min finished speaking, there was a brief silence in the palace. After everyone thought in silence for a while, the first person to stand up was the commander of Suiye soldiers and horses, Chang Guzhen.

Chang Guzhen is now regarded as the most powerful general under the Anxi Governor's Mansion, and he fights extremely bravely.His initial career was rewarded by the crown prince Liu Yang, but he really became famous during the bloody battle at Kucha.

Since then, he has been appreciated and promoted by Liu Min. Since the Western Expedition, he has been active in the big staff and tough battles. Today, more than ten years later, he has been promoted from an ordinary low-level officer to the commander of the Broken Leaf Army. , commanding three thousand infantry and cavalry, is one of the two defense armies in Suiye City.

Jile Town was also within the defense area that Chang Guzhen was responsible for. Jile was attacked and suffered heavy losses. He was somewhat jointly and severally responsible.Therefore, Chang Guzhen's attitude was particularly resolute, with ruthlessness on his rough face, and he said with murderous intent: "Your Majesty, the 'teaching bandits' are causing chaos and harming the army and the people. We will never tolerate them. I will ask you to lead the army." Go ahead and kill all those bugs!"

Normally, even if Liu Min doesn't agree with his beloved general's request, he still has to encourage him.But this time, Liu Min just nodded, and then asked: "The bandits are not wooden stakes. If they attack in a large scale, they will inevitably hide in the mountains and forests to avoid the soldiers. How should we deal with them? Follow them into the mountains to entangle them? Can we defeat them?" Kill them all?

In the past two years, have there been too few purge operations organized by the Governor's Office?Is there insufficient money and food allocated by the treasury?How could the generals not do their best to suppress thieves?However, banditry continues, why?If we don't understand the problem and then prescribe the right medicine, how can we achieve our goal? "

"This" Seeing Liu Min say this, Chang Guzhen smiled, and then decisively kicked the ball back: "If you are stupid, you should obey the king's military orders!"

You know, Chang Guzhen’s purpose is just to express an attitude!Of course, his attitude can basically represent the attitude of most Anxi generals towards the "teaching bandits", resolute and tough!
On the other side, Wen Guogong spoke to Deming at the right time: "What His Royal Highness the King of Wei said is true, and I deeply agree! In my opinion, those bandits who gather in the mountains and forests and are active in the mountains and villages are not terrible, they are terrible. The best thing is that they can always gain the support of local church members and believers, and get food, clothing, livestock and even weapons and soldiers from them!
Without this foundation, even if all of the 'religious bandits' could not starve to death in the mountains and forests, they would not be able to run rampant to this day and still have the strength to attack our town!This is also the reason why the 'teaching bandits' are always suppressed. This is the direction that I, Anxi, want to cure this disease! "

"What are 'religious bandits'?" After a pause, Xiang Deming's tone gradually became more serious: "They are those who believe in YSL teachings, disrespect our Han family saints, do not submit to our Anxi governance, use the teachings as an organization, and gather together to fight The thieves of the Dudu Mansion!

To be honest, Mr. Rong, in the past two years, the governor's government's strategy of suppressing bandits has had some omissions. The elimination targets were mostly focused on those active and large-scale "teaching bandits". Although the results were achieved, they were just to stop the boiling water.At the same time, the supervision of those YSL parishioners and believers under the rule is not strict, and has even been relaxed!

In my opinion, there is only a thin line between the so-called "teaching people" and "teaching bandits", but there is no essential difference. If you go to the mountains, you will be a bandit, and if you are in the village, you will be a citizen.They were also bewitched and induced by the ysld cult. They worked restlessly and paid taxes, and they wholeheartedly opposed our army and people in Anxi! "

"Therefore!" When he said this, Xiang Deming straightened his back, looked around, and said in a cold tone: "To deal with the 'religious bandits', we must first deal with the 'religious people', and to deal with the 'religious people' , then the "Holy See" must be solved!
Everyone here has some experience with the difficulty of the YSL religion. In recent years, although the governor's office has suppressed and restricted it, it has not done enough, the attitude is not firm enough, and the methods are not thorough enough.

To this day, the existence of this religion has seriously affected the normal life and production of our Anxi military and civilians, and has endangered the rule of our Han military and civilians in Anxi. There must be no more compromise or tolerance!

In my opinion, the two major problems Anxi currently faces as mentioned by His Highness the King of Wei are actually one problem in the final analysis.

If the problem of "religious bandits" is not solved, public security will be unstable, and the people will have no peace of mind when working to make a living. Where will the food output come from, and how will the governor's government get the money and tax revenue?
I suggest that we must have a clear attitude towards the YSL religion in Anxi! "

After Xiang Deming's words, the atmosphere in the palace gradually became heated. It was obvious that what he said touched the hearts of many people, and several generals even looked eager to try.

Seeing that the atmosphere was tense, Liu Min, who was observing everyone's reactions, was slightly relieved. As long as they have a unified will, there is nothing that cannot be done in Anxi.

However, his eyes wandered and gradually fell on Zhao Wang Liu Fang who was sitting across from him. He coughed slightly to interrupt the discussion, and then asked Liu Fang: "Fourth brother, I think that the situation in Anxi today is different from the chaos in Yulin back then. Very similar, Yulin’s experience in countering the rebellion can also be used as a reference!

Back then, it was under the leadership of Fourth Brother that the chaos in Yulin was finally pacified.

Regarding the problem of "teaching bandits" in Anxi, I don't know what the fourth brother's strategy is. Please feel free to give me your advice! "

Liu Fang was already in a trance. When he heard Liu Min asking questions and mentioning the Yulin Rebellion, he thought about it for a few moments before looking at Liu Min quietly: "The Yulin Rebellion was finally put down with the full support of the imperial court and dozens of people." Under the siege of tens of thousands of troops, does Anxi have the strength to repeat the Yulin rebellion?"

Upon hearing this, Liu Min smiled softly and said: "Anxi is not as good as China, but the situation in Anxi also has its own special features!"

As for what is special, you can understand it after a little thought.Over in Yulin, the fundamental reason why the imperial court used such huge power was to restrict it within the territory of Yulin. The Dangxiang people had a high degree of Sinicization. Once it spread, it would affect all the prefectures and counties in the Han Dynasty. It is difficult to estimate the consequences.

As for Anxi, it's just Anxi. Even if it turns it upside down, it's just okay.There is no way those bandits and believers could escape to the big man.
"Even the Black Khan perished for us, and the YSL coalition was also defeated by us. Why should we have too many scruples when dealing with the remnants of the bandits in the district?"

To put it more bluntly, these remnants in Central Asia are not regarded as human beings for the time being. Under Anxi's rule, they are only third-class or even fourth-class people. There is no need to have any scruples or use any means to rectify them!

"Since the sixth brother has made a decision, the generals will not object. For the long-term peace and stability of Anxi, and for the Han family's military and civilians to permanently establish themselves here, I should give my full support to you!" Liu Fang said calmly.

Hearing Liu Fang's statement, Liu Min looked happy, clasped his fists vigorously and said, "Thank you, fourth brother!"

"So much! I wonder, Sixth Brother, what are you going to do?" At this time, Liang Gong Liu Ye, who had been silent, spoke with a slightly calm tone.

Upon hearing the question, Liu Min's eyes were firm, he clenched his fist and said: "Destroy the temple, destroy the religion, kill the thieves, and change your mind! If you believe in religion, don't keep your head, if you keep your head, don't believe in religion!"