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The ethnic issue in the Yanyun area is a very big issue.

There are many ethnic groups such as Han, Khitan, Xi, and Bohai living here.

On the bright side, the Khitan, Xi, and Bohai people here have a very high degree of sinicization and have a very high identification with the Han people, which laid the foundation for Li Yan to completely subdue these people.

The bad side is that at the same time as the Sinicization of the Khitan, Xi, Bohai and other ethnic groups, the Han people living here are also Huhua.

Because the Han people in this area began to get along with the ethnic minorities for a long time during the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, and then lived under the rule of the Liao Dynasty for nearly 200 years, their national character and living customs have undergone a deep "Huhua", that is, the phenomenon of ethnic minorities, which has produced a huge difference from the Han people in the Central Plains.

Therefore, the Song Dynasty, out of discrimination against the "Huhua" Han people, referred to them as "fan" and "captive".

The Liao Dynasty used imperial examinations, official appointments, and marriages to make the Yanyun Han people loyal to themselves, but they did not trust most of the Yanyun Han people who were "not of my race" and placed them at the bottom of society.

Even when the Jin ruled the Yanyun region, they were politically excluded from the ruling class after the Jurchens, Bohai people, and Khitans while reusing some Han ministers of the Liao Dynasty.

The Liao, Song, and Jin dynasties all adopted a method of both wooing and repelling the Yanyun Han people.

It can be said that Yanyun Han people are grandmothers, and they don't love their uncles.

As a result, the Yanyun Han people are not only increasingly isolated in terms of national identity, but also have no fixed tendency in political attitude, not as traditionally believed, "heart to the Central Plains", but centered on interests, choose the side that is beneficial to themselves, and rebel back and forth between Liao, Song, and Jin, with a very flexible political attitude - first assisted the Liao Dynasty to resist the Northern Song Dynasty, saw that the Liao Dynasty Mansion would be tilted to protect itself by annexing the Song Dynasty, and then out of disappointment with the Northern Song regime, defected to the Jin Dynasty, which led to the war between the Jin and Song Dynasty, and then rushed to the vanguard to fight the Southern Song Dynasty.

Therefore, we cannot think that the ethnic problems in the Yanyun area are only the problems of the Khitan, Xi, Bohai and other ethnic groups, and the Han people here also have problems.

The solution to this problem is naturally not to win over and exclude, but to integrate nationalities, which is a feasible method that has been proven by history.

Therefore, Zhao Ding gave Li Yan a strategy of "national integration", and Xu Guanzhong, Lehe and others did not object, so Li Yan handed over the matter to Zhao Ding with full authority to deal with, and appointed Zhao Ding as the pacification envoy of Yunzhong Road.

After Zhao Ding was pacified by Yunzhong Road, he immediately took office under the escort of the army and came to Huanzhou City.

Together with Zhao Ding, there were more than 200 capable officials and officials carefully selected by Li Yan himself.

These people were also escorted by the army to Shuo, Huan, and Yingzhou.

As soon as he arrived in Huanzhou City, Zhao Ding issued five decrees for Li Yan:

1. Give the new recovering state and county Qu pardon.

The so-called forgiveness refers to the individual pardon of criminals in one or several places - except for those who disobey Li Yan's orders and rebel, the rest of the criminals, regardless of the size of the crime, will be pardoned and released immediately.

In addition, all states and counties should use their talents according to their abilities so that they can have their own resources.

2. Eliminate the rate of the department, that is, exempt the newly recovered prefectures and counties from all kinds of harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and provide relief (that is, grain) to the poor and hungry people, so as not to displace the people.

3. Zhen promoted talents, for the newly recovered states and counties, those who cherished talents and talents, and disappeared into the people, or those who were recommended by the township but did not try them, as well as those who offended the powerful or were rejected by the powerful because of their loyalty, as well as officials who were convicted because of their mistakes, regardless of the Han people, Khitan people, Xi people, and Bohai people, they must be screened and promoted.

Fourth, Xu Yun dedicated the city to righteousness, was promoted to Huanzhou General Judgment, awarded the Baron Shentou, and the rest of the people who donated the city were all richly rewarded.

5. The Chinese nation is a country of civilization and etiquette, with a long history, and since ancient times, the ancestors of the Chinese people of all nationalities have labored, lived and multiplied on the land of China, and have jointly contributed their talents to the Chinese civilization and the establishment of a unified multi-ethnic country......

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At the same time that Zhao Ding and other officials of Shuibo Liangshan were engaged in the operation and construction of Shuo, Huan, and Ying, Han Shizhong finally came to the capital of Liaoxi with a large army.

After that, Han Shizhong was dumbfounded-Yue Fei had already arrived for two days, and he had already fought with the defenders once.

In other words, according to Li Yan's order, Han Shizhong and the others had to be controlled by Yue Fei.

In fact, Yue Fei's chief of staff, Sun Ge, once advised Yue Fei to fight the two counties first and wait for Han Shizhong, that is, to give Han Shizhong the position of controlling the capital.

But Yue Fei refused without even thinking about it.

Yue Fei said: "It's not that Yue Fei is greedy for this position of commander, but that Liaoxijing is related to whether the governor of Liaoxi can gain a foothold in this cloud land, how can he use this as a favor?" ”

So, Yue Fei insisted on going his own way, and came to the capital of Liaoxi for the first time, and soon got in touch with Shi Qian, who had infiltrated the capital of Liaoxi.

Shi Qian sent out the news through the bow and arrow, saying: "Before, the Liao officials in Xijing City, some were in favor of reducing gold, some were in favor of reducing the Song Dynasty, and some advocated waiting for the Tianzuo Emperor to send an army to rescue, and they quarreled endlessly, but Xijing stayed behind Xiao Chala, and suddenly changed his previous ambiguity four days ago, and stood in a clear position waiting for the Tianzuo Emperor to send an army to rescue the party, and personally killed the leading figures who advocated the reduction of gold and the Song Dynasty, and then forcibly collected the war horses in the city, and recruited 10,000 Khitan volunteers to form the leather room armyAt present, there are 5,000 infantry troops and 10,000 cavalry in the city, and the soldiers and armor are complete, and the grain and grass are enough for the whole city to eat for three years......"

According to the news from the time, after discussing with his generals and staff officers, Yue Fei decided to attack first and try it.

As a result, as soon as Yue Fei's side was halfway through the attack, the leather room army decisively rushed out of the city under the leadership of four people with very similar appearances, and then covered up Yue Fei's army.

Yue Fei had already taken precautions, and when he saw the leather room army coming out of the city, he immediately ordered to turn the bed crossbow and flying thunder cannon, preparing to fight with the skin room army.

But just as the leather room army was about to rush over, the red flag danced on the city wall, and the leather room army stopped again, and then naturally separated, and then harassed Yue Feijun with bows and arrows.

At the same time, a dense stream of feathered arrows was shot down from the city.

It was impossible for Yue Fei's army, which was attacked before and after, to continue to attack the city, so he could only retreat from the city wall.

Shi Wengong was annoyed that the leather room army was too rampant, and rushed up with the right army of the abductors and fought with it.

As a result, under the command of the red flag in the city, the leather room army was defeated, lured the right army of the abductors to go deeper, and then surrounded the right army of the abductors and strangled them.

Later, Yue Fei advanced with heavy infantry and bed crossbows, forcing the Liao army to withdraw his troops and rescue the right army of the kidnappers.

But although the right army of the kidnappers was rescued by Yue Fei, they lost seven or eight hundred men and horses in the battle.

For the Liangshan army, which lacked a horse army, this could be regarded as a small defeat.

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