To put it simply, the four bases on the first line of the Great Wall served as the responsibility of the former grassland royal court, controlling everything in the grassland area, including the distribution of water and grass, the sale of animal skins and meat, the purchase of daily necessities such as salt and iron, and the responsibility of grassland disaster relief.

Within the steppe tribes, there are only organizations that regulate nomadism, and there is no military organization, and the four bases send patrols and horses to patrol and cruise in the grasslands to which they belong, on the one hand, to help the tribal organizations exercise jurisdiction and punish herdsmen who break the law and law.

On the other hand, it supervises whether the various tribes have banned war horses, and generally speaking, only herdsmen who raise a certain number of cattle and sheep can have a corresponding number of war horses, otherwise it is a violation of the horse ban.

There are no restrictions on inferior breeds such as colts.

At the same time, it is also necessary to inspect whether the iron tools sold into the grassland are used to make pots and pans, and there is no restriction on the knives necessary for grassland life, but the knives that can be popularized and killed on the battlefield must not be formed.

There are many disadvantages to this, perhaps destroying many steppe traditions, but at this stage, it is obviously not the time to preserve the steppe traditions, and now outside Siberia, there is no Russia, there are no foreign enemies at all, and the army does not need such strong combat power.

Restraint by force is only a means, not an end, and there is no permanent restraint by force, the main purpose of this move is to restrain the grassland and let the grassland smoothly pass through the assimilation stage.

If the herdsmen rebel at this stage, they will first encounter difficulties in the use of war horses and knives, and secondly, the necessities of life cannot be imported, which will disrupt the order of the herdsmen's life, and the herdsmen officials in the tribe are all promoted by the four Han army bases, which have a certain binding force.

In addition, there are four bases with strong forces to deter.

If the herdsmen insist on rebellion, Liu Zhang thinks. It must be that the Han is rotten to the extreme. Exploit the herdsmen to the extreme. If you can't survive, you deserve to be rebelled.

As long as the herdsmen do not rebel and live a better and more stable life, or because of the Han army's disaster relief and the import of daily necessities, it will be much easier to assimilate.

The officials of the four bases, the first batch may be from the Han Dynasty, but the later batches must be from the grassland, the same as the Western Regions. All of them have passed the four examinations.

If you don't learn Chinese characters, you can't even read the test papers of the written exam, so how can you be an official.

When a group of people work hard to learn Han culture and become officials, then this group of people will become supporters of the Han Dynasty, and in the long run, the grassland will be completely under the rule of the Han Dynasty.

This is the same as the Western Regions, it takes a very long process, and Liu Zhang can only make a start.

And now is the initial stage of force bondage, without force deterrence, those fierce steppe herdsmen will not be able to obey you.

The national question is complex. If it's just to deter the former steppe tribes, whoever is ruthless can go. For example, if you put it so powerfully, it is estimated that many grassland tribes will never dare to resist even if they have soldiers.

However, if you want to bring the grassland into the rule, it will not be possible to do this, which requires many generals who are both civil and military, can calmly analyze the situation, and can take charge alone.

There are not many such generals in the Sichuan army, Zhang Ren, Wei Yan, Zhao Yun, etc., all of them have their own troops, and they can't be sent out at all before the reunification is completed.

The addition of these Cao Jun civil and military forces just solved this problem.

Zhang Liao guards Yanmen, because Youzhou has not yet been decided, Zhang Jaw and Xu Huang are not suitable to establish a base. 'Five Sons and Good Generals' was named by later generations to Zhang Liao and other five generals, and now it is directly said by Liu Zhang, Zhang Liao and others are not uncomfortable, but feel a little proud.

Liu Zhang read out the appointment of the three generals, which has shocked the civil and military forces thrown by Cao Jun, Xun Yu Chengyu is the local magistrate, Xu Huang directly leads the troops, and Zhang Liao is stationed in the center of Yanmen, which is an absolute favor.

Some of the Sichuan army's civil and military forces felt that the reward was too much, and Cao Jun's was equivalent to forming a very powerful department, but these positions did not infringe on their existing interests, so they didn't say anything.

Liu Zhang continued: "Xun Yu Xun Gongda, in the past, Cao Gong once said that Gongda was the 'mastermind', the battlefield is good at plotting, and internal affairs can also be flexible, it is really a rare talent, Xun You is suspended. ”

"The subordinates are here." Xun You took a step forward, and Xun You, who originally came to the main hall and was only going to ask for an errand, became a little excited at this time.

"The Hetao area, since ancient times is my Chinese territory, since Emperor Xiaowu went, after several degraded aliens, now back to the Han Dynasty, this king will never allow the Hetao to break away from the Han land again.

The Hetao area was the seat of the Marquis of Meiji, and it was more prosperous than other grassland areas, but it was far from meeting the requirements of controlling the western grasslands.

The Empress Dowager ordered the establishment of the Western Grassland Protectorate in Meiji City, with Zhe Lanying as the Protector, and I ordered you to be the chief of the Western Grassland Protectorate, and assisted the Marquis of Meiji to carry out internal affairs in the Hetao area.

First of all, it is necessary to expand Meiji City into a grassland central city like the big city of the Han District, and be connected to Chang'an, Luoyang, Jinyang, Wuwei and other important towns in the Han District, so that information can be transmitted at any time.

For the construction of roads and post stations, I will order the officials of the Han District to cooperate, and you must ensure that the Hetao is fully connected with the Central Plains, and once there is something wrong with Meiji City, you can quickly connect with other Han District cities.

The second is the mutual market between the grassland and the Han area, which is not only the grassland selling grassland specialties to the Central Plains, but also the Han region selling salt and iron necessities into the grassland, as well as processing.

The meaning of the Queen Mother and the King is that in order to increase the income of the grassland herdsmen, animal skins, animal hair, animal meat and other materials can be processed according to market demand and sold at a better price.

The import of salt and iron in the Central Plains needs to be controlled, which is also the focus of your position, in addition, the Western Grassland Protectorate also undertakes the important task of the four subjects, with the principle of giving priority to the employment of grassland people, preparing for the four subjects, publicizing among the herdsmen, popularizing Han culture, and managing the four subjects, which must be completed steadily.

You shouldn't have done this before, can you do it? ”

Xun You thought about it for a while, these are indeed things that he has not done before, but these positions are related to the great cause of the Han Dynasty's control of the grassland, and they are no less significant than military control.

This position is not only an important position in the official system, but perhaps hundreds of thousands of years later, future generations will remember him Xun Yu as a hero who integrated Han and foreign races.

This is not only Liu Zhang's trust in himself on behalf of the Sichuan Army, but also completely in line with his own ideals as an official. Immediately bowed his hand: "The subordinates receive the order." Never let down the Queen Mother's trust of King Shu. ”

Liu Zhang nodded. He added: "General Zhang Xiu." ”

"The end will be." Zhang Xiu took a step forward, sonorous and powerful.

"Zhang Xiu, the gun king of the Northland, is invincible in the world with a hundred birds and a phoenix spear in one hand, and he is enough to be a general." Liu Zhang praised it, Zhang Xiu blushed a little, although Liu Zhang was right, he was invincible with a hundred birds and a phoenix spear, but he was still not Zhao Yun's opponent.

Liu Zhang said: "There is a general Wang Yue under the command of the Marquis of Meiji. This king felt that he was the first brave general in the world, but General Wang Yue had to fight with the Marquis of Meiji, and he couldn't take care of the Hetao.

General Zhang Xiu is a Wuwei Zuli person, Yicheng went down the mountain to crisscross the north, broke out of the reputation of the gun king of the north, and should be very familiar with the customs and customs of the western grassland, I ordered you to be the commander of the border army of the Western Grassland Protectorate, responsible for the patrol and cavalry of the West Grassland and the security of the Hetao area, but I am willing to receive the order. ”

"Zhang Xiu thanked the Queen Mother and the King of Shu for her kindness." Zhang Xiu saluted, when he was in the north where Han and Hu lived together. Zhang Xiu is still a high-spirited young man.

At that time, the world was not in chaos, and Zhang Xiu never thought that there would be anything later. He went out of the Central Plains with his uncle Zhang Jidong, and then seized one side and surrendered to Cao Cao, not to mention that he would surrender to the Sichuan army.

At that time, Zhang Xiu, like many hot-blooded young people of the Han Dynasty, just wanted to make a name for himself in the Han border army and become a Han general who was feared by foreigners.

But later, the war of the Han Dynasty gradually made Zhang Xiu lose this idea, and maybe he would be trapped in a civil war for the rest of his life.

But now that he has been reappointed as the commander of the border army, isn't it the same way? What's more, he still directly controls the grassland, how can Zhang Xiu not accept the order happily in his heart.

"Tian Yu, General Guan Yinping once told this king that the Yuyang Assault Cavalry under General Tian's command is extremely strong, and the speed impact and military discipline and fighting spirit are all first-class cavalry in the world, but unfortunately most of them were lost in the civil war, and this king named you as the general of the Northern Expedition, and temporarily did not appoint you with specific affairs, and specially selected soldiers from the ordinary cavalry of the Sichuan Army to rebuild the Yuyang Assault Cavalry, how about it?"

Tian Yu heard Liu Zhang mention the fall of the Yuyang Raid, his heart was a little heartbroken, he still wanted revenge, but in a blink of an eye, he became the general of the Sichuan Army, revenge is no longer necessary, if the Yuyang Raid can be rebuilt, it can be regarded as comforting the soul of Xian Yufu and the fallen Yuyang Raider warriors.

"The last general commands."

"Xiahou Yuan, who has quelled the rebellion with Cao Gong five times, is good at running thousands of miles, is both a fierce general and a good tactical general, this king canonized you as the general of Yangcai, entered the upper valley and Zhao Yun, Ma Chao, Huang Zhong, Wang Yue and Meiji Hou Zhelan Ying to lead the army, ready to fight a decisive battle with the Hebei Shi rebels."

"Huang Zhong?" Xiahou Yuan did not respond to the order, but repeated a name, Xun Yu, Xun You, Zhang Liao, Xu Huang and others all looked at Xiahou Yuan suspiciously.

I thought in my heart, could it be that Xiahou Yuan thought that his official position was too low? It's no wonder that in the past, Xiahou Yuan was a clan general, on an equal footing with Zhang Liao and others, but now he is obviously lower than Zhang Liao and other generals.

Suddenly, Liu Zhang smiled: "Miaocai, are you still remembering the matter of Yuan Rang?" ”

Xiahou Yuan raised his head and looked at Liu Zhang, Liu Zhang was saying that Xiahou Yuan was in his heart, Xiahou Yuan didn't care too much about his position, although there were some pimples in his heart, but he knew that his ability was not as good as Zhang Liao and others.

Otherwise, every time Cao Cao sent troops, he would not only let Cao Ren Zhang Liao, Xu Huang and other independent leaders, but he could only fight with the army, or lead partial divisions.

What made Xiahou Yuan unable to let go of his heart was his brother Xiahou Xuan, Xiahou Yuan was killed by Huang Zhong in martial arts, how could the revenge of killing his brother be erased at will.

"King Mingjian of Shu." Xiahou Yuan arched his hand and said: "Since Xiahou Yuan has come to the Sichuan Army, he has some preparations in his heart, but Xiahou Yuan prefers the south or the Western Regions, these places have not been completely pacified, and Xiahou Yuan is willing to stabilize the frontier for the Han Dynasty." ”

Liu Zhang groaned for a while, and before he could speak, Fu Shou behind him spoke first, and Liu Zhang stood aside at the right time.

Fu Shou smiled and said to Xiahou Yuan: "General Xiahou and General Yuan Rang have a deep brotherhood, which really touches the palace, so it is reasonable that General Xiahou and General Huang Zhong are estranged.

However, this palace believes that it is one thing to miss his brother, and it is another thing for General Xiahou's own fame, not to mention that the Han army and the Cao army were hostile at the beginning, and it is impossible for General Huang Zhong to show mercy to the enemy generals, which is understandable.

On this battlefield alone, how many fathers, brothers and sons were killed by the enemy, and in the end they still came to one side? Now among our Han army, how many Cao troops have surrendered before.

How many relatives of the soldiers of the Cao army were killed by the former Han army, and how many relatives of the Han army were killed by these surrendered Cao soldiers? Do you have to fight to the death?

Not to mention the fact that many people have suffered in the war, but should they also take revenge? So when will the Han return to peace? ”

Fu Shou said, Xiahou Yuan was slightly moved, Fu Shou gestured to a palace maid next to him, and after a while, the two eunuchs brought out a drawing board, on which all kinds of scenery and characters, the scenery was broken, and the characters were miserable.

Fu Shou said slowly: "This is the thumbnail of the "Broken Mountains and Rivers" painted by the original palace, the whole picture is on the city wall of Anping Gate in Chang'an, and the people in the past can watch it.

This picture was originally suggested by the king of Shu to paint in this palace, the purpose is to record the suffering of the people and the Han family since the war of the Han Dynasty, so that future generations will not forget this catastrophe, take it as a warning, and hope that the Han Dynasty will be prosperous from now on, and the people will live and work in peace and contentment.

Although the level of the painting is not very good, the meaning of this palace is clear, who will not die in troubled times? Including the main palace, those of us who live in troubled times, which one of us can be left alone?

Jiangdong Sun Quan, after Sun Wu, his father and brother died in troubled times, Cao Gong's father was killed by Xiao Xiao in Xuzhou, and the father of Yuan Shao's father in the past was beheaded by Dong Zhuo.

As for this palace, I won't say much, this palace just wants to tell Miaocai, and also tell everyone that in troubled times, there are no eggs under the nest, and the only thing we can do is to help the troubled times, instead of caring about the suffering of the troubled times, it is precisely because of these hardships that we are fighting for the promotion of the Han Dynasty today.

General Xiahou, do you think the words of this palace make sense? ”

Fu Shou's words not only stunned Xiahou Yuan, but also stunned the full hall of civil and military, in fact, in the troubled times of the Three Kingdoms, there are not many people who can retreat with their whole body, many of them have lost their relatives or fallen in troubled times, even if there is no difficulty, they also empathize with the things around them.

Everyone knows the horror of the troubled times, but now because he is almost famous in the Sichuan army, he has forgotten it for the time being.

Now Fu Shou brought it up, especially Liu Zhang and Fu Shou himself at the end, Liu Zhang beheaded his brother Liu Mao, which everyone knows, maybe there were still people who felt that Liu Zhang lacked the concept of family affection, so he killed people in cold blood.

But in the troubled times, Liu Zhang's own life was almost put into it, which everyone knows.

As for Fushou himself. (To be continued......)