In the same way that the Japanese did in Taiwan, the first thing they had to do to colonize was to sweep away the foreign gods and then set up their own gods, just as the foreign missionaries liked to convert the Jade Emperor Temple in rural China into a Catholic church or Christian church, and the Boxer was born to defend the Jade Emperor Temple. Hearing that the church was about to be demolished, Yang Rui nodded, and he asked again: "The mosque can't be demolished, right?" ”

"The mosque must not be demolished." Yang Zengxin was extremely serious. "Demolish the mosque today, not to mention the Orenburg region tomorrow, even Fergana in the river will soon know. Being safe with others, subtle is the right way. In terms of rule, it often depends on the size of the population of the Han people, and if there are more medicines, the population of the Han people here can double within ten years. ”

The medicine was penicillin, which was previously supplied to the army, but after the end of the war, the supply pressure was greatly reduced, and it was gradually supplied to the resettlement areas, especially the Beiting and the Western Regions. According to the experiments of the Ministry of Medicine, the use of penicillin can greatly increase the survival rate of young children, and if the food supply in the resettlement area is sufficient, it is very common for a family to have five or six children, seven or eight is relatively normal, and it is not uncommon for more than ten to have more. Men here are allowed to take concubines, and concubinage is also encouraged. The most important thing to gently exterminate the natives was to make them unable to marry wives, while the colonists were able to have a dozen women and a bunch of children – better than castrating or killing all the native men.

"If there are more people, you may not win." I haven't ridden a horse for a few years, and Yang Rui only found his previous feeling after walking for a while, "If you simply compare the numbers, the Manchus and the British don't know how many times they have died." Many times I wondered if it was the peasants who could not fight...... "Not far from the city of Orsk, you can already see patches of crops and some peasants working in the hills, and the wind blowing through the hills. He was sweating a little on the top of his head, and he had an indescribable refreshment, "Dingchen." The land seems to have been fought down by the Russian Cossacks, and the Kalmyks were also very combat-ready. Does it mean that only herders can fight? ”

"Judging from the history books, it was the small and medium-sized Yuzi who was afraid of the annexation of the Dzungardans and asked for the protection of the tsar before it was incorporated into Russia, which is also the reason why the Russians refused to give up the steppe area during the Petersburg negotiations. Khiva, Bukhara, and the Turkmen tribes were conquered by the Cossacks. Yang Zengxin said, "Prime Minister, the soldiers who can really fight the war will not be peasant ......."

Yang Zengxin's remarks somewhat reflect the meaning of the peasant and military system. But he didn't mean that, so he took a few steps and walked a few steps in parallel with Yang Rui and said: "Judging from the history books, the soldiers in the Spring and Autumn Period can only be appointed by scholars and nobles, and farmers and merchants are not qualified to be soldiers. The characters in Zuo Chuan and Chinese are willing to serve as soldiers and bravely go into battle, and take this as their position, honor, and fun, not only without fear of death, but also proud of dying in battle.

During the Warring States period, the war between countries was fierce, and there were a large number of killings in each battle, so that all the people were soldiers. At least the Qin State was a soldier at that time, and when Zhang Han's Qin army died, there would be no army that could really fight well. ”

Yang Zengxin is talking about the Battle of Julu, which is also the last national army that continued in the Spring and Autumn Period. Yang Rui is not familiar with ancient history. He only asked, "What do you want to explain?" ”

"Xia Guan just wants to say that the conscription system and the conscription system are not as good as the professional military system, and the soldiers in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period were the strongest. Thanks to the scholars, they can become soldiers, and the only way out for the scholars is to be soldiers or officials. At that time, there was no distinction between civilian and military officials. Yang Zengxin said.

"That's like it is now. Can't Tuntian be a soldier? Yang Rui looked at the city that was getting closer and closer, and asked distractedly.

"Ten or twenty years may work, but in a hundred years, it will definitely not work." Yang Zengxin said, "In the Han Dynasty, troops were also stationed in the Western Regions, but in the end, the border soldiers degraded very badly, and later they could only rely on Wuhuan, Xiongnu and other alien races and exile prisoners to guard the border, and the border army gradually declined. According to historical records, the Qiang people who lived together with the Han people were unwilling to go on expeditions to the Western Regions, so they continued to rebel against the Qiang, the longest of which lasted for 60 years. At that time, the Qiang people, who lived together with the Han people, had no weapons, so they could only use bamboo poles and wooden branches as spears, board cases as shields, and even bronze mirrors as weapons, but this level of rebellion frightened the border officials and border people, and they did not dare to resist at all, and let them slaughter ......"

Yang Rui once proposed to send the Fuxing Army to Tuntian to garrison the border, but Yang Zengxin was completely opposed, thinking that Tuntian would inevitably degenerate after a long time, and he only needed a beard, let Hu Zi occupy the mountain as the king, and then recruit An as a local official. At this time, it is absolutely not feasible to talk about Juntun, Yang Rui's face is getting worse and worse, Yang Zengxin is worried that he will say the wrong thing, and two gun-wielding peasants in strong uniforms appeared on the side of the road, one of them asked in Shandong dialect: "What are you doing?" ”

"The state water conservancy department." Walking in the forefront is Yang Zengxin's personal soldiers, in order to save trouble, he specially prepared another set of official cards, and everyone became officials of the state water conservancy department.

"Slow down, big man." The peasants and soldiers didn't dare to ask more questions after seeing the official cards, even if these people didn't wear official uniforms.

Yang Zengxin's personal soldiers thought that they would have to ask a few more words, but he didn't want these people to dare to ask again as soon as they saw the official card, so he glanced back at Yang Zengxin and saw that there was no order, so he had to ride his horse forward. Yang Rui shook his head in his heart, no matter what dynasty it is, as long as he is an official, the people are always afraid.

After passing the checkpoint, crossing a wooden bridge across the Ural River, you can see the city of Orsk, which was founded a hundred years ago, but is now basically yellow and mostly forcibly relocated. Compared with the local residents, the people of Kannai in uniform look neat, and they are clearly distinguished from the Kazakhs, each taking their own path and doing their own business. Yang Rui wanted to take a casual look when he entered the city, but as soon as he entered the city, he saw a cadre of officials popping up like a land god, and what was surprising was that there were still a few sedan chairs among the officials and patrols.

Yang Rui looked at Yang Zengxin very puzzled, but Yang Zengxin was also confused, and an official led by him saw Yang Zengxin from a distance, and ran to the front in surprise and saluted: "Why don't you come here to tell the lower officials, and the lower officials are good ......" As he was speaking, suddenly this person choked and began to burp constantly - he recognized Yang Rui, who was beside Yang Zengxin with a disagreeable look.

Although this person is timid, but he is still clever, he didn't dare to salute Yang Rui, but just panicked and beckoned the two sedan chairs to be carried over, and then asked Yang Rui and Yang Zengxin to get on the sedan chair. Yang Rui hated taking a sedan chair the most, but the private interview failed, and the mayor was so panicked that he had to make the mistake in the sedan chair, so as not to attract more people's attention.

"How did you know that Lord Yang was coming?" was carried to the government by a sedan chair, and after everyone saluted, Yang Rui asked the local prefect, Yang Chunrong, who was born in the Western Regions.

"Xia Guan received the secret guarantee, although I don't understand which adult came, but for the sake of safety, ......" Yang Chunrong was a little apprehensive. He was familiar with Yang Zengxin, but he was not familiar with Yang Rui, so he didn't dare to say anything. After he finished speaking, Ye Yunbiao, the captain of the guard team in charge of Yang Rui's safety, also said: "Prime Minister, according to the latest security discipline, and considering that Beiting is a newly designated place, and there are guns in various places, so ......."

For Yang Rui's safety, Ye Yunbiao can gather police forces alone without notifying Yang Rui, and can even prevent some of Yang Rui's dangerous actions; And Yang Chunrong received the secret security not only mobilized the police, but also did not know where to get the sedan chair, he thought that as long as someone sat in the sedan chair, it would be foolproof, the two of them did it right, but unfortunately the private interview of the microservice was lost.

"Well, you guys won." Yang Rui was very helpless, he understood why the previous emperor was always deceived from below, this was simply involuntarily.

Yang Zengxin couldn't help but laugh when he saw this, and he waved everyone away and said, "Prime Minister, I know what you are worried about. In fact, they are worried that the national strength will weaken after a hundred years, and the weak Han people will not be able to hold this place. According to the following officials, the only thing that will really make the Han people weak is the excessive imperial power. ”

"Imperial power is too strong?" Yang Rui was surprised. "What does the imperial power have to do with the Han people not being able to fight?"

"As long as it is the emperor, he can't tolerate the border army being good at fighting, because once the border army can fight, not to mention the generals, they will frequently provoke wars, in case they turn their guns around......" Yang Zengxin stroked his gray beard and sighed with a sighing expression, "The emperor's pro-army lives in the capital, and there has been no war for a long time, and under the sound of dogs and horses, it will only be inferior to one generation after another, and once the pro-army degenerates, the armies in other places will also be weakened accordingly." In order to stabilize the center, the emperor will never allow other departments to be stronger than the pro-army, so that one generation is not as good as one generation, one is not as good as one, and by the end of the dynasty, the country was overturned, and the army was all showy, and even after one or two dynasties, the army could no longer fight. The real strategy of defending the border is not to garrison troops, but to return to the land instead. ”

"It can't be!" Yang Rui's first reaction was to never do it, "If you do this, there will be ...... at the border that is difficult to control."

Halfway through the words, Yang Rui's reaction was completely the reaction of the emperors of previous dynasties - never allow the country to appear forces that are not controlled by the central court, and in order to control, the system of flowing officials must be implemented, what is the purpose of the flow of officials, the real intention is to flatten the local power, so that it will not be committed, based on this reason, the weaker the people, the better the government's 'management', and the more 'managed', the weaker the people, and when the country is finally destroyed, the people are like lambs to be slaughtered by foreign races.

It's not that the Han people can't fight, it's that the discipline and education of the previous dynasties make them not know how to resist, and what Yang Rui is doing now is what the previous dynasties have done.

"Is that the reason?" When he found that the problem appeared on him, Yang Rui was a little weak.

"Prime Minister, is there any other reason besides this?" Yang Zengxin asked rhetorically.

"Not really." Yang Rui smiled bitterly. Yang Zengxin is a jinshi and a capable official, and there are many people who know it; Yang Rui has traveled through a hundred years, and even if it is hearsay in the Internet era, knowledge can be regarded as extensive. Once the matter pierces that piece of paper, how can you not know what the real reason is.

"So what should we do?" Yang Rui asked.

"Xiaguan ......" looked up at Yang Rui, Yang Zengxin said: "There is no gun ban in the North Court, and the Western Regions should be the same; In addition, please change the flow to the land in these two provinces to consolidate the people's foundation. ”

"What about Kannai?" Yang Rui asked again.

"Guannei ......" Yang Zengxin felt that his request was too outrageous, and lowered his head and said: "The lower official really doesn't know." ”

"Alright, you go out and let me think about it." Yang Rui took out a cigarette and lit it, and began to ponder, at this moment, history is changing.

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Xin Juan End (To be continued......)