For a long time, the Qin army attacked the city and seized the land, and had a complete set of aftermath disposal plans for the newly occupied areas. In general, the most important one is immigration. Disperse the local tyrants in the original land and move to other places, and then send their own people to replace the original government officials, and the original army must be disbanded. After such a disposition, the Qin army was able to firmly control the newly occupied territory.

But this time, Li Jing's disposal arrangements for Youzhou after the war were unusual.

Li Cunxiao and most other Qin soldiers began to feel dissatisfied, and the biggest reason was that such changes touched the interests of the Qin soldiers. In the past, for the former big clan tyrants in the occupied areas, the Qin army mainly used a suppression strategy. The interests of these original vested interests were finally transferred to the soldiers of the Qin army and the people of the scholar clan who supported the Qin army.

Now that things have changed, there will naturally be dissatisfaction within the Qin army, which was supposed to receive the benefits of Youzhou.

"Huchen means that we want to cut down the grass and eradicate the roots of the Shatuo people, so what should we do with the original Lulong military group?" Li Jing asked, his tone a little serious. "Do you also use this strategy against the soldiers of Youzhou Lulong?"

Li Cunxiao scratched his head, "I think we can arrange them according to the previous practice of the situation in southern Liaoning, disrupt and reorganize their army, and then transfer them to Liaodong to defend." Youzhou Lulongjun has been divided for more than 100 years, the commander has changed countless times, and there have been dozens of rebellions in more than 100 years, these people are not credible at all. ”

Luo Ye, the second assistant of the cabinet, smiled slightly: "There is some truth in what I said, Huchen is worthy of being a tiger general, but this time and that time are also." The previous strategy against southern Liaoning was successful. It doesn't mean that we can succeed in using it on Youzhou Lu Longjun now. This moment. At that time, too. ”

Li Jing smiled at him. Although Luo Ye is not more experienced than Cao Ye, he is still very sensitive to the overall situation.

"We won't talk about it now, what the consequences might be if the recommendations made by Huchen are implemented." Luo Ye's fingers tapped on the table, attracting everyone's attention. "First of all, for the disposal of the Shatuo people, the king's intention is to accept surrender and expand the Xiaowu army. Let Guo Chongtao take the post of military master. And Huchen's proposal was to cut down the grass and eradicate the roots, and the Shatuo people were directly executed. ”

"Let's talk about the two possible outcomes of the king's plan first, one is that Guo Chongtao and his Shatuo people have surrendered since then and have been used by our Qin army, and have since become an elite force of our Qin army. After all, although Guo Chongtao is young, he is indeed very brave, and secondly, the strength of the Shatuo people is also obvious to all. And, so far. Our army is so kind to Shatuo's troops, so it is rumored that after the Lu is gone. In the future, when they fight against the Shatuo people, they will also be affected by this to some extent, and they will no longer fight to the death with us. Now that we are strong, there are more battles to come, and if we can surrender without a fight, it will be the best. ”

Li Cunxiao retorted: "This is just wishful thinking, who knows that the Shatuo people will really surrender sincerely?" If the people of Shatuo have different intentions, then we will accept them now, and give them soldiers and horses, so that they can have more soldiers and horses, in case they turn against each other, there will be endless troubles. ”

Luo Ye smiled: "Of course, this is also possible, but the king is not without countermeasures. "Regarding the decision of Youzhou's soldiers, Li Jing had carefully discussed it in advance with the Cabinet and the Provincial Government and the General Staff Yuan. With such a major decision-making turn, Li Jing could not be arbitrary. "Actually, the king has been prepared for a long time." He said to the crowd: "For Shatuo's troops, we have three disposal plans, first, cut the grass and eradicate the roots, so as to eliminate future troubles. Second, it was surrendered, and then disbanded, dismantled and resettled in various parts of Liaodong. Third, accept the surrender, expand the army, and reuse them. ”

Li Jing nodded at Luo Ye for a long time, and some things were more appropriate for the people below to say than to say it himself. "What are the pros and cons of the three schemes?"

"All three options have their own advantages and disadvantages, and the first one is to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, and for us, it can solve some troublesome things. But the consequences are not all good, if you kill all the Shatuo people this time, then the Shatuo people will never surrender again, and in the event of a battle, they will only fight to the death with us. Even other forces in the world may no longer consider surrendering in the future, after all, killing surrender is not a good reputation. With such a criminal record, who will dare to descend in the future, and who will still be willing to surrender? Therefore, this killing is happy on the surface, but in fact, there are more troubles. ”

"Second, accept and then dissolve. This seems to be a relatively safe solution, but in fact, it is the most subordinate, either kill or reuse. And if you don't kill or reuse, this will make Guo Chongtao and Shatuo people dissatisfied, and it will eventually lead to future troubles. ”

Luo Ye said of the third, the self-confident way, "And the third, to subdue the Shatuo and reuse them, there is half a chance that the Shatuo people will be convinced." Of course, there is also a half-chance that the Shatuo people will not really surrender. But as I said just now, the king has already taken countermeasures, that is, to expand. At present, Shatuo has only about 3,000 troops, and if the plan is expanded, more than 1,000 wounded soldiers will be eliminated, and 2,000 people will be retained at the end. There are 5,000 Xiaowu troops, which means that we have to transfer 3,000 men and horses from other troops to replenish them. In this way, in terms of numbers, Shatuo soldiers have become a minority in the Xiaowu army. ”

"What's more, we will also transfer a large number of officers, and on the surface, about forty percent of the commanders at all levels of the Xiaowu Army will be served by Sha Tuo generals. However, most of the adjutant positions at all levels, such as adjutants, instructors, marquis of Duyu, Sima, and staff officers, will be filled by the officers we have sent. The most important one, the newly built Xiaowu Army, will belong to the township soldiers within three years. Moreover, in these three years, they will receive the reorganization training of our Qin army, and this training location will be Liaodong, Liaoxi, Haidong and other places. In three years' time, can't we still transform this Shatuo army into our own people? ”

This latter move is to thoroughly digest the surrender of the army, and because the surrender army has been expanded before, and those generals have been given additional officers, therefore, Li Jing and others believe that such an arrangement is basically acceptable even for Guo Chongtao and other generals. In this way, this plan appeases the generals and digests the surrendered troops, and it can also play a good demonstration role, which is of great help to the next battles with the towns to recruit surrenders.

In the final analysis, today's Qin army has a great cause, and has the ability to annex and digest those surrendered armies without worrying about the impurity of the army. Not to mention. The Qin army at the moment. There could be more battles to face. And there will be more surrenders. How to better deal with this group of people is very important to the Qin army. If it is done well, it may be better than a large army, so that many weak and small forces that were not determined in the first place will consider surrendering directly to Li Jing. After all, if there is such a good treatment after defecting to Li Jing, then who would take such a big risk to fight Li Jing to the death.

Li Cunxiao nodded without understanding what he heard, listening to such an explanation, it seemed that directly killing the Shatuo people was not the best choice. Since King Qin has already made arrangements. Don't worry about the aftermath left by this Shatuo people, then you don't have to worry too much. It's just that the Shatuo people are only a minority after all, and the key is the disposal of Youzhou. King Qin has ordered that the original Lulong army be expanded into six armies, and the original Lulong local officials have been retained. Even the usual immigration strategy was not implemented this time.

"Lulong Town is different from our previous Ziqing and Liaodong regions, and we have to be cautious about Lulong Town." Li Jing said seriously.

Li Jing's power probably experienced the Dengzhou period, the southern Liaoning period, and the eastern-northeast period. And then there is this stage now. When he was in Dengzhou, although Ziqing was also a feudal town that had been divided for four generations. But after all, it has been destroyed by the imperial court for decades. Moreover, Li Jing received the support of Yu Xuan, Cui Yunqing, Song Wei, etc., and later the support of the Xiao family, the Han family and other big families, so it was very smooth. After the development of industrial and commercial sea trade, Li Jing directly tied the profits of this piece to these big families. The rapid expansion of the Zhenguo Army also made the military group completely follow Li Jing's side, especially the Zhenguo Army was completely developed from scratch and built by Li Jing.

When expanding to the northeast of southern Liaoning, it mainly dealt with the Hu people in the northeast and some Han forces. Li Jing adopted the strategy of winning over a group of Han people and attacking most of the Hu people, first using military force to attack the Hu people in the northeast, and then adopting the migration strategy, and finally building roads and cities, and immigrating to Tuntian, completely disintegrating the hostile forces in the northeast. The same is true for subsequent strategies.

It wasn't until after the capture of Shandong and Hebei that Li Jing deliberately changed this strategy.

After all, in the Northeast, the hostile forces are mainly Hu people, and harsh tactics can be employed. Moreover, the Northeast is vast and sparsely populated, and the plan for immigration is also good. But now, after the occupation of Hebei and Shandong, this plan will not work. Even if the population of Hebei and Shandong has dropped sharply due to the war, it is by no means comparable to that of Northeast China. With a population of millions, Li Jing cannot support immigrants of this scale. Moreover, it was no longer time for Li Jing to concentrate on a solid rear, and the increase in territory and population made it necessary for Li Jing to restore production and stability in the occupied areas of Shandong and Hebei.

The most important thing is that Lulong Town is a powerful force that has been divided for more than 100 years, and the imperial court has been unable to govern it for more than 100 years. Here, the strongest is the military force, and then the local tycoons. These two major forces are deeply rooted, and over the years, Lulong Town has changed countless commanders and mutinies countless times, which illustrates a serious problem. It's not like changing owners can change everything.

For the Goguryeo people in Liaodong, Li Jing could use military strikes and then forcibly relocate the people. But for Lulong Town, it is impossible for Li Jing to move all these people. And now it's just a Lu Long, so in the future, there will be Yiwu, Chengde, Wei Bo, and the whole world, can Li Jing always deal with Goguryeo?

Actually, no.

After discussing Lu Longzhen, Li Jing and others believed that it should be both grace and power, and focus on care.

In the final analysis, it is actually a matter of interests.

If you want to completely control Lulong Town, you have to pull Lulong's martial arts group and Hao clan group to the side of the Qin army, instead of letting them stand on the opposite side. But at the same time, we must not let these people have too much power, so as not to lose the tail. Therefore, Coco Li's ultimate strategy is the choice between the majority and the minority.

Choose to make the majority a sharer and suppress some of the most threatening. Win over a group, suppress a group, and support a group after the last, divide and disintegrate the original interest groups, so that they will eventually follow Li Jing and safeguard their common core interests.

However, it is easier said than done, and after thinking about it for a long time, Li Jing reached an agreement with the cabinet and the province of Shangshu, that is, to win over the military group first. This is also the reason why Li Jing expanded the Lu Long Army into the Sixth Army, and at the same time appointed and dismissed the leaders of the original six most powerful armies as the army masters. Of course, there is a way to deal with Shatuo's surrender to the army in the past, and Li Jing's arrangement of Lu Long's generals this time is actually the same as the treatment of Shatuo's people.

Ascended openly and secretly, ostensibly to increase the rank and promotion of the generals of the Lu Long Army, and expand their troops. However, in fact, their troops had to be expanded first, and then reorganized, and within three years, they would be township soldiers, and they would be reorganized and trained by the imperial court in Northeast China or Shandong. Through this time, they were transferred out of Lu Long, and they were used to mix sand with these Lu Long troops and thoroughly digest them.

has won over the military group in Lulong Town, so the next step is naturally to suppress the local tyrants in Lulong. Now Li Jing has announced that the original officials in various places will remain in office temporarily, but soon, Li Jing will demand that the official system of the prefectures and counties in Lulong Town be changed according to the new system of the Qin army, and use this opportunity to transfer the officials and the court in various places to disrupt their original situation. The most important thing is that after the transfer, it will be the time to check the old accounts, and using the opportunity of the exchange, Li Jing will liquidate the family power of a group of local officials in Lulong who have a bad reputation, and even some officials who threaten the Qin army's control of the area.

In the name of punishing corruption, rectifying the rule of officials, and maintaining the name of the people, he solved the most threatening force of the Qin army.

Of course, immediately afterwards, Li Jing also planned to clean up the prison, sort out the old cases, relieve the poor, appease the orphans and widows, and then repair the city water conservancy, resume production, implement new tax laws and regulations, reduce the burden of the people, and so on, in order to win over the people and win the hearts of the people. Of course, for those who cooperate with the obedient local tyrants, Li Jing will definitely choose some special advantages to reward and reward, so that they can share the benefits.

Overall, this will be a huge and complex plan. It is also a major change in Li Jing's internal policy, and Lulong Youzhou is just a beginning, or a test area.

On top of the festival, the core civil and military forces who were still a little hesitant about the new strategy finally fully understood at this time.

If you govern a big country, you can cook a small fresh.

The Qin army is becoming more and more powerful, and many aspects can no longer be dealt with as simply as in the past.

It turned out that the military was the most important, and now, both internal affairs are important.

"It is said that it is difficult to fight the world immediately, and it is difficult to govern the world immediately, which is true." Zuo Servant is also a military attaché, but he can't help but feel very relieved to see that King Qin now attaches so much importance to internal affairs. Since ancient times, it is easy to win the world, but it is difficult to govern the world. The Qin army is now in a situation, and the seizure of the world is just around the corner, and there is no problem in the military.

Li Cunxiao stood in the hall, his face was still a little dizzy, what kind of strategy was planned, he still had this cloud and mountain fog cover when he listened. After a long time, he shook his head and couldn't help but sigh and said, "Everyone is right, King Qin is really playing a big game of chess!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the hall was quiet at first, and then everyone laughed together! (To be continued......)