Chapter 326 Liao People
"Your Majesty! Qianzhou Governor Li Mengchang sent a battle report." An eunuch trotted to Li Chengqian, bent down and handed the battle report to Li Chengqian.
At this time, Li Chengqian was discussing some military and national affairs with Li Ke. After hearing the eunuch's report, he turned around and took the battle report to read it.
"I think the rebellion of the Liao people in Yanzhou has been quelled, and the document reporting the victory has been sent to Your Majesty to report the good news to Your Majesty." Li Ke smiled.
Some time ago, Yanzhou reported that the Liao people rebelled and Yanzhou was basically lost.
At that time, Li Chengqian was furious and immediately issued an edict to let the governor of Zizhou Xie Wansui, the governor of Yanzhou Xie Faxing, and the governor of Qianzhou Li Mengchang.
He ordered the three of them to join forces to attack the rebellious Liao people in Yanzhou. With the strength of the Tang Dynasty, it would be easy to put down this rebellion.
After reading the battle report, Li Chengqian's face turned pale and he threw the battle report in his hand away in anger.
"Your Majesty! What's wrong? Is there something wrong?" Seeing Li Chengqian so angry, Li Ke asked hurriedly.
He felt that things should not be as simple as he thought. There must be something wrong with Li Mengchang, which made the emperor so angry.
"Li Mengchang, that idiot, and Xie Wansui and Xie Faxing, those two idiots, are simply stupid to the extreme."
"Don't they know how cruel the barbarians who eat raw meat and drink blood are? When the two of them went to persuade them to surrender, Li Mengchang didn't stop them."
"Xie Wansui and Xie Faxing actually went to the cave where the Liao people lived, trying to persuade the rebels to surrender, but ended up killing themselves."
"They were killed by the Liao people, their bodies were dismembered, and their heads were hung on flagpoles. This is a provocation to my Tang Dynasty."
"This is simply a shame for the Tang Dynasty!" Li Chengqian roared angrily.
Li Ke was shocked after hearing this! I didn't expect things to turn out like this, and I didn't even think that two governors would die.
"Your Majesty! Calm down. Things have turned out like this. I think the current situation in Yanzhou is not optimistic. Let's solve the Yanzhou issue first, and then we can talk about other things." Li Ke said.
"Immediately issue an edict to let Li Mengchang suppress the rebellion of the Liao people at all costs, and kill all those who dare to resist without mercy."
"After suppressing the Liao people, turn them all into slaves, keep one tenth, and move the rest to the inland and disperse them to various military towns." Li Chengqian said.
Disperse these Liao people and integrate them into the settlements of the Han people. Let the Han people watch over them, and there is no need to worry about them rebelling again.
"Your Majesty, if you move most of the Liao people to the inland, the number of Liao people in Yanzhou will decrease, although it can prevent them from changing."
"In this way, the production of Yanzhou will decrease, which is not conducive to development. Please think twice, Your Majesty." Li Ke said.
Yanzhou was originally a place where barbarians lived, and the production level was originally backward. If these Liao people were really dispersed and moved to various places,
Yanzhou would become sparsely populated. After the labor force decreased, the production level would not be improved, and it would be good if it could not decline.
"I have already thought about this. We can relocate some Han people to Yanzhou, and we can also exile some criminals to Yanzhou."
"In this way, all the problems in Yanzhou will be solved. It will not only solve the population problem, but also prevent the Liao people from rebelling again." Li Chengqian said.
He wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to strengthen the control over these barbarians, carry out land reform, appoint officials to govern these places, and strengthen military management to completely turn these places into the territory of the Tang Dynasty.
All reactionary forces will be suppressed by force, and most of the Liao people will be dispersed to various places and coexist with the Han people, which can effectively prevent them from causing trouble again.
These areas can also become places under the direct jurisdiction of the court, and the taxes levied are the same as those levied on the Han people in the mainland, but the amount is less than that in the mainland.
After all, they are a minority, so they should be given some preferential policies.
Not only that, Li Chengqian also plans to find a group of Taoist priests who are good at speaking and can fool people into fools, send them to these areas, build Taoist temples, spread Taoist culture, and let these people convert to Taoism.
Li Chengqian originally planned to let a group of monks go to these areas to promote Buddhism and make these areas obedient to the court.
Buddhism can become one of the three major religious organizations in the world, and its strength cannot be underestimated. Taoism is much inferior in this respect.
Now that Taoism is the state religion of the Tang Dynasty, it must be vigorously promoted so that more people will believe in Taoism instead of Buddhism.
This is also the reason why Li Chengqian chose Taoism to preach. He could not let Buddhism continue to grow.
"This method can indeed solve the current situation, but in this case, will the leader of the Liao people still hold an official position and continue to manage the Liao people? Can the original control policy continue to be used?" Li Ke said.
"Of course not. After the Liao people's rebellion is quelled, we will establish prefectures and counties in the area according to the prefecture and county system in the mainland, instead of some kind of vassal prefectures."
"Officials will naturally be appointed by the court and will be managed by officials with a certain term of office, and military agencies will be added to the area."
"Capture them by strategy is the best, and send troops to suppress them is the second best; make them surrender voluntarily is the best, and force them to give up their land is the second best."
"We must use military force, but not rely solely on it. We should use force to intimidate and strive to resolve these problems through political means." Li Chengqian said.
"But, Your Majesty! The barbarians are different from us Han people after all. If we copy our Han people's system and methods to manage them, I think it is inappropriate."
"It's okay for a short time, but if it lasts for a long time, I'm afraid it will cause more unrest and be more detrimental to governance. It's better to manage these barbarians according to the original system of control." Li Ke said.
The lives and customs of the two sides are different. If they are managed in the same way, there will definitely be chaos.
"I have thought about this. Barbarians are different from us Han people. We cannot govern them with the same methods as Han people."
"We can deal with the local barbarian problems according to the local situation, instead of mechanically applying the governance methods of Han people."
"In this way, the court can directly manage these areas without causing unrest." Li Chengqian said.
He planned to turn these areas into autonomous regions like in later generations to manage these barbarians, which would eliminate many hidden dangers.
"Your Majesty is thoughtful. If it works, we can promote it in other places where barbarians live."
"In that way, we don't have to worry about these barbarians rebelling, and the court can also directly manage these areas through appointed officials." Li Ke said with a smile.
He also thought that Li Chengqian's method was good and that he could give it a try. If the effect was ideal, he could then decide how to promote it.