Chapter 259
Change of clothing and change of hair
"Is the Grand Marshal ready?" Mao Xi looked straight at Chen Kefu, his eyes full of excitement.
"This is the gift of heaven. If you don't take it, you will suffer the consequences." Chen Kefu's eyes were firm and his face was full of determination. At this point, there was nothing to hesitate. Rebellion is a big deal, and the most difficult one is actually the early stage.
The early stage of rebellion is full of dangers and variables, and if you are not careful, you will die without a place to bury it. When you really pull the flag and rebel, it is actually relatively simple. To rebel is not a matter of one person, it is a matter of a team.
Only by preparing as soon as possible can we plan carefully and have more time to think about the layout. Chen Kefu now begins to show his ambitions to his confidants, and is to seize every moment before Yang Guang's reaction. If so, he can deal with Yang Guang's possible next move.
"Everyone, you are all brothers and brothers of Chen Kefu. I have always regarded you as your own people. Now Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty is indecent, causing chaos in the world and the people are living in dire straits. The world is full of beacons, and many heroes compete to revolt. The Sui Dynasty lost its deer, and the heroes of the world are storming together. Our soldiers were in Liaodong for the rest of their lives, but Yang Guang began to suspicion about us. Previously, Zhang Xutuo led his troops to come, called reinforcements, but in fact, to seize the power of Liaodong. Prime Minister Su Wei was also the military supervisor. I, Chen Kefu, was originally the royal family of Southern Chen. In the past, my ancestors of Chen's family lost their virtues, and then the Chen family was replaced by the Sui Dynasty. Now Yang Guang in the Sui Dynasty is in a mess, and the people are unable to bear the suffering. I, Chen Kefu, should climb up to shout, lead the Liaodong soldiers to escape the people from the upside down, save the people from the water and fire, and restore a bright world in the world."
"Seeing the Marshal to the Death and Recovering My Homeland!" Lu Shishen and Chen Qing and other old subordinates in Chenjiazhuang were excited and their blood was bulging, with blue veins bulging on their necks. The people in Chenjiazhuang were originally old ministers in the south, and most of the younger generation were the children of those old ministers. At this time, when Chen Kefu finally decided to restore the country, they were all very excited.
Bo Mao wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and said with a smile, "I will call you Your Highness in the future, and I will call you Your Majesty in the future."
Chen Kefu hurriedly reached out to stop him, "It's too early to say this matter." After saying that, he turned to Shen Guang and other generals, "I wonder if Shen Guang and other generals are willing to help me and attack the Yang family together?"
Shen Guang took a secret glance around and found that Lu Shishen and the others were looking at him coldly. If he dared to say no today, he would probably not be able to get out of this house. However, the Shen Guang family was originally a family of officials and nobles in Southern Chen. After the Chen family was destroyed, they lived a very good life. In the end, not only did they have no houses, but they couldn't even have enough food. His grandfather and father were both officials in Southern Chen, but after they arrived in Chang'an, they could only become a book copyist. If he hadn't performed well in the siege that time, he would have been just a military commander.
Seeing the Sui Dynasty becoming more and more chaotic, Chen Kefu's strength became stronger day by day, and he became more cautious. Now Chen Kefu is about to rebel. His family is an old minister in Nanchen, and he himself is a senior general under Chen Kefu. If he follows this time, then the revival of the Shen family in the future is just around the corner. What's more, he has no choice now and does not follow, so he can only take the lead for the Sui Dynasty.
Kneeling on both knees, Shen Guang kowtowed to Chen Kefu, "My Shen clan is an old minister in the south. Now your highness is determined to restore the country. My former vassal will be a front pawn and serve your highness as a dog or horse."
With Chen Guang leading the way, the other generals naturally responded one after another.
"Your Highness, is the uprising a little hurry at this time? Everything is not ready?" Lu Shishen said in some confusion.
Chen Kefu smiled, "Today I am just expressing my will to all brothers, so that everyone can be prepared from today. But it does not mean that we will raise the flag to rebel now. We are now preparing. On the surface, we are still ministers of the Sui family. But from now on, I will have to be respectful of the troops and listen to the orders and not the Xuan. As long as Yang Guang does not send troops to Liaodong and does not cut off my military power, what if I surrender to him? When the time is ripe, it is naturally time for us to raise an army."
"Your Highness is right. You have to make careful plans to restore the country. Only by planning can you move forward. The most important thing now is to control the military power. The most reliable person is everyone here, and General Mao Yi, who is leading troops outside. His troops are also reliable, but other generals are still unable to determine their attitude for the time being."
Chen Kefu nodded. To rebel, he had to have soldiers. He had 160,000 people in his hands, but last time he defended the city, 40,000 were killed or injured, leaving 120,000. Among them, 20,000 were Khitan and Martialis soldiers, so he only had 100,000 people left. These 100,000 people were divided into seven armies. The only thing he really had was his central army, Lu Shishen Left Xiang Army, Mao Yi Left Front Army, Chen Gui Right Xiang Army, and the Marshal's Mansion soldiers. In fact, although Hu Hai, Liu Tiezhu, and Zhang He should be considered confidants, they have not communicated yet.
So today, Chen Kefu simply dispatched all the troops of Hu Hai and the other two, scattered all over the place, and slowly planned it.
"Your Highness, if you take Liaodong as your foundation, then we can't be the same as before. We have to make long-term preparations. Liaodong has been pacified and almost all the people who need to be killed will be killed. Next, my opinion is that all the nobles and tribes leaders will be arrested and killed. The people of the Goguryeo Kingdom have several ethnic groups, so we can distinguish them. Any Goguryeo people escort Liaodong as slaves. The rest, such as the Han people, Fuyu people, Mohe people, Khitan people, etc., can disperse them all, re-arrange them into various cities, and re-distribute them to their land."
According to Mao Xi's meaning, killing is not enough. The population is an important resource. There have been many people killed before. The Goguryeo clan originally had only one million people. More than half of the casualties were killed in several consecutive wars. Now, as long as the remaining nobles among the Goguryeo people are killed, the rest can be defeated as slaves. As for other tribes, they can be divided into different places and re-divided into different places. In a new environment, there are no familiar connections, no complex networks of relationships, and no ambitions. If all tribes live in harmony, it is basically difficult to rebel.
The most important thing is to maintain the deterrence of the army, and to start forming local governments. No matter what name is used, in short, their people must be the managers of these Liao people. And a certain proportion of the number must be maintained in these management institutions.
"There are many disabled soldiers in the army now, and most of them are no longer suitable to stay in the army. But we can go and have a simple training, transfer them to various cities and serve as managers. And through this opportunity, some generals who may have a vague attitude towards our major events will also be removed from the army. In addition, we can select a certain proportion of human managers among other ethnic groups in Liaodong in proportion to assist our people in managing the place."
Mao Xi said very well. Since Liaodong is to be his base, this place must be stayed for at least two or three years or even longer. So this nest must be consolidated. It is definitely a good idea to transfer disabled or even old soldiers to various places to serve as local managers.
"Mao Sima's opinion is very good. In my opinion, since this Liaodong has become the land of my Central Plains, these Liaodongs should naturally become Han people. From now on, all the land occupied by our army in Liaodong, whether they are Goguryeo or Mohe, must be changed to change their clothes. In addition to wearing Han clothes and wearing Han hairstyles, those who dare to wear clothes of various ethnic groups and wear hairstyles of various ethnic groups will be demoted to slaves. In addition, schools are opened in each city, divided into day shifts and night shifts. During the day, all Liao people under the age of sixteen must go to the school to learn Chinese characters, and at night all adult Liao people must learn Chinese. After they have finished their studies, only Chinese language is allowed to speak between them, otherwise they will be demoted to slaves."
If you want to do it, just do it thoroughly. Change the clothes and change the hair. This is a common trick that many ethnic groups used after occupying other ethnic groups. Not to mention the wild boar skins that were left without hair in later generations, it was the Xianbei regime that was the Xianbei regime, and once forced the Han people not to wear the Han clothes. Even the people also changed to the Xianbei surnames, such as Yuwen and Yuchi, and those two surnames were mostly Hu surnames.
This has a great effect, turning the opposing sides into assimilation. After a long time, even their own races can't be distinguished, so how can we talk about opposition? Chen Kefu now also wants to use this trick to directly assimilate the Liao people, and completely do not give them a chance to rekindle. In another generation or two, how could these people wear Han clothes and speak Chinese language? How could they remember that they were once wearing wild boar skins or wearing braids?
Since he occupied Liaodong, he planned to completely turn Liaodong into a part of the Central Plains. He killed all the upper members of the Liao people, scattered and mixed all ethnic groups. The Han people were managers, and they changed their clothes and changed their names. He wanted to completely change all this.
"Your Highness, except for Goguryeo, most of the Liao people are slaves, and only a small number are free people. Now your Highness has to allocate all the land to them at once. Is it a little nice to them? It would be better to be promoted to Mien and fight against Mihou, and it would be better to take it slowly." Mao Xi still had some objections to Chen Kefu's decision.
Chen Kefu thought about it and said that since it was kindness, he should not be too generous, otherwise he would not be able to show his preciousness.
"Let's do this. After the Liao people who were originally free people moved to another place, they originally sent land several times. Anyway, there were not many people and there were few lands. As for the other people, the land should be divided accordingly, but there was a condition to share the land. In the first two years, 20% of the land was paid to them. In the next three years, 30% of the land was their reward. After five years, the land would be permanently owned by them, and only the prescribed taxes were required."
Mao Xi thought about it and nodded. In this way, the Liao people were divided into third-class, slaves, tenants of the Sui army, and self-cultivated farmers. He focused on preventing the Goguryeo people, but was much more relaxed towards other people.
"Brother Mao, you don't have to worry too much about military affairs in the future. You will help me manage the civil affairs. Now that I want to rebel, I have to rely on myself for everything." Chen Kefu said with a smile.
Chapter completed!