Han Khan

Chapter 176, Arrangements

Zhang Sheng thought for a moment, then turned his gaze to Zhang Anzuo, who was in charge of finance, and said firmly: "My financial officer, don't worry about my slaves and livestock.

As long as they can survive this winter, the Jinhan people will surely be able to obtain more cattle, sheep and slaves.

These are wealth obtained through plunder. There is no need to be stingy. Just share them with them.

After all, our goal is to make Jinhan stronger, with a larger population and more believers who are loyal to the Lord of Heaven!"

As soon as Zhang Sheng finished speaking, voices of praise rang out in the tent. Even those who still had concerns about the distribution stood up and bowed respectfully to Zhang Sheng, saying, "Khan is benevolent and righteous!"

In the traditional concept of the grassland, all property belongs to the Khan, especially so many slaves and livestock, which are the Khan's private property. At this time, everyone in the tent couldn't help but exclaim:

This is more than 100,000 slaves, and if each household is allocated 50 sheep, this will be 5 to 6 million livestock! Does the Jinhan tribe have so many? I'm afraid not!

If these livestock were driven to the Central Plains for sale, the prices of cattle, sheep and horses there would surely plummet to the bottom.

One of the tribesmen said respectfully: "Your Majesty is kind and righteous. This arrangement will surely appease the hearts of these slaves and prisoners of war."

"That's right, who doesn't want to live a stable life?" another person echoed.

“In this way, I, Jin Han, can even be compared with the Guiyi Army, or even stronger.

Although we are in the grasslands, without a stable territory or trade channels, Your Majesty has led us to build such a foundation in just a few months. It is truly the blessing of the Lord of Heaven. "

Amidst the compliments, someone asked quietly:

"Khan, getting married is a big deal. Customs vary from place to place, and our Jin Han people inherited the Han culture and emphasize 'parents' orders and matchmaker's words'.

How can we match so many people in such a hurry? And how can we deal with the many details of the wedding?"

Zhang Sheng smiled and comforted:
"This is not difficult. If there is no matchmaker, I will be their matchmaker. The wedding will be witnessed by the Supreme Lord Haotian, under the holy flag, with the prayers and blessings of the priests, and a collective wedding. How do you think?"

After thinking for a moment, everyone nodded in agreement. Zhang Zhongxian bowed and said respectfully:

"Your Excellency Khan, your kindness will surely spread across this cold and vast grassland, and the world will bear witness to your mercy."

Zhang Sheng nodded with satisfaction, looked around at everyone and said:

“We have discussed for a long time and now have identified several major tasks that Jinhan needs to accomplish.

First, the slaves were freed and livestock were allocated to them for settlement, and then they were reorganized and officials at all levels were appointed to manage these new subjects.

Second, all homeless men and women were selected from the Jinhan tribe, and after undergoing the conversion ceremony, they were collectively married according to the rituals of the holy religion.

Third, under the witness of all the tribesmen, he was crowned Khan and established.

Fourth, clarify the official system and appoint officials.

Fifth, arrange my marriage with Sarah.

Sixth, take advantage of the winter when herdsmen gather together and the Khitan civil unrest to sweep through the northern desert!
Seventh, now that our Jin Han has become close to the Khitan and the Shatuo people in Hebei, we must develop exchanges and trade with them, exchanging our salt, cattle, sheep, war horses, furs, etc. for materials from the Central Plains.

At the same time, collect intelligence from the Central Plains. If there is an opportunity, we must take in more Tang refugees and scholars from the Central Plains to increase the population of Jin, Han, Zhong and Yayan."

Everyone responded in unison: "Your Majesty is wise!"

Zhang Sheng nodded with satisfaction, his eyes flashing with determination, and then said to everyone:
"We will solve them one by one. The task of freeing slaves and reorganizing the subjects will be handled by the financial officer Zhang Anzuo.

There were a total of 8,700 fighters, assisted by the two guards regiments of Koza and Yin Shanxiong, as well as the leader of Timur's regiment, and 6,000 slave cavalry under Koza.

All slaves of the Tatars, Dubos, Ubilis, Shiweis, Kuchuuds, Tumatis, etc. were disbanded from their original tribes and clans, and then reorganized into families in the form of ten, one hundred, or one thousand households. After the reorganization was completed, livestock were distributed to each household, with 40 sheep, 8 cows, and 2 horses.

The homeless men and women were reorganized separately and handed over to the chief priest Zhang Zhongxian!

During this process, you must handle it gently and do not kill slaves at will, otherwise it will cause changes! "

After hearing Zhang Sheng's order, Zhang Zhongxian, Kezha and Yin Shanxiong hurriedly said:
"As you command, Your Majesty!"

Then Zhang Sheng turned his gaze to the chief priest Zhang Zhongxian and said:
"High Priest, you will lead the priests and slaves of the Priest Camp to set up the area around the temple tomorrow and hang holy flags around it.

When those single men and women are handed over to you, we will hold a collective wedding for them.

I, the chief priest and the priests of the priest camp will bless them together and prepare all the items and ritual supplies needed for the wedding as soon as possible to ensure that the wedding can be held smoothly! "

Zhang Zhongxian bowed and said:
"As you command, Your Majesty!"

At this time, Zhang Anzuo suddenly said:
"Your Majesty, will the tribesmen brought by Uzrukjijin, Atlaknayan, and these five leaders also be reorganized?"

His question made these people's faces change immediately.

The grassland nobles rely on their own bloodline, as well as the subjects and slaves of the tribe who work for them to herd and survive. This is how they can recruit soldiers and fight wars and maintain their noble status. If their tribes are distributed, will they still be nobles?
"No, they took the initiative to come and submit to Jinhan and became Jinhan people, so now they are no longer the scattered and leaderless tribes before! Uzruk!"

"The slave is here!"

"How many people are there in your tribe?"

"Reporting to the Khan, I brought a thousand tribesmen with me to Jinhan this time. In addition, my Ahun tribe has more than 2,000 tribesmen. They are now grazing at the foot of Yanran Mountain west of the Ulug River and in the area of ​​the former Uighur tents."

Zhang Sheng said:
"In view of your obedience, as the Khan of Jinhan, I will temporarily appoint you as the leader of the Jinhan tribe. You will lead the 1,000 tents and station them near the valley to the north of the Great Lake. Don't worry about food and safety. I will order people to provide you with food, and there will be patrolling cavalry guards around you!"

"Slave, you obey!"

"Atlak, how many tribesmen did you bring?" Zhang Sheng looked at the chief of the Shubugu tribe next to Uzruk and said, Atlak.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I have also recruited a thousand tents of troops to follow Lord Koza to Jinhan. The remaining four thousand tents of troops are still in the valley near the Tula River!" Atlak said!
Zhang Sheng looked at him in surprise:
"Oh, your tribe has 5,000 members?"

With more than 5000 tents, this is a relatively large tribe. If two households draft one man, the tribesmen can gather more than a brigade of cavalry. The key is whether there are so many strong men, war horses, and weapons!
"Reporting to the Khan, yes, my tribe has about 5,000 troops, but they are only combat soldiers, and we can muster at most 2,000 troops!"

The chief of Shubugu was not arrogant at all. His tribe had a large population, almost 30,000 people.

But after seeing the elite guards regiment led by Koza and the slave cavalry of about 6,000 people, they felt like sheep to be slaughtered and dared not resist at all.

Even if they joined forces with Uzruk, they still couldn't win, so they took the initiative to follow Koza to Jinhan and expressed their submission to the leader of Jinhan!
"Similarly, I temporarily appoint you as the leader of Jin Han. You will lead your troops and station on the west side of the camp, at your old place on the banks of the Bulgan River. I will provide you with food and safe shelter." Zhang Sheng said.

Afterwards, Zhang Sheng appointed the other five small chieftains of the Shiwei tribe who had brought their tribesmen to Jinhan as battalion commanders. These small chieftains each brought several hundred tents of their tribesmen to surrender, with a total of more than 1,300 tents of tribesmen.

Zhang Sheng decided to integrate these Shiwei people with seven battalions of Khitan people into four regiments, which he would personally lead. In this way, these Shiwei people became his direct command.

In contrast, the social development level of these Shiwei people was far lower than that of the Tatars, their population was smaller, and there was a lack of unified leadership and organization among the various tribes.

Therefore, they had almost no ability to resist Zhang Sheng's reorganization plan. In fact, two of the Shiwei tribes were even new immigrants who had just migrated from the Kerulen River to the Zhijushui (Selengge River) area.

For these Shiwei people, although they could not be valued by Zhang Sheng like the Ahun tribe or Shubugu, it was not a bad thing to join his army and accept reorganization.

By integrating with the Khitan people, they could gain more trust than the Shubugu and Ahun tribes, and at the same time they could enjoy the protection and resource support provided by Zhang Sheng.

(End of this chapter)