Chapter 133: Transforming the Hu into Han
Liu Bei walked into the courtyard with a frown on his face. He first scolded Ma Chao, then told him where he was wrong, and used his own experience to express his regret for not studying hard when he was in school. Then he took out a bamboo board, and Ma Chao obediently lay on the chair. Then Ma Chao's loud singing floated out of the courtyard.
Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Huang Zhong, Zhao Yun, Chen Dao, Jian Yong and Sun Qian, who were guarding outside the county gate, heard Ma Chao's singing and looked at each other with strange expressions, trying hard to hold back smiles.

Zhang Liao and Taishi Ci were confused. No, it was just a child. What was so funny about this?

It was not until Liu Bei pushed the door open and walked out that everyone's expressions returned to normal.

Liu Bei smiled at everyone and said, "Why are you all standing outside the door? Come on in quickly."

Liu Bei and others came to the conference room and found that Jia Xu had been sitting there early.

Zhang Fei was surprised. He said to Jia Xu, "Wenhe, why are you here so early?"

"Ugh."

Jia Xu sighed, put down his teacup, glanced at Ma Teng and Pang De, his eyes filled with helplessness, and he gritted his teeth.

"It's all thanks to Shoucheng and Lingming!"

As a Liangzhou warrior, Ma Teng could not hear the hidden meaning of Jia Xu's words. He thought Jia Xu was praising him and even scratched his head in embarrassment. "Wenhe is joking. There is no need to be so polite between you and me! Don't you agree, Lingming?"

Pound nodded.

“Who are these three?”

Sun Qian asked curiously.

Later, Zhao Yun and Chen Dao cast puzzled looks at Zhang Fei.

Zhang Fei cleared his throat, put his eloquence to good use that he had acquired in prison, and began to introduce everyone to each other.

It turned out that Ma Teng was poor when he was young, and his biggest ambition was to have enough food and drink and live a comfortable life. How could licking blood from a knife be more comfortable than being an official in a county?
As for Pang De, he was a typical military man with a stubborn mind. Since Ma Teng was serving Liu Bei, he naturally had no objection. What's more, Liu Bei gave him an official position and appointed him as a military marquis. The right thing to do was to make military achievements.

After everyone had a general impression of the three people, Liu Bei announced the official start of the meeting.

"You all know that I have been promoted to the position of Protector of the Qiang, right?"

Liu Bei looked around and saw everyone nodding. He then expressed his doubts, "Do you have any good ideas for governing the Qiang and Hu in Hehuang?"

"A good plan?"

Ma Teng blurted out, "One word: kill! Didn't you hear that Duan Xing killed many Qiang and Hu people who were in a panic? They would tremble when they heard Duan Gong's name!"

"No."

Zhang Fei blurted out, and not only Zhang Fei, but everyone except Ma Teng and Pang De had their brows twisted into a "川" shape. Duan Xing was very powerful, and they had at most solved the problem of the Western Qiang, while the rest of the Qiang and Hu were still rebelling. Moreover, time had proved that killing alone could not solve the problem.

Liu Bei said, "I want to stop the Qiang and Hu from rebelling."

This question stumped Guan, Zhang, Zhao, Chen and Huang who were present. Taishi Ci and Zhang Liao looked at each other in bewilderment. After all, they were all military generals. They knew how to fight a war, and they could come up with dozens of ways, and none of them were the same.

Jian Yong and Sun Qian were not much better off. This issue was really embarrassing for the two brothers.

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Jia Xu could tell that Liu Bei was asking him. Fortunately, Jia Xu was mentally prepared. After all, he was the one who started this matter, so the ending should be reasonable, right? In short, after it was over, he could rest assured.
Then Jia Xu said, "I have something to say, please listen carefully."

"Sir, please try to explain it." Liu Bei said.

Jia Xu stood up and said, "The Qiang rebellion has been going on for a long time. If we want to put an end to it, there is only one way."

"What's the plan?" asked Liu Bei, who was the supporting actor.

Jia Xu did not keep the secret, "To put it simply, it is to make the Qiang people become Han people. The previous policy was problematic. The Qiang and Hu people were loose tribes, which were different from the Xiongnu's concept of a country. They were not simply nomadic peoples. There were conflicts between the tribes, and they had attacked each other. In order to solve the problem, the court treated the Qiang and Hu people as a whole. To some extent, the court created opponents for itself."

Liu Bei seemed to be thinking about something, and the others pricked up their ears and listened patiently.

Jia Xu continued, "Previously, blindly killing them all or blindly moving them inland is not the key to solving the problem. To completely solve it, we should not view them as a whole, but as individual tribes. There is also oppression between tribes. We should make them envy the Han people and envy the life of becoming Han people, instead of becoming slaves of the noble families after moving inland as before. We should let them keep running all the way to becoming Han people, such as changing their working habits, causing conflicts between their tribes, and splitting them into small families. Now the Lord of the Palace is very prestigious in Western Qiang, so he can find a Qiang adopted son as a role model."

Hearing the word "adopted son", Guan Yu and Zhang Fei could no longer sit still and stood up immediately. Their speed was so fast that people around them were dumbfounded.

"No!" said Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.

"At the moment," Zhang Fei almost let it slip, "At the moment, my eldest brother has no children."

"I see. It was Xu who was abrupt." Jia Xu said. He thought for a moment and looked at Ma Teng. "Then let Shoucheng come."

"Ah?"

Ma Teng was stunned. What was going on?
After several rounds of negotiations, Liu Bei decided to agree to Jia Xu's approach. Previously, he had dealt a heavy blow to the Qiang people, but now he was going to give them a sweet reward. He would deal with the Qiang and Hu people strictly in accordance with the law. Do they want to be able to afford millet rice and noodles?

Then just become a Han Chinese. As for the method, then work for the Han Chinese and earn merits. Of course, the remuneration for the work will definitely not be as good as that of the Han Chinese, but it will be more than what the tribe gives.

Another way is to change one's mindset, abandon Qiang language, learn Chinese pronunciation, and become a naturalized person. Then let Ma Teng pretend to be a Qiang and infiltrate these Qiang Hu people, show off his life in front of the Qiang people, and publicize the benefits of being a Han Chinese. Only after going through layers of scrutiny can he truly become a Han Chinese.

Of course, the prerequisite is that the Han Dynasty must be ahead of the Qiang and Hu in both economy and military.

Apart from anything else, Liu Bei was still very confident about this.

Then, he arranged for several people. Liu Bei appointed Sun Qian as the Five Officials Official to manage the county's sacrifices, elementary education and other matters. He also appointed Chen Dao and Zhao Yun as the Chief Clerk and Gong Cao under the Huqiang Captain. Originally, Liu Bei wanted to give the Chief Clerk to Jia Xu, but Jia Xu refused in every possible way. Wouldn't the workload of the Huqiang Captain's subordinates double?

Liu Bei smiled and said, "Wenhe, how about being appointed Gongcao of Yun County?"

Jia Xu realized that it would be bad if he refused again, so he agreed reluctantly.

Huang Zhong was promoted to the rank of commander and was in charge of the military affairs of Wuyun County.

After saying that, the remaining people looked at each other. Zhang Fei always spoke his mind.

"Brother, what about us???"

"Third brother, don't worry." Liu Bei said with a smile, and said, "Liangzhou Governor, promise me that whoever takes the county occupied by Qiang and Hu will have the opportunity to be appointed as the governor of the county."

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