Chapter 504: New Year 3
There was a buzz in the conference room, and everyone was discussing Xu Shiyang's decision.
The result is nothing to discuss, although Xu Shiyang has been expanding the power of the General Staff, his own influence in the Qi army is still irreplaceable, and he made the decision to dispose of the prisoners in this way, and no one should object to it.
What everyone is discussing now is just gossip about the official sale of Tartar mothers-in-law.
Only except for Gongsun Sheng.
Just when everyone thought that the way to deal with the captives had been decided, Gongsun Sheng suddenly stood up and put forward his own suggestion:
The noble daughters of the pseudo-Jin Kingdom were directly assigned to meritorious soldiers as slaves according to their status.
He also proposed specific distribution plans, such as:
The queen and concubines of the Jin Kingdom were presented to the king of Qi;
The princesses and the daughters of the Bo Jilie family gave Xu Shiyang;
Other princes and nobles were assigned to other members of the Qi royal family and high-ranking officials of the Qi state according to their ranks.
As soon as this remark came out, everyone had a black line on their faces - it was too shameless.
What is the purpose of Gongsun Sheng's proposal, everyone is not stupid, and it can be seen at a glance - it is simply an attempt to curry favor with the captured woman to please King Qi and the prince.
Xu Shiyang glanced at Gongsun Sheng with a smile, and said bluntly:
"Veto."
He really didn't want to take the harem of the Emperor of Jin for his own use - what could he not get if he wanted a woman? Is it necessary to take in the women of these enemies?
Besides, the quality of the harem of the Jurchen Tartars is indeed not very good, and the guys who peep at these women are probably because their identities used to be very respectful - it is very exciting to play the queen at will.
Gongsun Sheng's first proposal was rejected, and only then did he understand that Xu Shiyang was really not interested in it.
But he was not discouraged, and immediately followed up with a second suggestion about the captives:
In view of the fact that there is no law in the Qi State to punish the nine tribes (the Qi State is too short of people, so even the ordinary death penalty is cautious and cautious, involving the crime of joint sitting, and the people who are seated are basically not involved in the death penalty, but this law is only applicable to commoners and Han people), it seems too cruel to put all the male children of the Tartar nobles to death by sitting together.
Gongsun Sheng's suggestion was: 13 Male children under the age of 13 were castrated and sent to the palace for use as eunuchs.
Xu Shiyang understood that Gongsun Sheng wanted to bribe himself and the King of Qi with these captives while fully humiliating the Tartars.
I don't know which one they will choose between the castration of their underage children and the direct execution of their underage children, but the probability of choosing the first path should be smaller, right?
Becoming a eunuch is bullied every day, and after living this life miserably, it is better to die happily.
Gongsun Sheng's proposal would not make Xu Shiyang misunderstand that he had any sympathy for the Jurchen Tartars, but it did solve a problem: Xu Shiyang did not allow Han people to enter the palace as eunuchs.
Therefore, the number of rough eunuchs in Meiquan Palace has always been insufficient, and the King of Qi has complained several times.
It seems like a good idea to replenish the number of eunuchs with Tartar boys now, which can both humiliate the enemy and be practical.
Gongsun Sheng even further proposed that the source of the eunuchs who attacked Qi should be determined in this way: Han Chinese were not allowed to enter the palace, and eunuchs could only be filled by foreign tribute or boys who had been directly captured.
In the future, these low-status foreign boys will not be easy to become eunuchs and threaten the situation of the Great Qi Dynasty - there is one thing Gongsun Sheng did not dare to say, but he did think about it: Anyway, the eunuchs have a low status and are of foreign blood, and in the future, every King (or Emperor) of Qi will control Bintian, and all the eunuchs he favors will be directly taken to accompany the funeral.
This will save you a lot of trouble.
On the women's side, when it comes to Xu Shiyang himself, he can veto them all.
But on the issue of eunuchs, Xu Shiyang is not good at making decisions for his father, because although he is the son of the world, and he is sure that he will be the heir of King Qi, but before King Qi abdicates, everything in Meiquan Palace belongs to King Qi instead of Xu Shiyang.
No matter how domineering Xu Shiyang is, there is no need to save this bit of face for his father.
"Okay, in that case, let's slightly change what I just ordered."
Xu Shiyang finally decided to make some compromises:
"Men and women over the age of 13 are still sold as I just said, men kill female officials."
"Tartar nobles under the age of 13, the women are sent to the palace as palace maids, and the men are castrated as eunuchs."
"But there is one thing, before dealing with it, you must find out the origin, and the Han girls who were taken away by the Tartars are not allowed to be slaves! Can't be sold officially! ”
"Yes!"
Maybe people in this era will feel that women who are taken away and insulted by the Tartars are unchaste, but Xu Shiyang will not think so, it is the fault of men who cannot protect women, as long as women do not take the initiative to join the Tartars, Xu Shiyang does not object to them enduring humiliation in order to live (but it is not encouraged).
Xu Shiyang's words reminded outsiders at the meeting.
The representative of the Goryeo Kingdom, a Goryeo official named Kim Myeong, suddenly came out of the ranks and knelt down on his knees to Xu Shiyang:
"Your Majesty Jin Ming, please ask His Royal Highness the Prince to return the Goryeo girl who was taken away by the Tartars."
Although Goryeo was a vassal to the state of Kim very early, in the 32 years before and after the existence of the state of Jin, it still invaded Goryeo more than ten times, five of which captured the royal capital of Goryeo, and abducted the daughters of the royal family of Goryeo and the daughters of the nobles of the two classes.
This Jin Ming saw that Xu Shiyang was willing to listen to the opinions of his subordinates, and it seemed that he was not as domineering as rumored, so he had the courage to ask Xu Shiyang to return the living Goryeo noblewoman to Goryeo.
Although even if the Goryeo nobles return to China, they will probably only be able to live alone in the nunnery for the rest of their lives, but as long as they are sent back to China, it means that part of the shame left by the Tartars to Goryeo will be washed away, which is a great political achievement for Jin Ming personally, and it will be of great benefit to his personal future.
Therefore, he was desperate to make this request to Xu Shiyang first, for fear that others would snatch his credit.
Xu Shiyang looked at the Goryeo envoy who was kneeling at his feet, and asked with a smile, "You only need the noble girl who was plundered?" What about their children? ”
In the country of Qi, the children of the robbed Han girls could enter the household with their mothers and then live as commoners.
"Those evil seeds, please treat them as tartars."
Xu Shiyang nodded, and sure enough, everyone had different opinions about these poor women than him.
"Yes, Ben Shuai agrees to return the Goryeo noblewoman." Xu Shiyang agreed.
"Goryeo will never forget the kindness of the mother country of Daqi."
Jin Ming respectfully kowtowed to Xu Shiyang, and the other Goryeo envoys hurriedly followed.
Xu Shiyang smiled disapprerovingly, there were only a few hundred women, which was nothing compared to the goods that Goryeo offered to the Qi State every year.
What's more, the Qi State controls Goryeo's military, diplomatic, customs and other privileges, and such a respectful subject state should also give some benefits.