There were about 100,000 surrenderers on Baishan Mountain, of which about 80,000 were Turks, another 20,000 or so were Liu Heimin's Xia army, and some of the original Liu Wuzhou, Gao Kaidao and other subordinates of Daibei, all of whom were now surrendering to Qin with the Turks.

All 100,000 people were killed, and the emperor thought it was too wasteful.

Prince Ming of the Ministry of Civil Affairs squeezed over, "Your Majesty, the minister also thinks that it is too wasteful to kill in pits, and the 100,000 captives are all young and strong." At present, at the beginning of the founding of the country, all kinds of waste are waiting to be rebuilt, not to mention that the world has not yet been unified, and it cannot be so wasteful. The minister thought that the 100,000 captives should be reduced to official slaves, and then dispersed and distributed to various places to dig in the fields. ”

Xiao Yu said that this was too brutal, although it was not killed, but 100,000 people were reduced to slaves, and it was too unpassable.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the world should be governed with benevolence, and the treatment of these Hu people should be based on enlightenment and teaching."

Xiao Yu has always disapproved of many of the emperor's practices, such as Luo Cheng's policy towards Goguryeo outside the Guanwai, which is now a strategy of destroying the country and exterminating the species, capturing people as slaves and seizing their land and fields, basically to destroy the country and the nation.

In his opinion, the real Ming monarch should not be so fierce and brutal, and should only attack a small part of the Goguryeo upper-class nobles, and originally include more Goguryeo people as the subjects of the Great Qin in the Central Plains, and then give them land and let them live and work in peace and contentment.

However, the emperor did not heed his advice at all.

The emperor's reply to him was only one reason, Goguryeo established a state outside the Guanwai for 700 years, from a small tribe to the overlord of Guanshang, they expanded countless territories and built countless castles in 700 years, and the most important thing is that the Goguryeo people have their own civilization ideas, and their population has reached an astonishing five or six million.

For a large ethnic group with its own long-standing culture, it is very difficult to assimilate, especially in the areas outside the gates. Outside the Guan, it is difficult for the Han people to surpass these Goguryeo people in a short period of time, so once the strength of the Central Plains court declines, these Goguryeo people outside the Guanguan may return to the country, this is not speculation, but it has evolved in this way countless times in history.

Just like the Han nation in the Central Plains, although it has been conquered, it has never been completely assimilated, why? The large population base and the long history of civilization have created the foundation of their inassimation.

Luo Cheng didn't want to leave a legacy for future generations, so in the face of the Goguryeo people, who were often rebellious, he simply came up with the most ruthless and direct strategy.

Now with the Turks, he intends to do the same.

Although many dynasties in history often defeated these northern nomadic tribes and settled them in the frontier, or even moved to the interior of the Central Plains.

But almost with exception, their resettlement is the whole tribe resettlement, and even their way of life has not changed, some of them are also herding horses, raising cattle and sheep when they move inward, and they still live a tribal life, so their internal migration has not changed the essence of their Hu people.

This kind of internal relocation can only be useful for a while, and once the dynasty weakens, it will inevitably become a chaotic situation again.

Even more recently, the Qimin Khan was the Sui Dynasty who single-handedly supported the dynasty and moved to Dingxiang in Monan, and handed over all the land north of Mayi to the Qimin Khan, but it only maintained the loyalty of the Qimin Khan to the Central Plains in the first generation, and the Shibi Khan was only the second generation, and the result was reversed.

Luo Cheng had studied these for a long time, and he also thought about finding a reliable solution to replace them, but he couldn't find them after thinking about it, so he simply broke it and then stood up.

It's a waste to kill, and it's not really merciful to let them go, so just let them all be slaves, and pay for the mistakes they have made for the rest of their lives.

"Wang Shangshu, register all these captives, half of the captives will be rewarded as war merits, and awarded to the meritorious soldiers of the Northern Northern Expedition, and the other half will be sent as official slaves to the official handicraft workshop of Shaofu Temple and the salt works of various mines."

Wang Ziming, as the emperor's brother-in-law, was very considerate of the emperor at this time, he said, "The minister thought that he could take half of the prisoners for three points, and one of the three would be used as a reward for the meritorious soldiers of the Northern Expedition and reward them as slaves." The third one was sent to the government's workshops and mines as slaves, and the remaining three were presented to His Majesty and sent to the emperor's private estates, mines, and workshops to work. ”

Xiao Yu stood up again, saying that Wang Ziming did not distinguish between public and private. The implication was that even if these captives were reduced to slaves, they should be the property of the imperial court, not the private property of the emperor.

It's just that Wang Ziming didn't give in and argued with reason.

In the end, Wei Zheng and other prime ministers also said against their will that the emperor drove the expedition in person and commanded the suppression of the Turks, and made great contributions, so he should sacrifice one-third of the slaves to the emperor, and this matter was finally decided.

"Your Majesty, there are no less than 100,000 war horses."

Wang Ziming said again.

This time, Wei Zheng, like Xiao Yu, refused to back down, insisting that war horses were very precious, even if those Turkic war horses were hungry, but as long as they were well raised, they could still recover, why did the emperor need to divide so many war horses?

Wei Zheng took the initiative to propose that from the 100,000 war horses, 3,000 of the best horses for the emperor should be selected and sent to the imperial horse farm to be raised, and they would be included in the private property of the emperor's imperial stables, and the rest should be distributed to various imperial pastures to raise.

Luo Cheng didn't object to this, after all, although horses are good, they can cost a lot. The cost of raising a war horse is not low.

"The soldiers of the Northern Expedition can give priority to the purchase of these war horses, and each person is limited to two horses, giving preferential prices."

The soldiers of the government need horses, and the court also needs horses, but the horses are raised in the hands of the soldiers and also belong to the combat power of the court, so Luo Cheng is happy for the soldiers to buy these war horses and is willing to give discounts.

As for the captured weapons and armor, they will all be put into the Weiwei Temple, and they will either store them in the arsenal or rebuild them after they have been selected.

Zhi lost his thinking and brought Suni and other Turkic nobles over.

The emperor looked at the large row of Turkic nobles kneeling in front of him, but he only smiled coldly.

"Master Wen, read my edict."

Wen Dalin stepped forward to read the edict.

After the edict was read out, Su Ni lost and waited for a group of nobles to stay.

All reduced to slavery?

So what else did they descend?

Why did you get such a result?

"Your Majesty, why, did we surrender?"

Luo Cheng only replied with two words, "It's late!" ”

The stubbornness that has come and gone many times is also stunned, hasn't the Central Plains Dynasty always paid attention to leniency, they have already surrendered and admitted defeat, why are they still so ruthless?

"Your Majesty?"

"I once gave you a chance, but you have no one to cherish, you have to fight to the end, when the mountains and rivers are exhausted, and you delusional about my generosity, are you really so easy to deceive me?"

Many Turkic nobles also wept in despair, and soon the edict was read to all the Turkic captives, and the captives wept together.

"Immortal God, save us, save your people!"

It's just that their crying has not been answered, only the spears and bows and arrows of the Qin army soldiers have responded to them, they are bare-handed, they can't escape, they don't dare to rebel, so they have to be forced by bows, arrows and spears, scattered one by one, tied ropes and strung together, and sent to one after another in the rear of the prisoner camp, waiting for the unknown and confused fate arrangement.

"Your Majesty, Liu Heimin shouted and asked to see you." A guard reported.

"Liu Heimin?"