Chapter 611: Disposal of Prisoners

For the slave traders in Huazhou, the most valuable slaves were not Korean slaves, let alone those natives of the South Seas, but Han Chinese, among the most severe punishments in Huazhou, the first was of course the death penalty, and the second was confiscated as slaves, which was called the inevitable capital crime and the unforgivable living crime.

The Han Chinese were used as slaves, although they were very few in number, but they had excellent production skills, and they also spoke the same language as slave owners, and in many cases, as slaves, they played the role of free men, especially to the owners of the estates who needed slaves throughout Asia.

However, the Han people are slaves, and only Huazhou can be convicted and judged, and if other places are found to have driven the Han people into slavery without authorization, there is no room for the whole family to be beheaded or the whole family to be turned into slaves, which is the iron law of Huazhou.

At present, the Ming army in Liao Town has captured nearly 70,000 people, and they are consuming food and supplies every day, and the treatment of these people is also a headache for the center of Huazhou, most of these people are the garrison in Shanhaiguan and the soldiers of Jizhen, and these people cannot be driven back to the local area as farmers like the soldiers in Liao Town.

If these people are scattered in the locality, they can only become bandits and guerrillas, and if they are driven back to the Guannai, they will soon be armed by the Ming court, which will not add unnecessary trouble to themselves.

These slave merchants are very close to the military and political circles of Huazhou, and they are naturally clear about this kind of thing, knowing that Huazhou is currently totem for these captives, and they don't know how to deal with it.

Immediately, they flocked to it, demanding that for the sake of their contribution to Huazhou for so many years, sell these captives to slave merchants, firstly, to deter the Ming army in Guannei, and secondly, to solve a headache for Huazhou, wouldn't it be a good thing to kill two birds with one stone.

The slave traders had an obligation to use their own ships and armed forces to join the Huazhou Navy and fight together when needed in Hwasaki, and even in peacetime, they had the task of collecting intelligence and transporting spies, which was considered a semi-official force.

In fact, it is also Huazhou to raise soldiers with private money, these sea slave traders are actually pirates who defected to Huazhou, some people are not suitable for the navy with strict military discipline, do they have the ability to do business, and their combat power Huazhou can not give up, so they all come to be this slave trader, and Guanwai every year to go to the grassland and the north to fight grass valleys, and the escorts who plunder people and livestock are of a nature, of course, Huazhou has a saying that slave traders are Huazhou's sea guards.

These people came to the door, saying that they wanted the center to consider selling those Ming army captives outside the pass to themselves, and Liu Shunhua, the first assistant of Huazhou, knew in his heart that if the Ming army outside the pass became slaves, Huazhou could earn a lot of money, although Huazhou was not lacking in war expenses at present, but at this time, the army was fighting, and the old foundation accumulated in previous years was spent like flowing water, and these incomes were more or less a supplement.

But on the other hand, if the Ming army really became a slave, then there was nothing smooth in the battle in the Guannai, when the Ming army faced the Huazhou army, it would only fight to the death, and it could only fight to the death, although it was not a good treatment as a military household, but this semi-serf was better than a slave like a beast.

And Huazhou is also a strange force in Daming at this time, although the local gentry and merchants are quite fond of those rumored policies, but these are just legends, if Huazhou does this, I am afraid that it will immediately be equated with the Mongolian Tatars and other barbarians, it will be a big trouble.

To refuse the slave traders outside, this is also a problem, people outside have some military background, and some people's sons, nephews and relatives are directly in Huazhou, Guanwai and Yizhou Yamen on errands, as the first assistant of Huazhou, in fact, is the position of the prime minister, and you can't make too many enemies at once, especially not to get involved in military matters.

Liu Shunhua is a high-ranking official who has been mixed in the dark Ming officialdom for many years, and knows that although he is the father-in-law of Wang Jiangfeng of Huazhou, but at this status, no family affection and friendship can be talked about.

It is even more prudent to deal with this, in the future, when the army enters the customs, this kind of disposal of prisoners will continue to happen, and he cannot make rash decisions, Liu Shunhua wrote his multi-faceted considerations into a copy, and sent a fast horse to pass it to Liaoyang, the current military center, waiting for Jiang Feng and his senior officers to deal with it.

Of course, this measure can't be said to the slave merchants below, these people don't know the secrets of officialdom at all, if you go to Jiang Feng for instructions on this matter, they can understand that you Huazhou Shoufu Liu Shunhua can't do anything, and you don't need to look for you in the future, if you make such a fuss, you won't have to do anything in the future.

Fast horse transmission, along the way the post station has already prepared strong horses, the speed is fast, Liu Shunhua's documents to Jiang Feng's hands, is very valued.

So many captives are also a headache for Jiang Feng, it seems that it is about to be 100,000 strong laborers, but the army's porters can't let them do it, for fear that there will be some problems, and it will take a lot of effort to suppress the bullets at that time, most of the Ming army in Guangning are soldiers and horses from Jizhen, and they can't be assigned to the local area as civilians.

At present, the grain and grass consumed by these captives are all the booty captured after Guangning and the surrounding guards were defeated, so the Huazhou army has not been spended yet, but it seems that it will not be consumed for too long.

Seeing Liu Shunhua talk out about his own concerns, Jiang Feng also thought it was true, his current headache was not a march to fight, but a problem of people's livelihood and politics, before the war with the Ming Dynasty, everyone in Huazhou was trembling, for fear that one wrong step would be a catastrophe.

In today's situation, even the most cautious strategist Liu Twelve is extremely optimistic, Huazhou can at least keep Liaozhen, with Shanhaiguan as a barrier, and the warships at sea as support, it is impossible for the Ming army to pass through the Liaoxi Corridor, Liaozhen, Huazhou, Guanwai and the grassland are connected, and the population resources of such a large land have been firmly controlled by Huazhou.

This scale is already quite half of the Ming Dynasty, what can't be done, where can't go,

And the advantages of the army made the hearts of the people in Huazhou more confident, in the battle between the Shuanggou River and the Guangning Ming Army, in the end, it was a big victory, but several officers under the command of the battle, including Liu Shisan, the chief general of the forward army, were recalled to Liaoyang and were severely reprimanded.

The most powerful lesson is Liu Twelve, he is even more merciless to his younger brother, although it is a big victory, but never give credit to record, why, it is because this battle is actually too bad, whether it is the deployment of troops or the decision to fight, there are huge problems.

It was precisely because of the bravery of the two thousand cavalry who were born in the guards that they saved the Huazhou army at the last moment, and the command of the officers can be said to be extremely bad.

But then again, after fighting so badly and still being able to achieve such a big victory, it is conceivable to what extent the military strength of the two sides is different, and it is not surprising that such a huge advantage has such a strong self-confidence in the past. There is no need to worry about the military, always moving from victory to victory, Jiang Feng's focus has been on things outside the military, such as how to deal with the prisoners this time.

The only cronies and generals around him are Liu Twelve, Zhao Yangfan (Zhao Xiucai) and Luo Yi, Zhang Liang and Yangda, all of whom are in charge of Ming's strategy at the front.

Gather these people together to discuss, everyone is also a headache, Zhao Yangfan's own position is getting higher and higher, from a broken talent who was a bait in Tianjin Weiren City back then, to a treasurer in Huazhou, which is equivalent to the six Shangshu of the Ming Dynasty, which is already the highest peak of civil officials.

The status of the sky and the earth has changed, and he has experienced many things, Zhao Yangfan has become more and more silent, Liu Twelve is good at military politics and is not good at economics, Luo Yi is a military general of the internal guard and has no idea how to deal with the prisoners, but these three people have proposed things that cannot be done.

Zhao Yangfan (Zhao Xiucai), the treasurer of Huazhou, said that he could not continue to let these soldiers eat in vain, otherwise he would have problems with his own food and grass. Liu Twelve said that these Ming troops could not be killed or driven back, otherwise there would be great resistance after entering the customs in the future.

This is actually a judgment made by various departments in Huazhou in order to protect their own interests, and those slave merchants didn't think about Huazhou at all, just thinking about making money themselves, Jiang Feng listened to these people's arguments with some absent-mindedness, and sighed a little dejectedly, but inexplicably thought of what he learned in politics class that year: under private ownership, everyone thinks about themselves, and that is still for the collective.

Thinking of this inexplicably, Jiang Feng's eyes suddenly lit up, and he figured out a way, and hurriedly asked Liu Twelve to record it and send it to Liu Shunhua, the first assistant of Huazhou City......

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