The Huns, after hundreds of years of blows from the Han government, were finally destroyed, but for the Qiang people, Gao Shun felt that it was impossible to be exterminated, even if they were defeated, peace was only temporary and short-lived.

First of all, the distribution area of the Qiang people is extremely wide, stretching for thousands of miles, connecting Shu in the south, Shanshan in the northwest, and Cheshi countries, all of which are remote and cold places, and the Han people cannot survive there at all;

Secondly, in that kind of cold and bitter living environment, the Qiang people are "able to withstand the cold and hardship, the same as the beast", living in the bitter cold place for a long time, the physique is as strong as a beast, but also exercised their brave and strong character, the so-called "strong and brave", even women give birth, do not avoid the wind and snow and cold, their racial tenacity can be seen.

Again, the Qiang people have peculiar customs, multiply and prosper, the father does not have a wife and a stepmother, and the brother dies to take a sister-in-law, so there are no widows and widows in the country, and the variety is flourishing, so the customs, the tribe is reproducing very quickly;

Finally, they live far away from the Han Chinese, so they naturally lack the opportunity to be assimilated.

They are typical nomadic people, living in impermanence, relying on water and grass, this scattered form of residence, and divided by the environment in different regions, relatively isolated, with few interconnections, and there are many ethnic tribes, as many as more than 150, it is difficult to be unified, which makes their destructive power far less serious than that of the steppe tribes, and the threat to the Han regime is less.

At this time, Gao Shun remembered what Zhou Fei had reported about selling the Huns as slaves, and it was so popular.

Slaves have always existed, and the government strictly ordered them but could not stop them, Gao Shun felt very inhumane, and wanted to issue a decree to abolish slaves; However, now the society is relatively fair, and no one wants to sell themselves into slavery if the people can live, so that the society is in dire need of slaves.

Gao Shun suddenly had an idea, and thought to himself, what if only alien slaves were allowed to exist?

Refine it according to his ideas, and then explain his strategy to a high-ranking civil official, who sent him as an envoy to Han Sui in Xiping County, Qinzhou.

The war was imminent, Gao Shun suddenly sent an envoy, and Han Sui still warmly received him.

Han Sui held back the fire in his belly and asked angrily: "Say, what are you doing when Duke Wei sent a noble envoy here?" ”

"Haha, the Duke of Wei sent me down to persuade Han Fujun, the Qiang people will be defeated, and I hope to turn back in time."

Han Sui said angrily: "If this is the case, please go back!" ”

The envoy smiled and said: "Haha, there is one more thing, Duke Wei is about to introduce a policy, so he sent me to consult Han Fujun's opinion." ”

Han Sui was inexplicably made by the envoy, Gao Shun introduced a policy, what does it have to do with him? However, he was still very curious, and said, "Your envoy, please speak!" ”

The envoy hurriedly explained: "Haha, Han Fujun, here's the thing, because the people in the interior live a stable life and are relatively rich, no one is willing to sell themselves into slavery, so that there is an urgent shortage of slaves in the market, and the price is high, Wei Gong is ready to introduce a policy to encourage the army and large households to organize slave hunting teams to go to the places where the Qiang people live to capture the Qiang people as slaves, alas, the imperial court was still too merciful in the past, and every time the prisoners of war were released, and soon they would rebel, so that they would waste money and food in vain, if this is the case, they can fight and feed the war, Just don't know what the consequences will be? Therefore, I sent me to consult Han Fujun, please tell me directly. ”

As soon as Han Sui heard this, his head immediately "buzzed", and he said secretly, Gao Shun is too vicious, if so, is there still room for the Qiang people to survive? The Qiang people will be defeated, and it is not a lie.

If this is the case, Gao Shun will also become one of the evil people in history and bear the notoriety forever, which is a serious violation of the Confucian way of benevolence; But then again, now that the Qiang people are rebelling, they seriously threaten the security of the Han territory, and it is not an exaggeration to treat the enemy no matter how cruel.

History is written by the victors, and there are still fewer ethnic groups that have been exterminated in history? How many races have disappeared from history? The Huns have just been completely wiped out, and perhaps, Gao Shun will become a great hero in history.

The difficulty is that he wants to bury the Qiang people?

Han then arranged the envoy and began to think of countermeasures.

Gao Shun is now unified in the north, and is already the de facto ruler of the world, with sufficient money and food, and strong military strength.

Now it is unwise to fight hard with Gao Shun.

Even if you surrender, you must have sufficient capital, otherwise, surrender will not be taken seriously in the past.

Therefore, he immediately summoned the chiefs and marshals of the various ministries to come to the meeting.

Han Sui first threw out the decision to surrender to Gao Shun, and everyone was furious.

Now the Han army is only surrounding them on both sides, and they have not reached the point of exhaustion, why should they take the initiative to surrender?

Han Sui repeated the words of the envoy, and everyone was stunned as expected.

Subsequently, someone scolded: "The Han people are so vicious, how can we not fight back?" ”

"The more cruel the Han people, the more we must rebel and must resist to the end."

Han Sui waited for everyone's emotions to be almost vented, and then said slowly: "Now we are in a hostile state with the Han Dynasty government, how cruel they are is not exaggerated, I think when we were strong, we also destroyed the Han officials, killed the Han officials, plundered countless Han people, and treated the enemy mercifully, that is, we were cruel to ourselves, and the methods of the Han government were not wrong." ”

Hearing Han Sui say this, many Qiang people suspected that Han Sui had surrendered to the Han government, which made Han Sui very annoyed, it was really a group of elm lumps, which was unreasonable; If the Han people are serious and rely on a huge population base, these Qiang people will be defeated, no matter how strong they are.

Now they have common interests, so Han Sui patiently explained: "Previously, the Han government thought that we were in a corner, not to worry, in order to show their benevolence and morality, has been tolerant of us, we rebelled, after the surrender, the Han people are powerless, tired of coping, we can make a little cheap, if according to the new method of Wei Gong Gaoshun, the Han people have the temptation of interests, those big families will organize a large number of slave hunting teams, and those chivalrous in order to show their personal strength and bravery, Those poor people who can't survive will join the slave hunting team in order to make their families live better, and only need to rob one Qiang person, which is enough for their family's expenses for a year, how many Qiang people can they plunder so wildly? I'm thinking about everyone's interests. ”

Those chiefs and marshals know more about the Han people, and they are better sinicized, and there are also smart people among them, knowing that what Han Sui said is right, they all kept silent and thought about their own things.

Previously, the Han Chinese were indeed merciful, and even if they were captured, they would resettle them, and rarely slaughtered their people.

Some people also think that it is just that those Han officials levied on them and extorted them violently, so that they could not accept it, and it was those Han people who forced them to rebel in desperation, and they could not put all the blame on the Qiang people.

Gao Shun has unified the north, and the huge army is idle, just to exterminate them, they absolutely can't resist, and fighting hard is the way to their own destruction.

Regardless of the facts, this problem must be solved now, otherwise, their fate will be worse than that of the Huns, not only will they be exterminated, but even they will be slaves for life, and their descendants will not be spared.

The crowd realizes that surrender is inevitable, but how can they ensure their interests and ensure that they are maximized?

Han Sui was the most resourceful of them all, and they had shared weal and woe with them, so they elected Han Sui as their representative, who was fully responsible for negotiating with the Han government and was determined to strive for their greatest interests.

Han Sui was overjoyed, which was exactly what he wanted.