Chapter 616: Brutal Killing
Originally, the Roman Empire was full of contradictions and fell into a crisis, and Gao Shun and others seized the richest area of the Roman Empire, which exacerbated the outbreak of the crisis.
The newly enthroned emperors lost the provinces of Egypt, Syria, and Asia, and had no financial resources to reward the army, especially the Praetorian Guard, which made the change of emperors more frequent, and the Praetorian Guards even adopted the form of auction of the throne to establish the emperor in order to obtain more benefits.
The emperor who ascended the throne in this way had no prestige at all, could not get the allegiance of the army, and could not put down the rebellion.
In the process of frequent changes of emperors, it was the Praetorian Guards who benefited the most, while the troops stationed in the provinces made less profits, which reduced the army's loyalty to the emperor.
As the economy collapsed, agriculture shrank, handicrafts declined, commerce declined, materials were scarce, prices skyrocketed, financial resources dried up, and uprisings continued everywhere. Without imported food and wealth from Africa and Asia, there was a severe famine in the Roman Empire proper.
The governors lost hope in the empire, and seeing that the empire was unable to quell the rebellion, they all stood on their own.
This was even worse for the Roman Empire, and the situation was even worse.
The first provinces to declare independence were the provinces of Gaul, and several Gallic provinces were the first to declare union and independence.
They belong to a common race, have a high sense of identity with the local area, most of the officials in the local government are local nobles, and the Roman legions stationed here have been localized, and they have a greater sense of belonging to the local area.
The Germanic peoples of the north also declared their independence, but they were embroiled in civil war, with several provinces fighting each other.
The Roman Empire was full of wars, but it was unable to quell the rebellion, and the barbarian peoples of the north took advantage of the fire to loot, and the current situation in the Roman Empire was more dangerous than the situation in the late Han Dynasty in history.
Gao Shun ignored this, he hoped that the civil war in the Roman Empire would continue, deplete their strength first, and then clean them up when he had time; Now he is taking advantage of this opportunity to ask the three kingdoms to strengthen their internal management, and the first task is to gradually eliminate the alien races.
Even though there were a large number of Han Chinese, the Han Chinese were still a minority in the local population, so Gao Shun decided to reduce the local population by killing, otherwise, maybe one day, they would rebel, and Gao Shun was even more afraid of their crazy beliefs.
According to Gao Shun's plan, all the people of hundreds of races in the three empires will be exterminated, more than a dozen religious beliefs will be wiped out, all religious facilities will be destroyed, all kinds of books will be burned, their language and culture will be cut off, and their civilization will be erased from history.
Although he knew that even if the alien race was exterminated, it would not necessarily ensure the long-term peace and stability of the Han people, but he hoped to eradicate religion and alien culture, and when the new generation grew up, they would identify with the culture of the Han people, which belonged to the military export civilization.
The massacre began in the city of Pamirra, a desert city that thrived on trade between the East and the West, and Gao Shun felt that such people were the most unsafe, they were originally nomadic people, very barbaric, and they had national beliefs, which made Gao Shun very uneasy.
In Gao Shun's impression, there were only two ways for nomads to deal with farming peoples, either trade or plunder.
Now that trade with the Roman Empire had ended, the people of the city of Pamirla had lost their source of livelihood and could only plunder thereafter, an outcome that Gao Shun did not want.
What's more important is that such a desert inland city, after all, isolated, now that trade has ended, it has basically lost contact with the outside world, even if Gao Shun slaughters the city, as long as the means are reasonable, it will not be known to outsiders and will not cause panic.
Therefore, Gao Shun sent an army to surround the city first, and then enter the city to kill.
Later, their wealth was looted, and their corpses were put into spatial rings, leaving no trace, and even outsiders thought that the city dwellers had lost their source of livelihood and moved away en masse.
Gao Shunli used this means to exterminate all the alien races in the Arabian Peninsula, and there was no longer a red dot on the system map.
Subsequently, he entered the Egyptian Empire and used this method to eliminate half of the local population, leaving only young girls and healthy little girls, ready to reproduce for Han Chinese officers and soldiers; Some of the stronger slaves were left behind, shackled and assigned to officers and soldiers as slaves, engaged in heavy agricultural planting, infrastructure construction, etc.
And strictly ordered all Han people to prohibit the barbarians from having the right to marry, so as to prevent them from continuing to reproduce.
In order to fill the population of the Egyptian Empire, Gao Shun had to release dozens of pikemen to work, and they were treated as yeoman farmers, who were given houses and arable land, and paid the corresponding taxes, each of which could allocate one strong slave.
But that's still a drop in the bucket.
The junior cavalry and junior infantry, the senior cavalry and the senior infantry, as well as civil and military officials of all ranks, were allocated a corresponding number of slaves and slave girls.
While killing, Gao Shun also seized a lot of wealth.
For the interior of Africa south of the Egyptian Empire, there were also a large number of natives living there, but Gao Shun felt that they were powerless to pose a threat to the Egyptian Empire, so he treated them as captive slaves as a reserve to be captured when there was a shortage of labor in the future.
Gao Shun used brutal killing methods to finally purify the population of the Egyptian Empire, exterminating all religious beliefs and alien races in his jurisdiction.
Gao Shun and others continued to use this method to purify the Anxi Empire and the Western Wei Empire, making the two places also the world of the Han people.
First in the countryside, then in the city, the whole process was not fast, and it took Gao Shun and others nearly three years in total.
However, he was very pleased with the results.
Li Qiang, Ma Gui and the others are nothing, they have time to wait, but Zhou Fei and the others are now at 98, and they are particularly keen on upgrading, and they don't want Gao Shun to continue to waste time here.
Gao Shun encouraged: "Haha, you didn't have confidence before, but now you have confidence in upgrading, how could I let you down?" I've already figured out how to move up at least five levels in a row in three to four years. ”
Zhou Fei Fang Liang and the others were overjoyed, but they didn't quite believe that this was true, if this was the case, they would at least increase their lifespan by thirty years, which was too important to them.
Ma Gui was worried, and suggested: "Your Majesty, we have almost wiped out the local people, and the strength of the three empires has been greatly reduced, if we leave at this time, I am afraid that there will be endless troubles, I hope to live here for at least ten years, and when the new life grows up, it will not be too late for us to leave." ”
At the beginning, Ma Gui had opposed the massacre, but Gao Shun insisted on it, and he was not easy to oppose, but the result was very unsatisfactory, which greatly reduced the agricultural output value and reduced the strength too much.
Gao Shun said with a smile: "Haha, I have a plan, this expedition, you three empires don't need to go, Meng Wen and Zizhuang led 30,000 senior cavalry and 30,000 senior infantry, as well as 5,000 crossbowmen to garrison Damascus, if the three of you have something, the two of them can support at any time, otherwise I won't worry." ”
Ma Gui quickly understood what Gao Shun meant, pointed to the map and said, "Your Majesty, are you optimistic about this territory?" ”
Gao Shun smiled: "Haha, Meng Zhen is becoming more and more savvy, I am indeed optimistic about here, we can return in about three years, you only need to hold on for three years." ”
Li Qiang assured: "Yes, Your Majesty, it is absolutely guaranteed that the three empires will not be threatened by anything within three years." ”