When Zhao Ziliang was an official in Hedong, Dugu asked the customs to take refuge in him, when Zhao Ziliang left Mobei, he was ordered to break into the An Lushan Group, and did a senior undercover career for many years, noble and his experience is similar, both of them have been undercover in An Lushan Group for many years, his temperament is a little ruthless, but no one dares to doubt the loyalty of the two. If you count www.biquge.info chronological order of following Zhao Ziliang, the two of them are even much earlier than Liu Wei, Gao Shi, Cen Shen, and Dugu Jun, the veterans of Western Qin civil officials!

Therefore, Dugu Wenshu and noble can be said to be the elders of the Western Qin, compared with Liu Wei, Gao Shi, Cen Shen and Dugu Jun and others, what they lacked was that they did not participate in the initial construction of the Western Qin forces, but Zhao Ziliang's support and support for him completely made up for this shortcoming.

In response to Dugu's suggestion to put all the more than 300,000 captives to death, Du Fu stood up and expressed his opposition: "Great King, Weichen thinks that it is really inappropriate to execute all these 300,000 captives, but if they are all released, as Lord Dugu said, it is also inappropriate. This is indeed worth considering, to deal with these captives like this, Wechen really has no good way, after all, there are too many people, but Wechen resolutely opposes the execution of all of them! The king is a promising king, a wise lord, and an emperor through the ages who created the foundation of eternity, how can he bear the charge of such a butcher? The wise kings of all dynasties have never heard of a reputation that has been famous for killing captives, only a reputation that has been stinking for thousands of years, please think twice! After speaking, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed respectfully a few times.

Zhao Ziliang's eyes swept between the ministers and generals, and his eyes fell on the eldest son Zhao Lei, and asked, "Zhao Lei, what do you say?" ”

Zhao Lei stood up and hugged his fists and said: "Father, Erchen thinks that several adults have their own truths, and they can't all be killed, but they can't all be released, Erchen thinks that they can be dealt with in a compromise, and these people can be used to build roads, bridges, wasteland, mountains and rocks, and build a lot of buildings, after all, raising them requires countless grains and grass every day, and we can't raise them in vain!" But it's not safe to put all these people together and they should be separated! Half of them were escorted to the interior of Western Qin to do the above work, and half stayed to build roads around Tianzhu and build bridges over the rivers. In the words of the Tianzhu monks, it is also to pay the debt for the sins they have committed! ”

Zhao Ziliang thought for a moment, looked at his other son, Zhao Ting, and asked, "Zhao Ting, what do you think?" ”

Zhao Ting stood up and hugged his fists and said: "Father, the son agrees with the eldest brother's suggestion, but it is not recommended to leave the captives on the ground of Tianzhu, and they should all be escorted to the border areas of the Khazar Protectorate or the Yayik Protectorate, because even if half of the captives are diverted to the interior of our Western Qin, there are still more than 100,000 prisoners left on the ground of Tianzhu, and we still have to use a lot of troops to keep an eye on them to supervise these people to work, and if they are not careful, these people will desert or riot collectively!" ”

Zhao Lei said: "Third brother, it's not realistic to escort all these people to the north, do you think about how much food is needed every day for these more than 300,000 people to go on the road together?" However, the words of the third brother also reminded me that since it is too troublesome to escort them to the north, it is better to simply leave them here to work, and we can formulate some policies to let them work in peace and give them hope, so that they will not keep thinking about escaping or rioting! ”

Zhao Ziliang didn't expect this eldest son to think so carefully in such a short period of time, and immediately encouraged: "Keep talking!" ”

After receiving encouragement, Zhao Lei said: "Father, so many captives are only under the care of our Western Qin soldiers, it is too much of a waste of our troops, and we must cooperate with the servant army, and the servant army is also familiar with their language, which is convenient for management. This is number one; second, to disrupt and reorganize the prisoners as if they were an army, so as to prevent them from uniting and colluding internally; Thirdly, if the captives work hard, work hard, are not afraid of hardship, and behave well during their detention, we promise to release a group of people who have behaved well after two years, and every year thereafter! When the deadline comes, who will be released is decided by the officer who is in charge of them; Thirdly, a group of captives will select the best performer every day, give him more food and vegetables, and let him eat and drink, so that all the captives can compete, although this will increase some expenses, but it will be convenient for us to manage, and save a lot of trouble! Fourth, allow them to write letters to their families or find someone to send messages to them instead, and allow them to come and visit them! Erchen only thinks about so much for the time being! ”

Zhao Ziliang thought about it, but only the method that Zhao Lei thought of and these measures for managing the captives were the best and most practical, so he agreed: "Okay, what Zhao Lei said is feasible, and the matter of the captives will be handled in this way!" Who will be in charge of this matter, this king still needs to think about it before he can decide. Now for the next topic, about the issue of the 400,000 servant army, how do you think it should be handled? ”

Gao Shang stood up and arched his hand: "Great King, Weichen thinks that with the current situation in Tianzhu, we still need the servant army to help maintain law and order and defense in all parts of Tianzhu, and they also have their historical role. However, Weichen thinks that we don't need so many servant troops anymore, and these more than 400,000 servant troops are uneven, so he suggests that some of the old, weak, sick and disabled people should be eliminated, leaving only the young and strong! ”

Other officials and ministers also came forward to say that there was no need for so many servant troops, that it would take a huge expense to support them, and that there were all the good and bad in the servant army, and that they needed to be cleaned up.

In the face of the unanimous opinion of the civilian officials that it is necessary to dismiss a part of the servant army, Zhao Ziliang was noncommittal, looked at the military generals, and asked: "What are the opinions and opinions of the generals on the disposal of the servant army?" ”

The generals exchanged their heads and whispered to each other, and after a while, Brehan stood up and hugged his fists and said: "King, we think that there are still many generals and soldiers who can fight in the servant army, and there are also many people who are willing to be loyal to Western Qin, and they do not have any concept of family and country!" The servant army of more than 400,000 people is indeed too much, and Weichen also suggested that a considerable part of it be eliminated, leaving only about 200,000 elites is the most suitable. As for the generals who lead the troops, who can do it and who can't, who is loyal and who has ill intentions, we generals know in our hearts that we will each submit a list of available people for the king to look at and choose as he pleases! ”

Zhao Ziliang thought for a while, nodded and agreed: "Okay, then disarm the servant army, eliminate the old, weak, sick and disabled, and leave 200,000 elites, if the elite does not have 200,000 people, how many are left, Zhao Lei is fully responsible for the removal of the servant army, and Brehan and Ma Lan assist, the three of you will discuss it, if you disagree, then come and ask the king." After the disarmament is completed, you will report the number of elites left behind, and then submit the reorganization plan to this king for review! In addition, it would be best if the retrenched servant army could be placed in the local government to serve as a quick catcher, and if they could not be resettled, some severance pay would be given to them to go home. For those servant generals who are no longer hired, give them some money, give them some fields and livestock, and let them go home to retire! ”

The three of them agreed, "Yes, my lord!" ”

Zhao Ziliang took a sip of tea, looked at the next topic, raised his head and said, "Next, the next topic, how to deal with officials from various countries?" What is your opinion? Dugu asks the customs, you are the second minister of the Government Council, you have the most right to speak here, you talk about it! ”

Dugu Wenshu stood up and said: "King, I have just obtained the land of Tianzhu in Western Qin, and it is obviously unrealistic to use all the officials from the interior of Western Qin to come here to govern all parts of Tianzhu in the early stage, because the officials are not familiar with this place, not only the language is not clear, but they are also not familiar with the local situation, it will be very troublesome to govern, and it is very likely to backfire!" Weichen suggested that Tianzhu should be divided into a number of state capitals according to the original territorial boundaries of the Tianzhu kingdoms, and the Tianzhu Governor's Office should be set up in Tianzhu to manage the state capitals, and the Duhu should be appointed to be fully responsible for the affairs of the Duhufu, and the unified management of the military and government should be carried out in advance, and then the military and the government would be separated after a few years when the various places were stabilized. The military and political chiefs of the capital and the state capitals are served by the officials sent by my Western Qin, and the county-level chiefs and the auxiliary officials of the state government below, and even the auxiliary officers and staff of the capital protection government can be selected from the original Tianzhu officials to be sages, and after a few decades, Tianzhu has completely become the Tianzhu of Western Qin, so this kind of prevention can also be canceled! ”

Zhao Ziliang asked, "How to choose Tianzhu officials?" ”

Dugu asked: "There are several ways for Weichen: first, send people to investigate in various places and select the person with the best official reputation; second, to select those officials who led the army and the people to resolutely resist the attack of our army during our army's southern expedition; Thirdly, choose the officers who will open the door and surrender before our army arrives! ”

Du Fu asked: "Lord Dugu, you said that you chose those sycophants to be officials, but it is understandable that the lower officials have no backbone, and if they have milk, they are their mothers." Let them be officials, they will definitely do their best to please Shangguan! But you said that if you let those officials who resolutely resist our army come out as officials, this subordinate will not understand, can you solve your confusion? ”

"Of course, although those people resolutely resisted the attack of our army, it also shows that these people have integrity and talent! At that time, each was its master, and today Zhu has been captured by our army, if they did not mourn for the old lord, it means that they are still possible for us, once these people are used by me, they will be loyal, if these people can come out to serve us, the people of Tianzhu will be willing to be ruled by us! ”

After hearing this, Zhao Ziliang immediately clapped his hand and said: "Okay, just do it!" This matter is handed over to Lord Dugu to be responsible, and Du Fu is responsible for assisting! ”

"Yes!"